Evening Express

The Han m the Street lathe mu ? the stmet w This year in Cardiff hasibeen remark- able for conferences. Every year, it seems, more people find out something in favour of the place from which the coal comes from, and they swoop down upon the We-Ish Metropolis in their hun- dreds and thousands. It is gratifying to know that whoever oomes the visitor generally carries away with him the same kind of impression, viz., that of a pros- perous city somewhat given over to little extravagances in Portland stone, lovely parks, beautiful women, a business-like people, and a genuine mixture of all sorts and conditions of men in authority over them. There have been some lively times at one or two of these conferences, too, and the fame of Cardiff has been spread all over the globe. But up to the present the coal city has not witnessed one of those lively, inspiring, exhilarat- ing little scenes which occasionally illuminate the proceedings of the Bohe- mian Diet. For it must be said that the occasion has yet to arise on which a Cardiff chair- man has failed to hold his meeting in hand. However, they do things differently at Prague, and at yester- day's sitting the represen.t.atives enjoyed themselves in their own special way. The German delegates did not want to hear the Bohemian deputies talk. At home most people go to sleep or slip out of the back-door for a smoke under similar circumstances. Not so with the .Teutons, who calmly, deliberately, and successfully set themselves to the making of more noise than their right honour- able friends of differing opinion. They used the lids of their desks as big drums, I _J played a score of inharmonious tunes with their feet on the floor, and alto- gether succeeded in kicking up the dust and right royally raising the ceiling. This was succeeded by the direction of a hurrioane of books and papers, chiefly round the Head of the president, who was glad enough to close the meeting in disorder and escape while he had a whole skin over his bones. No, this sort of thing is not done at Cardiff. It is reserved for the entertainments of football referees in remote parts of the country. A good story concerning the author of Sherlock Holmes is in circulation. It relates to a rather humorous mistake made by a Mother Superior of one of the big Irish convents, who had confused the name of Sir Arthur with that of Canon Doyle, the well-known Roman Catholic ecclesiastic, of whom she was an admirer. She saw the name "Conan Doyle" on a copy of "MICah Clarke," and the good mother boughrt' the book, thinking it would do excetfleirtly to read aloud for the edification of the convent students. Even in the opening ohapte- the edify- ing parts were not so apparent as she had expected, and there was no mistake that flbere was a very worldly tone about tihe story of love-making and fighting. While the novices were thrilled by the development of the story, the older nuns were startled and became suspicious. The Mother Superior met them with the explanation, "The dear Canon is prepar- ing us for a miracle of grace—the frivo- lous flirt and the fierce, heretical warrior will be converted as the tale unfolds." At last someone perceived the mistake that had been made and pointed out that the word "Conan" was not a mere mis- print for "Canon. However, the Mother Superior was thoroughly inte- rested in the story, and, though some- 1 what crestfallen, she philosophically observed, "The book must be a good one, for I bought it from a pious bookseller." And she added, "Now we have paid for it it would be wasteful were we not to read it to the end." And to the end it was read. Acting as a spectator at sheepdog trials is not a bad tonic for a conceited man. To witness the wonderful accom- plishments of our four-footed friends for the first time is an eye-opener," and the man who climbs into the grandstand thinking he knows pretty well every- thing soon learns that some of these shaggy creatures in front of him have forgotten many things-good, bad, and im,different-that- he never has known and never can hope to know. Of course, the dog that is so clever in fetching the skeep from the hillside and guiding them through the proper gate and in and out of obsta-clee has had some training. Some credit must be given to the creature's school roaster. Now, every British eohool boy or girl has received some years of training at the command of the State and at the cost of the rates. How many of them, after all the years of trouble spent on them and the thousands of money poured over them, turn out half as useful or clever as a well-trained sheepdog? So it must be conceded that the sheepdog trials held at Ely and else- where are, at least, interesting, and to farmers and breeders useful in the best sense of the word. But a source of wonder to the novice ait these trials is as to the part the sheep play in them. Some dogs seem to get hold of very good animals to guide and drive, and they bring them home and pen them in very quick time. Other unlucky dogs are given sheep that will do anything but that which is wanted of them. Yesterday "Juno Won,yr a favourite for every prize and the pro- spective winner of cu<ps, as in the past, apparently had the most vile luck. She seemed the embodiment of brains, and did most marvellous performances. But her iaet trio of sheep seemed to have wills of their own. They declined "Juno's" softest wiles of persuasion, and at the last evinced a strong desire to disembowel and annihilate her, with the result thait the beautiful young lady of the white coat was unable to convince J the judges that she was the best dog in the field. At the same time, a modest dog from the hills, without the slightest evidence of "side" or show, came down and secured all the honours. Such is life, wi-th dogs, as with men.

