Denbighshire Free Press

CRICKET AND CRICKETERS. TEAM-BUILDING. By B. BENNISON. ILLUSTRATED BY JACK DODWORTH As I write, the cricket world has f?arce!y re- covered from the many surprising invitai.'ons iretued to players to be in readiness to play for England at Lord's. One has lorif; had a feeling- thac our toam-builders wcra apt to be bouivJ un- reasonably tight by conservatism in dispensing their favours; the likoning of our last team at Birmingham unto a. side of veterans war- realty a pica for tho breaking of now ground, but whilst one encourages the idea of honouring the younger generation of cricketers one hardly dreamt that such players ari Jcssop and Breaiiey, for instance, would be passed over. Surprise Invitations. As a matter of fact, it was pretty well taken for granted that each would have been played. One ha.-tens to pay the deference due to such a conscientious and quite worthy cricketer as Jayes, the Leicestershire bowler, but I have an i lea that Jayoi* himself was surprised most agreeably so, of course,—when he was asked to a make the journey to Lord's. He was not asked to pLay. it is true. but he was tnere. A good average bowler is Jayes-at times he will do un- commonly well; and I have seen him when ho has been more than a useful bat, but never have I rc-gard€<l him as an International player in the strict sense.of the term. With King it is diifer- ent; the Leicester man is a sound bat and a. useful bowler, and on Monday aloue he justified his selection by a plucky 60. It is. of course, impossible to know what prompted the Selection Committee's rurpiiso invitations. but I doubt w-berl:"Jr they a o quito convinced that they selected tho best available talent. Amateur tearri-mekers have always beûn very plentiful, but I question whether there ever 1:2., been s;;ch a formidable army as in the ("o;¡ing days of last week. I do not believe in tilting at any Selection Committee, whether it be for the purposo of criekct or football, but. Toaliy, I cannot pos sifely agree with the work of lo-srs. MacLaren, Leveson-Uower, and C. li. Fry. Australians and the Cold. It is all very well to say that the Australians shewn tllueh ullcolJvincing form that almost any team representing England couUi t:.em, but I would enjoin those who co;i>i-s to seeing no more than average merit in trie victors' batting and bowling to remember tl' exempt in the very early d'jys of the tour -4LC wea. ier has been ci together ajrariu-t them. Noble and his compani-ms have '"elt the <• -1 t/Kt long wet days terribly; at times nearly half the team have been nursing colds aii<i y^i.oja.iy feo'ing the effects of a poor apo.ogy Icr sumn.e: Ir W a pieco of ill-luck to have Whittv put to t.j during the ganw with So nH"-s(".t rOT much was expected of Whitty at Lord's. Noble, in- has bumped against many troubles siuco Ik; camo amongst us. Neither he nor any of his ooHeagtro is at all dj5è10<r:c-1I<:d; the kviui be- :óv, 6.a.t he y will yet justify th-emsel\< «•; they t'Y.'1:z.iu::f have hopes of winning one if not two Tests. Rlt granted, as I do. that the visi'^rs tria-'iT of them, of course, new to tliia country, have" had to bar on wickets entirely foreign to t iase to which tf.ev havj always been ace S- tottxxi. the m-sniti--is of he side ba-o bren «it-u.u«ely Lacking in power to rise superior to. weather and wicket; and until Laver arrived I the bowling has very often been no more than ordinary sometimes it has been commonplace. The greatest surprise, after all one hoard abort* nim, has been O'Connor. He bowls a good length, but that .is nearly all that can be said of him up to now. And one has almost despaired of A!bert Cotter doing himself justice. Blythe's Indisposition. There have been few sadder things in the his- tory of cricket than the me/sage sent out by Lord Harris as to the reason of Colin Blythe not playing at Lord s. Blythe, with his quiet, leisurely walk and his general bearing on the field, does not appear to be the hyper-nervous man he i 's he always looks so calm and collec- LJ; and to many who do not know him inti- mately it will be surprising to hear that Test crickct is too r.v.ch for him. When I saw him on Whi; Monday, in his side's game with Middlesex, he was obviously feeling the strain of ] the match at Birmingham, and it as quite piti- able to see what a nerve-chattering effect the reception given by this holiday crowd had. He was like a rnuii who wanted iu iuu a way. ihe first ball he had he returned to the bowler; and \1 hen again the crowd cheered him almost fran- tically as be went to open the Kent bowling it v.t.s as much as he could do to get through the first over. As a matter of fact, after ho had delivered the sixth ball he lay down quite pro- strated. Ail cricketers hope that Blythe will soon bo strong again, and that he will be in the third and the succeeding Tests and many more Internationals to come. And when he takes his woll-oarnod benefit this season I hope he will reap the handsome reward he deserves. There N- 1.-j r-:i -.v Letter any-vicket bowlers than Ü,L: The Defeat of Sussex. Though they do not, of course, enjoy tho assistance of tho great C. B. Fry nowadays, Sussex had not known dc:ect vrt:1 they net !.ane;1 .hi.1 at O.m ii'juu.'u, uu-a u Uit'jr i;uu shewn a little more Cltcrprise in their batting they would probably havo preserved their un- b(C' r:r:'cl. L!l('s!lP", 'tc; :(;t Soutlierners was. from the the game had I shaped itself in the two tirst days, quite surpris- ing. The defeat of Sussex invests the chnm- p.onship with a keener interest; it is likely that, despite the presence of the Australians, which mnst always tend to rob cur season of the domes- ticity which the county competition jnves to it. ticity which the county competition jnves to it, and "by which our crioket lives, the battU be- tween our counties so Tar could not have been more interesting. Considering that in the opinion of shrewd judges Lancashire began the season with what might be fairly described as an experimental side, thoy ha,c done wondenuliy I well. If J. Chapman realises all expeetations. Derbyshire will t. immensely pleased. His re- markable innings against Warwickshire must everybody.an^ioua to see hini._ >

