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THE DISTRESS AT CWMBRAN, I
THE DISTRESS AT CWMBRAN, A comir>i'tee nf ladies and gentlemen. pre- sided over by Mrs Rafarel. Crlencoed Hoa«. < met at the British Schoolroom on feacurdaj the 30ch ult.. to consider the. best means to relieve the great distress now existing at Cwmbran. It ■was decided that Mr*. Govan be elec ec r a- surer, and Mr. W..T. James secretary. A preli- — —liof. TC-w ofi^ncd. and whs miuarv Miusununvia -r •- immediately responded to as fol.ows .lis. Rafarel, £ 1 Is. Mrs. Pilliner, 1n, Ist. Irs. Murphy, fl Miss May. 10s.bd.: Mrs. Henrj Thomas, 10* Mrs. J. Parry, 10s. fyl. Mrs. W. J. James. 10s. 6d. Mrs. gimtnons. 5s. Mrs. Laughton, Mrs. W..T. [r8, W. J. Thomas, 5!1.; Mrs. R. Stiff. 5s. The com- -n. l'\u l'Y;'rY1rr +h-rØØ mittee resolved to commeuce u> meals dnrin^ the comim? woek to cruldren only. Wednesday: Hot dinner of meat and potatoes of which 172 children partook. Friday: Soup for dinner at 1 p.m. Mrs. W. H. Walters very gene- rously gave a dinner of ricc podding to 2.>chiid- ren attending the Roman Catholic schools. Altogether, 190 children enjoyed tuemselves ■with several servings of soup and bread. Un Saturday morning, 186 children were break- fasted with cocoa prepared and presented by Mrs. Murphy, of Prospect House, who has dis- played much sympathy and activity with the relief committee. Mrs. Pilliner. of Llantarnam Grange, supplied the milk for this meal. Mrs. Parry, Mrs. Mamford, and Mrs. Pilliner have contributed potatoes, turnips, and carrots*. At a committee meeting held at 3 p.m on Satur- day the follmring contributions were announced Mr. Clifford J. Cory, £ 10; Col. F. C. Morgan, £ 5 Mr. D. Humphreys, 10s. 6d. Mrs. Griffiths and friend-, 13*. Miss Bevan, 5s.; ^Messrs- Phillips and Son (Newport). £ 1 10s. Mr. Bar ville. 5s. Mrs. Sawtell. 10s 6d. Mrs. Cromwell, 10s. 6a. Mrs. Cundell, 5s. Miss Lucas, ^Lss Fairbairn, 10s. Mr. E. Steer, fl. A letter was read from Mrs. Bond, grocer. Llantarnam-road, offering a breakfast or, inner whenever the com- mittee arranged for it. It was also intimated that Mrs. Walters. Green House Inn, Ltantarnam, was desirous of giving a dinner to the children on Monday next. These generous gifts were gratefully ,iceentcd and acknowledged. The president (Mrs. Rafarel) who is most untiring in her zeal and efforts for the soup kitchen earnestly solicits the assistance of the sympathising and benevolent to meet t.he pressing need of affording immediate relief to a great number of really destitute families.
TECHNICAL CLASSES AT ABERSYCHAN.
TECHNICAL CLASSES AT ABER- SYCHAN. The Abersycban Technical Instruct;on Com- mittee have arranged that, during the session 1893-4, classes wilf be held at the Abersychan Board Schools, under the auspices of the Mon- mouthshire County Council and the Science and Art Department. The subjects will be Geology Human Physiology Inorganic Chemistry Arithmetic Mathematics Plane and Solid Geometry Sound, Light, and Heat Machine Construction and Freehand, Model, Light and Shade Drawing. Efficient teacners will be attend- ing the classes, and it will be to the interest of in- tending students that they at onoe put them- selves in communication with Mr. Thomas, of the Board Schools. On Monday evening, the in- augural lecture was delivered -by Mr. Evan W. Small, M.A., B.Sc., the director of tech- nical instruction for the county, who is the teacher of the class in Geology. The chair was taken by Mr. W. P. James, J.P. The subject of the lecture, The story of apiece of limestone," was treated by Mr. Small in his customary lucid manner, and illustrated by numerous photographs through the medium of a powerful lime-light lantern, in the manipulation of which the lecturer was ably assisted by Mr. T. B. Pearson, of Pentypool. The Chairman, after some introductory re- marks, pointed out the advantages of the study of such subjects as were selected for the classes, and emphasised the necessity of punctual atten- dance on the part of the students. Mr. Small briefly explained the position of the County Council and himself, as director of tech- nical instruction, with regard to the subjects, and the importance of their being taken up with sufficient interest to warrant their being maintained. He then proceeded with his lecture by referring to the early history of geology, or the science of the earth, pointing out that in very early times the dis- covery, in the heart of solid rocks, often in high mountains and at great distances from the sea, of what were evidently the traces of marine animals, led men to conclude that the earth's surface had been subject to various changes—that it was not created in the beginning in exactly the form in which we findlt now. It then be- came the object of geology to find out what these changes had been, and how they had been -brought about. In the earlier speculations nn this subject, the most wild and fanciful theories were suggested, and comparatively little advance was made until Hutton (1726-1797) pointed out, that the only satisfactory and common-sense method in geology was to work back from the known to the unknown—that, if we wish to understand the changes of long past times, ve must begin by observing the changes which are going on now. These changes were first systema- tically investigated by Sir Charles Lyell. In endeavouring to ascertain the origin and history of a common rock like limestone, the first thing to do was to go to the chemist ard ask what limestone is composed of. We then learn that limestone is formed of the material known as carbonate of lime. We next inquire whether any deposits of carbonate of lime on a large scale are being produced anywhere upon the earth at the present day, and we find that immense masses of this substance a:e being formed by the agency of small animals like the coral polype, which have the power of taking :he carbonate of lime which is dissolved up in sea water, and using it to form a hard limey shell or skeleton. When the animals die their soft parts rot away, but the hard shells or skeletons remain, and accumulate to form the great masses of rock known as coral reefs. The lecturer then shewed by means of photographs of specimens, which he had collected in various parts of Great Britain and the Con- tinent of Europe, that many of the limestones which are now found far inland and in high mountains were once coral reefs formed in the sea, just like those now being formed in the Pacific and other oceans. Other limestones were seen, to be formed of sea shells, the stems of sea- &C., as in the case of the Derbyshire ble while the white friable lime- Atone, known as chalk, was shewn to consist largely of millions ol; microscopic shells, similar to those which the researches of the Challenger expedition have shewn to be living in countless myriads in the surface waters of the great oceans at the present day. A coloured geological IDap •of the county of Monmouth was then thrown upon the screen to shew the general arrangement of the strata of the district, and it was shewn how the coal beds had been bent by earth move- ments into a ba.,ia form, with the limestone at the bottom, the same beds which were found up at Clydach and Mertbyr coming up from below the coal beds on the south of the coal field at Risca, Machen, &c. The study of the arrange- ment of the different rock beds forming the surface portions of our earth's crust was of great practical importance. Mistakes had been con- stantly made in sinking tor coal which a very slight knowledge of geology would have pre- sented. In conclusion, the lecturer referred to the recent scholarship examination at Cardiff, in which seven County Council scholarships, of the value of i40 a year for three years in .addition to free tuition, had been awarded to students of the County Technical Classes (two having been given to working miners), and expressed the hope that one or more candidates from the Abersychan district would present themselves at the next competition to be held in September, 1894. At the close, a vote of thanks to Mr. Small for his very able and interesting lecture was pro- posed by the Chairman, seconded by Mr. E. Jones, J.P., aiicl carried with acclamation. The Lecturer. ;ifter responding, proposed a vofe of thanks co Mi-. James for presiding, aad Mr. J. Daniel hanug couded, the motion was heartily carried.
