Evening Express

BANK HOLIDAY. I First Monday in August was a great suc- oess this year. The weather, on the whole, was good, and the sons and daughters of the people turned out en masse. It is the way on these occasions for country folk to throng into the towns and for town folk to get out into the rural districts, and the ihange-and-change-about is of pleasure and profit to both. On the whole, St. Lubbock's Day is more likely to De fine than any other day in the year, and it has this to signalise it, too, that it is the last public holiday till Christmas. It has been several times suggested that one more ahould be interpolated, say, in October, but the idea has not met with any great measure of success. We in Great Britain do, not favour a plethora of holidays, though there are countries, like Russia, where the people seem to be off duty every other day. But, so far as we are con- cerned, the trend of the times seems to te rather towards the curtailment of holidays rather than their extension. They inter- fere too much with business, and some folk II spend their holidays not wisely but too well, though the latter are, happily, not M much in evidence as they used to be. I

■> The housebreakin-(Or whatever it was) I at Llanishen has disclosed the fact not altogether pleasant for the inhabitants that at assize time this and other. villages may be robbed of their constables for a week together. Surely this is both unfair and very foolish. One policeman in a velage may not be much, but he is very 1 decidedly better than nothing. Surely the authorities ought to consider that persons of nefarious designs are capable of discovering when the policeman i& absent and of setting their plans accord- ingly.

Dog Days is a. term which seems to be gradually vanishing from the almanac, where formerly it had a great vogue. Dog Days," last from July 3 to August 11, and yesterday a dog actually did go mad in Cardiff The term, however, has nothing to do with our canine friends, but refers to the time of year when Sirius-- the Dog Star—ia first seen rising in the morning heavens in advance of the sun.

The walking boom continues unabated, and this week half-a-dozen heel-and-toe events took place in Cardiff and district. It is now nothing strange to see the white- attired competitors (all suitably marked in plain figures, as the drapers say) stepping out through our villages and country roads, accompanied by a crowd of admir- ing well-wishers. How long will the l boom last? Athletics will not suffer if I it has come to stay.

i I Mainly About People. It 80" seems certain that King Edward will take his usual coarse of waters—not at Hom- borg this year, but at Marienbad in Bohemia, where 32 rooms, according to a German paper, have already been reserved for his Majesty aad his suite. The King will start for the Continent soon after the Cowes Week, which ends on August 8, and after a otay of about three weeks at Marienbad it is expected that he will return by way of Darmstadt to meet Ii. nephew the Grand Duke and the Czar, and ttlso the German Emperor, who will be at Wiesbaden about the same time. It is also probable that there will be an informal meet- ing at least between the King and the Emperor Francis-Joseph during the Marienbad period. Mrs. Chamberlain (says T. A. T.") is realising the significance of a remark which Mrs. Gladstone once made when her husband was much engrossed with the cares of office, "I feel it a positive privilege to be even Invited to dine with him." So is it just now with the wife of the Colonial Secretary, who, inTneae da" of intense political excitements, has to content* herself with very little of her husband's society. She comes of a race of soldiers and statesmen, men who helped create the New World, to redress the balance of the old. The family is of good old English stock. Its founder was one of the men who made the voyage to the land of promise in the Mayflower, and fought the Red Indians for the right to live in New England. It was in the family home of the Endicotts that the charming helpmeet of the Colonial Secretary was born. The usual stories as to how she came to marry Mr. Chamberlain ire all wrong. There was no bachelor girls' luncheon, no society dance, no love at first sight. The facts are that a wealthy English- man, visiting the Washington mansion of President Cleveland's Secretary for War, met and became enamoured of a. lady with bril- liant conversational gifts and intellectual capa.eity; and a wonderful knowledge of the affairs of the world in general, and of Britain in particular. The lady was twenty-four- year old Miss Endioott; the gentleman, fifty- twoyear-old Mr. Chamberlain. She has taken her place in English society, remarkable as a brilliantly accomplished hostess, who asitkw paints nor powders, who does not court attention, shuns the photographer like che pestilence, and has never been inter- viewed. Lord Tankerville, whose advocacy of the anti-viviseefcionist cause at the Home Office drew some sharp remarks from Mr. Akers- Douglas, is, like his father, a great Revival- ist. The late earl was in his day one of the most Popular men in England, an adept at all manly exercises, and renowned for his beautiful singing. In later years he fell under Evangelistic influences, and retired from the world, and renounced the songs for which he had been famed for Revivalist hymns. The present Earl, who is no less ardent in the cause, has seen service both in the Army and Navy. He married an exceedingly pretty American girl whom he met at a religious meeting. Quite worthy of a novel is Mr. Kennerley Rum ford's little story in "M.A.P." about his engagement to Miss Clara. Butt. He fell in love when they were singing a duet, "The Keys of Heaven," at a concert. He had to sing the lines, "I vr;ll give you the keys of my heart, and will be married till Death do us part." He must have sung it well on that occasion. Princes ustlvll-y are popular, but Prince Fer- dinand of Bulgaria is an unfortunate excep- tion. Perhaps the chief reason of his un- popularity is a remark made when referring to his subjects when he said, "I can do any- thing I like with that canaille." Indeed, since then he has frequently shown his disregard for his people by refusing to appear at impor- tant national ceremonies and fetes; and it is well known that he lives as little as poeisible in Sofia. When he is abroad in the streets of Sofia he passes unsaluted and unnoticed, and this so annoyed him upon one occasion that he approached a group of workmen who had scarcely glanced at him, and said, "Why do you not salute me?" For a moment, no reply. At last one of the workmen answered, "If you wish it we will sa-lute you." Ceremoniously but most ironically was the Prince saluted, and he passed on, without so much as acknowledging the salute. Also, his ministers have a hard time with the Prince. When he returned recently from Paris his first words to the Premier, M. Daneff, were angry ones, and to-day, as the sympathy of the Bulgarians is with the Macedonians and the Prince's sympathy is not, Prince Ferdi- nand is more unpopular than ever. The other day, at a reception in the Wild West, President Roosevelt encountered an exuberant middle-aged admirer with long whiskers. "Let me congratulate you," cried the hairy one, seizing the President's hands in both of his own. "You air the right sort, Mr. Roosevelt! Your name will go down in history along with that of Washington." A twinkle appeared in the Presidential eye. "Which one," said Mr. Roosevelt, "George or Booker?" Booker Washington iø. of course, the great coloured advocate of negro rights, whose reception by the President at White House raised a storm not long ago. The story which has been going the rounds that the Cardinal Caanerlengo tape a dead Pope thrice on the forehead, at the same time calling him by his most familiar family name, and that death is only finally assumed when the summons elicits no response, is not quite so baseless as some writers assume. On the other hand, it has none of the high symbo- lical significance which has been claimed for it. The fact is that it is simply a survival of a primitive test, and if it be not carried out in the case of Leo XIII., as it undoubtedly was with several of his predecessors, it can only be taken as a. proof that the authorities at the Vatican, placing their trust in medical science, have abandoned the homely cere- monial on account of its childishness. On one point (says the writer) I might correct those who have written about this primitive custom. The hammer used was not silver, but ivory. In Montreal a bride appeared lately at the altar with her pet canary fastened to her shoulder by a golden chain. During the mar- riage ceremony the bird broke into song. Behind the Duke of Devonshire, as every- body knows, there stand tremendous social influences (says "T. P.'s Weekly"). He has immense wealth, ancient lineage, and a stainless record for frankness and integrity. The man in the street regards him as a man who is thoroughly straight, who is not de- voured by ambition, who is Bate and steady, and who would not expose the State machine to the tremendous joltings which are always to be expected from a spirit so utterly rest- less as Mr. Chamberlain. And finally, the duke has a wife of exceptionally sound gifts, who is, perhaps, more ambitious for her husband than he is for himself. Moike, will yez love me always wid all yure heart? Share, unless Oi hov heart-failure." The old story about the dog with the broken leg calling at the hospital has cropped up again at Birmingham. In the original ver- sion the sufferer, after having its leg set, brought a friend, also suffering from a frac- tured extremity, and dumbly requested that its wants might be attended to, and this formed the text of a moral story by Mark Twain in one of his earlier works. Mazk undertook to finish the story, which he did by making the two dogs brine two more, and so on, doubling the number each day until the hospital surgeon went out and cancelled his church membership in order that he might express himself with the latitude which the case required." Finally, one of the dogs bit him, and he died of hydrophobia. The moral, of course, is thait you never know where a kind action may lead you.

