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IFATE OF FAMOUS INN I
I FATE OF FAMOUS INN I If the decision of the St. Asaph magistrates is confirmed, a famous tourist inn in WaJes witi be closed. TheJtouee is known by the sign of "The OroM^oxes," Glascoed, Bodel- wyddan, but it is more famous to tourists as "Stanley's OM HOme," Jrom the fact tha.t the mother of the faAons explorer. Sir H. M. Stanley, lived there and that he visited the place. By a majority the Beonoh decided to refer the licence for compensation.
SPRING EARLY, BUT WELCOMEI
SPRING EARLY, BUT WELCOME I For the third day in succession the tem- perature over the greater part of England rose to 55 or 56 degrees yesterday. Lilac is m leaf in many parts of the South of England, and the fruit buds are near to blossoming. Generally the season is from & fortnight to three weeks im advance of last year.
I 124,OQO FRIAR HEROES I
124,OQO FRIAR HEROES Excavations at Hartlepool have discovered thirty-seven skeletons and traces of an old priory known to have existed in 1240 and demolished in 1547. The skeletons, it is believed, are those of friars, 124,000 of whom I ?re said to have perished im Britain in nurs- &g victims of the black death."
IBINGVILLEJSOCIETY LITEM I
BINGVILLEJSOCIETY L ITEM Mrs Gid Sanalley is making Gid some ging- ham shirts. Gid ia terribly hard on shirts. When he tries to put one on and it don't go on quick enough, he gets mad and tears it all to thunder. We would hate to have as quick a temper and aanaaty, a disposition as Gid has—i>ingville Bugle," U.S.A.
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I Plans of Evan Roberts I
Plans of Evan Roberts SHORTLY RETURNING TO SOUTH WALES Mr. Evan Roberts Is about to emerge from his retirement. He leaves Leicester in the course of a. week or two to re-join his friends in South Wales, and hopes shortly to re- com.menoe religious work. For the present he is inaccessible to callers, and the many letters he receives from well-meaning, but inquisitive, people go unanswered. Mr. Roberts is staying at the residence of a. well-known Leicester lady lecturer in Toller-road, Stoneyga,te-the suburb in which Leicester's self-made men have their parti- cularly modern villas. Much of his time he spends in reading theological works. It was in one of the humblest of Oadby's cottages that I had my first impression of him (writes a special correspondent of the "Evening News"). He sat talking tdfc a frail young man far gone in consumption. The one wish of this young fellow-Her- bert Matthews by na,me-had been to see Evan Roberts, the collier preacher, who so I often passed near his home. With instinc- tive sympathy, Mr. Roberts hastened to gratify this desire within a few hours of th? case being brought to his knowledge. A Study in Contrasts ine simply-furnished kitchen of the little two-storey dwelling fur-nislied, a dramatic study in contrasts. Like Mr. Roberts, young Matthews has been a miner and a preacher. Mr. Roberts eat on one 6ide of the fireplace, his arms resting en his walking-stick, and his face craning forward eagerly listening while the frail invalid, propped up in the chair on the other side of the hearth, told how one day he had been converted at a revival meeting, and how he had begun preaching at Wbitwell, n the Derbyshire coalfield. They talked heedless of my presence. His face alight with the excitement of the visit, Ma/tthws told of his struggles, how he had worked thirteen hours a day as a shoemaker in Leicester, and then had gone to the col- lieries. He related, unaffectedly, the difficulties ho had had in breaking with old companions, and how he had saved and ,ecra,ped to buy boolts so that he could study. I spent five weeks preparing my first sermon, and when I got into the pulpit to preach it I wished the floor would open and let me through." In five years the evangelist has filled o-t, and it was hard to realise that this calm, self-possessed young man, with massive shoulders, powerful head, and plump, rounded cheeks, is the same individual as the wasted, hollow-eyed evangelist whose three hours' dumb agony in the Welsh chapel at Liverpool in March, 1905, prepared a terrified congregation and the world out- Tide for the news of his mental breakdown. The dark-brown hair is curly at the temples, the broad forehead is yet unlined, the large, full hazel eyes lose nothing by being screened behind the spectacles which give the wearer, perhaps, more the air of the student than he would otherwise convey. I Stress of Modern Life He has still a trace of the old shyness, and is refleotive and reserved. It was not easy, as I found, to draw him into conversation, least of all about himself. When we left the cottage he discussed the case of the young man whose life was ebbing away-at the age of 25. I asked Mr. Roberts whether he thought men who sacrificed their health in their enthusiasm for religious work might not be acting after all quite wrongly and from an erroneous view of what duty demanded. I agree," said Mr. Roberts. There is a point at which a man ought to consider himself first." In the stress and hurry of modern life the idea that every hour ought to be spent in cultivating a man's talents could be -carried too far, and the only sane view was a I frank recognition by the individual of his limitations. I have learnt that myself," went on Mr. Roberts. In these five years I have learnt I a bitter lesson. It is one I shall never for- get. It is one advantage that I have had it Bo early.in life. In some cases the warning has come too late. "I shall be oareful for the future. Never again shall I undertake a six weeks' mission —you may be sure of that. I am going to Wales in a week or two. At present I have no fixed plan. I am going to see what the need is, and I shall be guided by circum- stances." "There is no doubt," he added, reflectively, "of this—the multitude is cruel. It is merci- less to those of whom it makes heroes. I have been able to sleep well, anld, that has helped my recovery. I am quite well again now. Here in Leicester I have been very quiet. People have been kind—they have left me alone." Mr. Roberts is reticent on the subject of the fruits of revivals, but it is significant that he is a contributor to a religious periodical which is just now publishing articles on the evils of revivalistic excite- ment.
ISTRANDING SEQUELI
STRANDING SEQUEL I An action has been brought in the Court of Session, Edinburgh, by Captain Albert William Sember, of Glasgow, against the Amalgamated Press Limited, London, for X2,000 damages for alleged slander. The plaintiff states that in 1907 he was appointed, to the command of the sailing ship Gunford, which in October of that year sailed from Hamb-urg for Santa Rosalia, and which, while on the passage, stranded on an unchartered shoal of reef near Cape Stroque, Brazil, and became a total wreck. In an issue of "Answers," of which the defendants are the proprietors, a paragraph was published in October which, the plaintiff says, represented he had been a party to a fraudulent and criminal conspiracy with the owners and insurers of the vessel. The defendants plea.ded the action is irrelevant and deny having slandered the plaintiff.
[WHAT IS "DEVIL DODGING"?I
[WHAT IS "DEVIL DODGING"? Mr. E. A. Charles referred at Newport- Cor- poration meeting to-day to the proposed ex- penditure of LZ70 upon the improvement of Woodland-road, and asked for an explanation a,nd jus,tification of such an expenditure upon private property. He thought it was another case of the importunate widow. Alderman Greenland (chairman of the workj committee) did not know which was the importuna-te widow-the landlord or the oor- poration- The scheme was to carry through a thoroughfare in an important district of Maindee and the taking in of land which would never become building land. Mr. W. Evans Characterised the whole matter as a bit of "devil dodging." Alderman Wilkinson wanted an explanation of thet cryptic phrase, but none was forthcoming. An afmendment to Tefer the matter back for further con- sideration was defea-ted by seventeen votes to ten.
