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STORY FOR TO-DAY. How Was One to Know P; It had been a dismal wet day, and night had fallen early on the low, foggy country lying between Sorantan and Pardy ville cross- roads. An old man and a girl of a.bout six- teen years of age were struggling alone' through the darkness, bespattered with m-ud I WIld almost worn out with fatigue. It's a long seven mile, I reckon, eb, Myra?" said the old man as he stopped to rest for a moment on his oaken staff. The girl gave him her arm once more. You must let me help you," said she. "We are not half-way there yet." John coiddn t ha' got my letter," uaid the old man, "or Jied ha' been at the depot wit-h a wagon. It'll be a hard blow to John when he finds out the old place is sold and gone; but how was one to know? We've had lots of bad luck, Myra," he added plaintively. "I hope bB won't blame me, although if I had known we might ha' pulled through." Father," said Myra., "you did all that could be done. If Mr. En.wick had lived you would not shave had to pay the note, for he was an honest man. It's a.n act of Provi- dence, and will oome out right in the end." Yee, Myra; I don't want to be goin' agin' Providence, but John had his heart set so on. the old place, and now it's gone. How was one to know that Mr. Enwick would ha' been killed so sudden? Yo-a hc-v those minin' certificates, I s'pose, Myry," eadd the old man after a long silence. "Yæ," said Mym., I put them away in our bundle." "I'm glad o' that, Myry, for though they ain't worth nothin' now, they'll kind o' remind me when I feel like complaining that 'Brother Enwick would ha' saved us if he oould." The roadway, filled with miry chuck-holes and lined on either side with etones and brambly bushes, became almost impaesable. The old man's breath became faster and faster. Myra. supported him now all the while. He had long since stopped talking, and Myra knew that it would only exhaust him more, and so kept silent. The darkness deepened until at last all objects were undis- oernible, except that here and there the light from the kitchen window of some farmSou.se struggled out into the foggy night. It was late when they stood at John's door and knocked for admission. The inmates had retired, and it took some time to arouse them. "Who's there?" roared the voice from the interior. At the answer there were some impreca- tions in an undertone, whether at the dark- ness, the cat, or the visitors is hard to tell, but finally the key turned, and John stood in the doorway with a candle in his hansl. "How in thunder did you get here such a night as this?" was his affectionate welcome. "We walked," answered Myra, for the old man had sunk into a chair almost too ex- hausted to speak. "Howdy, John?" he murmured; "you didn't get my letter, I s'pose?" "I got it," said John, "but you didn't think me such a fool as to drive to town through such roads as these, did ye?" "I meant nothin', John; we -was able to walk," and the old man raised his weary head, and tried to look cheerful. "So the old place is gone," asked the eon in a low voice. "Yes, John; Providence s £ es fit to make me poor in my old days, and we've come to live with you. Myra'll be a great help." "Providence, did you say?"retorted John. It was nothing but blasted foolishness. You might ha' know more than sign that note, and for Myra, what use will she be round here, I'd like to know. But hang up your duds; it's late and we've a day's work 'head of us to-morrow. You can sleep in the loft bed, and Myra can crawl in with the hired girl," and without a word more he ushered them weary and supperless to their miser- able beds. When at last the old man fell asleep there were tear marks on his withered cheeks. Myra rose and crept to the door of his room. "I couldn't ha' helped it, John," she heard him murmur in his restless slumber. Brother Enwick means well, and it kind o' seems that Providence must 11.a' done it. I'll chore round, and Myra, is so good we'll make no trouble." The sky had cleared, and a bright moon- light was now shining into the room. There was an anxious, pleading look on the old man's face. Suddenly he stretched out his arms. Oh John," he cried, look at me as you used too when you was a leetle boy, when you put your arms 'round my neck and kissed me. You was the prettieat boy them days." He smiled at some happy remem- brance. Myra stooped and kissed him, and again he smiled. I'll do it," she eaid to herself." "Brother John is a brute." The next morning when her father woke Myra was at his bedside. "Father," said Myra, I'm going back to Scranton to-day to find' work. John will not think so hard of us, if we take care of ourselves." The old man tried to remonstrate, but she quieted his fears. As soon as I get a place I will send for you to come, and we will live together." Her father smiled through his tears. "God bless you. my daughter," he murmured, as she nestled her head on his shoulders. John showed his approval of the proposi- tion by hitching up the team immediately after breakfast to take her to town. She fond work in the store, and, although, the salary was barely enough to support one comfortably, she sent for her father a. week later. Myra's prudent management made ends meet, and they lived happily together in their humble apartments. At night Myra would read aloud, until the old man grew sleepy, and then she would assist him to his bed, for he was more feeble now than when he took the long walk to his son's house. John came to see them at long intervals, but Ms father was made none the happier for the visits, for, somehow, John always managed to suggest that it was foolishness wJmcb lost the old place, and the old man would pitifully answer, "How was one to know, John, how was one to know?" As a. rule, the people of Scrantom paid little attention to Myra. and her father. Their poverty forced them to live a, quiet, retired life. Myra had a light acquaintance withi the son of her employer, young Clarence Wilbur, inTI. Ho was about to be admitted into partnership with his father, and people regarded him as one of the coming men of St-nan ton. He belonged to a family that boasted a line of ancestors traceable back into the misty paet. CILa,-renre, however, made little of it, and his plebeian associations Sometimes aroused the remonstrances of his aristocratic parents. His answers were always based on his philosophic notion tlurt "A man's a man for a' that." One pleasant Sunday afternoon, while en- joying a stToll, he passed the house where Myra and her father resided. The window was. open to admit the refreshing a.ir. Myra was reading aloud to her father one of those XJT aitchless romances of Hawthorne, and the clear, expressive intonations of the words penetrated the outer world, and caught Clarence's attention. He stopped and listened. I swear," he said to himself, after she had finished, that girl « a fine reader." He resolved to learn something of her circumstances, and so called one day to see her father, ostensibly on business, but really to get a glimpse of their little home. Myra was away, but he found the old man cheerful and glad to talk. The room was plainly furnished, but very neat and orderly arranged. A little, bookcase filled with choice reading, a few simple pictures on the wall, here and there a piece of bric-a-brac artisti- cally arranged, and a. bouquet of wild flowers in the window were about all, but it seemed home like, and Clarence was not averse to calling again, "when Myra would e, home" as the old man expressed it, in Bis earnest invitation. "Myra." said the old man, "is a-goin' to be a. school teacher. Sbe is a powerful scholar already, and you will always find her stvidyin' when the work's done. She uses too much of the night for it sometimes, it seems to me, but she has set her mind on't." Myra is only my adopted daughter. I! s'pose you didn't know that? Clarence looked a negative. "Yes Myra's too smart to be a Bardwell; but, bless ye, she's more'n a daughter to me. John, that's my boy, he found fault when I tuk her, but I says, 'Her father was. my oldei^i friend, and I'd ha' wanted him to do the same by you when you were leetle,' so she came into our house. Tb.Ï8 was when we had a, place of our own, with good horses and money in the bank, but bad luck fol- lowed, and Myry's done all the oa,rin, There wre tears in the old man's eyes els he recounted the whole history of their troubles. i Clarence went away strangely affected. Myra paseed tbe. ezagonatious with credit, „ and obtained a situation. A happy girl she was, and the children thought there never had been such another teacher. Clarence called at her home from time to time, and occasionally dropped in at school. Myra liked him, and it was evident that he liked her. ■As time passed he saw her more frequently, and one evning as they stood at the garden gate he breathed the question with fear and trembling. When his father heard of the engagement he said: "All I've got to say, Clarence, is that you are a bigger fool than I ever took you for. That girl ba.5 neither money nor station." "But she h.a.3 character, and tha.t is some- (thing in this world," answered Clarence. | Time rolled by. and a.t last tJ1øre came the < wedding da.y. The morning was glorious, juat such a one as they would have chosen. Clarence's new home stood ready. It was the pride of the city, and the Largest and sunniest, room of a.ll was reserved for Myra's father. On the eventful morning Clarence read something in the "Bulletin" that made him thoughtful. He donned hie hat, and went to see Myra. "Myra. sa.id he, "your father has same certificates in mines that never panned out. Will you let me see them?" She went into the house and brought out a little package. His hands shook as he untied the ribbon. His face grew very pale. "Myra. said he. "do you know tha.t they ha.ve struck a new bed of ore in the Ingram Gulch mine? Air. Mason, of Huckleyville, doesn't own half what these cet-tificatro represent., bat he has made his fortune. Your father is undoubtedly wealthier than any j man in Sorairtan," The old man, oould hardly comprehend it, but it proved true. After Myra, and her husband returned from their t-rip he said to them, I've bought back the old place, and John shall have it when I die." John got it, but he wasn't satisfied. Some- how it looked "an awful, mean, paltry sum." "He'd leave mo like a. beggar, while that husey goes in silks and diamond* he growled to his wife, and she growled ia reply, "You might ha' used him decent and git it all ef you hadn't been such a. fool." j But she was unreasonable, for "how was one to know"?

