Rhyl Record and Advertiser

TUNIS. TUNIS. The French Mediterranean fleet, under the com- of Admiral Gervais, has arrived here. The Bey has conferred the Grand Cordon of the Micham on Admiral Gervais.

GERMANY. BERLIN. M. Stoiloff, Bulgarian Premier, on Monday visited Baron Marschall von Bieberstein, Imperial 'Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with whom he had an interview of some duration.

INDIA. SIMLA. Captain Maomahon has reached Kuk Malik Siah, the final point of the line of demarcation of the Bclucliisatn-Afghan frontier, and is now returning to the camp at Hoùat, where the agreement will be signed with the Afghan agent.

THE D'TCH IN ACHTX. Tin: HAGUE. An official despatch from Achin announces that on the 2nd inst. a despatchmcnt of Dutch troops attacked the rebels near Lamoset and Senelop. The Dutch had one killed and ten wounded. The telegram adds that reinforcements have arrived.

SWEDEN. STOCKHOLM. The new treaty of commerce and navigation concluded between Sweden and Norway and Japan was finally signed on Monday by Count Douglas, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr Nissi Tokujiro, Japanese Minister.

CANADIAN IMMIGRATION. OTTAWA. Mr. Daly, ex-Minister of Agriculture, will sail on the 16th inst. for England, to make a thorough investigation of the immigration agencies of Canada in European countries. Sir Charles Tupper has decided to pursue a vigorous immigration policy.

SPAIN. MADRID. The Russian Ambassador has formally pre- f nted his credentials.to the Queen Regent. His xcellency made a complimentary speech, enlarg- ing upon the friendly relations subsisting between the Governments of the two countries, to which the Queen Regent returned a gracious reply.

THE VATICAN. BUDAPEST. Cardinal Vaszary, Prince Primate of Hungary, on Monday morning had audience of the Emperor, to whom he presented the Pope's congratulations upon the millennial celebration. Subsequently the members of the Diplomatic Body were received by his rajesty. ROME. The Pope has granted audiences to Monsignor Melizam, Archbishop of Colombo, and Monsignor Pesci, Bishop of Allahabad.

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. PARIS. The International Copyright Conference held its last sitting on Monday afternoon, at the Foreign Office, under the presidency of M. de Freycinet. The minutes were finally adopted, and immediately afterwards the delegates of the various States proceeded to sign the protocols embodying the changes introduced in the Berne Convention of September 9, 1S86. These protocols cannot lIe published before each of the signatory States obtains a certified copy.

THE MURDER OF A BARONESS. BRUSSELS. The Brussels police on Monday night arrested a man who was recognised as the person who negotiated bonds known to have been contained in the strong box belonging to Baroness Herry, who was murdered at her residence, at Ixelles, on the night of April 2,í last. The strong box was stolen, and was subsequently found empty in a suburb of Brussels. The arrest has caused an immense sensation. The prisoner's name is Courtois. He formerly belonged to the Brussels police force. It is believed that the police are on the track of a notorious international band of thieves.

THE SOUDAN EXPEDITION. WADV HALFA. Lieutenant N. M. Smythc, of the 2nd Dragoon enard", has returned here from Akashah, having completed his mission. He was ordered to pro- ceed to the advanced post by river to report on the state of the Nile generally, to make plans of the cataracts and dangerous places and mark out channels, by which the larger craft might be able to proceed up the river when the Nile is higher. Lieutenant smythe states that he succeeded in making his way by boat for a considerable dis- tance, until the craft struck on a rock, and sank in one of the narrowest cataracts. From this point he proceeded by the river bank to Aklhili. Native sailing boat; are now collected at Sarras. The Sirdar is expected here soon.

ITALY AND ABYSSINIA. ROME. A despatch from Massowah announces that five battalions of Italian troops occupied Dugullo (?I>ucole), three miles north of Adigrat. The Tigrins offered but slight resistance. A message from Massowah, says In the fight- ing at the outposts on May 2 two native battalions captured a very strong position on the banks of the Sceceta torrent, opposite the Dongollo ridge. Ras Sebath occupies Debramatzo and the hills on the cast and north-west of Dongollo. A subsequent despatch from Massowah, announces the Dongollo positions were occupied at four o'clock by live battalions, the enemy only ottering a slight resistance. It is believed Has Mangascia has not yet made any move. Ras Alula is at Bezet, and "lie Pas Sebath and Agostojan are at Dongollo. t

THE CUBAN INSURRECTION. MADRID. A telegram from Havana to the" HeraIdo" states that a movement of concentration is observable among the insurgents in the central districts of Eastern Cuba, their apparent object being to aid Maceo. The rebels continue to burn the sugar plantations. Owing to the interference of the insurgents, the sugar-cane remains uncut over a large part of Cuba. The Ileraldo states that the Spanish colony in Peru, following the initiative of Mexico, will raise subscriptions for new war-vessels. Senor Sagasta, the Liberal leader, declares that he will uphold from his place in the Chamber the m"essity of carrying out reforms in Cuba. He points out that the present war costs Spain 10,000 men ainu 500,WO,000 pesetas a year.

