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CRICKET. 4, [Reports of Saturday's Matches should reach the head' office, Queen. Street, Bridgend, not later than first poet Tuesday. Sooreø of Wednesday's games can be accepted on Thursday mornings. Secretaries are in- vited to send in their fixture cards.] GARTH v. TOXDU G.W.R. At Tondu on Saturday. For Garth D. Lloyd! and J. Mort were in fine form with the ball. the former taking four wickets for 4 runs, and the latter five for 5. Scoreks: Tondu G.W.R. F. Wheeler, run out 1 B. Gubbi ns, b Lloy d 1 H. Pritchard, b Mort 0 W. Harris, b Mort 0 H. Mayo, c Thomas, b Lloyd 4 J. A. Thomas, c Evans, b Mort 1 H. Martin, c Hodges, b Lloyd 1 W. M. Edwards, b Mort 0 D. T. John, b Mort 0 H. Hopkins, not out 1 V. Skinner, b Lloyd- 0 Extra 1 10 Garth. D. Lloyd, b Wheeler 7 T. Davies, b Harris 3 D. Williams, b Wheeler 4 J. Evans, c Skinner, b Wheeler 0 W. J. Thomas, b Wheeler 2 D. H. Mort, c Martin, b Pritchard 6 J. Hodges, c Gubbins, b Harris 0 J. Mort. c John. b Pritchard 11 R. Hanson, not out 8 Ben Howells, c Thomas, b Pritchard' 0 D. Griffiths, b Pritchard 1 Extra 1 43 MAESTEG CONGREGATIONAL v. GARTH OLD BOYS. This match AY as played on the Congrega- tional ground on Monday. Scores:- Congregational. A. E. Yarsley, b Cox 15 E. H. Hart, c Thomas, b Cox 11 Cyril Evans, not out 7 Dan Evans, not out 15 Extras 6 Total (for two wickets) 54 (Innings declared closed.) J. Trezise, S. Hopkins, P. Pritchard, H. ',V Morgan, H. Loveland, D. Lloyd, and D. J. Da vies did not bat. Garth Old Boys. D. Martin, b D. Evans 0 T. Davies, c C. Evans, b D. Evans 6 J. Cox, c Loveland, b D. Evans 0 E. J. -aarchant, c Loveland, b Evans 2 T. Martin, c Pritchard, b D. Evans 4 J. Owens, b D. Evans 0 D. Griffiths, c Loveland, b Evans 1 A. Maddock, b C. Evans 1 T. G. Thomas, c Yarsley, b Evans 1 M. Thomas, c Loveland. b C. Evans 1 W. Kanby, not out 4 Extras 2 22 LLANTWIT MAJOR v CARDIFF THISTLES Played at Llantwit Major on July 28th. Cardiff Thistles are top of the Cardiff and Dis- trict Wednesday League, and this was their second defeat of the season. Scores:- Llantwit Major. H. Thomas, c Biddle, b Goodfellow. 27 D. Pole-Evans, c Davies. b Wall 24 H. J. Abraham, b Wall 0 B. Powell, b Wall 0 T. R. Thomas, c Rogers, b Wall 39 D. Watts. b Wall 4 D. J. Williams, c Landon. b Hoad 2 J. Hopkins, c Braddeu, b Hoad 4 P. Cadogan. b Wall 0 J. Loveluck, b Wall 4 A. V. Morgan, not out 3 Extras. 8 115 Cardiff Thistles. W. Davies, run out 2 G. Rogers, b H. Thomas 3 G. S. Wall, b T. R. Thomas 5 B. Isgar, b H. Thomas 2 M. Bradden, st Abraham, b T. Thomas 0 W. Goodfellow, b T. R. Thomas 12 J. Hoad, c H. Thomas b T. R. Thomas 7 C. Hawkins, not out 2 J. C. Biddle, b T. R. Thomas 0 W. Kipple, c and b J. Hopkins 2 R. Landon. b T. R. Thomas 2 Extras 8 43 LLANTWIT MAJOR v. PEXARTH COUNTY SCHOOL OLD BOYS. At Llantwit on Saturday. Scorcs: Llantwit Major. D. Pole-Evans, c Jonts, b Wakefield 0 D. Watts, b Wakefield 6 H. Andrews, b Wakfield 21 H. J. Abraham, c George, b Wakefield 7 T. R. Thomas, c Vivian, b Wakefield 7 D. J. Williams, not out 19 A. V. Morgan, b Birkenhead 3 J. Loveluck, b Wakefield » 0 F. C. Price, run out 4 V. James, b Birkenhead 0 Extra 1 68 Penarth County School Old Boys. J. Birkenhead, b Andrews 1 Wakefield, st Abraham, b Andrews. 7 G. H Birkenhead c Morgan b Andrews 0 A. Jones, c and b Thomas 0 H. Vivian, c Williams, b Thomas .» 6 B. Vivian, b Andrews 0 E. Geofge. b Thomas 2 H. Williams, b Andrews 1 W. GeoTge, not out 1 Baldwin, b Andrews 7 Extra 1 26 TONDU II. v. ST. MARK'S (CARDIFF). Played at Tondu on Tuesday, the home team winning by a wicket and 21 runs. St. Mark's.—1st innings. W. Anderson, 1? Richmond 3 M. Colley, c Richmond, b Williams 0 C. Coffin. b Williams 3 A. Saunders, c Rogers, b Richmond. 0 Haddon, b Richmond 6 Roberts, c Richmond, b Williams 0 A. R. Anderson, c Hopkins, b Hopkins 10 J. Millard, lbw, b Richmond 0 Lewis, c Thomas, b Richmond 0 Edser, not out 0 Rows-e, b Richmond 0 Extras 4 26 Tondu II.—1st innings. T. Williams, c Saunders, b Coffin. 8 J. Allen, b Coffin 9 W. Hopkin, c Saunders, b Ande-rson 2 N. O'Connor, c Coffin, b Anderson. 2 J. Hopkin, st Rowse, b Coffin 27 J. Rogers, run out 2 W. Davies, Ibw, b Coffin 9 R. Thomas, lfrfc, b Colley 5 J. Richmond, b Coffin- 0 M. Williams, b Colley 5 H. Hopkin, not out 0 Extras » .i.« .4 7 76 St. Mark's.—2nd innings. I W. Anderson, b Richmond 36 M. CoUey, b O'Connor 1 C. Coffin, not out 0 A. Saunders, c Allen, b Williams 9 Haddon, c Allen, b Thomas 4 Roberts, c O'Connor, b Williams 0 A. R. Anderson, c Allen, b O'Connor 0 J. MiUard, b Williams 1 Lewis, b Richmond 15 Edser, b Williams 0 Rowse, b Williams 0 Extras 3 69 Tondu II.—2nd Innings. I T. Williams, not out 5 J. Allen, b Andereon 0 W. Hopkin, b Coffin 1 N. O Connor, c Millard, b Coffin 7 J. Hopkin1, c Edser, b Anderson 2 J. Rogers, run out 13 W. Davies, Ibw, b Coffin 2 R. Thomas, not out 5 J. Richmond, b Anderson 0 M. Williams, b Anderson 2 H. Hopkin, c Edser, b nderson 0 Extras 3 Total (nine wickets) 40

