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Towyn Urban District Council. The monthly meeting of this Council was held at the Council Rooms, Towyn, on Friday last, when there were present Messrs J Maethlon James (chairman) presiding John Rees, Wm Rowlands, Henry Evans, Gwilym Williams, Daniel Edwards, J D Lamiter, D C Davies, J Geufronydd Jones, Meredith Jones, and W Jones Hughes, with Richard Barnett (clerk), R P Morgan (surveyor), and Edward Williams (inspector). THOMAS' COURT. The Inspector of Nuisances reported that nuisances had been committed again at Thomas's Coart. Mr Thomas had cleaned the place in accordance with the wishes of the Council.—The Chairman concurred with this, and asked if it would not be well to take precautions against its recurrence.—Mr D C Davies suggested that Mr Thomas be written to, asking him to take such steps, as would prevent a nuisance.—This was agreed to. EXTRAORDINART TRAFFIC. This matter was discussed, and the Clerk sug- gested that an application for a contribution to- wards the cost of repairing roads, in consequence of heavy traffic should be made, on the Surveyor's report.—The Surveyor, in answer to MrJ D Latimer, said that he had had to mend the roads a few days after the traffic from which the present case arose. --The Clerk suggested that the Surveyor should pre- sent a report of the coat.—Mr J D Latimer asked what was the cost.-The- Surveyor said the cost to the owners would be about R,4 or £ 5.—Mr Latimer said he did not think they were liable, the Council csuld not show that it was extraordinary trafue.- The Surveyor was instructed to supply the Clerk with the cost of the repairs. REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE. The Chairman (Mr J Maethlon James), reported that they had been able to get the tender for the removal of house refuse reduced to £ 40.—It was decided to accept the tender at this price. INSPECTOR OF NUISANCES' REPORT. The Inspector of Nuisances' presented a report upon all the factories and workshops in the district, which fell under the Act which came into operation on January 1st, 1902. Under that Act many of the duties which formerly were carried out by the In- spector of Factories, now fell upon District Councils. Generally speaking, the condition of the premises was satisfactory, but a little care by the Council and periodical inspections would soon effect a great improvement in their condition.—The Inspector commented upon the fact that a carcase of a cow had been allowed to lie in the open on the seashore for a few days. He remarked that it was not the Council's place to bury it. It should be seen to by the Custom's Officer.-Mr Daniel Edwards asked could they not give notice that they that they were going to bury it.—The Clerk replied in theaffirmative.-The Chairman remarked that if they buried it they would doubtless have the cost refunded, and it was thereupon resolved to take this course. TOWYN COMMITTER. The report of this Committee showed that it was resolved that the Surveyor should have duplicates of the plans of water mains traced as socn as he got the originals ready, and that the three portions of new three inch pipes in Neptune-road be proceeded with at once. It was decided to grant leave to make alterations at the back of the Wesleyan Chapel, plans to be submitted. The thanks of the Com- mittee were accorded Mr Gillart for his good work done in facilitating the question of securing the visit of a large number of volunteers to Towyn next summer. An estimate was directed to be pre- pared for constructing two rows of nine inch g.s. pipes to drain Bran and other houses. It was decided to inform Mr Hugh Richards that the standpipe he complained of was not on his pro- perty,and that it be removed at the end of March. It was resolved that payment be made for one burner only on the memorial lamp. The Clerk was tnstrncted to write complaining of the lighting of the town. The Surveyor having presented com- pleted plans of the water scheme, it was resolved that the Clerk write to several leading engineers for terms. The Surveyor reported that some of the back streets were getting into a bad condition, and should be properly rolled. Some of the footpaths were in a similar condition. The main streets had been patched up, pending the time when they would kuwe tobe dealt with properly. The cleaning of the side channels had not yet been commenced. -The report was adopted. ABKBDOTHT MATTERS. 1 The report of the Aberdovey Committee showed that it was resolved to accept the tender of Mr J E Jones for a hand-cart. It was decided that Mr W J Hughes and Captain Lewis should consult with the other ooemhers as to the desirability of reporting upon a suitable place for an isolation bospital. It was resolved that the Gas Company be Informed of the general complaint of the defective gas supplied. The members hoped that the time was not far-distant when the town would be lighted with electricity. It was resolved that MrWJones be'asked to present proper plans of the alterations to his house. Mr W Jones Hughes was appointed to represent Aberdovey on the main roads deputation. Nothing had been done to remedy the complaint made with regard to the surface water near the mill. The main streets from Bath- place to the C.M. Chapel, which was covered with stone last March, but not rolled, Was now as bad as ever. It was necessary to cover it again. That was a proof that it was only waste of money to put a thin cover on the front streets, owing to the bottom being of sand and shingle. The reservoir had been emptied and everything found to be in good order. The sewers had been thoroughly flushed for the last six weeks.—It was decided to perre a notice on the owner of the mill, Mr Edward Morgan, to remedy the complaint within twenty- one days.—The report was then adopted. RURAL WARD ROADS. The Surveyor reported that some of the men were Gutting rock on the old road to Pennal, below Pantyron. The whole ot the surface water was running nearly the whole length from Pantyron to Tainewyddion along the middle of the road, which was worn out, and could not be properly repaired until the sides were cut down. The same remarks applied to a point on the old road between Melinllynpair and Maethlon. Considerable ex- pense had been gone into since the previous meeting on the Bird Rock road, which was in a bad condition. The question of taking stones from Craigyderyn was deferred to the Council. The Surveyor was directed to see Mr Lumley, Cefn- cynhafal, and Mr E Williams, Brynmorlo, with regard to the free carting of stones to the highway road leading to their farms, and to do his utmost in the matter.—The Surveyor remarked upon a dangerous part on the Melinllynpair and Maethlon old road. Since it had been repaired accidents were more likely to happen.—Mr J G Jones remarked that a cyclist riding on that road was very likely to meet with an accident.—Mr D C Davies proposed that the clerk write to the owner of ithe land, asking him to improve the road.— This proposition was carried. RESIGNATION OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER. The medical officer, Dr T E Gordon, wrote stating that as he was leaving the district he wished to tender his resignation of that office. He asked the Council to give him a testimonial.—It was proposed and seconded that the resignation be accepted with regret, and this was agreed to.- The Chairman remarked that it would be well ifDr Gordon submitted his annual report, and the Clerk said that he was already doing it.—The Clerk was instructed to prepare a testimonial, and it was decided to advertize in the Welsh Gazette and other papers for a successor to Dr Gordon.—On the proposition of Mr J D Latimer, it was decided that if anv candidate for the post apply for support to any of thL- members, he should be disqualified. LEASE OF FORESHORE. A communication was received from the Board of Trade stating that the lease of a piece of the foreshore now in the possession of Mrs Ellis Roberts, Llandwr-terrace, Aberdovey, was about to expire, and asking the Council if they wished to take it.—Mr J D Latimer asked what would be their object in taking it.—The Chairman said that it was to provide against anyone erecting a build- ing there.—The matter was referred to the I Aberdovey Committee. TRANSVAAL WAR FUND. A letter was read from Mr J Scott, secretary to the Transvaal war fund, calling the Council's attention to the fact that a meeting was to be held on the 16th inst. at Dolgelley to consider as to the disposal of the balance collected for this fund.— Mr J Geufronydd Jones remarked that he would be in Dolgelley on that day, and be was asked to attend there. ABERDOVEY LIFEBOAT. The Clerk said that he had noticed an adver- tisement in a paper relating to the proposed build- ing of a lifeboat slip at Aberdovey. The advertise- ment was taken out of a paper which very rarely came to Aberdovey, and he did not knov whether any of the members had noticed it.—The Chair- man suggested that they as a Council should ask for plans and consider them.—Mr W Jones Hughes remarked that it was well known in Aberdovey that the matter was under consideration.—The Chairman said that what he had suggested would do no harm, and they could go on with their work. —It was decided to adopt the Chairman's sugges- tion. FINANCIAL. Mr Daniel Edwards presented the report of the Finance Committee, which showed that the bills for payment that day amounted to E102 Os 8d. The overdraft at the bank was £91 11s lOd, mak- ing a total overdraft of iZ173 12s 6d.-The Clerk stated that he expected a payment of Z135 from the County Council, which was due. Between that date and March they would receive some P.700 in rates. He had calculated that if the County Council paid the instalment due to March in that month, they would be able to clear themselves. TOWYN WATER SUPPLY. The following notice was on the agenda To consider a scheme for providing an increased supply of water for the sub-district of Towyn, and if so determined, to pass a resolution directing an appli- cation to be made to the Local Government Board for sanction to borrow a loan of iC3,500 for carry- ing out the works."—Mr W Jones Hughes proposed that the motion be adopted.—This was seconded, and carried unanimously. MAINTENANCE OF MAIN ROADS. A communication was received from the Mer- ioneth County Council enclosing copy of a resolu- tion passed, to the effect that the offer of the Towyn Urban District Council to enter into a contract for the repair and maintenance of the main roads with- in their district for a period of three years in con- sideration of an annual payment by the County Council of the sum of £1,300 be not entertained, and that a sub-committee consisting of Aldermen Evan Jones and the Hon C H Wynn, and Coun- cillors W R M Wynne and Owen Jones be appointed to make a careful examination into the state of the main roads, and that the Committee be authorised to engage an expert to assist them, the Urban District Council to be invited to appoint representa- tives to meet the committee. A letter was read suggesting January 15th as a suitable date for the meeting.—The following were appointed to meet the representatives of the County Council:—The Chairman, Messrs J. D. Latimer, D C Davies, W Jcnes Hughes, and John Rees.—On the suggestion of Mr J D Latimer, a vote of confidence in the committee was passed.

