Evening Express

Though there, w as considerable excite- ment some time ago when the Cardiff departmental inquiry tackled the public work?, the waterworks department yes- terday exerted over the inquisitors a damping effect, as was. perhaps, to be expected. Save for a little breeze between Councillor it ic hards and Alder- man David -Jones—in which honours veto fairly divided-and a grumble from Coun- cil Ipr C'happeil about the proposed even- ing sitting-, the proceedings were un- eventful; so uneventful, indeed, that one worthy member leaned back in his chair and was.soon sleeping the sleep of the just. Ought wc to name the hon. gentleman? Xo. it were unfair to do so Tiie practice of pulling up the roads every now and then without rhyme or reason was referred to very seriously by Councillors Yorath and Courtis. The former instanced the North-road, which was up in the same place, perhaps, iiiterv.-ils of a couple of days. Coun- cillor Richards instanced Cowbridge-road, where tr'.Ls kind of thing wa.s always in full swing more or Councillor Yeall 5r»id no doubt things were better in tin's direction Jhan .they used to be, and it must b? remembered they had no controj over the doings of the gas company or the Po?t Office. It was mentioned that the bo-rough and w,¡:t-erworks engineers II \;k, tógher a? far a? possible; stiU, w? &re glad the committee has a severe eye on the matter, for this is one of the uuisanoes that in the first place set on foot the present departmental inquiry. Next week the departmental committee will sit' every evening with a view of get- ting through its duties. It is doubtful whether the business can be concluded in that time, though with several sub-com- mittees to work out the details, the whole thing should be closed before Easter. Councillor Frank Boa van made an urgent appeal yesterday in regard to the finance committee, and, no doubt, all other chairmen of committees will be j £ la<? to sne the inquiry through at the! earliest possible moment, in order that they may get to work again under the altered and amended conditions. That | the departmental committee thoroughly appreciates the work in hand was proved y-HSterdav by the loyal and unanimous; way in which it adopted the mayor's pro- for a ierie" of evening sittings. j The great fire at Swansea was well looked after by the local brigade. As a, matter of fact, town brigades seldom fail on t hese occasions. It is in villages or at wdistted coilfitry houses that the want of Stfch organised assistance is usually felt. A desideratum to-day is some fluid which will extinguish Are at once without injury to life or damage to fittings and furniture. Everybody well knows that at a great conflagration a good percen- tage of the daiiiflgo is mostly wrought by the firemen themselves, and what the fire spares the water destroys. This was illustrated (as we only too well remember) when our own offices were burnt out a I dozen years ago. "THE ROADS ARE UP" I [Parody on an old hunting song as ren- aere(I with great success before the Depàrlrtiental Committee by Cobhcillors JSarath And CöUttis. J rostds ire Bp' ,the roads are np! Qing jnarfilf we,, the foafis are up! JTbe postal people -tear-them up! The gas departjnent. tear them, up.! The waterworks they tear them up! The drain repairers tear them up! The tram constructors tear them up! No sooner laid than—whoop—they're up! They tear em up, they yank em up! Sing merrily we, they tear 'pm up! Now if it all were done at-onoe,. t 'Twere one expense if done At once! But that is not the good-old-way! Some love to dig while others pay! The post folk dig. the gasmen dig. The water and the drain folk dig. The tram folk also join to dig. And a]', the tirre 'tis (lig, (lig, di, And so the bills go mounting up! Sing merrily we, go mounting up! IDRIS, I IDRIS. What with sentimentalists in their own ) profession on the one hand and fond but short-sighted parents on the other I elementary teachers are getting anything i but a "pleasant time of it. At Portli Police-court yesterday a muster was; obliged to summon a couple of parents for taking the law into their own hands I! because he had visited their boys with l what was. no doubt, well-merited chas- tisement. In the olden times parents had the good sense to leave thes? things in the teachers' hands, and—remember— punishment in these days was a far severer thing than it is now. Let our readers up in years look back to the I forties or fifties) and re-call the Way the stick was laid on, and what manner of stick it was. The cane of to-day is a mere feather in comparison. The fact i& ¡' we are spoiling the rising generation. r It is some years since Cardiff Corpora- tion made its last attempt to extend the borough boundaries. It was an ambitious I effort, but it fpi I through-part iy because too much was claimed, and partly (it I must be confessed) because the Cardiff case was distressingly botched." As a matter of sober fact, there is no reason why Penarth. Llandaff. Ely, Whitchurch, and, possibly, Lianishen, should not be brought into the borough, though whether those places would hail the occurrence is quite another thing! Some time ago Bristol largely extended her bounds by including places much further away and less-connected with the city than the localities we have named above are with respect to Cardiff. The fact is Cardiff has a good case if, in the forth- coming attempt to extend her boundaries, she likes to take the trouble to marshal her facts properly. All is net gold that glitters, neither are people always as poor as they look. All Llangollen is talking about two old fo!k just dead who seemed very poor, and were, no doubt, pitied by the charitably- inclined. Yet in the possession of one was found a tobacco box packed is-ith sovereigns, whilst the other also pos- sessed a heap of the "yellow boys. It is difficult to enter into the mind of people who prefer to lead a life cf penury in the midst of plenty; but. then. human nature is a queer thing, and "'tis an odd world, my 11i3"ters;" .\lter all. the spendthrift is no worse than the miser, for the fornier-ofteii has his sociability and his easy-going character to plead, as in the case of the late Marquess of iii tite ca??e of tt)e 1-.ite A ar(iiiess of It looks as though the Revival had I' not done its work at Bristol, for it is stated that at one of The places of wor- ship en Sunday the preacher woke up several people by thumping the top of the pulpit and shouting. What we want II in our churches is a sleep cure. What a chance for some inventive genius to make a fortune. It would not be a bad idea if the minister held a ball suspended from the ceiling by means of elastic that would bring the ball back to him after each throw at a sleeper.

AN ENTERPRISING JOURNALIST Mr. Alex. Graham-Simpson, whose vivid ) aud striking lectures on his experiences as 'I war correspondent are attracting so much interest, is a Northumbrian of Scotch descent, aud a young journalist of very > varied experience. As a boy ten years of age he began travelling, and by the time he was fourteen had on several occasions visited Italy, France, and Spain. -On leaving Oundle School, in Northamptonshire, he became a "newspaper man," with the avowed intention of becoming a war corres- pondent. He spent nearly three years in India, and was for some time the sole recor- der of the ravages wrought by the plague, the great famine, and the cholera. This work brought him immediately under the notice of the Government of India, and on a number of occasions he accompanied LorcJ Curzon on his Viceregal tours. However, he preferred to seek fresh fields. These he found in the "Daily Telegraph." For two years he had been one of its special correspon- dents, and the hostilities in the Far East at last gave him the opportunity he so long t and persevcringly sought.