A discharged draper's assistant named Bowen, who had been getting a living by waiting upon draper's*, assistants, and inducing them to rob t heir employers, was at West London sent to six months harA labour. Arthur Neville Eyre dined with two ladies at the Adclphi Restaurant, ordering the best and drinking, '84 Pommery at 2os. a bottle. His bill came to £4. 8s. Leaving the ladies as hostages, Mr. Eyre went to fetch the money to pay for the dinners. He never returned. He was subsequently urrc-sted on a warrant, and at Bow-street was mended on a charge of obtaining the dinners on e pretences

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SOCIETY GOSSIP. What the Wodd says. The historic Upton Quarries estate in Oxford- shire, whence the stone employed in building St. Paul's and many other London churches c1 that period was brought by Christopher Ivempste*, "citizen and freemason of London," has just been sold. Kempster,who had purchased the property j. few years earlier, was largely employed by Sir Christopher Wren,under whom he was the contrac- tor for tliedome of the cathedral. It is a mistake to suppose, as the sporting papers do, that that the good fortune which has attended Mr. Leopold Rothschild so far. has no parallel, for in 188H, and again 1889, the Duke of Portland had won much more than £12,000 by May I-with, Donovan and Ayrshire in the former year, and with Semolina and Donovan in the latter. The Queen has been much more benefited in health and spirits by her residence at Cimiez than by any previous Continental trip. Her Majesty has been entirely free from rheumatism during her stay on the Riviera, and the line weather has enabled her to live daily in the open air from nine in the morning until seven in the evening, except for the hour and a half devoted to luncheon and the subsequent repose. The Queen has taken a long drive every afternoon, being usually absent for more than three hours, and as a rule a picnic tea was served at some picturesque spot en route. Each morning her Majesty had an hour's airing in her donkey chair in the Yilla Liserb grounds, being usually accompanied by Princess Beatrice. The overheating of the State apartments in St. James,s Palace was the subject of much complaint at last week's Levee. Th ere was a huge fire blazing in the Throne Room, and the temperature soon became exceedingly oppressive, to the manifest irritations ajjd discomfort of some of the Royal oirele. Sir Charles Ross of Balnagowan has let his Loubcroy shootings, in Ross-shire, which extend over forty-six thousand acres, to Major Burnell, who was last year the tenant of the Duke of Sutherland's Rhifail shootings, near Tongue. Loubcroy yields a varied bag of game, and last year fourteen stags were shot when Sir William Baynes was the tenant. There is excellent fishing in the Oykel,which flows close to the lodge, The late Lord Bath was one of the first terri- torial magnates in the west of England to throw open his country seat to the public. Visitors have been for many years past free to walk where they please about Longleat Park (which is extremely beautiful and sixteen miles in circumference), and to inspect the gardens and grounds while boats are provided for them on the large lake, which is a notable feature in the domain. The interesting house, with its pictures, library, and art treasures of every description, has also been open to thou- sands of visitors every year. Longleat was built during the reign of Elizabeth, and the house has never been much altered in appearance, although all kinds of improvements have been carried out. The late Lord Bath built the stables, which are very line. One prominent feature in the park is a wooded hill, which from the magnificent prospect which itcommands.isknown as Heaven's Gate. The Bath estates in Somersetshire and Wiltshire were in very bad order when the late owner succeeded his father in 1837 but now they are in perfect condition in all respects, and there is not a single vacant farm. What Society says. It is satisfactory to know that Mr. Rhodes's successor has beaten him in the race to Bulawayo. It is true that the latter has bad an attack of fever, and that he has been engaged in sending on men and stores. At any rate, he has only got as far as (iwelo, whilst Lord Grey, starting from Cape Town, has contrived, with nothing, it would seem, beyond a personal escort, to slip into Loben- gula's old capital, notwithstanding the fact that the whole country around is alive with Matable warriors. The rapid journey shows dash, energy, and judgment, and justifies the appointment. Lord Grey was born in 1851, and Prince Albert was his godfather. His Father, Colonel Charles Grey, one of the best-looking and most popular Inen of his day, was for ma ny years Equerry to the Queen, and afterwards Private Secretary to the Prince Consort and Her