OUR LONDON LETTER. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] The holiday began with the most depress- ing prospects. There was as ever a tremend- ous exodr and it calculated that at least 500,000 people left London for the week end. Those who had to stay in London and those who came to it for their holiday did not see the sun at all on the Sunday. On the Bank Holiday the weather was still disappointing, though not so bad as to prevent thousands from crowding to the favourite holiday grounds. A way of spending a holiday which is coming into popularity more and more each time such an event comes round is by taking motor-'bus rides into the surrounding country. The 'bus companies have been admirably1" en- terprising in making this form of amusement well known. Those who trv for the first time the long speedy ride are very agreeably sur- prised by its bracing, health-giving effects, and are glad to take a similar opportunity when it comes round again. One of the innumer- able attractions at the White City, where a very large number of people spent their day, was M. Bleriot's famous aeroplane on which he crossed the Channel. Provincial visitors and others who had not had a chr.i.ce of see- ing it in Oxford-street were d^'i- d to find a thoughtful management had -dad for them so instructive a treat. This year's camping of the i ilorials is considered to be of special in tl i t and im- portance in that it gives an o-j;.ominity of judging whether the force is as workable and efficient as its initiators and supporters have hoped. Hitherto, it must be agreed, all the news received was most hopefully favourable, and if the charge, frequently made by critics, against the civilian soldiers of youth cannot be denied it is possible to point to their splen- did enthusiasm and smartness. No fewer than 28,000 London men have gone to Salisbury Plain. The transport of that, vast number of men was in itself a huge undertaking, and it was so effectively and speedily carried through as to promise well for mobilisa; :n case of war. Some of the great Lo;:< latioiis- Waterloo in particular—really as if the country had been called lOr defend itself as the swarms of smart, Sf, < men in khaki moved about the platforms, and got themselves into order for entrainment. They paraded in full marching order, with rifles, overcoats, haversacks, water-bottles, and the remainder of the equipment, as well as the kit-bag containing personal luggage for the fortnight in camp. Everything passed off well, and according to schedule. As the trains, each of an enormous length, came in, the lug- gage was stowed, the men took their places, and the departure was effected at the arranged time. Everywhere the news that the threatened coal strike had been averted was gladly re- ceived, but nowhere more gladly than in Lon- don, which would have been among the first places to feel the effects of a strike. It is not an exaggeration to say that an added bright- ness was given to the holiday season. The improvement in trade, though still small, is unmistakable but a conflict in so vital an in-. dustry* would have been quite sufficient to plunge the nation again into the depths of in- dustrial depression. A very heavy responsi- bility rested upon the parties to the dispute, and upon the Board of Trade, which repre- sented the interests of the public. The negotiations were conducted in secrecy, but it is certain that had it not been for the tact- ful intervention of the Government a con- flict in Scotland, with its consequence of a general strike in the English coalfields, could hardly have been averted. The President of the Board of Trade is receiving much de- served congratulation on the service which-he has rendered to the prosperity of the people. It is agreed that he has followed and strengthened the precedent of the interven- tion of the Government in trade disputes established by Mr. Lloyd-George. The Merry Widow brought her lively, prosperous career in London to a most brilliant end; indeed, no one is able to call to mind a play which, after a long run so persistently successful, has had a last night of such splendour and enthusiasm. Over twelve hours before the time for the curtain to rise a queue began to form outside Daly's Theatre. The house was literally packed. Applications for the reserved seats could have been served three times over. The cheaper seats, in spite of police and other control, were sturdily though good-humouredly fought for, and there must have been thousands turned away. The audience was determined to enjoy itself to the full; almost everything was loudly encored, and many of the demands had to be granted for the sake of peace. The popular airs provoked a chorus from most of the audience, and the appearance of each one of the caste was welcomed with showers of familiar remarks. So until very late in the night the gay revelry went on, and at last, with saddest regrets, everyone went de- spondently home. It looked as if the play could run another year, but obviously the managers are the best judges of that, and no doubt they were well advised in withdrawing the popular widow before she began to shew wrinkles. The remarkable last night scenes were a striking testimony to the love of the London playgoer for a light musical piece which marked a great advance on the musical comedies which had pleased for so long. "The Merry Widow" commenced its run as long ago as June 8th, 1907; it has been played for 778 times, witnessed by 1,100,000 people, and has netted in receipts £ 216,000. With a performance of Charpentier's "Louise," a very brilliant season of Opera at Covent Garden has come to an end. The grand total of performances reached the new record number of eighty-six; of these sixty- one were given in Italian, twenty-three in French, and two in German. Four operas that had not previously been given in Eng- land were added to the repertoire—Saint- Saens "Samson et Dalila," which filled the bill on the opening night; Debussy's dream idyll, Pelleas et Melisande," Charpentier's "Louise," and Baron Frederic d'Erlanger's "Tess." There has been the usual round of old favourites, a few of them so old, in fact, as to lead to the belief that they were at least moribund, if not dead; but they have been galvanised into new life, thanks to Madame Tetrazzini's magic personality and vocal witchery. One special feature of the season was the introduction to English audi- ences of Madame Preobrajenska, a Russian dancer, who gave a novel and striking exhibi- tion of her art at the close of Puccini's "La Boheme," and met with unqualified approval. The legal year has ended, and until October 12th the Long Vacation lasts. Many attempts have been made to reduce this very lengthy holiday, and one of the most ardent advocates of its curtailment is Sir Edward Clarke, the eminent King's Counsel, who holds that a period of six weeks' recreation is sufficient for anyone. The Vacation Judges are Mr. Justice Neville and Mr. Justice Hamilton. There will be a sitting in court and a sitting in King's Bench Judges' Chambers one day in each week. The work of most courts is in good condition, but it is declared that the King's Bench Division was never in such a backward state. The chief cause of this has been the taking away of at least three Judge3 almost every week-and on three or four oc- casions even five-to disposo of the Court of Criminal Appeal work. This class of business is growing, and it is regarded as certain that in order that the Common Law Judges may keep abreast of their civil causes there must be additions to the Bench. Before the re- assembling of the Courts it will be known whether the Joint Committee of the two Houses recommends the appointment of more Judges. The news of the terrible earthquake in Mexico caused much consternation in Lon- don, for not only are British financial inte- rests very great, but there has been much anxiety as to the safety of relatives. The shocks extended over an immense tract of territory, and there has been exceedingly heavy destruction. Something like 1,000 square miles of country are affected more or less severely, and all Evccounts hitherto re- ceived point to a shockingly large loss of life. News came very slowly owing to the interrup- tions of means of telegraphic communication, and scarcity of information as to disasters always adda to the tension. It is not yet known whether the loss to British interests will be very great, but it is feared that they cannot escape.