RlTRAIl LIFE. EY A SON or TIIE SOIL. A LARCH PKST. The beautiful Larch seems to be particularly a victim of pests—insect and fungous. Recently much damage has been suffe-ed in one or two districts by an attack of the Larch Shoot Moth (Argyresthia laevigatella). The moth is very small, measuring less than one-lifth (,f an inch in length. The forewings are silver grey and siiky. with a gloss like lead the fore-edges are somewhat darker; the fringe-i of those fore- wings are grey or brownish grey. The larva is pale yellow when young, but later is pale grey, with a dash of red. and is dark sfripe-d towards the hind end of the back. The moths issue. through a flight-hole already prepared in the twior, at the end of May and the first part of June. The eggs are laid then on the lower part of the shoot of the year. one egg being laid for each shoot chosen. The egg soon hatches. The caterpillar hatches out and starts feeding by boring below the ep:Wmi=. Winter overtakes the caterpillar before it is full-grown, and hiber- nation takes place iu the boring it has made. In nation takes place in the boring it has made. In I I.Ar.CH shoot mot:: asd i:ectt:d IC. I I. March or in the month of Apr:l (he cater- pillar "tarts feeding again, destroying right to the wood. It is full-fed in May. and previous to it.-i pupa ion it bites a hole through the bark that will serve as a place of exit for the adult 1110t:l when pupation i" oyer. In n, spring of the ;eoond year the attacked shoot faiis to d<V velop its huds. and remains brown and withered nnd without. ne<'dler,. oitl- i-, to break oft the infested s.ioors pud destroy them before the es'-ap-? of ti), nl("I,z;. The sketch dievs the moth end a shoot with upper portion as a of Kr:r:p E if: RrccoitDS. The number of eggs laid by a hen is not alone to iii(ig(- of the value of the bird. Tfc is necessary also to have some account regmarly and < y-r -maticaUy compiled of the v.7« and wnt o" eggs la d. A dealer catil,ot I exi-,e to irve as much for egga weighing 1511,. per 120 as ho would give for Eggs should ave- rage not ks than 203. each, ami when a hen lays eggs under this weight the laying value of th"" bird i-; considerably I '-m"Hied. Ther"> is one other aspect ot egg records ol which little accounfist!tk--n,sndth:!t is the co. t «,f food and ke-^p of any flock. It is vc y much to W. desir" that, poultry-keepers s',10 ild pre- expenditure ¡ncun..j {., rh.iT floi'ks, as ,'ueh re- cord« are of great practical «"ifgestiveness to tno pou.trv-keepers themselves, and of interest for purposes of comparison with ot'l('r recoixls, both in thir an<! in other countries. The Irish Depart- ment of Agriculture, has recently been making an effort to induce a much more gen il practice of this excellent habit, and has ach:eved some success. S-ieing that in Ireland is produced one- tliir<i o" o,ir Fnt,- 11n(1 ther- is need enough to conduct the Indus- try a* well a, possible. To PnKYKXT CATTLE Strayixo. A correspondent v.antod to know a little whilo ago if I CO'l'd suggest a gate for his special con- ditions. His pasture meadows are bounded on one side by a tcwpath, which is used a good deal. He 'bar- tri"d various kinds of gate in j order to proven; his cattle in the rrieadow» from Graving, but in all cases sooner o>- later they have found a way out. The LarLcmen cannot be relied upon to gates, and seli-ciosing gates arc not aSvay< so secure that an enter- prising cow cannot manage to push one open