Majesty. At that time one of the prettiest girls about the Court was his sister Sybil and you could hardly see two better types of the English aristocracy than the General and his daughter in their stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor. In 1876 Sybil was married to the Duke of St. Albans, but she died four years later—a melancholy ending of a marri- age which seemed so full of promise; the Duke himself was a young man, very few years older than his wife. Later he married a daughter of Bernal Osborne. He succeeded to the dukedom at almost as early an age as the late Marquis of Bath to his mnrquisate; for lie was born in 1840, and succeeded in 1849. I hear that although the Ivitson-Playfair case has been ended and the appeal withdrawn,both sides are tlis:ati¡.iel1.. F:unily iniiuence has been brought to bear to beat Mrs. Kitson down in the matter of compromise, and the conferences have been many and stormy. I am told that Mrs. Ivitson refused to go a farthing below £7,500, and declared that if she were worried any more she would revert to the original £12,000, and stand by it. Then the bargaining closed. Mr. Kitson is still unreconciled to his people, his manly atti- tude during the trial, and his chivalrous support of his wife having given great offence to sundry bigwigs. I confess 1 should like to hear whether Dr. Playfair's practice enjoys its former vogue. However, the Doctor has the gratification of knowing that Mr. Gladstone strongly approves of the course he took, and could not see how he could have done otherwise." Now that he has no longer the fear of the electors before his eyes, how the real character of the Grand Old Mawworm is assertinu itself! What Truth says. The Emperor and Empress of Russia, who were to have come to England early in July, on a visit to the Queen, have decided to postpone the trip until the summer of next year. Mr. Labouchere commenting on the telegraphic despatches between Mr. Rhodes and his colleagues, points out that it is clear the raid was planned by him, by the secretary of the company, and by Mr. Beit, one of its directors. "There is," he continues, "one phrase in a telegram from Hammond, Johannesburg, to Cecil Rhodes, which shows that the aim was purely and solely a Stock Exchange one Cannot arrange respective interests without Beit.' These miscreants, therefore, who were planning a raid which must have led to the death of many, and which was based upon robbery, were actually already disputing as to their respec- tive shares in the plunder. As the plunder was not forthcoming, except in regard to the profits on the fall in the price of shares which went to the syndicate, Mr. Cecil Rhodes, with his partner, Mr. Rudd, consoled themselves by selling their right to be perpetual managers of the Goldiields of South Africa Company for the modest sum of Now, I ask any one impartially to consider the above facts, and to say whether Mr. Rhodes is to be regarded as an able and devoted Imperialist or as a company-monger, actuated, like other company-mongers, by a desire to accumulate wealth for himself ? His Imperialism was a mere incident in this aim. His political aspirations are indeed, much on a par with the religious veneer under which Jabez Balfour sought to conceal his maraudings. I am glad that Air. Rhodes has at length been exposed. Never before did an English statesman—in our time at least—make politics a medium for the accumulation of wealth by the trickery of the Stock Exchange. Had he remained Cape Premier, I am convinced that, as soon as it suited his purposes, he would have turned on us, and sought to cut the chain that binds us and South Africa together. In some of the papers paragraphs are constantly appearing about the date of the Royal Wedding1 and lialf-adozcn different days have been an- nounced as having been fixed for the ceremony. The fact is that the day of the wedding has 1\i yet been settled, nor has it been decided where 1. ceremony is to take place. • In spite of his duties as Postmaster-General, Puke of Norfolk finds time to attend frequent meetings of the Sheffield Corporation, of which he is at present Mayor. In all probability, the duke will be asked to accept the mayoralty again for the coining year, in the hope that his interest will be able to persuade the Queen to pay her promised visit to the town, which was unfortunately post- poned owing to the death of Prince Henry of Battenberg. Dr. Farouharson has called the attention of the First Commissioner of Works to an act of vandalism perpetrated in Hyde Park. In order to make room for a local improvement, two of the finest trees in the Park, immediately facing St. George's Hospital, have been cut down. Dr. Farquharson intends to ask the First Commis- sioner of Works by what authority this has been done, and whether there is prospect of further spoliation.

