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Passing Pleasantries. I "You look bad Jim. Have you been laid ¡ up?' "Well, rather. To-day's the first time I've been out of doors for three months." "What was t.be matter, old chap." "Nothin'; but the judge wouldn't believe it. "Excuse me, mum," said the fashionable lady s new Irish cook. but would you moind now if I had this address printed on me carrd?" "Why, not at all, Bridget," replied the fashionable mistress. "Of course, it is un- usual, but this is your home now, and if you have a card it is perfectly proper for you to put your address on it." "Thank ye, mum," paid Erin's brawny daughter. "An' I noticed ye had printed on yer carrds, mum, 'At home on Thursdays.' Would it be proper for me, mum, to have j printed on moine, 'Tuesdays cff'?" PROOF. The o-ra-lor was warming up to his subject. "I strongly object," he shouted, bringing his fist duwn with a resounding thump on the table, "I strongly object to the custom cf christening ships with champagne." A man in the audienco jumped to his feet. 1 don't," he said. "I think there's a temper- ance lesson in it." The temperance orator smiled the smile of the superior person. "How can that be?" he queried. "Well, directly after her first taste of wine the ship takes to water, and sticks to it ever after." And the audience said the interrupter light.

PRINCESS AND SCHOOLBOYS The Princess of Wales received at Marl- borough He-use yesterday afternoon fcur I boys of the Xcrth Surrey Diotrict Schools, Anerley. Her Royal Mjg-hn?es -vkited tho schools last spring, and after hor ViÐÜ sent a "book o designs" for use in the carpenter's ahop. The beys had made a small cabinet, carved in the Italian Renaissance Ety'e, which the Princess accepted in remembrance of her vicit to the schools. The boys were accompanied by the superintendent, Mr. J. P. Thrower, and were presented to her Eoya.1 Highness by the Rev. Canon Curtis, chair- man of the board of management. At the close of the proceedings the Princess handed to the boys a large signed photograph of herself to be hung in the school.

I MISS RUTH VINCENT'S VISIT! Mr. Meeeager's comic opera "Veronique" is the special atiraeticrL at the New Theatre next woek by Mr. George Dance's principal company, including Miss Ruth Vincent, in her original part, "HeLene de Selanges," which she played for over 600 times at the Apollo Theatre, London. Miss Ruth Vincent is a talented artiste, with a b-eaut-iful MISS RUTH VINCENT. I soprano voice, and has been described as the English TetrazzLnii." She has also more recently appeared in London in the leading roles in "Amasis," "Tom Jones," "A Persian PrinoesB," Ac. Mr. Andre Me stager, with his meloAio gifts, and his sound technique, has endowed "Veromque" with the qualities necessary to ensure a long run. The whole mounting is in Mr. George Dance's best style. Lena Miaitland plays "Ermerence," Mr. Roland Bottomley "Piorestan," and Mr. Charles M'Naoghton is the "Gay Coquenani,"

THIEF'S 300 MILE RIDE I Walkinig from Plymouth to Tiverton (a distance of 70 miles). Saephem- Beccett, of His Majesty's ship Vivid, jumip-ed. upon a bicycle belonging to Mr. Arthur FSsiher, the coroner, end irde to Wiigaru Lancashire, a. distançe of about three hundred miles. On arriv- ing there 48 hours la;ter he was arrested by Police-constable Hellier. At Tiverton yesterday he admitted the theft, a.nd was sentenced to two month's imprison- ment. Beccett stated, with a smile, that he wore out the eea,t of his trousers on his hurried ride north.

CARDIFF CINEMA THEATRE I Great suooess continues to attend the Cinema Theatre in Queen-street. Cardiff. Fre- quently the hall is crowded, ajid the audiences express their admiration of the beautiful pictures shown by means of the bioscope. These pictures come from all parts of the world, and are as instructive as they are interesting

NOT SEPARATED. I I think you are separated from your husband?" a solicitor said in cross-examining a woman at Greenwich yesterday. No, sir, I am not, she replied. "Then where is your husband?"—" Dead," The solicitor apologised.

WEEKLY AND WEAKLY A debtor wrote to the Greenwich Court yes- terday saying that he had not been able to meet his liabilities, as he had only so much weekly and a weakly wife." Judge Willis: I am glad be Biakea a difference in the spelling.

PALESTINE EXHIBITION AT CARDIFF I We would remind our readers that the eagerly-anticipated Palestine Exhibition will be opened at the Park-hall. Cardiff, on Tue&- day next, and will remain open until October 30. The exhibition promIses to be of unique interest.

