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ALLEGED BIGAMY AT NEWPORT. The Newport magistrates at their sitting on Wednesday had to listen to the story of the matrimonial infelicity of Charles Grey and Harriet Grey. The couple were, it was stated, widower a.nd widow, and were married in Febru- ary last. Disputes commenced over tbe husband's children three weeks after the marriage, and thv quarrels culminated ill Grey appearim; at the Police Court and being bound over to keep the peace towards his wife. Grey afterwards refused to live with his wife again, and she went into the Workhouse, but subsequently left and visited her husband's house in Albion- straet, smashed twelve panes of glass in the window, wrenched the knocker off the front door, and threw it through the window. In the police office Mrs Grey attacked her husband, smashing his hat, and then attempted to stab him with her hat-pin. but was prevented by the police. Grey now dec-Iared that the woma.n pro- fessed to be a widow when he married her, but he had since ascertained that she had a husband livine, and he bad witnesses present in court: who had seen the woman's husband. The woman had a, most violent temper, and he had led a miserable life with her. Mrs Groy, who WIlS charged with wilful damage and assault, declared that she had not seen her former husband for ten yoars and she complained bitterly of t'ru. conduct of Grey and his family towards her. Mrs Grey was fined 21s, on one month's hDpriijChment.

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SBggnttss ).lrbrtSSt.5. JESSE WILLIAMS' PURE VOLATILE EUCALYPTUS OIL. DISTILLED FROM THE FRESH LEAVES OF THE EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (THE BLUE GUM TREE OF AUSTRALIA). CHARACTERS AND TESTS.—It is the Pure Oil of the Eucalyptus, colourless, or pa.le straw colour, becoming darker and thicker by exposure. It is neutral and lighter than water (Sp. G. about "900 to '925. It has a strong Camphoraceous Aromatic odour and It spicy pungent taste. jar CAUTION.—There are several kinds of EUca- lyptus Oil in the market obtained from different varieties of the plant. They are distinguished by their odour and by their action on various chemicals. The reputAtion of Eucalyptus treatment depends upon the Globulus variety and no other. We there- fore advise our customers to buy no Oil but what is enaranteed to be the above kind. We do not buy of JOBBERS, or WHOLESALE MIDDLEMEN, but direct from the distillers, and are therefore in a poaition to guarantee that WLMT we sell is the RIGHT SORT. JESSE WILLIAMS'PURE OIL OF THE EUCA- LYPTUS GLOBULUS is recommended as a preven- tive and cure for INFLUENZA CATARRH, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, WHOOPING COUGH, CROUP, COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS, NEU- RALGIA, HEADACHE. SORE THROAT, RHEU- MATISM, &c. Also as an agreeable DISINFECTANT AND ANTISEPTIC. DIRECTIONS FOR USE. FOB ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, COLDS, AND CHEST AFFECTIONS.—Rub the chest with a, mixture of equal parts of "Eucalyptus Oil and Olive Oil, or if the grease be objectionable, sprinkle a few drops of Eucalyptus Oil only on flannel or on the (ace of A poultice, and apply to the chest. Put a few drops of Eucalyptus Oil in a jug or other vessel con- taining hot water and inhale the steam also take l or 2 drops on sugar every hour or so until relieved. FOR BURNS AND SCALDS.—Add one part of Eucalyptus Oil to from 8 to 16 parts of Olive Oil and apply to the injured parts on lint. FOR CROUP—Apply the Oil to the inside of the Utroat by means of a camel's hair brush or feather. Place the patient in a hot water bath, to which a fw drops of Eucalyptus Oil have been added, and give AN emetic of Ipecacuanha Wine. FOB COLDS. INFLUENZA, CATARRH, SORE THROAT.—Apply the Eucalyptus Oil to the throat; on flannel; inhale the vapour as directed for Asthma., gprinkl* a few drops on the handkerchief, and inhale- tteety. Take 1 to 5 drops every two or three hours. CUTS, ABRASIONS, SKIN ERUPTIONS, SORES,, AC* will be speedily cared by frequently applying the Eucalyptus Oil with a brush. DIARRHOEA AND DYSENTERY.—Bob the abdo-" men and stomach with Eucalyptus Oil. and take 1 to Bdrops every hour or two until relieved. PLIES, MOSQUITOES, and other insects may be COT lid of by spraying the room with Eucalyptus 00. They will never annoy anyone who applies the Oil to the face and hands. NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM are quickly relieved by rubbing and applying the Eucalyptus Oil as already indicated. FOR TOOTH-ACHE.—Apply Eucalyptus Oil to the gums, and put some into the hollow tooth (if any) on cotton wool. AS A MOUTH WASH, the Eucalyptus Essence is very beneficial. Its Antiseptic properties are well demonstrated by rinsing the mouth with a tumbler- ful of water containing a few drops of Eucalyptus Oil. This thoroughly cleanses the mouth and removes; the odour of tobacco smoke, etc. FOR PILES.—The best application is the Eucalyp-^ TAG Oil, either alone, or by adding it to hot water, and frequently bathing the parts. FOR PRICKLY HEAT.—Bathe every morning with water to which a few drops of Eucalyptus Oil have been added. FOR RINGWORM.—Paint Eucalyptus Oil on the ringworm several times a day; this is a certain cure, FOR WHOOPING COUGH, the stomach and cheøt may be rubbed with Eucalyptus Oil, either alone or mixed with Olive Oil. The Eucalyptus Oil should also be taken internally. WOUNDS AND ULCERS require antiseptic treat- ment to prevent suppuration. The best o,ntI6ptie, is Jesse Williams' Eucalyptus Oil. For use dllute, this with from three to four parts Olive Oil and apply to the wound under lint. This Eucalyptus Oil is apowerful Antiseptic—more than three times as strong as Carbolic Acid in pre- venting development of bacteria, and not so poisonous; it is therefore used with great success in preventing and curing all kinds of Fevers, Ague, and' Diphtheria. JESSE WILLIAMS' PURE EUCALYPTUS OIL, In square glass bottles, at One Shilling each, or post free, Is 2d. „ „ WE also make a SPIRIT OF EUCALYPTUS, which is only one-tenth as strong as the Oil, but it has the advantage of mixing readily with water, and is therefore suitable for Mouth Washes, the Bath, Ac., &c. JESSE WILLIAMS & Co.. CHEMISTS, JpARK JJALL jgUILDINGS, CARDIFF. tWt 387e .o- TO AVENGE GORDON: OB, THE LAST DASH FOR KHARTOUM. A TALE OF LOVE AND WAR. BY MR JAS. S. BORLASE, Author of Darker than Death," Riches to Ruin," An Ocean Secret," Recalled to Life," &c., &c. KITCHENER S DASH FOR KHARTOUM, with the heroic deeds of our gallant British Soldiery and their Allies, will be painted in a. series of glowing word-pictures, alternating with powerful descriptions of the awful tragedies daily occurring in the Khalifa's Capital, Omdurmani" The City of a Thousand Terrors," as one who was kept captive therein for 13 long years has aptly named it. REAL CHARACTERS f ACTUAL EVENTS! TRUE ADVENTURES And, with the exception of the three opening chapters, which describe the murder of the saintly Gordon, the massacre of the Christian population of Khartoum, and the terrible rending' asunder of two fond lovers, the beautiful English girl to become the slave of the Mahdi, and the young Dragoon Officer to be deprived of his- reason until the long-delayed hour of retributive justice restored it to him. THE OPENING CHAPTERS Of this stirring Romance will be published in the CARDIFF TIMES AND g OUTH^py ALES E WS tj OF SATURDAY, DEC. 24TH, And continued Weekly, A MAGAZINE AND A NEWSPAPER FOR A pENNY., The brightest and biggest weekly journal issued- inthe Principality is The Cardiff Times and- Sooth Wales Weekly News," which contains 72 long columns weekly, replete with the News of the Week, Serials, a.nd Special Articles. All the leading novelists o the have contributed to its columns and a new serial from the pen of Sirl Walter Besantwi be commenced shortly. No, trouble or expense is spared o make the journal; attractive, as will be seen from the following*s, trf weekly features Three Serials, by Favourite Writers. A Complete Story. A Column of Queer Stories. Illustrated Fashions. The Household Garden and Field, with Hints on Poultry and Stock. Welsh Gleanings. Famous Welsh Regiments. Welsh Tit-Bits. Labour Topics, by Mabon, M'P Science and Health, by Dr. Andrew Wilson Songs forth People. A Saturday Sermon Y Golofu Gymreig Wit and Humour The World Over. The Open Council Children's Hour. AND ALL THE NEWS OF THE WEEK For all these features see the CARDIFF TIMES AND SOUTH WALES WEEKLY NEWS. TWO EDITIONS WEEKLY. ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY bTELSH BOOKS. PAPERS, Aif £ > £ 1Ur MUSIC AT ROBERTS BROTHERS, 16. WORKING STREET, CARDIFF, STATIONERS & BOOKBINDERS, flXAFF NOTATION AND SOLPA. PRINTERS. ^Wetab-Bocka-'at special tenae. j Ilnsintss J\.bbu.!í,SlS. -Ws ull LOU "Smce takifDg Be Emulsion her cough has gone, and, she has gained fl'ash." .A.. ANNIE MAY. I Here is another case of a sufferer from bron- chitis and a nasty cough. This time it is a little girl eight years old, and if you will read her mother's letter you will see the same familiar story, the restless nights, the wasting of flesh and strength, and the fear of consumption. Mm May writes 104. Vicarage-road, Plumstead, Kent, May 24th, 1898. Dear Sirs,-I am writing to th&nk you for the good Scott's Emulsion has done for my little girl, eight years old. Ever since a baby she has I been a sufferer from bronchitis and a nasty 1 cough, especially in the winter. For nights she 1 had no rest for it. She has been under various treatments, but none of them has done for her what Scott's Emulsion has. Since taking-Scott's Emulsion her cough has-gone and she has gained: flesh. Her cough was so bad that she got very thin, and we thought she was going into consump- tion, but thanks to Scott's Emulsion I am pleased, to say she is getting on nicely now, and at any. time when I find her getting a cough again I- BVIQ.11 certainly give her Scott's Emulsion. I recommend it to my friends as the best prepara- 1 tion for weak chests, bronchitis, and rickets. Again thanking you for the good Scott's Emul- sion has done my child, I am, yours truly (Signed) ROSE MAY." What a blessing it is to have such a combina- tion of standard remedial agents to relieve and cure local q{ thwaf. alld lnttgs, and fi-° f and attack maladies of this nature at their S0Qrce Por it mast never be forgotten that astrortR ^ai disease. as well as a^eakit. Scott's Emulsion Emprises cod liver oil, gly- cerine, and ^ypophosphite. Each of these remedies isf .profession. itl i absorption of the oU, and the h^ q feeds the nerves, nQtm^ the bones, and sustains the brain. SCOH-« -N • •, „ V„ M ott a Emulsion does more than merely relieve a con^u u i k;fi„ Ti. lia j Qgh, cold, or bronchitis. 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THE HOUSEHOLD. YES are said to be the windows of the soul. They may or may not be so, but most certain it is that windows are not only the eyes of the house, but something more. It is not given to everyone to be able to have a house built axactly to her taste in architecture, but a great deal more could be done with the inside of the windows than is usual lv the case, if only a little more trouble were taken in the matter. The average person appears to be content to decorate these apertures simply with a pair of white curtains parted in the middle and partially covered up by another pair of thicker material. Now. with a little ingenuity the window in my sketch might be easily transformed into a kind of presiding star over the cosiest possible nook instead of simply a framework of blindcords and curtains. This drawing htts. of course, an elaborateness of treatment not always possible to the small householder, such for instance, as the projecting beam and pillar on which it rests. But this is by no means essential to the other part of the scheme. The bookshelves that project bove the seat must be very firmly secured, joindeed, if the wall is of the jerry builder's type, an iron bracket will have to be requisitioned. Below again, the expensive woodwork need not be adhered to, though it is not so costly to fit up.as you woald imagine if you only take the trouble to rummage amongst old shops, and especially if you happen to have the luck to. come across some old pew seats, which are admirable for the purpose. A PRKny WINDOW BEAT. Failing this a dado may be nailed roand the back part of the seat, consisting of some of the many forms of modern anas cloth which, printed in conventional designs both of Moorish and heraldic origin, are exceedingly decorative and cheap. The window itself will look its best with small silk curtains, which should be chosen of the tint that it is most desired to accentuate in the room. Table centres are very little used at present, two long narrow slips of embroidery of the lightest and daintiest description being preferred. A woman who cares much about the effect of her table will do well to have two or three of these in use, so that'one can be chosen tp completely harmonise with the flowers, chinw, and bonbons used. I give two designs here, one of which is of a thoroughly Louis Qniijze type, daintily worked in fine satin stitch, on a white silk background, the blue ribbon connecting the flowers being of the narrowest bebe description applique on to the silk. This is particularly suitable for using with any sort of Dresden china, or bowls of roses in delicate colouring, but. as flowers are rather-: I TWO SUGGESTIONS FOE TABLE-SLIPS. sceree this wintry weather, it perhaps wonld be best to use the second design, which has a. blight red border and is embroidered with a foliage somewhat resembling holly, plentifully inter- spersed with bright red berries. This lightens up a table considerably, especially when, as is often 'the case at this time of the year, the chief part of the decoration consistis of ferns and foliage in the place of flowers. When people ask you to make something for a bazaar it is a. very wise plan to say you will make several of one kind of thing, such as pincushions. And there is such a variety of v?ays in which these can be fashioned that no one need dread monotony in the undertaking. The pansy pin- cushion, of which I give an illustration here, both in its completed form and with the detail for foundation, can be carried out sufficiently flat and of small enough dimensions to be carried in the pocket, or large enough to hang up on one side of "one's dressing-table glass. In the first instance, cardboard foundations must be cut out after the lines in the diagram, and then a double set of ^similar shapes in deep purple or reddish-brown velvet, one-for the front and one for the back of the two back leaves, care being taken to leave about a quarter of an inch margin for turning in. The front leaves may be covered with either silk" or velvet, and should be of paJe yallow or mauve. • Make the markings of the pansy and the outlines- where the leaves lap over with embroidery silk, putting touches of purple silk on to the paler tint. The dot in the centre is made of light green, and the eyes on either side are white. Draw 'the coveactng over the cardboard with some large stitches,.pulling it tightly before commencing to. oversew them then fasten the. leaves together as shown in the drawing of the finished pin-- cushion. THfs is the simplest sort of pansy I FANbi S>ioa, the other, which is a little more is about twice the-size, and a single *vjlenfj4°f wadding is laid over the cardboard, ?iatch Ql!ysprinkfed with some delicately-scented mi th^f1" Sawder, after which proceed to cover it J0f ffl. '010 fashion as the other,; attaching a loop „r> on^ ribbon to the back so that it can be hung giguia side of the dressing-table glass, which ger 116 most desirable point to have pms. /w th„a few recipes for almond sandwiches. jand nrt tead in thin slices, spread with butter, which V,?*1 a layer of finely chopped almonds, to and a ^en added a slight sprinkling of salt 'Alice of i^ of lemon juice lay over another nress a Ki ^cred bread, cat into small ovals aJid ,Sw^i=hed nut in the centre. Another frill of creIS ma^e in t1li3 manner. Whip half a Mound of1? to a stiff froth, mix and add half a naote with Qlon^8 blanched and pounded to a todd two rose or orange flower water thin J^te-spoonfuls of sngar, and spread of bread roll into tiny cylinders Un this inaf rrow slips. The amount of cream or thirty De sufficient for twenty-five Qt<wiches, according to size. Ethel-