I Passing Pleasantries. I "Darling," said she, "do you love me as much as ev.er ?" "Yes, dearie," said he, with his face buried in his newspaper. "Why?" "Oh, I dUDno. Habit, I suppose." Family Friend: Which do you love most, your papa or your mamma? Charlie: I love papa most. Charlie's Mother: Why, Charlie, I am sur- prised at you! I thought you loved me most! Charlie: Can't help it, mamma; we men have to hold together. ALWAYS AILING. An old woman who lived in a country village in the Midlands was always ailing. Her various diseases were to her the most interesting topic in the world, and she appa- rently thought they interested others also, for she talked of nothing else. One day a visitor found her eating a hearty meal, and naturally asked her how she was. She sighed and answered: I feel very well, ma'am, but I always feel bad when. I feel well, because I know I am going to feel worse afterwards." SLIGHTLY MIXED. "I was once asked to address a young men's claas," relates a city magnate given to philanthropy. "I am not good at speech-making, but I started as follows:—'A young man, my friends, is like a ship on the ocean; as long as the ship is sound, and no water leaks in, she rides triumphant. So with. the young man. He may be where there is wickedness; but, if he keeps it from leaking in. if he—er .-keeps tight-that is, if ho—he is always tight, and-and-' I decided to stop; it was evident that I could never get out of that mesa otherwise; so I sat down."

Brittle Children. RAREST DISEASE OF CHILDHOOD. In a case at Blackpool in which a man was charged with neglecting to send his two children to school, he stated that both chil- dren had suffered from broken thighs, and every time they walked or ran their bones snapped. In the circumstances he dare not send them to a public school, as he was afraid the other children would be rough with them. "Children whose bones are as fragile as porcelain, whose limbs almost break in a puff of wind or if they laugh excessively, are rare," says an eminent physician. "Such a disease is confined almost to adults, and, though common on the Continent, is almost unknown in England. It is the most rare disease of childhood. "The occurrence of the disease in certain localities has impressed some medical men with the idea that some unknown Ai-matic conditions may cause the trouble, but the true cause remains for the present a mystery. "Brittle children will always be with us, and by this one does not limit the statement to the brittle-boned (-hild. There are those whose constitutions are so delicate that they acquire almost any disease with astounding rapidity. "The primary cause of the susceptibility of the brittle child to disease is due to losflLof nervous tone, and to its loss of response xo outside influence-the protective response which wires off messages to the organ or organs attacked, and puts them in a defen- sive condition. This loss of nervous tone fol- lows, of course, as a consequence of long- continued malnutrition."