I DOrSLE SEU-CI.OSIXG CAT! I j and go th.rough. I suggested tne use of one or I two ingenious £ i'L'fmgonie;it-. but 1 overlooked the the simple, if ratner expensive, contrivance used in the Midlands. it is likely to I-)o of service to others who have been as my corre- spondent has. and I therefore give a skecc.i which explains it. There are two gate, both so hung that they swing heavHy inwards to tho po^t. Xo latches need be nsed. for it is im- possible for an animal—-unless it be endowed with quite extraordinary Intelligence — to pudl the near gate open. Noma ror. ICr.E^r.EPEr.s. It is worse than folty to allow the bees to waste their energies in honey eating for wax making when splendid wax foundations are ro cheap. Directly the swarm is in the hive ir can start work right away, and in an iner."d:b!y Then on with the shallow bars if bottle honey if needed, and you will bo sure to sell this at some time or other. But if there i.. a demand for fc-e- tions, these pay be.If snallow bars are used, do not wait for ail to be capped. Modern science has devised such a thing as a hone, 1 1 Tipener, and frequent inspections an.;¡ rl'III')\ ól1 of well-filled bars soon help to fill the honey jars. If you arc going in for this continued extraction and return, begin with the very boat foundation. Do not leave honev capptngs or broken comos about. It onlv diverts the attention of the bee, and verv often gives rise to robbing. Do not use the carbolic cloth for quieting, asjt is very apt to flavour the honey. F-imgprooi advises I., he World: Pock out wncre thcro arc a lot of turnip or cabbage plants in flower. Give the bees plenty of facility for storing honev, so that it can be removed later, as it if found that honey extracted 1 irom these plants granUiate^ very quic cly, a no t'l us becomes quite unavailable a.- food for the bee, but still is a valuable article of diet for man. To ASSJ"T Stringixo. Syringing is a eiow job, and a little assistance when there is much of it to be done twice or three times a day would be found very welcome. Thorsc fortunate people who have the advantage of being able to fix a h<I!'oC to a couvon.ent tap from tie street uiamr- and walk round then garden distributing water at thci- and case are indeed to he envied. Tile device of which I give a skctch does not pretend to be as good as tha, but it is better than the old A SELF-YFEDING SYF.IXGE. I method. The syringe is connectcd by a hose with a pail or tank, and merely by drawing out the piston it is filled. A single movement changes the flow from roce-shower to jet. hen water is from a supply where there is any likelihood, of mud cr vegetable matter being sucked up it is wise to lire a strainer to prevent any stoppage. The syringe is -old complete with hose, and if any reader desires further particulars it is only necessary to write to me, French Small Holdings. There are m Kran-cc more than S.OCO.OCO m-,Ill holdings, a very large proportion of which are owned by tho^e who are in occupation. Nearly 4.500.COO farms are occupied by owners, while only 19 per cc-t. of tho entire number of thtj farms arc occupied by tenants. The owner- occupier of the land is m possession of 45,000,000 acres, or about, ten tuner- as large an area as is occupied by owners in this country in a word, three out of four hoidiiigr- arc owned by those who farm them. It is, tnerctore, not surprising that tho peasantry own one-half the land. The Government ot l'raticj, not content with this position, have decidcd by a recent law to help manv others who>are willing to help ttwlllselycs. In this case the law ree-tr^cts the Holdings to half an acre and a home-stead, practically intended for the benefit of town worKeits. The new de- parture if owing to the initiative ox M. Ribot, wnose great desire was to benefit the rural labourers who owned no kind at all, and the working man livirvg in the It was be- lieved that a home of this kind would be of greater value to the men during the evening of their lives than Old-Age Pel sioits. The land is open to any man in po^sesdon of £ 10 in money, which ne :» required to pay. to become one of thcn-o small ho.dors; but if he cannot command the necessary sum the State will, help him, conditionally upon 11" undertaking to culti- vate his land and insure his life. li this idea succeeds, it is believed that no, o wlic), it w; ask the Government for lurgei; means in order that all who des.'ro land may be able to obtain it. Such sr sche.no v hardly likely to bo adopted on a large scale in England, 1 should say. but English readers might certainly be kept, intormod of its progress in i ranee, it may turn out t.> have possibilities and aLl- vance of the originator*' hopes. NF.C i ECTi.D Minor FooDs. There are many vogotal'jhie products that r.iignt be put to much better use t.ian at. present llY the agricuituri, r. The Saxon suiueh ods knew the value tf the 1'ceciimast, but it has i.e- c .iiie uimost a waste product since their day; Carobs are very azid Cyprus (Ol.it, grow a great export surplus if the de.mand ap [ireciated. Mill >t is.tiii regar-e<l as a food on- li: for birds. The SUu.dard publishes the fol- t are ieprescnted i; the following table under the letter A. The.r us. is eminently to sustain energy and form muscle. Carbohydrates are rcpreserterl under the let ten | C. II. They fatten, warm, and build up size ii. I tli« animal: I -1 C, II. Pr.r cent. Per cent Artirhokes 10 Beechmast tTi ■■■ 28 Buckwheat 9 q Carobs 7 C3 Dates 6 73 Millet, 15 61 Sesame 13 15 Sunllowerseed 13 17 a 1 I There is also th" e.ement oi ta»s. m wiiic.i rn. I percentage exceeds o:i. -fourth (25 per tent.) iI the foil.-wing f'-c.d.s not in very mucn use at pre sent. Peanuts, Hempseed. Ponpyreed, Sesame and Walnuts. Sunflowersecd. m addition to tie 30 per cent, of useful ingredients given aboy< contains 20 r,r cent, of fat. and iu it.s unitir all three elements in a fair proportion is of a: most unique value. There seems to be a futun for tae Walnut, as it is a handsome tree, at: the utility of its fruit is ail b the good. Bhoukl it not 6a riiorfl, planted? Dates, whic: our most arid pos-*osfforts ove rsea can grow, ar> s-cn to bo well 'worth importing, not merely a; a tabl" and d".«s-rt luxury, but in bulk as an agricultural feeding ^fnf^ and fattener.

