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GEOBGES INF, ANTS POWDERS H- I Brycbyfryd, Aberavon, Glatia., Jan. 31, 87. L'*AU ^LTT, 1 years ag) piiv of my little boys. will' ttanj )•.»»• u c Dvulstd for wbont seven week?, w/nsj t" ice t^ivnH u}> by tro doctor attending, when, us a tast r*d u op, 1 telegraphed for a supply of your ..wd,-ts. The effect of j'iving him one was iiuleed ;<jrvr:i'>.s n less tlan twelve hours he was free >i«>u: ti'S, u/'dhas ho-eer had one since. I ileedli't < li ) oa I lways keep a stuck in lJand, and shouid i I. obliged llY your seeding me another packet i-i .i-tfi uclosvd. \onre faithfully, R. W. LLOYD. 2f A George, &c. # OPINIONS OF TEE PEISS. PAMKS IN HEREPOBI>SHIBK.—The Registrar- tyisiieiBi. iu raia recently issued "Quarterly returns," aefera to the fact that the number of deaths of in- iavui has t een far less in Herefordshire than in May othercouuty, being only 65 out of every 1,000 b Kb?- resist«ed, while in other counties it ran from 154 to 180 per thousand. This great lccai 4D1.000 BE2WABD NVill be paid to any person that will prove the above powders contain A Thousandth Part of a Grain of Opium in a Ton of them. The Proprietor guarantees them perfectly harmless to the youngest babe, and that they are more active than any in the market, one fair and unprejudiced trial will convince the most sceptical. Read the remarkable and interesting testimonials around each packet. For Fits, Convulsions, nflammation, Looseness of the Bowels, constant Yomitting, Bronchitis, Small Pox, Scarlatina, Measles, Fevers, and all the roubles while Teething, they will be found invaluable if given according to the special directions around each Packet. PROPRIETOR AND INVENTOR- A.. G-ESOEftGUB, Manufacturing and Dispensing* Chemist, PENTRE and TON, Rhondda Valley. I blessing is largely dus to the general practic0 Herefordshire mothers giving their icfa'.ti "George's Infants Powders," or Europa Life Preservers. of which one chemist alone in Here- fordshire (Mr P. Ralph) sells tnore than all otl ex babies' preparations put together.—Herefovi I Journal. MR B-GEOHOE'SIREDICAL PREPARATIONS.— WITH all the advantages of wide publicity, articles in them. selves worthless can have no enduring hold on the public; but if they be of vela", then it onb requires to make them known ia order to create and maintain for them the advantages of public demand. This has been the case pre-eminently with Mr George's Medical Preparations—nofciblj his Europa's Infa.nt Powders, whioh have iouuc their way throughout the United Kingdom, top English Colonies, and the United States, and ar appreciated by all heads of families who administer ttiem to tibeir little one a. Mr George, baviti found a remedy for the many ailments incident to infantf, deserv s the acknowledgement of til publio for hi3 enterprise in making his preparation known, and we are glad to hear that in addition tr the gratification he must feel by the many tert.) mocials he receives of the efficacy of his IdaDtF Powders and Cough Balsam, h'8 commercial re wardia secured.— Merthyr Teleumph, May 11, NEW MUSIC SHOP 4 PONTYPRIDD. NEW HIRE SYSTEM FOR PIANOFORTES l .d I 't,)..a.t .1.£.I FROM Its MONTHLY. THOMPSON & SHACKELL, LIMITED, F QUEEN'S BUILDINGS, CARDIFF. &c., &c., &c. NEW HIRE SYSTEM FOR AMERICAN ORGANS FROM 10s MONTHLY. THOMPSON & SHACKELL, LIMITED. NEW HIRE SYSTEM FOR HARMONIUMS FROM 108 MONTHLY THOMPSON & SHACKELL, LIMITED. LARGEST AND BEST STOCK OUT OF LONDON TO SELECT FROM. N,, Catalogue with Photographs andfully detailed particulars, sent, post free, on apFlication- THOMPSON AND SHACKELL, LIMITED, 86, TAFF ST., FQIET'I'iriPIR/IPID A.B.