Professor Osier yesterday opened the new physiological and chemical laboratories of the London Hospital. vjABPETS BEATEN.—1, Minny-street, CatHaya. CL A RK D7s '?? fMOOM wm CL*TRKE-S ct?n? the blood from MH!n?. rities from whatever 4muns aria- me. A -fe remdy for x-ema. BLOOI) 18an.OfOf' BoLe. BLOOINI ?? Iev* -Ofula. Blood Eruptions, TQeers, (Haodalar M.I.X.. TWRE S?eHin<t. h. Of all tt?f*? &a )lIXnEB ort Br~w jil]LTYI&IM OC 1-ttaIjam, ti y

"Since Gone to Cardiff' UNFAITHFUL HUSBAND DIVORCED I I In the Divorce-court yesterday (before Sir John Bigham, a case was heard in which Mrs. Henrietta. Kate Pullin, residing at Bris- tol, sued for a divorce from Mr. William John Pullin, a house furnisher, who had resided at Kings-wood, Bristol, on the ground cf desertion and misconduct. The s-uit was undefended. Mr. Weatherly was counsel for the peti- tioner, wl-)o said that tihe marriage took place on the 17th of April, 1900. They lived happily until 1906, when her husband took to drink and neglected his business. They had one child. Her husband was not a.ble to support her and she got assistance from her mother. In 1904 her mother was going to the seaside and she went to take charge of her mother's house for the three weeks she was away. When she returned to her husband's h-ouse at Kingswood she found it closed, and on inquiry she discovered that her husband was living at Staple Hill. On going there she found her cra-dle was there, and that it was occupied by a child of the woman who kept the house. Her husband was unable to find a home for her, and she returned to her -nother. After that time she made inquiries for her husband, but could not find him. He' had not contributed to her support Bince 1904. Other evidence was given to show that the respondent had lived with another woman at a hous-e in Bristol, and that he had since gone to Cardiff. A decree nisi was granted.

PENARTH GOLDEN WEDDING  Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jnkins, 25, Ivy-street, Penarth, celebrated their golden wedding on Friday. Mr. Jenkins was born at Penhill in 1832, and Mrs. Jenkins at Bath a year later. They were married at Llandaff Cathedral in 1869. They have had nine children, six of MR. AND MRS. JENKINS. whom are living. Both are in the best of health, and are well respected locally. Mr. Jenkins was an employe of the Taff Vale Railway Company as engine-driver, a posi- tion he retired from eleven years ago after 46 years' service. He was driving when Pen- arth Dock was being built, and now enjoys a well-earned pension. Mr. Jenkins is a Con- servative, and has always been an active worker for the cause.

For Women Folk. HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY DISHES A little bath brick scraped on the hearth immediately after washing it will be effec- tual in removing any stains. When making jam or fruit tarts the paste under the jam should be lightly brushed with well-beaten white of an egg, and it will not taste heavy or sodden. Bunions may be checked in their early development by binding the joint with adhesive plaster and keeping it on as long as any uneasiness is felt. The bandage should be bound round the foot. An inflamed bunion should be poulticed, and large boots worn. Iodine (12 grains), lard, or spermaceti ointment Iz.; makes a capital ointment for bunions It should be rubbed on two or three times a day. Pickle for Immediate Use Equal quautities of sliced onions, cucumber, and sour apple, salt and cayenne to taste. To half a. pint of vinegar add one winagiass- ful each of sherry and soy. Place the onion, cucumber, and apple in a dish in alternate layers, add the salt and cayenne to taste, and pour over the vinegar, &c. Let the pickle stand a few hours before serving. Pineapple Pudding -I Half of a tinned pineapple and half the jtùoe, 2oz. butter, 2oz. flour, 2 p-int milk, loz. sugar, yolks of two egg-s, whites of three eggs, and 2oz. castor t'Ugar. Out the pdne- apple into small pieces, removing the dark spots, and arrange lightly in a piedish. Melt the butter over the fire, add the flour to it by degrees, and cook gently for ten minutes; then add the milk, also by degrees, and stir till it boils. Remove from the stove, then add the juice, sugar, and well-beaten yolks, already mixed together. Pour it over the pineapple and bake for a quarter of an hour. Meanwhile whip the whites of eggs to a stiff froth with the 2oz. sugar. Cover the baked pudding with this, and pile it up high in centre; return to the oven for four minutes, when it will be a golden brown.

CYCLE WORKS IN FLAMES I A disastrous fire occurred during the night at Messrs. McDowell's cycle and motor works, Armagh, and secured such a good hold before it was discovered, that the premises were completely destroyed, together with the whole of the stock, motors cycles, and appliances, except two valuable motor cars which were saved b^ a concrete ceiling over tha garage. The flames for some time threatened the adjacent technical school, but the brigade averted the danger. The telegraph wires in the neighbourhood were down, causing much inconvenience. I

TO CANCEL A TREATY. I Stormy scenes occurred in the Bavarian I Chamber yesterday in conse-quenee of Liberal and Socialist interpellations to declare the extradition treaty with Russia null and void. I The Liberal member. Dr. Guenther, declared that maters in Russia had reached such a pitch that she was incapable of holding a treaty with any jast country. The Speaker demanded the immediate termination of the contract. After some lively speeches a resolution was passed by an overwheming majority in accord with the Socialist inter- pellation.

IDEAL MOTOR-SPEED SIGNS The motor-speed warning notices erected throughout Berkshire by the county council are greatly a-ppreciated by motorists, giving as they dz, cn a board under the triangular sign the naulo of the to-wa or village and the exact length of road over which it is neces- sary to drive slowly. The county surveyor has stated that they are entirely successful in reducing the speed of motor-cars in populous places.

