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Passing Peasantries. I **WTty are boo'k9 the beat compa,n,i;oos?" **Beca<ose whon ttbfey bo<pe you yon em o!twa<yB &hot tiliem ac witihout off-e:ooe." Dungbter- Fatbw, my teaebw sa;y Tin P5ttJÏ!Dg more 1õik.e ev6'y day. F<utiher; WeJll, yoa m'UStal't. tattk so nroch in pehcctl,deaa'1 "TbaA Mia& BeverLey, to whom.,1 bowed jBSt now, is a xa--ML&r .KJ)EMMiyise," remaiEked a. itmam to Ms oonrp&BMm. ".R.i.ch, I "Y<'E—a<n:l ooilid. aaid "Ten your nnstregs I ha.ve torn the cor- tatm," eajd a. gent!e<m)EEn. to the, aervuat a.t a< Jod,ging-bous.e. **V€a*y weU, SM* vrao the Teiply, "imiatreee vu,i.put it down ae reTlt!" "My wife haa a. reIDail'1.aibJ.e o&MeotMxn) of Ø1tr:'Í091J'tÎ.es." &a.rd a< '!na.n ppOTMlIy. "Was she oo'Uecnmg wbein: ¡;¡he-'II1.3Jl'ri-ed: you.?"! Sol-c-d one of the "Y<<9." ?1 tih<Mg'ht ao!

SEWERAGE SCHEME OF THE WESTERN VALLEYS, i ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS WANT ADMISSION. At the meeting of the Western Valleys w Board at Newport on Wednesday, Mr. A. Jones, of Ebbw Vale. presiding. a dia- oussion took place as to going to Parliament for additi<maJ powers so as to include Trede- gaj* and BedweHty in the scheme. It was pointed out that if Parliamentary sanction waa not given To the increased outlay to pro- vide for these districts the c<Mt to the added. districts would be almost prohibitiTe, as titc momey woold haam to be re-pa-id in .30 yeaxs instead of 55 years. The Riaoa. district was 3olso sta.ted to be desirous of inclusion, .md it was decid'ed to defer the question for a. month to receacve Ejeca.'s decision. Mr. W. Thomas (Abertinery) fa.voTN'ed the idea. of the Tredeg&r amd Bedwellty auth<)ri- .les oajTyiDg out the scheme in their district Mid becoming tenants to the boa.rd for caj- ria.ge of the sewage to the outfall. It waa decided to take powers to enLa.rse the sewer aJ<oog a portion of the Sirhowy dis- trict at an additional cost of JE,4.MO, so a.6 to provide for Tredegar and Bedwellty ehould thoee districts ultunately be included. The draft of the proposed Rill for the inolu- Irion of Hie MynyddisLwyn district in the scheme waa considered in cotmni'ttee at the œe of the other bt1Sin.

'jOVE-LANE MAN AND CONSTABLE. I "You ha<d better cleaa* ou-t of th house, I Dr there wiJI be trouble. Tha.t is wha.t' WiMam Bla-xher. 36, of 41, Love-lane, aaad' t)0 Po1i'Ce-OOQ:ISta¡ble Pug&ley wh<"n. ajTeated for crrttlimg and woofn'dimg his wife on the faoe witih a kofife w.i.tth intent on November 20. inajo was armigned at Oa-rdiS Po.lic.e- coinrt CTi W-In-loday. A remand waa applied for :Mid gr;a-ted for a. week for the wife to a)pt€od. -—

W.ASTP; -I;tW WANT NOT." If you take cajw to buy ENGLAND'S GLC'Ey MATCHES you "waste zothiBg. F.,ery match Lights ajid Bume well to, the end. You vmnt no others after & trial. AU Engllah m&de. Made tt 'Eugl.&ud'. GlOtT" Bfttoh G1øuœ8teIr. j