INSTITUTE FOR ABERCARN. I A nweting1 of townfipeopJe of Abercarn was held to oopeider the proposal put forward of building & new public institute ait a. ooet at a<bo<u<t £ 4,000. The meeting decided to rapport the scheme.

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Love and Madness DIFFERING VtEWS OF DOCTORS The Paris Eatair hee for soipe time past been* comolung prominent men in the medical profession on the gra.ve proWem whetiber love oaai lead to maduese? Dr. Briau/d oaro emiphaftioaJly love never leads to madness." Dr. Borelkm eays a dis- tinction must be made; there are two kinds of madness, incurable and transitory; and it is to the latter form that love may lead. The concensus of opinion atppearo to be contrary to Dr. Briand's theory. Most of the great alienaats hold that love, yrhich in itself is transitory madness, oan quite well lead to durable madnese, sometimes curable, often incurable. Dr. Voisin, of the famous Salpe- triere Hospital, supports this view. It is a very delicate question," he eays. love hae many aspeow. There is ideal love; there is animal love; but, however you take it, real love, violent loe. is a. paosion- that is to say, a malady; and if intense PaVOn is thwarted, and a person be predie- posed by birth amd temperament to feel axyutely the deceptions and disillusions in-Vara-ble from disappointed love, there are many chances that he will go mad. The eTil influence of depression consequent upon commercial, financial, political, artistic worries, and the like may quite well drive a man mad; why, then, should not disap- poimtied love, which destroys your dream and ruims your life, also send you mad?"

POISONED BY CARBON GAS I MT. Archibald Daniel, deputy-coroner, resumed an inquiry at WiUianutown, Bhondda, on Thursday afternoon at Naza- reth Chapel, touching the death of William Evan Phillips, who waa found dead near his working-place at t2iq Naval Oolliery, Peny- graig, under ciroumstanoes already reported. Mr. A. T. James represented the relatives of the deceased (instructed by the Souith Wales Miners' Federation, for which body Mr. Tom Evans, Penygraig, watched the proceedings); Mr. William Griffiths attended for the ool- liery company, and Mr. F. N. Gray, his Majesty's inspector of mines, was present for the Home Office. Mr. D. Prosser Thomas, manager of the mine, repeated the evidence he gave last week, and, in reply to Mr. Gray, said that the oil enginhe fumes from which had, it was surmised, resulted in the death of Phillips-was only worked between shifts. He added that 3,750 feet of cubic air was passing through the spot where the pump was located per minute. There was nothing when the accident occurred to interfere with the airway. The pump which the unfortunate man had been working was used, prior to the week when Phillirps worked it, in the Penrhiwfer district, and PhAlliipe, whilst working it for the week, had not complained of headache, giddiness, or loss of the use of his legs. There wa.s nothing to indioate that an explosion had taken place. By Mr. Gray: He had never known it to be the oase, but the engine might ran a.-y. choke its exhaust, and pour into the road the fumes which would have to pass the deceased. Mr. Gray: On the other hand, if anything happened to the ventilation, what would be the iiatu-ral consequence?—They woodd rise amd account for the man getting a dose of gas. Mr. H. Ellison Walker, Soartii Wales agent for Messrs. Orossdey Bros. (Limited), was allowed to put a aeries of questions to the witness, the replies to which showed the engine had been working satisfactorily, and it was not alleged that there was any defect for WiuiiCh the makers were reopomilble two and a half yearns after the supply of the engine. The medical and analytical evidence having been confirmed, ttie Coroner pointed out that, in the natural course, the poisonous gases would have returned through the return airway, but some must have, remained where Phillips was located at the ] time of his death. The jury returned a. verdict that Phillips was poisoned whilst at work by carbon monoxide gas.

COLONIAL DEFENCE I An Admiralty dispatch to the Australian Commonwealth in reply to the proposals put forward by Mr. Deakin regarding Austradian naval defence has been laid on the table of the House of Representatives at Melbourne. It is dated August 28. It states that the Lords of the Admiralty consider that security from oversea attack on the Empire of Aus- tralia is important. The part is best pro- cured by a distribution of the Imperial Navy as the strategio necessities of the moment dictate. At the same time, they recognise that under certain contingencies the establish- ment of a local flotilla will be of great assistance, and they &Iao recognise the im- portance politically of fostering a feeling of security among the inhabitants of the coastal towns. Therefore, in the absence of any direct contribution to the expenses of the Imperial Na.vy. the Admiralty will be really to cooperate in the formation of a flotilla, subject to a satisfactory understand- ing regarding its general administration. By tie proposed scheme Australia will pro- vide six torpedo-boa.t destroyers, nine sub- marines, and two depot ships, at a oost of £ 1,277,500. It will pa.y the expenses of 79 officers and 1,125 men, provided by the Impe- rial Government, as many of them as possible being Australians. The fuuroal expense of maintenance will be 4186.000. Administrative cont rol of the flotJiJla will rest with the Com- monwealth Government, but the vessels wiD be at the Imperial service in the event of war.

