The Tenby Observer Weekly List of Visitors and Directory

PEMBROKE YEOMANRY CAVALRY. This popular regiment assembled, under the command of Colonel M. J. Saurin, at Pembroke on Thursday evening for the annual permanent (eight days) duty. The men presented a clean and soldier- like appearance, and the town looked exceptionally bright. The inspection will take place on Wednes- day next. The inspecting officer is General Wood. The regiment paraded for divine service on Sunday morning, first assembling in St Michael's-square. The volunteers (under- tho. ooramand of Lieutenant T. P. George and Lieutenant Arthur Beddoe) ac- companied the yeomanry to St Mary's Church, where the vicar (Rev W. Jones) officiated. Main- street, through which the regiments passed, was thronged with spectators. Two bands were in attendance.

PEMBROKE-DOCK. LIBERAL EXCURSION. — The members of the United Liberal Associations had their annual ex- cursion to Saundersfoot, near Tenby, on Saturday, and the gathering was the largest which has yet taken place. A special train left Pembroke Dook at 1 p.m., and returned shortly after ten at night. The weather was delightfully fine, and the arrange- ments satisfactorily carried out by a committee. Tea was provided for the company by the associa- tion at a nominal charge. Games of various kinds were indulged in, and dancing was kept up with great spirit to the strains of Messrs Torrington and Leonard's string band from Pembroke.

FUNERAL OF MR W. R. H. POWELL, M.P. The mortal remains of Mr W. R. H. Powell, M.P., of Maesgwynne, Llanboidy, were interred on Saturday afternoon. Despite the public an- nouncement that the funeral would be a private one, a large number of the leading gentry of the United Counties' Society and others from far and cear attended. In accordance with one of the last wishes of Mr Powell, a. short preliminary service was conducted at Maesgwynne by the Rev. D. S. Davies, Baptist minister. The body was then con. veyed to the parish church, the mournful procession consisting of 1. The Rev. William Bees, vicar of Llanboidy, and the Rev. D. S. Davies. 2. Friends—Mr Alderman George Thomas, Carmar- then Mr W. O. Briggtocke, chairman of the Carmar- thenshire County Council; Mr Alderman Thomas Thomas, official receiver, Carmarthen; Mr John Hughes, F.R.C.S., Carmarthen; and Dr Phillips, Whit- iand. 3. The tenants. 4. The workmen. 5. The undertakers (Mr Jabez Thomas, The Shop, Llanboidy, and Mr Evaaot, jomer. Llanboidy), 6. The hearse, on either side of which were Stephens, the butler; Williams, the bailiff; Thomas Davies; Higgins, the gardener; John Rees Pope; T. Davies, thettenael keeper; and Hinry James, the stableman, 7. Private carriage, containing Mts Powell, Miss Powell, Mrs Soelr and Master Roch. 8. The roktives- the Rev. B. H. Powell, Hewish. near Bristol; Mr Randolph, Captain Grwmond Philipps, OwijiawiUy; Mr W.,Philipps, chief-constable of Car- marthenshire; and Mr T. Roch. 9. The domestic servants. The impressive service at the graveside was con- ducted by the vicar. The costly wreaths and crosses deposited on the railings of the vault and in the vicinity of the place of interment were very numerous. A magnificent cross was made by Miss Powell herself. Amongst those who attended the iuneral, besides those named, were Mr William Davies, M.P. for Pembrokeshire; Mr Thomas Mortis, Coomb; Mr W. H. M. Yelverton, Whit- land Abbey; Mr Schaw-Prctheroe, Mr Bagnali, Evans, Mr Philipps, Clyngwynne Major Howells and his brother, Mr Gwynne-Hughes, Ttegib; the Mayor of Carmarthen (Mr Howell Howells), the Rev, J. Wyndham Lewis^armarthen; Mr Walter Jones, barrister, Llandovery Mr J. Lloyd Morgan, barrister; Dr. Howell Rees, Tyrbaeh; the Rev. W. Thomas, Llanboidy; Mr Carver, late of Wen- allt, now of Cheltenham; and Mr Carver, Blaen- cors.

E ». P B 8 COCO A~ QBATMUL AND UOVFOIT1K By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected COCOA, Mr. Epps has provided our breakfest tables with a delicately iffavow4 beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a institution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating afound us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves ■well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." Civil Service Gazette.—Made simply with boiling water or milk. Sold only in Packets, by Grocers, labelled—" JAMSS TSTPB & CO..Homoeopathic Chemists, so ma of Epps s Afternoon Chocolate Essence. Two boys named David H. Williams and Edward Price, each aged about 14 years, were drowned on Monday in the River Severn, near Shrewsbury i whiba bathing. The sad occurrence was not witnessed by anyone, but the lads' clothes were found on the bank. The bodies have not yet been recovered.