THE TIME BY TELEPHONE The time can be had by telephone in HaJm- burg. Every minute throughout the day a signal lasting five seconds is given by a tele- phonic instrument at the Hamburg Observa- tory, and anyone requiring the exact time has merely to call up the, time department of the observatory, when he is switched on to it.

YOUNG MAN AND MASTER. I W'Ua'am Preddy, a young man of Miitohel- dean, was at Littledean Sessions yesterday bound over on a. charge of stealing ls. ld. from his master, Thomiaa Winter farmer, Flax ley Mill.

With a label in. his pocket bearing the name "R. Caeeidy, Barrister, Winnipeg," the body of a man has 'been washed up at Whitburn, near Sunderland. Beds and Mattresses renovated.—1, Minny-st., Calhays. The new 33-knot destroyer Crusader was handed over to the Admiralty yesterday by Messrs. Wlhite and Co., at Oowes. I

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Society Match Off YtHINC COUPLE WHO WERE LOST The marriage arranged between Lady Margaret Sackville and Mr. Edmund Sellar will not take place. This announcement in yesterday's "Morning Post," appearing, as it doee, within a fort- night of the day fixed for the wedding, will cause surprise, for both parties are well known, even outside the ranks of high society (says the Daily Sketch.") A strikingly beautiful woman, with a pale complexion, dark hair, and dreamy e; Lady Margaret, the youngest of the three daughters of the Dowager Countess de la Warr, was, like her mother, perhaps even better known for her intellectual gifts than her beauty. She has written several volumes of prose and poetry. She is president of the newly-formed Poetry Recital Society. Mr. Edmund Sellar, who is the youngest son of the late Professor Sellar, is also afflicted Wltü a taste for writing, and recently published a novel which was favourably received by the critics. Such a similarity of tastes, it was thought when the engagement was announced, promised well for a happy union. It will be remembered that a few weeks ago Mr. Sellar and Lady Margaret had an exciting experience in the Mourne Mountains, losing their way in the darkness which overtook thsm as they were descending Slieve Donard. Anxious search parties set out, but the oouple manageu to reacu tlieir destination safely, though they were in a vern exhausted condi- tion, having wandered many miles out of their way. The news of the breaking of the engagement has come as a great surprise to a large circle of friends of both families, for Lady Margaret and her mother were already in Edinburgh preparing for the ceremony, which was to have taken place on the 28th inst.

ENOUGH TO KILL EIGHT I A Woolwich mystery was yesterday inves- tigated by Mr. Justioe A. T. Lawrence and a jury. In August, 1903, Mr. Thomas Paterson, who has sailed all ove,r the seven seas in the capacity of a bo'sun," sent out for a. bottle of White's hope ale for supper. In bo'sun fashiou he put the neck of the bottle to his lips. If he had swallowed the one mouthful which he took he would, according to his statements yesterday in the court, have been a dead mam. As it was, he felt all on fire, dropped the bottle, and began to kick." Subsequent analysis showed that the remla,ining contenits included 46 gra,ins of zinc chloride, sufficient to kill eight bo'suns. He became very ill indeed, and now claims dama,ges against Messrs. White. The latter's counsel, Mr. Rawlinson, K.C., declared that it was only by fraud tha.t the poison could have got in-to the bottle. Such a thing would have been impossible at the factory. The chloride of zinc must have been introduced by some- bod yaftar the bo'sun had had his drink. Under cross-exami nation the bo'sun's wife denied that she had told a neighbour that her husband had faked the bottle." The hearing was adjourned.

"OBLIGING CANNIBALS" I Returning from a long tour in the Kaeai district of the Congo, on behalf of the British Museum authorities, Mr. E. Torday and Mr. W. Hilton-Simpson have only just reached Europe. They state that they never had the least difficulty with the natives who formed their expedition, although eighteen of their 25 porters were cannibals. Of these Mr. Hilton-Simpeon says that they are some of the best natives he has ever met-mild, obliging, honest, and industrious. As a juju or medicine," the explorers took out with them a small English clockwork elephant. In every village the exhibition of this elephant with its movable trunk and legs evoked the grèatest interest and surprise not unmixed with fear. All the inhabitants of the village would come out when they heard that the white,ulan was going to show them his medicine," but they were always careful never to go near the mysterious toy.

TAUGHT BY THE BIRDS I One of the most interesting feature of the "model engineer"exhibition at the Horticul- tural Hall, Westminster, which was opened yesterday, is the large number of aeroplane models ehown, over 50 being included in the exhibition. In addition, there are ail manner of other ingenious inventions, from steam and electric railways to electric clocks. Sir Hiram Maxim, who opened the exhibition, spoke of hi sown flying machine experiments. Scientists who had written on the subject discouraged any inventor in that line. but he had seen the birds flying. He had crossed the atlantic several times, and he had made a study of the birds, and was convinced that there was no doubt about it all that they did not exert any more force in flying, in pro- portion, than did a rabbit or a dog in running. After his numerous experiments he found that the only thing now to do was to substitute petrol for steam.