I see you have a number of beautiful pic- tures," said Mrv Caller; "dons your sister paint?" '"No," replied Johnnie; "she just powders." Asker: What did you pet for your mother- in-law joke: Teller: "Five marks from the editor, and a six weeks' visit from my mother- in-law." Jaggers: So he married the widow! I thought he had his eye on the daughter." Waggles: "So he had, but the widow had her eye on him."

THE GULLY DIVORCE SUIT. DECREE MADE ABSOLUTE. In the Divorce Court on Saturday Mr. Jus- tice Bargrave Deane made absolute the de- cree nisi granted in the suit brought by the Hon. A. I. Gully against the Hon. J. W. H. Gully, the son of Viscount Selby, late Speaker of the House of Commons. It will bo remembered that the respondent, the Hon. James William Herschell Gully, caused con- siderable sensation in the early part of 1908 by kidnapping his own baby girl, who had been made a ward in Chancery in 1905. The petitioner eventually recovered possession of her child, and Mr. Gully was committed for contempt of court. On April 24th last Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane, in the Divisional Court, granted Mrs. Gully a decree nisi with costs on the ground of her husband's miscon- duct and desertion, evidence being given that Mr. Gully had lived with a Miss Dorothea Grey. Subsequently Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane said he had pronounced the decree absolute in shorter time than usual after the decree nisi, for "a very good reason" that had been put before him, the King's Proctor not ob- jecting.

THE TORRANCE FAMILY DISPUTE ACTION DISMISSED WITH COSTS. Mr. Justice Joyce delivered judgment on Saturday in the action brought by Mr. and Mrs. MaePhail to enforce an alleged agree- ment by the late Sir Andrew Mitchell Tor- rance to make ample provision in his will for his daughter-in-law, Mrs. William Andrew Torrance, and ner children. Sir Andrew, who died last February, leaving £i5,000, was at one time Liberal M.P. for Cen- tral Glasgow and chairman of the L.C.C. Mr. and Mrs. MaePhail are the parents of Mrs. Torrance, and their case was that Sir Andrew, who sent his son, William Andrew, to Canada to reform him of his bad habits, agreed to contribute iE60 a year during his lifetime towards the maintenance of his son's wife and children, and to make ample pro- vision" for them in his will. By codicil to his will Sir Andrew revoked a gift to his son, but made no such provision for the wife and children. The executors of Sir Andrew, who were the defendants to the action, denied that any such agreement as alleged was entered into, and said that the £60 a year was purely voluntary on Sir Andrew's part. His Lordship said there was not a particle of writing to support the alleged agreement, All the circumstances being considered, it was almost incredible that Sir Andrew should ex- clude his son in favour of his daughter-in- law. The plaintiffs may have misunderstood what was said, and might be mistaken in their recollection, but. at all events, his Lord- ship could not accept their account of the interview, and dismissed the action with costs.

MUTINY ON FRENCH WARSHIP. A serious mutiny which has taken place on board the warship Galilee has, says the Daily Express correspondent in Paris, increased tenfold the anxiety of those responsible for the Czar's safety during his Majesty's visit to Cherbourg. The Galilee had been specially selected to convey the President out to sea to meet the Royal visitors. It had been arranged that after the President had formally visited the Czar on board the Royal yacht, the Czar and President would together go on board the Galilee, and that the Czar should enter Cher- bourg Harbour on board a French warship. A number of men on board suddenly declared that they would work no longer. They said they were overworked, and insulted the offi- cers. They were immediately placed in irons, pending an inquiry; but the trouble of the naval authorities, the correspondent adds, is that they do not know how far the spirit of insubordination shewn by the mutineers has spread among the remainder of the crew.

