South Wales Daily News

Security of Wife (Widow).—So far as we can judge .1.11 yom property belongs to yourself, and umnot he towelled hy your husband's creditors. The only exception iq the policy on YOI1 life. as to which it is possible that it would be prudEnt for you to t;et him to assign it to YOI, the assignment being registered by the compauy iu the usual way. With thi,; excoption you cannot improve your D' ,sit,ioil by petting any (ked or othe)" docnmcnt executed, but. we -hink it would be wise of vou to consulta solicitor, as he would be able to go into the matter more fully than we caD. and would therefore b8 in a position to form a more trustworthy jnogme'it". Mcthjd of Voting (B.T.).—The course adopted by the c]18,inmtll seems to havc had practically the correct result,r. Ithough we should not have adopted tlh" same method. Blalm.enance (Harry).—A husband cannot be brought back from abroad to support his wife. In the absence of the father tho grandfather may be called upou to contribute to the support of the children. Deceased Mother (Jack).—Unless the mother left a will dealing with her interest under her father's will her husband j< entitled to the whole other estate. second marriage does not effect his, legal positiou. Billposter (J.,J,),-Yon arc elltjtJd to your vute. Foreigner (Pi) ill is).—A foreigner cannot hecome naturalised UilU1 he has residell ill the United Kingdom five years.