All cerreppor"1PTlc" :>r |i|ls eolinnn she-pld hi- jtd ■s-ed to Soil ot the Soil," care of the iluito/ ol tl inmiliil

"The Cook's Best Friend." I BORWICK'S) BAKING POWDER. Jp "S^MTtas I The treat, Home Par''fi°r, rabidly rtistrovs — I pii Ward off infection hv S I dailv spravin? a'l dwsllins rooms with ■ ri.ni)." J! Is. pint hot*. & 5s. Sanilas Sprays," 23. 6J. e,cl H OF AT.T, CHF.MTSTS. OF "T.T, r.HtOtTR'rR. OF AT.T, CHF.MTSTS.

BACK FROM THE SOUTH POLE. LIEUT. ST-IACKLETON'S WELCOME. Lieutenant Sliachleton, commander of tho I British 'Antarctic Expedition, arrived at Dover on Saturday afternoon, and was met by Mrs. Shacklcton and a. large number of friends. a hearty recepi.).on Lieutenant Shaekk'ton and his wife proceeded to the Lord Warden Hotel, where they remained until Monday, when in company with other members of the party they proceeded to London. Arnc.ig the invitations awaiting Lieutenant Shacklcton is one from the Lord Mayor to a luncheon on the 23tll inst. at the Mansion House to meet the burgomaster of Brussels, j There is also a luncheon invitation for July oth from the American Society in London. rri, Society's Club. St. JaniCs's-stroct, invited Lieutenant S1:c.\lctcm to luncheon on Tuesday, followed by a reception. The President, the Earl of Ilalsbury, presided. MUSICAL PENGUINS. ■ In the course of a conve-rsation with ft correspondent at CVdr.is Lieutenant Shackle- ton said that during their privations and dangers the gramophone they had with them proved a great solace. In the summer time," said Lieutenant Shackle ton, we brought out the machine tc the peiigujn rookcrv close to our hut, and hundreds of these queer birds waddled out in line ami assumed almost human attitudes. TilCV clcarly expressed their astonishment at 'Waltz me around again, Wilhe,' and it in opIv fair io siir' that tiiio air seemed to oticnd some of the older birds, who went oli with an air of disgust." Describing the day on which they were J within reach of the Pole. the explorer snid 1 With another twenty-hve pounds of biscuits r.nc1 thirty pounds of pemmiean we could have achieved the Pole; but regrets were useless. GREAT RECEPTION IN LONDON. Lieutenant Shackleton with a number of members of hi.s expedition arrived at Charing Cruas 3 La Lion on liloi.uuy fro. rtnd received an enthusiastic reception. Mrs. Shaekleton and her sister, Miss Dorman, tra- velled from Dover with the explorer. At Charing C-oss he was met by his little chil- dren. his father, his brother, and his sisters. Immediately on stepping from the saloon Lieutenant 'Shaekleton was welcomed by the President ilnc1 Vice-President of the Royal Geographical Society, while several bouquets were presented to him and his wife. After much handshaking and amid cheers from aa immense crowd, Lieutenant Shaekleton with his family entered an open eairiagi, f.ud drove to his hoase..At night Lieutenant Shaekleton visited at Sydenham Ins aged mother, who was unable to be present at the station.