AN ELOPEMENT TRAGEDY I An elopement has had a tragic sequel at Luck, Bohemia (says a Berlin telegram). An Austrian lieutenajit, married to the daughter of a professor at Tubingen University, re-joined his wife after the manoeuvres, talking with him a friend, an officer like him- s,alf. A few days aftorwaz-do the friend dia- appeared with the wife. Nothing was known as to the direction the runaways had taken. Two days ago, however, the hats of an officer and a woman were found on the surface of a pond a-t Luck. The pond was dragged, and the bodies of the runaway lovers were die- covered tied together b ythe officer's belt. Large sunns of money were found in the pockets. It is supposed that the couple. after their flight, discovered obstacles, and resolved to die together.

CARDIFF PANOPTICON I Chief among a varied selection of bioscope pictures to be presented at Stoll's Panopticon, Cardiff, next week is a dramatic subject, entitled, The Tragic Idyll." The story is simple, that of plighted love, broken pro- mises, and the madness of a loving father; it is the scenery and colouring that will create an impression. Football Fever" strikes a novel vein, while other pictures which will causea.mument and excitement unolude The Sack Race," Bobby, the Boy Scout," 1776, or the Hessian Renegades," and An American Marriage." In addition to the pictures Mr. Sam Taylor will give entertaining turns, and songs will be contributed by Miss Maude Criddle (soprano) Miss Hetty Hocking supplying the musical accompaniments. Matinees are announced for Wednesday and Saturday.

WHYS FOR THE WISE I Why canuot a man never take to golf play- ing without strengthening his language with expletives Why does a cabman consider he degrates himself by acting civilly P Why do people with the smallest rooms invariably give the largest parties? Why at a dinner party is it never thought permissible to call for cabbage except by its genteel synonym of "greens"? Why cannot musical critics speak of a voice without puzzling everybody by calling it an "organ"? Why cannot a husband get home late from a dinner party without assuring his wife he was "the first to leav."

I PIT-DWELLINGS UNEARTHED I Further discoveries have been made near the site of the early British village of Pokes- down Hill, Bournemouth, where some two months ago several urnls were unearthed, believed by experts to be 3,000 years old. Fourteen. circular pits, 8ft. in diameter and Sfit. deep, have been uineart/hed, filled with charcoal and burnt flimts. The character and size of the pits suggest the pit-dwellings of the Neolithic age.

HIPPOS AT CHARING CROSS I Mr. G. L. Gomme, clerk to the London County Council, told members of the London Local History Association last night at the Day Training College, Southampton-row, that human remains contemporary with the Irish elk, the hyena, and the hippopotamus were found while the site of Drummond's Bank at Charing Cross was being excavated.

AN IRISHWOMAN'S AGE An old Irishwoman named Margaret Murplhy was charged at Cler ken well yester- da.y with begging. Murphy: Oh, sir, my husband keeps me. Mr. IXEyncourt: How old is your husbamd? -Oh, just the same age as me, sir—only I'm a few years older. (Laughter.) And what's your age?—I'm fifty-two. You gave your age last night as sixty-two.— Well, air. I don't rightly remember.

CHILDREN TAUGHT TO SWIM During the past season 10.051 London school- boys and schoolgirls has gained the certificate of the London Schools' Swimming Association for swimming fifty yards, and fourteen children have been enabled, by the associa- tion's life-saving tuition, to save liTe.

Whaft is it that improves the tons Of appetite, and stands alone Among the greatest sauces ioaxmnt Hoe's atauce. -om

I Discovery in a Letter I I MISSIVE TO MARRIED MAN I In the Divorce Court yesterday Mrs. Mary Josephine Peters, wife of a musical instru- ment dealer, of St. Helens, Lanca-shire, asked for a divorce on the ground of the crueLty and misconduct, of ther husbajid, James j Peters. There was no c.efence. The respondent, counsel said, treated his wife wdth violence. There as.aisttd him in his business one MargaTet Glover, who subse- quently was engag-ed at a private house at Knotty Ash, near Liverpool. In August last, Mrs. Peters was handed by the postman a. letteT addressed to her husband. This she opened, and found tihat the girl Glover had written to him in the following terms:— I am going to Liverpool by the next train. If you would like to see me once again cycle down this afternoon. I shall be at the Gen- tral Stba-tion a.t 2.30. If you thank anything cf me, come, it will be your last chance on this earth. I will end every- thing. I have written motiher to say I will never come hicme again. The girl's employer found in her bedroom other letters addressed by Mr. Paters to her which, counsel said, were too revolting to rea-d in court. I The? wife was given a. decree nisi, with costs, end the cu-stody of the child.

I AMUSING METAPHORS I Some croso-exami nation at the South- Western Court yesterday .ovet a street betting case twe ris-e to ajnus^ment. A con- stable staged that 'he saw the accused receive a betting slip, which he handed to a boy. Mr. Hanne (defending): How did you knjow it was a betting slip?—I .saw writing on it. Mr. Hanne: But it may have been an invi. tation to a whist party. (Laughter.) Mr. de Grey: People do not walk about the streets d Batte-nsea with invitations to a wihi&t party. Mr. Hanne (to the constable): Why did you not get hold of the boy as well? Mr. de Grey: You know the story of a dog tlhat saw the shadow of a bone in the water. He went for the shadow and lost the sub- stance. (Laughter.) Mr. Hanne: In this instance there was no substance and no shadow. (To the con- stable) You went uip to the prisoner like a flash of lightning—a sleuth hound? Mr. de Grey. A Sleuth 'hound "takes slow and deliberate steps.

