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TH E QU EEN'S NURSESI A Call for Help I THE COW AND SNUFFERS. BY LLOYD MEYRICK. I wish to make a strong appeal on behalf of an excellent cause. It is to our credit that there are so many of them in this country, but some cry out with more insistence than others. Tho Cardiff branch of the Queen's Nurses is asking for 20,000 shillings to enable it to proceed with its work of nursing the sick and helpless. The branch has o»ly a settled income of L-50, and is entirely dependent upon voluntary offerings. Every intend- ing subscriber is entitled to ask, What does it do what is the good of it ? In addition to the two heads, it has a staff of nine nurses, who are constantly in our poorest homes cleansing and nursing the hopelessly poor and outcast, or build- ing wage-earners to that strength which 11 'II 11 "'II makes them sell-supporting and home- maintaining again. This work cannot be done by, and does not clash with, the Infirmary. It is essentially the work of home-preserving and of bringing the! laws of health and oare to the bedridden and destitute. In a city like Cardiff, how many stricken ones lie forsaken and over- looked even by our manifold religious agencies? With the wannest apprecia-! tion for the work of the latter, we want the godliness of cleanliness, and the true missionary of our home dark lands is the nurse. The class affected by the minis- traticns of the nurses is that always on the edge of poverty and want, and when ill-health comes there is often no reserve fund that makes for a fair chance for In the report of 190.5 I find that the largest classes attended were:—Dock employes, 201; Dowlais workmen, 197; gas-workers, 224; labourers, 177; and parish, 76. In addition, making a total j of 1,819, there are a number of casuals and overworked widows and spinsters, whose utmost efforts barely keep body and soal together. Let me make an extract from the report of Miss L. M. Morgan, the superintendent, who observes — What a revelation it would be to some of the members of the community to go the rounds with one of our district nursee, starting, perhaps in pouring rain, at 8.30, and penetrating into the narrow, cheerless, back streets. Let us imagine ourselves engaged in such i a day's work. First of all, we go to a little front room in Tiger Bay; the room only holds a table and^ehair and bed, on which lies a sweet-faced woman. Skmly her life is ebbing away; she has hip disease. She has been delicate for years, but during the last three years sh.o has been in bed, compelled to lie in one posi- tion the whole time. Her sons keep the home together, but work has of late been so slack she has hardly had enough to eat. If it were not for the nurses, what tender hand would supply the wants of this poor woman ? With the best of sons she would be allowed to dribble into eternity as lonely and uncared for as a half-shot rabbit that whimpers out its life in the shelter of a friendly thicket. From this neighbourhood, still led by Miss Morgan, we go to Grangetown, where in a small back-kitchen sits a tiny girl, with big, sorrowful, dark eyes. She has spine disease, and, though so tiny, ia thirteen years old. Her inother is a widow and very poor. Sometimes the.! child can creep on her crutches to the I door, but is often forced by her suffering to lie hour after hear on the sofa. Yet fresh-air is life to her. Miss Morgan adds that in some towns she has known ladies lend their carriages or pay for drives to take such cases into the country. Will some reader able to do so take the hint and communicate with Miss Morgan ? These are only two cases out of the sad number that find the world a torture chamber and yet unconscious of all wrong. The present urgent need is for this appeal to be successful, so that the branch may carry out the work it has undertaken. I notice that the Trades Unions are not neglectful of their duties in this direction. The coal trimmers give £10 10s., employes at Dow- lais Works £ 20, and tramway employes ;Slo 15s., in addition to smaller sums from other Unions. The Trades' Council raised £ 33 6s. last year by collection, and it is to be hoped that all the Unions will make some special effort to oome pro- minently forward on this occasion. The initial expenses of starting a maternity department have been very heavy, but the terrible increase of infant mortality shows the need of skilful mid- wives and instructors of ignorant mothers. The Marchioness of Bute has started the fund, and many local philan- thropists have handsomely responded but there is need for the help of all who can afford but small sums. All sub- scribers can depend that their money will never be better employed or more urgently needed. Those who have time and sympathy and small gifts to give ought to communicate with Miss Morgan, who will direct them in the right channel. Those who have a carriage might well give the little Grangetown child a ride into the country, and send her back into her house of suffering smiling happy and covered with flowers. Dr. Ewen Maclean, Cardiff, is secretary and treasurer of the fund, to whom sums should be sent. Some time ago there was a discussion as to the meaning of Cow and Snuffers," the well-known public-house at Llandaff. Turning over an old volume of Notes and Queries," I find it suggested that the origin of this singular public-house sign may be an English corruption of the Keltic. We know that the Goat and Compasses" is corrupted from God encompasses us" that "Pig and Whistle" was originally the Saxon "Piga and Wassail," equivalent to a lass and a I glass," or "Venus and Bacchus," and that "Bull and Mouth" signified "Bouloque Mouth" or "Harbour." The Kymric branch of the Keltic language supplies no words that commence with the consonants "sn" but the Gaelic branch affords "coin," "dogs," and "snam hair" (pronounced "snavair") "a swimmer," and "snambach" ("snavach") "swimming." If this be the derivation of "Cow and Snuffers," the sign would signify The Swimming Dogs," a name given in some parts of the country to otters. "Coinsnamhair," pro- nounced by a Keltic speaker, would sound very like Cow and Snuffers" to an i Anglo-Saxon or English ear. Another writer points out that in a play of George Colman, entitled" The Review or the Wags of Windsor," the following lines occur: Judy's a darling, my kisses flhe suffers; She's an heiress, that's olear, For her father sella beer, He keeps the gign of the "Cow and Snuffers." The same song also occurs in two other plays. At Llandaff the sign is represented by a cow standing near a ditch full of reeds and grasses, with a pair of snuffers placed as if they had fallen from the cow's mouth. The oddity of the combination in all probability pleased a publican, who had heard the song and. adopted it forth- with as his sign, leaving the arrangement of the objects to the taste of the sign- painter. This last derivation is the one adopted by Mr. Larwood in his "History of Signboards." However, I do not want to revive an old controversy, as the matter has been threshed out so often. It has been as much discussed as the origin of these lines have been in South Stafford- shire Sutton for mutton, Taanworth for beef, Wa,lea.U for a pretty girl. And Birmingham for thief.

