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i HEALTH OF PONTYPOOL I Extension of District Suggested I Dr. S. Butler Mason raised a very important point in the interest of Pontypool in his annual report to the Pontypool Urban Coun- cil. He says that the space in the district is so limited that it is impossible to suggest any place for an isolation hospital, sewage works, or to find tipping ground for duet and street refuse. The importance of these matters, he says, would be recognised when the council remembered that they had no right to expect other sanitary districts to find or even tolerate a. space for these neces- sary additions to the well-being of the dis- trict. Therefore, he hoped that before another year had passed by some effort will have been made to induce the Local Government Board to sanction an extension of their authority. Daring the period under review 93 deaths occurred in the district.

RAT PLAGUE IN FRANCE. I Method Found to Destroy the I Vermin. Experiments carried out by Dr. Roux. of the Pasteur Institute. Paris, in the Depart- ment of Charente, in connection with the search for a method of destroying the rati which overrun the agricultural districts, have been a complete success (says a Paris telegram yesterday). He reported to-day to M. Mougeot, Minister of Agriculture, that virus which he employed in grains of wheat had been fatal to rats, while absolutely harmless to game and domestic animals. In recognition of his valu- able services, Dr. Rour was awarded the Com- mandership of the Order of Agricultural Merit. A Bill is to be introduced to Parliament ordering communal authorities to take the necessary measures to stamp out the past.

A TROUBLESOME TRACK, I At a meeting of the Cardiff Public Works Committee to-day, Mr. Eichards said he had received complaints from shopkeepers on Cow- bridge-road as to gangs of men being con- tinually employed on the tramway pulling up and putting down setts. It was said to almost amount to a scandal. The Borough Engineer explained that the road was very troublesome because the old foundations of the tramway had been utilised on the score of economy, and they were run- ning double traffic on a single line. It waa further understood that the negotia- tions with property owners were nearly complete whereby the road could be widened and a double track laid down. Mr. Richards said that when the time came he would move that the track be laid with wood blocks instead of granite setts.

PICKINGS FROM "PUNCH." I ONE GOOD THEN DESERVES ANOTHER. She: But if you say you can't bear the girl. why ever did you propose ? lIe: Well. her people have always been awfully good to me, and it's the only way I could return their hospitality. PROGRESS! I Egypt, circ. B.C. (under Rameaes III.) The Pharaoh Rajneses Mai Amun. of the 20th Dynasty, is represented in his chariot, attended by his fan-bearers, while the Royal seribea count over the number of hands cut from the vanquished. Belgian Congo, A.D. 1904 (under Leopold II.). "Each time the corporal goes out to get rubber cartridges are given to him. He must bring back all not used, and for every one used he must bring back a right hand." (Report of our Consul at Boma). American Hostess in London: But why haven't you brought your fiance? Guest (from Dakota.): I reckon he's thrown ms over. He don't seem to understand our w?.ys out West. Hostess: Why, what have you done now? Guest: Nothing. I just asked him, "ay, will you love me always, always, even after we're divorced?" It is reported from America that a sunflsh has just been captured off the coast of Cali- fornia weighing a ton. The cable informing us that it was caught by a little boy wjth a piece of string and a bent pin has not yet come to hand. SUCH AN EXAilPLE. I Wife (to husband, who has barked his shins violently against the bed, and is muttering something to himself): Oh, Jack, how can you! Supposing baby were to hear you! PROFESSIONAL PARTNERSHIP. I Village Organ-blower (to Lady Organist, who has been trying a new voluntary): How did it go, marm? Oh, all right. Why do you ask?" "Weil, marm, to tell you the truth, I was a bit nervous about it. You see, marm, I've never blowed for that piece afore!" "RANK BLASPHEMY." I Squire Oldboy, M.H. (enjoying a long and I very slow hunt): There she goes! Afraid it's a new hare, though. Bored Sportsman: How lucky! The other I must be getting doo3id old. SCENE SOUTH OF FRANCE WINTER I RESORT. Aunt: Kitty, if you don't behave yourself properly, I'll tell your mamma. When I was your age I was a good girl. Kitty: And are you very wicked now, aunt?

