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Passing Pteasantries. I Let me tell yoa. ma.da.rn. that the day I t married you I gave yon the key of my Yes. and then yon went right off and had jJie lock changed!" Brown: Year fountain-pen eeems to leak pretty badly. Look how TA has stained yoar wajatooa<t! Does it always do that? Smith: Oh. d<'a.r, no-onli: when there is ink in it! Yoar father is oertajniy the politest man I know." What .ma.k€8 you say tba.t?" He's prebendin? tha.t he's cured of his dyapepeia. in order th.a.t he shall not hart Ma doc'tor's fet-Hags! TQTnkinson, a<fte* a ten minutes' vigorous denuncta.tion of the horrors of war: Gentle- men, worda fa.il nM! Words fail me! That's all right," remarked the chairman quietly—"yonr time has expired!" Are you troubled with toothache?" suld Johneon to Smithson who had a bandage round his face. Grea-t Caeaajr," cried SButhao'n, did yoa ev<f know any one to ha.ve the toothache vttboat being troaMed -with it?" Y<M wish to go through the legaJ process of changing yoor na.m&?" asked the barrister of Mt old achool chum. Wbat is the reaoon ?' WeU. you see, I am going to stady medi- cine. afnd I don't wturt to be called a qua-ck doctor. You know my uaime is Drake!"

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STORY FOR TO-DAY. The Lost Finger. The room bla.xed with lig'ht; the fur was heavy with perfume; the orchestra.. behind the screen of nowers, softly droned, the minor atrains of a. safely minuet. No. Jean. icy friend." returned the Marquise. sadly. discretion is not. as you say. eilence only. True discretion ia renu.n- <*iation of self. &elf-sa.crince in every emergency, no master 'how terrible. that carries it even. a-lways unsuspected, to the point of heroism, which is why I aseert that really discreet men do not live in this nn de eiecle world. Listen. I've a, story to tell you. Front by it if you can. "You have heard people talk of him Colonel Robert de Gedres; of h.is tall form. his handsome fa.ce. his indomitable bravery "And between whom and yourself, if I mistake not. Marquise." Jean interrupted, there was a, talk of marriage till that un- fortunate duel between hia brother and yonr cotlsin Roch.erore created an impassable barrier between the families?" Mme. de Logerolles hesitated a. minute. then shrugged her shoulders slight iy. "You know that. then," said she. "Eh bien. it does not matter. The story. I con- tinue it. It was summer, near Rouen, where Robert de Gedres. then commandant of one of the regiments of the Garde, waa on garri- son, and when the better portion of the city's inhabitants, nying from the heat of the town. sought relief and freshness in the many superb villas and mansions abounding in the environs. "One of the handsomest of these properties belonged to a, household that I sha.11 desig- nate, for the convenience of recital. M. and Mme. de Lucenay. They were not Rouenais people, but .Parisians. only M. de Lucenay was a rabid sportsman, and the vicinity of Rouen, at that time gorged with game of every description, had seemed to him the place of all others to install -himself each year from July to November. If it pleased M. de Lucenay to run the woods with hia keepers and dogs and watch over his boars, rabbits, and goats. it did not give the same plea&ure to the lady who bore his name. She but little for ragouts and solitude. a.n ennui shared by the better part of her neighbours, who, forced to depend upon ea.ch other for company, ended by be- coming almost as one community. All day long, united in one or the other many houses, they killed time together, and spent their evenings in preci.scly the sajne way in all the traditional amusements of the country. Towards dinner time the husbands arrived from. Rouen, bringing with them always a number of guests, whose strongest contingent was drawn from the circle of Rouen omcers, among whom the most brilliant a.nd popular 'nas incontestable Robert de Gedres. One evening after a. little impromptu ball, where he fthe colonel) had danced a. great deal with Mme. de Lucena-y. and she. after bidding her guests adieu, had returned to her chajnber to prepare for bed, she was astonished and startled both when the door brusquely opened, and h<T husband suddenly entered, clad in shooting ga.rb and ga-iteme, and with shotgun swung o,'er his sho'ulder. Two wolves. my dear,' said he. two wolves just reported that all summer long have been eating up my lambs and goats, a.nd for which I and Rena.rd have to-night laid a.nd baited a trap. Sleep well. Don't worry or look for me before morning. I'm late aa it ie. you know.' And with a hasty kisa on his wife's brow and a. call to the garde, arrayed like hie master, and ba.t in hand. waiting his plea- sure, the door banged to again, and M. de Lucenay. all ha&te a.nd excitement, wae off on hio wolf hunt. The heat was stining. Mme. de Luoenay threw off her ball-dress, slipped into a loose white gown. and passed to the balcony to look at the night and breathe the air awhile before going to bed. No breath of breeze, however, stirred the leaves, motionless and sad. and no sound rose from the plain and wood below but the dull. droning hum of nocturnal insects. Still heated and excited from the exer- tion of the evening and disinclined to sleep, it occurred to Mme. de Lucenay pre- sently that a walk in the garden in the mi¡J.t of the Bowers and in the clear light of the moon would perhaps refresh and soothe her over-strained nerves. To reach the garden you traversed a. broad conservatory opening directly into the salle-a-ma.nger, itself separated from the sa-loon by a. wide arch draped with a. heavy portico, and &o arranged that when space demanded it. as on this evening, the three chambers could be thrown into one." "Peste! What precision of detail! You know the house, then. Marquise?" Jea-n interrupted with a. slightly signincMit smile. Certainly," calmly replied Mme. de Loge- rollee. I have been there often, and recall it perfectly But interrupt me no more. please mon ami. You embroil my memories." And the Marquise resumed her story: Mme. de Lucenay." ."aid she. opened the heavy, iron-bound door of the greenhouse and packed into the shadow of a broad alley of chestnut trees that led around the house and skirted the terrace in front of it. She had scarcely taken a. dozen steps, however, when she st-opped, trembling con- vulsively. A low, snppliea.ting voice had called her na.me. She turned. Robert de Gedres stood before her. "You!" she cried. stupeAed, 'and at such ajj hour! What brings you here, then?' To see you,' responded he. passionately. Na.y, do not cry out. Genmaioe. God is my wkness tha<t two hours ago I d'id not dream of doing what I a.m doing now. On leaving yon I walked on at random through the country. Suddenly, from a. croii8-pa,th, I t-a,w your husband pacing in hunting garb. and with Ms gardes a.nd dogs. and a mad seized me. I turned, came back. and climbed the wall of the garden, without knowing I was doing, and for nothing in the world but to be near you one moment. to regard only the windows behind wMch you slept. 'Then all at once you yourself stood before me, you. the phantom of my shat- tered and you would bid me still be silent, stilt shut in the heart that beats on)y for you the secret that stines it. I can- not! It is impossible! Speak I mu&t, Ger- Mme. de Lucenay, &tapened by Robert's appearance and his passionate avowal of love tha,t now through circumstances beyond their control it was a crime even to remem- ber. mucJi less to speak of. had, s-top by step. recoiled from him. till both of them now stood inside the green'house door. Scarcely. too, had the words left his lipe -when she feverishly seized his a.rm. "'Hear: hear!' she cried, breathlessly, bending her head to listen. Through the silence of the night the sand of the lower a.Hey crunched under the nrm, alert step of a. man—a man walking leisurely and whistling a. hunting air. My husband,' murmured she, in a strangled voice. Ah, madman, that you a.re, Robert; you have ruined us both!' "'No,' said he. brieny; 'he will enter the salon steps. I still have time.' Yes. yes. pern ape. But go, go quickly. I b&seech you!' Mme. de Lncenay returned wildly. And puanin? him towards the etill open oonservMory door, she brusqaely closed it upon him and staggered back through the salle-a-m;anger. It was time Mme. de Lucenay was entering the saloon. Naturally at eight of his wife. a.ll pale and tremolinog. too, he atopred astonished. She explained hastily, as well as she could. She was so warm. and coming down for a. little air. hia atep nad et&rtled her aome- what. Nothing more. It would soon pass. But you, Annajid, DMAna thia epeedy The fa.ult of thoee cur&ed wolves,' ea.id 1 lie. There wag no driva at all. They were in the trap of their own accord when Renard and I arrived. We killed them at once, without a second shot, even. But you were going for air. you say, dearest. Come, take my arm, then. e'll go out together for a. little whiLe. Willingly," bpgan his wife. and then stopped short and sank back half swooning into a. chair beeidp tpr, "The moon, Hashing suddenty from the clouds that had covered it, had shown her plainly through the greenhouse door. an instant lighted up, the pale anxioug face of Robert de Gedres. One instant visible, the next moment lo.t in the night as again moon was veiled in the clouds. Behold what had happened, At the moment when Mme. de Lucenay, terrified by the tua.tion and the coming of her husband. pushed to the heavy, iron-bound door in the conservatory upon the colonel. she had closed it so quickly and go nrmly that she ha.d caught between it and the j frame the index anger of M. de Gredrec a right hand. At that moment M. de Lucenay entered the saloon. In .-pile of his agony. Robert de Gedres had strength enough to restrain a cry. though suffering a torture that for a moment made it seem as if be mu¡;.t ewoon outright. As soon as he conld. for the pain and faintne=s. he nought to extricate his hand and return a? he had come. "But. alas! a crueller pang still warned him that he was not free to go; that the iron mountings of the door clung &till by a strip of ne&h to hie broken &nger and held him a prisoner. "Again, at the same moment, the raised! voice of M. de Lucenay. proposing to lead his wife to the garden, reached him through the glasses, and by the dim light burning in the salon bracket", he saw him extend his arm, and saw his wife riee to accept it. In one blinding na.?h all the consequences of his mad act were sea-red upon his brain. a.11 the drajn.a. that was going to pass. the horrible pca.nd.al. the right of justice that the husband would dnmand for a fancied out- rage. and this woman, this irreproacha.ble wife. whom with all his soul he loved in spite of tho barriers between them, wou!d be ruin.ed. scandalised. possib)y killed, thr.,I,?h him who would willingly ha.ve died to Bave her. "To save her! Ah. a, thought had struck him—he could, he would sa.ve her! Fumbling feverishly in his pocket.. he drew out his knife, opened it with his teeth, and with one swift, unhesitating cut the crushed bone and nesh were through, and Robert de (redrew, the bleeding stump wrapped in his handkerchief, disappeared in the night. Next morning a,t roll-ca, instead of the colonel, a messenger arrived from the doctor. bringing the intelligence that M. de Gedres had grievously wounded himself tha.t mom- ing cleaning his revolver, and had gone by his orders to recover from the accident at his country eea-t of Loupe-SoIange." 'Mme. de IA,gerolle6 stopped. Jean wiped Ills moipt bro-w. "Zounds, marquise," said he. drawing a long brea.th to relieve the tension of his feeling: "that's a creepy i.,tory of yours, but if. as you say, De Gedrec! was so discreet. how did you come to know fo by the card all the peripatetics of his adventure?" The marquise stood up briskly and smilingly. Jean. my friend." ea'id she. "the cotlllo!! and my &tory both are ended. Profit by it. Be discreet, ask no questions, and, above a.!I. in thy love affairs neTCr Jet thy finger be caught by the door!"