THE GUEAT NAVAL IlEVIEW. PRESS DELEGATES AT SPITHEAD. A review of the Home and Atlantic FW.3 at Spithcad. arranged in honour of the Em- pire Press delegates, took place at Spitheacl on Saturday. The delegates, with whom travelled Admiral Sir John Fisher, First Sea Lord, and other Admiralty officials, weiit in a soecial train from Victoria Station to Portsmouth, where Mr. McKenna and tho Parliamentary Under-Secretary had pre- viously arrived. The party embarked on board the special service vessel oleano and proceeded round the Fleet, which was langed in lines off Spithcad. In all 144 warships were assembled, including seven battleships of Dreadnought type, eight battleships of the King Edward VII. type, fonr cruiser squadrons, torpedo craft, and submarines. After passing round the Fleet the visitors were shewn over the Dreadnought, watched a mimic attack on that vessel by destroyers, and were shewn landing manoeuvres f!d a fight at Whale Is- land. "The guests were subsequently driven through the dockyard. They returned to Lou- don by special tran; m the evening.'

LORD 110HLEY AT QXFOSD. OUR INDIAN RESPONSIBILITIES. Speaking orr Saturday night at at d»:iner given by the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford Uni- versity and the teachers of the Indian Civil Service orobalioners, Lore Morley of Black- burn said he IikcP been stntck by the very small attention that had bcen given at the Imperial Press Conference to the Indian Em- pire. He had observed it with a rather grim feeling in his miind that if anything went wrong in India the material and military con- dition or the Eni.piie as a whole might be strangely altered. He dwelt on the magni- tude of the responsibilities resting OIl the members of the Indian Civil Service. They had as tremendous a mission as was ever con- fided to anv great military commander or admiral. The history of the last six months iad been anxious and trying. Eight montns r«"o there certainly was severe tension, but be was assured that the nosition of the hour and the prospects were, reassuring. The Govern- ment of India nrsd the Secretary of State in Council had kept the pledge given by the Sovereign in November lasr to the people of India. A measure of the highest importance had been carried through both Houses with excellent deliberations, worthy of the reputa- tion of Parliament.

I ASS A C e IN PERSIA. E,003 REPORTED KILLED. The St. Petersburg Xo roc Vrenv/a has rc- ceived the following message from its corre- spondent at Astara '• The" Shakhsevans^are ravaging the Arda'oil district in Azerbaijan. I'ivip thousand persons have been killed by the raiders. The lending inhabitants have ap- pealed to the Russian Consul fur protcetio-N. was. the consulate is crowded with refugees."