SERVICE BEYOND THE SEAS I In the House of Commons yesterday the Bill to render the Militia liable for service abroad passed the second reading, after a debate in which Lord Lansdowne stated that it was necessary under the natural condi- tions of public defence that a larger propor- tion of our forces should be liable to service beyond the seas. Home defence would not be imperilled, because a larger force could not be sent abroad until he had assured the command of the seas.

VICAR'S DEATH AT A CONFERENCE A conference of the clergy of the North Mailing Rural Dea.nery, held at k-aidstolie yesterdi^ was brought to it tragic conclu- sion by the sudden death of the Rev. J. Y. Stratton, rector of Ditton. The reverend gentlemau was about to make a speech, but after uttering a few words he sank ba:k in his chair, and expired. His doctor was near him. but all efforts to revive him were futile. r. Stratton was aged 75. and one of the most popular clergymen in Mid and West Kent. He had been rector of Ditton 49 years, and was founder of the Kent Hop- k pickers' Mission. I

A LLOYD-SEORGE CONTRETEMPS. I The account -f the f?I!o?ing ?rna?nx litt,e Uoyd-Gcorg'3' f?ntrctcmps 'a sent t« M.A.P. ) by a, cnrrcHpohd?nt. Jt oe'-nrred !a?t ?pek n/t I a Li?era.? mN'Üug not ?-i bL,?4r(-?(i fr<?m RedhiIl. Surrey. Mr. Llf)yd-CHgc wa.s speak- ing of the unfulfilled rr?nhoctpH and po-I m:SM of a lrà!n Statesman, .,?d <fuit<} abci- j  d&atatly be strekhed his arm right o'.?r th? I head of Mr. Jeremiah Colman, one of the 16,?., p,71 ;-skf W';is ait.Hn? quit? close to him on the- piatfortn. We have had enough of these political Jeremiahs." be cried out. The audience rose to the joke and laughed ;).nd dapped vociferously. And. per- baps for the first time in his life, the vftliant Welshman stood completely rion-plussed, for it was not until the meeting to as over that he I found out where the humour had come in.

At Lewisham yesterday an inquest was held on a bookmaker. He had been nhwcil. Suddenly he sprang out of bed, and, seizing a medicine bottle, smasiied it, and cut his throat with the jagged pieces of gl&ss. I ONE SHiLLIXO wU! buv OKE POUND o[ the BEST BUTTER at aoy of tr.e Lu'ect TraCnsr Oo.'s BKltiQlfcs. eliJio THic BtntJH CAPE ii now open for ffcS reception of Visitors at Stevens', Confectioner, new T.Y. SUtioa. 1

VIOLETS & CANCER.1 DOVER LADY'S STORY OF A WONDERFUL CURE. The lady who recovered from cancer on the liver, after adopting the violet leaf treatment, has given a Dover correspondent some facts relating to the cure. She bad been a prominent Church worker at Dover, and at first attributed her break- down to excessive zeal iu this direction. Although willing to L'ive any hints from her own experience to sufferers from this dread malady, she did not desire the publication of her name. Her recovery dates back two years ago, and there hae been no recurrence of the cancer j symptoms. The facts of the case were told by the lady in the presence of an indepen- dent medical gentleman, who also made notes of the case. The lady became ill in July, 1902. and she gradually developed all the symptoms of cancer. Her complaint was eventually diagnosed as cancer on the liver, and two physicians confirmed the opinion of her medical attendant, Dr. Wood. The three medical men agreed that her case was incurable. Three separate growths each as large as the first developed in her side, and she suffered great pain. On November 16, 1902, she commenced the violet leaf treatment at the wish of some friends. The doctors did not object, as they con- sidered her case hopelest. Her frieuds got a bunch of fresh violet leaves, which were put in a basin, and a pint of boiling water poured over them. This was allowed to stand for twelve hours, II covered up. Ia the morning the liquor Y-as strained off, and she drank a wineglassful three times a day. Another portion of the liquor was boiled again, aud three thicknesses of lint were soaked in it and applied to the affected part, covered with oiled skin, and bound round. Rhe was in a very weak and emaciated con- dition, and for the first few days the "remedy" intensified her pain until it was almost unbearable. Tier skin irritated, too, almost beyond endurance. This continued for some weeks. The lady remarked, for the benefit of any other sufferers, that she was quite sure, from her own experience, that successful treatment could only be obtained by great patience, endurance, and perseverance. The remarkable part of the story is that on the 24th ,if November—eight days after she commenced the treatment—she fell into a quiet sleep, and on waking up found, for the first time for many week?, that the pain had greatly decreased, and rapidly disappeared. At this time the doctors considered she could not live beyond a week. Although the pain left her the growths con- I tinned the same in appearance for a, long time, until one day she thought they seemed a little smaller. She told the doctors this, but they itill gave her no hope. and 2ven explained the probable cause of the cessation of pain. I However, the growths gradually grew less, and in about three months had disappeared. There was no recurrence of the pain, and she gradually recovered her strength, which was quite restored in six months. Her cure has caused numerous inquiries from sufferers..

Body in a Dustbin. j A MYSTERIOUS FIND AT I CARDIFF. An inquest was held at Cardiff on Thursday on the body of a female child found in a lane at the Lack of St. Andrew s-crescent. Cardiff.- William Hicks, cabowner, deposed to find- iny the hody in a dustbin on Wednesday morning at the plaoe mentioned. Information was. given to the police, and Police-constable Fudge came upon the sc jnc and conveyed the body to the mortuary.—Dr. Buist said he examined the body, and found no marks of external injury. It was newly-born. A post-mortem examination revealed the fact that the child had breathed freely, ana the doctor thought it hod -had a separate exist CIlce. Death was due to asphyxia,, which could have been avoided had the child been properly treated at birth. There was some evidence of a. fluid being drawn into the. windpipe. This might have caused the asphyxia—The jury returned a verdict in acoordau-e with the medical cvidence. with the evidence.

