Evening Express

)? LORD SAU8BURY. t? J The death of Lord Salisbury severs the ij last link that connected our day with the period of great Victorian statesmanship. S Amongst those who are left we cannot find the compeers of himself and the two men with whom he will ever be associated in history, Gladstone and Disraeli. Lord Salisbury was a commanding figure in a day when statesmanship was at its highest. To the people he was very little known. He came amongst them he made speeches clever, intellectual speeches, polished phrases, but no polished eloquence. He interested himself in their social needs. He urged upon them, for i: all the time that his energy lasted, to be cautious, to make ho rash decisions on policy. In and out of office he preached without ceasing the doctrine of a purpose- ful and a steadfast Imperialism. He in- herited great powers of constructive .statesmanship from the ancestors whose exploits in the time of Elizabeth filled the country with admiration, and with these powers, together with a wonderful capa- city for understanding Governments and diplomatists, he won his way into public I' respect and esteem without doing any- thing to court favour. He stood far away from the clamour of popular applause. He never swayed vast audiences with outbursts of passionate eloquence but he held them as in a vice, fascinated and convinced by the sheer logic of hard facts which he flung at them. He wa'an aristocrat amongst the aristo- { crats: high lineage, strong character, in- domitahle will, and intense patriotism, t these were the qualities which found in j him their embodiment. No statesman ■] WAA ever more closely attached to big | country. He did not oppose change; fcut he scarcely ever let an opportunity pass without giving a significant warning to statesmen. At his death-bed all t prayers will be for his peace. He has lived in periods of stress and storm he has H guided the ship of State through troublous jj seas he goes to his last rest to the sorrow | of the Empire.

The Humberts left the Paris Assize Court. with their heads bowed. The evi- dence against them was overwhelming; a but the great Humbert secret has come out; and it lacks nothing in the sensa- ¡ tional. The part which Regnier played in the Franco-German War is obscure even now; Madame Humbert was some- what indefinite in her statements, and they were all too irrelevant to affect the jury. But it is doubtwul whether they will call upon the Ministry of War in vain for the production of the secret dossier.

Why do not the lighting authorities see more carefully top the neighbourhood of the railway arches at the east end of Queen-street ? This is one of the nastiest bits in all Cardiff; both road and pave- ment are always more or less slippery, and the traffic, both vehicular and pedestrian, is very heavy and constantly increasing. Yet at times the lighting at that spot is .so bad that it would disgrace a town of a ? thousand inhabitants. Considering the facts mentioned, and the propinquity of two most important railway stations, it is to be hoped the. inatt&will claim early and serious attention.

I Mainly About People. The Czar, who will godfather the Crown Princess of Koumania's little son, by and 'bye, on his way back from Vienna, must rather envy his cousin's luck. Her first- born, Prince Carol, is a likely lad of ten; and, now, here 13 hia brother. The Emperor of All the Eusaias would give a good deal if hia paternity had taken a similar form. The advent of an heir to the Russian throne might not produce all the effect it would certainly have produced a while ago, but it would (says the "Pall Mall Gazette") most I; materially improve the situation. The Crown Princess of Ronmania was born a Maid of Kent, as was her sister, the Princess I Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg. The late Duke of I Edinburgh rented Ea3twell Park, by Ashford,  for a good many years. These two daughters were born to him there, the first in 1875, and the last nine years later. Of their sisters, one. the Princess Melita. afterwards Grand Duchess of Hesse, was born at Malta, and the other. Princess Alexandra, now Here- ditary Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenberg, at Coburg, where she was married. Mr. Pierpont Morgan once did a poor man a jfJOd tfirn by buying his share in a lottery, ways a contemporary. The share won the prize, and Mr. Morgan was so delighted with the result of his charity that he told the man he would give him 10,000dol. a year for life. Instead of showing gratitude, the man I said he would prefer 20.0C0dol. down. But why" asked the astonished millionaire. Because," said the man, with your con- I founded luck, Mr. Morgan, I should be dead in six months." Rolf Boldrewood," the writer of Australian bushranging romance, has just completed his fieventy-thlrd year. and is living quietly in I Melbourne, now the greatest city south of i the Equator, and a fpot with which he was P familiar before a house was built upon it. Mr. Tom Browne. to give the famous Colonial f author his real name, began life as a pioneer I squatter in the bush. but various droughts crippled his resources, and he eventually accepted a post as stipendiary magistrate I under the Government of New South Wales. Many a man who, on conviction before Rolf L Boldrewood," could not pay his fine, has p had it quietly paid for him by this large- tficarted magistrate, who in this way did good \y stealth, and pitched in" to the local -eporters when they recorded it in the new3- japers. Mr*. Chinner: My first htwband had much better sense than you have. I Chinner: I don't see why. We were both foolish enough to marry you. Majf)r John Edward Bernard Seely, M.P., ubp is one of the crew of the new lifeboat at t Totland Bay, has done some daring and fififoid work tti a, lifeboatman. He received on one occasion a medal from the French Government for having risked hie life in swimming out with a rope to a French vessel in distress off the Isle of Wight. His wife is not less brave than himself, for it was she, while "Captain Jack," was fighting with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, who won him his seat in Parliament. A clever bit of electioneering was dcme during the contest. The Liberals having brought out a big poster asking voters to "Vote for Baring, and back np Bobs," the Conservatives capped it with a bigger one requesting them to "Vote for Seely, who is backing up Bobs." A very amusing anecdote is told of Lord Salisbury's early schooldays. His first school was one kept by Dr. FaitMnl. at that time rector of Hatfield. This worthy lived at the old rectory, a country hooee outside Hat- field, lying some way from the high road, aild approached by a considerable drive. One can picture the little lad with his bundle of books going out of the old red gateway, and finding his way along by the park wall. Lord Robert was a very little boy at the time. A school-fallow remembers that an old nUrse. Betty by name, wae kept there to look after the boys, and that Lord Robert came into the nursery one evening, saying, "Oh. Betty, I wish I was a eat!" "La,. Lord Robert." Betty replied, "how can yon wish yourself to be a bOARt?" To which came the answer, "When I think of the many times I must dress and nndress before I die I wish my clothee grew on my back" American society (says "Madame.") is immensely exersised ;.ust now over certain social questions raised anent English versus American Duchesses M leaders of English Society. rhe parties interested are said to 17,i7e ranged themselves, the one under the young PtL,bei- o., tfalbornagh's banner, and the other ui der the till younser Duchess of Westminster, who did her first entertaining in London this last reason. It is said that the laltc. Duchess smiles r-one too favour- ably on what is termed the American invasion, and as he^jHfter-in-law, Mrs. George West fei-stwhile Lady Randolph Churchill), is an American, she is iikely to meet many of the hitter's compatriots when in her society. Very few Americans, it was noticed, were bidden to the great Grosvenor House ball, but, OT the other hand. quite the heroine of the evening was the young Marchioness of Headfort (Miss Rosie Boote), who by marriage is now a cousin of the yoftng Duchess's. Exception is taken by the Americans to the manner in which her Grace's invitations to the Royal bail were sent out, asking for answers to be sent to the secretary at Grosvenor House. This, it is understood, is never etiquette, except in the case of Royal invites, and on this little slip of con- ventional etiquette American Society hangs its flag, it appears. As a leader of Society in the great London world the Americans gener- ally look to the Duchess of Marlborough, naturally, as their guide on all things social. That well-known Irishman, Sir Henry Blake, who married the wealthy Duchess of St. Albans' only sister some thirty years ago, and who was for many years Governor of Jamaica, has now gone to live at Youghal, in the Curiously interesting old house renowned for the fact that Sir Walter Raleigh lived there, and also that it is supposed to be the very first place where the smoking of tobacco in the British Isles took place, as Sir Walter was the first Englishman who imported the blessed weed," and it was at Youghal, too, that the first potatoes, also imported by Elizabeth's great sea captain, were cultivated in Ireland. Sir John Montagu Burgoyne, who is to marry Miss Grertton, and become the brother- in-law of the hon. member for Derbyshire, E., is a Caroline baronet of 1641, when there was a-John Burgoyne of Sot ton, Beds, as there is now. It is a very pretty property, worth some L3,000 or f,4,000 a year. Sir John's great- uncle. his grandfather, and his father were, like himself, all soldiers. His father served in the Grenadier Guards, and So did he. more by token he was badly wounded at the Alma. Later on, a much more singular thing hap- -3 i- 't. T- .t. l""I.I. It peutHi mm. in wie oepcemoer 01 a very eventful year he was, with his yacht Gazelle, at Deanville. He was told that two ladies were particularly anxious to get passage to England. One of these ladies, presently, interviewed him. She turned out to be the fugitive Empress Eugenie. Her oompanion was Mme. Le Breton. The owner of the Gazelle was quite equal to the occasion. He embarked these passengers. At seven a.m. on the following day, September 7, the yacht, as previously arranged, put to sea, in charge of a French pilot. She dropped him half an hour after- wards, and stood her course under promising conditions of wind and weather. Thirty miles out she fell in with a nor'-wester, which put three reefs in her mainsail. She was only a forty-tonner, and she had a lively night of it. She made Ryde, however, by half-past three on the morning of the 8th, all well. Sir John escorted his passengers to the Paris Hotel. In the course of the day they crossed to the mainland and went on by train. The day the Empress was at Deauville the Prince Imperial had landed from Ostend at Dover Pier. Thence he had journeyed to Hastings. And it was on the evening of the 8th that there, at the Royal Hotel, mother and son met again. Sir Clement Courtenay Knollys, K.C.M.G., Colonial Secretary at Trinidad, who is over here just now, had for the author of his being an hon. Canon of Canterbury, and for his cousin the King's private secretary. He scored a First in Mods, at Magdalen, and took the Diamonds and the Goblets, both at Henley. He has qualified more than once for a Colonial Governorship, and has rowed twice at Putney. When he was bow, in his last race there, H. E. Rhodes was stroking Cambridge for the first time. John Clsmens, who is 97 years old, says that work is the greatest promoter of long life. His life has been well sprinkled with mis- fortunes, with satisfaction, and with con- tentment. and he is hale and hearty. He still works, and hopes to do so for many a year. His rules for long life are simple enough. Here they are as he gives them:- "Work creates a natural appetite. Work is natural exercise. Work is the key to long life. Work fortifies against disease. Eat moderately, and only when hungry. Eat seasonable vegetables and only wholesome food. Drink moderately whatever you wish. Never drink to excess. Avoid late. hours I Use tobacco, but not in cigarettes."

