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11 Passing Pleasantries. I I I UNAlUSTOCRATIC MAYORS. I  In the North so many distinguished citizens  rise to importance, yet lack general culture, ? that even a mayor of a great town may have ? little knowledge of grammar and &ocial eti- ? quette. The mayor of one city was invited to dine with a Lord Mayor of London. On his '( return he did not say much about his expe- riences in the Metropolis. This silence caused inquiry, amd it was found he had cut his month while at dinner, his knife having done duty for his fork. I f TOO FAT. I r A few years ago a young man went to New ? Zealand to learn farming. One of the &r&t i orders he received from the overseer of the farm was to take a horse and bring back a | ?ingle-furrow plough. When the young man ? reached the plough, he tried to back the horse ? into the handles, instead of the more usual ? way of harnessing it to the "tree" in front- I naturally, the space between the handles was [ too narrow for the horse; so back he went to i. the overseer, saying, "Give me a thinner k horse; this one is too fat for the 'shafts' I POOB VEBGEB. k He was an aged man, and was showing a f visitor round the old village church. L "By the way, what do they call you?" asked I the viritor curiously. "Call me. sir?" "Yes; I mean, what name do they give you?" ""Oh. the clergyman who was here flve-an'- twenty years ago called me a, 'beedle.' When he left the next one ses 'beedles' was out of fashion now, so I was called a 'sextant.' Then he left, an' now this present clergyman he calls me a. 'virgin,' so I don't righly know what I be."

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MISCELLANEOUS. ENTERTAINING AND CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. Perhaps. Year 30G4.—Impecunious one, picking up a belated treasure meda-liion: Ah, me! a relic of the "Golden Age," the good old times of yore. A Fruitful Tower. On the ivy-mantled tower of the Parish Church at Heckingham may be seen a goose- berry bush which has produced fruit more than once. Its position is attributed to birds having carried the seeds there. I Motor Fines Buy Motor-Car. The Sussex County Council have decided to buy a motor car for the chief consta.ble. It was mentioned that the cost had been covered by the fines taken from scorching motorists. Reached the Jubilee. A Brighton resident the other day presented his housekeeper, aged 75. with £100 and an illuminated address in recognition of her fifty years of faithful service. She died on the following day. Not the Only One. An instructor at a technical school wti,3 explaining a piece of mechanism to his class. Placing his fingers upon the handle and turning it, he remarked, "You will please notice that this machine is set in motion by a crank." Hidden Treasure. Threepenny bits are sometimes found in plum puddings, but it was a matter of sur- prise to Mr. Samuel Amis, of Cromer, to find one in the back of a rabbit which he was cutting up recently for dinner. The coin was very black, and bore the date 1877. Ancient Roman Foot. During excavations on the site of an old Boman castle near Weiseenburg, Middle Franconia, a jointed Roman measure, exactly a Roman foot long, made of bronze, has been found. It is said that only one other specimen exists, which was unearthed at Pompeii. A Jekyll-and-Hyde Correspondence. In Queensland there is a certain Trustee in Insolvency, who is also a Curator in In- sanity. Recently the Trustee in Insolvency wrote a long letter to the Curator in In- sanity concerning a certain estata The curator replied at great length. A spirited and voluminous correspondence ensued, and I the Curator in Insanity finally emerged victorious. I Pity Poor Punjab Priests. At one of the towns of the Punjab, India, it is the custom of the pilgrims attending the annual fair, instead of giving their money offerings direct to tta priests, to bury it in the mud of the lakes as they dive in for their sacred bath. The priests enter the water afterwards and recover all they can. No donbt they would prefer this custom to be abolished, as much of the money is lost. Expensive Kisses. The Russian police authorities prohibit kissing. A good-bye kiss at the garden gate, each as we frequently see in this country between lovers at night, or between husband and wife in the morning, renders one liable to a fine equivalent to about 16s. of English money; whila a kiss in a. tramcar might cost the offenders 25s. each. The employment of terms of endearment on a post-card is also forbidden under pain of a heavy fine. Dress Relics. Many fashions have come in and died ont, but there are a few which have left something behind them. The buttons to be seen on a gentleman's tail coat are a relic of the past, ,v a ralic of the pa-,t, when every man of rank wore a sword. The buttons at the back of the coat were necessary to keep his belt in place. The present day bluejacket wears a broad blue collar which is quite unnecessary, but his forefathers had an eye to economy, for all naval men once wore short pigtails well greased, and tha broad collar reduced the washing bill.