BUYINq. Wivbs aT KLONDIKE. J/lS<xS>b!Sn^ad a forfer editor °/Q^e f.-nm KlonditI w^o has just retoraad home that the softer ^es that in spite ofthefac' numbers to th^^aa not penetrated mtaP; a,nd ervine.gtoii, there is plenty of marry native Indian-vr^11 marriage. The b«des of their EnropJ*ei\an<l, af m the case of same nt hair.. sisters, the marriage is tne tornary prico blankets being a cus- "nearly all t, CIO bride. Mr Dun found that ;n. PArrmanv Gtoployoss of the Hudson £ ted

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a ONCE A HOME RITIjEB, LLANDOVERY and others.— The Slattery correspondence had better be con- sidered now closed. FATHER.—The hearing of the case has not been fixed. It was before the Court on a question of inter- rogatories on the 16th Nov.

JEWELLERY THEFT. LADY GUEST'S VALUABLES VANISH. Considerable interest has been caused in Coventry by a newspaper advertisement offering a monetary reward for information that shall lead to the detection of the thief who purloined from the Charterhouse, Coventry, on August 13th, 1897, a quantity of jewels, the property of Mrs Milier. The latter, with others., was a guest at the time of Col. Wyley and Mrs Wvley, and there was no donbt felt that a serious robbery had been effected, but the police, and likewise the owner of the Charterhouse, refused to make public any particulars. Now it transpires that the jewellery stolen was of the value of £600, and it was owing to Mrs Miller's desire that no steps ahonld be taken for its recovery and the attempt to discover the thief or thieves that the matter had lain dormant so long. But now Mrs Miller is dead her liusbandhas instigated the inquiries that have been set on foot through the medium of a legal firm in London. Mr Miller is clerk to the Chelsea Board of Guardians, and had been a collector of jewellery curios. Amongst the articles stolen were gold brooches and pearl pins, tur- quoises, bangles, rings, a gold watch and chain, a. Jubilee £5 piece and two £ 2 pieces, two ZS notes, and a considerable sum of money. Some of the missing articles were discovered in the grounds of the Charterhouse, but the majority were believed to have been taken away, and sur- mises or rumours of a startling kind were current in Coventry at the time of the robbery in regard to the mode in which it had been effected, and the probabilities of the thief being discovered." Hence the interest now felt in the revival of the matter.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO MRS DRUCE. Mrs Anna, Maria Druce, whose name is so well known in connection with the Druce-Portland estates litigation, has been the victim of a serious cab accident. It appears that on Monday evening she took a hansom in Ludgate-circas, and ordered the driver to take her to the office of one of her legal advisers, in the neighbourhood of the Strand. Near the Law Courts, where the traffic was at the moment very- congested, the driver pulled up sud- denly and Mrs Druce was violently thrown from her seat on to the doors of the hanson, which swung open and pitched her into the street., Before she was a.ble to regain her feet one of the wheels of the cab passed over her arm, and she narrowly escaped being run over also by a passing omnibus. Mrs Druce was conveyed in a dazed. condition to the King's College Hospital, where., it was-found that she had sustained serious in- juries to the right arm and also to the knee. She was subsequently taken home in a cab. Inquiries on Tuesday evening showed that she was going on favourably.