Lega) Tit-bits. I tNTERESTtNe PONT8 OF LAW I Patents and tnventions—Continued If at any time during the life of the patent it can be shown that the deecription is wrong, or that the game is incomplete to such an extent that it is impossible to pro- duce the result aimed .at, the patent will be void. In connection with the claims which form the most important part of the specification, it 'is necessary to remember that every claim must be absolutely valid, as one bad claim will vitiate the whole specification and nullify the patent, even though the others are perfectly valid. It constantly happens in a patent action that the particular claim infringed is perfectly valid and free from attack, but in 'consequence of one or more of the subsidiary claims being too broad in terms, and thus found to be anticipated by other analogous prior patents, the whole is declared invalid, or tne inventor is obliged to apply to the Patent Office for leave to amend his specinca-tion before he can pro- ceed further with his suit. Such proceed- ings are tedious and costly. A patent may be applied for in respect of:— (1) A new principle, coupled with a, method of application, though the principle by itself would not be subject matter. (2) The novel application of an o'd prin- ciple, if invention is disclosed and a sub- stantial improvement effected, but the patentee is strictly tied down to his method of application. (3) A new machine, material, or process for a. new purpos: (4) A new machine, material, or procs for an old purpose, but the courts will construe the invention strictly. (5) Au old machine for a new purpose w-ii be subject matter only where the novel application obviously demanded the of inventive power, but no patent wiil be granted for the application of an old machine to a purely analogous purpose. (6) A n<,w combination of new and old, or new or old processes or materials, ao as to affect an old purpose in a better. cheaper, or more expeditious way than had been done before, coupled with the exercise of ingenuity. (7) An improvement by the c-mis'don of a part of an old machine which was pre- viously thought, essential, or by the addi- tion of a new part, or by the substitution for an old part of a, new piece of mechanism, or even of a mechanical equiva- lent which was not previously known to be such. provided that a substantial im- provement is thereby eS'ected. and provided that the improvement required the exercise of ingenuity. (8) A new product. (9) A new method of uging an old machine by which a new and useful result is attained.. (To be Con.Mnued.) From" Law for the ilfillion," to be obtained from all booksetlers and 1te'Wsa,gmts,or y/'o/?t the Westem at Cardif, Xeu:port, Swa7tsea,,Tttrtky)-, Breco)t. Price li-, bype,t 1,5; or !<t cloth 1/6, by post 1/9.

WHtTCHURCH CARNtVAL I The Friendly Societies of Whitchurch have decided to hold a carnival in aid of the Car- diff Infirmary. Preliminary meetings have been held. amd Saturday, September 30, has been nxed as the da.te of the turn-out. Another meeting wilt be hcid at 7.30 p.m. on Frida,y next at the vestry of the En-,li6h Bap- tist Chape!, when all interested in helping &o deserving an institution are invited to attend.

YOUNG IN YEARS BUT OLD IN S)N Twenty-three years of age and 50 convic- tions was the record put in against Mary EMen Frome at Cardiff Police-court this morning. She waa one who jomed in a row in Byron- street, and on PoH<'e-con&tab!e Gumey tilling her to keep quiet she threw a. boot at him. Fined 2k; and <x)6t<s, or fourteen da,ye-.

LLANELLY&THE BANK OF ENGLAND At the meeting of the Llanelly Ha-rbour Trust on Monday the Chairman referred to the poetition of affairs in regard to the Bank of England mortgage. A conference had been held between a- committee of the trust, and a. committee of the urban council. After con- aidera.ble discussion the conference felt that if a. meeting could be arranged between 'counsel advising the Bank and those advieing the urban council a settlement would be effected, the difference now being very slight. The Bank ha.d now been written to and thia suggestion made. a.nd he had no doubt that tf the meeting were held all the points in dispute would be arrayed and the matter satisfactorily closed.

WHAT A PROFESS)ON! I It is on record that a deputation of county- court judges once waited upon their official chief. The latter received them with great complacency, ajid looking round with a 8a,ttsned smile. excla-imed: What a profes- sion is oura'—even our failures are county- court judgee!

