Evening Express

1.—THE MILKMAID CO UNTESS. The house of "the strange rna n. Such was the common descrip tion in the little Shropshire village of Bola-i MagDo. of the big brick house with the bai" windows, standing in the midst of wid -sprea-ding fields and looking towards th-I Wrekin. "The strange man" ha-d come" to Boloa Magna from no one knew where, &, nd while he tenanted that house the BolaA, Magna villagers were often sorely perplexed con. oerning him. His arrival had been suggejstive of mysterjj. "The night is coming on, ilnd I have- walked a. long distance, and there is a. storm breaking. Can you give me a br-d ?" Such were the words with whioh !t.h.ei strange .man" introduced himself to Mr.1 Hoggins, farmer and shopkeeper, of BÖlas Magna. t It was on a, June evening .that the/ stranger had walked into Hoggiias'ii little shop, with its sanded floor, its stdalli counter, ttnd its miscellaneous articles! The village possessed no inn which dolilft offer the stranger a bed, and he had beeij referred by a ueighbour to Mr. Hoggins ai the only person who might be willing arnii able to pint him up for the night. The stranger was a yound man of abottfl t.hirty years of age, of pleasing, clean-otf t features, and siiapely person. He wa p dressed in a plain, though good "ivalkinjij suit. and had a knapsack on his back. H." was clearly a townsman." His manners were refined, irpd lie was well-spoken." I have -sulked a long way," lie explained, "and- I want some place where I i can put iftp for -the night. I have been tolH to come to you. I aim informed there is no inn closer than five miles." I am sorry, but we have no room td put you in/ rcpl-cd Hoggins. He spoke brusqaely and decisively. Mrs; Hoggins, who had come into the shop at. the same time, attracted t,here by a Btrang<f> voice, eyed the new-comer and agreed witli her husband. Ke.buff.ed, "the strange man was about to leave the shop when hej caught sight of a thiod person in the place-, It was a girl-a girl with a sweet face.; large dark oyes, and a wealth of darkl brown hair—stMidiog at an open door lead-i ing to the kitchen. The stranger stopped; in his passage from,.th-o shop and turnedj back. Yon must really put me up," het dectzrod. Look what 'a night it is going; to be! Yott cannot turn me away in s-uch; a storm as this. I haive money and will pay you well. If you oecnnot give me a bed. j let me have a chair in your sitting-room. I> am accustomed W roughing it, and I ehallj sleep excellently." It was not an evening, indeed, for good-i hearted country foEi to turn any one away froTn their doors. The storm hawl broken, and th,6 thunder was rolling and the lightning flashing overhead. And the stranger had money" The storm and the sight df the go-Id his visitor produced from his pocket caused Hoggins and his- wife to agree. That night the stranger occupied a chair in the "lower room." Suoh was the coming- of the strange man to the sleepy little village of Bolas Magna,' with its green lanes and apple orchards. The man whom that summer thunderstorm drove to take refuge in the houle that night was not." to leave Bolas Ma.gna hurriedly. He had taken a. liking to the place., he informed Hoggin-s and hie wife the :next day, and wished to remain there a diort ti-me-a week or two, perhaps. He would pay well for a room, however small, itnd for attendance. His rtajine, he informed them, was Jones,. but his manner, reserved although agree-, able, did not encourage Mr. and Mrs. Hoggins to ply him with many questions. He had gold—plenty of gold-and the shop- keeper and his wife, afte,r taJking the matter over together, at last resolved to make Mr. Jones as comfortable as they possibly could. He stayed for weeks. and weeks. A man õr- "mysfery, Once; indeed, when Mr. Hoggins' pressed him, presuming upon the, friendship with which the stranger seemedI to regard him, as to what his business was, Mr. Jones informed him that he was an undertaker. Whatever his business might be, he certainly attended to it very carelessly. At times, how-ever, when the gold in his pockets seemed to have run low, he would disappear from Bclas Magna for a few- days, to return later with his pockets* heavy with new treasure. This- fact aroused the villagers of Bolas Mfbgna, to suspect that Mr. Jones was engaged in some unia wilu occupation—that he left Bolas Magna to secure booty, and returned to it to lie in hiding from the police. The villagers of Bolas Magna looked for- ward to a sensation For-ie day. Perhaps the officers of the law would descend among them, and carry away the strange Mr. Jones. The stranger, indeed, seemed possessed of a large amount of mysterious wealth. Suddenly he took it into his head to pur- chase a large piece of land, on which he erected the big brick house with the bay windows. Till now he had been living in that hum-ble cottage with the grocer and lis wife and their daughter. Sarah Hog. gins, the pretty girl of seventeen whom he had seen that night on his first entering the Hogginses' shop, standing in the door- way leading to the kitchen listening to his pleading for shelter. It was Sarah who waited on him, who waited on her parents, who was from morn- ing till night busied in household work, and in nlilkmg or in baking bread! To Mr. Hoggiins's amazement, the stranger one day informed him that he was in <love with Sarah Hoggins, and he begged the grocer and his wife to consent to their becoming husband and wife. Mr. Jones was a man of Quick resolution and action. One October day, only five months after his arrival in the village, he and Sarah Hoggins were married in the little church, and the big brick house with the bay win- dows received them as its occupants. That marriage to Sarah Hoggins, the tenancy of the big house, and the gen-erail amiability and kindliness of "the strange man's" manners at length dissipated all the suspicion3 the- village had. entertained concerning him. The villagers even agreed that he was worthy to fill the post of churchwarden! No one in Bolas- Magna was more respected than Mr. Jones and his wife. When sorrow fell upon the big brick house, and its occupants mourned the death of a little baby girl that' had been born to them, Bola.s Magna grieved with the young ooupde. Two years had thus passed when Mr. Jones, 'while one day reading a newspaper, discovered in it a piece of news which eeemed to Somewhat excite him—a piece of news which, he informed his wife, rendered, it necessary that ahey should at onoe set- out upon a journey to Northamptonshire. Mrs. Jones had grown to Ionl and trust that man of mystery." She at once made ready to go with him without questioning; and they set out. It was a December day when they found themselves in front of a large Eliza.bethan mansion standing in the midst of" a magnificent park, up the broad avenue of which Mr. Jones had conducted his wife. Be had seemed strangely familiar with the tteighbourhood. Was he, Mrs. Jones wondered, acquainted with some one wh.) ttved in that noble residence? Perhaps he, taiew one of the Eervants? What a wonderful house!" she acclaimed. "How beautiful!" How would you like to be the mistress Of it?" he asked her. "Very muoh indeed. But what an immense amount of money one would want to live in it!" she replied. I am glad you like it," remarked Mr. Jones. "The house is yours, my dear. I must tell you now, Sarah, that I am not lir,. Joneg. My real name is Henry Cecil, and I am Earl of Exeter. You, being my wife, are the countess." She hardly believed him, in spite of "Mr. Jones" being a serious person who rarely indulged in jokes. But all doubt was speedily set at reset. The servants of the hopse, when he presented himself at the door, i-ecognised him as their new master. The old earl Wag dead, and Mr. Jones baid come with his countess to claim possession of his own! The mansion was Burleigh House. The previous Earl of Exeter had been jftatry Cecil's uOOle, an old man with whom CHenxy Oeoil had not found it possible to have friendly intercourse. Uncle and nephew bad rarely met, and the visits v* < Henry Cecil to Burleigh House had been as few and as brief as the young man could make them. Henry Cecil, going his own way, and leaving the Old, uno,mia,ble earl to go his, had married the daughter of a t' country squire. The marriage had proved unhappy; so much so, that seven years later the young husband had applied for and secured a divorce. Then Henry Cecil had suddenly dis- appeared from his usual haunts. That unhappy marriage experience had, for a time, filled him with a bitter disgust for society. He was occupying himself in walk- ing tours through the country as plain "Mr. Jones," and having chanced to come to | Bolas Magna, and having met pretty Sarah Hoggins, had determined to make her his wife. Now Sarah Hoggin3 understood why her husband had, during the two years tha.t they had occupied the big brick house with the bay windows, taken such pains to teach her so many accomplishments > which had hardly seemed necessary to her to impress the people of Bolas Magna. She would be a conntes8 some day! In the billiard-room of Burleigh House to-day hangs a portrait painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence It is the picture of a young woman in a beautiful costume and wearing splendid jewels. The face is peculiarly sweet, though it would not, perhaps, be reckoned as one of remarkable beauty. A certain sadness lingers in the depths of the large dark eyes. It is the portrait of the peasant countess! Was she happier as oountess, one wonders, looking on that picture, than as plain Mrs. Jones," the mistress of the big brick house in Bolas Magna, now known as Burleigh Villa? She was not long to enjoy the unexpected grandeur of her proud position. Five years passed since 'the December day when she had entered that house as Countess of Exeter and Burleigh was in mourning. The countess had died in childbirth, leaving two sons and a daughter to console her grief-stricken husband. One of the sons succeeded his father in the earldom, and later beca.me Marquess of Exeter. The daughter married, and the present Xhike of Wellington is her grand- son. No incident in the romantic histories of the British peerage has formed the subject of more plays and poems than the love of Henry Cecil and the pretty Sarah Hoggins. In 1875 huge crowds flocked to hear an oratorio performed at the Birmingham Musical Festival. The--subject was the wooing and the triumph of the peasant countess." Among the audience was a white-haired la-dy who seemed peculiarly affected when, at the close of the piece, Sarah, Countess of Exeter, faded and died. The old lady had come specially to Birmingham to hear that oratorio. Shel rememboroo the beauty and the goodness of the peasant countess to her when a obild!