-=- AMENITIES OF DEBATE. Mr Meagher, a member of the New South Wales Assembly, has been waging a lively duel with Mr Norton, an alderman of the city, and an ex-member of the Assembly. According to the Australasian Review of Revieios, they are admirably-matched combatants, and having ex- hausted language they betook themselves to more praotical weapons. Mr Meagher horae whipped Mr Norton publicly, and Mr Norton took a hurried but ineffective shot with a revolver at Mr Meagher, who at that moment was occupied. in running away. Both gentlemen next trans- ferred their conflict to the City Court, where the fighting was very energetic. Here is a specimen extract from some columns of pleasant rhetoric, which these gentlemen lavished on each other under the benevolent supervision oi a magistrate —Meagher You're a skunk.—Norton Here's Mr Levien ready to state the truth and bowl you out in more lies, you triple-tongued liar. Meagher-: I've something here (holding up the foolscap) for you, you. skunk, you scaly, scrofulous, bit of carrion:-Norton Look at his prognathous jaw, his criminal lower lip, his retreating chin, and gorilla month. Ha, ha, ha !—Meagher You! A thing like you attracting people—.—Norton Meagher, the beauty. Look at the cultured young Australian, the refined young Richard Nenis Meagher.

A STORY OF THE MOOR. A reporter on-the staff of the Sheffield Weekly InaeijendcKt, during a pleasant afternoon spent, on the beautiful moorlands between Sheffield and" Ashopton, heard a remarkable story from Mrs Blackwell, wife of a gamekeeper at Moscar Rise. Mrs Blackwell, who looked plump and healthy, narrated her own experiences. Two years ago her health failed, probably through overwork, and her condition soon became serious. Her symptoms were loss of appetite, loss of flesh, [nervousness, chronic indigestion, and paleness. She was so weak that she could not perform her domestic duties, slept little, and what sleep she. got did not refresh her. It was considered that- she was slowly dying. Proceeding to describe her recovery, Mrs Blackwell spoke as follows Several months ago a pamphlet wae left at my house describing numerous cures by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. I noticed that many of those cured had, suffered from symptoms very similar to my own. This gave me hope, and I have a very vivid recollection of taking the first of these pills. A task of work needed doing very urgently, and I remarked to my little girl that I felt quite unable even to start upon it. At dinner time I took two of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and they produced a most remarkable ;effect. Later in the afternoon I felt quite a new jwoman. I began the task which was awaiting iroo, did it with ease, and felt fit for any amount jof work. From that time I recovered health and spirits rapidly. Although I have only taken three boxes of the pills, I am as well as ever I-waa in my life, and have gained so much flesh that I weigh one stone heavier to-day than I ever did -,before." The case of Mrs Blackwell is but one of thou- sands in which the usefulness of Dr. Wiliiams' jPink Pills has been made known to the public; the news of their great cures constfvntly being reported in the papers. They are famous among the highest and the lowest in the land for the; cure of amentia, palpitation of the heart, indiges- tion, eczema, general muscular weakness, rheu. nmtism, sciatica, chronic erysipelas, and to restore pale and sallow complexions to the glow of health. They are also a splendid nerve and spinal tonic, and thus have cured many cases of paralysis, locomotor ataxy, neuralgia, St. Vitus' dance, and nervous headache. They are now obtainable of all chemists, and from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, 46, Holborn-viaduct, London, at 2s 9d a box, or six for 15a 9d; but are genuine only with the full Dame, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Pink pills sold loose or from glass jars cannot be Dr. Williams', and won't cure yon substitutes-never cured anyone.

PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED. DECEMBER 1st. ,1841-Dr. George Birkbask, chief founder of the London Mechanics' Institution, died, aged 65. 1846-The Queen visited the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle. 1848—Seventy two people were suffoea,ted on board the steamboat Londonderry through the captain closing the hatches, it being a stormy night. 1852—Mutiny on board the English ship, Berenice in the Straits of Gaspar. 1867-Oon-imencement of a severe and disastrous storm, which extended over the greater part of England.

I POLICEMEN AND FOOTBALL. The Halifax Watch Committee have been asked to remove the restriction which prevents such wdl-known football players as Constables Moxon aiid Bland from playing when off duty with the Halifax and Hecumondwike football teams respectively. The Watch Committee have in- quired as to the practice in other places, and find that in 27 towns, including Birmingham, Brad- ford, Hull, Manchester, Wigan, Oldham. Burnley, Sheffield, Southport, and Leeds the police are not prohibited from playing atfootball when off" duty. Seven towns, including Huddersiield, York, and Salford, forbid their police playing footbalL The reply from Salford is that the Chief Constable, prohibits football because it is too clangorous a game for police officers to indulge in.