8TRANGE LAPSE OF MEMORY I A young man entered the Coventry PbIice Station yesterday, and when questioned was unable to state his name or residence, or the town in which he lived. ':ne dootor sent him to the workhouse, where he was put to bed. The industrial tra-iner read out a list of names to the young man. When he came to the name Davis the man exclaimed, That's it," then fell back unconscious. On recovering consciousness the stranger stated his name was Arthur Davis, he came from Edgbaston, but had no recolleo- tion whatever of how he reached Coventry. His sudden lapse of memory is attributed to a fall.

LORD MINTO ROUGHS IT I A "Daily Mail" telegram from Montreal yesterday states that Lord and Lady Minto have just completed a journey from Ottawa to Montreal in Canadian canoes, a distance of 120 miles. This is probably the first time the broad stretches of the majestic Ottawa River were ever covered by a Canadian Governor- General in this manner. Their Excellencies enjoyed the outing, and roughed it" like other campers. The arrangements for the camp were of the simplest kind. The party, which comprised eight persons, paddled by day and camped at various points in the woods at night. No servants accompanied their excellencies, who pitched their tents and pre- pared their meals for themselves.

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. The following are the readiaga atace fire oldook last evening, aa given by the barometer in the vestibule of the "Evening Express," St. Xary-street, Cardiff, which Is above mean sea level:—

f THE LONDON PRESS I Examples of Their Views r To-day. BR!EF EXTRACTS FROM, LEADING ARTICLES, I No Attack on Free Trade There is no attack upon Free Trade, because we have no Free Trade system to attack, and there is no question of Protection in the old sense, because no one has proposed anything of the kind. Times." Mr Wyndham's Land Bill Mr. Wyndham would be an exacting states- man, indeed, if he were dissatisfied with the recognition—verbal and practical-of the unique success he has achieved-" Daily Tele- graph." The Apprentice Recruit We may next expect to hear Lord Stanley demanding a premium from every out-of- work" who wishes to enter the ranks. Does he suppose that this is the way to fill up the skeletons of Mr. Brodrick's six Army Corps?— "Daily Chronicle." Soldiers' Rations It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the way soldiers are served in barracks would not be tolerated in an ordinary workhouse, and could scarcely be worse in a prison.—"Morn- ing Leader." Irish Question Only Touched The sources of Irish discontent are not solely economic nor agricultural. They are racial and religious as well, and the present Bill, even if -ytmoessful. would merely cut the fringe off the Irish question.—"Morning Poet." Bethesdas Co-operative Quarries The miners of Bethesda yesterday began their pull for the northern shore. It will be a. hard pull, and a long pull.—"Daily News." The State's Duty to Her Soldiers Surely, the State takes charge of the Toldier from the moment of enlistment, and should supply him with everything he requires. Moreover, if substantial nourishment is needed by the more mature soldier, it is doubly neces- sary for the growing lad.—" Standard." A Tip for Joe." If Mr. Chamberlain clears his plan of these unworkable proposals to tax food there willl be a quick reaction in his favour, and he will be able to proceed to tax foreign manufac- tured goods and help British labour and capital.—" Daily Mail." A Pacifle Measure I The Bill is accepted by both parties in the 1 belief that it will settle the question that has distracted Ireland for many centuries.Daily I Graphic."

PRESIDENT PUTS UP HIS FIST I Mr. Roosevelt and the Tipsy I Cyclist. A New York telegram of yesterday says:- President Roosevelt played a. characteristic part in a soene with a. tipsy cyclist while the President, accompanied by his wife and daughters, was returning to their Oyster Bay house from Church on Sunday. The cyolist was wobbling his wheel all over the road when the President's carriage drove along, and, thinking that he had not sufficient room, addressed some coarse and insulting remarks to the driver. The President was very angry, and, calling his driver to stop, he jumped to the ground; and upbraided the cyolist. The latter dismounted, and, not recognising to whom he was speaking, began to swear again, and then both be and the President doubled their fists, while the bystanders expected a pugilistic encounter. By this time the two eecret service men, who always accompany Mr. Roosevelt, appeared, and took the cyclist into custody, while Mr. Roosevelt proceeded on his way home. When the Melist learned he bad insulted the President, says Laffam he wished to apologise, but he was nojhpermitted to do eo. This is the first time the President has had oooasion to avail himself of the aid of the detectives, who are always near at hand. There is little doubt that the fact the day was Sunday saved the cyclist from a thrash- ing, as the President was white with anger.

