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For Women Folk I HOMELY MINTS AND DAINTY DISHES To clean mahogany: Spirits of salts, 6 parts'; salts of lemon, 1 part. Mix them, drop a little on the stains, and rub them until they disappear. A simple a.nd inexpensive way to make cur- ra-ut hread is to get a qua.rt of dough, from ths bakehouse, rub ilb. lard well in, and then ilb. of currants; send it to the bake- house in tins half full. They will prove and bake it for you. Anchovy Ketchup I Put a gallon of stale ale into a etewpan wi.th lib. of anchovies, ioz. each of mace, cloves, allspice, and cayenne pepper, loz. of ginger, loz. of loaf sugar, ilb. of shallots, ajid a quart of peeled and clioppe-d mushrooms. Simmer slowly for an hour, then pour the liquor through a, jelly bag, and when per- fectly cold, bottle, cork, and seal it up securely. Curd Cheesecakes I A pint and a half of milk, one beaten egg, a dessertspoonful of rennet, a dessertspoon- ful of brandy, a tablespoonful of sugar, currants, and chopped peel. Take the milk, warm it, and curdle with rennet. Break the curd and drain the whey from it through muslin. Add to the curd a beaten egg, brandy, ugar, chopped peel, and currants to taste. Line some patty pans with good puff paste, half fill them with the mixture, 4nd bake till delicately browned. Banbury Cakes I The meat for the inside is made by beating up ilb. butter till it becomes like cream, then mix with it ilb. candied lemon and orange peel (cut fine), lib. of currants, and loz. of all- spice mixed together. It can be kept a long time in a jar closely covered. Make a paste and roll it out about half-an-inch thick. Put some of the meat in the centre, fold over the two sides, making it of oval shape. Place the join at the bottom, put on white of egg, and powder over some fine sugar and bake quickly.

Passing Pleasantries I Mise Young: And you're going to marry old Bounder? I warn you that he'll lead a double life. Miss Older: Well, if I don't marry him I'll have to lead a. single one, and that's worse. Tommy Wrott: Has anybody ever spoke to you the sweetest four words in the lan- [guage? Lotta. Guhp: Oh, yes; I suppose I have been asked a thousand times, Do you like chocolate?" How much coal is there, Susan? How long will it last?" If Well. M-g-am, it will last quite a. while if you don't have any fires." "Then there isn't muoh left?" If There isn't any left, 1n.a;&m." "A NEW CHUM." I We went with the new chum to the pub. romarked a. man about town. "The ques- tion of who should pa.y was discussed, and someone suggested drawing from the hat to settle the shout. The barmaid numbered seven tickets, which were folded, placed in the hat, and shaken. We all drew in turn, grinned complacently, and tore up our tickets. The new chum drew—blissfully un- conscious that the tickets had all been num- bered seven by the unscrupulous barmaid- and shouted. The new chum grew suspicious as the boys became benignly hilarious at his expense, and finally insisted on numbering the tickets himself. He numbered them from one to seven, and the Fates were facetious- he drew seven again.

I CUPID IN A POLICE COURT The sequel to a charge of theft was described yesterday at Acton Police-court. A young woman was oharged. recently with stealing from her employer, and her sweet- heart came forward and offered to ma.rry her a.t once if she were allowed to go. She was remanded until yesterday that he might carry out his promise. The court missionary stated yesterday that the wedding took place on Christmas-eve. The young woman was not present, and as the missionary suggested that she was probably weather bound the magistrates adjourned the case again.

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Tinned Meat Scandals. I I THE LOSS OF TRADE. I CardiffConsul &'Peculiar Odours' I Exports of American canned meat, for which the British have always been far and away the best customers, as for American exporta generally, show a. falling off of £291,800 for the nine months ending in September last, as compared with the corres- ponding period of 1905. This fact is attributed chiefly to the dis- closures of the packing house conditions at Ohicago and to the campaign waged against canned goods by the sensational press of Bug-land." In the forthcoming year the American packers hope to be able to regain the lost market, and to convince their British cus- tomers that canned meats are now above suspicion. Mr. Williams, American Consul at Cardiff, reports to his Government that the British are learning to like American meats, and adds in his official reportWbesn it is remembered that all sorts of meats are exposed in the British market, that all the organs of live-stock can be bought in some shops, that rabbits are eaten every month in the year, that ice is used most sparingly in all shops, that game is kept until high, and that the odour emanating from many ehops during the summer months is very peculiar, to say the least, the prejudice against American meats cannot live long." The American packers believe that the cir- culation of the new measures adopted to ensure healthy canned meat will convince the British that they ought to give the trade another trial. I

OFFER TO RESCUED MINER I John Hicks, the miner who has been res- cued from a caved-in mine at Bakersfleld, in Southern California, after fifteen days underground, has had an offer from a music- hall manager in New York to appear there at a salary of LZOO a week. The story of the entombed miner for the past ten days was one of the principal fea- tures of the newspapers, and in every city flaring headlines described the progress of the rescue work. This worked up the public to something like excitement over the case, and there is no doubt that for a time at least Hicks would prove a good turn in a, vaudeville show. For the present, however, he is still weak, and it will depend on the rapidity of his recovery whether the offer can he accepted.

