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Passing Pleasantries. I Dowased-addr-gs not known," was marked on a letter returned to a Peckham resident by the Post Office authorities. HIS BUSINESS. I What, do you mean to say that I know ym? said the police inspector. "Certainly, ewtr since I opened a goldsmith's shop." The inspector stared at the rough-looking cus- tomer from head to foot. With what capi- tal did you open it?" he asked. C'.apital! Who said capital? I opened it with a jemmy." OF COURSE, YOU SEE IT. In a small village in Berkshire there ia, or was a year or so ago. a small inn called the White Hart. The landlord being of an artistic tarn had a large conventional shaped heart painted in white over the name, much to his own satisfaction and not a little to the amusement of his more enlightened fellow- Tillagers. THE BUS CONDUCTOR AGAIN. A fussy old gentleman, about to alight from ail omnibus, asked the conductor to tell the driver to pull up close to the kerb, as the road was very muddy. The conductor, not liking the manner in which he was addressed, shouted out to the driver: "Say, Bill! pull up close to the kerb. There's a gent here who taye 'e 'as to clean is own boots."

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I MISCELLANEOUS, I ENTERTAINING AND CURIOUS I CONDENSATIONS. Sued by Seven. I A bugler-sergeant of Chemni:.z tSaxony) has! been sued by seven young ladies for breach of promise For Pets. j A company has been formed in Paris, with a. capital of £14,000, to establish a cemete-ry for dome3tic pets. Tombs may be rented for about 4s. each a year. Peaceful Bilbao. The municipality of Bilbao, in 9pain, has passed a law prohibiting the ringing of bells, i because, it holds, bell-ringing is harmful to J invalids and a nuisance to people in health, Oldest Man Alive. A New York society, which devotes its! attention to the study of vital statistics, says that the oldest man alive is Izail Kodofsty, a citizen of Moscow. This Russian, who is 136 years old, has still good eyesight. His father died at the age of 120. Shaving for Nothing. Organised barbers in Manchester have i opened a shop where hair-cutting and shaving are dons free of charge, the idea being t-c- defeat the barbers who give penny shaves. The shop has been besieged, but the "penny' barbers say they have not suffered. Gates of Seoul. The Korean capital has eight gates. Some i of them have picturesque titles, as follow*:—j The south gate is called the "Gate of Ever- lasting Ceremony," the west gate is known as the "Gate of Amiability," while the east gate' is the "Gate of Elevated Humanity." For the Winsome. Mr. Taylor, the director of the World's Fair works, St. Louis, recently compla.ined in the papers that he was being worried by numerous proposals of marriage. He imme- diately received a letter from a Mr. Warren asking him to forward some of them, ana adding, "I am thirty-four, six feet tall. ana will do all in my power to make a winsome young lady a loving husband." Veils and Natio aliti s. The Frenchwoman arranges her veil just to include the tip of her nose, and allows it to fall in loose and graceful folds at the back. It ia a style that is recalled from the begin- ning of last century. Brown and black Chantilly arranged in this way are very graceful. The Americans drape the veil over the back of the hat in a style no other nation seems able to copy. The Englishwoman strains hers over her face, overlapping the chin. The Russian abjures them altogether. How Many Bonfires.0 The Korean War Cfflce haq a simple ana effective way of signalling by means of bon- fires. Every night four huge beacon fires are lit on the summit of a. high hill near Seoul, known as the Cock's Comb. This signifies "In all Korea all's well." An extra fire means that an enemy has been sightea off some part of the coast. Two extra lights mean that the enemy has landed; three give the information that the enemy are moving inland, and four give the dread news that they are pushing on towards the capital. English History. A board school examiner gives the follow- ing example of a twelve-year-old boy's know- ledge of English history. He was asked to write what he knew of Henry VIII. His answer ran a-s follows: -"Henry VIII. was King of the Mormons. He was also a can- nibal. He had six wives. He used to cut their hea-ds off and hang them up in a cabinet, so they called him Bluebeard. He was very fat." It was not stated what was done with the bodies of his defunct spouses, but since he was a cannibal and very fat, the conclusion to be drawn is obvious.