STOP PRESS Latest Telegrams. LONDON FINANCE IN THE STRET. Consols 8?..lUgUbt Account 88ê, Mid- land 68i, No-rth Western 1573, Great Wes- t-rrn 131 J, Berthas 116j, Great Northern 45g, Doras 49J, Berwick 141J, British 43. GreM Eastern 82, Atchison 91J, Baltimore 120, Erie 42, Missouri 33g, Norfolk 891, 0)i- tario 49J, Southern 34; Pacific 69^, Steel. 35J, Pref 103, Chartered 1 9-32. ttüldfteld:" 3 5-16. East Rand 3 13-16, Modder 4 7-16, Rand Mines 5 lHiT. Knights 23. THE CRADOC VALE DISASTER. On the arrival of the funcral ?i youn;; Oit t?ic ?L:-r'val'oL- the ftziier?ti ei ye- ur, proeetf-M-on was joined by another funeral, that of John Morris, who was bur;cd ia the same grave some of hi.- children. Manlsy, the third man who was brought up dead, was buried earlier in the day in the burial ground of the .Mctiiodi.t Chapel. Work has been suspended at all the coliicries in the district, and a great con- oour?c of people in the vicinity of the mine. WILTSHIRE.—Captain Wyndham, not out, 8; Captain Gillson, not out, 12; ex- tras, 1: total !,1 wlcketl. 42. WARWICKSHIRE.—Devey, not out, 35; Kin-neir, not out. 3.6: extra-, 2; total. 71 for- •ti-j wicket. KENT,—-Hearue. cot out. 89; Seymour, c b Burowi?, 40; Hntcbinsr,?.. not. out, 19; extra.?, 9; total (2 wickets). 241. NOTTS.—Day, not out, 24; Iremongpr, b Bean, 5; Gates, run out, 9; Wass, c Find- lay, b D'Oan, 0; Hal loan, not out, 0; ex- tras, 12: total '9 wickftii, 243. c Pita", Crawford. 47; Cadman, b Crtiwi'rl, 21; Rickman, b Crawford, 4; Morton. out, 19; extra. 15; total (9 I 237. NORTHAMPTONSTJIRE.—Cox, not < <:(. Cro-se, not out, 53; extras. 5: total (1 wicket), 96. Essex-. Carpenter, not out. 157; lGalny, 1J Tarrant, 92, extra. 6-total ithroe wickets), 301. Hampshire: lilli, b Morrison, 36; Bowel!, c Bancroft, b Morrison, 34; Lle'.vclij-n, not out, 3; Mead, not out, 6; extras, 6-total (two wickets), 85.

I Police and the Public ALLEGATIONS IN A CARDIFF CASE. Divergence of evidence was a. feature in one of the cases before the Cardiff magis- trates to-day (Alderman David Jones and Mr. T. Watkin Lewis). Statements were made, but only from the dock, as to tihe methods of a police-constable in bringing a woman to the police-stattion. The charge was denied by about half-a-dozen of the constabulary. One Kate Davies (nineteen) was charged with being disorderly and making nee of bad language in Bute-street. Mr. Sydney Jen- kins defended. Mr. Harold Lloyd watched the case for the pol ice-const able. Police-constable James Jenkins deposed that at 10.2a on Saturday night he was in Bute-street, and saw prisoner fighting with another woman a.nd using bad language. He parted them, and the other woman went away. By Mr. Sydney Jenkins: This was a.t the corner of Millicent-street. Did you tread on her heels?—No. Have you not made it a public boast that you would get her locked up before long?— Certainly not. You followed closely and attempted to drag her?—No; she walked quietly until we had got into Westgate-street. Her arms were black and blue?—No, she fell, and that may have caused the bruises. Witness dealed charges of injuring one of the woman's ears and striking her on the jaw, and he further told Mr. Sydney Jenkins that aeen^ed made no complaint of having been roughly handled. Police-constable John Pugsley corroborated, saying that, prisoner refusing to go away, Jenkins took her into custody, and she went quietly down Caroline-street. Mr. Sydney Jenkins: Did he tread on her heels ?—No. Police-constable William Gooding, who was in plain clothes, also gave corroborative evi- dence. Another constable was called, whereupon Mr. Sydney Jenkins asked, How many more? Bring half the force!" The policeman was called, however, to speak as to what transpired in the cell, to which, said the police-constable (Evans), she was with "a lot )f trouble taken." She had a fit, and the doctor was sent for. She made no complaint of ill-usage. Inspector Burke was called to the cell, and saw prisoner apparently in a fit, and she had to be held down. Prisoner, giving evidence on her own behalf, said she was not engaged in any fight; yet Police-constable Jenkins came up and said if she did not go he would have her; he had said before he wished to get her fined or imprisoned. He caught hold of her left arm, which was much discoloured. She made a complaint about Jenkins to the female wardress. Accused had been up before on two occasions, and was fined 5s. and costs, or seven days. I

Sir Wilfrid Lawson Dead I TEMPERANCE LEADER PASSES AWAY We regret to announce that Sir Wilfrid j Lawson, who has been ailing for eome time, passed away at 18, Ovington-gardene, Ken- sington, at five o'olock on Sunday morning. The death of Sir Wilfrid, who was born in 1829, creates a Parliamentary vacancy in the Cockermouth Division of Cumberland, which, after a lapse of five years, he re-took at the general election, his majority over Sir John Randies, his Conservative opponent, being 563. In the last Parliament the deceased baronet represented the Camborne Divis/ion of Cornwall, but he first entered Par- liament as member for Carlisle in 1859.

