The Rhyl Advertiser

MR "JHN ASHER AND THE POST OFFICIALS' BENEVOLENT FUND. A service rendered to one's fellow-labourer in this world brings its own reward- The man who has laid the foundation of an institution for the assistance and benefit of the less fortunate of his co-workers nnd their dependents must be a happy individual. In 187* Mr Asher, now the postmaster of Rhyl, fouaded a benevolent fund in connection with the post office for the employes of the department. ileniarkable success bus attend- ed the progress of that fund, and on Thursday Mr Asher received a, very cheering valen- tinc" in the following congratulatory ilegram, from Mr A. Belcher, Savings Bank Department, London The Benevolent society founded by you in eighteen seventy five lias reached today a member- ship of ten thousand accept ny most hearty congratulations. In his reply Mr Asher, wired Sincerest thanks for your exceedingly welcome valentine. BeiDg very unwell it has oh. iiel me amusingly. I heartily congratulate you and co workers upon the result of your arduous and persevering labours for the good can: c.

VOLUNTEER PRIZE SHOOTING. The prizes in kind given by the tradesmen of Rhyl, and which were competed for on the 2Hh ult.* were distributed at the armoury by Lieut. Wright, on Monday evening last. We learn that onlv the money prizes and the silver medal pur- chased by entrance fees in the Goods Competition,' and the jrizes for attendance at drills, will be dis- tributed at the entertainment on Monday evening next, as the time to be occupied for the distribution of prizes is limited. The following are the prize "winners inJhe goods competition viz :— Points" I I.-Private C. Wright, Inkstand. 28 2.- Pimblett, Album 27 3.-Sergt. Wallis, Album 2o 4.—Private H. Wright, Malace;. Cane 26 .51- 11 J. Evans, Pair of Cut Decanters 23 G.-Corporal Vaughau, Razor 2:3 7.- -Private McBain, Pound of Tea 21 S Ratcliffe, Silk Pocket Handerchief 21 0.-— Howard, Cigar Case 20 10. H. T. Roberts, 1") Cigars 20 11. Powell, Grocery IS 12.—Lance Corpl. R. Roberts, Scrap Book IS

« FOOTBALL. EIIUDDLAN rH<r.xix r. RHYL GROSVENOKS.—A very pleasant game was played between the above clubs on Saturday last, on the ground of the latter. The weather was everything that could be desired. The game ended in favour of the Grosvenors by 3 goals to 1. For the home team, Goffe and Howard played best. The following represented the Gr. venors :—Goal, J. Asher backs, W. Goffe and W. Berrie; half backs, W. Howard T. Jones and O. T. Jones; centre, E. Lee; right wing, D. Pritchard (captain) and F. Morris left wing, B. Da "ies and H. Middleton.

MARRIAGES. BLACKWELL—HUGHES—February 11th, at the Inde- pendent Chapel, St. Asaph, by the Rev. T. Jones, Mr. Robert Blackwell, 2, Greenfield-place, Vale Road, Rhyl, to Miss Mary Martha Hughes, 15, Bodfor Street, Rhyl. Hnoinjs—JONES —February 9th, at the Independent Chapel, St. Asaph, by the itev. T. Jones. Mr. Richard Hughes, Bronllan, Bettws, Abergele, to Mrs Elizabeth Jones, llcullys. Llanfairtalhaiarn. DEATHS. FCUX.K^,S—February 9th, at Pen Rhewl, St. Asaph, Mr David Foulkes, coal merchant, agod 60 years. Rc ■WJJANDS—February 8th, at tho Alms Houses, High street, St. Asaph, Mrs Dorothy Rowlands, aged G6 years. THous-January 18th, at Dakota, America, (through an accident on the Rrilway), Will- iam Owen, son of Mr Owen Thomas, grocer, Rhuallt, St. Asaph, aged 27 years.

HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.-Liver, Lungs, and Kid- neys.—Most diseases of these depurative organs rises from obstructions, over the removal of which "t.iese celebrated Pills excercise the most perfect octroi. A course of th 3in is strongly recommended >h. a remedy for such chronic affections as liver enlargements, congestion of the lungs, torpidity of the kidneys, and other functional disorders which cause much presen; suffering, and if neglected lay th foundation of organic diseases* Holloway' I'ills are specially adapted for the young and delicate their gentle and purifying action ranks them above all other medicines. In indigestion nc 'vous affections, gout, and rheumatism they Pills have achieved for themselves universal fame THROAT IRRITATION AND COUGIT. -Soreness and ■yness, tickling and irritation, inducing cough and footing the voioe. lior these symptoms use Epp b ■ lycerine Jujubes. In contact with the glands a 3 moment they arc excited by the of sucking U 3 Glycerine in these agreeable confections become actively healing. Sold only in boxes, 7 0d., tins Is q., labelled "JAMES Errs & Co., Homoeopathic '^hemists, London." Dr Geoge Moore, in his work "Nose and Throat Diseases," says: "The llycerine Jujubes prepared by James Epps and Jo., arc of undoubted service as a curative or palliative agent." While Dr Gordon Holmes, ^'enior Physician to the Municipal Throat and Ular Infirmary, writes: After an extended trial T have found your Ulyceriuo Jujubes of consider- able benefit (with or without medical treatmentnt) most all forms of throat direasc." f52/s2) '<o" UNIVERSITY COLLEUE OI' WALES, ABERYSTWYTH. -Tlio following students of this college passed tho Matriculation Examination recently held by the University of London. In the honours division W. T. Broad. In the first division D. M. Tones John Morgan A. Wbeller aud T. H. "Ilkc. In the second division John Owens and R. P. Sharman. The following former students were placed—in the first division Isaac Edward Owen and W. Price. In the second division L. C. Thomas. Mr. Richard Davies, M.P., speaking at Llangefni lust week expressed his conviction that the remark- able election which was looked for next year would result in a grand Liberal victory. As a shipowner ho was in favour of Mr. Chamberlain's Merchant 'hipping Bill. Mr. Rathbone, also spuke "Pjainly upon the question of education in Wales, lie maintained that in point of Government grants the Principality should be on equality with £ "otiand.