BARRY SHIPPING Two Collisions Last Night In consequence of the continued galee of the past, week the arrival at Barry of fully 30 steamers from Continental ports and else- where was delayed, it being practically im- possible for ships to round Land's End. The subsidence of the storm, however, enabled about twenty steamers to reach Barry during the past 24 hours. Last night, whilst the steamer Simonside (Ca.ptain Tarrot i was lying at anchor in Barry Roads, the steamer Kiros, coming up channel. collided with her, doing considerable damage to the stem of the Simonside. The same night the steamer Ethelbryhta, which was nearly a week over- due from Hamburg, in making for the en- trance to Barry Dock, collided with the pier- head. both steamer and pier-head teing damaged, the propellor of the steamer being lost. The three steamers named will -dry dock to-day for repairs.

THREATENED STRIKE AT FRENCH MINT. Money may be running short in Franca for an jjnprecedentad reason. The workers of the National Mint are talking of going on strike. They form a trade union called the Syndicate of Artisans in Moneys and Metals, which adheres to the federation of working men employed by the Sta-te. The principal claim put forward by the Mint hands is for a reduction of the hours of daily labour from ten to eight. The director, asked some time ago to grant this demand, answered that he had no authority in the matter, and referred the delegates of the union to the Minister of Finance. The Treasury sent the delegates to the Prime Minister. M.. Combes is repor-ted to have led the men to expect a final reply before the end of last month, but up till now they have received no communication from the Government. The director declines, being a Government official, to express any opinion on the case. The union held a meeting at the Labour Exchange, which concluded with a resolution to uphold, through thick and thiu. demands, first, for an eight-hour day; and. secondly, for a set code of rules regulat- ing promotion.

===== WAITING FOR A FORTUNE Fortune has been tantalising a young French dressmaker, Mdlle. Rosalie Lemaire, for over six months past. Luck came to her on July 10 last, when the winning ticket, worth LLG,OCO, in a State lottery in aid of the fund for consumptive children was .a.wn from the wheel, and proved to be No. 3;;¡1,698- that which she had bought for one franc shortly before. But when the dressmaker, in the seventh heaven of delight, went to the bank to claim the money, she v, as told that a protest had been legally lodged by a. porter of Bordeaux, who asserted that the winning ticket was in his possesion. Mdile. Lemaire could not, therefore, get her £ 10,000, nor has she the morey yet. The curious part is that there is no doubt about the genuineness of her ticket, nor the spuriousness of the other number 351,658, as in the latter the figure*- have been obviously tampered with. But the porter's legnl protest holds good, inasmuch as it compels payment to be stopped. After six months' waiting the ease came before the courts, where it was superabundantly demon- strated that Mdlle. Lemaire'# claim to the Llg,QW is the righT-al one.

FLOODED MAIDENHEAD The flood at Maidenhead receded three inchee during yesterday, and is still subsi- ding. Yesterday the mayor and members of the town couneil, assisted by the fire brigiada, served out hot soap with bread to the poor in the flood-bound districts. Altogether 350 houses were visited and 700 loaves and 106 gallons of soup distributed. The workeare had to wade through 2ft. of water to get to the doors of some of the houses.