DOCTOR'S SOCIALIST VIEWS I The position of public officials in regard to Socialite is raised in the singular caae of Dr. Nelsan, resident surgeon at the Hull Dis- pensary, who has received notice to termi- nate his engagement. Dr. Nelson has taken an active part in the Socialist propaganda, and the report is being circulated that his severance with the dispen- sary is due to his public advocacy of Socialism. In an interview Dr. Nelson said he believed this was so. "I learned some time ago," he added, "that objection had been tafcan by members of the dispensary board to the expression of my political views. and I was clearly given to understand that unless I abandoned them the board would certainly take action with a view to effecting my resignation. My reply was tibat it was out- side their jurisdiction." The doctor was advised by his friends to give up Sooiaiurtic work, but declined.

GAOL FOR BABY FARMER I The case of oojby cremation at Edmonton which ocoartred some years ago wae nfcmtioned yesterday at Tottenham, wheu Jessie Byero, of Wood Green, was dbarged with ba>by-farming, or, as the oharpe was offltcdaUy described, "unkawf-uliy retaining for hire or reward two infants under the age of five years, and maintaining such infants a%>awb ft-om their p&ren<ts for a longer period than forty-eigbt hours." The prosecuting solicitor said Mrs. Byere was sentenced to twelve months' imprison- ment a.t the Old Bailey for an infringe- ment of the Cremation Act, When some babies were cremated by her. In sentencing prisoner to six months' hard labour, the ma.griostrn.te said it wae a. bad case.

BOYS ALTER SIGNALS I At Southampton yesterday four lads, the eldest of whom wag twelve years, were ordered to be birched for climbing up a signal-post on tihe Soutth-Westem Railway a.t Bitterne and lowering the signal-arrm. The li-ne at the spot in question is a single one. and it was øtated that if the up and down traane, wiMch were late, had been punctual, a collision would probably have occurred. At the podice-atatiom the boys, as an excuse, said they were Dlaying at trains."

USK FARMERS' CLUB I —— ine ulxvy-mxttl annual meeting and the ninth annual show of the u?k Farmers' Cluh were held in the Cattle Market, Usk on Thursday. There were 330 entries, this num- ber being well abovo the average, and the exhibits were of excellent quality.

The mutilated body of an unknown man was found on the railway line between Piumstead and Abbey Wlood yesterday. SPARK WELL AND SPEND WELL Wins you buy ENGLAND'S GLORY MATCHM row ?<p<M? 'l'!me, P.tianc-% &nd MOQoy, u4 "Bpend" weC hrrnwui you get the acme of value. Every match Stries, Llgbh. ?xi Bums perfectly. Ma" at Xngland't Lights", -A4iCh Woru. GI*Uc?otw. —2

"Rosh Hashana Begins" I THE JEWiSH NEW YEAR I IVwjjgiw, begins "Boah HasUna," the Jewish New Year. inaugurating the year 6669, and there is much gladness and bustle among the Jewish people all over th world. The stirring nature and significance of the call of the festival is evidenced by the many temporary places of worship which, in order to cope with an unusual increase in the number of worshippers, have blossomed forth in the most out-of-the-way corners of the metropolis. In East London, in particular, many halls have been rented for the hold- ing of divine service to accommodate those for whom there is no room in the syna- gogues. Many well-known Continental rabbis have undertaken the trip to London for the fes- tival. All the synagogues will be draped in white, both to-morrow and Sunday, this emblem of purity signifying the advent, of the Day of Judgment, upon which all Israelites are sup- posed to pass in review before their Creator- the day upon which their fate during the coming year is said to be sealed. The Jewish New Year has a social as well la ite religious side. There is a custom of dipping the apple in the honey and of chant- ing- the blessing expressing the hope that the year will be as sweet as the fruit and the honey combined. Another peculiar usage still observed in some families is that of casting crumbs into a running stream. When these float away it ie thought that the misdeeds of the past year have likewise passed out of their lives. The New Year signalises the grand re-union of the Jewish race

BOMB AS WEDDING GIFT. I The police at Aberdeen are investigating a mysterious affair which occurred there last week. A young woman who was about to be married received in tJ)e form of a wedding present what proved to be a perfeotly- equipped infernal machine. Owing to some flaw in the mechanism the machine did not go off, and the police declare that by this a oaiiamity was obviated. The police maintain reticence respecting the infernal machine. Although the parcel was posted from Birmingham, the police have tracked the sender to Glasgow, and it is understood that two men have been placed under arrest there. The parcel con- tained a fully-loaded revolver, with its muzzle embeded in gelatine. The package was so oontrived that had other than an expert opened it the revolver must have fired the gelatine, wthioh was of sufficient quantity to wreck a hOOse. As the two men in custody at Glasgow are married men, the theory of a rejected lover may, be dropped.

