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I HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. FOXHOUNDS. MR. SEYMOUR ALLEN'S. Friday, Feb. 23, Amroth 11. 0 ft-tu MR. CURRE'S. Friday, Feb. 23, Model Farm 11. 0 ain, CARMARTHENSHIRE. Friday, Feb. 23. Green 11. 0 Tuesday, Feb. 27, Penyooed .— 11. 0 ajn. Friday, March 2, Isooed Cross Roads. 11. 0 a.m. GLAMORGAN. Friday. Feb. 23, Porthkerry Lodge. 11. 0 a..m. LLANGIBBY. Friday, Feb. 23, Oateash U. 0 a..m. LLANGEINOR. Friday, Feb. 23, Werntarw 10.30 a-m. PEMBROKESHIRE. Monday, Feb. 26, Fernhill 10.45 ain. Thursday, March 1. Llawhaden 10.45 a-m. PANTGLAS. Friday, Feb. 23, Glanmorlais Cross Roads 10.45 ft UV4 Monday, Feb. 26, Golden Grove Station Thursday. March 1, White Mill YSTRAD AND PENTYRCH. Friday, Feb. 23, Black Cock. 1L. 0 a.ra. HARRIERS. BRFCONSHIRE. Saturday, Feb. 24, Upper Chapel. 10.45 ajn, CRICKHOWELL. Saturday, Feb. 24, Owmmawr 11. 0 a.IQ¡ Tuesday, Feb. 27, Hill Gate 11. 0 a.m. Saturday, March 3, Kennels (to close the season) 11. 0 ajn, Mrs. PRYSE RICE'S. Saturday, Feb. 24. Second Milestone, Llandovery and Llanwrtyd Road 11. 0 a..m" .Tuesday, Feb. Z7, Llansawel 11.30 a .TIL. Saturday, March 3, Fourth Milestone, Llandovery and Brecon Road 11. 0 a..ÐJ.

} FOOTBALL DISBANDMENT OF THE ABERDARE CLUB. At a meeting of the Rhymney VaJJey Foofc. ball League at Hengoed on Wednesday, Mr. J. James in the chair, a letter was read from Aberdore intimating the disbancawano of the team. Mr. J. Lewis (Trehorrisi pointed out that, having regard to the fixture list of Aber- daire, he could not understand this move. He gadd that if Treharria Pad not "beaten them in the Welsh Cup tie they won¡d still be going on. The further consideration of the letter was deferred, pending the investigation about to be made by the South Wales League ae to the causes. Transfers were granted to W. H. Picken, from LLanbradach to Trefiarris; Percy Gold, ing, Newport to Llanbradach, '&c.

i MONMOUTHSHIRE v. GLAMORGAN, CAEIDIFF ARMS PARK, NEXT MONDAY. KICK-OFF AR O'CLOCK. Cheap Tickets to Cardiff this day from al Great Western, Taff Vale, and Rhymnej Railway Stations. el981 Printed by the Proprietor*. Western Mall Limited. &ad I' published by them at their offices, St. Mary-street, in the City of Cardiff; Castle Bailey-street, Swansea; Glebeland-street, Merthyr TydTil; at the shop of l'dt. i Wesley Williams. Bridgend-aa in the county of Gla. morgan; at their offices, 22, Hiph-etreet, Newport; aft l the shop of Mr. J. P. Caffrey, Monmouth-both in thr coanty of Monmouth; at the shop of Mr. Davii £ Joha. Llanelly, in the oouaty of Carmarthen; an4 at their offices. The Bulwark, Brecon, in the oomq of Brecknock. J THTJBFIDAX, IMMUAM 2^4906.