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ELOPEMENT SEQUEL ROMANTIC STORY OF HEIRESS AND COACHMAN. Action for Enticing & Harbouring a Wife. Yesterday, at Leicestershire Assizes, a singular action was commenced in connec- tion with a romantic elopement which took place in Leicester in the early part of last year. The plaintiff was Albert Edward Smith. a coachman, and the defendants were Robert Walker Kaye and Charles Bernard Robinson. The plaintiff sought damages by reason of the defendants enticing away and wrongfully harbouring his -Wife- Mr. Hugo Young, in opening the case, said the action was for enticing away from the plaintiff his wife, and when she was away from him inducing her to stop away. Now, as far as his client knew, in this case he had no reason to believe that his wife was acquainted with the true facts. Since she had left him he had not heard a word from her. He had not been able to gain access to her. and, E-o far as he believed, she had been prevented from corresponding with him. It appeared to be that his wife's relations between her brother and her brother-in-law, who were the defendants, considered the plaintiff's position in life was not good enough for the sister, and that. therefore, it was their duty to come between husband and wife, and to take the wife away. Plaintiffs father was a man in a very good position. He was the proprietor of a large hotel at Burton, and was also a farmer. He had a very serious fire upon his farm, and, having let his insurance run out, he was practically ruined. He had to give up the position-the considerable position—which he held. and his chil- dren had to do what they could for them- selves. The father took a cab proprietor's business for some time, and the son having been brought up amongst horees, took a posi- tion as coachman in the service of one of the defendants, Mr. Kaye. Now the father of Mr. Kaye w.as engaged, be believed, in some small way of business. He was at this time retired. and was living in a small cottage, and as far as he (Mr. Young) knew was not a man of means at all. They had a relation-he did not know exactly what the relationship w<u=— a Mrs. Downing. Mr. Downing was a man who had got on very well in Leicester in the hosiery trade, and made a considerable amount of money. Young Kaye. the defen- dant, had been taken into this business, and "uceedoo to a share of it when Mr. Downing died, leaving a wiriow. In that way he had acquired a considerable amount of money. Miss Kaye frequently stayed with her brother, and from constant drives out with plaintiff Mutual Affection Resulted. However, plaintiff said nothing till one day when out riding together Miss Kaye, recog- nising the difficult circumstances, herself declared her love for him. and asked him to correspond with her. Affectionate letters and meetings followed, and in February of last year they became secratly engaged. Counsel I proceeded to read a number of letters which passed, terause it was suggested sbie was taken advantage of in a moment, and taken away, and married without any considera- tion. The letters, he contended, on the con- trary, showed a sort of reluctance I on plaintiffs part to embark on marriage, because of it being unacceptable to the lady's friends. In December, 1902, she -.Trote:- "Don't, don't let me go. I should never get over it. Hold faôt to me if I am worth it. At present there is a war going on between m;, head and my heart. But I know which will win. It won't be my head; it couldn't." In a Fehruary letter occurred the passage: — "Life is hopeless. I would that mine were ended; but death does not visit those to whom it would be welcome, but prefers to call on those who cling to life instead." On March 6 she wrote — "You think the game is not worth the candle. You feel in rather a fix. Isn't that so? Well. I am going to set that right. I am writing to tell you it is all right, that you are perfectly free." Proceeding, she added that her feelings towards him were unchanged, and would pass on to the other world. "Love comes but once." About this time their aunt, Mrs. Downing, widow of a wealthy manufacturer, died. and left her x'V.SOO, besides a rever- sionary interest. My Heart is Breaking." On March 19. soon after Mrs. Downing died, Miss Kaye wrote this letter to the plaintiff- I don't know what you may think of me that I can turn to things concerning myself in the midst cf great sorrow, but it is ..0. I cannot help it, and I cannot keep from telling you that my heart is breaking. I shall be at the salLe place to-morrow night (Saturdayi at ai minutes to 7, if possible; turn to the right at the bottom of the road, just beyond those houses. I shall wait five minutes; if you are not there, I shall under- stand. I want to see you. I can bear nc more. It has been nothing but a horrible imagination and miar.nder3tanding on my part. Should you ignore my request it means death to me; it may take months, but it will come. I know it. as sure as I know my own name. As I have not heard anything from you I don't know if my letter I wrote last Monday was forwarded to you or not. I take it that it was not. I can't think that you would ignore it. if it is that you are holding out against me. Don't, don't do it: give in-it is only killing us both. 'Tis nothing but a hateful mis- understanding, may be on your side as well as'mine. I did imagine all I have told you at the time. and I thought I was satting things right for you, though I knew it was all wrong myself. Henceforth I ha.ve done with fancies. I have not forgotten anything that I have said nor the last words that I spoke to you, and whether you choose to cast me away or not, I shall remain true to them." Plaintiff about this time left Mr. Kaye's service, himself giving notice. Counsel had not concluded his opening when the court rose for the day.

ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. I J. Bennet t.-C-&rdiff claims the honour, and I so does Llanelly. Probably Gloucester also |I claims it.