STORY FOR TO-DAY. I Victor's Wife. I "Fair as the floral goddess hergelf" Agnes Haviland dropped the wreath of clever bloaso.ms she was we.a.-ing, and looked up to see a dark, handsome face smiling 'down upon 'her. "Mr. Lo.rma.rd!" extending her hand in fra.uk welcome, while a bright nu&h rose to her cheek. "How in the world did yon hap- pen to be in this out-of-the-way place?" "I did not happen to be-I came." A bird, swooping down suddenly into the brashes overhead, phowered a fragrant drift of enowy apple Mcs&c'ms on Agnes's un- covered head. "Agnes," nnsrmured Victor Loritlard, as he g'G.n.Uy brushed the fr-,i_-raat petais from her bronze-brown curls, "can you not guass what! has brought me here?" One sw.ift, gtance from her brown eyes, and then the sncwy lids drooped &g'ain, and tba a.uah grew brighter in each crimsou cllook. I tried to paint," coTitinued Victor, a,s he eoug'ht to read her shy, averted gaze, "but my angers aiad forgotten their art. Whenever I sat down at the painting I am to nnish for the Academy, another face came betwe&n me and the canvas—a sweet face, with a rare smile on the innont lipb, and tender, brood- ing eyes—a, face that is dearer and fairer to me than all the world beside. Look up, Agnes, and tell me thtat my love is not in vain." She lifted her eyee—those tender, wistful eyes—to his face, a.nd Victor was satisned. 'In their expreasicrn he rea.d the sweet answer that her lips r.0t frame in word8, and the sun shone and the birds sang a. blecsing on th.a lovers' betrothal. They ea,t there in that charming orchard t'H the sun sMik in the crimson west, and the nigSit wind bega,n to m<!<t.o. ntfully in the trees. "Good-nigtht, my Agnes." sand Victor, when they rose from the rustic .M;a.t where they h<Mi 'been sittmg. He passed ont by the gate and made for the railway station wTthout aeeing a..form tbaA crouched down hy a, hedge only a few feeA from wih.E--Te he had .c'a.rted from Agnes. When he had passed, the stooping Sgure rose to a. standing' a.i;d a dark, angry face, a. -w'Gm.a.n's face, with evil eyes amd a, .m'ocjsingr smii-e, l{)oked .after h.im in the gLoa/ming. The faJcon soars high." she muttered between her white teeth, hut I ca.n bring him down, with a word. The snare ia set, but the hour is not yet come. I bide my time, Victor Lorillaj-d." oa-me slowly down the ro-ad, swinging 'h'erstra.w h&t in ii-erhard. T!hewcm'a.n ca-me forwaj'd a.nd made a. motion as if to detain her. Something for my fatherless children, miaa," she pleaded, assuming a, beggar'a whine: "three down with the fever, and not a. morsel of bread in th-e house." The face of AgTies beamed with tender pity amd comp.a.ssi.on as she put (her purse in the outstretched hand. "I -wiah it w:a,s more for your &a.ke," she said, in her gen-tle toces; yours must be a. hard lot in life." The woman made no reply, but started off in an opposite direction at an ea-ger pace, a.nd when out of sight cf Agnes eat down, canting like some nerce a.nima.1. "Fool that I was," she exclaimed, "to feel one moment's pity for her!" ajid threw the ha-lf-dozen shillings on the ground and stamped them in the dust. Why should I tell her." ahe eaid 'nercely, "his 1-ove caTTiea 'a- curse with i-t? Let hef auS'er aa weljl as me"; and she &ta.rted on' &t. a. rapid pace on the London road. Great, was the f<nnily pride of the Ha.vi- la.nda of Hertfordshire. To be & Ha-vila-nd. to ia.rm the Ha.viland acres, to ait. in the Haviland pews, and be laid in the Haviland vault, was the height cf Adam Haviland's ajnbition. &rea.t, 'th&refore, was h,Ï6 ooBster- Ba.tioa when his sister, Mrs. Cameron, with whom Agnas wa<a. spending the winter in London, wrote home o< Afgnes's ma-ay coc- quests. a.nd hinted that the greatest of these wa,a UkeLy to be t<he hamdaome ajLd popuLa.r a.rtist, Viicioo' LoTinaTd. "A cursed, beggarly set," he wrote in reply. "I ajn eurpri&ed at you, EI3'ie, for nermitting anything of the kind. No da.ugh.ter of a. Ha.vila.Bd CYer so degraded hejseLf ae to marry an aj*tist, a.nd I hope it wiN not be mine w!ho eetB tihe exajnple. BreaJ: oS the aNair immedia-tely." Mrs. Cajneron amiled. She had outgrown ma.ny of the B.a.viia.nd notMms of caste, and contact,wah the world bad rubbed off much of the peculiar Ha.viLajid pride. To her, the fervent, ma.nly young airtiat, Victor Loi'illaj-d, who had turned the heads of ha.lf the yo'ung ladleg <)f her set, seemed a most desira-Me husbamd for her pet niece Agnes. He fhad worked iMs way up fBOfm obscun'ty tn fame by his taJenta a,Ione. and. though Ta.ther shmining aoctiety, was for thaft very reason courted, nattered, and adored. I ijerfeotly adore a. mystery," said a pert young lady to Agnes Ha.Tiia.Bd one day; "a.nd. Mr. Loriilrrd is such a. my&tery." Agnes did not ask why. She had already been ca.Ued country-Bed" '&nd "quea-" and an "obtuse d<aj'ling'" by thM fast lady a score or more o-f times for s'imilia.r questions, and she determined to find out the mystery herself. So it happened that when Lo'nUa.rd was in Agnes's company he oJE'en found him- self the subject of earliest scrutiny from those wistful brown eyes. a.nd a<t Last began to feel the sensation agreeable. Who is your friemd, with the Madonna! face and wonderful eyeg?" he asked t.he pert Tomtg lady one day, when they met a.t a pa-rty. That g'xfl witih the brown curls?" la.ug'hed Miss Arniinta. That's Aggie Ha.viland, Mrs. Oajnerom's commiry niece, and tfhe øw<eete?.t little darlTng thaA ever grew a.mon.? oa-bba-gea. Come along amd I'U introduce you." The wquaiiltance thus be?a.n progressed rapidly. Her womanly rectitude and lofty a-ims, her cbildish innocence, and trust, wove a. cho<rm about her subtle and powerful. and Victor Lori.Ma.rd, who had forsworn faith in womankind, and locked upon her sex as a b&autif'ul, dangerous snare, found himself believing in and paying homage to the oo'tin-try-born beauty who had seldom left ber father's farm. There o&me a day when temptaition over. came his aoroplee, amd he left town with Ms mad. hopeless love sTirgi.ng up in hia be'aj't, drowmintg ail commandeations of honour aad oooecience. And when a.t las!; be came to the Harila.nd Fs-rm and sow Agnes sitting in the old orchard, he cleared the g'a:te a.t a bound, and, steading bs; d her, read in her nushed cheek and averted, ba<sh'ful eyes the story of her innocent love. Wha.t passed in tha.t imterview we have aJready seen. But there was an enemy on their track, cunndn-g, tireless, relentlcES—a. woman whose evil eyes and sneering lips but faintly repre- sauted the demon in her heart. "She phall never marry you, sir!" and old Ada.m Ha.viland broug'ht his cane down with a. peremptory thump that g'ave emphasis to his words. "A daughter of a 'Ha.vila.nd marry a. foreigner? Never!" May I ask if tha.t is your only objec- tion?" ea,id Victor, with increased anger, but determined to keep his temper within corxtrol. "No, sir; I despise your profession and all rela.tin.g to it. Artist, indeed! A vicious. beggarly craft, whose best virtues are smoking and painting low, shameless wom-en, whom it would be an insult even to name in the hearing of my daughter. Agnea ahaH never so disgrace herself as to m'arry such a man." "'Sir,'I said Ijorillard. humbly, "I am ncft what I could wish, God knows, but I offe?  your daugtfter the nrst love of a. 'true and honest heart, unstained by any such vices as you hint. and no evil thought or wlsh I oo'uld liv'e for a. moment in her pure presence. The dspth of his footings, w.hdfih betrayed itsftf i.a his whtite'n.iing Hps a.nd tihe trembting of his voice, touched even the haxd, atmbborn heart of Ada.m Ha-vil'and. "I a.m sorry for you," he sadd, in the quietest tones of whfich Ms ha.rah vmoe was c-apatble. "truly sorry yon oa,n newr nLa-rry Asnes. So he beU<!ived. But tfbat nigtht. whein the stern old main slept, tibe-re wae a UtMe group sta-nding at the gt,te, a.ud Mrs. HaN-,ilard, a aad-eyed woman, oa wbo--e p'a.tienft face the traoes of Adam temper were written in I'aas of oare, clapped ber daug!hter to her bosom, and pres&od teeLrfTLl 'Kisses on &er pale young face. Be kind to her, VtictoT," she sobbed: "she iq losing and gen'tle. harshness and cruelty l would bxeak her hea.rt," and &he presaed a last passiou.a,te k.i.<!e upon her darling's lips. M'a.y God so deetl with. me at the judg- tTn?nt a9 I wdth her!" answeTed Victo.r. ec'!emBly. as he Lifted htT to the oairri.ag? w-r iitih waa waiting with Mrs. C'Mnej'on LBaide. Was the oa.th recorded <m hig-h? Vnotor JjorifHard ga/t in Ms studio. AU) a.KM'nd wm'e wa:t'terro trne cT'c.att&ons of ma brosb amd pcn<'ml. rare geTBs. whose bea,uty -delighted oornnoÍSSÐur¡;¡. ,a.nd pointed the m.aiLi{'liol.19 of envious Those who kn(?w hnm b&st aa.id t.b'a.t of la.te a. n,v inspiTa-tLon seemed iri-vgn him. LtOTe lent to tfue (,on(,ert;c.na "f his ?enTU6 a fi1'('> and fervoaT thrat 'had before been waut- !m? a.nd supplied the ome Ia<okiBg cha.Tm to 'b!is piotoirea. In crory pï.dt.ure you cotrld see eo'me' expre8- ,,rioii or feature o€ Ms beautiful w4'fe. Mere. f'roTn t'he picta-md fa.<'e of & 3firdnnna, ItJhe eyes of Agues J>oc.1œd <Yut, with fheir vmdm= oweetuwa a<n<i tendero«B. 'HMfe, a, <)hild'like, dimpled f,,we, with ths hue curve cf Agn'es'8 Kpo and Agnes's rare smile. He was at work on a landscape, a country scene. with a river winding in and out I ib-clwœn win'y.v-f ringed banks, and an orchard with. a. 'hedge surrounding it. A handsc'me famuious'a.wit.h the figures of a m'a,n and woman standing w:, the gate, and t'he aon.le on .his face deepened as he rapidly retouched t'he ba'K'h. outlines of one of them. whifh yen eould not fail to recognise as the fa,m of Acium Ha-viland. That. is his grim f-ace to pcrfsction, ho said to himself. I wonder if I could con- trive to make the old feil-c-w smdie? It would please Agnes. poor t'aild, longing as She doe.> 'for a, glim'psa c'f the home--facz"S." A shadow fell across hi-,7 canvas. He turned to see the malicious sneer of a fu-ce mocking ."milc lie had ) Bed yaa.rs ago—'t'h'e fa.f'e of L'mise LoriE;1,.rd. A deadly faintne-,s overcame Mm, at t'he sig'ht; his brush dropped from Ins hand. W-.1S an wr:1:ri:en 011 his wlhitJO face as he tamed towards her, which she marked with c'he eajne forward and glanced curLoaalv at 'hie' work. "That porMco should be a- little higher," s&e ocd"le.(y criticised. Yoo. oaed to be EKM'e exact." "Fiend! demon!" Don't oa.Tl na;mes. Should anyons chance to hear they would know at once thpt a, m"ln never spe'a<ks thua to anyone except to 'h':H -ATie." Iii:; wmte I'ips parted, but no sound came forth,; he was a.b?olu'tely in{:a,parhle of &pe&c'h. Just t'h'ere. by t'haA a.ngl-e in the h'edge, I stood and watched you, whpjt you parted from ,hrLu the Ma,y twilight, ajid I pla.rLDOO in'y revcfnge then." She paused, but, as he made no reply, she went <jin:— A word to bar or her father then would have ea-ved her; but I waited until you bad made her your wiie"—a. snaring empl,-Wis c'n the lwt word—"o,n<l now I am here." "Oh, my in.n<x'ent da-rliag'" groa.ned Victoj-; "to think that I should haTe placed yon in the .p<wfr of th's crael wr<'t?h Be leas <x)mplmtentaTy in your epithetf," pneered Louise, "or 1: may lose my tempfr, my love. The consequences might be un- plca.s&nt. for big&Tny is an ugly word, and the English law ma-kes no a1'1ow-ance for the tempta.ti'on of such a haby-fa&.ed &a.Lnt us your Agnes. I &m come to ta-ke you with me. My uncle is dead at last, and the money a,nd title a.re mine now. I wonJd Dot think of entering upon possees'ion without you, my love. Fajjcy being the husband of the fich Countess Rocheville!" Viot<u' stored at her with a. Ioo.k ofn.a.plesa I misery more touchdng than any words. WU1 momey ——" he begaji. My dea.r. I a,ni jelling in riches. AH I wa.nt is your devotion to make me entirely ha,ppy. We will go at once and seek the sunny ahoTea of la. betHo FTiafnoe. The Cha.tca.u Roc.hevdII'e waits for its mist.ress, amd I am in haste to be gone. Each moment ppent here but a.dds to my impatience, and I hope you will be e'p'eedy in your p rep,arations." I must see Agnes." Certa:inly, if you wish. but only in my presence. What! shaJl I EOeek my victor for yea-re, only to lose him at laat? The idea, is a.bsurd. love. If you go. your loving Louis,e will a/ccompany yon." VictoT groaned. "Whe're is the end of one a.in?" he oried. IN-,hpre is the end of one sm?" He hia.d fled from the incaJ'n,a.te demon long since, when but a boy in He had. placed the sea. belwoon himself and bhe fa.e.e whoae fa.]ife sL!lI11ee and wary lures haxi inveigled the boy into a. lo?thsorne and ha.t?d m'a<rria<ge; and when, recklessly abjuring the ch?dn? whdch bound him. he had begun to dream 'happiness, lo! heiro wer? his fetters <l)a,n.king in his eo.rs, a.nd Tie must waar tJwm to his life's end. Doude etcod in the doorway, beckoning Mm oei. He caet a lingering look a..roTind the wa.I.Is, but they dwelt loingost on the face of A?n.as E1I1lJiUng down a..t hini frocn a niche over a mar-ble Clytie. Then aa he turned to the ba'Ieful eyes and so-eoning lipa of her who stood in the door- way: It s.ha.11 go ha-rd with me, but I cibeaA you a,fter all." He muttered then a.loud: I am dn your power, bea/utifuJ dev1il-le.w on." a<t the Thea'tre Imperial, in Paris. Beihind the scenes there is the usual amount of hurry, bustJe, and gossip, aj<nd tthe lorohœtra. a,ro t-nnin'g their instruments pre- paratory to the gramd overture. The 'manager, in agonies of apprehension as to the success of his opera., which is to be prodTiced to-night for the &rett time, walks hurriedly from stage to greenroom, critici- sing everything which, comes under his no'tio&. The prima. donna. ready for 'her paJt, eite in a listless attitade, scarcely conscious of t&e ncxise and c'ha.tter wb'ioh go on about he' Proud and reserved. s!he Tioilds a.Ioof from her companions, between whom and herseLf there iBo no congenialdty of taste or feeling. The Haviland pride is not entirely obliterated even by ye,,tis of contact with ca-re and eor- row, and phe walks among her assoc'iates— among them, but not of them. "La. Belle Angl-adse is in a. most ungracious mood to-night," said one of the !ba,Uet to a compajiion, who was touting up h'er cheeks with cajTnine, ajndi adding the last strokes to a. padr of very jetty eyebrows. "It cannot be that she ia afraid of failure?" "Bah! She is afraid of nothing; her com- posure is a miracle to us inferior artistes. And, do yo'u know, I fancy she is a, little wrong here?" She tapped ber forehead si.gniQcantIy. Possible," answered the other, carelea&ly. "Well, you need entertain no fears; where one has neither heart nor bra.in there is not the slightest danger," and ehe ended with an ill-n.at.ujed laugh. How clever you are, to be sure," laughed tihe nrst speaker, not a whit disconcerted. We shall see the famous Bochevi'le diamonda to-night; the countess has taken a, box. and they say her jewels are the Snest collection in Burc-pe. How madame does dress, to be sure! But, thn she can afford it. What a devcted husband ehe m'ust Tiavet" remarked her companio'n. Thsy say he never allows her out of his sight." "Jealous, more likely," waa the response; and just then. the ringing of the bell a-nnounced the rising of the curtain. The first act was over, when a, little stir was created by the entna-nce of a, gentleman with a lady on his arm, robed in a dress of costly imagnincence. and radiant wi.th jewels. A tiara, of diamonds gleamed ldke stars in the midnight of Mackneaa of her ha.ir; and an opera, cloak of rich, white velvet dropped carelessly from her shoulders, and trailed on the near as sh'e swept along with the step of an enrpress. The man ha.d the restless, furtive look of one trying to esotLpe froTn his keepers—suc-h a look as some of the patients of a madhouse had which I once visited. 'Hhe free, pa-oud atep and kingly beatr'ng were g<jne, .and one would scarcely recognise the :hand5ome artist, Victor L'orilla.rd< in the attenda.nt of this ha-ughty lady, who created such a, sensation ae they slowly mode their way to their box. And yet it is he. Night a.nd day hia keeper never Icxses eigiht o-f h!nn, the gleam, of her piercing eyes are ever upon him. and the &mile he has leaj-ned to fear upon her lips. Does he seek fbe retirement of hia chamber, a stout valet de cbambro guards his dooT. Does he attire hdmself for a walk, the ubiquitous Laneur is a-t his side to carry an urnibreila. for fear it may r&in. Ajiy a'ttempt to escape wdU, he knows, be puniabed with exposure, and he cannot thus thTow aw.a<y the last chance of eomse time meeting Agne,? In &hort, so devoted is m;\dame, th&t in all the y('ar.3 tha.t have dragged their slow tor- ture hours along he Ylai not taken a. step or drawn a breath unfeT'ered or nnwatcMd. You ,,rL, nervoue. love." said the countess. fpl&yfnlty tapping his arm with her jewelled fan: "wrbat haiS ha,pp€Bed to yoTi ?" "It is the uffoc.ating sen&a.tion I have feM round my heart so much 0If late," he replied with an en'ort. You Rhould be more careful—you should indeed," the lady sadd with tender concera. The second act be-an; t'he clear, warbling voica of t'he prim,% donn'a< rose am'id. t'he silence of that vaat mult-itude, a-n'd &wel[ed dnto a. pascionate. pleading* w.a,il. that was 1-ike t'he niter-anoo of a soni in the dee'pest a-gonies. With the laet note upon her li-ps, lfue cast 'heT eyea tp,_)w-vrds to t'he box of the Countess BochevHIe. Her sons' coo.sed; the yearning', tender eyes grew dim; f'he stood wiMi oa'tetretdhed a,nns. atiH as if im-ned to stone. The a.,qdience a-ppl'auded; her atti'tude was 'p'srfoc't-ion; t'he tenor, impatient to b-_gin, grow eiQba.rr'aEsed; and Vd'ctor, hda eyes faet- ened upon hers, felt a, deadly fastness creep- ing oveT him. His memory went back to the days he had parsed wiUh Agnes. He aa,w t<he oM orcho.rd wTt'h ils we'a.Tfh of apple-Moe&oms. The 1'igTit g'limmerad before his eyes; he tthons'h't it was the shadow ahimmeTing over the browTi curlE of h's darling a6 t'he wind swept tihe apple boughs a,hove their he-a-ds. The eager ham. of excited voic-e-t c:Mna to 'h'ia dnil ea.rg like the hum of bees on t'he clover Moeac-ms. as they did on the eweet spring day ao long- ag'o. vvfhen in t'he wit<tM browTt eTea he read the soul <:)'f hit< Agne. fn tlha' !on'g, yea.rmng ga,/e Oheir I'O't1Js met; h'e moved his lipo w it'll an inarticul'a'te cry a'nd fett forwa<rd; t'he soul of Victor IjOT'iiiard was out of bondage. They were btmed in one tomb. for t'he oormteea was pe<rsis.teint aind set a<ll oppo&i- 1.'iou a.t d,efianœ. It was meE't and ntt-ia? that it eicnld be t so,' shfO aa.id. acd tihwt waa a.U the exp'lsMnw<- j tion mko wottM eiTe.