FOR WOMEN FOLK. HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY I DISHES. To polish alabaster firet rub with pnmioe stone and then with a paste made up of whiting, eoap. and milk. Rub with French chalk or putty powder until the required polish is produced. Stained marble can be cles-ned if a paste made of a little unslaked lime and strong soap be thickly applied. It should remain a day. and be washed off and applied again till the stains disappear. Walnut and mahogany ftablas marked by hot dishes or scratched can be restored by a, little cold-drawn, linseed oiL Pour on wood and rub in well with linen rag, chang- ing rag until oil has soaked into and the table is quite dry. The best way to use up dressmakers' cut- tings is to cut them into pieces two inches long and one inch wide. Point the ends, then stitch them on a piece of packing oa.nva.a with the sewing machine. They make excellent rugs for bedrooms. Line the back of rugs to save the stitches from giving way. Hard Water Made Soft. I Ddfleolve in a gallon, of boiling water lilb. washing soda and jib. borax. For washing clothes a. quarter of a cup of this to every gallon of water. German Lentil Soup. Soald ilb. lentils in boiling wateT, drain, put on with quantity of boiling water required. Fry some onions, celery, tomatoes in butter till brown, and add. Simmer two hours. A Little creatm may be added if liked. Chocolate Caramels I Bail slowly. together one pound of brown. sugar, one-half cupful of molaswes, one- fourth of a pound of grated chocolate, one- half cupful of cream, ajid one tablespoonful of butter until it is like thick mola&see. Take Erom the fixe, add one t-eabpoonful of vanilla Mid pour into buttered pans. Economical Joints for Two People. Get 31b. cur 41b. of brisket of beef, tie round with tape to keep in good shape, brown it, aither in the oven or in front of fire, pour boiling water over, enough to cover, and stew alowly (be sure it does not boil fast) for two and a. half or three hours, according to size. Add onions, carrote, and turnips, a. little parsley, a tiny bunch of sweet herbs; also, if liked, a few whole allspice, not too many. If the bones are taken out, and the meat pressed between two dishes, with a weight on top, it is nicer for eating cold. The liquor can be made into soup. Get email half-leg of mutton (fillet end), take oat bones, and fill space wiLxi veal stup- iag, skewer and tie into shape. Boast in the usual way, basting it well, and chop the bones up, put in saucepan with a little water, and mixed vegetable, to flavour for gravy. This should be done early, as the longer the bones stew the better. Chapped Hands. It ia a fact that some textures of skin chap more easily than others, but no one is wholly exempt from this bothersome ailment at the present season of the year. The most important act of prevention is to dry the hands thoroughly. They cannot, be dried thoroughly unless they are dried slowly, and this is where the trouble is met. People who take all the time necessary for waishing the hands will often hurry through the drying. -This mesons that the pores reta-in the moisture. and the cold stiffens it into the skin. The hands should be pressed gently with the towel, not carelessly rubbed, and dried evecily over ail the surface. Another precaution is to eee that the hands are entirely gloved before going out of doors. A. minute's exposure, if the haillds are sensi- tive, will result, in chapping; yet, many peopLe habitually wait until they are out of doors before drawing on their gloves. If gloves are worn at all t.hey should be worn every day during the winner. It is very eaay on a. warmer day to catch up a. muff and thrust the hands into it. ungloved, but they are bound to be withdrawn, and the chapped skin follows their exposure. Extremes of hat and cold water should be avoided in washing the hands. The quality of the soap has something to do wi th it, too, amd the rinsing should remove every trace of soap from the skin. In the matter of lotions, there a.re any number for selection. If one has nothing else, vaseline may always be used. Glyceriice mingled with rose water to alleviate smarting is am established remedy. Various bottles are offered at the chemist s, and are more or less efficacious with different pernors. A thin honey-Like liqu-id solution of almond cream is extreme ly delightful and an unfailing remedy. With all lotions it is not the quantity applied, but the thoroughness with which it is rubbed into the skin. Old gloves are some- times worn upon the hands a.t night, but sufficient massage ith the liquid will remove amy real necessity for them

Passing Pleasantries. Jenkinson: That's not the same motor-car foa had last spring, is it? Wilkinson: Well, three bits of it are the lame. Actor: I wonder what I can do to have a crowded house at my benefit? His Friend: Suppose you invite aN your creditors ? Sapleigh: Is it-aw-weally true that your Father speaks highly of me? Mies Uppson: Yes-when he wants to make ma.mma. really angry. *PPRRCTATTON\ "What is Smithers so a.mused over? Has jomeone been telling him a good yarn?" "No." was the reply; "Smithers told the yarn himself!" KYEW NOTHING. OF COURSE. An Englishman cam-e "to inew iork w make some investments," said Governor Folk, of Missouri. "Be got the annual reports of all the biggest financial institutions in the land. These reporta were very favourable. All the Englishman now needed was a little personal testimony. Accordingly, he sought out a. man prominent in public life. I think of investing,' he said, 'in the Sure Thing Company. You are connected with it. aren't yon?' 'I a.m: the publio man replied. Will you kindly tell me- then,' said the Briton, something about the financial itanding of the concern?' "Really. I'm afraid I can't. You see," the public man explained, I'm only one of the