For Women Folk. HOMELY HINTS AND DAIN TV DISHES It is an economy to keep small twisted papeT epiLJs on hand, inst-ead of striking a match on every possible occasion. The longer a candle is kept before buming, the less wa6te there will be. A box or two should always be on. hand, mellowing, in a dry place, until they are ready for use. French Pie I One pound of cold meat of sauc,-igeo, 12l-b. of potatoes, ha.lf an onion, loz. of butter, loz. of flour, hall a lyint of water, a few drops of browning. Boil the potatoes, mash them with butter, a little milk, pepper, and salt. Melt the bittter in a pan, brown the onion in it, stir in the flour smoothly, &dd the wat?r, a.nd rir tiU boning Plaœ t? meat, &n?ly ? lna-mced, in the gmvy, add the browning, and i üc¡ok genjly for a quarter of an hour. Pour it; into the bottom of a Pii8h, pil the I potatoes on top, fork nt? xnd bake twenty minutes 1m'tH br??c.?- Pi:ar Trifle Select ripe, rioh flavoured pears, pare, core, and cut them into dice. Cook in a liti'le syrup until tender. Line the bottom of ^a-deep glass dish with a layer of sponge- e;:¡.lI("1o or macaroon crumbs, pour over a .thur's layer of the pears, and cover with another layer of the ctnmbe and the remainder of the pears. i. Over adl pour a hoÜed oustard made with yolks of thj?e l..egg,, a pint of milk, half a teacupful of sugan-, and half a teaspoonful of lemon ..ext1:aàt. Maike a meringue with the white of the s and three tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar, and heap over the top just before serving. If preferred, sweetened whipped crogin may be heaped over the top .instead, of the custard. bEnamelling Bedroom Suite I Uo ever painted woodwork with wet sand- paper until it presents an even surface, also .? dull appe"mnce. You must now paint over with white paint sparingly; give it two (,t,s, rubbing o"h down with wet sand-I papei—this must be done, or elae the i8:d 'r cdcur will show through the enamel after it/has been put on. Before applying enamel rtib all woodwork over with a piece of dry! ofciamois lea;ther.-A suitable Enamel: Half-! gall Jon white crystal tarniah, half-pint palest gcid size, one-eighth pint spirits of turpen- tine; mix white with t.,w, gradually stir in va;rnish and lastly gold size. Mix until smooth a? cream, strain through muslin, aÔd apply with a flat brush. You will not require less than baaf a gallon of enamel, and that suitable for furniture would cost 1. a gad-ton. Three coat6 will not be too Eiany; rub each down with sandpaper before .applying another.