SAILOR'S VARIED LIFE I A life on the ocean wave offers a good deal of variety. Indeed, it was a wonderful career which closed at New Ferry, Cheshire, with the death of Captain Laurenson. Beginning life on a fishing vessel, he joined an expedition to the North Pole in search of Sir John Franklin, suffering great privation, and being nearly devoured by bears. Thence he sailed to the East, and witnessed many of the horrors of the slave trade during three years' cruising in the Indian Ocean. Mr. Laurenson was one of the officers of the Great Eastern in her palmy days, when she was employed in carrying passengers bet- ween England and America, and he was practically in charge of the Leviathan when she made her last trip to the Mersey for the purpose of being broken uu.

DEATH OF A SWANSEA J.P. Mr. Simon Goldberg, J.P., Swansea, died at his residence at Swansea this morning at an advanced age. He was very highly esteemed in the neighbourhood, in which he lived a great pa.rt of his life. Mr. Goldberg was the only Hebrew J.P. in the district. He is the father of Mr. Hyman Goldberg, shipowner, Swansea. Mr. Goldberg's deat.h was referred to at Swnsea Police-court to-day by Dr. E. B. Evans, Mr. Rocke, and Mr. David Boberte, who testified to the exceeding fairness and impartiality which were controlling forces in Mr. Goldberg's mind.

JOYLESS CHRISTMAS I Starving at Christmas was in brief the description of his and his family's lot given by Joseph Bentley, a painter, when charged yesterday at West Ham with stealing a shil- lingsworth of bacon. "My children," he said, "are without food, and I took it." He added that his six young children were without food because he had been out of work for seven weeks. The bacon was intended for a. Christmas Day meal. He was dic-charged-his story being corrobo- rated-as a first offender.

SMOKE-SCARED DEER. The occupier of Haddon Farm, in the heart of the Devon and Somerset eta-ghound country, has discovered a cheap and effectual way of preventing deer from doing damage on his holding. Discarding the use of tarred ropes and other strong-smelling materials in fences, he perambulates his turnip fields two or three times a Bight, smoking a strong pipe, the smell of which, he says, frightens the deer away. Before he adopted this novel device his farm used to be visited by scores of deer nightly.

ROBBERIES AND KNIFINGS. C'tristiras, as usual, showed great con- trasts in Italy. In many ways it was more gorgeous than customary, but the crimes following on the heels of excesses were more brutal than ever befo. This was especially the case at Turin, Milan, and Rome, where robberies, knifings, ,and duelling were rife. At Rome a; child of eight was maltreated in a deserted street and left there dead.

A HAPPY TRAMWAY-CAR I A tramway-car driver and conductor on one of the Birmingham suburban routes came on duty in a happy condition yester- day. The driver alternated runs at furious speed I down steep hills with dead stops which threw the passengers off their seats. The conductor, being offered silver for a, 2d. fare by a passenger, who said he had only lid. in copper, said cheerfully, Oh, that will do."

A TEETOTAL ELEPHANT Ekneligoda Baenayake Nilame has appealed against the decision of the magistrate at Hatnapura, Ceylon, fining him 1,33 6s. Bd. for neglecting to take proper care of an ele- phant, which threw its keeper and killed an intoxicate.d man who tried to recapture it. Nilame said that the elephant was good tempered, except when teased, or when it smelt or tasted liquor, to which it has a great aversion.

TO SPEN-DX40,000 ON DRINK I Harry Read, a bairman at South Norwalk. Connecticut, who has inherited £ 40,000, says tha4t he intends to spend it on drink in two years. He intejids to drink as many cock- tails as he has mixed in his life, but he declares that he will not mix one while his money lasts.

PROSPERITY AND BURGLARY I Mr. W. P. Learned, superintendent of the burglary department of the Fidelity and Guarantee Company of New York, deolares that burglary is increasing in New York because of the increasing prosperity of the rich and the pressure of high prices for necessaries on the poor.

ARCH A THOUSAND YEARS OLD A Saxon arch which has been discovered in Tollesbury Church, Essex, dates back to the first half of the ninth century. —

