Evening Express

THE YOUNGEST DRAMATIST Erich Wolfgang Korngold, son of the musi- cal critic of the "Neue Freie Press," has shown his powers as dramatic author at the age of twelve. He has composed a pantomime entitled "The Man of Snow," which is to be produced shortly at the residence of Baron de Bienerth, the president of the Austrian Council.

FRACTURE OF BOTH THIGHS I Abraham Jarrett, aged 17, of Station-street, Maesteg, sustained a fracture of both thighs whilst at work at the Mae6teg Deep Colliery to-day through a large stone falling upon him.

BYSICKLES REPARED I Under the spreading chestnut tree, the village smithy stands; but there the smith no longer wields the sledge with sinewy hands The olden sign of "Blacksmith's Shop" there greats the eye no more; but "Bysickles mpared," is seen above the smoky door.

MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. I Gardepee arrived Rotterdam 9th Lavernock passed Gibraltar for Newport 10th Portugalete arrived Bahia Blatica 11th Collingwood left Barry for Rotterdam 12th Refugio arrived Port Said 10th Marga;ret Jones left Newport for Givita Vecchie 12th Tregantle at Percarth Trevalgan left Barry for Bari 12th Trevose at Barry Cliftonian at Newport Gwen-doline left Newport for Algiers 12th Illtyd arrived Bordeaux 13th Axwell left Antwerp 12th Argus left St. Halo for Barry 13th Raloo left Rouen for Penarth 12th Slemish arrived St. Nazaire 12th Moyle arrived Brest 13th tSkeidon passed the Lizard for Newport 12th Stokesley arrived Rouen 12th Southlands left St. Thomas for Liverpool 11 E-asington passed Gravesemd for Hull 12th Thornley left Goole 13th Whorlton passed Gravesend Howdon passed Gravesend 12th Hanley left the Tyne for Odessa 13th Gileston left Rotterdam for Cardiff 12th Handrindod arrived Kherson Northfield arrived Constantinople 11th Eastfield due Antwerp 13th Winnfield left Bahia Blanca for Antwerp 9th Torrington at Hull Appledore passed Perirn for Hull 12th Sir W. T. Lewis at Bahia Blanca Southport at Buenos Ayres Torridge at Bahia Blanca Hurworth arrived St. Vincent, awaiting orders, 12th Moorby left Newport for Palermo 12th Hasland arrived Ardrossan 12th Tandill left Antwerp for Newport 12th Elorrio left Seville for Rotterdam 12th Silurian passed Gibraltar for Valencia 11th Millpool passed Durban for Kurachee 12th

"Suicide while temporarily insane owing to influenza, was the verdict returned yes- terday at the inquest held at Poplar on William R. Treadaway. "LINSEED COMPOUND with warm water is an excellent gacgle for sore throat. Grids, Coughs, 4c. <4502

Door-Boy to Sub-Agent I WELSHMAN'S REMARKABLE CAREER i Mr. David Davies, the sub-agent to the Cam-! hrian OoHieries, Olydach Vale, upon whom has just been conferred the honour of a Fellowship of the Geological Society (London), has a remarkable record to his credit. The dipoma is one which is much valued by academicians, and its conferment upon Mr. MR. D. DAVIES, (Photo Freke, Cardiff. I Davies reflects all the more credit upon him, as he is an entirely self-made man. Born at Merthyr Tydfil 39 years ago, -vir. Davies has been working in the pit since he was twelve years of age, when he commenced as a door-boy at the Penrhiwoeiber Colliery. Here he continued working as a collier and repairer for thirteen years. During this period he studied assiduously at the evening science classes, securing the South Kensing- ton certificates in mining, geology, steam, machine drawing, mathematics, and elec- tricity, and when 21 years of age he took a first-class certificate of competency as manager, and afterwards the first-class diploma in electrical engineering. After his removal to Olydach Vale Mr. Davies's professional advancement was exceedingly rapid. Here he only worked for three months on the coal, and in four years went successfully through the gradations of bratticeman, night and day fireman, over- man, and manager, Having retained the managership of the pit for seven years, he was promoted sub-agent, a position which he had gained within twelve years of the time when he was employed as a collier under the same concern. Mr. Davies has made a special study of geology, and has in his possession a large collection of fossils as the result of original observations and research. He came into prominence as an authority on the subject when, at the invitation of Mr. W. W. Hood, he prepared a paper for the South Wales Colliery Officials' Association, taking as his subject The Geological Features of the Red Seam at Clydach Vale." This was after- wards, by request, read at the National Association of Colliery Managers. In addi- tion to appearing in the journal of the pro- ceedings, the paper was published in the Coal and Iron Trade Review," and attracted wide attention. Among other scientists to notice the article was Dr. Kidston, F.R.S., F.G.S., the palasobotanist of the Geological Survey, and one of the most eminent of living authorities. So impressed was Dr. Kidston that he paid Mr. Davies a personal visit, and introduced the paper to other Fellows of the Geological Society, all of whom readily signed the form attesting to Mr. Davies's worthiness of being enrolled, and, as already indicated, he was afterwards duly elected. Of an unobtrusive, genial nature, and of a deoidedly studious turn of mind, Mr. Davies is very popular, not only in the immediate locality of Clydach Vale, but among a wide circle of friends and acquain- tances and of all classes of the community, and he is the recipient of shoals of congratulatory messages upon the great dis- tinction which has now been deservedly con- ferred upon him.

A TERRIBLE LOVE DRAMA. A love drama of a tragic character has been committed at Troyes. Alexander Sot was the lover of Ga.brieUe Weyand. He was not a faithful lover, however, and frequently boasted of his inconstancy. On account of his conduct the girl made up her mind to break with him. Sot left Troyss and found work at Chaumont. But he returned a few months later, more than ever in love with Gabrielle. His icrea. was to occupy Ms old place in the girls affections. But she made it clear that she had had enouigh of him. Sot then threatened her. He bought a revolver on Sunday, a,nd after testing it asked the girl to grant him a final interview. It was accorded to him. Yesterday morning he entered the Weyands' house, and locking the door asked Gabrielle if she would return to him. The girl murmured res," but the man's appearance frightening her she sought to escape. Sot followed her, and discharged his revolver. The bullet missed its intended billet. The girl was about to escape through a window when her pursuer struck her in the back with a sword-stick. The girl's mother now intervened. Sot attacked her, plunging the sword-stick in her breast. Mme. Weyand fell, killed on the spot. The murderer then shot himself in the temple, and fell beside his victim. His wounds and those of Giatorielle Weyand may not prove fatal.

FEDERAL ELECTIONS The Federal elections in Australia for the 75 seats in the House of Representatives, or half the seats of the Senate, begin to-day (Wednesday). These elections, Reuter's Agency states, are in some respects the most interesting since the Union. For the first time the electors of Australia have before them a clear issue between two parties, the Fusion party, led by the Prime Minister, Mr. Deakin, and the Labour party, led by Mr. Andrew Fisher. For ten years Australian Federal politics have been disturbed by the three-party system. Now Protectionists and Anti- Socialists have combined. The feature of these elections is the use for the first time of the referendum by direct vote. There is one lady candidate, Miss Viola Goldstein, who is standing for the Senate in Victoria, where six years ago she did well. This time she is expected to do even better. Both sides are confident, but it is generally anticipated that Mr. Deakin will be returned to otlioe.-Reuter.

QUITE SIMPLE I Now, guard," said an eminent novelist, "remember if I have this compartment all to myself for the entire journey you will receive half-a-crown from me." "Very good, sir!" replied the guard, and he locked the door. All went well till they got to a certain station, where an iraiscible gentleman pulled a.t the door of the locked compartment. "Guard! Guard!" he called. "Open this door! I've got the same right to travel in this carriage as anybody else, and I mean to. do it!" The guard hurried np, whispered a few words to the irascible gentleman, and went quietly away to seek room elsewhere. "How did you manage it?" asked the author at the end of the journey, as he pressed, the pro- mi600 half-crown into the guard's hand. How did you manage to get that bad- tempered old chap to go away so quietly?" "Oh, that was easy, sir!" replied the guard. I told 'im you. were a bit wrong in the 'ead!"