A NATURALISTS NOTES AROUNI) TENBY. THE COMMON SNAIL (HELIX A 8 PB R 8 A) Thjs species ifr altnost too well known to need any description, especially in gardens that are en- closed by hedges or old walls, where they are perfeet pests. Still there are many facts connected with the history of this species which may be in* teresting to the readers of this article. In form the shelT is somewhat globular, with the mouth a. little longer than wide, the edge of which is slightly reflected; eotour, a dull qlive, with four inter- rupted brown bands, the peristome being white The eggs are laid between May and October, in about a week after pairing, and hatch in about three weeks- They are of 4 somewhat oval form, and greenish white in colour. The number of eggs deposited by individual snails vary from 50 to 100. M. Gassies says they are placed in holes containing about 50 eggs each, and are aggluti- nated together by a colourless and sticky mucus. The young do not attain maturity until the middle of the second year. This species, as well as most others of the genus, are, during the pairing season, furnished with crystalline darts, The exact function of these darts is.still an unsettled ques- tion; it is, however, a certain fact that they shoot them at each other alter preliminary coquettings, increasing this mutual excitement by continued caresses with their horns. After such conflicts these curious weapons have been noticed sticking in the snails' bodies. In shape the dart differs according to the species. They are contained in & kind of pouch ready for use, ana are peculiar to the genus Helix. No less than 16 varieties ^nd two monstrosities of this shell have been described, but I need only refer to those which up to the present have been obtained in this district. These are var. exalbida, shell yellowish, with translucent markings, rare; var. conoideat shell an elon- gated cone. This variety, and examples approach- ing it, are not uncommon in the neighbourhood of Tenby, The same remark applies to the var. minor, which is much smaller than the type, and naav be taken about the old walls beyond Qiltar, and on the Castle Hill. Var. zpnaia. This is a pretty form., having "five narrow distinct bands, of which the three upper ones are continuous. Var. maxima: shell much larger, some fine examples of this variety are occasionally to be met "with about Black Rock; var. jiammea: shell reddish, without distinct bands, but with longitudinal flame-shaped markings, some beautiful specimens of this variety have been taken round Tenby, and also of the var. marmoratq, which is greyish, or fulvous, marbled with brown, The var gtobosa, larger and more globular than the type, occurs here, and I am informed that reversed examples (M. sinis- trorsum) have been taken, though I have not been fortunate enough to meet with any myself. For the most part these creatures are vegetarians, though sometimes they appear to prefer animal food. Li: ter says that having confined one of these snails and a Limax ater (black slug) in the same vessel, he found the next day the latter bad b^en killed and partly eaten by the snail He also remarks that the fluid which exudes so freely from the body of this species when pricked, was in his time used in bleaching wax for artistic pur- poses, and also as a cement, mixed with the white of an egg. Large numbers of these snails are e^ten in this country, and in France, though our neighbours across the Channel prefer the larger species—-Helix pomatia—("the Apple Snap) for this purpose. Boiled in milk they are said to be a cure for diseases of the chest, Formerly large quantities were sent to the United States as delicacies, but I am not aware if this trade is still. carried on. Glass blowers seem partial to these mollusks. Dr. Turton says the men of Newcastle have a snail feast once a year, collecting the snails themselves in the fields and hedges the Sunday before the feast day. Helix Aspersa is very sensitive of cold, and retire early to their winter quarters, clustering together under loose stones, or in the crevices of old walls, until the return of mild weather. They are noc* turnal in their habits, seldom crawling in the day, unless in wet weather or after heavy rain. Before the sun has fully risen the^ retire to their lurking places. It is a curious sight at daybreak, near some old wall, to observe all these animals slowly but surely moving in the same direction, until by the time the sun Is well up the last straggler has disappeared within some friendly chink. Most readers of this paper are doubtless- familiar with those lines by Cowper which so aptly illustrate the habits of our common garden snail. However, as the poem may be unknown to some, I give it below; it is entitled THE SNAI&, To grass. or leaf, or fruit, or wall, The snail sticks close, nor feara to fall, As if he grew there, house and all Together. Within that house secure he hides When danger imminent betides, Of storm or other harm besides, Of weather. Give but his horns the slightest touch, His self-collecting power is such, He shrinks into his honae, with much j' Displeasure. Where'er he dwells, he dwells alone, Except himself has chattels none Well satisfied to be his o wn Whole treasure. Thus hermitdike his life he leads, Nor partner to his banquet needs, And if he meets oue only feeds The faster. Who seeks him mupt be more than blind (Be and his house are so combined): If, finding it, he fails to find Its master. AMPHIBIAN.