FOUND DEAD AT ABERAVON I Shortly before seven o'clock on Sunday morning a railway ganger, whilst walking on the Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway, found the body of a man lying in the four- foot way, near the Victoria-road Bridge. The police were communicated with, and the body removed to the Hong Kong Inn. A number of papers and letters in the Norwegian language were found, and other articles, such as a sheath-knife, indicated that the man was a sailor. He was a powerfully-built man, of about 27 years. Dr. Arnallt Jones, who examined the body, found a large wound on the crown of the scalp, which had bled con- siderably.

ALARMING FERRYBOAT ACCIDENT I An alarming accident occurred in the Wal- ney Channel on Sunday. A ferryboat, with about 24 passengers, was crossing from Wal- ney to Barrow, when it collided with a. yacht, and capsized. All the Paisenters-men. women, and childrei-were thrown into the water. The colliding yacht and a number of other craft which hurried to the spot picked up the struggling people, and it io9 believed all were saved. Some of the women and chil- dren were unconscious when rescued, and a few of the cases are serious.

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RATE COLLECTOR. I Woman Charged with Embezzlement. PRISONER BEFORE LLANDOVERY MAGISTRATES. At Llandovery Special Sessions on Saturday Sarah Evans, the sub-postmistress at Mothvey Post-office, Llandovery, and rate collector for the parish of Mothvey, was oharged with embezzling certain moneys between the 25th of March and the 17th of August, 1903, the property of the Mothvey Parish Council. John Evan Lloyd, timber merchant, Mothvey, was also charged with being an accessory after the fact. Mr. D. T. M. Jones, solicitor, Llandovery, appeared to prosecute, and Mr. T. Phillipe, solicitor, Llandovery, represented the prisoners. Mr. D. T. M. Jones, in applying for a remand, stated that, as the books were only secured from the prisoner Sarah Evans the previous night, they were as yet unable to ascertain the amount alleged to have been embezzled. A considerable amount was to be accounted for, amounting to nearly E400. Police-sergeant Deans, Llandovery, deposed to having received prisoners into custody at 10.30 the previous night. They were arrested at Lampeter by Police-constable Davies, Llandovery, who bad gone on a bicycle in pursuit of them. In reply to the charge, the female prisoner said: "It is a very serious charge indeed." The male prisoner said he knew nothing about it. Mr. T. Phillips applied that the prisoners be let out on bail. The male prisoner had in his possession cheques for over £100, and these would be handed to the police as security. The Magistrates remanded the prisoners until Monday, the 31st inst., and allowed prisoner Sarah Evans out on bail, herself in £ 50 and two sureties of C25 each. Bail was also granted to the prisoner Lloyd to the extent of the cheques found in his posses- sion. A large crowd was present in court. The female prisoner appeared to feel her position keenly, and fainted during the hearing.