What do doctors mean when they say that the tremendous infant mortality is caused by improper feeding i They mean that most infants' foods are of a starchy nature and cause rickets and stomach troubles. They are not complete foods. Virol is a perfect food that nourishes and builds the whole body. Are you satisfied with your child's progress ? Try V*?ol for 8J fortnight. ViBet, 4/6 Jars 2/11. Other size 1/8.

ABDUCTION STORY I GRAVE CHARGE AGAINST A SALESMAN I_At Bow-gtreet. London, yesterday. Al)I'c.han I Kauffman ?35). a salesman weH-kuOIYll in Covent-garden Market, was a?ain charged with the abduction of a girl named Ellen j Brick ley. Prosecutrix, who was well dressed, now gave evidence Lmring oat her written information, to the effect that, a?t?r visiting a music-hall, the priacmcr tcok her to a h'Hei in Leicester- square, and aftW'w1uds to some lod?ngs in the Lambeth Palace-road. ?'itnes? said she would be eighteen nest May, and the prisc?ner, whom she had known for some time. was well 1 aware of her age. Before alw warS seventeen I he aisked her to live with him, but she refused to do so. In croc»-examiRation, witness admitted tlia-t ( before he took her to the hotel the prisoner advised her to go home, but she told hini she wag afraid to do so. The girl's mother also gave evidence, after which a further remand was ordered. ¡ In opposing an application for bail, Mr. Frampton said the police were inquiring into another case of a similar kind, but their wit- I nesses bad been tampered with. The prose- cutrix in the present case had also been I interfered with. llr. Marsham refused to grant bail.

I SET HERSELF ON FIRE. I — RE. I A verdict of "Suicide while temporarily inEace" was returned at the inquest at Brad- ford yesterday on Mary Omelia. Dreadful circumstances were narrated, j According to the evidence, the woman, having undressed, saturated herself from head to foot with paraffin oil, and then set herself on fire. The husband said he found some neigh- bours trying to get into the house. He broke open a window, and found his wife lying un- conscious on the floor. She was badly burned about the head and body. She was removed to the Royal Infirmary, where she died. I TORPEDOED! BLOWING UP OF A RUSSIAN IRONCLAD BY A JAPANESE TOBPEDQ-BOAT.

SPURGEON'8 MANSION FOR SALE The- famous residence of the late Bev. C. H. Spurgeon, known as Wast wood, Beulah-hill, Norwood, London, was offered for sale by public auction yesterday. The property com- prised the mansion, which is a-pproached by a carriage drive, the lodge entrance, stabling, ottages for coachman and gardener, and beautiful grounds, covering six acres. After the death of the great preacher, his widow resided at Westwood until her recent decease. The property was withdrawn at £ 58,500.

CARDIFF MAN MISSING Mr. Isaac Mainwariiig, aged 51, of 39, Walker's-road, East Moors, Cardiff, has been missing from home since three p.m. on the 13th inst. Little is known of him, except that he lias been some little time in Cardiff, and his wife resides in Manchester. He is 5ft. 7in. in height, and has a pale complexion, with dark whiskers, turning grey, and wore a grey overcoat, with trousers to match, a blaok Triiby hat, black boots, and brown leggings.

LLANIDLOES MYSTERY SOLVED The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Police-constable Pugh, of Llanidloes, who had been mieeing sinoe January 30, has had a tragic ending, his body having been found in the Severn, about a mile below the town. The discovery was made last night. Deceased's watch had stopped at eleven o'clock, the time it is believed he disappeared.

ST. DYFRIG'S CRICKET CLUB The annual meeting of the above dub waa held at the Clergy House, Cardiff, i= -tthm. vicar (the Rev. H. A. Coe) presided over a large attendance of members. The Secretary, in presenting his report, said they had been most snccessful 1á8t eeo/son, having played fourteen matches, of which nine were won, three drawn, and two lost. The statement of accounts showed a balance in hmd of £2 12s. 9d. The following officers for the ensuing season were elected, via.: President and treasurer, Hev. H. A. Coe; captain, Mr. Norman Thomas; vice- captain, Mr. A. D. Jones; hon. sec., Mr. Arthur Knowlee, 27, Plantagenet-stneet, Cardiff. The secretary reported that the fixture list waa practically filled up. and as nearly all the matches are to be played. away from town a very enjoyable season is being looked forward to. It was decided to have a limited number of playing members.