KIDNAPPING CHARGE A Dramatic Seque). CAPTAIN HARLAND DROPS DEAD. At Berwick on IVednasda-y Thomas Irring Dugnid and Esther Clucas Quayle were cha.rged on remand with conspiring to take from the oust-ody of Christopher Leyland, of Hag?er3ton Castle, A-melie Mary Chctwynd, ag-p<I thirteen, daughter of the Eon. Richard WaJter and Mrs. C'het.wyrd. C()unsel for the prosecution said that a letter written since the warrant waN issued a.ga.inst the mother of the girls would show that she did not intend to place herself within the jurisdiction c.f the court. Counsel further s<Md that Mr. Leyland could not attend ov.ing to iU-health, and contended that there waa a prima fn<'ie case to go for trial. The housekeeper at the castle, when it was suggested to her to place the children handy for a-bstraction by prisoners, put the Leyland family on their guard, and accused were Arrested. &eorge Harriaon, eoli-ci.tor. Welshpool, a, nephew of Mr. Lcy].and, produced th° order of the High Court giving Mr. Leyland the custody of the two Chetwynd girls. Croæ-examined: Wittiess sadd he was aware that their mother wae very eccentric. She had been ujtdea* restraint for mental illness, but was now p.ùrfœtly fre. As further witnesses were being examined, informa.tion refached the oourt tha.t a gentle- man. suid to be Captain Harla,nd, of New- castle, who had come to Berwick in connec- tion with the caNe, bad dropped dead in a Ioca<I hotel while a.boTit to tal-,esome refresh- menta. The ajocoanoemoBt created a painful censa, tion. Prisoners were rema.n'ded for a week, baal being allowed. I