MILFORD HAVEN GUNNERS. I Home Secretary Petitioned for Their Release. On the 13th inst. four gunners of the Royal Garrison Artillery stationed at Dale Fort, Milford Haven, on leaving the village inn at turning-out time got into a fisherman's boat drawn up on the beach, and put out to sea. They were seen by the village constable, who called them back, and, as they took no notice, he informed the military authorities, who sent two boats in pursuit. But the men had disappeared, and they were not seen again until noon the next day, when, tired and exhausted, they beached the boat at Milford Haven, and were immediately arrested for stealing the boat. Brought ¡ before the Roose bench of magistrates at Haverfordwest, the men protested that they never meant to steal the boat; that they put off in her for a lark," and would have gladly landed if they had been able. As they pleaded not guilty, they were told they would be committed for trial, which meant some nine weeks in gaol before being brought to trial. This having been explained, the men asked to be dealt, with summarily, pleading guilty, though again stating that they never meant to steal the boat. They were thereupon hent to Carmarthen Gaol for one month with hard labour, without the option of a fine. It was generally felt that the men had been harshly treated, and a petition to the Home Secretary for their release was signed by four county magis- trates. professional men. and, in fact, all classes of the community. On Saturday the petitioners had a communication from the Home Office stating that the matter was under consideration. The magistrates, too, had a private meeting to consider a com- munication from the Home Secretary, the nature of which and their reply to it are as yet private.

I MR OSWALD STOLL'S NEW EMPIRE I We takchthe following from 'The Referee": —Having fully satisfied the London County Council officials that all their recommenda- tions for the safety of the public has been carried out, Mr. Oswald Stoll was able to open his new Shepherd's Bush Empire last Tuesday evening, instead of Monday, as announced. So great wae the crowd anxious to witness the inaugural performance that sundry of the entrance doors suffered some- what in the crush, and nearly as many people failed to obtain admission as were lucky enough to find room inside the building. The new hall, which faces Shepherd's Bush Green, is quite close to the terminus of the Twopenny Tube and the electric trams, and both the exterior and interior of the building reflect great credit upon the designing abilities of Mr. Architect Matcham. In every possible way the safety, comfort, and convenience of the audience have been the first consideration of those responsible for this the latest suburban Empire, and their efforts in these directions may be voted completely successful. There is no drink licence at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, a fact which the management avers is compensated for by the luxnry of the theatre, the quality of the entertainments, and the smallness of the admission prices." An entire change of programme is promised each week, and, of course, every artiste adver- tised to appear will do so at both perform- ances each evening.

SUNDAY DRINKING AT RUMNEY I The "Sunday fides" at Rumney are, appa- rently. now flocking to that Mecca for drink i from wider ranges than the Cardiff confines. Amongst the number dealt with by the Mon- mouthshire magistrates on Saturday was William Hellings, who was found lying down drunk on the top of Rumney Bill on Sunday ) afternoon, August 16. He was a collier from Tonypandy. A bottle containing half a pint of whisky waa in one of his pockets, and he l had over £3 in his possession. A couple of men offered to take charge of the defendant, and took him away in the direction of Car- diff, but some hours later he was found in a I helpless condition of drunkenness in Rumney. —The Bench fined him 20s.

OBITUARY I Mr. Howell Evans, chief-constable of Cardi- ganshire, died on Sunday morning, after a short illness. After the death of his son, less than twelve months ago, Mr. Evans appeared to break up, and although he followed out his duties, it was plain that his health was failing. During the past two weeks he was confined to his room, and it was seen that nothing but a miracle could pull him round. He was respected by all classes in the county and was idolised by his men. He took keen interest in his work, and at the close of the century presented a restrospect of the century relating especially to crime and its preven- tion. The standing joint committee ordered I this to be published.

LOCAL WILLS I MR. W. DAVIES. Mr. William Davies, of Southgate, Pennard, Glamorgan, who died on Jane 26, appointed his sons William Davies and Henry Samuel Davies, both of Southgate, to be the executors of his will, and they have sworn the-value of the estate to be £2,414 12s. 6d. gross and EI,687 16s. Zd. net. MR. JOHN JENKINS, SWANSEA. Probate has been grantea of the will of Mr. John Jenkins, of 43. Finsbury-terrace, Swan- sea, who died on June 8, leaving property valued at £1.630 15s. The executors are Mr. William John Jenkins, of 570. Fulham-road, London. gilder, the son, and Miss Susan Maria Jenkins, of 43, Finsbnry-terrace, the daughter.