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ALLEGED FRAUDS. A COMPANY PROMOTING CASE. At Bow-street on Wednesday Louis H. Goodman, described as a dentist, was charged on remand with conspiracy with others to defraud the public in connection with the West Australian Gold District Trading Syndicate, Limited, and the West Australian Gold District Trading Corpora- tion, Limited. Accused was brought before the court last week with Sir 3d ward Lee, and the case was then adjourned for a month for the arrest of another man, who is said to have gone to South Africa. Sir Edward Lee was at once admitted to bail in two sureties of £1,000 each, but Goodman had been unable to find the two sureties in £3,000 each required of him. Mr Wallis, on behalf of Goodman, made a strong appeal to-day for the reduction of bail. He was prepared with sureties np to £4,000, or if they could be accepted six sureties in £1,000 each. Goodman, so far from making anything out of the companies, had lost thousands of pounds. The Accused Ten thousand. Sir John Bridge said the only question was whether he was responsible for the fraud. Mr Rowe said the Treasury could not consent to any reduction of bail. Sir John Bridge said that he must have the two sureties in each, and accused was again. remanded in custody.

OUTRAGES ON FEMALES. THE CAT RECOMMENDED. At York Assizes on Tuesday the grand jury parsed a resolution in favour of Judges having power to inflict Hogging on men convicted of out- rages on women and children. Justice Darling said he would forward the presentation to the proper quarter—the Home Office. Many similar presentations had been forwarded to the same destination, but the law was not yet altered. He had not Oil circuit encouraged such presenta- tions, not because he disapproved of them, but because he had no taste for piping to those who would not dance, or encouraging other people to go through so futile a performance. It was un- doubted that, if these crimes continued in the same proportion that they now held with regard to assize calendars.there must be such a revulsion of public feeling against those who committed them as would ensure some such statute being passed as the gmnd jury had suggested. The only remedy in the mean while was patience for his part he exercised what patience he could.

THE MERRXMAC HERO. AN EXAMPLE FOR FINDLATER. WASHINGTON, Tuesday.—Naval Constructor Robson, the hero of the Merrimac, has thrown £10,000 over his shoulder. He had been offered that amount for a series of lectures. Mr Hobson says before sinking the Merrimac his lectures were probably worth 50 cents. The sinking of the Merrimac seems to have made them worth 50.000 dollars. The work he did was simply in his line as a naval officer, and he does not feel that he has a. right to use that performance for the betterment of his financial condition. Mr Hob- son is entirely dependent upon his pay, and his family are in moderate circumstances.—Daily Chronicle.

BORROWING FROM AN OLD SWEET- HEART. The adjourned public examination of Alfred Tucker, bootmaker and roundabout proprietor, of Cinderford, took place at the Glou- cester Bankruptcy Court (before Mr Registrar Hartland). Debtor was questioned as to a. sum of £96. which he stated he had borrowed from a • Miss Davis, of Harrogate, whom he stated was an old sweetheart. He said he repaid Miss Davis the beat way he could. He did not pay her by cheque, because he did not want anyone to know ,that he had the money from her.—The Official Receiver It is not a very common practice for a married man when in aviifQcalty to get his sweet- heart to lend him money. Is that a Cinderford custom? (Laughter.)—Debtor: I do not know. He went on to say that he did not keep Miss Davis's letters because he did not want anyone to know that he bad had the money.—The Official Receiver: Why should not your wife have known ? She fought her battle, had beaten Miss Da.vis,and got you why should she not know ?—Debtor She is of a very jealous disposition. (Laughter.) —Would it not have been better if you had told your wife at the time that you were going to write to this lady to borrow money ? I did not want her to know.—You did not think it would get into the newspapers ? I did not know that it would. —And yonr wife, being of a very jealous disposi-. tion, would read about it all ? It is tme, sir.— "(L1¡,ughte:r.)--Tù examination was adjourned^ until January 3rd..

A SENSITIVE PAUPER. I At Worship-street Police Court on Toeeday Thomas Harper (44), a, portly, well-fed man, who said he was a, labourer, was charged with refrac- tory conduct in refusing to obey orders, and using threatening language. The labour master of the St. Luke's (Shepherdess Walk) Workhouse said that the prisoner, who had recently been passed from another parish, was ordered to go to the able-bodied men's department at Mitcham. He refused to go, was taken before the masr, and continued bis refusal to leave the London depart- ment, which he said suited his health. He was then told to cro back to the receiving ward, when he threatened to knock the witness's eye out. The prisoner mad& a double defence .ome, that he was not able-bodied, as he was bandaged—pulling up his jacket* for the magistrate to see a.nd, two, that he refused to go oat in the Workhouse clothes of corduroy. Mr Corser asked him if he would go if released. No," replied the prisoner, I refuse to go to Mitcham I told them so, and I refuse now; look at these clothes." Mr Corser sentenced him to fourteen days' imprison- ment,—The Prisoner Fourteen days ? What for ?

BURGLING UP TO DATE. Three burglars, who operated according to a rather new system, have been arrested by Paris detectives. They were in the habit of iudacing unwary persons in cafes to play cards or draughts with them, and they not only fleeced their prey like the sbarrs in trains, but managed to steal the latchkeys of their victims. After having accompanied borne a person likely to have on his uremIses something worth stealing, they noted his address, watched his exits and en- trances, and when they knew that he was out, let themselves into nis flat by means of the latch- key stolen during the emotions of play. One of the men who were thus doubly fleeced obtained description from his concierge of the persons 'who had entered his rooms during his absence, and at once came to the conclusion that the card- sharpers who had enticed him to pla.y in a cafe were the same persons who had stolen from hi a flat a gold watch and chain, a bank book, and a valuable ring. The detectives were then sent to watch, and they entrapped the trio, who have been identified as old hands in crime.