GLAMORGAN ASSIZES. To be Opened at Cardiff on Saturday. The Glamorgan Spring Assizes open at Cardiff on Saturday, before the Lord Chief Justice and Mr. Justice A. T. Lawrence, but no business will, bo taken before Monday morning. Among the civil oases was one by the Rev. J. Fuller Mills, of Carmarthen, against the Great Western Railway Com- pany in respect of injuries received at the Loughor disaster. Although a fairly substantial sum was offered in settlement, it was declined, but within the past week terms, it is said. have been arranged with the rev. gentleman. There are still two outstanding claims, but these, it is expected, will also be arranged. )

A BRILLIANT PLAY. I "The Little Michus" at Cardiff I V Theatre Royal. One of the biggest things produced at the Cardiff Theatre Royal for a long time is The Little Michns," adapted from the French of MM. Messager and Vanloo. This remarkable comic opera has been enormously successful in London, and the fact that the Cardiff production is little, if any, inferior is testified by the large audiences which have attended the Theatre Boyal during the first two nights of the week. The cast includes that splendid come- dian, Yr. Leslie Holland, who, as General Des Ifs," cailgm unlimited laughter. Mr. Holland is an old Cardiff favourite. Appear- ing as "The little Michus" are those two dainty and clever actresses, the Misses Alice Coverick and Grade Sinclair^.

THE VITAL "NOUBISHMKNT OF NATTTKE is found in milk and cereals. The absolute purity of milk is, however, essential, and the conversion of the starch in flour pro- ducts is desirable for most persons, while it is essential for infants and invalids. HOB- LICK'S MALTED MILK offers the cow's pro- duct in its purest form, combined with the nutritive extracts of wheat and barley malt., It fulfils %U the requirements of a complete i milk food, is more nourishing than ordinary milk, and more assimilable than any fari- naceous diet. It has for many years past been earning the high opinion of the medical and nursing professions as a nourishing food beverage of an exceedingly a*«(imiliable charac- ter, It compares with other prepared foods from the standpoint of ease and economy. It is made in the form of a powder, and can be prepared in a few moments by the .ple, addition of water. It is stocked by leading chemists and stores, price Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per Lottie. A free sample, with full descrip- tive matter, will be sent for two stamps, to cover postage, by Horlick's Food Company, 34, Farringdon-road. London, E.C. el840 STEVENS' BREAD- Onot uaad &LW&72 uaed. pKet.

POISONOUS DRUGS. I i:, CEFNWOMAN'S DEATHI! Herbalist Censured. THE DUTIES OF MOTHERHOOD At Cefn on Tuesday Dr. W. R, Jones resumed the inquest on tha body of Mar- garet Thomas, a married woman, of Lower Vaynor-road, who died recently after a mis- carriage. At the original inquiry it was alleged that the woman had purchased medi- cine containing deleterious drugs from a herbalist named Arthur Roberts, and that there were several packets of herbs found about the house after her death, there being no proof, however, that of these Roberts was the eelkr. A report from the county analyst was sub- mitted, stating that there were no traces of poison in the contents of the stomach. A packet of herbs contained berries of a poisonous nature, and it was not at all clear to what use they could have -aeen put. Dr. Flood said he attributed death to gastric ulcer in the stomach causing peri- tonitis. The Coroner: Can you give us any idea. how these symptoms were brought about? Witness: I think they may have been agisted by the irritating medicines which the deceased had periodically taken. The Coroner said there was a weak solu- tion of a herb in one of the samples. Was that herb used for criminal purposes?—Wit- ness: Yes. The Coroner said the man Roberts alleged that he sold the medicine for bronchitis, but that was all nonsense. Roberts was re-called, and be was asked what he meant when he described himself as a herbalist. "A man that practices by herbs," was the reply. You prescribe chloroform?—Yes. What herb is that ?—Chloroform is a mix- ¡ ture made or sold by the chemist, not by me. But you prescribe it, don't you?—I pre- I acribe it in -the prescription when I write it down. Answer me definitely. Do you prescribe chloroform?—Yes, in my mixture for bron- chitis. What herb does chloroform come from?- What do you do with the rind of an orange? You are not here to question me. What herb does chloroform come from? Does it come from a herb?—I don't know. Chloroform doesn't como from a herb at all. Did you know the condition this woman was in when you prescribed?—It wasn't my place to ask that question. If you were going to prescribe poisonous I drugs like this it was certainly your place to know.—It was four months from the date the death occurred that that prescription was given. The Coroner: I hope the Cefn people will know you from this day forth. Witness: I come every fortnight. The Coroner, in addressing the jury, said that Dr. Flood did the proper thing when he refused to give a certificate of death. Theee certificates were given by medical men too readily. The doctor ehowed moral coarage, and did his duty to his profession. He thought this inquiry had been productive of some good in exposing a man of the chair. acter and capabilities of Arthur Roberts, who prescribed such dangerous things. The drugs were constantly advertised in the papers as calculated to produce miscarriage, and it was a great shame that such adver- tisements should be allowed to appear. Roberts had escaped the clutches of the law, but he, nevertheless, thought it would have I been well if he had been brought within its claws. Roberts was unable to spell ordinary simple words, and was ignocrant in every shape and form, and yet he practised with drugs to deal with which required the experience of a lifetime. He hoped that what I had transpired at the inquest would be a lesson to all the people of Cefn not to admit such men inside their doors. He himself abominated a man of this character, who took the hard-earned money of poor men working in a colliery or in the ironworka by imposing upon credulous women at their homes. It was not only a.mong the poorer classes that efforts to procure miscarriage were to be found. Among, the highest ladies in the land there seemed to be a desire to relieve themselves of the duties of mother- hood. If mothers failed to realise their responsibilities the country was destined to gra.dual decay and ultimate ruin. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, and asked the coroner to administer to Roberts a severe censure. The Coroner, in addressing Roberts, said be did not think anything he could say to him "would have any effeet upon boo, because he appeared to be beyond repent- a.nce. It was a very serious thing to be censured by a jury, but the jury were unani- mously of opinion that he deserved reproof. It was a oase of censure only this time, but,'¡ I nert time it might be something more. Roberts essayed to speak, but the Coroner ourtly bade him go.

