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The Man in the Street. After all is said and done, when all the I ttionumeqts in stone have been counted, the annals of heroism searched, there is i nothing quite so beautiful in this world as a loving action on behalf of a fellow- man. Man's inhumanity to man is too well known, and in the keen struggle for existence it is so very easy to exclaim with Cain, Am I my brother's keeper?" Even the. dumb creatures have their organised friends, and in our practical love for animals it is not difficult to refer to cases in which dogs and horses are better off in the matter of comfort and health than the unhappy mortals who are perishing in the crowded slums for the want of the barest necessities, the lack of pure air, and from the diseases their unfortunate circumstances produce. Only dreamers can think of assuaging all woe, and, as these.are the least practical of all men, it is certain that they can accom- plish little, if anything. Those who do their chxby attempt a little and accomplish Wmetbing- A few. do nothing because their opportunities are small. However, there is now a glorious chance for every son and daughter of Wales to take a share in the fight with consumption that has been begun to perpetuate the glorious memory of Edward VII. This campaign of a nation against the white man's plague is, indeed, a fitting memorial to a King who will always be remembered by his deeds. Yesterday's decision at the Shrewsbury conference to adopt this form of memorial is highly creditable to Wales. It is now the duty of the W--ish people to do their very important part in providing the! sinews of,ii-,ar. Looking at the good to be accomplished x £ 300,000 seems a small sum. and as £ 140.000 has ah early been subscribed by a "mall hand of patriotic gentlemen the total should easily be passed, and even doubled. What is a quarter of a million in. comparison with the saving of precious life? Wales has not. so far. done her duty in respect to th;" nit ion a] ^iseri^e. Xcm* is her opportunity. Will she rise to it? For my part. I have on doubt. should wait to see. what others give, but should mpke their donations to the extent their pockets permit, and if by and by* the committee ar* harassed 7ith nearer a million pounds then there can be no doubt that the comrpittM win rise to the occasion. There can be no nobler mission in life than this battle against all-conquering disease. The declaration ha,« been made. Will you, my reader, pick up thp gaug" and send in your cheque, or mniipv orclpr. or even a few rtamps to help this great effort for suffering humanity, and to make our Welsh memorial the most notable, the most useful, and thp most sensible of all the scheme? st on foot ? You have been loud in your protests of )oyalty and )ove, and now it has come to th? test of the pocket. This scheme should be made a splendid example to the rest of the Empire. My suggestion that Mabon should be offered the freedom of Cardiff is I endorsed by all sections of p.^cnle, and not the les-st. heartily by members of ) the corporation. I understand that Alderman Robert Hughes is in full sympathy with the proposa l. Mr. Morgan Thomas tells me he has had it in his mind these three ypars past, and others of the City Fathers agree that the offer of the honour can only be a question of time. Mr. J. T. Richards is emphatic in his opinion that Mabon should be invited to receive the honour while he is still in harness. It was conferred on Sir Wil- liam Lewis five vears ago as the repre- sentative of the owners, and no, ays I Mr. Richards, we ought, to have the men's representative. And who better than Mabon ? ThN8 can be no doubt, that our iocal p?a?emak°r has contributed very substantially to the prosperity of I Cardiff, and his work for the entire coal- field has been reflected in the benefit felt by the metropolis. There can be no doubt that the veteran leader has i deserved the honour, and the only I matter for surprise is that he has not been offered it long ago. It seems to me that the thing is as good as done. The honour has to be conferred first on Alderman F. J. Beavan, and then pre- parations for the invitation to Mabon can be set on foot. I was very glad to find the following letter awaiting me this morning from Mr. Sydney Jenkins, one of Grangetown's admira ble triumrirate on the Cardiff City Council:— It was with great satisfaction that I 'I' observed in your notes in to-day's issue of the Evninrj Express the references to Mabon, and particularly the sugges- tion you make with regard to confer- ring upon him the freedom of the City of Cardiff. In my humble judgment, Mabon is a gentleman eminently qualified and indisputably deserving of so high an I honour. His has been the sage counsel which, fortunately, not only for those he so ably and faithfully represents. but for the whole of South Wales, has prevailed when, in times of industrial disputes, the welkin has been made to ring with the bellicose banali- ties and frothy persiflage of others who would plunge the whole coalfield into industrial strife, with results of so dire I a nature that one does not like to con- template them. Peace hath her heroes no loss renowned tha.n wa.r." and, surely, Mabon is one such and I am sure that the citizens of Cardiff, whose very exist- ence so largely depends upon the absence of strife in the South Wales ¡ coalfield, will be delighted to pay the i highest honour possible to one who has stood out so manfully, so courageously. --trict with such -t(lmlrabip tenacity of purpose for industrial peace. I can only repeat, in the language of Sir W. S. Gilbert, "of that there can be no possible doubt, no possible, probable shadow of doubt, no possible doubt what- ever" that Mabon is the one man who deserves the honour of Cardiff's freedom. Here is another letter from a gentle- man who is known as well as anybody in South Wales, and whose only fault is the modesty which leads him to keep his name in the background for the present: Dear Man in the Street.You have voiced the opinion of many pro- minent public men in Cardiff by your suggastion that the' freedom of the city should be conferred upon Wales's first Labour M.P., Mabon. We have had our Labour Mavors and Lord Mayor, and we have a La bour knight, and have thus proved that we are not overborne by too conventional ideas; i therefore, we should honour the most prominent a.s well as the pioneer abour Parliamentary representative in Wales. The miners of South Wales have conferred u?-m him thpir bi?he?t omre of prident of the Welsh M' -n e r,q Federation, and no part of South Wales has benefited more than Cardiff from his cautious lead in times of great, industrial crisis. His firm appeal to the. reasonableness of the colliers only a. week ago sa w"(] the city from the calamity that would befall it had we to face a strike. Honour to whom honour is due. Let us give Mabon the free- doni of the City of Cardiff unhesi- tatingl-I arn., A CARDIFF CITIZEN. And -so say all of us." Followers of football will he surprised at the remarkable letter which appears elsewhere regarding Association football in South Wales generally and the Ton Pentre game at Cardiff last Saturday in particular. No one wants to jump on Ton. who have hitherto been the Cocks of the South," but, at the same time. no good sportsman >\ ill want to uphold foul play, whether by the Hillmen or any other set of players. The very existence of the game depends upon the scientific side being developed, and it is the only way for any of the clubs in South Wales to obtain the promotion that will give them better company and the public finer football.