Before you start for the Holidays MKD YOUR -t.DMZSS .AND Sixpence to the Publiher, and we will send you the E-v1 eninit Exprem for week by pott.! jOM <th.iliin< ioz fottnizht. i

DYNAM)TE)N COURT A PLAINTIFF BLOWN TO JI ATOMS From its Wellington (New Zealand) corres- pondent the Melbourne Argus" repor.s an extraordinary occurrence at Murchi-on, in the province of Nelson, South Island. One of the parties to a, civil suit in the local courb, becoming insarely excited. exploded a pa.oke't of dynam.ite, and so terrinc an explocion followed. that the man himself wa.s litera.Ily blown to fragments, two by- standerfi were seriously hurt—others receiv- ing slight injurie,and the court-house itself was practically demolished. The na-me of the man by whom thi" extra- ordinary deed W36 committed was Sewell. He was pla.inti.tf in the ea&e, the defendant being another local resident named Neame. The ca-se came on for hearing bef,),4 Mr. Kenrick. iwlice nLagdstra.te. !k\fore it had proceeded very far, Sowell's excitability be?an to show itKelf. In giving his evident, he frequently came intoj conflict will), the bench, and !-ha.rp ex<-h,angea took ph.ce between the opposing parties. SucLdenty..interrupting a remonstrance from the bench. Sewell putted a packet from his pocket. It'a dynamite." Sewell exclaimed, "and III blow up myseif and the whole court! He was in a state of in,ten!-e excitement. But the magistrate (Mr. Kenrick) did not lo6e b:t; presence of mind. Retaining his seat on the bench, he cpoke quietly to Sewell. whoM insane excite- ment died down under the inuuence of the magistrates ma.tter-cf-fact speech, and ho became a little caJmer. Still, however, he held the dangerous explosive In his hand. The aim of Mr. Kenrick was to get Sewell out of the court, and he succeeded in ca,hn- ing him to a auSlcient extent to persuade bun to leave. "Go out and collect yourself,' &atd the magistrate .soothingly. Ag Sewell stepped to the door. he suddenly lifted the dynamite and exploded it by aome concu&liljn clo"e to his body. The old man was Btown to Pieces I iha court-house was wrecked by the force of the explosion. Every window in the buitding was blown out, and the front of the room WM .shattered. The nearest person to Sewell. when the dynamite was exploded, was Police-inspector Wilson. He was blown several yajds away, and received injuries all over his body, which have left him in a. eerious condition. Eliah Bunn. a, locat resident, who was cic.-e to the police-in,,pect<)r .and the insane old man. also received much of the force of the con- cussion. He received serioua injurie8, espe- cialiy to the head and face. and it is con- sidered probabffi that he will lose hM eye- Ptght. SHght injuries were insisted on other persons in couTT. As for Sewetl himself his body ww I<-ft in fragment: The full force of the explosion had been spent on him, and his remains were packed up in scraps in the <-ourt. The whole of hia trun'k wa.s shattered, and the only pa.rt? of him that were left in a. recognisable state were his two legs and half of his head. The escape of the persona present in court waa an extremely fortunate one. Had it not been for the presence of m'nd of the magis- trate. Sewell would probably have carried out hLs insane purpose in the middle of the couTt. and the force of the explosion was such that in that caee many must have been killed and many more injured.

The 8u!tan of Sulu I WANTS TO MAKE MtSS ROOSEVELTI HIS WIFE Miee Alioee Rooeevelt's triumpha.1 tour through the Phillipines had its climax a,& Jolo, where she received a. propoBa.1 of mar- riage from the Sultam of Sulu, who dcaired to make her Sultana- of the Archipelago. When Mr. Taft, the secretary, and his pa.rty. including Miss Alice Roose-velt.wcntto the pa-rade ground to witness the elaborate entertainment given in their honour, the Sultan, with his retinue, occupied the &ea.ts on the grandstand with Mr. T&ft and Misa Alice Roosevelt. The Sultan presented many gifts to Mr. Ta.ft and Miss Rooeevelt, ending the prespn- ta.tion with a, formal offer of marriage. The Sultan sa.id the people of the Archipelago liked the President's daughter, and wished her to remain. .Mii-ia Ro()sew'Jt, received t.he- offer wit.h biTJshes, and returned a most courteous thou§'h ron-commi,tt.al a.nswer. Later she expressed great amusementl at her experience-, rMnarkiug. I gue<:s the Sulta.n h'a.5 en-o-agh wives." Out of regard to the Sultan's })OSoiJtic-n steps will be taken to calm Ii:s fee) ings when he receives a. pain,t-blank refu&a.l from Mis-s Roos-evelit to be iTicorporated in his ba.rem. An int.erest.ing feature of tt)e incident wa-s the presence cf Mr. Ix)'n'g'worth, a. member of Oongrea?, who, it is currently re-portofd. has been a suitor for Miss Alice Roosevelt's ha'nd. Mir. J-,ongwort,h dis'tinguiabed hjmself wh:le a't Jc'lo by a fehlow-me'm'ber of the pa-rtyt from drownicg.

Ki!!ed with Kindness. I TOO MUCH MILK CAUSES DEATH AT SWANSEA At Swansea, Hospital on Monday Mr. Lpeder held an inquiry into the circum- efttuices attending the death of the five months old child of Mrs. Edith Matthews, of 21, Rie'hardtj-ten'ace, who died that .morning. Dr. Stephens attributed dca-th to injudicious feeding, and it transpired in the evidence that the child had had Do less thun three bottles of mHk on the night before it6 deatl,, and the Coroner, in summing up, commented on this fact, spying the evidence showed no t neglect; on the contrary, it ba.<[ been killed with kindness. Young mothers seemed to think if they kept on stuning a child they would do it good. and he hoped the press I' would help him in pointing out the fLbaurdity of this. A verdict of "Death from natural causea by overfeeding" was returned.

"WORRY, WORRY, WORRY." I An Out of Work Tragedy. I A piteoua tale of a. despairing ee&rch for work was told at the inquest at Chelsea. yesterda-y on Ha,rvy linker, aged 53. formerly ¡' a. clerk in the Education Department, who) poisoned hiniiself by inhlingcoal gas. I The widow stated that her husband was for nine years a. ct?rk a.t the Board of Education. ( at a, &a!a,ry of 30?. a week, but owing to drink he h-id to iea.ve six months ago. Aft-cr- v.a.rds he got work at Thornycroft's for a h,) r t, and then hf- h. td done ,¡-¡. !itt)e rough work on the ro<i.ds. Since then being out of work, Ehe added, he had done nothing but worry, worry, worry." The coroner said tha.t tetters written by Baker to an ofnce friend showed that he had beeu gradually ?oiT)g down hilt. In one he expta.ined how he had worked on the road. "lifting buckets of t-ar for the 'spreaders' and then it is Fo hea.vy. my hands are 6.0 blk,tered a-rid bedanbed with ta.r that I c.a.n scarcely hear them. How am I to go a,bout getting work from the Church Army? I a.m absotutety famighing. and the few strand? of hope left are almost broken. If I cannot get some kind of work in a few da,ys I must give IIP. I must. give up my litUe one —I shall lift up my hea.d no more. Ever youra very traty. Henry Baker." The Jury returned & verdict of Suicide by co'a.l-gas poi-;ionin,- while tempoTarily insane.

H UNDER THE WATER." Mother and Daughter Drowned I At Vpaton, a. village six mites from Hitchin. la"t, night MM. Colli. a. MMksmith's wife, drowned herself and her two-year-old d-aughter in a pond. She wrote to her father daring the day that she would be under the water by the time he received the meseage. Mrs. CoHis <-eemed in her u.-ua.l health, ajid had had no quarrel with her hu&band.

DtSASTROUS BARRY VOYAGE I There arrived at Plymouth to-day the captain and oSicers of the Glasgow eteamer Ga.irloch, which was lost in the India/n Oceaji. Whilst on a voya,ge from Barry with coa.1 to Diego Suavez, the -ve&&el etrajided on a, submerged reef, ajid the crew were ea.ved by tnea.ns of their own boa.ta.

WHAT SHE SAID. MM. A. Wilkinson, o[ Xetson, states: My sister suffered from weak took one box, and it has done her more good than pounds spent on M(>djcl Men." HOLDROYD'S GRAVEL PILLS a Positive Çure for Gravel, in the Dropsy. of the Kidneys, Gout, Sciatica, Is. lid. Chemists. Toat iree 12 ltamps, HOLDROYD'S 14EDICAL ¡ HALL. Cleckheaton. York3. 'el3339—< BRAKI), JfE'{;)UtTm¡, M)< WALDMfAK PTANO. roWtJll,PAU, 31n%h h Bus, QUtMmttMCt, ="

SWIMS POSTPONED. WtND <& WATER UNSUITABLE. The weather this morning at Dover, both as regarda wind and water, was such that WolfT. who had intended starting from Lydden Spout at four a.m. in an attempt tc swim the Channel. decided to await a more auspicious A .similar decision was arrived at by Mew, the captain of the Shanklin Swimming Oub, who had determined to start at the same time as Wolff. If circumstances are favourable both swimmers will start to-morrow morning. Owing to the unsettled weather. Mr. Mon- tague Holbein will not attempt to swim the Channel to-day from Dover, but if the pros- pects are favourable to-night a start will be made afternoon.