LLANDOVERY YEOMANRY CAMP A public meeting was held at the Town- hall, Llandovery, on Thursday afternoon to decide what steps should be taken for pro- viding accommodation for the military camp. During the discussion it was gathered that the Yeomanry would be about 2,000 strong, and that the land required for camping pur- poses would be about 45 acres. The aggre- gate amount required by the owners for such land was L150, and it Was stated that a sum of £ 100 would have to be collected in the town over and above the allowance granted by the War Office authorities. A subscription list was opened in the room, headed by the deputy-mayor with ten guineas. A total of £50 was at once promised, and a sub-oom- mittee appointed to oanvass the town for fur- ther subscriptions.

UNLUCKY SMUGGLERS I When the steamer from Luga-ne aorived at Porto Oereslo yesterday the Customs officials noticed two large trunks painted green and bearing the monogram of the Duke of Aosta. A man in livery was questioned as to the contents of tihe boxes, and replied that they contained the linen of his royal master. Hiie manner was, hofever, suspicious, and the boxes were opened, when 256 pounds of tobaooo and 22,000 cigars carefully packed were discovered and confiscated. The man in !ivery managed to escape during the proceedings in a motor-oar, which wa-s awaltiilg his arrival with the contraband goods.

JUROR'S CONSCIENCE MONEY I At the conclusion of inquests a.t the Isling- ton Coroner's Oourt yesterday the deputy- coroner said that he had received from the superintendent of police an anonymous letter in which the writer enclosed 2s., repre- senting money received for acting as & jury- man. The amount he returned as conscience money, beca-use he now thought he was not entitled to a. juror's fee. In answer to a juror, the Coroner said that the money would be returned to the county council.

PRAYED TO EGYPTIAN GODSI At Brighton on Thursday Abraham George Barklim, described as an Egyptian olair- voyant, was fined £15 for practising clair- voyance with intent to deceive. Two witnesses stated that the defendant prayed to Egyptian gods. fingered with a bowl of sand, which he said came from the Nile, and offered for sale Egyptian love charms. The defence was that defendant believed in what he did as part of his religion.

I LANDLORD AND WIFE DEAD I A senpationa discovery was made at Southampton on Thursday afternoon. As the Chiswick Arms was not opened at the usual tune on Thursday, the police forced an entrance, and then found the landlord. George Augustus Collins, and his wife dead together on the prem,i. Mrs. Collins was a-r invalid. The oa?ae of &ath M believed to be oxalic acid poisoning. The man left a letter et?ting he could stand it no longer.

A WOMAN POISONED, I A woman named Martha Boes?r, &ged 31, wife of Isaac Henry Newtown Roseer! residing &t 25, North-road, N?wbrM?e, was diMO\ered by her huaband ahout twelyemdd-? night very ill in bed. Dr. Evan Thomas was immediately called, but, despite the efforts of the doctor and his assistant. Dr. Gregg, she died about seven o'clock on Thursday morning from poison, believed to have been taken in (mistake.

INJURED WHILE CYCLING. I Another motor accident occurred at Seven- oaks on Thursday night, when Dr. Gray, in practice at South Kensington, while cyoling along Tonbridge-road, was knocked off the machine and over a fence by a motor belong- ing to the London General Cab Company. The doctor was picked up unconscious and conveyed to the nearest surgery, where he remains in a critical condition.

RESCUED FROM THE DOCK. One of Newrs. s-pillere and nakerlg, employee, named Fsred Broom, was on Thursday engaged at a grain ob-mte at the Cardiff stores, when he feU into the dook. Luckily, a small boat wae near, and the I occupant extended a hook to Broom, whose leg was broken and he was thus rescued.

FATAL FALL FROM LADDER. I An old Swansea tradesman, of Aberdyberthi- street, Mr. H. Richards, aged 68. was engaged on Thursday in repairing one of his own houses, No. 29, Marlboa-ough-road. Swansea, when he fell from a ladder to the ground, fracturing his skull. He died almost imme- diately.

I LATEST IN DIVORCES I At oioux Falls, South DaKota, a woman was granted a divorce from her husband on the ground that he was unbearably religious." The oase is remarkable, since the divorce laws in South Dakota comparatively stringent.—Central News.

J Befpreeettratives at the Dat.d1 Government 6" to visit Cromer next w-k to inspect English, mathodo-ot lafe-sarong- on tibe coast.

A. POPULAR DOOTOR, DR. PARRY. From the pili-ating presented to him last night. The reporti of the presentation will be found on Page 4. [Photo, J. Bowen Jones. Pontycymmer.