SOUTH GLAMORGAN To the Editor of the Evening Express." ,!i,. r-Ar. Lovat Eraser criticised the methods of the Liberal candidate (Mr. Brace) iu your "Evening Express" of Saturday, Feb- ruary 15. I appeal to my fellow-workmen to ask Mr. Fraser to criticise Mr. Chamberlain in his promises to us workmen, i.e., three acres and a cow and his old-age pensions. I see no other salvation, but to put Mr. Brace in power in the next Parliament, and a few more of his sort. to make a clean sweep of Chamberlain and all his disciples.—I am, etc., Mountain Ash. A LOVER OF FAIR PLAY.

REFUSING TO QUIT, At Caerphilly yesterday Daniel Parcel, Senghenydd, was fined 10s. for refusing to quit the Gwernymilwr Hotel, and 5a. for two offences of usinfr indecetit language. Mr. C. S. Goodfellow prosecuted.

At Caerphilly Police-court yesterday Wil- liam Evans and John Bryant. colliers, Seng- henydd. were each fined XI 18a. (inclusive) for assaulting Thomas Edwards, ttniberman, of Senghenydd. Mr. T. Phillips, Pontypridd. defended. BI.S-GT,AN-IDIS GLORY MATCHES are made eohtly hv BBTTTSIT LABOUR. Send for parjcuims of com- Dctitions. nus^a.ad'« Otacr llatch Wock»v<Boacester.

CEMETERY SUICIDE TAKES POISON ON A GRAVE A visitor to tlie Birmingham City Cemetery committed suicide yesterday afternoon in a sensational manner. Several workmen noticed a respectably-dressed man kneeling on a grave as if in an attitude of prayer. Then he arose, drank something out of a bottle, and immediately fell heavily on the grave. The workmen rushed to assisi.. and. it was found that the man had drunk a large qusau- tity of prnssic add. Mr. Waters, the ceme- tery superintendent, was seut for. He admi- nistered an emetic, and did everything he could to restore the man, who was breathing heavily, tightly elatcliing a young lady's por- trait. A doctor was sent for, but his services wero unavailing, and the man did three- quarters of an hour after taking the poison. In his pocket was a telegram from Chester, ma.king an appointment, addressed "II Lane. Witton-road, Aston." The man, who was over 50 years of age. was wearing a blue serge auiU grey overcoat, billycock hat, and brown kid gloves. The portrait was that of a plea-1 sant-looking young lady. It is suggested that the tragedy may have had a romantic origin. The police are endeavouring to clear up the mysterr.

THE DUMPING OF, ALIENS A Rustian lad was brought up at the City Summons Court, London. yesterday, for caus- ing obstruction with a barrow of fruit. He was unable to speak a word of English, and the evidence was interpreted to him. Bir Henry Knight said: "We must have these people stopped from being dumped down upon ns. It is abominable. Tell him what he ?M done, as ke does not seem to under- d,, stand." A fine of 2s. and costs was impoeed.

I PRESIDENT OF PANAMA A telegram from Panama announces that Senor Manuel Amador has been unanimously elected President of the Republic, and that his inauguration will take place on the 20th iust.-Reuter.