GENERAL NEWS. ELECTRIC TBAMWAXS. The Glasgow Tt amwttys Commi tcealiave agreed to promote PaiJiame.;t'itv Bill next Sg.;r.:1 for the oxtension of the e-oatric tramways to Clyde- bank, Bisiiopbrifign, Rutherglen, aud CautLias- laug, and a'so along tho Ctiuiberna^ld-road to new honse3 to bo erected by the Corporation sear Alexandra Park, for the working classes. ARCTIC EXPLORATION. Captain Ongni, who had a lording command in the recent expedition of the Dtiko of Abrozzi, states that another exoeSition to the North Pole in in preparation, and will start next spring. The Dtike ill seekiug \0 obtain Ro U6W vetmel t\¡¡¡,t shall be well adapted for this now venture, Rnd is try- ing to induce Captain Nans-ri to accompany him. DEATH OF A MISER. George Knight, a trader ia Melbourne Eastern Markets, died recently. EVR since the boom cracked ho had posed to his wife as bc-iug abso- lutely rni[1"rl After hi death, however, no loss than £3,162 was found carefully hidden under tho floor of e- little bat-k room of his lionse in Fitzioy. TutH suai, together with £ &I0 realty, Hoe* (sayi the ''Sydney Bulletin ") to Mis Knight aDd hur tI nghter, who helieved deceased had left behind him only a score of pounds or O. A DEGRADING SPECTACLE. A singular race, for which women were allowed to compete, W:1-Wr.l¡e fL Vienna corres- pondeiit—arranged a few dcya ago in the suburbs of this city. The distance to be run was aboni; five English miles, an:i Lhe pnzes offered were a gold watch and chaIn, silver waich MJd Ch",11J, gold bracelet?, Mjd sums of mot.by. Twenty- seven women were entered for the race, and one was started every live minutes. Thousands of per- sona titter the streets and roads greeting the com- petitor? with ironical cheers. PIGEON'S SINGULAR DEATH. Did tha pigeon commit, puicida, or was its death accident*! ? Tllc qne?«tion is a.Eit-d by Mr Harry Hems, of F«ir Park Esceter. He writes to tho I Loudon D.iJy Moil tliat one of bis sons keeps pioon. ,\1. sundown on Mortday Due of the bird I was seen drinking from a smali ing on the top cf 'he note. On the following morning the bird was I discovered dead iu"idp, th ja. Curiously 01!OUfZh, there was no water iu the jag. and Mr Hems states that the bird drank every drop cf the wnier, arid then slipped off the edgd of the jag aaid was killed. FLOWERS AS FOOD. This week the Speech or pic.ids for a return ( to Lhe fasnions of out forefathers in th" m&Uoi- of I' cyrupa and cordials and different flor.il food f.taffy. For examplo, roses were apparemly a favc-ui ito nrticle pf food in the time of oar gisat-gracd- m'J: hers, for we fllld a r cipe In 1\11 <,ld-timé •^ocokery book for making ft" conserve of roses "botied," and in this great stresi is laid npoLJ reo moving nil the white. In the directionn for pudding making, also, losewatsr is a frequent flavouring. jNexc to iose-3 tue most popular ci. flovfetu atjems to hava been the cowslip. MY LADY NICOTINE. Ninety-nine million pounds of tobacco were consumed by smokers in tha United Kingdom last year. This is eqmll to 21b. por head of the population—a rate higher than baa ever been known with the exception of the previous year, when the duty clearances awelled the figures at the expense of last year. The report of tho Government laboratory, eaya the Tobacco Trade Review," gives a satisfactory picture fcom the point of view of commercial honesty. Apart from a. few instances the trade in tobacco and suuff is practically free from adulteration. A BURGLARS DILEMMA. I've hnrt my leg," exclaimed a youth named William Peana, as he suddenly dropped from a, tree in the garden of a jeweller in the Holloway- rostl. Notwithstanding tho hurt Penna scaled the wall and rucetl along St..Tohn's-park. In his Sight he dropped a quantity of jewellery, which he had stolen from the premises during Monday night. He was aliased and caught. Empty my pockets—they hang heavy," he re- marked to the pnlice. And jewellery of the value of £100 wait taken from him. Ho was charged at Clerkenwell oa Tuesday and reman aed* for icqniries. THE WORKERS' MILLENIUM. Mr George Thaxton, president of the Amalga- mated Society of Railway Servants, is hopeful of a time whe& there will be no strikes. He told a meeting of tbe Notth-EastemRxilway uervttntr. at Newcastle ou Monday that he looked forward to tbe time when they would hftvo no disputes, but would be able to nit round a board and conrider questions that came before them in a legitimate and proper manner. The meeting wa.s held as a preliminary to the annual general meeting this week of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. The membership, ;t repeated, had increased i-tuiag the year from 59,819 Lo 61,114. BOON AND BLESSING. To women tho General Election will indeed come as a bocn and a Met iog. will give them something to do, and offer opportunities for flir- tation, which have beeu so few and far between aince South Africa engnlfed the mnjority of social men (says the Lady's Pictorial "). An election from thin point of view is well-nigh as useful as rcnnù of coantry house visits. Women show to mnch advantage rvheu, in their very prettiest frocks, they speed about pleading the camse of some pet candidate, and without doubt it is most phasing to the vanity and stimulating to the enthusiasm of both candidates and YOUTS 10 have the assistance of and to be canvasr,td by fascinating matrons and irresistible maidens, OLD AGE PENSIONS. Apropos of old pensions, the Western Mcrcucy points out that one large industrial firm in England has. anticipated auy action « future Government may take by successfully carrying ont an old age pension scheme for its omployeea. It appears from Blue Books issued on the subject that every mlW employed at Messrs J. and J. Coltnan's works at Norwich who reaches the age of 65 obtains a retiring allowance of 83 a week for the rest of his dnys. There are other features in tbe arrangement, but thiH i the primary one, aud it reflects great credit on the head" of the firm. '1'0 curry OU strch a proposal in London would involve an expenditure of over £3,0ù0,0CI0 a year. ELEPHANT VERSUS TRAIN. Railroading in the Strait* Settlements must be lively. Not long ago a freight train was lumber- ing aioag when a big elephant came cut of the woods and undertook to butt the engine off Ihfe track. The engineer wa3 afraid to cfcurge the brute for fear of au upset, and several times re- versed the engine in the hope that the elephant would tuko that -is a sign of surrender and rotirs, bnt it wouldn't. Finally, the elephant backed into the engine, MId settling its forefeet firmly be- tWÐlCfl the rails, endeavoured to push the tiaiu backwards with its hindquarters. The engineer prcmpt'y put on all steam, toppled the elephant over a small eir.bp.akment, and before it could recover its senses the train passed on. If he had his way, said Sir Joseph HeunIs at the City Summons Court, uo cyclists would be allowed to ride in the City. A formidable crusade is being inaugurated by the United Churches in Greater New York to light against police corruption. Lord Do Ramsay has obtained permission from the War Office for a battalion of Volunteers to be formed foi Huntingdonshire. An Odessa, correspondent writes that over a hundred Jewish students have just been refused admission to the Kiev University. Moray Cannon, the jockey, is the litest plat- form supporter of Mr Dawar, the Unionist candi- date for St. G"orge:s-ia-the East, London. The total number of persons visiting the Paris Exhibition up to the end of September was 38,359,878, (lod the number of tickets caucelled 33.804,550. According to the "Undertakers' Keview," it I has recently been quite common to ECiJ bhck- bouneted funeral hor^ss in the Fiucbley parish, London. The General Election for Newfoundland will be held on November 8th. The contcst turns largely on the Government ownership of the rail- way aud telegraph lines. According to a telegram received in Paris from Mende. 30 persons were killed or injnred in the arronndissouient of Florae throngh the floods cam: by Saturday's storm. Within a short time (fays Inventions ") tho Police Department of Hartford, Connecticut, will be equipped with elcotric tatomobile patrol wagone, ambulaooe, and a Black Marin. According to the latest information from Vic- toria th"re are excellent openings in that district for farmers, dairy farmer?, and frnit growers, if they have a little capiXr.l and some experience of the country. The Geographical Institute of Argentina pro- poaeoto institute a Covernnjent degree its athletics —tbe test being in riding, hor1:!e-brakill: run- ning, jumping, swimming, asc of the bolas and lasao aud of the lance. Louis Romain Nolf (36), of 43, Highbury- grovfe, N., cut bis throat whilst in a, state of delirium. A Coroner's jury on Tuesday fonnd That death waa due to syncope from pnoumnuia accelerated by the Injury. A French torpedo boat wis soruo days ago fol- lowed by a.n inquisitive and imprudent shoal of herrings into dock at Cherbourg, the result bfinp, after cloning and dryin tbe dock, a haul of 30,000 glittering fish by workmen and sailcs. In recognition of hi* gallant conduct during tha operations in Sierre Leon" In 1898 Privsto- William Brown, IPI Battalion West India Kegi- inuat, has, the" Gazette states, been awarded tbe Medal for DI"tmrcni«lK'd Conduct in the Field. I- India has a nromisirg industry in the man- ganise mineii of 'ViZltU1I',gram. Ooe hundred and forty thousand tonv of thH ore from tbwn were shipped lant year ftom the port of Vizagapatani, on the eaat coant of Madras, much o £ it going to ¡ American steel works. I The address delivered bv Sir William Tamer, Edinburgh, before tho British Association at Bradford recently, IVJR iusfc been published. Sir William Turner handles tbe Cell theory, and rc- I cords tho tiinmpiQH of science daring'the^century, with his accnstomed ability. During the excitement in connection with the polling at Hartlepool a man named George Green was seriously slabbed by ano'herlmau. He was re- I moved to the hospital in au unconscious condition, i A magistiate'was sent for to take depositions. The assailant has not been arrested. A smart-looking servant girl applied to the ¡ roagisHraVi at a North Lancashire Police Corns for a summons against her mistrfes*? for wages.— ¡ Magistrate There mav be uoine mi -take. If a mistress says, Mary Ann,.you may take a week'a holiday "—Applicant: (iti^lgntfttllv): My QfttneViiot 2x«tnAoPK- «