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At Burnley.on %.lmrsd;M • Edward Stainworth, Cattley was coiiiuiuced ror tiia.1, charged with ob- taining 'diamond u-ml Hiippli'i't' by represent- ing that he was to the danght of Alderman Keighley,ex-Mayor of Burnley. The M.-diaraj.-di of Jlhavnagar h is sent a dona- tion of twenty guim-is to the Metropolitan Public Gardens Association, in recognition of the kindness he experienced during his visit to this country." The Record, annoiince-s that the Rev. Alexander Roberts has now been formally appointed clerical secretary to the National Protestant Church Union Mr. G. L. Thomson lay secretary, and Mr. W. Guy .Johnson assistant secretary. Dr. Conan Doyle was the gnest of the Manches. terEdinburgh L uiversity Club at their annual 4ilir jeT in Manchester on Thursday night. He g-ve a hurnerous account of the way in which he was starved out of medicine into literature. Great Oakley Hall, a well-known agricultural estate of 600 acres, which was purchased early in the century for aiid valued forty yean ago at £ 28,000, lias been put up for auction, but no bid higher than £ 8,000 could be obtained for it. The Canard Company has forwarded to Mrs. Fiske a letter of credit for 100,000dols. to replace the one stolen on board the Campania on her last' voyage to New York in August The jawek have I the bag which contained them _a. ',z ;F
LLANFIHANGEL-POHTYMOTL.I
LLANFIHANGEL-POHTYMOTL. HARVEST FESTIVAL. — The annual harvest thanksgiving service was held in the Parish Church on Thursday week. The sacred edifice was decorated with admirable taste, and pre- sented a most pleasing appearance, reflecting »reat credit on Miss Meredith (Court Farm), Sirs. Parker, Mrs. Warne, and Mrs. Messenger. The special preacher was the Rev. W. A. W. Evans, M.A., rector of Llanthewy, Caerleon. By his striking illustrations and eloquence he commanded the attention of his hearers through- out. and in his discourse welcomed the presence of members of other denominations on this fes- tal occasion. The choir rendered their part very creditably. Mr. A. Davis presided at the har- monium. The offertory, devoted to the church- warden's fund, amounted to £2 Is. 3d.
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The Bishop of London is returning to Fulham Palace this week, and has consented to preach the harvest festival sermon at the Fulham parish church. Professor Seeley, of Cambridge, has recovered from his recent illness sufficiently to be able to take carriage exercise daily. He will deliver his lectures this term. The Duke and Duchess of Portland, who have been residing at Lang well House, Caithness, since the end of July, will return shortly to Welbeck Abbey, Notts, for the winter. A meeting of the Church of England Zenana Missionary Society, arranged to take leave of missionaries, will be held In the Kensington Town Hall on Thursday, the 12th inst. The Theater Unter den Linden at Berlin is about to be converted into an Italian opera house, and the Emperor William has granted it a modest subvention of 21,500 a year. The Kingston-on-Thames Council have resolved to purchase eleven acres of land within the borough for the purpose of an isolation hospital and allotments for the working classes. At St. David's Roman Catholic Church, Swan- sea, the whole of the contents of the offertory boxes have been stolen. It is not known what amount of money the boxes contained. At the farewell dinner at gouthaea the Duke of Connaught was presented by the Headquarters Staff of the Southern District with a silver casket, as a memento of his command. Mr. Hall Caine is about to start for America, in order to be present at the rehearsals of his play Mahomet,' which Mr. Willard proposes to pro- duce before his return to this country. C.T*° men, named William Jones and George fetephensop, were killed on Wednesday in Messrs. Joseph and Sons' pit, Hole Clayton, by a large stone falling on them from the roof. At Liverpool, on Thursday, Louis Ross, late a partner in a firm of shipowners was committed for trial on a charge of obtaining E600 with intent to defraud from a moneylender in that city. Mr. E. Stanhope, M. P., has arranged to address a series of meetings of his constituents in the Horncastle Division of Lincolnshire, commencing at West Ashby, on Monday, the 23rd inst. ° At Bow Street Police Court, London, on Thurs. day, Alhed Edward Perry, a letter-carrier, was committed for trial charged with stealing letters containing postal orders and a pair of earrings. r, Lady Henry Somerset on Thursday opened a women's shelter at Bradford, which was, she said, an object lesson which temperance women should copy in every town of the county. According to the Continental papers Signor Sonzogno has definitely fixed November 20 as the date of the production, in Milan, of Mr. Cowen's new opera, "Signa." in consequence of an outbreak of scarlet fever at the Tower, where the 2nd Scots Guards are now stationed, it has been found necessary to close the schools there for the present. Two farmers at Driffield were, on Thusday, fined for failing to report outbreaks of anthrax, It was stated that part of the carcase ofoneof the affected beasts had been distribute as human food. Madame Patey, who has decided on definitely retiring from the musical world, has, with her husband, arrived at Falmouth. Mr. and Madame Patey will make that town their permanent place of residence. The Tunbridge Wells Corporation has decided to demand the removal of all barbed-wire fences by over twenty owners of local property. The statue against dangerous fences is to be stnngently enforced. At Harlesden Petty Sessions on Thursday, a builder named Ciiarles Tuckwell was fined;C3 and costs for erecting two houses in the locality with. out causing the inalls to be constructed of good bricks and mortar. Miss Floren,ce vlonteith, a young soprano who has been favourably received on London concert platforms, is about to make her debut in Italian opera at Milan. She has been studying for two years under Signor Franco Leoni. The master of the Blackmore Vale Hunt, Mr. Guest, has, in consequence of the severe drought this season, given back the whole of the rent now due at Michaelmas to his agricultural tenant, in- cluding those entered Lady-day. The North Cornwall section of the South- Western system, extended from Treameer to Camelford on August 14, hap been further ex- tended to Delabole, to which station the line will be open for traffic on Wedtoeeday, the 18th inst
! Tories OF THE WEEK. It