WEST IN-DIAN SCANDAL I A Kingstown correspondent to the "Daily Mail" states that the depaature of Sir Robert Llewelyn, Governor of the Windward Island, gives occasion for some of the local papers to attack his excellency's administration, par-, ticularly with regard to the conduct of the fund for the relief of the victims of the Sorufriere eruption. The "Times" (St. Yin- cent) declares that the shelters in which the people rendered homeless by the volcanic outbreaks are herded are hotbeds of disease and vioe. Families of seven to ten indi- viduals, it declares, are crowded into boxes only 8ft. square, and more of these boxes are being built.

THE DUMMOW FLITCH The large space which has been for oenta- ries the site of the annual Danmow FMtch trial was yesterday bright with bunting and alive with the holiday multitude assembled to witness the traditional festivities. The central motif of the old Flitch meeting is naturally the historic and histrionic "Trial" as a result of which the prize is awarded. Several hundred people filled to overflowing the huge tent where the unique trial has been witnessed with the mentioned lapses since 1244 until the present day. The jury was composed of six bachelors and six maidens. After a most exhaustive and humorous inquiry into the claimants' right by merit to the prise, the two huge flitches were awarded, one to Mr. and Mrs. Keble, of Northampton, who seemed to have expe- rienced exceptional oonjugal bliM since 1897, and Mr. and Mrs. Jackaman, of Felixstowe, whose 33 years of married life secured them the other. The customary chairing to the outer stage followed, where the matrimonial rarities took the oath and received the bacon.

STRUGGLE WITH A BURGLAR I Yesterday, at Worship-street Peekoeoourt, London, Richard James, a powerful fellow, said to be an ex-coumiot, was charged with balrglariously breaking and entering a dwedling^house and stealing therein.-)(18. Clark, a portly middle-aged woman, deposed that her husband kept a beer and wine house. Shortly after eteven o'clock on Saturday night, when she was in the bar, she heard a noise upstairs. As she was going up the second flight of stairs she saw the prisoner up there. She called to him, "What are you doing there?" and the prisoner said, "Oh, I've made a mistake." Witness replied, "Yes, you have-& great mistake. Are you coming down, or shall I fetch you?" Prisoner said: "I'll come down," and descended the stairs to the first landing where he said he was sorTy, and had made a mistake. She said, "Yes, you have," ana then laid hold of the prisoner, and called out to the boy to blow the whistle. The prisoner then made an attempt to get out of the staircase window- the way he had got in-and she had a struggle with him, he aiming a blow at her head with a piece of iron he had up his sleeve. She said he did not hit her, but she pushed him downstairs and handed him over to a. polieeeergeant, who quickly heard the whistle. After the prisoner had been removed she examined the house, and found his cap in her room, and she missed a small gold brooch from a drawer. Replying to the magis- trate, the inspector said there were many convictions against the prisoner for house- breaking and larceny.-]Lr. Cluer said they must be uwvao- and ordared.* remand.

REMARKABLE DEATH Lunatic Swallows a Piece of Wood. DOCTOR MAKES A SINGULAR DISCOVERY. i To what remarkable devices a man bent on suicide will resort were revealed at the inquest held yesterday at Oolney Hatch on Henry Seaton, aged 35, an inmate of the asylum. Seaton had been from birth of weak intellect, and several times attempted to take his life by trying to tear his tongue out. Last May he stated that he had swallowed a piece of wood ten inches long, but this was not believed. The man gradually sank and died last Friday. At the post-mortem examination a piece of wood measuring nine inches was found in the stomach. One end of the wood had perforated the stomach, causing inflam- mation, followed by an abscess which resulted in death. A dootor, who produced the piece of wood, remarked that the man's life might have been saved had his statement been believed and an operation immediately per- formed, as in the case of a woman who had swallowed a tablespoon and had completely recovered. The Ooroner (Dr. G. D. Thomas) said it seemed extraordinary that a person could swallow such a piece of wood and live so long afterwards. The man had no doubt placed the piece of wood in his mouth with the thought of choking himself. The wood, how- ever, went down into the stomach instead of lodging in the windpipe. Seaton's sister deposed that her brothe had, after an unsuccessful attempt to hang him- self, tried to push a snuffbox down his throat. A verdict that the receased comrrtitted, suicide while of unsound mind was returned.

NOVEL AERONAUTS. Lions and Trainer Ascend in a Balloon. A Paris telegram says that a sensational balloon ascent was made at Roubiix on Son-I day by a lion-tamer named Henri and two aeronauts—MM. Jean Weillat, of Paris, and i Duchateau, of Roubaix. A Specially-con-I structed car was attached to the balloon, and in this were placed two lions. Henri entered the car, and then the aeronauts climbed up upon seats provided on a higher platform. The animals took little interest in the earlier proceedings. They comfortably settled them- selves, and seemed to enjoy the novelty of their surroundings rather than otherwise. But when the words "Let go!" had been uttered and the balloon shot up into the sky they became agitated, crouched in the bottom of the car, and whined piteously. Soon after- wards a sudden downward rash of gas almost asphyxiated the lions, the tamer and the aeronauts. Duchateau fainted and became very ill, and the lions lay motionless. When the descent was made the animals were found stretched out on the bottom of the car, apparently lifeless, and restoratives had to be applied to Duchateau before he recovered.