niiM JJUUIiS. VERY OFFICIAL. When the head of a department adopts a particular style in his correspondence, it is ,-afe to be copied by all his subs. I once fed in with a letter addressed bv a police corporal at headquarters to a solitary constable stationed on the Northern coast of Unrataria, who had allowed a vessel to communicate with the shore during Quarantine. It was written on official paper, on which the stamp of the department WJS duly im- pressed, and it ran thus Sir,—I am directed by the Inspector-General to order you to report the aur- cumstances under which you did allow the skuner Nancy Bell to land peoples at Bay. Such conduck being altgcther contrairy to the rules and regulaslmns of the island of Barataria and its depen- dents.—I have, &c., Solomon Bobb, Constable in charge.—To P.C. William in charge of Station." IV.it Bobb, though an official, was human, and he had a private liking for his friend the constable, which asserted itself even on a grave occasion like this so he added a postcript: —" P.S. —Privit and confidentshal. Dear Ihll, —I am realiy surprise how you could make such a damn fool of your- self. You best come up and make your ueae with the General, and no more at prasant."— West Indiav Yarns, By X. lkker. PAXIC CArSED BY A NKIHT.MARE. In the night our camp witnessed a scene never to be forgotten by those under whose notice it came. This was a panic amongst our men for our chief steward had the nightmare, and the unearthly yells which came from him greatly alarmed all who were awake. But on those who chanced to be asleep and were suddenly aroused the effect was awful. They sprang up, clutching wildly at one another, and echoing tin- yells which had first fallen on their ears. In one case, a sailor threw himself so viciously on a fireman that he inflicted a very bad wound with his iiail-, on the man's throat. FoiInnately, 1 was on watch at the time, and being a witness to the whole, affair, did not expel icnec the sensation of being suddenly routed up under such circumstances. I shouted to the men that all was well, but it was several minutes before they could be quieted down. One of the Italian sailors was on watch with me, but not beiiv able to speak English, lie could not give any help to bring matters to a close. Any attempt to roiue the steward from his dream only made him yell the louder. lie afterwards informed us he was dreaming that a number of armed natives wore in the house, and that one of them clapped his hands on hi; month to prevent him giving us an alarm, while he thought that all hands were asleep and about to be murdered. His attempt to force out the warning produced the awful noises which might have ended seriously. One man made attempts to procure the chopper which had been brought ashore, but fortunately was too excited to call to mind where he had last seen it.-The Wv<cka{ the Niseroand Our Captivity in Sumatra. By TV. Bradley, One of the Survivors. AN IRISH ELECTION HILL. In some memoirs, of which a few copies have re- cently been printed for private circulation,appears the following amusing passa-e: At a contest for county Iippirary, which resulted in the election of the notorious Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, then a convict mMillbank, who defeated a co-Nationalist, Charles Kickliam, and Ir. Denis Caulfiold Heron, <,>.C., one of the stalwart "boys" of Tippcrary sent in the following election bill to one of Mr. Heron's election agents, the authenticity of which was vouched for at the time JiiuF, mob conductor and hothcell hY" & Ac., to r.h. Herring's election agent, for the folkwill work and murder done on the day of the poliinjr, 1'eb. l;, 1870: £ s. d. Item, to three fliouts for Iloron at 2d. per shout 0 0 (i three Imrrahs for same at ea-'h 0 0 a four Kcre^'ches at 3d. each 0 1 0 i, three bonnets in the air at l\d. cadi 0 1 1^ „ making noise for 2 hoars 0 1-1 hitting a voter for Kickliam the rap of a dead cat, which I spent 5 hour.- kiil- iug tlvc niglit before o 2 0 „ „ making a prod at. and giving two strokes of, a wa ttlc to one of K ickl1a 111':i supporters, for which I got n n:o.-l awful battering from the Kickk>mites 0 3 9 iri-ipping one of Kichkam': i);;i i by the windpipo or throttle; for which I «ot the slap of a rock over the left 0" 1., leaving me since in tho caro of a doctor 0 6 7 „ Strlkinq a voter over tin- sco-e; with a mud bag, for which I reedy. ci-iu! trca men"; from the women 0 1 6 i, On t-lie declaration of the poll when Mr. Heron was not declared elect, d by four maioiity, I took a Jit of huriooing, shouting, civeciung, rO;I,1'il1,' j{'1piJl', h>1lllcin', smashing wintlowf, dashing into whisky shops, swallowiuu* hr.li- gallous of porter, skelping ghiss. s of whiskey, rowlii.g peelers, siueggin' sogers, until 1 found myself ncai ly dead in the lock-up the following morning, and had to pay one shilling lino °. 0 10 11 1 it tms mil is not pawl belorc St. Patrick's D;u-bv Ih n in« 7 there'JI be hall wOI'k ahOilt it, o look out' fuÍ' s'illalh'. Yours tocomwand, JHI P-. Tin: STRONGEST HUMAN TASrilOX. "I was once present," Dickens said in his last public speech, at a social discussion, which origin- ated by chance. The subject N%ts was the most absorbing and longestdived in the human breast ? Wli,,tt wi-, the passion so powerful that it would almost induce the generous to be mean, the earchss to he; cautioup, tho ginleWs to be <Ve: ly •it -ijuiiig, and I lie dove to emulate the. cut: A daily editor of \'l!L exp::rit'llct: ;<?IÙ (iIPat a,:n:I,I" who was one of the company considerably surprised u* by saying, with the greatest confidence, that the passion in question was me passion of getting orders tor the play! There had recently been a terrible shipwreck, and very few of the surviving sailors had escaped in an open boat. One of these, on making lanri, came straight to London, and straight to the newspaper office with the story of how he had seen the ship go down before his ey, s. That young man had witnessed the most terrible contention between the powers of fire and water for the destruction of that ship and every one on board. He had rowed away among the floating, dying, sinking, and dead. lie had floated by day, aud ho had frozen by night, with no shelter and no food; as he told the dismal tale he rolled his haggard eyes about the room. When he had finished, and the tale had been noted down from his lips, he was cheered and refreshed and soothed, and asked if anything could be done for him. Even within him that master passion was so strong that to immediately replied he should like an order for the plall. Charles Dickens (ts I knew him. By George Dolby. I WOULD NOT SHRINK I would not shrink if some dear ghost, One of the dead's unnumbered host, Should rise in silence of the night, Bhrined in an auriole of light, And pale as snowdrop in the frost. No If the brother loved and lost For me the silent river crossed, For me left worlds all fair and bright, I would not shrink Oh, if I guage my heart aright, Dear would the dead be to my sight! A vision from the other coast Of one on earth I cherished most Would be a measureless delight. I would not shrink -Soizys iib Many Keys. By Rev. Charles D. Bell, D.D. THE MISTRAL. No doubt the third day of a howling mistral is a trial to most people. The cypress hedges are bent down, almost to the earth, which they are unable to protect, every window shakes, and all night Ion?, across every bar and through every keyhole, this wild wind discourses. Its medley of raving, whining, and bellowing is very annoying—and as for the dust, that is every Nvliere it is in your eyes and in your hair, in your dress, in your ink-bottle, and between the leaves of your books. Meautiineyour pens split, your shutters crack, your hat flies away, and your hair turns grey; but your spirits are unaccountably buoyant, and the sky, from side to side, is of the palest blue. The sea, on the other hand, looks dark; there is a fringe of surf round the shore, tho horizon line is a broken one, and the water is of every shade imagin- able, from a deep hyaeinth-Iike purple to a greenish turqoise. This much-abused mistral has been christened Ly the knowing peasantry "(c bon vent." It really is a public benefactor, for this prince of the power of the air clears the country from damp and miasma, and is therefore one of the great sani- tary features of the seaboard.—The Maritime Alps and their Seaboard. By the of Hoses," dr. THE OUI'HKFS OF THE NORTH. On the voyage, the Runoia makes a harp out of the bones of a monstrous fish, so strange a harp that none may play it but himself. Whence played, all four-footed things came about him, and the white bir 's dropped down "like a storm of snow." The maidens of the sun and the moon paused in their weaving, and the golden thread fell from their hands. The Ancient One of the sea-water listened, and th nymphs of the wells forgot to comb their loose lock- with the golden combs. All men and maidens tr,( little children wept, amid the silent joy of nature nav, the great harper wept, and of his tears ic'r pmrl* made.—Custom and Myth, By Andrew Lenta M.A.

iike, how's your wife Oh, she's dead, thank your honour. How's your own? BlOwn: They tell me that Littlcpen is quite a clever writer. Every body says lie is bound to rise." Jones: So it seems. Yes, he is bound to rise—to plagiarise, you know." A young Irish servant, travelling on board a steamer, had the ill-luck to lose her "recommen- dation" which had bo»n given her on leaving h r last place. She brought, however, the accompanying ticket, which someone had written for her, and which she presented when applying for a situation;—"This j, to ceitify that Kathh-en O'Brifin had a good character when she loft Albany, but she lost it soon afterwards."