-List of BARGAINS FO» CASH just published Tuning orders promptly attended to. ESTABLI8ED 39 YEARS GEORGE GOODMAN, Pawnbroker, Clothier, Jeweller, and Furniture Dealer, 3 4, TRAM-ROAD, PONTYPRIDD, In oobsequence of the low rate of wages existing at the present time in the neigbbonihcnd, will offer his Large and varied Stock of New acd Second-hit nd TLOTUIIGI JEWELLERY, WATCHES C'f At. Prices that will meet the requirements of all Classes. Intending purchasers or any of the above Ooods will be well repaid by a visit before put- chasiiig elsewhere. A good assortment of New and Second-hand HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE BEDDING, Ac. To be Sold for Cash, or payable by WEEKLY INSTALMENTS, to suit the Purchaser. Money advanced to any amount on Deposits cf Deeds, Diamonds, Plate, Jewellery, or anj other Securities GEO. GOODMAN. 3 4, Tram Roud, Pontypridd JpEABST gOAP .ML DEARS' COAP JpEVRS* SOAP puns' SOAP gOAP PBAIIW SO" PEARW KSOAP pEABSt SOAP PEA] Z& SOAP p. SOAP p £ ABS* gOAP TRARW SOAP )"-W SOAP p S?AP ]PXAW SOAP JWABS* gOAP PUR El FRAQRflNTI REFRESHING FM TOILET & NURSERY EXHIBITION I!OS.)L'h'i, Fiftrxn International Anianls fa' tbtelate Purity and absence oj Artificial Colouring. Fair white han ds Bright clear compi^don Soft healthful skin. PEARS' SOAP Ia specially prepan ;r T'n leli- cate nkin of hllie" iind c;.iMien and athera sensitivi? to lat wea- ther, writer and summer. Pre- vents Redaess, Iit>ughneij. and CbApPintr. ADELINA PATTT writes have found PEARS' SOAP matchless for the Hands and Oomptexion." {Signer') AIIELINA PATTI. MBS. LAXGTJiY writes:- "I kare much pleasure in statins I have used PEARS' SOAI for some time, and prefer it tc uj other." (Signed) Lrr.LTH LANOTUV PEARS' SOAP-Tablets V-, 1/6, and 2/6. The i oJ Tablet ia perfumed with Of o -4 Roses. A smaller T*blet (uii ^led; ts sold at (id., but insist on having Pear*' as vilely-injurious lmitatioas are often substituted f )r extw. gain. Maktrt Sy*:iai 1.0 H.R.H. Th: Pr'ncc of Welc, CAJwrwr B«os.' direct pttentioa to tlie Dutch CocorA aud other Englifb imitation*, SCas pare Coron. to which about 4 pe cent. of Alks',i #ad other are added, to give » parent *tr#>» ll1 to the liquor, by making it a dark colour. Tin addition XB*V b». detected by tbe went ben ati is freahly euned. NoCotoa boat .ig^rthM Cad bury'a ^iBbicbisgwwfaa 1 ABSUL./itiLS I'^UB —.— — MEDICAL ADVISER. I (Beautifully Illustrated). Post tree with Sketches and Details for Self' Oure, (under coeer;, 6 stamps From J. WILLIAMS, MEDICAL PUBLISHER, PM.V 22, MARISCHAL ST., ABERDEEN. THE PeCKET MEDICAL ADVISER. For the Self-treatment of Nervous and Fvnc- tioiial Ailments,indveedby Ovencork, Worry, Excesses, and other enervating influences, and their Associated Evils. BY THE NEW LOCAL TREATMENT. A boon to all desiring 4 self-cure without re- conrse to physic or the family doct<?f,—Medical RevieWt A coUutry pdmn Writes thU9! lour Guide has cured myself and mmy parishioners SUFFERERS should procure this handy Referee on varion3 Ailments, and thus avoid dc.etors, jfeea and objectionable medicine.- Ga:c ttee I Vida-Yedi, al Adviser. ) :J:LLJ:A.:b4::S8 (Pentardawe) WORM LOZENGES | Wm Mtih tkirtf T«m this Ufbly talaahl* Iml} h«« BMt wtti th« mm Tbs «fco* w« Wart, BailMkU ChUdna (oftn (Waa Bp aa tmennhl*) Is Ilka Magle. OMtlacrido<UstoniMBt&«pMtsbrt^iua«M |H Loatans, tks thla, paU> £ u*d, CU14 >ww <im, hoi thy, m< ttwly, Uu p«Ms. tint ad the auxisty, H ft h« fl»Hk— « Sir,—I km (or am tlma wi JW AatMaitatia, jr ■ Worm LomfM. ia mj fiall;, u4 til tbum a mj ifudr ■ ■il iStMtou aua Mr aaraHllaa, u4 tkdf afiaaabla ul ■ convaalaat form ia-a iwt raeoauaaadatioa (or CUIdaa. H W. MrsmixsoN. Tlor of K&wdmLl ■ Ml at Hd* andu.t4.rTtem.it mat OtasMi.' 