IVir Ca'r-ne'gie and Cardiff,! t SUGGESTION ELECTION AS AN t HONORARY FfttEMAN — A suggestion has, been made that the honorary freedom of the borough of Cardiff shall be conferred upon Mr. Andrew Car- negie in recognition, of Lis liberality in con- nection with free libraries, and it is P-ossible that the matter will be mentioned at the next council I-iiceti I,

ANARCH!ST AND HIS BOMB! The man Didaret, who was seriously injured by the explosion of a bomb in the j Hue de Yertbois, Paris, yesterday, has been; recognised as a militant Anarchist. It is suggested that he was concerned in the recent outrage in the Avenue de la Repub- liqiù.. Hè iF a cafe -aitej.. when he was lique. He is a cafe waiter. When he was discovered with blood ruhning down his facc j he was endeavouring to put his room in order. He declared that the burns had been caused by his lamp exploding. Wbeu he was taken to St. Louis Hospital, however, the! doctors pointed out that it was impossible t for the burns on his face to have been caused by a lamp explosion, Pressed with questions, tbc man then said that he was amusing him-j self by making an explosive, when the picric acid and chlorate of potassium came in contact with the lamp, and caused the explo- sion. The rematns of the infernal machine could not be found, Didat-et-iiavirig talteii the pre- caution of gptting rid of the evidences of his "amusement." But, while he was anxious to conceal the bomb, he forgot to empty his ¡ trunk, which contained numerous Anarchist pamphlets. Sh's injuries are so serious that I he is not expected to recover. j

A B0V AND A BRICK All right, mate, T'll come quiet," said an urchin. aged twelve, to a. policeman who was big enough to have eaten him. The child had thrown a brick at a man in Bridgport-road, Edmonton, after threatening to "smash his brains out." "And," the wodnded one told the magis- trate yesterday, the words were no sooner out of his mouth than the de:1 was done." "What?" queried the magistrate. "Smashed your brains oÙt" fJo, threw the brkh." ?h. that's d;ffcNmt," said the magistrate. Sentencing th? boy to pay 10s. or go to giol. ,?b ?6.V io pgly 10S. )r go ti? g?.ol.

DISRAELI AS A DANDY A contemporary of Disraeli in his memoirs ) records this impression of the famous states- man's personal appearance in his eat-ly days as a dandyUsually lie wore a slatc-coidutcd velvet coat, lined with satin; purple trousers, with a gold braid down the outside scam; a scarlet waistcoat, long lace ruffles falling down to the tipri of his fingers; white gloves, with brilliant rings outside them, and long black ringlets rippling down over his shoulder. When he rose in the House he wore a bottle-green frock coat, with a white I waistcoat, collarless, and a copious supply of gold chains. -c,L..L.-

CARPETS BE4.TEU.—70 per ?*nt. more removed ttiih hto tbày. è204 i 'fiSR.HHtLrki5»<* wi:i t' ONE POUND of the BEST BUTTfiB lilt anv of the Direct Trading Co. 's Branc-iics. •12338

PISTO -L "I PISTOL AND POISON I A SUICIDE WHO FEARED CANCER. At an inquest held in the ilarylebone j Coroner's Court yesterday with reference to the death of Henry Elias l?avis, aged 60, the gentleman who shot himself in Regent's Park on Monday morning last, the Coroner read the following letter, found on the body:- I am suffering from that terrible disease, necrosis of the jaw, and constipation. All my functions are deranged. My mouth is in a terrible state. I fear cancer is enming under my I-aft shoulder. A witness said deceased was a very reticent man, and would not have his health dis- cussed in any way. Police-constable Young-, 467S, stated that whilst on duty he heard a pistol shot. and, looking round, saw deceased fall. A doctor passing in a motor-car was called to him. and the man was found to be dead. On the body, in addition to other things, was found a gun licence, a box of 46 cartridges, and a bottle containing a liquid marked Poison," which, however, had not been touched. A verdict of Suicide whilst temporarily insane" was returned.

Revival in Glasgow WELSH PARTY'S SUCCESSFUL MISSiON. Mr. A. W. Morris, of Cardiff, has just returned from Glasgow, where, with a party of Welsh revivalists, h8 held a ten days' mission. In an interview Mr. Morris said a gceat number of persons had gone through the inquiry room. The official figure was 700, but in his opinion, the actual cumber was even greater. Some of the workers had been left in Scotland to continue the work, among them being Mr. Richards 'Cardiff Sailors' Home), Miss Ciscy Morgan (Treharris), and Miss Mary Davies (Gorseinon). They will be conducting services during this week in the Tabernacle, St. George's Cross, after which they will be joined by other Welsh reviva- lists. A series of meetings will be held at Hengler's Circus in the same city. Mr. Morris declared that the people in Glasgow were in a ferment cf excitement. During the seven days' mission held at the Tabernacle. St. George's Cross, and at Grove-street Institute the accommodation proved utterly inadequate for the numbers attending. The institute itself held 1,500, and on Sunday evening it was so packed that an overflow meeting had to be held. There was no service in Glasgow last Satur- day. but the revivalists, including Miss Rachel Thomas (Mountain Ash), went to the Orphanage Home at the Bridge of Weir. Over 1,500 children were present, and a large number of visitors sat in the gallery. The orphanage is carried on on the same prin- ciple as Muller's Orphanage at Bristol. Not a single application for support Is made, although a sum of £25.0JO is annually needed. It is expected that Miss Rachel Thomas, who, by the way, has been eugaged for the National Eisteddfod, will return to Glasgow next Saturday. The week after the Welsh party are visiting- Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, and other large towns. They will be accompanied by the Rev. Charles Penrose. of Pembrokeshire, who has been engaged for two months.

SIR LEWIS MORRIS I After distributing the prices to the success- ful pupils of the School of Art at the Guild- ball, Carmarthen, on Thursda3- night, Sir Lewis Morris, said it was possible, nay, probable, that that might be the last time he would address them from that place on a similar occasion. From the contentious side of public life be had withdrawn already. From the great pleasure of creative litera- ture, especially in verse, he had also with- drawn.