PROTESTANTISM AND THE STATE CHURCH. TOTIU: EDITOR. Sir,—Knowing the demands upon your space p to the General Election I will defer my re- ply to Mr Stirling's letter of the 21 it September till the elections are over.—I am, &c., J.G.D.

"'d. _d_ "JUSTIUE" IN TURKEY. I THOUSANDS IMPRISONED WITHOUT TLUAL. Cons^itttinopie, September 16th.—Mahmond Patslut und Ismail Kernal Bey sent a memoran- dum some tune ago to the different Powers tell- ing tbero d tne thousands of innocent people who I were kept iu gaol in Constantinople. The Powers fit o;:ce questioned the Porte on the subject, and the Sultan appointed a commission :'0 inquire into the matter with the following results :—In the prisons ot the Grand Zaptieh 220 persons are I detained with no reason whaterer. 90 of them have been forgotten there for the last two years aud have never had a. trial, and 130 who bad been nweat-jd foe insulting ordinai.v citizens liMe, thr;Jcgh some iuiantid rstanding, been charged with insulting high oflicinJ.i—an cffence liable to sovcro punishment, Tho commission rdo wished to inspect the Mt'derhaueh Prison, where nil the Young Turlta are detained, but the Minister of Police would not allow U. Thursday the Porte stmt a note to the Powers giving the results of th« inquiry- Within the lust eleven years it ims oaen ItBcertaiued th3.t 38,000 persons have been exiled, and in the last fcur and a half years has been spent in bringing back fugitive; and bribing and paying the travelling expenses of those sent to fetch them.—•' Morning Leader." ->.1. -Á:1t:=:

EXECUTION AT CHELMS- FOHD. SCENE ON THE SCAFFOLD. William liurrett, II. hro.wker. was haugod at Chelmsford on Wednesday for murdering his young wife at Plaistov? in August last. Details of the crime were of a shocking description, mid at the trial all the women were ordered oat of court. The culprit bad been living on bis wife's immoral earnings, and the unfortunate woman ha.d told him ho must go to work. Thoy subse- quentiy quurrelleu, and Barrett killed his wife by I stabbing her all ever the body. Barrett, after passing a restless night, par- took of tho Siierament at half-past 6 this morning, j and later at his own request ws provided with breakfast of eg; bread and butter, and tomatoes, but he ate lightly. Just before the drop fell he exclaimed, "Oh, Lord, help we," and wa." "OIY attentive to the chaplain throughout. lie was given a drop of over nine feet.