CUTTINGS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS. I From Up. ANSWERED. I asked her softly, and her glorious eyes Turned towards mine, and over them there swept A. gleam of tender longing, soft though bright, As though from overjoy they might have wept, Then bending forwards, till her honeyed breath Played on my cheek, a fragrant garden breeze, The while her white throat fluttered with a sigh, She whispered softly, Gin and seltzer, please." OF COURSE !—Binks "I wonder how it is that so many Liverpool girls take the veil and become nuns?"—Jinks: "1 take it they want a more exciting life than they get at home." BLISSFUL IGNORANCE.—Customer (purchasing); c"Taint bad, mother."—Mrs. Sloslikins "Glad yer like it, for to tell Iee the truth, though I been makin' of this slosh for nigh fifteen year, I ain't never 'ad the courage to taste it yet." HIS PRESENT.—" So it's your birthday to-day, Jack; what would you like?"—"I like to see baby spanked." PRECOCITY.—Jabber's son could talk when only two weeks old."—"That's nothing. Job cursed the day lie was born." FOR FORM ONLY.—Cora IvittJecattle (to the manager) Can you give me a show in the new burlesque "That depends on the show you can give me. The dressing-room's first door on the right." A POOR HOW.-The fair aristocrat scoffed.— What," she asked bitterly, "is wealth! It brings no real gain. It buys me jewels, gowns, gloves, what nots, but what of that ? After all-" —Her scorn was sublime. "-ive must sit in the same gloaming with the poorest servant-girl and her follower.—Shrugging her shoulders in disgust, she signed to her attendant Duke to call her carriage." THE RISING ^GENERATION.—Mother (reading fairytale): "And the princess, hastily donning her riding apparel, moun-" Gladys (letat 7): Bloomers, ma AT THE GRAND DUKE."—Singer.: He must eat a sausage roll." Chorus: "He must eat a sausage roll." Old Lady in the Stalls: "Now I understand why this is called the Saveloy Theatre." From Fun. THE MASTER'S CONSCIENCE.—New Housemaid: « Eh, Janet, lassie, I let the teapot fa' jist the noo, an' it brak' tae bits. The maister saw it, an' he didna' say onything Cook Wheesht; it's Sunday, an' the maister's far ower, conscientious a man tae gie vent tae his feelin's on siccan a day. Bit wait tull the marnin', ma wunxmin, an' winna ye get a sweerin'! HAMIDXIGHT WORKER. [The Sultan—says Sir Philip Currie in the "English Illustrated Magazine"—often works hard far into the night.] That potentate, by Watson Light The Damned, is wont to worry His cranium through the dead-long night, If sooth be said by Currie. Does this queer whim of Abdul's prove (Since men of him believe ill) That he's one of those who "darkness love Because their deeds are evil ? "OUT OF EVIL COMETH GOOD."—Mrs. Rulim (to her husband, who has just been brought home on a stretcher): "Oh, dear, John! You (Ion,b mean to say that you've broken your leg?" Mr. Rulim (with grim humour) Yes—thank good- ness Now, surely you won't be so brutal as to make me hop round the room on one leg with that confounded baby half the night, will you ? Is HE A LATIN PUNSTER ?—[A school monitor has been fined £ 3 and costs for extracting the teeth of three scholars by way of punishment. Daily Paper ] Poor children's teeth We cannot sheath Or give a reason for extracting 'em, Unless the youth was prone, forsooth. To making Latin puns, and acting 'em, The three wee chaps were dense perhaps, Of brain end therefore to its finishing This pun lie took, that he might look o On the dens--ness of their heads diminishing 1 SAM WKLLERISMS.—"I'm driven to drink by a woman," as the cow said when the dairymaid urged her towards the pond.—"Much cry and little wool," as the doctor observed when lie saw the baby! I take a lot of interest in my business," as the moneylender said at Chester the Other day.—"I'll lend my countenance to it," as the artist's model remarked when the ItA. described a picture he was going to paint.—" I can't wear them ont," as the bashful girl exclaimed when somebody made her a present of a pair of bicycle bloomers. A NAUTICAL LAY. Now write me instanter a nautical lay The editor said to the poet one day. "A nautical lay thought the poet, aghast. 9- 1 feel all at sea when I think of a mast He went home, and got out pen paper, and ink, And tapped at his forehead until it grew pink And then, after pouring some rum down his throat This is the nautical lay that he wrote The good ship Miranda" her anchor did weigh The pullets on board did look very gay, But one of them laid a big egg ev'ry day !"— And that was the end of his nautical lay From Scraps. Fastleigh "I am nearly worried to death by my creditors." Goodman: Ah, you see your sins are beginning to find you out." Fastleigh I wish they would, but the trouble is they always find me in." Chapson: "My tailor told me that if I couldn't pay for my next suit of clothes I needn't expect to be trusted for them." Dudely: "Aw! And who are you going to transfer your patronage to now, Chapson, old boy ?" Mr. Younglove "My overcoat was stolen out of my compartment in a railway carriage, and I am going to bring a suit against the company." Mrs. i ounglove; „ Why, George, dear, 1 don't see how you can bring a suit against the company, when you only lost an overcoat." Old Man So you want to marry my daughter ? Young Man (modestly): 11 Yes, sir." Old Man (sternly) "Well, sir, what do you mean by making such a request? You are not even able to support yourself." Young Man (more modestly): "Of course, not, sir. That's why I am anxious to get married, sir." Inconsolable Widow (whose husband has com- mitted suicide): John was an extravagant man. That was his one fault." Friend: "I never observed it in him." Widow: "But you didn't know him as well as I did. His extravagance was the ruin of his family. Why, he actually bought a costly silver-mounted revolver to kill himself with." Will you trust me, Fanny ? lie cried. With all my heart, with all my soul, with all myself, Augustus," she whispered, nestling on his manly bosom. "Would to heaven that you were my tailor!" he murmured to himself, and took her tenderly in his arms. Daughter: "Papa, don't you know it is bad manners to put your hands in your pockets ?" Papa: "No, my dear. I am only practising." Daughter: "Practising what?" Papa: "Toput my hands in my pockets, for I shall have to keep them there all the time after you have married that dude you are engaged to." Mrs. Goldust: John, I wish you would send the ofiice-boy up this morning with five pounds. I want to send it to the Fresh Air Fund. I see that live pounds will keep five poor children in the country for a week." Mr. Goldust: "Can't do it. The office-boy has a holiday to-day." Mrs. Goldust: "Drat the little boy! Why can't poor people stick to their work ?" She (looking at the moon on a cloudy night) Algy, dear, do you know what is the difference between my finger and the moon ? Algy No, darling; I'm no astronomer." She: I should say you weren't, Algy." Algy: Well, what is the difference ?"' She: "The moon has a ring round it, Algy." Hobson: How did you enjoy your summer trip, Iiagley ? Bagley Had a delightful time. Gained one hundred and thirty pounds." Hobson One hundred and thirty pounds! I don't believe it. Baglev: "Don't you? Well, here itconies down the street. Just wait awhile, and I'll intro- duce You.