I TO CRUSH CRIMPING. I Seamen Assisting Themselves. It is interesting to know how genuine Labour champions" like Mr. J. Havelock Wilson, M.P., spend a holiday ordered them by their medical advisers. This gentleman, the toon, member for Middlesborough, it appears from a letter he has addressed to the local secretary of the Seamen's and Fire- mens' Union at Newport dir. George Jackson) spent the whole of last week with Mrs. Wilson in Rotterdam (where the union have recently opened a branch) organising seamen, and attempting the manning of Sir Christopher Furni?s's ships with Union crews. Mr. Wilson arrived in England on Saturday, and will leave again in a few days for a six weeks' spell on the Continent. The Union have arranged with Sir Christopher for the man- ning of the wliole of his vessels sailing from that port. They also expect to execute an arrangement with the Maritine Truat Com- pany on the same lines, which will mean the manning of three boats per week. Crimps and boarding-masters, who have prior to the unions settlement held the sway, are now combining their efforts against them. One day last week they turned out upwards of 300 strong and stormed the headquarters of the union, threatening personal violence on the official in charge. So determined was the onslaughter that Mr. Wilson was obliged to call in the police. At the same time the union were successful in manning the steamer Durango with a full crew, and seeing her safely cross the bar, greatly to the dismay of the crimps and their accomplices. During the present week the union have three boats to supply. Mr. Wilson feels sanquine as the future of the branch in Rotterdam.

KITCHENER'S HYBRIDS. I An animal now fwmiliarly known as "Kitchener's Hybrid" is, in reality, a cross between a pony and a Burchell zebra mare. As a yearling it was bought in South Africa, by Captain A. C. Webb, of tha Johannesburg Remount Depot, who broke it to the saddle. During the larte Wfil; in South Africa it became the property of Lord Kitchener, who presented it to the King (says the l July "Windsor"). The hybrids will probably be extensively t.r,d in the future, since the few that have already been tried as beasts of burden in the tropics ba?T? shown themselves to b* as tractable && bmor'se-s, a.nd at the same time, in virtue of their zebra, blood, far more oapable of with- standing diseases to which E-umpe= horses readily succumb in hot countries. Oddly enough, Kitchener's Hybrid, despite ita 'former tra&tabLMty and the many attentions it now receives, is showing a marked return of those characteristics in the way of temper, Ac., usually attributed to zebras.

ROUGH ON THE PORTER. f Two Treorky youths, named Daniel Hughes I and Penjami-n Morgan, appeared at Yst-rad I Police-court to-day to answer a, charge of assaulting a porter, named John Morris, employed on the Taff Vale Railway. Mr. Ingledew appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Horatio Phillips defended. Complainant stated that the defendants had.refused to go away from a road leading to t-he railway premises, and upon com- plain,azit jumping over the rails to compel them to go away the defendants turned round and abused him, with the result that he had had to be away on fhe sick list for ten days. The defence was that complainant was guilty of provocative conduct, calling out to one of the boys, who had red hair, "Hello, fire, let's have a warm!" complainant admitting that he had on previous occasions made use of the expression referred to. but not latterly. Defendants were fined 10s. each and costs.

POOR OLD TUTTLE." Worried by the fact that he was getting I into debt, John Tuttbe, 70, a fishmonger, of Windeor-road, Stbm-fordbill, threatened to commit suicide. He was very depressed, and said he should never fa-oe a summona for debt. Early one morning he was found shot dead in his bed- room. In his pocket were two letteip, the first containing directions as to his will. The second ran:— Final. Poor old Tuttle is broken in health and also in pocket. For the last twelve months I have had the life of a dog and worse. I feel that ill I don't know how to get about. I am going mad: I feel it. On Saturday a jury found Tuttle committed suicide while temporarily ingd-ne.

THE VERDICT OF THE MEDICAL PRO- FESSION concerning HORLICK'S MAt TED MILK is enforoed by the important fact that doctors frequently use it in their own families and bring up their ohildren tfpoo it. There is no better means of securing immunity for infants and others from the dangers of cow's milk than the usé of t-hat product in the form of MALTED MILK, which is pasteurised by the process of its manufacture and is more assimilable in its concentrated forrrf than ordinary milk, even of the best and purest kind. It is sustain- ing for nursing mothers. It con-tains no free starch or added sugar. MALTED MILK is good food and nothing but good food. Of all oh enlists, grocers, and stores, Is. 6d. and 2s. 6d. per bottle. A free sample, with full descriptive acoount, will be forwarded for two stamps, to cover postage, by Horlick's Food Company, 34, Farringdon-road, London, E.C. el840 ladies* Costumes. Blouaes, Ac., Dry Gleaned; returned In three days.-I. Minny-rtwat, CkUiaya. Id. REDUCTION- IN TEA DUTY.-Ph=pa and Co., Fine 'I¥ SpecWJlst8, Cardiff, h?w Improved tbs amdit? ?! tkif dAIW4xm t?M 1A. ow ID. OtAAdud bloc"