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BEBilALIWB BURAD- I And Nature doth NClufre Her times of preservation." .ru B«mry THt," M «, 8eow a. I ORIGINAL FOOTBALL COMPETITION. How to Find the Ideal Welsh Inter- National Team. Players Selected by Popular Vote. X20 FOR CORRECT FORECAST If all the supporters of football in South Wales had the selection of a Welsh International Team, what players would they choose? This is the question which we want our readers to answer. There is always some grumbling when the Selection Committee has done its work. Would a team chosen by popular vote be a better team? We want to test this point. First of All, Choose Your Ideal Welsh Team. To enable you to do this we shall, in the first week of the New Year, publish a Coupon in the "Evening Express every day. This coupon will contain fifteen spaces for the names of the fifteen players in the ideal Welsh International Team. Select your ideal team, fill in the names on the Coupon, and return it to the Editor of the Evening Express," at our Cardiff Office, in time to reach him on the morning of MONDAY, January 7. No Coupon received after the first post will be considered. Write Ideal Welsh Team" on the top corner over the address on the envelope. All these Coupons will be placed (unopened) under lock and key till the completion of the public voting, which we will now describe. HOW TO VOTE. The eight forwards are to be selected first, and this is the way to do it: Every day during the week commencing January 7 we shall publish in our columns a Voting Coupon containing eight spaces for the names of the eight selected forwards of the Ideal Team. Choose your eight forwards, fill in their names in the Coupons, and return the latter immediately to the Editor of the Evening Express," Cardiff. Write Ideal Welsh Forwards on the top corner over the address on the envelope. The votes given will be counted immediately they are received, and the eight forwards who receive the largest number of votes will be published day by day for three days. The eight forwards who receive the largest aggregate number of votes on the three days' poll will be the eight forwards of the Ideal Welsh Team. Then we take the two halves and the full-back. For the week from January 14 to 19 we shall publish a Voting Coupon containing three spaces for the names of the back and two half-backs. The votes in this case will be treated in precisely the same manner as in the case of the forwards. Write on the top corner over the address on the envelope, Ideal Half- backs. Finally, we shall go to the selection of the three-quarters. The Coupons for the three-quarters will be published from Monday, January, 21, to Saturday, January 26. These Coupons for the three-quarters will be arranged to enable our readers to vote for a right wing, a left wing, a right centre, and a left centre. The right wing player who gets the largest number of the votes given to the right wing will be the right wing three-quarter in the Ideal Welsh Team. And so on till we get the ideal four three-quarters for the Ideal Welsh Team. When sending in the three-quarter Coupons write "Ideal Three-quarters" in the top corner over the address on the envelope. All the voting has now been done, and we have completed the Ideal Welsh Team as selected by popular vote. Every player has gained his place by a majority of the votes polled by the readers of the Evening Express." Everybody can participate in voting for the Ideal Team. That is to say, the voting is not confined to those who send in forecasts before January 7. The only condition is that the votes must be sent on Evening Express" Coupons in the manner described above. The WINNER of the PRIZE. We shall now bring out the forecast Coupons, which have been under lock and key since Monday, January 7. These Coupons will be carefully scrutinised, and the reader who has forecast the actual Ideal Welsh Team as chosen by the popular vote will receive A PRIZE OF TWENTY POUNDS. If more than one correct forecast is received the Prize will be divided. If there is no correct forecast the whole of the Twenty Pounds will be divided between the senders of the three nearest forecasts. In case of dispute the decision of the Editor is final. This is the must novel method of discovering a perfect international team, and we feel sure our readers will enjoy the scheme as a new and original winter's evening pastime. "WESTERN MAIL" PLEBISCITE, Arguments for and against compulsory Welsh in the Schools of Cardiff, NOTE TO THE BURGESSES OF CARDIFF. Read the arguments on both sides before registering your vote on the postcard sent to every burgess. These cards must be reposted not later than Monday night, the 31st inst., so as to reach this office by the first post on Tuesday, January 1, 1907. FOR BY ALD. ROBERT HUGHES, J.P (President of the Cardiff Cymmro- dorion Society). The teaching of Welsh as a compulsory, that is, an ordinary, subject of instruction in the Cardiff schools. To the Citizens of Cardiff,- I have the houour to direct your attention to the following, among many, reasons for tho present system of making Welsh a compulsory, that is, an ordinary, subject of instruction in the Cardiff schools:— I—THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. (a.) What is meant by compulsory Welsh is the placing of Welsh In the same position in the time-tables as Eng- lish and the other ordinary school subjects. (b) Every optional subject is invariably either ineffi- ciently taught or abandoned. (c) The prictUbS benefits of the mental training which result from the learning of a second language are universally admitted. In Wales only can the chil- dren of the working classes obtain these benefits. W by should the parents of the children in the elementary schools of Cardiff throw away this great privilege and inheritance? (d) Thera is no conflict between French and Welsh, because French cannot be efficiently taught ill the elementary schools of this country, but Welsh can be efficiently taught because it is the living lan- guage in the country. (e) The Welsh language has distinct commercial value in WaJes, for it is demanded of persons holding official and other positions in the Principality. For example, it is necessary for county-court judges, stipendiary magistrates, and other persons holding Government appointments. It is also necessary in banks, m schools and colleges, in the Churches, in commercial and industrial circles, Ac., &c. (f) The learning of Welsh in the elementary schools will very materially help those who are being prepared to enter the secondary schools, and there to acquire a knowledge of other modern languages. (g) The reports of His Majesty's Inspectors on the present method of teaching Welsh 36 an ordinary or compulsory subject in the schools of Cardiff are highly satisfactory. (h) Welsh is not a difficult language to acquire. Engliah-speaking children learn it in school with the greatest ease. Many of the leading officials in Wales to-day are Englishmen who have acquired Welsh, euch as Dr. Goodall, in Cardiff, and Mr. Darlington, M.A., his Majeffty's Inspector of schools. II.—THE MUNICIPAL SECONDARY tuilOOL. (a) There is no intention to make Welsh compulsory for all the scholars in this school, but only for those who are being prepared to become teachers. (b There is no conflict between French and Welsh. The time-table can be made to include both languages. In a large number of the secondary schools of the Principality Welsh and French are now being taught to the same pupils. (ic) French is not taught in elementary schools any- where, and a. knowledge of French is, therefore, not necessary for teaching appointments in such schools. (d) j¡¡'i8 taught in practically all the schools of Wales and, therefore, a knowledge of Welsh is an important qualification for teaching appointments in Wades, and a knowiedge of Welsh does not pre- sent anyone from obtailing a teaching appoint- ment in England. (e) In practicaJly aU the pupil teachers centres in Wales Welsh is now treated 86 an ordinary, or compulsory, subject. If it is not so treated in Cardiff, the pupils from Cardiff will be at a dis- advantage in obtaining positions in -.ales. (f) All students in the pupil toachers' centre are being prepared for admission into training colleges for the positions of elementary school taacherb, and for such positions only. ■p-ini-Uy, may I draw your attention to the fact that, Crd?ff being tne chief city of Wal, it 16 not that, desirable, but essential to her future pre-emineBM, that she shall be the chief educational centre of the Principality, the headquarters of all the national Institutions-, and the nursery of all national aspira- tions. -?  ??/???  AGAINST. BY COUN. F. J. VEALL, J.p. (Chairman of the British League of Cardiff). The case against compulsory Welsh. In stating the case against compulsory teaching of Welsh in Cardiff schools, I will contend it is unfair, tyrannical, and bound to handicap children, teachers and parents. Take elementary schools. It is unfair because lessons in more useful subjects must be cur- tailed to make time for Welsh, and whatever may be the value of that language as taught in school, it cannot be effective teaching unless" eish is habitually spoken in the homes, which is not the case in Cardiff. It is tyrannical because a parent in a free country should have an inalien- able right to say what language other than English—the Empire language- his children should be taught. It is bound to handicap the children, since such subjects as drawing, history, or geography must be dropped, one entirely or all partially, if three hours weekly be devoted to Welsh, which cannot be learned effectively in so short a time. In secondary schools and pupil teachers' centres it is unfair because it is almost impossible to teach two modern languages in addition to English without detracting from the science or art subjects. It may be desirable to make one modern language other than English compulsory here, but parents should decide whether it should be French or Welsh. It is tyrannical because it will force parents who have educated their children for the teaching profession either to drop the idea or to sead them into England to complete their course, or, in order to keep up French and other subjects, the children must overtax their brains by giving up spare time which should be devoted to recreation to mako up for those school hours occupied by the Welsh teaching. It will handicap those teachers who wish to take honours at Loadon University or elsewhere, because their rivals in England whom they will meet in the examination-hall, not having had to learn Welsh, will have had more time for the study of those more useful and practical subjects which tell in such examinations This was admitted in the replies from certain training colleges to the Mountain Aso Education Authority. Parents will be handicapped in many instances through their children being taught many subjects by second or third rate teachers with a knowledge of Welsh, who will have tin preference over first-class teachers without that knowledge. rst-claM Wales itseif will be handicapped when its public appointments are closed to monoglot Englishmen because, on that being recognised, England will reta- liate upon Welshmen, and the smaller country, with a. surplus of native candidates for it own appoint- ments, will suffer most. It is said Cardiff may lose the loca- tion of certain Government buildings in the future should a separate Educa- tion Department for Wales be formed unless the citizens fall Into line on the compulsory Welsh question. I do not see how this can happen; but, if so, better lose them than purchase the official recognition of the city as capital of Wales at so dear a price. In conclusion, since Montgomeryshire claim tohae made satisfactory arrangements for teaching Welsh effectively where required and have no wish to make it compulsory in all schools, surely Cardiff can do the same. Optional Welsh means Welch taught under beet pos- sible conditions by Welsh teachers to Welsh children, with the parents in sympathy. Compulsory Welah means Welsh taught under woret possible conditions by teachers, mostly unsympathetic, to English children, with parents hostile to the whole proceedings. Mr. David Davies, M.P., publicly condemns the oOln- pulsory teaching of Welsh as a grave mistake, certain to react upon its advocates, and says: "A nation can- not be compelled to learn 'a language any more than to believe in a certain form of religion" This is common-sense, and I hope all Cardiff citizens will vote In this plebis- cite according to their true convic- tions, and I appeal to those Welshmen who have not had, and do not intend ito have, their own children taught Welsh not to vote for making it com- pulsory in the council schools, to which so many have no alternative but to send their children. Fairplay and no favour is all that Je asked for.  B  '*?**?'