WELSH HAILWAY SCHEMES. IB-KP.RY COMPANY AND T'HE I I BARRY COMPANY AND THE BRECON AND MERTHYR. RUMOURED BASIS OF AGREEMENT ARRANGED. The proposal of the Barry Railway Com- pany to lea&e the Brecon and Merthyr Rail- way is still a topic discussed with interest a.t the CajdifF Docks. A great deal of speculs, tion is being indulged in as to the terms agreed between the companies. These will probably be kept secret until the proposals are definitely broug-ht before Parliament or, at least, until the Brecon and Merthyr share- holders are aeksd to aanction the scheme. lt wie however, Qn Wednesday that the Barry Company bad agreed to pay the Brecon Company a nxed proportion of the receipts of the line, but, if that proportion did not reach jE50,000 per annum, the Barry Company were to provide euGicient to make up that sum oat of their sha-re of the earn- ings. The net earnings of the line for the ha,If-year ended December 31, 1904, were L22,916, and for the haJf-year ended June, 1905, £2íI,315. m'alunar C43,331 for t'ho last complete twelve months. The directora received Jc:l,000, which. having in futaro to come out of the XWCW, would be added to the net earnings, making .E44,3ol. Thus, if the rumour be true, the Barry Company would have to &dd about ;S5,7(M per annum to the Brecon Company's earnings. This figure might be considerably reduced if the line be worked cheaper by the Barry Company, ae it probably could. In any case, the natural increase in the trade from the new collieries would soon raise the receipts to such a level that the Ba.rry Com- pany would not need to make any addition to the Brecon Company's share. Assuming that the rumour be corre<*t, the JE50,000 would, probably, be apportioned as I follows: JB Rent oha.rg€6, debentcre intereet, Ac. 40,000 Interest on the first preference stock, 4 per cent. per annum. 4,240 Interest on the second preference stock, 2 per &&nt. per o-nnum. 4,100 Leaving for directors' feee, ma-nage- ment expenses, &c. 1,660 50,000 The second preference atMk (JE205.700) would require £8,228 to pay the full 4 per ceo't. per a.nnumi dividend.

RHTMNEY RAILWAY STOCK. SHARP ADVANCE RECORDED IN I VALUES. Dnrmg the past few days Rhymney Bail- way stocks have been in request., and have further sharply advanced, the Undivided on Wednesday rising 21 to 212, and the Deferred 2 to 109. In connection with these advances rnmou.rs w'ere aQoat to the effect that the Rhymmey Company had an arrangement with thB Groot Wegterm, which would mean a considerable increase in the tra.mc handled by the undertaking, a.nd whdch might develop, :f the propoeed joint scheme for tapping the Sirhowy be eaoceeefoj, into closer kinship l>etwe06n the compa.ni&s. The f&ct that the 'Rhymmey Compa.uy -will need to make an Lssue of stock in connection with the new branch railway under construction has alao had Rome influence on the price of the stock. On the tpaBios of the present hajf- year it is probable that the Rhymney Com- pany will not be a.ble to pay a grea.ter dtvi- dend than n per cent., or possibly 6 per cent., per an num. compared wi't-h 81 per cent. for the corresponding period.

LOCAL WILLS. I MB. CHARLES SALISBURY. CARDIPP. I Mr. uc.a.rM3 Ma-hsbury. of 3, Piaaturton- place CardifF, who died on the 26th of (X-to- -d on the 26th of Octo- ber !ast. left <st&te of the groes value of L2,448 lis., iDdudrng JE784 53. Id. in net per- eon&J'ty. Probate.of Me will hp been granted to 'Ma widow, Jtrs. Louisa. SaArisbury, Mr. Henry Tbooiaa Giiling, the other execator aa-med, ha-ving Te&omjoed probate. MR. JAMES DAW, LLANELLY. I Mr. Jam-w Daw, of Goring-rDad, LJa-ncHy mill IIJ,a,'IJ:a.ger to the Llanelly Copper Work, who died on the 17th of Juty last. left estat,, of the gro&s vaJue of £2.2'93 53. & includins .EM17 14H. 7d. in mat. p<TMma.lty. Probate of his wli hao been granted ')/& his chiIdreD—Mr. Ja-mes GUbeTt Daw, engineer, and Miae EmTna. Da,w, both of Goring-road. MR. BENJAMIN FRENCH. MUMBLES. I Mr. Berrji-min French. of Brooklyn-terrate Mumbles, formerly of Jamaes Grove, Pen- na.rd, farmer, who died on the 27th of Octo- ber last. left csta-teof the gross value of .El ]ll 11.0. lid.. including JE983 11s. lid. in net pereon- alty. Probate of his will has been granted to Mrs. Maj-y Jepheon. of 10, Brooklyn- t.erra.ce. Mumbles. MR. HENRY BODYCOMB, LLANSAMLET I Mr. Henry Bodycomb, of the Smith Anns Llansamlet, licensed victualler, who died on the 6th of August last, left estate of the gross value of £1,587 5s., including .ei,3Q5 Zs 6d. in net T)ersomlty. By his wiil he appoint&d aa executors thereof .Mr. Wiiham Hopkins, of Cynfa, Penywera, Neath, pattern- makpr, and Mr. Hanry Bodycomb, of 275, High-street, Cha.tha.m, ehopkeeper. MR. DAVID HUG-HE6. BORTH. Probate of the will of Air. David Hughea of GiMfryn House. Borth, fornMrIyc.f Abbots- ford, Ew€9ley-roa<t. Snn.derIa.Dd, Dnrha-in, who died on the 2nd cf Novpjnber last, has been granted to Mr. Isa,Ic Wa,llia La<iBg, of 47 Jehu-street, Sunderla.od, shipowner, &nd Mr. .Mm Joecph Ebaojn, of 60. John-street, Sun- d€rla,nd, coal exporter. HM-eata.te is Tanned a,t £673 17R. 9d. gr<M8, with net Personalty of JE6.S3 15s. lid. MR. J. R. REES, ABERYSTWYTH I Mr. John Robert Rees, of Aberystwyth. vna-nager of the North and South Wales Bank and treasurer to the Union and Rural District ComicH. who died on the 19th of Sep- tember. 1904. left estate of the gross va.Iue of .E3.014 17s. lid.. including .E2.510 ?. 4d. in nat I pereonatty. Pr&ba.te of his wiU haa been granted to his widow. Mrs. Mary Bee?, of The FcUs, Ca£rgog, Aherystwyth.