I "DELIRIUM OF JEALOUSY" I The First Chamber of the Paris Civil Tri- bunal yesterday began the hearing of the action for P,2,000 damages brought by Mr. Clement Bertie Marriott, a British subject, against M. Francois Boudin. his wife's brother, and Dr. Fere, whom he holds jointly responsible for securing his wrongful incar- ceration and detention for 57 days in the Charenton Madhouse. M. Boudin admitted his responsibility, but contended that he had acted at the instiga- tion of Mrs. Marriott, wife of the plaintiff, whose first husband, curiously enough, died in the same institution. The medical report on which Mr. Marriott was confined in the madhouse declared him to be suffering from the delirium of jealousy." I The hearing was adjourned.

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SOUTH BIRMINGHAM VACANCY The Lord Mayor of Birmingham this morning received a wiit to fill the Parlia- mentary vacancy of South Birmingham, the candidates for which are Viscount Morpeth (Unionist) and Mr. J. Hirst Hollowell (Liberal). His lordship has fixed Monday next for the nominations, and Friday, the 26th inst., for the polling.

TEA TABLE DAINTIES In the majority of homes the tea hour is the most enjoyable and oosy time of the day, and it is the constant desire of the lady or the daughters of the house to provide simple and dainty fare with the cup that cheers." Some avoid the trouble of baking at home by buying from the baker, and thereby often mias the daintiness. But none would object to home baking if they knew how easily and quickly the most dainty and tempting little scones and light cal-es can be made with the help of Brown A Poison's new raising powder called Paisley Flour." Paisley Flour" makes scones and cakee very light and digestible, and it is so certain in its action tEat, as one lady writes: Even a tyro need never fail in baking if Paisley Flour' be used." If you are not racing Paisley Flour you should certainly get a M. packet from your grocer and give it a trial at once. If you are using "Paisley Flour you should write to Brown A Poison, enclosing a penny stamp, for their A" Cookery Book, which contains a. number erf capital new recipes for simple yet dainty tea fare. e12367-1

TRAP FOR A CO-RESPONDENT I The ingenious way in which a wronged hus- band fixed the guilt on a co-respondent was told to Sir Francis Jenne in the Divorce Court yesterday. Mr. Alfred Leslie Shooter, a builder, for. merly of Bexhill. was the petitioner, while the co-respondent was a Mr. Cohen, an estate agent, of that town. Mr. Shooter came home one day to find Mrs. Shooter sitting on Mr. Cohen's knee. Later she made a confession of misconduct. The husband then wrote to Mr. Cohen, the letter purporting to come from Mrs. Shooter. Mr. Cohen fell into the trap, and mentioned the name of the hotel where he and Mrs. Shooter had stayed. The Judge granted Mr. Shooter a decree rruri. and the jury awarded him £150 dwa»|tt one cdooli,

KING WANTS HIS RENT I SUCCESSFUL ASSERTION OF A ROYAL PREROGATIVE. The interesting interpleader case in which the King is claimant, and in which his Majesty's prerogative right of distress has been questioned, was again before Judge Mul- holland at Hanley County-court yesterday. The defendant in the case had had a horse and cart seized in the highway by the high bailiff on behalf of plaintiff, to whom defen- dant owed a certain debt. Defendant, how- ever, also owed rent to the Duchy of Lan- caster, and the King, by his agents, gave notice to the high-bailiff that he must satisfy his claim before that of anybody else. The prerogative of the King was contested, and the interpleader resulted. At the hearing last month it was contended that as the horse and cart were seized in the highway they could not be the subject of distress for rent due to the landlord, but on behalf of the claimant it was contended that the King could distrain anywhere, in- cluding the highway. The point was also raised that the summons was illegal, as the Crown was not included in the Interpleader Act, and could not, there- fore, interplead with a subject. Mr. Ashmall, plaint ill's solicitor, stated that he had been in communication with the Duchy office since the last hearing as to the King's prerogative right of distress, and had also received notice of motion on behalf of the Attorney-General of the Duchy of his intention to apply to the court that morning for payment out of the sum realised by the sale of defendant's goods, irrespective of the interpleader summons. Under the circumstances, therefore, Mr. Ashmall said he could not longer maintain the plaintiff's claim to the money, and he assented to payment. Eis Honour said he had come to the con- clusion that it was not competent for the court to require his Majesty to iuterplead with a subject.