14 ar « ilmpijria i. DAVIES, CHEMIST, 80, HIIII 87uu, SWANSEA. H 4 LM If Ttimoalato, SynptaaM, *«. On ApfUaaMoa. MR H. W. HUGHES, 1st B. A. Lordon (6th in Honours in Latin), Winner (f:3 First Prizes, and 2 Scholarships at the University College of Wales, Aberyst- with). RECEIVES PRIVATE PUPILS AT 20, THE VILLAS. HANNAH S'liEET, PO RTH. Subjects :-(heek. Latin, French, Germnn English. Welsh, Mathematics, Natural Philos- ophy, Cheirisiry, and the usual ( ommercinl Subjects. Terms, 21 per quarter. Prepara- tion for Special Examination, e.< London Matriculation, Entrance to the University Colleges, the Theological Colleges, Medical, Legal, and Pharmaceutical Preliminaries, &-c, £2 per quarter. THE PUBLIC HEALTH It of the utmost importance. Nothing can pre. nrve it like HUGHES' BLOOD PILLS. Try a box of them and you will be ocnvinced of their marvellous influence for all Blood, Skin. isd Nervlt digrams. Price la. 1.1d, 2a. 9d., and -Is. 61. Of all nxylicicf vendors. INFANTS' POWDERS. Marvellous are the effects of "GEORGE'S INFANTS' POWERS" Upon the Infant System. They are not only the very best and aalest Medicine mothers can give their little ones during the anxious period of Teething, but they act as a certain Specific for Fits, Inflammation, Bronchitis, Diu rhcea, Small-pox, Scarlatina. Measles, &c., &c. Sold by most Chemists, in packets, 1/1 J, or from the Proprietor, B. GEORGE PENTRE, PONTYPRIDD British School, Yatrad Rhondda, Nov. 17th. 1878. Dear Mr George, Please. accept my most sincere thanks for the Powders that you sent me, for I really consider that they have saved the life of our little Maggie, who had ail the symptoms of Convulsions which began to abate in LESS THAN ANHOURAFTEE SHE TOOK THE FIRST DOSE. I beg most heartily t o com mnd them to every mother as the best medicine I have ever Been used. Yours obediently, W. G. HOWELJ. *INFANTS! POWDMR.ili& Bwn J» IbwifoiMHiM.—Thi BteMrir Generpt* in his receaCly 1# Bned Qo*rftrty SlHArai, refer* to tb* fact tbftt the nimr ol deaths of,ia* (si}ts bM bees fit* leas in Hereford* abire ^sb in aey eflfcer ooaaty, beiag eabr 66 out of ete^gr tbouiaztd birth# reentered, vhfl* ia other oonntiea it ran from tfI. NO per thousand. Thia gnat Iboal Wfcwiag Si largely ft. y'" totka general pnysMceefHerefordshire motheregiviag tftair infanta "GKOKSB'N IdfAKTs1 RrtroMto" of which one obe- mist aloae in BSpiefordsbire (Mr P. Ralph) "us more than all other babies' t together.' The abo" a few of the ma' v thoaaand espreesiona of tbe public aa to the murenai esteem in which they are held fjj all who have tested their undoubted power opon infante and young children. IvrenTAtfT.—The Proprietor withes those that give A amSZ'S nrrANTS' POWDERS a trial, to understand that the first dose often prodnoca vowiitiag, this most net alarm them; it is only a proof that the medioiae ia producing hopeful offeau. ÅVTlOJf.- Whee Ton aak for GEORGE'S INFANTS' POWDERS See that yoa get them, as other appa- rently cheap but worthless su! dtitntea may be offered by unprincipled par- ties. Every aanuine packet has the proper label, and the Jnventer's Sig. nature written on the Government Stamr. OTlCE.- The title GEORGE'S INFANTS' POWDERS if copyright, acd registered under the Trade Marks Act. *#* Avoid M!I Soothinp Syrups and an- called Powders containitig Opium they kill more infants ttiru all/thft diseace,3 put together. Sold by moat Chemists and Medicine Ve)i(iore everywhere, at 1;1 per packet. I THE LATEST MARVEL Mr b. A GILOROK,— Dear Sir, — Be rood eaongh to ferwnHi me auiitlier gif,.oe of yoar Coayh Balsam^1 the hie of which is rapidly inoressWC in this district; imie«d, 1 bin never kaew any Cough M ed iotf-. 0 that has se ,.set.. •bttinwi to gre&t nale, *ad fives saflB l nnrvsruai «atin(«Qti«ia. I mm. do-r Sir, Yeats fnitafnily, EHILLAP RALF& jkk Town, H81.f., .ut "1 lfr/ft. ADVERTISE J THE CHSOftf: m