WATCHED BY 'TECS. ¡WATCHED BY 'ECS.I High-Flying Bohemian I I WHITE'S "FATHERLY INTEREST" IN I MRS. THAW. J One of the most extraordinary develop- inents of the millionaire murder case has been the proof that White had been care- fully tracked by Thaw's private detectives for a whole year, and that White himself set I a big staff of detectives to watoh the move- ments of the men who were dodging his foot- steps. Mr. Bergoff, Stanford White's ohief detective, in his diary, shows that White un- doubtedly feared for his life, that he took mmute precautions to guard against a sur- prise, and that equally ingenious plans were made to keep traok of every movement of the luckless man about town. The diary (saye the" Daily Telegraph New York cor- respondent) is a surprising exposure of life among the high-flying Bohemian set of New York. Bergoff, who is manager of a detective bureau, says that from February, 1906, Mr. White suspected that he was being shadowed, and that some of his lady friends were also vigilantly watched. The suggestion is that Mr. Thaw was collecting evidence against his hated foe for a long time, and only shot him when he failed to secure a police .prosecution. It is further alleged that Tha.w accused the architect of employing a gang of cut-throats to waylay amd assault him one night two years ago when he waa re- turning home from his club. In May last the secret was discovered. What followed is told in words of the detective's diary: "Together we entered the cafe, where 'White ordered two whiskies. When we were seated at a tafble I told him that I had posi- tive information that Harry Thaw, of Pitts- burg, was the man having him watched. He trembled violently, shaking from head to feet, and was &o overcome tha.t he Spilled the Whisky in raising the glass to his lips. I suspected it all along,' he groaned. In the course of our almost daily association White and I had become quite intimate. Why is Thaw having this work done?' I asked.. Bergoff, I'll tell you,' was the response. This man Thaw is crazy. He imagines that I have done him some wrong. I used to know his wife. I befriend her and her family. Thaw is crazy anl insanely jealous of his wife. He, doubtless, imagines that I am meeting her, and, before God, I am not. My friendship for the girl was taken fsom a Purely fatherly interest, and since her mar- riage she has repaid my kindness by annoy- ing me greatly, by making remarks to different acquaintances of mine. Such re- marks are intended to arouse the jealousy of her husband.' Later, Bergoff said it was part of Thaw's i scheme to annoy Mr. White by the parade of a great detective force, and when the architect sailed for Europe last June the cavalcade employed to watch him consisted of a crowded motor hansom cab, two men on bicycles, and three men running in the stireet on foot. This army actually got alongside the embarkation pier and hooted ¡ Mr. White and his wife as they sailed. t Mill ions for Lawyers. • Richard White, a. Californian millionaire, is on his way to New York to take charge of thL- case for the dead man. Mr. Richard White declares he will spend his entire fortune if necessary in bringing his brother's murderer to t-he 4VIOctric chair. He asserts that the dead man was a high- minded husband and father, and had a happy home. On the other hand, Thaw's lawyers are receiving dozens of letters daily from chorus-girls and others in the theatrical profession giving details of some features of Stanford White's past. Thaw, whose health and spirits remain good, is cheered and encouraged by his wife's daily visits. _—————

cc LED A QUEER LIFE I" I Margaret Glover, 43, at Cardiff Police-court to-day was charged with stealing a blouse, value Is., the property of Emily Julian, from the shop, Planet-street; a Welsh flannel shawl, value 6s., from Ellen Hooper, No. 8, Portm'anmoor-road; and a motor coat and three pictures, value JB1 6s., belonging to Frederick Rogers, No. 6, Glossop-terrace. Prisoner admitted taking the pictures, and that was all, and those, she said, she appro- priated to buy bread. There were fourteen previous-convictions, six for felony. The prisoner has been wandering about the town for two years, apparently destitute, and she sobbed profusely in the dock, complaining that she was oHen on the verge of starva- tion, and without money to pay for a bed to lie upon. Her husband (who bad left her) was to have allowed her so much a week,  but she had received nothing from him. Oourt-of&cer Sergeant Price: It is true her  •husband has deserted her, and since then I she has led a very queer life. S'he was sentenced to two months on each charge, the terms to run concurrently.

A POLICEMAN HERO. I A vast crowd witnessed the various com- I petitions in connection with the fifteenth annual gala of the Royal Life-Saving Soclety, at Highgate bathing pond, Parliament-fields, on Saturday afternoon. During the sports'! the acting president of the society, Lord Desborough, was present. Obief interest oentTed round the King's international cup competition, in whlich Police-constable Black- more, of the City Police, out-dietaaoed all the other eoihpatitora. Blackmoro was the con- stable who saved the life of a boy near I Blackfriars Bridge last Tuesday,and on the. fol- l lowine daY was presented by the Lord Mayor with the medal of the Royal Humane Sooioty for saving a woman who bad jumped into the Thames, near London Bridge, last April, with a view to suicide. The final contest in connection with this event wil:1 take place to- day, at the Bath Club.

A BUTLER'S STORY. I Charged at Westminster on Saturday with stealing a clock by means of a trick from Mr. William Duncan Cooper, a jeweller, of Brompton-road, William Cook, butler, recently in service at Queen's-gate, is alleged to have called at the prosecutor's shop, where he was kouwn, and, representing that one of the maid-servants was leaving Queen's- gate to get married, ordered a clock to be sent to the house as a wedding present. The clock was sent, and at once disposed of by the accused, who adm-itted on arrest that the story of a wedding was a fiction. He also stated that he fully intended to pay for the clock. The police salol that the accused had lost his situation: betting and drink were respon- sible for his present position. The accused was remanded for a week, the niagistrate remarking that he would consider whether I he could take a lenient view of the case.

LANDLADIES' POWERS. I At Chiswick a mechanic applied to the bench, and asked if his landlady could detain, hia clothes, as he owed her a little money through being out of work. There were also some tools there, and he could not work with- out them. The Magistrate: Why don't you pay? The Applicant: I gave her an I O U. The Magistrate: Well, I can understand that your landlady was dissatisfied with an I 0 U. She would rather have had the oash. The Applicant: But I could not pay. Can I demand my clothes? The Magistrate: Yes. There is a Yalintaken idea among landladies tha.t they can detain clothes; only innkeepers can do tha.t.

CARDIFF BURGLAR CAUGHT I At Gloucestershire Assizes (before Sir John Oompton Lawrence) Thomas Henry Jones, of Cardiff, was charged with breaking into several chapels in the neighbourhood of Gloucester, and stealing various Property and moneys. Prisoner, who pleaded guilty, a.nd wa? ee-n?ncod to eighteen months' hard labour, had previously been convicted at Beaumaris, and a warrant for his arrest from the Wiltshire police was produced for theft of communion plate. The Judge took this into consideration in sentencing him.