A HARRY RANDALL STORY I Mr. Harry Bandail, the famous comedian, sometimes tells, and tells kiimitably, a story of an experience he h-ad while siuging one time on the- pier at Folkestone. One after. uooii (says M.A.P.") he had not been singing very long before be became conscioue, of a youth who, seated in the front row of the stalls, presented a picture of utter boredom. His month gahed half open, he surveyed Itr. Randall with lack-lustre eyes, zi,ad his whole expression .seemed to say; "What on earth is this dreary fellow trying to do?" Mr. Randall found that, try as he wooild. he could not keep !is eyes off the bored youth. He sans "at" him, and swore to himself that he would make him laugh or perish in the attempt. At last a sort of flicker passed over the youth's face, but Sir. Randall could not be curtain whether it was a smile or merely the result of an internal spasm, and went off the stage with murder in his heart. Later on he ¡ was chatting to the manageress of his hotel, when she said: Oh, by-the-way, our pro- prietor's son CRrr: home this morning and went to hear you this afternoon, and eajoyed it so mucYr: He told me he had never laughed so much in bis life before." At the evening berformance the mirthless youth was there again, and, as before. ^Ir, Randall,exhausted iiimaell in unavailing efforts to extort a laugh from him. There came just that mysterious flicker, .and nothing more. Betttrnin-g to his hotel Mr. Ba.ndall went imto the hall lounge, aoid there sat his enemy looking, if possible, more bored than ever. Mr. Bandail went to the manageress. "Can you tell me who that is ?. he said. poirtting out his fee, I'm going to kill him." Why," was the r-aply, "that's o,u r proprietor's sou. He's been to heair you again, and pays he nearly died laughing. Do let- me introduce him to you." But Mr. Randall fled, and to this day he ofteai wonders what the youth in question locks like when he feels sad.

CARDIFF PUBLIC VACCINATORS I The Cordiff Union Vaccination Committee met on Thursday, and, under the presidency of Mr. R. Sutherland, considered what steps should be taken in view of the retirement of Dr. Treharnc from the office of public vaccinator. Excepting Gabalva, the medical officer of a district outside Cardiff is also public vaccinator for the same district, and now that Dr. Trcharne has retired the com- mittee recommended that the portion of the present Roath vaccination district which comprises the Gabalva medical relief district be made a separate vaccination district, and that the district med'cal officer (Dr. John Arthur) be appointed the public vaccinator. This arrangement will effpet a saving of about £ 17 a year, and it is estimated that the fees payablf to the public vaccinator will be about .¡AI:! a year. The committee also considered if time to rearrang ? the Whole of the districts of .Ij, puffie vaccinators in Cardiff. Dr. Treharne's contract, expires or April 5. and the commit- tee riootrimended that present deputy rpf. J. J. E. Biggs) be temporarily appointed public vaccinator in the old parish of Roath pending the board's consideration of the Question of a genera! r<i-a.rranrteitient.

BARRY AND A SMALL-POX HOSPITAL At the monthly meeting of the Barry 1 Health Committee olt Thursday Dr. \V. Williams, the county medical officer, wrote calling attention to the need of a small-t'O'X hospital in tho Barry district, but the Chair- man (Dr. O'Dounell) explained that nothing could be done until the scheme submitted to the county council had been approved of.

At P?nty?h Parish n?Trch t.he I?ord Bishop of Swanf?a. ?d'rmistfr?d the rit? of confirma- Uoh to 58 candidates—46 í rom th? pa.Tt?h of Pertyrch and t?el? from Llantwit V?rdre. Let your Intelligence and feet kjeij. puce together.— Kobert L?Rf, Chiropodist. 3, Du?c-?M?t, Ctrd?. ei» THE DUTCH CAFE Is now <?B ? tL4 reMpti&n ? Visitor: at Ste?tM Comfe?ioMr, MM T.V. Station.

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Gymnastics I NEWPORT v. CARDIFF ST. SAVIOUR'S The Newport Athletic Club's team meet the Cardiff St. Saviour's in the final tie for the Welsh Amateur Gymnastic Association's shield and medals on Saturday, and much interest has been aroused in the competition, which takes place at the Bast Moors Univer- sity Settlement-hall. This is the third suc- cessive season for these teams to be pitted against one another, and up to now matters stand one win each, and both teams will make strenuous efforts to win the rubber. Newport received a. bye in the first round. and in the semi-final easily accounted for Newport S.. Mark's by 35 points; whilst St. Saviour's have conquered Cardiff Y.M.C.A. by 32 points and Aberiillery by 25 points in the first and the semi-final rounds. Both teams have been bard at, practice, and the spectlitora will be treated to some I first-class work. Newport will be strengthened considerably by the inclusion of R. E. Parry for Christopher, this being the only alteration from the team which defeated St. Mark's, whilst St. Saviour's will rely upon the same team which has represented them in the two previous rounds. The- competition will com- menCoe at 7.30 sharp. The mayor will preside, and will be supported by Councillors John Ciiappeil, F. J. Beavan. and Walter Thomas, whilst Mr. C. W. Spalding, of Abertillery, will officiate as sole judge. Teams:- Newport: A. Pi-othqro, A. Coster. J. Syner, A. D. Givons, A., W. TI-tomai, E. U. Parbryn. B. Cox, and R. E. Parry. Reserve, B. Dunn. Piapist, L. Poole. Instructor, F. A. Huxtable. St. Saviour's; F. Jeans (instructor), A. Wil- liaiys (captain), C. V. Heerman E. Pugh, W. Waite, c. Chlrgwm. W. Titt, ajid J. W. Jeana. Reserve, P. Baker. Piani,t, Ar, W. Davies.

BEAUTY AND THE BABY. I When llTrs. Brown-Potter is playing in "La I Dubarri she probably never recalls a ludi- crous experience which she had while touring in South Africa., The play was Frou Frou." As "Gilberte," she had ttf present their child to her husband, just returned after a long absence. This juvenile artist (says a writer in To-Day ") was usually engaged locally, to save travelling expenses. One day the child engaged fell ill, and an employe went to the manager, and said: "I can find you a kid for to-night, sir." Just before going- on with the child, Mrs. Brown-Potter had to make a quick change of costume, and hurried out to the wings on hearing her cue. Seeing a little girl standing there, she caught her by the hand. and led her on the stage. "Is this our child?" asked the husband, in dubious accents. "Our child," answered "Gilberte," in a transport of maternal pride. That night the words, which usually caused a thrill of emotion, only provoked ribald laughter. Mrs. Potter, indignant, gazed at her darling infant, and was horrified to find that it was a dusky native brat. Down went the curtain, and Mrs. Brown-Potter fled to her dressing-room in a state of nervous col- lapse. I

SH01S IN A TRAIN. I A dastardly outrage was perpetarted on the railway near Stafford last night. Two trains were travelling at a high rate of speed in opposite directions, when a ] aa- senger in one. is stated to have fired three I shots into the other train as it pa.?sed. The bullets penetrated three different com- partments, and were found embedded in I them. It was reported that the shots cadic from a North-Western express from Euston to the North, but- although the train was stopped and searched, nothing could be fHtud to strengthen this assertion. I Detectives are inquiring into the matter. The rassengemec1. I

A SUBMERGED FOREST At Wissant. near Calais, very, low tides recently have revealed extensive evidences of an ancient submerged forest., extending across the bay from Cape Blanc Nez to Cape Gris- nez. A party from the Faculty of Sciences, Lille, inspected a portion of this submarine I' forest un Wednesday.