I MR. DOOLEY ON AUTOMOBILES I Mr. Dooley," in his "Dissertations," has a few words on automobiles: Do I think th' autymobill has come to stay? Sure I'll niver tell ye. I've seen all tih' wurrld but me on roller skates. I've seen ivrybody ridin' a bicycle but me. Tin years ago, whin ye'er son was holdin' on to ye'ei> ar-rms as ye reeled, up th' 6threet on a wheel, sayin' ye're prayers wan minyit an' th' revarse another, ye tol me that th' bicycle had come to stay because it was nicis&ry to get round quick. To-day ye blush as I mention it. Th' auty- mobill will stay till it gets cheap enough fer ivrybody to have wan. Whin th' little, eager messenger-boys is dashin' up th' sthreet in a eighty-hoere-power Demon Terror th' rich will be flyin' kites or runniri' balloons, an' ther'll be a parachute foorce iv polismen chase thim aorost th' skies."

THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT The Labour party hope for an interesting division on Mr. J. W. Taylor's motion in the House of Commons in favour of legislation enabling Trades Unions to use their funds for .the purpose of securing Parliamentary representation (writes the Parliament-ary cor- respondent of the "Standard"). A majority of members of the House are, it is claimed, pledged to support the principle of the motion

Mistress (to cook, as the debt-collector goes): I That is my brother, Jessie. Cook: Yes, I know. He was my last mistress's brother I also.

I Amazing Double Life f I MILLIONAIRE AND BRIGAND CHIEF I Herr Charles May, a millionaire philan- I thropist, and author of pious books, a most prominent personality in German public life, has been proved to be identical with a notorioas brigand chief who perpetrated numerous crimes of violence in the moun- tainous districts of southern Saxony in his youth forty years ago, for which he under- went two terms of penal servitude. When these a,stounding allcgat.ions against f Herr May were made recently by the Trades Union leader, Herr WilUam Lebius, who declared his intention of driving Herr May out of public life, they were universally I regarded as malicious inventions, and Herr May brought an action for libel. The case was tried before the Charlotten- burg District Court, and e-teniay the tri- bunal, consisting of one professional judge and two jurymen, delivered judgment in favour of Herr Lebius on the ground that he had proved the truth of his a/ceu sat ions, and that he had served the public interests in revealing the tru,e character of Herr May in view of the considerable public influence he exercised. Herr May, now an old man of seventy, of venerable appearance, collapsed and wept on hearing the judgment which deprived him of his good name and reputation. During the proceedings he declared if he lost the case he would immediately shoot himself. He has been placed by his friends under supervision to prevent any attempt at suicide. Robbed His Landlord A veritable romance was unfolded in court by counsel for Herr L-ebius, who produced evidence that Herr May developed criminal instincts early. When a boy at school he per- petrated thefts, and after qualifying by examination to be a State school teacher robbed his landlord, and was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment. On leaving prison he committed a burglary, and was sentenced to four years' penal servitude in 1859. After his release in 1863 Herr May, after committing numerous crimes in Saxon towns, fled to the mountains on the Austro-German frontier and formed a band of brigands, of which he became chief. Another notorious criminal, named Louis Kruegel, became his lieutenant, and under their joint leadership the band perpetrated many daring robberies, accompanied in some cases by deeds of vio- lence. On one occasion Herr May with followers was enclosed within a military cordon, but he escaped by donning the uniform of a gen- darme, in which he walked boldly through the military lines unmolested. I Vanished froni View I Herr May was the central figure in many similar exciting adventures and dramatic episodes. His name and fame spread through- out Germany, and he ultimately fled over the frontier, but returned, and, being arrested, was sentenced to eight years' penal servitude. After his release, in 1885, he vanished from view. WIlen, a. few years later, books written by Charles May began to attract attention no one dreamed of connecting the new literary star with the former brigand chief. With characteristic audacity Herr May kept the same name. His literary work, combined with various commercial ventures, brought him wealth and fame, and he entered the Roman Catholic Church. He became conspicuous not only as a deeply religious man, but also as a generou6 philanthropist. At yesterday's trial it was proved that besides his well-known books Herr May also wrote anonymously a long series of sensa- tional cheap novels, in which he described his own adventures as a brigand chief.