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H.B." RUMINATES* REFLECTIONS OF FOOTBALL II AFFAIRS. Special to "Evening Express." I The Scotch selectors are setting their house in order very resolutely. Having made the mistake of including Bissett at half, they do not mean to repeat it. Johnny Gillespie once more takes up the position of serum- skirter, and if a little want of dash may mark his display against Ireland, it is certain that the soundness he will bring to the defence will go a long way towards recording a victory for the Scots in the coming visit to Dublin. But the weakness at half did not blind the I Scotch Union to the equal weakness of their three-quarters. Here, again, they have made changes. Enter Timms: exit Orr. Likewise, enter Fell: exit G. Grabble. Orr should have retained his place. It is true that Teddy Morgan scattered many Orr ideals, but there is no other that could have done better against Morgan on his Swansea form than Orr did. Either of the Macs should have gone before the AnglQ-ff-cot. Macdonald has been retained for combination with Timms, and there is much to be said for that. But what of the other? Milne and Waters come into the team, dis- placing L. Bell and E. J. Ross. Milne was strongly fancied for a place against Wales, and Glasgow grumbles were loud and frequent at his non-inclusion. Taking the Scotch I team as a whole, with its one-third changes, it can safely be said that they are likely to givo a much better account of themselves in the second international than in their first. If bound to choose, my choice would be Scot- land for a win outright. The weather, defeats, and injuries to players, all conspired to lessen the interest taken in the meeting of the blue and black and mustard and blacking brigades. There seems to be a consensus of opinion deter- mining the draw as the true state of football affairs betwixt the two. It must have afforded I the Cardiff team the liveliest pleasure just now to have tho privilege of playing off their own little morass. Cardiff, careless of fancies, had all the best of the first half, but clinging memories of home weakened them at the knee joints when the completing portion was on. And the final whistle brought forth a double draw, the one of scores, and the other the breath of relief. The Llanelly v. Llwynypia match was spoiled by the state of the ground, and the difference of a try was worthy of the day. The game is described as a scramble, mistakes on both sides being served up with beautiful regularity. It is to be regretted that the style of play on both sides was not one war- ranted/to attract, there being too much feel- ing introduced. This is a pity, for the past games between the two clubs have been generally of the pleasant kind. Swansea's taste is having a very ba-d effect on the character of single Gloucester cheese. The Gloucester sample has been usually with- standingly solid. But Swansea lik«s it crumbly, and when Swansea wants it crumbly she gets it crumbly. Very crumbly. Three goals, three tries is small bits indeed. Swansea's visit to Paris has called forth comments in the Parisian press which should make every Welshman's heart swell with pride. The different London combina- tions that visit the gay city come croppers, ignominious croppers. So much so that English teams were beginning to feel what French contempt cut like. English almost began to mean British, and that is where we came in. Then Swnn-sea crossed over, and the rebound from cold contempt to warm appreeia.tioa swells the heart, the Welsh heart especially. At last a team has come over to teach us something, and has done so, showing us that we were still learners in the finer points of the game," is the French ver- dict. And for this, Bravo, Swansea! I see the boom has jost begun. East v. West, and boom, boom, boom. The Taylor and Bowden attack is a strong one. Mark me!" said the irrepressible taller of the two, this match is going to top the other. That was great business, wasn't it, Bowden?" To which Bowden replied, "It r,-ae." Taylor is the one that carries the fort by storm; Bowden the one that puts things into ship-shape after the storming. Boom, boom, and still boom- a-boom," says Taylor. Pat, pat, and etill pitra-pat," says Bowden.. The Pontypool v. Brynmawr fixture excited great interest in the Monmouthshire Valleys on account of the positions occupied by these clubs in the league table. The idea. prevailed that Pontypool would just pull through, and so make their position as top sawyers secure. The day was against their style of play, and, more than that, their style of play was against the day. Instead of keeping the ball on the ground for dribbling purposes, they tried their usual passing, with the result that it didn't come off. Their defeat makes for interest in the competition. The results of the games played by the Gla- morganshire Police against Plymouth and Bridgend are somewhat remarkable. Here was a team which, w the exception of the vete- ran Joe Davie.s. was composed almost entirely of forwards. Forwards in front, forwards at half, forwards at three-quarter, and yet., on the Plymouth ground against the home team, they were only beaten by the margin of a try, while at Bridgend they drew. If this kind of thing goes on we shall be having a change about at half-time, with an odd man out for the one to remain. I have frequently met Englishmen who declared that ouis, forwards were all backs. At the very next declaration I shaJl add, "And our backs for- wards." To say it would not help the belief, however, and the above phenomenon is but a real rainbow, which will disappear when dry- ness sets in at the end of the eleven years' blobs. Schoolboy football is developing in a remark- able manner. No sooner were the different leaguo competitions set firmly on foot than boy international ideas were started. These have now matured, and the East v. West Trial I at Llanelly on Saturday next will guide the r selectors in the choice of players to meet the boyhood of England. But, while wishing our lados every success, I am inclined to think that boy football is being carried rather too far. There was a time when the London Scottish was the iondon team requiring most buck to play against. For seasons now they have been only so-eo, and this season the so-so has been continued. Their win against Richmond on Saturday gave th-9 London Scots great joy. It was sadly needed. Coming at this time against a team containing the Prophet Daniell and Stout, Scotsmen look upon it aa a happy augury of what may happen at Inverleith. London Welsh gave Cambridge a hot game. The diffcrence of one point could not be less. I can imagine what Dr. Dan and Dr. Pryce think of that one point. They'll not get over it this season. It will do them some | g-ood to have a talk with Walter Daviee on the point now and again. That duplicating diplomatist has a soothing way of slicing lemon. But, in spite of Walter, lemon it will be to the end. Blackheath are getting their fill of failure. Their most recent Shortage was that of Satur- day against Oxford. Three points against forty. This wa.s really a fit of the blues- Dark Blues. After the snatch victory against Newport, the 'Heathens have done badly, indeed. When it is said that theirs is a team of forwards and a full-back, there is little fault to be found with the saying.

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A LADY PASTOR I A LADY PASTOR TO CONDUCT SERVICES AT LEICESTER CHURCH. After next September, the services at +he TJnitarian Free Church, Marlboro-road, Leicester, will be conductd by Miss Gertrude von Petzold, who has accepted the pas- torate. In an interview Miss Petzold, who is 28 years of age, and of striking appearance and charming manner, said her father was an officer in the Prussian Army, and she received her early training at Stettin. It was her desire to enter on an academic career, and with this intent she decided to come to England. She studied atL Andrews and at the University at Edinburgh, where in 1901 she obtained the M.A. degree with classical honours. Subsequently she studied theology at Manchester College, Oxford, where she is still a student. Miss Petzold has preached in Unitarian churches in different parts of the country. It was after conducting the services at the Free Church, in Leicester, for t.wo successive Sundays, that she received a unani- mous invitation to become the pastor.

SETTLEMENT OF WESTERN CANADAI The favourable reports from persons who have settled and are farming in the Canadian West have assisted in removing questions of doubt as to the fertility and productiveness of the lan-ds upon which the British people are invited to locate. The Government of Canada continues its offer of a free grant of 160 acres of land to every man over eighteen years of age. Over 32;000 persons, represent- ing considerably over 100,000 people, have taken advantage of this offer of the Govern- ment within the part twelve months, repre- senting an area settled upon of 5,000,000 acres of land. Although the Government has already made free grants to actual settlers to the extent of about 12,000,000 acres, there is yet an area many times as great, and of soil as rich and productive, still to be had. The land is pimply in its virgin state waiting cultivation. Those who contemplate taking advantage of these free lands, either immediately on their arrival in Canada or after a year or so spent on a farm gaining practical experience before going outdare advised to place themselves in communication with Mr. W. T. R. Preston, Canadian Emigration Ofii-c-e, 11 and 12, Charing Cross, London, and there obtain reliable infor- mation as to the best method to follow.