VL8S0US AT THE IIVD KOTATHIC ESTABLISH- MENT-— Mrs Sleddon, llhyl; Mss Butler, do Me R. Jonoa, Dolejelley; Mr H. Wilson, Lt;ndo:i; Mr and Mi-s J. Chadwick, Man- chester Mr Burgess, Liverpool. SALMON FISHING IN TIIK DEE—Owing to the disturbed state of t00 river from n the reccnt high tides and heavy rains, the first week of salmon lisbing in tho Deo, commenc- ng of the 1st inst., was not very productive.

Correspondence. Whilst freely giving expression to the opinions of our cor respondents on nil sulijccts of pnillic interest, we witil dis- tinctly to state that we do not licccssiirily endorse any of them and are therefore in no ivay responilile for any statement made.

THE WAR IN THE EAST (OF RHYL.) To the Editor of the .RHYL ADVKETISER. SIR, Having- read your "spicy" little para- graph of news about the above in the AdvcHuer of January )Jst., and the letter of An Eyewitness in your issue of the 7rh inst., I consider it to be my duty to offer some words which may throw a little liLdlt upon the history of the quarrel between the two s"ho-!s In January, ISSii. I succeeded to St. Thomas' College, the of llhyl having me in m\ endoavour to raise the school, which ha" dwindled down to small numbers. In the first eighteen mouths the number of pupils had more than doubled, but I could not pronounce the Vicar's shibboleth, re- pectiu. a subordinate, who was with me a few months, and so we agreed to differ, and an opponent was looked for and speedily found. Nor have I one word to say agaiust this movumeut. 111 itself, but I have many things to say against the means employed, in order to support the one, and to damage the other. First of all) parents Were induced to believe this misrepresentation amongst others, that II St Thomas' Coilego was not a church school whereas it is, and always has been, under the present management, carried on faithfully, on the lines lail down by the founder, the late Ven Archdeacon Morgan. Nex;, and in order to get boarders, the enemy of St Thomas' sent his eldest son to No. 8, PJastirion Terrace, for the address of hQ father of two of my boys, brothers and from certain tradesmen in this town, he obtained the names and addresses of j others, to whom he has made overtures, with a view to get, pupils without the usual expense of lobtaining- then., namely, advertising, a d this course was pursued up to a recent date. All this having come to my knowledge, it was not to be expected that I could receive, with open arms such a person, when he became so iletti, t bour. And then came tho war of which your! readers have heard euough. If not takiuy up t' o much of your valuable space, allow me, in conclusion, to state two or thCtt) remarkable coincidences in connection with this a flair. The Rev. H. J. Cooko was for five years, an assistant' master, with the Rev. T. Kichardson, Vicar of J. when the latter was headmaster of St.! David's College Chapter School. Moreover, Mr Cooke was ordained a Deacon in Advent, 1SS2, and a Priest in Advent, 1SS3, preparatory to his entering upon his campaign ill Rhyl, January, I do not say it, but it really looks as if the Vicar's nominee was not quite ready for January, 1882, but would be icady in January, 1681, and the two years had to be got over. Again, for our first examination, midsummer, 1SS2, the Vicar was asked to examine in classics, but declined, on the alleged ground of his being out of harness and on our speech day, which soon followed lie excused himself from being- present because he had to pay a long-promised visit to his brother. The other remarkable circumstance is that two individuals of some position in St Thomas' Church aud parish, at one and the Sllllü time, and early in Mr Cooke's fir,;t year, set the law in motion in such a wav that the old school could not have survived, had it not been for the unexpected intervention of an unknown friend. And whilst I can never rid myself of the impression that there has been a wicked conspiracy, amounting to persecution, to deprive a family of a fair and honourable means of living, only let the other side practise the maxim, "live and let live," and instead of using- foul ineatis,1 adopt "whatsover things are true, things arc honest, whatsoever things arc just whatsoever thing are pure, whatsoever things are I s lovely, whatsoever things are of good report," and I shall be the last to complaiu of fairly-obtained suecccss Thanking you for this space, iu your fair-play paper.—I am, yours sincerely, St. 1 lamias' College, EDWIN WISUSTUI;. i ebnuiry 10th, 1SR-3.

♦ BAND ARRANGEMENT. To the Editor (if the HnYL ADVEETISEH. SIE> Just now the question in our liltle town is what baud shall wo have, and after tho choice,' what use to make of it is in my opinion the duty of Phylites to consider, and after doing so, to give their opinion a wider scope than their ov\n breasts. First of all I think most of our townspeople will a;rcu that property has deteriorated in value in almost all parts of the town, except the parades. Our places of amusement, viz., Town Hall, Pier,Winter Gar- dens, Oxford, and the Arcade, are at a low ebb, aud I will endeavour to show why it is so For some years past we have had tho Parade Baud per- forming until a very laic hour in the evenings, ;i; any rate too late for our visitors to atloud°o'her 11 ices of amusement after wards, the result is that the above named places, or such as remain open cannot place before their meagre audiences, an entertain- ment they would wish, owing to the little support they receive. It must be very plain to residents here during the past dozen years, that gradually we are losing the middle class visitors, and are picking up a very small increase, if any, of the higher class it therefore beho/es us to provide for those who are willing to come amongst us, season axter season, thus giving support io householders koiiiei- Mail the parades), j The want of a good day entertainment, also helps to keep away from us thousands of day excursionists. How welcome Wuuiu these be to our striving tradesmen and others. Often times have I heard the remark from a day tripper, I won't come to this place again, there's no NN t to see," and such is the fact. It may be argued trade is in such a depressed state the crowd cannot afford to come, but we who are on the look out find crowds going elsewhere. Or it may be argued that if a good entertainment was provided support would be given, such I regret to say has been tiied and proved a failure. The Llandudnoites are already at work through the pressj(see "Evening Express" of Feb. 11th) and in order to support their public buildings have decided to cut down the time previously allowed to their outdoor shows. Again, 00. we support those who como among us, and lay out their money in the erection of places of amusement. I say No. The capital required or nearly all to erect the Pier and the Winter Gardens was found by non-resi- dents, who saw the want of such places, and no sooner do they lay out their money, than we throw out our streets open to cartcrers that do not invest one cent in their venture, but who make a boast of the heavy collections they bear home with them, whilst those who have invested their thousands of pounds in the town, have to put up with empty coffers. Well can I remember Brough's Band (which provided music for the Tier Co.,) closiag carlyon. the Parade, and immediately marched on to the Pier, hundreds folloAviug them. The town was then in a prosperous condition, and the Pier paying a dividend of something like five per cent. How different is the state o. things now 'r A good entertainment and free access to the pier at all hours was provided for the week at a very small sum, and such arrangement* would again meet the fullest wants of ourvisitors. But my letter is getting too lengthy, others may give their opiuion. None I trust will be ridiculised, or any strong language indulged in, but all will join in assisting to work out the arrangements, amicable and beneficial tu the town. í I would suggest that a band of eighteen be ob- tained for,oYiy fourteen weeb, to work in connection with the Pier and Gardens, distributed as follows 7 in town 8 30 to 10.30 7 on the Pier, 11 to 1 7 in Gardens, 3 to <5 j 1-1 oil the Parade, two hours in the evening, closing at 8.1,5 ut latest, and earlier as the days come shorter. After the finish on the Parade, 11 members should be divided between the Pier and the Gardens, to the end of their en tertuinments. On Sunday evenings the Pier would have for tluir Sacred Concerts, say fourteen mem- bers. It will be noticed I have only put down pro- vision for fourteen weeks, which I believe would be about the length of time tho Pier and Gardens would require the services oi a band, but as the jwii would require music foi perhaps twenty weeks, band of nine would be huiU.-ieufc for the; ot,i r weeks. The co. t cf b n d v. >.sld I believe be met sue Pier Co., Pro; ii, I,), of tho Winter Garde- and a small vote fiom the Town Treasury, band principal to have the lights of placing uh around the stand, making the usual charge ana a benefit night, thus doing away with the great, and so ofteu complained of nuisance, the band collection book.—Yours truly, SAMUEL BERRINGIOX.