BETTER THAN PENSION An old-age pensioner, named George Palmer, of Byron-avenue. EaFt Ham. has notified the pensions committee that he will not in future require the 5?. per week. On the death of his sister, Palmer became entitled to a life interest in her estate, and he will in future be in receipt of about L350 Iper annum. 1

STOP PRESS ■ ♦ Latest Telegrams. FINAL SCORE- I NEWPORT, 6 points. OLD MERCHANT TAYLORS, S pointAI HALF-TIME SOOBR-. BRISTOL, 6 points. CARDIFF 3 points SWANSEA 9 points. GLOUCESTER, Nil. MERTHYR, 1 goal CARDIFF CITY NIL, I I 4.15-HOE-NSEY HANDICAP. Resu,t:- Hillside II. Sunripe Dead Heat J. Gay iliian BEttlns-5 to 1 ajrl Kosey, 5 to 2 agst Waterleaf. I anti 33 to i ai-et Car-ebrooif Castie. 4.15 Kunnere: Foxccte, ilaicaetta, Suadrop, Bere- nice, Prestissimo. Exhilarate, Moanduff, War Lord, Koeeneath, and Merry Shields. i

I AS THE GROW FLIES I I Snllen dissaiisfaction hung like a thnnder- cloud over the old farmer's weather-beaten face. Ye boast tb-at there's fa.irplay for every- body in this cattle show." he grumbled to a committee-man; but are ye acting up to your motto when ye calmly give a prize to a farmer lives fourteen miles away, when the rules distinctly state that every exhibitor mnet reside within a radius of twelve miles?" But you are calcula,ting the distance by road, and we don't reckon it in that way." patiently explained the oommittee-man. We reckon it 3.11 the crow flies." WelL ifs yonr own show, and ye can please yourselves how you run it." rejoined the farmer, not yet resigned to his defeat; but if that crow of yours wants to make out that C- is less than fourteen miles away from here, it's high time ye wrung its bloomin' neck and put a bit more trust in the map."

HOW "LILY RASH" IS CAUSED I Some interesting particulars concerning the skin disease known as lily rash" are given by Dr. D. Walsh. senior physician. Western Skin Hospital. London, in an article in the "British Medical Journal." Dr. Walsh states that the flowers that give rise to the rash belong to the amaryllidaceap or narcissus tribe. They are described as lily- like. herbaceous plants, growing from bulbe. with long. sword-like leaves. The "lily rash," as it is popularly called in the Scilly Islands, is common enough among those who gather the flowers as well as amongst those who pack tbem.

AN., UNANSWERABLE RETORT I In Mr. fEivflrs's new life of the author of "Le Chevalier de Faublaa" there is a story 'I of a feminist repartee which our sufFragettes will naturally and properly hail with accla- mation: "Madame." said Napoleon to a lady i no less celebrated for her beauty and her wit than for the vivacity of her opinions, "I do not like women to meddle in politics." "You are quite right, general." she replied. "but in a country where they cut off their heads, it is only natural that they should 1j want tc know why."

Obscene Romances." I MILLIONAIRE AUTHORS LIBEL ACTION Sensational developments are promised in the libel action begun by the millionaire author. Karl May. against a Catholic clergy- ma.n. Father Poellmann. Herr May. who is a leader of Dresden society and a familiar figure in all Church and philanthropic matters, was some mcnthR ago denounced by another author, Herri Loebius, aq a professional criminal. Herr j Loebins asserted that Herr May spent the earlier part of his life as a successful brigand chief whose depredations were o extensive that troopR were sent against him. Herr May lost the libel aciion. as he was obliged to admit that he had several times been io gaol for criminal offences. After the trial Father Poellmann accused Herr May of further offences. He declared that while Herr May was turning out religious litera- ture he was netting large sums by writing obscene romances. Thereupon Herr May began the present action. Herr May is one of Germany's most popular authors. During the proceedings it trans- pired that a million copies of one of his romances had been sold. Herr May alleges that the objectionable passages were inserted by his publisher without his knowledge. Handwriting experts are being examined to prove the contrary. ————————

PRAISE FROM COMPOSER Mr. T. E. Aylward. ohorus-master of the Cardiff Festival, has received the following letter from Sir Alexander Mackenzie, whose new work. The Sun-God's Return," was produced at the festival :— 15. Regent's Park-rsad. London. N.W.. Sept. 27th, 1310. Dear Mr. Aylward,—I take the first avail- able moment to repeat on paper that which I have frequently had the pleasure of con- veying to you viva voce. Perhaps it is just as well that a few days have been allowed to pass, because after the fatigues and anxieties of the past week—and the months before—you will now be better able to look ba-ck upon the excellent results and enjoy the thoughts that your choir iwhich, in other words, is your work) ha,s given so much satis- j faction and earned so much praise for itself and you. It gives me the greatest pleasure to offer you my most sincere and cordial thanks for the ungrudgingly-given interest and labour which you so successfully devoted to my cantata. No composer could expect or hope for a. more spirited or enthusiastic rendering of a work than that which it was my very good fortune to receive from your festival choir. You and I best know what it means to meet with unhesitating response in diffi- cult entries, and sustained power, with excel- lent intonation, in long passages requiring unflagging interest. All these I had. But it was the enthusiastic spirit of the singers and faculty of entering into the action of the piece which appealed to me most of all— because we meet with that much more rarely —more rarely even at first performances. And I can only say that it speaks strongly for the perception of your choral body when it can step. as it were, into the frame of the picture, after one full rehearsal which we had together, and take its place so well among the figures of the story. I think that whatever success the cantata met with was largely due to the unity of purpose which prevailed, and it would give me great satis- faction to know that the members of the choir are aware of my gratitude for their help and the sympathetic attitude they assumed towards my work. There is no fear of my forgetting it. I would again express my warmest thanks for your untiring and genially-given endea- yours on behalf of the Sun-God,' and I I hope that you share the satisfaction which I feel at the result of your most friendly collaboration with—Yours very faithfully. I A. C. MACKEZIE." I

— "— TOO SLIM FOR HIM I A Norfolk squire wa-s lamenting the in- crease of poaching ? his keeper, who told him that a man named Richards was the most notorious poacher in the neighbour- hood. Soon after the squire happened to meet Richards, who asserted that he could get game whenever he wa.nted it. keepers or no keepers. Squire: "Well, if you bring me a hare to- morrow from my own estate, I'll give you a guinea for it." "What! and yon a J.P.?" Oh. that'll be all right." Well. then, done. sir." Next day the poacher arrived, and was shown into the study. "WeLL have yon got him?" Richards opened the sack, out of which jumped a, fine hare, which rushed round the room seeking to escape. Why haven't you killed it?" "Because, sir," said the poacher, with a grin, "I haven't a licence!"