Passing Pleasantries. Teacher (sternly): Willie, give that toffee to me! Willie (generously): I'll let you have half of it. Freddy," said the teacher. to Freddy Fannie, "you have spelled the word rabbit' with two t's.' You must leave one of them out." Yes. Mal a- Teplied Freddy; which one?" A country paper has this personal item:— Those who know old Mr. Wilson of this place personally will regret to hear that he was assaulted in a brutal manner last week, but was not killed. In a quiet corner at the crowded at home."—She: You say you would be willing to risk your life for me. He: Only try me. She: Then go down to the supper-room -and get me something to eat. Traveller: Who waa that man whom I overheard denouncing the new town-hall as a death-trap ? Village Merchant: That waa the architect who didn't plan it. HE DESERVED IT. I He was nothing but a tramp, a modest, Retiring tramp, one of -the Nature's noble- men kind, and when, in answer to nis timid knock, a young xmatrofn. opened the door he' ked Might I beg for a cup of hot water from the br-eakfnst table?" You might," she began, frigidly, when .he intoerruptoed:- Would it be possible to spill a few drops gf coffee into it ?" "It would be, but "-And a spoonful of cream-" "I never in my life-" One moment, please. I don't ask for sugar, but if you will kindly look into the cup it will be turned into nectar-nect&r, madam, the food of the gods." He?ot it, a?a half ?a. ?a? besides. I'

j SPOTS ON HIS FACE I Alfred Martin Brans, an upholsterer, at Marylebone County-court yesterday was awa-rded twelve gruineas and ooats against Oarl Lohjsach, a hairdresser, carrying ou business in Weet-end-lane, Hampstead, as compensation for being injected with barber's rash." Plain-tiff said he was shaved at defendant's shop in February last immediately after a. man who had spots on his face; and a few days later he noticed spots on his own chin. He consulted two doctors and went to the Middlesex Hospital. His face assumed a. terrible appearance, and he incurred dE4 odd in doctor's fees.

THE NEWPORT EMPIRE I An excellent programme was presented at Newport Empire on Monday night. Arthur Lennard, the clever actor-vocalist, sot a good reception, as also did Tom Edwards, the ventriloquial huntsman. A novel and graceful item was that of the Mola-sso quartette of dancers; Rose and Lewis give a laughable dancing perfor- nmnce; while a clever gymnastio turn is given by the Brothers Huxter. Other con. tributions are by the Three Welsh Girls, vocalists: Little Pam, oomedian; OanertAnoe Mori, comedienne and dancer; Marie Empress, comedienne, and the bioscope.