CARDIFF tMPIRE I The well-known male impersonator, Miss Hetty King, appears at Cardiff Empire next week. In her very youthful days Miss King was chiefly a mimic of the leading artistes, such as Gus Eien, Eugene Stratton, Vesta Victoria, Marie Lloyd, and others. Perhaps the most curious thing is that formerly she played the part of principal girl in panto- mime, but since she has adopted the line of male impersonator she has invariably played principal boy. She is a young lady of athletic inclinations, and is very fond of cycling, fishing, golfing, swimming, and run- ning and jumping, too; in fact, a typical modern English girl; and, as a typical Eng- lish girl should be, full of health and spirits. The Grotesques, whose "Village Concert" and other burlesques have been so successful at the London Hippodrome, are featured on the bill, and are sure to be greatly appre- ciated for their refinement, cleverness, and mirth-making efforts. Other good turns include the Martine Brothers, the comedy trampoline acrobats who do 60 somersaults in 60 seconds; the famous jugglers, Francis and Alfred, in an act full of skill and humour; Tommy Clifford, the boy ventriloquist with a baritone voice; Billie Burford, comedienne; Bros. Redmond, the acrobatic comedians; Nellie Coleman, the female comedian; Thorpe and Ooe, in their comedy playlet, "lory Burglar"; Fred Elton, in a scena at the piano, On Board an Ocean Liner"; and the pictures.

ELECTING A VICAR Tbe parish of New Buckingham enjoys the privilege of electing its own vicar. In conse- quence of the resignation of the Rev. F. R. Cocks, M.A., a vestry meeting was called to appoint his successor. Applications were read from four clergymen, and two were nominated. On a vote being taken the Rev. Arthur H. Bolderston, of st. Peter's Clergy House, Vauxhall, London, secured a. majority, and was declared elected. All householders being ratepayers were entitled to vote The nomination of the Rev. A. H. Bolderston to the bishop for appointment, signed by the churchwardens, the chairman, and most of those present, completed the necessary formal- ities, no poll being demanded.

KILLED BY LIGHTNING At the county court yesterday Julia Thompsett sought coampensation from Albert i Westt for the dearth of her husband, who was killed by lightning while cabbage plant- ing on a farm near Brighton on Jilly 7. Thompset/t was at work on an exposed part I of the Downs, and Judge Scully, in. refusing the application, said it had not been shown that the man was subject to any sfpedaJ. risk, and to say that anybody who happened to be on the Downs wheal a thunderstorm ctaine on was runniing exceptional risk eeenied to be going beyond the bounds of coanmoai sense and reason-.

WALKED WITH BROKEN SKULL At Rliaenau FestAnriog yesterday an inquest I was held on the body of Glriffitlh Griffiths (62), who was employed at the Voty and Bowydd Slacto Quarry as greaser of wagons. When in the aot of chaJiging some coup- lings he received a cptrupound fracture of the skull. He walked home from the quarry withmiit any assistance, and, after washing and obang-ing his clothes, went to a surgery. Dr. Richard Jones, assisted by two other doctors, extracted eight pieces of bone from the brain. Accidental death" was the verdict.

HAIRDRESSING BY ORDER A scene occurred in the streets of Willes- den on Thursday as the outcome of the "hair-cutting order" of tihe medical officer, Dr. Butler. The father of two schoolgirls, aged ten and seven, was served with an order to have their hair cut or properly dressed. No notice was taken of the order, and the school nurse called at the school to take the girls to the isolation hospital for treat- ment. On the way the girls commenced to kick and struggle. ilthe younger escaped, and the elder clung to some railings for twenty minutes before she could be got away. A large crowd watched the struggle.

STAGGERING THE EXAMINER I An ecclesiastical gentleman was examin- ing some school children, near Liverpool, and talke4. more or less in the phraseology of the theological gahool. He asked one of the girls, testing her knowledge as to the work of the Creator, Who made your vile body?" The little mlaid was rather stia,ggered for ,tlbe moment, but at length she shyly con- fessed, Please, Sir, mother m.ade the body, but we got a. dressmaker to make the skirt." Then it was the examiner who was stag- gered.

A WRONG IMPRESSION I  "If I plead ?nilty, will the ?-gistrate bind me over? It is my &rst offence." This state- ?ment was attributed to John James Oorbett, a potman, charged a. ifow-street yesterday II with stealing a bag eoptaining jE22 in gold from the Nag's Head public-house, Covent Garden. MT. Curtig Bennett said some people seemed to think that the First Offenders' Act legalised theft. They believed that they could steal with impunity if, when found out, they could plead that it w,as their first offence. That was a great mi,s- take. The prisoner was sentenced. to three months' bard labour.