HE SAW A JOKE I The st-reet singer's voice rang harshly through the air. If I should plant a tiny seed of love in the garden of your heart, would it grow to be a great big love some day. or wcmld-" 'Ere." cried an excited young man. rushing out from a carpenter's shed. I'll give yer tuppence if you'll stan 1 I in this shed and sing till I come back. I'm the apprentice, and I want a doughnut." The songster assented, and soon the appren- tice reappeared a.nd paid over his twopence. "I s'pose." said the vocalist, "my voice :s about the same as yowa, an' you thought the boes wouldn't know the difference, eb" Your voice the same as mine?" ne exclaimed. If you want to know. it's the same as my saw* i, and I wanted the guv'nor to think I was workin' hard on them planks."

LADY CAPTURES A YOUTH I Thomas Roy (23). a smartly-dressed young draper of Dalston, was rotrmitted for trial from the Wood Green Police-court yesterday on the charge of stealing a fur necklace, valued at £ 7. the property of Miss Bella Stevens. Miss Stevens is a lady who is said to have thrown a quantity of pepper into the man's face. and while he wis dancing about called a policeman who took him into custody. Roy alleged that she had received property he had stolen, but it now transpires from inquiries made by the police that these statements are fictitious. Roy pleaded not I guilty.

RAILWAY MYSTERY I When an express train reached Lnfcterworfh la-te on Tursday night the door of a first-class carriage was found to be open. and when a search of the line was made Mrs. Eaton. of Derby, who had booked from Leicester to Lutterworth, was found lying unconscious on the permanent way two miles from Ashby-de- la-Zouch. She was conveyed to Leicester infirmary, and after regaining consciousness stated that she wa.s uratJrie to say how she got on the line. i.

ABDUL HAMID I FRANKFORT. Saturday. I A SaJonjca. dispatch to the "Frankfurter Zeitung" states that Abdul Hamid is suffer- ing from arteria.l sclerosis, or induration of the arteries, and that this mala-dy has I increased his neuralgic attacks. His con- dition give- rise to considerable anxiety.— I Centra I News.

I PHEASANT ON AN ENGINE I As an express train from Cambridge to London passed through Oakleigh Park Station on Thursday, it was observed by the officials that a. dead pheasant was lying on the buffer of the engine. The bird had evi- dently been startled by the train, and had been kept in position by The pressure of the wind.

I RISE IN PRICE OF COAL An increase of sixpence per ton will take place to-day in the price of all kinds of house coal except Derby, which will be advanced by a shilling. The prices will now be as follows Best coal, 26s.; best Silkstone, 26s.; Derby, 26s.; nuts. ZJe; coke. 18s.

From All Quarters In a proclamation to his Paris comrades, "Kinç" Pa.taud announces that he is about to enter business as a. wine merchant. James Tyrrell, an inmate of the Norwich Workhouse. celebrated his hundredth birth- da.y on Thursday. He enjoys good health, and can walk without the aid of a stick. Babies' feeding bottles will be provided on the new refreshment corridor train which will run from Liverpool-street to Claeto-n and other Essex coast towns for the first time to-day. Prince Henry of Prussia returned to Lon- don from Lyme Park. Stockport. last night. The Feltham Industrial School is to be re- modelled and turned into a Borstal Prison to accommodate 1,000 boys. I

Family of Eleven 12s A WEEK FOR RENT AND FOOD Rachel Algar (20). a. laundress packer and sorter, was charged at West Ham yesterday with stealing linen from her employer's premises at Stratford. The police. it appeared, visited the girl's home at 49. Grange-road. Plaistow. and found twenty pawntickets. When charged at the police-station she said I ha ve been driven to it. I am getting only 8s. a week, and I have to give all that in my mother. There are nine others beside me." The magistrate was asked to remand the s.oruscd for inquiries regarding the pawn- tickets. Algar; The pawntickets belong to my mother.  The stepfather was called, but did not answer. The girl was put back to see the Turt. missionary, Mrs. Triggs. Subsequently she was again brought to the dock. The Clerk: How many are there at home beside you ? Algar: Ten. sir. My youngest sister earns 4s. a. week. Anybody else earning money:—No, sir. Is your stepfather in work?—No. Sir; he has done only about five weeks' work this year, and we have to pay 6s. 6rl. a week rent. The Chairman (Mr. H J. Cook) recom- mended the girl to allow Mrs. Triggs to find her a situation as domestic servant, so that the stcrvfathcr r:ht be left to look after ins own farnil" nd bound her over under the Probation Act.

WiFE IN ASYLUM A London photographer, named Charles Marshall, was summoned at Newport to-day for disobeying a. maintenance order to pay 5F. per week towards his wife in Newport Asylum, whereby arrears amounting to £12 Is. 6d. had accumulated. Mr. Griffiths, general relieving officer. said Mrs. Marshall had been in the asylum 22 years. For the first nine years defendant was not asked to pay anything, but after that an order was made for payment of 58: per week. He had made default on several occasions, and there had been the greatest, difficulty in getting any money, although he was occupy- ing premises of a gross ratable value of E271 per annum. Defendant, appeared to think that he was harshly dealt with. but did not consider that. beside the 5s. per week he was asked to pay the ratepayers had to contri- bute 6s. per week. Defendant said he would have 7rwne to prison last December in default, but just happened to get the money in time. There was a bill of sale now on his furni- ture. The Bench made an order for pay. ment.