SPAKE WELL AND SPEND WELL." When yon buy ENGLAND'S GLORY MATCHES you spare Time, Patience, and Money, and "spend" well because vcu get the acme ol value. EvaT match Strikes, LKhta, and Burna perfectly. Made England'* Ltyhts1, 1 Match WorU. Gtoue«t<f. <e2?—?

I- "HARASSED" ALDERMAN JOHN THOMAS Resigns His Position as Miners' Agent Alderman John Thomas, whose resignation as miners' agent has been accepted by the Garw District, in an interview yesterday told OUT representative that for the ipst two years he had been harassed by people who called themselves Socialists, though he maintained that he was a Socialist himself, inasmuch as he always did what he could for labour. The affair blew over from time to time, but about four months ago notice of motion came from the Ffaldau Lodge, and was handed to the district secretary, Mr. Evan David. At the next meeting a new dele- gate appeared from the Ffaldau Lodge, and stated that he had no mandate from his lodge in respect of the subject, and the motion fell through. After that a notice of motion came from the Daran Lodge, but it was found that the Daran delegate had mis- represented the workmen, and this motion also fell through. Following this a meeting of the Da-ran workmen was held to consider the action of their delegate, and he was reprimanded, the meeting passing a vote of confidence in the agent, and thanking him for his past services. The next notice of motion came from the old delegate of the Ffaldau Lodge, and a meeting of that lodge was held. He understood there were only twelve present at that meeting. The same month a notice came from the Bryn- menin Lodge, and at this meeting there were only ten present, eight voting in favour of balloting on -the subject of the a-gent and two against. In the same month there was a similar motion from the Ton.phillip Lodge, and he was told only a few had attended the meeting. Seeing there were three notices of motion from three different lodges, he sent in his resignation. This was considered on October 5. When the resign a-t-ion was read the chair- man of the meeting asked the delegates if there was any charge against the agent, a.nd it apipearred there were no charges whatever. The resign>a.ti6n was considered out of order, and was not accepted. The same meeting, however, decided to ballot on the question of the agent by a majority of 208. He was away in Cardiff at the time in connection with an intimidation charge against one of their members. When informed of the decision of the meeting he Bent in another letter to say he would resign on October 10. This "resignation was accepted on. October 12, though he had been working for the district since. Last Saturday a special meeting of the district was held to consider the appoint- ment of an agent pro tern. Five of the lodges who were in his mind were absent from the meeting. Mr. Evan David was appointed agent pro tern. He (Alderman Thomas) understood that Mr. Evan David had now declined to act as agent pro tem., inasmuch as he considered he would become nothing less than a blackleg. Mr. Evan David had also written to the executive com- mittee to aek them to take the whole matter in hand with a view to rectifying matters in the Ogmore District. Meeting at Tondu A meeting of representatives of todies in the Garw District which are opposed to the ballot was held at Tondii~ yesterday even- ing, the lodges represented being South Rhonddas Tondu Artisans', Braich-y-Cymmer, Ragl.a,n, Wemfarw, Daran, Bryncethin, Garw Ocean, and Cardiff and Ogmore. Mr. David Thomas, of South Rhordda, wa43 appointed chairman, and Mr. W. Lewis, of Tondu Artisans', secretary pro tern. Alderman Thomas ga,ve his reasons for sending in his resignation, saying he had been persecuted and harassed without- any speciQc charge being brought against him. It was vnanim-ously agreed that the lodges represented consider themselves the Garw District and retain the services of Alderman Thomas as their agent, and that a report of the meeting be sent to the executive com- mittee. It was also resolved that, unless summoned by the secretary pro tem., the lodges do not attend the next meeting of the original Ga.rw District..

STOLL'S PANOPTICON, CARDIFF I The excellent programme put forward by this house for the present week met with a magnificent success on Monday evening. There is not a dull moment during the whole two hours and a half, which space of time is occupied in getting through the pro- gramme. The bioscope items Bave been selected with wonderful taste, and a film of educational interest is that of the "Scenes on the Island of St. Kilda, or ten manuteb, amonget its birds and people." Extraordi- nary pains must have been taken to obtain such an excellent version, a.nd rarely has a picture sustained such a spontaneous succeea. A drama of great beaut-y and excep- tional merit is that of a "Gendarme's Honour." "The Brigswwet-of-Cambria" ie a sensational picture shown'in ten magnificeiit tableaux, and a subject of much grandeur was that showing the beauty spots of Gay Paree, whilst "The Anonymous Letter" is another very fine picture story. "Algy's Yachting Party" is a screaming comedy, and a furiously funny fâroo is "The Ourate's Honeymoon." "An Energetic Woma.n" ta another amusing subject, whilst there a.re TKumeroua other tit-bits. The other side of the Programme- is starred by "binø," a merry mueical mfnstrel, in addition to which all the old favourites appear. Maeter Leonard Athersych, the boy soprano, has been specially retained, and delighted the huge audience with two exquisitely rendered eonigs. Mr. Bert Williams recites to illustra- tions "The Fireman," and Mr. Fred D. Jones features in a picture song, "Alone on the Raft." Matinees will be held on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 2.30.