I PICKINGS FROM PUNCH." I I THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT. I "One hundred penny cigars. That will be I 8a. 4d., please, madam" "Thank you. Now, will you just put them in a Flor de Cuba box, because that's the only I sort my husband really caree for!" I A NEW VOGUE. I Lady Caller: Is Mrs. Hamilton at home? Maid: No, mum. Lady Caller: But I thought this wae her "at home" day. Maid: So it used to be. mum, but she's had I no time for it since she took up Cruelty to Children. f LATEST FROM THE FAR EAST. It is semi-officially stated that, as a reetllt1 of her cffoite to obtain an ice-free outlet, Russia has already succeeded in getting into warm water, but i? still searching for the way out. I JOSEPH IN EGYPT. i Shade of Pharaoh: JosephP Joseph? I seem to know the name, hut I can't re-call j your face. Loafer: Would you kindly gimme ? eubsorin- tion, madam, for a society a8 I belongs to? Lady; What's the society? Loa.fer: It,"r--we, it'a a public society. We enters 'oasee, madam, for the purpose o' pattin' down the, drink- Doctor: Well, Mrs. Muggeridge, how are you getting on? Taken the med1oCme, eh? j Mrs. M.: Yes, doctor. I've taken all the tabloids you sent, and now I want a new per- secution. There was a young nian of Devizes whose ears were of different siaea; The one that was small Was 110 use at all, But the other took several prises. Universal indignation is expressed in Russia that Japan should have commenced hos- tilities without consulting Russia as to whether the date wae a convenient one. It seems to be the eternal. misfortune of Russia to be misunderstood. The Blue Book on Tibet which has just been published shows that a Russian mission to that country, as to which our Government had its suspicions, proved, on inquiring at St. Petersburg, merely to have been sent to convey the hope that the Dalai Lama was very well to-day. Mr. Redmond is stated to have asked for a day to be set Lpart for the discussion of the Cause of the Deterioration in Limericks. Mr. Swift MacNeill has been asking a ques- tion in the House to show his disapproval of the wholesale destruction of stores by the military authorities at Durban. That other- anxious inquirer, Mr. Lloyd-George, who had a regrettable experience at St. Albans (Hunts), holds that if there were any eggs among the stores the destruction was entirely jnsti-! fiable. A Cardiff gentleman has issued a sheet entitled, "How to teU the time by the stars to the fifth of a second every night for ever and ever." A rival publication is promised which will givle the same information for ever and ever and ever. t = ——

The first anniversary dinner in connection with the Court Isle of Barry, No. 8392, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, was held yester- day evening at the Marine Hotel. Barry Island. Mr. J. A. Manaton, J.P., chairman of j the district council, presiding over a numer- ous attendance. Stevens' Braafi aatea regtfarly will improve the health and pemaaectly etsragthea the ewostltxOtaa. Had* wMt <be wbwtea Hour. •U029

OVERSEERS SUED RESISTERS' CLAIM FOR EXCESSIVE DISTRESS The Lord Chief ouslice heard at Lewes Assizer yesterday a passive resistance case in which Mr. and Mrs. Baker, of Eingmer, claimed damages' against Edward Wicks and Walter Wright, overseers of the parish, for alleged trespass and excessive distresz, under the Education Act. The court was crowded, many clergy and leading Nonoonforrnists bping present. Mr. Boxall, K.C., said the Bakers lived at Arches Farm. Mr. Baker tendered all the ra.tes except 153. for educational purposes, and to avoid a demonstration suggested that a horse should be taken and 80M at the market, [ but was told this course could not be adopted, Left With Only their Beds. f One day, in Mr. Baker's absence, distress I was levied, and in spite of Mrs. Baker's decla- ration that the furniture belonged to her, articles to the value of CM were taken, and plaintiffs left with practically only their beds. The distress warrant was for L7 15es. ) Mr. Baker, having been told he was too late I with his protest, the goods were taken to Lewes. Some time afterwards some were I returned. I Counsel submitted that this was a cruel way of carrying out the magistrates' orders. Mr. Baker grave evidence bearing out coun- sel's statement. He returned home when dis- tress was being levied, and offered them a horse. This was refused. He asked how many horses they wanted for los. He and his wife were afterwards obliged to live in the scullery. An assistant overseer assured the court he did not believe he had taken over X25 worth of goods. An Act of Gross Treachery." J Wright also gave evidence. He did not want I the post, of overseer. It was an act of gross treachery on the part of the parish council. Might he draw his lordship's attention- The Lord Chief Justice: No. you may not. Wright admitted that he said it, would be better to pay 15s. and save passive resistance proceedings. His Lordeiiip: I a-m surprised to hear that advice. The judge said he would -bear the legal argn- ments involved in London directly the circuit was over.