Cardiff Shipowners PROTEST AGAINST RUSSJA'S HIGH- HANDEO ACTiON. Lord Lansdownes Rep!y. The monthly meeting of the Cardie Ship- owners' Associa'ion was held at the Exchange this morning. A committee was appointed to go into the question of the conditions under which the outdoor ofnciala were appointed, and also in connection therewith the conditions of mem- bership. A letter was rrad from Messrs. E. Jenkins and Co.. owners of the steamship Coventry. of Cardiff, asking for an omcial opinion a.s to the legality of charges made to the vef'J'el by the Sardinian Authorities under t.he fol- lowing circumstancM: The vessel, engaged under an Admiralty charter in coaling the Cruiser Squadron., proce-eded to Aranci Bay (North Sardinia.), and remained there for 36 hours. The authorities compelled the master to pay anchorage dues, amounting to 1.40 lira, per ton, in all about JM2 Zs. 5d. Messrs. Jen- kinsundeI'Bt()()d that no charge had been made under similar conditions to another steamer in South Sardinia.. and the Admiralty had declmed to acknowledge any liability in the ma.ttpr. It, was decided to submit the facts to the Foreign Omce. A letter waa read from the Foreign Omcc. acknowledging the resolution passed by the association, protesting against the action of Ru&sian &hip of .war in apixing and de'tajni'ng British vessels. Lord Lan&downe added that the Government were in communication with the Russian Government in the matter, and had taken, and would continue to take, euch steps for the protection of British L-bipping ab could properly be taken in time of war. having regard to the admitted righto of a belligerent in connection with the carriage of contraband by neutral vessels. A letter was read from the Foreign Office replying to the resolution with regard to Government representation at the Intemar tiona-1 Conference, which is being convened by the Government of Belgium to consider the draft codes relating to collisions at sea. and salvage. Lord Lansdowne stated that the Government were carefully considering the co'ur.-e tha't should be adopte-d. A letter was rea4 from th& Foreign Omce ata.ting tha.t, as the Ar,enitime, Government 'had declined to e<n.tertaj!n t'he proposal, th'a;t veaFeIs clearing from Barry for Argentine ports should be allowed the option of ha.ving their papers vise a.t the Argentine Consulates of either Cardiff or Barry, the Government were unable to take any further action.

German Coal Trade. SERtES OF SUPPLY STATtONS ON OCEAN HIGHWAYS A report has appealed to the eSTect that a scheme for establishing German coaling stations along the main ocean trade routes ie now being carried into eifect, and that the actual working of the various depots will be complete within a very short time. The moving spirits in the scheme are said to be two great coal firms in We&tphalia. the Westphalian Coal Syndicate, the Hamburg- America Line. the N()rddeut..cher-Lloyd, the Woermann Line. and several other minor German Eteamehip lines being al&o interested in the plan. Our Cardiff Docks correspondent writes:— The effort on the part of -German nrms. backed by Government support. tc,- establish coaling Etations in vadou>! pam of the world with a viaw of pushing the German coal trade is by no means recent. It will be remembered that, Mr. H. W. Wood-Davey. when president of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, drew attention to the serious attempts which were being -made at Italian port-s to introduce German coal under f;ueh special conditions as to give it a great advantage over We]&h coal in point of cost. It was boHRved that the German Govern- ment, under the paraonal direction of the Kmperor, gave every support to the scheme. Fortunately, up to the preeent the enorta have not very ecriouaty injured the Wel&h coal trade. The superiority of Weigh coal makes it egfential for the use of steamers, and especially mail vessels, and when the price is at a reasonable level there need be no fear of competition. Although the scheme is fostered by the German Government, it does not appear to be developed on strategic linea. as up to the present only large centres of commercial and maritime activity have been detected. Whether the Government at some future date will seek to link remote sea.? with a line of national coaling stations is a matter that cannot at present be fore- seen

StCK OF PRISON. Notorious Cardiff Woman's P)ea A notorious case," was the description Court-sergeant Evans gave to Ellen Wathen, whotse disorderly behaviour in Bute-street laj6t night had brought her to the dock of Cardiff Police-court. Elleu pleaded to be 6ent to a. "drunkard' home" for twelve months. I'm sick of this life," she added. No sconer do I come out of prison than I a,m sent ba<ck agai.n." Mr. Herbert Cory (the chairman): Is there' a.ny rfcord? Court-sergeant E,ans: Ye.,7, cir; 74 convic- tione. This woman was sentenced during 1902 to three yea.M' imprisonment, but the day after tshe came- out she wag locked up for felony and ecnt to quarter besaions. At the request of the stipendia.ry magistrate -he ivis taken charsre of by the Salvation Army Mi.%sionajy. but they could do nothing with her at the home. Prisoner: I have been out of prison only 21 days since March 31et. No wonder I am not right. Court-fergea.nt Eva.ns: it is no uee taking notice of her stigg-tiDn to go to a. home. your worships, because she won't gQ. Mr. Cory (to prisoner): See if a month's impn<=onmejit will do you any good.

MISSIONARIES MURDERED Za-nzibar. Tuesday—It is further reported th.a.t in addition to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Dar es Salam. two sisters, thre< missionaries, a German MM-geaut. and two traders have been killed in the district to the i'ol1th-wB.it of Kitwa.. It i-; oHicia-tty stated that in the fighting in the Matumbi legion only two nativ'e Gcrma.r' troopers were kHIed. The other districts are at present

QUEEN ELENA'S LITTLE JOKE Queen EIpna. of Italy played an amusing trick upon her guard the other day. Her Majesty, who has !a.tcty been staying a.t the Villa Savoia. near Gressoney, took a. walk in the neighbourhood, followed ELt a certain distance by two carabineers in plain clothes. 1'he Qu<:<'n entered a p.eai!ant cottage, but failed to rptnrn, to the anrprise and a!a,rm of the carabintt-ra. who had wailÆd over an hour for her Majesty. The soldiers on entering the cottage were informed by the peasant woman tha,t the lady had gone. The guards then remembered having seen a woman in. the ordinary dress of a Savoyard pt'a.sai! leave the cotta-ge, and hasta'ned to the Viita- Savoia, where they found the Queen seated at the window, )aughiag heartily at the way in which she had tricked her guards.

CLARKPrs BLOOD MIXTURE Tws ft-as Medicine 11'111 the bloo4 from all impu. from &rising. A sa.t. remedy Ibr Ecezma.. Bad Leg- Scrofula, B!ood PoiMn, Sores of 3011 kiede, Boils, Brup. tjon' mcers, Gi&cdulM Swet- llngs, tc. Of all Store:, tc. rwy y*&M' MMtM. ii*wuq ef