AUSTRALIAN GOLD PRODUCTION Mr. John P. Bray, the American Consnl- General at Melbourne, reports that the Ans- tralian gold production for the eight months ended August 31 last amounts, approximately to 2,306,532 fine ounces, worth about 99,540,968, against 2,388,044 fine ounces, worth about £ 9,878,022, for the corresponding period of last year.

I INQUEST FIVE MONTHS AFTER I A verdict of "Accidental death" was re- tu,rned yesterday by a coroner's jury at Leeds on Frederick William Oalvert, a Lamp porter on the Great Northern Railway, who fell from a. signal-box ait BaAley five months ago- I He hatd lived since then in a hospital with (broken sidne.

I Xmas Eve Jaunt. I I SENGHENYDD HAULIER'S STORY I Cornelius M'Carthy, a haulier, living in High-street, Senghenydd, came to Cardiff on Christmas Eve, and, meeting Elizabeth James, a young. woman of 26, he spent some time in her company, with the result, as alleged, that he lost an imitation gold ring from his finger and a silk handkerchief from his coat pocket. The charge of stealing these articles was preferred against the girl at Cardiff Police- court to-day. Cornelius McCarthy's case was that, meeting the lady at ten p.m., he treated her at a public- house, and then went to her residence in Eldon-street, where he said she took the ring from his finger, but he did not miss the handkerchief until afterwards. Prisoner told the policeman, who arrested her, that M'Carthy gave her the ring (which she produced), but she knew nothing about the handkerchief. Fifteen shillings was the estimated value of the property. The Bench acquitted the prisoner of all blame in respec-t of the handkerchief; they doubted whether the ring was not given to her, gave her the benefit of the doubt, and discharged her.