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MINERS WAGES. I Mabon and Masters' Demand. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO REVIVE SLIDING-SCALE. As reported in the extra special and later editions of Saturday's "Evening Express A great demonstration of colliers in the Garw District of the Miners' Federation was held on Saturday morning in a field adjoin- ing the Congregational Churoh, New-road, Porthcawl. Mr. W. Abraham (" Mabon "), M.P., pre- sided, and in opening alluded to the success of the recent negotiations. Pleased as they were with the decision, everything that was done wae not eSactly in their favour. It was more or lesa a draw" of a kind. Friday, be said, was an important day—-the more important of the two on which they appeared before Lord Peel. Those who under- stood the grounds upon whioh the employers made the' demand for this extraordinary reduction felt at once that the employers were not fighting for the reduction so much as to measure the proportionate part which belonged, as it were. to the equivalent gelling price decided by Sir David Dale-to the relationship between that and the wages paid. That, doubtless, was the chief object, and that, he wished to say to the friendly critics, was one of the vital points that were net decided. Those who read between the lines said the employers aimed at another point. probably, not quite as important as the first. Clause 15 of the new agreement constituted the soul of the agreement as to the differ- ence between the new and the old. They would remember that under the old scale one of the complaints was that wages were not close enough in relation to the selling prices that then ruled. In former years con- tracts were taken for two or three years, and ultimately they came down to twelve months. They want in the new agreement to limit the time in which contracts were taken to three months. When they saw the grounds upon which the employers based the demand they said, Here is an attempt on two important points to take us back to have wagee regulated by the system of the sliding-6cale." With all due respect to the employers—and not wishing to say anything derogatory about them-he said that in rush- ing the fight as the chairman of the employers did on Friday--(Iaughter)-it was a fght for first blood, as it were. and they knew that a chap 6ft. 7in. in heignt and 24ft. in girth was not a small ohe to fight against. And now for a few more kindly words to the friendly critics. The "Western Mail" said that morning, The award practically justifies everything we have said as to the employers' demand." Well. he (the speaker) had no objection in agreeing to that so long as the demand was justified, and Lord Peel said it was not jus- tified. It was important to keep Clause 15 of the new agreement to the meaning it had when they agreed to it. On that point Lord Peel decided distinctly in their favour. On the first question, no doubt, he decided slightly in favour of the employers. Hence it was a kind of draw, and the equivalent price to the minimum wage would bear some relationship to the wages paid. It w.)uld be a factor out of a number of factors. The "other paper" declared that Lord Peel said it was to be a great factor, but that was distinctly wrong, and when his lordship used the qualifying words he said if the employers' demand had not been so great at": it was—having that qualification in his rhind-probably he would have made some slight modification. No doubt, the employers drew first blood, but the men got all the bread and cheese. (Applause.) As workmen ih that part of the Principality, they had every reason to be thankful for the new wage agreement, and he hoped that when the time to conciliate came they wonld #e prepared to meet the employers ih a conciliatory spirit. (Cheers.) Friends who suggested con- ciliation at the meeting on the day previous did it because they failed to grasp the situa- tion. They could not conciliate upon a prin- ciple; they must win or lose when a principle waa at stake, and there were two great prin- ciples at stake. Hence the reason why they could not conciliate. Now, these prin- ciples had been determined. He hoped when they again met that there would be a possibility of fair grounds for concilia- tion between the employers and the workers without calling in Lord Peel each time. The spirit of conciliation was the highest and noblest of all. In the higher hierarchy it was the ruling spirit, and the more they had it ruling below the better both for employers and employed. Mr. David W. Morgan proposed the follow- ing revolution "That this annual demonstration of the Garw Miners' Association of the South Wales Miners' Federation regard with pleasure the continued success of the Federation over the whole of the South Wales coalfield. We again declare our adherence to the policy of a fixed minimum wage, which we believe can only be pre- served by every miner being faithful to the Federation. While we view with satisfac- tion the progress made with the Mines Eight Honta Bill, we desire to re-affihn the prin- ciple of eight hours from bank to bank, and protest against the obstructive tactics adopted by certain members of the House of Commons against the Bill. We warmly approve of the efforts made by the Miners' Federation of Great Britain to secure an amended Mines Act and Workmen's Com- pensation Act. Also, we desire to call special attention to the urgent necessity of an effec- tive Old-age Pensions Act in the interests of those who by arduous toil are incapable of following their employment. We are delighted to find that the members' of this Federation are fully alive to the importance of sending further direct Labour represen- tatives to Parliament, having in a ballot vote declared by a majority of over 30,900 in favour of the formation of a fund for this purpose. We protest in the strongest possible manner against the retrograde step taken by the present Government in enfor- cing a tax upon the mining industry, and express our determination to resist any part of this tax being recovered from our wages. We also strongly protest against Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal policy." The speaker touched upon the various clauses in the resolution, and, speaking npon the question of Labour representation, he argued that the workers should be alive to their own interests and send to Parliament men of their own kith and kin. (Applause.) Mr. Alfred Onions, in seconding the motion, had no hesitation in saying that the success that bad attended the Federation of Miners was unparalleled in the history of Trades Unionism. (Cheers.) During the history of the Federation the weather had been com- paratively fair, but the time of stress and storm would surely come, and then would be the testing time, the time to strengthen and to purify. That day they congratulated themselves upon having secured a minimum wage. Recent decisions proved that it was not a myth, but a reality. (Applause.) The day previous they defended themselves not against a reduction only, for there was some- thing beyond, and he had no doubt the House of Lords would become very popular if this went on. (A laugh.) The "something beyond" was their defence against the deliberate and determined attempt to convert the present conciliation board into a sliding-scale of a worse kind as regarded the workmen than the one that terminated at the end of last year. (Cheers.) That attempt failed, and the con- ciliation board, secured by the strength of the Federation, by union and combination, was a reality, and not a myth. The effect of Lord Peel's decision was to put into their pockets, and into circulation in the commu- nities of South Wales and Monmouthshire about £ 170,000, which sum would have been withdrawn had his lordship given his deci- sion the other way. And as to the effect upon the community generally, surely it was better that this money should be put into circulation than that it should go to the foreigner. (Cheers.) Dealing with the ques- tion of labour representation, the scheme they had floated was, he urged, not unreason- able. They did not ask for a monopoly of political power, but only for a fair share. Mr. Tom Richards (general secretary of the South Wales Miners' Federation), dealing with the stop-day action, contended that the present state of things could not last long. Instead of being subject to the law, as embodied in the opinions of judges, they should have statutory law, and know what to do and what to refrain from doing. They wanted to be law-abiding citizens, but they would like to know what the law was, and not, as Trades Unionists, to be subjected to disabilities. There were 140,000 members in the organisation, and the workman and the employer alike should have equal opportu- nities before the law. The ooalowners—the most powerful of all associations of capital- had an organisation, but no code of rules open to the public. Nobody knew what they did. They were few in number. They went into a small room, and kept their delibera- tions absolutely private, whilst everything the miners said was proclaimed from the house-tops. The same control should be exercised over organisations of capital and organisations of labour. (Cheers.) He cited IlguresonDected with the maintenance of high wages-to show there was nothing in the cry that they would have to compete with foreign countries and the coal industry would then crumble to the dust. In 1886 they produced in the coalfield 24 million tons, with wages 24 per cent, on the standard. In 1902 they produced more than 41 million tons, and were able for more than twelve months to keep the wages at 48i upon the standard. (Cheers.) He had hoped that the Federation would still further improve their condition. Everyone almost who touched coal made more out of it than did the colliers. The resolution wae carried unanimooBty.

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THE GREAT YACHT RACE. I Express Arrangements for Signalling. The "Evening Express" will do this year what it did in 1901, viz., give the people of Cardiff and Newport a full and free view of the contest for the America Cup as the racing bulletins come to hand. Particu- lars of our arrangements, in which (guided by the experience gained on Thursday night) an important modification has been made, will be found on I'age 4 of this issue.