MARKSMEN'S PRIZES STOLEN. I At Mounta.in A:<h en Wednesday two lads, Burned Albert G&ngh and George Henry BryaJit, were summoned for s(ea.Hng ftns a.nd fa.ncy articlai, tTja property of Gf'Org Morris, kp4,p.er of a. "Pip,-brea,],inq -a.lam,"I now rc,-3;ding at MountM-M As.b. )11', :J1"Qrris sta.t<*d that a.t elev.e-n o'clock on the Tlight ofil the 13th ilist. a box, conta-mmg fn,ncy goods,, i.n.tended fcyr sucoessfu: "¡;hooter. v.-as broken open in hiH tent. The aitieles mi-!ai'ng were worth &3.—In ordering the lads' parpnte to eaoh pay a. soveKugn, the Stipendia.ry observe tha<t m future he would show no mercy towa-rds such offenders,

CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE. This ftunous Medicine will c!e:)!'ae the Mood from a? impu- I¡'rities from ???hatever c.ane arising A We rem4?dy far Eczonia. Bad ITÁJglI, Scrofula, Blood Poison, Sores of :\II Mnds, BojJ. Erup- tiona. Uloers. Gandulr Swel- '!B?s, tc. Of :LU Stor?, &c. IForty y<M<' MM<M. BeWM< ?  ?'t?tCML

"OATH OF LOYALTY.' EVAN ROBERTS WANTS PURE HEARTS. Mr. Evan Roberta did not attend the after- noon serviœ.3 at Ken6g Hill yesterday, but visited a number of octogenarians con- nected with places of worship in the place. For the evening meeting the doors of the were thrQwn open lt five o'clocl{, and by 6.30 every inch of standing room was occu- pied. The meeting did not end till 11.20. The time previous to the arriva] of Mr. Roberta w.aa spent in the singing of Welsh hymns, and a rousing' address was given by Mr. Paul Grah&m. The Rev. David Evans also tested the meeting before Mr. Roberts arrived. At 7.30 Mr. Roberts and the Bev. T. J. Wil- lia.ma came in. The .revivalist remained in an attitude of prayer for some time, and then acrutimsed t<be congregation. After some hymn-singing Mr. Roberta said they must have silence. Thousa-nds went dadly to destruction amid noise. Many people last year had the Light, bat they were now back again in darkness, and if they loved darkness they would go to eternal destruction. The congregation sa,ng a.t Mr. Ro'berts'6 request 'Lea<d, kindly Laght," and after many prayers someone started the hymn, Maddeua-nt, 0 Ma.dde'u- ant." WTiile this was being sung the Rev. T. R. Williams rose the pitch higher, and it was then repeated very ma/ny times over. Rising at ten minutea past ten, Mr. Roberts sajd the singmg was nagging, and there was somfething wrong. It was no use singing like tha,t. Spea-king very de!iberately, he ea,id:—"I should be ecrry to leave thia buildmg lik-o this. Cannot our spirita be re-kiTadIed?" Ee then asked lor one wave Otf sprayer "For the Sake of the Btood" The Bev. T. J. Williams led the cougre, gatioTi in prayer for a parting blessing. Then came a number of other prayers, and Mr. Roberts said if anyone wanted tc leave the building he should go, go that they could have the doors closed. If they could have nve mhmtes true worship the victory OYpr the enciny would be complete. He a-ppea.)pd for silent prayer. a<nd la-ter for testinMHiies. Severa.I confessions were made. oae by a man who called himself "a afty-nine hoy." Tbej revivalist said a. great burden was already rolling on' his soul. Singing wa.e not the only thing they wanted, but pure hearts. In comchision he asked the congregation to take the oath of loyalty by etajiding on their feet. New Hymn by Evan Roberts Mr. Evan Roberts has written a new hymn, which opens as follows:— 0 Ysbryd Sanctaidd. tyr'd i la.wr I ogoneddu'r lesu mawr; Plyg yr eglwysi wrth Dy draed, A golch y byd mewn Dwyfol waed. Translation by the Rev. David Evana, lier, moB, Bridgend:- 0 Holy Spirit, como from high The Saviour now to glorify; Bend a<U the Churchee at His shrine, And purge the world in blood Divine.

NEW POST-OFFJCE FOR MERTHYR. FORMAL OPENING TO TAKE PLACE TO-DAY. The new post-omce a.t Merthyr is to bo formally opened to-day (Thursday) by the mayor (Alderman Enoch Morrell), and the privilege of posting the Srst letter is to be conferred upon the mayoress. The building is a very handsome structure, situate in John- street, directly opposite the exit of the arrival platform of the Great Western Rail- way Station, and it covera a total area of 8,286 square feet. The plans were prepared by Mr. Oldrieve, of his Majesty's Office of Works, but after the building had been com- menced tha/t gentleman was transferred to Scotland, and the i-iupervision of the work, therefore, haB really devolved upon Mr. J. Rutherford, another architect of the same department. The builders were Messrs. W. Cowlin and Son. of Bri&tol, and Mr. T. R. ¡ Daniel has acted moat emciently as cletri o?i) the works. The total co&t of the premises amounts to something like .E12.000. The front of the buildang to the nrst floor level M of green QuercHA stone, the remainder being of brick, with QuereIIa stone' dressings to the windows, the apex of the facade bearing the BoyaJ Arms. In the basement there is a large room for general stores and a coal cellar, with a nreproof chamber through which all the wires pass into the building. Tlie public omce stands to the left of the main entrance! on the ground noor, there being a private entrance for the stan', and it ie a commo- dious room, 31ft. by 22ft. 6in. and 30ft. in II height. The counter extends along the whole width, and the floor in front is composed of terazzo paving. There is a well-lighted tele- phone box at one end of the counter, and there are seven desks for the writing of tele- grams. An inside letter-box is also provided. Behind this omce is a sorting-room 44ft. by 30ft., with a sorting table at which sixteen men can work, and a ata-mping table 12ft. in length.! There are separate tables for handling par-I cels and newspapers. The chief dork has a small ouice in the room, from which be has a clear survey of the entire apartment, and there is an enclosure for dealing with regia-! tered tetters. Communics-ting with the pubUc office the postmaster is accommodated with a room 19ft. by 15ft. 6in.. with a height of lift. 6in. The ground floor also contains a room for telegraph messengers, retiring-rooms for clerks and postmen, a postal stores-rocm, a bag-room, and a lamp-room, with the usna,! oQices, and a big yard to which entry is obtained from the road by the side of the) Temperance-hall. On the fir--t floor there is i a telephone-room 36ft. by 19ft.. a telegranh instrument-room 19ft. souare, and a ]adiss' retiring-room The second noor has a battery- room 16ft. by 17ft., a.n engineeis' stores-room 13ft. by 20ft., and an instrument and tele- phone Etores-room 27ft. by 10ft. 6in., ajid a linean'ien'6-room 15ft. by l8ft., from which a<ccee3 is given to the telephone ta.nda.J'd nat. The standard is 24it. high. and the top is about 73ft. from the surface of the ground. All the retiring-rooms are ntted with cooking ranges, with ga&-st-C attachments for use in gummer. The premises a.re lighted artifi- cially by electricity, the in&talla-tion having been carried out under the superintendence of Mr. Madge by Messrs E<twarda n.nd Arm- strong. Taken altogether, the new post-omce ia reckoned to be one of the best equipped of itf size in the country—everything being thoroughly up-ti)-d,%tf,-ard Mr. William Phillips, the postmaster, is certainly to be ¡ congratulated upon presiding over such a splendid establishment.