LLANDYSSUL. A SUCCESSFUL POULTRY SHOW. A very successful poultry show was held at Ffynon- bedr Velindre on New Year's Day. The entries were numerous and the competition was very keen. Mr J Hay of Pembroke, as judge, did his work well. The success of the show reflects great" credit upon the working committee and the energetic Secretaries Mr Evan Daviea, Ffynoubedr, and MrWm Jones, Ogof. The awards in the various classes were as follows Plymouth rock or wyaadotte cock—1 Dd Jones, Cily- Velindre 2 T Lewis, Berllan, Velindre 3 Dd Isa^c, Velindre; r A L James, Spring Gardens, Velindre, Plymouth rock or wyandotte hen—1 Dd Jones, Cilygraig 2 Mrs Greenhill, Longlevens, Gloucester 3 J Morris and Son, Lanhwnt Clynderwen extra 3 D A Jones, Gellifaharen, Llandyssul. Brahma, langshan or orpington cock—1 D Rees, Pencader; 2 S Jones, Pensingrug, Brefach; 3 E Lewis, Gojnerian Press,. Llandyssul; vhc J John, Soaruchaf, fckwgeter. Brahma, langshan, or orpi hen-l Miss A Daviei; Piarialf, Penboyr; 2 D Rees, Pencader 3 J Morris and Son extra 3rd SJones, DrefacW; r D Hess. Minorca or andalusian cock—1 E J Rees, Aberbran, Velindre; 2 J Bowen, Cwmmorgan, Newcastle Emlyn; 3 Miss A Davies, PenrAlIt; vhc VV Murray, Pembroke. Minorca or andalusian hen-1 J H Davies, Kidwelly; 2 D Isaac, 3 D Walters. ParkberUan, Llampumsaint; r Evans, Cross Hands; vhc D Isaac, he Miss A Davies, and J Davies, Heather Hill, Velindre. Leghorn or Hamburgh cock—1 T Sinnett, Pem- broke 2 P Williams, Treboeth, Landore 3 E Campden, Cwmpengraig vhc J L Evans, Bryn- gwenith n. 't!gnern or tianil)urg nen-V Wallams, Treboetn 2 T Sinnett, 3 J Y Campden, vhc A L James. Best game any variety—1 DA Jones, Gellifaharren; 2 and r Sir MOM Lloyd, Bart.. Bronwydd. Best bantam—1 Miss S E Jones, Ogof 2 J Bowen, 3 Mrs Holmes, Beccles, Suffolk r Miss G V Evans, Lovesgrove, Aberystwyth vhc E Howells, Newcastle Emlyn. tolling class (any variety)—1 S Jones, Pensingrug 2 Miss S E Jones, 3 D Jones, Cilygraig 4 E Evans, Pantteg r D Rees, vhc Miss A Davies, J Y Davies, Llandilo, and A Evans, Peapit. Any other variety not classified—1 W Jones, Llan- fihangel-ar-Arth 2 R Evans, Cross Hands 3 J R Morgans, Newcastle Emlyn; 4.Miss G V Evans, Loves- grove. Local class—1 D Jones, Penfforest, Cilrhedyn 2 J Lewis, Berllan, Penboyr 3 D Jones, Cilygraig vhc R II: Palmer, Penlangerrig, and Miss S E Jones, he J James, Bwlchclawdd, and W Jones, Penlone. Local class—1 T Jones, Gilfach Mills 2 D Davies, Bryn Penboyr 3 Miss A Davies, 4 Dl Jones, Llwyn- derw be R Cole, Pensam, and J E Jones, Drefach. Local class-Miss S E Jones, 2 E J Rees, 3 W Jones, Gilfach Mills. Duck or drake.—1 and 2, Miss S E Jones, 3 Thomas Davies, Aberarad; vhc Miss A Davies. Terriers—1 J Lewis, Nantymoel 2 J R Griffiths, Rose Villa, Velindre 3 S Williams, Llangeler. Spaniel, pointer, or setter—1 D Jones, idaesffynon, Llangeler 2 Jones, Prian, Penrhiwllan 3,.W Jones, Gilfach Mills he D Davies, Penrallt, and W Jones, Ogof. Any other variety—1 T Powell, Llandyfriog 2 S Davies, Pontypridd 3 D Davies, baker, Llandyssul. Cats—1 J H Spurry, Cardigan 2 T Jones, Gilfach Mills 3 J II Spurry, 4 Miss V Davies, Penralltisaf, Penboyr vhc Miss B Jones, Goitreisaf he D Wil- liams, Carmarthen. Rabbits—1 E Jones, Glylite, Drefelin 2 D Evans, Barns-row. Carmarthen 3 B Phillips, Felinfach 4 J Evans, Pantteg. Pigeons—1 W Jones, Gilfach Mills 2 and 3 Tom Davies, Pvvllmarl 4 Jones, Dangribin, and E Jones, Rhydwhyrn vhc D Daniels, Bargod View. Bust British song IJird-l and 3 W Portman, Cardi- gan 2 H Evans, lisger Villa, Penboyr extra 3rd J H Spurry, and J R Evans, Newcastle Euilyn r J Lewis, Dygoed vhc W Portman, and J H Spurry, c E Jones, shoemaker, Drefach E M Davies, Hafod and T Davies, Wernewydd. Best carnary or mule—1, 3 and vhc W Partman, 2, r and vhc J H Spurry vhc J Hughes, Drefelin and G Roberts, St Dogmells 4 Miss A Davies, Penralet; he J H Evans, Newcastle Emlyn c E Howells, New- castle Emlyn. Several of the exhibitors who were awarded first prizes in their classes were also success- ful in obtaining special prizes I