BOARDS OF GUARDIANS. NEWPORT. Mr. T. Dutfield presided on Saturday at the meeting of the Newport Board of Guardians. —It was agreed, on the recommendation of the finance committee, that Mr. Bircham, the Local Government Board inspector, and Dr. Macormaek, the workhouse medical officer, should be invited to attend a meeting of the finance committee to discuss the question of the doctor's position.—The building com- mittee reported that the contract for the extension and alteration of the workhouse had been completed, and the contractor was off the ground. There were a good many! things outside the contract, however, still to be done, and the clerk of the works was still being kept on.—The Chairman strongly con- demned the tone of a communication from the ratepayers' association on the question of the advance in poor-rates. BRIDGEND. The weekly meeting of the Bridgend and Cowbridge Guardians was held at the Work- house on Saturday, Archdeacon Edmondes presiding. Mr. Tom Price, valuer of the Union, submitted his account for balance due on the valuation of £ 700 at 21s. per cent. amounting to zElOO. Also for X144 48. 7d. due for new valuations to property amounting to £ 13,784.—It was decided to pay Mr. Price the £100 balance, and the other account was referred to the assessment committee.—It was agreed to have the new workhouse buildings handed over the master on receipt of a certifi- cate from the architect. CHEPSTOW. I Mr. Seys presided at the fortnightly meet- ing on Saturday.—A letter was received from the Local Government Board adverting to the Board's letter of the 23rd uit., transmit- ting plane, &111.. relating to the proposed alterations and additions at the Chepstow Union Workhouse, and stating that in defer- ence to the wish of the Guardians the Board has approved the plans. The board, however, considered that it would have been preferable if a smaller building (for hospital purposes) were erected on an additional piece of land to I be acquired, and the present building improved and used for the aged, infirm, and imbecile inmates of the workhouse.

GEN. BOTHA AND CHINESE LABOUR. General Botha has written to the Pretoria "Volksstem," the Boer organ, warning his fellow-Boers against agents who, he says, are unlawfully using his name to convene meet- ings in support of the introduction of Chinese labour, aDo thus entrapping the Boers into passing resolutions in favour of the importa- tion of Chinese. General Botha says that such agents are not acting in the interests of the Boers, but against them. "The question," he continues, "is, perhaps, the moat serious South Africa has ever had to face, and is. perhaps, fraught with the greatest disaster. The mines which want Chinese want to place the responsibility for any poscible disaster upon others. Why should the Poers be con- sulted in this when they have been ignored in other matters?" General Botha, finally advises his countrymen to have nothing to do with the matter until the report of the labour commission is published, when the Boer leaders will call meetings to consider the question fully and express their opinions upon it.—Renter.

I DROWNED AT BARGOED. An inquest was held at the Smith's Arms Hotel, Aberbargoed, on Saturday (before Mr. C. Walford. coroner) on the body of David John Jones, who was found drowned in the River Rhymney at Aber1)argoed on Friday morning.-S. Williams, collier, New Tredegar, said he saw Jones on Thursday night about 9.45 at the Ruperra Hotel, New Tredegar. He had been drinking, but appeared to be sen- sible. Jones told him he was going to walk to Bargoed, and he (witness) advised him not to do so, considering the severity and dark- ness of the evening.—Police-constable Jenkins said that on Friday morning, about 6.30, he found deceased, face downwards, on a rock in the middle of the river. There were a few wounds on the back of the head and fore- head. On searching the pockets he found 4s. 3d. and a tobacco-box.—A verdict of Found drowned was returned.

I SWANSEA BATHING FATALITY. I An inquest was held at Port Tennant on Saturday on the body of a boy named W. S. Lovoring, who was drowned in the Tirgwyllt Pond, Llaireamlet, on Friday evening while bathing. It appears that the lad, who could swim a little, after diving into the deep pond complained of cramp. Three companions tried to bring him ashore, but they failed, and the boy sank. His companions ran off for assistance, but it was half an hour before the body was recovered, and all attempts to restore animation were unsuc- c,essful.-A verdict of Accidental death was returned.

WELSH RIVAL FISHING CENTRES I Mr. Burt, managing director of the Castle Line of trawlers, which is about to transfer its headquarters from Milford to Swansea, last week paid a further visit to Swansea, and inspected the new wharf at the South Dock and the site of the ice manufactory, 4c., which the company is to erect there. He expressed the unshaken resolution of the company to go to Swansea and his confidence in the greater adyantages offered by Swansea. —

COLLIERY FATALITY AT ABERTILLERY I On Saturday, as a workman named Higgins, a single mau, residing at Six Bells, was working on the repairing shift at the Vivian Colliery, a fall from the roof took place and caused him severe injuries. Higgins was taken home, where he succumbed. A man named Fred Clark was also badly injured, sustaining a broken arm, injured hip, and nasty cuts about the head.

TRAMWAY ACCIDENT AT CARDIFFI On Sunday afternoon a boy of about six years of age, named Dennis M'Carthy, son of Mike M'Oarthy, labourer, 21, Morgan-street, was knocked down by a Splott electric car in Adamsdown. The catcher did its work effec- tively, but the child had a nasty cut on the bead. He was taken to the infirmary, and after the wound had been dressed he was permitted to go home.