CHILLS AND COLDS. HOW BILE BEAK'S WARD THEM OFF. LONDON WOMAN'S TESTIMONY. No season .is more proliSc of cold ajid chilla thamthe present. The damp, muggy da-ys, the biting winds, and the sharp a.ir soon discover the w€.a.keat part of the- system. If tbe liver is wea-k then follows liver chil]; if the blood is poor the coM. chilla it, and it is unable to nourish the body, which falls a victim to pre,v-,Liling tailmenta. Bite Bea,ns 'wa.rd oS' colds by strengthening the liver a.nd digest'ive organa. How effective they are is seen in the case of Mrs. Mary Ann Popely, of 143, Lots-road. Chelsea., London, S.W. She said: As soon as the cold weather csune. I should be ill. and this would contmue on and off throughout the whole winter. My chest ached, I lost my appetite, co-uJd not take my usual food. a.nd felt wea,k, listless, and dejected. I waa so run down that as soon as influenza began to a-ppeaj', I contra.cte'd it, a.nd. was prostrated for aoTne time. WTien I got over it I remain-ed atdll weak and a.i!ing. a.nd all the ramadies I tried proved useless. I could not get my strength back. One day I read, aJbout Bile Beans. I thought they might uo no good, and tried them. I began with them when I thought I had the usua.1 winter's illness before me. They quickly strengthened me, a.nd I went through the whole winter without ailing once —a. thing I hadn't done for years. I a.m now well and no longer {ear the approach of winter." Bile Bea,na. besides warding on' colds, chills. neuralgia. and innuenza. arc a. permanent cure for biliousness, indigestion, constipati011, piles, anwmia, nerv," femal ilménts, weakness, dizzine,4- rheumatism, pains in the back and side, insomnia. of appetite. congested liver, headache, <!atulen&e, pimples and other eruptions a.nd ailments having a common origin in impaired action of the gtomach and liver. Of all chemists, or post free from the Bile Bean Afanufacturing Co.. Red Cross-street. London. K.C.. on receipt of prices. Is. lid. or 2&. 9d. (2s. 9d. box conta.ins -three times the Is. Hd. size). c95&l

AFTER FOUR YEARS. 11. t' cf Weybridge. writM:—"After I had taken th9 second two 1 felt hctteT than I had done for over four year3. Th p?tin* in my back bw entirely gODO." Hotdroyd's Grsvel I'i?'! ?M & positive Cure far Gr?ct ajid Pains in the B?, Dropsy. Di.ME3 (? ?' 18. lid., .11 Chemist& ?t tie? U ttncp*aOt<DNOYb?B M&P10AL IN. ALL.-CWCkh* ?

FOOTBALL. a !Shop Assistants' Derby r WAR MEMORfAL MATCH AT CARDtFF For some yeai-R pbst a- keen. but none the leas friendly, rivalry has existed betweeTi the young; blood of two of the leading dra}X'ry esta,blishmenta in Cardin', and a.mong shop ass-ista.nts hi. the city the annual match between tho Wharton (Mcs?i-g. Jamea Howtll a.nd Co.) a.nd the Ha.yes (Messrs. Morgan and Co.) is regarded as the sporting evt'nt of the season. This year the riva.1 clubs agreed to play the match for tho benefit of the Welsh Na.t'ouia.1 War Memoria'I, both teams tum'ing out. a.t full etre-Dgth on the Cardiff Anns PzirIK on Wednesday before a-n cntbusiaetic and dniioastra-tive crowd of supporters. The w-ea.ther, fortunately, wa-s nne, and the ground in ca.pita.1 order. Mr. Gwyn Nicholla OfFi,ei,a,t,ed as referee. The teams were:— Hayes: Ba-ck. Pa,w!ey; three-qua.rter backs, Fowler Edwards. RIliott. a.nd Jenreys; half- backs. Howells amd Jessop; forva-i-& Anthony (<;a,p.ta.in), Jennings, Da.lton, East, Duntston, Hi,U-ior, Lewis, and De.n.t. Wha.rtona: Rack. Burns; three-quarter bmlis, Miiler, Morton. Irwin, and Morley; ha,lf-ba,cks, George and Walters; forwards, F&nn, Scale, Owen, F. Howell (ca-ptain), Beaty, Miles. Tewy. amd Lambert. 'L'he Wha,rtons pla.yfd from the W€?t§'a.t&- strcet emd in the first half, and were the f'r,t to aseu-Qie tho a,ggressive, one of their tbree-qua,rt&rs only just failing to neld the baH Ctn. the run when he had a c!ea.'r oourpe for the line. The Ha.ye3 defended ga.Ilant)y for a. while, and subsequently ca.rried play to the Wha-rt<ms' quarter, and the ball being kicked over the line. the IV-harto-ne, conceded a mipor. For the next ten minutes play ruled in :mid-I,ield, the two tea.n)e being so evenly matched tha-t neither could claim any apprt"- ciahle advantage. Both sides put a.ny ajnount of vigour into their play. the tackling being ix%rtic,ulaTlY keen, a.nd showing' the men to be w<-n tra-ined. The Whartons a.tta,cked with determination, and ono of the fcrwa.rds. with a strong run, all but got through. Slow parsing, when a nne chance presented itself, aKa-in lost the Wltartons a certa-in try. Wlien the interval arrived nothing had been scored, Half-time score. G. T. P'ts. WhartonR o 0 0 Hay<es o 0 0 In the opening stages of the second ha.lf the Ha.yes were on His aggressive, and tried ha.Td to dra.w first blood. Their attack, how- ever, was repulsed, and the Whartons. who were the bigger a.nd heavier lot, took up an attacking position. Irwin had a, greAt chance ot crossing after niakuig a. cleaj* opening, but, instead of going <straAght for the line, he punted Hito touch. The Wha.rtons kept up the pressure. a.ud Miles, picking up in a scramble Doear the line', forced his way over in the comer with an unconverted try. This pra.ct4ca.IIy decided the ist,ue. the Wha.rtone places' with more energy and vim than ever, while the Hakes' men bc.tra,yed signs of Play I\a,; scra.ppv a.nd uninteresting from this point to the nni&h. a.nd the WTiaj-- to.us keeping up a contiimous pressure. Jack t-k'a.!e forced his wa.y over in the corner, with a- second try. Miles also scored just before the end t F'ina.l e&ore. G. T. P'te. Whartons o g t, Hayes 0 0 0 COMMENTS. 1M sa-me was evenly comteeted up to the po.mt of the Wha-rtons' first try, and then the Hayes s'eemed to lose heart ,ánd allowed therr li.no to be crossed twice a.f'berwan'ds, Miles soormg two tries and ScaJe one. Cha-nces were thj?wn away by bot.h tea,ms. tl? b?C ha;ndimg ra.th€r poorly amd looking pax;e. StiU. it was a keen, vigorous game, and on the run of the p'ay the Whartons well de-served their victory. WEST OF SCOTLAND V. NEW ZEALAND. Played a/t Glasgow on Wednesday in I very dun weather. Rain ha,d fallen he.a,vily. lue g-ruund wa.s in very bad condition after the tha/w. No change took place in the Glas- gow team. No fewer than six alterations were recorded in the New Zealand combina- tiou, GaUa.her, the captain, had to remain out, because of a, recent injury. The a.tten- danoo was rather di-7,ap-poiiting, about 5,000 being present. The Scots kicked oS shajp to time. Aft'er the exchanges, of which New Zealand had much th€< better, they put on g,,rea,t pressure in the home comer, and M'Gregor got OTpr. Wa.tla,ce failing with tJie plaoe. Fiftoen minutes la.tQrMynottpa.ssad to 6inith, who i'a.n in behind the post. Wallace easily converted. Though the vLsitors con- tinued to maintAm a. heavy pressure, they were held in check. HaJf-time score. G. T. P'ta. I New Zeala,nd 1 1 8 Westuf Scotland. 0 0 0 lInm<E'díately after crÍ'ng over a  m.a.g'e w?s'. formed close on the home line, and Roberts secured a. try for the CoioniaJs. Wa?Hacc's eifort wa? good, but he fait?d to improve. The Co'l<Miia<Is co.ntin.ued to press a.Bd the Scots back great diBicuity in &e€ping' them out. After twenty minutes' play, M'Gregor ra.n over far out. Wa.Ilace, against tho wind. failed a.ga.in to bring out the ma-jor points. T!he Colonials ctiU had the better of it. Five .minutes later Mynott secured a. try. plamtins the ball right behind the posta. and Wallace had no ditneulty in converting it into a, goa.1. This was followed by another try in the eavne corner by Seeling—too far out for Wallace to impTove. The Colonials pressed till the close. -r,inat score, (j. T. r ta. New Zealand. 2 4 22 Westof Scotland 0 0 0 ,0 SPECIAL COMMENTS. from their second amd la.8t ma<tch in Scot- land the New Zealanders left an exceedmngly poor impression, and although they scored a wide victory, the team opposed to them was an one, lacki-ng in the very e&<>en- ti,a.I of weight forward. In pure, genuine footba<ll, however, the Scotsmen were supe- rior. Playing the right game, Ireland and Wal-aa a.re quite equal to overthrowing the tea-Tn, which on Wednesday nigint left for Bel- fast. The passing of the New Zea,lajQd haebs wa.5 wild and erratic. At dribbling omd a.H- round footwork thcdr forwards were poor, but th.3 fine training of the men and the cpri-n'ters they have with them did what was necessary. Playing with a. gale of wind and rafhi in the Urst half, they only scored twice, but the ta.Ie came in at the lat with their better train- ing. The tactics of the New Zealanders ruised time upon time load and emphatic pro- tests from tho crowd, the unusual sound for a) Scottish Rugby encounter of booing and hissing beinc' raiFCd at intervals during the game, and the warning the referee adininis- tered to one Colonial ma-de it clear that there wa.9 ground for the spectators' wrath. The gufmc was not a. good one to watch. The Scotch team was not strong, but they played the purer footba.U. ashing 8priTjts by the CoIoT'ia,! habits being their fea-ture. We a.wadt with keen a-ntioipation the effect of the rushes of an Irish forwa.rd line eqna.1 in weight to the New Zealand pack. and whoac Dative "devil." warned beforehand, will stamd nothing of tactics ha.ppily foreigTi to oar British game. INTERNATIONAL TRIAL. WEST OF ENGLAND V. REST OF SOUTH. This intcrnMiona,! Rugby trio.] took place at Bristol on Wednesday. On tho West side Jago (Devon) took Woode's p.la<se o,t hn.tf. aDd Kyrke (Somerset) wais substituted for Victory. The Westerners op€'n<*d the a-ttack in s"ainbl- inZ pLa,y, doing we)! in the forward mehes, and, 4?,itliou?-,ti two or t h T' although two. or three p:.s,ing movements were thwarted by Bma.rt tackling, at the end of ilfteen minutes Hudson made an opening for J,a--o. who booked a. try for the Wes- terners, Milton placing a goal. In the second quarter pla.y continued in favour of the West, who ben e8 fed a'reat]y from rashes led by the Devonia-ne, besides having an aidvaTit<age at ha.lf. Jago made two clever opemngs for Shewring, who on ea-ch occaaifT-Ti tried to Cllt through a.t the centra, but Sarndford's tackling wa. ,e. ToT/a-rds the end of the first ha,!f Kvrke (Somerset) retired mjureoL acd the South pres&ed. EapJtacI almost scoring twice. IL-tlf-time ecore. G. T. P'ts. West of Englaiid '1 0 0 Rest. of South 0 0 0 Tho second hoif opened with smart vork b!- the South, Hind nguring prominently for both sprinting and tackling powers. In mid- 'B<'Id. Ra.ph:ael fielded (..tevcrly, and, after t3printing up to the Western back, he Theatly a transfer to Hind, WQ in un- opposed, scor-ing betweeQ the posts. Ffa.m- side c<m\frtcd. The Westerners next took up the a.t,ta<Jk, aln QJ}elling ( .oiLuirtg to Iewis on the wing. but he handled ba.dly when he had a. clear run dn. The I&to!' stages of the g'a.jne went in favour of the South. and Hea.rson.. &n<Hng a/n opening on the right win?, circled round, and scored in a, good position, Fea-rn- side placing a. goal. After this the West rallied in good style, and from a scram jago received from Gent. and dodged through, but J'ackett was unable to convert the try, whi&h would ha.ve equa.lised the points. Final score. U. T.PtB. Rest of South 2 0 1C W€6t of England. I 1 S LLANDOVERY COLLEGE V. DR. W. G. WILLIAMS'S TEAM. The&e te.a.ms met at Llandovery on Wcdnee- da.y a.fternoon. the visitors includmg R. T. Ga40, Ha.rry Wa-tkins. and J. Auc-kiajid (LIa.u- elly). The homffitem played with the wind in the nrat ha;lf. Dr. WiHia.ms kicked oC. Parry ma.kmg a. good return into touch. A boiit of pa;ssing amongst the College backs ended in R. I. Reps so&ring a, g<od try, which Ix)'ughor Rtoha.rds converted. On the re-ta!'t, the visi- tors pressed for soTDe time, hut nnaily the Colli:alls wrø D. J. Pa.rry croesed with a-n uDoonverte,d try. Ga.hf was pubsequently prominent with a, nne run, a.Ttd bea.t all opposition. The try waa n.&t iiiiT-)rcyvc-d upon. 0:i th? re-piny the Ca.r- din'ta.ns were penalised and Loughor Richards kicked a penalty goal. Half-time score. G. T. P'ta. I,la.Ti.dovRry GolJ",ge *2 1 11 Dr. 0 1 3 One pena-t'Ly. Pritchard resèlmot'd. JDnes returning finely.. Frorn. the eiistiiii7, c-crum Trevor D&viag get! over from a. g'ood pa.s from 'M. H. Niohcit;, Ga.bp co'nvortpd. Edgar Evans wa., soon a,ft<r-' wanls almo:;t ov<?r, twiia7, gra.s:sed n.p,ar -h li.n< The OoUpKe fo-r?-a.-rds relieved, b])t, Nich()Jg again handied and donb!d bcatt- fnHy and t,ra,n"fE"l'T:'od nea.r the line to Wil- liams, who reored. Thi6 int was imprOovoo up;Hi by Gabe. Tho Cot)agia.Ms th?Ti pla-ycd vig&rousty and a.ddit.Mna'1 trifn w<ro sc,(-).md hv D. -1 Pa-rry a.nd Pritc'h&Td, b<yth of-which Louehor ltiohltlrdA ma-joriMd. ENeM' EwMta .amd AtMkb.nd eMbgaqueutlZ soompt Ziomw v&rtpd tries for the a,nd tbc, game {"J]{:J¡>d in a, win f<j(r iLe L.la,Hdc'veria.D.s by two I point. Final score. G. T.P'ts. I T,Ian,dc),Yery *4 1.21 Dr.Wili:<t,m6'6Fiit,e&n.2 3 19 'Unepona.Lty. I I YORKSHIRE BE-PLAYED CUP TIE. ) Runlet, 14 points; Hull Kingston Rovers. 5 iwints. Leig-h, 6 points; Widne;s. 2 points. Leeds University. 6 }X)ints; M<3.nchoester Uni- vergity. ni). LL.ANELLY V. 1,FT (,F 1, T P, P -I For this match at Leicegior on Sa.turda.v LIancHy wHI play the following team :-Back. A. Mn-son; t<hree-quartpr b.a,('lŒ. D. M. Davies. W. E. Dia,via6. Paddi-'on. and Griff. Rowe: half-bacli,s. D. J. Rc<'s and Di6k Thomas; for- wo-r(is, J. AuckJand <oa.ptain). H. V. Watkins. D. Wa.lt'ers. Tom Evans. W. Roberts. H. Cole. J. John. and D. Lon;?.