Err's COCOA.-GRATEl:'UF AND COAIFOIITTSRCR.—" Be a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which govern the operations of digestion and nutrition, and by a careful application of the fine properties of well-selected Cocoa, Mr Epps has provided our breakfast tables with a delicately flavoured beverage which may save us many heavy doctors' bills. It is by the judicious use of such articles of diet that a constitution may be gradually built up until strong enough to resist every tendency to disease. Hundreds of subtle maladies are floating around us ready to attack wherever there is a weak point. We may escape many a fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and a properly nourished frame." Civil Service Gazette.—Made simply with boiling- water or milk. Sold only in packets, labelled—" J AMEH Errs & Co. Homeopathic Chemists, Loudon." Also makers of Epp's Chocolate Essence. [52/82

HINTS FOR THE nOME. LIFE.— Life is but a moment, a brief reflex from the c;reat ocean of eternity. Take heed how you make use it, and from the great consequences*' involved in its short duration learntheimpoitnnce of little things. WHAT TO LKAVE Ori\—It is quite impossible to ead everything, to go everywhere, to see y a- all of which opportunities oiler, without Wing in Ins rush of life tho power to take a distinct impre- ■•sion. Now to hold one s telf susceptible to impres- sions to keep one's self m rapport with select nnd -ympathetic cerrents, to be responsive t^ liie finer and sub'ier influences, is to hold the key ,,f the situa- tion. It is often the book we do not r, cntertain- nif-nt at which we do not resist, the ''ndividual we do not see, that does the most red good. Li fp becomes JetcriOlatcd and miscellaneous if it is not i-ul»iccted to severe scrutiny of selectu 11,a mallei <' v. it is = asier to preach than to practise. Over possession is bc fatal endowment of modem life. — L-(La Whitiuy. Gooi) i,oi, MAKIIYING.—A great many interesting and anrusing stories are told about Hans Makart, the great Vienna painter, since his death. He was an eccentric -mills, and so ve y popular with fashionable ladit s that every (L" was surprised when he married an ojd.'nary-h'.oking woman. It seems tint somebody WP.S ircjuisitive enough to ask him why he did so; whereupon he repla d, To have a good-if mpered sensible woman to truft in when all the butterflies, who. after all, arc only caterpillars dm-sed, forsake me/: To men of genius a good-tempered sensible woman often proves more afti active and c< sirable Tor a wife than the most beautiful I of fashion: and in choosii g wives, men who do r.ot possess genius might oil en profitably follow their example. THE WTKIJ.-DRESSED MAN.—The -OLDEN nre in dress is to keep clear of extremes. The wrli-d-c?s(d man never wears anything striking or peculiar, and his garments are always of the best material,one suit that cost nodol. being pr-'ferable to t that cost r-,(lol. each—and the tailor's risk, it will be observed, is jut the same in both cases. We arc bound to add, howerer, that the gentleman who has but one suit instead of two cannot escape embarrassment when it comes to sending his trousers to the shop for the purpo-e of having the wrinkles pressed out of them. The proper cut for coat and vest is that which makes them fit snug arourd the waist and loose over the chest, as the pdite citizen is thus ad- rnonislied at every turn that he will not only look better, but also feel better, if he stand straight. TRANQUILITY.—Probably nothing tires one so much as feeling hurried. When in the early morning, the day's affairs press 011 one's attention beforehand, and there comes the wonder how in the world every- thing is to be accomplished—when every interruption is received impatiently and the clock is watched in distress as its moments ll;t the mind tires the body. We are wrong to drive ourselves with whip and spur in this way. Each of us is promised strength for the day, and we must not wear olit. If only ne can keep cool and calm we shall be less wearied when we have reached the eventide. The children may be fractious, the ser- vants trying, the friend we love may fail to visit us, the letter we expect may not arrive; but if we can pr serve our tranquility of soul and demeanour we shad get through everything creditably. FRETi-VL SriRrrs.—It is an undignified but not umisuai spectacle to see people who have attained middle-age fretting and fuming over what should be unconsidered trifles. Strang-' it i, that they have not yet learned the impossibility of arranging the universe after one s ow 11 little pattern. The people who worry arc not always those who suffer from some physical weakness or mental anxiety thee not unhequently -tie silent, for their troubles lie too deep for com- plaining words. The more fretful spirits are those who burst into irritability over the countless little things which are not done to their satisfaction, and who bridle over fancied slights. A close examination ihows that it is the crumpled rose-leaves—no doubt uncomfortable—but not the thorns, which excite fret- fulness and anger. Worrying-is a, disagreeable habit of mind which can be remedied by a resolve to cease complaining about what clii't be cured." Jyy LAWNS.—Ivy lawns are known to but few "mong t he main-who are interested in gardening eco- nomy. They consist, as the name implies, of ivy only, and they oiYt:l""lIle peculiar ad vantages in cases where grass lawns are apt to eccasion more trouble than they are worth. to the ivy lawn may bo well made in one season, and, if the primary operation of planting be properly performed, the lawn will make itself; it will want no cutting, no sweeping, no watering, no protection from the birds that cat the grass-seeds to-day, and to-mor- row scratch up the tender plants, as though it were their mission to make grass lawns impossible. And, when made, being, as it were, self-maue, an ivy lawn will take care of itself for any number of years but, if in need of repair or trimming, the knife, the shears, or the Jspade may be used with unskilful hands, and with the least imaginable cost of time, for it is not an easy thing to kill, or even to injure seriously, a lawn consisting of ivy solely. Such lawns are unfit for games, and indeed should not be trodden on. They will not therefore supersede grass in a country garden, which perhaps is a matter lm- gratuiation but they will give the most delight ul breadth of ver- c'ure in thousands of places whero grass is more plague than profit, and, at the very hest, tends rather to uisgrace than adjrn the position. THE WILI) Gij,,i,Tbe glrl of Pi who will neither sew nor do housework has no business to be decked out in finery and rambling about in search of fun and frolic unless her parents arc rich, and in that event she needs the watchful direction of a good mother none the less. There is no objection to fun, but it should be well chosen and well timed. No girl or woman who will not work has a right to share the wages of a poor man's toil. If she does work, if she makes the clothes she wears, and assists in the house- hold duties, the chances are she will have enough self-respect to behave when p'ay-time comes, but if she should still be a little "wild," the honest toil she has done will confer upon her some decree of right to have her own way, ill-judged though it may be. The w na girl usually aspires to prominence in some'social circle or other, and her manners and conduct are in greater or less degree designed to attract the follow- ing of men. She should remember that followers are not always admirers, and that the most sincere admi. ration a man ever feels for a woman in a drawing- room is when he looks upon her and says in his own consciousness, "She is a perfect lady." That is a reflection that never, occurs to him as his eyes fall'upon the wild girl.—Detroit Free Pnss. W HAT TO TE:\CH GIRLS.—Give your daughters a good education. Teach them to cook and prepare the food of the household. Teach them to wash, to iron, to darn stockings, to sew on buttons, to make their own dresses. Teach them to make bread, and that agood kitchen lessens the doctor's account. Teach them that he only lays up money whose expenses are les" than his income, and that all grow poor who have to spend more than they receive. Teach them that a calico dress paid for fits better than a silken one unpaid for. Teach them that a full, healthy face displays greater lustre than fifty consumptive beauties. Teach them to purchase, and to see that the account cor- responds with the purchase. Teach them good common-sense, self-trust, self-help, and industry. Teach them that an honest mechanic in his working dress is a better object of esteem than a dozen haughty, finely dressed idlers. Teach them gardening and the pleasures of nature. Teach them that a walk is more salutary than a ride in a carriage. Teach them to reject with disdain all appearances, and to use only "yes" or "no" in good earnest.—Monsiynor Captl. WINTER WEATHER WISDOM. How we shall warm our houses is not more important than how warm they shall be kept. This is readily told. In the apartment used as a sitting-room see that the mercury remains about 70 degrees, rather below than above this. In the sleeping apartment GO degrees is a very comfortable tempera- ture. A higher degree of heat than this would be quite admissible where there are young children. The ventilation of rooms in which human beings must remain hours at a time is a very important matter. Separate rooms can only be kept any where near reasonably ventilated by raising the window sash one inch from the bottom and lowering it a like distance from the top. By this means the air in the room is constantly renewed and drafts are avoided. The effect of muscular activity on the production of body heat is well known,-And this makes it appear that an active habit is the be"t for the winter season, which is a bet for lllore reasons than the one just given. For winter wear wooden fabrics arc best, because of their pliability and of their lightness as compared with the weight of cotton fabrics that would aiford the same protection against the cold. The substances to be eaten and drunk in 'winter should be used hot as possible and should contain a maximum amount of fat. Hot milk, beef tea.chocolate soups are especially well adapted as foods for winter use, and now fat fries of oyster, sausage, &c., are admissible to a greater extent than at other times. At this season liver oils, such as that of the cod, are very uselulto those who can stomach such matters. THE SCIENCE OF COOKRNC.—The oven, the sauce- pan the frying-pan, the gridiron, are hut different forms of apparatus 111 it by the scientific chemist. Putting on one side the cost of mixing and various manipulations, cooking is for the most part nothing but the cunning application of varied de- grees of heat.—Ltimrc huur. LITTLE laii,-Il at the idea of being pleased with little things. Little things," they say "please little minds." They should remember that the great mass of the population of our planet consists of the merest pigmies, diminutive birds and fishes, tiny insects, animalcules only visible with a micros- cope so that, to turn away from little things, is to be indifferent to nineteuths of what the world contains.