The Montgomeryshire Murders. A coroner's inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of John and Mary Evans, who were found murdered in their j hillside home in Montgomeryshire on Satur- da.y, was held on Tuesday at the Crown Office Hotel. The proceedings were conducted by Dr. Humphrey* in the commercial-room, which was crowded almost to suffocation. Rowland Llywaroh, Bermondsey, milk- vendor, whose arrest was effected in dra.matio circumstances at Llanfyllin the previous night, was brought to court in a covered conveyance earlier in the day, and at the inquest he was rep-resented by Mr. George, solicitor, Newtown. As witness after witcuess recounted their sordid experiences in connection with the discovery of the-crime Llywaroh eat mute, taking no apparent interest in anytdling that went on. Dr. Thomas, Llanfair, described the wounds inflicted on the aged couple, and said both must have fought valiantly for their lives, judging by the nature of the injuries, Llywaroh was the last man seen in the company of the .Evanses. He declined to give evidence, and the jury found a verdict of "Wilful murder" in both cases. On that verdict the Coroner committed him for trial..

"QUICK CHANGE ARTIST." Struggle with Suspects. I For forty minutes a sergeant off duty in plain clothes watched three men in Chapel- street, Edgware-road, acting in a. suspicious manner among crowds trying to get on motor omnibuses. Then he got a. constable to put aside his uniform and keep watch with him. The result of their efforts wae seen at Mary- lebone yesterday, when William Austin, Dominic Mack, and George Allen were remanded, charged with being suspected persons attempting to pick pockets. Allen was alleged to have mp.de seven distinct attempts on ladies' pookets, while the others covered his movement*. Austin during all the time was changing h.is appearance. Firpt he would have the I appearance of a, gentleman, with kid gloves, then, going into a. doorway. removed his gloves, turned up his coat-collar, and pat a clay pipe in his mouth, completely transform- ing himself. Mr. Taylor: A sort of quiok-change artist. (Laughter.) He went into the doorway a. gentleman and came out a. workman! (More laughter.) A viol-en,t scene occurred when an attempt was made to arrest Austin and Mack. Both struggled desperately, and they all fell beneath a heavy van, narrowly escaping being run over. Mack eventually got away, but was pursued by a large erowd, and was arrested.

Tie washerwomen iu Glasgow say that Foaino ia » splendid powdor. Ftamo Is a pure upectel soap for very heavy Wasiirig-. P?werful. EWY and afe. Tjeavea no emeU. Ask your grocer for a peony packet—threa for twopeo haUx^enny. el942 The London Gazette" announces that the King has been plea.?ed to change the designation of the Co)<?]y of IJagœ to Southern Nigeria, and to appoint Sir WaJtfr F,prtou w be GoT?o-Ot and Comm&nder-in. Chiei. A

DRAMATIC SUICIDE. SEQUEL TO A COURTSHIP INCIDENT. A dramatic incident in the love story of David Syrad, aged 50, of Westbourne Park, and Miss Brooker, a barmaid, and its suicide sequel, was deecribed at an inquest at (kd- stone yesterday. Twice the pair had been engaged to be married, and twice the engagement was broken off. Syrad was persistent, however, and once more Miss Brooker relented. A few days afterwards they were walking together over London Bridge, when a woman rushed up and said, pointing to Syrad, "That man is married." She then disappeared. The incident impressed Miss Brooker, and the next day she wrote the following letter to her lover:- David, for the third and last time I really must break off our engagement, as I quite believe what the woman told me at London Bridge, that you are a married man, and I hate mysteries. The letter evidently preyed on Syrad's mind, and he went down to Godstone, where some time before he had spent a few days with Miss Brooker, and there on Sunday he threw himself under a train and was killed. On the day of the tragedy Miss Brooker wrote again, saying.—"I know I have been unkind to you, therefore, I do not deserve your forgiveness," and asking Syrad to meet her on Monday. The letter did not arrive- until after Syrad had committed suicide. On Syrad's body a letter to Miss Brooker was found, in which he said:— Love does not die in a day, a year, or a lifetime, for mine for you will not even die when I am no more. Evidence was g-iven by the police, who stated that Syrad was not a married man, and the jury returned a verdict of "Suicide while temporarily insane."