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION. Viscount Cranbrook has received a deputation at the Privy Council from the National Association for the Promotion of Technical Education. Lord Harting- ton introduced the deputation, and there was a numerous attendance of members of Parliament, including Sir Itenry Roscoe, Sir R. Temple, Sir A. K. Rollit, Mr. W. Lewis Fry, Sir Joseph Pease, Sir J. Mappin, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. Thomas Burt, Mr. R. C. Munro Ferguson, Mr. Howard Vincent, Mr. Brunner, Mr. A. H. D. Acland, Mr. J. Slagg, Mr. G. Dixon, Mr. F. S. Powell, Sir John Lubbock, Sir Lyon Playfair, Sir Bernard Samuel- son, and others. Lord Hartington, in introducing the deputation, said that the commitee of the society he represented were of opinion that effort was re- quired in three directions to forward technical educa- tion. First in respect of elementary education, next in respect of secondary education, and thirdly—and it was upon this point that he wished to address his lordship—in connection with the subject of higher and scientific training. They were in hopes that what was necessary might be accomplished, partly by the assist- ance of the Legislature, and partly by local efforts which were in progress in many centres of industry. They thought that the question of higher technical scientific training was a very important one, and he believed that they were justified in appealing for some assist- ance from the Government. Local munificence had already done much in the direction of technical educa- tion, but it was doubtful whether it was reasonable to rely entirely upon that mode of keeping technical schools in progress. He hoped that the Government might be induced to give their attention to the sub- ject, which they considered a most important portion of the great national work which the committee of the association were endeavouring to take in hand. Mr. A. H. D. Acland, M.P., read a memorial, in which it was urged that in view of the constant increase in our population, and of the keen and growing commercial and industrial competition between the United Kingdom and other countries, no effort should be spared to main- tain and to strengthen that position of industrial supre- macy which Great Britain kas hitherto held amongst the nations of the world. With that object in view, they believed no work was more important than the securing of the efficiency and completeness of the higher scientific and technical education of the Country. Sir Henry Roscoe, M.P., Sir Lyon Playfajr, M.P., Sir F. Mappin, M.P., Mr. T. Burt, M.P., and others having addressed his lordship in favour of the objects of the deputation, Viscount Cranbrook-, in reply, said that he agreed with the dfjmtati«n that the question of technical education was one that should be carefully considered by the (iovei rin-ent. He pointed out that at present the Government granted a sum of L400,000 a yaar to the Science and Art Department, although they were not in the habit of giving large sifms to any particular college. He (Lord Cianbrook) was absolutely powerless to help the deputation without the purse of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and if Lord Hartington and those whom he represented would furnish him with some statistical information on the subject, he should be glad to lay the same before his Qolleasjii«3.