I TO-MORROW'S RACING I I NEWMARKET PROGRAMME I —A SELLING PLATE of 103 eovs; wiruner to be sold for 100 so vs. Four furlongs. —The Fiftieth NEWMARKET BIEN- NIAL STAKES of 25 eovs eaoh, with 500 added; the second to receive 10 per cent. of the stake. One mile and a half. et Ib Mr G Faber's Great Peter .1" Day 9 0 Mr T'horneycroft'6 Grimmet R Sherwood Mr Gollan's Btesra Burke .R Day 8 3 Lord Elleemore's Zernebock J Dawson 8 0 Mr H G Fenwick's Tocher Guiry80 Sir E Paget's Moslem Leachaf, The above have arrived. Mr Fairie's Bayardo Taylor 10 0 Duke of Portland's Cattaro W Waugrh 9 4 Mr Singer,6 c by GaJlinule—Siboia Taylor 9 0 —The THREE YEAR OLD HANDI- CAP of 100 govs; the second to re- ceive 30 sovs. Dewhurst Plate Course, seven furlongs. stlb Mr L de RothechiM's Facet. Watson 3 li Mr Whitney's Artless Joyner 8 11 Mr Whitney's c by Hamburg-Blue Girl Joyner b 10 Mr Whitney's Pequot .Joyner 8 5 Lord Durbaine Calluna P Ileck84 Lord Derby's Brig of Ayr .Lambton 8 4 Sir It W Griffith's Territorial S-herivo,,d64 Mr F W Day' Faradtiy .It Day 9 2 Sir .S Scott'd Beau Idea .i Cannon 3 2 Mr A Stedall'e cby Collar—Murgia Sadler, jun 3 0 Mr Prentice's White Perdrigon Madden 7 13 Mr Dresden's K-ineella Archer 7 13 Mr J'ennmgts'3 64i,e Jennings 7 12 Mr Dresden's Good Lark Archer 7 12 Mr J Dawson's Hoedean J Dawsoa 7 10 Mr a Joel'fc Wax Bullet C Peck 7 10 Mr R Monro's Celluloid. Pickering 7 8 Mr Xelke's Green Ware li,-kering76 Lord Wolverton's f by Diamond Jubilee-Brambie Jelly 7 6 Lord Harewood'a Minley .G Clialoner 7 5 Mr Miuidaras's Donne2,-Moi .Sadler, jun 7 3 Mr Jennings's Glarenceux Jennings 6 10 Mr C J de ilurrieta'a Zaragosa J Cannon 6 9 Mrs Loates's CavaJlo Loates 6 7 Mr Leigh's Northern Flight T Leader 6 7 The atoeve have arrived. Mr Carroll's Troubled Wafers S Darling 9 0 Mr Howaj-d'u The Cox S Darling 8 10 Mr Carroll's Washoe .8 Darling 8 4 Capt Greer's Virginian Creeper S Darling 7 13 Mr Bibtx;rt'$GliessMs Nightingall 7 8 Mr W H Dixon's Flipperty .Arnold 7 7 -The CRAVEN STAKES of 500 eovs, added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs each; the second to receive 50 sovs. R.M. (one mile). ti lb Lord Eosebery'e NeU Gow P Peck 9 6 Mr H P Whitney's Wit oh work Joyner 9 6 Mr Whitney's VVhtek Broom Joyner 9 3 Mr Buchanan's John Splendid H Darling 8 13 I Lord Howard de W indent c by Eager-Chafhllcll Beatty 8 13 Lord Londonderry's Protestant Boy Dewhurst 3 13 Mr R Momo's Celluloid .Picke-rlllg 8 13 Nlr St Aubyn's Cardinal Beaufort ..J)ewhurt-t 8 13 Mr Dree den's Hamiiciir .C Archer 8 10 SirR W Griffith', Territorial ft Sherwood 8 lu HM Maj?ty's Orel!ius H Marsh 8 5 HM Majesty's Border Prince B Mareh 8 5 Mr L Bra?ey's st aispin Jennings5 Sir E Cassei'e Conte D'Hoffmann Blackwell 8 5 Lord Darby's Decision .Lambton 8 5 Lord Derby, a Swynford Lambton85 isir J T -r £ ewars Young Turk c Waugh 8 5 r°IS Elksmere'a Zephaniah j Dawson 8 5 Lard EUesmere'? Torque.-nada J Dawson 8 5 Lord EDeemeroH Ken.in?ton .j D?on 3 j Mr G F.b??r,' Propeller p Dav S 5 Gollau'.» Ulick Burke F Day 8 5 Lord Howard da Walden'e Farranfore ..Beatty & 5 B'r R Jaxdin?? Stmctuaxy .T Waugh 8 5 Mr J Joel 5 Bendy Tree q Peck 8 5 Lord Londonderry's Foxhunt DewhUŒt 8 5 Mr Neumann's Prairie Fire Cilnin 8 5 Mr L de Rothschild'u Grape Fmit Wa t-on 8 5 6 ViwE?nt's GaDeon La.m.bton 8 5 M«r r W? hitney's g by Hamburg—Yorkville Belle Joyner 8 5 Mr Whitney's New Cfestle II Joynsr S 6 Mr J Thorneycroft's Omo R Sherwood32 The above have arrived. Mr Buchanan's Treesady S Darling 9 6 Mr Carroll's Troubled Waters .S Darling 8 13 Mr Wigan'a Ut?ter Kjng Lewis 8 13 Mr W Aetor's Salamis W Waugh 8 5 ',Ar M,Calmont's Counterpoise .Per886 6 5 Mr R Mils's Lester Ash .F. Hartigan 8 5 Mr J is Joel's c by Ayrshire—Your ..Morton 8 5 Mr Buchanan's Lady Jeee .8 Darling 8 2 Cspt Greer's Virginian Creeper 8 Darling8 2 I PtMIt,;irrr:nwili Persse 8 2 Mr W H Walker's Plovers Moes Fergusson 8 2 -The FLYING HANDICAP of 200 POVS; winners extra. Rous Course (five furlongs). ys st lb Mr Whitney's Bobbin II Joyner49 0 Mr J Byrne's Mercutio Loates 5 8 9 Mr Wm Clarke's Budorus .Brewer 2 Mr Prentice's Basil .B Jarvis 4 3 1 Mr Jenninga'e Paddington Jennings a 7 11 Mr Whitney's Top o' th' Morning .Joyner 3 7 S Mr Whitney's Lace Joyner 3 7 £ Mr L de Rothschild's Catiail Watson 3 7 5 Mr Whitney's Oversight, Joyner 3 7 3 Mr W Wyndham's Ruwera H Sadler 4 7 0 MT W Ewar.t's Cla;rnea A B Sadler 3 6 13' Colonel BkiinTs VVoolacomho ET0,-Il3r. 12 Mr Madden's Coronal .Madden 3 6 12 Mr Dresden's (iaJiybawn C Archer 3 6 11 Lord St Davids's Blue Blazes C Waugh368 Mi H Hartigan's S-hebeen F Hartigan 3 6 7 Mr J Thorneycroft's Orae R Sherwood 3 6 4 His Majesty's Vain Air .R Marsh 3 6 4 Mr S Joel's William Penn C Peck 3 6 4 Mr Hibbert'e Sunripe J Cajjnon 3 6 4 The abeve have arrived. Mr B M"Creery'3 Santa Contesea Persse 3 6 10 —A MAIDEN (at closing) TWO YEAR OLD PLATE of 200 sovs; winners extra. Rous Course (five furlongs). st lb Mr Barnard's The Policeman G Chaloner 9 0 Sir E Camel's Cyrano Blackwell90 Lord Derby's W'hitbarrow Lambton 9 0 Lord Howard de Walden's c by Altnabreac- Lorgnette .Beatty 901 Cpt Homfray'e Brummel R Sherwood 9 0 Sir R Jardine's San Nicolas T Waugh 9 0 Sir R Jardine's Kilbrook T Waugh 9 0 Mr H J King's Chillington "Leacll 9 0 Mr Leader's Laertes T Leader 9 0 Mr Metcalfe's Mushroom Butters 9 0 M- Neumann's Criton Gilpin90 M' L Robinson's Dondi .Brewer 9 0 Mr Schilizzi's Marmalade Sadler, jun 9 0 Mr S Smith's Highwayslde Jarvib 9 0 Mr Brice's liraxted C Waugh 9 0 Lord Ellesmere's Investigation j Duw.on 8 11 Mr A Belmont's Prickly Pear Watson 811 Mr Cajjfoll's Queen Tii s Darling 8 11 Lord Castlereagh's Agrah Mr Raphael's Valide .D Waugh 8 11 Mr Whitney's f by Adam-Belle of Troy Joyner 8 11 Mr J Bell's Limbo Medcalfe 8 7 Mr Gilroy's Degge ,wats 8 7 M* Neumann s Betsy Jane .Gilpm 8 4 Sir C Rose's f by Tasso-sister Hilda jaxvis84 The above have arrived. Mf Ca.rrott's Night Rider .s Dariing 9 0 Mr R L Fen wick's f by Star Ruby—Moderate Whitaker 8 11 Mr Hertford-Bennett', s Peggy Hylan-d Peebles 8 11 Mr Rodewald's Lady Hose 8 11

In accordance with directions in her will, t a. woman wli(- died at Marseilles was buried < in her piano. I

[Situation Won by Pluck I I NURSE'S 40 MILE-DASH IN A TAXI i NoUrse Shotton, whoso home ie at Salisbury, has won the position of assistant superinten- dent nurse at Braintree Workhouse Infirmary by a notable exhibition of pluck and deter- mination. Mies Shotton, who was one of three selected candidates, travelled from Salisbury to London, only to find that she was just too late to catch a train from Liverpool-street to Brain tree. She ascertained that she would be too late if she waited for the next train, so she tele- graphed to the guardians that she had missed her tra.in and was coming by taxicab. She set off by taxicah. but before she had covered ha.lf the 40-mile journey through Essex something went wrong with the motor, and the t-axicib stopped'. .She was determined to get to Braintree. and helped the driver to repair the motor. After some delay the taxicab started again. a.nd Miss Shotton reached the Braintree Workhouse just. in time. The guardians were impressed by her spirit of determination, and unanimously elected I her to the post.

FOREICN MAILS I To be despatched from London to-morrow, April OUTWARD.-Morninir- To Hgypt. by British packet, via Mail1es. To I'meriff?, via Spa:n. To Egypt, by Italian packet. Evening- To Constantinople, Salonika, and SmYrn8 parcel mails, via Brindisi. To Canada and Newfoundland, pajoel mails, Tia, Liverpool, per 6. Victorian. To West t'oiust of Africa, parcel mails, via Liverpool, per s. Q.Jaga. INWARD.-Due To-morrow- From St. Helena and Ascension, via Southampton.