STORY FOR TO-DAY. 1 Jack's Sweetheart. I Aunt, you must listen to me!" the proud head is thrown back and the blue eyes flashing like sapphires in the sun. I will not marry Mr. Chester. I despise him! You know well that if he had no money you would never admit him to your house! Oh, Aunt, I never even dreamed you were so mercenary." "I am not-for myself. It is for you, child—it is your future I am thinking of. I must die some time, and you know the con- ditions of my husband's will make it impos- sible for me to leave you one penny. Could you bear poverty after enjoying all the plea- sures which wealth can give? Ah, child, it is a hard, bitter opponent to battle with when one is so young and lovely as you are! "I have a profession, Aunt; I shall not starve, and even if I had no way of earning my bread, I would not marry a man whom I detest for his money." Perhaps you a.nd Jack Dungraven have resolved to try poverty together," suggests Mr.s. Thornton. There is the faintest suspicion of a sntaer on the handsome mouth, but she is too well bred to allow it to become anything more tha.n a suggestion. "Poverty with the man I love will be happiness compared with a blighted life. Aunt, do you believe in mercenary mar- riages?" Why not? I married the man my parents chose for me; a man they knew could give me everything my heart desired, and as whose wife I would be a queen in society?" Were you happy?" The handsome brows contracted a little. Yes, child; what an absurd question." "Ah, Aunt, I don't believe it! You were not as happy as you could have been. Do you really think that I would be happy as Mr. Chester's wife? Let your heart speak." But the inscrutable mask is on her Aunt's face again; that instant's agony is over. She had cast off the young lover who had her love for the wealthy suitor. Well, the world is no wiser. "Why should you not?" she says. "You would be mad to reject him, Beth. He can give you every luxury—more even than I can. He is old, true; but that is nothing. He would exchange his wealth for your youth and beauty. You could do no better. Even I, with all my ambition, would be satisfied with such a marriage. You have done brilliantly, exceeded my hopes. But you must forget Jack; he is poor—he could' never make yon happy." Is wealth, luxury, pleasure all one must live for? Is love to have no place in one's life at all? cried Beth. Mrs. Thornton shrugged her beautiful shoulders. When one is young one's heart is apt to take the lead in one's life," she says. "You are young, what is to be expected? Mr. Chester will be here this evening; see that he receives the answer he should." With this she sweeps gracefully*" away, throwing a. significant smile at her niece as she closes the door. Ah, Jack," says Beth Buseell, softly, I will be true to you till death—through poverty, through everything! You doubt my love now, but some day I will prove to you how even a society girl can love!" It has been bitterly cold all day, and for the first time perhaps in many weeks the street corners are deserted. A warm house and a warmer fire are every stray pedes- trian's goaJ. And now, just at dusk, as the lights are just peeping through the gathering giloom, a fine, cutting snow begins to fall. The usual crowd at the little station is dispersing; the bustle and excitement caused by the arrival of the through pas- senger train has subsided, and the operator is left once more to herself. She closes her key with a little snap, goes up to the blazing fire in the huge, ugly stove, and holds out her slender bazzda to its warm radiance. The petted darling of a wealthy home and innumerable friends in a wramon serge gown! She laughs softly and rubs one ha.nd up and down the sleeve of her dress. I wonder what Mr. Chester would say were be to see me now! Ah, poor aunt, I wiah you could have livedt But perhaps it is best as it is; and I am glad-glad you could not leave me one dollar! Poor, proud Jack! When he hears that I-L the supposed heiress, am poor,. even poorer than he is, will he come to me—then?" The door opens and slams, letting in a cold gust of rain, wind, and snow. A;h, Lenn, is that you?" she says brightly, as a young giant of a fellow come towards her, shaking the snow from his clothing like a great dcg. How could you remember me on a u-ight like this? And no ovrcmtp" the exclaims. "Why, you will freeze!" His handsome face lights up with a smile that displays a dazzling row of teeth. Perhaps I stepped in to get warm," he says roguiBbly," and not to see you at all. Why. it was only yesterday that I saw you!" Then the brightness died out of his face, and some of the youthfulness goee with it. Ah, what an eternity that has seemed to me," he says, his eyes dark with earnestness. Every minute spent away from you is a blank. I never knew what it was to count the minutes before you came. I never had this restlessness before, but with you I am calm: you quiet me; juat one glance from your eyes-th,at is enough." She lays one soft little hiamd on his power- ful brown one. "Poor Lenn!" she eay^ softly, "I am sorry." He tarns away and draws his hand across his eyes, then smiles at her in almost his usual light-hearted fashion. By the way," he says, I am afraid the bridge across the river just below here will not hold Eight Hundred and Two to-night if it is as loaded as usual. Well, I'm off; I may be back this way in an hour to help you keep away the cold." He buttons his coa.t around his throat and draws his fur ca.p over his eyes; at the door he looks back and hesitates. I feel strangely reluctant to leave you here alone," he says wistfully. Wliy, what could harm me?" Nothing in all Trenton that I know of- but-would you like me to stay with you?" How good you are I" 6he says. But do J j you think I would allow you to go without your supper in order that you may protect me from unseen peril?" She laughs merrily. No, Lenn, I am as safe as if-as if—well, nothing can happen to me. at all events. So go with a clear conscience." And this time be goes and does not look back. She shivers a. little as she remembers what he had said about the bridge. What a sud- den Chill of terror his words had struck to her heart. "The bridge will not hold Eight Hundred and Two!" she says to nerself. "It is a through passenger, and will not stop unless I signal it. I must find out; it is not due for half an hour yet. I shall have. time." She throws a long, dark cloak over her shoulders, and takes down a red light from the wall. With another glance at the clock she rushes out into the stormy black night. Down the track she speeds, the lantern dancing through the darkness like a will-o- the-wisp. The bridge is about a quarter of a mi Ie from the station, but she knows every step of the way. Suddenly a deep roaring sound meets her ears. "The river! The river!" she gasps. "Lenn said to-day it had risen fearfully. That frail bridge will be swept away as if it were a stick in such a fierce torrent." Now she is at the brid.ge-lrot where is the bridge? The laet of it is swept away in the black seething water as She reaches the bank. and at that moment another sound, beard faintly above the roar of the river, sends a new terror to her heart; a distant thundering sound, and she knows that the' train is coming through the cut half a mile aw-ay. Or, i God. for some strength!" she groans. "All these souls must not be lost!" She struggles on through the fearful wind that drives the thin, cutting snow in her face like so many tiny laches. On oomes the express nearer, nearer. Gradually the "Moar of the river ohan.ges into the roar of the on coming train. Once she stumbles and falls, and her fingers, stiff with cold. almost loose their grasp on the precious red signal; but she is up almost before she touches the ground. Only a few more rods," she breathes, "and tfhey are saved!" Now she can see the lights from the1 station, and almost simultaneously their flashes around the curve in the inky dark- ness the headlight of 802 ooming down the track at full speed. With a last desperate effort she gains the station and standing in the centre of the track waves the red light frantically above her head. She tries to cry out-her voice is drowned in the roar of the wind and the approaching train, but the engineer's head was out of the cab window, he seee the slender wind blown figure on the track, her tragic white face gleaming in the dazzling glare of the headlight. He throws back his lever and gradually—gradually—the long train slows up and comes to a standstill, the engine panting and quivering like a live thing and sending out volumes of dense smoke. They are saved! The lantern falls from her uumbed hand and she sinks down on the track, shivering and trembling all over. There is a crowd about her in an instant a king questions that she is too exhausted to reply to, but among all the strange faces she sees one familiar one that eends the blood to her white face and the light to her eyes. She holds out her hand with a little faint cry, and it is clasped in both of Jack's warm ones, and held close to his heart. Then she turns to the conductor, who is standing immediately beside her. "The bridge is gone," she says. The words come with difficulty through her white, cold lips. "I went down to see and reached here barely in time to save the train." When they all knew what had occurred what a cheer is raised for her. Jack leads her into the station and brings the best chair he can find in the office, and seats her before the glowing fire. Jack-her own Jack! And she has saved his life! A great throb of exultation goes through her as she ooef! him standing there so strong and tall and hand- some. Ah, now he knows how a society girl can love! She is almost dead with cold, but she smiles faintly at him, and then the white lids close, but not before she knows Lenn is beside her and has her hand in his and is bending over her, his young face white and anxious, and so between the two men who love her she gains consciousness after a little and receives the heartfelt thanks of all the passengers. Jack and Lenn have shaken hands cordi- ally, and Lenn, with a horrible ache in his heart, has gone away and left them together. He knows this is the man that Beth loves. but he bears it bravely. Beth is bappy, and he tries to be glad for her sake. Jack has her hands in his and is looking into the sweet, shy eyes. You have saved my life, Beth," he says, and the gay voice is very grave now. Are you going to m^ke xue wish that you had not? I had h-pard of your aumt'a death, and my heart ached for you, bat I dared not come near you. I waited to hest of your marriage to Mr. Chester, but I did not. Ah, Beth, brave little girl, to face poverty when you could have commanded millions by a single wcrd." It was for you, Jack," she says in a low voice. I loved you, and oould I swear to love another?" Aunt tried very hard to persuade me to accept Mr. Chester. "Poor aunt!" she sigihs, and the shadowed eyes brighten with a smile. I have you, Jack," she says. "You will never leave me again." Softly, WiU you?" No, sweetheart," he says, "merer again." =====