MADAME PATTI'S AMERICAN TOUR I Ma-dame Patti is experiencing almost the same run of bad luck which attended Signor Mascagni's recent tour in America. She post- poned her appearance in Philadelphia last night, and it is expected that she will aban- don her tour altogether, owing to the small audiences which have greeted her reappear- ance in that country. Her concert for Scranton, Pennsylvania, billed for Monday night, was cancelled, and an attachment was made upon her manager for money due for advertising. On Tuesday Mr. Hegner, a 'cellist, took out an attach- ment for $2,800 salary due to him from Madame Patti. It is stated that Messrs. Weber and Fields lost $1,500 on the Patti con- cert given in New York.

"SERVE HIM JOLLY WELL RIGHT." I For six years the engagement of Miss Eliza- beith Maclaren, of Aynho-a-road. Hammersmith, dragged on, and was at last ended by the refusal of Albert Hitchings to carry out his promise of marriage. At the London Sheriff's Court yesterday Mies Maclareu was awarded £ 150 damages. Hitchings, during the courtship, was mana- ger of a dairy shop at £2 a week in West Kensington, but is now living at Cirencester. A child had been born, but is now dead. In commenting on the conduct of defendant, the Under Sheriff said that if Hitchings had the money he would be made to pay, "and serve him jolly well right."

"KEENORA" CAKE-MAKING. I There was a. large atteudance at Andrew's- hall, Queen-street, Cardiff, last evening, for the distribution of prizes in connection with the Keenora cake flour cake-making com- petition. After an excellent programme of music the prizes weTe distributed by Ur. E. R. Fulton, for the proprietors of the "Keenora" cake flour. There were 38 prizes. The first prise ( £ 5), second (S-Z), and third ( £ 2) were won by Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. T. A. Wil- liams (Angus-street, Roath), and Mrs. George (Neville-street, Canton) respectively. During the evening a flashlight photograph was taien of those present.

PEACEFUL PICKETING. I To obviate any decision in the future similar to that given in the Taff Vale case, the Labour members of Parliament have framed a Bill in which it is proposed to legalise peaceful picketing during a trade dispute. The Bill proposes to make it lawful for any Trades Unionist to hold a meeting near a man's house or place of employment for the purpose of peacefully persuading him to work or abstain from working. It is further proposed that no action should be brought against a Trades Union for the recovery of damages sustained by any person through the action of the Union.

DOORSTEP ROMANCE. I In somewhat remarkable circumstances. Mr. Justice Lawrance at the Newcastle Assizes yesterday acceded to an application for the revocation of letters of administration granted to Sarah Turner. Some time ago Elizabeth Hall died in Gateshead Workhouse, and it was afterwards found that she had left L500. Sa.rah Turner, who said she was Hall's sister, was granted letters of administration. But Elizabeth Hall had left an infant son on its grandparents' doorstep, and it was this son, Robert Hall, now grown up, who made yesterday's application. It was stated that Sara-h iurner was too vreak, mentally and bodily, to appear.

SPANISH DISTURBANCES. I The Spanish Chamber to-day began a debate on the extraordinary credits necessitated by the wa-r with the United States. The Govern- ment consented to make some reductions in the amount demanded. Demonstrations hostile to the Government occurred again at Madrid yesterday. The International Workmen's Committee of Bar- celona has issued an appeal for the organisa- tion of a demonstration on March 13, the object being to demand the liberation of all persons arrested in connection with the strike. Proposed simultaneous demonstra- tions should be held in Paris, London, Liege, Brussels, Berlin, Vienna, and Rome.

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(ROOMS FOR 300.! a AN ENGLISHMANS STRANGE BEHAVIOUR. The Mentone correspondent of the "New York HeraM" says:- "A sensation was caused on Tuesday by the extraordinary behaviour of an English gentileman of title. He spent nearly a hundred francs wiring to various hotekl on the Riviera engaging rooms for 300 persons. The following telegram was received at the Winter Palace at Mentone: "Reserve all first floor for me. I arrive at ten to-day," followed by the signature. He also telegraphed to the correspondent of the Herald" requesting him to call at the Winter Pailace with a shorthand writer. He used violent language to the telegraph clerks when despatching the messages. He after- wards went to the British Consulate and to several shops, where he caused scenes by his eccentric conduct. On arriving at the Winter Palace he was told that there were no rooms available. He then asked the manager to pay 5f. for the cab, and to dismiss the concierge, who had previously refused to pay the fare. Subsequently he drove to Monte Carlo, where he had an altercation with the clerk at a bank, and slapped the man's face, whereupon he was given in charge, but was eventually driven back to Mentone, and handed over to his friends, but, again disappeared. Ho invited Mr. Hill, the British Vice-Consul, to go to breakfast with hiin at Monte Carlo, and he would give him several thousands to ga.mble with. He also stated his intention of giving £500.COO to the poor. The unfortunate gentle- man returned to the Winter Palace, where- upon the minager communicated with his friends,who asked Dr. Samways to take charge of him. Dr. Samways consented, and drove him to his villa."

MISSING WORKS OF ART. I Serious Charges Against a Clerk I At the Mansion House, London, yesterday George Thomas Eodman, 29. Walthamstow, was charged with stealing and receiving, about January, 1897, at 3, Fenchurch-street, thirteen miniatures, two gold watches, and other articles of jewellery, all antique workr, of art, of the value of £1,000, the property of Mr. David M. Currie, shipowner. There were several other charges of stealing and receiv- ing postage stamps and jewellery, the pro- perty of the Union Mail and Steamship Com- pany (Limited), 3. Fenchurch-street, his employers. Prisoner was a clerk in the employ of the prosecutor, who kept the articles mentioned in the first charge in the safe in the basement at 3. Fenchurch-street. He last saw them in January, 1897, and they were lost later, not being heard of again till the arrest of the prisoner, who said that one of the employes of the firm offered him some of the miniatures for E5, and he handed them to a publican to sell for him. The publican, a man, named Evans, who formerly kept a public-house in Fenchurch- street, was now re-called, and, in reply to the customary caution from the alderman, said he had nothing to conceal. He had paid over about L42 to the prisoner at various periods, and on one occasion he broke one of the damaged frames of the miniatures to get out the diamonds, for which he got £ 11. He had not the slightest idea that the articles were so valuable. He had sold most of them through a printer, named Knight, who. he believed, had sold them to members of the Stock Exchange and other people. He had sold the diamond stones to a man, named Krantz, whom he did not know. Other charges of stealing various articles of jewellery from packages entrusted to Messrs. Donald Currie and Co. for shipment were gone into, and prisoner was committed for trial.