A FLINTSHIRE VICTIM.—A MarcheBter contemporary states that Lord Richard G-rosveuor (the member for the county of Flint) has been selected as a victim of the dynamiters, for the part he played in enforc- ing the Grimes Act. A box containing a child's body was found Ion Monday on the railway, near Crewe.

l II Y L TOWN HALL SERVICES.—At the services in I the Town Hall on Sunday last, the Kev. D. Burfc-r.l Hry. ke intimated tut he would pieach to-uic;-row even it)? (Suud iy) a sermon sn'^r'Oatcd by tho fall of jvbartr,u!2i and the position of General Gordo; A hr.MI IN viu A '.TOT s r M ii s T •—Yv e are pleased to lea: n :.¡t tho i{uyal Africa! ta -ai Society of Eoo-hu d has f.pp-jinu-i Mr u. Roberts, Yoter/u.ry Surgeon, Abergele, dist'ifo A (t-T'in.iry for tho three C-uiuties of_Deub;g:i, Fiiut and (Ja: narvon. SALL f i' w oiiK..—\ .W.C.A.—It is proposed ii. of work ;>vi willing; iu the end Li A. fuld, t.0 ucitri.y the expenses of the evening room or secure a permanent room. Mica' Atanrix has kindly consented to hold a stall Friends who will help the good cause might send their c--TitribnMons to any of tho following ladies:- 1:0 Secretary, K. Crawford, 10, Prince's Si-iect; Aliss Mamiix, lG, Church Street; Miss la^loi", luoor Place; Mis Foster, J3pworth i Lodge Miss Trehearn, Siiitlonel-, Wellinytoji Rr\:1.d. Advt. CHURCH or ENGLAND TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. -The weekly meeting of the ab,-)i-e society; was held 011 Monday evening, at the National bchools, Paradise Street- The following took pai t in it:—Messrs. Sandoe, Torkington, li. Miss Maggie Wil- iiams. and the Rev. T. Prichard. Another meeting will 113 held n: xt week. MEETING ,.F (Jutm r O;S.— A priv to meeting of th." creditors, of t he late firm of Messrs. Ainsworih in Co., iiuortoueers, &c-, Rhyl, was held at. the Crewe Aims, hotel, Crewe, on Wednesday last. The meeting was convened I by Messrs Davies aud Roberts, solicitors, on b. half of Dr. Wohtenhol ne, one of the part- ners of the finn. There was but a scant at- tendance of creditors. Mr Daves, solicitor, read a lengthy statement, giving the history of the firm from 13/e t) December last year. The deficicncy was stated to be over £ 1000 and •ho Doctor is already a loser to tho ex teas of about tl.100. The meeting Luoke up without coming to any decision, nnd it is stated that proceedings in bankruptcy will be instituted. DiN-IDE-ND.-The official Receiver has de- chu ed a dividend of 2/11 in the £ on the estate of A. and J. Spink, boot aud shoe manufac- turers, Rhyl, and ab Green lane. Walsall. \'n. VOLUNTEER BATTALION ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS- C COMPANY'S ORDERS.—Church parade on Sunday, the loth February, 1885. 1\1r:n to fall in at the armoury at 9 do a.m., in busbies and tunics. Band to be in a: tendance. In consequence of the entertain- ment and distribution of prizes taking place at the Town Hall, on Monday evening, the 16th of February, there will bo no di-ill on that evening.—BY ORDER,—Rhyl, February 13th,lSSo- TIIE LONDON AND NORTH Y>"ESTERN RAIL- WAY DIVIDEND.—With a view of making the public aware at the earliest period praticable, of the dividend likely to be declared by this company at the ensuing general meeting, the secretary is authorised to state that the accounts for the past half-year, though not finally audited or approved by the Board of Directors, show a balance sufficient to admit a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent., Ici annum. A WELSH MINISTER.—The committee con- ducting a presentation testimonial in honour of the services of the Rev. E. Stephens (Tany- mariaii), in recognition of his services in pro- muting Church music with the Congregation- al ists, have commissioned Mr John D. Mercier to a half-length life-size portrait, for presentation at a large githeriug of tilo body at the Carn al VOll Pavilion ca, ly in June. The portrait is on the easel, and is intended to re- present the popular minister as conducting a choir class- MAGIC LANTERN ENTERTAINMENT—On Thurs- day evening last at the English Presbyterian Chnpel (Clwyd-strcci Lecture Hull) Mr G. Palmer Lewis, of Liverpool, (formerly of Rhyl), gave a grand magic lantern enter- tainment. James Taylor, Esq., presided, aud the attendance numbered about two hundred. Mr Taylor having addressed a few words to the children, Mr is commenced the entei tainment with views of tbe Egyptian vrar introducing portraits of Loid Wol&oley, tbe j Mahdi, General Gordon, maps of the Nile, J etc., the several pictures being clearly and interestingly explained. Next followed interestingly explained. Next followed interesting illustrations of the story of Briggs | and the bull," and a very pathetic piece called '• Tho guilty conscience," The entertainment terminated punctually at 8 o'clock with a j, hearty vote of thanks to the chairman and Mr Lewis. On Friday evening a comic and miscellaneous entertainment, by members ot the Band ot Hope chiefly, took place ill the same place, and was in every way sue- cessful. A LITERARY and competitive meeting of an interesting nature is announced to take place at the Brunswick (Welsh Wesleyan) School- room on Wednesday evening next.