.i NEARLY 120 MILES AN HOUR" I The Speed of a Wrecked Express I The hearing of an action by Mrs. Newstead, of Southport, against the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company for damages for the loss of her husband, and serious injuries sustained by herself in the accident to an ex- press to Southport, at Waterloo, Liverpool, on July 15, was continued at the Liverpool Assizes yesterday (before Mr. Justice Jelf and a special jury), and again adjourned. For the defence, the driver of the train and the guard gave evidence that there was no increase over the usual speed in passing the sharp curve approaching Waterloo at the point where the accident occurred. George was due at the Seaforth signal cabin on the Liverpool side of Waterloo at 4.371, and tha.t it was due, and usually passed, Waterloo Station at 4.38. His Lordship, on measuring the chart, con- cluded that the actual distance between the Seaforth signal-box and Waterloo Station was seven-eighths of a mile, and observed that, according to that, the train must have been travelling over the space at the rate of nearly 120 miles an hour.

END OF A ROMANCE. I Being a widower, George Scorah, steward of the Central Oddfellows' Club, Burnley, eight months ago, advertised for a housekeeper. A tall barmaid answered the advertisement, the steward waa favourably impressed, and the result was a marriage. Yesterday the eight months' bride appeared in the police-court to answer the husband's summons under the Habitual Drunkards' Act. He explained that her intemperate habits, coupled with the pur- loining of bottles of beer, caused her dis- missal from the club. He found her drunk on the floor, and she threatened to throw her- self from t¡,he club window. She also split his head open with a plate. An arrangement was come to for a separation order, with 109. a week to the wife.

PRISONER IN A HURRY. I Annie Holden was in a hurry to get it over at Cardiff Police-court this morning. For goodness sake, try me," she exclaimed the moment she stepped into the dock, adding, I can't keep standing up here." She was charged with disorderly conduct in Bute- street last night. We will give you another month to think about it," remarked the Bench, unsympathetically, and as Annie went below she taunted the bench with "taking all night about it."

I ARE YOU A MANXMAN? I "Are you a native of this island?" was the question put to a defendant in the Manx Chancery Court, in the Ieie of Man, yesterday. Being an Englishman, he had to answer No," and he was sent back to prison to await trial, some weeks hence. A Manxman would have been released on admitting judg- ment, as the prisoner was anxious to do. The defendant, who is being used for an hotel bill, had previously refused to attend the court because he was "very comfortable" in prison.

DEATH AT A WEDDING FEAST. I At the wedding of a farmer at Ballyfarnon, I near Boyle, one of the gu-oots at supper, a man named Clements, suddenly leaped from his seat, writhed about the floor, and died. A doctor found that death resulted from choking, a large piece of meat being found. lodged in his throat.

SNOW IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE I Snow fell hea.vily in Gloucestershire last I night, and the hills are covered in places several inches deep.