I LLANELLY THREE-QUARTER I I Joins the Swinton Club. I The "Evening Express" recently annoamced that a (prominent Welsh three-quarter was going to sign on for the Swintom (Northern Union) OlUlb. tout we were then unaible to give his name. The negotiations (have been proceeding for some weeks, and have just been concluded. The pdaiyer has arrived in Swinton, and has signed on. He turns out to be (BayS the Sportimg Ohironiele") Llewellyn Thomas, one of the hest-known three-quartm of the lilanelily Club. He is Z3 years of age, stands 5ft. 6in., and scales 11at., and oan play either at wimg or centre three-quarter.

I Air Rifle Shooting I I H. PRICKETT'S CARDIFF TEAM v. STAMPERS, LLANELLY For their msutch against Mr. Prickett's Cardiff Team, the Stampers brought up a fuffly representative team, included in their raniks being such, well-known shots as E. Bourne, .S'keldmy, Field, Dermis, and Pryor. The Moira Cilub. on whose range the match took place, not being strong enough to meet such doughty opponents, Mr. Prickett had the assistance of eight members of the first league, viz :-Kn.ott and Gronow (Windsors), T. Jones (Alberts), C. Griffiths (Ca-doxton), J. Stannous (Siplott), W. Smart (Caledonians), C. Ghiriistenson (Central Liberals), and E. Pritchard (I/radon Sftyile). Excellent nrarksman^'hip was seen on- both sides, especially on the part of the Cardiff team, every mam shooting up to and over his averaige. A few of the Sta:mlpers best shots, Skelding, Portsmouth, and Field, failed, only being credited with 28 each. Tlhe best shooting of the miateh1 was Knott's, who 'ruarrow:l y escarped ma/king the possible, get- ting an inner on his sixth shot. Other best scores were Simmons (33), Gronow and Pritohiard 32 on the Cardiff side, and Pryor and E. Bourne with 32 eaeh for the Stampers. The nuatah. ended in favour of the Cardiff team by 15 points, the final score being, I Cardiff, 370; Sta.mipers, 355. *H. Prickett's Team. Stampers, Llanelly. J. Knott 5 5 5 5 54 5—34 A. Bourne ..5 4 3 5 5 4')—Jo J. Emanuel .4 4 4 5 4 3 5—29 A. Skelding ..4 4 4 5 3 4 4-28 J. Gronow -.4 5 4 5 5 5 4—32 F. Palmer .4 4 4 4 4 5 4- 29 H. Brown .4454444-29 S. Anthony .4 4 4 ? 4-23 T. Jonea 4 4 4 5 3 5 5—30 J. Pr3ror 4 5 4 4 5 5 5-12 C. Griffiths ..5 4 4 5 5 4 4-31 F. Stevenson 4 4 5 5 44 ••—jq W. A. Smart5 4 5 4 4 5 4-31 E. Bourne ..44555 4 2 H. Prickett .4455541-31 J. Hi?ns ..4 4 4 4 4 5 4-29 Christenson .53 45 4 5 4-30 E. Portsm'th.4 4 4 5 43 4-28 J. Dainton ..4 4 4 3 4 5 4-28 F. Field 4 4 4 4 4 3 6—23 E. Pritchard 5 5 4 4 5 5 4—32 A. Francis ..44455 5 O J. Simons ..4545555-33 s. Deimia ..55435-53 Total 370 Total ^55 FRIENDLY MATCHES •Talbot, Aberdare. PeDrhiwceiber Temperance. G. Groses .4 4 5 4 5 3 5—30 E. Griffiths ..3 4 4 5 4 3 3-26 R. Jenkins ..3 4 4 3 3 3 4—24 A. Morgan ..4 4 3 4 4 33—25 W. Richards 3 5 3 4 4 2 4-25 A. lies .5444435-29 H Scourfield4 4 4 4 5 4 3—30 H Law rence 3 2 5 3 3 3 4-23 J. Singleton 4344244-25 E. Davies .4 3 3 4 4 5 4-27 F. Barnes .5 3 3 3 4 3 4-25 T. M'Carthy 4 4 0 4 4 3 2-21 J. Probert ..3 3 3 0 4 3 0—16 fivirmerhill ..3 3 2 3 5 4 4—24 T Dennis ..3 45 4 33 3—25 H. Provis .0404433-Ig W. Hemlock 0 4 4 4 3 5 3-23 W. Bick .4542544-28 H. Probert ..4 2 2 3 3 3 3—20 B. James ..0 4 2 2 5 3 3-19 T. Lewis 3034544-23 E. Webb .4 3 33.3 4 4-24 B. Hawkins 2453544-27 A. Davies..4 544354-29 Total. 293 Total. 293 •Carlvlians. St. Mellon's. J Taylor .3 3 4 4 3 5 4—26 B. Spooner ..3 4 4 4 5 3 4- 27 W. Brown ..5 3 5 4 4 4 4-29 A. Stickley..3 4 3 3 4 5 3—25 D. Harry 4 3 4 4 4 5 3—27 B. Thomas ..2 0 2 2 0 0 0— 6 J. Evelelgh 4 4 3 4 4-25 W. Thomas..4 4 4 5 4 4 4—29 W. Shirt .4 4 4 5 5 3 5-30 W. Coomer ..2 2 4 3 4 4 3-22 J. Jones 4553544-40 S Coomer 4 3 4 5 5 4 3-28 D. Dwyer .3 4 3 4433—24 W. Doheny .2 0 400 2 0- 8 C. Qains .5 4 4 43 5^-50 J. Thomas -.3 3 5 4 3 0 5—21 G. Trel?e .4 3 5 3 4 4 4—27 J. Biss 4 3 3 3 0 3 5—21 J. JI .Jaa W. Biss .435355 4—29 R. Gret ..3 4 3 5 4 4—27 J. Pervis .33 3 3 5 3 3—23 G. Brown .4 4 4 3 4 5 5—29 W. Uewellyn4 4 4 4 5 5 5-31 Total 334 Total. 270 Blue Jackets. *Moira. C. Christison 5 4 5 5 4 4 5—32 F. Prickett ..5 4 5 4 4 5 4-31 H. Tucker..O 4 454.3 2-22 J. Sandiford 5 4 4 3 3 4 3—26 A. Taylor..5 5 4 4 4 3 4-29 W. Lester ..5-544444-30 D. Owen .4 4 0 3 3 4 3—21 T. Pritchard 3 3 3 3 5 2 5—24 H. Collier ..3 3 4 3 3 5 5—26 A. Dalnton ..3 4 4 3 4 5 4—27 J. Dainton ..4 3 5 5 5 5 4—31 T. Wheten ..4 5 455 4 5—32 S. Jones .4 5 5 4 4 4 4—30 F. Sandiford 4 3 4 4 4 4 4-27 W. Elliott ..4 5 4 5 5 4 4-31 J. Wilcox 3434454-27 r. Elliott .3 5 4 4 4 3 5-28 R. Daniels ..3 2 4 2 2 3 3—19 A. Tucker ..4 3 4 4 3 4 4—28 H. Brown ..3 3 5 4 3 4 5-27 W. Tucker ..3 3 4 4 5 4 4-27 Hy. Prickett 3 4 5 4 4 4 4-28 G. Belt.3 34 5 4 4 4-27 E. Brabyn ..434 3335-25 Total 330 Total 323