A BARRIER TO DOMESTIC HAPPINESS. One of the difii.inl'.ies clever women lMve to contend vsitb in marriage is intellectual antagon- ism. A man may be a. deep thinker and gifted with superior knowledge, yet i!ik the eloquence, tbe brilliancy which chu:1.cterise his wife's ta'ents Tha one mind will be overshadowed by the other, and the rivalty will rarely pioduce healthy com- petition. Hardly perceptible in the first fervid glow of passion, this rivalry will gradually de- velop until it has become an insurmountable barrier to happiness. Love fcois its victims, &od few of us paa«e to consider, when tho glamour is upon us, if intellects will harmonise. Clever people arc-ambitious of fame, if not of money. I Therefore it often happens that a sexless rivalry springs np between the two who in the mathe- matics of marrrige BhouIJ be oue. There will be a. death struggle for the one to crush the other, and the weekest, which is often the cleverest, will go to the wall.

ANOTHER ARMY SCANDAL. I MANY MEDALS BUT NO PENSION. A HERO OF THIRTY-FIVE BATTLES. The Cardiff T'.tnes prints an asfconishiug ex-itriplo of Wiir Office rliii!pEJII8ation. and onp. winch apparency needs looking into. Au old soldier of the Mutiny, a veteran of China, India, and Afghanistan, holding no less than five good eouducb badges, aad wearing (says our coni pmpo- rary. more medals than auy other man in is absolutely neglected by an ungrateful country. and receives not a psnny of pension in his old age. It is admitted that this man—James Vanghan -commibteci in the course of bis military career one small breach of discipline but this 1". surely, no excuse for the callClB neglecb with which the* War Office has Created him. He makes no bones about the fault charged against him—which is certE-iniy not a grave matter. The following is his statement of :>ase :— I In the year 1833 I was home on furlough, got married and overstayed my leave. When I returned to rejoui my n gmieut, which I did in the usual way in uniform, a regimental notice officer saw me, knowing I was overdue took me in charge. For this breach of discipline, and the only occasion I received any punishment, for I hold five good conduct badges, I had'to forfeit tny right to a pension. I have made repeated applications to tbe War Offie 'author;t'u p, and amonpsb others wrote to Mirquis of H'u-tmgioii, the Secretary for War, who a3 you know is now Duke ot Devon- shire, in ordet. to get the senteuco of tbe Court Martial nullified, but to no avail. "Yes," continued the veteran, in reply to a question, I have appliel for thu pension given to thu Indian Mutiny veterans, and as I went through the Indian Mutiny I cannot be deprived of bhkt, and I am looking forward to receiving one. of those days my 101 a day on this score. In Addition I shall by-ind-bye come in for my old age psission, to which aiso I am entitled." In the meantime, how are things goiug on with yon ?" asked the Cluditf Times reporter. "I cannot complain. I am now ia tho enjoy- ment- of very good he^.ith, and follow my employ- ment regular'y as t labourer at the Barry Docks, but cf course I have to take care of my health. Some time ago I found myself suffering from patns in the back, across my kidneys, and in tbn head. At times I felt as if I could lie down and never get up again but a" I have a wife and family to look aftar I could not ntford to ho laid up. A friend of mine some two and a half or three years ago advised me to take Dr. Williams' pink pill-i for pale p niyle. I had tried many remedies before without receiving satisfactory results, but on my friend's advice I got a box of thqe piib, and they put me right a once. This is the only remedy I e ui get to keep me in a proper state of health. 1 always keep them, in the house, and I believe them to bo the very best metlie.ne in too world any Bum, womau. ('1' child can take. They have prevented my being laid up at home, as I should have baeri -had I not Ihe right, thing handy. They are splendid things for the appetite, too. for, if I cannot eat. a crust one day, alter taking a couple of Dr. Williams' 'I pink Pifh I can ear. a c-jup'o of pounds of dry bro id tbo next- morning." Vaugban, who hss* fought; in thirty-five engage- nrvra!-«, a* present at 27, Hirwain-sorset, Barry Docks. lie spans twenty-one am- I .eleven months in Inditt, and in a ""Tit-Bits competition io'- the voterans who had bn in the greatest rmU1\.vr of battles he took a prize. He served under Haveieck, Outrsm, Gordon, and. Lord R0be"ts. and was twenty-six years with tba colours, being twice wounded and his reward from a grateful country is the privilege of earning his own living as beat he can, without a penny ot help from the nation. Ih is fortunate that at his ag^.—he is sixty-live—ho has been able to main- tain health by the means he describes so can- didly but in this respect he is only one in a mighty army of! old men and young men, chil- dren, atvl women of all ages, who have owned their indebtedness to Dr. Williams' pink pills. They cure the rheumatism and faulty digestion so common in old persons but they also have a sovereign efficacy against antomia, the bane of the young, consumption, sciatica, paralysis,.aud the disorders which afflict only woi»m». 11'