UNSATISFACTORY BUILDING?I
UNSATISFACTORY BUILDING? Mr. Edward Daviee, at Newport Ccrporaticon to-day, raised the question of revising the bTdMing- bye-laws, because, he said, the way in which some of the property was, being erected was not creditable-to the town. He did not wish to oast any reflection upon the corporation officials, because, no doubt they had a great deal to do, and they had not sufficient time to be upon all the buildings as they were being erected. But he assured the council that the way in which some of the property was being erected was not satisfac- to'ry to the town.
-FATAL BOXING -CONTESTI
FATAL BOXING CONTEST I An inquest was opened and adjourned at Stepney to-day on Robert Bertram Watson, formerly in the Royal Navy, who died early on Sunday morning at Wonderland, White, chapel, after taking part in a boxing contest. A railway stoker named Crowder, who knew deceased, and who accompanied him to the hall on Saturday night said he watched the contest very closely, and it was a very fair one—in his opinion, the fairest he had ever seen in his life—from start to finish. The deceased was leading from the beginning to the last minute of the ten rounds, when Watson reeoiveil three blows, and, falling down, remained unUl he was counted out. Witness did mot think there was any irregu- larity in the contest.
" UNDERGRADS' " ESCAPADEI
UNDERGRADS' ESCAPADE I Five undergraduates attempted to per- petrate a hoax on the management of the New Theatre, Cambridge, on Saturday night. Two of them, disguised as ladies, sought admission, but they were betrayed by their .weak and voices. The managing director, Mr. W. B. Redfern, refused to admit them, a.nd at this momemt. a proctor came upon the scene, and there followed an interesting interview with four of the would-be hoaxers, one "ladv" having escaped in the confusion. ■ ,i"
DESERTION AND ELOPEMENTI
DESERTION AND ELOPEMENT I Harry Clark, shoe operator, was charged at Birmingham yesterday with deserting his wife and three children and leaving them chargeable to the Birmingham Guardians Soinoo October last. Up to this date he had been working for a firm in Newtown Row, and then eioped with a married woman named Hall. He was apprehended in Glas- gow, where he and the woman were living together. Prisoner was sent to gaol for a month.
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His Daughter: Father, I wish you'd amy at I home to-ndght. Mr. Slowboy wll want to ask you for my hand. Her Father: Has he really propoaed at ta^t? His Daughter; No, bat he will to-night.
Tobacco and Health 1
Tobacco and Health 1 SMOKING HELPS TO RESIST DISEASE Gentlemen, you may smoke. Smokers can now quote in self-defenoe the very latest medical opinion, to the effect that tobacco, so far from being harmful, is just the contrary. Dr. de Kermabon, of the French Army, has been diligently collecting statistics on the subject, and announces that the irresistible ovicien-ce of figures proves to him that smokers are healthier than non-amokers. In this the French scientist is supported by a well-known West End consultant. "I quite agree with Dr. de Iverma.hon," ho said to a press representative yesterday. "In the first place, there is not the slightest doubt about it that tobacco is to a largt- extent a germicide. "Take post-mortem work. Very many d. tors who do it are heavy smokers, beoausv they know that they a.re far less likely to., be affected by any poisons or germs, esptf daily in the throat, if they smoke. "If I myself am going to any case I tiling is diphtherio I smoke on the way there and when coming back. "Smokim,g helps one in another way. II; helps to build up the general health. Tobacco is very soothing; it calms the mind, and so strengthens the system to resist, disea.se. "But always smoke the best tobacec) your purse allows, and, if you afford to pay ah least 1(;<5. 6d. a hundred, smoke it in the form of cigarettes. If you cannot pay so much, smoke a goocf pipe, so constructed that the nicotine never passes your lips. "Then, when you are puffing at your ease, remember that you are helping to make yourself healthy, and your mind will be morg contented than ever, and that will add to your physical well-being."
'TEC'S SMART CAPTURE
'TEC'S SMART CAPTURE John Kelly and Daniel Garcia, labourers, of no fixed abode, were charged on remand at Llanhilleth to-day with breaking and entering the Llanhilleth branch of the Blaina Co-operative Society and stealing articles of the total value of C6 3s. 8d. Detective-sergeant Caldicot (Newport) stated that whilst visiting the lodging-houses in Newport he met the prisoner Kelly, and noticed that he was wearing a new shirt,- waistcoat, and trousers. lie asked prisoner where he got them from, and received the answer "Find out." Witness replied, "No doubt I shall be able to di3 that," and took prisoner to the police-station, where he was searohed. A pawnticket for a quantity of new clothing was found in pri, s-ouer s possession, and the clothing, together with that which the prisoner was wearing was identified by the manager of the Co operative Stores as the- property of tJM, society. Garcia, who was aJso wearing a quantity of new clothing, was s-ubsequeiitl.1 arrested at Chepstow. Prisoners both pleaded guilty. Kelly was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, with hard labour, and Garcia to four months. The Bench warmly oampli. mented Detective-sergeant Oaldicott upon tho skill and adroitness be used in arresting prisoners upon very meagre first evidence.
EDUCATION CODE IN WILL
EDUCATION CODE IN WILL A small education code is embodied in the will of Arina M-aria. Helena, Oomtesse de Noailles. of Hyeres, France, and of Holywell Lodge, Meads, Eiastboume, who left property in Britain worth Z13.C20. she left two-thirdii of her residuary estate and her Meads estate to found there an orphanage for daughter,) of Church of England clergymen, layinj: down the following rules for the education of the girlo:- No competitive examinations. No study before breakfast. No study after six p.m. Acl lessons to be learned in the morning. No girl to work more than four hours anJ a half daily. No arithmetic, except the multiplication tables, for children under ten (vide Herbert Silencer). No child with curvature of the spine to write more than five m-inutes a day until thirteen. Each girl must be certified by two phren, ologists as not defioient in conscientiousness and firmness. No child to be vaccinated. Religious teaching to be equally fa* removed from Calvinism and Ritualism.