I STEALING A BICYCLE IAldermaJi P. W. Carey, Alderman Edward Thomas (" Cochfarf '), and Mr. James Allan J had before them at Cardiff Police-court to- day Albert Baker, seventeen, who was charged on remand with stealing a. bicycle, valued at Cl, the property of George Faulkner, on Feb- ruary 9. Faulkner, on the 8th inst., pat the bicycle m the coach-house at his employer's depot in Clive-street. Grangetown, and on tho following day it wa6 missing. The machine was smartly traced by Police-constable Dix. The latter, having hie suspicions, taxed Baker with the theft, and waa nb-t satisfied with his statement that he bought the machine for 3s. from a man he would know again if only he could see him.-Ac.cuaed, on being charged that morning, propounded this conundrum, If I stole it I did not receive it." To the magistrates he now said. "I am sorry I took it, but I had no lodgings. "-CourtAficer Ser- geant George Evans proved previous convic- tions, and prisoner was sent for three months, with hard labour. I

CORONER AND THE COLLIER. I The Lancashire county coroner held an in- quest yesterday morning, at Lowt-on, near i Leigh, on the body of Joseph Ger&ghpy ??l, labourer, who was found drowned on Sunday j morning. Peter Clarke, a collier, of Lowton, stated that on Sunday morning he was waJking on Highfield Marsh, when his dog commenced to bark. He looked round to ascertain the cause, when he found deceased lying face downwards in a ditch in about two feet of water. He did not touch the body, but went for the police. The Coroner: Why did you not lift the body )! out? Witness: I would not have touched you had you been there. The Coroner I don't think I have ever heard such such grosH ignorance before. He might not have been dead. Witness: He did not move. The jury returned a. verdict of "Found drowned," tiid ordered Clarke to be censured, The Coroner said he was perfectly astounded to bear Clarke say tha.t he would not have touched him (the coroner) if he had been in such a predicament. He hoped there were not many Englishmen like Clarke, who would rather turn away than give a helping hand. Clarke had stated that, in future, he would not touch a, body but walk away and say nothing, but if such a thing did occur he (the coroner) would search the Act of Parliament and s-se if Clarke could not be severely punished for it.

At Caerphilly Police-court yesterday Elis Williams, sinker, of Kimbedy, near Cwmavon. Aberdare, was summoned by his wife, Ellen Williams, of Senghenydd. for deserting her two months ago. The Bench granted her a separation order, and made an order for £1 per week.

AN AMAZING STORY. STARTLING ALLEGATIONS IN A DIVORCE SUIT. Sir F. Jeune and a, common jnry, sitting in the Divorce Court, yesterday, had before him the case of Narese v Narese and Jones (King's Proctor interveningi. This was the petition of Mr. George Nar&se. a maeter mariner, of Li,TpOO], for a divorce on the ground of his wife's misconduct. He had ob- tained a, decree nisi. The King's Proctor now intervened to prevent the decree being made absolute on the ground that certain material facte had been kept from the court allegint- collusion between the petitioner, re- spondent, and co-reepondent. Mr. Rawlinson, K.C.. for the King's Proctor, "tated that the parties were married in Liverpool, in 1896, and they lived happily together until 1902. when petitioner appeared for some reason or another anxious to obtain a divorce. He told his wife that his parent disapproved of his marriage, and that he would IOiie a great deal of money if he did not obtain a divorce. He told her it would be a mere form, and that they could re-marry afterwards. lie persuaded her to do what he told, her, and tried to make arrangements with a man named Hughes for a "scene," in which Mrs. Narese should discover him (peti- tioner) in the company of another woman. lie then said that if Mrs. Narese would make a scene he would then assault her. This would be sufficient for a divorce, he told her. Hughes, however, declined to have anything to do wit hthis arrangement, although JEaoO was offered to him. Petitioner then appeared to have changed his plan of campaign, and proceeded to try and compromise his wife by getting an old friend named Jones to stay in the house. This friend did so, but he slept in the back bedroom, and there were no im- proper relations of any sort between him and Mrs. Narese. but the petitioner had arranged for a detective to wait outside the house, and, of course, he saw the co-respon- dent Jones enter and leave the house. Counsel said the whole thing was a sham and a fraud fiom beginning to end, and, in fact, after the decree nisi the petitioner had resumed co- habitation with. his wife. The respondent, who was called by the King's Proctor, stated that she never saw Jones after she was married until he came to their house on the suggestion of her hus- band. The statement that she had been out with him was a. complete fabrication by the petitioner. She had never admitted tha.t she had misconducted herself, and she was never willing that there should be a divorce. The hearing was adjourned.