I LOCAL OVERNIGHT CHARTERINGS. OUTWARD STEAMERS. Cardiff to:- Las Balmas/TenerifFe, 7a 3d, Lord L&ns- downe, 3,200 tons, April 20 (Elder, Dempster; Torre Annunziata. or Civita Vecchia, 7" 3d, 3,100 tons, April 15 (Italian Sta,te Rail- ways) Torre Annunziata or Civita Vecchia, 78 3d, 2,600 tons (Italian State Bailways) Porto Empedocle, 8s (option. Newport load- ing), Woodburn, 3,000 tons, April 18 (Italian State Railways) Lisbon, 4s 9d. Asrgva, 1,500 tons, prompt (W. Harry and Co.) Dundee, 4s 7id, f.d., Sea Spray, 600 tons (Admiralty) Newport to:- Legrhorn. óS 4,400 tons, April 18 (Italian State Railways) GiSraltar, 5s 6d, Trooper, 1,200 tons, April 14 (J. Burness and Sons) Lisbon, 5s (,300 tons). Cresaluhi, 1,800 tons (A. J. Smith and Co.) Swansea to:- Swansea, 2,800 tooo, ApHt 18 (J. Crerm?n a.nd Co.) Rouen, 4s 9d, Theodora, 1,100 tons (P. H. Coward and Sons) Havre, 4s lid, Ravensworth, 950 tons (Worms and Co.) Hayre. 4s, Alacrity. 1,100 tons (L. Gueret, Limited) Llanell)" to:- London, 4s 9d, Daisy. 320 tons (Great Moun- tain Colliery Company. Limited)

LOCAL TIDE TABLE I T7TTTT a i t 8 ? i S S £ _JLJ ? S S s WK1> (ii. I 8 22 8 60 8 22| 8 ;<2 9 21 9 24 DAY. < E. 8 4i 12 8 H 8 54 9 45 945 DAY. (Ht. 133 10 15 5140 :1134 10 86 0 35 4 XHURS-rM. 9 0 9 34 9 6 9 16,10 5 10 6 DAY. E. 9 29 9 56 9 29 9 28-10 26 10 27 DAY. f H1. t J.'i i l 23 G 13 7 1 1 2 9 L'8 tO 2 6 5 11(0 ) 6 Apr. H Ht.:n 11123 5 ?7 11 2 6?3 0 32 3 FRX- (~AT 9 52 10 19| 9 52110 1?0 47 t0 48 DAY. -JlS. 10 16 110 4?'!?O 1610 2,111 Oill 10 Apr. 15 Ht.l:w 0 21 ?.5 1129 8?9 5?8 7 SAX UK- CM. 10 43 11 10 10 43110 52 11 33111 3& SADTAUYR. I E. 11 15 111 44 11 15 111 21 1' — Apr. 16 Ht. ?8 3 10 1 ?-19- 727 4-2781,26 10 Ill zZl 0 4 0 »UJN- (M. Ill 55 -.ifT*, o 410 5 DAY. E. 118 0:31 9125 7? 25 0 45 0 475 Apr. 17 (Ht. 27 10 18 Q?ai 9 25 7 25 4 ?4 5 ?.ON- ("M. 0  140 3D| 0 46 1 3S 1 36 DAY. K. 1 2! 1 47 1 29:1, l 1 29 2 22 12 2 2t Apr. 18 Ht.7 10 l,8 II 6j25 5 24 11?41 E. Doct Sill, t IIooat/1 Basin. J Alexandra Iteck.

I A PRETTY WEDDING. A large congregation assembled at the new West End Synagogue, St. Petersburg-place, London, on Tuesday afternoon to witness the marriage of Mr. Frederick David Nathan Newton, son of the late Mr. Samuel Evelyn Nathan Newton, of Neath and Cardiff, to Miss Nan Friedlander, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Friedlander, of Clovelly, The le,%s, Westcliff-on-Sea. The ceremony was "conducted by the Rev. M. Kaat, of the Great Synagogue, Duke-street, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Hochman and the Rev. J. L. Geffen (ministers of the synagogue). The service was choral, and the synagogue was beautifully decorated with various white blossoms and greenery. Mr. Sim Joseph (late of Cardiff, now of London) acted as best man, and the bride was attended by the Misses Doris and Rennie Dgwis (nieoes), Miss Rosie Forrest (oousin), and Miss Gertie Samuel (niece of the bridegroom). The bride was a-ttired in a handsome gown of white duohesse satin, trimmed with Irish lace, with a long antique Court train of white moire, fastened with diamond buckles on the shoulder, and also wore a veil with wreath of myrtle. The orna- ment worn was a diamond pendant, the gift of the bridegroom, and her Oouquet was of lilies and white lilac. The bridemaids wore dresses of white net and Irish laoe, Mise Forrest having a hat to match, and the others having their hair tied with blue rib- bons. They carried crook wands with prim- roses tied with blue ribbons, and wore gold bangles set with rubies and pearls (the gifts of the bridegroom). After the ceremony the bride's parents held a reception at the Ken- sington Town-hall, where about 400 guests attended. In the evening the bride and bride- groom left town for a tour on the Continent. The bride's going-away dress was grey miniver, trimmed with steel and Irish laoe, and she wore a large black hat trimmed with whiite feathers.

PERSIAN CROWN JEWELS A Blue Book, was issued by the Foreign Office on Tuesday night containing further correspondence respecting the affaire of Persia. The ground covered extends from May to November, 1909, and covers the period of the negotiations for the abdication of the Shah and the provisions of hie pension and the restoration by him of the Crown jewels. It also deals with the disorders prevalent throughout the country and the efforts made to bring about order, and the consequent reduction of the number of Russian troo.ps and the withdrawal of the bluejackets. The question of a Ruseian loan of £100,000 is the subjeot of numerous dispatohes, together with the necessa/ry safeguairds that the money will be properly expended.

GLAMORGAN HUNT PROCRAMME I i.30-The CARDIFF HURDLE RACE of 50 BOVS; penalties and allowances. Two miles. ye Mr Bradford's Bumpkin a ši æ#r:1t:: :i:: '¡ Mr Carpentier's Petit Tor 4 Mr Harrison's Maudbuxg 5 Colonel Linœ.1Y's Little Yank 4 Mr Phillips's Aftermath 4 Mj 6hrimpton' AmeMham a 2.0-The BASSETT PLATE of 55 sovs; penal- ties and allowances. Two miles and a half. ye Capt Anthony's Donoro II y: Capt R Fore?tier-Walker's Lustre Jug 5 M, Harrison's S,oo Gin a Mr Hon?f,,y's Pink Pearl 11 ;l loŸi:àY;k 'i: a Mr -H 8 Watson's BaJtica?o'ul 6 Mr H S Wcntaon's Bantard a Z.30-The COWBRIDGE SELLING HANDI- CAP HURDLE RACE of 50 sovs; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Two miles. ys et lb Mr Harrwon's Maudburg a 12 7 Mr Thomas's Kins Thistle. 8012 4 Mr Bradford's My Jewel 5 12 1 Mr Trenohard's Metoline a 11 2 Major Powell's Fast Lady II a 10 12 MM DHiU'e Carfax a 10 12 Mr Eees's Srtackpole Park 4 10 7 3 0—The PENLLYN HUNTERS' HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE of 55 sovs; winners extra. Three miles. ysetlb Mr C Pbilipps's BuShey Park a 12 7 Mr Shriinptoa's Whitcliffe a 12 1 Mr Harrison's Sloe Gin a 12 0 Mr Lyaaght's a 11 10 Colonel Lindsay's Dream On 5 11 8 Colonel Lindsay's Menoken a 11 3 Mr David's Cymreig 6 11 6 Mr H S Watson's BaUlna-goul 6 11 5 I Capt B Forestier-VValker's Justly 6 11 1 Mr W H Watson's Borodino a 11 0 3.30-The GLAMORGAN" HUNT STFIEPIX, CHASE, value ZO eovs; added to a sweep- stakes of 2 sovs each for starters; 12st 71b each. Two miles. JOB Mr A Brace's The %haxer a Mr F c:; Nc-tility Mr li S wa.tson's Bartholomew 5 Mr H S Watson's Bantard a 4,0-Th,e YEOMANRY HURDLE RACE, a cup value 20 sovs; 12st each; allowances. Two miles. ys Mr Adams's Cyrlena a Mr liana's Banker V a Mr Reee's Miss Red Hat 5 Mr Rses's Sealskin II a Mr Trendrard's Meitalino a

Lord Charles Beresford is to ask the Postmaster-General whether he will con- sider the advisability of establishing a post- office at each of the large London railway station.