PtGOTT'S PASTORAL. A FEW SELECTED PASSAGES. I Louisa's Interview with Two Angels. The Prophet of the Agapcrconite Commu- nity. Mr. Smytb-Pigott, whoso name has recently bee.n brought &o prominently before the general public, is iu the habit, it seams. of j.suing pa.stora.la to his flock E<;a.ttered a-bout the country. These documents are guarded -with the utmost ca,re, f-o that they sha,ll not fall into the ha,nda of any of the "unfaithful." They are not printed, but are either typewritten a.rd then cyctostyled, or copied out by young lady members of the <'oiamunity at Spaxton. One of theae interestijn? massages from Mr. Smyth-Pigott to hilS followers has been forwarded to us by a Reading ccrrcapondent l fea.ys the "Morning Leader "). It illuetra.tes the peculiar nature of the Prophet's" views con.cerning him&elf and his mission, and a.Iso sheds a, Jittia light on the diQiculties incidental to the adminietra.tion of a, fa.nati- ca-1 &ect and the frustation of the designs of eecederg. Here are a. ffw selected passages from the plastoI"al Harken. oh. my loved a.nd chosen ones, <;a,!led of my Father, Who has again spoken 'to me in the night watches. The time is very abort now When we sli-al.1 go to meet, Him. "Known as Mr. P)gott." -1 I- i.ne l<'a!ther has spoken t,he I .po'm;? quickly, aDd aU i-nen sha.U see the ?)ory of my son, t,hc, Son of Ma.n. who has lived a.m<)!ng them. t,hese y€'a.rs known as Mr. PTg'<ntt.. Tha world doea not rec,-ivt, my son, SLnd when he was on €'a'rbh before t.hcy knew I (h.im not, but persecuted him. I Loved and Precious Ones My loved a.nd precious ones. the worid will t<'Il you lies. The pa,perg are full of lies, a.nd tihey will seek to gai'n your confidenec !and dra.w you a.w.ay to. perdition, and I &ay Tjn.to yo'u, Watch and stand fa.st." There are still a, ffw more chosen to be gathered in. some of you. who ha.ve b,-eyi f,Itering by the way, and there is also Mr. ——. who hag gone a.way from us, who must be ga.ttbored in. Oh. how my heart yearns over those way- ward one. has yearufd over them for y<*ars. and now I tong to ta-he them again to the bosom of my father, and l<*a,ve them there, sheltered for ever more, and not to ba blown away by a.ny pun! of wind when the evil one coules, as he c9me to all I I Louisa and the Angets. I At times my soul is voked and miserable over those who reject and despitic me. a.nd who love the world and the things of the world before me Dear Ijouisa in some notes to me ia epeciaUy guarded. Tho other evening on going up to drMs for dinner she eaw on entering the room two angeli;, oQe on each side of the dreming-table, watching. On her a;pproa<;hing they waved their hand.3 and made room for her to make her toitet, and she tells me on the breast of one ajigel was writtpTt: The time is very short, eoon you will be in Paradise with your Beloved! Keep watching." S'he a.Lyo tells me she is specially watched over at night, angels always hovering over the canopy of her bed, and whenever mov- ing in any part of the house she always feels their precence following her. My loved ones, my chosen ones. I embrace you all. Farewell, w,%tcb, I say unto thee, watch!

I Minister's Farewell. I STRAfGHT TALK TO HIS AUDfENCE The Rev. W. Kingacote Greenland preached a remarkable farewell sermon a-t the Charles- street Weeleyan Church, Hanley, on Sunday night. Mr. Greenland is leaving for London after twelve months' work in Him ley, and he severely criticised some of the church methods in the town. In the course of his sermon he said: Since I have been here I have been no party -man. I have cared nothing for your squabbles. although I ha.ve 'heard of them, and hated them with all my soul. I cannot ba:Y I am sorry to go in ma.ny ways. If I stopped here I could not possibly hope that I should hava pea-ee during another year. I don't know that it is peace you ought to have; I think it is war. In the la&t four years you have had four ministers, and you have sent them going like ninepins. (La,ughter, and cries of True.') How long are you going to act like this? What is to become of us ministers? You break our hemrtg. In this congregation 98 per cent. of you are as good ajid gentle ajid loving people as I ever wish to meet, but the other 2 per cent.—well, you know what is to become of you; I don't. This church ought to be free for everyone who wants to come. and especially for the poor. I don't think you ought to drag your poor to t'he front of the chapel. How would you like to sit up there if you had an old coat on? Don't dojt your minister's steps, don't break his heart with your whispering, and chattering. and backstairing." Mr. Greenland added that the church had nothing to fear from intellectual Atheism. That man was only an interesting sensation. The real Atheist was the man who came and sang hymna and gave to the collection. a,ud whose whole life and conduct was opposed to the spirit of Christ's teaching.

UZARD8 AS MEDICINE. I The problem how dried lizards &hou)d be cla.ssiaed for dutty has }a,tdy exercised the intelligence of the Bc.ard of United Sta-tea Ganeral Appra-isers at New Yrk. The liza-rds, dr,e&P-d ajkd dried, stretched on pieces of ba-mboo, were imported in pa.ira. suppoged to be male and female, bound together. It was ata.ted that they were prescribed, together with herbs, by Ch!inese physicians, the lixa.rds and herbs being cooked together, and the broth administered to the patieHt a.s a. t>nic. After considera.tio'n. the boa.rd came to the conclusion tha-t the lizards were not used aoS mediciBe, but as one of the ingredients to be cooked with herbs to make a, medicine, a.nd. therefore, tha.t. although they ha.ve foT many years been classified for duty ae Chinese medicine, they are r&al!y dutiabte as Boa-enumerated unma.nufaotured art.ioi.P6- This subtle dis'tincaon (pays the "British Medical Journal") shows that- the American Custom Hou8e omcer need not study Chinese metaphysics to sharpen his intellect. Z-- I

To-day's Markets I CORN. LIVERPOOL, Tues., Aus. 22.—Wheat market gt.e-ady at about unchanged prices. Flour m"t. wit.)i a. rather better inquiry at un- changed prices. Maize in fair demand—mixed American 4s 11, Pla-ta. 4s lUd per ceutal. Beans 3d pe.r quarter dearer, owing to scar-city. Peas steady. Feeding barley and oa.i3 quiet. SAI.FORD.'Tues., Aug. ZZ.-Smaller supply of ca.tt.le. which met with good demand. Sheep ajtd Iambs were a smaller supply. and met with a. moderate demand. A la-rger oS'er of calves met with a. fair trade. Quotations: —Ca.ttle. 5d to Od-, sheePl 61d to 8d; lanibs, 7M to 8d; Wves, 5d to 7d per lb. FI6H. GRIM8BY. Tnea., Aug. 22.—P<M-r supply from forty-nine vessels, which met with a. good dema.nd at following prices:—So!'ea la 4d, turbot. M to is, brills 7d, lobsters Is 6d, salmon Is 6d, gribe Is 6d per lb; plaice &a 3d, lemon. Boles 7s 9d, whitings 2s 9d, live halibut 8s 6d. dead 4s to 6s 6d per stone; live ling 4a 6d. dead 20; 3d, Hve cod 5s 6d to 7-. dend 2e 6d, skat? 4.s 6d each; kit haddocks 20s. gibbed 30s. Hve 33?, live codlings 18s, dead 14s per box. BUTTER. CORK, Tues., Aug. 22.—Firsts 93a. seconds 9105. thirds 90s. fourths 803: eupernne 94s, nne 92a; jYlild—choice boxes 94a ner cwt. In market, 280 Qrkins. SUGAR. GLASGOW. Tucs.. Aug. 22.-The ofRcial report sa-ys: Mcdera,te business done; fines about steady; yellows lid to 3d chea<per. The private report says: Market auiet; mode- rate business done at about steady to easier I prices. POTATOES. LONDON, Tues.. Aus. 22.-Lght supplies, but trad" ruled very elow. and prices dis- p)a.yed weaknegs. Quotations:—Duke of Yorks, 60= to 66a; Purita-ns. 55s to 6&:3; Roya.1 Kidneys, 50s to 60s; Beauty cf He,broz,.3, 50s to 60s; British Queens, 50s to 60s; Blnckla,nds, 45s to 55s; Up to Dajtes, 55s to 60" per ton. HAY AND STRAW.. LONDON. Tues.. Aug. 22,Heavi.-r supplies, which a slow Quota- ti<).nc4, however, showed no alteration. Best clove-r sold a.t 75s to 82s 6d, infe-rior 60s to 70s; clover rold at 75s to 8 9 &peci.aJly picked ha.y 77?. Rood diMo 63a to 72e, mfariM' 4M ? 6Cs; mixture a.nd )M,infom 67e ? j'6c. <tM.w 3Qt to ? Mf lo<t4.