THE GRAVE OF MANNING'S WIFE. Seme interesting passages in the earlv life of! Cardict-l Munniog arc recalled bv a writer in the October Sunday Strand." We are- told that to the end of his He Manning bad flowers sent to him every spring and summer from a little village in Sussex, Bast Laviugton by name. Why (asks the writer) should the great Car- canal receive flowers from this little place ? The t answer lies in tbe fact. from the early snm- 1\ iKci of 1833 to tbe end of 1S50 he was rector of tha parish, and that for four of those years (1833. J 37) he enjoyed a married life there so perfectly happy that irom the day his wife died down to ) that upon which he himself folded bis hands and closed bis eyes for the last time on earth, he could never even trust himself to breathe her name to a living soul. Mrs Manning was Caroline, the third of the four daughters of the Rev. John Sargent. One- of her sisters was wife of the Rev. Samuel Wil- beiforce, aftsrwards the well-known Bishop.

I GOING xo JEHC^AI.EV.—Travelling has arrived at a mgll pitch of perfection in ihe Germiiii Emperor's visit to the Holy Laud 1 But still there wiii be u, lot of walking to do, and corns aro 1,0 respecter of person; AlI absolute neesssity in IL'aese LravelliLg days, iu older t o ensure comfort fo:' the feet, is Munday's "Viridine," the marvellous;, com cure. Yoifce! oukl never'travel without it, In bottles, ls-postx rer: Mtmd»y, Chemist, Sigh-street f!n.rrli<? 1079 — Uifsntess ,AÔÙt£S5t5. TO THE FRONT AGAIN. JOlIN WILLIAMS & SONS, CARDIFF, I/ID., THE BEST HOUSE IN THE PROVINCES FOR MODERN IDEAS, -0*0* WE XL » WOOD CHIMNEY PIECES, -™D' j Fire Places & KKchen fUnges. and Tile Work. T THE TWENTIMTH CENTURY- HEATING i^KBEES. LOUKliN'ti SAFE \y"-» V- LOuKS AUTOMATICALLY. CRAFTSMEN INDICATES WHEN LOCKED OR IN vV UNLOCKED. i IKONVVOKK.. ABSOLUTELY SSCUKE. "-(; 11 1:3 TUE BURGLARS TERROR." 9, 13, 15, 17;, QUEEN STREET CAKCOT. SENlJ FOR CA°135