FAITHLESS WILLIAM JOHN. I INurse Gets Y,40 for Breach of Promise. Miss Violet W,, rne, of Kentish Town, London, was yesterday, at the Sheriff's Court, awarded zC49 damages against William John Taylor for breach of promise. The faithless William John was absent and unrepresented. Plaintiff waa a nurse in an East Finchley family, for whom def-en-flant was coachman. After a long period of probation he obtained papa's consent in July, 1902, and she gave up her situation. The wedding was fixed for Sep- tember. But defendant went to Southampton, and did not put in his very necessary appear- ance at the wedding-that-was-to-have-been. It wa.s found he was courting a. barmaid at Southampton, Recently he cam in for a sum of over LIDO.

POLICE CLUB MONEY STOLEN. I At Bow-street, London, yesterday, Alfred Richardson, formerly an inspector of the South-Eastern Railway Company's police at Charing Cross, was charged with stealing money. Prisoner was arrested by Detective-sergeant Hancox at Birmingham, where he hiad been an inmate of the workhouse. Thomas William Galloway, a timekeeper at Charing Cross Station, said the prisoner was formerly treasurer of the Charing Cross Police Club, and on November 21 witness, who was the secretary, paid him 17s. 6d. That made a totai of £23 14s. 6d., which he held on behalf of the club. Shortly afterwards he went sick," and eventually absconded. Witness added that the club had no desire to prees the charge. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and said he had been ill whilst at the Birmingham Workhouse. Detective-sergeant Hancox stated that pri- soner had induced two men to stand security for him for money which he had borrowed, and in each case the guarantor had narrowly escaped his home being sold up. One of them was a constable employed under the prisoner. Mr. Mareham said the prisoner had lost a good position entirely through his own folly. He sentenced him to three months' hard la.bour.

MR. H. ROBERTS AND NAVAL POWERS I The motion Which Mr. Herbert Roberta will move when it is proposed that the House of Commons shall resolve itself into Committee of Supply on the Navy Estimates is as follows: That, in view of the heavy burdens that the increasing, expenditure lays upon the people of this country, and in the interests of international peace, his Majesty's Govern- ment should enter into communication with the great naval Powers in order to ascertain whether they will be prepared to diminish their programmes of shipbuilding and to adjust on some permanent basis their rela- tive naval strength.

GAMBLING ON LINERS. I There were some startling reports as to the gambling which took place on the last west- ward trip of the Cedric (says a New York tele- gram to the "Morning Leader"). The result was tha.t when that vessel left Nekr York yesterday the gangway was closely watched by detectives, anxious to spot certain sus- picious characters. One passenger was stopped, but he denied that he was a professionai gambler, and was permitted to sail, the purser being carefully warned.

A LINER RE-FLOATED. I The Trans-Atlantic liner Lake Michigan, which, afrer being in collision, went ashore in West Bay, a;t Dungeness, last Friday, was towed off this morning at five o'clock and pro- ceeded for London in tow.

f.f-rd and Lady Herbert, on their first visit to Ireland since their marriage, have been presented with an address and a Cr us keen Lawn Cup by the people of Pembroke Town- ship, Dublin. the property of Lord Herbert's father, the Earl of Pembroke. All classes and creeds Jo toed in the sift.

ISKULL SMASHED IN ROBBERY AND MURDER IN A TRAIN. A honrible crime waa perpetrated on the Milan-Genoa train on Tuesday night, by an unknown assassin, says a Rome telegram to the Morning Leader." On the stoppage of the train at Sampierdarena the guard discovered, while opening-quite by accident—the door of a second-class compart- ment, the body of a middle-aged man extended upon the cushions in a death agony. The skull was half smashed in, and the unfortunate victim was bleeding profusely from eight gaping wounds. The man proved to be a respectable chemist named Carasoo, who was en route to join his wife and family at Buenos Ayres. Shortly after the carriage had been detached from the train the un- happy Carasco expired. His murderer, of whom at present the police have no clue, got away with £ 6JO, which he had stolen from Carasco's person.