Tories OF THE WEEK. It THE bombardment of Rio de Janeiro by Admiral de Mello continues, and the greatest alarm prevails in the city. Murders and robberies are committed by President Peixoto's soldiers, who are appar- ently, beyond restraint. Business is entirely at a standstill, and everyone w ho is able is fleeing from the city. Manj prominent citizens who are sup- posed to sympathise with the rebels have been thrown into prison. THE lower part of the long rows1 of table-cases in the King's Library at the British Museum have been glazed and shelved, and arrangements are in progress to instal therein the "extraordinary Chinese encyclopaedia which came into the posses- sion of the nation some years ago, and has since been hidden away in the vast deeps of Blooms- bury. Its 5,000 Chinese volumes have been bound up into a thousand bulky tomes, which enshrine the whole universe of Celestial learning. The work is the only perfect copy in Europe, and even in China itself the number of copies of this edition —apart from reduced photographic facsimiles- could be counted on the fingers of one hand. THE extertsion of the parcel-post service to every part of the world continues to occupy the energies of the officials at St. Martin's-le-Grand. The latest instance is in regard to the Dutch East Indies, the only places in which post, parcels from this country have hitherto been delivered being a few ports andsomeplaces on the Netherland-Indian Railway. Parcels either couH not be forwarded elsewhere or were subject to a heavy charge of delivery kit the service has this month been ex- tended to a large number of places situated in Bali, Banka, Billiton, Borneo, Celebes, Java, Madura, Moluccas, Hhi", Sumatra, and Timor. The despatch will be weekly. IN military and naval matters, China has doubtless -noved on in recent times but in all else the Celestial Empire appears tc take her stand as of old upon the" ancient ways." Mr. Jamie- son, our Aiting Cousul-General at Shanghai, in his report to the Earl of Rosebery, says that the same methods of agriculture, of manufacture, and of transport are still in vogue as were used, not merely twenty years, but a hundred or several hundred years ago. There has been no cheapen- ing ot produc tion, as in all western countries, by the introduction of steam for manual labour, or by improved facilities of transport and with the exception of the steamboat service on the coast, the means of transport remain such as they have always been within the memory of man. AN important addition to the number of notable events or. French racecourses is the new "Prix du Conseil Municipal." An alternative title sug- gested is the "Grand Prix d'Automne," to mark the fact that it takes place towards the end of the year, and to distinguish it from the Grand Prix run for in June. The winner of the new prize receives 1)0,000 francs, or £4,000, as against just double the amount awarded to the winner of the Grand Prix. Like the latter, it is run at Long- champs, but it will differ from it in this respect, that horses of all ages will be allowed to compete. The race is to be an international one, and it is thought that owing to the time of year at which it is run, it will attiact many English animals. The Municipal Council have been enabled to offer the new prize owing to the increased profits it derives from the Longchamp racecourse since the lease fell in a couple of years ago. THE compromise arrived at in Belgium between the advocates of a Sunday delivery of letters and those who are opposed to it on principle, seems so far to have worked fairly well. The newDomin- cal stamp.as it is called, has already come largely into use. In appearance it is like an ordinary postage stamp, but underneath are the words "Not to be delivered on Sun day," both in French and Flemish. Persons who post things that do not press for early delivery,or those who are advocates ofaday's rt a week for postmen,use these stamps just as they are. Others, who want their com- munications to be delivered as early as possible, whether on Sunday or any other day, simply re move the diiection not to deliever on Sunday. This is easilj done, as there is a perforation mark iust above tlje inscription. The stamp so torn looks simply like an ordinary postage-stamp. If the inscription is left on, the Dominical stamp is recognised at a glance, owing to the fact that it is longer than the other. AN absolute novelty has just been added to the Insect House at the Zoological Gardens in the shape of a large beetle. To bring beetles, in the popular aceptance of the term,to the Zoo would be a far better way of expressing the idea con- tained in a famillHr proverb than the one in vogue, for beetles, i.e., cockroaches, more than swarm in some of the houses. The added beetle is a. real I one, and is a memljjjerpf a tropical group, which have received, of their large siie and itfklwarfc '»aild, nanus of Goliath Beetles." Thw, ij^tllytlive in trees, and the specimen atVtB' i»j provided with grapes and banana 3kbi fc 'refreshment Very appropriately, being, a giant of its-kind, it has been accommodated in the immediate neighbourhood of he large South American, spider. Whether the spider felt any sympathy for its new neighbour, or was desirous of tVyii\g the mettle of a foemaworthy of its pro- wess, could not be clearly made out from the spi^er^ features; but in any ca^s it had climbed up the class ol its case on Fiiday, apparently to sur- vey|the beetle. T^E abolition of the claque, or band of hired apprauders, who do so much to spoil the enjoy- ment of playgoers in Paris, is. not the only reform thaadame Sarah Bernhardt, with characteristic eneiy, intends to introduce during her manage- merft Of the Renaissance Theiatre. All who are familiar With Parisian playhouses have occasion to complain of th innumerable petty extortions of tbos licensed harpies, the ouvreuses" or boxp At the Renaissance, under Madame Sarah, the ouvreuse will find no field for her ingemou# exactions. As in the better class of London touses, there will be civil attendants in uniform, who will provide programmes, and take charge <J$^"Awits, hats, and umbrellas without charge. this all, for the customary fee for boolong *ea|s will be done away with. At the Thefitre Fraucais the price of a stall is six francs, but it cOsts eight francs if booked beforehand. Madame Saran has determined that there shall; be^ no tax bn patrons who come early with their; ijjoney, ana indeed she is seriously contain fating the desirability of offering them a redntti. INWof the allegations made in somequartera M. Panertwski has no intention of abandoning his career RÁ II. public pianist. It is quite true, how- ever, that he does not propose to play very much in public in future. For one thing, he says, it is terribly exhausting, and, for another, he wants to be able to write more. Since he took up his pre- sent darker in 1886, he has had little time for musi- cal composition. At present the most important work he has in hand is his opera, which he began early this year, and which will not be finished for some ÍTJJe yet. The subject he is pledged not to reveal. There are Tziganes and choruses of peas- ants is it, but it would not be accurate to describe it as vibQHy Polish. As for musical and other arts in Polked* everything there, he says, is stagnation. It is all life the people lead-far worse than that of the people of Ireland—and this has a terri- ble effect on art and literature. Besides M. Pader- ewski d$c]ares that it is almost impossible to write Polish miusic nowadays, because of the inevitable cry thati an imitation of Chopin. As a matter of faCt" yhopin adopted the most marked charac- teristicø, of Polish national music, so that in a Polish imposition it is impossible not to resemble him in externals.