I Fine Career Checked. I EX-INSPECTOR BINGHAM'S RECORD. I Finger-print Expert's Discoveries I A good deal of pathos attaches to the degradation by the Cardiff Watch Committee on Tuesday of Inspector Bingham to the rank of third-oiass sergeant. Although he has only been a policeman since 1888, no man has worked harder for success. He has striven in every way to qualify himself for the higher branches of police work, and in the study of finger-prints he has become an expert of more than local fame. All through Bingham's career has been distin- guished by hard study and personal bravery. Joining the Newport Police Force in 1888, he received promotion in the following year through a plucky deed in tackling a couple of ruffians. For two hours Bingham struggled with these men single-handed, and it is highly probable that he would have been overpowered had not a civilian—a draper-came along and rendered him assist- ance. Some time later Bingham, at great personal risk, helped to save the inmates of a draper's shop which was discovered on fire during the small hours of the morning. Shortly afterwards Bingham CaDle to Cardiff, and soon attracted attention. A man was discovered in the canal, and Bingham jumped in to rescue him. The man, who was determined on suicide, struggled fiercely, but Bingham held 011 to him, and eventually succeeded in conveying him to the police- station. On June 11, 1894, a man, named George Fry, escaped from the Central Police-station. He ran to the Moors, and got upon the roofs IOf houses. Notwithstanding his threatening attitude, Bingham followed him Along the Roofs I a,nd arrested him. For this the officer was brought before the watch committee and promoted. On July 7 Bingham was sitting in the Central Police Office when a runaway horse went by at full pelt. He jumped out of the window, seized the reins, and brought the animal to a standstill. This plucky action received suitable recognition at the hands of the head-constable. It was, however, on the 17th of January, 1896, that Bingham's bravery was first brought prominently before the notice of the public. On that date he was on duty in Canton, when a cow which had been separated from its calf ran wild. It knocked down several people, and looked like continuing its wild career, when Bingham seized it by its horns, and, with superhuman strength, held it on the ground until it was secured by ropes. For this courageous deed—warmly I. eulogised by aJl who witnessed itr-Bingbanl was summoned to appeal* before his Majesty the King (then the Prince of Wal), and from the bands of his Majesty he received a certificate of honour. We believe that Bing- ham alao holds a certificate or medal from the Rbrtl humane Society. But it is not by personal bravery alone that Bingham gained his promotion. From the first he decided to make himself thoroughly proficient as a police officer. He mastered shorthand and photography, and when iden- tification by finger-prints oame into practice he made a special study of this branch of police science. For three weeks he studied, at his own expense, at the Scotland Yard department specially set apart for dealing with finger impressions, and he is at the present moment the only man in the United Kingdom outside Scotland Yard who can read amd understand finger impressions according to the rules of the Home Office. Inspector Bingham was the man who dis- covered the whole of the acids and powders which enable the disclosure of invisible finger- prints—a discovery now adopted throughout the country. Inspector Bingham has traced many crimi- nals, and has received testimonials which on more than one occasion have placed him in the final running for a head-constableship. —' m -—— — —

"CORPSE" AWAKES IN COFFIN. 1 A yonng girl of Rivizzano, in Northern Italy, was found apparently dead in her bed on Friday last. A doctor, after a very minute examination, corti-fied that she had died of heart failure, and issued the necessary docu- ments for her burial. As the last screw of the coffin lid was being fastened down yester- day, the supposed corpse began to kick vio- lently and to call for help. The girl was at once removed from the coffin and was found to be in almost normal health after a cata- leptic fit. Daily Mail."

To-day's Markets. I FISH. GRIMSBY, Wed., March 14.-Poor supply from 43 vessels, for which, there was a good demand. Quotations:—Soleai 2s 3d, turbot la 2d to Is 4d, brills lCd to lid per lb; plaice 6?, lemon soles 9a 6d, whitings 4s, whitches f,s, 6d, dead halibut 8s to 12s per stone; live ling 5s 6d, dead 3s, live cod 5s 6d to 7s, dead 2s 6d to 46 6d, live skate 58 6d, dead 3s each; hake 38s, roker 38s per score; kit haddocks 32s. gibbed 45s, live 48s per box; no live hali- but. provisions. LONDON, Wed., March 14.-Butter qniet- Friesland, 114s to 116s; Normandy, 100s to 120s; Danish, 117a to 120s; New Zealand (finest), 103s to 105s; Russian, 100s to 102p. Cheese steady-Chedd.ar, 68s to 78s; Canadian (finest), 65s to Ofo; Dutcll-Eldaxil and Goudo, 57s to 60s; New Zealand (OTlOured), 63a to64s. -Ba,con slow-Irit 61s ,688; Danish, 56s to 64s. Bladdered lard Irish, 46s to 62s; Oanieh, 60s to 59s. BxrrTR R CORK. Wed., March !•?.—Firsts 102s, seconds 99k, thirds 82s; fine, 99t;; fresh butter from 103s to 876 pe.r cwt. SUGAR. GLASGOW, Wed., March 14-Tlio official report says: Active demand; good business done at ld advance. The Private report says: Good business done at a general ad- vance of lid. WOOff. woor/ LONDON, Wed., March 14.-The selling brokers to-day were Messrs. Da Croz, Doxart and Co., with 8,061 bales, and Messrs. Hel- muth, Schwartze with 5,309 bales. The mar- ket was firm at the opening improvement.

WANTED! I The following is an advertisement in an East African p.a.peI"he, ullder:'inf'd is pre- pa-red to pay the following prices for full- grown or half-grown animals delivered alive in good condition at a.ny railway station on the Uganda P-tilway-rhino, half-grown, S;65 each; hippo, half-grown. £ 50 each; giraffes, half-grown, 140; baboons and monkeys, majes, -full-grown, 13s.; good prices—lions, leopards, obeetah,3, according to age; scaven- ger birds, delivered alive, according to species."