BLIND MAN'S SIGHT RESTORED. After being blind for eleven years, Mr. Robert Holland, of Sleekburn, Northumber- land, an old man of eighty-two, has suddenly recovered his sight. He had been medically treated, but the doctors had given up all hope. Whilst walking with his wife he found he could see dimly, and on returning homo discovered that his sight had been restored.

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A NEW JACKDAW STORY. A gold chain and locket, which were lost in Buckingham a few days ago, were recovered in a singular manner. A gentleman and his wife, to whom the articles belonged, were on a visit to Thornborough, and during a walk into Buckingham the jewellery was lost on the road. On Thursday morning, after a pro- longed search, what seemed to be the chain and locket were seen hanging upon a tele- phone wire. A la-dder was obtained, and as there was nothing to rest it against some men held it in a perpendicular position while the lady's husband ascended and unwound the chain from the wire. The find" proved to be the lost treasure. The theory ig, says a Daily Chronicle correspondent, that the articles were picked up by a jackdaw which alighted on the telephone wire, and that the wind caused the chain to swing until it be- came wound round the wire.

A SUBMARINE SAFETY HELMET. The French Navy possesses a helmet which can be worn by men serving on a submarine, and it is claimed that it is a safety helmet in case the submarine refuses to rise to the sur- face. The three chief points about this helmet, says the Globe Paris correspondent, are that the men's lives are saved if the boat remains under water; when wearing it the crew can leave the boat and come to the sur- face; and, thirdly, the helmet protects its wearer from the bad effects of gases which are generated when the seawater comes into contact with the electric accumulators. At present twenty-seven French submarines are equipped with the apparatus required for the use of these helmets; the apparatus can be fitted to a submarine in eighteen days at a cost of £200 for every boat.

TWENTY-SIX MILLION CANDLE-POWER The most brilliant illumination the world has ever witnessed will inaugurate th'e Hud- son-Fulton celebration in New York in the autumn, says the Standard Washington cor- respondent. The lighting committee has arranged for 1,500,000 incandescent lamps, 7,000 searchlights, 3,000 flaring arc lamps of 12,000 candle-power each, one battery of four searchlights of 100,000 candle-power each, and one battery of twelve searchlights, aggre- gating 1,700,000 candle-power. It is calcu- lated that the total candle-power of this array of lights will reach 26,260,000. Outside the city the lighting plan includes the illumina- tion of the entire Hudson Valley from New York to Troy. Huge signal fires will be burnt on every mountain and hilltop along both sides of the river.

SPECIAL RESERVE OF OFFICERS. The Army Council has notified that it is now prepared to consider the special cases of applicants for commissions in the Special Re- serve of Officers who are over the prescribed age, provided that in other respects they arc qualified.

FIRE ON A STEAMER. A fire occurred on Saturday morning on board the ss. Theseus, of the Ocean Steam- ship Company, lying on the north side of the Royal Albert Docks. The outbreak was con- fined to a small area, and was got under in about an hour. A quantity of sails and awn- ings was destroyed, and the damage is esti- mated at £300. The Theseus was afterwards able to leave for Amsterdam.

TRAIN JUMPS THE RAILS. The Durham and South train, due to ar- rive at Sunderland at 12.42 on Saturday morning, jumped the rails on entering Sun- derland Station, and the engine crashed into a telegraph standard and then into the sig- nal cabin, which was wrecked. The signal- man bad a narrow escape, receiving only slight bruises. Several passengers complained of shock, and one was slightly injured.

Small Dorothy had just been stung by a wasp. I wouldn't a-minded its walking all over my hand." she said between her sobs, if—if it hadn't sat down so hard." Now, Georgia, if pigs are the greediest crea- hIres, give me an example of a creature which nn subsist on very little." "Moths, gov'ness. They can live on holes! Mamma (at breakfast table): "You should always use your napkin, Georgie." Georgie: "I am using it, mamma. I've got the dog tied to the lez of the table with it."