TOBACCO AND THE HEART. A doctor gives the following details as to the effects of tobacco-smoking, which appear in the New Orleans T-im.es-Democrat :—The talk one hears of nicotine saturating the systems of smokers is absurd. Nicotine is a, deadly poison, and it would ta.ke very little of it to kill a man. The truth is that very little is absorbed, -even by the most confirmed smokers. Now and then you read of men who die from excessive smoking, and are found on autopsy to be literally reeking with nicotine. This is all rubbish. Nothing of the kind ever happened. Again, it is a favourite experiment to blo N smoke through a handkerchief, and the stain that it produces is popularly supposed to be wade by nicotine. It is really oil of tobacco, which is of quite a diffe- rent colour. The chief hxrm done by smoking is the stimulus which it to the heart. This is particularly true of cigarette smoking, where "inhaling "is nearly always practised. Each time the potte is inhaled it acts as a slight spur to thehetFrt, and, needless to say, there is sure to be a reaction. If the smoker is in good general health he will probably never feel it, but if he is not there will be periods of profound depression. Those are the cold facts about smoking—none other sire genuine.

LADY GREY'S NECKLACE. At Bow-street Police Court on Tuesday Mr James Covey William^ acting on behalf of the Couniess Grey, summoned the Commissioner of Police for the delivery of a valuable pearl neck- lace, with diamond clesp. The necklace was lost by Lady Grey on November 13th between Park- lane ana the Albert Hall. Information was given to the police, and a short time after the necklace was topped by Mr Walmark, jeweller, of "™mer-road, Notting Hill, to whom it was offered in pledge by a person who said that it had been pIcKed up by a boy near the Marble Arch. Sir James Vaughan ordered the necklace to be given up to its owner, and Mr Williams, on her ladyship's behalf, handed a cheque to the jeweller.

A MORMON CONGRESSMAN'S THREE WIVES. Mr Roberts, the newly-elected Congressman from Utah, will not, it is paid, take all or indeed any of his three wives to Washington not at least until he has made sure of his seat, because though they are referred to in the despatches as his" three plural wives they would undoubtedly I appear somewhat singular in the national capital. One of them is a physician with a bent for literatute, amd among them there are seven chil- dren —Philrulelphia Times.

FACTORY GIRL'S INFATUATION. A curious case of alleged abduction was in- vestigated at Northwich on Tuesday. Alfred Brandon, bricklayer's labourer, Crewe, was charged with taking away without her parents' consent Mary Robinson (15), factory girl, daughter of John Robinson, a Northwich inn- keeper. The evidence of the prosecution showed that for 12 months tho couple kept company- Brandon latterly lodged at Robinson's, but, being sent away, induced the girl, who savs she still cares for him, to accompany him to Crewe, stating that if she refused he would kill himself and her. The accused was committed for trial to the Asaize3.

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MONMOUTHSHIRE CHAMBER OF AGRICULTURE At the meeting of the members of the above Chamber, held at Newport on Wednesday, Mr E. J. Phillips, J.P., presiding, a discussion took place on the Agricultural Holdings (England) Act of 1883, with the idea of bringing pressure on the Government to fulfil at the commencement of next Session their promise to amend the Act. Mr J. C. Llewellin, solicitor, Newport, opened the discussion by tracing the existing position of farm tenancies in Monmouthshire as affected by the Act. He dealt with the common law, the custom .law, and the statute law on the subject, going as far back as the Norman Conqaest, when' the land was parcelled out to the Victors by William the Conqueror, the condition of holding being military service. There was a curious custom in Monmouthshire that the tenant kept the house till the 1st May. and another that the land should share in the corn. In Glamorgan there was also a definite custom. He thought that one custom which militated adversely in a change of tenancy was the one which fixed the 2nd February instead of at Michaelmas. In Brecon- shire the custom was going in favour of the latter date, and in Carnarvonshire, Carmarthenshire, and the East of Glamorgan there were Michael- mas takings. The uncertainty in the matter of custom was deterring the employment of capital on the land, and this uncertainty was illustrated in the case when the tenant took the land share of wheat; the five or six text books he had con- sulted on the subject did not say definitely what the share was.—Mr R. Stratton said customs in Monmouthshire were extremely various and often inconvenient, and gave rise in some cases to litigation. The more they could be simplified the better it would be for the county. With regard to the schedule of values, it would pro- bably be in the recollection of the meeting that the Chamber some time ago issued such a schedule for certain improvements and feeding stuffs, and that this had been acted upon to a considerable extent by owners and valuers throughout tho district and in other districts as well. Possibly, the time had come to revise this scale but he thought it quite possible to have too extravagant a. scale for unexhausted improvements. The Glamorganshire scale, he thought, was not to the best interest of landlord a.nd tenant. A fair and reasonable amount of compensation shonld always be given, and the tenant who farmed the land well should be fairly paid for unexhausted improvements.—Mr C. D. Phillips favoured the Michaelmas tenancy.—Mr S. L. Baker spoke of the diversity of custom in Monmouthshire and how it differed on one side of a river from what was prevalent on the other. His suggestion was that a fair custom should be arranged for the whole county.—Mr H. Williams was against Michaelmas tenancies becanse the old tenant reaped the ha.rvest and the new tenant sold it. His advice to outgoing tenants who had consulted him was to take all they legally could and not to trust to the Act. (Laughter.) Hia complaint was that a good farmer could not get the conces- sions that a bad farmer could one who had so little in the land that he did not care whether he kept it or left it. (Hear, hear.) Mr G. T. Nicholl suggested the compiling by the Chamber or the CJoiniity Council of a wal?-defined list of customs, and that these should be embodied in a resolu- tion.—On the motion of Mr Baker, seconded by Mr Cox, it was decided to press on the Govern- ment through the Central Chamber the necessity of amending the Act of 1885.—The subject of the prevention of adulteration in food products, to be introduced by Mr G. R. Thompson, F.C.S., was deferred.