X-RAY CINEMATOGRAPH The latest thing in moving pictures is that obtained through the agencv of X-Rays. It was reported a little while a,fro that a, Dutch scientist had shown to a congress of German scientists a cinematographic representation of the beating of a human heart. That it is possible to take such photographs with a con- siderable measure of success is proved by the films which ahve just come into the posses- sion of Messrs. Pathe Freres. They show in 3, dramatic wav the ex--mipation of la patient's stomach by a doctor who employs X-Rays for the purpose. The man's interior is plainly visible upon the screen, and a cinematograph picture is thus easily obtain- able in the ordinary way. As a curiosity the film i" undoubtedly of great, interest. It is. however, scarcely suitable for popular pre- sentation. and the suggestion that ft is to be produced at the pictures in England is pro- bably unfounded.

BENCH PERPLEXED A Cardiff woman. named Mabel Olsen (21). was charged at Bristol on Friday with being drunk and incapable. The police produced a list which showed that Olsen had been con- victed 58 times for various offences, and it was a-dded that she had a sister in Cardiff whose behaviour was similar. Defendant told the bench that her parents resided at Caerphilly. She had been in a. situation at Roath Park for several months. The Chairman said it was a, miserable case, and they hardly knew what to do with her. She had been given so many chances. Defendant asserted that if given another opportunity she would do better. She dreaded going to prison again, for she was tired of it. The Bench sent her to gaol for fourteen days. Olsen: That won't do me any good!

TWELVE MONTHS' STRIKE I The employes of the Cumberland Railway and Coal Company, Springhill. Nova Scotia, who have been on strike since August. 1909. are appealing to miners everywhere to remain away from the colliery. They allege that men are being engaged at other pits a.nd then found employment at Springhill. Several matters are in dispute, and the men seek recognition of the United Mine Workers' Union of America, a wage scale agreement, payment by the ton inat?ad of the car. ami the adoption of a fair docking system. Mr. William Watkins. Springhill. Nova Scotia, is the secretary of the local Union. — I

Y,20,000 FOR PROFESSORSHIPI At Cambridge University to-day Canon Mason. Master of Pembroke, vacated the office of Vica-Chancellor, which he had held for two years. In an ad/lresn to the Senate, Canon Mason stated Sir Harold Harmsworth had offered £ 20.000 to found a Professorship of English Language and Literature, and that the Drapers' Company had offered to build a new physiological laboratory at a cost of £ 22,000, with £ 1,000 ad.ditional for fittings. The new Vice-Chancellor is Mr. R. F. Scott, Master of St. John's College.

TERRITORIAL'S LAST PENNY I William Homer, a, collier at Cross Keys, and a gunner in the Bisca Battery of the Territorial Artillery, was at Newport to-day ordered to pay 23s. as a defaulter from drills. This was the amount that the Territorial Forces Association had lost by h;a failure to attend the drills. Defendant said he had been unwell. and- when he was told tha-t he would have to pay the money within four- teen days, or. in default of distress on his goods, he would have to go to prison for seven days, replied. "Well, I spent my last I penny in coming here from Risca to-da.s."

DIAMOND MERCHANT'S SUICIDE I Mr. Jacob Isaacs, who lived at 91. Green- croft-gardens, West Hampstead, London. N. W.. committed suicide last ni 'ht in a fashionable hotel in i-he Champs Elysees. Pa.r<s. Mr. Isaacs, who was regarded as a man of considerable wealth, wa-s a diamond mercha.nt having business pla,c hoth in Lon- rion and Paris. He had been in Paris for some weeks, a.nd was thought to be in bad health. He was found in bed. and it was obvious that he had shot himself with a, revolver.

PROFESSION OF THE PRESSI A defendant, who was summoned fit Ponty- pool to-day for spitting on the floor of the court-room, was endeavouring to excuse his conduct, and said; "I was standing by the Press gang." (fani laughter.) The Clerk; Don't call them a gnna. They are members of a very respectable profession. (Renewed laughter.)

I CADET CORPS I A suggestion having been made that cadet corps companies be formed amongst the boys of the Newport Intermediate School, it has been decided that. although the formation of such corps was desirable, it was not advis- able to commence until Government finan- cial aid was adequate for their support and I equipment.

STRIKE IN SPAIN I MADRID. Saturday. It is Itnnonned from Ferrol this morning J that the British workmen employed on the naval constniotion work now proceeding in the Ferrol y?rds have gone out on strike. Details of the cause of the trouble are not jet known.

PHEASANT SHOOTING Pheasant shooting opened to-day in generally favourable weather. but the bad June this year has not been without its effect on the bird3. To-day shooting in Norfolk is chiefly confined to the open. Hand-reared oirds are about up to the average, wild birds having suffered more from drizzling rain during the summer. I

A serious outbreak of glanders has occurred on several farms in North Kent, and many valuable horses have been destroyed. j

West Wales Gentleman TO BE MADE SOLICITOR-GENERAL ? Important changes are believed to he in- pending in the great Law offices of the Government. In the last couple of years unusually heavy and fatiguing labours have fallen upon the Attorney-General, and it is understood that Sir William Bobson may shortly retire from an office which makes such enormous demands on his strength. An impending vaonnpy among the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, owing to the eypected rctirpment of Lord Collins, will probably be filled by the appointment of Sir William Robson. In that case the present Solicitor-General. Sir Rufus Isaacs, would, of course, become Attorney-General, while the Solicitor- Generalshipwould be offered to Mr. J. A. imoT1. K.C. LP. for the Waithamstow division. Son of a Pembrokeshire man. the Rev. Edwin Simon, for many years Congregational minister at Bath. Mr. J. A. Simon has had a distinguished career at Oxford, and became a Fellow of All Souls College in 1897. He was called to the Bar in 1899. and has had a career of unbroken success as an advocate. Acceptance of office by Mr. Simon would necessitate a bye-eiection in the Waltham- stow division.