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I Boxing. j FEATHER-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP if 1 The contest that takes place between J mi Driscoll and "Spike" Robson at the National Sporting: Club on Monday evening next will, it is expected in South Wales, put the second of the three notches in the Earl of Lonsdale's championship featherweight belt now held by Jim Driscoll. The North Country people, at the same time, consider that Robson ha3 a big chance. Form generally speaks in favour of Driscoll, and there is the additional faot that the "Tynesider" left him in the lurch a little while ago when a match had been praotically arranged. One of our representatives, who recently paid I a visit to Mr. Albert Shirley's establishment in .Newport-rotad, Cardiff, where Driscoll ia training, stay*:—•'Though he was hindered in his work for a couple of days last week by a, severe cold, the champion will probably 00 seen at his best when he t,-ilies the ring. Driscoll did not do quite tne strenuous work tnat, was the ca.e on the occasion of the Hayes' contest, although, the excuse tor this may have beein that 11e is well down to weight just now. He has kept himself pretty, fit. He ga,\e me a siiovv in the gym- nasium in the afternoon. '1 he bail came first: ten good, hard, clever minutes' punching. A couple of thousand, at the &kip foUowed this, and then a couple 6t youngsters jumped in for a few rounds. He was clothed irom head to foot duriug his work, so i could not hazard an opinion as to whether he was showing much muscle. lie admitted that the two days cold of last week pulled him back [ a trifle; still, I think, he will be pretty sure to put another notch in that belt, and so secure two out of the three paints necessary to win it outright. He will travel up to Lon- i don by the te,n o'clock train on Monday morn- ing next, so as to be at the club at 2.30 for the weigning-in proceedings. His seconds will j be his trainer-lreorge Baillieu, as clever and painstaking an athlete as ever looked after a f man; Badger' Bnen. and Jim Sullivan, oF Bermondeey." "Spike" Robson at South Shields. 1 Robson, who is training at South Shields, is four years older than Driscoll, and contends that he has never yet been dispossessed of ,the title of feather-weight champion. \\e in South Wales are, of course, oi a different. opinion, and after Monday we shall know more about this. Robson, who, it is i said, loves the sea, takes it daily. A run on the oliffs puts the circulation in order, and, after doing some twelve miles of Land exercise. Spike' takes to his indoor work. A spell of hard and strenuous -work found Robaon juist inaide of 9st. 31,b. So f-,Li- i he has been at Shields over three weeks, and I when he leaves for .London on Saturday next i he should easily be the weigihit, and, what is I more, in the best condition posisible. It is 1I only natural that the Northerners should ba I confident (writes a correspondent), for they. argue that Spike" has done equally as well in his boaits a-s Driscoll, and base their reasons for the remark on the Northerner's display in the States against Murphy and Attell. III his sparring Rohson certainly showed no loss of speed. His last contest at the National was in December, 1906, when he won on a foul in four rounds from Johnny Summers. The opinion is general that he is a faster boxer to-day, whale there is no doubt as regards his power of hitting and his strength generally. I

MONMOUTH CRICKET CLUB t June 8—County XI. v. Western Valheys XVI Home 27 & 23-MQn. Y. Carmarthenshire.Away July 1 & 2-Mon. v. Glamorgan .Rome 14 A 15-loID. v. Glamorgan Away Aug. 1 & 2-Mon, Y. Carmarthenshire. at Abergavenny „ 3 & 4-Mon. v. Wiltshire .Home 5 & 6—MMi.. Dorset ?H-ome 10 & 12-Mon. v. Dorset Away 12 & 13—Mom.. Wiltshire .Awy: NEWPORT CLUB. I May 14—Bristol Schoolmasters Home „ 16—Bristol Scboo km aeters Away „ 21-Swa?n&ea Home io:r' Away 28-Bohemians (Bristol) .Home I Jan« 4—Cardiff Aw?ay „ 11-Ponarth Hom? 15—Monmouth Grammar School v. Brecon CoUege Home „ 16-Usk Valley Away „ 18—Clifton Home !5gí:7"iÈ Jh 7—Plymouth (Merthyr) Home 9—Clilton. Away 1:ili' :1 23-Plymouth (Merthyr) .?.Away 30—?ea.th Away A?g. 18—Gloucester Home £{iSLi.:iEL.;i.;il I „ ?—Ncath Hom? Sept. 3—U&k V?UUOY Home

LLAXHARRY CRICKET CLUB will be pleased to j Arrange Fixtures with Cardiff and Local Clubs.—For f{. Open Dates, apply W. Vowles, Hon. Sec. el542sl4 OAXTON PARISH JUXIORS C.C. have the following j Dates Opell: June 11, Tuly 2 and 9, August 13, Septem- [L ber 10 and 24; home arid a way; average age IS.— | F. Morgan, 3, Denton-road, Canton, Cardiff.

NOT TO BE TRICKED l A well-kp..own ventriloquist was biddamg adieu to some friends at a railway station, and one of them presented him with a dog: to which he had taken a great fancy. The train began to move, and there was no time to get a dog ticket, so when the cry, "All tickets ready!" was lieaa-d a few stations I farther on the professor put the dog into a small ha.mper labelled, Professor Dash, Ventriloquist." "When the collector opened the door, and the dog began barking, he looked at the hamper aind read the label; | then he turned to the owner All right professor," he said, I ain't taking any joke- I've been had like that before!" And, slamming the door, he walked off.

Abe Snyder, while fooling with his dog the other day, got bit on the thumb. Abe says he was only playing, but he guesses the dog must have been in earnest.—Bing- ville "Bugle" (U.S.A.). ) yrhiw-d ana published by Tilomaa Jones The pro- prietors, at 66a :St. Mary-street, in the City of Caj- dia; by J- N-m-?, CasUe-sftreei, Sv?,?ma; by R. G. WUIiam?, Glebeland-etreet, Merthyr 71ldvil; at the shop of Mr. David "Williams, Bridg-end—ail in the County vi Glamorgan; by Jabez Thomas, 22, High-street Xewfcrt; at tlie shop of M.r. J. P. Cafirey, Macmouth-both in the County of Mon. mouth; at the siv-p of Mr. David John, LlaneUy, ill the County of Carmarthen at the "Evening Eiprese" Offloe, The Bulwark, Brecon; and at the shop of Mr. Howard Lewis Builth—in the County of Breconocr, WEIDNBSIDAY, APRIL 13, 1910.