To-morrow's Programme —The OVEENIGHT SELLING STEE- PLECHASE of 100 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winner to be sold for 58 sovs. Two miles. —The WIMBLEDON SELLING HUR- DLE EACE of ICO sovs, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. -A FOUR AND FIVE YEAR OLD MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE of 200 sove, for four year olds and upwards; weight for age; winners extra. Two miles. va at 1 b Mr L Brown's Communist. Waller 5 12 3 Mr H E Brassey's l>unboyne.Capt. Dewhurst 5 11 7 Mr G Cc,ttrill's Tho Eag.e 5 11 7 Lord Derby's Outsider Capt,. Dewhurst 511 7 Lord Dudley's Hawsar Capt. Dewh.irst 511 7 Mr H M Dyas's Wild Alios Private 5 11 7 Mr M Fitzgerald's Tpswich Ia Ireland 5 11 7 Mr A Goriiara's Bawbee Hackevt 5 11 X Mr X .T Kc.!ly's Fly Leaf Cullen 5 11 7 Mr A Kaowles's The Grasper Sentence 5 11 7 Mr A E M'Kinlay's Hazel Slada..Couithwaits 5 11 7 Mr n l'arr's Orangre Fiold Mr Pcn-se 511 7 Mr V T Thompson's St. Hilarious Ambler 5 11 7 M.r Nod Clark's Simonhatcli Mcnzies 4 10 7 Mr J G Clarke's Mark Time. Robinson 4 10 7 Mr T Clyde's Shano O'Neill Cort 4 10 7 Mr Ernest Dresden's Wedding Peal Batho 410 7 Mr A Harris's Cla-pham Lass. Batho 4 10 7 Mr C F Mainwarintr's April lioy Capt. Coventry 4 10 7 Mr H S Mitchison's Sergeant Euzfuz..Hallick 4 10 7 Mr J Rogers's Grahamsto^vn Owner 4 10 7 Lord Softoa's Royal Cygnet Russell 4 10 7 Major Vaux's Chiana Meazies 4 10 7 —The SPRING HANDICAP HURDLE RAOE of 150 sovs; winners extra. Two miles. ys st Ib Mr F PhiHips's Cossack Post -Mr Hastings £ 12 17 Major J 111 Gordon's Choriton. Belle Jarvis 4 11 11 Mr G Cottrill's The Eagle Hallick 5 11 10 Mr H G Johnson's Kladeradatch Smith 4 11 7 Mr H Ksoott's Snuff Box Owner 5 11 5 Mr R C M'Kerrow's Mrs Peggotty. Ba.rratt 4 11 4 Mr G Edwardes'a Oasis Major Edwards a 11 1 Mr A E M'lCinIay's Kazel Slade Cloulthwaite 5 11 0 Mr.L d Rothschild's Key \v est..Cannon, jun. b 10 12 Mr Walter Perry's Galloping Helen Jillings 5 10 12 ■Mr Horat.io Eottomley's Prtnceiimmon..Batho 5 10 11 Mr Ledlie's Thoas Cort 51011 Mr W Binnia's Consolation Owner a 10 10 S'r Peter Walker's Altbea Latham 4 10 10 Six G Johnstone's Highway Collins 510 10 Major J M Gordon's Spinning iMinnow..Jarvis 4 10 8 Major Joicey's Plum Pecker Waller 4 10 5 Mr L Brown's Augural Waller 5 10 4 Mr II Heasman's The Clown II. Smith 4 10 4 Mr L J Shirley's Tab Mr A Thiriwell 5 10 4 Mr S Pickering's Renzo Owner 5 10 2 Mr Downes's Joe the Marine Owner a10 2 Mr A Stedall's Exaltation. W Nightingall 6 10 0 Mr George Milligan's Strettington Russell 4 10 0 —The BUSHEY HANDICAP STEEPLE- CHASE of 100 sovs; winners extra. Three miles. ys st lb Mr W E Nelson's Patlaidcr W Nightingall a 12 7 Mrs J Kelly's Currier Pigeon T..Calien a 12 2 Mr A Ham-blin'a Perdicus Es-cott a 121 Mr W J Compton's May King .Clmnents a 12 0 Mr A Gorham's Shannon Lass Hackett a 12 0 Mr F Bibby's LTBtoirtgton Thomas 6 12 0 M,r Horatio Bottomley s Biology Batho a 11 7 Mr P W hi taker's King Dick II Private a. 11 7 Mr F Bibby's Comft Thomos 6 11 Lord Dudley's living Swallow Capt. Dewhurst a 11 7 Mr J Bancroft's Amethyst Mr A Thiriwell 5 11 7 Mr W E Nelson's Reggie vV Nightingall a 11 6 Mr V T Thompson's Baisarroch Ambler 6 11 6 Mr Horatio Bottomley's Easter Ogue Batho a 11 5 Mr J A Scorror's Arnold.C Brown a 11 4 Mr C E Byrne's Strategy Culien 5 11 4 Mr E Balkan's Cantiniere Pullen 6 11 4 Mr Goland Clarke's Thraneen Coilins a 11 0 Mr A Jeapes's Snowden.0wner 11.1010 Mr P Wliitaker's Brian Boru Private a 10 10 Prince Hatzfeldt's The Chief. Mr Law a 10 10 Mr C V Tabor's Bala E Woodland a 10 10 Air C Levy's Cottenshope Burbidge a 10 4 Capt. R H Collis's Daldorch Owner a 10 4 Àfr C Perkins's Wilton Castle Cou..lthwaite 6 10 4 Mr Reid Walker's Varlet Doyle 5 10 0 Mr N J Kelly's Nora. Croina. 11 Cullen a 10 0 Mx J Ikl: Walpole's Itoyal Child Owner 5 10 0 Capt. A E Whitaker's F.clenta. Gordon 5 10 0 Mr A J Schwabe's Frederick Charles Capt. Dewhurst 6 10 0 —A MAIDEN RURDLE RACE of 100 EIOVB, for four year olds and up- wards; weight for age; winners extra. Two miles. ya st lb Mr F C Graham M&nzies's Inishfree Hallick a 12 0 Mr B Gottschalk's Emily M-elton J Cannon a 11 7 Mr J 11 Kerne's La Xapoule Holt 6 11 7 Capt. Laing's Padlock II Sentence 6 11 7 Mrs Sadlcir-Jac.fcson's C?.rrigaown In Ireland 6 11 7 Mr V T Thompson's IvI'Callum More Ambler a 11 7 Mr Reid Walker's Beltenebrosa Doyle 6 U 7 Mr J Buchanan's Winkrose Major Edwards 5 11 J Mr Horatio Bottomley's CeriUo Batho 5 11 3 Mr W R Clarke's IiiLagl?o Private 5 11 3 v m:.khJ:t:iiÏ it 3 Duko of Portlnd'. Caro Capt. Dewhurst 5 11 3 Mr A Stedall's Ravleigh W Nightingall 5 11 3 Mr W A Jarvis's Znmpa Owner 4 11 0 Mi-s G Canning's Mint Drop.Capt. Coventry 4 10 7 Mr H Escott's Timserver -Owner 4 10 7 Mr H J King's Pericles — Russell 4 xj 7 Mr Edmund Lamb's Capot C Waug-h 4 10 7 Mr C Levy's St. Rollox Burbidge 4 10 7 Mr A E M'Kinlay's One Away Coulthwaite 4 10 7 Mr George MiUigan's Strettington Russell 4 10 7 Mr P P Peebles's Colchmter Owner 4 10 7 Mr C Wood's Garland Day Owner 4 10 7