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MARRIED A/WtDOW. iWIFE SUES HER HUSBAND I A Matrimonial Comedy. A matrimonial comedy," was counsel's description of a case in which a woman has been awarded £50 at the Tyrone Assizes. j Mrs. Ellen M'Cullagh was a widow with three children, and the defendant, Francis M'Cullagh, was a widower with four daughters. He was in debt and was threat- 012od with ejectment for non-payment of rent. Under these circumstances he conceived a great admiration for the plaintiff, and so successfully pressed his suit that they were I married in 1903. On the day before the mar- riage the plaintiff advanced him S-5 with which to buy his wedding suit. Not only was the defendant destitute of a suit of wedding clothes, but he had no money to pay the clergyman, and the plaintiff had to lend him £ 1 for that purpose. After the marriage M'Cullagh and the plaintiff went to live on the defendant's farm, and from time to time the plaintiff advanced sums of money. In 19C4 she ceased this, however, and M'Cullagh began to ill- use her. In February, 1904, she left him, but the defendant having apologised, the plaintiff returned, and the borrowing process was resumed. The wife had lent M'Cullagh £ 100, but as she had taken away two cows the total claim was for 176 6s. In the course of the cross-examination the plaintiff was a.skoo: Don't you remember when in the marriage service you said, "With all my worldly goods I thee endow," you said to yourself, There goes my suit of clothes "?—No, I didn't think that at all. Wasn't his intention that you would pay his debts and after that you would both live h"pily?-No, and we didn't live happily. And you left him, but returned like an Israelite of old, with all your cattle with you ?—Yes. The jury returned a verdict for the plain- tiff for £ 50 18s.

I GATWICK MEETING. —The MARCH STEEPLECHASE (handicap) of 130 sovs; winners extra. Three miles. ys st lb Mr C R Hodgson's Do Be Quick ..M'AIlister 6 12 9 Mr A Gorham's Wolf's Folly A Ctemeilt a 12 6 Mr John Widger's Boyal Bow II Martin 5 VI 6 Mr T Clyde's Olonard M'Xaughtari. a 11 6 Prince ii:ld<mrs'H'; 11 5 Sir T Gallwey's Master Ben ..Slr C Nugent 5 11 4 Mr B Craig's Court Flavoor .Drgby 611 0 Mr Henry Bonas's Eahlswith Core 6 10 5 Mr J Westgate's Little BiUee Dawkins a 10 4 Mr J P Mannock's Piet ,Priva.te 610 2 Mr W Cooper's Young Cooper "E Woodland a 10 2 Mr G P Huntley's Australasia Hailick 4 10 1 -The OCKLEY HANDICAP HURDLE EACE of 70 e-ovs, for four year vlda and upwards; winners extra. Two miles. ys st lb Mr Carr's Iddo .Pudalotr a 12 7 Capt A Rose's Tasao Ccstelio 5 12 4 Mr Line's Despised 0.,ner 6 12 5 j Mr H Escott's Mrs Spratt 0,ner 4 12 J Mr W Downes's Ivan .0wnEr 51110 Mr H G Johnson'.T The Warrior T Smith. 5 11 6 Mr F R Hunt's Baron Fobdown Owner 4 11 Mr Ivor E Hughes's Gallop On J Wood 4 11 2 'Mr Beid Walker's Kilbirnie .Doylo 511 0 Mr X J Wood's Sir Hector HaJlick 4 1112 Capt F Bald's Coldstream .Coulthwaite 4 10 11 Major H Caver3ham-Simonds's Riding Sohcol Major Reynolds 4 10 11 Lord Westbury's Kate Eojiayne .Peniton 41011 Mr J M Waipcie's Mcrrna Private 4 10 10 Mr A E Bullock's Prorogation .Kyte a 10 10 Mr Ketnap's Dark Lad .Priyate 510' lQ -The- HOLMWOOD STEEPLECHASE (handicap) of 70 sovs; winners ex- 1 tra. Two miles. ys st 1b Mr F R Hunt's Sweetheart III Owner a 12 7 Mr C R Hodgson's Vibrant M'AHister 6 12 5 Mr C Hibbert's Boyal Rouge ..W -Nightintall a 12 1 Prince Hatzfeldt's The Chief Hon Hastings a 12 i Mr Beid Walker's Erik .Doyie a.HH) Capt L S Deswiy'a Golden Wedding ..Gully a 11 9 Oapt L S Dennfs Matchboard Gully 6 11 6 Mr C P Huntley's Tburifer ]3"ick a 114 Mr T Pettit's Mr Schomberg -Fitt a 11 2 Gen Hamilton's Olive Davico a 10 11 Mr A Gorhæn's Amendment A Clement 610 a Mr W Silver's Copt Heath .Pullen a 10 5 Mr H Bonas's Brown Eyes Goby 5 10 3 Mr J Bancroft's Truthful James ..Tb.irlwell 5 10 2 Mr J E Woodland's Little Garston. E Wocxllenrl 6 10 2 Mr H R Tape's Graziel'.a ..Dariea 6 10 0 Mr B de Clermont's Huon Young 4 10 0 -The MODERATE STEEPLECHASE of 70 sovs, for four year olds and upwards; winners eitra. Two milea. ys st lb Capt L S Denny's Matchboard .Gully -612 3 Capt L S Denny's Golden Wedding Gully » 12 5 Mr R C do Crespigny's Day Duchess Swatton 5 11 10 Sir R Filmer's Low Backed Chair ,Digby 5 11 10 Mr RErnest W EoMnson's Lambskin .Gore 5 1110 Mr Garrett Moore's Zampa Penton 6 11 a Mr A Gorham's Bawbee Clement a. 11 (J Mr J Lynch's Moonlight Beval E Day 6 11 0 Mr 0 Wadia's Hillsbwough Macnee a 11 O? Mr E Christie-Miller's H.T S\vaU,om 4 10 10 Mr Horatio Bcttomley's Savanaka B&tbo 5 10 7 Major Kennard's Atrato "Bea"d-sley ,510 7! Mr S J Unzue's Barabbaa II Capt Dewhurst 5 10 7 Mr E Woodland's Counterpoint .Owner 510 7: Mr Hugh Owen's Cahirnane Penton 4 10 3 j Sir Henry Bandall's Frisky Bill W Nightingall 4 10 3 Mr H M Hartigan's Irish Angel F Hartigan 4 10 0 Mr G P Huntlery's Australasia Hailick 4 10 o Mr T Phillips's Crreenberry .W Kightingall 4 10 0 —The EWELL HURDLE RACE of 70 sore, for four year olds and up- wiardp; maidens allowed 5lb; winner to be sold for 50 govs. Two miles and a quarter. yfl pt lb Mr Horatio Bottomley's Intimidator ..Batho a 11 7 Mr B Gore's Becave .Owner a 11 7 Mr A Gorham's Ulster Boy ,.„A Clement a 11 7 Mr James Hare's St Morits Allen all 7 Mr R Leach's Kineton Bey .A Clement a 11 7 Mr C T Pulley's Irish Channel.Bute,hers 6 11 I Mr I Heilbron's Mimift Goswell 5 11 3 Mr W M Brutton's Vernham GWly 5 11 3 Mr T Stanford's Golden Tresses II ..Private 6 11 2 Mr E Woodland's Butterwort Owiier a 11 2 Mr Pat Dandy's Matchchase .Gully 410 < —The EOSTEUM STEEPLECHASE of 100 sovs, for four yea.r olds and up- wards; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. ys st lb Mr C D Barrow's Nonex Pullen a 12 0 Mr Deilagarde's Richmond Bey .Col 6 12 0 Capt L S Denny's Monotype — Gully a 12 0 Mr P Gleeson's Guerilla Kelly a 12 U Mr B Gore's Orpington Owner a 12 0 Mr I Heilbron's Agony GOswell a 12 0 Mr F R Hunt's George Fordham .Owner a 12 0 Mr E Woodland's Morningdew a 12 0 Mr Edgar Cohen's Apollon Hartigan 5 11 7 Mr G P Huntley's Australasia Halliok 4 10 V