THE CASKET PRESENTED BY SWANSEA TO BIR SAMUEL EVANS

YESTERDAY'S PRETTY WEDDING AT RUMNEY. I MR. T. R. THOMPSON. MISS DOROTHEA HANDCOCK. I [Photo, Donald Fraser, Cardiff. I

LADY BARRISTER'S SUCCESS I It was a field day at the Palais de Justice I yesterday afternoon, when Mile. Helene Miro- polsky, the lady barrister, appeared as oounsel for a woman who was being tried for attempted suioido. Last March Helene Jean lighted a charcoal stove in her room, stuffed up all the aper- tures, and, taking her ba/by in her arms, lay down on the bed to await death. At seven o'clock in the evening the door waa broken open, but the baby was already dead, and the mother lay for some time between life and death. Mile. Miropodsky, who is both pretty and able, made an eloquent appeal, while the prisoner sobbed, and the jury were so touahed that they at once returned a verdict of "Acquittal."

THE CRIME CLUB Tihe existence of the little known and I exclusive Crime Club is re-called by Mr. Clement Shorter in the current number of the "Sphere." The late Professor Cburton Codlins was one Of the members. The members are a.H men who take a keen interest in criminology, and at the occa- sional meatmgis of the dub the most not- rious crimes of the moment are discussed, and the members attempt to provide solu- tions. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the members, who include MIr. Max Pemberton and Mr. George R. Sum-

£ 30,000 FOR A NURSE I Trained nursee not uncommonly meet with Tecognatwn of & very ombeta'Dtl&l choracil:er ¡ ,fmm grateful patienu, or th? graAt?ul friends of patients, whom they have pimped. But the good fortAxne that has just befallen a nteanber of the Registered Nurses' Soc-cty, which has its headquarters in Oxford-street London, surpasses IIloOEi records of this kind. According to the British Journal of Nursing," this lady has been left LWIDOO umder the will of a young mam whom she had nursed devotedly through a painfull ill- ness of seven years. A member of the same society some tune (adds the British Journal of Nuirsinig") received a legacy of £ 1,000 and £300 a. year for life from a patient to whom she had given long attendance.

ALLEGATIONS OF SLAVERY < The Portuguese newspapers state that as the result of rumours that slavery is carried on in the Sao Thome cocoa plantations this product lAs been boycotted by the British market and in consequende oacoa to the value of over one million pounds sterling is on the Portuguese market. This has caused a serious crisis in trade To assist the needy planters the Govern- ment has officially invited Mr. Cadbury, of the well-known British chocolate-malting firm, to visit S- Thome and ascertain fM. himself that there is no truth in the slavery reports. Mr. Cadbury has consented to make this journey, and will leave Funchal on Sep- tenyber 30 for Portuguese East Africa.

I GERMAN SOCIALIST" SPLIT I The difference between the Socialists of I North and Slooth Germany are the '1 differences between Berlin and Munich. The former is formal and precise; the latter is good-natured and easy. Berlin wears a helmet and sword; Munich a Tyrofter ha.t and a pipe. Prussia li-veks by rule; Bavaria by beer. These are the "differences" between German Socialists. I Illhe Clari-on."

The minimum height for sappers and engine-drivers en,hotin, into the Royal Engineers hw been reduced to 5ft. 6in. ADVICE TO MOTHERS. "-Are you broken nx your mt by & sick 6hUd suffering with the pain by cutting th? Go at once to & Chemist Md Mt a botUe of Mr*- Winslow's soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor auCerer immedi&Wy. It is pleMant to taste. it produces natural, quiet 8leep by relieiDg the child from pain, and the little cherub awakea aa bright aa ,yam pain, Of all Chemists. a. lid. per IxAtla Delfclous VILLAGE CUNTRY BREAD, mad@ tram nilk (L1.cm. V -ll.=u_l'