SPORT OF THE DAY. I Mr. A. W. Wood has had eleven mounts this year. and has won seven times. Mrs. R. Marsh, wife of the well-known New- market trainer, presented him with a son on Tuesday morning. Rumours are rife to the effect that the King's recent Irish purchase, Flaxman, is suffering from splint trouble. Mr. Singer has eighteen horses in training at Manton. Mr. R. C. Garton has half-a-dozen, and eight are the property of the trainer. It is not yet settled if Rock Sand is to be trained for the Ascot Cup, or whether he will be prepared for his numerous engagements in valuable races run over shorter courses. Detail will not carry a silk jacket before t-he Grand National, but at the conclusion of racing at lieicester on March 9 Arthur Nightingall will ride him in a "school" over the Oadby course. G. F. Wilson, the Stratford trainer-jockey, who sustained severe injuries to the ribs as the result of a fzlll with Wolfgang at Bir. mingham on Monday, was so far recovered that he was able to leave the Birmingham General Hospital yesterday and proceed to his home at Stratford. It wars hard lines for M'Gregor, who has for some time been at odds with fortune, that his filly Glenathol should meet with an accident when she had practically won her race at Warwick yesterday. She blundered at the laat hurdle, and in trying to recover herself broke a small bone in the near hock. She was almost immediately destroyed. Lord Alington betted heavily throughout his turf career, and he must have won a great deal of money from first to last. He was a fine judge of racing, and a cool-headed and very shrewd man. lie would (says "Truth") plunge if he considered there was justifica- tion for a gamble, but he did not commit the common error of betting on every race, and if he lost a large sum he was not so foolish as to attempt to "rush" back the amount by which he was out of pocket. He would wait quietly until the next day, or until the next meeting. Lord Alington and Sir Frederic Johnstone were the only two betting owners who did themselves no harm during the period which is known as "the Hastings era."

MAD WOMAN'S OUTBURST. Mr. G. B. Bunter, a Maidstone magistrate, was calling on a woman with the view of certifying her removal to an asylum, when the woman sprang from her bed and hurled a. jar at his haad. The jar missed its mark, but the woman continued to p.elt the magis- trate with china ware until he reached the street. After a struggle ehe was secured and removed in a. cab. Printed by the Proprietors. Western Mcil Limited, and publisbad by them M their offices, St. Mary-etreet, I CardiU: eutle Bailey-street, Swansea; Victoria-street, Merthyr Tyd.n In the County al GlamoT2?"; at I their offices, 2Z, High-street, NewPort-in the CøQutJ of Monmouth; and at thotr afBcee, The Balwk, Brecon, is the County at Brecknock. THTJESDAY. FEBBUABY 25. 1904. <

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PRINCESS IN AN ACCIDENTI Carriage Collides with a Cyclist I Last evening the Princess of Wales, attended by her lady-in-waiting, was driving down the Mall towards Marlborough House. As her car- riage was turning into the short road leading from the Mall to St. James's Palace stable- yard it came into violent collision with a bicycle, ridden by a youth from Clerkenwell. Apparently the cyclist was alone to blame. The young man was thrown from his machine, and sustained some injury to one of his thighs, besides being badly shaken. The Princess promptly stopped her carriage and sent her lady-in-waiting back to ascertain whether the unfortunate cyclist had suffered any serious injury, and by her direction the police took charge of the young fellow and sent him home after he had partly recovered. The Princess, who displayed the utmost solicitude, further made request that the officers would keep themselves informed as to the young man's progress, and report to her in due course. It is understood that the cyclist did not allege any fault or negligence on the part of the coachman, and expressed himself as deeply grateful for the sympathy J shown by her Royal Highness.

FILIAL DUTY AND HONESTY. I At the Whitechapel County-court, London, yesterday, a young man, who appeared on a judgment summons for his sister, Leah Myers, told his Honour Judge Bacon that the reason she had not paid was because she had had to keep her mother, who wa a widow, and old." Judge Bacon: I often have to tell you people that nobody is bound to keep his or her mother. A woman begins by being young -(laughter)--and becomes old, and if she marries and becomes old she very often be- comes a widow. Witness: But my sister must be good to her mother? Judge Bacon: Yes, but she must not be good to her mother with plaintiff's money; she must not indulge her filial piety at the expense of her honesty. I saw it stated the other day that the longest lived persons were those in workhouses, because they are no public-houses to betray them iato excess. I will not send her to Holloway to-day; I will make a new order, 2s. a memth, and then if she does not keep up her ayments she will have to go to gaol.

r A WOBBLING LAMP-POST. At Greenwich yesterday John Brown, 35, was charged with being drank and disorderly. Police-constable Frankling eaid the prisone-e went up to him and asked him to hold a. lamp, poet till be went past, as it kept moving. (Laughter.) Prisoner threatened to punch him if be did not do so.—Prisoner declared that the constable interfered with htm, and he had a lump on his head which the officer had caused, —Mr. Baggallay: Perhaps it Was the lamp. post. (Laughter.) Fined 108-, or seven days.

A FIGHT WITH KNIVES. A dispatch from St. Thomas says that Bonn American sailors from the warship Columbia, and some Spanish sailors from the vessel Rio de la Plata, who were on shore on leave, fought yesterday with knives. One American was stabbed. his wounds being severe. The ca use of the fracas was that an American sailor jostled a Spaniard.—Central News.

[RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES It is stated in the newspa;pers in New Yort this morning that the Russian Govenment hat directed the completion of their building at the World's Fair, St. Louis. This is taken as an indication that Russia has re-considered; her decision not take part in the exhibition, and that her products and manufactures wilt be shown, the same am those of other nations, -C-entrai News. ——-———.

THE LEADING FOOD BEVERAGE Don't overrate your powers of endurance. Take due precautions, and face the world with the comforting assurance that you will be able to stand the strain. What yoa really need to do this effectually is a beverage at once refreshing, pleasant to the palate, and; strengthening to both mind and body. Suoix a food beverage is Dr. Tibbies' Vi-Cocoa. It has made happy many a home which other- wise to-day would have been wretched, and the ultimate effects of which It ia impossible to foresee. For breakfast, dinner, supper- indeed at any hour of the twent.Y..four-Dr. Tibbies' Yi-Cocoa will be found light and refreshing; it leads the way among all beverages, and nothing can equal it, e42645

SKITTLES CARDIFF POST OFFICE A.C. T. THE CAB. DIFF POSTMEN. Played at tne Bristol and South Wale? Ho?tel?. Aff?t?r r a ?ver?y pleasant ?une, the pOO6 men proved victorious by 23 points.