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Policeman's Divorce. A PROSECUTION FOR PERJURY. This sort of thing is too frequent; it i ought to be put a. stop to somehow or other, and I will do all I can to stop it," said the President of the Divorce Court yesterday, referring to evidence v;hich had been given by a. police-constable named George F. Donald, of the X Division, who in December last obtained a. decree nisi on the ground of. his wife's misconduct. The matter came before the court again as a result of the intervention of the King's Prootor, who asked that the decree should be rescinded on the ground that the peti- tioner had been guilty of continuous adultery during his married life with a. young woma.n who lived opposite to him in Clapton Park, and thal. he was the father of her child, although when he applied for a dissolution of his marriage he swore specifically that he had never committed misconduct. The petitioner defended the case on the ground that it was one in which the judge was entitled to use his discretion, but after perusing some of the depositions, his lord- ship delivered the stern rebuke quoted above, adding, It seems to me a very bad case, in which there should be a. prosecution for perjury. I don't think it ought to be allowed to pass." The case had not proceeded far when coun- sel intimated that he would not offer further opposition to the application of the King's Proctor, and the decree was accordingly rescinded.

CHIEF-CONSTABLE CENSURED I In a case at Liverpool Assizes yesterday, in which two women were charged with concealment of birth at Warrington, Mr. Justice Grantham called for a copy of a statement made by the mother-in-law of one of the prisoners to the chief constable at Warrington. It was not in court, amd the judge ordered it to be sent for. When it arrived, be com- pared it with the mother-in-law's evidence before the magistrates, and remarked upon certain interpellations which appeared- in the chief constable's copy of the woman's statement. It was most iniquitous, he said, that the statement to the chief constable bad been kept back. Subsequently, when summing up, his lord- ship said the statement contained informa- tion that would have thrown doubt on the caee from the first, and if it had been before the magistrates probably they would never have committed the prisoners. He never knew anything done so improperly before. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and the prisoners were discharged.

I SWEDISH CONSUL AT CARDIFF. Mr. P. M. IL Otteeen has been appointed to take charge of the Swedish Consular affaire at Cardiff, with the consent of the Government.

I WORLD'S SWIMMING RECORD. New York, Thursday.—In the amaateur swinarming races at New York Athletic Clu-b, yesterday evening, 0. M. Daniels covered; sixty yards m 311-5seo., this being a world's reoord. He also achieved intermediarfe records for twenv-dve yards in 12seo. and forty yards m. 19 3-aeeo.—Renter.

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PULL DOWN LONDONI .———— a —-———- WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED I All Men to be Paid, Work or No Work. Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., the leader of the j Independent Labour Party, presided on Wednesday at a demonstration at Queen's- hall, Langham-place, London, organised by the" Right-to-Work National Council," with the declared object of stimulating legiela- tive action on behalf of the unemployed. The hall was crowded. The Chairman said that the many evils connected with our industrial life all had their roote in the great problem of nn-1 employment. Unemployment was due to bad social orgaaisa/tion, uinder which men, women, and children starved for want of food, while thousands of their fellows were going idle because they were not allowed to produce that food. They could not wait for the full adoption of Socialism, but must see what could be done at once. He advocated as a beginning that local authorities should be given full power to do anything they found necessary to provide honest work for honest men and women. Mr. G. N. Barnes moved a resolution endorsing the principle that citizenship implied the right of every man and woman to have the opportunity to work for a living, and calling upon the Government to take such action as might be necessary to give effect to this demand. He said that they were asked to be proud that their exports and imports were growing, bat the Liberal Govern- ment had been compelled to admit that ell this growth of wealth meant nothing so far as the wealth-producers of this country was concerned. Mr. J. Hodge, M.P., said they must not expect any great reforms from St. Stephen's unless that institution was re-modelled and modernised. It was absolutely sickening to sit on the benches listening to the piffle that was spoken. (Cheers and laughter.) They wanted Parliament to be a workshop, and not a gasworks. (Laughter.) The Labour party would do what they could to modernise that institution. Mr. Jack Williams said that Mr. Keir Hardie had had no help in his agitation on behalf of the unemployed from the man who made his name on that question—(oheera and hisses) —and now that he was installed in office the first measure he brought forward was one, not for the amelioration of the condition of his own olasses. but for the benefit of the middle claesee-a, Bill for the equalisation of London rates. Pull Down London. I Mr. G Bernard Jsiiaw, supporting the resolution, submitted that the right to work was reaJly the duty to work, and he would do the governing classes of this country the justice to say that they had done everything they could to make that duty as unpleasant as possible. (Laughter.) They had made it not only unpleasant but impossible. (Laughter and cheers.) Yet most people were not allowed to live except on the terms of work. He urged thaa they should demand from the Government that all men should constantly ge-t their living wage, whether employment could be found for them or not. (Cheers.) The military army was not simply enlisted for war and discarded when the war was over. Why should the industrial army be so treated? As to providing work, there was no difficulty about that at all. Knock down half London, proceeded Mr. Shaw. There's work for you. (Laughter.) Build it up again decently—there's more work for you. (Laughter.) Go to Manchester. (Ijaugh- 1 teT.) Don't knock half Manchester down; knock the whole of it down. (La-ughter.) It a a beastly place; nobody will miss it. (Laughter.) In most of our towns you could carry out the same process. (Laughter and cheers.) j The resolution was put and carried amid enthusiastic cheers. Mr. Keir Hardie said in a last word that if the citizens of London and elsewhere would prove themselves in earnest on the question they would make it impossible for any Government to continue in office that did not provide a salfisfaetory solution to this ques- tion.