CONGREGATIONALISM IN CARDIFF. REVIVAL MOVEMENT. In opening the second day's bazaar in aid of the building fund of the Cardiff Richmond-road Congregational Church on Wednesday, Mr David, of Penarth, said the work that was being done by that church was one of the signs of the revival of Congregationalism in Cardiff. If they looked back for the last ten or twenty years there was not much in the history of the denomination that they, as Congregationalism, had any reason to be proud of—that was to say, in the work effected in providing for the religious accommoda- tion of the people of the town. A new spirit however seemed to have come over that body of late years, for within the last two years the district had spent no less than £15.000 in the erection of Congregational places of worship. That so far as it went was eminently satisfactory, but they should not forget that the work that had been done had been in connection with churches already formed, and churches that ought to have rgone forward years ago. Little more bad been done than the respectable housing of exipting churches. Of course greater accommodation had thereby been provided, but he dB not think they should be satisfied with the present state of things. Their object should be to colonise the town, plant new causes in the new and growing districts, and provide for the religions interests of those populations which were growing up around them. He was not unmindful that something in that direction had already been done, such as the temporary mission room on the Mackintosh estate, but he wanted to urge that those churches which had raised satisfactory homes for them- selves should not rest content, but should make up their minds to do all they could to spread Con- gregational principles in the district, and they could only do that by providing Congregational churches and establishing new causes. On the motion of Mr Samuel Jones, seconded by Mr Roger Price, a vote of thanks was 'accorded Mr David. Tuesday s sale realised £80.

CHURCH EXTENSION AT PONTAR- DULAIS. A well-attended meeting of St. David's congre. gation was held at the Hendy National School, Pontardulais, on Monday evening to decide whether they would build a new stone church at Hendy instead of the present iron structure, or join with the Rev. W. Morgan, vicar of Llandilo Talybont, and have a new church in that parish by the Dulais Glen. The Rector presided and stated that if the congrogatipn would support him finan- cially and otherwise he would promise them a new church. He had received several substantial promises already, and he would give £25 and perhaps double it if the scheme wero carried out. The Rev. W. Morgan, on the other hand, had only £4 promised him. The question was then put to the vote, and with the exception of Messrs W. Bright and J. Roberts, who were neutral, it was decided unanimously that a church be built on the present site to accommodate 250. The Rev. W. Morgan, vicar of Llandilo Talybont, has decided to build a new church for the English members of the congregation, the present church to be subsequently used by the Welsh. The pro- posed site is the Dulais Glen Hotel and Post Office—the most central part of the town. Plana of the proposed new building will be ready in a couple of weeks. Accommodation will be pro- vided for 300 or 400.

BORROWED BOOTS AND THE SEQUEL. A typical Mary Ann-street assault case washeard (before Alderman David Jones and Councillor E. i'homas) at the Cardiff Police Court on Wednes- day, in which Jane Brindle (31) was charged with violently assaulting and wounding Ellen Riley on the face with a jug on Tuesday evening. Prosecutrix, whose face was swathed in bandages, appeared in a weak condition, and gaVt her evidence with very indistinct articulation. Kilev explained that she met her adversary in the Lakes of Killarney in the evening after having earlier in the day lent prisoner her boots to go on a trip to Barry. Brindle, on returning, re- fused to restore the boots, but at length returned one of them and went wearing the other to tht "Lakes." Here the two women had a lively dis- cussion on the rights of property, the outcome of which was that Brindle was knocked senseless by some weapon," which felled her to the ground. Dr. Neileon said Brindle wa.s brought to him iu a very weak condition owing to the loss of blood. She had two wounds, one half an inch long over the eyebrow and another one and a half inches long reaching down to the nose. One of the arches of the face was broken, and the second cut reached the bone. The wounds were caused by some blunt instrument, possibly by a broken jag- Prisoner, in defence, said she and prosecutrix were drinkiag rum in the "Lakes," when the latter kept plaguing her for the boot. Prisoner at the time bad a jug of besr in her hand, which in an ensuing scramble fell with the two women to the ground. Prisoner, who bad been up in 1891 for a similar offenco, but not convicted, was now sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard labour.

MAGISTRATE PAYS A SALVATION- IST'S FINE. At Peterborough Police Court on Wednesday J- Emery, an ensign in the Salvation Army, was summoned for causing annoyance to a house- holder by playing and singing" in the vicinity of his residence. The magistrates imposed a fins of 5s and costs, but the defendant clected to go to prison. The Bench held a long consultation, with the result that one of ths justices paid the money.

TEMPERANCE REFORM. SPEECH BY MR HERBERT LEWIS, M.P. Speaking at Festiniog on Tuesday on the. legislative aspect of the temperance question, Mx Herbert Lewis, M.P., said that when the Royal Commission on Licensing had presented its report, the responsibility of the Government for intro- ducing legislation could no longer be evaded. The Conservative party had succeeded in pre- venting Sir William Harcourt's Bill from becom. ing law, but they acknowledged that temperance reform was urgently needed, and they appointed a. Royal Commission to ascertain what action should be taken. The repoit of the Commission would be published in the course of the next few months, and the Government could not, without infinite discredit, get out of their obligation to take action during the present Parliament. The Temperance party would help them to carry any measure designed to lessen the evils, whose exist- ence was admitted and deplored on all hands. He was not going to attempt to forecast the report of the Commission. It could not possibly avoid a reference to local control, and it would doubtless cleal with questions like the serving of young children, the anomalous position of the beerhouses licensed before 1869, grocers' licences, the appeal to Quarter Sessions, tied houses, drinking clubs, the simplification of the licensing laws, and Son- day closing in England. How far the Commis. sion, or a majority of them, would go in making proposals for reform was a question which no one could answer outside the Commission. Both the ILI-I a Temperance party would probably agree in the desirability of imposing restrictions on clubs established for mere drinking purposes, and if it became necessary to subject clubs to police super- vision there was no reason whv the clubs of the rich should be treated on any different footing from the clubs of the poor. (Hear, hear.) A very large portion of the trade and the Temper- ance party would agree, although from different points of view, on the evils of the tied house system, which had recently revolu- tionised the liquor trade, driven up the value of licensed property by leaps and bouda. and made the trade more of a monopoly th- ever. The old tenant of a free house had now, generally speaking, become a mere Bervant, compelled, in order to earn a bare living, to sell his customers as much liquor as possible. The power of the brewers had become enormously increased, since so large a portion of the retail trade had passed into their hands, and it had become more necessary than ever that the public, in whose supposed interest licences to sell intoxicants were granted, should have the control of the liquor traffic. Wales took a keen interest in the subject to which he had referred, but the temperance reform which aroused by far the greatest interest in Wales, was the proposal to confer upon the inhabitants of each locality those rights in relation to the liquor traffic which are now vested in landlords and magistrates. The views of the Welsh people on that question had been plainly indicated in and out of Parliament. The experience gained in the working of a Welsh Act would be of the greatest practical value to the rest of the United Kingdom. Wales received the Intermediate Education Act of 1888 partly because the Welsh people had given substantial Eroof of their enthusiasm for education, partly ecause it was felt that it would be well for Eng- land that an experiment in secondary education should be made in Wales. In the same way in Wales temperance sentiment was stronger and more enthusiastic than in any other pact of the country, and Wales asked that the experiment should be made of granting to her people the control of the liqaor traffic in the localities in which they lived. In conclusion he referred to the losses sustained by the temperance cause by the deaths of Mr Raper, who was so familiar a figure on the temperance platform in W ales, and of Mr Get:. It was m- teresting to note that Mr Gee was the secretary of the temperance societies at Denbigh and in London as far back as the year 1837, and this year he had been elected president of the North Wales Temperance Association. What a splendid record of constant self-deuying work, for the temperance cause lay between those two dates, separated as they were by a span of 61 years, every year of which was crowded with work for God and humanity. Mr Gee had seen temperance workers increase from a mere handful to a mighty army. He had not lived to see the legislative outcome of their work, but that, he trusted, lay in the not far distant future. (Applause.)