NEWMARKET NOTES. I [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] I NEWMARKET, Wednesday. I A fine morning and frocty. LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP WORK. Galantine, six furlongs steadily. Avebury, nice mile. Wolfshall, good paced six furlongs. Lord Hastings, half-speed mile. Achilles, useful -mile and a quarter. Mida. nice seven furlongs. JUMPERS' WORK. Centre Board and Kilgiass stripped, an-d I went a rattling two miles. Spear, Galega, Spinning Minnow, and i James 1st (Woodlnirn), fast mile. TO GATWICK. Barabbas II. GATWICK MEETING. SELECTIONS FOR THURSDAY. Ewell Hurdle-INTIMIDATER. Holmwood Steeplechase—VIBRANT. March Steeplechase—ROYAL BOW. Rostrum Steeplechase-GUERILLA. Moderate Steeplechase—BARABBAS II. Ockley R-ardle-BAItON FOBDOWN.

HUNTING APPOINTMENTS I FOXHOUNDS. Mr. SEYMOUR ALLEN'S. Friday, March 16. Cross Hands 12. 0 noon Mr. CURRE'S. Thursday, March 15, St. Pierre 11. 0 a.m. CARMARTHENSHIRE. Friday. March 16. Travellers' ReeL. lL 0 a.m. GLAMORGAN. Friday, Miarch 16, St.-y-Nil n, o a.m. GELL^ GAER. Thursday. March 15, Troedyrhiw Rocks 10. 0 a.m. LLANGEINOR. Friday, March 16, Blackmill 10.30 a.m. LLANGIBBY. Friday, Iftreh 16; Llcurusoar Wood 11. 0 sun. MONMOUTHSHIRE. Thursday. March 15, Treowen 12. 0 noon PEMBROKESHIRE. Thursday. March 15, Egremont -10.45 &.= Bridge 10.45 PANTGLAS. Thursday. March 15, Eisteddfa. Farm 10.45 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, Glanrhwdw. 10.45 a.m. TIVY-SIDE. Thursday, Maroh 15, New Chapel 10.45 a.m. YSTRAD AND PENTYRCH. Friday, March 16, Tongwynlais 11. Cam. HARRIERS. BRECONSHIRE. Saturday, March 17, Pentrefelin, Seunybridge 10.45 a.m. Mrs. PRYSE RICE'S. Friday, March 16. Brynmeherin (to finish the season) 12. 0 noon

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MIXED MARRIAGES. I ANGLO-INDIAN UNIONS. The Fate of English Wives. A strong feeling is growing axaong Anglo- Indians and others having intimate acquaint- ance with onr Indian Empire that the time has now arrived when the law should slxp in and absolutely prohibit marriages being contracted between Englishwomen and the native races of India. That such marriages almost invariably end disastrously for tihe English girl is only too well known by thoee who have witnessed such matrimonial tragedies; but it is alleged that the practice, which unfortunately shows a tendency to increase, is elowly, but surely, helping onward a grave political crisis. Students of Indian politics declare that these marriages are breaking down the old tradi- tion by which India has been held all these years, viz., the superiority of the governing race. There have recently been many cases of ma-rriages contracted by Indian law students with English girls, while studying in this country, which have ended in the usual way --by the HJindu or Mohammedan returning to 111,dia. when his studies are completed, leaving his English wife stranded in th:s country without any means of subsistence, and also without any means of enforcing her husband to mantain her. I Unhappiness Certain. A well-known barrister in the Temple, who has spent many years in India, and has had a number of cases before him in con- nection with these mdxed marriages, declares that it is impossible for one of them to turn out happily. What usually occurs," he says, is: (1) Nat the girl is deserted when her black husband returns home. She cannot obtain a divoroe in England 04 account of her hue- band's domicile being in India.. Neither can she get the Indian courts to release her, because she comes under the Mohammedan law, which does not recognise divorce, but does recognisa polygamy, so far as governs the right, and obligations of the marriages. 11 (2) If she is not deserted, and returns I with her husband to India, she may possibly remain the only wife of her husband, or she may be one among others, for polygamy is legal and is practised. But if she remains her husband's sole wife, her position is impos- sible, for English people will never associate with or even speak to her, it being a recog- nised social necessity that they should not do so; and she cannot possibly live under the conditions of, and with, Indian wives. Her position is, therefore, one of complete loneliness and isolation. The Case of Law Students. I As to the students who contract mar- riages with white women and desert them, they are usually men of no standing in India, although they often pose in this coun- try as princes, or the sons of wealthy men, and when they return home they tell of the 'cheapness' of English girls, who, in India, are not even introduced to the natives, how- ever exalted their position. These marriages are doing an incalculable amount of harm politically, apart from the sorrow they bring upon girls who are foolish enough to ally themselves with men of a black race."