RHONDDA GOSSIP AND TABLE I It being the general wish of the raembers of the iiiiondda. iieague to pit taeir selected dtJ-eugt.ii against a, siroug Carttitt team, i have arrauged witn Mr. ± oil, tne league seo- retary, to plek a. team of Oaadiif knots to tsiiooc. an. cxiimatch at the Ju.i4>kin. i;lu,D's range on Tuesu&ty, January 8. M r_ will seieot hiS team from the following ;— À. 1). U rim Wis an-u '.U. iewis (Ai i.-auj j, T JAoberts and K Owen (Royals), It. Hammond (Tyiiewyua), T. D. Jones ana i. iiat (um- b,cia,u), V. Evans (Court), G. Patheoid and B. PugJi (Colliers' i £ bYaill8 (Plioac-er), J. Williams and J. Thomas (i'ynewytld), D. ijewiis ana K Tnomas (Miskmj, E. Porter (Conservatives), U. Camip'Oeil (Aew innj. and W. So PeM (MiSKui). The final selection, Wlhh reserves, wail appear in Monday's Evening Express." Only JlWIJIlioors of tne league cruos W ill be allowed In to see the matcii. snooting wilii coiDomeflice at 7.30. ljaet weeis's scores?, taken generally, show the best .snoo'tdng since the formation Of the Leiague. 'i'he Jkuskia &oys had not the easy victory they expeciea. On the contrary Frankie's Pete snowed up wonderfully weil, and ran. them, to an. eignt-point tinash. 'Ine eeoond hadf ol the rvusum team wants strenigthenjiig, ana Captain Griinths would, do weil to remedy this weakness. Best scores were A. Crriiliths. 3i, W. S. ieil and D. Lewis, 31 each, for Miskin; Cambrians' top being Ilill and T. D. Jones, with 31 eaoh. Prasiikie was a. little off colour, oiwy getting 28. Half-Way are etui in the same old rut, only getting 295 against the Conservatives' 317. Neither aide allowed good sJiootLng, and Half-Way would do wail to get niea WhO can beat 19's would do well to get men wno can beat 19'8 and 20's. Park are improving, and will make it warm for some of the leaders yet. They took on Tynewydd ,and put up 3J<) against tnem, Be van (31) and T. w ialiiii.ms (30) shooing well. The Bnokts' total of 341 is their highest, Hammond (32) and Emiiy Jones (30) showing a good lead to the rest of the team. Koyals 8tut keep tlieir clean &beet, beating !the White iiock takly easily. I anticipated better scoring on boiJi sides. T. Bobeits, J. .Sheehy, and E. Owen are showing consistent form for the Hoyais. Burke started very poorly for the Rocks, only getting 24. This poor score, coming from their Ami man on, may have had something to do with the Bocks' low total. Barrel (30) and Rctss (29) were top for the Bocks. I.Elh,e Colliers gamed the points over the Pride of the V alley. W. Alexander started his team well, getting 32. G. Patfbeld (31) is shooting well, and is, without doubt, OTIC of the bestt shots i.I1 the league. Barwell (Coders') and Smith and D. Evans (Pridœ) I did well for 30 each. The Court and Pioneers drew their match, with 318. This aggregate is neither's bet form, both teanis being fully capable of another 12 points. Scott, undoubtedly, lost the match for the Pioneers by get-ting a. miss with his first ahot, and allowing Simpkins a chance to either win or draw the match.. "Talley" smiled when he saw this shot. J. Duvies (Pioneer) was the only man to get 30. No report is to hand for the Exoelsiora-New Inn match, Secretary D. W'atkin Jones not having sent hds score-sheet in. The league secretary also informs me that he has not received the official score-sheet yet, and asks me to state that the late arrival of the official scores is most inconvenient to him. HIGHEST SOORES FOR THE WEEK. I Team: Tynewydd, 341; MiskLn, 341. Individual: 32's—A. Griffiths (Miskin), R. Hammond (Tynewydd), amd W. H. Alex- ander (Colliers'); 31s—W. S. Pelland D. Lewis (Miskin), T. D. Jones and P. Hill (Cambrian), D. J. Evans (Park), and G. Patfield (Colliers'); 30's—W. Jamies and J. Evans (CambrianJ, G. Williams (Park), H. Emlyn (Tynewydd), T. Roberta and J. Sheehy (Royals), E. Barrel (Wh.ite Rook), L. Smith and D. Evans (Pride of the Valley), J. Pan well (Colliers'), and J. Davies (Pioneers). Highest average to date: D. S. Fell, Miakin. 301-3. LEAGUE TABLE TO DECEMBER 22. Team. P. W. L. D. Pts. Tynewydd 7 7 0 0 14 Royal 7 7 0 0 ..14 Miskin 7 6 1 0.. 12 Court 7 4 2 1.. 9 Pioneers 7 ? 2 2.. 8 Congervatives 7 3 3 1 7 Cambrian 7 3 4 0.. 6 Colliers 7 3 4 0.. 6 New Inn 7 3 4 0.. 6 Corner House. 7 3 4 0 6 Excelsiors 7 2 5 0 4 Park 7 1 6 0 2 White Rock 7 1 6 2 Halfway. 7 1 6 0.. 2