Tradesmen's Signs. i ACTION TAKEN AT CARDIFF. I At a meeting; of the Cardiff Public Works Committee to-day, Mr. Joseph Ramsdalc presiding, a question arose with reference to tradesmen's signs which project over the pavement. The particular case before the committee bad reference to the Royal Bar- looek Typewriter Ooaupany'B premises in West Bute-street, where there is a sign projecting five feet from the cornice. Mr. Ghipperfield, South WaJes manager for the company, said the sign bad been up for about five yeatrs, and he understood that when it was proposed some years ago to rednoe the size of signs the oammittee, in deference to the ratepayers at the Docks, decided not to ta-ke action. Mr. Harpur stated that such was not the case. A tradesman could put. up any sign provided it was not a nuisance or an eye-sore or obstruction. Mr. Veall stated that in this case a com- plaint had been made by a tenant of another part of the building. The Chairman rem-arked that the streets would become hidea-us and dangerous if these large signs were permitted, and the committee were bound to take proceedings when com- plaints were made to them. It was resolved thait the necessary proceed- ings be taken. to get the eigID. removed. Alderman David Jones called attention to a sign on premises temporarily occupied by Meee-ns- John Williams a.nd So-no in Queen- street. and it was resolved that the firm be written to on the matter.

I To-day's Markets. CATTLE. DUBLIN, Thure., Feb. 22.-Ma-rketed: 1,789 cattle, 3,798 sheep. Market of a. more cautious character; prime beef -about upheld values; other sorts uneven. Sheep continue very dear, and consequently harder to negotiate; beef, 456 to 588 mutton, 7d to 9!d; swine firm at 468 to 55s. MEAT. LONDON, Thurs., Feb. 22.—Beef slow— Sootoh long sides 3s 8d to 3s lOd, short sides 4s to 4s 2d: English sides, 3s 6d to 3s 8d; United States sides—Liverpool killed 3s 5d to 3s 7d, Deptford killed 3e 6d to 3s 8d; Ameri- can hindquarters 3s to 3s 6d, forequarters 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Mutton slow—Scotch wetber 49 6d to 4s lOd, ewe 3e 6d to 3s 10d: English wether 48 4d to 4s 8d, ewe 3s 4d to 3s 8d; New Zealand, 2s 7d to 2s 10d; Siver Plate, 2B to 2B 4d. FISH. GRIMSBY, Thurs., Feb. 22.-Foir supply, for which there was a good demand. Quota- tiollS -Solœ 1s 9d, turbot Is to Is 3d, brills 9d to lid, lobsters 26 per lb: plaice 58 6d, lemon soles 7a, whitings 3s, dead halibut 108 to 128 6d per stone; live ling 5s 6d, dead 3s, live cod 4s to 6s, dead 2s 3d to 4s, live skate 5s, dead 3s each; ha-ke 35s, live coalfish 24s, deal 20s, roker 38s, kit haddocks 20s, gibbed 24s, live 26s, live dabs 20B, dead 16s per box. POTATOES. LONDON, Thurs., Feb. 22.—Trade continued very slow, the demand for the large supplies being very small. Quotations: -Maincropg,, 70s to 80s; Royal Kidneys, 50s to 55s; British Queens, 60s to 65s; Blacklands, 50s to 556; Up-to-Dates, 55s to 60s; Scottish Up-to-Dates 60s to 65s, Queens 60s to 65s per ton. BUTTER. CCDK, Thnm., Feb. 22.-FÏnrtB 1139, seconds 97s, thir&. 88s per cwt. In market: 40 &rkins. SUGAR. GLASGOW, Thurs.. Feb. 22.—The official report says: Demand continues good; prices very firm. The private report says: Good business done at stiff prices. HAY AND STRAW. LONDON, Thurs., Feb. 22.—Good deliveries this morning, and trade ruled quiet. Quo- tations Best clover 70s to 80s, inferior 60s to 70B; specially picked hay 72s 6d, good ditto 60s to 70s, inferior 45s to 57s 6d: mixture and sainfoin, 67s to 72B 6d; and straw, 25s to 3J,;¡ per load. COAL AND IRBN. NEWCASTLE, Thurs., Feb. ZZ.—CotJ little steadier—Best Northumberland steams 9s to 9s 6d, seoonds 9a; smalls, 68 to 66 3d; house- holds, lis 6d to 12s 6d; smithies, 9s 9d; un. screened Durham bunkers, Be 9d to 96; gas coal Be 9d to 10s, seconds 8s 9d. Ooke: Best 18s to 18s 6d. Cleveland slow-No. il pig, 59s 6d to 60s. Steel plates firm at 97.