A DEFIANT BOY CARDIFF AUTHORITIES IN A I DILEMMA Little Alfred Gayland, son of a dOQk labourer, living at 29, Theodora-Etreet, Broad- way, Boath, used to attend Stacey-road Board School, until he developed certain elusive pro- clivities. Halving escaped the school board net and the vigilance of its officers, his tactics passed in judicial review before the justices sitting at Cardiff Police-court to-day (Messrs. T. H. Stephens and Joseph Howard). Little Alfred's father, Byron Gayland, was sum- moned for knowingly harbouring the lad, who had refused to return to Dinas Powis Indus- trial School on revocation of his licence, and had thereby escaped. Gayland, senior, did not answer to his name, and his tricky offspring was—nobody knew where. Mr. J. J. Jackson. B.L. (clerk to the Cardiff School Board), said the case was brought under the Industrial b'h s Act, lK6. The boy was committed to ?he 'I t t school, and after a time wa? allowed o-u?on licenoe, but he attended school very irregularly, and his licence was revoked. The officers of the board failed to catch him, and so did the police, and it was assumed that the parents were not inclined to surrender him. Proceedings were taken under Section 34, which laid it down that any person who assisted, directly or indirectly, in inducing a boy to escape from a certified industrial school, or harboured or concealed such boy, or prevented his return to the school, was liable to a penalty not, exceeding zE-n, or. at the discretion of the magistrates, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two months, with or without hard labour. The boy Alfred was admitted to thb school on October 25. On January 16 he was allowed out on licence, and in a short time the licence was cancelled. They sent the ordinary notice by post to the father on January 24 informing him that the board had cancelled his son's licence, and that if he did not produce the boy on Tuesday, the 26th, at the school board offices, he rendered him- self liable to a penalty of £ 20, or two months. That produced no effect, and on January 30 Mr. J. Day. one of the attendance officers, served the official notice with- drawing the licence, and requested the father to cause the child to be taken back to the school at once, or proceedings would be taken. Defendant promised to pro- duce the boy at Boath Police-station on the following Monday, but he did not do it, and it seemed to the boa.rd to be a case of defiance. Mr. Howard: Did the mother eay why she oouldn't bring the boy? Mr. Jackson: We were informed because he is a lusty, strong boy, and refused to come with his mother. Police-constable George Thompson served the summons upon the mother, who said" she couldn't get him to school now." Mr. Stephens: This is clearly an endeavour to evade the law, and we think defendant or-ght to be brought here. Just at this stage Gaylard turned up. He denied the alleged "harbouring," and claimed to have done his beet to send Alfred to school. He didn't know where he was now. Mr J. Day, having given formal evidence, defendant raid he took the boy to Boath Police-station, in compliance with the notice, and had only just got there when he made off. Polioe-constable James narrated how he went to the house of the Gaylards and knocked at the door. He heard somebody walk downstairs and go out by the back way, and in ten minutes Mrs. Gaylard opened the door. She said Alfred "had gone to the back." Witness went to the rear just in time to espy Alfred jumping the wall in the next back. The constable added, I chased him over twenty backs, but he got away." The case was adjourned for a week for pro- duction of positive proof that the lad had slept at home regularly. —

BUTE-STREET ROBBERY Man and Woman Committed for- Trial Annie -Horrobi-n (26) and Carles Merrett (31), were charged at the Cardiff PoVice-oourt this morning (before Alderman E. Thomas and Mr. Jamas Allan) with stealing a, watch and chain, valued at 105.. and £3 in gold from Thomas Donovan, in Bute-terrace, on the night of February 12. Police-constable John Gale deposed to the arrest of the prisoners. When cautioned, Merrett said, "I know nothing about it." Horrobin replied, "This man is not in the case at a.ll." Prosecutor's evidence was that he left a. public-house late at night with the woman, and while talking to her in the street she appropriated his watch and chain. A man also came along and took his purse from his pocket, while the woman handed over to him the wa-tch and chain. He confidently identi- fted prisoner as the man who robbed him. Merrett endeavoured to show that prosecu- tor had made a mistake in his identification. "You have got a keen eye for faces," he observed sarcastically to Donovan. "I have got a keen eye for your anyhow," was prosecutor's retort. Horrobin pleaded guilty, and Merrett not guilty. The female prisoner swore that Merrett was not with her, and a man named Hugh Maclaren said he and Merrett went to be dtog-ether half-an-hour before the robbery. l Both prisoners, however, were committed to the assizes.

I A TOTAL WRECK The steamer Lilian, of Newcastle, went ashore overnight one mile south of Seaham Harbour, while on a voyage from Rochester to Seaham Harbour. Her crew of twelve WM taken off by the Seaham lifeboat. The vessel is now hard and fast on the rocks, badly is now h-axd and fas?' damaged and fail of waiter. She is a total wreck.