[ TELEPHONE RATES. I Mr Charlea Lancaster Interviewed. I A representative of the Evening Express has interviewed Mr. Charles Lancaster on tho telephone question, Mr. Lancaster's sug- gestion of a subscription of a 95 rental and a farthing per ctuli rate having attracted wide- spread attention. It will be remembered that at the Cardiff conference of the Cham- bers of Commerce leist week a report was presented by a committee appointed six months ago, and the conclusion it arrived at points to 10,000 calls per annum on one wire for Xio. as the demand to 1» made upon the Telephone Company and the Post Office. The Postmaster-General says that 4,500 calls is the limit for one wire, and the National Tele- phone Company endorsee tihis view. The com- mittee say they are not yet satisfied that 10,000 calls overload one wire, and the Post- master-General as willing to discuss "» reasonable limit." The difference between 10,000 and 4.500 is wide, and a compromise appears difficult, if not ianwwible. I suppose you admit," Mr. Lancaster was asked, that the present measured service tariff as too high?" It certainly is. As I have shown, farthing local calls would pay to the extent of half a million & year net profit, but only if every- one were put upon that rate. At present so many lines are overloaded that the smaller users are paying for the big." "After so many years of flat-rate, why should the administration want to make any change; the old idea of unlimited service seemed to be convenient and saved a lot of trouble? Why measure the service at all?" No doubt, the old system was convenient, particularly so for the large user. It would also be convenient if there was a fixed rate for electricity supply, without bothering about meters. It would also be convenient. a.nd particularly so to those large users who are so irate, if the Poet master-General fixed an annual rental for telegrams, and let the subscribers send as many messages as they liked for the money. Obviously, such an absurdity is unthinkable. No Post- master-General would dare to fix a rate high enough to recoup him for the loss on his dealings with the large wr at the expense of the small. But this is precisely what happened with the telephones. A tele- phone message can only be sent at a definite cost to the administration, end in this reapeot is precisely on the samae footing as a telegram." "Then you think the measured rate has come to stay?" There can be no doubt a.bout that. I am confident that as soon as the public realise the need of a obomge of system, and begin to understand the matter, it will be seen that a system which proportions the cost to the quantity of service obtained is the right one. It has been adopted in other countries, and the Postmaster-General has sanctioned its adoption here." But the company has made its under- taking pay in spite of all this?" "True, as regards the past; but it seems clear that as the system extends the use of ,the telephone increases, and the unlimited service oalls keep getting cheaper andl lees remunerative. That this must, be checked has been first realised in the United States, and this country, Germany, and Austria have not been Ion? after in coming to the same conclusion. So soon as it is realised that each call has a specific money value, and that eaoh line has a specific carrying oapacity, it becomes possible to arrange matters so that there may be facilities pro. vidod precisely in proportion to the tratfic, and that is the principle underlying the measured rate But why should there be a limit on any line?" Beoause it must be recognised that any wire can only efficiently carry a definite number of calls. The measure of the effi- ciency of any line if its capacity to take messages during the busiest hours of the day. If business calls were evenly distri- buted over all business hours--whiolt they are rtot-the lwnit of calls per wire could naturally be set at a higher figure. Until you have arrived at the knowledge of what is the carrying oapacity of a wire you have no means of ascertaining at what point it beoomea necessary for a subscriber to pro- vide himself with more facilities. The Post- master-General has publicly stated that in arriving at the basis he has estimated the incoming oalls as equal in number to the outgoing calls, and has fixed the limit of the latter at 4,500 per annum—that is, 9,000 ill all for one wire. This he bases upon his experience. Whether his fllrtlher experience will enlarge this view remains to be seen. It is the omy of vrbolp situation."

Mies Mary Thompson, a Run nurse, was thrown under a steam roller yesterday I owing to her cycle skidding. Her foot was l -hed.

Starving and Homeless I ISLANDERS HOUSE8 DESTROYED INtassianiir (New Providence), I%ur"doy.-Isonc Island, Riumoay, apd Watlingis Island were devastated by a hurricane on the 13th and 14th inst. The wind blew at the rate of 100 miles per hour. Ninety per cent, of the houses on the isilands were destroyed. There has been some loss of life. Other islands to the east sustained slight damage. The people are destitute, aaid the Govern- ment has despatched a number of relief vessels. The Governor will sail tomorrow on the Boa.rd of Ilrade steamer Carnarvon with further relief for the starving and homel.e.38 people.

DRUMMERS' PET CAT I On a charge of having maliciously killed » pet cat belonging to the drummers of the 2nd Scots Guards, Colonel W. G. Ley, com- manding the 1st North Staffordshire Regi- ment, was summoned before the Aldershot Bench on Thursday. Counsel for the Royal Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals stated that the defendant was on August 4 riding a horse through the Guards' barracks, when his dog saw the cat, which had a litter of kittens in a basket outside the barrack- room, and started barking at her. The cat rushed at the dog, who ran away. The colonel shouted to the drummers that if they did not take the cat away he would kill it. One of the drummers endeavoured to oatch the cat, which ran up a tree. The colonel, dismounting, strode up and struck at the cat twice with his riding whip, and killed it. Counsel for the defence said the coloneJ feared for the safety of his dog, which was a very valuable one, and, thinking the cat- was going to spring on the dog again from the tree, he struck at it, but not with the intention of killing or injuring it. The Bench said the colonel should not have acted as he did. They dismissed the I case on his paying £1 12s. costs.