Two men were crossing the railway at Keep- sand, near Sheffield, when a train came upon them. One man escaped, but the other, named Alfred Champion, wap so mutilated that he died almost immediately. 111 '»

UNITED COUNTIES' HUNTERS SOCIETY. A special meeting of the members of this society was held at the Ivy Bush Royal Hotel, Carmarv then, on Saturday afternoon, Mr John Francis, Myrtle Hill, presiding. Owing to the sparse atten- dance—due, in great measure, to the fact that Mr Powell, M.P.'s, funeral took place the same day— very little business could be transacted.—Members were of opinion that a veterinary surgeon should be engaged for attendance at the annual meeting in case his services should be required by the judges* but the question was deferred till next Saturday,-— It was definitely decided to hold the show on Thurs- day, August 22nd.

Y .AFT THE REV. J. M. GIBBON. The Star remarks:—One of the ablest of the younger school of Nonconformist ministers, the Rev. J. Morgan Gibbon, of Highgate, is about to take the pastorate of the Congregational Church at Stamford-hill. Mr Gibbon is a Welshman, hailing from Swansea, and he has all the gifts of eloquence and of enthusiasm which have made gallant little Wales so valuable a recruiting ground for English pulpits. He is also a lover of literature, and his catholicity is shown by a combined admiration for Dr Johpson and Robert Browning, he having lectured upon both these, in many ways, dissimilar authors, As becomes a Browningite, Mr Gibbon's theology is liberal. "From the hard school of orthodoxy," he said in a, forowell sermon on Sunday "good Lord, deliyer usand he referred to a re- cent book as "a compound of Matthew Henry and Water—with plenty of Water." Mr Gibbon is a food-looking man of 35, with bushy black hair and ark complexion.

EXCITING INCIDENT AT LLANDRINDOD. On Friday afternoon, June 28, while Womb well's menagerie was being exhibited at Llapdriodod Wells, a. young lioness escaped and made for the Bridge Hotel, just opposite the site of the show. The animal was prevented from entering the bar, but it went further down the street and passed in through the private door to the drawing room, I where a visitor was sitting. The latter very dis- creetly left through the window, and just at that moment some of the keepers put in an appearance. The lioness was then captured and returned to her cage, no serious damage or injury having been caused. Great excitement prevailed.

A CARDIFF VESSEL SUNK. The trow Caroline, of Gloucester, with about 70 tons of cement on board, loaded at Broadoak, for Cardiff, struck against No. 2J pier of the Severn Bridge on Saturday morning. The craft proceeded down river about half a mile, and then sank. She was owned by Thomas Wood, and her captain was Samuel Wood. She was piloted by George Stephens. The cargo is destroyed, but the vessel was left dry on the mud at low water. The cause of the disaster is stated to be in consequence of there being no wind while the current runs very strong towards the pier. This is the most serious of two accidents that have occurred recently at the bridge.

DEMONSTRATION OF RAILWAY MEN. On Sunday afternoon, what was claimed to be the largest demonstration of Railway employes that had ever taken place in this country, was made at Newcastle-on-Tyne. About five thousand men assembled at the Central Railway Station, and, with bands and banners, proceeded to the Town Moor, where speeches were made and resolutions passed in favour of what is known as the Darlington programme. The men claim that the North- Eastern Company should guarantee employes a ten- hours' work day, six days in the week, time and a half for Sunday work, and time and a quarter for overtime.