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Lord Salisbury Passes Away. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF DECEASED STATESMAN. Lord Salisbury, after an illness extending over some weeks, died at nine p.m. on Satur- day evening. Time and again within the past few days the attendants and the relatives of the dis- tinguished statesman had fully believed that the final stage in his brief illness was imminent, and on at least two occasions it Was temporarily feared that death had occurred. But the seeming crisis passed. There was a slight rally and an almost infinitesimal increase of strength, followed by a spell unbroken by any change. Saturday morning opened with a serious alarm. The early hours are frequently those most anxious to watchers by sick-beds, and soon after day broke a, change was noticed in Lord Salisbury's condition, which seemed to indicate a fast approaching dissolution. { The members of the family grouped them- selves around the invalid's chair, where the patient sat propped up by pillows (to lie down having long been impossible to him), and waited apprehensively for the expected passing. Once again Death was held at bay, and Lord Salisbury entered upon what proved to be a long-drawn-out period of an unconscious condition, which was practically death in all but name. Shortly before eight o'clock all the members of the family were hastily called to his lord- ship's room because of a sudden and threatening change. The crisis once again passed in a few minutes, and the household were able to go to dinner, in full expectation t'i-t the state of things which had been normal almost throughout the day still pre- vailed. The meal, however, had not concluded when a further sharp crisis was observed, and the members of the family absent from the sick-chamber were once more hurriedly sum- 1 TRZ LATZ LORD SAL19MMY THE LATE LORD SALISBtlBT. moned. This time the relapsed was decisive, in the coarse of a few moments, at ten minutes past nine, the Marquess of Salisbury had passed peacefully away. The Prime Minister was at the side of his noble relative, and all the family now in this country stood near. The end had been so long delayed that it was almost up to the last thought by watchers outside the family circle that Lord Salisbury might still live through another night, and at the end the tidings that at length all was over came unexpectedly. A trusted retainer ran to inform the crowd of pressmen and townspeople that his master had passed away and to give orders that, late though the hour, the bell of the Parish Church should be tolled. Messengers sped down to the telegraph office with the momen- tous tidings, which quickly became noised abroad and plunged the little town into mourning. In a few minutes confirmation of the verbal news came from the tolling of the death knell, and its solemn tone, booming out sharply through the still night air, informed all the residents that the greatest and best-loved neighbour had found release from this world's ills. Heir to the Title. By the death of Lord Salisbury and the accession of Viscount Cranborne to the title a vacancy is caused in the Parliamentary representation of Rochester, for which his lordship has sat since 1893. At the last general election Lord Cranborne was returned unopposed, and at the 1895 election he had a majority of 479 over Mr. C. A. Grenfell, the Liberal candidate. His elevation is ex- pected to lead to further alterations in the personnel of the Ministry as re-constructed by Mr. Balfour in August of last year. The new Marquess of Salisbury has held the posi- tion of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs since the general election of 1900, and he cannot, of course, retain that office in the House of Lords, where the Marquess of Lans- downe is the representative of the Foreign Department. Sunday at Hatfield. A special representative, telegraphing from Hatfield on Sunday evening, said:-The place of interment has been under consideration, and it wae officially stated at Hatfield House at mid-day that up to that time no final decision I had been taken. Popular local opinion inclines to the view that Hatfield will be the last rerting-place. The devotion and attach- ment of Lord and Lady Salisbury to each other made their union a perfectly happy one. Her ladyship sleeps in the private burial ground of the Cecils, in a corner of the pa,rieh churchyard,.and the townspeople ardently hope, whatever national sepulchre may be offered by the State, that husband and wife so closely and lovingly linked in life will not be divided in death. The oaken shell to con- tain the leaden comn in which will rest the illustrious dead, was conveyed into Hatfield House about noon to-day. The oaks of Hat- field Park, some of them quite historic trees, supplied the timber which was prepared and shaped by the estate carpenters, whilst his lordship's own artificer3 constructed the inner lining of metal. Many messages of condolence have been received by the bereaved relatives. The King has telegraphed from Marienbad his deep sympathy with the family in their loss. This morning an exceptionally large num- ber of townspeople attended the parish church where the deceased statesman ordi- narily worshipped, and for half-an-hour before the service a muffled peal was rung in the ohurch belfry. Lord William Cecil, the rector, was present with his clergy, and per- sonally took a portion of the service. The Prime Minister, the Earl aad Countess of Sel- borne. Lady Gwendolen Cecil, Lord Robert Cecil, Lady Cranborne, Lady Edward Cecil, and Sir^chomberg M'Donell, formerly private secretary to Lord Salisbury, occupied seats in the late peer's chapel and in the adjoining pews, reserved for the household, were Mr. I M'Cowan, hia lordship's agent, and a number of servants. The organist played as an open- I ing voluntary Mendelssohn's "0 Rest in the I Lord," but the service was not arranged with any special reference to the sad event, and the hymns, though appropriate, were not what are usually regarded as funeral hymns. The Rev. E. A. Smith, senior curate and domestic chaplain to the late Marquess, preached from the words, Walk worthy of the Lord," and, referring to the deceased Premier, and they thought of him, and the world thought of him, as the great states- man devoting all his wonderful powers and brilliant talent3 to the unselfish service of his country. He might have chosen a life of comparative case, but he deliberately chose the highest life, the life of service, a life of incessant and exacting toil in the interests ot others, which in all human probability, hastened the end, for it allowed him practic- ally no rest from his continual labour, but to them at Hatfield there must also come the sense of a personal loss. It was to Hatfield that he always turned for the rest and quiet which a life like his EO sorely needed, and the home life at Hatfield House would long be remem- bered afc worthy in every sense of the best traditions of their English homes. Might they not think that it was in the circle of this devoted home that he drew the inspira- tion which conduced in no small degree to the greatness of his public life. At the conclusion of the discourse the con- gregation rose and remained standing while r the organist rendered the Dead March in Saul." French Appreciation. I The French papers contain laudatory articles on Lord Salisbury, though some of them remark that France has not always had reason to be pleased with his actions. "The "Gaulois" says: "People have talked of Lord Salisbury's weakness; well, Lord Salis- burp personified force in his person and will personify it in history. Yes, force which endures, resists, and imposes itself. Among the great men, stubborn and proud, who have governed England, he has been one of the proudest and most stubborn. Among the politicians the course of whose career we have beheld, he has shown the least variation. From the moment when he set foot on the stage to the moment when he with- drew for ever behind the scenes, he was the living tradition of Conservatism incarnate." After a survey of the part played by the late marquess in foreign policy, the "Gaulois" con- cludes "So long as diplomacy is a great game of chess, and nations go on playing their own game, Lord Salisbury will be adjudged to have been in the right. We should thank him had he been playing on our behalf." The "Petit Parisien" says:—"Lord Salisbury was closely mixed up in the political life of his country for more than half-a-century. Since the disappearance of Lord Beaconsfield he has been the loftiest personality of the Conservative party. He played a considerable part, not only abroad, but also at home, where he was the real author of the fusion of the old Tories and the Radical disciples of Mr. Chamberlain in Imperialist Unionism." The "Aurore" says: He was celebrated, not only for his long career as a statesman, but also for his haughty and lordly dicta, for his sceptical and smiling impossibility, for his high culture and the finesse of his mind. Some of his speeches, even the political ones, might pass as perfect models of British humour." The "Figaro" says :Men of all parties and all countries will respectfully salute as he passes into history—the great statesman who, with Lords Palmerston and Beacons- field, Sir Robert Peel, Lords Derby and Mel- bourne, 'and Mr. Gladstone, rendered the reign of Victoria, Queen and Empress, illustrious." The "Journal" says:—"Each time he took up office a vigorous resumption of British action abroad was to be observed. His retire- ment did not precede his death by long, but the aged statesman had time to see a new era in which British policy seems to be seek- ing a new route." The "Libre Parole says: With Lord Salisbury disappears one of the front-rank politicians who have had a great influence on European politics for half a century, such as Bismarck, Crispi, and Gladstone. From the French point of view we have no cause to throw flowers on his grave." The "Matin" says:—The last of these great statesmen—Disraeli, Gladstone, Salisbury- who succeeded in imposing their will on their contemporaries vanishes in the person of Lord Salisbury. At the present time one would look in vain for a name the prestige of which approaches even from afar that of these men who represented a departing epoch.—Reuter. The King's Tribute to the I Deceased Statesm an. The Court Circular" on Sunday night contained the following, dated Marienbad, Sunday:- The King has received with profound regret the news of the death of the Mar- quess of Salisbury, and deplores the loss of so great a statesman, whose invaluable services to Queen Victoria, to the King, and to his country in the highest Omœ! of the State, which he held for so many years, will ever dwell in the memory of I his fellow-countrymen.