INDIAN CIVIL SERVANTS* PAY. In the Chancery Division to-day Mr. Justice Joyce gave his decision in the action Burt v. the Secretary of State for India, which raised an important question affecting the leave-pay of Indian civil am-vants when it is drawn in this country. The plaintiff, since passing through Oooper's College, has held a high position under the Indian Government for 25 years as an engineer, and he claimed while on leave to be paid at the rate of 3s. per rupee, and not at the existing rate of exchange, on the ground that in the prospectus which he received on joining 00opwa College furlough allowance was set down at the fixed figure. The Government pleaded that the terms of the appointment were that the plaintiff should receive pay from the Home Treasury at the existing rate of exchgmce.-Ibe sedon was dismissed.—It was stated that the Government would not ask for costs, if plaintiff did not appeal.

CARDIFF MAN AND HIS WIFE J At the illSWmoe of Mr. John Pritchard, ^eMeving officer to the Cardiff Board of Guardians, James Seymour, 29, was charged on a warrant with neglecting to maintain, his wife and child, who were chargeable to the Cardiff Union.—Mr. Pritohard stated that Mis. Seymmir was destitute when she applied for admassion into the workhouse. When prieoner was arrested, near Caerphilly, he had between L9 and R,10 in his possession. He had no defence to make, but, had asked that he should be given another chance, and he would support his wife and child and pay the eosW.-Amelia, Seymour, the wife, told the bench that wtodn her hosband and herself lived together he was in the habit, of return- ing home the woree for drink.-The case was remanded for a month to allow the prisoner an opportunity to fulfil his promise. T""

MR WHITAKEfl WRIGHT ■ Should Mr. Whitaker Wright arrive at Liverpool from New York to-morrow morning in time to allow of his being brought to London early, it is understood that the preliminary proceedings in the charges against him will be heard in the Council Chamber at the Guildhall the some after- noon. At the conclusion of these proceedings an application for bail will be made on his behalf, after which, the case will, it is expected, be adjourned for a week or more, in order to allow him time for the prepara- tion of his defence. Mr. Guy Stephenson will prosecute on behalf of the Official Receiver, and Mr. &. D. Muir will appear for the defence.

THREATENED EXTINCTION OF I CHAMOIS Says a Zurich telegram:—It is estimated that there are now only 1,500 chamois in the Alps, owing to the indiscriminate killing of these Miimain at all seasons of the year. The Swiss Government has now taken action with a view to prevent this breed of animals becoming extinct in the Alps.

ALLEGED ABDUCTION I At West London Police-court to-d&y Phillip Clarke, a licensed victualler, was charged on a warrant with abducting a girl, named Clara Evans, aged fifteen years, his niece. Detective-inspector Drew announced that the accused had gone through the marriage ceremony with the girl at Kilburn, although he was her uncle. On the 24th ult. the girl went to fetch her uncle's dirty linen and did not return. Prisoner was remanded, bail being allowed.

DISTINGUISHED PATIENTS I Lord Alvington passed, a good night, and his oondition is satisfactory. The Countess of Sprucer has not passed a very good night. Her condition remains about the same. Sir J. Blundell Maple had a quiet night, and, if anything, is a little better.

AMERIOAN ARMY GLOVES I Washington, Tuesday.—Mr. Root, Secretary of State for War, has decided that a case has been established against the representative of a firm of contractors for sharing the profits of the Government contract for Army gloves on December 7, 1898. The Law Department will undertake to recover the amount.— 'RAaU.AL

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I HUMBERTOSSIER." I Preparations for This Week's I Trial. A Paris telegram to the Daily Telegraph says:-Assisted by his secretaries, Maitre Labori has just brought his study of the Hum- bert dossier to a. close. The trial is to begin on Saturday, but the list of witnesses for the defence is not yet complete. It is, however, probable that not more than 35 will be called. On the other hand, there are from 60 to 70 witnesses for the prosecution. Htow long the trial will last it is impossible to pre- dict with any certainty. Even M. Bonnet, the presiding judge at the assise court, confesses that he cannot venture an opinion. The fact is that Madame Humbert is expected to speak a good deal while some of the witnesses are being examined, as she will in all probability come out with a. number of voluminous ex- planations. and no one can say how far she may not go in that line, as she is given to much talking, and is determined to make a bold fight of it. Interest in the case is really confined to speculation as to the disclosures with which she may be provided, as she has dropped many a hint on that subject.

GOVERNESS IN THE DOCK. I Mr. Onrtiø Bennett had before him at Marylebone Police-court yesterday Ellen Grace Richardson-Gillett, 32, a governess, of Gasoony-avenue, West Hampstead, who was charged on a warrant with having by false pretences obtained £ 4 with intent to defraud the Rev. John W. Spiller Watkins, of Hamp- stead. The prosecutor said the prisoner called at his house in answer to an advertisement for a. cook. She represented that she was in trouble. and that the landlady where she had been staying at Dulwich Villas, Syden- ham would not allow her to have her luggage because she owed some rent. Believing the prisoner's statement, he advanced her M, and she gave him a receipt. She later asked for a further advance to enable her to pay for a warrant against the person who had detained her goods, and he granted her request. He could not And the name of Mrs. Bolisto, to whom she was supposed to have owed the rent. He was also unable to And such a place as Dulwich Villas, Sydenham. Detective-sergeant Loder said he saw the prisoner at her lodgings, and asked if her name was Gillett, and she admitted it was. When told the charge she denied that it was any fraud, and the money had been lent tocher to enable her to pay her rent, and re- deem her belongings. She was remanded.

LIVED BY BEGGING I At Cardiff Polioe-conrt to-day Albert Sloman, 38, a Cardiff labourer, was charged with assaulting Gwilym Morgan, in Oowbridge- road, Cardiff, on the 3rd inst., and also Detective William Harris while in. the execn- taou of his day, at the same time and place. According to the evktemee, prisoner, who was the worse for drink, was creating a distur- bance and running aiter childxeo. Morgan asked him not to create a disturbance, where- upon he received a blow on the jaw. When the detective remonstrated with him, prisoner tried to bite and k!cL-It -vas stated by Police-sergeant Evans (omyt officer) that prisoner scarcely ever worked, and chiefly lived by beggings—Prisoner was sentenced to a month's imprisonment.