PUBLIC TELESCOPE FOR CARDIFF. DR. FRANKLEN EVANS'S OFFER ACCEPTED. Dr. Franklen G. Evans's generous offer to hand over to the town of Cardiff a 12-inch reflecting telescope was on Wednesday formally accepted on behalf of the Cardiff Corporation by the Markets and Property Committee. The matter was introduced by Councillor Fox, who had been moved to action, he said, by some remarks reflecting upon the inaction of the Cor- poration made a day or two ago in the course of a, public lecture. He desired to know what was pro- posed to be done in view of Dr. Evans's offer. The Chairman (Councillor W. Evans) said that they had asked the Borough Engineer to find a suit- able site for it. Councillor Fox considered they should first of all accept the gift, and look out for a site afterwards. This would prevent the offer being withdrawn. Councillor Veall said the position was that the acceptance of theoffer would involve im:nense expense for building, and then there was the great difficnlty of finding in the town a convenient site free from vibration. The Chairman said the matter had been considered by the Museum Committee, and the difficnlty they saw was that mentioned by Councillor VealL Ultimately Councillor Fox's motion, seconded by Councillor Chappell, was adopted, and it was further agreed to ask the Parks Committee to find a suitable site. There vere no lack of sug- gestions. Councillor Miidon suggested the Ceme- tery Councillor Fox thought Roath Park the very place for it, while the Borough Engineer was in favour of Llandaff Fields but there Was a general consensus of opinion that the place above all others for the telescope would be the roof, of some high building-sfty, the new Town HalL or the Law Courts in the Cathays Park.

MONMOUTHSHIRE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. THE COLLEGE QUESTION. The quarterly conference of the Monmouth- shire Baptist: Association was held at CalvJwry Chapel, Brynmawr, on Wednesday. The Rev. i. Griffiths, A.bertillery, president for the year, occupied the chair, supported by Mr T. lievan, Abertillery, ex-president, and Mr Evan Phillips, Newbridge, vice-president. There was a. large attendance of ministerz and lay delegates. The Secretary- (Mr W. Jones. Darenfelen) read a letter irom in; Charles Morley, M.P., acknow- ledging receipt of the resolution passed at the previous quarterly meeting approving of the Czar s peace proposals, and stating thai* he was n accord with the same. The Rev. D. S. Jones, late of Beaufort, received an introductory letter to the Baptist churches of America, whitlier he has gone on a preaching tour The Revs. Z. H. Lewis, Iredegar, and G. G. Cole, Llaaover, ware received from Glamorganshire. The treasurer (Mr T. Phillips, J.P.) renorted that something like £ 40 would be required ror the Home Mission Fund by next May, and arrangements were made ior services, Ac., in behalf of the fund. Four candidates for the ministry recetved sanction to preach, and notice of motion was given that the examiners draw up a revised scheme of examina- tion. The Rev. John Williams, Brynmawr, moved, "That, having seen in the Press para- graphs intimating that certain brethren are forming themselves into a committee to get some of our young preachers to enter the college at Carmarthen, we beg to express our strong disapprobation of their conduct." The Rev. G. Griffiths, Rb vmney, seconded, and the resolution was adopted unanimously, several delegates commenting upon the action of those who in this way were trying to overthrow the decision that there should be two colleges only. Preaching services were held on Tuesday and Wednesday at which the following officiated The Revs. G. Evans, Newport; loan Meredith, Blaenavon 1. Griffiths, Abertillery B. Davies, Griffiths- town R. David, Tredegar and W. Saunders, New Tredegar.

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ORIENTAL BAZAAR AT CARDIFF. An Oriental kazaar, which has for its object the reduction by zElOO of a debt of £1,900 upon the building fund of the Mount; Tabov Primitive Methodist Chapel, Moira-teirace, Cardiff, was opened by the Mayor (Alderman Morel) on Wednesday afternoon. Supporting the Mayor at thw opening ceremony were Mrs Morel, Mrs I Ramsdale, Alderman D. Lewis, Alderman David Jones, Councillors T. Andrews and Lewis Morgan, and others. The stallholders wero- Household stores—Messrs Oliver Cottle, Bainter, and W. Cadman flower stall—Miss Florence Ramsdale, Miss Ado, Bainter. Miss Lizzie Thomas, and Miss Gladys Cottle ladies' fine art stall—Miss Mary H. Ramsdale, Mrs Heal, Miss Cottle. and Miss Lockhart; refreshment stall-Miss Annie Ramsdale, Mrs Bainton, Miss Wharmley. and Miss Dent.

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