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FOR WOMEN FOLK. i HOMELY HINTS AND JAINTIr DISHES. The world likes to crawl at the feet of the man who never kicks. Don't refuse your wife if she wants the last word; it won't cost you anything. Putting one's shoulder to the wbeel may braise and hurt, but it works its own goold cure. Never alla- the little ones to keep the elastic !)n their hats behind the ears-it must always be kept in frent; and do not pull their hats so low as to press the tops of the ears out- wards. The danger that lurks in imitations of the various fruit juices and in baking-powders. Ac., in which cream of tartar or tartaric acid is used is made apparent in the recent report of a borough analyst who found that a sample of baking-powder yielded seven-tenths of a grain of lead per pound. The tartaric acid used in its manufacture had no doubt been made from tartrate of lime, which, by the action of oil of vitrol. had become highly I contaminated with lead from the leaden ¡ chambers in which the acid is made. To Glaze Shirts and Collars I The articles should be first starched in cold starch and then ironed damp. If ext. a piee of flannel is dipped in some powdered French chalk and rubbed smoothly on each article, after which a piece of white curd soap is rubbed over the chalk Finally, the articles ilre ironed on the right side only with a moderately hot iron, and when finished will have the effect of white porcelain. American Baked B-ans I Soak a pint of small white haricot beaus overnight. In the morning wash them in fresh water and pnt them in a saucepan with sufficient water to cover them amply. Boil slowly till the skins begin to break and until the beans are soft. Pour off the water, add pepper and salt, put the beans in a baking dish, pouring a. cup of water over them. Bury a piece of pork in the beans and bake slowly till well done, adding a little water if required. Tea Tablets I Everything is compressed into tablets nowa- days. You can get all sorts of compressed foods, which are portable if not very satisfy- ing to the ravenous. Along this same line has come the preparation of tea tablets. These are prepared in a machine of great power, which produces a firm, polished pro- duct, which readily falls apart in boiling water. These tablets are likely to prove popu- lar from the convenience they afford in gauging the quantity of tea to be used and from their facility of shipment. New Coin Carriers I The up-to-date girl has a new dangler upon I her chain, as well as a long list of admirers. It is a cylindrical-shaped affair, small in size, I and from it a coin springs out whenever the fair one wishes to pay her car fare. These flew coin carriers are dainty little affairs in gun metal, not much larger than a threepenny piece. But they are handsomely finished and mounted, and in themselves are an ornament. They are attached to the long chain tha.t every well-dressed woman is wearing these days. But since the ornament is of gun metal, chains are preferably of gun metal also, set with crystals. Handwork to the Fore I After years of undervalue in the industrial world, products of the human hand are again to the fore. Ready to meet this taste and demand upon the part of educated wealth are men and women of ideas who have learned to think and to execute for themselves. Break- ing away from the employer and the salary, they have set up their tools under their own roof tree, and from designs of their own fashioning, out of clay, brass, copper, wood, straw, rags, leather, and other mediums, they are making for utility and beauty articles that bespeak the thought that is within them. In oat of the way corners of large cities are numbers of little handicraft shops where a single worker creates and stamps his or her hand-made work, as did the Benneventn Oellinis of the middle ages, with their per- sonal signature or trade mark. Rainbow Insets i Scraps of broadcloth in brilliant or soft solours, mauve and jade green, cardinal, wood eolour, pearl grey, and maize and ivory axe out into circles or triangles. These are then applied to a black or dark coloured winter waist, pinned in position, firmly basted on the edges, and then fastened down with a single row of madhine stitching or a line of herring- bone or chain stitch in coloured embroidery silks. Sach a form of adorning a corsage is much liked. It makee hand embroidery or machine needlework and a few scraps of coloured cloth do the work of more expensive trimmings, the materials of which would have to be purchased. These odds and ends are Utilised to produce some artistic effects, and the harlequin patches are greatly admired. They certainly give an air of originality to the costume, which can never be mistaken for the rank and file of ready-made costumes, owing to the individuality displayed in decora- tion. These pretty parti-coloured triangles and articles of colour are known as "rainbow fcweU."

Passing Pleasantries. I FRUITLESS QUEST. I "Worry," said the author, "is the plague of senilis, but it hasn't reached my brain yet." Perhaps." suggested the listener. "it got tired looking for it." FAITHFUL TO THE LAW. I '-why did you let him get away from you?" thundered the chief. a mean advantage of me," HBplied the green detective. He ran across the grass in the park. and-" Well?" -Well, there was a sign there, Keep off the Stafis. Wife: When we go anywhere now we have to walk. When we were only engaged you always called a cab. Husband: That's why we have to waJk now! A man named Brown oourted a lady un- successfully for many years and drank her health every day. On being observed to omit the custom, a gentleman said, Come, Brown, your old tost!" Excuse me," the other replied, as I c&n't make her brown. I'll toast her no longer!"

A f Digestive Tonic j j and blood purifier is Mother Seigel's Syrup, made of fruits, roots and herbs. It cures constipation and dyspepsia, I regulates the bowels, cleanses the liver, tt. onr e"s S the digestive system, braces the nerves and imparts the vigour and vitality of health to every organ of the body. Take it daily after meals. A MOTHER II Eb'& 4YRUP