WILD MAN AT THE BARBER'S! Frederick Ford <2h, attendant, pleaded guilty at the London Sessions to malicious damage at the shop of Julius Tartarsky. hairdresser, of Bethnal Green, and was con- victed of assaulting Detective Courtney. Tartarsky said prisoner came into his shop as a customer. There were two men in the j shaving-chairs and four others were waiting. Prisoner at once asked for a shave and a shampoo, and witness told him he must wait his 4urn. He picked up two bottles of dry shampoo, smashed a large plate-glass with one. but failed in an attempt to break a,nother. All the customers ran out of the 1 shop; one was only half shaved, and another; was being lathered. (Laughter.) Witness; struggled with the prisoner and got him out! into the street. There he rushed at the plate-glass window and smashed it with his fists, and after that he broke the glass panel in the door. Sentence was postponed until next sessions.

I PITFALLS IN A SOLDIER'S LIFE —— Lord Kitchener, in a preface to "In Khaki Clad." a volume of barrack-room reminis- ounces by the Rev. Walter E. Bristow, pub- j lished by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, says: Tb ere is no greater, advantage to the young man joining the Army than to obtain the true comradeship of an experienced soldier, who will then help him to avoid the many pitfalls that sur- round a soldier's life; and it is the duty of old soldiers to do their best to help newly- joined men to become a credit to their regi- ment and the Army. True comradeship really means helping other?. and it is only by setting an example of cheerful, clean living, and smart conduct that a. soldier can help friends and retain their lifelong com- J radeship."

A SONNET OF HARVEST HOME See what a, light of loveliness doth lie Over the autumn-tinted hill and plain! What tho' the glory of the golden grain Has gone from hence to swell the garner high? Wha-t tho' no more the happy reaper's cry Rouses an echo down the rustling lane— And but the wastes of poppies red remain Where waved the wealth of wheat and oats and rye? Is there no charm in the solemnity Of the reaped fields and the faatrfalling leaves ? No ringing joy which seems its voice to raise In the mute eloquence of gathered sheaves? Does not all nature plead with man to praise Our Bread of Life-now and eternally? Mavor Allan.

THE HUSBAND SCORED Mr. Flexby had become very dissatisfied with his wife's catering, eto. ringing her up on the telephone, he said I'd like to bring a friend home to dinner this evening. Have something good." "Why. certainly, my dear responded Mrs. Flexby. I John," she said, "you told me you were going to bring home a friend to have a din ner with us, and I've done my best to prepare a really nice meal. Now, where is he?" Mr. Flexby did not even blanch. My dear," he responded, I sa,id I'd like to bring a friend. I couldn't find one to bring. If dinner's ready, let's make a start. I'm hungry!"

I THE CRIPPLE AND THE CAD What do you think- of this incident? (asks "Madge," of "Truth"). A woman of gentle birth had a stroke of paralysis some time .go. and lost her means of livelihood in con- sequence. She now sings in the streets, hav- ing a clear, sweet, very pleasing voice. The other day the owner of a well-appointed house opened his front door and beckoned to her. When she came near. jerking herself along in the painful way of the paralytic, he said: "Go away! Yon are giving us all the stomach-ache!" Had a navvy behaved in this fashion there might be some excuse (though 1 don't think any navvy would!), but for a man occupying the position of a gentleman to insult a poor afflicted woman in this way is too abominable.

NEW ACT IN FORCE The Act of Parliament regulating the expor- tation of horses comes into operation to-day. Its object is to prevent horses being sent abroad in such a condition as to entail suffer- ing. and to achieve this it has been made illegal to send any horse out of Great Britain until it has undergone a veterinary examination at the hands of an officer appointed by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, or unless the owner has obtained special permission from the Board.

ELECTION OF AUDITORS The election of Cardiff City auditors takee place to-day. The candidates are Messrs. J. 8 Taylor and O. Coleman, the two retiring auditors, and Mr. A. E. Gibbon. accountant and secretary of Friendly Society, who was for many years connected with the Cardiff Gas-lig-ht and Coke Company. Polling takes place at St. John's School in Queen-street. The voting will he on the old register, and burgesses can only vote for one candidate.

I SMALL HOLDINGS SUCCESS Remarkable progress in the extension of small holdings and allotments is being made in Norfolk under the direction of the county council. During the past quarter this a.uthority obta ined,gi mainly by purchase, fifteen hundred acres to let to RIDall holders, and it is now in the position of landlord to over 600 tenants, who are occupying more than six thousand acres.

DISCREET Landowner (to sportsman); Do you know you are trespassing, sir? < Srortsman: Well er-I'm sorry, er-bgt I didn't know. Sir. Landowner: Can't you read private up here, sir? Sportsman: Excuse me, sir; but I never read anything that is private.

WORLD'S LARGEST SPONGE A Consular report on the annual Blue Book of the Bahama Islands contains a description of what is termed "the world's biggest sponge." It is perfectly round and is six feet in circumference a.nd two feet in diameter in every direction. When taken from the water it weighed between 801b. and 901b.

I KNIGHTHOOD FOR JUDGES I The King has been pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon Mr. Horace Avory. Mr. T. G. Horridge. and Mr. Eldon Batikes on their appointment to be judges of the High Court.

In consequence of a letter from a fourteen- year-old boy asking the council to provide a place for children to play, the Bushey Urban Council has begun negotiations for the acquirement of land for three recreation j l grounds in various parts of the district.

Bogus Mill ionai re I AMAZING CAREER OF COLORADO SMYTHE. An astounding story of fraud was told at St. Helens yesterday, when James Henry Smythe. who for the past eighteen months I ha" posed in that town as the "Colorado millionaire." was charged with obtaining goods to the 7alize of X264 by false pretences irom a local draper. There were five other charges of obtaining sums of money ranging fWill £5 to £ 100. Smythe pleaded guilty to all the rh;ugeA. and the story of his career was truly remark- able. He was horn in Durham, but removed I with his parents to Wigan. After being a Pit pony bov, a, railway porter, and a, signal- man, he married Margaret Smith, whose mother advanced f,90 to enable him to open a stationery business at Seaforth. A mysteri- 101):1 fire occurred there, and he went to I America. returning two years later. Tell-Tale Blotting ¡.;ad A tell-tale blotting pad revealed the fact that he wa.s corresponding with a young lady in America with a, view to marriage. Going to America, again, he obtained a. situation at the Massachusetts Metallurgical Institute, where he picked up a, knowledge of mining matters. He tra.veUed the States, and then learned the buainess Of a, painter and decorator. Seven years ago he started a. mining com- pany. the Queen Bee, which failed, and he afterwards formed the Ruth Manchester Con- solidated Development Company. Making the acquaintance of an influential gentleman, he borrowed ?10. which was re-paid. Confidence bein? thus gained, he borrowed from this gentleman ?4.000. all of which he had lost. A flash certincate for 15,000 shares in the Ruth Manchester Mine is his sole possession. Bigamy A Toronto gentleman was looking for Smythe to wring LS,orO out of him. and Smythe actually "obtained from him £30 to go to the Continent to obtain £ 6,000 from a gentleman there. He went, but did not return. Next he turned up at St. Helens, representing that he was buying up SHARES to obtain the control of the Ruth Manchester Mine. He showed letters from America congratulating him upon the great success of his mission, and he appointed a. local hotel keeper the secretary of the mine at a salary of Lt,000 a year. The hotel-keeper is still in the States waiting for Smythe. When arrested at New Brighton. Smythe was cohabiting with a young woman, named Davies, by whom he had a child. A woman whom he bigamously married in Boston is starving with her three children. Smythe stayed at the best hotels in England and America, one of his bills being for £68 at the Hotel Cecil. He admitted that he w.,i.s the "company," and that the whole thing was bogus. He was sentenced to two years' hard labour.