MYNYDDBACH. OBITUARY.—We regret to record the death of Idris Davies, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Evan Davies, TanbwLch, Mynyddbach, Devil's Bridge, which took place on Wednesday, the 7th inst. after a painful illness. The funeral took place/on Saturday last when, despite the inclemency of the weather, a good number assembled to pay their last tribute of respect to the departed whose re- retnains were interred at the Salem Wesley Chapel cemetery, Mynyddbach. The Rev J H Williams, Pontrhydygi-oes, officiated at the house, chapel, and graveside. The greatest sympathy is felt throughout the district with Mr Davies and his family in their bereavement.

Aberystwyth Board of Guardians. The fortnightly meeting of the Board of Guardians was held on Monday, at the Board Room Union Workhouse, when there were present Mr Hugh Hughes, Aberystwyth (chairman), presiding; Mrs E H James, Mrs E Evans, Mrs W H Golby, Messrs G Fossett Roberts, B E Morgan, Rev T A Penry, and Edwin Morris Edward Jones, Cwm- rheidol; J Jenkins, Cyfoethybrenin J B Morgan, Cynnullmawr; Richard James, Henllys; M D Williams, Issayndre; John Bonner, Llanafan; John Jones, Llanbadarn Upper; James Jones, Llan- badarn Lower; Evan Jones, and D Morgan, Ltanfihangel Upper; R Thomas, Tirymynach; D James and T James, Trefeirig; John Roberts, Uchayndre; R L Thomas, Vaenor Upper and L R Lewis, Vaenor Lower; with E Lllewellin (assistant clerk) and W Jones (master.) Out Belief.-The amount of ont-relief adminis- tered during the past fortnight was as follows:— Per Mr T Vaughan, £ 51 14s 6d, to 170 paupers; per Mr J J Hughes, E42 3a to 145 paupers; per Mr T Morgan, £4Q 19s to 164 paupers. Master's Report.-The Master reported that the number in the House for the past fortnight was 47 as compared with 42 the corresponding week last year, and the second week 48 as compared with 42 last year. The number of vagrants relieved the first week was 17 as compared with 20, and the second week 35 as compared with 16 tne corres- ponding week last year. The Recent Appeal.—The Assessment Committee presented the bill of costs incurred In the recent appeal case of J. & J. Gibson. in which the Guardians appeared as respondents. The amount of the bill was P,186 Os 6d. The Assistant Clerk said he had estimated the cost to amount to £200, and had provided for that amount in the estimate. The bill bad been taxed. -The Chairman: Will anyone propose we pass this bill ?—Rev T A Penry: I suppose we have no option.—Mr Fosset Roberts proposed that the bill be paid.—Mr J B Morgan seconded, and the proposition was unanimously agreed to. Defaulting Parighes.-The Clerk reported that the balance in hand that day was P,687 4s Id. Cheques bad been drawn for E696 13s 10d, leaving a credit balance of zC91 Os 3d. The county rate account was due on the 20th inst., amounting to £1,413 15s lid. Eleven parishes had not yet paid their first call due on rhe 1st December. The second call was due that day, and if the parishes had paid their calls they would have had ample in hand.—Rev T A Penry asked that the names of the defaulting parishes be read.—The Assistant Clerk read the list, which was as follows: -Ceiilat)y maesmawrf Z23; Cwmrheidol, £ 24; Cyfoethy- brenin, £ 40; Henllys, £ 24; Linafan. £ 17; Llan- ddeiniol, RIO; Llanfihangel Upper, 131; Llan- fihangel Lower, £ 34; Llany wyryfon, £ 17 Llan- rhystyd Mefenydd, £22; Meliti'iwr, £ 23; total, £ 265. The Assistant Clerk said many might t hink the overseers had been late in making their rates, but some of those oversieers who first made their rates had not paid calls. According to the collect oi's report, although the rate in the parish of Ceulanraaesmawr was made on Nov. 3rd, not a single penny had been paid up to the end of December.—Mr Fossett Roberts proposed that instruction be given the Clerk to take whitever steps were necessary to recover the amounts -Mr D James seconded, and the proposition was agreed to. Mr Salman's Resignation.—The Assistant Clerk read the following letter from Mr T E Salmon January 12th, 1903—Gentlemen, I tender with much regret my resignation as a member of the Board of Guardians, &c. In taking this step I desire to convey to the Guardians my sincere thanks for the courtesy and forbearance which has always been shown to me during the many years I have had the honour of a seat on the Board."—The Assistant Clerk said according to the standing orders a guardian could only resign his office on giving notice stating reasonable grounds therefor to the Chairman of the Board. The law, however, which was quite clearon the point,said the resigna- tion must be sent to the Local Government Board, who would declare the office vacant. He had in. formed Mr Salmon of this who said, he would adopt that course. (&Small-pox Precautions. Mr Fossett Roberts asked whether the Master had taken any special precautions in examining and disinfecting thecloth- ing of vagrants in order to deal wit,h any possible chance of an outbreak of small-pox in Aberystwyth. He saw that something bad been done in most of the Workhouses in their districts and in Mont- gomeryshire every vagrant's clothes were disin- fected, and a careful examination made of every person. He sincerely hoped the same steps would be taken at Aberystwyth.—The Master said DO special steps had been taken at this House.Rev T A Penry But you do examine them ?-The Master said they were examined at the Police Station and at the House. They had been on the look-out for any trace of small-pox for a long time, especially as there were cases so near them, at Newtown. They had always examined them, but the stove they had was so small that it would be very difficult for them to disinfect the clothes in all cases.—Mr Fossett Roberts said he thought something should be done in the way of disinfecting the clothing. That seemed to be the great precaution taken in the district. He thought the vagrants should also be very closely watched during the whole time they were in the House in case of any signs of sickness. The matter was of great importance, because no doubt small-pox was brought into the district by vagrants, and he did not think the Board could take too much trouble in preventing an outbreak.— The Chairman thought the Medical Officer should be consulted in the matter.—Mr Fossett Roberts said as a matter of urgency, he did not think the Medical Officer would be responsible for disinfecting clothing.— Rev T A Penry-Have you the means for disinfecting the clothing ? — The Master— Partly.—Mr Fossett Rotjgrta said whatever the cost was, he thought it was a cost that should be .incurred at once. The ^out-break 'of^ small- pa* me4nt.. great loss to Newtown, and it would mean happened. The Medical Officer or the House Com- mittee should take some precautions, because it wasa a greater loss to Aberystwyth if such a thing serious question.—Mr Edward Jones proposed that the House Committee look into the matter at once. Mr B E Morgan thought it was a matter for the whole Board. He would not like to make the House Committee responsible.—Mr Fossett Roberts suggested that the Medical Officer and the Master be asked to discuss tbe, matter that day, and report to a special meeting of the House Committee, who WAIII/1 "0. TWNRAT* f A nnf HP! n '8. .1 ^1 v* wuiu uavu pv/frci ovvLi.— x lie jjliisier baJLU tuts room they now used for the bed clothes and for drying tramp's clothes when they came in wet was right in the middle of the sleeping cells, and they could not use strong disinfectants there. It would be enough to suffocate the inmates.—Assistant Clerk: Perhaps that would cure them (laughter.) —Mr Fossett Roberts' suggestion that the Medical Officer and Master report on the matter was put. in the form of a proposition, and having been seconded by Mr. R Thomas, was unanimously: carried.—A special meeting of the House Committee was arranged for the following day. One of the Unemployed.—The case of William Bowen, Llanbadarn, came up for consideration. The man's wife had come to the House, she being destitute, the man himself being out of employ- ment for about three months. There were three children, the eldest of whom—a boy—was fourteen years of age.—Mr Richard James said they should have the man before them to explain why he did not get work. There was plenty of work to be had.—Mr James Jones said the case was a great mystery to him. In the country they could not get men for leve or money, and it was a shame that a man should say he could not get work.- Mr J B Morgan said if the man was able to work, they could guarantee him work.—Mr R Thomas There is plenty of work to be had.—The man then appeared before the Board, and in reply to the Rev T A Penry said he had been employed as a ship car- ] penter. He weuld, however, work as a labourer. His eldest son did not earn, as he had to remain at home to mind the other children. He could give no explanation why his wife bad left him. She could return whenever she liked. He had applied almost every day for work at the promenade exten- s on, but failed to get it. He c3uld not say why he was refused, but he supposed only "fancy" men could get work there. He would work for 3s.a day. —The wife, who appeared considerably older than her husband, also appeared before the Board, and said she had left him because of the drink. She did not want go back to him.—After some further discussion, it was decided, on the proposition of Mr Fossett Roberts, that a magistrates' order be obtained compelling the man to contribute towards his wife, the amount of contribution to be left lo the discretion of the magistrates. Axs-i/stant Relieving O.fliecp.-The 'House Com- mittee recommended that the present arrangements with regard to the assistant relieving officer be continued for the next three months, but that more ireeaom oe anowea mm in the matter of vagrants who applied for shelter after six o'clock. The Guardians were compelled to give vagrants shelter even if they applied after six o'clock, but now they only relieved exceptional cases after that, time.—The recommendation was accepted. A Worth less Cheque.—Mr Fossett Roberts returned to the Relieving Officer the cheque for Z200 found in the possession of the late Elia". Thomas. He (Mr Roberts) had made enquiries and found that the man did have zC200 at the London and Provincial Bank, which sum had bet-n placed there in his name as secretary of a friendly- society. C gratuity of IZIO 3s 9 1 was granted Mr Attwood, collector of rates, for pz-epziriii- new valuation lists for Aberystwyth.