I" H.B." RUMINATES.* SAYINGS AND DOINGS AT THE IRISH MATCH. Cardiff and Its Water Polo Game. SPECIAL TO "EVENING EXPRESS." Charlie Neill must be a sorely saddened eon of Krin. His Irish assurance over the strongly presumed victory of Ireland over England was refreshing in the extreme. "We're going to win," said the happy one. In the presence of that optimism pessimism stood unseen in its own black shadow. While Charlie was toil- ing us how Ireland would win, his fingers strayed to his waistcoat pocket. After with- drawal, a nice length of Irish green ribbon was seen entangled on his fingers. We be- came beggars. He cut us a length eaoh. It's a lovely green ia Irish. I did not see the chief of the O'Neills after the match. It would have been cruel to have hunted Charlie out. There would have been no pleasure in telling a right good sort that he had made a magnificent mistake. It is the other sort of chap we like telling that to. No, no. :Nineteen points to nil occupied the whis- per stage entirely. What a. wonderful nature is the Irish one! Full of love, fight, and pity. The first they have in an intense degree. Of the second, they are full. While, when occasion calls for the third, one wonders what has become of the second. An Irish nature touch occurred on Saturday. After the match a. prominent English official had unthinkingly said some- thing that wounded oar Irish players' suscep- tibilities. j "What d'ye mane, so"?" demanded the eon of Erin. "What d'ye mane, sorr? I'll have ye to say what ye mane?" "Oh, nothing," was the reply. "Nothin' is it; then what d'ye mane at all? What d'ye mane?" "I'm sorry you're offended," soothed the official. "Offended, is it? What d'ye mane, sorr? Y.e',e insulted the Irish. Ye've got to tell me what d'ye mane?" "Insulted!" said the unwitting offender; "I'm sorry if you think I did that, and will apologise at once." "Apologise, do ye." said the Irishman. "Yes, I do baartily." "Then oome and have a drink," said the immediately appeased sporter of the green. It's a great country is Ireland. The way Ack Llewellyn tells the story is I great. I Teddy Morgan and A. F. Harding were in evidence at the Ireland v. England match. Besides these, there were Maddocks and Auck- land. Also the president. Dr. Dan Thomas. one of the best, and the hon. sec., Walter Davie3, who swears every season is his last, and is rightly not allowed to remember it when the London Welsh annual meeting comes round. These, in company with Dr. Pryce Jenkins, who loves Wa.les with a Welshman'3 love, and a previous first hon. sec. of the Welsh in Dr. Tom Williams, made up a goodly Welsh company. The present Welsh in Lon- don are staid in demeanour and grave in counsel. This was not always so. I played for the Welsh on one occasion against the Old Leysians. The Welsh were then demeanoured on careless lines, and their counsel was quick and emphatic. Considering the men whom the London Welsh have either brought to the front or kept in the front, a.nd also the fact that they have peculiar facilities for observing all that is best in the 'varsity teams, as well as other English teams who may possibly include Welshmen, I think it would not be an unwise move to include one of the London Welshmen in the Welsh selection committee, or, at any rate, to get their attendance at the times of the selec- tions of the Welsh teams. The Scotch selec- tion committee have an arrangement by which they can get to the particulars required with regard to Scotch players in London and the 'varsities and other English teams visiting London, and by this means they are able to have a wide choice in selection. Neath is giving a very excellent sample of in-and-out form. They beat Llanelly, the con- querors of Newport, and then allow Newport to whip them soundly at Neath by five tries, and that when the amber and blacks lose a man like Jenkins in the course of the game. What to make of form like this one cannot tell. In Neath their chances of beating New- port were not considered as rosy as when absentees were not dreamed of, but, etill, they could not have imagined five tries. Howell Jones will be forced to sacrifice his own inte- rest to further those of the team by returning to three-quarter Penarth played Llanelly a good game, and to lose by such a small margin as they did proves that their side is a serviceable one. The dwellers by the sad sea waves are striking wet days in plenty for their home matcnes. Their beds have been minus roses for ever so long. With such a powerful neighbour so near, it is greatly to Penarth's credit that she has been able to keep up as well as she has. I have a sneaking love for the weak ones, and ha.ve often found myself upsetting original intentions when the tap of the weak comes knuckling at the door. I trust Penarth will stick to it and use a powerful magnifying glass in seeking for the turning of the long lane. It is encouraging to find the water polo game still in favour on the Cardiff Arms Park. Last Saturday another one of the series was played. This time against Swansea. After much hard swimming the all white storks, who might have been styled for the day the all mud storks, overcame tha home team storks by eight points to four. With Nicholls, Timms, and Brice away, the home chances