A GALLANT WORKMAN Among the principal awards of the Royal Humane Society yesterday was a silver medal to Percy R. Lee, St. Albans, for his gallant rescue of a fellow-workman who was over- come by foul gas in a well 46ft. deep on August 5, a bronze medal being given to Arthur Payne, who attempted the rescue.

SPEECH DAY SENSATION Canon Bernard Wilson, vicar of Portsea, was taken suddenly ill yesterday while speaking at Portsmouth Grammar School's annual speech-day gathering, and fell unconscious.

4 A WALKING PRIZE-PACKET Worth 925 is the Mysterious Mr. RAFFLES. 1.

Officer's Eye Burnt Out HOW A WOMAN HAD HER REVENCE A notable vitriol case camebefore a French Assize Court yesterday. The victim was Lieut. Morisis, of the 36th Line Regiment, and the aggressor, Mme. Caroff, a divorced woman, wit.h whom the officer was on intimate terms. Mme. Caroff, after her husband obtainad a separation from heft felt lonely, and was attracted by an advertisement in the matri- monial columns of a newspaper. The adver- tiser desired to meet a lady with a view to Moriss. marriage, and though Mme Caroff, not at that time divorced, was not free to marry, she nevertheless replied to the advertisement. Subsequently she met the advertiser, Lieut Morris. The couple lived together for some time; then the officer, deeming that the idyll had lasted long enough, desired to end it, and intimated his wish to his companion. But the woman was averse from a separation. She became obsessed with a filing of revenge, and one morning, while the lieutenant was asleep, she (poured vitriol on his face. Ons of the man's eyes was burnt out and his face frightfully disfigured. Mme. Caroff pretended that she knew nothing until she saw the officer drying his face with the bedclothes. "I must have, suffered from a hallucination," she added, but the Court dissented from this view, and passed the minimum sentence of a year's imprisonment upon her. The lieutenant was awarded R400 damages.

I MENTOR O-FFA-SHION I Writing in the "North American Review" on the Social Hefcmony of England, Mr. Sidney Whitman says that within t,he present geineTattion England may be said to be usurped and finally taken over the part of Mentor Cof Fashion, played almost uninter- ruptedly by France for nearly two hundred and fifty years,' He lpoo,ints out that English is being sipoken more a-nd more university on the Continent. Innumerable Englis)h v^.ords, prticularly those bering on the rela- tions of social life—such as garden-party ro.u,t,' 'ladyl:i'ke,l 'led,y',S man,' g.entùeanelll- like,' fair play,' fia,i.r,' iand 'unfair,' eitz., hove bevcmie Continental idioms." Again the culitiva/tion of sport on the Continent is an effective promoter of tihat deference to social England which is so marked a feature of our time, inasmuch as English methods are the ones invariably accepted and ima- tated. The slang of the EngllilSh racecourse bias become part and parcel of almost every Europe: in language, at least in the new, papers."

COVETED AMERICA CUP I Sir Thomas Lipton, who is still determined to lift the America Cup, sails for New York to-day by the Cedric. He will consult mem- bers of the New York Yacht Club, and, if possible, induct them to agree to acoept a challenge under the Universal rule, a rule which governs ever yyacht race in America, save that for the America Cup. Boats under this rule are of a seaworthy type, such as could stand the strain of crossing the At- lantic. "It is the ambition of my life to lift the America Cup," said Sir Thomas Lipton. "It has become my obsesssion. So much so, that if I fail to succeed during my lifetime there is a provision in my will setting aside I sufficient money, so that my trustees may continue my efforts to bring the blue riband of the yachting world back to these shores."

BOXING. I Freddy Welsh in Plymouth I Freddy Welsh, of Cardiff, made a great impression at Plymouth on Friday night, when he boxed a three-round exhibition with Young Lippo, the well-known feather-weight of the West of England. Welsh was given a great reception when he entered the ring.. His style was somewhat different from that to which the Cosmopolitan Gymnasium audiences have been accustomed. It was of the close-in order. His tricks were very puzzling to the local lad. The picture of health and strength, Young Lippo stepped in to the attack, and side-stepped with the agility of a cat, whilst his lightning-like straight lefts and right counters were elec- trical in their effect. Of course, it was only exhibition work. No idea of the real skill of Welsh could be gathered from it. Lippo, too, never once used his terrible punch. All the same, Welsh's boxing appeared to be very effective. Welsh has a good ovinion of Young Lippo, and thinks he should be trained in London.

PRIZE SHOOTING I The annual prize shooting competition in I connection with the combined Territorial I Forces of Ca, marthen were concluded en the Daniyrailt Range. Results:— I TOWN AND CORPORATION PRIZE.-PAnges, 200 and 500 yards; seven shots. P'ts. Corporal J. Greenwood 57 Sergeant T. Thomas 55 Sergeant-instructor J. Burns 54 Sergeant-instructor W. H. Williams 51 Private H. Berry 51 gergeant W. Morris 51 Veteran E. J. Andrews 60 Sergeant J. M. Williams 50 RECRUITS' PRIZE.-Range, 200yds; seven r ,,h<),ts.-Pte. R. S. Jones. 20; Pte. B. Griffiths, 20; Fte. L. Thompson, 17; Pte. B. Halliday, 17 COUNTY PRIZE (presented by the officers and gentlemen of the coun,ty).-Range 200yds; seven shots. Veteran E. J. Andrews, 29; Pte. R Tawoe, 27; Pte. T. Negus, 27; Pte. H. Berry, 27; Veteran James .Thomas, 26; Pte. W. lI. Williams, 25; Veteran D. Evans, 25; Pte. T. Lewis. 25: Veteran S. luck, 24; LADIES' PRIZE (presented by the ladies- of the town and neighoourhood).-Range, 200yds; snatP rhootin,g.-Sergt. T. Thomas, 24: Sergt. W 24; Cor,pl. J. Evans, 24. W Morris, S PRIZES.—flange, 200yds; seven 6hots; time exposure, 58ce.Sergt.-inst. J. Burns, 21; Sergt. Tom Thomas. 21.