QUEEN WILHELMINA f According to constitutional usage an offi- cial announcement of Queen Wilhelmina's hopes for February next will be published in the "Gazette" within a few days.

FOREIGN MAILS I To be despatched from London to-morrow, October 21:- OUTWARD.-Mornlnc- To EgYPt, via Marseilles. To United stqtes, &c., via Southampton, per a. Kroapriiiz Wilhelm. To Ceylon, Straits Settlements, China, and Japan, by German packet. To Egypt, parcel mails, via Italy, per s. Isis. To Aden, India, British East Africa, and Uganda, parcel mails via. Italy, per s. Macedonia. To Ceylon and Australia, parcel mails, viu. Italy, per s. Oruba. To Mauritius, parcel mails, via Marseilles. levening- To Lisbon, Capo Verd Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Uruguay, Argentine Republic, and Falkland Islands, via Liverpool, per s. Orita. To United States, Canada, Jamaica, Bahamas, Mexico, British Honduras, Republic of Honduras, Salvador, Guatemala, China, and Japan, via Queenstown, per s. Adriatic. To Bolivia, Chile, Falkland Islands, Pern, end Uruguay, parcel malb, via Liverpool, per 6. Orita. Night— To Gibraltar, Eg-ypt, Cyprus, Beirut, Aden, Ceylon, India, China, Straits Settlements, Slam, Nortfi Borneo, Sarawak, Mauritius, and Australia, parcel mails, by sea, per s. Mongolia. INWARD.—DIM To-mtifrrow— From Japan, China, North Borneo, Straits, Settle- meatSj and Ceylon, by German packet. From West Coaat of Africa, via Liverpool. From United States, Ac., via Plymouth. From Jamaica, via Bristol. From United States, &c., via Queen-stown.

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BOXING AT NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB A large company attended at the National Sporting1 Club on Monday night to witness a match between Young Josephs, of Aldg-ate. and Lance-corporal A. Baker, of the Royal West Kent Eegimeiit, for £ 325. Josephs eventually won on points. In an 8st. compe- tion for £110 Diggen Stanley, of Fulha.m., beat 8. Kellier, of Mile End.

A young man unueed to the ways of polite society recently received an invita- tion for an evening party. Havipg no idea as to the correct wording for a reply, he struggled with the problem for an hour. and then despatched the following truthful and umconventional effusion:- MT. Robert Carhart declines Wtith pleasure MTS. Smith's invitation for the 4th a.nd thanks her extremely for having given him the opportunity of doing so. LACE CTXBTAIJiS CLEANED AS NEW.—1, Ktnor- ttr-et. Cathay*. Sine .ap 741, gntlorwl. eSQ2&—5

I Adored by Another V I BAD-TEMPERED HUSBAND DIVORCED A divorce decree rrisi was pronounced yes- terday in Mr. Justice BargTave Deane's court against a musician, who. in addition to ill- treating his wife, told her that another woman adored him. Charles Alfred Le Page, a viol iriist-aceord- ing to cou/nsel'e story-married his wife, EJeanor Margaret, in 1899. They lived at Fulham, and afterwards a.t Richmond. The husband very soon showed himself to be a man of most violent temper, and was in the heubit of a-busang his wife before the chil- dren and servants. Among the acta of cruelty alleged against him were: 1. Dragging his wife out of bed. 2. Assaulting his children brutally, and putting one of them into a bath of nearly boiling wa.ter. 3. Preventing his wife from going to the help of a dying neighbour. Having made the acquaintance, at Twickenham, of a young woman to whom he said he was giving violin lessons, he insisted on his wife visiting her. It was this young woman about whom he said: She filing herself at my knees, and declared that she adored me. She wanted to marry me before she knew I was a married man." The violinist afterwards told his wife that he had been with this young woman to the Riviera.