LOST 17oo THROUGH DEBTS Amongst the cases which came before the Swansea Union Efelief Committee on Thurs- day wai; that of itu oid man, aged 72. He said he had been a furniture remover iu the town until he had the misfortune to breaA his leg. abont eleven years ago, and had lost £ 700 through debts. its was granted 3s. per r, eek.

EKGtiSrS GIjOBY MATCHES are made entirely bv BRITISH LABOUR. Send for jurtlciilarf of ootn- pûtltlonl.-Ent::U(j'6 Glory Match Works. Gloucester. ADVICE TO .MOTHERS,"—Are you broker, in your rest l-y a s-fciv clYjld suffering with the pain by cutting- te^th ? Go tit onco to a chemist and got a bottle or Mrs, Window's Soothing yrup. H. will re:ev the poor sufferer immediately, It is plt to ;Azte. It produces natural, quiet sleQp,rbv r<yte7ine_ the C\1iJ41 from pain, and the little oherub awakes as blight as i a button. Of all checiists, Is. lid. per bottle, 405

CRIME RECALLED. I CRIME R.ECALLED. I RELEASE OF ONE OF THE CREWE MURDERERS. George Davies. who, with his brother, Richard Davies, was convicted in 1890 of the murder of their father on the highway at Hough, near Crewe, has been released from Parkhurst Prison. I The murdered man was a clothier, and on the night of January 25, 1890, was attacked while driving home to Crewe in a pony chaise. He was struck down with a chopper and robbed, his dead body being found in the road some hours later. The crime was traced to his two sons, Richard, aged nine- teen years, and George, aged sixteen years. The case aroused extraordinary interest, and when the two lads were brought up at the local police-court at Crewe so great a crowd gathered that the brick walls outside the court were swept away. Both youths were convicted, and sentenced to death. Richard, the elder of the two, was executed at Knutsford, but the sentence on George was I commuted to penal servitude for life on account of his youth. He has. served fifteen years, and now, at 31 years of age, finds himself a free man.

Jealous Woman I STRANGE SCENE AT A PARIS CAFE. A Paris Republican Guard, of the 2nd Squadron, courted Helene Pieplu a year ago, and promised her marriage. Three months after the promise was given he broke off relations with her. Whereat the girl became despairful. Several times she tried to win her lover back, but he did not respond to the invitation, for the reason that he had transferred his affections to a blonde cook, with whom he walked out on Sundays. One day the discarded sweetheart met the faithless guard in the Rue Saint Antoine with his new conquest. She told him that she had received a letter from her father, who made certain reflections on her charac- ter, and asked him to write a letter to her t parent refuting ftie allegations. In other words, Heleue Pieplu wanted a certificate of character. I The Republican Guard considered that the request was modest enough, and entered a cafe, followed by the two girls. Separated by the marble table on which the guard wrote were the two girls, who did not speak to each other. Heiene looked at her former lover, and then burst into tears. This ebullition did not please the cook. You are not pretty when you cry," she said. "Stop this comedy. You are wasting your time, my girl." The guard considered the remark a very sensible one. That is true enough," he said; "what good will crying do?" To Helene Pieplu this was adding insult to injury. She jumped up, and taking a small revolver from her bag discharged it. The guard received the bullet in his face. The girl was confronted with her victim yester- day. On her promising not to attempt to see him again she was set at liberty.

Sir E.J. Reed and Cstrdift COMPLIMENTARY BANQUET AT THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB. Arrangements have been made by the directors of the Cardiff Conservative Club to give a complimentary banquet in honour of Sir E. J. Reed, K.C.B., M.P., on Wednesday, May 3. Lord Windsor, president of the Cardiff I Conservative Association, has consented to preside on the occasion.

A BUSY LABOUR LEADER. Mr. John Burns's Daily Duties Mr. John Burns, M.P., gives a vivacious description in Ideas of a typical day in his daily life. The member for Batteraea is a4 early riser, and his day begins early. For at six in the morning (writes Mr. Burns) there is a ring at the bell, and the door is opened to admit a dusty-coated baker, with a husky voice, and a little green baize bag thrown over his stooping shoulder, which contains two loaves, and the leaves represent the privilege of a trade's custom fast dying out. Having worked all night, he has called to see me on his way home to breakfast.. Sorry to trouble you, John. he says in his wheezy, tone, for he is asthmatical through a long course of flour dust in his workshop—" but my days are numbered unless I can get air, sun, and rest at a sea- side home. What can you do for me? I in sorry to worry you and fetch you out of bed at this time of the morning, but it's my only chance of seeing you." So the day begins—the day I select begins with the wheezy baker, but another may II begin with a candlestick maker. In any case, it always begins with someone on such an errand as .the baker, for my house is a Court of Appeal, nearly always thronged with appellants who want the same thing in various forms-help. Sometimes the help I is material, sometimes they are content with advice, sometimes I cannot give them the one, and, they will not take the other. The day, which began at six or seven in the morning, sometimes ends at midnight in a great Parliamentary division, when disso- lution is in the air and in many men's mouths, and an eager crowd gathers in the Lobby after the result has been declared. "Who goes home?" is then the cry of the Parliamentary policeman, and Mr. Burns gives us a glimpse of the journey home, a peer, a Guardsman M.P., and a, Labour member packing themselves iuto a "growler."

"PUNCH" SIER CASE Herbert Percival Sievier, 40, residing in Upper Marylebone-strcet, and Thomas Fisher, 31, alias F. Watson, living in South-crescent, Bedford-square, commission agents, were charged on remand before Mr. Kennedy at Marlborough-street yesterday with conspir- ing to obtain and obtaining George Godsell, whose address did not transpire. I When the case was first before the court last week it was stated that the prisoner Sibvier was known as "Punch Sievier, and II that other charges would probably be pre- ferred. Evidence of arrest having been piven by Detective-sergeant Clarke and Detective l Barrett, it was contended on behalf of the defendants that the subject in dispute was merely a betting transaction, aud that it was only a matter of account between the parties. It was now stated that the prosecutor was ill with pneumonia, and a formal adjourn- ment for a mbntb was arranged.