HERB TOBACCO. I It is 5aid that a good herb tobacco can be mad,e by using mixed dried watercress, stramonium leavec-, or coltefoot, lavender, or rose leaves, or any three of above.

i B<?: "Please, teacher, if a mAn sells the Small Boy: Plea.se, teacber, It a ma.n 8BIl8 the Best or Finest Tea ?t !9. 6d. per lb., how can he impMve it?" Tacher: Don't be an ass, boy; the B.A or Finest Tea cannot be improved. As punish- ment for aecing such an idiotic question, write thia sentence out SO times—PBILLJPS'S Is.$d. to the Best Tea obtainable at the price." e2406 Arthur James Clinton., hair dressier, Wolver- hampton, was fined X30 amrl costs for using his barber's shop for betting gacnuiuv outu Pr7 cu&m4 &Q4 Taltor-pawwdl nimiwl ta tttrm cWIIo-J. WAW""Os COBNM

Ten Days Overdue LINER WITH 160 PEOPLE ON BOARD Grave fears are entertained in shipping circles at Marseilles for the safety of the steam packet America, which plies between thra,t port and New York. The America left Marseilles with 110 pas- sengers. and was last spoken off the Azores on June 11. It should have arrived at New York at the latest by Ju.ne 23, and is, there- fore, ten days overdue. The vessel, which now belongs to the Cyprien Fa.bre Company, was formerly known as the Britannia, and sailed, under the British flag. It was built at Liverpool in 1889, is of 1,658 tons burden, and has on board a, crew of 50 hands.

I CARMARTHEN MORALS. I Rev Fuller Mills Replies to Charge ) At Carmarthen on Sunday the Rev. Fuller Mills made a. reference to Canon Camber Williams's statement as to the morality of that borough, Mr. Mills declaring that "the condition of Carmarthen is better than it was fifteen years ago. The worst kind of Atheism is to believe the world is worse than it was. -Let its nave eyes to see the good. We shall be better than if we are like gwice poking into every hole. The slander of a. town is as bad as the slander of an indi- vidncllL It was done for a purpose. It was to reflect, upon the activity of the clergy and to put in a bad light the work of Nonoan- formist ministers. I don't believe a word of what he said."

I POISONING OF ANIMALS. A lady at North London asked f<?* process against a neighbour, who, ehe said, had poisoned her collie dog and Persian oat. Mr. Fordiham: What evidence have you of that?—The animals were in the habit of going over the fence into his garden, but I could not prevent it. Mr. Fordha-m: It would be no. answer to a claim for damages to say that your animals were trespassing, because it is unlawful to lay poison anywhere. But before you bring vour action you would need good proof.—I have witnesses to prove seeing the man lay Pieces of meat in his garden and then pour something over it. And a veterinary surgeon said he was of opinion that the dog and the cat died f.mm poisoning. Mr. Fordham: You may proceed against the man for laying poison, but be sure of your proofs.

I FISCAL PROBLEM DOG. From the gunners' mess at Shoeburyne-.s comes a fiscal problem for solution. Our cor- respondent owns a chow, who has a goad opinion of himself as a watch-dog. "The other night, seeing the village policeman examining our doora and windows, the dog bit his leg, removing about half an ounce of calf." The usual negotiations followed. But our major seems to have been equal to the occasion. He found the policeman weighed 12st 101b. in his clothes, and he compromised for five shillings. "What is the value of the policeman ?" asks the maj or. The problem, you will see, is complicated by the clothes and the truncheon. And why is such a genius lost in the Artillery when he could save us so much in the commissariat department!— Daily Chronicle."

r A HUMAN POTATO. 1 There has been perpetrated a fearful murder at Polucan, near the city of Le Mans. Madame Lassay, a young married woman, was beaten to death by burglars, who put her body, doubled up, into a large pot used for boiling potatoes. Madame Lassay was alone in the house on Friday afternoon when the crime was committed. Her husband, on returning home in the evening, found his wife's body in the pot. The houise was pillaged by the murderers, who took every- thing that they could carry away. The doctors who made the post-mortem examina- tion of the body state that before being murdered by blows of a heavy instrument on the head the deceased woman was horribly outraged.

NEWPORT NAVVY WANTED. Oliver Selvey, deputy manager of the Mon- mouthshire Workmen's Hotel (lately known as the n?del lodging-house), summoned to- day at Newport a n?wy. named William Davies, for assaultin.g him on Friday last. Selvey stated that Davies caught him by tho arm and tore open the stitches of a wound, which another lodger had caused throe or four days before. He exclaimed, You gave my mate a month, and I will do six for you." As defendant did not appear, the court issued a. warrant for his arrest.

jCYMMER CASE BREAKS DOWN j At Aberavon to-day an insurance agent, named John Jones, Margam-street, Cymmer, was charged with attempting to assault Emily Beach, wife of Abraham Bench, of 10, Gelly Huts. Cymmer, on the night of June 9. The Benoh dismissed the ca?c.

WOULD-BE SUrCIDE'S APOLOGY. I Arrested on a charge of throwing hydro- chloric aoid at his wife, William Richard Woodiard, of Armacteu-street, Deptford, said to a, constable: I'll tell you the truth. I threw some spirits of salts at her. I have a. nice little home, and I wan.ted her to come back. I was going to commit suicide by taking it myself, but altered my mind. The Greenwich magistrate committed him for trial.

DEAN HOLE AND THE SNOB. The late Dean Hole dearly loved a joke. One day a somewhat snobbish Oxford friend of his, wishing to imprees upon the dean the high social character of his familiar acquain- ,'k r begin,nimg 1!4y tances, wrote him a let c dea-r countess," and then. scratching out "ooun.tess," substituted Hole." Whereupon the dean, not to be outdone. began his reply, My dear queen," and then drew his pen through "queen" and sub- stituted Dick."