I THE CARDIFF EMPIRE There are several well-known and popular artistes at the Cardiff Empire this week, and the bill of fare is one of great attractiveness and variety. The bright particular star, of course, is Harry Tate and his company in the screaming extravaganza, "Fishing." How Harry and his friends go afishing is a tale which is too funny for words, and has really to be seen to be thoroughly understood. But the fun which runs through the absurdity from start to finish kept full houses on Mon- day evening in a continual ripple of laughter. "Fishing" ought certainly to be a great draw for the week. There are other turns, however, which are very fine. Dutch Daly keeps up his old relyuta-tion as a concertina soloist and patter artiste, and his turns were heartily appreciated, as were also those of Nellie Wallace, comedy artiste, a piquant lady on the stage, full of vivacity and fun. Her song and skit on the directoire dress created the greatest amnsement amongst the audience, who fully entered into the spirit of the ditty and the absnrdly comical costume. Another of her songs I Lost George in ,Tra.falgar-sq,uare," also went well. A marvellously clever performance was that by the Ten-ji troupe of four artistes, who gave a fine exhibition of mystical tricks and juggling with jets of water. The cabinet trick with the imprisoned lady was very clever. The Mayvilles, Lilliputian enter- tainers, created a fine impression by a remarkable smr.rt performance, and Ernie M-ayne is as droll and eccentric as ever, his paradies on If those lips could only speak and "Excelsior" being very smart. Other good turns were given by Alf Chester, the versatile comedian, and Lively Lily Lan.gt.ry, who sang one or two catchy airs. A fine series of uip-to-date pictures were shown on the American bioscope.

WHAT A GOOD LAUGH DOES It tends to lengthen one's life. It conveys a new and direct stimulus to the vital forces. Dr. Green says that there is not one remotest corner of little inlet of the minute blood-vessels of the human body th^t does not feel some wavelet from the convulsions occasioned by good, hearty laughter. When one laughs the life principle of the central man is shaken to the innermost depths, sending new tides of life and strength to the surface. The blood moves more rabidly, and conveys a different impression to all the organs of the body as it visits them on the particular mystic journey, when a man is laughing, from what is done at other times.

FOX IN A WELL I The story of a fox hunt which ended in Reynard being caught at the bottom of a well came last night from Malpas (Cheshire). During a cub run with Sir Watkin Wynn's hounds, the trail of a particularly lively cub was started, and led the pursuers towards Maipas, at the foot of which stands a dis- used waterworksi At this point the quarry suddenly vanished. The fox was found in a well, from which Reynard was got out by means of a laseoo.

THE PALACE, CARDIFF A Swiss low story, enacted amidst the Alps, forms the principal attraction at the Palace, Westgate-street, this week, where MT. George Marriott and his oa;pable company present "The Maid of the Alps." It is a cleverly-written sketch, and is admirably staged, the scenery being remark- ably pretty. The company includes that talented London actress and vocalist, Miss Edith Finlay, who acted with great grace and charm and sang sweetly

FRENCH MINISTER OF MARINE I Paris, TueMay.-The "Eclair" this morn- ing mentions a rumour that Admiral Pournior, will be appointed Minister of Marine in ptaoe of M. Thomson, who revTigned his Portfolio last night in oonee- qnence of the criticisms passed in the Chamber on his administration of the Davy.

FOOTBALL I Mid-Week Soccer I CARDIFF AND DISTRICT AMATEUR I ASSOCIATION. The following matches are down for deci- sion to-morrow:— Clare Gardens v. Post-office, at Jubilee Park. Kick-off 3.15 p.m. Referee. Mr. J. Green. Ivy v. Barry Shop Associations, at Llan- daff Fields. Kick-off 3.15 p.m. Referee, Mr. E. Calway. Penorth Wednesday v. Barry Romidly, at Penarth. Kicik-off 3.15 p.m. Penarth Parish Church v. Whartons, at Penarth. Kick-off 3.15 p.m. Referee, Mr. C. R. Penn. Direct Trading v. Canton Wednesday, at Roath Park. Kick-off three p-m. Referee, Mr. T. Mason, Barry. Caerphilly v. Cardiff Thistles, at Caer- philly. Kick-off 3.15 p.m. Referee, Mr. Gibbons. Maypoleons m. Centrals, at Roath Park. Kick-off three p.m. Referee, Mr. Penniwell. CAERPHILLY WEDNESDAYS V. CARDIFF THISTLES, at Caerphilly. Cardiff Thistles: Goal, Tudor Williams; half-backs, H: M'Haig amd F. Jenkins; half- backs, J. P. Donovan, J. C. Biddle (captain), and D. Morgan; forwards, Martin Braddon, S. E. Jenkins, J. Road, R. F. Roberts, and IVOT Williams.

ST. SAVIOUR'S R.F.C. require away match on Saturday next, October 24th; also have a few other dates open; accept guarantee.—Write or wire Sec., W Morgan, 67, Pearl-street, Cardiff. e4918r22 THE GRANGE HARRIERS R.F. C. have October 24th, January 9th, 23rd, March 20th open to good clubs; will accept good guarantees (away).—Apply Salter, 165, Clive-?tr?et, Cardiff. e4674r20 SaSitReNr, GHENYDD THISTLES A.F.C. require Fix- tures; ages 14 to 17.—F. Wilks, Z, Windsor-place, Senghenydd, near Cardiff. 04852:21 DIXAS fOUiS JUNIORS R.F.C. want Fixtures for Oct. 24, Nov. 21, Jan. 2 and 30; accept guarantees.— Fred. Barnett, Elm Grove-road. e4898r22 SPLOTT BAPTIST A.F.C. (average age 16J years) have the following dates open away:—Oct. 24th, Jan. 2nd, 1909, April 10th and 24th.-I. L. George, Secre- tary, 28, Milford-street, Splott, Cardiff. e4919r22 WESTERN MAIL FOOTBALL ANNUAL, 1908-9. ONE P E N N Y. aOLD BY ALL NEWSAGENTS.