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THE STORY-TELLER'S COLUMN. ECONOMY IS WEALTH. Well, and where are yonr crutches?" asked a gentleman of a beggar who had been very lame the day before, but who was now strid- ing alollg as gaily as if lameness were not in the list of human ailment. Well, yer see, capting, times is so bad and crutches is that dear, I'm compelled to leave 'em at 'ome some days,or they'd wear out too fast.' DIDN'T KNOW. Little Dick: "Daddy, how does thunder sour milk ? Daddy It is not ,the thunder, but the electricity." How does electricity sour milk ?" It works certain chemical changes in the constituents of the fluid, which result iu the fomiMion of an acid." Of course. But how ?" I don't, know." "I thought you didn't dal, or yon wouldn't a used such big words." A LOAN. A certain Mrs. Ed wards was in the habit ot constantly nonowing small articles of house- hold requisition from her immediate neighbour Mrs. Gill, which fact was known to the members of the latter's family. One day, llohbie Gill, aged five. had a com- panion of like years as guest. At dinner, the visitor noticed the absence of the customary, of beef or mutton, (exclaiming, "There's no meat." Paterfamilias Gill explained it was Lent— the season. H Yes," remarked the youthful Robbie, "lent to Mrs. Edwards." TAKEN UNAWARES. Scene A draper's in the West End. Lady (entering): I want to see some dress material, please." Shopwalker "Yes, madam, this way please," Calling to assistant, "Miss Green, are you engaged ?" Assistant, taken wiawares, looking np and blushing deeply, at the same time thrusting a letter into her pocket, and answering con- fusedly "Ei—110, sir; but I have just had a letter from George, asking me to accept him, and he wants me to give him an answer to- night, and I think I shall say yes." And she did. HE HAS NEVER PROPOSED SINCE. It happened at a public ball. He was a man of serious intentions and numerous attentions, and she was lich and weddable. They sat in the hall under the stairway. It was a ncok for lovers. There was not a soul in sight, and he thought his golden opportunity had arrived. Down he flopped on his knees, and clasped her hand. De*ar one," he whispered, not very loud, but loud enough, "I have loved you with the whole strength and ardour of a man's nature when it is roused by all that is good and lovely in women, and I can no longer restrain my pent-up feelings. I must tell you what is in my heart, and assure you that never yet has woman heard from my lips the secrets that are throbbing and Just then a rustle was heard on the stairs above them, and a caid fastened to a thread swung down and dangled not two inches from the lover's nose. On it were these portentous words :— I'm a bit of a liar myself." Then the awful truth flashed upon him, and he fled. As he went out of the door, fifteen girls from the head of the stairs sent fifteen laughs out into the damp night after him. He makes no love at balls now. WISE OLD liARMER. There is a tr adition of a Gloucestershire scohi whose obstinate disposition defied the ducking-stool. After the first" sousing" ill the village horse-pond her husband exclaimed Mollie Mollie Will thee promise I never to scold at I again?" As soon as Molly recovered her breath she replied in a thundering tone of moroseness No I won't do nothing o' th' sort!" Molly had another souse, and the husband met with the same acrimonious response to his anxious interrogation. The sousing was re- peated, but Mollie continued to be obdurate and contumacious. You may diown I," shouted Mollie, "but I wool never give in." They did not run the risk of drowning Mollie but released her, for the husband was con- vinced that she would rather drown than re- fuse to wag red rag at 'un whenever she felt inclined to do so. It did not cure Mollie. She became as great a scold as ever she had been before her public sousing." Some years after that critical punishment, the lord of the manor met John at a court leet and enquired "Well, John, how does Mollie get on with her scolding ?" Oh, squire, her be pietty nearly cured on't." Did the ducking-stool do that business ?" Oh, no I let her jaw as long as she liked. I gave her no back answers. I zot quiet, and blowed me fbacca, and her soon dropped her scolding, and le now as good a woman as they be made." A GOOD LISTENER. "Yes," said the voluble one to the quiet- looking man on his right in a second-class car- riage on a local Hue, "I always like to talk with you, because I learn something. You have something to say. You don't sit like a log and let another man do all the talking. You have ideas, and you express them well." I Hatter myself-" began the other, but he was immediately interfered with. That's the way it is, you see; I cau sit and hear you talk all day, while there are men I wouldn't listen to a minute." I was going to say-" I told my wife only last night that I could get. more solid information by hearing you talk ten minutes than by listening to some men a week." May I remark There's that Smith. I hide myself behind my newspaper whenever I see him enter the samc caniage. Decent sort of fellow too, but be wants to talk the whole time, and there's nothing in what he says. I'm not much of a talker myself, but I do like to get a word in edgewise occasionally." If you will allow me I can't think how you manage to pick up so much information on all kinds of subjects. I don't want to-flatter you, butyou seem to be wcllnj) in almost everything." If you would give me a moment I should taMc all day long if I was as good as you at it. Folks often say to me, 'Jones, why don't you talk?' hnt, bless you! I'm wise enough to keep my mouth shut when I am with men who know a great deal more than I do." To talk well one must have That's just it, you see. One must have a good listener. Now what I admire myself for more than anything else is, I'm a good listener. I can ride all the way from our station illto town listening to you as I am doing now, and open my mouth to say a word. Why? Because I know a good talker when I hear one." But you don't "Oh yes, I do. I understand everything you say on the subject, but, of course, I can't dress my ideas up in such language as you use. You are a natural talker. I am not. You open your mouth and words run out clear IS a brook, and I can't, help but listen. Ah here we are at the terminus. See you to-mono^ morning."

CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER. Michael Swallow, a coloured seaman, was brought before the South Shields magistrates, on Tuesday, on remand, charged with causing the death of Thomas McVay. The evidence adduced showed that deceased and prisoner had a quarrel about a woman, during which, it is alleged Swallow drew a razor and inflicted terrible gashes in the lower parts of the body of McVay, from which he shortly afterwards succumbed. Swallow was commi tted for trial on the charge of man- slaughter.

LOSING HIS LIFE TO SAVE ANOTHER'S. A race meeting took place on Tuesday at Knocknagoshel, co. Kerry, and during one of the races a. jockey was thrown, and was in imminent peril of oeing trampled to death by the horses. A man in the crowd of spectators immediately rushed on to the course with the intention to save the jockey, but was himself knocked down, and was ridden over by several horses dashing past at racing speed. The unfortunate man's skull was terribly fractured, and he was picked up dead. The jockey escaped without serious injury.

P. & J. WILLIAMS, Auctioneers.^ House Agents and Valrers. Valuations made for Probate, &c. Rents Collected. ESTATES CAREFULLY MANAGED. FURNISHED HOUSES Apartments Agency. Agents for the Royal Fire am L ife Insurance Company Auction & Estate Offices- MARKET STREET, H\L GLOBE FURNISHING COMPANY. ^COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHERS. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 12, 14, 16 & 18, PEMBROKE PLACE, LIVERPOOL. FURNISH FOR CASH GR ON THE HIRE-PURCHASE SYSTEM AT CASH PRICES. THE GLOBE FURNISHING COMPANY, the JL oldest established and by far the most exten- sive Furnishers on the Hire-Purchase System in the Provinces, supply every requisite for the com- plete Fnrnisliing of Cottage, Hotel, or Mansion, considerably cheaper than the majority of those firms who sell for cash only. This we are able to do through having a large capital at command, and being the bona fide manufacturers of the principal goods we sell. NO SECURITY REQUIRED. NO EXTRA EXPENSES ON OUR HIRE-PURCHASE SYSTEM The fair and equitable manner in which our system is canied on, and our reasonable terms and {ow Prices are so well-known throughout the North of England aud Wales as to render further comment unnecessary. General terms, which, however, can be altered to suit the convenience of customers; payable Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly: — Amount of Purchase..£10 Payment 3s 6d per week "£20 5s Od „ "£50" 10s Od „ „ "£100 „ 17s 6d „ £500 An inspection of our stock will at once satisfy intending purchasers that we give better value and offer easier payments than any other house furnishing on the Hira-Purchase system in the Provinces. All goods are Delivered Free in our own Private Vans and no expenses of any kind ate incurred by customers. Furniture sent to any part of England or Wales. CAUTION.—As some firms adopt various means —such as copying our prospectus, &c.—with the evident intention of inducing the Public to believe they are connected with us,please note our address. FURNISH FOR CASH OR ON THE HIRE PURCHASE SYSTEM. New Prospectus, Large Illustrated Catalogue, and Price List, sent post free on application. Kiudlv mention this Paper. GLOBE FURNISHING COMPANY, 12, 14, 16 & 18, PEMBROKE-PLACE, LIVERPOOL Business hours 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m to 6 p.m, Railway Fares allowed to Country Customers. WILLIAMS BROS., The Magnet Studio, (Opposite the Post Office), HIGH STREET. This is the Original Studio of Williams Brothers, and the only Photographic Business established in Rhyl in the year 1885. Also at R. M. EVANS & CO., QVEES'S GALLERY, (Next to Qaepn's Hotel), WEST pARADE, RHYL. of Byrne & Co., Richmond, Photographers to Queen Victoria late of Vernon Kaye, South Kensington s Paris Exhibition. Highest Quality of Work at Moderate, Charges Mr R. M. Evane thanks bis innumerable patrons for their support, and will in the ftture exert him- self to excel in his acknowledged excellence of the production of High-class Portraiture. Late at Late at ESTABLISHED 187S 39. 