.'-THE CIVIL SERVICE.
THE CIVIL SERVICE. The Civil Service Estimates for the year ending March, 1889, have been issued. Th total amount asked for is £ 0,160,544, a net decrease as compared with the current year of 1246,617. The estimates for England and Wales show a decrease of £ 240,517; Scotland a decrease of £ £ 6,423; Ireland an increase of £ 20,523. The estimate for Royal parks and plaasuve gardens is £ S9,013, against £ 101,430 for the yea: ending March, 1888. There is also a decrease from £ 55,635 to jE46,940 in regard to the Houses of Parlia- ment. For public buildings the estimate li;Av, fallen from f.H2,255 to £ 130,629. Last year there was an item of £ 8000 for new Admiralty and War Officc plans, but for the ensuing year there is under this head a blank, but there is a sum of f, 1500 s<-t down for extension of Admiralty buildings against £ 5<>t> last year. The estimate for Revenue Department buildings is £ 238,514 against £ 208,627, or a su»-itaa- tial increase of £ 29,887. There is also an increase* of E9019 for metropolitan police-courts, and an increase of JE5180 for sheriffs' court-houses in Scotland. Surveys of the United Kingdom and Science and Art Department Buildings show a decrease of £ 700<> and :£8306 respectively, but the great decrease :a in repect to disturnpike and main roads (England and Waiesi. the figures being £ 260,000 and £ 501,500, or a fall of .io less than £ 241,500. There is also a decrease or £35,000 for Scotch disturnpiked roads. These large re- ductions maybe accounted for by the fret > hnt ior the first year there were supplementary estimates of £ 250,000 and £ 35,000. There are al-o four sob. stantial decreases:—Land Commission for Kir/I'ii; £ 12,587 stationary office and printing, £ lo,:52U secret strvice, £ 10,000; Local Government Uoapl (Ireland), £ 13,111 prisong (Enb"d and thf Colonit-s), 936,838; Land Commission, i'54,1 0 and Prisons (Ireland), £8308. Among the other i-icrea^es are the following: Privy Council Oitice and subordi- nate departments, £¡jU:5 Local Government Poa-d, £ 4727: County Courts, £ 27,241 special poliee, £ 20,000; police, counties and boroull (England a id Wales), £ 15,000; county court r,fl;c,r, (Irelar-d), :£11,896; constabulary (Ireland), £ 20,0"3. The Edu- cation Departments show the following In rge incroas< s: JSngland and Wales, f 117.270: Scotland, £J-1.!1:W; Ireland, £ 24,474. The total r stimate for eduration in England for 188S-9 is £ 3,576,077, and the increase is accounted for by grants to day and evenii ? scholars. Grants in aid of the Colonies are increased by £ 24,699, and these to South Africa and to St. Helena show a decrease £ 29,945, while the grant, in aid of Cyprus is increased by £ 12,000, and in regard to public works and industries in Ireland there is a decrease of £ 24,00°.
MURDER BY A CONVICT
MURDER BY A CONVICT A murder of a most startling character was com- mitted early the other morning in a cell at Anoiev Gaol, Leeds. The murderer is a man named Sissoiis. and his victim James Edward Taylor, vho was serving a term of imprisonment for stealing books. Sissons is a certified lunatic, and was to have been v removed to an asylum in a few days. He was I confined for the night in a cell in the prison along wil h deceased and anotlier pfisoncr. This inorniug, whilst the latter were asleep, Sisaons a woke,obtained j *>spes- I sion of a prison stooL and raising it, brought it down with great violence on Taylor's head, rendering 111111 | uncou<cious. The other prisoner awoke and imire- d'aJ ly mired an alarm. Siiwona was promp'lv s, vurAi, juid the prison swgroa att/-«Ki«! Awi.s-.i, j hot fouud that lite was estfaot, the t;N\i having f>avUired hriu akuH.