THE NEW ARCHBISHOP. SKETCH OF HIS CAREER. The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Winchester, D. D., to be Archbishop of Canterbury. The Right Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson, who was born in 1848, is the son of Mr. Henry David- son, of Muirhouse, Edinburgh, and went to Harrow, and afterwards to Trinity College, Oxford. His University career was less brilliant than that of most men who attain the highest distinctions in the Church, but this was entirely the result of ill- health. When he was eighteen he met with a serious gunshot accident, being wourfSed in the bead, which incapacitated him from active work for some years. He graduated B.A. in 1871, and took bis M.A. degree in 1875. A year before that he had been ordained by the Bishop of Dover to the curacy of Dartford, and in 1875 he proceeded to priest's orders. He held his curacy until 1877, when he became Resident Chaplain to Archbishop Tait, a post which he held until that Primate's death in December, 1882. During his residence at Lambeth he married, in 1878, Miss Edith Tait, the Arch* bishop's second daughter. His organising capacity was indicated by the success with which he made the arrangements for the- Lambeth Conference of 1878, which was attended by one hundred Bishops of the Anglican Communion. In 1880 he was appointed an Examining Chaplain to Bishop Light- foot, and two years later he was made Sub-Almoner and Honorary Chaplain to the late Queen, who always held him in high esteem. The same year he became one of the It Six Preachers" of Canter- bury Cathderal. When Dr. Benson succeeded to the See of Canter- bury, after the death of Archbishop Tait, Dr. Davidson continued to be his Resident Chaplain and Private Secretary, but after six months he was, in June, 1883, promoted to thlt Deanery of Windsor, with the Resident Chaplaincy to the Queen, and the Registrarship of the Order of the Garter, and was at once made a D.D. by the University of St. Andrews. The following year he was nominated a Trustee of the British Museum, and in the affairs ot that great Institution he has always taken a very practical interest. The Eton Masters elected him, in 1887, their representative on the Governing Body of the School, and he also has a seat upon the Governing Bodies of Wellington College, the Ci, rt, rhouse, and the Holloway College for Women. lv 888 he undertook the hard work of Honorary ary of the third Lambeth Conference, at which (dW hundred and forty-five Bishops were present. Nut. long afterwards he published a "History of the Lambeth Conferences" from their commencement, i-ated by a mass of official documents. Such a volume can hardly be expected to be light reading; but the "Life of Archbishoo Tait of Canterbury," which he wrote in 1891 in con- junction with Canon Benham, is a very different k nd of book, containing much matter of real l ist orical interest, such as the famous letters which Queen Victoiia wrote to the Archbishop upon the IrFh Church Hill. In the same year he was elevated to the See of Rochester, being consecrated in Westminster Abbey on April 25th, and a few months later he was appointed Clerk of the Closet to the Queen, a post in which he was confirmed by his present Majesty. Dr. Davidson had not long been a Bishop when his health began to give cause for anxiety, and it was understood that when, upon the de th of Bishop Thorold, in July, 1895, he accepted the See of Winchester—in virtue of which he is Prelate of the Order of the Garter-it was to some extent in the hope that rest from the fatigues of what is, in great measure, a Metropolitan Diocese would re-establish him. It was said that when Archbishop Benson died, a few months after h-s translation to Winchester, the Archbishopric was offered to him, but declined on considerations 01 health. In the intervening years, however, he has become much more robust. The new Primate, by virtue of his position as Cierk of the Closet, has come into intimate associa- tion with the more domestic phases of Court life. Nearly twelve months ago he conducted at the Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, a family service in m, mory of Queen Victoria; and at the Coronation last August he was a prominent figure and did much to ease his venerable Metropolitan in the discharge of the duties that fell to him as Head of the Church. It was the Bishop of Winchester, too, who assisted Dr. Temple from the House of Lords when he was compelled by extreme physical weak- ness to discontinue his speech in the Upper Chamber during the Education Bill debate, and the unfinished remarks as to the friendly relations he had always tried to cultivate with Nonconformists were made in the House on the following day by Dr. Davidson, at the express desire of the dying Archbishop.