MISS DENJSE ORME'S HAT I Miss Demise Orme, who left the stage last year after her maeriage with Captain the Honourable John Yarde-Buller, eldest son of Lord Churston, is going to make her re- awearanoe in Mr. G. P. Htmtley's new play "The Hon'able Phil," ait the Hicks Theatre lom Saturday week. A press representative saw Miss Orme yes- terday at the Hicks Theatre, where she is rehearsing all day, long. "The reason why I came back to the stage is because I like it so much," she said. "It has such a wonderful fascination for me, and I felt I could not quite give it up. "I hope to contitnue now in a profession of which I am so fond, and my great ambi- tion is to write a. musical comedy myself and play in it. I have already composed a few numbers. "As for my frocks, they aire goinig to be very elaborate. The most beautiful is & pale pink Directoire. "With it I intend to wear the bit hot in London—am enormous black creation trimmed with. very large pale pink carna- tions." Mrs. Yarde-Buller has a Mttle daughter age-d five months, who has been given the pretty old .English name of Barbara Joan.

j EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRESS I The extravagance in woman's dress is always a recognised topic of conversation in Paris, and one of the leading dressmakers told a pa-ess representative yesterday that the gums spent by smoirt on their harts and dresses become greater every year. A thoustamd pounds, she sa,id, would at one time have been considered a-n. outrageous price for a single ooetume. To-day it is by no means exceptional. Fifty pounds for a pair of corsets, L40 or £50 for a bait. L15 for a lace veil, jE3 for a handkerchief, and C2 for a pair of stockings are quite ordi-nery prices, and nlight be termed modest compaired with the j510,000 paid by Mrs. Mackay for a ball dress, the lace on which alone coat iE5W. The (lean-eat hot over made in Plains was to the order of the Sultan of Johore, by a milliner ia the Rue Royale. It was trimmed with sealskin and rare lace, and oost 9180. In violent contrast to all this wealth of luxury, however, are the wogee paid to the Piaris work girls who make the dainty creations seen in the shop windows of the Rue de la Paix. On an average these work out at something less than lid. an hour.

LAW OF CROWDED TRAINS I An important decision regarding the rights of (railway peuseengers was given at Maryle- bone yesterday, where Mr. Paul Taylor dis- missed a summons for assault brought by one passenger against another who puahed him out of a train at Bishops-road. The defence was that the complainant per- sisted in entering the carriage when it was full. Mr. Paul Taylor said that if the conductors of a train did not exercise their right of pre- venting anyone entering the cars when they were full the passengers were entitled to act for themselves; otherwise the lives of hun- dredti of people would be endangered.

£ 5 BECOMES X500,000 I The open.ing of the King Edward VII. Secondary School at Lytham, Lancashire, to-day marks the latest phase in the develop- meDJt of the Lytha;m Charities, which, have a romantic history. Two centuries ago L5 was bequeathed for the education of the poor children of Lythaim. The fun grew to nearly R-W. which the truot-ees invested in laad which now forms the centre of Blackpool. The Corporation of Blackpool haa paid nearly L100,000 for the freehold rights of small sections of the Charities estate, end it is confidently asserted that the Charities ultimately will be worth E5MAW.

INCITING TO. MURDER. I The Paris Matin" to-day says that a. special commiisstary of police at Biarritz has arrested a Spaniard named Fernando Cania- trava at that place on a charge of carrying on an Anairchist propaganda, and inciting to murder. It is alleged that he attempted to enirol a woman in the band, which had planned the assassination of King Alpho ieo on Saturday The prisoner has been con- veyed to Bayomne, where an inquiry has been •opened into the niatter. Further arreets are anticipated.

"WYRLEY GANG'S" WARNING I Bearing the signature Darby, captain of the Wyrley gang," Mr. E. Ball, organist, of Walsall, has received a letter warning him not to visit Wyrley in connection with a pro- posed organ recital. "I am telling you the truth," said the writer of the letter, "that we a.re going now to start work properly, so beware, beware, beware. We are going to play up ill-, so don't coime, and be wise. On the back of the envelope was a. rough dirawin.g of an animal pierced by an arrow. The letter has been handed to the ipolice.

The Bishop of Bristol, on his return I from his holidays, has received a. cheque I for cl,500 from Sir Edward Payson Wills, I for the Bristol Church Fund.

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J I Animals' Emotions I PECULIAR WAYS OF EXPRESSIOH 4 The question of the ways in which awimalB express their emotions is one of interest ia WeM" of a case at the Guilidihall Police. court, in which a blow on the nose was said to have brought tears to a horee's eyes. Mr- Frank Finn, F.Z.S., the eminent naturalist, said yesterday: "I have heard of elephants in India who, when badly treated or hurt, have burst into tears. The mammoth teardrops were carefully avoided by those who did not want an unexpected douche. "In a book I have written on the subjeat of emotions, I tell of a turitey who, when aggravated, blushed as no maiden could blush nowadays. His face, which was generally .livid blue, turned to a raging scarlet." In Darwin's "Expression of the Emotions" he deals with the me.thod in which domestic pets show sorrow or gLadness. A dog who is angry walks with stiff gait a.nd upright tail. His ears are pressed back, and the hair round his neck and head bristles. Pain is shown by a snarl. A tail that wags furiously denotes pleasure, but if submissiveness is felt the animal carries his tail between bdo legs. A cat behaves differently. If angered be crouches as if to spring on an opponent and shows his teeth. Pleasure is denoted by a perpendicular tail and arched back. Unlike a dog, a snake wags histail when annoyed. To show his superiority over other things that crawl he inflates himfelf. A frog or toad asserts its importance in the aa.me way.