I Passing Pleasantries. He: We can't go on like this. We'd better have a separation. She: All right. Send me away for a year to the Eiviera. "What's your fare?" asked the hard-fisted old gentleman of a cabby, who had driven him as fast as his horse could go. Well, sir," replied cabby, who, unlike most of his class, hesitated a:t naming his figure, I'll leave that to you." "Ah, thank you," said the stingy old gentle- man "you're very kind, I'm sure. I wish there were more like yen." As he walked off he added, as a parting word: You're the first person who ever left me anything yet." A clockmaker finding trade very slack sur- prised his friends by telling them he was going to emigrate to a very remote town in America. "That's a. horrid place," broke in the schoolmaster's son. There was an earth- qua.ke there last year and thousands were killed, and the buildings were completely ruined. You wouldn't like that, would you?" "Wouldn't I, though? Just think of the olo9ks I'd have to mend after an earthquake like that," replied the clockmaker. Compatibility is evidently as dangerous as the incompatibility of temperament plea on which so many divorces are granted. The story is told of a girl who, after listening to a young man's proposal, answered:— "No, James, I cannot marry you." James looked frightened, hurt, displeased. "Why not?" he asked. "There is too much compatibility of tem- pera.menrt" about us, James," said the girl, her lip curling with faint scorn. "Too much compatibility? But isn't that a good thing?" asked the puzzled youn:g man. Not always," she answered. For instance, judging from the size o.f your income, if we were married I should undoubtedly insist, from motives of economy, on dispensing with a servant a.nd doing my own housework, and in your compatibility, James, you would undoubtedly let me do it." A story is related of an ambitious gentle- man who, rather unwisely, stood as a candi- dlate for some office, and who at the close of the poll was found to have received only ore vote. The candidate was excessively morti fied. and, to increase hit3 chagrin, his neigh- bours talked as if it were a matter of course that he had given that one vote himse'f. This annoyed him so much that he offered a guinea. suit of clothes to his only suiprorter if the individual would come forwa.rd and declare himself. An Irishman responded to this appeal, proved his claimt and called for the reward. "How did it happen?' inquired the candi- date, taken by surprise "How did it happen that you voted for me?" The Hibernian hesitated, but on being pressed he answered: — "If Oi tell yez, ye won't go back on the suit o' clothes?" "Oh, no. I promise that you shall have the suit, anyhow." "Faix, then. yer 'anner," replied Pat, "shure Oi made a mietake in the ballot. paper"

MONUMENTS OF ANTIQUITY I One of Sir Benjamin Stone's most successful portraits is that of Mark Twain. In the "Strand Magazine" we have Mark Twain's goliloquies on the sitting Among other honours heaped upon me by Englishmen was that of being photographed in Parliament. I am not a member of Parliament. But neither am I a member of Congress. Has any fellow- American suggested that I should be photo- graphed in Congress? No; I blush to say that they have not. And yet here is an honour that might without risk be bestowed on any great man. And yet it was not bestowed on Washington, Jefferson, or Lin- coln. When I saw that photograph, with the Mother of Parliaments in the background, and realised my advancing years, I said to myself, Here are two noble monUlments of anrtiquilty-two shining examples of the sur- vival of the fittest.

ANIMALS AND THEIR TAILS I Very few people ever stop to observe what very useful things animals' tails are to their owners (observes the "Philadelphia Record "). Horses, cows, and other breatures use their caudal appendages as fly flappers. Oats, squirrels, and many more twist them around their necks for comforters. The rat has raised the use of his tail to a fine art, for by its means it guides the blind and steals .jelly, oil, and cream out of jars and bottles. The raocoon catches crabs with its tail, and the monkey finrls his tail a valuable asset in swinging his way through his native forests. Fish steer their way by means of their tail, the ant-eater uses his bushy tail as an umbrella, while the vanity of the peacock is fed by the beauty of its tail feathers.

A RECOMMENDATION I "wb" aort of a man is your coaohmgtn p,, was aeked recently. He drives with great difficulty 18.00 drinks with great ease."

DUTCH CAFE, D:Pw Queec-street Station, one of the quaint est in the workl. Afternoon Teas with our delicious Bread and Batter.—Stevens, Confectioner (Limited), Cardiff. aJ542 Ask for Village Country Bread, it's delic.ious.- Stevens (Limited), Dutch Cafe, Queen-9treet. ell 24-1 "And what were the provisions of your uncle's will?" "That I should have all he left after the payment of his just debte." "Very good, of the oM man, wasn't it? What did be Jeswe?" "Juft-debto."

I Pretty Runaway Girls TWO OF THE THREEFUClTIVES CAUCHT The oh'3Be after the three pretty girls. who escaped from the girls' industrial school at SunderLand has had a partial success, two of them being captured yesterday at Washing- ton village, six miles from Sunderland. Not Jong after they disappeared an alarm was given, and the officials, after informing the police. began to search for them. A clue was gained by a visit paid to the former home of one of the girls, when it was found she had been there. f Later in the afternoon it was discovered that three girls answering to the description of the escapees had been seen going in the direction of Newcastle, which is twelve miles away. The trail was followed, and here and there traces of the fugitives were discovered. They had been begging their way from village to village. Nothing was seen of them in Newcastle, though it is thought they spent the night there. About noon yesterday the police at Washington notked two girls going from house to house and questioned them, with the result that they confessed they had absconded from a school at Sunderland. When arrested they said they had left the third girl at Gateshead, as she would not come on with them. They themselves were on their way to London. They were very weary, for since they quitted the school on the previous morning they had had practically no sleep. The police communicated with the school officials and in a. very tearful state the two captured girls were taken back to Sunderland.

For Women Folk. HOMELY HINTS AND DAINTY DISHES A mackintosh should not be hung up when I not in use, but after being dried should be brushed and folded and put in a drawer until required. Hanging a mackintosh causes it to lose its good properties, and those treated in the way mentioned will be found to last three times as long as those that are allowed to hang in the dust, &c. A wet umbrella should never be allowed to stand on the point to dry. As soon as pos- sibe open it, wipe with a dry cl h and the.n sta?d it on the handle. If left to dry on the paint the wet will trickle down and settle in the folds. rotting the silk and rust- ing the wires. A very little v?&eline P"; occasionally 0;1 the joints of th -ibs will prevent them from getting rusty. Toffee Apples I Ta.ke Zlb. cf cooking sugar, one gill of vinegar, and let it boil gently for twenty minutes, when it will be ready for dipping. Ha.ve the apples ready on the sticks and trays ready greased. Then dip the apples in quick. and they will come up a beautifu! brown, and la.st on about twelve hours with- cut. getting sugary. #I Clear C range Marmalade A veiy simple recipe is as follows:—Six Seville oranges, tiiree lemons, 71b. loaf sugar, eight pints of water. Cut oran'-ras and lemons in very thin slices, add water, and let it remain all night. Boil all together for three hours, then add sugar, and boil for another hour. Wheia the preserving-pan has been removed from the fire, add the strained juice of one lemon; this will make the marmalade of a clearer colour. I To Keep Flies from the House i Dip a sponge in boiling water and place in a sa.ucer. Pour on this half a teospoonful of oil lavender. This will"giv,a off a very pleasant odour similar to violets, which, for some reason or other, is very obnoxious to flies. The sponge requires moistening with boiling water abCHlt twice a day, with oil about once a week. Housewives will find this more effective than twenty 1.raps or fly papers. Should two or three flies happen to enter and cannot find an exit, they will very soon become intoxicated and I be destroyed. Cod's Roe This i. a very cheap, and, if well prepared, an excellent dish. Get the roe the day before it is wanted. Boil it in salt and I water until perfectly firm. When cold slice it into cutlets a quarter of an inch thick, II and lay them in a, pickle composed of a pinch of saltpetre and of basalt, a, tea- spoonful of common salt, a pinch of pepper, ground doye", nutmes, and allspice, the whole mixed with two teaspoonfuls of vine- gar. Let the cutlets remain in this until the next day, turning them occasionally. A little before cooking drain and dry them, brush them over with egg, and dip them in finely sifted breadcrumbs, well seasoned with pepper and salt, and a pinch of chopped parsley. Fry the cutlets in butter until a nice brown, and when about to serve pour round, them a sauce made as follows :-Take a few spoonfuls of good gravy, add a few drops of essence of anchovy, thicken it with flour, chop up a table-poonful of capers, and boil them for a minute in the gravy. After taking it from the fire stir in a spoonful of plain, or any good pickling vinegar.