Infant Crematorium. I BABY BURNING BUSINESS I Though Christmas tales contain many a, story of witches and ogres, the real one just brought to light in Paris is far from being a cheerful one. The hero who went forth to the rescue of endangered children is a good- natured police officer, and the alleged ogress is a woman in the centre of Paris, who is said to have made it her business to burn infants in the big china stove of her dining- room. Public rumour in the quarter quickly arrived at figures, and alleged that she had already burned 120 children. Small boys in th ■ > neighbourhood, however, need no longer be frightened of her, as she has been arrested. The policema,n is said to have found chil- dren's bones and the marks of flesh -and ia.t in the incriminating stove. How much truth there is in the story it is impossible to say. The details rumoured about are too grue- some to be described. The mothers of the victims are alleged to be poor shop-girls and midinettes. The supposed practice is said to have been discovered in consequence of a complaint for fueftlodged by a Stock Exchange agent. The alleged thief- is said to have declared that he had a child by a woman wno was iouna dying. When asked where the child was the woman stated that it was burned, and that the supposed ogress had burned many other children. The police, she added, would f;md the remains of a number of them in the stove. The inquiry seems to have lent some colour to the allegations, and the accused woman 18 now in custody. There is no proof yet that all the stories circulated concerning the supposed ogress are true. In fact, most of the rumours appear manifestly exaggerated, such, for instance, as to the effect that she burned 1,500 victims. A reporter who saw the accused found her greatly agitated, and she denied absolutely that thare was a word of truth in all these charges. She said she could not understand how they oouid have originated, or on what they could be based. The examining magistrate has gone through a. number of her letters, which merely refer to such topics as are usual in her profession, and her interrogatory only concerned her identity. Inquiries show that she enjoyed the repu- tation of great respectability in her neigh- bourhood, where she has resided for 25 years, This is a matter, at any rate, which can only be referred to with extreme delicacy and caution, and, as the o-ffair stands, dis- cretion on the part of some Parisian journals would certainly have been the wiser course.

SHE SAT ON HIM I Then Yelled "Murder I" "Police I" I Mary M'Naughton, a cook, prevented a burglary at No. 504, Seventh-avenue, Brook- lyn, last week. The house is the home of the nurses con- nected with the Seney Hospital, and Mary M'Naughton is the cook at the house. She is nearly six feet in height, and weighs 1951bs. She occupied a rear room in the nurses' home. She heard a noise in her room and covered up her head, fearing that a mouse was at large. When she made an investigation a little later and found that instead of a mouse a man was going through her bureau, in which she had 120, she was angry. With one bound she jumped from the bed, caught the man, and threw him down. He tried to reach for a. knife, but she caught his wrists, and then, with one arm around his neck and holding both of his wrists, she dragged him to the door, only to find that the spring lock on the outside had caught, end she was locked in her own room. Mary did not know what to do, and while she was thinking out a plan she dropped the man on the floor and sat on him. Then she yelled Murder! Police! and Help! a few times. Her cries brought several women and a policeman, and the man was marched off to the police station.

FATHER STABS HIS DAUGHTER Four little sisters, aged six, eight, ten, and fourteen resipectively, on Christmas morning went to receive their father's Christmas greetings in the parlour of the convent orphanage kept by the Daughters of Charity at Taranto. The children were playing around their parent with childish delight, when this inhuman monster suddenly drew a dagger and plunged it into the breast of his eldest daughter Felicetta. The poor child fled in terror along the ■cWsters, pursued by her infuriated father, who inflicted fresh wounds each time he caught up with her. Feliootta. managed to a>ush open the door of the convent chapel, wihere she sank at the foot of the high altar, where a, priest was celebrating a festival Mass. Siste-r Gatbbriella, the superioress, heroi. C'Caly ^'Wrl^d herself upon the assassin, and, with the aid of other nuns, managed to hold him tall some soldiers and naval officer, who were summoned from outside, came and carried off tho wretch to the g?uardhous? The nhapPYFelicett.a, wh?n removed to a 'hogpdtal, ?s found to have been ^kbod fin n2 P aces. s,he ————? ? her injuries Later in thD day.