LADIES' COLUMN. THE MOTOR COAT." The motor is responsible for a warm wrap of i I fur which will not show the dust which this rapid vehicle thiows up ou-ils course. Tha coat, especially desigued frr luite-iuobilists, is muds c'f white coat seal, a natural skin with lovely shades of grey, black, a.nd cream. BRIDESMAIDS' HATS. Bridesmaids lately have all be&u wearing big picture hats, m most ea^es trimmed with a profu- sion of flowers, sweet-peas, perhaps, carrying off ttio palro as first favourites. Tuscan straw is largely used as 3 foundation, though tnlle and crinoline still hold their own in the race lor popu- larity. LADY AUDREY BULLER. j Lady Audrey Brtller has taken her final depar- ture from Aldershot, and Government Houi-e is now ready for the occupation of Sir William and Lady Butler. Laciy Audrey has returned to Dowries, Sir lied vers Butler's family place near Crcditou, vhere she intends to reside dnriog the autumn and winter. CONCERNING A BOUQUET. A bouquet of freshly-cut flowers may be pre- CONCERNING A BOUQUET. A bouquet of freshly-cut flowers may be pre- served for a l^ng time by placing tbem in a glass or vase of fresh water in which a ii CI ie churcoal has bsen steeped or a small piece of camphor has been dissolved. Tiie vase should be set upon a plate and covered with a bell glass, around the edges of which, when it comes in contact with the plate a little water should be poared tc exclade the air. EMPRESS EUGENIE. The Empress Eugenie, who has been cruising in the Channel for Bever°.l weeks on board her yacht l'biatle, has been stayiDg for a few days at Dartmouth, and she went up the Dart to i'otnes and back in a steam launch. The Thistle had the same moorings in the harbour as the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert whoa sho was at Dartmouth last June with Princess Beatrice on board. THE OLD-FASHIONED SCARF. There is an attempt to revive tbo regular old- fashioned setuf, Of scarves we have had plenty in various shapes, and devoted to various pur- poses, in the scheme of trimming, but the long, wide scarf, worn per se, thrown round the shoul- ders aud hanging in ioD3e long ends down the fronts of the skirt, has but just made its appear- ance. It was at tho Hay market Theatre, m tbe stalls, aDd on an American girl, that admiring eyes detected a black lace scarf, bordered with old embroidery, worn in the old, old way over & thickly-jotted gown. The resnlt was charming. P VICTORIA'S QUIET HOLIDAY. Princess Victoria, (says the World ") has bad ,a IODK and delightful visit iu Swi'zerland. where she went with her old governess, Mri Johnson, and,hsr husb and, s^nd where she was generally known as Miss Johusou. Someone I know met the pcuty at Lucerne, and said she was otireit was Priixcess Victoria, and was laughed at for her stupidity, ana some cf my mend's servants tried to find out from Mr Johnson's servants whether she was right in her supposition, but tbe servants laughed the iiiaa to snora—and yet we say ser- vants are so intlissreot AIDS TO BEAUTY.. Here are French fI.'ds to beauty. A French- woman takes a bath of iO minutes' length, a. cold filiowc-r bettit ifve minuteg after tbal, and then a rest of half an hour. After his her throat and neck are sprayed with elder tofier water or violet water and gently rubbed until the surface has 1 a clear ivory hue. Scented oni. powder is rubbed into the hair aud carefully brushed out again, I leaving a faint fragrance impossible of attain- ment by any other process. A dilic«.te creatu is rubbed over the face, and smoothed off again after 10 minutes, obliterating every wrinkle, care line, every trace of wenriaess, and then my French madame is ready to be dressed. CHARMING, THOUGH NOT YOUNG. A great many women imagine that to be charm- ing is a question only of appearing youthful. There never was a gremer mistake. The charm- ing wotoan has really no prescribed age. She may have been lovely in hor youth, and if so she guards her charms jealously. Or she may have been simply passable. She is never distinctly I ugly. From first to last th" charming woman understands herself. She is always in harmony with her surroundings. The charming woman never grows old iu form or face. She cires for her face and her figare. She dresses daintily, exquisitely. She never grows wrinkled or dampy, withered or beat. Her heart remains fresh aud sympathetic, bei spirit youug au] blithe aatil the I end. A charmiog woman is intensely feminine. She is always soft, gentle, and exquisite. LADY DOCTORS IN CHINA. We have heard much Jately abont the Enropeau medical men in China, but less about the Euro- pean and American medicnJ women. A writer in the Allgemeine Zeituog gii di an interesting account of their number and their work. The Societe des Missionaires do la Femme. says he, employs five European female doctors in its hos- pita.'u ind six Chinese nurses. He reckons the total number of European and American womeu doctors and surgeons in China to be not leaa than a hundred. In Tientsin there are two lady phy- sicians from Chicago, two from Car)id; and one irom London. Only one Chinese lady has studied medical science and practice after the Western manner, and she is exceedingly popular and use- ful amongst her fellow-countrywomen. DECORATIONS ON DINNER TABLES, It was predicted a year or so sgo that elaborate floral decorations ou dinner tables would soon be considered bad style. This is far from being the case, indeed the tables have never been prettier than this year. Roses in profusion are always popular and certain to be harmonious, bat no form of decoration was more artistic than that carried out in white peonies. These handsome, wax-like flowar-, with their coo! green leaves, look their very best in pierced silver vases lined with the lightest of green glass. At a dinner- party four or these vases were placed at the corners of the table, in the centre a. green intaglio glass bowl was mounted on one of the old silver Irish potatc rings, which are becoming eo rare, and consequently, so. coctly. This bowl, filled with the white peonies and foliage, maxie a cool ajjd charming decoration and was placed on deftly-arranged white silk. INFLUENCE OF CLOTHES. White petiicaats tiiniaied with lace are, I hear, again to supersede the fancy silk skirts c.f the last faw seasons, white having always been immensely popular with the gllY Parisienue, uspaoially when very amply trimmed with lace. Eainty white underskirts no doabt appeal to everyone as more desirable than colours, no nint'.cr how well choseu, but white belaced underskirts are ill-adapted to our moody climate. For nine inontli4 of the year our streets are idcr(. often wet than dry, and what HO shocking to tbo tub-loving English as a snow-white petti- coat with mud appliques weigbiqg down its dainty frillh V Nature never intended English women for butterflies. Onr slties blend better with the sombre coioutiug of the North. More- over, I cannot help thinking that our clothes over, I cannot help thinking that our clothes affent our characters more than wo realise. In sombre, weather-proof, unostentatious clothes wa are disposed to bo serious-minded,energclic.indus- trious, coueentratiiig our minds on the work in band; determined to reach the goal agiinst all obstacles.. In fine array we are stilted, frivolous, and vain, or disconcerted by a sense of onr own splendour and this not only in women, bat in men. HINTS ON HEALTH. Never hurry the sick while eating. Pleasant little surprises help greatly. Never talk about disagreeable things then. Something from a neighbour's ia ofren a.treat. Neighbours, just please remember thia when you can furnish some little relish. I It is oftensst best not to speak of the food antil, served. A cheery face and voice help to make the tray attractive. Have everything neat and dainty about tbs tray stand, or table. Aoything disliked should be carefully put out of sight or changed. 'Wet a clean wash cloth aad freshen the face and hands before eating. If there is a great weakness give a little at a titno every two or three hours. A hot dripk at bedtime often rests, refreshes, and sootbos both the sick and the well. A little liouriziiment at regular hours during the night is needed by the very wenk. A little hot drink to s>p between meals for the weak or aged, and the tired also, is a tonic. Tne remembrance and thonghtfttlnes" of one s weakness?nd needs warms the heart and aid, digsstion. If food rocst be given when there is no rdish for it, malie it plain but nourishing. Give it in such ca<5f;s puricton-lly, a i you would a medicine A cup of hot milk, a little thickened i milk, or hot drink of any kind preferred, oa waking in'the morning, helps to givetoae for the coming break- 'fas; Southern Cbarchm&D." a