MUSIC-HALL PERJURY CHARGE The charge of perjury brought against David Bliss, managing director of the United County Theatres (Limited) was heard yester- day at Bow-street Police-court, the case being eventually adjourned. Perjury is alleged to have been committed by the defendant in an action heard at Westminster County-court between the United County Theatres (Limited) and Forg-usson and Mack, comediiams. Enter- ing the court late, Mr. C. F. Gill, who ap- peared for the defence, promptly objected to a question put by Mr. Elliott for the prose- cution, whereupon the latter retorted, amid laughter: "There, there, now the apple of discord has arrived

FREE TEA STALLS I The RusSfian Government is commonly supposed to be autocratio and even despotic, but, like other autocracies, it has an odd way of being at times quite paternal. In St. Petersburg tea stalls are provided by the authorities for the pievention of the spread of cholera. The disease was traced to the use of polluted water, and accordingly the G-overnment established these stalls all over the country for the supply of beverages that should be free from all suspicion. The notice on top of the stalls states that the Sanitary Committee provide hot water, tea, and sugar free of charge to all comers. The attendants are paid by the Government, and are not allowed to take money for their .services.

THE DEMAND FOR LAND I An inspector from the Board of Agriculture attended, a meeting count y council small holdings committee at Spalding yesterday, and urged that as there was an unsatisfied demand for 3,000 acres in the county the council should take steps to acquire land coimpulsorily. Members in reply criticised the action of the Crown authorities in not giving greater facilities to acquire Crown lands. It was stated that for Crown land let to previous tenants for iEl an acre the committee were required to pay 12, and that management expenses brought the total rent to JE2 8s. The chairman said the Crown authorities had treated them shockingly.

THE CONJUROR & THE ORANGE I Robert Houdin, the most famous sleight-of- hand Frenchman, was accosted on the Boule- vard by a retailer of oranges. "Well, my lad," said Houdin, how do you sell the?" Two sous apiece, monsieur," said the boy. "That is a high price, indeed," replied the artiste; "however, I will try them." Cutting an orange into four pieces, he produced a twenty-franc gold piece from the inside. Behold! said he, "how you.r fruit repays me for your extortion. Come, I can afford to buy one more." And he repeated the same experiment as before. Horudin now offered to come to terms for the whole basket, but the astonished lad ran off with joyous alacrity, and, red-ching home, --began to quarter the contents of the whole basket, but found none that contained golden seeds.

NEW CHARITY STAMPS I The Belgian postal authorities will issue a stamp cammeanorative of the exhibition. The value will be 1, 2, 5, and 10 centimes. These stamps will be current only in Belgium. The first three will be sold at double the face value, and the fourth will cost 15 centimes. The difference between the face value and the selling price will be devoted to a project for building a sanatorium for consumptive women. The stamps will be on sale during the run of the exhibition. The Queen has designed the stamps, which will portray Saint Martin giving to a poor man the half of his cloak.

THE WRONG BASKET I Customer (to dealer): Say, there must have been some mistake about those apples you sold me yesterday. Dealer: What was the matter with thetn? Nothing. That's just it. There were no bad ones at the bottom of the basket." "So gou got 'em, did you? I picket them out for myself."

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I How to Start the Season I A PHYSICIAN'S WORDS OF ADVICE I A word of medical caution is issued just now to those energetic young oity people who are rubbing up their cricket bats and tennis racquets. April marks the commencement of the season o f active outdoor exercise, and people who have been more or less vegetating during the cold months burst out as "sports" of one kind or another. It would seem from what a well-known physician said to a press representative that theire is a danger here. He utters a word of advice and warning in the com- manct Begin slowly!" The thing is to start the summer outdoor exercises in a gradual wa,y. I do not say one word against tennis or cricks or climbing for the tit," said the! physician. They are excellent. Neverthe- less, city people should not take them up too str?utou?y with the beginning of the season. Strain is always a mistake. "The difficulty o,f getting over the months of April and May healthily is known so well that it is now encased in proverbial sayings. And the reason, of course, is that the general tone of the physique is somewhat enfeebled at this season. All the winter people have been going without any special outdoor exercise, or any exercise at all. The muscles have thus got flabby, and the organs have lost tone. In general, the, bodily health is at a low ebb. Now, judicious exercis,e in t-he open-air is precisely the thing to put the physique right. But it must be taken in the right way, and the city people who are now oom- mencing tengis or any other gam,B of the kind should play only a little at first, and gradually increase the 'dose' ac.cording to their increasing strength. The mistake is to rush at it from the first, for then the strain is too great for the weakened organs, and only harm results."

"MEDDLESOME PEOPLE." # The tragic, circumstances of the death of Police-sergeant Rosser, of Fishguard, soon after his resignation from the police force came before the notice of the Pembrokeshire Joint Standing Committee yesterday. The Chairman (Sir Charles Fhdlippsi remarked that the matter had been wa,rmly taken up by the people of Fishguard, who had held a public meeting and passed a. resolution, which they, absolutely wrongly, sent in the first instance to the Home Secretary. The inhabitants of Fishguard had gone out of their way to slight that committee, and they I had absolutely no cause of complaint against the chief-constable. He was glad to see that in a reply to a question by Sir Owen Plhilipps Mr. Churchill, the Home Secretary, was of the same opinion as himself, that the chief- constable had acted perfectly right. It was a great slight upon that committee to have made a complaint over their heads. The chief-constable handed in two medical certifi- cates showing that the officer suffered from failing eyesight and loss of hearing, and it was upon these grounds only that he resigned. He retired as an honourable man who had dc-ne his duty.

THE BABY PEACEMAKER I As in the old romances with happy endings, the olive branch between Signor Toselli and his wife, Princess Louise, formerly Crown Princes of Saxony, has blossomed on the edge of a cradle in which smiles the round face of their baby, ju-st recovered of a short illness. Signor Toselli arrived at Montreux and found his wife very much annoyed at teeing him, but, above all, worried about the illness of her little baby, Carlo Emnrsuuelo Filiberto. The first.days were rather stormy, and the Princess firmly intended to separate from her husband. However, her Swiss lawyer from Lausanne advised her to refieot before doing so. Another separation, he said, would make too much annoyance. A lady cannot pass her life scarching for a twin soul and never finding it. The Princess did think it over, and became convinced that a repeti- tion of the former incident would make her I unpopular. Besides, her husband was very sympathetic over the illness of the child. So, after a little while, therefore, the Princess gave up her idea of separation, embraced her husband over the cradle, and as Signor a Toselli has now once again started for Tuscany.

LADIES' PYJAMA PARTY Society ladies in pyjamas is the latest stunt" in Chicago. Some entertaining details are published concerning a "pyjama pa.rty held recently at the residence of Mrs. Edwin Aron, a well-known member of Chi- cago society. The party was an afternoon -affair, and was very select, only about a dozen ladies attendmg; but in spite of efforts to keep it a secret gossip quickly spread, and the name and addresses of the pyjama- wearers appeared next day in print, accom- I)anied by the inevitable interviews. It seems that pyjamas were worn not only at the party but on the way to it. Slumber cos- tumes of many beautiful hues—appropriately described by an authority as "dreams"—were donned at the homes of the various guests, and during the drive to Mrs. Arson's Prairie- avenue house were concealed by long coats or automobile cloaks. What if the auto had skidded and spilled you out in the street?" queried an interviewer of one matron. "Heavens! I'd never thought of that," she gasped. I would have died of emba.rrass- ment." Another lady spoke enthusiastically of the party. We all did look just perfect," she sighed, "and it's such a comfortable manner in which to enjoy a social afternoon. I believe they will become popular in Chicago."