A TERRIBLE STORY FROM j AFRICA.…
A TERRIBLE STORY FROM AFRICA. A correspondent of the Manchester GucrclLn) a*; j Lake Nyassa sends to that journal a letter, dated the 10th of December last, describing some terriliM atrocities by Arabs in that region. Within the three years there have, he says, been taking plaoe i:. East and Central Africa certain movements, piv.-il l • not generally known, but which should engage serious attention of all interested in those re^i-ns, whellier their interests lay in the Congo Free in the new English or German "spheres of inlluenee' in East Africa, or in any one or all of the chain ol missions that have been established on the ineat lakes of Central Africa. These movements are. lie thinks, most briefly and best described by the words, "the later Arab invasion of East Central A The correspondent describes the district occupied by the Wa-Skonde people, and says that no question wa.i raised by the first Arab settlers in konde as to the right of the Wa-Nkonde to the proprietorship of tl.( country. As soon, however, as the Arab position in the country became strong enough, and guided, no doubt, by the terrible example lately set them in the Manyema country, their attitude became far more pronounced, and they have now set up the oldest settler of their number as the SCLTAN OF NKOXDE COUNTRY. Tribute has been exacted, with the alternative of butchery and extermination, from the Wa-Nkonde chiefs, and in cases where this has not been paid the people are fugitives from the country, sheltered at the present moment by their fellow-tribesman at tlii.- extreme north end of the lake. Thirty miles of tit lake shore have been devastated, and had it not been for the restraining influence of the English at Karongp, and the uncertainty of the Arabs as to the attitude we would take, there is no doubt the butchery would have extended much further than it has done. It: July last an altercation between an Arab follower 'Jnl a Nkonde chief called Kasote led up to a quarrel ir; which Kasote was shot dead by an Arab. Infuriate:! by the killing of one of their fellows, all the Wa- Nkonde chiefs in the neighbourhood assembled theif forces and prepared to attack Mirauibo, the Arab village in which the murder had taken place. A war which might have resulted in the expulson of the Arabs from the district seemed now imminent, but the strong influence of the African Lakes Company's agent, Mr. Monteith, secured peace. Very soon afterwards, however, another difficulty arose. Just six weeks ago a quarrel occurred between Ec.iie Arabs and a native chief called Mweai-Mtetiovef the purchase of some sugar-cane, and in this paltry quarrel the Nkonde chief was again shot. Rendered furious b\' this double outrage, the Wa-Nkonde lost all control, and avenged themselves by slaughtering the Arab followers and women, some eight or ten in number, then buying food in their villages. From that time to this the Nkonde couiwty and its people have been given over to the brutality of the ruflians who congregate in the train of every Arab trader in Central Africa. The were swept Out, of one village after another In quick succession, rute the work oi destruction Was completed in the more outlying villages, the three Nkonde chiefs, Kasargub, Karonga, and Malema, whose villages immediately surround the English station, were left untouched. Seeing, however, that the English were unable to pro- tect them, and not crediting Arab professions of friendship, their people fled to a large lagoon a few miles awuy, and there hid themselves with their food In its reeds. And now there occurred a horrible instance of Arab. ATROCITY ANT) TREACHSRT. Using as a pretext the killing of two of their people who had been caught by the Wa-Xkonde robbing their pranaries, the Arabs massed their forces and marched for this lagoon. On arrival there, it is said, the leaders of the party climbed into trees, the better to watch the butchery they had ordered. The reeds were then fired, and the wretched people flying terror-stricken before the flames were "Ii"t and speared as they came into the open, white uth.-ra w en- burnt alive who remained in the reeds, and some wl •> fled madly into the lagoon perished even tni.-ei- ablv, being dragged down and devoured by cn-codili s, who infest it in hundreds. One old person, a wouiao. was indeed spared, and she, being totally h'ind. and as a slave useless, had her ears snipped off and was sent back to her people. This is the account- as given by the people, and it is not denied bythoAraSs tl; i- Selves. It is impossible to tell with any accuracy ti.e number that have been CAKi.TKn OFF BY THE AKABS AS sr.AV», but a larye number of women and children at' km to be in their hands. That the fate of the ma;oti y of the former wa.s not one of slavery only we have n o much reason t.) fear. A distinguished traveller, :\1. Joseph Thomion, Ita.; lately made the" biessinqs of Mahommedan rule in Africa his theme, an<i h;>s paintud its results on the natives as the happiest. !■; the disparagement of the work of t'iii-istiait Fortunately the English public is not likely to be easily misled on such a matter, for all tr from Livirigstore downwards, hove well inform* d it of t.hy means bv which that rule is brought ahout, and the misery and desolation wrought by the slave hunter*, who are the pioneers of that rule and its chief prophets in these reyious.