MISCELLANEOUS, MISCELL.ANEOUS. I ENTERTAINING AND CURIOUS I CONDENSATIONS. Door that Hits Back I A. man, named Krauss, has been sent to prison at Vienna for fixing a lock that fired shots to the door of his flat. A woman, who tried to open the door, was hit. Artificial Eyes Were first used by the Egyptians, long before I the Christian era. Mummies have been found I with artificial optics. They were fashioned I of gold, silver, copper, or ivory. Points for Cardiff Dairies I The cow houses and farm buildings in Holland are noted for their neatness and cleanliness. Sometimes mats a-re spread before the doors even of cow houses, and visitors are required to wipe their feet before entering. Hereditary Longevity A notice of the recent death of four daughters of Mr. John Polsue, of Tywar- dreath, Cornwall, whose united ages total 320 years, leads a correspondent to point out that it is on record that a former member of the Polsue family is said to have died in the six- teenth century, aged 132, and a kinsman, aged 112. Dog as Coachman A pet dog was left in charge of a carriage outside a shop in Oregon last week. A motor- car frightened the horses, and the dog vainly endeavoured to stop them by seizing the reins in his mouth. When two policemen tried to lead the runaways away, the dog flew at them, and nothing could be done until his master appeared. Bees Go to Market A natural market-basket is carried by every bee. A microscope will enable an observer to discover that on the hind legs of the creature there is a fringe of stiff hairs on the surface, the hairs approaching each other at the tip, so as to form a sort of cage. This is the bee's basket, and into it. after a. successful journey, it will cram enough pollen to last it for two or three days. Spartan Remnant in Japan I Under the Japanese feudal system (abolished in 1667) the Samurai, or military caste, were taught from infancy to rise before dawn and walk barefoot (even in times of deepest show) to school. In a popular Japanese play the little Prince of Sendal says to his companion, as the two famishing boys watch the spar- rows:—"Look at those tiny birds, how wide; their yellow beaks are open, how eagerly they eat; but for a Samurai, when his stomach is empty, it is a. disgrace to feel hunger." Kissed the Balaclava Bugle j The bugle which sounded the charge for the Light Brigade at Balaclava, and which will eventually return to its old owners, the 17th Hussars, is now held by Mr. Middlebrook, of Regent's Park. At various entertainments where it has been an object of attraction £ 5,000 has been collected for soldiers' widows and orphans. During one great concert the late Madame Antoinette Sterling gave half-a- sovereign to kiss the battered bugle, for charity's sake, and many la.dies followed her example. How to get Writer's Cramp Mercantile clerks with many letters to write to Indian tradesfolk are to be pitied. The following picked at random from the books of a London firm doing business in India, are not at all a bad specimen of the general run of names throughout the -empire-: Jogac-aj jala Se?thasamc.chea<tni<iu. 1 Mantfcri Pragada SuryiDarayana Pantuln. VangLir Patlmngy Vi^iayaraghavacharriar. Conjeeve= Muthuinmaraswainy Mudaiiar. Poouamalle 5hunmna.sumb.ram MoodaJtar. Kedunmangslam SuL,?.t CMdembera Iver. Peruvarcl Coma-' ?-?arenpet-tah R3,Arut'?.Ta

THE SONG THE BISHOP WANTS. I In an address to the Nottingham C.E.T.S. the Bishop of Southwell has thrown out a. novel suggestion. When he was young, be said, people used lustily to sing a song extol- ling the merits and glories of beer, and the chorus ran: "WUene'?r I go out I carry about My little pint battle of beer." He was not going to praise the song, but he desired to suggest to the poets of the Church of England Temperance Society that if they would only compose a spirited song it might be better than some of the ordinary speeches they heard in enlisting the sympathies of people in their cause. (Laughter and applause.) What they wanted was a good, soiid, national wax song, a maa-cb that people could start cheerily, one that should not! leave temperance to sound like a, sickly, pain- ful, wearisome burden, but should breathe a grand, manly spirit, worthy of Englishmen. (Applause.)

THE BURNS TEMPLE HOAX. The sensation caused in Kilmarnock by the Burns Temple hoax reached its height last night, when a special meeting of the town council was held, by requisition, to deal with the matter. The Provost submitted a letter from Bailie William Munro, acknowledging the sole authorship and responsibility of the letter, apologising to the conncil and the community, and also to Mr. Morrison and j Mr. Carnegie, and intimating his intention at the Brst regm?r meeting to place his resigna- tion in the hands of the connc.iL The w Z1. matter was remitted to a committee to make a thorough investigation. Bailie Munro, who has been a magistrate for some years, explains that he had no expectations that tho letter would be taken seriously. j

I i WITH A HUMAN SKULL A shocking scene was witnessed yesterday at Glasgow when boys were playing football with a blackened skull. The youngsters scam- pered about brandishing human bones. It appears that labourers, in excavating for a sewer, had come across the decayed remains of ooffins. The skeletons were exposed on the street, and the children seized the bones before they could be carted away. A grave- yard was formerly situated at the spot.

I EASY HOME-BAKING I Do you know that by mixing one part of Brown and Poison's jew raising powder called "Paisley Flour" with 6 to 8 parts of ordinary flour you can make your own bread, cakes, and pastry quickly and successfully at home? "Paisley Flour" mixes readily with ordinary flour, and makes a lig-ht and evenly raised cake or scone. And it is so simple to use that baking with it has been well called "the eaej method." With Brown and Polson's "Paisley Flour" even beginners get good results. If you have not yet used "Paisley Flour," you should get a 7d. packet from your grocer, Ln, try the- recipes for "Jam Sandwich," "Hot Muffins," "Scotch Pancakes" contained in the packets. el2347-3

"BEWITCHED" FARMHOUSE. "Evil spirits" are said to have taken poses- sion of the house of a farmer named Thomp- son, at Longhmacrory. and their pranks re-call the butter-throwirg of tile ghost" recently reported from Newport. Sugar and bread have been discovered in the churn and turf floating in the milk-pans. An apron and a shawl have been burned in some unexplained manner, and turf and stones come flying through the air. propelled by unseen hands. The Thompsons are taking turns to sit up at night on watch for the "evil spirits."

FAT BOY'S AMOTION. I Johnny Trondley, the fat boy of Peckham. took a, fan-cy to the bagpipes when he was in Scotland, and engaged a young Scotch piper to assist in his music-hall performance. The piper, aged eighteen, marches round the stage to the tune of Auld Lang Syne," while t/ohnny strides in majeavy behind him carry- ing a guu. During a recent performance Johnny's father asked him what profession he would tike to follow when he grew up. "A jockey," wae Johnny's oool reply.