PREVIOUS RAILWAY DISASTERS. I The following are among British railway disasters in recent years: — 1874.-Thorpe, near Norwich, collision; Z6 deaths, about 50 injured. 1879.—Tay Bridge disaster, 74 lives lost. 1884.—Near Peiiistone, crank axle of locomo- tive broke; 24 deaths. I 1887.—Hexthorpe, near Donca-ster; 25 deaths. Novemher 1890.-At Norton. Fitzwa.rren, near Taunton (Great Waste rn), collision of sipecial express from Plymouth and a shunted goods train; ten passengers from the Cape boat-train killed. November, 189Z.-Manor House Cabin., near Thirsk (North-Eastern), oollision of second Part of Scotch express from Edinburgh with a -ocids train; ten persons killed. August, 1893.-Nea.r Treforest Station (Taff Vale Railway), part of train went over the embankment; twelve deaths. Juno 11. 1897.-Oswe.9try, excursion train I derailed; eleven deaiths. Feb. 4, 1898.—Bara-ssie (Glasgow and South- Western), collision; seven deaths. Sept. 2, 1893 —Wellingborough (Midland), express derailed; seven deaths. Oct. 17, 1898.-Wrawby (Great Central), express collided witti goods train; nine deaths. Dec. 23, 1899.—WiveLsfleld (London Brighton, and South Coast Railway), Pullman train and Newhaven boat express collided; six killed. M.airoh 28, 1900.-GlaAgow, workmen's trains collided; seven deaths. June 16, igoo.-Slou,gh (Great Western Raiil- way), Plymouth express wrecked; three deaths. April 25,1902.—Haokney Downs (Great Eastern Railway), broken axle; three killed. July 15. 1903.—Waterloo, Liverpool, traan derailed; seven kill-d, 116 injured. July 27. 1903.—St. Enoch's. Glasgow, excursion train struck buffer-aWps; sixteen killed; 3Q injured. Oct. 3, 1904,-U<Jh"b,ead; four killed 50 injured. Oct. (Great. Western Rail- way); four killed. 50 injtrcd. July 28, 1905.-Hall-road Sout;h- port); twenty deaths. Sept. 1. 1905.—Withautu (Great Eastern Rail- way) ten killed, 42 injured.

Trousers T)ry Cleaned and Tailor-pressed, Is. pair; returned in three daye.^1, iiinny-street, Ca'.haya. TO ADVERTISE that the "Best" or "Finest" Tea can be sold at 15. 6d. per lb., and especially to adver- tise that such I as been improved, ia what politician* can a "ternu110'01^ inexactitude"; but to state that Phillips's is. Sd- ÍfI the Finest Tea in Cardiff at the price is to state the truth, and nothing but the truth. e2406 Box Tannel, on the Great Western Railway, is closed for repairs. Trains have to proceed Tia Holt Junction, which involves ten minutete' delay to expresses. WvBVKICfl' BIUiIA Ceftp lAd •attjr flMws.