Wales v. Ireland. I DEMORALISING FORWARD WORK. I Last Saturday's match ait Belfast was one of the most instructive internationals ever played. Ireland played an old-fashioned, "thorough" forward game (says a writer in the "Chronicle"), and the way in which the Irish forwards demoralised the Weleh backs and broke up their combi-mation wat3 reminis- cent of those far-off, almost forgctten days whem English forwards used to do likewise, and did not merely hold and heel and play the passive part of spectators while their own or the opposing backs were indulging in paesing. Gibbs and Gabe may have failed on Saturday, Winfleld may have been poor in defence, but the cause of their failure was the demoralising effect of quick breaking up, fast following up, and deadly tackling by the Irish forwards. FLY IN THE OINTMENT." The New Zealanders' Match. While congratulating the Irish fifteen on their great triumph at Belfast on Saturday, one cannot help feeling a little sorry for the Welshmen. After being the only side to over- come the New Zea-landers, and subsequently beating England and Scotland, it was very disappointing to come to grief in their last engagement, in which, the chances seemed all in their favour. Their defeat (writes "Touch Judge" in the "Daily Mirror"), however, has marred everything-just thai beastly little fly in the ointment. In imsLetiuig at the time tha.t the New Zealanders did not show their true fonn in their game with Wales, and that they were, Respite their defeat, as good as if not better than, the Welsh fifteen, I roused the ire of several of my Welsh readers, but the sound. nees of my judgment has now been demon- strated. Neit,her against England near agai nst Scotland did the Welsh fifteen give satisfac- tion, though they won, and on Saturday they were well beaten by the side that could do no more than give the New Zealaaders a. severe shakin g n-p. These are hard facts for my Welsh friends, and I have no desire to djvell upon them. Still, in a way, it is pleasant to find one's estimate of the New Zealanders confirmed in this manner. Suoh superb football as the Colonials showed at Blackheath and Inver- leith has not been reproduced in any of our home internationals. I still hold to my expressed conviction that had the New Zealanders met Wales in November, when they were on the top of their form, they would have won. Three Changes in the English Team. All the fifteen Englishmen selected to play against Scotland at Edinburgh next Saturday have accepted, with the exception of Imrie, Jago, and Hill, the former being injured and the latter pair unable to undertake the journey. The vacancies will be filled by H. B. Shewring, A. D. Stoop, and C. H. Shaw, the first-named playing centre three-quarter instead of Raphael, who is shifted to the The English team against France will bo chosen next Saturday, after the Soottish match. CARDIFF AND DISTRICT UNION. At a meeting of the committee of the Cardiff and District. Rugby Union on Tuesday evening: the membersbip of ai player named Donovan, who was claimed by three teams, was OOTI, and it was decided that he belonged to Cardiff Eastern. Regarding the match between Roruth Hornets and Cantcm, which last Saturday was con- cluded twenty minutes before time, it was decided to nsk the referee to report fully. Arrangements were made for fresh dates for matches which on Saturday had to be a ban- 1 doned.

THE FOREIGN MAILS. I OUTWARD. I To be despatcned from liondon to-morrow, March 15- Mornlng- To Lisbon, Senegal, Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina Republic, by French packet. Evening- To Canada, by Canadian packet. To Constantinople, Salonika, and Smyrna, parcel mails, via Brindisi. To West Coast of Africa, parcel mails, via Liverpool, per s. Burutn, INWARD. Due To-morrow— From West and South-West Coasts of Africa, via Plymouth.

REPORTERS AND THE BACK DOOR The deadlock between the press and the North Ridling County Council still continues. Five reporters who presented themselves at the new County Rall at Northallerton yes- terday to report the monthly meeting of the North Riding Education Committee, were ordered to go round by the back door to enter the reporters' pew. They all refused, and withdrew in a body, so that for the second month in succession the meeting was not reported..

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"TOO PREVIOUS." I The Sate Mr. William Pattison, who was appointed chief-constable of Scarborough in 1865, declared, on taking up his duties, that he would mako the town so clear of crime that he could hang up his watch on a lamp- post and it would not be molested. The night after this boast someone stole the police office clock.

BRITISH MERCHANT ROBBED. Paris, Wednesday.—A robbery of a senea.. tional chaxacter was committed at the Gars de Lyon yesterday. A Britiah merchant, who was travelling from Brighton to CanneB, bad alighted from his train and proceeded outside, the station, when he was set upon by a man who knocked him down and snatched his bac from him, getting away with about £ 380 w money and some jewellery.—Central News.

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