CLOAKROOM CONDITIONS
CLOAKROOM CONDITIONS Mr. Morgan Thomas called attention at a meeting of the Cardiff Property and Markets Committee to-day to the cloak-room condi- tions at the City-hall at the Liberal recep- tion, when a oharge of 2d. was made, at the same time disclaiming all responsibility for the loss of articles, contrary to the custom at railway stations and elsewhere. Tha Chairma,n (Mr. A. C. Kirk) said he supposed they were as responsible as other people else, where. Mr..Morgan Thomas said he under- stood the statement 4ent out to the Liborai executive requiring a JE5 deposit ca.used a lot of heart-burning. Mr. Allco-ok disclaimed making any statement of the nature cam- plained of. He explained that he had 80m. correspondence with Mr. All good (secretary of the Liberal Association), who altered the form of agreement to such an extent that it was not binding on the users of the hall if they damaged the building. The agreement was m-utilated to such an extent that he did not feel like accepting it. It was agreed that the whole matter should be revised as to the placing of responsibility, &c.
t-ATAL POLITICAL DISPUTE
t-ATAL POLITICAL DISPUTE At Staffordshire Assizes yesterday David Harrison Jones, a, miner, pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Henry Stokes at Walsall on January 15 The parties ha4 been fnencs and on the same side in politics up to the last- general election, when the accused changed his views At a public-house, while the men we,re under th, influence of liquor a quarrel arose about pa.rty favours and tha accused struck the deceased, whose death fol- lowed. The Judge said the case approachc l misadventure, and bound the accused over to come up for judgment, when called upon.
BODY IN A BARRY LANE'
BODY IN A BARRY LANE Passing through the lane dividing Richard- street and New land-street, Barry Dock, thij morning on his way to work a mechanic, named Percy. saw the dead body of a man lying full length on the ground face down- wards. Police-sergeant David Rees end Dr. Bray were summoned, and the corpse was taken to the town mortuary. On the body was found a seaman's discharge book, eadressed, "Frank Duffy, Belfast." Death was apparently due to he-art failure.
A SOLDIER AT LLANISHEN
A SOLDIER AT LLANISHEN Thomas Lamb (seventeen) a.fter eleven weeks' experience in the Special Reserve cf the South Wales Borderers was before the Cardiff justices to-day on a charge of being an absentee. He joined at Newport, and it was stateij that when his leave expired he was seen into the Rhymney train at Car- diff by his brother, apparently making for Brecon, but he jumped out at Llanishen. He was remanded I for an escort. Detective Gurnfy made the a,rc-t--t.
UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE
UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE The 'weather was threatening when Oxford wenit out to-day. The ohiof task was a flood row from Hammersmith to M-ortla.ke, in which thev experienced a head wind an't rousrh water. The form waa fair and th3 time lSvniri. 42seo. Cambridge did a lot oS long, steady paddling, journeying to Thorny- crofts and back. They did very well in rough conditions above Hammersmith.
COLLIERY STRIKE RIOTS
COLLIERY STRIKE RIOTS At Castle Bden yesterday a further charge was heard in connection with the colliery strike riots at. Horden in January. Thomas M'Guire and Jobn Robert Johnson were charged with arson by setting fire to the fur- niture of the club on January 26, when the flames were extinguished, and were com- mitted for trial, bail being allowed M'Guir«j was also charged separately with set-ting fira to the furniture the next day, when the cl it t, was burnt down, and committed for tha L The damage was estimated by a witnese ai R9,000 or XlO,OfX-J.
ARt WE DOWNHEARTED ?
ARt WE DOWNHEARTED ? "Don't be downhearted, John; your morthef- is here!" shouted a woma,n, in Cardiff Police- court to-day before being ejected. Tho prisoner was John Oox (22), who was charged on suspicion with deserting from the Leineter Regimon-t, at Devoniport. He joined at New. port in March, 1907, and was now remanded for an escort.
GIRL'S SUICIDE
GIRL'S SUICIDE An Abertillery jury on Thursday returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound, mind in the case of Ethel Mayberry, dingle, aged 24, living with her parents at 124, Alma, street, Abertillery, who died on Sunday as the result of taking a large dose of salts of lemon.
RETIRE, NOT RESIGN
RETIRE, NOT RESIGN Dr. Lloyd Davies asked at Newport Town Council to-day whether Alderman Wilkinson was in orded in speaking after his "resigna- tion." Alderman Wilkinson said he never had "resigned." What be said he would do was to "retire."
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The Han in the Street *i.■
The Han in the Street ■ I like to sometimes take my wisdom in I small doses from the ancients, drawing the line. of coarse, at a few generations before the early Pharaohs and the mys- teries of the Sphinxes and the Pyramids. And, as the sun has been shining lately, producing over the whole of this favoured spot of the hoary old earth an optimism that stands undismayed in the face of all ill-fortune, I am disposed to agree with the veteran actor, Mr. Henry Neville, that there is no time iike the present. In spite of the croakers and the dismal pessimists, who talk perpetually about the "good okl times," and notwithstand- ing the efforts of free libraries to induce readers to take out "Christmas stories" and other seasonable literature, we ought really to be very thankful that some scorching me.teor of the past did not put an end to this somewhat prosaic earth long a go. Halley's Comet might easily have pushed our ancestors out of exist- ence on a previous visit, and in such an event where should we be now? As Mr. Neville points out, probably there were never universal good old times, and cer- tainly, as we were not there (so far as we know), it does no good to worry about the matter. Apart from the General Election, from which I trust most of my readers have recovered, and the one which is threaten- ing to overwhelm us, the world seems a very nice place on which to sojourn for a space. Talking of General Elections, I notice that the people who go about can- vassing are already getting their smiles fixed against the coming event now cast- ing its shadow over the country. On Saturday I met a lady who called on me in January for my vote. I wondered at her urbanity, until she let the secret out by remarking, "We shall soon have knother election, and I shall want your vote again!" Perhaps this is at the bottom of the secret—with the sunshine that has succeeded the showers. With everybody trying to influence votes, it is no wonder that the world appears so lovely to those who usually f --d the battle of life rather grim and sometimes cruel. Nothing produces such a generality of smiles and soft words as this vote-hunting business. We poor voters know what it is to be smiled upon by candidates, wives and their fair retainers, and we also know the glassy stare that succeeds the day of the elect-ion. But cheer up. my friends the electors, a good time is coming, and Bit least until the next voting day the world and his wife will oootinue to grin at you. And if the sun will also continue to do his duty, there is no need to grow anxioua about the income-tax, the futan- cial burdens of the country, and little matters like the jumping rates and tradesmen's bills. Poets are coming on apace, spring is here, and your only duty, dear reader, is to grin with the world—if you would not have it laugh at you. Above all, you now know that all the talk about '"the good old times" is noth- ing but a fallacy. In the days long gone, people had their worries, and with them they had not the skating rinks, champion choirs, theatres, public parks, steam- boat excursions, Boy Scouts, divorce com- missions. popular preachers, free libraries, football matches, old-age pensions, boxing bouts in the papers and in the ropes, egg-laying competitions, marriage and sex problems—all of which now assist the earth to turn on its axis. Even the mis- fortunes' of our neighbours help to make the newspapers spicy, and if all people were perfect what should we have to read, or our novelists to write about? When you come to think about it, Pharaoh's wife was unable to boast of a Chantecler bonnet, and the directoire costumes of her day were not half so elaborate as those which helped to glorify South Wales recently. Altogether, it is good to live, and while the sun shines we shall pro- bably remain of this opinion. Nothing could have been more satis- factory than the parade of Boy Scouts at Cardiff yesterday on the occasion of the visit of that world-famous general, Sir R. Baden-Powell, whose name has become linked with the movement. The great "B.