SUICIDE'S STRANGE LETTER An inquest was held yesterday by the East London coroner on the body of Edward Jeremiah Shepperd, 25, of no fixed abode. On Wednesday he entered a public-houss, called for rum and coffee, which he drank. and after doing some writing, fell on the floor. He died after removal to the police- station, as the result of having taken poison, which he must have dissolved in the rum and coffee. The note which he had written in a pocket-book said:— Dear Will,-This -is from your broken- hearted brother Teddy. I have been a silly fool, I must confess- I -now feel I am called away to dada, whom I bles%. I feel so down, that's why I take my life. No- body cares for me. The verdict was .Suicide while of ua. sound cmind."

REALISTIC PICTURES A tradesman at Trelon has committed suicide before a cinematograph machine. Having fooussed the machine and set it running, he proceeded to kill himself. The films are perfect, each movement of the un- happy man being lfaithfuJIy depicted. He is shown looking for a chair, seating himself on it and loading his revolver, remaining a while in thought before his (mirror, and then suddenly starting up end blowing out his brains. These last pictures are of an indescribable realism, a.nd re-produce the awful scene in all its tragic details. TVjntiuraately, the potoce were able to con* flscate the rolls, the exhibition of which mieht have led to dire consequences in the case of morbid or nervous spectators.

HOPELESS SIX-YEAR-OLD A boy of six, rather small for his years, was led into Highgate Polioe-oourt yester- day by his despairing mother. She had a terrible story to tell of the six-yearold's dislike of school and firm refusal to go there, of his protests against errands, and (when he was condescending enough to oblige) of his disinclination to reappear with the change. The magistrate was eolemTi. "WouM you," he asked, "like a big policeman to give you a good hirohing?" The aix-year-old's eyes brightened, "Yes." he answered enthusiastically, "I should."

MIGRANT BIRDS i September and October are the months during which the greatest exodus of our summer bird-visitors is in progress. To the hWs this busic?ea of going away in autumn is a. time of far greater snxiety than their coming m the spring. Difficulties of weather a-re much the same at either season, but what makes the autumn migra- tion a much more serious matter for the lbirds is the fact that a very large propoN tion of them are young ones, and so without any useful experience in making the perilous journey across the sea.- "Evening News."

WEDDING STOPPED BY DEATH Much sympathy has been expressed at Lewieha.m for Miss Norah White, whoso marriage on Monday next to Mir. Joshua Ryeoroft, wool merchant, of Bradford, has been stopped by the death of her lover. On Sunday Mr. Ryecroft was returning from Boroughbridge-on-the-Ouee in a petrol motor launch owned by Mr. Samuel Margeviaon, who was to have been best man at the wedding, when he fell over- board. <

POLICE & IGHTHAM LETTERS Superintendent Taylor, of the Sevenoaka police, visited Scotland n Yard yesterday, and with Chief Detective-Inspector Scott spent some time in going carefully through the letters, anonymous and otherwise, received by the police since the murder oi Mrs. Luatfd at Ightham. Little importance was attached to these letters at the time, but the police think it worth while to consider them again on the chance of finding some clue to the murder.

BULL IN A BARBER'S SHOP While beinc led by a boy through a Nottingham street on Wednesday night, it was aeported yesterday a bullock got out of hand, and, dashing t-hrlough a plate-glass window, entered a barber's shop. Making for a chair in which a customer was being shav-ed, theanimal flung both man and chair into a comer of the room, with the result that the man sustained serious inj.uries. A. lather-boy was also badly tossed.

ANOTHER WRIGHT RECORD Mr. Wilbur Wright made an official flight of 54min. 3 2-5sec. ^yesterday, covering Z4-1 miles, thus beating by one millimetre—or a of a mile—his record for the Miohelin Oup. The actual distance covered was more than this, being nearly 34 miles. The performance was marred by the un- ruly behaviour of the crowd which spread out on the course, helping Wilbur Wright to desoend for fear of an accident.

I TOO OLD AT 39. After serving his country in the Army for eighteen years-two oampaign&a work- less man puts his hard case before the "Times." Applying for work in his native oity of Manchester, as a tramcar-driver or v as a railwayman, he was told that he was "too old" at thirty-nine. "If I am too old .at thirty-nine," he writes, "then God help me at fifty-nine." 1

BATH-CHAIR MAN KILLED An aged bathchair-man, named John Rains- ford, was killed on Llandudno Promenade on Thursday by being run over by a motor-car. Rainsford had left his bathchair, in which a lady was seated, and was crossing the promenade roadway, when the oar struck him.

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