39. ROBERT PRICE, Grocer & Provision Dealer, Plain 9" Fancy Bread Bakery CENTRAL STORES, 32, HIGH STREET, RHYL. J BRANCH— "TEA MART," [PRESTATYN. LTHE OLD ORIGINAL •■HOME-MADE BREAD SHOP. SPECIAL AGENT FOR Mazawattee Ceylon Tea and Coffee. HOVIS BREAD, &c. The Grand old Remedy for Chest Diseases. In use from the year 1826. gONGREVES BALSAMIC ELIXIR This tpltndii medicin* should be in every household. n ff On the appearance of the First Symp- toms ol a Cold a good dose of the AflllPUC (RECENT • BALSAMIC ELIXIK will, in nineteen UUUflj OR CHBONIC). out of twenty cases, carry it off before AND It becomes settled 01' merges Into lnllu- DDnNPHI AL enza. At the first suspicion of INFLC- ENZA take it,—as well as when the well-marked symptoms appear; also AFFECTIONS take it for the SUBSEQUENT WEAK- M" NESS of the LUNGS, and other direful Persevere with this wudi- effects of this alarming disease. cine, ød you ClUJ hardly Rev, F. E. HEAPS, of Derby, writes f-il to eet the Cough re- "lt aI'ra^, Puts Iun^ "eht' aD<? tymptens t, disappear. In that very distressing disease, ao ^T°r. HOARSEN ESS it terrible, especially to the aged, i* invaluable, and ASTHMA—ALP0 BRONCHITIS- CPLENDID CONGREVE-S BALSAMIC ELIXIR has O been the means of wonderful relief. Bee the case of LADY G. BROMLEY rQD THF VOICE (No. XIIL in Mr. Confrere's book). f T r Also as a PRSVKKTATIVK OF COLD to Speakers going out in all feathers. yVnu AND COMFORTING AND VERY PLEASANT taken on a small lump or two of surar in the way of a lozenge. CONGREVE-S BALSAMIC ELIXIR may be had of all Medicine Vendow Lawrence's Glycerine Cough Linctus I Is a quick and certain Cure for Coughs, Colds, Bron- chitis, Influenza, Hoarseness, Tickling in the Throat, Asthma, and Chest Complaints generally. The first dose gives relief in a few minutes, two or three doses will stop a Cold, and a small bottle will generally cure an obstinate Cough or attack of Bronchitis.— Price, Is lid., 2s 9d., and 4s 6d. per bottle. Lawrence's Nerve Pills, Are a never failing Remedy in cases of Neuralgia, Face-ache, Tic-doloreux, Nervous Exhaustion, Gen- eral JJebility, &c. They soon restore Health and Vigour to the frame, and give tone to the entire nervous system. Free from Opiates or Narcotics. Price Is lid. and 2s 9d. per box. Pynar's Pine Plasters Will give instant relief and banish Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, and all Aches and Pains. The ONLY RELIABLE Chest Protector. Beware of imitations. Pynar's is the one Plaster that will give ease and prevent pain. From all Chemists and Stores, or post free for 9jd. from Lawrence's Cash Pharmacy, 20, High Street. (JREENHALGH s QEARY, AUCTIONEERS, House & Estate Agents, Valuers, Accountants, and Insurance Agents. MORTGAGES NEGOTIATED & ADVANCES ARRANGED UPON APPROVED SECURITIES Sales by Auction ÇI Private Contract of Property, Furniture, Stock-in- Trade, dfC. Registry for i^etting Farms, Business Premises, Houses (Jt urnisheo and Unf arnisled), and Apart- ments, and Collection of Bents. DISPOSAL OF BUSINESSES AND STOCKS WITHOUT PUBLICITY. Valuationb for Probate and Administration. Authorised to levy Distraints for rent. Insurance of Property, Life,and Plate Glass; Balan- cing, Auditing and Posting of Tradesmen's Books. PROMPT CASH SETTLEMENT. Offices and Sale Rooms:— Market Street, RHYL. Fruit, Game, and Poultry. MLS. P. POWELL JONES, 6, WATER STREET, RHYL Recognised the Cheapest and Best Supplied Fruit, Game and Poultry Depot IN NORTH WALES. ESTABLISHED IN 1S56. 