-P." was unfeignedly pleased with the display given, and the conditions were all that could be desired. No doubt, the Scout leader's visit will greatly encourage the movement, though it has made won- derful progress up to the present. The scene presented in Cathays Park, with the sun shining on the city palaces and monuments, was a memorable one, and will not be forgotten by those who wit- nesed it for a very long time to come. In these upright, lithe, picturesque forms the public saw our future defenders, and the early and useful train- ing they are now getting should mean a more advanced type of volunteer than the country has been able to enjoy hitherto. There is nothing to say against the vol un- teers of to-day—they form a fine body of men. But it has been well said that to do anything well there is nothing like [starting early, and the training these boys are getting should give them a tremendous advantage, as well as incul- cating a genuine lova for soldiering. The prospect for the old country is more rose hued than ever it was before. Now that Glamorgan and Monmouth- shire have got over their county council elections, it will be possible for many of the public men of South Wales to settle down to public business, though the elec- tions for guardians and district coun- cillors are worrying enough to clog the atmosphere for a time. Unfortunately, a lot of public men cannot wait patiently for the electorate to decide these matters in a calm, impartial manner. Invaria- ably the month or two before the elec- tions are spent in the making of election speeches, and as these occur at the meet- ings of the councils, with an anxious eye on the reporters, it follows that public business must suffer, notwithstanding the fact that the main object of the speakers is to show the electors that they are taking an enormous interest in the concerns that touch the ratepayers' pocket. It will be a happy day when the men in the seats of the mighty feel that there is no need for all this, and that they may settle down comfortably to the consideration of road repairs, sewerage matte lis, births and deaths, waiter and light, and the hundred and one little affairs that call for their considera- tion.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S HEALTHI
MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S HEALTH Mr. Chamberlain at Cannes yesterday walked for a distance of about 500 ya.rds west- wards along the promenade, learling on the arm of Mrs. Cii amber Lam, and accompanied by Muse Chamberlain. His invalid chair was brought along- behind him. It was noticeable that the right hon. gentleman waiked with a much firmer step. After resting a little while on one of the seate, he returned to itinch. Mr. A. E. W. Mason, until lately Liberal M.P. for Coventry, ifi in Cannes, and recently took lunch with Mr. Chamberlain. He found his hOot remarkably keen and bright, and listened to more than one striking remark on the present political situation in Great Britain.
JUDGE AND THE NEW OATHI
JUDGE AND THE NEW OATH I A High Court judge and a commissioner of I assize animadverted upon the new oath yes- terday At Warwick Assizes, where the grand jury made a presentment against the Oath.6 Act, Mr. Justice Darling said the new statute was not passed on any representation from the judges. It led to a great deal of delay, and was nothing like so solemn as the old form, but was simply a means of wasting time. He hoped the representation would Lead to a. revision of the statute. Mr. Coim- misaicner Scrutton, K.C., at Leeds Assizes, said he was doubtful whether the beet form of oath had been arrived at.
ALWAYS 'MERRY AND BRIGHTI
ALWAYS 'MERRY AND BRIGHTI I have been in a fourteen days' hurri- ca.ne with them," said Sir Ernest ahackleton yesterday, in speaking of the common sailor at the annual meeting of the Dread- nought Hospital, Woolwich, "and we have been wet through and absolutely without comfort. Yet when a bag of potatoes was washed open on the decks in the middle of the night the men merely picked up those valuables, singing, Here we go gathering nuts and may.
HURLED TO DEATH
HURLED TO DEATH While Charles Dewhurst, a steeplejack, was fixing a lightning conductor on a tall chimney at Greenbank Ironworks, Black- burn, yesterday afternoon the tackle in which he was slung gave way, and be fell a distance of fifty feet on a labourer named Sunderland, who was working at the base. Sunderland escaped with minor injuries, but Dewhurst died in the ambulance on his way to the infirmary.
IANTICIPATEDI
ANTICIPATED When Elisabeth Betts entered the docfc at Acton yesterday charged with being i noapaibly drunk she said: I am very .-rry; won't you allow me tame to pay?" The Magistrate: You haven't been fined yet. Don't anticipate. Don't gi»e#yourself away like that. After evidence wae given a pr&- viofus conviction was proved, and Betts was fined the magistrate adding, Send for the money."
I J lNTOTHE LION'S DENj
I J lNTOTHE LION'S DEN j On a. cfcsrge of theft George Warner (29), a porter, was remanded at Marlborcwigih-street yesterday. Police-constable Page stated that at nine o'clock yesterday morning he was in bed at his address, 12, Hills-place, Oxford- utr,!?. and hld & -*Aing in his sitting- room, next hM bedroom. Jumping out of bed, esugftt the prisoner st?a?ir? a coat a.nd T??t.
I HEIR WANTED TO £ 8,000
I HEIR WANTED TO £ 8,000 i An interesting clause figures in the will of, Dr. Alfred Barratt, of Edgbaston, Binning-1 ham, who left estate of L16,081 gross value. Dr. Barratt left some L8,000 to his son Alfred, but as his present whereabouts a-re unknown Dr. Barratt has directed his trustee to ad. we for him. If in two years he cannot be found it is to be presumed he is dead.
I WHITES V. NEGROES
WHITES V. NEGROES TAMPA (FLORIDA), Monday. A posse of whites pursued and shot dead two negroes, brothers, one of whom bad mur- dered a. white at Palmetto. Other negroes returned the fire, wound-inig two men of the posse, one fatally.-Reutez. po-
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19-Year-Old Wife!
19-Year-Old Wife SEEKS SEPARATION AFTER 3 MONTHS Though she was married only three months ago, Madeline Wilhelmina Stevenson applied to the Birmingham magistrates yesterday for a separation order against her husband, Edward Henry Stevenson, a farmer, of Vv ishaw. MIs. Stevenson is nineteen years of age. Counsel stated that the applicant's hus- band was angry with her all the evening of their wedding day be-cause she questioned the housekeeper conoerning some detail of house- hold management. On the following day she went with him to Liverpool for the honeymoon, but during the journey he told her he was sorry he had married her. The next day they returned home, and he said she was not his wife, and alleged that she had married him in a wrong name. Her mother had married twioe, her first married name being Mills and the second Williams. She (Mrs. Stevenson) had, therefore, married the defendant in the name of Mills-Williams. The husband (counsel a,dded) told his wife to go away, as he did not want her. She stayed with him a week and then went to her sister's house. However, she went back, whereupon he a.sked her why she had not stopped away. She replied, My place is by your side." It was also stated that the wife was treated as an absolute stranger, and that the house- keeper, before her eyes, was shown great affection. One night her husband sent for the housekeeper and she remained in his room, his wife being turned out and the door locked. A separation order was granted by the magistrates.