CANDID CONFESSION A young fellow named Henry MacDonald, alias Coate. of Blackfriars, was charged nt Marylebone yesterday with attempting to rob an unknown lady of a handbag in Man- chester-square. About 11.30 a constable said he heard cries of "Stop, thief!" in the direction of rortma-Ti -square, and S8.W the prisoner running. He gave chase, and caught him, and then went in search of the lady who was said to have raised the cry, but was unable to find her. At the police- station the prisoner confessed that, as he was turning out of the High-street. Maryle- bone, into Manchester-square, he saw two I ladies at the corner of Spanish-place. He tried to get the bag which one of them was carrying, but the handle broke, the lady screamed, an dhe ran. Prisoner was re- manded.

"I PINCHED THEM Wilha,m J hnson (29) was charged at Car- diff to-day with burglariously breaking and entering the -ergeants' room a,t the Cardiff Barracks, between the hours of 9.30 p.m. on September 30 and one a.m. on October 1. and stealing therefrom a pair of boots, of the value of £1." Police-constable Chedzey said that at five past one this morning he was in Catbays Park. and saw prisoner carrying the boots under his arm. Witness stopped him. a,nd wanted to know "Where did you get those boots?" He replied. I pinched them from the barracks an hour and a half ago." Accused, on being cautioned, said he got over the wall and then through the window into the officers' quarters, and he took the boots because he was hungry. On the application of Inspector Bingham a remand was granted until Thursday.

COLLIERY APPOINTMENT I Mr. Eustace Richards. who for the past two years has been acting-sales agent to Messrs. D. Davis and Sons (Limited), colliery proprie- tors, has been appointed sales agent from to- day (Saturday). Mr. Richards has been in the service of the Ferndale Collieries, as the firm of Messrs. D. Davis and Sons (Limited) is generally known throughout the coal trade, for something like 25 years, having passed through the various departments, and has a thorough knowledge of the trade and the special business of the compauy. The importance of the position may be realised when it is stated that the output of the collieries is not far short of two million tons annually.

TIMING THE EGGS I Hymns serve even better than the Lord's Prayer as a time-measure for egg-boiling, for they can be lengthened or shortened. according to circumstances. The bishop staying with one of his country clergy was cheered about the breakfast hour by the strains of Rock of ages proceeding from some distant room, presumably the kitchen. On sitting down to breakfast he mentioned the pleasure he had experienced. and con- gratulated his host on the devotional spirit shown by his servants. Ah, that must have been cook," remarked one of the vicar's children. She always sings Rock of ages' to boil the eggs; three verses for soft- boiled, five for hard."

I PLUCKY MAN ROBBED I An exciting midnight scene on the Victoria I Embankment was described at a, Westminster inquest last evening on the body of Minnie Maitlaud, a barmaid, out of employment. It was stated that the deceased had been worried on account of a debt for furniture. She threw herself from the embankment into the Thames, and James Edwards, a cabdriver, dived in to save the woman. but had to be rescued by the police whilst in danger. Edwards then discovered that his waistcoat, containing his day's takings, had been stolen. The jury returned a verdict of "Suicide whilst of unsound mind" in the case of Mait- I land. and highly commended Edwards and the constables. The jury handed Edwards money to make good his log,

I TOLD BY DEAN HOLE I One day at church, during morning prayer. A member of the congregation was distinctly tipsy; this man had been at a wedding the day before and had not slept off his drink. After a while Dean Hole stopped reading for a few moments, and said, sternly: Are you fit to remain in God's house ?" The ma,n got up as well as he could, and. with the help of James Blackney, left the church. After service Hole said Jameq. what did you do with him?" The reply was: "I put him on a tomb- stone, sir." Hole: "Couldn't you put him under it?"

THEFT OF A CAB I I The theft of a hansom-cab. in order that the indiarubber tyres might be removed, was related at London Sessions yesterday, when two men, named Goss and Powell, were each sentenced to fifteen months' hard labour for having stolen a horse and cab, left un- attended in Regent-street, shortly after mid- night. A detective stated that he arrested I prisoners with the cab at three a.m. in West- minster Bridge-road. There was no doubt they had taken it. he said, to remove the rubber tyres. A number of convictions were proved a.gainst both prisoners.

BATTLESHIP DEMOLITION I The Dutch firm which purchased the obso- lete battleship Anson (10,600 tons) have created a record, no vessel of her size and tonnage having been demolished in so short a peiiod as thirteen months. The Anson yielded a, rich harvest of steel, copper, brass, timber, and other material, and the whole has been removed, together with the firm's plant and factory vessels. The last of the Dutchmen who have been eneaged on the work left be Mersey yesterday.