STOLES MUSEUM PRINTS. At Bow-street Police-court, London, on LTonday, before Mr. Marsham, John Peter Coster, aged fifty-one, a well-dressed man, who refused to give any account of himself, was changed with stealing nine prints, valao !:2 5s., the British Museum. Mr. George Barrr, superintendent of the reading- Toom^stated-that three of the prints had bc,i cut from books of considerable value. He had placed the value of those prints at os., but the books from which they were taken had greatly deteriorated in value tarouga bc- ing cut. Herbert Hat fields, an attendant in the rcr.d- iri"-room. said that, acting upon instructions from the superintendent, he kept the prisonr*- under observation when he visited the read- ing-room on Saturday afternoon. After watching him some time from the top gallery he saw him place a. newspaper over a boot which he had before him and cut out one of the illustrations with a penknife. He thwi drew the newspaper and the print away to- gether and rolled them both up. Another attendant who was watching tho prisoner from a table immediately behind him said that he saw him cut two prints from another book in a similar manner. lio t",a. about to cut a third print from the same book when he wr.s seized by a police officer. A pawnbroker s assistant said that the fix prints produced were pledged v.ith his firm by the prisoner, lie asked for an advance oi upon them, but was only allowed 10.3. I The prisoner was remanded.

ELACK DRESS AND THE CAT. A convict named Wallis, who savagely &*<- multed "Warder Allen at Princetown, and since his separate coulineun-i.t has attempted to assault two other warders, has beeu sen- tenced by the visiting Justices to receive t*« dozen lashes with the cat, wear black drw& d chaima for a period not exceeding six .nonths, forty-two days' bread-and-w ater diet. p.sd loss of his remission marks. Con- ,.ict, Gillat, for jumping on Assistant-Warder Farmer's, back, was sentenced to recaif- eighteen lashes, forty-two days' No. 2 diti, and separate confinement.

THE VALUATION OF LAIfD. THE REAL TAXING AUTHORITY Sir E. Carson,, writing to the* Timer--o^r.'this question, strongly maintains that linden the Finance Bill the Commissioners-, and not, Parliament, by their valuations will be the real taxing authority of site values. He says: I was myself engaged some few years-ago in a crtse where land was being taken ccm- pulsorily. and the whole question turned on whether the land was to be valued as braid- ing land or agricultural land. One set of eminent valuers valued the land at £10.000 to £ 15,000. Another set of equally eminent valuers valued the same land at from £ 79.000 to £ 80,000 and the jury,, if, Ii remember aright, gave £ 39,000. Now, assuming,, the valuers to be perfectly honest in their views, the whole question depending upon. the speculation as -to whether there was: a build- ing value to be attached to the land., the-mar- gin between £ 10,000 and £ 80,000 would give under the Finance Bill a vast field to the Commissioners as a taxiug authority. Their decision, and not that of I lie real tax. It may be £ 10,000, it may be £ 80.000, and the subject must pay in accord ance with the view of this speculative ques- tion taken by the Commissioners. Surely, in these circumstances we are entitled to know what are the qualifications as valuera- and surveyors of 'the I-