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Leicester Coporation have decided to stop the water simply between eight in the evening and half-pasta five in the morning, owing to the reduc- tion of fifce supply to forty days' consumption. The Bishop of Bedford, who is now convalescent, has returned to town, and one of his first engage- ments is to pI each next week at the Islington workhouse ÖDthe occasion of the harvest thanks- giving. v ORioiif OF APRON.—This name is said to have originated in a strange blunder, viz.: "A nap- peron, converted into an apperon." Napperon is French :for a napkin, from nappe (cloth in general)..Some English counties still employ the wofS. OVBX 1300 MILES AS HOETB.—A locomotive working a pressure of 142 and 165 pounds to the square inch may move a railway train at avelocit,. of 60 miles per hour, which we are apt ;tö think of as a wonderful speed.—But it Is slow compared with the rate of motion of the projectile from a modern great gun. Such projectile flies at the rate of 1,365 mile per hour, impelled by a pressure of 35,000 to 49,000 pounds per square inch. THE HOÚSE FLY.—A house-fly is born fully grown and of mature size, and there are no little flies of the same species, the small ones occasionally observed being different in kind from the large ones. The house-fly does not bite nor pierce the skin, but gathers its food by a comb o* rake, or brush-like tongue, with which it is able to scrape the varnish from covers of befoks, and it thus tickles the skin of persons upon which it alights to feed upon the perspiration* A fly is a scavenger, and is a vehicle by, frhich contagious diseases are spread. It poisons wounds, and may carry deadly virus from decaying organic matter into food. The next Mayor of Crewe is to be Alderntaa John Thomas, a. gentleman who has been connected with the public life of that borough for mia rap* — —
IVERY UNFAIR.
VERY UNFAIR. Mrs. Figg You little wretch, you have bee fighting again I know you have What wa it all about f" Tommy: "It was this way. You see, Jimi»' Brown and me, we put in our pennies togetb to buy apples, and I was to have the cores what was bought in the morning, and he was have the cores of what was bought in the af noon." Mrs. Figg: "I do not see any nnfaix about that. Tommy Yes bat in the afternoon he and bought bananas."
MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT ABERCARN
MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT ABERCARN A boatman in charge of a canal boat which plies between Newport and Crumlin was proceed- ing down the canal early on Tuesday evening, and when near the Old Swan public-house, about a hundred yards below Abercarn Colliery, he discovered the body of a man lying in a thicket alongside the canal. Deceased was lying close to the water, with one arm in the water. He had on knitted stockings, new laced boots (without nails), brown cord trousers, brown jacket, blue serge underneath blue vest, blue shirt, and black and white scarf. His height was about 6 feet, and he had grey hair and whiskers; the right leg, which had a scar upon it, was shorter than the left. A walking stick was found near the body. The poor fellow was last seen in the neighbourhood of Abercarn, on Saturday after- noon, offering for sale "Moore's Almanack." He gave the impression of being a man not of the ordinary tramp order, but one who had seen better days. The police suppose that he was making his way down the canal bank on Saturday night and fell into the water, and it is conjec- tured that he waded through to the opposite side, managed to get upon the bank, and there died of exhaustion. The body was taken to Gloch Gobaith.-AEt inquest was held at the Police-station on Thursday (yesterday) by Mr. M. hoberts-Jones, coroner, and resulted in a verdict of Death from syncope, consequent upon exposure." No evidence was given that would lead to the identity of deceased.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEWS IN BRIEF. The attendance at the World's Fair is expected in a week or two to reach the weekly average of 1,000,00<J to !,200,u00. There are in the United States about 240,000 known criminals, SO,000 of whom are now under- going terms of penal servitude. The most powerful lighthouse light in the world has just been completed near Havre. It can be seen at a distance of 130 miles. Mr. Harry Bates, .A,RA., has been selected to execute the equestrian statue of Lord Roberts, which is to be put up in Calcutta. Alexander Henderson, engineer, died at Paisley on Saturday from injuries received by his head being crushed in some machinery. A Paris correspondent states that Marshal MacMahon, who has been ill for some time past, has become worse. A three-act comedy drama, by Dr. Edward Aveling, will shortly be produced at the Royalty Theatre, London. The Queen has commanded Mr. John Haze to give a performance of Diplomacy at Balmoral on Tuesday, the 24th inst. A man named Polhill, belonging to Winchelsea, jumped off the East Cliff at Hastings on Sunday night, a distance of 300ft., and broke his neck. The death is announced, in his seventy-eighth year, of the Rev. Dr. Edmond, senior minister of the Highbury English Presbyterian Church, London. 11 A colporteur was recently arrested in the Galata district, Turkey, for selling the Epistle to the Galatians, on the ground that it was a seditious document. Mr. Dawson, of Baildon, Yorkshire, has be- queathed E24,000 to various charities. The benefactions are mostly local, but Dr. Barnardo's Homes are to receive E2,000. M. Gabriel Mourey, a French critic, affirms that French civilisation has been more influenced by England during the last twenty-five years than by any other country. Sir Henry Meux has killed a large number of stags during the I ast month in the deer forest of Alladale, Ross-shire, which he has rented from Sir Kenneth Matheson. Mr. Campbell Cory, of St. Arvans, has taken on lease St. Pierre, near Chepstow, which has been the residence of the Lewis family ever since the time of the Welsh princes. A sailing vessel, name unknown,sank off Dover on Sunday night after collision with the steamer Kelly. The crew were taken aboard the Kelly, which is being towed to London. Though Miss Nelly Farren has derived much benefit from her long sojourn at Southport, and hopes to revisit it next summer, she announces her intention to winter in a warmer climate. Langhurst, the well-known sporting estate near Horsham, which was withdrawn when submitted to