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THB FASTEST VOYAGE FROM TTM CAPE.rhe. Union Steamship Company's mail steamer Athenian, which left Capetown at five p.m. on the 22nd ult., an t Madeira at six p.m. on the 7th inst., arrived at Ply. mouth at 2.20 p.m. on the 11th inst. This pa,silge ij the fastest yet ma-de between ICapetown aid l'ly- mouth, the total time being 17 (lays 21 hours, and the net steaming, after deducting stoppages, i7 days 11 hours 5 min. AMONG the inm-ates of the fraudulent orphanage carried on in Paris was an elderly woman named Mdlle. de Saint-Andree, whose fortune had been oj;. tained by the designing sisters. When discovered sift was lying on the door, and was unable to ru& when requested to do so, having no legs. Her wooden legs had been carried off by the sisters, to ensure the sal- vation of her bOul. The muying limbs were found stowed away in a wardrobe. 4- IIAN named Price was, lynched at Cairo (Ill.). After being cut dr.wii. Ua conscious, and tjtl-k'-d t« fiioee about him.* Word was at onee sent to the leaders of the mob, who returned and completed their work by again liangtng their victim, two men at the same time hanging upoa each of his feet, and finally bmaUag bis aeck.
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LONDON LETTER. While the National Temperance r, striving to secure Government aid in their e L;ort& to hinder the liquor traffic in distant portions of the Empire (our last anne.,catio:i i' i t inabi —being the object of their special regarà) he" are not relaxing vigilance at home. Yet the- Local Government Bill seems to be ,iaoo-. tory to both parties, the licensed victuallr iu. terest on the one hand viewing it with dis: rus^. the temperance interest on the other hut raring uneasiness as to the licensing provisions. Tjiw- attitude at any rate shows the deep inter: t folfc- in the measure. From the tone of a • r a% meeting of representatives from J'o most influential temperance organisations t b8 country held at Exeter Hall, high hope is hll8 tainetl as to the ultimate results of the ntt crusade. It is a big thing, certainly, in. no ckrink in workhouses, no inquests at iiCM houses, no drink at church bazaars, no rh a8 railway stations. After tho conference lpo* tation went to the Postmaster-General to JQAI a memorial urging the removal of post,.tl 1 from houses licensed for the sale of into:- log- liquors. This really meant an attack u tb8, sale of bottled liquors at grocers' shops so, far as the English system is concerned, the «.. po» tation received little encouragement fcu, J. Raikes. ) The tragic fato of poor Mr. M'Neiil (whieh r may here remark remains as unexplained 11" c,, oril- drew attention for the time being from t e saa death of another member of our fraterni;; On a Saturday night in October last a weii-'vowi art critic, Mr. H. W. Sweeny, better rec-r^ised^ perhaps, under his rtom de plume of Ta hl» stick," was found dying in the Fulli; oad. Somehow he had mot with fearful bi ••oily ia- juries, and was never able to explain h< < they had boon caused. As he left a wife and f mily unprovided for, a committee of brother and journalists was formed. The result was an immediate subscription, and a promise of pictures and other works of art,. The r .meral result, seen in the exhibition now opon at that Royal Society of British Artists, Suffolk treefy is a strong testimony to the brotherly f flection which binds together the better Bohemia of to-day. There are altogether 297 pictures andt drawings given by the artists in aid of Swoeney Fund, and all of them must bo before tne exhibition closes on the 24th of The large publishing firm of Clowes and Soxit, produce the catalogue, and Mr. Willing ar dMftj Partington the bill posting, as their COllt:t; !tion8- to tle fun. The likeness upon the cover of th- catalogue is a very fair one of our comrade. Sir F. Leighton has so it < study for his academy pi ture of ancli Iphigenia: Whistler, an etching of Charir ir-croa# Bridge Goodall, R.A., a tiny study of a water- carrier Linton, a crayon study Fli, li, R.A., a charming sketch of a match-seller. There is ala a picture by Mrs. Ouninghame Graham. Ttm reward of these efforts will certainly be n hand* some sum