A CURtOUS STORY IA CURIOUS STORY I OF VtLLAGE SUPERSTITION I Wit'dhcraJt appears to be extensively prao tiRed in the neig'hbourhood of Culmstock, North Devon, and according to a, correspon- dent of the "Tivert.on G'a.zette" the witches work on traditional lines. AVben ashed to capt. a. spell upon someone the witdhe?. providing that payment' is satisfactory, read a verse from the Bible. burn sa!t. and dance round the room mut- tcrmg incantations. A yonngr woman who entertained a feeling of bitterness towards a male acquaintance laid her case before her parents, and they decided to have the young man bewitched." The witch was quite willing to subject the offnder to excruciating torture, but the negotiations foil through at a critical moment because terms were not satisfactory. Other Culmatock witches are said to put sheep's hearts gtnck full of pins up chim- neys, and as the hearts dry and the pins drop out they profe&s that they can cause mi:fol'Íune and ill-luck to anyone. Toad collecting for a. similar purpose is very comruou.

CARDiFF WEDNESDAY RUGBY CLUB I At. tile general meeting ne-m a.t, me UIUC Beil Rotet, OIl Mcnda-y eYpning, Mr. W. F. Poe,tots was in the chair. The secretary, in hM report, showed tha.t the chjb b'ad a. 1),,ulanc,e on the right aide. GeTiernt busia€Kj waa gone in'to, and t-.ev'era'l altet-at,i,ons in the t-iiles were made. were received for the Belec.t.icm of which will be brought forward at a special general meetine to be held at the sam e [1üIt,e 1, 011 Monday nexih at eight p.m. AU members a,nd in-tending members a-re invited to attend.

CANTON JUNtORS RUGBY CLUB I A meeting wiU bo b<?]d on WedT)<'?dty. AugtMt. 25, at eig'ht p.m.. a-t .the BGI'lr'" Head. Oa-T)'t<m. AM members a.nd ir,,tending mf,tnb(-i-.s a.ro requSlte,d to attend. Mr. C. R. Stopbend wi!J take the c'.b.air.

ST. MtCHAEL'S FOOTBALL CLUB I T'he general meot,ing of the St. Michaels F<M.tba.)l Oub ton'k p1a.ce ajt their be;ad- Qua.rtoe,rs en Monday. The R<'v. J. Herbert Davi.c.,7, prp'sided over a. good a.Dtell.Q.'ance. Th work, ele-c,Ù'd. dent. Rev. J. Herbert Davie.s; c--t.pta.in Brat tea,m. S. Collis: ca,pit,aiin second te:-im. Wri;lli,am KLmjbpr: F4-creft,irv, WiU'LaTH H. Perry; corn- 'llllitlÍ. David le.-wis, J. A. WtMiamg, A fairly succ-easful s&ason is anticipated.

ABERAVON CLUB REStGNATtONS I a service of HTUiTtptM'py TYFhoD, the secreta.ry. and Mr. J. HaTtnfa.n Grant. hon. treasurer, have re.¡ign{d their a.nd tihtXM) appointoo in th air pl:1.o('.s are Mr. David R-aas..a&crotfa.ry. &'1Ji'l:W!ay Cottage. Abpravon. a'nd Mr. W. Kl,t., trea.3ur.¡>r, Port 'Da.lbot.

BLAINA CLUB I The eenera-I mreting of the BIaina. Club was held at the Rolling Mill Rote]. The cha.irnum annüunoed tliat the club had a very 6BaBon last year, finishing up with a balanoo to their credit of J&45 16e. 3d. Thf c)ub had played 27 matches, of which foartpc.n wpre won. nine lost. and four drawn. The foll(,wing of&oers were selected —Captain. Ha.rry Orde; vioe-ca.utaic. A!f. Evans; sec,et.LTy. Mr. EeesThomae; and treei,- surer. Mr. David Brown.

ADAMSDOWN CLUB I A meeting of the Adamsdowh Rugby foot- ball Club wa.s held at the Ada-msdown Hotel on Monday evening. Mr. Kenny in the cha.'r. The following onlcers were elected, viz.:— President. Councillor F. G. L. Da-vis; vioe- preside-nt. Alderman E. Thomas, Councillors Munn and Mander. Dr. J. J. Bui&t, a.nd Mr. Tha.t'cher; captain Mr. S. Judd; vice-ca.pta.in. Mr. T. Rea.rdon; se&ret.ary a.nd treasurer, Mr. F. J. Cribchett. The prc6.rect<s of the club are very bright for the fort,hc&m'ng season. and it was decided to enter the Third Divi- sion of the Cardiff and District Rugby Union. ELY RANGrE-ES RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB requtra Fixtures with good tca.ms, Second <K' Third League; also v/ith Friendly Tennis.—R. Stoccmbe, Ely, Glam.