SOCIAL CARDIFF FRUITERERS I J.ast night a social evening was held at the Oddfellows'-hall. Charles-Street, Catdiff, in connection with the Cardiff and South Wales Associated Fruiterers. There was a larga attendance, and a pleasant evening- was spent, the programme including a con- cert, dancing, and a whist drive. III the latter Mr. W. Travels, Cat-hays, was winner I Citljays, il' ne r of the gehtlemeu's prize and Mrs. Warne, Canton, of the ladies' prize. Mr. Howe (presi- dent) was in attendance.

Whilst following his work as a miner at the East Elliot Colliery, New Tredegar, yes- j terda:. Lemuel Ev?ns. scventfcn, was crushed by a fall of roof, and sUstatned & fractured M yOG M< 6U!ftMf ?oci MM? u." VPLs&m points ¡ ? o« ?ty.—Eobert L&c«, ChiMtxtd'?t. r?e-atf? t!ait. $IN THE DUTCH CAFE is now open for the remptj6ft of'I Visitwg at Steven6'. Confectioner, MM T. V. s?tton.

WOMEN AS JURORSI JUDGES' VIEWS ON THE PROPOSAL.. In the administration of justice no jury is complete without, women," was the reso- lution discussed at a crowded meeting of the Hardwicke Society on the occasion of its annual ladies' night debate in the Gray's Inn Hall. The debate was opened by Mr. G. F. Morti- mer, who deplored the general apathy on a matter of so grea.t importance. What they asked for in juries was that they should be unprejudiced. Anyone who had seen a welsher tried by a jury of Yorkshiremen would be convinced that the accused had not a chance. But mix women on the jury and the "welsher" would get justice. In a breach of promise case a jury of women would not be taken in by the bad appearance of the man nor by the good appearance of the woman. Women might not know the meaning of betting on the nod" or "having a bit both ways," but they would know the difference between "Henry V." and "Peter Pan." (Laughter, in which Mr. Jus- tice Darling joined.) Mrs. Craigie ("John Oliver Hobbes") said she did not believe in women becoming en- tangled in legal machinery. They were by Nature Unfair Their nature did not contain the first element of justice, and this unfairness was in some instances a source of fascination. Where would men go for sympathy if women were impartial? "I came here not to make a speech, but a protest," she added. "Experience shows that women were not meant to govern." Justice was shown in art as a. woman blind- folded, because she cannot be trusted, as Americans say, to see straight." Mr. Justice Darling realised that the sub- ject was not one for immediate legislation. It was argued by analogy that because a person was fit for the dock she was fit to be in the jury box-and even on the the bench. Women arrived at conclusions by intuition, not by evidence, and they would decide every case on the opening of the plaintiff. Mr. Justice Kekewich, Judge Tindal Atkinson, Mr. Thomas Terrell, K.C., and others took part in the debate, and the reso- lution was lost by a large majority.

Famous Dancer I WHO WEARS DAILY JEWELS WORTH I X20,000 La Belle Guerrero and her collection of jewels are causing quite a stnsation in London. At night the beautiful Andalusian delights audiences at the Palace Theatre with her superb dancing, and by day she lunches in fashionable restaurants and drives through West End thoroughfares wearing jewels that have made her at once the envy and admira- tion of the wives of New York multi-mil- lionaires. For La Belle Guerrero. deeming her diamonds and pearls safer on her own person than in either safe or strong room, wears her jewels daily. In each ear she wears a single pearl of un- usual size and great beauty, the pair being worth £ 4,000. Two diamond rings, valued at £ 1,600, are the tribute of a Royal admirer. The contents of La Belle Guerrero's jewel case have been valued at £ 20,000. "The diamond necklace which the Grand Duke Vladimir gave me is my greatest trea- sure," said La Belle Guerrero, who speaks French, but little English, to a press repre- sentative yesterday. King Leopold of the Belgians gave me two magnificent diamond rings, which I always wear. Xo, although I wear my jewels every day and everywhere, I have never been robbed."

PUGILISTS IN A CUPBOARD I The Glory Song at a Fight The police made a raid on a house at Brooklyn, New York, where a prize-fight was suspected to have taken place. They found a decorous assembly engaged. in singing hymns. A prominent sportsman sang the Glory Song," which was followed by prayers., The police were about to depart, but before going- t hey lilted up the carpet and discovered a- chalked ring, and on further investigation found a couple of badlv-bruised prize-fighters in a cupboard.

MAN UNDER A TIMBER WAGON Horrible Fatality at Wrexham I A terrible fatality occurred at Wrexham last night. A man, named John Dawson, was in charge of a timber wagon belonging to Messrs. William Thomas and Sons, Wrexham and Cardiff, and while coming up King's Mill-hill he by some means fell under the wheels. He was killed instantaneously, and his body was removed to the mortuary at the Wrexham Infirmary to await an inquest.

SPANISH LOVE TRAGEDY. I Despair ha.s driven an army lieutenant to take hie own life and that of his sweetheart at Sa,nta Cruz de la Zarza. The officer in question, Felix de. la Cueva, made the acquaintance of Pilar Ortega, the daughter of a pastry-cook. He fell into disgrace by embezzling 2,500 pesetas, which sum was entrusted to him to defray the expenses of several soldiers in his charge. He escaped to Andalusia, but was arrested and taken to Cordova. The girl, who had accompanied him in his flight, entered a compartment of a carriage adjoining that in which her loyer was in charge of 3,n officer. At Santa Cruz de la Zara the lieutenant obtained permission to leave the train for a few moments. He joined his sweetheart, and a few minutes later a tragic love scene occurred, ending in two shots being fired from a revolver. The lieutenant blew his brains out after killing his sweetheart.

A 1RAUIC FUNERAL. I A serious Socialist disturbance has occurred in connection with the funeral of a Madrid workman, who was killed by an acci- dent at his work. When the authorities knew that the funeral would be largely attended, they fixed the itinerary which the cortege ought to follow to the cemetery. But 3,000 mourners declined to proceed to the cemetery by the route marfied oiit hy the ceniet(,ry by the route mar k ed oU t bv the A collision between the Socialists and the police took place, and a lieutenant and several Guardsmen were gravely wounded. The police chief. Colonel Elias. had a narrow escape, two shots, which were fired at him at arm's length missing him in a miraculous naatiner.