for the benefit of the bereaved family,, The latest eruption of prize-lighting, of whicå.. we were reminded by spocial editions on Saturn- day night, and at greater length by the Sunday papers, is, I believe, only spasmodic. Just Christmas it seemed that the disreputable fever was about to become an epidemic. That. it did not so provo was not due to the London papers which, with two exceptions in the daily press, eagerly gloriki the doings of the pugilists; nor was it due to the" endeavours of the English authorities t., ciiforce, the law. The flicker in the pan dro; rå low- be cause the public had no faith in it, and pave ilf iio favour. They regarded it as a sysu matio attempt, not to promote manliness and robust- ness, but to fleece themselves, and maintain tiff army of betting people. Spite of the temporary fuss we shall witness over the so-called draawiv* battle of last Saturday, I do not think we neadi be apprehensive. W 0 shall probably find that] the game is played out, and that the aristocratiat Pelican Club will have to be content withita regular boxing matches. Robert Buchanan Is slow ly advancing to tho.. success as a playwright which a very iew ad-- mirers, spite of nis failures, have always pre- dicted for him. Assailed iiiimet-cifidi. by the, critics, the pugnacious poet and no jiist has, never lost belief in himself. At lest, in his, adaptation of Fielding's novel. Joseplu Andrews," he has produced a splendid lay. whidb» even those who have previously allowed Idm no skill, praise as a work of genins-as a melodrama which preserves all the unities from t1 v play- wright's point of view, and is a model of literary work. Mr. Buchanan has written t couple of really successful plays will brins^ him in nv"re money than all his poems and novels., put together. Thedr -inatic author r voives go. much per night for every representation of his piece, and if he has a couple of them r aining; simultaneously in different parts of the e, aintry, r he will receive the income of a bishop white they?, ate on th§ stage. The good old f flhofama and dfr-Rrriiis I perceive, nfil fine enough for modem times. The article presented is no doubt something infinitely superior tc, the shows which entranced us undec those names in ouryouthful days. We are. havin, representation of Niagara in Lond. ,l¡ .tS one (.If: the exhibitions of the present season, -,tritl it ie.: called a cyclorania. The word is appropriates. because the spectator occupies a centra, stage?•. with the «renery all around him. M. F1u1IO^k>- tenux. n ho gave us some years ago a marvellous-, scenic representation of this character of the Siege of Paris, has now exceeded himself in, Niagara. By a skilful blending of a few fore-- ground "properties" with the illiizions creatWI-L by his brush, you are apparently look- ins out over miles of real cowntry. The dyje-^iuti is most complete, and no. visitor to in L' n iiiolllfl neglect a vi-it to thiri wonderful tri u ii of secuie art. The promoters of the exhii'i^iun beiieve so fully ill its valno that they have at great expense taken a special building in aiid railed it I. i;t.!ara." Tho Italian Exhil i i iu at Karl's Court is also in fnll,. progress, and it is now decided; that it shall be ope; e in May by the heir totlio Itiiliait tlii-oiio. A man who was the headi of a gang of chirrupers luu; been sentencedi to a month'a imprisonment with hard labowE. Chirruping haa become an industry, and it will not be put an e;,d to by this exemplary punishment. The business .vas to levy blackmail1 from mnsÎc-haU' singers on the promise that the goods delivei od would be in the shape of applause all the public; performance. The system of claque* iug is in vogue to a great extent it) London, not only at tho nmsic-halls, but at the best theatres. The lirst-night demonstrations aro nothing he;ter and as for the music-halls, the encoring" of the silly stuff palmed upon their -itidiencee comes from organised groups ot interested,1 persons. The month's hard labour given to the- man Harris will, however, put a stop to th4h grower form of the system; and "arti-tes" will, not to forced to shell out by loafers at the ,tago,, doors. ""t" W. S.
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