THE REVOLT IN MOROCCO. Letters from Fez describe the situation as more reassuring, writes the Tangier correspondent of the Times. Tranquillity prevails in the city. Repre- sentatives of the Hyaina tribe whose treachery caused the Sultan's army's defeat on November 29th, and who were largely responsible for the disaster of December 22nd, have taken sanctuary at the tomb of Mulai Idris, the patron saint of Fez. The Sultan has refused to receive them, holding them responsible for all that has happened, and ordering them to restore the artillery and so on lost in the last engagement. As their tribe-lands lie between Fez and Tesa, their protestations of loyalty for the future are important. The Sultan is reported to be about to take the field himself. fhere is said to be no truth in the report that the Fultan's brother, Mulai Mohammed, has been appointed commander-in-ohief of the Sultan's forces. He is under surveillance in the capital. The Madrid Liberal publishes a telegram from Tangier stating that General Hac Ali Susi, of the Sultsn's army, who was wounded in the recent battle and who returned to Fez, has been im- prisoned by order of the Sultan. The General is held to be chiefly responsible for the defeat of the Imperial troops. The Sultan accuses him of cruelty towards the Hyaina Kxbyles, who, unable to bear any longer the acts of violence to which they were being subjected, took part in the battle and thus decided it in favour of the Pretender.

THE EDUCATION ACT. AMPASSIVE RESISTANCE" COMMITTEE. A cemmlt. on which a number of the most prominent leaders of the Free Churches have COlI- sented to act has been formed to give effect to the policy of passive resistance to the new Education Act. It will be known as the National Passive Resistance Committee, and the heaquarters will be the Memorial Hall, Farringden-street, E.C. Dr. Clifford is the chairman, and a circular letter signed by him on behalf of the committee is being sent to every Free Church Council in England and Wales inviting co-operation. Other leading members of the committee are the Rev. R. J. Cawpbell, M.A.. Rev. Dr. Townsend, the president of the Church Federation of England and Wales. Rev. J. Travis (president-elect). Rev. Thomas Lang (secretary), Rev. C. Silvester Horne, M.A., Rev. J. Hirst Hollowell, and Professor Massie. Several of these gentlemen will reserve themselves to attend and apeak at no-rate meetings throughout the country. Funds are also being raised to indemnify thoM who will suffer by distraint of their goods. It is con- tended on the opinion of an eminent K.C. that passive resistance is not illegal. I '1 1 I

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THE NEW PRIMATE. The Archbishop-Designate is slowly but atisfac- torily recovering from the attack of influenza which has prostrated him during the past week. Sir Thomas Barlow and the local medical at^adant advise, however, that Dr. Davidson should take a complete rest and change of scene before entering upon his new duties. It is therefore probable, pays a correspondent, that at the end of the present week he wilt go abroad for two or three weeks. The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury are applying for the Conge d'dlre of election, and this will take place shortly. The confirmation has been suggested for February 6th, and a week or so after the enthronement will take place at Canterbury. It is expected that the new Archbishop will enter into residence at Lambeth Palace at about the end of February.

THE RUNAWAY PRINCESS. Persons well acquainted with the course of nego- tiations between the lawyers of the Princess Louisa and the Saxon Court assert that the Crown Princess is seriously considering an offer made to her by the Emperor Francis Joseph, says a Vienna correspond- ent. His Majesty gives an assurance thtt if the fugitive Princess comes to Austria she will not be placed either in a monastery or a lunatic asylum, but she may enjoy pertect personal liberty, and await her accouchement at any of the imperial castles. M. Lachenal, her lawyer, is advising the Princess to accept the offer, and it is expected that she will give in. Her husband has offered, if she settles down quietly in Austria, to send her chil- dren to visit her twice a year. The decision of the Princess may be shortly expected.

THE WIDOW AND THE SOLDIER. Harry Claydon, aged thirty-five, described as a quarryman, who had been arrested at. Patley Bridge, Yorkshire, was brought up, on remand, at the South-Western Polici-court, London, before Mr. Garrett, charged with stealing five share certificates of the North Nigel Syndicate, valued at £100, and an Indian tablecloth, belonging to Catherine Rich, a widow, at present residing at Ciapham.—It appeared that the prosecutrix made the acquaint- ance of the prisoner while serving with the King's Own Scottish Borderers iu South Africa. She pur- chased his discharge from that regiment on his offering her marriage, and paid his passage home to England, she travelling with him on thfc same boat. The allegation against him was that after obtaining nearly £2CO from her, and extracting the certificates and tablecloth from her box while on transit, he left her alone in London without friends and with little money, and fulfilling none of the promises he made when in Africa. She applied to the court, and his worship ordered a warrant for his arrest. He, on the other hand, denied the charge of theft, and said the cloth was a gift to his sister. —Detective-sergeant Goggin said it had not been possible for him to ascertain if such a company as the North Nigel Syndicate existed. There was no record of it at Somerset House.—Mr. Garrett said if the woman's story were a true one—that the prisoner offered her marriage, and after possessing himself of her money deserted her-he had been guilty of a great wrong. However, he haa to deal with the criminal aspect, and as he thought no jury would convict he ordered the man to be discharged. —The accused left the court, and outside he was joined by the prosecutrix, with whom he walked away apparently on terms of friendship. It was stated the man intended to marry her after all.

FIRE SCENES IN NEW YORK. Mrs. Philip S. Henry, the young wife of a wealthy coffee merchant, and daughter of the late Mr. Leonard Lewisohn, a millionaire banker, was burnt to death in a fire in East Fifty-sixth-street, New York, early on Sunday morning. A Swedish maid- servant jumped from the fourth-floor window, was killed. The two children were saved by the quick wit and bravery of their nurse, says a Daily Telegraph message. The nurse dashed through the blinding smoke and flames with the little ones in her arms. Mr. Henry was dragged from the house by a policeman, but made a dash for the door, through which the flames were bursting, and shouted, "How dare you take me out of the house P My wife and children are all upstairs, and must be saved." Mrs. Henry was suffocated by the smoke before she could open the window, and had fallen back into the flames.