THE CORDITE WALKING-STICK
THE CORDITE WALKING-STICK On reading in "The Globe" the account of Mr. Haldane's cordite walking-stick, I was not greatly surprie-ed (writes a correspondent, who says that at some remote period he read a little chemistry). I once heard Lord Justi^ Fletcher Moulton, whose scientific attain- ments are well known, give a.n entertaining account of a fright which he experienced in the Temple. It was, I believe, during the cordite litigation. Of the details I am some- what hazy, but not as to the main cdrctim- stanices. The substance either under litiga- tion or consideration was found to be too highly combusrtible, and the pa-oblem was to reduce its effect. One day Sir Hirata Maxim called on the great authority on patents. Producing a cake of the explosive and a. small hammer, he commenced to beat it vigorously on a letter weight in Mr. Moulton's cham- bers. Every moment the renowned Q.C. expeoted to find himself hurled into the Thames or somewhere else, but the inventor was unperturbed. He explained that with this original deadly explosive he had com- bined another equally deadly, but the result of the combination was to diminish the explosive power of each, and to obtain the substance required.
TO END WAR
TO END WAR Apropos of the rumour that some scientific nan has discovered rays that will kiU at four miles, a correspondent of the Liverpool Post inquires whether anything is now known of the nature of the Secret War Plaji of Lord Dundonald, which was several times submitted in strict confidence to British naval and military experts, and was pro nounced to be capable of practically annihil- ating an enemy and of utterly destroying fortifications and ships. Equally mystecrious are the "invisible shell" and long range" of Samuel Alfred Warner, who, from about 18JO until his de:1th in 1853, endeavoured to induce the British Government to adopt his two discoveries, but would tell nothing wntil he was paid £ 230,000 for each. He made at least one successful experiment (blowing up a ship at a rtisrtance) to show hi-s powers, but his secrets seemed to have died with him.
CROMWELL'S BURIAL PLACE,
CROMWELL'S BURIAL PLACE, The interesting question is discussed in an article in the "Chur-cb Family Newspaper" as to whether North borough Church, near Peterborough, contains Cromwell's bones The only positive evidence to that effect is that ot the nureo who saw the hearse con- taining them. driven by night through Huntingdon, not stopping there, as she hoped and expected, but taken further north, an44 also that o.f the post-boy, who said he was paid the mileage fee to Northborough. There is no indication of them having gone so fa- north as Newbury Abbey, although a stono in the passage there says: "Under this stone rest the bones of Oliver Cromwell. Ac. and the facts of Cromwell's widow coming to livt here and being herself buried here, are in favour of the persistent tradition in the parish that Cromwell was secretly buried here, and another body fffibst,ituted for his in the night that it lay at the Red Lion, Holborn. I
NEAR EASTERN SITUATION I
NEAR EASTERN SITUATION BERLIN, Tuesday. A telegram from Sofia to the "Vcssische Zeiturg" states that M. Milovanovitch, the Servian Foreign Minister, in an interview grajited to the Constant;nople representative of the "Alliance Buigare," said his present journey had as its object the development of good relations between Servia and Turkey. The relations existing between Servia and Bulgaria were friendly, but the time had not ) et come for the formation of a. Balkan League. With regard to the Austro-Russaan negotiations, M Milovanovitch said, "Dither they will fail and we shall remain in pre- oj sely the same good situaitkm as at present, or they will succeed and our mutual inte- rests will be guaranteed agai/nat all aibtack. But it mustt not be forgotten that Turkey has to be a Balkan state as much as our- selves."
IHOW TO -KEEP -WARMI
HOW TO KEEP WARM I For making dishonest use of his knowledge of plumbing, James William French (48), of Herne Hill, was sentenced to six weeks' hard labour by the Lambeth magistrate yesterday. It was shown that he tampered with the gas piping arrangements in his house in such a way that he surreptitiously obtained about £ 25 worth of gas during the la-st six months for nothing. When an officer of the South Metropolitan Gae Company called at the house one night he found that the household had retired to rest, but that all the lights were full on, while in two rooms, heated by gas stoves, children were lying practically naked on account of the warmth.
IOUT OF THEIR CLASS I
OUT OF THEIR CLASS I h'l ft. tb 1, While fining three young men living at Clapton yesterday for defrauding the Great Eastern Railway Company, Mr. Hedderwick at the North London Court told them that they should not travel beyond their means or commit framda in attempting to make people think that they were better off than they really were. These Little frauds led to much more serious things. No man ought to be ashamed to travel in the class to which he belonged.
ITHE BARBER'S BOY
THE BARBER'S BOY Under the present London County Council bye-laws do child under twelve years of age may be employed as lather boy or similar occupation in any barber's or hairdresser's shop. The annual report of the Education Committee states that this work is open to many objections and suggests that the age limit should be raised to fourteen years.
IRELIGIOUS UNITY
I RELIGIOUS UNITY One of the candidates for the Brith Divi- sion of Kent at the county council election was proposed by the local vicar, seconded by the head of the Franciscan monastery, and ass ented to by one of the most promi- nent Noaoonfoffmists in the district.
I From All Quarters
I From All Quarters He&vy consignments of pineapples in excellent condition were received at Covent Garden yesterday, and were sold as ctoea-ply as 2s. each retail. The Bohemian Diet has decided, in view of the critical financial situation, to release from the asylums 280 inmates whose miinds are but slightly unhinged. Straw hats were to be seen in the Strand yesterday, and a foreign visitor startled the passers-by as he walked slowly along wear- ing a crimson plush Horn burg hat. A lecture on Halley's comet, which was to have been delivered by M. BaefF, secretary of the Moscow Astronomical Club, has, for sotnie unexplained reason, been prohibited by the Governor of Tnla.. M. Delduze, the new Socialist deputy for Calais, has printed cards with the words, "Tou are requested not to bother people, please." These are given to all persoms who ask to see him at the Chamber. The Italian Navy League is offering a prize of E16 for the beet naval book for schoolboys. Trials are shortly to be made wrth m airship which has been bililt at Belvedere, Kent, by Mr. A. E. Thiersch, a local engineer.