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DAKOTA DIVORCE. I QUESTION NEVER BEFORE RAISED Decided by Sir Gorell Barnes. I The chaotic condition of the divorce laws in the United States was inferentially alluded to yesterday by the President of the Divorce Court in his decision in the complex matter affecting the matrimonial ventures of the, English lady, whose maiden name was Pas- singham, and Mr. Charles A. Qdllig, a citizen of New York, who was described as conduct- ing business in the Strand as "President of the United States Agency." As far back ae 1883, when she was nineteeni years of age, Misa Passingham married Mr. Gillig. They had two children, and them, agreed to separate. The lady broke off all family associations, spent & yea.r at a. cookery class, and then went to the United States to earn har livelihood as a. teacher of oookery, although ehe was' the poeaeesor of an income arising from am. inheritance of £ 2,000 and an allowance from her mother. "She evidently believed that, having learned English cooking, she would be very valuable in America," the Judge drily commented, a.mid loud laughter. After residing in South Dakota for 90 days, Mrs. Gillig obtained a divorce on the ground of her husband's cruelty and desertion, and in 1892 she was married to Mr. Edward Armi- tage, an Eaglishman, whom she bad known when he was an undergraduate at Cambridge. Seven years later Mr. Gillig also married again, his second wife being a widow, named Carrie Osgood. Petition for Nullity. t Last year Mr. Gillig—whom his first wife had never heard of since her departure from England, in which country sbe has lived ever since her second marriage, by which there are four ehildmn-fled a petition for the nullity of his second marriage on the ground that he was the husband of Mrs. Armitage. This lady sought to intervene in the suit, but found that she could not do so-a fact which elicited from Sir Gorell Barnes yester- day the expression of a hope that the law in this respect would before long be amended— and then she petitioned under the Legitimacy Declaration Act for a declaration of the validity of her second marriage. The various issues raised during the hear- ing of this complicated case resolved them- selves into the question: Was the Divorce Court of this country to recognise the bind- ing effect of a decree made in a State in which the husband was not domiciled if the Courts of the State in which he was domiciled recognised the validity of that decree. The point was one which had Never Been Actually Determined ) in England until yesterday, when Sir Gorell Barnes answered the question in the affirma- tive by pronouncing as valid the divorce and second marriage of Mrs. Armitage and also the second marriage of Mr. Gillig. In announcing his decision, the President said: I think this is an opportunity when I may ma.ke one or two observations. We a.re met with many difficulties on this side of the Atlantic on the subjeots arising out of the question of divorce. In Scotland the law differs from that in England, while in Ireland divorce is not allowed, but only judicial separation. Differ- ences prevail also throughout the different colonies and in India. But there is one matter which enables a. groat dead of difflciulty to be got rid of here, and that is a general recognition of the point that tihe domicile of the husband is to settle the question of what tribunal the pa.rt.ies in a divorce caeo must sue before." Guided by the Dakota Law. I Hie Lordship explained that his duty in the matter before him was to give a deci- sion, based on the state of the American divorce laws, and he pointed out that when sefrved with a. notice of his wife's suit in Dakota Mr. Gillig did not do whait he might have done by leaving the proceedings un- noticed. In answer to the suit he filed an affidavit saying his wife was in Dakota without his consent and for the purpose of securing a. divorce—facts which did not affect the ques- tion at issue, although it was tolerably clear that when Mrs. Armitage went to Dakota she had thought of the possibility of there taking proceedings for divorce. The costs of 'Nlrs. Arnidtage the judtye ordered to bo paid by Mr. Gillig. As to the costs of the Attorn ey-Qeneral, who had been represented by counsel, his lordship said he was not sure how to act. Oomnsel: We do not for costs, my lord. The Judge: Oh, well, that simplifies my duty. (Laughter.)

A Reasonable Bargain.1 THE PENARTH ROAD BRIDGE IMPROVEMENT When the Taff Vale Bridge over Penarth-j road was wideraed at the cost of the Cardiff Corporation, nothing was said about the land underneath, which since the completion of the work has been fenced in by the com- pany. A deputation, consisting of Meaars. Ramedale, Jones, and Mildon, members of the public works committee, together with the tC'loe.rk and cHy engineer, had 11U inter- view with Mr. Beasley, and, after cLi?.= the matter, were able to come to terms, which MT. J. Bamsdale (chairman of the committee) described at a. meeting to-day as very reasonable. The sub-committee objeoted to pay anything for the lamd under the bridge, as they contended that its purchase was included in the arrangement made for widening that structure. Including the 110 square yards under the bridge, the committee had acquired from the Taff Vale Bailway. Company 524 square yards, which would enable them to continue the widening of the road in the direction of Penarth, the price agreed upon being L75. The oomomittee considered that a very reasonable bargain, bad been -made by the sub-committee, end -unanimously approved their action.