RANDOM READINGS. STORY OF A MODEL. On the wall of an old monastery in Milan hangs the famous "Last Supper" of Leonardo da Vinci. It is said that the artist, in painting the faces of the Apostles, studied the counte- nances of good men whom he knew. When, how- ever, he was ready to paint the face of Christ in the picture he could find none that would satisfy his conception. After years of careful search the painter happened to meet one Pietro Bandi- nelli, a choir boy of exquisite voice, belonging to the cathedral. Being struck by the beautiful features and tender manner that bespoke an angelic soul, the artist induced the boy to be the study for the Divine face. All was done care- fully and reverently, but the picture WAS YET INCOMPLETE, for the face of Judas was absent. Again the painter set about in search of a countenance. Years passed before his search was rewarded and the picture finally completed. As the artist was about to dismiss the miserable and degraded wretch who had been his awful choice, the man looked up at him and said: You have painted me before." Horrified and dumb with amaze- ment. the painter learnt that the man was Pietro Bandinelli. During those intervening years Pietro had been at Rome studying music, had met with evil companions, had given him- self up to drinking and gambling, and had fallen into shameful dissipation and' crime. THE RING OUSEL. The ring ousel or mountain blackbird is one of the sweetest songsters of the mountains, and his song, though to a certain extent resembling that. of his near relative the blackbird, has, says a writer in the Scotsman, a far greater wildness in its long-drawn, plaintive notes, as the bird pours forth his song from the higher branches of some hardy larch or mountain ash far up the lonely hillside. Does it not seem strange that whereas our blackbirds remain with us the \vhole year through, and yet never, or at least rarely, ven- ture on the drear moorland wastes, where the ring ousel nest, the latter birds, although scorn- ing civilisation while they are with us, still are unable to face the winter and migrate to sum- mer climes? Sometimes, however, they return to the uplands BEFORE WINTER IS REALI.Y OVER, and on one occasion were everywhere to be seen on the mountains on April 3rd—a day of summer warmth and sunshine, although two days afterwards the ground was covered by a I good half-foot of snow. Some of the less robust birds probably perish during storms such as these, but the majority seem to survive. The ring ousels are. as a rule, the first of our summer visitors to begin nesting operations, the nest being commenced during the latter part of April. Full clutches of eggs are generally found by the first week in May. A favourite nesting site is on a hillside where juniper bushes grow in abundance, for the birds love to nest under the shelter of these, and the eggs are often so artfully concealed that it is impossible to see them until the bushes have been parted. The birds seem to prefer to be near a stream when- ever possible. As a rule, they nest in small colonies, but are VERY LOCAL IN THEIR HAUNTS, and one may walk for miles on end on certain moorlands without seeing a single one of tHe species. When their nesting season is over the birds, young and old, form into small parties, and may often be seen frequenting the high grounds of 4' the mountains. As shewing the harmlessness of the kestrel, where bird life is concerned, it may be mentioned that a favourite nesting haunt of ring ousels is a rocky ravine less than half a mile long, where they nest within a stone's-throw of a kestrel's nesting hollow. They seem to have no fear of the little hawk, which on its part 'c never molests them, but confines its attention to mice and field voles, with the down of which the nest is thickly covered. POISONING IN THE MIDDLE AGES. In the Middle Ages so little was known of toxi- cology that all sudden or mysterious deaths wero attributed to poison but in the light of modern knowledge many of these are now easily ex- plained by such diseases as appendicitis or gas- tric ulcer. Even the Borgias can 00 absolved, says the British Mctliral Journal, from many of the poisonings laid to their charge. Neverthe- less, from very early times in Italy poison was a favourite means of removing an enemy. In England, France, and Germany cruder methods of vengeance prevailed, and it was not until the sixteenth century that the Medici introduced poisoning into France. The fashion spread with terrible rapidity, and poison was employed IN EVERY RANK OF SOCIETY to get rid of inconvenient persons. It is said that the Prior of Cluny poisoned his physician in order to avoid paying him. Suspicions of poison were easily aroused at the death of any well- known personage, and deaths attributed to poicon abound in history. This was due partly to ignorance and partly to fear, but there is no doubt that whilst very many of the deaths which appeared to be the results of poison deftly administered by same jealous rival were due to the rapid development of a fatal disease, it is no less clear that there were a great many cases in which poison was used. The art intro- duced into France by Catherine de' Medici and her followers took root so deeply as to blossom later into the black magic of Louis XIV.'s reijyii. A GREAT EGG. The Brooklyn^,Museum has placed on exhibi- tion a great egg similar to those that figured largely in the fanciful history of the world. Almost every Echoolboy has read in the Arabian Nights" of the wonderful roc, the mythical bird of ancient times, which, it was said, was able to pick up an elephant in its talons and caTry him away to its young. The great egg in question is not a roc's egg, says the New York Tribune, but it is one of the class of eggs which gave Tiee to the stories of the roc. The egg js that of the Aepyornis, a bird that was about the size of the ostrich, but heavier, and which is supposed to have lived in the era of early man. Its home was in Madagascar. It soould not fly. Each egg of this ancient bird is AS BIG AS SIX OSTRICH EGGS and equal to 148 hens' eggs. The shells are so hard that the natives formerly used them as bowls or water bottles. It is supposed that the bird was exterminated by primeval man. The men traced the birds to the sandy beaches, where they went to lay their eggs in the sun to hatch, and secured the prizes for food. Naturally in the course of time the birds died off, as none were born to take the place of the old. The food value of one of THESE MAMMOTH EGGS can be estimated. If the scientists are right in saying that a hen's egg contains as much nutri- ment as a quarter of a pound of meat, one Aepyornis egg should equal in food value 371b. of meat—enough to feed twenty people for a day. Supporting the theory that the bird lived at the time of early man, bones of the bird have been discovered with the marks of flint instru- ments on them. The story of the roc is supposed by scholars to have arisen through the trading between the .Arabs and the people of Madagascar. It is be- lieved the Arab traders paw the great eggs and invented a bird to go with them. All Aeypor- nises were dead even then. It is said that to-day there are only about twenty of the great eggs in existence. ORIGIN OF THE COCKADE. We take the following interesting account of the origin of tho cockade from the Justice of the Peace: The cockade originated simply in the knot of ribbons or strings by which the broad flaps of the seventeenth century round hat were cocked," or drawn up to the brim in fine weather, and thus originated the three-cornered hat, as well as the cocked hat of later times. There was nothing specially military about the usage, as the ignorant assert. The same strings survive in the loops of the hats of bishops, and other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in Great Britain; in the strings of the hats worn by French cures, and Spanish and Italian padres, and in the cords which are still seen ou the hats of some livery servants. It naturally bocame the custom for military men to "cock" their hats WITH THE LIVERY COLOUR of the Prince they served, and, as the Hano- verian colour was the convenient one of black, tho "black cockade" became associated in the minds of the people with military uniform. In an old Scotch song of Shirramuir, the Justice of the Peace adds, citing Woodword's Heraldry, we read of the red coat lads with black cockades," and a knot of white ribbons was naturally chosen as the badge of their oppo- nents. When the old use of the strings was for- gotten, the knot, in the form of a rosette of ribbon, survived, just as did the buttons on the Stacks of our coats, which were intended to fasten back the flaps in riding or marching.