auction a few days ago, has been sold by private contract. Miss Helen Terry's general health is much im- proved, but she is said to be suffering so severely from an affection of the eyes that she contem- plates a temporary retirement from the stage. Mr. Kenningham, the young tenor who takes the part of Captain FitzBctttleaxe in the new Savoy opera, is the son of Lady Cecil Gordon, who lives at Hampton Court Palace, and he is therefore the grandson of the ninth Marquis of Huntly. In reference to a report from Singapore that the Siamese railway now in course of construc- tion or projection are about to be abandoned, it is stated that no news to this effect has reached the Siamese Legation, and it is not believed there. As many as 115 cases of birds and animals, part of the celebrated Melton Collection, have been presented by Lord Hastings to the Tolhouse Museum at Great Yarmouth, where they have arrived. The death is announced, from tynhoid fever, of the Rev. V. H. Macv, rector of floundon, near Brentwood, Essex. He had only held the living a few months. His churchwarden died three days before. The medical officer of health for Bow has re- ceived an intimation of the death of a woman from phossy jaw," or phosphorous poisoning. She had worked for some years m a match factory at Bow. 7 Bow. The Duke and Duchess of Teck and Prince Alexander attended the harvest thanksgiving service at Kingston Vale Church. Some of the flowers and fmit for decorating the edifice were sent from White Lodge. Lady Henry Somerset, the well-known temper- ance advocate, left Southampton for New York on Saturday by the American liner Paris. She was accompanied by a large number of friends to wisb her bon voyage. Miss Sarah Handbury, fifty years of age, a lady -of i*viiej»«TjrlcTrt means, of Swanwick, Alfreton, • committed suicide by jumping down a well ne$r her house on Saturday. Miss Handbiii$t h^tf suffered from "religious mania." The Prefect of Police of Paris, along with several of his officers, arrived in Liverpool on Saturday to await the arrival of the steamer Lake Winnipeg from Canada. Among the passengers is believed to be a person who is alleged to have been concerned in some extensive bank frauds in Paris, and who some time ago succeeded iri mak- ing his escape from the city. The inspecting committee appointed by Lord Macnaughten to arbitrate in the matter of the Portsea Island Building Society have calculated that the costs incidental to the liquidation u» to July 27 last will exceed £ 15,000. Of this abpi)t 96,000 was expended in connection with /the promotion of the Relief Bill for the equitable division of the assets of the society. A three-year-old daughter of John- Bennet, hatter, Cherry Tree Lane, Great Moor, whilst proceeding homewards stepped off the footpath to avoid a dog, and was knocked down by a passing niilk-eart, the wheel of which passed over the right side of her head. Death was instantaneous. When picked up the child's hat was found bes- meared with brains. The well-known mineral estate of Glencraig, in Fifeshire, has been privately sold to Mr. John Watson of the Wilson's and Clyde Coal Company. Glencraig extend to about five hiindied acres, aud is estimated by several eminent experts to contain nearly fifteen millions of tons of workable coal, which is equal output of about 200,000 tons for more than seventy yews. I The Rev. J. Daniel Evans, of Towyn, has re- ceived a cheque for jESOO from Mr. R. Davies, D.P., Bodloudeb, Menai Bridge, towards the dept upon the English Presbyterian Church at Towyn. This is only one of the many princely gifts which Mr. Davies has given and is giving towards liquidating the debt upon Presby- terian places of worship in North WTales. The secretary of the London Anglers Association has already this fishing season issued over 4,000 railway privilege tickets to the members, a con- siderable increase on the corresponding period of last year. The Central Association of London Anglers have also this season issued close on 2,00f of the ticketswhich enable club anglers to travel at greatly reduced fares on the principal rail- ways. A sensational story is current at Lahore to the effect that shortly before the arrival of the mission at Cabul a regiment in the Ameer's army mutinied and shot down the Assistant Commander-in-Chief, then took to flight, but were pursued and captured, and eleven of them blown from guns. A Simla telegram states that this story is a typical bazaar I rumour, the simple fact being that an orderly shot his ofheer, and was executed for the offence. Sir J. Blundell Maple, M. P., remains atBrightoa and ia making steady improvement The first performance of "Charley's Aunt" in New York at the Standard Theatre was a hit" Viscount Folkestone, M.P. for the Wilton Divi- sion of Wilts, will pass the winter in Australia, owing to the state of his health. Mr. F. A Charrington, L.C.C., is again con. eonfined to his bed with a serious attack of in- fluenza. William Osmonde, a soldier, committed suicide at Croydon on Thursday night by blowing his brains out with a revolver. The Albert Palace organ, concerning which there reoently was a good deal of discussion, is now announced to be sold by private treaty. The autumn tour of "A Royal Divorce" will f-ommence at Yarmouth. Mr. George Miln has been specially engaged to play Napoleon, On his visit to Preston, on the 17th inst, Lord Salisbury will be the guest of Lord Lathom. Lord and Lady Derby will attend the demonstration. Large quantities of fine whiting are being caught off Deal. The fish are chiefly despatched to the metropolis, and good prices are realised. The B' -hop of Adelaide, Dr. Kennion, has just been visiting his old parishioners at All "to, Bradford, and St. Paul's Sculcoates, Hull. The Rev. Canon Hitchcock has announced his intention, owing to ill-health, of resigning the vicarage of East Farleigh, near Maidstone. Nearly a hundred serious cases of typhoid: are under treatment in Wigan, where the fever has assumed epidemic form. The district most affected is Poolstock. The Press banquet in honour of the Russian officers at the Champ de Man, Paris, will be open to the public. Covers are to be laid for 2,500 guests. Sir Charles Legard will preside at a great Unionist demonstration to be held inthePiince of Wales's Circw, Scarborough, on the 17th host The Royal Academy of Music has received from the Treasury the earn of £ 500, being the annual Government grant to the funds of the ilTtitT — %■-—ini tion.