I CASTRO'S NEXT MOVE. New York, Thursday.—A dispatch from Willemsta.d reports that President Castro, encouraged by the inaction of France and the Un-ited States in their disputes with Venezuela., will commence proceedings against the La. Gxiayra Harbour Corporation and the La. Guayra-Caracas Railway Company, in which British capitalists have a large interest. A Venezuelan official, interviewed on the matter, expreseed the opinion that British interests would suffer in the same way tha.t American interests had in the matter of the aspbalte concession.—Central News.

THE FOREIGN MAILS. OUTWARD. To be despatched from London to-morrow, February 23— Morninc- To Lisbon, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentine Republic, via Southampton, per s. Thames. To Portugal, Argentine Republic, and Uruguay, parcel mails, via Southampton, per s. Thames. Afternoon- To West Indies, via Dartmouth, per a. Saba. Evening- To mgypt, Cyprus, Jaffa, and Beirut, via Brindisi, per s. Osiris. To India, Oeylon, Straits Settlements, China, Japan. Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Ac., Tia Brindisi, per a. Victoria. To Mauritius, via Ceylon, per a. Victoria. To West and South-West Coasts of Africa, via Liverpool, per s; Sekondi. To Turks Islands, Jamaica, and Bermudas, via Bristol, per s. Port Kingston. To Egypt, Cyprus, Seychelles, Madagascar, and Mauritius, by French packet. To United States, Bahamas, and Bermudas, parcel mails via Liverpool, per s. Oar- mania. To Constantinople and Smyrna, parcel mails, via Liverpool, per s. Cherbourg. To Jamaica and Turks Islands, parcel mails, via Bristol, per s. Port Kingston. INWARD. DM* To-morrow- From St. Helena and Ascension, via Southampton.

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JAPANESE HEROES. PRESENTS FROM THE KING I Brilliant Ball at Tokio. I Toldo, Wednesday. —To-day Prince Arthur of Oonnaught is engaged from early in the morning until late at night. He invited Field-Marshals Yamagata and Oyama and Admiral Togo to the Kasumi- gaaeki Palace, and conferred upon each of them the Order of Merit. In doing go he said:- His Majesty the King has ordered me to confer upon you this Order of Merit. I aim pleased to have the honour of carrying out his wishes to you who have performed such brilliant achievements. The recipients of this Order are limited to 24, and consist only of those deserving of special distinc- tion, and it is the first time the recipients of such an Order are other than British subjeots. The distinguished officers each replied, thamteng the King for his gracious will.- "Daily Telegraph-" Brilliant Ball Scene. i Tokio, Thursday.—The ball at the British Embassy last night was a brilliant success. Despite inclement weather there was a. large gathering of prominent personages of different nationalities, many of whom are not often seen in public here. Besides the Court officials and dignitaries, the British residenta of Yokohama and Tokio were strongly repre- sented. Beyond an exchange of courtesies usual on such occasions there were evident I signs of literally sincere friendships between the Japanese and British. The atmosphere of real cordiality prevailing throughout was the most prominent feature of the evening. Prince Arthur is certainly applying the finishing touch to the intimate relations so firmly established between the two nations.— Press Association Special.

To-morrow's Racing, I LlNGFIELD PARK MEETING I —The GUEOT HALL SELLING HUR- DLE RACE of 70 SOVB, for four year olds and upwards; winner to be sold for 50 1 sovs. Two miles, over eight flights of hurdles —The G-EEEBNHURST SELLING STEEPLECHASE of 70 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. -The FEBRUARY SELLING HANDI- CAP HURDLE RAm; of 200 eovs; winners extra; winner to be sold for 100 sots. Two miles, over eight hurdles. ys st lb Capt M Weyland's Sea GaJ. 5 12 7 Mr Horatio Bottomiey's Poilion a 12 7 Mr J F Ballick'a Addlestone 5 11 13 Mr B Craig's King's Birthday 6 11 12 jUr H Esoott'a Mrs Spratt 4 11 11 j Mr J F Haick s Vaadilo .— « 11 9 Mr Imber's Scotch Demon .—— 411 5, Mr Wataxitoy's Honours 5 10 121 Mr H J Hunt's Corriecrian 4?011 B Woodland's Little G&rstaa g i Mr T Cannon's Chrysomela. 4 10 10 Mr C Hibberi's Epicunia 4 10 10 Mr H 6 Goodsan's Hymerupua 5 10 10 Mr David Fiber's Monk's Folly ..—— 6 10 9 M? F Taylor's Causeway 510 9 Mr J Hare's The King .ü. 410 8 Mr T Sherwood's Call Duck 4 10 8 Mr Imber's Grocer .?. 4 10 7 Mr S Loates'a QueenacH? 4 10 4 Mr W A Jarris's Galega 410 0 —The SOUTHERN HANDICAP STEE- PLECHASE of 100 sove; winners extra.. Two miles. ys st Ib Mr R F Eyre's Boyal Blaze 6 12 7 Mr C B Hodgson's Vibrant 6 12 2 Mr B W Paxr's Amu 5 12 0 Mr C Hibbert's Royal Ronge a 11 9 Mr H W S Ohiloott's Matchboard 6 11 7 Mr Adam Scott's Black Ivory 6 10 10 Mr G P Huntley's Australasia 4 10 7 Mr J Bancroft's Truthful Joine3 5 10 5 Mr W Silver's little Teddy a 10 2 Major Konnard's Atrato 5 10 0 Mr W Barton's Young Cooper SIO 0 —The GROOMBRTDGE OTEEPLEr fTIASE of 70 eons, for four year olds and npwards; allowances. Three miles. y Mr S H Baker's Sir William 5 Mr Horat-io Bottomley's Kilida 5 Mr Ha.Wok' Vandilo 6 Mr T LunUeymit.h's Alert III ° Mr 0 N Manning's Denmark 5 Ocrunt Joan du Moncoau's Black Pearl II a Capt J J Richardson's Dunphail Mr Ernest W Robinsomr's Larohskin 5 Mr Adam Scott's Kenley a Mr G Walmsley's Extravaganoo 5 —The GRAVETYE MANOR HURDLE RACE of 70 sovs. for four year olds and upwards; winners extra. Two miles. ye Capt F Bald's Coldstream 4 Mr J H Batho's Proffer. 5 Mr H A Bellville's Ruby St Glair 5 Mr W M Broturn's Vernham 5 Major H Cawsham-Sim<>nds-s Riding School 4 Mr David Faber's Monk's Folly 5 I.ord Farquhar's Alriie 5 Mr Imber's Scotch Demon 4 Mr W A Jarvis's Galega 4 Mr Lewis's St Cypriau 4 Mr T F. Liddiard's Big Gun 4 Mr Parget's- Flattery 4 Mr C Trimmer's Twyford Lad 4 Mr J W Walpole's Morna .— 4 Mr Nicholas J Wood's Sir Hector 4 Mr E Woodland's Counterpoint 5