TOM REASON'S SUSPENSION To the JM.ift.or of the EvfULing' ExpreaB." &ir,—A.u la--it week'a -meeting of the Welsh Rugby F&ot.baH. Union it was decided to suspend Tom Re'aeon. the clever Ne:tlh for- ward, for -uhr,e months for kickimg a, I)Iay2r, whdch tha-t player e.mphfa.td.caMy dei),i4ec,. To tho.&e who know Reason it eouTids iQoiistrous, b&ca.uap. withc-ut a d&ubt,, h-e 'is the Eioat gtMi'tl-ema-nly forward that h'as ever Teprs- &nte(i Nea-th. Why did jiot -the Welsh Foat- ba.H. Union ha-Ye the p'layer up before them to gLve a'a expis.Tia.ticm? I cam say, without ajiy douht 'i:n my miMd, if Re't'n was [pJa.ying for Swa.nse'a,. Caj'difF, or Newport, Ms suapenaion. would onjy be a. we<'k or <õO; out as he is from oiLc of the sma.tl club.3. he 'has got to e'uB:'er. It is no wonder payers go to the Na'Ptherni P'n.ion whe,i, they a.re treated ,a.<; Bciason h,as boen. Nea:tih hao never had fa,i!rpJ:a.y Wttt.h the Welsh Foot,ha,ll U.n.ioo.. a.'n'd if .there is a. good player there the highest h)0'nouT [be cam expeot. io to ¡p.1ar for hÜs town. I TIsiolliJ of Nea.t;¡¡'s S.rtM.t forv.arda, Cha,rHe Powe111, and Joe Da.vLea. amd the hoTiouirs tfhey have ha;d from tiLe WeLsh FooftbarU Untitm.—I aon, Ac.. JUSTICE. { -————————————— )

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ATHLETICS I \MR. CHARLES HERBERT INJURED. I Mr. Charles Jlernert, who haa held the position of hon. secretary to the Ain.a<tenr Athletic Association for the past twenty-two year's, met with 3J eerious accident o(ti Tuesday night. He fell down the steps of a-n onmti- bu.s. and had to be taken to St. Thomas' Hospital, where he stiU lies, suffering from a severe wound on the bead. The conductor. whom Mr. Herbert struck in his fa,II, was also injured, and ie attending the liospita.1 .as an oct-paAdent.