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BECAME HER SLAVE
BECAME HER SLAVE STRANGE-MURDER CONFESSION Amazin g Story of Desperation Amazí Story of Desperatio-n I The trial at Vendee of Naumoff for the murder of Count Kamarowska and Counteae Tarnow'ska and Prilukoff for complicity, reached a dramatic stage when Naumoff made his statement to the jury. The court was crowded, and immense throngs watched the arrival of the prisoners in gondolas. It was easy to see that Countess Tamowka enjoyed the privilege of being cordially hated by the public, especially the women. Some of them openly expressed the wish that tihe countess's gondola might sink, and that she might end her career in the water. At the outset there was a short legal dis- cussion, during which Countess Tarnowska was noticed to be weeping. Hitherto she had preserved a completely impassive demeanour. In his own defence Naumoff related that shortly after leaving the army he made the acquaintance of (Xmnt Kamarowski. Thi was about August or September, 1906. In the following April he again met the count, who was accompanied by Countess Tarnowska. In the meanwhile Countess Kamarowski had died. Naum-off admitted that Countess Tar nowska produced a great impression upon him, and this impression grew more profound every time he saw her. In the course oi time their friendship became of a. more intimate character. Led to the Cemetery Pausing now ard again in order to pick up the threads of remembrance, Naumoff ü- scribed to the court how he followed the countess fr-);m place to placc, always a.t her bidding. "I felt. he said, "thait I had become her slave." At Kieff he accompanied her too the cemetery, where a man named Stahl was buried. Tliis person had committed suicide, said 'aunioff, "Iecauee the countess had refused him her love." According to Naumoff's statements, the countess played upon his emotions just as "he pleased, now inflaming him with ardent ccesses now reducing him to despair by •old disdain. At a certain period she began to kindle his jealousy of Kaaiarowaka, and when an insulting telegram, apparently sent by the latter, was received by the countess at Kieff. Naumoff was ready to revenge her. He wanted to challenge Kamarowski to a duel, but the cr-untess would not hear of it. She wanted him to be murdered. At this point Naumoff completely broke (own, and, burying his faoCe in his hands, sobHed viclently. Gounteas Tarnowska ap- peatred to be made of marble, and did not move an eyelash. Declaration of Love Prisoner proceeded to state that the coun- e-s furnish ed him with :Itamax Owls ki address at Naples and accompanied him to the ytaiLion. She said to mill as h'e left, "I see that you love me more than all t,he others, and I love you more than anybody." When Naumoff arrived at Venice he went to Kamarowski's house, but feeling nnwell he i-eturried to his hotel. He went again the lext morning. "On the door being opened," Naumoff pro- ceeded, "I saw the count, and, without speak- ing a word, I fired at him. Then I turned the weapon a,-jiiist myself, but it missed fire and I threw it away, as the countess had ordered me to do. When I saw the poor man fall I was thunderstruck. He s&id to me, 'My dear fellow, why? What harm have I done you?' He asked me to call for help, -in-d I opened the window and shouted. I d'id not want to escape, but when the pecple came they took me by the shoulders, lifted me up, and put me in a gondola, which took me back to the hotel. Then I was overcome by a horrible fear, and I was possessed by ,ne thought—to get away." At the conclusion of his statement Naumoff oollapsed on 'has seat, and the hearing was adjourned.
CARDIFF BANKRUPTCY COURTI
CARDIFF BANKRUPTCY COURT At Oar d iff Bankruptcy-court to-day David Joseph Burford (trading as Burford and Co., builders' merchants, Queen-street, Cardiff) underwent his public examination by the Jflioial Receiver (Mr. George David) before .he Registrar (Mr. Harry Cousins). Debtor 3ald his ohief debtor was a b?!ilder, an undis- cnarged bankrupt, named Thomas Morris, who still owed him 1-847 10s. 9d. All his furnituire had been got on the hire purchase system, and belonged to a. London firm. Mr. Walter Scott, who appeared for the trustee (Mr. C. E. Dovey) applied for an adjourn- ment, which was granted till the next court. James John Perry, baker, of Railway-street, Cardiff, in his examination, said his liabili- ties amounted to £ 122, chiefly confined to four flour merchants. He had given long credit, but he denied that he had neglected his business in order to attend to his prize pigeons. The examination was closed. David John Davies, Sta.tion-road, Kenfig Hill, formerly trading as a greengrocer and posting master, said he lost two horses owing to their breaking their legs while he was driving them, and that was the chief cause of his failure. The examination was closed. Edgar FennelL trading as E. Fennell and Sons, fishmongers, at Taff-street, Pontypridd, and also until recently at Queen-street, Car- diff, said he paid Ll." for the Cardiff busi- ness, and sold it in October last for E750. It was carried on in a lock-up shon. for which he had to pay £200 a r rent. He had only been able to make a living out of the Cardiff business. The examination was olosed. George Cleverly Carpenter, Bridge-stireet, Cardiff, bootmaker, who attributed his failure to a family quarrel, and Albert Vincent, High-street, Nantyffyllon, collier and general dealer, also underwent examination.
CARDIFF'S - DEAD HDRSES. I
CARDIFF'S DEAD HDRSES. Mr. A. C. Kirk presided at the Cardiff Property and Markets Committee to-day, when the city engineer produced a letter forwarded from the health committee written by Mr. Gibbs, who suggested that owing to the large number of horses dying in the borough, and in the absence of proper facilities, he should be allowed for a time, pending better arrangements, to skin and dissect carcases at the meat market. Mr. W. Harpur (city engineer), who produced the letter, explained that the medical officer (Dr. Walford) thought it a very good idea, but he (Mr. Harpur) did not. People might get Lhe impression that these carcases were being used for meat. The Chairman: The people would be up in arms against it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. W. Jomes: If I bad a h-OTse die I would leave it at the roadside for the city autho- rities to remove it. There ought to be a proper place. I think. for the present, we cught to allow it to be Ilsed-("N,D, no")-or one of the old tram depots. Mr. Oharles Wall: He has a place down Ferry-road, only they won't grant him a lioence. The Chair- man I should certainly object to his going into the meat market. On the proposition of Mr. Jones, it was resolved to suggest to the health committee that one of the old tram depots should be used.
MAN HUNT IN A TUNNELI
MAN HUNT IN A TUNNEL An exciting hrant after a suspected burglar took place at Southampton on Sunday night. The tenants of a house named Fernlea, in the Polygon district, had been away for some time, and on Sunday night the people in the next house heard a noise, which they proceeded • to investigate. Mrs. Curtis, the nextrdoor neighbour, saw a man, and fol- lowed him until her husband appeared. The two men struggled, but eventually the suspected burglar beat Mr. Ourtis off with a blunt, heavy instrument, injuring his head. The man made off towards Southamp- ton West Station, and a hue and cry was raised. It was thought he had entered a tunnel near the station, and this and some railway trucks were carefully searched by the police with lanterns, but no trace of the man could be found. Large crowds of people gathered in the vicinity and at both ends of the tunneL
I BURIED FOR CENTURIES I
BURIED FOR CENTURIES Workmen employed by the Irish Pea-t Development Company at D-rylam, ne&r Portadown, have dug up fiym a bog a rumlet 0If butter which must have been buried for centuries. The butter, whioh is in a fair state of preservation, is enclosed in a ftrkjn hollowed out of a tree stulap and covered by a lid on which is neatly worked a handle carved out of the same pieoe of wood. A large sum of money has already been offered for the find.
I DESTROYER REFLOATED-
DESTROYER REFLOATED The dwsfcroyer Sairacen waa refloated to-day with the aid of a tug, and was assisted into gbeerneas Harbour prior to docking for the I examination of ber bottom.