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Probable Scene of Japanese Landings. were not fancied. The life of the game was a shortened one, and the lives of the players will be very likely ditto. The worrying part to me is that the Swansea team left for London, an their way to Paris, immedia-tely after the match. What I want to know is, Who washed their clothes? Or did they play Paris in evening dress Mr. Livingstone, who accompanies the Swan- sea team, is the only real French talker in the whole crowd. He can talk real French. And they understand him, too. And answer him back. The only drawback to Mr. Living- stone's French is that it is only parti-com- mercial. It is lost entirely on the alcoholic beverage side of commerce. His French orders lemonade (with the sound of ah on the "a"), with beautiful French sibilantishness, or it will order citrong and soctah, or even orange- ahffie with fluency and animation. But Mr. Livingstone's French breaks down entirely on "boc" or cognac and soda, or absinthe or, Macon or bubbly. This will inconvenience a few of the modera-te party. The team put up at the Tavistock for the evening, and were to leave Charing Cross at ten sharp the following morning. Calling to see them in the early morning, I found them all a-bed since ten p.m. Somebody had left the front door open, and the wind blew up the staircase. This set them thinking of storms, and with one accord they all went to bed to prepare for the morrow. Whatever the pas- sage was like, it made no difference to their winning, as from reports to hand they differed from the French selection by sixteen points. The fight for premier position in the Mon- mouthshire League is getting more interesting every week. Not even the international at Swansea on Saturday week could seduce their inclinations, for on that day a record gate was netted up the Monmouthshire Valleys. Last Saturday the Pontypool v. Pill Harriers match made a great game.

QUERIES AND ANSWERS. Spectator, Newport.—A lot of doubt exists over the second try scored by Pontypool on Saturday last at Pill. The facts are: The ball was carried in touch by a. Pontypool player three yardfJ from the Pill goa.1 line. The Pill touch-judge at once held up his flag three yards from Pill goal line. Penrdon, the Pontypool half, went with- in a- yard of the Pill goal line to line out. The forwards on both sides hurried up and formed in a line directly opposite Beardon, the nearest forward being within a yard of the touch line, when Doyle, the other visiting half, came from the back of his forwards and received the ball from Beardon, who was holding the ball down at arm's length, and croesed the goal-line. The ball was not lined out over- hand, simply passed low to Doyle. The Pill touch-judge had his flag up all the time owing to the throw-out not being where be held up his flag. The referee awarded the try. Seeing the touch-flag still up, he came and asked the touch-judge what was the matter. The latter explained that the ball was lined out two y,ears nearer the goa-l-line than where he held his flag. The referee told him that he could not alter his decision. Was the referee right in awarding the try before consulting the touch-judge? Question 2: —Was he right in over-ruling the touch- judge under the circumstances? Question 3: -Was it a proper line-out, seeing that, with both pecks of forwards waiting in the line-out, the ball was passed under-hand to the scorer, making it impossible for the referee to see the throw-out? Answer:—The referee is not bound to accept the touch-judge's decision, although it is seldom that he finds it necessary to dis- regard it. The referee is the sole judge of fact, and if be was convinced that the ball was carried into touch one yard and not three yards from the goal-line he was within his power in letting the game go on; and, having given his decision as to the try, he could not alter it. If, however, it was not a case of his actually knowing the throw-out to have been from the right spot, then it must have been one of negligence in failing to observe the umpire's flag. If this be so, then it is extremely hard lines for Pill. For the referee cannot have known the spot to have been the wrong one, and, if called upon for an explanation, would be obliged to say he considered it the right spot. And this would leave matters just as they are. With regard to the under-hand throwing in, I cannot follow my correspondent.

FUNERAL OF MRS. HORNBLOW, 1 CARDIFF. I The funeral of Mrs. Harriet Hornblow, wife of Mr. Thomas Hornblow, on Wednesday after- noon was the occasion of the closing of several of the principal public-houses in the busiest parts of Cardiff. The deceased lady was held in such high esteem that many licensed victuallers and others showed their sympathy with the family by attending the obsequies and also by forwarding wreaths. The funeral cortege left the Bothsay Castle (Bute-street) for Cardiff Cemetery early in the afternoon. There were three mourning- coaches in which the following were seated:- Messrs. Thomas Hornblow (Greyhound, Bridge- street) and Bridge Hotel, (Bute-street); William Hornblow, Locomotive, Bute-street Richard Hornblow, I Bridge Hotel; and Albert Hornblow, Rothsay Castle, Bute-street (sons); Mr. Enos Watts, Blue Anchor, St. Mary-street (son-in-law); Mr. Willie Thomas, Freemasons Hotel, Bute-street (grandson); Messrs T. James, Arthur Watts. Percy James, Willie Watts (grandsons); G. Lawson, Universal Hotel, Bute-street (son-in-law); Mr. R. Downey, Bute Castle Hotel; Mr. S. James, Bothsay Castle (son-in-law); Mr. T. Watts (grandson); Mr. W. Fry, Bridge-street; and Mr. Gulliford, Bute-street. A long string ot carriages followed. The officiating minister at the chapel and at the graveside was the Rev. W. Peace, M.A. (Wood street). Marsh and Co. (Cardiff) were the undertakers.