I WOLSELEY AND CANADA. Winnipeg, Monday.—Lord Wolseley has de- clined the invitation of the Red River veterans to atiend their re-atica ia November. Ia bis letter I of declination however Lord WoLsr-ley states that he expects to come to Canada next summer and ^DaU?1 b" wppwgw.rrltfBdgp

CATHAYS PARK SITES. A i derma ti Carey presided at a meetingtftbe ^ownUall Committee of- the Cnrdiff County Council held on V\ eduesebx. There a g-ool dXteudance. I bo Chairman s;iid that he had called ihe meeting bee use various bodies who were wanting sues were looking for reT)li,s to tb,r appl.catious from that committee. Among those hc'3rd"v /vv 7,,IUe'e Co,ocel Casket), of he 3rd V.L-. V\ c!su, anu Mejor Hughes, of the Suomarino Miners. Sa,uder!< s"-id >nat he felt his respon- sibility as chairman of the Intermediate School he warned to bs able to tell his comant.e. what l:lbr^U V* th,:U,th^ would be expected to enter into. He as*ed whether the whole costs were going i0 be clubbed together, and divided rhp i f f «nous tenant.s who '.YOUId occupy the laud because, if so, it would co^t something more than £ 4.000 per ncre. That would he mht°eeS "rhCC 0r,tl,° In.tOT^^iate Schools CoThl The .-peaker said that the Museum site vyas to be given. I„ ,,0 8eus« could 1 h« Museum be Haul to be more their own tbau the Technical and Intermediate Schools, and Intermediate Schools, Councillor F. i. Beavai:, as a member of th« w!tbiAU''1Hte S<100' Comia,u^' did not ngree with Alderman banders. H? (tbe speaker) wa» »gain,t giviu it free gift of land to anybody mittee. maa Except t0 the Museum Com- Councillor Beavan That has b^en done cost°UtTh ,,a" saip ,,e h*d "O'ked out the ™ i,. ii, p"„ 'Ti, i <■» «•* •' ffQ4«Vl 11T £ 14,000, making total of folofS- r, ,01^hh of the area for of £ 4,3'l0aper acre? 0t t0 CorPora',i°n freX»hrnmoved that five acres be given free to thb-University College Council. The Mayor seconded. £ 2^,50o!maD Kaaisdaie TUat means giving them rb™rma?-Eb £ :n6Zer Beavan yiolently opposed the proposition to gtve the site to the cK urging that the towu could not nffoid it He moved that the College autbont.es be asked to p"y a sum per acre that would c. ver all cost, Councillor Wi moved that five acres be granted to the University College at cost pr £ e t! be ascertained hereafter, such cost to include share of making the roads and sewers, aud that payment tor such be spread over a term of 50 years and that at the end cf that time the free- hold be vested ia the University College. Councillor Crossmaa secauded. Alderman D. Jones said that at the present diff" t? m V;'aS Koil12 t0 education in Cat- >l\eant 3bont £ 70,000 a year in the way of education that tney were bound to ps.v already conld be' dld not feel tbHt town coulo give away tuese sites in Cathavs Perk Tbe amendment was then put to the meeting and adopted by 8 votes to 5. ««'"&, and it was resolved tnat all the other applicants for sites be notified that they must psy for their sites a sum which would cover the coat to the Corporation On tha motion of Alderman D. Jones it was re- solved that the Submarine Micera be allowed a site for drill bail and parade ground on the sama terms as the other applicant* °