DEATH OF CALAMITY J-ANE Jane Burke, popularly known aa Calamity Jane," the famous woman ecout, died at Dead- wood, Dakota, yesterday (says a. telegram from New York to the" Daily Mail "). She was one of the most picturesque characters ever known in the wild west. She appeared on the plains in the late sixties, young, handsome, and daring. Dressed in men's clothing, she served as a scout with the United States Army during several Indian campaigns. During her career she took part in scores of battles with the Indians and fatal affrays with despe- radoes. In 1877 Jane met a stage coach from Cheyenne just as a band of Indiana had killed the driver. She mounted the box and drove the passengers safely into Deadwood.

UNCONTROLLABLE LITTLE THIEF 1 Described by her father as "aa uncontrol- lable little thief," Polly Hamblin, aged twelve, was remanded by the Westminster magistrate yesterday for a, home to be found for her. The girl sold her uncle's ooat, worth 10s., to a wardrobe dealer for 4d., saying that her mother was ill, and the money was wanted for "father's dinner." The girl also sold her father's trousers and a new silk handker- chief. For the latter she received 3d.-The Magistrate severely cautioned the wardrobe dealer. who pleaded that she thought the little girl had .an "honest face."

CARDIFF BURIAL BOARD I A meeting of the Cardiff Burial Board Com- mittee was held at the Cardiff Town-hall this morning, Afderman Ramsdale presiding. The question of the Cathays allotments was again discussed. The allotment-holders have been given six montbal notice to quit, as the ground is required for burial purposes. The ground covers fifty acres. The tenants now asked for 24 months' notice.—The matter was referred back to the borough engineer and the town-clerk, and before coming to any definite determination the committee will await their report.

REVIVAL OF SNUFF TAKING I Fashion's pendulum is for ever on the swing. Inquiries made in the tobacco trade tend to show that snuff once more bide fair to play a not insignificant part in the ameni- ties of social life. A steady increase has been noted in the oonaampt-ion of snuff. At both ends of the social ladder, too, for, like the pipe, snuff knows no disttnctlons of rank or intellect. "A dirty habit" the use of it has indeed been called, but devotees at once join issne. here with the consumers of toba-oco in other forms, and claim that if a ballot were taken of mothers, wives, sisters, and sweet hearts, the smoker and not the snuff-taker would be banished from the house- hnld.

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BLOW BEHIND EARl Assault by NewTredegar Man. ALLEGED USE OF A ClAsp. KNifE. At Tredegar Police-count to-day William Chester, 37, collier, Abertysswg, was placed in the dock on a charge of cutting aifd wounding William Edward Evans and Richard Jones at New Tredegar on August 1. William Edward Evans said that on Satur- day night he asked prisoner to pay him a couple of shillings he owed him. Prosecutor then received a blow from the prisoner behind the ear. He staggered back and cried out that he had been stabbed. Prisoner was in the act of dealing the second blow, when he was seized by Richard Jones and struck down and disarmed. Richard Jones, collier, New Tredegar, said he was standing on the roadway, and saw Evans put his hand on the prisoner's shoulder and ask him for the money he owed him. Evans then staggered back and cried out, I am stabbed!" Prisoner then had his arm up- lifted, with a knife in his hand, in the posture of striking a second blow, but he rushed at him, threw him on the ground, and-took the knife from him. He (Jones) received two severe cuts in his hand in the struggle. Police-sergeant Humphreys apprehended the prisoner, and received a blood-stained clasp knife, which was identified as the prisoner's. The prisoner .elected to give evidence, and said he had no recollection: whatever of striking any blows or using the knife. He was fined Lio, or two months' hard labour.

SPEECH BY MR. LONG. I The Education Act and the Fiscal Inquiry. Mr. Long, President of the Local Govern- ment Board, speaking at Devises on Monday, referred to the education controversy, and strongly appealed to passive resisters to obey the law of the land, and agitate in a consti- tutional way to obtain a. repeal of the Act. Whilst it was undoubted that Free Trade had largely benefited this country, nobody could say there was no room for improvement in the business relations of this Empire. All the Government asked was that the question should be looked into, and that the people should carefully examine the facts and figures laid before them. They should inquire if their Colonies did not demand greater attention now than when Free Trade was established. He would be the last person in the world to take any attitude hostile to cheap food for the people, but he strongly denounced the unjust and unworthy cry of the Radical party that this inquiry meant danger to cheap food. He also denounced the Free Food League, contending that its title was misleading. He deprecated the cry which would probably be raised of big loaf and little loaf, as it would lead to needless bitter- ness in the forthcoming fight.

LOSSES ON SHARES. Cardiff Political Agent.s Failure. At Cardiff Bankruptcy-court this afternoon (before Mr. H. Cousins, registrar) Eli Wadding- ton, of 2, Berth win-street, Cardiff, came up for his public examination in bankruptcy. His statement of affairs showed gross liabilities amounting to £ 1^232 9s. 9d.. of which £ 991 10s. 8d. was expected to rank for dividend, while the deficiency was given as æ38 19s. 9d. Mr. Lewis Morgan appeared for the debtor, who attributed his failure to losses on South African mining shares during the past two years. The Official Receiver (Mr. George David), in his observations on the case, stated that the receiving order was made on the debtor's own petition in consequence of having an execu- tion levied on his effects at the instance of a creditor for over R479. Daring the last seven years the debtor had been in receipt of a Salary of LM per annum, with-an allowance -of ZZ-for expenses. The bankrupt stated that in June, 1901, he was indaced to speculate in South African mining shares, and estimated his losses at EL372 3s. 9d. Asked by Mr. David if he wished to make any alteration in his statement of account, the bankrupt said he had discovered that he owed JE17 10s. more than he estimated. His speculations were embarked upon partly to assist an old friend. Mr. David pointed out that on the 25th of June, 1902, debtor had assets of £ 460 over liabilities, and, asked to explain that, Mr. Waddington said there wae a considerable amount due tc him in salary at that time. His salary was very often in arrear. Although his losses totalled LIX2. he had made some profits, and thought he could give an explanation of that £460 if he were grven an opporcanity. Jtie am not Keep any books showing his speculations, and his instructions to the brokers were not given in writing. The money he had borrowed had all gone in speculation. As to his income, he made a little besides his salary by giving lectures. Asked-if he could set aside any portion of his salary for the payment of hie creditors, he said he did not think he could do so and keep up his position. The examination was adjourned till Tuesday' next, with the understanding that debtor would furnish an amended account with regard to his deficiency. I