Grandpa: Don't get scared, Willy; the tiger is about to be fed; that's what makes him jump up and roar so. Willy (easily): Oh, I: ain't afraid of him, grandpa; papalu the, same way when his meals ain't ready. j

Danger of Canine Kiss ——— ——— ILADIES WHO PAMPER SICKLY DOCS There ia no doubt that the modern woman cannot boast of as fine a head of hair (of I her own. that is) as her sister of a few decades ago A Kensington hairdressing expert, in con- versatioii with a press representative yester- day, suggested that the pet dogs so popular | tvnn society ladies are in seme degree to blame. Ladies do not recognise to what extent their pet dogs are responsible for their falling hair. The pampered. overfed terriers almost invariably suiter from some form of skin disease or other, and the ioolishly-fond lady who spends her time between stroking her pet and patting her ba,ck hair into shape carries ttie bacilli to her own tresses every time. It is not only their ha,ir that suffers very often. Dogs are constantly ilosiiig' for old bones, and the sentimental mistresses who kiss their poodles run the risk of contract- ing a. deadly fever. One of my patrons, who is a. doctor's wife, assured me only yesterday that her husband had tra.ced two or three serious maladies of the character I have mentioned to a canine kiss." Mr. Edward Sewell, a veterinary surgeon, whose business is almostly entirely confined to the upper ten. said that he had known ■cases where the highest ladies in the land had contracted mange from their pet dogs. The parasites would only live on a human being for eight or nine days," be ad(]-e(l, biit in that time they a.re often able to do lot of damage. This especially applies to the tender skin of the scalp." Moist eczema, and mange, are two of the commonest diseases that toy dogs suffer from, and two of the easiest for human beings to catch. Ladies often refuse to let their dogs out of their sight when they are on the sick list. They insist on treating them themselves, with the result that some- times they geL very bad attacks from the little animals. I Such skin troubles must have a very serious effect on a woman's hair, but the difficulty could be quite easily obviated if the mistresses of the dogs would send them to hospital when the disease attacks them, or would at least wear gloves when they are treating them."

A DRY SEPTEMBER Only once in the past 40 years has the London district experienced so dry a Sep- tember as during this year. The month which ended yesterday had only four rainy days, yielding a total rainfall of only 0.55in., or 1.51in. short of the average, the only Sep- tember with a, smaller total being Septem- ber. 1398. when only O.Slin. fell. The dryness of the past month was more marked than appears from the total rainfall, for of the amount collected by the rain-gauge more than half (.36in.) fell on one day, leaving less than a quarter of an inch for the remaining 29 days.

PRISONER'S ESCAPE While being onveyed yesterday to Stafford Prison after having been committed for trial by the Leith justices on a charge of stealing bicycles, a man named Ferns made a bold dash for liberty. The constable locked his prisoner, who was handcuffed, in a room at Stoke Railway Station, but during the officer's absence Ferns burst the lock. Still handcuffed, he passed along the crowded platform unobserved and got clear away. Eight hours later he was re-captured at Warrington. He had then slipped one handcuff, and made a, desperate fight for freedom, but wa,s eventually overpowered.

A GOOD BARGAIN A nawy entered a tobacconist's shop the other day and asked for half an once of tobaoco, sold at threepence-halfpenny per ounce. The shopman placed it on the counter with the remark, Twopence, please." The navvy asked for another half- ounce. and on receiving it he said, Then this one will only be three-halfpence?" Certainly." replied the shopman. Well, this will do for me," said the navvy as he placed his three-halfpence on the counter and walked out of the shop.

E40 PEARLS FOR 8s. Considerable interest has been aroused by a stateman" made a.t the annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society by Professor Bashford. Dean of Columbia University, that the Japanese have discovered a, means of inducing oyster to make perfect spherical pearls. There is no danger of the secret j method becoming public property." the professor said. aA the dealers can get £40 for a pearl. the artificial production of which costs only Be., and they fear a drop in prices if the invention were made known."

DOMESTIC & DIVORCE COURT An anxious mamma in the Midlands, whose daughter wanted a place as a domestic, wrote the other day to a London servants' registry office thus:—"I wish my girls to be with married folks as are likely to behave them- selves, as I wouldn't like my daughter to be called upon to give evidence in a, Divorce Court, as so many servant girls do nowa- days." A situation has been found for the lass in the home of an amiable septuagena- rian couple. who have never had a single conjugal wrangle.

DRIVEN TO ASYLUM A Perplexed Taxpayer," in a, letter to the Times," savs:-Mr. Lloyd George is very eloquent upon the subject of the extra- ordinary intelligence of the local officers entrusted with duties in connection with Form IV. I wonder if he would be interested to know that I have within the last week become aware of an authentic case in my neighbourhood where one such intelligent officer has so far broken down under the strain of those duties aa to necessitate his being sent to a. lunatic asylum ?

WATERED MILK For selling watered milk sentence of three months' imprisonment was passed by the Bristo. magistrates yesterday upon Herbert Smith. farmer, whose wife said he ha,d sold the business and gone to New Zealand. leav- I n( her only £10. She denied that she was interested in the business. and the summons against her was dismissed. The Bench said there was a, long record of PREVIOUS convic- tions and heavy finee a.gainst the male defen- dant.

NO ENEMY LEFT TO LOVE A missionary was spending some time in Texas, where he met a fierce-looking man of the cowboy type. and begged him. instead of fighting, that he should love his enemies. Anything but that, passon; it's impos- siUe." Impossible? How?" I an't got a enemy to live. I shot the last of 'em!"

FLEETWOOD FIRE I Thousands of pounds damage was done by A fire which broke out at Wyre Dock. Fleet- wood, at midnight last night. A large block of building were destroyed, comprising R. steam trawler. offices, and warehouses, in which were stored large quantities of oil, paints, nets, ropes, and general ships' stores.

CHANNEL BOAT TRIPS In another column will be found the details of P. and A. Campbell's sailings for the on- coming week, these including from to-day (Saturday) runs to Clevedon and Bristol, at convenient times and exceptionally low rates.

DISTINGUISHED PATIENTS The Countess of Dunraven passed a very good night, but there is no improvement in her condition to-day The condition of Lord Borthwick still con- tinues to be serious.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS John Jones. Shingrig-road. N(,Isoli .-The Royal Show opened at Cardiff on June 27, 1901. I

DRY CLEA T:NG.-l. Minny-street, CathaM The death was announced yesterday of Mr. William Foreman, of Ilford, in his hundred- and-tirst year. He retained all iiis faculties j to the end.