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LOCAL TIME TABLE, GREAT WESTERN KAlLWAY—BAYS DOWN A M EztJ BXP A.M l.M 1.11..6..1f A.M. A.M. A.. LII. IP. n. a P.M. P.M. r.w P. v P.M. P.M. P M. P.M. P.M. PADDIKOTO*dep 1 O. 5 30 8 45 — 12 0 .1 10 I 10 3 35 6 10 6 10 9 16 GLOUCESTBB., M 4 6 5 35 — 7 45 9 23 1 53 3 25 4 53 5 23 9 0 I246 BBISTOC (T. M'ad) 5 55 8 0 9 13 9 45 11U 1141-1 35 4 50 4 50 ..7 55 8 50 1255 NBWPOBS. „ 5 10 6 48 7 6 9 6 9 5? 1118 1215 1936 3 22 4 23 U 34 6 1C 6 27 8 56 1020 2 2 OAESIFF „ 5 34 7 16 7 38 9 33 1020 114C 1148 1241 I 5 2 10 3 48 5 10 5 10 <5 0 6 35 5 56 9 23 9 38 1048 2 20 LIANTBIBBAXT 3 7.. 1040 12"i7 1 24 8 58 5 0 5 38 3 27 7 24 10 7 11 6 LLANHARAN. 8 17 1227 42 3 27 5 48 6 34 7 30 1017 PBNOOBD „ „ 8 23 1233' I 4813 33 5 54 6 40 7 30 1023 » RBIOeiHO.. „ 6 10 7 52 8 81 10 4 1058 1240 1 15 i 55 8 4C 4 19 5 31 6 2 6 47 7 6 7 S7 9 52 1040 1125 8 ? Pras 16 21 8 47 1114 1 V I 10 3 63 4 34 5 43 6 16 7 50 10501 FOBTHOA'WZI .„ arr 17 55 9 39 1134 1 44 I 19 4 4 4 61 5 63 6 31 8 10 11 0 POBTTAKBOT dep 6 32 8 13 9 0 1024 1128 l £ 8 2 26 4 45 6 28 7 25 8 S|l011 1145 3 27 I^bath „ 6 44 8' 30 9 20 1035 1150 2 0 2 48 5 4 6 45 7 35 8 20 1022 R, 12 0 3 42 LAVSCBM „ 8 60 9 60 1210 1?40 |2 30 5 18 7 13 4 4 ARR ? 15 9 2'10 0 1065 122F 1248 2 45 20 6 40 7 20 7 55 3 45.1045 1220 4 3 0 BWAHBEA.. {dep „5 g 3819 35 1115 1155 1258 2 16 5 15 8 10 «. 11 6-g o 3 LXAKEIIT. „ § S? 9 16 I 102 5 1145 1233 3 ? -60 «. 8 43 1132» 429 tSAESTABTEBW arr -g^ 9 46ill 6 1235 1 10,1 25 3 46 6 47 9 20 6 20 NEYLAND arr. c ° 112511 30 j | «_ 8 45 6 40 FISHGUARD arr. ^|12 Oj 1 55 [2 15| — 8 55 I rrp I Bap | Sxp Mxp | | Mai A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M P.M. P.M. I' M. P.M. P.M P.M. FlSHG'ARDdp — — — .„ 1215 6 0 NETLANDdep — Jh 5! 1 0 4 40 6 30 GKABTHBM,, 8 15 (9 55,1010 — ..2 4 £ 6 25 7 45 LlaotsUuY „. «« 9 10 1030 1065 3 30 7 25 8 36 Fwansha/ ar 9 42 1115,1128 4 20 8 15 9 15 WA^ ^\dp6 10 6 40 — 8 30 9 52 1050 1140 — 2 40 3 30 3 56 4 <0 7 45 8 55 LAKDOBH „ 6 15 6 45 8 35 9 67 — 11 4| 2 4713 35 4 10 4 45 8 4 9 7 NBATH 6 30 7 10 8 51 1021 ••• 112011158 3 3J3 60 4 27 5 3 8 20 9 24 PTTAIBOT,, 6 40 7 28l 9 2 1037 1133 1212 3 14 4 2 4 44 5 381 8 45 9 37 POBTHCTWXI 7 25 8 27 — 1028 « 12 C 1 51 4 20 5 10 6 40 7 35 8 45 jo'V PTIH dep. 6 64 7 41 8 37 1048 1224 2 40 4 30 4 66 5 35 J6 50 8 30 8 591 lC2o) ERIDGBFD,, 7 5 7 63 8 47 9 82 11 0 1155 1238 1 4712 52 8 36 4 23 4 40 5 7 5 45 7 Oi' 9 12 8 67 PKWOOID.. „ 8 5 — J113 1 55 3 4 4 50 5 19 7 12? 9 25 «' LIAWHABAN,, „ 8 12 1121 „ 2 2 3 12 5 26 7 19| J° T — 00 LufraisAwr,, 8 22 1129 1266 2 7 3 21 5 0 6 35 6 3 7 27 9 38 >, OABDOT.. „ 7 37 8 52 9 18 9 52 1157 1230 1 15 2 35 3 60 4 7 4 67 6 21 6 2 6 25 7 63 | 10 0 1032 « C NBWPOBT.. „ 8 3 9 27 9 49 1017 1229 1257 1 42 3 4 4 1914 34 6 26 5 49 6 29 8 28 | O 1033 IF 59'TS- ° BBIOTOL M „ 8 67 11 3 — 11X5 1 30 2 40,2 57 — 5 28 5 28 7 6 8 0 10 0 M 12 O'T? aw«JOH8TBB„ 9 32 1125 1138 2 33 3 38 6 40|6 41 7 56 9 68 1210,^ PADQfQSnaxr. 