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I r vm CORRESPONDENCE. ♦ A VERY important new branch railway is being Considered at Constantinople. The proposed line Would branch off from the Monastier-Salonica Railway to Scrutaria on the Adriatic. In the Roman period a great high road, called the 11 Via Egnatia," extended from Constantinople to the Adriatic. The proposed railway would have great otrategical, as well as commercial importance. V THE inhabitants of Fauburg St. Denis, Paris, have been startled by the sensational suicide of a boy of 15, named Jules Gautier. The father, a watchman, had reason to make some complaints to the lad regarding his conduct. Withoutsaying aword the lad went up the fifth floor of thebuild- ing, opened the window, and threw himself ipto the court below. ACCORDING to a Rio de Janeiro telegram, the supplementary batteries recently erected in various parts of the city as an additional means of defence are to be removed by the Brazilian Government, thus removing a source of embarrass- ment to the commanders of the foreign warships in preventing the insurgents from doing further damage to the town. It was stated that the Foreign Diplomatic Body had given President Peixoto an ultimatum to withdraw from the capital, or the foreign Powers would recognise the Insurgents as belligerents, but this is denied by a correspondent. SATURDAY'S football furnished many good games and some surprises. In the first division of the League the feature was the victory of Sheffield United over Sunderland. Blackburn Rovers, Burnley, and Aston Villa respectively beat Pres- ton North End, Everton, and Notts Forest. Burs- lem lost their first match in the second grade. In the South, London Caledonians were successful over Clapton, Woolwich Arsenal over the Casuals, and Old Westminsters over the Crusaders. Under Rugby Union rules Blackheath defeated Middle- sex Wanderers, and London Scottish the Claphain Rovers, the score in both instances being very substantial. Richmond lost to Cooper's Hill. Newport (Mon.) won another game. There was also play in the Lancashire and Yorkshire compe- titions. IT is decided, says a Paris correspondent, to have at the Toulon banquet in honour of the officers of the Russian squadron, which is shortly to visit that port, a dish of sharks' fins. They are to be cooked in a gelatinous gravy made with fowl, first fried in butter in a copper stewpan, and then boiled in white wine and water along with calves' feet and seasoning vegetables, such as carrots, onions, thyme, and celery. The sharks' fins are to be allowed to simmer three hours in this gravy, after soaking in cold water for twelve hours. This delicacy is imported as dried fish from China, where it is differently cooked. The Russian officers had hoped to give a ball in com- pliment to the bourgeoise and official world at Toulon, but now find that the hospitalities of their French entertainers will follow in too rapid succession to allow them to carry out their wish. AGAIN and again the General Prisons Board for Ireland have drawn attention to the complaints of their Inspectors-General of the practice of send- ing old offenders to prison on very short sentences. Their remonstrances, however, appear to have had little effect upon the Justices, cases of this class being shown by the of ci 1 returns just published to be quite as numerous in proportion to the total number of commitments as heretofore. The Board, in its anntfkl report, once more makes complaint of the evil and inutility of the system. To send prisoners to gaol, it observes, for 24 hours or perhaps 3 days, who have been 200 or 300 times in prison before, amounts simply to a delusion. All these must be washed and cleansed, and pro- bably sent to hospital from the effects of drink, to be there cared for and attended to, and rendered physically fit for re-indulgence in crime after a short rest in gaol. THERE are no gold mines in China, yet the amount of gold sent out of the country during the last ten or fifteen years is known to be consider- able. The question arises—whence does it come? Mr. Jamieson, Acting British Consul-General at Shanghai, says that the gold for export comes mainly from the private hoards of wealthy Chinese, where it may have been for generations in the shape of bracelets, hair-pins, and other ornaments. It is tempted out by the unprecedentedly high price now paid for it. There is also a considerable amount of gold in the shape of bars, which pass, especially in the north, as an article of commerce. One of the principal nsee to which tmch bus are put to be that, of r«n-ving oc *k» modivtrti fn which presents aie made to high officials. It is well-known that provincial officials returning to the capital after a few years' service, must con. form to time-honoured custom, and an innocent- looking flower-pot, with a few gold bars under the roots of the plant, is the most acceptable form in which the necessary gratuity can be made. THE Recoder of Manchester describes glove fights as a difficult subject to deal with." At the same time he has, for the guidance of the Grand Jury, explained the law on the matter. In football and cricket men often cause each other serious injuries, but no one has said that these con- seno "I tests, as ordinarily conducted, or even fencing or single-stick exercises, are unlawful. On the other hand,, every fight, whether with gloves or without, in which the object and intent of each party is to subdue the other by violent blows, has, in tne eye of the law, a direct tendency to a breaclj of the peace. Nor is it material whether such a fight is a hostile fight, begun and continued in anger, or a fight for a money prize or other advantage. As to the spectators, if they knew the proceedings to be unlawful, all will be equally guilty. But it might be that what was originally intended to be a harm- less contest became an unlawful assault. In that case, according to Mr. West's charge to the Man- chester Grand Jury, those who continue to take part in or aid the contest become liable to be put on their trial. A REMARKABLE addition has been made to the natural history collections at South Kensington in the shape of a transverse section of the Mam- moth tree of California (Seuqoia gigantea), measuring seventeen feet in diameter and five feet in length, while its weight is not less than twenty two tons. The tree was from 1,200 to 1,400 years old, and had attained a height of 350 feet. I am told that no section of a tree approach- ing anything like the size of the one now at South Kensington has been seen in Europe before. The Museum authorities were fortunate enough to be able to secure the specimen at a reasonable cost by a favourable opportunity which presented it. self in connection with the cutting down a tree for a similar section for the Chicago Exhibition, to be subsequently deposited in the American Museum, New York. It should be added that some months must elapse before the section at the Natural History Museum can be prepared for Sublic exhibition, as it must be in a thoroughly ry state before any polishing can be commenced.
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In reference to a report from Singapore that the Siamese railway now in course of construction or projected are going to be abandoned, we are re- quested to say that no news to this effect has reached the Siamese Legation in London, and it is not believed there. An inmate of the Crumpsall Workhouse, Edward M'Culloch, bas died from the effects of chloroform. The doctors were about to perform a surgical operation on him, but before they had really commenced he expired. A coroner's jury came to the conclusion that the fatal occurrence could not have been avoided. The sea is encroaching very seriously on the north-western coast of the Isle of Man, and a committee of Tynwald has taken evidence on the subject. One of the witnesses states that he is now actually paying rent for acres that have been washed away by the sea. Several farmers and landowners testified to the serious losses they had unstained. A dandy on shore is disgusting to many people, but a swell of the sea sickens everybody. A country paper says in an obituary, 11 Mr. X. .vas an estimable citizen. He lived uprightly he died with perfect resignation. He had been recently married." "My boy," said a conscientious teacher, "do you know why I am going to whip you ?" "Yes," replied the young hopeful, "because you am biggar than I am." Schoolboy (kept in): Let's see! One t'm's ought's ought. Twice ought's ought. Three t'm's ought-oh, must be something 1 stick it down one." After rolling all night in your berth till you are miserably sick to have a steward open your door in the morning and ask if you will have a fresh roll for breakfast is certainly very provok- ing. Standing before a clergyman who was about to marry him, a rustic was asked, Wilt thou have this woman," &c. The man stared in sur- prise, and replied, "Ay, surely! Whoy, I kummed a puppus A traveller who had been in the Far East told a French lady that Hindoo girls are taught to think of marriage as soon as they can talk. She replied, French girls are not. They don't re- quire teaching." Why is a woman who has eaten a pork pie, containing more fat than the one she had pre- viously partaken of like one of the most popular artistes on the lyric stage (—-Because she's had a leqtwr sattu (Adeuaa ratfi).
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PARENTAL CRUELTY IN LANCASHIRE.…
PARENTAL CRUELTY IN LANCASHIRE. At Blackburn on Monday, the East Lancashire coroner received information of the death of a child named Smalley, son of a Darwin spinner, who is now undergoing a sentence of three months' hard labour for cruelly neglecting it. The child, which when found weighed only five pounds in- stead of eleven, was lying in indescribable filth, with a large proportion of its body quite raw. For the last fortnight the child had been in the work- house infirmary, but its case was hopeless.
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The f Sir William Christopher Leng w^ich't^ok 'puj^ at Oakiands, Sheffield, on Saturday afternoon. Her ladyship has been an in valid for nearly twenty years. She was the daughter of Mr. David Stark of Forfarshire Her first husband, Mr. Harry Cook, of Sandhurst. Australia, died on his return voyage to this country. She married at Dundee, in 1860, Sir William Christopher Leng, editor and managing proprietor of the Sheffield Daily Telegraph.