SKITTLES I Cardiff arid District League Royal Oak, Canton.—G. Fletcher, 31; E. J. Welsh, Royal Oa.k, Ca.nton.-G. Fletcllr 31; B J. Welsh, !4; J. Stocks, 32; D. Richards, 26; E. 'RaIfyMd, 2&; W. Collins, 30; T. H. Jones, 28; J. Webber, 32; E. J. Whale, 33; J. Toogood, 26; A. Howells, 27; 0. Dyne, 28—tom, 346. d, 26; ,A? Ilowell?, 27; 0. Conservative.—H. Lloyd 28; W. Roy, 36; J. Haines, 21; T. Taylor, 20; W. Dewetyn, 30; F. Taylor, 36; J. Inman. 26; T. John, 31; W. Arthur, 26; C. Hovenor, 23; T. Rowlands, 26; L. Sellwood, 29-total, 337. -Pe"arth Dock.-J. Beer, 22; J. Lewis, 24; S. Rowe, 29; A. Howells, 30; B. Hawker, 29; G. Love- grove, 26; W. Hichs, 28; B. Jones, 22; W. Thorne, 23. W. Williams, 27; G. Lane, 33; T. Patterson, 28- total, 321. Plymouth Rocks.—G. Holies, sen., 30; W. Lewis, 22; M. dunning, 31; C. Scantlebury, 20; A. Drake, 2&; G. Woodward, 21; G. Holies, jun., 25; W. Perthes, H; C. MiUer, 26; J. Poynter, 30; W. Hali- weU, 27; Randle, !0—tota[, 313. Barry Centrals.—W. Sanders, 17; E. Williams, 23; W. Lloyd, 25; J. Morgan, 26; R. Scott, 27; J. Hockey, 24; T. Williams, 28; A. Pearse, 26; E. Hawkes, 32; W. Ccane, 24; G. Smallridge, 26; E. Lewis, 22-totad, 300. Central LiberaA&-J. Whyte, 20; F. Bradford, 24; F. Richings, 30; J. Turner, 20; J. Symon? 25; G. lens, 28; J. Norman, Jn<¡: :ihg' 2ttW.nLojn: 29; G. Jones, 19; H. Hurford, 23; E. J. Lloyd, 25— total, 294. Bute Docks.—C. Meaker, 24; E. Wide, 28; W. 'M':Uphen, 30; G. Gale, 24; G. Tredwen, 24; T. Jones, 23; J. Newton, 25; P. O'Brien, 22; M. Brown, 27; J. Miles, 34; J. WWte, 26; W. Leyland, Sl—total, 318. New Park Liberal%-F. Taylor, 20; J. Soloman, 27; J. Smart, 24; J. Hancock, 32; C. Hollo way, 20; W. Cawsey, 24; C. Uiorne, 22; J- Smith, 24; G. Perry, 25; G. Dicks, 6; W. Halloran, 21; J. Harper, IS—total, 298.