LfNG FIELD STEEPLECHASES. LTNOFIELD 0- I To-morrow's Programme. -The OYE-BNIGHT SELLING HUR- DLE of 80 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winner to ba sold for 50 sovs. Two miles, over eight hurdles. l -Th,a GIU3ENHTTB3T SELLING STEE- PLECHASE of 80 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. —The FEBRUARY HANDICAP HUR- DLE RACE of 100 sovs; winners ex- tra. Two miles, over eight hurdles. ys st lb Mr E Woodland's Hopeless II Owner 4 12 8 Air H S Goodson's Isaac II Private a 12 3 Mr Eonaa's Ron:iW Mr Gora 4 12 2 Mr Bruce Johnson, j .uiL;S*, IP?? *Ve,Mr G ra 4 12 2 r a.. ilopko i113 6 121 Mr Walter Perry's Galloping Helen JilllngB 5 12 0 'Hajor J M Gordon's Cheritoa Belle Jarvis 4 12 0 Mr H G Johnson's Reservist.Smith 4 11 13 Mr A Gûrh¡¡.m's MLnistre Hacfcett a 11 12 Mr Horatio Bottoniley's Princesimmon Batho 5 11 11 Mr R Gore's Incantation Owner 5 11 11 Mr J Bancroft's Favonitis Mr A Tliirlwell 5 11 11 Mr vV M lirutton's Mise CronkhiU.Mr Gully 6 11 9 Mr E A Wigan's Joaquina Fallon 5 11 9 Mr A Stedall's Most Excellq,nt.. W Nightingall a 11 6 Mr C Hibbert's Itoyal Komge W Nightingall 6 11 4 Mr H Allison's St. Colon Ambler 6 10 12 Mr L Brown's Augural. Waller 5 10 12 Mr A E Clerk's Lady Falsestep Prirate 5 10 12 Mr E A Kobiason's Rz.fale. I/earey 6 10 10 Mr W M G Singer's Trelawny Hr Davies 4 10 7 —The GRAVETYE MANOR HURDLE RACE of 70 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winners ex- tra. Two miles. ys st lb Mr J M Bell's Friar's Wash Arnbler 6 12 7 Mr V T Thompson's JC'Calluin More.Ambler a 12 0 Mr C F T H Chapman's Wisp.Butchers 5 11 10 Mr A Poke's SMi J03e.Goby 5 U 10 Mr P P Peebles's Colchester Owner 4 11 0 Mr Lionel Eobinson's MIDie. Mr Gore 4 11 0 "Mr G G Ca.pon's Penal Servitude Burbidge 4 10 9 Mr J Corlett's Turbulent Cowup 4 10 9 Mr W Davrtrey's Ormah Young 4 10 9 Mr Ernest Dresden's La. Laido.Batho 4 10 9 Mr H Heasman's The down 1I.Smith 4 10 9 Mr W A Jarvis's zarllr,.& Owner 4 10 9 Mr B Johnson, jun.'s Omar Khayyam Hopkins 4 10 9 Mr Walter Perry's Flying Ivy J:liin?s 4 10 9 Mr R S Rowsweli's Chelsea Bob Private 4 10 9 Mr T Sherwood's Rouge et Noir Owner 4 10 9 Mr C Wood's Garland Day .Owner 4 10 9 —The SOUTHERN HANDICAP STEE- PLECHASE of 100 sovs; winners extra. Two miles. ys st lb Mr Horatio Botomley's B;Qlogy. Batho a 12 7 Mr Goland Clarke's Thrsnsen Collins a 12 2 ,Nf r H Whitworth's Cooloek Cspt. Dew-hurst 6 11 9 Mr J Bancroft's Amethyst Mr A Thirlwell 5 11 8 Mr L S Denny's Golden. Wedding Mr Gully 6 11 8 1\<1' H Hawkins's Rogers a 11 6 Mr W H Saunders's Azro liiste a 11 6 Prince Hat;:feldt's Ipswich Mr Law 5 11 3 Mr W C Clarke-Frost's Fire Island. Goby 6 11 2 Mr R Gore's Street Lamp Owner a 11 1 Mr A Stodall's Grand Deacon W Nightingall 6 10 10 Mr E A Kobinson's Icon Learey 5 10 10 Col. A B CumberlKge'3 MuriTo Brooker a 10 5 Mr C H Style's Boxky Mr Levesoa-Gower a, 10 3 Mr E Woodland's Salvia Owner 6 10 2 Mr A Gorliam's Eawbea Hackett 5 10 0 -The GROOMBBIDGE STEEPLE- OHASE of 70 sovs, for fonr year olds and upwards; weight for age. Three miles. ys st lt, Mr Horatio Bott.omley's Sweet Dixie Batho 6 12 3 'Mr L W CunUSe's Besezcta Bo??TS a 12 3 Mr N J Kellv's Nora Cretna II Cuilen a 12 3 Mr H B Law's Goodwill Owner a 12 Mr A Gorliam's Peccavi Hackett a 12 3 Mr B BODSS'S Denver II G?by 5 11 10 Lord Dudley's Hawser Capt. Dewhurst 5 11 10 Mr A J Schwabo's Frederick Charles Capt. Pcwhurst 6 11 10 Mr B W Parr's Mitchelstown.M'Ard3J. 511 3 Mr W F Hamilton's Questionable Gordon 4 10 10