1125 10 4 30 6 0 4 20 « HO „ 8 30 1010 1146 .330 — KJM* ttt iilannaran on ttamrdays cniy at y.22 p.m. Monday njorinni?rBi^m^ I SUNDAYS. — I DOWN. P.M. A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M.IA.M.!A.II. UP* A MA** PAMHHGTON.dep 9 16 1 0 10451235J 1235 FISHGUARD dep. GLOUCB8TBB._ „ 1246 4 8 «, |3 26 NEYLAND. >. S*"n BRISTOL »» 1255 8 45 2 15J3 30 CAEMABTHEN M 9 F A NBWFOBT „ 2 25 31 9 30 10 0 1 58 3 35 5 23 CARDIFF „ 2 305 58 9 52 1038 2 25 4 5 5 69 H f ARE 8 ? £ SAAIRA 1011 11 7 2 54 4 22J6 28 DEP 8~0 J 9L» LLAHHABAW „ LANDOBH 8 4 1050 1 41 » 1025 11213 9 6 43 NKATH 8 18 115 I 2 0 J 2I BRIDGEND „ 3 3 6 34 1031 112« 3 15 4 41 6 51 £ CET TALEOT » 8 32 1116 2 20 O *1 ■rOBTBOAWL „ in Q PTIK „ 1043 1142 3 27 7 6 PYLE 0 V3 {0190 <N Z POETHOAWI.- 1055 11593 40 7 19 BRTrrni,vrk 1 7 69 POET „ 3 27 6 54 1164 5 3 7 20 J5KA1'QENI> „ 8 54 1136 1230 8 48 8 10 9 57 NBATH 3 427 6 12 8 5 15|7 38 PHNCOED .— „ 9 5 .« 1238 2 55 8 21 LANSOBB „ 4 4 .« -85 LZAKHABAN. ••• SWAKSHA_{ A* i ifi7 25 1230 "■ 5 35 2 16 %LAS'IlafiS*x* „ 9 18 1156 1251 3"'8 8-34 — r. Ill SSSS,ir. FISHGUABD „ PADDIKOTOK „arr 6™5 I 8 10 3 LiIiYJSVI AND UOJlflOltJa & „ a.m.I a.m. a.ic. a>m. p.m p.m r.m r).n» r m r> ™ r> l&IBGEND. dep 8 48 8 58 11 18 11 26 1*20 2 10 2 19 4 37 4 44 ?'«7?k Tondu 8 E9| 9 9 11 2911 37 1 30f2 22 2 30 4 48 4 55 ? Js I a # Llangonoyd 9 7 ,« 11 37 1 38 2 30 4 56 8 68 6 J? 5IU Troedyrhiew Garth 9 12 11 42 1 432 35 5 1 o ••• H Maesteg 6J25 7 50 9 20 11 48 1 4^2 41 5 5 2 „ J* — Nantyfiylion 6J30 7 54 9 2&| 11 53 2 46 5 1? » o, — H Caerau 6J35 7 59 9 32j 11 59 2 52 5 la R Cymnu ifor Glyncrg 6J38 8 3 9 37] 12 4 2 57 b 23 o ii H & — Abergwynfi. arr 6J47 8 10 9 43 12 10 >. 3 3 5 2o R ^0 JJ 221 Erynnienyn .arr 9 12 11 40 g 2 33 4*58 «""Q Mii" Llangeinor | 9 25 11 53 „ 2 46 S n ? nr J} of Pontyrhyl 9 30 11 58 £ 2 51 5 16 o J} ca Pontycymmer 9 38 12 4 -o 12 57 5 00 | — 11 f? Blaengarw arrj 5"o 9 41 12 7 s 3 0 5 q ?r Blackmill .arr "gw 9 20 11 48 Ji 2 41 5 6 I Hendreforgan o'O 9 34 12 1 2*54' 5 19 o 1 « £ Oilfftch 1 arrj S g 9 38 12 5 1.111 i" 5 gj "Ig Ogmore Vale .dep] ++ 9 33 11 E9 2 52 5 17 a Jp 1} of Nantymoel arr' 9 39' 12 5 2 58 1. 5 231. | || — jj a.m a.m. a.m. a.m a.m. a.m. p.m. D.m mm D.m~,n m n ™ » z: Nantymoel dep. 7 7 7 45 10 4 1255 „ K|P g'V Ogmore Vale 7 14 7 53 10 11 1 3 3 36i "i 6$I n? Gilfach dep 7 40 9 58 12 50 3+23! 5 54! Ltt Hendreforgan. 7 48 IC 5 12 57 3+30i fi 1 |L^ Blackmill dep. 7 22 8 1 10 19 1 n .7 3^41 ? J] •» f 3 Blaengarw t 0 7 39 9 57 1249 3 221 Is 53I | c £ • Pontycymmer dep 7 5 7 44 10 2 1254 3 271 s KR „ Pontyrhyl 7 10! 7 49 10 7 1259 !3 32: \l °Sj » I Liangeinor 7 14 7 53 10 11 1 3 3 36 ifi 7: « T, — Brynmenyn .dep. 7 29 8 8 10 26 1 18 js 51 6 22' o ri Abergwjnfi 7 0 8 22 10 0 l £ 49| 3'25; o'eS Cymmer for Glyncrg 7 8 8 29 10 8 12561 3 32: 6 I q 2 Caerau 7 13 8 34 10 14 1 ij 3 371 6 7i ? *r Nantyffylion 7 18 8 38 10 19 l 6 3 42* 11 a 11 Maesteg 7 23 8 43 10 25 12; 3 48i t Q 11 Troedyrhiew Garth 7 28 8 47 10 30 1 17 3 52 £ III Llangonoyd 7 32 8 51 10 34 1 2l! |3 66. 6 Ifii §2* Tondu dep 7 39 7 32, 8 119 0 10 33 10 41 1 # 0 1 21 1 28,3 54 4 3 6*25 6 Q'TA Q 31 BRIDGEND arr 7 48 7 47l 8 20l9 &[ 10 39 10 50 1 6 1 30 1 37i4 s'j 12 6 34^6 til 7 9 4S 9 W £)._1- oaturdays Unly. + Thursdays and Saturdays only. at Stations. PGRTHCAWL BRANCH. I Tondu depi i7 42f9 10 10 50) [7 1 42i 4 t.7, Henlig Hlii 17 54 9 22 11 2 1 56 5 "9I I Pyle 7 46|3 19 3011 1111 2i 12 30,1 ?5 2 6 2 20,3 6S|4 42 5 ?7| 5**4ft'?? a' i q"'c in"5$i Porthcawl 7 5&)3 10 9 3911 2ojll 3«| 12 40jl 44(! 