FOOTBALL I The emergency committee of the Rugby Union have decided that the suspension of the Coventry Football Club does not apply to anyone who joined the club after July l, 1909. Rhymney Valley Old Boys' Rugby League I A meeting was new a.t NOw Tredegar -on Friday—It was decided to have two teams one in each division, and the following officers were electedHon. SeOretary, Mr. Jack Davies; and hon. treasurer, Mr. Bert Rooms. Mr. Hubert Redford's Eleven, 11; The Butter- fly Company, 2.

BIRMINGHAM CITY V. TREHARRIS. At ATHLETIC GROUND, TREHARRIS MONDAY, OCTOBER 18th. Kick-off, 4.15 p.m. Cheap return fares from all stations. 61322 MOUNTAIN ASH ROVERS A.F.C. want Awav Matclies (Guarantee) October 23rd, November 6th and 20th.—Thomas Ashman, Secretary, 36, Rheola-street' Penrblwceiber. e65rl6

HF.AD COVERED WITH SORES. Doctors Marvel at a Great Zam-Buk,Cure I The wonderful way Zam-Buk cured a child's ringworm brought unstinted praise from the hospital doctors who had the case in hand. Mrs. Thompson, of 157F1, Guinnees- buildinjgs, Vauxhall, London, S.E., gives us these interesting facts:- When my little girl was two years old., a dark-looking sore, the size of a penny, came on the crown of her head. The dootor told me it was ring-worm which Florrie had con- tracted from some other girl. JThe ring- worm spread all over Florrie's head, despite the doctor's treatment, which I carefully followed. Other ointments I also tried, but they were all powerless to chec-k the spread of the disease. I goft a,larmed and took Florrie to Sit. Thomas's Hospital. I was told there that the ringworm would take months to cure, and only then by the use of the X-rays. For twelve months I took Florrie <aily to the hospital, where she underwent the X-ray treatment for twenty minutes ewh day. This brought away the hair amd left a patch of scurf on every spot treated, until the child's head was completely bald. A thick coat.ing of scurf settled on the girl's scalp. This scurf obstinately refused to come away, though the hospital doctors tried all manner of treatments. As I was worrying about my little girl one day I Tememibered that my laite husband, who was a carpenter, had often spoken enthusiasti- cally about Zam-Buk, and had always car- Tied a box about with him, I, therefore, got some Zam-Buk, and smeared the balmi all over Florrie's scalp. "The scurf began to loosen and come away Se) noticeably that the doctors expressed great surprise at this sudden improvement in what they regarded as'a very obstinate case. I continued to use Zam-Buk, which completely removed the scurf and brought Florrie a clear and healthy scalp in a manner that astonished the hospital people. Florrie's hair grew again, and to-day she has a beauti- ful head of healthy, glossy hair, while her scalp is as sweet and clean as a babe's." Just tlhat same benefit Zam-Buk was to the Thompson family it may also be to yours. Nothing can resist the healing forces stored up in a ha-ndx box of Zam-Buk.

I By JOHN ROBERT,. I PROBLEM No. 2. I Our second problem presents an interest- played? ing study in bil- liard tactdcs, and the eo,rrect solu- tion demands a useful knowledge of both the rules and possibilities of the game. The onle ball is in haind, and, as the diag.ram. shows, the red ball is only just play. able, lying as it does so near the baulk line. The object white ball is, however, in- side the line and out of play. What is the correct stroke to play under these cir- cumstances and how should it be Solution ot Problem No. 1. Strike the me-iballl a/bove the centre with- out Slide a,nd play full on the red ball. Aim exactly as if you were attempting an ordi- nary "six shot" into the middle pocket. Then the red will kiss the white, making the oontac,t shown in iiagram and clear- ing a path for the on-coming cue-ball. Play the stroke with just enougih strength, to send the cue-ball into t-he pocket, and to keep the red ball o-ut of baulk. The oo-ntinuous line shows the run of the cue- ball, the circles indicate where the red kisses the object white, and the interjected line illustrates the movements of the object balls. Our Prize Offer. Last week we offered hailf-a-guinea for the best solution of problem No. 1. The follow- ing four aire adjudged the best, and will receive 2s. 6d. eadh:- Gwym. Morgan, 15, John-Street, Pricetown, Nanitymoeil. Luther Hughes, 3, Ohuxcih-stweet, Eiiynmey. T. J. Hurd, 1, Robert-street, Newport, Mon. T. Vauigitoam, 19, River-terrace, Britannia Ptorth, Rhandda.