40 YEARS AGO! Best Selected English and Foreign Fruits. Famed for its Prime Poultry, Fresh Eggs and Fresh Butter. Homer's Celebrated Butter, Sweet Cream and Cream Cheese. í Poultry are sent weekly by parcel post to all parts of England. THE New Furniture Warehouse, ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, Market Street, RHYL. ARTIES pURNISHING Are invited to call at the above address and inspect our stock of HIGH-CLASS I FUKNITURB, COMPRISING Dining-room, Drawing-room, Bed- roomy Kitchen, and other House- hold Requisite s. Our goods are of the best quality, and as w purchase on the Cash System we are able to give the best possible value for money. BEDROOM SUITES in Solid Walnut, Ash, or Mahogany from 9 Guineas FEATHER BEDS, full size, from 45S. WOOL MATTRESSES, full size, from I4s. 1X7 IRE SPRING MATTRESSES, full size, from 13s. 6d. DRAWING ROOM AND DINING ROOM SUITES from X7 10 0 BEDSTEADS, BEDDING, CARPETS, AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES, at Marvellously Low Prices. INSPECTION COEEIALLY INVITED. Proprittors— GREENHALGH & GEARY JOSEPH EVANS, Auctioneer and Valuer, 10, GRONANT STREET. R H Y L, Wishes to inform the Inhabitants of Rhyl and the surroundiug District thac he is prepared to under- take all SALES and VALUATIONS on personally. conducted and reasonable terms. Prompt Cash Settlements day of Sale if required. its ion, its 00  a OF -H E R -F 0 R AT ic 2 The most palatable, thiwt^ueneWng, r«- O S animating tonic drink producible J ■ For erery OPEN-AIR WORKER and ell g 9 employed in Shopø, Miiis, It&nuiactones & Mines.. 5 IMITATED BUT HOT EQUALLED. Ag«ataWuiteA. S H On.6 6d. bottle makes S pfcUoas. Of allChemiata and Stores, gg • SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE 9 STAMPS. 2 FOR 15 STAMPS. • g fIBWBALiIi & MASON, NOTTINGHAM, g ■•■•UltlHHUmnUHHNMI ■•■•UltlHHUmnUHHNMI IMPORTANT NOTICE. THE LO-NDO.N- & CAMBRIAN Pianoforte COMPANY. (GREENHALGH & GEARY, PROPRIETORS) have now opened at ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS, MARKET STREET, RHYL. a depot for HIGH CLASS PIANOS, ORGANS &c The extensive Showrooms are furnished with a large stock of Instruments of varied and handsome design by BEIMSMEAD BISHOP and other first-class Instruments. The stok having been carefully selected, and purchased direct from the Manufacturer's FOR CASH We are enabled to offer really first-class Instruments on exceptionally advantageous terms. LIBERAL DISCOUNTS FOR CASH. « SPECIAL TERMS to Schoolmasters and Mistresse Teachers and Students. FIANOS, OKGANS AXD HIRIIOKTCHS for cash or ou i Easy Purchase System. INSTRUMENTS LET ON HIRE for any terms. TUNING AND REPAIRING by thoroughly practical man of many years experience (late with Broad- wood & Sons). Music STOOLS, STANDS AND CABINETS at moderate prices. To Residents and Visitors. The Oldest Jewellery Business in Rhyl. ESTABLISHED 1S5S. J. E. CORNEY, (Successor to Mr W. T. ARGFXT), Watchmaker, Jeweller, and r Optician, 19A, HIGH STREET, RHYL, (Opposite the Post Office). A Large aDd well-assoited Stock of Gold and and Silver Jewellery in all the latest Design Guinea Gold Wedding Riogs. Gold Ringe from 4a. to £15. Watches from 7s Gd. to £ 14 10s. Clocks from 3s 6d. OPTICAL GOODS Tinted Spectacles aDd Folders, Reading Glasses. Telescope, Fjeld, Marine, and Opera Ghsses; also Spectacles to suit all sights. Sound practical Repairs combined with moderate charges a Leading feature. Note the Address-19A. High Street. Rhyl. NOTICE of REMOVAL. JOS. WILLIAMS. PRACTICAL Q.ASFITTi £ R AND IRON-UONUER HAS REMOVED TO 5, BODFOR STREET, Where all Orders will receive Personal and prompt attention. A large and varied stock of GASFITTIXG-S of the newest designs, and a good display of GLOBES, COMETS, OIL LAMPS, FENDERS &C,, &c. SOLK AGENT OF THE INCANDESCENT LIGHTS. An inspection is indly invited. Mssrs. SARSON & SCOTTI AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS, TRUSTEES UNDER THE DEEDS OF AR- RANGEMENTS ACT, lSSS, GENERAL CERTIFICATE HOLDERS, Appointed bv Sir Horatio Lloyd, Kt. Sales by Public Auction of Land and House Properties, Farming Stocks, Household Furniture, &c., Conducted, with immediate Cash Settlements. Mortgages Procured. Insurances effected. Rents Collected. Valuations Executed. OFFICES Victoria Avenue, Prestatyn — — C%"o Y%ut5t in A preparation of Port Wine, Liebig's Extract of Meat, and Extract of Malt. XNYJLLUJLBLE TO THE CONVALESCENT. Over unsolicited testimonials from mfcji-ctii men. Ask for "Wincamis" And see that you get it. Sold everywhere in bottles 2/9 & 4'6. » COLEMAN & Co., Ltd., Norwich & London.