EVERYTHING PACKED
EVERYTHING PACKED Tommy, I am afraid you don't like to be told of your faults," said a mother, and Tommy replied evasively, Well, I can bear hearing about one « two, but folks always think of so mimy." It does, indeed, seem at times as if.. "\?end% J. having begun to rehearse our were deter«Jp mined to make a thorough *? wo V Two little boyB were goia? .e and O* the morning of their dep»rtare their father said te the elder « Diok, why ie y°nur ha,r so rough ] » .CYLOOUWD,T smooth it, papa. I've packed my oowb." And from the state of your hands I conclude you must have packed your nail-brush too." Yes, papa, last night." I thiuk he must have packed up his prayert too," chimed in the younger brother, cause he didn't say 'em last night or this morning."
NOT AN ANGEL. J
NOT AN ANGEL. J Mamma:" Have you washed your face, Johnny ?*' Johnny Yes." Mamma: And your hands f" Johnny: "Yes." Mamma And your neck V Johnny: "I aiat, & angel's
- TAKE ME HOME.
TAKE ME HOME. A youngster about five years old stepped up behind a policeman and pulled his coat tails. "Hullo," exclaimed the officer, wheeling round. What's the matter ? "I say, mister, won't you take me home t wae the blubbering reply. Of course I will, sonny. Don't ory. Where is your home ? and the officer patted the waif on the head kindly. fC I don't know where it is," blubbered the boy,. If I did, do you 'spose I'd be stoppin' here askin* you to take me there t"
SMOKING OER OUT
SMOKING OER OUT A company of Edinburgh students were starting for Glasgow on a football excursion, and meant to have a railway carrisge to themselves. At the moment, however, just as the train was starting, in hastened an old oinaii. One of the young fellows, thinking to got rid of her easily, regoorked My good woman, this is a smoking-car, don't you know r Well, well)" answered the woman. Never mind, 1'11 mlik it dae," and she took a seat. As the traIn started, the word was passed round « smoke her out." All the windows 'were closed a0o°rding]y> and every student produced a pipe, and soon the car was filled with a dense cloud of tobacco smoke. So foul became the air that at last one of the boys began to fall sick. As he took his pipe from his mouth and settled back into his Beat, the old woman leaned towards him. If ye are dune, sir," she said, in a weedling tone, would ye kindly gie me a bit draw ? I came awa in sic a haste I forgot mine."
TALYWAIN.
TALYWAIN. HARVEST THANKSGIVING SERVICES.—Harvest thanksgiv.ng services in connection with the Talywain Church were held on Sunday and Mon- I day last. The church had been decorated for the purpose by the following ladies Mrs. and Miss Thomas, the Vicarage, Mrs. and Miss Mulligan, Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Winstone, Mrs. Skyrme, Mrs. Herbert, and Mrs. Brown, who all displayed great taste and judgment in the arrangement of trie fruits and vegetables, which had been so kindly forwarded by generous donors. There was a volunteer parade at the morning service, under the command of Maior Jones and Captain Herbert, at which about 80 men attended. At this service choral matins were sung by the Rev. D. R. Davies, curate, af-er which a sermon was preached by the Rev. H. J. Williams, vicar of Pontypridd. At 3 o'clock a flower service was held, at the en i of which a number of children presented bouquets of flowers, which were after- wards forwarded to the Newport Infirmary. At the end of the service the Rev. H. J. Williams gave a short address to the children. In the evening choral evensong was sung by the Rev. W. R. Thomas, vicar, a sermon being again preached by the Rev. H. J. Williams. On Mon- day evening, at 7.30, choral evensong was snug by the Rev. J. R. Davies, and a sermon preached by the Rev. J. R. Buckley, vicar of Llandaff. The services were most successful, and the collection realized an advance upon those of previous years. Miss Thomas presided at the organ, and the choir under the leadership of Mr. J. Ridler, sang two anthems, Lord, Thou hast been our Dwelling- place," and All our works praise Thee." admir- ably. At the close of the Monday evening's ser- vice the Te Deuln was sung as an act of thanks- giving.
A CENTENARIAN.
A CENTENARIAN. Mr. Thomas Young, Winsome Lodge Watford, completed his one hundredth birthday on Tuasday. He was born at Newington on October 10, 1793. Beyond being afflicted with deafness he retains his faculties in a wonderful manner. He entered into business as a linendeaper in Watford in 1819, and retired in 1872.
THE DE JONG CASE?
THE DE JONG CASE? No fresli details of. interest have come to light in connection with tlie Be JOBS exxSpc that Mi. Iteddlck, the writer of the letter to tne police to which considerable importance was attached, has been evidently labouring under a mistake. It has been dsicovered that the gentle. man who travelled in the English lake district is not the now notorious de J ong who is in prison in Holland.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT NEWMARKET.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT NEWMARKET. Mr. Goffin, the owner of Victorin, a probable starter for the Derby, met with a serious accident on Monday. While driving up the High-street, Newmarket, with Miles, his trainer, and Frank Arnull, the front portion of his trap separated from the rear, and Mr. Goffin was thrown vio- lentlyout. He was taken to the Rutlan'd Arms Hotel, and was found to be so seriously injured that a physician from Cambridge was sent for. He is in a critical condition.
A MISSING STEAMER.
A MISSING STEAMER. The Belfast steamship Horn Head with 3,000 tons of breadstuffs, from Baltimore, is now a month overdue, and it is feared that she has shared the same fate as the Naronic. The miss- ing vessel was commanded by Captain Scott, an experienced navigator, and carried a crew of twenty-eight, chiefly Belfast and Glasgow men. Two days after she left Baltimore a terrible cyc- lone swept the American coast, and it is gener- ally believed that she foundered in the storm with all on board.
THE MANCHESTER ANARCHISTS.
THE MANCHESTER ANARCHISTS. Patrick Joseph Kelly, who is a member of the Manchester Anarchists group, was charged at the police-court on Monday w.Hh at_a meeting on Sunday afternoon. # The accused matte "j^Tre^oSr'of^jpeech. The stipendiary might fine them and send them to prison, but they were prepared to go to prison week after week in defence of their rights. They had to do it in the past, and the movement lost nothing by such persecution. Prisoner WBS fined 21s. and costs, and was told that if either he or any of his companions were brought to that court again the fine would be increased.
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE UNEMPLOYED
MR. GLADSTONE AND THE UNEMPLOYED A correspondent who wrote to Mr. Gladstone asking his opinion as to whether the establishment of farm colonies, as proposed by several metro- politan boards of guardians, would be beneficial in the direction of relieving the unemployed who I might be placed thereon, has received trom the Premier, through his secretary, the following rep] "H den, October 6, 1893.—Sir,—I am directed by Mr. Gladstone to acknowledge your letter of September 30 respecting the for- mation of farm colonies. He understands and fully appreciates the motives which recommend this suggestion, but it embraces details of which he has not the command, and he thinks that if you are of opinion a practical plan could be put on foot, you would do well to communicate with the Local Government Board.—I am, Sir, youi obedient servant, Spencer Lyttelton.