SPORT OF THE DAY. I Lord Carnarvon at present has a. stud of twenty-six horses in training at Whatcombe, Berkshire. Mr. Godfrey Miller has taken stabling at Lyddington, and will arrive there with his horses in training at the beginning of March. The French racing season will open on Sun- day, March 27. There will be twenty-eight days' racing at Longchanips, but only eight at Chantilly. It is policy when a good horse comes into the possession of a new owner to leave him in charge of hia old trainer, who must under- stand him best. It is curious that the best animals which were bred at Mereworth in the time of the late Lord Falmouth were Allies, and it is the same thing with his son—Quintessence and Fiancee to wit. Calcutta racecards are invariably better than ours in detail, for they always give a plan of the course, the pedigrees and native country of every horse engaged, an index of the re- sults at the previous meeting, and a table at the end for filling in the day's results. Dr. David Kennard, who met with a fatal accident while hunting with the Old Berkshire Hounds, had at one time in his possession the smart steeplechaser Bobsie, who was pur- cha.sed by Mr. Sievier for R120, and who is now fancied by some folk for the Grand National. After racing concluded at Manchester there was talk of a match between the last two win- ners, Fairland and Arnold, Mr. Bater haing challenged with his mare to give Mr. Soorror's horse 2st. over a three-miles line of country. The match, which is likely to mature, would be a sporting-like affair. In the fifteen seasons during which Sir James Miller has owned racehorses he has won the Derby twice (Sainfoin 1890 and Rock Sand 1903), the Oaks once (La Sagesse 1895), the St Leger once (Rockland 1903), the Two Thou- sand Guineas once (1903), and the One Thou- sand Guineas once (Aida 1901). In all, Sir James has secured 135 races of the total value of L81,463 3s.

92 YEARS ON THE FARM. I An old man named Thomas Moss has just died in the village of Finchingfield, in Essex, in hiB hundredth year. He had been an agri- cultural labourer all his life, and began to earn his bread when only eight years old. He maintained his mental and physical powers till the end, and until a couple of years ago was able to work in his allotment garden near the village.

TRAGEDY OF WORRY A Putney cowman, named Leach, aged 67 years, was about to give up work and live with his children, who were willing to provide for him. Instead of doing thia he hanged himself, and the only reason his daughter could assign for this act at the inquest yes- terday was that some new cows under his charge were much harder to milk than the others. Verdict of Suicide whilst temporarily insane." Printed by the Proprietors, Western Man Limited, and published by them at their omces, St. Mary-street, CaTdiC: Castle Bailey-street, Swansea; Victoria-street, Mertbyr Tydfil—all In the County of Glamorgan; at their aimw-i, 22, High-street, Newport-in the County of Monmouth; and at their offices, The Bultraxk, Brecon, in the County of Brecknock. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1904.

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