The Cecils of Welsh Extraction. The Cecils are of Welsh extraction. The calendar of the MSS preserved at Hatfield has been published and is of the greatest value to all students of, English history during the Tudor period. br the volume are many refer-. enoes to Wales, Welsh families and individual Welshmen, who occupied a prominent position in the time of Elisabeth. The Prime Minister was in possession of proof positive that hia ancestors were Welsh. In fact, there is at Hatfield a pedigree endorsed by no less a l personage than the great Lord Burghley him- self. That pedigree traces the descent of i Margaret, daughter and heir of Gilbert I Wynston of Llangaren, who married Thomas Sitsillt, Lord of Haulterennes, also the col- lateral desoent of Sir Morgan ap Meredith, of whom cameth the Morgans." Haulter- ennes properly spelt would be Alltyrynys, a pla-ce in Herefordshire, where dwelt at one time William Cecil, who died in 1598. Mr. Llewelyn Williams, in an article in a recent issue of Y Cymmrodor," suggested that the Minister of Queen Elizabeth had a knowledge of Welsh.

Reception of the News in South Wales. It was through the publication of a special late edition of the "Evening Express" on Saturday night that the people of Cardiff heard of the death of Lord Salisbury. Many, however, who had gone to their homes before the news was received only became aware late on Sunday that the great statesman had passed away. On all hands, irrespective of politics or religion, the greatest regret was expressed. Liberals, as well as Conservatives, recognised the fact that Lord Salisbury had helped in a very large measure to make the Empire what it is, and that on no occasion had he deviated from the course he had set for himself in order to obtain support either in the House or the country.

AT CARDIFF AND NEWPORT. I Recollections of Two Visits to South Wales. It was in the 80's that Lord Salisbury delivered at Newport the speech which has always been called since his great speech." His lordship's visit to Cardiff in November, 1893, was a magnificent success. Rarely has any sta-tesman had a reception so demonstratively enthusiastic. The occasion was the annual session of the National Union of Conserva- tive Associations, and the interest taken by the general public in the conference meetings was very widespread. Lord Salisbury arrived at Newport on Monday, November 27, and was met on the platform of the station by Lord Tredegar, his host during his stay in the district. Of his personal appearance, the "Western Mail" of the day following remarked —The ex-Premier, though looking very well and strong, appeared considerably aged to those who recollected him on the occasion of his famous visit to Newport in October 1885. He had then a tinge of iron grey about his upper locks. Eight years, however, do not appear to have passed lightly over his head, to judge by the snowy whiteness of his hair. The great Con- servative conference in the Drill-hall was remarkable for the enthusiastic reception of the Conservative chief. The whole United Kingdom at that time debated with the most intense interest his lordship's contribution to the history of the future. It seems a long hark back to the days of Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule proposals and the resistance of the House of Lords, questions that then aroused so much ferment and agitation, and the intense feeling existing at that time is brought out in the Hear, hears," and the cheers" that followed Lord Salisbury's references to the subject. The following weighty observations to the "people of Cardiff" upon the Irish question are worthy of re-production even now:—"And I entreat the people of Cardiff not to think this is a distant matter belonging to another island-that it does not affect them. I hope we shall feel, and continue to feel, deep sym- pathy with our brethren in the North of Ireland—the Loyalists-to whom a fate is threatened to which you here would not sub- mit for a moment. You know you would never submit to have the Government entirely taken, to have the legislative government entirely taken, to have the judicial autho- rities entirely appointed, every law upon which your industry or well-being may depend entirely given over to those who were alien from you, in race, in traditions, in creed, and who fbr centuries have been animated by the deepest and bitterest animosity against you. I am sure it would be inconceivable that a popnlation such as this would submit to such a fate as is now held before the city of Belfast, which is one of the ports of this country which has thriven and risen most rapidly in prosperity in recent years. I believe it has in that race been surpassed by only one pert, and that is the port of Cardiff. To these western ports- Cardiff, I should say, more than any other- it is of vital importance that the integrity of the Empire should be maintained." There was an overflow meeting in the Park- hall, and a smoking concert at the Royal, and the decoration of public buildings and of the interior of the halls in which the meet- ings were held was most profuse. Lord Salis- bury on the following (Wednesday) afternoon visited Newport, and laid the foundation- stone of the new Conservative Club. In his speech there he pointed out what has been many a time pointed out, and found to be proved, in Cardiff, at all events-that "there is nothing that has contributed so much to the spread of Conservative opinions during the last 20 years as the multiplication of these clubs, where Conservatives can meet together." The speech was taken up mostly with a considera- tion of Governmental interference and increased taxation. At the close of it he used these momentous words, I will only say that I earnestly hope this increase of Conservative organisation—that this sharpening of the sense of the people to the importance of the institutions which we enjoy, and which it is the mission of the Conservative party to pro- tect-that they will gain fprce from all that is being done to support them, and that we shall make a serious advance in this part of! the country in protecting our institutions from the dangers with which they are threatened."

———— f LATEST FROM HATFIELD, Funeral Arrangements: The Final Illness. A special correspondent at Hatfield tele- graphs:—It in authoritatively, but unoffi- cially, stated that the funeral of the late Lord Salisbury will take place at Hatfield at the end of this week. The following official statement was made to the preas representatives at Hatfield House at ten o'clock: lord Salisbury, who has not been in very good health for some. time past, had an attack of acute nephritis last Whitsuntide, accompanied by alarming symptoms of heart weakness. From this attack he really never recovered, and on the morning of Wednesday, August 12, his heart began to fail. Although there was a rally, it was only of a, temporary character, and he peacefully passed away shortly after nine o'clock on Saturday evening." Telegrams of condolence have been received from the King, Queen Alexandra, the Queen of Portugal, Prince and Princess Christian, the Duke of Cambridge, the Archbishop of Canter- bury, Lord Lansdowne, President Loubet, the French Ambassador, the Japanese, Greek, and Portuguese Ministers, the Viceroy of II India, Lord Northcote, the Governor-General of Australia, and the Diplomatic Body gene- rally.

MR. DAN LENO'S ILLNESS' Mr. Dan Leno is now sufficiently well to get about a little. He has gained a stone in weight since his attack, and he spends moat of his time cricketing and playing billiards.

SWANEEA HORSE SHOW. Particulars will be found in another oolumn I of that attractive event, the Swansea Horse Show, which is announced for Wednesday and Thursday next ia Victoria Park.