FURIOUS DRIVING AT CARDIFF. A DOCTOR FINED At Cardift P0;ice Court on Wednesday (before Messrs F. J. Beavan and T S btepneps) Dr. tcederick Evaus, of Ch-irlea- Htreet, was nnm.roned fol. fnr-^ P.c.. W. Kee, ,MJ &, Jj-Jg evenmg of 26lh September he saw l)r CoVybridLIV1rDg T,006: C«th°d«5 ^d towards fhe Co^bridge-road at a rate of about 13 or 14 mile* an hour. Several people had to jump out of the way, or they might have been knocked down Witness shouted put to the doctor., who apparent evidence Di V ^Ve 8imil" eviaence. Di. Evacs said ne had besn in practice ill Cardiff for 24 years, and it had never beea suggested that he ritove furiously. He did an i the cou.itn.blea oa the dav ia question and knew nothing at alt about the matter uutU nof Ke?elr°1 tha^nmwons on Saturdav. He did not believe his <rob could travel more thnn tea tTir dnt11 \f°ari BI!Cl U had done 15 0116 mile 5 expect -Dr Fv Got Co° lDa,'lj breed, I «ood d7a? ^H n8 °h' U0,- She toss«s "boat a good deal and appears to be going f ist,— Henrv Hates, coachman to the doctor, said that on th^ day ia queetiou Dr. Evans, who was driving going at' the rate of from nine (0 fe" mf^ hour—not much faster. Witness did nm? hr-* Chairman said they were bound to accent 1 h« rdS, po"ce' »» oi ifc lLud CObtS.

BARRY RATEPAYERS ASSOCIATION. The police volunteer fire brigade aaM> t.on formed tho object of disjaUon Afi«n^ f*lng °'n Harry District Ratepayers' Tb^e r.ofi h by /Ir W" M.Daviea, who suppotteTa police brigade, especially for a towu of tho size rlfs in?01"11-6 °f BltKV on Rroauds of economy. li y orthTT^1 fefiicie"C^ and especialfv in M^w of the future probability of the town becoming incorporated and tbe local municinU authority being granted control of their own police. Dr. Kelly, who had promised to onen ti- question m favour of a volunteer brigade, wa" not present bat Messrs James Cruise. W. H. Bur- ITnn, 1 3 G^-P^waent), }. Jones (Bristol Hotmj James Price. W. Cruise, and the presi- dent and secretary continued the discussion, the unanimously approving of tbe Iwn ° iR P°1,ce brigade. Evea- tually a resslution was moved by Mr Davies, and reconded bv Mr W. T. Med- S thanking the poiice for their past services, which had been very efficiently rendered, and urging upo9 the District Counc'l the advisability aad station °e °f the UeW fire eDSine

HOBSON'S CHOICE. John Clarke, a homeless and friendless old man- rSp rhe, 0Ck at W^nesday's Newporl Borough Police Court to explain hi.. conduct o the prsvious morning. P.c. Friend heard a nois in Kfsr-strcet just flfter five o'clock in th morning, and ionnd the old man in the strei kicking at cne of the doors. The officer spoil to Clarke, and the latter made an offensive answer, picked up a stone and threw it at the officer. Friend then arrested Cltyrke, who be came violent and kicked the officer several times, and assistance had to be obtained to Ket him to the police 3tation. Clarke, on aCCOllnt of his age, was given the option of paying a fine of <21s or going to prison for a month. The old man, who was without meaus, said I must so for a month."

INTERPLEADER. At Cardiff- County Court on \Vedneda., (Oeívlb his Honour Judge Owen) au interpleader cas« was heard in which Mr W. A. Stsliavcj, of f$jr.' rningharo, was the execution creditor, Mr T H_ Johnson, Cardiff, defendant, and Atmie Ge £ trade Johnson claimant. It was urged b* claimant, who is wife of the defendant >hat tha furniture in respect of which the interpleader action arose belonged to her and not ber lir-s- band, informing the Court that it was left ta her under her mother's will. His Honot r he'd that claimant had in*de out her c-T.se, and "av» judgment accordingly. °

PONTYPRIDD GUARDIANS. "e8day.'8 meeting of the Pontvpridif f aidi Giardians, Mr Godfrey C!ark< J.P., no^ of' 9r3*PPliC'it,OU* '.vere received for the Lin Ash district for tUe fonnthor, m accession to Mr b' pl0rn0ted t0 the No. 1 /jRbnndd*) 'iv'l, ,,0:X Wfctu selected, aud Mr E. tl. Davies, firaf ?aa j' W'JO tfcce'ved a clear majority in tho was unanimously appointed, tho salary beinj: £ 110 per aimnm.

L- _1888i.J Lord Wolaehiy, oa his visit of iDspcetiou.fca the SOidiers' Clttb, which is beir.'g establish*"# !It L.chtield, subscribed A;50 to the fnnds.and also presented to the olab his portrait and autograph. Breach of promi- e damages, betting, aud extra- vagance were pleaded the other day by Mr F. P. Pain, a horse dealer, of Leytcmatoue, as the causes of his baakruntcv. v

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