I FROM ALL QUARTERS Seven mushrooms gathered by Mr. W. J. Wezoiba,m at WaMingford OlD Swnday wedgfaed 6ilb. Meers. Townsend, 36, Wansey-sfcreet, Wal- worth, have had JE300 in banknotes stolen, by a caller. Five electric etreet-wartering machines hare been ordered, by the Berlin, innmi- oipaJity. The Rev. R. J. Walier, of St. Paul's School, has been selected as the new Mayor of Hammersmith. IGurtg ATjphonso amd Qneen Victoria Emgenie returned to Madrid yesterday and wore accorded a hearty reception. After being lost to view for 1,200 yeare, the floor of the ceil of St. Guthlac, patron saint of Crowland Abbey, has been brought to light. At Dumbarton yesterday the Earl of Shrewabuiry was fined three guineas for driving a motor-oar at the rate of 31 miles an hour. Owiriigr .to the gear of a train falling down traffic. on the Great Nortihern a.nd City Rail- way was gsuispended for an hour and twenty minutes yesterday. A teQegiram from El Paso, Texas, reports that a tornado wrecked several houses at Clayton, New Mexico, on Sunday night, kill- ing a number of persons. Oount Tolstoi has written to Mr. Bryan, the Democratic candidate, says a. yester- day's New York wire, wishing him success in the Presidential contest. The War Office's offer of CI6,5W for the Redford Estate, near Edinburgh, for the purpose of cavalry barracks, was accepted yesterday by the Heriot Trust. "Come, oome!" said a prisoner to a police- man who was giving evidence against him at Brentford Police-court yesterday, "let us have the truth in a place of worship." A woman of 53, who has lost her memory, was found wandering in North-West London yesterday, and was removed to Willesden Infirmary. She rememibers that her name is Mary, and says she came from Bathurst, Aus- tralia. Colonel Seely informed Mr. Rees in the House of Commons yesterday that the Government are endeavourinog to secure an improved British steamship service with East Africa. Lexden magistrates yesterday forbade the customary bonfire being li-t in the street at Dedha-m on the night of the "Fifth." Pre- vious celebrations have been the cause of much disorder. Traffic was suspended for two honrs yes- terday morning on the Great Northern and City Railway, owing to the breakdown of a train in the tunnel between Essex-road and Old-street, The Cairo tram drivers a.nd conductors have gone on strike for an increase of pay. They also make other demands, including the dismissal of the truffle manager. The average man cannot hope to escape mediocrity unless he has been' very careful in the choice of his ancestors," declared Dr. J. A. Ormerod yesterday in a leoture at the Royal College of Physicians. An Imperial Edict was issued yesterday in Perking starting that the Chinese Govern- ment has abandoned its monopoly of the opium-selling business, and that a licensing system will be substituted. Sir A. J. Peacock, Chief Secretary and Mindster of Labour for Victoria, Australia, and Mr. M-ackinnon, Honorary Minister, have resigned their portfolios, and a recon- struction of the M-inistry is probable. The Treasury, it was announced last night, ha-s appointed all supervisors or officers of excise in the service of the Inland Revenue Board as pensions officers for the districts in which they are stationed. Detectives are searching at PTumstead for the organisers of a prize-fight that took place on Sunday at Abbey Wood. It is stated that the referee's decision gave displeaswi-e, and he wias very seriously injured by the spectators. It was reported yesterday from Madcrid that the Spanish Naval Commission will recommend that all the battleships pro- ject.ed under the re-construction scheme shall be ordered from the British firm of Vickers, Sons, and Maxim. Sentence of eighteen months' hard labour was passed at Bucks Sessions yesterday on William Schombert, who was charged with being in the grounds of Ha-lton House, the seat of Mr. Alfred de Rothschild, at mid. nigjit, with housebreaking implements in hiis possession.

BOY'S SINGULAR DEATH ] Charged with the murder of a five-year-old boy, named Arthur Fox, a, young man, named Matthew Purcell, was brought up at Dublin Police-court yesterday. It was stated that the body of the child was found on the pavement in Glover's-alley, Dublin, and that it ni-ast have either fallen or been thrown from the window of a malt store, of whidh Puroell's father was the care- taker. Teresa Fox, aged eleven, the sister of the dead boy, said that her brother ran into the stores while the accused was not looking, and the next time she saw him he was lying dead on the pavement The accused, who denied all knowledge of the matter, was remanded in custody.

MODELS TRADE UNION I The artists' models of Paris have decided to form themselves into a trade union. The initiative has been taken by a number of women models, and the organising secre- tary is a handsome young woman of no more than twenty, known, as Mile. Solan ge d'Heiberye. The objects of the union are to keep out all models who are not members, to dema-nd higher rates of pay from artists and sculptors, and to establish a sick and pen- sion fund for distressoo or disabled models. It is not yet decided whether male models Will be admitted to the syndicate.

A DERELICT BABY I A basket lying derelict on Paddington Rail- way Station attracted the attention of the officials yesterday, and on opening it they found snugly ensconsed ariong a heap of clothes, a little blue-eyed baby about- three weeks old. The baby was comfortably dressed, and in the basket were a. number of flannel gowns, frocks, white calico garments, white shoes, and frocks. A label attached to the basket had written on it Miss Vera Homberg, passenger. Stepney-causeway." The infant was taken to the Paddington Work- house.

"PILGRIMAGE TO ROME I The great national pilgrimage of Roman Catholics of the United Kingdom to Rome commenced yesterday, when about 400 people left London, under the leadership of the Archbishop of Westminster and the English bishops. On their way to Rome the pilgrims, who crossed to Paris in two parties, at ten a.m. and nine p.m. respectively, will break their journey, some at Lucerne and Milan and others at Paris and Turin.

HALF-MILLION PENSIONS I The Chancellor of the Exchequer has informed Mr. Timothy Davies, M.P., tifoat the total number of claims received by the Old- age Pension officers up to October 10 amounted to 468,164. Of thoe: a 273,862 came from England; 131,610 from Ireland; 49.077 from Scotland; and 13,615 from Wales.

THEATRE ROYAL, CARDIFF I Last evening Mr. Junius Booth's new I and originaJ version of that favourite story Monte Oristo was cleverly interpreted by the author and his capable compotiy.

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