Cochfarf's Comments. Since my reference to the importance of having good milk in order to arrest the enormous infantile mortality mentioned in the same comment, 1 notice that certain milksellere in the Neath Valley have been fined for selling milk deficient in butter fat, and here a genuine difficulty arises for purveyors of this important iood. Where grass is poor a deticiency of butter fat in milk may arise without any act on the part of the owner of the milk cows. Since the issue of the Sale of Milk Regulations in 1901 an arbitrary standard of milk quality has been based upon the evidence of experts taken before the Departmental Committee on Milk and Cream regulations which was taken previous to the issue above stated. The standard cannot be declared to be too exacting, and that the Neath magistrates regarded the cases I have mentioned as technical offences merely is proved by the small fines imposed on the farmers who appeared before them on Friday. The increased attention given by the central authorities to the qualities of milk sold to the public indicates that the Board of Agriculture is fully alive to its responsi- bilities in seeing that only a food in every way suitable for consumption by children shall be offered for sale. Occasionally complaints are made by milksellers that only an imperfect analysis of milk can be made after it has been kept for a con- siderable time so as to become sour, but in a circular issued on the 17th inst. by the Board of Agriculture it is pointed out that the change which takes place in a sample of milk kept from contact with air (as in a bottle nearly full of the sample, and fitted with a good, sound cork sealed with wax) is, as a rule, comparatively slight. Without going into details con- cerning the fermentative changes to which milk is liable, the changes which affect the analysis, and, therefore, the inferences to be drawn from the results, are con- cerned with the non-fatty solids only, and more particularly with the milk sugar. Cardiff is to have its branch of the National Association for the Suppression of Bad .Language, and everyone ought to assist in keeping the well of Weisa and English and all the other languages which are spoken in the borough undetiled, but who will undertake the latter task I cannot tell. It is a little galling to our national pride that with our boasted education and with so much religious ettort there should be a necessity for a society to preserve pure speech. Nevertheless, as we go about, the country ears which are none too sensitive to coarse words are shocked with oaths and curses which are a blot upon our civilisation. Is this an offence of the common people" only? Truth compels an admission that it is not. Persons who would be indignant, indeed, if they were classed under such a general denomination practise words which are not to be found in any classical dictionary, and words which would cause consternation and indignation were they only whis- pered in a drawing room; and yet in many a pretentious place of assembly it would not be out of place to fix there one of this society's notices, Bad Language Forbidden." No one defends bad lan- guage, and the checking of the vice should be an easy matter if those who practise it reflected upon the uselessness of the habit. Dear Cochfarf,"—Your interesting and timely comment on our Welsh mountain peaks leads me to throw out a suggestion that I hope you will approve. Visiting Malvern a few weeks ago, I was surprised and pleased to find at the top of the highest summit an indicator which greatly facilitates picking out the many objects around. The view from the top of the Malvern Hills is a truly noble one, but this indicator adds greatly to its interest. It is a short colunm of granite, to which steps lead up. The top of the column is flat, and on it is engraved a map of the whole country visible from the Malverns so arranged that on a clear day every. point of vantage can be easily and dis- tinctly identified. Not only so, but at the neat and comfortable refreshment booth hard by a copy of the indicator map can be obtained for a few pence. I am told they have such indicators on certain Continental summits, and I recollect an arrangement of the kind on the Eiffel Tower. Now, why cannot an indicator be erected on Snowdon ? What a boon it would be to the tourist. And the same thing might be done on Cader Idris—and, indeed, at other places. From the summit of Snowdon you have one of the sublimest landscapes in all Britain, but one is easily confused amid the wilder- ness of distant peaks. By the way, it is said Snowdon can be seen from the Mal- verns. I am inclined to doubt it; but the Brecon Beacons, Machen Mountain, and the Severn Estuary are easily to be dis- tinguished.—I am, &c., IDRIS. I shall take care to send the excellent and practical suggestions of "Idris" to the county authorities of Arvon, and to i the authorities of the county in which Cader Idris stands. To nine-tenths of the tourists who ascend Snowdon the only object of their climb is to get on the highest peak of this historical spot, but were it made known to them that careful observers can see from it the Isle of Man, and the Wicklow Hills in Ireland, the interest of the place would be greatly increased. How many lovers of Welsh congregational music who ascend Snowdon know that the last cottage on the path from Llanberis to Snowdon is that in which "Ieuan Gwyllt resided during his palmiest days; and how much longer the botanist wouki linger on its rugged slopes if lie knew of the many rare specimens of plants which grow there; and who knows how many unnecessary pangs of thirst would be alleviated if the situation of the ice-cold spring of water that wells out of a crevice in the mountain (but out of sight from any of the most frequently- used paths) Was made known by an indi- cator' such as that suggested by Idris." It is true a pot of tea can be obtained for a shilling in the refreshment" hut near by, but all tourists are not silver kings," and cannot afford to pay sixpence for a small bottle of lemonade, or a shilling for a small bottle of beer. Mrs. Kendall has been discoursing publicly on the evasive characteristics of ladies' pockets—and that to a sale of work audience, too! We are told that she said nothing about gentlemen's sockets, but the males who are inveigled into attending sales of work and bazaars should here reverse the usual order of obtaining knowledge, and argue from the unknown to the known. As it is admitted by so excellent an authority upon this subject as the great actress that ladies' pockets are evasive, why cannot tailors be bribed to conceal male pockets in an equally successful manner? Whilst on a railway journey recently I witnessed a lady searching desperately for her hand- kerchief, and in such a manner as to make me, who has forgotten the number of bazaars that I have seen within this year, immoderately envious of her embarrass- ment. There are people who cannot find their way into the most obviously sugges- tive receptacles of purses and other per- sonal possessions, but I am writing of those who possess responsive hearts, and who cannot resist an appeal from a plead- ing face as we see in angel pictures, and which peeps from under a duck of a hat that is in itself a thing of beauty, al- though far from being a joy for ever, for the publication of the next fashion maga- zine will pronounce its doom! The fighting tripper is rapidly disap- pearing, but a bad sample of the almost extinct species has met his deserts at Long Ashton. Of the hundreds of "demonstra- tors" who attended the meeting of the Garw district of the Miners' Federation at Porthcawl on Saturday last not a single complaint of rowdyism was heard during the whole day. It was not always so at Porthcawl, as the old inhabitants will bear witness, for stories are told of mild riote and general defiance of authorities. Indeed, the one or two cases of inebriation that occurred was unhesitatingly de- nounced by the chairman to the accom- paniment of The loud cheers of the huge meeting.