ALL FOR LOVE OF A MILLIONAIRE. SUICIDE THROUGH BP.9-KEN HEART. No more xemarkable romance luta been-, dis- closed in recent years than that which, surrounds the death of Mrs.- Agnef Ruiz. actress and divorcee. most beautiful of the fair women who were to be seen on 11Orsch:lck in H.o:t-c:LHcw. One day she was missed. Habitues of the Row. ladies themselves splendidly mounted., cavaliers to whom her advent each morning- had been something in the nature of an event, craned their neekr- in vain to catch a glimpse of th< ramiliar figure in ite flowing habit. At. that verv .f.ür:nt Ag\ac.> Ruiz v. a. lyiog û. ln.r dJ:l.1.,f1 Íl lirosvenor-strcet shot through the hearc. The suicide duly engaged the attention ci a coroner, but no report appeared in the public press, and only now has it become possible to say that • Ruiz took her own life rather than continue be- reft of the love of the well-knowa- miilini.aire who had come into her life- Her REAL NAME ivas M»>. Mary Agnes O'Brien Ruiz. Sho was welt known in America, had been much se n en the Paris Boulevards, and had frequently bnen in London. In New York and e'uewhere- she 'was known as Belle O'Brien. Of humble origin, and upbringing TIm more exalted, she was the country girl who aspired to be a Duchess, or the wife of a man who counted hi,- money by millions. She was the daughter of a Missouri farmer, whose reading and ambi- tion took her to New York, where a,, wen-known I theatrical manager gave her a to-Income a popular favourite on the ,-tage-. Phiymg at a I Broadway Theatre in 1003 she men Antonio A. Ruiz, a w-ealthy young Cuban, and former mem- ber of the Cuban Legislation in Washington. Tliev were married on August 17th of that year. Their wedded happiness, however, lasted but a little while. After their return from Cuba, where .Mrs. Ruiz was introduced to the fashion- able set of Havana, the husband discovered that his wife had lived at the Carlton and other hotels under various iia.mesr and: thw couple separated. Then Mrs. Ruiz MET A WEALTHY GEXTLFMAN. in Central Park, New York, where bath were riding horseback. He saw her tugging at a saddle buckle, and asked if he might assist her. His offer was accepted with thanks, and the ac- quaintance thus begun lasted for some time, until, in fact, the gentleman's wile rSiought it necessary to secure a d:N-or(-e. -\Ir.Riiiz also commenced a suit for divosce in: -f.une. 1903. lr3. Ruiz made no objection wken her husband suggested that the testimony should be taken before a referee, who., on September 29th, 1903, reported in favour of a. decree. Thi3 was granted. The papers were scaled, and the name of the co-respondent was never made public. Mrs. Ruiz came to London at tho beginning of April, and rented a large,, four.-ht.oreyod, fur- nished house, well within THE CIRCLE. OF FASHION, in Grosvenor-street, from an Army, officer until the end of July. She brought bsr own ser- vants. Besides her two French maid's, she had a butler, footman, page, cook, and two house- maids. She saw little company, a rich gentle- man friend being the principal caller. Early in May the visits of her. wealthy visitor LZ ceased, and Mrs. Ruiz became exceedingly irri- table and depressed. She ate little, and becallle in such. a. low state of health that a. doctor was summoned to attend to her. On Sunday. May 16th, her companion was startled by hearing a phot in Mrs. Ruiz's bedroom. She rushed in, and found1 the patient lying, ÜJ. bed with a wound in the breast, and a. REVOLVER LYlXG BY HER ID, Three days afterwards an inquest v.as heid by Dr. Dan ford Thomas in the St. Pan eras Coro- ner's Court. Dr. Thomas did nothing to deprive the Press of its privileges of being represented, but no report of the proceedings was printed in the [tapers, and only now havo the facts become public. The gentleman friend was legally repre- sented at the inquest.

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LLWYCHAN v RUTHIN GRAMMAR S HOOL. Played at LIAnych, on Saturday last. Score I GRAMMAR SCHOOL. I G Inglis b I Jones ••• — C R Mason c R O Jones b 1 Jones ••• u R A Lloyd c White b I Jones ••• E Swainson c I Jonse b Mott ••• A G Evans b I Jones • •• I R P Edwards c WhUtington b I Jones U F W Parkes b I Janes ••• £ F G Evans b I Jones ••• — T 8 Williams not out — C Hunt b I Jones • ••• Extras 5 Total 53 llauychax. C C Mott b R A Lloyd 2 R B g^arell c Hunt b R, ■ Lloyd 0 R P Wbittington c Williams b G Inglis U R 0 Jones b 9 k Lloyd 1 Br Crace-Calvert b R A Lloyd 0 Hon H B Hawke c A Evans b Inglis 9 T J White b R A Lloyd 1 A Swainson b R A Lloyd W Williams b G Inglis — « W C Jones c Mason b A G Evans 15 R Ivor Jones not out 8 Extras 6 Total 5L COR WEN v. RUTirilN. This match was played at Corwen on Saturday last. Score: — RUTHIN G Williams c T L Jones b Rev Strand Jones 2 G Dowell c A Humphreys b Rev Strand Jones 1 .J E Morris b T Llvd Jones 9 H W Owen c G Hution b T L Jones 4 R Tnomas b Kev Strand J^nes 24 J Rice Jones not out 5 Harold Jones b Hu^h Jones 5 J Davies b Rav Strand Jones 2 F Hunt b Hugh Jones 1 A E Thomas c T L Jones b Hugh Jones 7 Frank Griffiths b HugU Jones 0 Extras 6 Total 6.3 CORWEN. Dr Hindley b A E Thomas Ó G Hutton b R Thomas 0 Arthur Humphreys c Dowell b A E Thomas 1 T Lloyd Jones c Owen b K. Thomas 3 Tom Rcberts b R I'hotnas 0 Rev J ^trand Jones c and b R Thomas 2 Tom Edwards c Morris b A K Thomas 6 J Ellis Ed ivard-i b R Thomas 7 Ll Kees c Rice Jones b R Thomas 4 Trevor Davies c and b R Thom&s Hugh Jones not out. 0 Extras 2 Total 36

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