SWISS TOWN IN DANGI-P II A great fall of rock lias taken place on tll,, i-iirlit, litrik of the under Leysin station, obstructing ti>e bed of the river. A lake 800 yards in length has formed. The volume of water' retained is sufficiently larg'?tocnu?ednngcr.inca.??fasudde? rupture, to the town of Aig'Ie, in the cant>m of Vaud. The town is situated in the lower part of the valley, a.nd i-iglit in the course ot the river. Pumpers are on the scene, and the can ton aJ authorities have taken measures of precau- tion. Happily the waters of the Grande Ban j are low at the present moment.

CAK&&TS Shampooed.—Sw, perfect, cleaping proem pofUtrd to 1. Utaay-MiMt, Orthwu Bstafe. 1881,.

DAY AT THE RACES. CAPTAIN'S HANSOM SMASH ON HIS WAY FROM EPSOM. Captain Harold Rocke, late of Brabant's Horse, well remembers a day he had at the Epsom Spring meeting of 1903, for his hansom came to smash and he was injured on the way home. Owing to these injuries he sued a, livery stable-keeper named Macklin yesterday, in Mr. Justice Walton's Court. The captain said the defendant's cabby who drove him get on the wrong side of the road, and came into collision with another hansom. The defence was that the plaintiff was drunk, that he got hold of the reins and caused the collision. The plaintiff denied that he was a gentle- man backer he had no occupation. He denied that on the 23rd of October, 1903, be was driven to Sandown Park by a cabman j named Barnard, and that on the 24th he was turned out of the ring for being drunk. He was also asked whether, going to Kemp- ton Park, he did not put up his umbrella through the trap, and pull the reins down. He denied this. Luggage Did you not take on the occasion of this accident twelve bottles of pilsener beer with you?—No. only six bottles and some sand- wiches. (Laughter.) Did you stop just outside Epsom, and insist upon having the cab-wheels washed? (Laughter.)—No; the cab-wheels were nothing to me. I know we were rather late. Golden Gleam won the second race, and I got there in time for that. Did you have a good day or not?—Well, no. I backed Golden Gleam and I won, but I made a plunge on Mark Time, and that went down. Did you not tell the cabman he had lost you £ 100, and you called him a fool, with a certain epithet before the word fool?—I don't recol- lect. Plaintiff said he not did recollect having sworn at the doctor or the policeman or an I old lady in a cottage where he was taken. You must remember," said plaintiff, I was confused, for I fell on my head. Of course, I was very much annoyed." For the defence the doctor who attended the captain at the time of the accident said the captain was abusive and swore considerably. Walter Kempton, driver of the hansom, said on the way back from Epsom the captain was very excited, which was caused, no doubt, by drink. Suddenly he pulled one of the reins I through the trap door, the result being that the hansom ran into another bansom. I The tearing was adjourned.

Dowager Duchess Dead I MARRIED 73 YEARS AGO I The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn died at I Coates Castle, Pulborough, Sussex, at eight o'clock this morning. Deceased was in her ninety-third year, and was second daughter of the sixth Duke of Bedford. She married I in 1832, and had been a widow since 1835. 1 She had lived in five reigns, and had 210 descendants.

"CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS." I "We can't do hard labour on such a break- fast as this," said Charles Pilford, 38, an able-bodied inmate of the workhouse at Tanner-street, Bermondsey, who, with apother inmate named Richard White, was charged yesterday at Southwark with refus- ing to perform his allotted task of corn- grinding. The prisoners said they objected to a change in the dietary, under which their allowance of eight ounces of bread for breakfast was reduced to the small pieces, which they held up for the magis- trate's inspection. I Mr. Rose: The fact that you have preserved the bread shows that you were not hungry. Mr. Sneesum, the assistant master, said the dietary for breakfast was just altered by order of the Local Government Board. It had been six ounces of bread and one and a half pints of porridge; it was now two ounces of breac, one and a half pints of por- ridge, and one and a half ounces of treacle to sweeten the porridge. Mr. Rose: You can't have it both ways. I Seven days' hard labour.

FISH THAT DESTROY MOSQUITOES I The highly interesting, if not sensational, theory that the immunity of Barbados from the malarial mosquito is due to the presence in the local waters of a tiny fish known as millions, is about to be put to a practical test. Specimens of the fish in question have been forwarded to the Zoological Society in London, the United States, Colon, and Deme- rara, in order that an independent investi- gation may be made in each case. It is stated that the keeping of gold and other small fishes is the best means of getting rid of the larvae of the mosquito, which are unable to reproduce in the same waters.

EARLY CLOSING AT NEWPORT I The Newport branch of the National I Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants have decided to' ask the support -of the Newport Drayers' and Outfitters' Asso- ciation in convening a conference of tradesmen to discuss the Shop Hours Act, with a view to securing an order under it, which should apply to all shops in the town for closing at the following hours: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 7 p.m.; 'I Thursday, 1 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; and Satur- day, 9 p.m.

RETIREMENT OF SUPERINTENDENT I JOSEPH, BRECON. At the close of the business at Penderyn Petty Sessions yesterday, Colonel Jones, the chairman of the ,bench, referred to the re- tirement of Superintendent Joseph, D.C.C., after 47 years' service in the Breconshire constabulary. He had known Mr. Joseph, he said, for many years as a most courteous gentleman, and he hoped he would long he spared to enjoy a well-earned rest. Superin- tendent Joseph thanked the colonel for nis kind remarks.

POINTS ON DRESSMAKERS' BILLS I Commenting on a judgment in a Court dressmaker's account, his Honour said: Dressmakers' bills always begin most reasonably so far as the first items on the bill are concerned, but then after everything is an 'extra.' I often wonder that in the confection of a gown the needles and thread used are not charged for also as extras, for those are about the only articles which are not entered on the bill. Of course, t this has nothing to do with me if women I like it." (Loud laughter.)

75 MILES AN HOUR The Orleans Railway Company have for some time been experimenting with a new and extremely powerful locomotive which would permit of the journey between Paris and Bordeaux being accomplished in ninety minutes less than the present scheduled time. The average speed over a distance of 600 I kilometres will be 75 mites per hour-a world's record. I

In fiiitig v, "bookie" at Worship-street! yesterday, the Magistrate said that if the law was altered so that magistrates could impose such a substantial fine as would in many Cases lead to the bookmaker going to prison there would soon be a stoppage of what was a nuisance and the cauee of more misery than could be gauged. THE DUTCH CAFE is now open for the reception of Visitors ot Stevera', Confectioner, near T.V. Statioa.