HE WASN'T A BETTING MAN John Rees Williams, who had traded as an ironmonger as Williams Brothers and Co., at 79, Albany-road, Cardiff, was publicly emammied ait the OpzdM Bamkruptcy-wurt this morning. Debtor told the Offixal Receiver (Mr. 43eorge David) that his deft- ciency was L217, and he attributed his failure to the fact that "the registration of the post-nuptial settlement affected his credit." He began business in Cardiff in 1902 with a capital of £110. and found competition very keen. Answering Mr. Harold Lloyd, who appeared for the petitioning creditors, debtor denied that he was given to the vice of "Will you near that you were not at the Ely race meeting on Baster Monday I. asked Mr. Lloyd. "Yes," replied the bankrupt, "I wgl *wear it as many times as you like." He denied that he had told anybod7 he had lost L2D there. The examinatim was provwomaaly okmed, subject to the signing of the notee on Tues- day next.

FOR 96 HOURS I HICCOUGHED FOR 96 HOURS I A youth of seventeen, residing at Heading, Pa., U.S.A., recently left an o-rphan home where he had been accuBtomed to always eat the same kind of food. The change of diet at the boarding-house to which he went brought on a At of hiccoughing which lasted 96 hours. During that period food had to be given artifically, and he lost 501b. in weight. He is now in such a weak condition that little hope is entertained of his recovery..

PRESENTATION TO A CARDIFF MINiSTER At the Wesleyan Chapel, Llanishen, on Sunday evening a presentation was made to the Rev. R. W. Davidson on his leaving Cardiff for Keawiok. At the olose of the service an adjournment was made to the schoolroom, where, on the motion of Mr. Giffen, Mr. Rees, of Mill Farm the senior steward), was voted to the chair. In an excellent epeech he voiced the high esteem felt for Mr. Davidson at Llanishen and the other churches in the circuit, and the deep regret that was felt at his departure. Mrs. Alfred Haime then made the presentation; which consisted of a hand- some travelling case, suitably inscribed. In s, very feeling address Mr. Davidson thanked: the friends In their unssathy and kiadnets. ]

CARDIFF FAILURE. A Coalowner's Heavy Losses. PUBLIC EXAMINATION AT CARDIFF TO-DAY. At Cardiff Bankruptcy-court this morning (before Mr. H. Cousins, registrar) Walter Samuel Llewellyn, colliery proprietor, of Portmanmoor-road and Exchange-buildings, Cardiff, came up for-bis public examintioa in bankruptcy. His statement of affairs showed his gross liabilities to be JE10,642 11s., of which L5,150 lis. was expected to rank for dividend, while the total deficiency was B5,150 lls. Mr. L. H. Allen Pratt (of Messrs. Lloyd and Pratt) appeared for the trustee, Mr. C. E. Dovey. s Under examination by the Official Receiver (Mr. Geo. David), the debtor said he attributed his failure to strikes among his workmen, the ultimate flooding of Pentwyn Colliery at Rudry, pressure by creditors, and deprecia.- tion in colliery plant. In consequence of the flooding the colliery was still idle, and, as to the machinery, the ground landlord had seized every opportunity and sold it by auction. He admitted that he had kept no proper accounts, and that his books did not show his correct financial position. At no time when he was trading did he go into his a.ffairs to see how he stood, and he was in a position to pay his creditors in full at the time he I was offered a. big sum for the colliery, but, aoting on the advice of others, he declined, to sell. He was pressed by his creditors in the middle of last year, after the strike and the colliery was flooded. The debtor was afterwards examined by Mr. Pratt as to his interest 'in other pro- perties, the bankrupt also stating that he received iEI,088 from hie father's estate in 1898, but had not received anything since. The Registrar ordered a deficiency account and a cash account to be furnished, and the statement of affairs to be amended. Pending this the examination was adjourned for a fortnight.

STREET BETTING. Two Prosecutions at Cardiff To-day. I A youth na.med Arthur Thomas, of 21, dare- street, Cardiff, appeared (before the Cardiff stipendiary, Mr. T. W. Lewis) to-day charged with fretmently using Westgate-street, Cardiff, for the purpose of betting, contrary to the. bye-laws, on July 23. Defendant said he did not know he was doing wrong until he was told by a police- officer. Superintendent Hayward informed the stipendiary that defendant had been follow-, ing up betting (or a long time, and had been giving the police a lot of trouble. The Stipendiary: Has he been getting his living by it? Inspector Hayward: Yes, for a long time. The Stipendiary: Has he been warned by the police? Inspector Bay-ward: No, sir. It is a job to get near him- to do go. The Stipendiary fined defendant Z3 and costs. Blandford George Thomas, 33, Havelock-1 street, Cardiff, was also summoned for a similar offence at Park-et-reet, Cardiff, on July 23. Prisoner admitted the offence. Inspector Raywaid- Thie man has been fol- lowing up betting this summer. He is con- tinually about the streets, and it is difficult to get at him. The Stipendiary also fined this defendant L3 and costs.

CARDIFF COAL CONTRACT Leads to Litigation in the High Court. The case of Messrs. Wm. Perch and Co. v. Wilkinson WM heard on Monday in the Sing's Bench Division (before Mr. Justice Lawranoe). Mr. Bailbache appeared for the plaintiffs, and Mr. Sturgess for the defen- dants. The solicitors for the plaintiffs were Messrs. Ingledew and Sons, of Cardiff. Mr. Bailha.che said the plaintiffs were Messrs. William Perch and Co., of Mount Staart-soquare, Cardiff, and the action was for SM, balance of goods sold, and delivered, and was a olaim with respect to a large quantity of coal sold by the plaintiffs to defendants to fulfil a contract with defendants and the Great Western Railway Company. His Lordship, after bearing the evidence and arguments, said the case was absolutely undefended. There were some things as dear as noon-day, but this case was clearer than a great many of thenoonrdays they had been having lately. (Laughter.) There must be judgment for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed, with costs, less a. sum paid by defen- dants since the action.