TRADING WITH STOLEN GOODS. Thomas Laing, thirty-eight, a penmaker, was in the employ of Mr. George Shand, pen manufacturer, as confidential clerk from 1900 to 1902. During that time he appears to have stolen fountain pens and platinum, and to have falsified the books to a considerable extent. The value of the goods stolen during nine months was estimated at £700. After leaving Mr. Shand's employ, the prisoner had the Audacity to set up in business for himself,supplying hill customers with the stock he had stolen from Mr. Shand. At the Central Criminal Court, on Monday, the Recorder sent him to prison for twenty months with hard labour.

YERKES OBSERVATORY FIRE. Recently a London contemporary published a telegram from its New York correspondent, stating that the famous 40-in. Yerkes tclescope in the observatory at Williams Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.A., had been destroyed by a fire which broke out at Christmas. Naturally, the intelligence created ne little concern, and the Press deplored the loss which such a disaster must entail, the Yorkes telescope— the gift of the millionaire of that name-being the largest refracting telescope in the world. It has been in use scarcely five years. It took several years to construct, exceeding in the size of its lens and its revolving power the not less famous tele- scope of the Lick Observatory, and constituted a munificent endowment which science could never bope to obtain from national resources. The Glei*, however, states that mail, advices from the Yerkes, Ob8encatorrconný" entirely reassuring news." The telescope is qninjared, and was never, in fact, for It moment in danger. A fire took place, not in the main building of the Observatory, where the big refractor and others are housed, but in an outlying structure.

ARMED BURGLARS. John Tone, a shoe-maker, of Gray's Inn-road, and William Sheahan, who refused his address, have been charged, at Bow-street Police-court, London, with burglary.—Mrs. Moss, of 44, Gower-street, W.C., deposed that she was aroused from sleep about 4.30 on Sfunday morning. She heard a noise in the dining-room, and at once woke her husband and son, and sent for a policeman. On entering the dining-room it was found to be in ?reat disorder. The window had been forced open. Some fish knives and forks and other airticles had been placed on the table preparatory to being packed up; and a writingfease had been forced open by cutting the lock out. The premises were searched, but no stranger was found in the house.— Inspector Moon placed a number of policemen round the whole block of buildings, and about 5.30 the two prisoners were seen to emerge from the door- way of No. 86 and run away, but they were over- taken by the constables, who gave chase. The prisoner Tone was seen to throw something into a dustbole, and this proved to be a revolver loaded with ball cartridge. When asked what he carried the weapon for Tone replied "To kill the likps of you with." At the police-station another revolver, also partly loaded, was found in the possession of Sheahan. The prisoners were remanded

SHOT HIMSELF FOUR TIMES. An inquest was held at Hackney on Monday touching :the death ef Charles James de Druydt, alias Smith, aged twenty-four years, a shorthand clerk, late of Burma-road, Stoke Newington, who committed suicide owing to disappointment at not receiving a legacy.—Elise de Druydt, the mother, deposed that deceased's father died a few months ago in a lunatic asylum. Deceased had been out of employment since Christmas. He had been gradually getting deaf, and could not do his work as he wi-hed. He also appeared to take to heart the fact that under the will of his father nothing was left to the family. On the evening of December 31st he returned home about six o'clock, had his tea, and then went to the dining-room. Some timo later he went upstairs, wishing witness "good- night." Shortly afterwards witness heard tour distinct reports, and traced the last one to tLü dpceased's room. She obtained assistance, and it was then found that deceased had shot himself four times. He was rpmoved to the Metropolitan Hospital, where he lingered until Thursday.—Dr. Picton, of the Metropolitan Hospital, stated that deceased had four builet wounds, one in the left forehead, one in the left eye, another in the palate, and a fourth in the left side. He tried to make out that he shot himself accidentally. Death was due to the effects of the wounds. On an envelope was a letter addressed to his mother and brother, in which he said that he had hern fueling very bad lately, and could not put up with his illness any longer. A verdict of suicide during temporary insanity was returned.

JIajor W. J. Peyton, of the 7th Bombay Lancers, gained theC.M.C. in the Soudan expedition of 1885, has died from a fall while tent-pegging at lie!hi. It is a sad coincidence that a similar i'fitiility occurred at the Durbar ot 1887, the victim being Captain Clayton. The 1st Eoyal Dragoons, who arrived from South Africa last, j oar, and were recently reviewed by tie German Emperor, have bneli placed under orders to leave Shorncliife for India at an early date. L1.t. week's herring fishing in the Filth of Forln has been an almost'total failure. Several hundred h' s secured oniv about one hundred crans V.- jnrst then-.