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Romance of The Harem 4p CURIOUS AfFAiH IN RUSSIA A goodly spice of piquant ronnamoe flavours a brief police report just received from Dvinsk, a. city stituated between St. Peters- burg and the German frontier. A fair-faced lady, with soft, graceful movements, delicate robes of Oriental hues, and the someWltat familiar iaame of Goldstein, arrived there some Mine ago, and put up at the principal hotel. The undefined touch of Eastern splendour tlia.t characterised her aroused attention, which, spreading from the public to the police, degenerated into vulgar suspicion. It was noted as strange that the fair visitor, ooming from the Argentine, had yet dropped hints of historic deeds done in Stamboul a twelvemonth ago. One da-y the prying police paid a domi- ciliary visit to the heroine of two hemis- pheres. and discovered sundry receipts for largo sums deposited in foreign banks, heaps of rich jewels, gems, and gold coins, their sparkle bictdy the heavy stuff of a girdle in which they were sewn up. The autihorities allowed the interesting lady to retain her apartment, but set a guard over it and her. The lady's father, however, who seems to have been accompanying her, they took into custody. A voluminous correspondence in several languages, which the authorities confiscated, is bfint; deciphered with interest. It is rumoured that these letters indicate that the lady was a dlistillguished exotic inmate of i.bduI Hamid's harem, and that amid the turmoil of the fiu-al act in that Sovereign's public career she ercaiped to the Argentine w hurriedly that she had no time to lay aside these valuable mementoes of the Oa-liph of Islam, which the authorities believe ought, perhaps, to be restored.
-BISHOP -OF -LINCOLN DEAD__I
BISHOP OF LINCOLN DEAD The Bishop of Lincoln, the Right Rev. Edward King, who passed away peacefully this morning, was the oldest member of the episcopal bench, having been born in 1829. He bad been Bishop of Lincoln since 1885. For ten years he was principal of Cuddesdon College. During his t-enuire of the bishopric Ritualistic practices at Lincoln caused his lordship to be tried Lefore the Archbishop of Canterbury for non-conformity to the rubrics. The charges were dismissed except two, in whiCih unjustifiable practices were ordered to lie discontinued. The Bishop of Lincoln had been uncom* sotous since Sunday, and suffered no pain. The sad news was announced to the citizens o-f Lincoln by the tolliinig of "Big Tom" in the cathedral tower, and the announcement was also made at the morning service. The funeral will probably take place at Lincoln •Cathedral oh Friday afternoon.
CARRIAGE FOR LORD MAYOR
CARRIAGE FOR LORD MAYOR The proposed Lord Mayor's carriage Wa". t,he centre of an amusing discussion at the Cardiff Property and Markets Committee to- day, when Mr. W. C. Chick, West gate-street, wrote: "I notice by the evening paper that you intend purchasing a carriage for the Lord Mayor of the city. I beg to say that I have several very good, landeus that I will-be pleased to show or sell you. I would also be pleased to let you have my very best landau painted any colour you like, with the Cardiff ooat-of- arms on the same, the carriage to be stored a.nd kept entirely for the use of the Lord Mayor, for a retaining fee of JE5 per annum. I would be pleased to supply you with, a pair of horses, harness, driver, and footman (when required) at the follmving prices, viz., 15s., 21s., 30s., oir 4218., according to arrangement, or the time engaged. I would be pleased to quote you for supplying a pair of good horses, with best harness and a reliable driver (I taking all risks), per year if required." The Chairman (Mr. A. C Kirk) said they might thank Mr. Chick for his letter, but it was decided at their previous meeting not to further consider the matter, having agreed that it was more a matter for the Lord Mayor. Mr. Morgan Thomas: It is not a question for the Lord Mayor. It is not in other towns. Mr, W Jones: It should come out of his £ 1,COO. The Chairman: The committee was dead against it at the last mteting. Mr. Alfred Good: You can raise the ques- tion again in a hundred years' time if you are alive. (Laughter.) Mr. Morgan Thoma.s: Ask one of the mer chant princes to present us with one. (More Laughter.) Witih this the matter dropped.
ALLEGED SERIOUS OUTRAGEI
ALLEGED SERIOUS OUTRAGE At Croydon to-day James Sampson, Joseph Francis, and James Christie were remanded on a charge of housebreaking and attempted murder at South Norwood. Mr. William Taunton, an elderly man, left his house un- occupied at ten o'clock yesterday morning, and, returning about four o'clock, was attacked by two men, knocked down, and left senseless, the men making away with a watch, ring's, and other property. He recovered eventually and tcommunicated with the police, who, after scouring the district aJl night, arrested the three men charged, on whom stolen property was found The Police Inspector stated when he went tu Taunton's house he found the room smeared with bloodstains, and in a front room was a dead terrier. The animal's head was smashed in, and a broken gun was lying neaf by. When he arrested Francis at Thornton Heath a revolver was found hidden in the coal hole of the house, with a number of cartridges.
"S rREET -LAWYER" LOCKED UPI
"S rREET LAWYER" LOCKED UP I William Bromwelnrl Frederick Wilt- shire (34) were before the Cardiff magistrates to-day on a, charge of using obscene language and assaulting Police constable Joseph Sparks. The police-constable said that the prisoners, with another man, stood near the moroument in St. Mary-street. VrhQm asked to move Bromwell used bad language, and challenged him to fight, afterwards striking "him to the ground with a blow on the head. Bromwell had to be taken to the station on a cart. Inspector Bing-ham sadd Bromwell came to Cardiff with tlhe hunger marchers, and at that time severely assaulted a police- man. He was "a street lawyer." (Laughter.) Wiltshire had been up eleven times, §ve being for police assaults. Mr. Lester Jones (chair- ma-n) gave each six weeks' hard labour, and complimented the civilians who assisted the constable.
DEATH UNDER AN/ESTHETICI
DEATH UNDER AN/ESTHETIC I In the case of Beatrice Bessie Ha,wker, aged fourteen, of 41, Newall-street, Abertillery, who died while undergoing an operation at Aber- tillery, the jury on Monday returned a ver- dict of Death by misadventure while under- going a surgical operation." Dr. T. D. Sullivan said that during the operation on deceasedo who had suffered from tubercular disea.se of the glands of the neck, his assistant called his attention to the oollapse of deceased, owing to the failure of her he-art. which was caused by the anaes- thetic. The operation was suspended, but all efforts to restore the girl failed. The father said that he was satisfied that all had been done that could be done.
IBRIDGET'S RECORD I
I BRIDGET'S RECORD I Bridget Collins (38) m-ade her 120th appear- ance at Cardiff Police-court to-day on a charge of using bad language in Bute-terrace and assaulting Police-constable Viotor Chappie, who had a rough time in making the arrest. Inspector Bingham said the woman had just come out of prison after doing two months. In short terms she had served five years and four months since 1893, the charges including eleven police assaults and nine shebeen summonses. Mr. Lester Jones (chairman) committed her with hard labour to the sessions for sentence as an incorrigible.