2 16jB »|4 4,4 El 5 3f| .V |! 53]! njj lojs 18 n » j AOit-iiottWi 7 25 o it) 8 27 9 55 10 £ -B Ujl2 43;i 6 1 51 4 £ 0 & 10' 6 2o 407 IX 7 Kp ac in & 1 g&m- !• S'-flo"i^" i°!ill4.36.;9;6116,9 Tondu .arr i 44 10 851 j 1 12| 4 87 j7 45. 7 7 10 57; j —————— SlJNDAYS. I I dep Porthcawl depUl 15| 12.9 6 50,7 50 Kenhg Hill Kenfig Hill n 24 12 18 A 59 7 59 Pyle 10 46111 50 3 31 7 10 Pyle. 3 6 59i7 b8 .Porthcawl arr 10 55'11 58 3 40 7 19 Tondu arr *A Train will leave Pyle tor Porthcawl, on Saturdays only at It,.51, arriving at PortbcawJ at 11.08. I PORT TALBOT TO MAESTEG, PONTYCYMMER AND BLAENGARW. l"'IJ.L. I Swansea (High Street)-dep. j 8 30 ill 401 455 Swansea (R. & S.B.) — „ 157: Port Talbot (Central)— „ 9 15 jl2 50 6 50 Fort Talbot (R. & S-B „ 5 45 4 15i .1 m«7n Fort Talbot (R. & S. B. 5 45 415, 10-10 Bryn „ 6 3 9 30 1 5 4 36I7 7* 6 10*26 Maesteg 6 17 „ 9 40 1 15 4 40 715 10*17 Garth 6 24 9 46 1 21 4 46 7 21 in*4q Lletty Brongu „ 6 28 9 50 1 25 4 50 725 10*47 Bettws (Llangsinor) „ 6 34 9 56 1 311. 4 56 731 in*« Pontyrhyl 6 38 10 0 1 351 5 Ol 735 in*«>7 Pontycymmer 6 44 10 5 1 40] 5 51 740 11* 2 Blaengarw. arr. 6 47 10 8 1 431. 5 5 7 43 7 11* 5 Blaengarw — _dep. 7 50 10 15 1 551 5 15 7~5y 11*10 Pontycymmer „ 7 55 10 20 2 0 5 20." 7 55 11*1/5 Pontyrhyl. 8 0 10 25 2 5 5 25! 8 0 11*20 Bettws (Llangeinor) 8 4 10 29 2 9.. 5 291 8 4 7 Lletty Bronga 8 11 10 36 2 16 5 36! 8 1] 11*28 Garth „ 8 15 10 40 2 20 5 40 8 I5 Maeateg „ 8 22 10 48 9 28 5 481. 8 22 11*36 Bryn — 8 32 10 55 2 38 5 591. 8 33 11*44 Port Talbot (R. & S. B.) „ .„ 2 52 8 47 11*65 Port Talbot (Central)^ arr. 8 45 11 11 6 12; Swansea (R. & S. B.) — „ 3 42 7 10*13 "7. Swansea (High Street) M 10 0 12 20 7 201 I lb CIMLXI. Wftda, 5c, Betia, VALiA at)' 'JixflLMO&ttAjy KAIL WAS. j STJOTXATO. FROM A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. A M P M P.J*' Barry — depJ 6 57 10 2 12 37 1 40 2 30 3 30 5 50 9 2 1157 10* 33 3* 8 6 & Rhoose >i 7 5 10 10 12 45 1 48 2 38, 3 38 5 58 9 10 12 6 10 41 3 16 6 Aberthaw i> 7 9 10 14 12 49 1 52 2 42 342 6 2 9 14 1211 JO 45 3 20 649 Gileston.. 7 13 10 18 12 53 1 56 2 46 3 46 6 6 9 18 1216 10 49 3 24 6 Llantwit Majar 7 2C 10 25 1 0 2 3 2 o3 3 53 6 13 9 25 1222 10 56 3 31 7 Southerndown Rovl 7 31 10 38 1 11 S ts 3 4 4 4 6 24 9 36 S'ts 11 7 3 42 7 Bridgend arr. 7 39 10 44 1 19 o'ly 3 12 4 12 6 32 9 45 only 11 15 3 50 7 & U'BOM A.M. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. P M. P M* P.M.I P.M..P.M. A.M. ~~P7M V&' Bridgend dep. 7 47 8 30 11 9 S'ts lb45 3 42 5 17 7 43 8 25 12 52 4* 30 7*& I Southerndown Road „ 7 56 8 39 11 38, o'ly 1 53 3 51 5 26 7 52 8 36 1 l 4 30 7 4^ Llantwit Major .s „ 8 7 8 50 1129 1214 2 3 4 2 5 37 6 10 8 3 8 47 1 12 4 EO 7 S* Gileston 8 14 8 57 11 26; 1221 2 *1 4 8 5 44 6 17 8 10 8 54 1 « 4 fi7 8 1 Aberthaw „ 8 18 9 1 11 40, 1226 2 131 4 13 5 48 6 22 8 14 8 59 l 03 c 1 8 Rhoose 8 23 9 6 11 45 1232 2 18 4 18 5 53 6 28 8 21 9 5 1 28 fi £ B 1$ Barry arr. 8 20 9 13 11 51 1240 2 24 4 £ 4 5 59 6 36 a 28 9 13 1 34 g IS 8 & i' •"I MOTOR OARS.—Barry 5.0, Rhoose 5.9, Aberthaw 5.14, Gileston 5.IP, Llantwit Major 5,26. .» 6 55, 7.4. „ 7.9, 7.Ht j [ Whilst dae oare Is exercised In the preparation ef the above tables, we oannet held 0ur*lT*' respenidble far any lease* that mav eocnr luaconraciee. j