FLOATING COURT OF JUSTICE I A Pari.3 contemporary give s us an interest- ing glimpse of the administration of law in America, carrying us back almost to the invention of the "Nisi Prius writ, or times just as remote in our own system of law. We are told Americans never despise a novelty, the more extraordinary the better. Next summer, we read, the United States pr-o pose sending un palais de justice flottarat" to Alaska. This will be the Federal Court for that region. The "palais flottant" will be a revenue cutter, and the cases to be disposed of will be drawn from the 3,000 kilometres of •coast of this desolate place, or 1,875 miles. When the assize is cloc-ed the convicted pri- soners will be taken baok in the cutter with the judges to serve their c-en-tences within civilisation.

THE ADVENTISTS I The Adventists who believe in the near end of the world and in the immort,ality of the body, have reached France, and on Sunday last three members of the new Church were baptised in the Marne, according (as, a Paris oontem.porary put it) to the rite of St. John the Baptist. Two of the candidates were grey-headed ladies, and the other was a brunette of seventeen years. The pastor, in a frock coat, went into the river, and the ladies one by one were immersed. The members of the Church, forty in number, were on the bank and sang hymns. After the ceremony there was a lunch of a frugal kind. Only water was drunk, for it is a rule with the Adventists on such occasions to abstain from alcoholism.

WEDDING & GOLDEN WEDDING I Canon H. W. and Mrs. Button, of Lincoln, celebrated their golden wedding yesterday, and the same day their only daughter. Miss Isobel Hutton, was married to Mr. W. H. Menee.. Both weddings were celebrated at St. Peter's, in Dastgate, Lincoln, though the church has ben re-built since Can-on and Mrs. ,H,uit,ton were married there. Yesterday's ceremony was performed by the R-ev. F. Amcotts Jarvis, whose father officiated at the wedding of fifty years ago.

51,000 DOLLARS FOR DIANA NEW YOfBK, Wednesday, At the resumed sale of the late Mr. Yerkes* art collection Messrs. Duveen purohased a bronae Diana, by Houdon, for 51,000dois.— Central News. »

A MISER. A Tipperary boy said of a well-to-do but miserly farmer: He is worth two thousand pounds to my knowledge; but I would not nail up a fruit tree with his clothes."

BORROWED TO MARRY A man sued by a moneylender at Preston County^court yesterday stated that he bor- rowed the monety to get married. A small oro-er was made.

The mathematical professor becaipe engaged to a charming girl, and one day they made an excursion into the country with several friends. The girl picked a daisy, and, looking roguishly at her fiance, began to pull off the petals, saying, He loves me not; he loves m," &c. "That is needless trouble you are giving youreelf," said the precise professor; you should count up the petals of the Sower, and if the total is an uneven number tJhe answer wHI be in the negative; if an even number in the affirmative." OuT Vmom BoUe Me de?MM, ML —SUn«na 4&mtw.4 D=007 Cafe. —1

I A Remarkable State I WHERE WOMEN ARE NOT TOLERATED Duke Max zu Sachsen, brother of the King of Saxony. and Professor of Theology at the "University of Freiburg, in Switzerland, delivered a lecture at Berlin recently on "The Monks' Republic on Mount Athos and their Art and Literary Treasures." The duke gave an acoount of a visit he had recently paid to the holy mountain of the Grecians on Chalcidioe, and of the republic of monks which has existed there from time immemorial. Twenty monasteries and a large number of affiliated religious oommuni- ties have for centuries past led an entirely independent, and self-contained existence on this beautiful peninsula. They form to-day, iind-er Turkish suzerainty, just as indepen- dent a State within the State as they did in the days of the Byzantine Emperors, whose I Goiden Bulls granting their privileges are still in existence and preserved. Women are not tolerated on Mount Athos; and even female animals are prohibited. Condensed milk is imported from Switzerland to avoid giving offence to the clerica leye. A vast quantity of art treasures and precious MSS. have been stored in the course of cen- turies within the libraries of the monasteries on Mount Athos. Most of their contents are entirely unknown, and the literary dis- coveries that could be made there should be of the greatest possible value to history.

I EXCESSIVE USE OF TEA. I Some interesting sidelights on the life of I the peasantry in Ireland are contained in the reports of the inspectors of National Schools, which were issued in a Blue-book I last night. Speaking of the teaching of cookery on the Gayway circuit, Mr. J. P. Dalton says:— "Of the many abuses that require correction one in particular must be 'vigorously com- bated if the race is to be preserved from deterioration. The use of tea is now carried to such dangerous excess that it ranks before alcohol as an enemy of the public health. I "To aggravate the situation, it is in the very poorest parts of the country that the tea evil is most active and hurtful. Outside the slums of the cities and larger towns I there are no people in the British Islands who have to endure a (more miserable lot than the congested population of the Con- naught seaboard; and yet the carts and vans of the itinerant tea vendors art to be seen every day going in and out among the most backward and inaccessible Conneniara. vil- lages. "It is only the cheap sorts of tea that iTeach these poor people; and, let the quality be good or bad, the tea is so prepared for use that the liquid, when drunk, has the properties of a slow poison. The teapot stewing on the hearth all day long is kept literally on tap; the members of the family, young as well as old, resorting to it at discretion.

UNIVERSITY MENUS I Mr. George Kennan not only states that the cost of the training at Valparaiso University does not exceed ls. 6d. a day, but he gives a glimpse of the diet. There is a well-oooked, and wholly satisfactory dinner of four courses, served on a neat, linen-covered, flower-decorated table, in a warm, light, well-^ventilated halL This costs 5d. Breakfast and supper cost only 2d. each, a good bed in a single furnished room 2Jd. a day, and tuition about 7d. a day. The total ex penditui-e per student is little over LZ5 a year—less than the average American college charges for tuition alone. The first meal tliat I took in the Valparaiso University," says Mr. Kennan, was a four- cent. breakfast, served at six a.m. in Heritage Hall. It consisted of delicious apple sauce, bread, and butter, rolled oats, baked potatoes, coffee with milk a.nd sugar, and big, red apples of the highest market grade." Mr. Kennan's first supper at the university consisted of hot tea, biscuits, French fried potatoes, steamed rice, baked apples with sugar and milk, stewed peaches, gingerbread, and tea.

HIT, KICKED, AND BIT I A charge of being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Harry D. Taylor, a railway official, and Police-constable Charles Mallett at the Great Western Railway Station yes- terday. was preferred against John M'Keime (22), at Cardiff Police-court to-day. Mr. Arthur Vachell, who prosecuted, explained that prisoner was a source of annoyance to the passengers, it being cormiplain-e-d that he accosted them for a "copper" towards his nights lodgings. Taylor went and spoke to him, at which M'Kenzie hit, kicked, and bit I the official, and he also kicked Police-con- I stable Mallett, who took him to the cells on I a handcart. A previous conviation was I proved, and he was norw given two months.

AN ARTIST'S LIFEBOAT I For contravening the Dockyard Ports Regu- lations Aot and failing to observe rules for preventing collision, James Kiddell, captain of the Pool,e steamer Gunnett, was at Ports- mouth yesterday fined £ 10, including costs. The incident occurred on December 18, and nearly resulted in serious damage to Sub- marine 018. Mr. Wyllie, the Royal Acade- mician, who witnessed the incident from his studio overlooking Portsmouth Harbour, said he thought disaster to the submarine 60 imminent that he prepared to rput out in a boat he always kept ready for emergencies. The defendant urged that a strong tidal current practioally took his vessel out of control.

THE CABBY'S SARCASM An old lady, who was unwilling to pay more than was absolutely necessary to the cabman, at the end of a long journey pre- sented the Jehu with the exact legal fare and a stale bun, remarking that the latter was for himself. Oh, thank ye, mum," said cabby. "But ain't ye-r got a bit o' hay for the poor old 'oss?"

CHINESE BACON-CURING Importations of Chinese pork into the Isle of Man have now reached over 200 tons. Fresh consignments are arriving almost daily. It is suggested that a Manx national industry in bacon-curing may be established, a.nd importers are negotiating for the tenancy of extensive premises.