EXPRESS WRECKED 28 Persons Killed. DRAMATIC INCIDENTSI A Bride's Distress. A terrible disaster occurred at two o'clock on Sunday morning to the American Line express from Plymouth to Waterloo on the South Western Railway. At Salisbury Station, where there is a sharp curve, the engine jumped the rails. It ploughed up the per- manent way for several yards, crashed through the guard's van of a down milk train, then mounted the girder of the railway bridge, and, turning turtle, buried the driver and fireman underneath. The train consisted of three coaches and a guard's van, with kitchen. The first of the coaches shot past the engine, and, crashing into the railway bridge, was smashed to pieces. Portions of the wreck were hurled over the bridge and down the embankment, and one man was violently thrown down to the street below, his body being frightfully mangled. The second and third coaches toppled over on to the line, and were broken to splinters. In the guard's van were the cooking staff and a number of waiters. The guard, Richardson, with great presence of mind, applied the brakes when the engine left the metals, and by this means prevented his coach from being completely derailed. This saved the lives of the men. travelling in the kitchen. The guard of the milk train was crushed to death. One of the Fastest Runs. The special left Devonport on Saturday night at 11.15 with 42 passengers, principally first-class. all of whom disembarked at the Ocean Quay from the American liner New York, in conjunction with which line the special is run. The special only makes one stop between Devonport and London, and that is at Templecombe Junction, to change engines. From Templecombe the train has a clear run to Waterloo, and, as a rule, the entire journey is completed in four hours and twenty minutes, this being one of the fastest runs on the system. Altogether 89 passengers landed from the New York. At the last moment nine passen- gers elected to remain overnight in Plymouth ra.ther than spend the night tra- velling. These were full of anxiety on Sun- day as to the fate of friends, and eagerly awaited the casualty list. The train was drawn by an Exeter engine, and carried an Exeter driver and fireman, both of whom were killed. How the Disaster Happened. All went well with the express and its complement of 47 passengers until Salisbury was reached, but a number of those on the train then noticed that the carriages swayed and oscillated to a considerable extent, and appeared be be travelling at an unusually high speed. When the engine of the express left the rails the wrench severed the connecting cables between the tender and the first of the four coaches which comprised the train. The first coach shot past the engine, but swung away to the left. and was hurled against the side of the railway arch. The side of the coach was torn off from end to end, great masses of timber and iron being launched into the street below. The loss of life was terrible. One body was picked up on a piece of waste land nearly 30ft. below the train. it was mangled almost beyond recognition. The second carriage was thrown to the right when the first left the metals, and it mounted the tender 01 the engine and collapsed as though it were made of matchwood. It is of this carriage that the most painful story has to be told. The collapse of the framework imprisoned the paascng-ers, and the living were shut up with the dead for several hours. The third car was flung to the left of the railway, and was broken to bits. Here, again, a number of injured travellers were imprisoned for a short time. The fourth car was the guard's van and kitchen depart- ment, in which the cooking staff and a number of waiters were travelling. Only the wouderful presence of mind of Guard Richardson prevented this carriage being telescoped. At the first indication that any- thing was wrong he had applied the brakes, and thus he prevented the ear from being completely derailed, and. in all probability, saved the lives of his fellow-servants. An Outbreak of Fire. The horror of the terrible disaster was accentuated by an outbreak of fire. Flames shot up a considerable distance from the furnace of the overturned engine, but the railway -officials speedily extinguished the flames, and also shut oif the esoaping gas. A terrible sight was revealed when the breakdown gangs from Nine Elms and Eaet- Ileigh had made an opening in the second carriage. At the end of one compartment a number of bodies were jammed together in an unrecognisable mass. and it was six or eight hours before it was found possible to remove ,bcm. In another case a happy family party had been travelling together-\ Mr. Sentell, of New York; his son, Mr. E. W. Sentcll, a prominent lawyer of that city, and three ladies. Of this gioup Mr. Sentell, I*n., was alone found alive. ?nree boar9 after the accident some water was iland-ed to him through a hole in the carriage, and after a time he was pulled out and taken to the infirmary. His head was bleeding profusely from a scalp wound, and his left leg was badly fractured. The sobbing cries of a young bride for her husband wrung tears from many a man amongst the rescue party. Mr. and Mrs. Cossitt, of New York, were on their honey- moon, having been married only a month ago. When the compartment in which they had travelled was opened Mrs. Coseitt was found to be little injured. Her husband, how- ever, was severely hurt about the body. Alt,hough life was not extinct, the doctors held out but little hope, and he died a short time after admission to the infirmary. The bereaved bride was taken to the residence of a local medical man. Of the few paseengers who sustained serious injury, several had very remarkable escapes, Mr. Gerson, of London, was riding in a. com- partment in which all the other passengers were killed. He owes his life to the fact that on returning from the dining oar he placed his arm through the strap, and he -as thus saved from being hurled to the other side of the carriage, where his companions were crushed to death. Mr. Gerson on being released cut off the strap which had proved so valuable to him. He was loud in his praise of the local people who helped to release him. Mr. and Mrs. Hobart, of New Jersey, were seated side by side in the third coach, and noticed the rocking of the train, which was followed by a tremendous crash, as though there had been a violent explosion. They were thrown to the far side of the carriage, and thongh neither was seriously injured, Mrs. Hobart was pinned down by the crashing woodwork, and it was only after considerable difficulty that she re-gained her liberty. She bore the ordeal with wonderful courage. A PASSENGER'S ACCOUNT. I Mr. G. A. Strachan, of 32, Boyleetone- street, Boston, a relative of the well-known Scottish engineer, had a very narrow escape. He was travelling in a compartment with his aunt, Mrs. Whitton, a Boston lady, and after the smash they were pinned amongst the debris. The side of the coach was broken away, and they were rescued with only a few minor injuries. To a Presa Association correspondent Mr. Strachan gave a vivid account of his experience after the terrible aooident. He said:—"We expected to be burnt aiive, and our feelings may be better imagined than described. Then came a slight spray of water, and I knew that a hoso was being played on the overturned coaohes. A few moments Olater the rescue party climbed to the side of the coach, and then we were aaw-n out. I believe everyone else in our coach was killed." Mr. Strachan went on to say that the oscillation of the train was something horrible. lie added:—"I have been aecus- torned to fast travelling in the States on a broad gauge track with heavy vehicles. I am of opinion that this train was running faster than anything I Ijave previously known, and the coaches swayed from side to side to so great a degree that I really feared an accident some time before it occurred. It was a mercy," he concluded, "that the boat was laite, or the calamity would have been a great deal worse than it is." A Presentiment. Mr. Strachan sup.ptemenited his previous srtateanent by observing: "This is my first visit to Europe, a.nd. after years of fast travelling across the American Continent, I had an idea that I was going to have a very slow and wearisome journey to London, but after leaving Exeter I had a. presentiment, which. I could not shake off, that the boat express would never reach London." The aged Mr. Sentell's bereavement was made known to him this morning by the infirmary chaplain, and he is said to have borne tho oa jwul bmvely- I OFFICIAL REPORT. The following telegram, was received at the South Western Railway Station at Waterloo this morning:- Latest official report, 7.30 a.m.. from infirmary at Salisbury: Allen, fairly good night. Oockburn, good night. Oritchell, bad night; condition