CROSS CANNONS. I By RISO LEVI (Copyright). I Marram 641 shows a position that, with variations which do not affect the stroke to be played, often occurs. The cannon off the white is quite a simple stroke, all that is necessary being plenty of strength with some screw, consequently this is the stroke that the ordinary player generally plays when he has this position. The after-position resulting from such a stroke is, however, always very uncertain, and will often be very bad indeed. A cannon off the cushion DIAGRAM 641—A cannon off the side cusafon oy means of a half-ball stroke without side. Red ball fin. from the side cushion and 4lin. from the top cushion. Oibject white 10in. from the side cushion and 40in. from the top cushion. Cue ball at or near the end of the D line. played without much pace is, however, very little if at all more difficult than a strong cannon off the white. With the object balls to the measurements given under the diagram the cannon off the red is a half. ball stroke without any side when the oue ,ball is spotted at the far end of the D line. The advantage of the slow stroke lies in the control that the player has over the object balls. Mr. Levi's articles appear efeiy Saturday in the "Evening Exprees." No. 1 of this series appeared on October 3. 1908.

FOREIGN MAILS I To be despatched from London, Sunday, Oct. 1'1:- I OUTWARD.-Morning- To A z.o res, by Portuguese packet. To Azores, MONIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1809. Morning- To Egypt, by Italian packet. To Toneriffe, via Spain. Evening- To Constantinople and Smyrna, parcel mails, via Liverpool, per s. Saragossa. To West Coast of Africa, parcel mails, via Liverpool, per s. Nigeria. INWARD.-Due Sunday- From United States, &c., via Queenstown. Due Monda- From West Indies and Pacific, via Southampton. From United States, &c., via Plymouth.

LOCAL OVERNIGHT CHART FTJN". I OUTWARD—STEAMERS. I Cardiff to:- Las Palmas, 6s lid, 250 delivery, Bellerby, 4,000 tons, October 28 (Cory Bros. and Co.. Limited) Las Palmas, 6s, 250 delivery; option Cape de Verdes, 6s 6d, 200 delivery, Teespool, 6,200 tons, November 1 (Hull, Blyth) Las Palmas, 6s, 250 delivery; option Cape de Verdes, 6s 6d, 200 delivery, Clear pool or Stag-pool, 6,200 tons, November 1 (Wilson, Sons. and Co., Limited) Dakar, 6s, 2,500 tons, December (Worms and Co.) Leghorn, 6s 6d, 500 delivery 6;0., Hawnby, 2,600 tons, October 19 (Morgan, Wakley) Swansea to:- Stockholm, 5s 6d, 1,600 tons (J. German and Co.) Palermo and Trapani, 7s 3d, Athalie, 2,600 tons, October 25 (Cleeves and Co.) Rouen, 5s, Lillebonne, 1,450 tons (E. W. Cook and Co.) Arzew, 8f izic coal, 9f 121c fuel, Schaldis, 1,450 tons (L. Gueret, Limited) Oarthagena, 6s 6d coal, 7s 3d fuel, 1.700 tons (Morgan, Wakley) La Roohelle, 4f 87Jc, Dnneley, 2,800 tons (F. Ie Boulanger)

LOCAL TIDE TABLE .s  § I I i *$£ I 1 iI _a ? ? 2 3 ? g § ? 8 AT OR- rM. f~Y 7 25 13 7 8 7 71 8 H 6 10 DAY-!E. 7 19 7 40 722 7 2x8 In! 8 10 Oct. 16CHt. S3 4 24 S M 183 fi 34 10 34 2 SUN- ?Ml 7 34 7 64 7 86 7 36 8 38 8 38 DAY, E. 7 40 8 ol 7 5(! l 7 51 l 8 62 31 8 538 Oct. 17 (.Ht. 132 9 '4 030 :J 31 0 33 10 S3 2 MON- rM. I 85824' 6 DAY.?E. 821840819822920921 MON. {M. /8 518 '18 4/8 619 6/9 6 O\Jt. 18 Ht. 2 29 l 1 11:12 6 31 8 TUES- ?M. 8 81 8 57 8 85 8 ?9 9 35 9 36 FB-% .r m 8 57 9l?11 ?21 09 59, Oc-Dt.A. 1Y9 fHt 11?0 10|22 5 27 10 0 7 0 8 29 10 WED- ("M- 9 14 9  84f 9 9I 9 16 10 6 10 7 9 5 41 '9 2" 1 '?'1o 0 21 61110 0 271 DF,AD Y- {M E. 12 9 130 5 2 1 6 5 29 I 28 8 27 9 Oct. 20 Rt 9 __I ?6 5129 0 28 8 27 9 THURS-fM. 9 56j 10 161 9 49 9 58 10 42 10 46 THDUARYS. -fEM. 10 2?,110 42 10 1310 2411 &11 7 Oct. 21 Ht 128 819 91*4 8? 27 4126 6 1 215 1 76 » U. Dock Sill, t Roath Baain. I Alexandra Dooi.

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