RHYL COUNTY COURT. (YESTERDAY.) Before His Honour Judge Lloyd, and Mr Registrar George, who disposed of the unde- fended cases. There were 11 judgement sum- monses 6 adjourned actions adjourned re- mitted action, and 70 ordinary cases. CLAIM FOR BENT. Mr Bellis, Holyrood Chambers, Llandudno, appeared on behalf of Mr Jameson, solicitor, lato of Rbyl, to make an application in a case in which his client was sued by Mr Oldfield for rent.—Mr Davies appeared for the plain- tiff.-The application referred to certain inter- rogatories issued by defendant, and which were very material to his defence. They were issued by leave of the registrar, but plaintiff failed to answer them, and the court was asked now to compel him to do so.—His Hon- our said he had no power to compel that—the law now did not make it compulsory to at-swer interogatories issued in the county court.—In the face of this Mr Bellis asked for an ad- journment of the case, on the ground that his client fully depended upon the interrogatories being answered. At the close of the other business of the court the case was heard, and i 11 the resul t judgement was entered for Mr Oldfield, with costs. THE lIALIfAX RANKING COMPANY V. R. I. ROBERTS RIIYL.—DEFENDANT* NON-EST. This case, which has been before the court so often was one remitted from the court above for trial. Mr Louis appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Malcolm Douglas, (instructed by Mr W. Davies) defended-It will be remembered that at the last hearing the case was postponed indefinitely because the bank pass-book of Messrs Law with the Halifax Banking Company was not forthcoming.—To- day, however Mr Law produced that book and was examined by Mr Douglas on the entry of thejdishonoured cheque for the subject of this action. After the examination of the witness, Mr Louis called for the defendant. Mr Douglas: You have closed your case. Mr Louis I want to recall defendant. Mr Douglas The defendant is not here. Mr Lcuis No, you cannot produce him. The Registrar said the defendant had been called, but did not answer. Mr Louis said he had crossed the Atlantic and could not answer d.-iughter.) Mr Douglas then addressed the court for the defence strongly commenting upon the action cf Messrs Law and Co. Mr R. Webster N. and S. W, Bank, Rhyl, was called and proved that the £-10 cheque was stoppec. at the request of the defendant. Mr Louis having replied the case was brought to a close so far [08 the hearing is nonccrned. His Honour will take time to consider before reporting to the Court above. THE 11AMM.1XO OVEN DOOR L'OUNP. In this case Mr Jamas Fielding sued Thomas Lewis, bricklayer, for the value ui; oven doors and fire bars, alleged to be taken fromTynewydd farm. The matter was adjour- ned from the last court, to enable plaintiff t) see whether or no the a;<i -les were then lying it Tynewydd. To div plaintiff said he found fhnt a portion of the goods were :1 Tynewydd. and lie. would not have come ward only dr fend'iut asked for payment (If r'xpr-nse^. — A erdict for defendant wiibont 01, CuStS. !A RENTS NOT UAlLE flIt D \A] AGE I10NE IIY THEIR CHILDREN. John Willhms. A bbev st., sued Jpgge Bcprh and Thomas Owen, Bedford street, for :J3. value of windows broken by th 3 children of the defendants. Mrs Thomas appeared in support r-f the cLinl, in reply to the Otiose "1 the window WHS broken, "y the boys when fight- ing together. His Honour said that he could not see how the plaintiff could make defendants responsible. Sue could have the boys punished, but could hardly proceed against the parents for mischief caused by bp vs. He could not entertain the action, and plaintiff was non-suited- ¡' Tbe defendant Beech applied fJr coste:, hut vp, refused. It was observe that the defendants had p iid ti. 9d. into court with Is. costs- i Uis Honoii-, SJ much the better for the plaintiff. H) cv: take the money 01U of court. CLAIM FOR NON-DELIVERY OF WHEAT. and soll. C-Il Mrs Miliums, Penybrvn, for £ 2 Ds lOi* alleged to be, loss sustained"b7 plaintiffs by the action of defendant refusing t.o deliver wheat bought by ,tiff Davies for the plaintiffs and Mr Roberts ft the de- fend ant. Mr Parry was put in tho box and, said that Jin January last he bought 00 habbots of wheat from Mrs Williams, at lis. oh per hobbet. On the Tuesday following Mrs 'Williams called and said she had sold the wheat for Tj. per hobbet more, and if he liked to pay the Mi ne price he eonld have the wh;at. He (witness^ refused on p. lncjple. Tiio mark '• T O.: E nearly 23 in the quarter on the day fcllowin- the purchase. He had in the meantime sold the corn to Mr Lewis, of Bangor, but in consequence of tbe non-delivery by the defendant he was obliged to buy another lot, and paid lis 91 per hobbet for it. He estim- ated his loss at C2 5s. A sample of the wh t had been let, andjthat was part of! the bulk. Mr Roberts for the defence said he was prepared to call evidence denying hi toto what Mr Parry had said. There was no absolute Sale, but he would first take his Honour's opinion on the matter of deh-ery of part of the goods. It was simply absurd to say that the leaving of a mere sample was part of the bulk There must be a deliverv after con- tract. bnt this sample was brought, to induce a contract. His Honour held that the leaving of a I sample could not possibly bo a part delivery. Mr Parry said he had bought thousands of hobbets in the same way, and he had a witness to prove that the wheat WAS sold to him. His Honour said that would not bclp him, t no law did not allow oral contracts above £ 10. There must be a written contract, a part delivery of the goods or payment On Bccjunt. The plaintiffs must he nonsuited.