JUDGE AND PHONOGRAPH The Birminghaan Assises Yeot-Ida-Y were. enlivened by performances on a. phonograph in connection with a ola.im for breach of contract in not delivering a sufficient number of phonographic parts. Mr. Hugo Young, K.C.. described the phonograph as an instru- ment of torture, with which the jury were probably acquainted. It was supposed to be a musical instrument, and appeared to amuse certain people. It wae saidl that the world was made up-chiefly of fools, and he supposed that was the reason why a large trade was done in these nuisances. Greatly, to every- body's amusement tb6 machine discordantly ground out a tune. His lordship inquired whait tune it was. Mr. Young: Well, I domet know, my lord, I never could make any tune of it. His Lordship: Did you begin at the wrong end? (Laughter.) Mr. Justice Ridley added that he had had one of these things.—Mr. Young: I hope you did not keep it long. His Lordship: I don't know. The people enjoyed it at Christmas. Next Mr. Young attempted to manipulate the instrument, which was of German make. The Judge: What is it? What is it a.bout? I have no idea. Mr. Young: I am told by somebody it is "The Boys of the Old Brigade," but probably II he imagined it. (Laughter.)

WOMAN SHOT ] At Tarbert, Mountrath, Maryborough, last night & woman named Kate Delaney was shot by a near relative. Her depositions were taken to-day. The woman's condition being precarious.

SEVEN HOURS ON A STEER'S HORNS I Vaeak Lukics, the village herdsman of Rudau* in Hungary, was tossed by a steer and then impaled on its horns. Nobody daring to approach the infuriated animal, he had to remain in that awful position for seven hours. The steer was actually shot down after an exciting ohase, but Lukics was already dead.

A meeting of the Cabinet waa held at the Foreign Offioe at noon to-day, Kr. Balfour presiding. "ADVICE TO MOTHERS."—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child, Buffering with the pain by cutting teeth P Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer imme- diately. It is pleasant to taste. It produces natural, quiet sleep by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes as bright M a button. Of all chemists, is. lid. use tettia. 8M

THE CROWNED BARD Sketch of the Rev, J. E. Davies. I FORMERLY MINISTER AT SILOH. LLANELLY. This year's crowned bard at the National Eisteddfod is the Rev. J. E. Davies, M.A., pastor of New Jewin Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church, London. The rev. gentleman is a former pastor of Siloh THE REV. J. E. DAVIES, M.A. Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Llanelly, in which town he rendered great service both as pastor of Siloh Chapel and also as a useful citizen. He left Llanelly fifteen years ago to take over the pastorate of New Jewin, which he has held ever since. Mr, Davies has won all the honours the Methodist Connexion can confer upon him. He is a. scholar of eminence, and a man who is respected not only for his abilities as a preacher, but also for his perfect integrity of character. He is new to eistedd- fodic honours, and his success in one of the chief bardic competitions of the Welen national gathering will come as a surprise even to his most intimate friends.

THROUGH RAILWAY RATES. I Important Decision in the Court of Appeal. In the Court of Appeal on Monday the hearing was concluded of the case of the London and India Docks Company and the Mansion House Association v. the Midland and Great Eastern Railway Companies. The case raised an Important question as to the right of the dock company to through rates between London and the country. The appeal was by the plaintiffs from a decision of the Railway and Canal Commission, composed of Mr. Justice Wright, Sir F. Peel, and Viscount Cobham. The matter haa. been several times before the courts. Their Lordships gave judgment affirming the decision of the Com- missioners, remarking that the only way the dock company could get through rates was by Parliamentary legislation. The Court of Appeal, or the Railway and Canal Commis- sion, as the law at present stood, were unable to grant them such relief. The appeal was accordingly dismissed with costs. SHIPOWNER'S BIG CLAIM I In the King's Bench to-day Mr. Justice Kennedy gave judgment in the action brought by Messrs. J. H. Welsford and Co., ship- owners, of Liverpool, to recover £ 120,000 from Mr. John Hay for alleged breach of contract in not faking three or four steamers to bring oil from Texas for liquid fuel during the Texas oil boom. The defendant proposed to form a company, with two millions capital, to bring oil here, and agreed with plaintiffs (who acted with Sir Christopher Furness and Co.) to provide the steamers. The vessels, costing ,E=,Ooo, w-ere built. Then the oil supply failed, and the company was not formed, and, defendant denying a completed contract, the action was brought.—His Lordship said the contract depended on letters which passed between the parties, but which, he held, did not form a contract. Judgment would, there- fore, be for defendant.

AMERICAN STEEL TRUST I Philadelphia, Tuesday.—The "Public Ledger" states that Mr. Schwab's resignation of his post of president of the United States Steel Corporation is in the hands of the executive committee, and will be accepted to-day. He will be succeeded by Mr. W. Corey, the presi- dent of the Carnegie Steel Company.

MURDER AT SIXTEEN I Nire Sevrino, a. boy aged sixteen years, of Ivrea, Italy, on being caught by a woman stealing two eggs, broke her skull with a hatchet, killing her immediately. His mental state is being inquired into.

ICARDIFF MEN AT BLOEMFONTEIN Mr. Hughes of the "Tentries," presided at a convivial gathering at the Courts Restaur- ant, at Bloemfontein, at which Mr. Barry, of Cardiff, a familiar figure behind the foot- lights, rendered several capital songs. Among the toasts proposed was that of the proprie- tor, Mr. Chas. A. Dinham, late of Dinham,s i Hotel, St. Mary-street, Cardiff, whose health was drunk with musical honours.

I MR DAN LENO IMPROVING The condition of Mr. Dan Leno has improved a great deal during the last few weeks. In- deed, the improvement is so pronounced that the comedian's medical attendants believe it will not be long before they can safely pre- scribe the long-promised sea. voyage, upon the beneficial results of which so much re- liance is placed. Innumerable inquiries con- tinue to be made as to Mr. Leno's condition, the most notable having been made by the King himself. Indeed, his Majesty is said to be extremely solicitous as to the health of the famous comedian.

I LIEUTENANT DAN GODFREY'S WILL The will has been proved of the late Lieu- tenant Daniel Godfrey, for forty years band- master of the Grenadier Guards, the gross value of the estate being given at £ 6,189 13s. 3d.