SCIENCE NOTES AND GLEANINGS. The Blue of the Sky. Tyndall made experiments to prove tbart the blue of the iky was caused by particles of diwtf matter- ing the rays; but, according to Mr. W. Spriug, of Liege, at a meeting of the Hslvstic Society of Natural Science, the blue is really owing to oxygen in the air. Contrary to the hypothesis of i'yndall, the sky is actually bluer according as there is less dust in the direction of the ray of light. Flowers which Change their Scent. Some flowers appear te change their sconta at different times. The common jasmine flowers when first opened have a delicate fresh perfuin- which, after a time, become* grosser, and attracts blue- bottle flies. Mr. J. O'Brien draws attention ta flowers of the orchid Odontoglossum hebraicum, which have a cinnamon fragrance Kud a hawthorn scent at different periods of their bloom. An Atmosphere "Sounder." Dr. Assmann, director of the Aeronautical Observatory of the Pruseian Meteorological Institute, has invented a now regilitration, or sounding balloon, for carrying up automatic registering apparatus to observe or "sound" the atmosphere, that is to take weather observations. It is of indiarubber, and expands as it rises owing to the diminished external pressure of the atmosphere. It bursts at length, but a parachute lowers the apparatus to the ground. Arsenic in Nature. According to M. Garrigou, arsenic occurs not only in animals and plants. as M. Gautier has shewn, but in all three kingdoms of nature. All rocks from primary granite to recent strata contain it. The minerals Iceland spar, quartz, agate, gypsum, barytum, ores of zinc, copper, lead, iron, and mercury contain it. All the mineral waters he examined, especially that of Luchon, and even potable waters, especially from granite, have more or less of arsenic in them. Vegetable ashes and animal bodies also hold a trace of arsenic, and the fact is important in criminal cases but according to M. Gautier, in the animal the arsenic, which is often absorbed in food or drink, is localised in the skin and the neighbouring glands. Empire Temperatures. It appears from a series of records published in Symons's Meteorological Magazine of the extremes of temperature at eighteen stations in various parts of the Empire that the highest shade temperature In 1901 was llOdeg. at Adelaide and the lowsst minus 37deg. at Winnipeg. The stations with the next highest temperatures were Melbourne, Calcutta, Sydney, and Malta, at all of which the shade reading exceeded lOOdeg. The highest tem- perature in London was 90deg. Among the lowest temperatures recorded were minus lldeg. at Toronto, and 18deg. in London. The greatest range of shade temperature at any station in the year was 130deg. at Winnipeg, and the least range in the year, 22deg., at Grenada. The highest tem- perature in the sun's rays was 168deg. at Trinidad, and this was followed by 163deg. at both Adelaide and Malta. London and Wellington (New Zealand) both had a temperature of 140deg. Origin of the Aryans. The "cradle of the Aryan race," that is to say, the pure hypothesis, based on languages, that the ancestors of Europeans, if not many other races, came from Central Asia, is now regarded as an "Oriental mirage" by scholars. According to Pro- fessor Zaborowski, at the Ecole d'Anthropologie, Paris, the facts of anthropology go to prove that the yellow race had its origin in Asia somewhere, that the black race had not, and that the white race has penetrated into the north of India, Persia, Afghanistan, Arabia, and so on, but did not originate in Central Asia. The Professor also con- tests the view of linguists that the primitive languages were monosyllabic, and points out that Chinese monosyllabism (agglutinative), which is not at all absolute, is regarded by recent authorities as a goal rather than a starting-point. He asserts that none of the inflected languages are of Central Asiatic origin. The Semitic (such as Hebrew or Arabic) is connected with Arabia or the North of Africa. Aryan had its origin in Europe. A Curious Storm Effect. Mr.Wilson, of the M'Gill University, Montreal, de- scribes an electric hailstorm from the south-east, which he observed on the "divide," or watershed, between streams flowing south-west towards Lake Winnipeg, and east towards Cat River, in Southern Kewatin, in the summer of 1902 The hailstones ranged in size from buckshot and marbles to spheres over one inch in diameter. The reinarkably novel feature of the storm, however, was a peculiar wave motion of the moss covering the floor of the-spruce forest, as with a carpet or mat, from a few inches to over a foot in thickness. The moss (Hypnum triquetrum) is tangled with roots, living or dead. No wind was noticed about the camp during the storm, yet the moss before and under tho tent was felt and seen to heave in waves. The crests of the waves were sometimes a foot high, and they travelled with the storm, or towards the north- west. The movement was first noticed towards the end of the hailstorm, and lasted for five or ten minutes after it was over. Mr. Wilson has often seen the moss carpet of Canadian spruce forests during thunderstorms, but never such a phenomenon before. He accounts for it by supposing that the moss, becoming soaked with rain and air-proof, was heaved by the air between it and tho boulders or fallen timber, yielding to thfe variations of atmo- spheric pressure. Walking on the mois afterwards was like walking on a wet sponge. It is possible, nevertheless, that the effect was caused by electric? t attraction. F The Mystery of Sound. Professor J. H. Poynting, lecturing at the Midiand Institute on "Waves of Sound," made his subject additionally attractive by a number of interesting expetm$nu and limelight illustrations. A clapping of the hands, Professor Pjynting explained, resulted in a disturbance of the air, which caused a sound in the ears. There was a to-and-fro motion in the air. This was seen in sounding a tuning-fork. Tlip prongs of the fork vibrated rapidly to and fro, and caused a series of disturbances. Those vibrations wore known as "sound waves," and each consisted of a push or rush forward in the air, and a push or rush back. In water waves the motion was up and down. The lecturer then illustrated how sound would travel through air and through substance. Ho shewed that with a couple of drums, having string stretched from the middle of one to the middle of the other, speech could be conveyed for some hundreds of yards, and in some cases had been of great practical use. Sound thus required some matter to travel along. The character of waves oteound could be best understood by going back to the source which pro- duced the sound, observing what went on there. When they had a musical sound, the source was vibrating to and fro, as in the case of the tuning- fork. Any regular succession of puffs of air would give rise to a musical note, and the greater Qie number of vibrations from the source in a second, or the greater the frequency, the higher was the pitch. That sound took time to travel was apparent by the whistle from an engine, when the steam was seen before the sound of the whistle was heard. All sounds travelled at the same rate- indeed, it would be very awkward if they did not. They could imagine the effect in a concert if the high notes reached the hearers before the low ones. In connection with the subject of the velocity of sound and the distance it travelled it was men- tioned that in the Krakatoa eruption of 1883, when almost a whole mountain was blown into the sea, the noise of the explosion was hoard something like 2,000 miles away. Beyond that distance the wave became indiscernible to human ears, but all the barometers all over the globe heard and indicated the existence of the wave. On the recording baro- meters the effect was very marked. The recording barometer in Birmingham shewed the effect very well, but the best, perhaps, in Great Britain was that recorded at Aberdeen, an illustration of which was shewn on the screen. The waves had taken 11 hours to travel between 7,000 and 8,000 miles, or 1,000 feet per second, and the rate at which they travelled made it clear that their journey was chiefly through the upper and colder regions. The following document was handod to the Press at an iuqueat by a prominent town councillor iu tlir South-Eastern District: "Mr. G committed suicide whils in a stot of temery ensinity by taking Prised Iscd." s James Anderson, a stoker in the Royal Navy, who lias been black-listed for seven! weeks as a deserter, erroneously it now appears, has been dis- covered drowned in No. 3 basin of Chatham Dock- yard. It is stated in Glasgow that Mr. J. G. Gould, the New York millionaire, has chartered a large turbine yacht, building on the Clyde for a irotiliuviii English shipowner. The yacht. will sot out f,,i- Neil York early in the spring, and will be the ikst turbine-propelled vessel to cross the Atlantic.

F ('T Aisrn FANCIES. Tkn medium-sized eggs weigh lib, .Wtt.t) ro%g are found on every OwAiiieit in th 1H, '<! err..nt,n-- Au«rw»lia. ACCOHD'KO to Ch law, a wifa who is too tait may be rircrccd. VK* himrest. *pan of t-PlAgraph wire In the werig it ;n in ?}*, on the lli.t! Kwtaa, It is over 6.000ft. in length. I THS LAa-r GRAAT AUMUOIWT. ri,a oJj bin ill thj- Adcer.raw., Vienna, where Part.&-I,iurt drank hie wine, nitd where is st-tid to have ctH»ver-<>-l a eoiK^er or-brass penny *nto a piece oi' gold, wm pulle i down oate years ago. lint the Hud/yam th* gat«4 of Uvectt-v. »vhere th lA- g ca?'4 d en hia ♦ is w.I, N'anding, ret}d¡ as it when th«- sauAMiiiv al«"iTwi*t wae If,md tt hw hiboura. and hurried off to prwm iii t-be forirems at Ituicecur, where he died as a prisoner of the 13Wo.