FACTS AND FANCIES. HIGHKST ClTY IN THE WORLD. The highest city in the world is Pasc\ the cavib J .)f the departnif nt of Junin, in the Republic of Peru, Pa .sco is huilt (Jll the table-land. 14,275 ft el above tl c level of the sea. The site on which it stands abounds I in silver ore, the mouths of the mines being fre- quently in the noddle of the streets. Tbe climate J 1'-1) injurious to health, and the place to destitute 01 any attraction save its wealth in silver, that only the anxiety to become rich could induce people to liv. there. The difference of temperature in ti., sun and in the shade is so great that while one side of th" street may be exposed to oppressive heat, on tlK other side protection is required ak'ainst the cold. The hottest spot on earth is one of the r.egions along the Peruvian Gulf, where little or no rain falls. At Bahrin the arid shore has no fresh water, yet a compara- tively numerous population cont inues to live there, thanks to the copiou.- springs which bieak forth fi\T the bottom of the eea. The fresh water is btained by 1 diving and filling goatskin bags with the precious commodity.

♦ THROWING DOWN THE GArTLLT. From time immemorial throwing down the gaunt- let has been a symbol of defiance, a challenge to battle both in real contests and in the mimic warfait of tournaments. Virgil, in the Fifth Book of the Eueid, represents Enteilus as casting a gauntlet on the ground before ciitering the lists with Dares. In the Middle Age, when the leaders of opposing armies challenged each other to single combat, a herald bear- ing a glove was sent with the message. Shaksperc makes Henry the Fifth, when he engages under an incognito in a wordy dispute with one of his soldier- on the eve of the battle of Agincourt, exchange gloves with him as a proof that if they both sur- ive the battle the quarrel shall be settled with blows. Amongst the Highlanders the custom of employing the glove as a sign of challenge given or vengeance to be taken lingered long. "Did one of them break faith? The surest remedy was for the injured person to appear at the next meeting place, bearing a glove upon the point of a lance, and proclaim the perfidy. The symbol aroused so keen a sense of right, so for- vently appealed to their rough justice, that the offender was often slain by his own clan to wipe out the disgrace brought upon them." To bite the glove was the sure prelude of a quarrel.

WHAT SICKNKSS COSTS US. We lose, says a writer in the Science Monthly, in England and Wales, every year, in consequence of sickness, 20,000,000 weeks' work, or say as much work as 20,000,000 healthy people would do in a week. The number is not easily grasped by the mind. It ie equal to about onefortiethpartofrhe workdonein each year by the whole population between 1"' and years (Jld. Try to think of it in money. Rather more than half of it is lost by those whom the Registrar- General names the domestic, the agricultural, and the industrial classes. These are more than 7, ;C").000 in number, and they lose about 11.000,000 weeks: say, for easy reckoning, at £ 1 per week and here is r. of m,000,000 sterling from what should be the annual wealth of the country. For the other classes, who are estimated at losing the other H,000,000 weeks' work, it would be hard and unfair to make a guess in any known coin for these include our great mer- chants, our judges and lawyers, and medical men, our statesmen and chief legislators they include our poets and writers of all kinds,musicians,painters, and philosophers, and our princes, who certainly du more for the wealth and welfare of the country than can be told in money.

WOOD-FLOUR. A new and mysterious industry has arisen in the Catskill Mountains, in the State" of New York— namely, the production of wood-jjour," which is described as "a kind of cousin to Wood pulp. It was first manufactured in the Catskills about nine vears ago, and now over 20 mills are in full blast. The process is exceedingly simple. Any soft-wood tree-poplar is the favourite—is felled and drawn to the mill. The bark and boughs are removed, and the trunk put in a machine which is like a lead pencil-sharpener on a large scale, with four.. more knife edges, instead of one. The machine, on being started, revolves with great swiftness, and in a few minutes converts the log into fine clean shav- ings. These are ground and bolted exactly as in a hour mill. The product is a soft, fine, yellowish- white hour, similar in appearance to a very well- ground corn-meal. It posstsses a slight woody smell, and is almost tasteless. When ready for use it is put up in large bags and is then despatched unmarked to the buyer. Who the purchasers are, or for what purpose it is bought, is a profound secret. Some per- sons, it is stated, mix it with meal and give it to the pigs and other animals, and it is also suspected that contractors occasionally utilise wood-flour in a like manner for army and Indian supplies. This, how- ever, is mere conjecture. All that is known for cer- j tain respecting this hour is, that it is largely manu- factured and finds somewhere a ready market. o

INTERESTING SLUbilC" OF HUMAN L.-FE.. Few statistics are more full of interest than those which concern the duration of human life, the rate oi mortality of particular claSf-e.s, kc. Take a few statements gathered from di it'; rent sources: 1. The total number ot deaths annually in the United Kingdom is about 700,000. One seventh—or some say one-ninth—are caused by lulm leary com- plaints. chiefly consumption. 2. Cf ti,e entire popula- tion one-quarter die previous to the age of seven over one half before they reach 17 only 1 of every 10,0Of' persons reach 100 years only ti ont of every KO reach the age of (i.) and not more than 1 in ;U0 h., to iSO years of age. Of the whole population ui the globe, it is estimated that 00.000 die every clay about o,700 every lLnr: about 00 cveiy minute about one every second. But these are more than counterbalanced by the number of births, o. The tables of mortality shew that the married live than the single. 4. The average life. loin in this country, says Mr. Siailes, is aoout io years. Oilier accounts say, the average fur the upper and middle classes is 55 in every 1,000, and for the poorer class i>5. 5. The average life of the members Jf itoyal families is shorter by some years than that of the ordinary gentry. 0. The total amount in- sured in life policies in the country is about i. 425,000,000; the annual charge to poiicy-holders for premiums is ftbout £ 10.602.721,

STEALING A FrYE POUND NOTE AT oi. AS-lpxi. Ou Friday m^rr.iug .'yesterday) at the Ilhvl (")III, before the Rev. Dr. Busterton, and Dr T. Girdlestone, Margaret Tumnat, a sinrrle woman, v, as charged with stealing a £ 5 BaLk of ih;-rlmd note, imd-r oireurnstances,_s>cated below. b 1, tties R/iCij^tio X^Uj.*hes, -on ont'to, said—I li". at St. Asaph, and am a printer. The prisoner up to the 11th of this month was in my employ as domestic servant. Last llonday, the 0th inst., I had Ii, Bank u1 England uutu in my possession. ,It W:1.- !y prope/iy, was numbered 1503120. I took the number of it the previous morning, an I afterwards on that s ime morning piacpd it in :y p dd L o"k. iu a drawer by my bedside in my boi"- room. I did so at 3 o'clock on ."Sunday in; iiis, 1 esterday morning I lost the lien. T. c note now produced by Sergeant Parry is the note I lost, and is my property, it is numhe-rt d No. 1-393420. Robert Davies said—I am a grocer, and lire .it Sr. As iph. On T-;e 11th of February, 18S5, the prisoner came to try shop aud ehaugod the £5 uote now produced by Serg-t. Parry to whom I after- wards handed it on the same day. Mary Antoinette Hughes deposed —I am the whe of C. R. Hughes, St. Asaph, printer. The had been in our employ as a fic.mettle servant up to the 11th inst. I asked prisoner on that day about the Bank Kote which my husband had then recently had in his pocket book. I askvi iLe pri oner for it, and she denied having- it, and denied having taXon it from tbe pookei bjuk. uiier- warhs said she found it in the oir.lug rojm on ji.oruudernc.aththesoia. P. S. Par:y deposed — Oa the [ I went, to t ie shoo of Robert Davies, grocer. •> Asaph, and he handed to me the £ 0 now prodntvd. It is uuuibered 1 taeu went to the [prisoner and charged her with stealing tie n.te from her master—Charles Hughes. She said toe found it in the sitting r-K-m under the sofa, and afterwards tooit it to jir. F. P. Jones's shop to change it. In reply to the charge, the prisoner replied, I. I am guilty." She was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour.