I A COMFORTABLE GARMENT I I Waistcoat Lined with X35 in I Gold It was alleged against Alexia Kovooshenoff, a Russian, who stood in the dock at Bow- street, London, yetrterday, that he went to 'I Messrs. Lyons' shop in Holborn, had refresh- ment to the value of 8<1., and handed to the I cashier an old voucher for 2d. After he had paid the fraud was discovered. and he was spoken to by the cashier. At first he said, in broken English, that he had no money, but he eventually produced several shillings and the voucher for 8d. He was recognised by one of the young women as a man who had been at the depot begging for bread a few days before. When he was searched1 at the police-station, it was ascertained that he was wearing two waistcoats, on one of which he had sewn E35 in gold, 14s. in silver, and 4d. in bronze, de will be brought up again next week.

I SPORT OF THE DAY. 1 I Wednesday, April 20, is the date tixed for the annual point-to-point races at Redmarley, under the auepioes of the Ledbury Hunt. > Rosara, the dam of Detail, the Grand National favourite, foaled a. chestnut colt by Royal Hampton at Berechuroh Hall, Colches- ter, on Monday morning. For the Lincolnshire Handicap a commission was on Monday executed for Schnapps, who is trained by Sherrard at Royston, 1,000 to 40 twice being followed by 1,000 to 45 and 500 to 25. .At the Ba.ldoyle meeting yesterda-y his Majesty's Ambu;bii II., in a field of eleven, ran second to The Unknown in a three-miles steeplechase. The King's Grand National can- didate carried 12st. lib. Count de Chaaelle, who is about to take over the management of a new thoroughbred amotion yard at Neuilly, just outside Paris, has been obliged to resign his position as starter to the Steeplechase Society of France. R. M'lntyre, the young Whatcombe appren- -ice, is to ride Switch cap in the Lincolnshire Handicap, thus reducing the filly't; weight to 7st 21b. M'Intyre, it will be remembered, won the Manchester November Handicap on Switchoap last back-end. Windsor Racecourse is under water, eo there will be no racing before Friday, when Ling- field will take tup the running. A very wel- come respite to many, and the Windsor executive have nothing to gmmhle at seeing that they recently had three meetings within .%h(mt a month. Kirkiand Íij lame, and has been stopped in his work for a few days. Still, with over fiye weeks at his diepcwaJ, Thomas, his trainer, bas ample time in which to deliver his charge in thorougn ngihting trim for the Grand National, in which race Kirkiand finished fourth lafit year. The first foal by Disguise II., third in Diamond Jubilee's Derby, has recently made its appearance at Mr. J. K Keene's Kentucky stad. According to the "Thoroughbred Record," the youngster, a chestnut colt out of imported Hampton Belle, by Hampton, is wonderfully good-looking. Another interest- ing foal, born on January 23 at the Frame etud, is the brown or black colt by Common— Starlight, by Iroquote—Vandalite, by Vandal. Starlight was sent to this country specially to lie ma.ted with Common

ALLEGED OUTRAGE AT CAERLEO.^ Another attempted outrage on a girl near Oaerleon has come to light. A few nights ago a. young woman in the service of Mrs. Masters. Ivybridge, near Caerleon, was going with a message to JIanbenDock, via a path- way through Glenusk Wood. J"LLst as she entered the wood a man accosted her. He struck her violently and attempted to hold her. Her screams were heard at Ivybridge House and also at a neighbouring fa.rm. Assistance was soon forthcoming, and her assailant decamped. The Caerleon policc were notified. They thoroughly searched the neighbourhood, and a.rrested it. man in a barn near. Owing to the darkness, however, Miss Waters—the young lady agsaulted-it unable to identify her assailant. Printed by the Proprietors, Wertorn Mail Limited, and published by theia at their offices, St. HIÍ.ry-1ltreet, Cardiff; Caetle Bafley-street, Swansea; Victoria-street Merthyr Tydfll—a!) in the County of Glamorgan; at their offices, 22, High-street, Newport—in the Count; of Monmouth; and at their offices, The Bulwaig Brecon, in thr County of Brecknock. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1904.

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