MR. SPICER AS A LONDON M.P. Mr. Albert Spioer, M.P., who formerly repinesenited Monmouth Boroughs, in answer to ewiigratU'latSons of a Newport friemd upon his retAwn for Central Hackney, writes:- "I am very glad I am a. member for Central Hackney nafcher than for Monmouth Boroughs —not that my friemds im Monmouth Boroughs were not very kind, but while there I was neither am English nor a Welsh member. The iftn looked upon me as Welsh, and the Welsh, because I was EngliBh, would not give me a. 'na.tm.ra.t place. I am a, Londoner, and I am proud of being a London member."

NURSE'S ACCUSATION Dramatic Denouement REMARKABLE DIVORCE STORY I In the Divorce Court list on Wednesday the petition Scott v. Scott and Shaw was entered as defended, but when it was called on Mr. Barnard, K.C., for the wife, intimated that he could not put her in the witness-box to deny the allegations of misconduct. Mr. Priestley, K.C., who appeared for the hasoand, said that his client, Mr. Alan Scott, was married at Brighton in 1882 to Lillie Catherine Gillis, and two children, a girl and a. boy, had been horn. For a year or two they lived happily together, but in 1886 they went with their children to Malaga, in Spain, where the petitioner was interested in the waterworks. There they made the acquaint- ance of the co-respondent, who was living at the same hotel. In March the husband, having to come to London on business, wired to his nephew to come out and look after the business. The respondent immediately invited Mr. Shaw to her room, and he epent night after night there. The partitions between the rooms were very thin, and the nursemaid became aware of what was going on. On Mr. Scott's return they were all together with Mr. Shaw in the drawing-room talking and laughing merrily, when the nurse burst in, indignantly charged Mrs. Scott and Mr. Shaw with misconduct, and defied them to deny it. They were dumfoundered, and Neither Denied the Accusation. I Mr. Gillis was in a very critical state of health, amd his daughter besought her hus- band, for his sake, not to inform him or take proceedings. The father had been a very intimate and dear friend of the peti- tioner, and he consented. His wife, however, allowed it to be understood tih3lt the separa- tion which followed was her husband's fault, and her father treated him as a pariah. His children, who had been most affectionate to him, became alienated, and a letter from the sister to her brother showed that their nilds had been poisoned against him. When his daughter was married no one spoke to him, and her husband refused to have any communication with him. It was obvious that wicked injustice was being done, and 'Mr Scott was compelled to institute pro- ceedings to vindicate his character. The' evidence of a niece, taken on com- mission, described how, looking into the diawing-room from the balcony, she saw er aunt and the co-respondent sitting side by side on the sofa. Her head was resting on his breast, he was holding her hand, and they were looking at each other as if they w ere mad." The maid, had come from San Francisco for the trial, also gave evidence, and The President granted a decree aiei, with costs against the ecrespondent.

I Another Earthquake. New York, Thursday.-L dispatch from Fort de France (Martinique) reports that earthquake shocks have been felt there. No damage was d()ne.-Oentra.l Neves.

REFUSED TO TAKE MONEY! A debtor at Whitechapel County-oourt yes- terday said he had not paid because the plaintiff had refused to take the money. I Judge Baoon: Noneenee! You don't really imagine I am going to believe that? (Laugh- ter.) Veil, mem honours, it is eo. I can prove it is so by vitnesees. I I should not believe it if you did prove it. I Nobody ever refused money. (Laughter.) How can you pay now? I vill try and pay two shilling a month, but zen I do take it away from my Dohil- drens. But you forget when you borrowed the plaintiff's money you took it away from his children. (Laughter.)

I CARDIFF PUBLIC WORKS. I At a meeting1 qf the Cardiff Public Works Committee to-day the tender of Meaers. J. Williams < and Sons (Limited) for the supply of stores a.t a52 12s. nd., being the lowest, was accepted. I Mr. Philip Janes, Mscki ntosh-place, was appoin-ted assistant clerk of the works in conmeotion with the western aewer at a wage of LZ 108. per week.

I CITY BASEBALL CLUB. I The first annual meeting of the newly- formed City Baseball Club will be held at the Oanton Hotel, Oowbridge-road, to-morrow evemimg, at eight o'clock. In/tending members are invited to attend.

I CHARITY AT A PREMIUM. I !An old woman who applied for relief at ) the Lambeth Guardians yesterday said she had a. kind daughter, who did not allow her anything, but was good enough to keep up I the payments for her insurance policy!