TRACED BY HIS FOOT-PRINTS I With a record of over one hundred previous convictions, Samuel Rowe (60), an old convict, was sentenced to the full term of two months' imprisonment with hard Labour at Beading yesterday for wilfully smashing a pla.te-glasg window belonging to Mr. C. E. Hewett, a local magistrate. The police-consta.ble who 'heard the smash just after Christmas midnight traced the pri. soner through several streets by his foot- prints in the snow.

DEATH AFTER FESTIVITY A lad of eighteen named Hearn, returning from Debenham to Wetheringsett after spend- ing several hcurs in Christmas festivity with companions, fell into a (fitch. He was pulled out, but after proceeding for a. little distance was unable to walk. He was conveyed home on a wheelbarrow, a distance of nearly three miles, but a doctor being summoned found him dead.

THE LATE SIR JOHN LENG Lady Leng has arrived at New York with the remains of the late Sir John Leng, who died recently in California. lady Leng is on her way to Scotland, where the interment takes place.

WARM AT LAST A "Union Jack" motor-omnibus, crowded with passengers, caught fire yesterday in South Kensington. There was a loud explo- sion and an outburst of flame from the engine, and the passengers were much ^alarmed. The driver stuck to his seat, and the con- ductor assured the frightened passengers that there was no cause for alarm, jocularly declaring that at last there was a chance of keeping warm." The passengers were got out without mishap, and the flaring omnibus turned into a side street, where the flames were extinguished.

LABOURER FALLS 70 FEET Thomas ArkwrigM, a labourer at the new town-hall which is being erected at Leigh, was carrying coal upstairs there yesterday, when he slipped and fell down six flights, a distance of 70ft. In his descent he smashed a Zin. plank, which broze his fall. He had five ribs frac- tured and his head was injured, but he was consoio-us yesterday, though in a, critical con- dition.

BOUGHT 600 POSTAL ORDERS A record has been created at Hull post- office in the sale to one individual of 600 postal orders of various denominations, the value being X220. They were mostly for small amounts, and presumably :were sent as Christmas presents.

AN UNLUCKY FIRST A sailor charged at West Ham yesterday with gambling said he was playing pitch and toes for the first time. He started with a halfpenny, and after an hour's play had won I a halfpenny. Then he was captured. He was I let off with a caution.

DECAPITATED ON THE RAILWAY I A Holyhead telegram says that last even- ing, as Hugh Hughes, leading stoker on a. London and North-Western steamer, was crossing the railway-line he was knocked down by an incoming train and decapitated.

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"THE CHILD IS MINE." Domestic Accused of Murder. Bertha. Mary Stone, a domestic servant, was charged at Bromley yesterday, oil remand with wilfully murdermg heD child, FTeda Stone, on Novomlber 26, at Knoekholt. On December 20 a man named Norman Payne was passing a pond at Knockholt, when he noticed eomething in the water whicti, on examination, proved to be the body of female child. He informed Police- sergm-nt Strood, who went to the epot, and found the body had been in the water some time, probably about three weeks, and that it was apparently about one month old. It had a handkerchief stuffed in its mouth. Subsequently Detective-inspector Fowle visited the prisoner, and told her that a child had been found, and that she would be charged with murdering it. She said, "The child is mine." This statement she repeated when forma-lly charged at the police-station. The inquest was held at Sevenoake on Mon- day, when the jury found a, verdict that the child had been murdered, but that there was not sufficient evidence to s'how by whom. It was now intimated that a communica- tion had .been received expressing the deter- mina,tion of the Treasury to prosecute, and the case was accordingly remanded until Monday.

68,000 FREE MEALS. Despite the prosperity of the United States, no less than 68,000 persons on Tuesi- day received their Christmas dinner in New York at the hands of distributors of charity. Hundreds of these were famished, and admitted that it was the first square meal for many days. The Salvation Army was the host to about a third of these people, and the remainder were divided among other religious organisa- tions and private people. The weather continues cold, but the ter- rible winds of Christmas Eve have abated, so that conditions are more tolerable, ■

SEA INTERRUPTS FOOTBALL I At Scarborough several thousand people watched a football match on the sands between fishermen and firemen, the proceeds being devoted to charities. The incoming I tide caused some players to get drenched or I fall full length in the sea. The firemen won. I

CONGER IN THE BATH I Whilst the ewimming baths on Dover sera front were being filled yesterday from the sea a large conger eel made its way through the inlet pipe into the bathe. After an excit- ing hunt it was captured. It turned the scale at 14Jlb.

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f PLAYING FIELD MISHAP r PLAYING FIELD MISHAP Cardiff Footballer Breaks His Leg Cardiff City Juniors and Nelson Church Juniors met at Nelson, but, unfortunately. after playing only 35 minutes the game had to be brought to a close, with the score of one goal each, owing to Henry Stoate, the outside right of the visitors, meeting with an accident in which he fractured the left leg just above the ankle. Stoate was immediately taken to the headquarters, where Dr. More- ton set the limb.

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