critical. Smith, good night; fa.irly well. Mortimer and Passmore doing well. Miss Rusk, bad night, suffering a good deal from shock. Miss Hitchcock, fairly good nightt Axingf well. Mrs. Koch, fairly good night; doing weLL Miss Greswold, a bad night; condition critical. The American Consul at Southampton was this morning at Salisbury South-Western Station where, a.t the door of one of the waiting-rooms, where the dead still lie, there were introduced to him Mr. Strachan, the Boston merchant, who yesterday gave a vivid ) description of his experience, and Miaa Anne I Koch, whose father is amongst the killed, and whc,e mother was injured. Miss Koch is an accomplished young American, and is making a European tour with her parent, after taking a university degree. The whole of yesterday she was hysterical. She boars marks of a severe blow over the right eye, and the bruises extend almost entirely over the right facial region. The lady corroborates Mr. Strachan as to the speed of the train, and states that she was quite frightened by the rate at which it travelled. Mr. Charles A. Pipon, who was killed, was a ison of the Late General Pipon, R.A. He was a Jersey nian, tid was returning from Canada, where he was engaged in a banking- house, and wa.3 on hi3 way to Jersey to visit his sifters, who left for Salisbury this morn- ing. No official explanation can be given at ,on can be gifen nt Waterloo as to the cause of the disaster. The train. it was pointed out, was run to scheduled time, and any suggestion of racing was entirely out of the question. I Furthermore, added the official, the speed at which the train ran over the curve was considered by the railway authorities to be perfectly safe. The Board of Trade has been notifi-ed of the disaster, and an inspector of that department will proceed to Salisbury either to-day or to-morrow to make an inspection. The Human Enigma. Jules Keeler (killed) was well known in the music-hall world as the "Human Enigma." Some fourteen months ago he performed at the Lyceum Theatre, London, and since then has been to New York, where his wife carries on a business. He was returning from New York, and was booked for a series of engagements at Moss's Empires, the first of which dated from this day week at the Hackney Empire. He had wired on Saturday night from Plymouth to his aged mother, who living in Aldersgate- street, stating that he would be home in the morning about five o'clock. His brother-in- law went to meet him, quite unconscious of the accident. He waited at Waterloo, and when informed of the disaster stayed on hopefully. The first contingent from the wrecked train, consisting of those who had suffered the least injury, arrived at Waterloo at ten o'cl{)di. Not seeing his brother-in-law among the injured, he despatched a telegram to Salisbury, but that also yielded no result, and he went on to Salisbury. It was a pathetic sight to see him put his anxious query to the superintendent who held the fatal list of names and descriptions. There was no mistaking Keeler. He was lame, used a crutch, and had extraordinary power and dexterity in the use of his hands. The man wept as he saw the mangled body of his brother-in-law. Jules Keller will be remembered by nearly every musdc-hall-gper as a wonderful turn- His business consisted entirely of skill and strength in his .arms, and his ambidexterity was astounding. In early life Keller was a. tailor in the East-end of London, and, being crippled with hia feet, he developed his arms to an amazing degree by palming" his way about. He was amusing with a pave- ment exhibition one evening after a visit to a strong man show, when a gernltleman approached him with an offer to go upon the variety stage, and from that moment he was starred in every country. A Brave Man's Death. There was one man who, by self-sacrifice and that personal courage that is ever the characteristic of our countrymen, went to his death with heroic calm. Crick, the fireman of the stationary engine, was thrown under the debris and terribly scalded. He was able to extricate himself, and having succeeded in reaching the platform just as medical aid arrived, he refused assistance, saying: No, I'm all right; you look to the others." He then eipreescd his intention of walking to the infirmary, which he did, but his wounds were 80 terrible that he died while they were being dressed. The guard who wals in charge of the rear portion of the train, William Harrison, who appeared to be goffering mentaJly as well as physically from the shock, said: — I had just sighted the lights of Salisbury Station, and was thinking what good time we were making, when the accident occurred. My brake went off the line, but did not over- turn. I was all right at one moment, and the next I was in the air. As soon as I could, I got out of the brake. It it had not boon for the groaning from the injured, it would have been hard to believe that any one was alive in the ruins of the trains. I at once did what I could to help in the work of aiding the injured. I do not think that the curve is a dangerous one for a train like ours to pass over at the rate we did. I cannot give any explanation of the accident." Tlie railway men only did their duty, said a porter; but the police officers and the postal officials deserve every credit for the way in which they worked. The passengers seemed very plucky. We heard on every hand: "Never mind me—look to my hue- bancI;" or "Go and help my poor friend over there." The ladies were especially brave, and many of t,he injured were very quiet waiting to be moved, and we attended to them as quickly as we could. Some of them did cry a little when they were moved; but there was no shrieking, or anything of that sort- Condition of the Injured A FAMILY ALMOST WIPED OUT The breakdown gangs completed their task during the night, and early this morning the line was practically clear. One of the engineering officials, who provi- dentially joined an earlier train on Satur- d'ay night from the West, was asked thia morning for a professional opinion ae to the real cause of the disaster. All he was able to say was that it was one of those catas- trophes which, unhappily, occur without any, observable cause, or from any defect against which human foresight could make any pro- vision. The correspondent calling the engineer's attention to the reported speed limit through Salisbury, he was not disposed to dispute the probability that the train was travelling at a fast rate, as Salisbury was not a stopping point for it. The etationmaster remarked: I observe some of the newspapers speak this morning of the station curve here being one of the very worst. An exaggeration of that kind is regrettable, because to my knowledge the curve is -not at nearly so sharp an angle as some others." An inquiry at the infirmary elicited that, with two exceptions, the patients are doing well. One of these exceptions is Miss Mar. garet Rusk, of Norfolk-street, Park-lane, who bad both legs and one arm broken, and the other, Mr. E. W. Santall, who is suffering from a eevere scalp wound and fracture of the left leg and ribs. The bodies of the American victims will be embalmed preparatory to conveyance acroeg the Atlantic. As far as the officials at Waterloo are aware, the unknown lady who was killed still remains unidientified. Later. Mr. Sentell, of New York, one of the injured, is in an extremely precarious con- dition. His wile, son, and, two daughters were killed. Mies Rusk, whose injured limba have been amputated, is also in a dangerous condition. Trains are now running as usmaL At the time of despatch the following figures represented the full effect of this deplorable disaster: — Killed 21 Died in infirmary 7 Injured and expected to recover 5 Seriously injured 7 Entirely escaped injury 12 A Dramatic Incident. There were some striking scenes at Water- loo when the special arrived, about 2.10 o'clock, from Southampton containing pas- sengers by the liner who had not got off at Plymouth, but went on to the former port. The first intima.tion which they received of the accident from which they had probably escaped by delaying their landing to the last port of -all was of a. dramatic character. A lady immediately on receiving a telegram fainted on deck. It was an intimation that a relative who left her and went ashore at Plymouth, and joined the ill-fated train, was amongst tha killed. The captain addressed the passen- gers in these words when the New York arrived at SouthamptonWell, ladies and gentlemen, you have not got here in time for church, but you may congratulate yourselves on the fact that you stuck to the ship." Then he explained what had happened to their fellow-passengers. S.W. STOCK FALLS. A feature on the London Stock Exchaug4 to-day was a heavy fall in South-Western flhares, deferred being 24. and the ordiruary 2^