THE BATH MURDER.
THE BATH MURDER. At Weston, Arthur Coombs was charged, on remand, With the murder of Elsie Wilkie alias Luke, on Hampton Down, in August 1891. On the prisoner being bronght into court, counsel for the prosecution called Walter Cairn, a wine mer- chant's assistant; who stated that he was a school- fellow of the accused. In July 1891, one Sunday morning, he was in-the wood leading up to Hamp- ton Rocket with a friend when he saw Coombs and Wilkie pass through the wood, walging towards Hampton Down. This wood is about half a mile from the spot where the deceased's remains were discovered. Alfred Phillips a friend of the preVl- ous witness, fixed the date of this the last Sunday in July, 1891- ° in a tree, and Wilkie-nodded to a tliej passed. Evidence was then produced identifying the boots found in the cave as having been pur- chased by the deceased in July 1891. Mr. Collins stated that that was all the evidence the Crown were in a position to offer, and he suggested there might oe a further ramand. After Mr. Collins's address, Mr. Titley for the accnsed, asked for a re- lease of the prisoner. After the magistrates had deliberated, the chairman, Mr. Murcli, Mayor oi Bath, said the present was a case of extreme gravity, and the crime being two years old made I it more necessary entirely to exculpate prisoner, and the Bench has decided to remand the accused in custody until Tuesday, October 17
<-A SCHOOLBOY'S LETTElt.
-A SCHOOLBOY'S LETTElt. The Spectator for Saturday last publishes as a genuine letter from a schoolboy to his mother the following pathetic production My deal Ma,-I wright to tell you I am very retched and my chilblains is worse again. I have not made any progress and do not think I shall, i am very sorry to be such an expence, but I do not think this schule is any good. One of the fellows has taken the crown of my best hat for a target, he has now borrowed my watch to make a water wheal with the works, but it wont act. Me and him have tried to put the works back, but we think some wheals are missing as they wont fit. I hope Matilda's cold is better. I am glad she is not at schule. i think i have got consumption. the boys at this place are not gentlemanly, but of course you did not know this when you sent me here. i will not try to get bad habits. The trowsers have worn out at the knees, i think the tailor must have cheated you, the buttons have come off, and they are loose behind, i dont think the food is good, but I should not mind if I was stronger. The piece of meat I send you is off the beef wenad on Sunday, but on other days it is more stringy- There are black beadles in the kitchen and some- times they cook them in the dinner, which c»nt be holesome when yc.u are not strong. Dear Ma> I hope you and Pa are are well, and do not mind my being so uncomfortable because i do not think i shall last iong. Please send me some more money as i o 8d. if you cannot spare it I think I can bor- row it of a boy who is going to leave at the half quarter and then he wont ask for it back again, but perhaps you wd. not like to be under an obliga- tion to his parents as they are tradespeople. I think you deal at their shop. I did not mention it or I dare say they would have put it down in the hiii.-Vr. lovuip bnt retched son —
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w line a well-dressed man was standing at the corner of St. Martin's Place, Charing Cross, London, he was knocked down by a heavily-laden van, the wheels of which passed over his chest. He was conveyed to the Charing Cross Hospital, where he lies in a precarious condition.
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■i i' ^BaaBa—Kssaatj IOUNG FOLKS' COLUMN. TOMMY'S MISTAKE AND DEFENCB. ( A youngster, whom we shall call Tommy, is Smart little chap. Desiring to be absent from sch one day, Tom requested a playmate to write a not! for him. ¡? The friend wrote as follows:- "Mr. Pullen, please give my son Thomas a so whipping if he does not behave himself." This note was sealed up, and duly delivered tt l the schoolmaster. Who wrote this ? said Mr. Pullen. Mb My father," unblushingly replied the boy Do you know the contents?"inquiredthemastflCv Yes, sir j he wants me to be excused." Yes your father wrote it f jk *n that case, then, I mtmt xsbey faia commands. I will get my birch whilst you are'e^ingX^e to see that I do you no injustice." 31 to see that I do you no injustice." 31 Tommy, glancing over the note, comprehendecl the joke in a moment. When Mr. Pullen returnedj 1 Tommy was prepared with his defence. 1 "Well, what have you to say why sentence J should not be passed ? asked the master, Ja u I have only to say, sir, that I do not see, from ■ the reading of this, that I am to be punished atfl present, if I behave myself." w "Haven't you been lying to me?—and is t behaving yourself?" M Well, sir, you said, yesterday, there was great difference between behaving good and be ing bad; my father does not seem to specify for which I am to be punished, but the point of tha case is here, as I look at it: if my father did write the note, as I say he did, what am I to be punished for ? and if he didn't write the note, as you think he didn't, then upon whose authority am I to be punish* 1 ed ? for there appears to be no signature." The master told Tommy he would confer with hit father upon the matter. "tjjt
HE WAS CONVINCED
HE WAS CONVINCED Johnny, hurry up and get ready to go to schaotfl or you'll be too late." ajj I ain't goin', mother." "Not going ? And why not J" f jH I've struck." II Struck! What do yon mean by that 1" ( Why, didn't father read in the paper last night about workin'-men strikin' and said that it wafl right for the oppressed to strike f" •Www And I hope you don't call yourself oppr do you?" u r\$* —• » a leuer doeBn't want to gOgfl to school and his mother makes him go, isn't he pressed?" i-Sht ywn-ltaarja «tiwoV..bayf J £ gfra-2.WBlLv-Kl^w'JiM if I can strike, too." And just as soon as Johnny saw his mothergois^ W to the cupboard for the cane, his first strike came, to an end, for he darted out of the house and was ™ down at the school in a twinkling.
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A SHAME. v | In Buckinghamshire live a worthy couple, who'j have so far obeyed the Scriptvral injunction to in* m crease and multiply that they have ten sons. jM A SHAME. v | In Buckinghamshire live a worthy couple, who'j have so far obeyed the Scriptvral injunction to in* m crease and multiply that they have ten sons. jM It chanced not long since, that to this interesting family there came a still further addition in the shape of a baby sister. The father and mother were delighted that there should be a girl in the family, and supposed that the sons would be equally pleased. It was accordingly with a smiling faca that the father went to make the announcement to the little fellows, who at the moment were all to- gether in the breakfast room. Boys," he said joyously, you have a darling little baby sister." There was a look of blank disappointment on every face, and a moment of profound silence. Then excitable eight-year old Master Tommy spoke for them all, by exclaiming explosively Oh, dear, dear that is too bad It just spoils our cricket eleven