I CRIPPLES CURSE. A Shocking Suicide at Abercanaid. MAN LEAPS DOWN A Pit, n jnertnyr nas Been proline or soneationg this week. An extraordinary case of suicide is now reported. On Wrednesday morning ai man's hat was found a few yards away from the mouth of the old flue pit near the ruint of the electric light station on the colliery; premises of Hill's Plymouth Company at Abercanaid, and in the leather ba.nd inside was tucked a piece of paper on which was written in pencil, "May the curse of be on all of my relations. Edwin Perriman, cripple, no home." A person of that nanwi was known as a collier, whose mother, at- widow, lives at 22, Hamilton-street, Pe'ntre^ bach, and as it was conjectured that be hacfe destroyed himself, a search was made over' the whole neighbourhood with the view ot discovering the body, but without avail. OEL. Thursday afternoon it was determined toe see if the body was in the pit. which is about 00 yards in depth, and after ascer- taining by means of lamps that a descent could be made in safety, so far as the ail" was concerned, a bowk was rigged up, and Mr Evans, mechanical engineer, of 'Hill's Plymouth Company, and Mr. Matt-hew Thorne, a pitman, went down, with the result, that Perriman's remains were found at the bottom of the shaft in a terribly mangled condition. In explanation of the last part of the note* it appears that some time ago the poor fellow met with an injury to the back of hier, hand at the South Pit. which prevented him. following his employment. He was, how- ever, in receipt of compensation. Up to Br week ago he lodged with his sister at 42, Duf- fryn-street, but he then went away, it being hit custom occasionally to go off for days at a stretch and then return. He was seen on Tuesday morning by Frederick Phelps, at lodger with the mother, by the cricket field.. proceeding in the direction of Troedyrhiw. Besides the sister with whom he .stayed, the deceased had several brothers. All the rela- tives declare that there was no reason what- ever for his dreadful malediction, and that, it is only explainable by the fact that bet was a heavy drinker.

Countess Helps a Judge IS A CAMPAIGN AGAINST A COUNCIL Like Sir William Grantham recently. Judge' Steaveison, of Cumberland County-couftk circuit, finds himself in conflict with the local authorities. A new water supply is being laid from thee Gelt to Carlisle; and in a letter to the Brampt.on District Council the judge com- plains bitterly of the damage and obstruc- tion caused. His carriage has been damaged, and, owing to trenches in the roads, un- lighted at night, it is dangerous to cycle. The judge's attack is supported by the Countess of Carlisle, who is championing the cause of the workmen. It is said that these are housed in insanitary huts and supplied with water from impure springs.

STONEHENGE PIG DEALER On the Rights of the Public. The question is being tried in Idr. Justice Farwell's court whether the public have a right of way to Stonehenge. Part of, the land near the stones has been wired off by Sir E. Antrobus. One witness yesterday was a very old man and very deaf. Standing in the well of the court, he was asked whether be knew a cer- tain gentleman Yep," he shouted back, I have bought pigs oil,him." (Laughter.) Asked whether he knew another person, he again replied, "Yes, I have bought pigs off him." menewe laughter.) The old witness solemnly denied that he had ever been stopped when crossing the downs, or been threatened with prosecution for trespass. Mr. E. J. Nash said be bad driven parties to Stonelieuge from Salisbury for the past nineteen years. In all he had made, about 300 journeys, and had driven inside where the wir fence now is. The hearing was adjourned

THE WEAKER SEX Lady Plaintiff (at Clerkenwell County- court) He does not intend to pay. He is a. swindler. (Laughter). The Judge: But he says he will pay. Plaintiff: No he won't, the blackguard. (Laughter). Let me just tell you how he treated me. The Judge: I don't want to hear it. Plaintiff. But, you can't trust him. Look at this (producing a piece of paper). That will show you what a liar he is. (Laughter). Look at it, I say. (Laughter). The Judge: That will do. I have made an order, and now you will have the whiphand of him. Plaintiff: He won't pay, the scamp. (Laughter). Just after leaving the court sounds of a rumpus and a high-pitched female's voice suggested that the parties had come into collision in the corridor.

A LEEDS HYPOCRITE. James Baxter, described as an evangelist, of Leeds, and founder and superintendent of the Pioneer Christian Mission and Seamen's Mission and Eeading-room. Mariners-parade. Liverpool, was senteneed to two months' im- prisonment yesterday at Barnsley, 011 a charge of aiding and abetting his brother William Baxter to obtain charitable dona- tions by fraud. Williami Baxter, also of Leeds, was fined As and costs for obtaining contributions. The defence was that the mission was a genuine one, doing good work in Liverpool, but the Bench expressed the view that it was fraudulent in the broadest sense of the word. Notice of appeal was given.

BERLIN MalaR HOG An exemplary sentence was passed in the Berlin Criminal Court yesterday on an auto- mobiliet, who drove at a furious rate through the public* thoroughfares, finally colliding with a carriage and causing serious injury to its driver. The Pteblic Prosecutor said it was high time that action was taSen agrainst such reckless persons, whose utter disregard of the public renders it impossible for foot-passengere to cross the streets without risking life, and snggiasted six months' imprisonment as art ;i deqita.f-ft iytffuMufieflt in this case. The Court finally seftt the accused to prison for two months.

MAD BULL IN AN IRONMONGER'S. An infuriated bull ran amok in the street* of Deritend, Birmingham, yesterday, and after a Wild rush, followed by an excited crowd, it suddenly turned into the shop ot Mr. Bishop, ironmonger. Ill its struggles to get out it smashed bicycle and destroyed a quantity of goods- The sliop was so small that the animal could not be turned round, arid it had to be driven through an opening at the side. No sooner was the passage reached than the beast fell into a large hole containing a heating apparatus, from which it had to be extricated by a pulley and ropes.

THfc DUTCH CAFE is now open for the rpmptiolm at Visitors at Confectioner, near T.V. SPRING CLEANIXG.—We Jaciittats tbiq no .6wry function. Estab. 188- 1, Minny-strert, Cathatt Sena oost-card. 6204 CL?PBtS g Ib-Dowd -Iriw. pMttet. Sbiaui v-2 PuSt-4 tO 1, D81ot&h8&