IINCOME-TAX APPEALI
I INCOME-TAX APPEAL I To-day in the King's Bench Justice Bray gave judgment in the appeal of the Quarter Sessions of the County of Glamorgan against being assessed for income-tax in respect of interest derived from the licensing compensa- tion fund held by the justices as the com- pensation authority. His lordship held that &11 the technical points raised by counsel 1 for the quarter sessions failed, that the appeal was quite devoid of merits, and he gave judgment, dismissing the appeal, with coets.
I PREACHER ON PREACHERS I
I PREACHER ON PREACHERS I In his presidential address at the fifteenth annual council of the Evangelical Free Churches the Biev. J: H. Jowett, of Birming- I ham, who took for his subject "Ministry of the Word," urged that ministers must preach more upon great things of the Scripture. They must grapple with big things, avoiding fierce sensationalism—a. peril already at their ga"a-in some quarters a menace—and I also steering clear of oold officialism and dictatorialiitm.
I NEWPORT RATES
I NEWPORT RATES Newport Ibwn Council to-day agreed to a borough rate of 3s. in the £ (2d. less than last year) and a general district rate of 3s. 6d. in the £ (the .;ame as last year).
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Foundling Fortune I
Foundling Fortune I YOUNO CARPENTER BECOMES A COUNT A romantic story has been revealed by the death of CoUnt do M-, in the Ardeche, France, in consequence of which a. working c,arpenitel. has suddenly found himself the possessor of the title of count with a hand- some fortune. Twenty years ago the poor-law administra- tion entrusted one of its new foundlings to the wife of a postman in the Ardeche. The baby grew up beloved by his foster-parents and playmates. The postman, in the course of years, changed his residence fro-m one village to another in the department, until he finally settled down. At the age of fifteen the boy was apprenticed to a carpenter, and stayed on as a workman. A short time ago the young carpenter received a visit from a gentleman about 30 years of age, who informed him that he was his half-brother, and promised to take him t? see his mother. The gentleman kept his v.-ord, ah;? a few days a?o the young canter was invited to go to a station in the South of the department. There his haHrotlher. who was waiting, took him to a chateani in the neighbourhood, where his mother was waiting. His father, the Count de M-, died two months a,go, leaving him the heir to a hand- some fortune. It is added that the count and the young man's met her were mot married until within two years of the father's death, and that was the reaison of his parentage being kept Fecret. The young count presented himself yester- day before the Imperial authorities to per- form his service
DIVORCE COURT MUDDLE I
DIVORCE COURT MUDDLE I Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane made a strong protest yesterday against the slipshod methods of the Government when, while try- ing an Admiralty suit, he was asked to hear an urgent application in connection with a divorce action. The application was to have been heard by Sir John Bigham, the retiring President of the Divorce and Admiralty division, whose promotion to the peerage was announced yesterday; but the President did not sit, merely holding an unofficial recep- tion of legal friends in his private room. Meanwhile, it was stated, a person whom it was sought to attach was about to leave for America. As he had no time yesterday, Mr. J17Pti- Bargrave Deane was therefore asked if he would take the case to-day. It is absolutely impossible," he replied. "I have already fixed a case for to-morrow. There are a lot of witnesses from Germany in the case I am trying. As far as I can see, the fault is not with anyone connected with the court, but with the gentleman who makes appointments with- out giving notice that the appointments are made. There are a number of undefended cases in the list. I do not know what is going to happen. It is a very serious thing, and many of these poor people will have to send their witnesses home again."
ONE FALSESTEPI
ONE FALSESTEP A respectable-looking man complained to Mr. W. B. Luke, the Willesden magistrate, yesterday of the conduct of a police officer. Five years ago, he said, he was oonvicted of theft. Afterwards he determined to lead an honest life, and up till recently was in a good situation and comfortable lodgings. A short time ago he met the constable who was instrumental in securing his conviotion, and he immediately informed his employer and landlady of his past error, with the retful that he had to leave both situation and lodgings. The Magistrate said he did not know what he could do. A man who had not borne a good character could hardly expect the same rights a.nd privileges as a man who had. Applicant: Then am I to be punished all my life for this one offence? The Magi- strate: You might write to Scotland Yard, but I can do nothing.
CURIOUS ACCIDENTI
CURIOUS ACCIDENT A corres.pondent writes to the Field" describing a curious incident in connection with the trasport of pheasants. One of my keepers, he states, put twelve cock pheasants in a poultry crate to take them in a donkey oart from one pheaeantry to another, a distance of about three-quarters of a mile, the time occupied being about a quarter of an hour. On arrival nine of the twelve were found to have tied themselves together, eight by the tails and one by the head, the latter being suffocated. They were 80 tightly tied up and in such a bad tangle t,hat it was necessary to cut off their tails to free them. I have never heard of such .211 occurrence before, and cannot imagine how it happened. There was room in the crate for several more birds, twenty in all, at least."
PROGRESS OF CREMATION I
PROGRESS OF CREMATION I During 1909 the movement in favour of the disposal of the dead by cremation has con- tinued (says the British Medical Journal "j to make slow but steady progress. The number of cremations carried out in Great Britadn was 855, an advance of 60 a8 com- pared with 1908 The grand total since thp. opening of the Woking Crematorium in 1885 to the end of 1S09 was 8,121. The Cremation Society of England has been very active in its propaganda work, and quite recently a cremation &ociezy has been formed at Edin- burgh. The ultimate object of the pro- moters is to have a crematorium erected 3it the city, but in the meantime the purpose of the society is to popularise and interest the public in the movement.
IGAVE HIM A "NOTIOE." I
I GAVE HIM A "NOTIOE." I Here is a new Mark Twain story: Ae nasty a dig as I ever administered in my newspaper career On Virginia City," said Mark, "wlas directed against a man, named Ferguson. At Christmas time Ferguson invited me to see the presents he had given his wife. The man expected, of course, a write-up. Well, he wasn't disappointed. The next day, in a prominent place on the first page of the 'Enterprise,' I inserted this para- graph: 'John H. Ferguson's Christmas gifts to his wife are much admired. They include a diamond stomacher and many other beau- tiful specimens of out glass.
IAVIATOR'S SUCCESS I
AVIATOR'S SUCCESS I HALIFAX (N.S.), Tuesday. Messrs. J. D. M'Curdy and F. W. Baldwin, the well-known Can-adian aviators, made a series of very successful flights on the Baddeck Ground, Cape Breton' Island, j ester- da.y morning. Using the machine styied by them an aerodrome they went up together several times, and afterwards Mr. M'Curdy alone flew foT half-an-hour, expressing his behief when he descended that he could have continued indefinitely. The Governor-General has toel-egraphed his congratulations, and the Militia department has decided to send officers to watch further trials.—Central News.
I LORD CURZON AND STUDENTS…
I LORD CURZON AND STUDENTS Representatives of the Glasgow University students have received a oommunie-ation from Lord Cnrzon, Lord Rector, stating he received the courteous intimation of the plebeiscite result, which he hopes he does not err in regarding as renewed assurance of confidence on the part of the great majority of tho students. His lordship expresses regret to the Students' Counoil for all the trouble to which they have been put through the postponement of hie rectorial address.