To-morrow's Racing. I STOCKTON MEETING. I —The NORTON ALL.-AGED SELLING PIJATt: of 100 Novs. for two. year olds and upwards; weight for age; fillies a-nd geldings allowed 31b; winDer to be sold for 50 &ovs. Five furlongs. —The STOCKTON RACES' JUBIDEE <.JbP of 750 60YS, a piece of pla'te value 100 ,swa. and the rem'a.inder in specde, for three year olda and upwards; winnei's extra. One mile and five furlougt). no 0+ ) o:=t(, I.U Mr Sol Jrl(.,I's Etitton :C Peck 610 2 lr ol Joel's lit. De!lis .G FfCk 4100 His Majesty's Mead .R March 5 N11 LoTd Harcwocd'a AimsctitT .G Chaloncr4 99 Mr Lionel Robinson's Gtehaniuy .Biewef 499 }II' H Escott's Long 1üffi .Owlll'r 697 31r H J R J 11obson 5 9 7 )<11' C Perkin'$ Cliftoahall 1-1 1 P1 6 9 7 Lord Dertty' His Ma.j?ty .Horn Li?LamMon 495 Air '?V E J';¡6('"s Sir Jo%hua .O\n('r 5 9 2 LcrJ. Howard de Walàen's Kilglass ..Beatty 5 9 2 Lcn], Penrhyn's E, r, oc-lia92 Mr Oi-car von Quitzov.'s Wagon dill Huband a. 9 2 '%I rR J Hiin iiiii':s Nort;1 Deiglila.11 R.JRobson490 Mr C Lytn-'s V, l,ip,nvl,! Murr")er 4 9 0 }lr C Trimmer's Laurier A%'aJters, jun. 4 9 0 Mr JBucha.n.)U't-'RafeMsh..Major Edwards 5 813 'vi rJer,?v'? Belle SaviW NVilon4 311 Sir R Watdie Gr?fnth's C))Mis R .Sheiwood 3 86 Mr S HiIl-Wood's Cya.nean .ülements 3 8 6 Air Jocey's Cra.n'I Me:]aJ .i' Leader 385 Lord Londonderry's St. Florentin G 3 8 ;) Sir'E Vincent' Riel'aulx .R Da.v 3 8 3 Mr J G Baird DhuJichan Peacock 3 8 2 Mr i-trat.hprn'a ?(.rto.riua W Elnov 482 Mr W .a.ndersoit's Grev Leaf .Owner 581 Mitjor F C Andcrson't: Mark Wood ..Private 380 Mr Dougla.q Baird's FI\ili"'r f,noch 3 80 Mr E Barlow's .Peacock 3 8 0 HI' }; C Cochrane's Birdcraft .In Jrela,nd 3 8 0 'Ir H Lindemerc's Outbreak .Wri¡dit 3 80 Mr A Behcoat't. Ferment .Watson 3 711 Mr J G Baird Ifly's Thera.pia. Peacoek 3 7ll Mr C Lythp's Marrmcr 5 711 g Vincent's R Da.y 3 711 Mr H W Cox's Cho.irmastcr .Ea.Ù 3 7 7 Sir R Wa!die (.:rta''t.h'a :-hitf& .R Sherwood 377 LNd Harewood's Bal1311a.G ChaJoner 3 7 7 Lord Howard 3 7 ? W Romano .Owner 3 7 i Mr W I'A\Ion's Pft'tion .Owner 7 7 J 3 7 7 }f,. i'anQ(.r,n'g Rllsbrool .Owner 3 7 7 Mr I' P G ilpi 11' S Di r<,e Owner 3 7 4 Lcrd \111e Star Liae G '? 4 Lord Preœiere Marche ..Sentcnec 3 7 1\ -The &TOCKTON STEWARDS' HAN- DICAP I"IATE of 250 sovs; winners extra. One mile. vg st 1b Mr F l?)g?tan"? Catty Crag W Elsey '? 9 S :r Edgar -ill.iu; t U 4 8 jO Mr H A Prentice's Castle Jarvis 5 8 9 Mrt;Lyth'st.ibia.n'NHScott37H Mr D J Jardine'a .P'ac<jck <t 7l0 fr R T"n1a;,ha.R Sherwood 4 7 r F Strond's p,¡eock 4 7 8 M.. F We:l.rin:f Tra"tampl1c .w Ei,y 3 M'-JHin's lirl>ettf .Armtit,rou°; 4 7 6 Mr WRWymdham's Peter's Pride R Shenvooci 4 7 6 Derhy's Hon J,ll1hWll 3 7 6 Die Paex.Sandcrfon 4 <B Air 14, EI;<e"s Owner4 7 3 Mr .ArmHmng 3 Mr A .El<,ey 5 61j Mr C Perk)r.<s (;('ldstrl'am .Hug-h PowTtcv -3 6 Mr Sajider'=c.n's Nhppcr .Owner 367 R B Jardine's f by Queen's -S.t Br)a.r J Wauph 3 67 Mr J S Reprieve III. Whitfield 3 6 7 —The MANDALE SELLING MANDI. CAP PLATE of 200 sovs; winner to be sold for 100 f-ov.s winners extra.. Seven furlongs. y.sstth Mr H Waring' ""a.prntakl) W Steven-! 593 Mr F C Parser's Ma.rc-h Dower W Etscy 3 3 13 Mr R W Cotluig's Tariff .Omier 4 8 3 Mr F.Oarh's Persian. Garden. M'C.t.!t 4 8 9 Mr W ChaHprton's Rcno .Peacock 488 Mr W Sa.ndcrM'i's B'3p-<r Ownera S 9 Mr R Root'.t Mnn, Anere W E]My 4 < 5 Mr Ja.mM FfRan's NapthaliR. .Owner 434 Mr f Trimmer' Endymion.Watterit. jun.33 3 W EIF!ev4 83 MrTHWa)kor'aA.R.A.WE'fpy485 Mr R Croa.n's Mont d? Piete Privatea S 1 CaptBewiche's Simon Melton..Hugh Powney 3 80 M.r H AUi'.on's Love SIavR .CoUing 380 Ca.pt Ca.mnol'1's T<-9.be!)o H.Btnnie 680 Count de Berteux's Nal1cJee. Jen 111 n?;3 3 710 Mr W Sanderson's Grey Leaf .Owner 578 Mr A Fa.rJ'ar's c by Rena.k-Begonia. Va..<oy 377 Mj- W.Ui&m 1'Atison' Petition Owner 375 Mr John Onbome'a F'a.mat&n Pin .0\vner 473 Mr & Menzies's Troy Owner 470 —The COUNTY STAND HANDICAT PLATE of 100 90TS; dinners extra.. Six furlongs. ysstib Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest's Boyeot Pickering 490 Major Vaux's Japaj) "Menzies 5 812 Mr Oba.n'9 Engage. Arrnstro!1¡r 4 8 9 Mr E dark's Daisyfield M'C:dt 388 Mr C Da.l¡!a.i'rru; Desma. Priva.te 3 8 7 Lord Derhv's Hon G Lambton 3 8 6 Lord Derhv'a Stilling-fled.Hugh Powney 3 8 5 Mr D J .Tardinf'- Sea. C!over Peacock 383 Lord Derby's "Hon G LamMon 3 8 3 Capt J Orr-Ewin¡(s CraigeUa.chie .Robpon 381 M? AHertou's Lo,e-,A,Il Armstrong 4 712 Mr T H Watker'" A.R.A.W Eli-ey 4 7H Mr J Bancroft's Parapet.Ti!ir)weH 4 710 Mr E J Percy's Van Vmht Ra.isin a. 7 8 Col R L Birkin's Baron Cra-fton .Martin 473 Mr W R Wy;x'!)am's Doo]a.R Sherwood 376 Mr P ToIler'-Hond's LUlu Gyp of New Private a 7 0 Air WilHam Petition Owner 3 6 13 Mr G W Smith'6 f by Tarporley-'MûrianMt.a. Adams 3 6 13 W S3.Dder"on's Rnshj10Ql .Owncr 3 6 11 Mr J Dent's Private3 6 7 —The LAMBTON TWO YEAR OLD STAKES of 150 sova; co!t€ 8st lOIb. fiMies and getdings 8st 7[b; winners extra.. Five furlongs. sttb Mr W R Wyndha.m'3 Athi R Sh<-rw<X)d 9 5 Mr W E Eisev'a I)Tagon .OwTier 9 3 Mr W R \vyndhajn's FarMi R Sherwood 9 3 Lord H <le W<)jdeti'a Peter jMkaon ..Beatty 9 0 1 Mr 6 Piokartjiar't !'r<MT[e Owner 9 0 Mr W B Ettey'* OMUweU .Owmer el: Mr Joicey's Orpheus stib Mr Jojcey'a Orpheus.Lead er8LSf Mr H La.WSOll'S GaJ]or .KE>rmedy 8 10 A Morris's f by De3!1101lè.-Golù Anchor WStevcnsSlO W Pyrn Owner 810 Mr C Jonquil .Wa.lter.<, juu. 81<) Mr W R Wyndham's Najrobi .R Sherwood S 10 J Eucàa..1Ïa.IÙ¡ Or-¡>ha.n Mr J j7 8 5 i?l r W ('liatterton's  Lord Derby's c by St. Fru'"qllin-Eul{enia. HonGL?.mbton85 Lcrd Durham's P('ca.ro P llc,k R Mr W E Elsey's Mr G H Freeman's BonBie Serf M'Kic 8 5 Mr H S' Giit'a Wyctin'e. Owner 8 5 Lord Londondcrry'' Cydop3 Too .G Cl1aJoner 8 5 M, G !'enhur3t's c b,' Bill of Port] thea. W I'AnsonSS Mr John (rallopinfr Osborne 8 5 Mr A B c by Sand Owner 8 51 Lord Bramber Sentence85 Mr J T Whipp'a c by Galtoping Lad—Bauhie Owner 8 5 Lor Zetl!tnd' c b 'v Martagoii-Gallitiipp?ar En?ch 8  Mr E Barlow's Donwater .l1ements 8 2 '-Nfr B BarlQw's Exuberance  Mr W Chatterton's Ethereal .Peacock 8 2 8ir B C Cachrane' Mighty OCÐan Private8? Mr J Dent's L,,?, U.W EIey 8 2 Lord Derby's Bilberry H.Hon G LamMon 8 2 Lord Mutiny Lor(iE))Mmere'sC'ra.n);JDawson82 74r C I Foster's Baricyth0rpe Wilkimon 8 2 Mr Queen of Pearls.Leader 8 Lord .0 Clialoner. 8 2 Mr A Goilc By Mr 0 Penhur'.t's S<don!& W I'Anson 8 ?. Mr B Riley's f by Yonng Privates 2 Mr Alfred Farrar's Lord Marlborough. Vaöey 8 2 —The HARDWICKE STAKES of 500 sovs. added to a. sweepstakes of 10 sovs .ea.ch; colta 8st 121h. fiMi<s and ge!dinga 8st 91b; winners extra,. T.Y.C. (five furlong). Mr R W Cox's SMceUe .Fa.Uon 9 5 Mr X C Cockburn'9 Harmston .W EIsey 9 5 Lord Ilchester's Ulalume R Day 9 5 Mr ;¡ Simons Harrison's Cvtliera P. Day 9 2 Mr J Simons Harrison's Planter M,-N-aughton 8 12 Mr J Joicey's Orpheus leader 812 MT Rock Egg.Hugh Powney 8 9 Mr T W P Rivis's Lady Florets .Marsh 8 9 Lord Harewood's Fakir G Chaloner37 Major Fife's Bonnie Serf.McKie 8 7 Major Tife'a Aryan.Private 8 7 Major Tife's c by Bend Or—yew Zealand Private 8 7 ,Nfr W E Els?-y's Ttoya.1 Treasure Owner87 Mr W E Etscy's Puss .Owner 8 7 Mr Albertist Leader 8 7 Mr F W Lambton's c by The Rush—Etal ] on G Lainbton87 Cvclops Too G Chaloncr 8 7 Lord Londonderry's St. Finian .Cert 3 7 Lord Stayordale Sa.nderron. jnn. 8 7 Mr J Muster's Medetstone .C Waugh 8 7 MrJMcIn<yre'sFastenPenny.WE1'!ey87 Mr OWBayncr'sBumpMn.East 8 7 Mr Robinson's 0 by Carbine-Stoli Thief ATay!or37 Mr f E c by Le Dauphln-R<18e Marion Menzies S 7 Mr T, do Hothschild'a Cerrigotto Watt-on 8 7 Mr Tyner's Mint Mark .Matthews 3 7 ,,i King- Duck .Uatlhews 8 7 J Sim-on Doonwater 6 NT-r D Baird's A rit. Enoch 3 4 "11' E Barlow's 8 4 Lord Crete's Lady C'yn<-?uro .Portpr S 4 Lord Crewe's Abolition. Porter 8 4 Lord Harewood's A p¡J('nzell .G C'halo!lCr 8 4 l')11csmeTe's Fale Alarm .J ÐawF<!n 8 4 LordEnesm€rc'sT:Up..pricpcr.JDawson84' Mr R C Harrtson's f by Racburn—La't Link H i Xis'htinf;aU34. fJOrd Qulntet.J Chalonn 8 4 Mr D E Highman's Sa.re'on Ru,-cell84 Mr D J Jardtne'9 f by Prisoner—Shiektu? Peacock 8 4 Capt Hornby's f by GaleMzo—Hampton As:n& Bat"934 Lord Landa.8 DarUng 8 4 Mr J Highway. Leader 8 4 Lord Tond<)n(lerr-'s Mwy Lord Londonderrv's Jne eYrnour Chaloner 8 4 Lord Flowerer W Steveni34 Lord M D J .Pri,,¡Üe 8 4 Lord La Sainta D Baird's Enoch 8 1 Lord Harewood's G Clialoner81 MrWRElsey'sGaiaGirt .Owner 81 Lord Fa)moutb'it Curds a.nd Cream .T Cha.toner S 1 Mr D J Jardinc's !? by La1lri:;(',(}pe-Te!)ba. 1 MT n f by King's Eves 8 1 Mr M T'Apson's Scotch Heather W fAnson 3 1 Loro Londondcrrv's  Lord Londonderry's Xnran? .R Sherwood 8 1 Mr J Osbor.nc's Rti?hbus.rer .Owner 8 1 Mr J Melutyre's Queen of the Boephorus PriYate 8 1