DR A.L PROMOTIONS. Men do not nlvi^ys succeed lyy merit. "Why did the general take you on hii staff a young Hussar WI." asked recently. "Oh, been wo I could carve a turkey so well." Another was promoted Wcause he co t siner fo well; another because lie was good at concocting *trangp drinks. TTe Due de Lrynes got hit dukedom because he pleased Louis XIII. by his cunning in t-raining "shrikes to take sparrows."

ROYALTY AT IHB PLAY. The Emperor ol Austria goes to the theatre as often as he can, and is always on the side of actor and author. Our own Queen is lavish of her praise a. the beginning of llm piece, but towards ti e end is said,-like the great Homer, to occasionally nod. The Prince of Wales, the Czar, and the Cybr i!a are also s\n>| athetic listeners, the former being lather d' monsrrative. whilst the Imperial couple are more r. .(-rvid. The Kaiser, as all the world knows, is a ki enh critical Fl,, ctator, and not above instructing tic whole com) any, ircni playwright to scene- slnf'er, in their duties. Among the careless auditors may be reckoned the King of Kouirania, who ltas been known to mutter, "Thank God," when the cmtain falls, and King Alexander of Seivia, "ho "never looks at tie stage unless a pretty actress attracts him for a moment." e

THE LONDON OF OLD. Time was when London wag a watering-place whose wells, if not rivalling Bath or Harrogate, were widely famed and frequented by people from ail quarters. In South London there were quite a number of s^s—Lambeth Wells, which sold water for a penny a quart, and gave it to the poor for nothing, St. Georgt-'s Wells, Sydenham Wdls, and Dulwich Wells being the best known.

DRESS AMONG THK LOLOS. Writing of the Lolos of Chinese Turkestan < clergyman, the Rev, W. M. Upcraft, says: "The men wear a loose blouse and wide, short trousers, made of blue cotton cloth, over which a stout plaited telt cloak is thown, which reaches from the neck to the knees, and is useful by day in cold or wet weather and at night forms an ample covering. One peculiar feature is the manner of drtssing the hair. Jnstead of wearing a queue in the way adopted by the Chinese, the Lolos allow the hair to grow long in the front, then braid it into a kind of horn above the forehead, so that it becomes the most conspicuous object about them. The women folk wear a short jacket, often finely embroidered, over a pleated skirt, not unlike a Scotch kilt. Their feet and ankles are bare-a fine contrast to the cramped, deformed feet of the Chinese women."

BROWN V. WHITK BREAD. The respective merits of brown and white bread are thus summed up by a medical journal: The higher nutritive value which might, on purely chemical grounds, be ascribed to brown bread cannot be maintained from the physiological side. With regard to fats and mineral constituents, on the other hand, distinctly less of the nutritive materials actually get into the blood in the case of brown than of white bread. White bread ia, weight for weight, more nutritious than brown. It would thus appear that the preference given by the operatives in large towns to white bread has, to ft certain extent, a sound physiological basis. 0

TaB USII or PXBFBXHS. The use of perfumes was not common in England until the time of Elizabeth. It is probable that they were introduced from abroad by the Karl of Oxford, that cosmetics and fragrances immediately captured the fancy of the Queen and her ladies, and that their use spread in the island. Not even in Egypt were prelun.es more costly or more popular than in her time. In the bedrooms of ladies of fashion sweet candles were burnt; sweetened cakes were- thrown into the fire in order to fill the air with fragrance: cosmetics were kept in costly scented boxes; collets containing perfume wq-re kept hang- ing about the room, so as to gradually give off their sweetness; a kind of scented lounge was used to perfume the breath. One of the most popular devices was the scented glove. Such glovea embroidered in silk and gold and richly jewelled were favourite gifts. The Queen waa presented with a pair by the Earl of Oxford, and was so pleased that she had her portrait painted in them. The fashion of the time also prescribed perfumed shoes. Men as well as women carried the use of essences to excess, and not until the time of Bestt Brummel did it dveliuo,

THI LANGUAGE or SLucnpLigs. In China it is a common thing to hear people t&y Met they are still in want of a cook,- while othera will have nambers oi application directly, it it known that their "coot has left. The reason for this is easily discovered if the matter of the house walks down to the kitchen after his cook lias been discharged and takes notice how a saucepan; whicit (will be found standing on the ground, is placed. Chinese servants, particularly those from Singapore, when discharged, iwave signs which the new comer Idoks for immediately he enters the kitcht u, says the Straits Hudgtt. If the place is considered a good one. a saucepan will be left on the ground with the lid put on properly. If the lid is placed on the saucepan upside down, that is to say, with the handle of the lid inside the saucepan, it means that the servant has gone away for a t-hort time only, and that as soon as he can he intends to return, as the situation is considered a, goud one. If the lid of the saucepan is left on the ground near the saucepan, whioh is standing the right way up, it means the house is in want of servants. If the lid is put half way in and half out of the saucepan, it moans that the place is a good one, 1 ut the master of the house is stingy. Should the saucepan have still some rice in it and the lid closed pro- perly, it means that the servant is quite satisfied With everything concerning the people of the house, but that he is forced to leave on account of debts or other reasons which inconvenience him. H the master is in the habit at cutting a servant's pay for broken or lost articles, or for oth< I faults, a mark is made on the bottom of the sauce; an in chalk which will not rub out easily. The ( tiinese boy makes his mark behind the pantry or bedroom door, and the waterman on the bottom of his tubs. The Hylam Chinese are said to have adopted these signs from the Macao Chinese, who in the iiist case got the idea from the Tamils.

EXTERMINATED ANIMALS. Every century sees several species of aninjale become extinct. In the race for life the wfak must yield to the strong, and because they are persistently sought for food or for feathers, not only individuals, but whole families, cease to exist. The disappear- ance of the great auk can be laid to the nine- teenth century. It became extinct on the American side of the Atlantic about 1840, and in Europe about 1844. The South African quagga dis- appeared -about 1873 owing to the slaughter by hide-hunters. The thin-shelled tortoise of the Galapagos Islands became extinct in all probability about 1875. The black emu of South Australia was also exterminated during the century, though it was abundant in 1803. The great cormorant wae last seen alive about 1839, and many other species of birds, from all parts of the world, have likewise been exterminated. In the Danish West India Islands, for example, out of fourteen species cata- logued in 1796 only six still exist; and a similar history can be told of many other localities. As the Rev. Thomas Curteis, rector ot eVf'nOaKs, was ascending the winding steps to the vestry of his church on Sunday morning he slipped and sustained serious injuries to one of his legs. He was removed to his house, and the service had to be abandoned. Sarah Ann Parkes, sixteen, a worker at the hearth in a Rowley chain shop, partook of a hearty meal suddenly cried out, iveie. fell against, the walJ and > iei. At ille inquest it pr.-ved that death was di/e to a clot of blood '11 the brain. William Craft, .convicted at Boston of being drunk aiid disorderly, appiiid lor a summons agamst i he puteic-in for suppl> ins.'him when he was drunk Tho clerk sa d t was alto«-ethi r novel aft !>•' ",1, 1"

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