CONSERVATIVE FETE AT CAERPHILLY I A Conservative fete was held on Monday at Caerphilly Castle, which was lent for the occasion by the Marquess of Bute. In the ba.nqueting-hall a miscellaneous entertain- ment was given by the Cardiff Pierrot Troupe, while the Cardiff Post-office Band entertained those present on the inner green. The atten- dance exceeded all expectations. The commit- tee in charge of the organisation, which was a great success, were Measrs. Mark Harding, Ivor G. Brinson, E. BrinMn, and T. J. Wright. There were sports, of which Dr. Maurice G. Evans and Mr. John Gibbon were the judges. In the evening a display of fireworks was given by Messrs. Pidgeon and Marshman. Thirteen babies were presented for a. competi- tion. The judges were Mrs. S. Gregory, Mrs. T. Pigeott, and Mrt. H. White. First prize, Mrs. Partingell; 2nd, Mrs. Isaac Davey; 3rd, Mrs. Knight.; 4. b. 0. Green.

"CochfarfV Comments. War has been declared upon the hansom cab, and all sorts of serious charges are made against it in the press, and wonder is expressed that we still tolerate such a dangerous, inconvenient, and ridiculous vehicle. But I am on the side of the hansom. The fourwheeler is suitable enough for a funeral and other such unwelcome events, but from a modern hansom cab everything in the streets we travel through can be seen, and as much of a town can be seen from it as from the top of* an omnibus. Lord Beaconsfield very happily described the cabs of his day the gondolas of London, and none but those who are excessively timid have the slightest excuse for ex- pressing a preference for the four- wheeled growler." Since Lord Rosebery wrote to the chair- man of the London County Council suggesting the ways and means of insti- tuting a new technical college for London, the greatest interest has been awakened in technical education. generally. I notice in a London contemporary an excellent contribution to the discussion by Mr. T. W. Phillips, headmaster of the Inter- I mediate School, Newport. He states that a great technical college of university standard is one of the essential necessities of the present time. Such technical college or colleges should, upon no account, admit students except after a searching entrance examination or upon presentation of a seoondary school-leaving certificate. Indeed, Mr. Phillips would institute a complete ladder of technical education just like the organi- sations we have in Wales from our elemen- tary schools to the university colleges, and I cannot help thinking that Mr. Phillips's plan is one that should be seriously COil- sidered if Lord Rosebery's scheme gets extended beyond the Metropolis. A writer in the current number of "Cymru" makes a strong appeal to his Honour Judge Gwilym Williams to under- take the printing of the Welsh poetical wotks of his father, Mr. Davicl Williams, of Ynys Cynon, Aberdare, and better known to the bardio fraternity as Alaw Goch," but his honour had anticipated the request, forI have just received a hand- some volume of Alaw Goch's writings, which has been printed for private circu- lation among the Squire of Miskin Manor's friends. It contains 190 pages, and the name of the editor is a warrant for the giost careful revision, viz., the veteran writer "Dafydd Morganwg," of Cardiff. There will be great disappointment among the readers of WeVn poetry when they find that such a literary treasure is not on sale. It is easy to understand that the j udgê is averse to making a profit from his most respected father's writing, but there should be no difficulty in applying such a profit to some national purpose, and the publishers would, undoubtedly, undertake all the etceteras necessary to place the volume upon the book market. The committee of the Welsh Museum at Cardiff has provided an object-lesson! at the Llanelly National Eisteddfod of how a central national museum can be of greater educational value than a number of impoverished collections here and there about the Principality, which will be the case if any Government grant is split up. in the manner advocated by some of the, supporters of a museum grant. On Satur- day last Mr. James Ward, F.S.A., the curator of the Cardiff Museum, fixed up at Llanelly—in the exhibition in connec- tion witt the Eisteddfod-a case of Swan- sea poroelain, which is the loan of thei Cardiff Museum to the exhibition. It. makes a very brave show, and illustrates the once flourishing Swansea industry in all its phases. Visitors to the Eisteddfod can there see examples of the flower paintings of W. Pollard, H. Morris, and W. W. Young. What has been done at Llanelly thia week can be done again and again in connection with eisteddfodau and schools and colleges, and more expensive speci- mens of art can be obtained by a central management than by* divided authorities. As illustrating the vast number of Swanwa/ohini now owned by the Cardiff Corporation, the removal of 40 pieces to Llanelly is scarcely notice- able at home. Another time a fine exhi- bition of the unique collection of plaster casts of Celtic crosses, which are now stored largely in the cellars of the Cardiff Museum, can be arranged, for in another year there will be scarcely a cross of any importance in Wales without its duplicate in plaster. Unfortunately, certain crosses that were mentioned in L&pidaria WaHia" has already disappeared, and one clergyman had actually consented to one of the rarest being used as a lintel over the door of the sexton's, tool-house I This proves also how neoes- sary it is to settle the National Museum; question quickly in Wales. Mr. Samuel ifern is loud in his praise of the action of the Hull Board of Guar dians in purchasing frozen meat for the inmates of their workhouse at a saving of LA)6 5s., and the master actually stated that no complaints had been made, I have no doubt that the vote of thanks to Guardian Schumm-suggestive word when associated with workhouse inmates—was most heartily passed by a body of men who never partook of frozen meat in their lifetime. I would like to learn from Mr. Hern, Guardian Schumm, or anyone e who can give me the information, whether the same quantity of frozen meat per man or woman was handed out to the Hull paupers as was previously handed out of Yorkshire meat before the Hull guardians began practising economy ? I would also ask the same gentlemen their personal experience of frozen meat in lieu of their favourite prime joints, and if they can conscientiously testify that they are in no mood to complain of the experiment. Thousands of poor families are thankful for the frozen meat shops, for otherwise their platters would be void of flesh food more frequently than they are now, but pray, let no man. attempt to fool the pub- lie by claiming equality with British meat for the ice-preserved articles that have found so prominent a place in our food markets in recent years.

FASTED FORTY DAYS John M'Intyre, of Scranton. Pennsylvania, abstained forty days from food as a cure for one-sided paralysis. He says the first days were terrible and agonising, but later on he felt no hunger. He drank daily a glass of water, which in the lasf days of his fast caused sickness and blood-epitting. M'Intyre, who is over forty years, has lost 351b. weight, hot his paralysis Me not been oared.