C R 0 S S BROTHERS, Ltd 21. 22, 23, WORKING-ST., CARDIFF. RE-BU!LD!NG SALE! NOW ON. WHOLE STOCK rylUST BE CLEARED To Save Cost of Removal, Storage, <S.c. BUILDERS &Rd others will do well to avail them' selves of the Startling Reductions! On RANGES, GRATES, MANTELPIECES, BATHS, LAVATORIES, GASFITTINGS. PLUMBING GOODS, ENGINEERS' TOOLS of every description. COPPER AND GALVANtSED TANKS, CISTERNS, CYLINDERS, &C. ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURE PRICES DURING SALE. PUR!F)ES THE?????? .PURIFIES T o: "?CRETOF?? ??UVERand ??? M B%?E???F???? J ????B??N?B?BBBN?B??EkE??l??B?' ? ? CURES ? ?? B jnLVB*SS ?J&B'V .???_C??S HEADACHE' ? &tHW&M ? ? )ha j L ? ?MD!CESTtON Rbt)!Lt!fUmUO?MNEF.b<!<??, ???? .?????? ??S3??? .? ? 'N EVERY FORM BILIOUSNESS, 1 ?.? ?Pr'ce4d.&8d.perhn. CONSTtPATtON. ??oNAPPuc/?-tON??? !& ?5perbott!e Sote Proprietor*: SCOTT & TURNER, Newcastto-on Tynp, and !2 Littte Brttafn, London. ?) MORE LIGHT FOH,.LESS MONEY ? ?? .t. J t rM' OREUEM?LPSS? + ???MHa?M?a??n???&?Mp ??f??????2 ?—— 66 s? )EBB? ?& ?E? ?B? /?4?7xf o- BRVB?MERSX ????M ? N?t??A? H MAMTLES ???A?/? ???/aa?M'Ks<? <s /!f?Maa<!y ?'?Mt???f?? ?M/!f<MX?. afa?!<M)?<!CPZ'?/!&y ,),/?M? CROSS BROTHERS' ANJSTUAL SUMMER SALE. LAST TWELVE DAYS. 15 PER CENT. REDUCTION (3s. in the JB) off all. GARDEN FURNITURE, GAMES, BEDSTEADS, BEDDING, and TRAVELLING REQUISITES. ————————————— t4S« CROSS BROTHERS (LIMITED), THE CARDIFF IRONMONGERS.

BtLUARDS. A new billia-rd-room was opened at the I Penywern Hotel. Rhymney. ye,1£rday evening by Arthur Llewelyn, the We)sh champion. A ?<Hne of 800 up waa arranged btween Llewelyn and Willia.-m Cox. a- loral cuist. Cox being conceded 300 points start. When Llewelyn had made 492 to Cox's 496 tht, ?a.me WaJ; a-bajidoned. Lflewelyn afterwards played a. game with Mr. William .Morgan, of Pont- lo.t.tyn, whom the champion easily defea.'t?d.

EARTHQUAKE IN THE UNITED I STATES. New York, Tuesday.—Messages from Indiana., IHinofis. Kembucky. Ten;neag<;e. and Missouri all report distinct earth tremors i during last night. Simpers were awakened and houses shakened. but up to the present I no maieria.1 dajiyiage has been reported. BOT I is there any record of life lost.—Centra,! News. l

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Boxing Contest. ROACH DEFEATS COURTNEY TheTe was a. grea;t gathering of sport-qnleg at. tho Cardiff, on night, when George R.oa¡'h, of Rhymney. niet Jim Courtney. of Cardiff. in a. boxing mate' under Quecnaberry rules for hfteen 2-mInU rounds. th? eta.ke? being ?E15 a-side an<t pur? of jB40. Though Courtncy. with i"i' exp?riencp, was icorc gcneraUy fancied. tl"o men from Rhymney, who came down in la.!? uumbers. were very sanguine of their pion, and were wiMing to take almost avy odd.3. n Before the hig 4evont of the eveHing DrinccH and Phems Manuel. both of Card1 i ga,ve thrk, ca,pita.l exhibition rounds 0 t boxing. Although no decision was gi\'C' Manuel wati a, tnne quicker in his cxcba.nge 1, a,nd would, no doubt, ha-R been awarded the d';ision had one been given. 1 Soon after nine o'ctock Courtney appe¡lrel intbering.a.nd was given a rousing,vatiOlll He wiii seconded by Mike Ffyn.n. -klLler Jones. Alt DoHmg. and Jack M'C'aj-thy. AbO ten minuter Ia.ter Roach appeajed, and it was soo'n evident tha-t lie ha<d a, very strong follog, i'ng. He wa.'> seconded by -Haj'ry Kent. L. gof' ga,n. B. GriEithe. a.nd WiU Ca-meron. ?? Ma.rry Ctevela-nd (Birmingham) a.cted So referee. Jn?t before the contest the beftt.f? wa? 5 to 4 on Roach. ? The ar?t rornd was conip??y ijj fa?vouf-? Roach, who got his man down for about llle seconds with a cipa-n hit on the jaw. In ? second round, a.t the very a.ta,rt. Roa,ch ?'?f a pLmch on the jaw. A second or two 1,1,t Roach made a feint with his left; r'onrtO'?, jumped forward, and R<j<M-h ga.v? hitO fI, Bta?gering right-ha.nd punch on the J?' ?, knocking him out.

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