sTi. A P 1-i. CATHFl E A SF.3;V".CKS.— Q uincp; A ^-SITNU C- 1.01 Februaiy ^xormng at li Chants Anth t Behold, how good and joyful•. Evening at 3.15: The Litanv; Jinthem "The glory of the Lord" (boss ) Evenlua- at 0.15 Chants; Hymn?. Olioral Services on Thursday fit rl.30 a.m. and Saturday at 3 15 p. m. In esideuco. Rev. Canon Hugh Jones succentor, Rev. Yv. Morton, :I.A. orianist. 11. A. Atkins' Esq. BALL BY MAJOR RCTTO. On ednesday last a private ball was givec by Major and Mrs Hutton, ui Talardy, in the asseruo'- ly room at the Plough hotel, which was most beautifullyfand tastefully decorated for the occas- ion by Mr Farrow, head gardner at Talardv, in which he was ably assisted by Mrs Anderson aud stall'. The supper, which was most sumptuously laid out, was supplied by Messrs. Holland Son, Chester, the well-krown purveyors, and we have rarely seen equalled, ulid never surpassed, the mag- nificent provision made by these celebrated caterers. The music was supplied by Mr Haselden, of Rhyl, and was of the newest and choicest description, giving the greatest, satisfaction to the guests, who numbered 130. and in eluded the following :—Major and Mrs Everard Hutton Col. Sir Fitzrcy Maclean and Lady Maclean Col. the Hon. Roger Mostyn; Capt. Elsden Everard. Mr French. Mr Heber Percy, Mr Currie. Sir Thomas and Lady Crawley Bacbey, Misses Crawley Bactey, Major and Mrs Mesham, Mr Swann, Mr Philips Robert. Mr J. and Miss Berthon, Capt. P. P. and the Misses PenDant (21, Miss Pearson, Miss Banks 2 1 -NL- Mostyn, Mr Monckton, Major and Mrs j Lloyd Williams, "Misses Lloyd Williams Denbigh; Mr J. Lloyd Williams, Mr H. Lloyd illiams, Mr Lyle, Mr Godfrey, Major and Mi's Lynch Fletcher, Mrs LI. Heaton, Lieut.-Col. II. R. aud Mrs Hughes and the Misses Hughes Mr and Mrs Boscawen, Mr Stan dish, Mr Lane, Mr Edwards, Misses Woods 2), Mr Tomlinson, Mr R. X. Mainwaiing. Major C. S. Mainwaring, Mr Tayleur, Mrs and Miss Tayleur; Capt. Mostyn Owen, Capt. Duff, Miss Musters Mr H. R. Hughes, lord-lieutenant. Lady Ilorentia Hughes, the Misses Hughes (3), Mr M. Biddulph, Mifs Biddulph (2), Hon. Miss Clive, Hon. Colonel Sauvage Mostyn, Mr Gwynne, Mr Dudley Ryder, Mr Massie, Mr and Mrs St. John Chorlton Mr J. r. Jesse, Mrs Birch, Misses Birch 2;. Master R. Birch, Mr G. Blezard, Mrs P. Cooke, Miss Cooke, Cayt. Lovett, 1us Williams Wyart, Miss Williams WTynn, Mrs H. Williams Wynn, Miss Leech, Miss Herbert, Miss A. Williams Wynn,Miss C. Williams Wynn, Mis Bibby, Mrs R. L. Williams Wynn, jjiss Ethelston, Mr ard Mrs Cayley, Mr D. Cooke Miss E. 11. Cooke, Capt. Salisbury, Capt. and Mrs Howard, Miss Pophanr, Mr Wyndham Quin, Mr Cooper, Mr Lyster, Miss Wynne Ffoulkes, Rev. W. Morton, Mrs and Miss Heaton, Mr A. Heatox., Mr Palmer, &c-, &c. THE HUNT BALL. On the following evening the annual Hunt-Ball was held in the same place, the decorations being similar to those on the previous night. Mrs Anderson, of the Plough, supplied the refreshments, which were served in a room leading out of the ball room, and the laying out of the tables was remarkably effective, the decorations being iu strict accordance with those in the ball-room, The music was supplied by Mr Chas Stephenson, Wrexham, the well-known violinist.

THE LAW OF GRAVITATION. Lying beneath an apple tree Sir Isaao Newton saw an apple fall to the ground. His inquiring mind led him to investigate the cause, and the result was the promulgation of the theory now known as the law of gravitation—a system which at once won the assent of the learned" world, and by meane of which the motions of all the known heavenly bodies arc explained, and those cf the yet unknown can be determined. A singularly comprehensive principle is that propounded and carried into practice by Holloway. He divides.rhi the ustial diseases into two classes—those arising from imperfect action of the digestive organs, and those proceeding from impurities of the blood. These two classes of disease he treats by meanaf of Ins celebrated Pill? and Ointment, two skilfully prepared remedies which have been most success- fully nsed in all the habitable parts of the G14;:o. His unparalleled success has made bis lrasag a household word not only in Lis native throughout the length and breadth of the won>:h Countries where proprietary medicines -are drr- bidden by law have relaxed their stringent regula- tions in favour. True merit is always't length recognised. To rich and poor, the learSea and the ignorant, physicians, ^statesmen, monarch*, a nation of enlightened freemen, have sanctioned, used, and extolled them. They are fixed facts in medical history. Is not this better than having light un.-jcr a bushel; If anything is worh: knowing is worthy of being universally known. So thinking, Hoiioway proclaims the virtues of his medicines through tbe press, and fortune, fame, and the gratitude of millions hflye been I reward. In making these statements, we aie guided by an earnest wish to benefit the sick and suffering of all nations; and in directing their attention to the well-attested curative porperties of Holloway's remedies, we only reiterate facts an:! opinions which ere r.ter. ;» t;j'6t-ivanas oi the civilized woiiai—The Inu-caior.

» < In the Probue and Divorce Division of tLls ILgh Court of Justice on Saturday, Mr Justice Butt liai before him the suit of "Jones v. Jones," which had reference to the testamentary dispositions of the late John Vaughan Jones, of The Cha-e Denbigh, recently deceased. The plaintiff, Helena Elizsbeth .Tones. his daughter, as legatee ior propounded the last will of the deceased, dated 2wth Novetnl^^l^Slh by which he bequathed his to "plaiiltiii OOiT:t;i his son Richard Mansrll Jones, atid ilia __real:tr to William Vaughan J o! charged wifh the tw: arinuits of {SO, it being pro- vided also that in the event cf the death of ti.- widow her annuity should l, continued to the daughter for life. the defendants, the tWI' son', pleaded that the w ,l liad not been duly executed, that the testator at the time of its execution was not of sound mind, and that the will propounded had been procured by undue influence. Evidence was given by the defendants to the effect that the testator wa- exceedingly feeble in mind, and in such a helpless physical condition when the will in dispute was excc rved as to leave it alm:st beyond question that he was incapable of sound testament- ary capacity, and that undue influence must there- fore have' been exercised.—In the result, Mr Justice Butt pronounced for the will, with costs against the defendants. 0

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