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GENERAL NEWS. While the choir boyt at the Londonderry Cathe- dral were on their annual excursion at the Ness on Saturday, a few miles away, several of the lads bathed in a deep pool., A school.teachor. and others had swum underneath a waterfall, when a chodat4m aged 17 years, son of Maior Bruce, J. P., formerly Governor of Londonderry Prieon, was missed. The Rev. Richard Hayes and CajwmBoyton immediately dived, but the body wa4 not recovered for tond hours. The second of the two large new steamers for th* White Star New York service was launched on Saturday from the building-yard of Messrs. Hariand and Wolff, at Belfast, and namedthe Majteiie. The, registered tonnage of the new. steamer is l&¡ØOO--t.oaa;. the in fitted for service as an armed cruiser, is a twioscrew ship, and she and her sister ahip the Twtionic are said to be the longest vesimle. iio*. being 582 feet in length. Amongst the special features of the new ships a^re a multipUoity of bulk- heads, both transverse and longitudinal, to give, safety in case of collision, and the extensive apcomr modation for. second and third class passengers, She will carry 300 saloon, 150 second class, and MB: steerage passengers, Although the Mansion House Fund fear the relief of the sufferers by the famine in China was closed* at the end of May, subscriptions to the amount of £4:51 7s. 8d. have since been sent to the Lord Mayor from Sweden* Scotland, Ireland, and other parts, and this sum (making a total remittance in all of *31,301 7s. Sd.) was forwarded by telegram to the. Relief Committee in Shanghai on Saturday, As the fund is now finally closed no further donation. will be accepted. Among those on whom the degree of D, D. was. Qouferxed at Oxford last week, hwori»caus&, was the, Edmund Noel Hodges, Bishop Designate off Travancore and Cochin. Princess Christian opened, on Saturday, the new and enlarged premises of tlw Cripples Home for Girls, Marylebone-road. Her Royal Highness wat accompanied by her daughter, Princess victoria of Schleswig- Holstein, The cost of enlarging and reno- vating the building has been over £ 9000. A telegram from Zanzibar, dated Saturday, has been received by the Universities Mission, statiug that Bishop Smythies, the Rev, Mr. Hainaworth apd party arrived at Newala on May 27. It is stated that the Archbishop of Canterbury has finally decided that, with his assessors, he will sit to hear the charges against the Bishop of Lincoln on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 16 and 17, and the Court will reassemble on Tuesday and Wednes- day in the following week. The members of the Royal Navy Club of 1795 and 1785 entertained the First Lord of the Admiralty at dinner, on Saturday, at Willis's Rooms, St James's Admiral Sir John D. Hay presided. Mr. William E. Mirehouse, of the Oxford Circuit, has been, appointed to the Recordership of Much Wenlock. Mr. Mirehouse was called to the Bar at Lincoln's-inn in 1870. The Governorship of the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich will be bestowed on Major General Sir R. Harrison, Royal Engineers. Ttee total population of the Australian Colonies, including New Zealand, on the 1st of January, was 3,672,419 being an increase of 120,668 on the previous year. It is stated that the Royal Commission on the Civil Establishments have reported unanimously against the proposal to amalgamate the Customs and Inland Revenue Department. The Emperor of Austria has conferred upon Dr. Brahms, the composer, the Cross of a Knight of the Imperial Order of Leopold, and upon Herr Dvorak the Order of the Iron Crown of the Third Class. Two boys were on the roof of the Agricultural Hall the other night, getting a clandestine view of the Military Tournament, when one of them fell through the roof of the secretary's office, a Ainta.noe of 30ft., and received such injuries to his head that he is being treated at St. Bartholomew's Hospital. A death under extraordinwy circumstances, has taken place at Cborley. A shopkeeper named Swift, who lived alone, was missed for several days, and his house was entered, when he was found very weak in bed. Beside him were a noose rope, and mugs half full of matches steeped in water, which liquid he drank to kill himself. While the police were momentarily absent he threw himself down the stairs, and subsequently died in the workhouss. At Cork, the other day, the Recorder reversed the magistrate*' judgment in the case of a gentle- man named Arthur Browne, who had been sen- tenced to si* months' imprisonment for using in- timidating language at a National League meeting at Macroom. The conviction had been obtained on the evidence of police witnesses only, George Pickles, a boy only 9 years of age, has been committed for trial at Leeds, charged with stealing from a shop a bag containing £100. The boy was in the habit of calling with newspapers, and the allegation is that he stole the bag while the prosecutor was at the door talking to a customer. His mother, who is stated to have received the money, was also sent for trial. The money has not been recovered. On Saturday afternoon a sad accident occurred at Darwen to Robert Tinman, 27, of Oldham, Tinman, who had just completed repairing the chimney at the works of Mr Dimmock, paper manufacturer, was, whilst pulling down the ropes, caught with a plug and knocked over, He fell a distance of 40 feet, receiving such injuries that he died in a few hours. The Shah on making his first railway journey in England asked the use of the button which moved the connection with the engine driver, and was told that it was for the purpose of stopping the train. Thereupon His Majesty rose and pulled it sharply, with a result which would have rendered any or- dinary mortal subject to penalty or imprisonment. On being asked why he wished to stop the train, the Shah said he was tired and desired to go to sleep, and it was some little time before he could he made to understand that the traffic of the South Eastern Railway must not be brought to a stand- still for an hour even for the Shah-in-Shah. At a meeting of the Nottingham Town Council on Monday, it was announced that the Drapers' Company had contributed E3,000 towards £ 12,000 required to,erect the proposed additional buildings to the University College at Nottingham for teonaioal education in connection with the special industries of the town. The grant was made con- ditionally upon the other je9,000 being raised voluntarily in twelve months. The devisees of Mr Frederick Cooper have premised £ 5,000 toward I, that sum. 3 > u(i