GOLF. I GOLF LINKS FOR ABERYSTWYTH. Aberystwyth has long suffered for the wajit of a golf course. and at a meeting of the town council Mr. T. J. Samuel moved tha.t a, comi- Tnittee be formed to make arrangement.9 to provide proper and suitable links.—Mr. Fred Morgaja seconded the proposition, which waa un,o,n-imously ca.rrie'd.—A committee, consist' ing of members of the council and prominent local golfers, was formed to dra/w up and present a scheme to the council.

CRICKET. I VISIT OF THE WEST INDIANS. I The Sportsman'' is in a position to oi&ciaJly state that thrc?-da.y matches oi the West Indian crickeh team against nrst-cl'aas sides next eeason will rank as first-claas.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AT I LLANDOVERY. ALLEGED REMARltABLE ROBBERY I OFB150. At LiMtdovery on Wednesday David Thomas, labourer, and David Henry Frost. labourer, were charged with stealing, between the 6th and 12th of November inst., the sum of ;E150, the moneys of Wil- liam Grif&ths, a ta-ilor, residing in Crosa- street, Llandovery. Mr. Bhys W. Price, soli- citor, Llandovery, appea.red for the prosecu- tion, whilst the prisoners were represented by Mr. T. PbUlips, solicitor, Lla.ndo\'ery. I William Grimths, the proBecu'tor, deposed tha<t he was a tailor, residing in Croos. street. His mother died a short while a.go, leaving him all she possessed, as he was the only one of the family alive. She died three we&ks laat Saturday morning, and lived with him at the time. His mother left him jE218. The money was all in gold, and was kep't in a chest of drawers in the kitchen of his house. He remembered Thurs- day night, the 9th inst. His wife was then ill, but the priaonerg were in his company. They came with him to his house after closing time. He asked prisoners to come to bed, and prisoner Frost went. Prisoner Thomas said he preferred sleeping down in the chair. He tried to persuade him other- wise, but Thomas would not go to bed. Wit- ness then went to bed, leaving Thomaa downstairs in the arm-chair by the fire in the kitchen. The following morning, when witness got up, about nine o'clock, he found that both the prisoners had gone out of the house. Witness discovered his loss on the following Sunday night. When he saw the mon-ey last there was in the drawer £15(). He informed the police. Georgina Lant, a domestic servant at the Wheat Sheaf Inn, Mandovery, deposed that she remembered Saturday might, the llth inat. She was proceeding at about ten p.m. to her mother's house, and hoard glass dropping a.t the back of the prosecutor's house. Ste looked into the paasa-ge, and saw the prisoners pushing up the back WMn- dow of Mr. Grimthe's house. The Bench remanded prisoners in custody until Saturday next.

TAIBACH BOY'S FIND. FINGERS BLOWN OFF BY LEE- METFORD CARTRIDGE. AtbeTt Edward Aston, aged eleven, of 20, Brook-street, Taibach, whilst playing near the Margam DriH-ha.11, picked up what he thougTit to be a, large pencil, but what in reaJity was an unexploded Lee-Metford rifle cn,,rtridg,e. In the evening Aston and other Jads were playing, when one suggested that t)hey should try to molt the cartridge with fna.t<c&<!s, with the result that it exp!od'ed. Aston, who held the cartridge in his left hand, had the top of his tdtmm<b and third finger blown cl-aan on', and al&o had a out over the left eye. A brother named Tom ha<d a scratch on the face and hand. Dr. J. H. Da-vies attended to the injuries.

NEWPORT ARCHITECT'S LOSSES. I The first meeting of creditors to the estate of Robert Farror Lawrence, architect and surveyor, of 110. Stow Hilf, and 26, Dock- street. was hold o!i Wednesday at the offices of the Newport Official Receiver. The debtor had been in partnership with his father (Mr. Benjamin Lawrence) since 1896, but this was dissolved on the 7th inst. The principal cause of failure was an outride speculation in erecting three villas in Dewa. land Park, near Belle Vue Park, known aa Ivydene, Raleigh, a.nd Oakdene, on which when sold a losa of over ;E600 wa.g ma.Ie. The gr,-)-s liabilities are JE1,814 17s. 3d., of which .E738 14s. Id., due to 24 creditors, is unsecured. There were no assets. The residence, 110, Stow Kill. was purchased by the father of debtor's wife and presented to her, and the furniture and life policy were settled on her a.t marriage in 1897. The g'tiarautor to the b&nk (for an advance of JE1.000 on two of the villas) was unsecured to the extent of .8365 8s. 9d., and this sum was included in the un. secured liabilities. No resolutions were adopted, and tJje OSicLal Receiver remains trustee.

"SERGEANT BRUE" COMING TO I CARDIFF. I Next week the musica.1 comedy Sergeant Brue" wiH commence a week's engagement a.t the Cardiff Theatre Royal. The book M by Owen HaU. author of "The Geisha." "The Cir) from Kay's," "FIorodora," Ac.. and is brimtui of fun and good things. The charming- music is by ".ad<a.me Liz& Leib- man, a.nd th's s<'ore has maviy delightful nnmbprs, written in M",tnie LchTium's very best style. The comp.a/ny coming to Cardiff with "Serpeant Bruc" is certainty one of the strongest that ha« visited the city in muaicut oomedy, a.nd idklud-es Miss Simett-a. M-arsden. who wi)l be remembered for her cJever pertormanc? in the titi? role in The Cirl from Ka,y's and in Ptorodora," ajtd is a host in herself. Mr. C'&cit Burt,alwa,ya a great favourite in Cardin', will appeaj as Dot Snifnuns," the corputcnt father of "Cora, Antique." My. Prank Reynolds.amd Mr. GeorgE5 Barrett, jua.. aje excoUent come- d:aj!B, Mlit If-im Ethel Nawma,n is a oharm- h\ qvM l&. matiooe on the

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SKITTLES. A match between, the Bate Docks Skittle Club ajid the Royal Albert Skittle Club was pta.yed a-t the Mount Stuart Hotel on Wed- .ncsday evenins. 8coTes:—Bute Docks Club, 454; Boya.! Albert Club, 597. The top scorers for the winners were S. Ba.nRll and W. Rogers.

WRESTLING. A wrest] mg maAch has been' cbrr,%nged be;twen Bert Wickha.m, cha'mpio'n of WaJ.es, a'nd P. Murray, of the M'idla.nds. for a. sta-he of £40. The c<mtest -wiH take pta« shortly, either in W&les or the Midlajida.

BILLIARDS. I Reece. 5.751; Roberts. 3.Z49. J Dig?le. 4,629; Dawson, 3,760. Diggle, 4e ?751; SteveuoDn,-3,3W. I '[nm«m, 5,751; StevenaoB, 3,380. L? ?

BARRY BANK-NOTES CASE. At Penarth on Wednesda-y Fanny Dt <ia.n, of Oadoxton, was ciha.re'ed with steal; two .€5 notea from the per::on of Angc %rello, a se.a,man, and Ma,ria. O'Keefe, of Bea<tric€-roa;d, Cadoxtoin, was charged wi receivlng one of the notes on the 20th in Police-constable R., Beedlle. (375) having pro\ Tine caBe,.Do,tli prieonefa pleaded guil, a. were remanded till Monday. Printed by tL Western Man Limited, z pubUehed fy them (tt their omoM, St. Mary-street, the City of Cardiff; Castle BaUey-street, Swajts Glebela-,ld-s-reet, Merthyr Tydai: at the shop of Williams. Bridgezid-all in the county of inorgv,n; &t their of&cM, 22, High-street, Newport the shop of Mr. J; P. Caffrey. Monmouth—both in county of at the shop of Mr. DB. John, Ll, in the county of Caxmarthen; at their OTICE The Bremn, in the em I' TTURSDAY, NOVEMBEE 23. UM.