Payment of Members AMERICAN LEGISLATORS' LUXURY It may be stated with confidence that if pa.yment of members ever comes to pass, thv good sense of the House of Commons, aided by the economic leaven of the Scottisfc members, will prbvent the abuse of the pri,, vilege as it is known in the United States. Uncle Sam has a eoft heart and a FUM purse for his legislators. Each member of the Senate gets X,1,000 a year for his ser- Nims He ha,s four employes, in various capacities, at.ta.ched to him, one of whom. a page, receives Cl86 a, year. In addition, he has the use of baths of all kinds. Russian or Turkish; and in sumptuously-appointed saloons he ca,n have his hair cut, his lin shaven, or his beard trimmed. He L\ further, allowed £25 a year for newspapers and stationery, and an allowance for travel. ling which, before the days when railway passes were prohibited, went into his pocket. The Government also pays the chemist's bills for medicine and toilet articles, and in one year alone a single firm in Washington received L320 for such supplies. A single hot week in June cost the country £ 29, which was expended in lemons to a.llay the sena- torial thirst.

OCTOBER SUPERSTITION There are a, few superstitious members OF the House of Commons, and they may not view with favour the fact that the political campaign is to re-open by Mr. Balfour's speech on October 5. Octoher is a month fraught with omen in the political world, a,nd many great figures at St. Stephen's have found their careers closed before the month has come to an end. Parnell always believed that the month was peculiarly fatal to any- thing he had in hand. He was arrested aa a political suspect in October. 1631; five years later he had a serious illness in the month of October. and he died on October 6. 1891. Once, hen a friend inouired after his health, Parnell replied, quite seriously, that he waa fairly well. but that he was suffering from October, his unlucky month. On the very day that he died, Mr. W. H. Smith, "Old Morality," also passed away. The Earl of Derby died on October 23. 1869. Lord Palmer- eton on October 13. 1865, Colonel Saunderson on October 21, 1906. and Sir Henry Drum- mond Woolf on October 11. 1908. To make the grim story complete, one has only to add that the Houses of Parliament were burned down on October 16, 1834.

FELL INTO BAD COMPANY Laura George (25). pleasant-featured and well-dressed, was charged on a warrant at; Cardiff to-day with assisting in the manage- ment of a disorderly house at 2. Sandon- street, on divers dates. Police-constble V ictor Chappell at midnight invaded the premises, and in the kitchen saw prisoner and another woman. In defence, she said she had only been there a. week. and she further hazarded the view that a couple of months would do her good. Inspector Bingham reported 23 previous appearance#, and said prisoner, though respectably connected, in early life fell into bad company. The Chairman (Mr. F J. Beavan) said he and his colleague (Mr. Joseph Howard) were perplexed what to do in such a case. pitying as they did, and also blaming, the prisoner. Giving her the two months she asked for, Mr. Beavan, in quoting her own words, expressed the hope it would do her good. What Laura might have thought, if she had any opinion upon the subject ahe did Dot state.

WOMAN'S LOVE OF GOLD People who made colossal fortunes were often crushed by their responsibilities, said Mr. Frederick Townsend Martin, brother of Mr. Bradley Martin. the well-known American millionaire, in the course of an address on the danger of the love of gold, which he delivered yesterday to a gathering of Highlanders at Glenurauhart. Once when at a. brilliant function in London Mr. Martin said a woman, whose name was a household word in society, and who occupied a power- ful place in the political world and ranked among the wealthiest women of the nation, said to him. with quivering lips and blazing eyes: I am almost ashamed to confess that I dream night and day of gold. I want to have a room in my house nlled with gold, where, in the night-time. I could bury myself in yellow sovereigns and hear the jingling of the music of the thing I love best."

I THE KING'S "WELSH NURSE There appears to be little doubt (says the London correspondent of the "Liverpool Courier") as to the bona-fides of the Pitts- burg woman who claims to be the nurse of King George. The King has received a letter from her setting forth her remarkable his- tory. and asking for some recognition of what she did for him as a child. His Majesty. I understand. is not only satisfied with her credentials, but is arranging for her early return to her native Wales, where she may end her days in peace. Mrs. Roberts is in her 73rd year, and she was a member of King Edward's household for ten months.

WANTED A SHAKER A new use for the passenger lift was sug- gested by Mr. Eustace Miles yesterday, in a lecture at the F.M. Restaurant, Chandos. street. Slackness, he said, is as infectious A disease as influenza and the culture apparatus most needed in England to-day was a machine to give people a, good shaking up. The passenger lift, he believed, could easily be converted into such a machine, to the great advantage of English leg and foot deve- lopment. As it is, the life does not lift the mind, and the elevator does not elevate. WQ want, instead, a waker and a shaker.

I CATCH-MY-PAL MOVEMENT Extraordinary scenes marked the opening of the Catch-my-Pal Temperance Movement in England at Hoylake last night. The Rev. Mr. Pattison, its founder, moved the crowded audience to a high pitch of enthusiasm. Nearly all present signed the pledge. A man, with clenched fists, cried, "We will see this thing through," while women followed with the incantation. If men won't, women will." Few were able to preserve mental equilibrium, so strong was the wave of emotion perva.ding the meeting.

EXPLOSION MYSTERY The police yesterday made a search of the debris at the residence of Mr. William Reece, at Willesden. which was severely damaged by a, mysterious fire and explosion on Sunday night. It had been suggested that the cause of the affair was the presence of a burglar. who had set the place on fire. and. being killed in the explosion which followed, had been buried in the debris. However, despite a most diligent search, no trace of a body was found, and the police regard it P3 impossible for any person to have deliberately caused the explosion and then get away.

LOYALTY OF CANAOA Bishop Taylor Smith, chaplain of hia Majesty's forces, interviewed at Liverpool to. day on his arrival from Canada, said there was no question of the loyalty of Canadians, but a,t the same time it seemed to him the British men and British money must be poured into the country unless we wanted to see Canada influenced to too great an extent by the United States.

CHILD'S NECK DISLOCATED A remarkable fatality occurred yesterday evening at Skewen, near Neath. Violet Davies. aged four. daughter of a miner, was playing with a rope attached to two trees, when she slipped, striking her chin violently against) the rope. Her neck was dislocated, and s'ao was killed on the spot.

CUTTING A BEAR'S CLAWS An officer of the Royal Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals was yesterday granted a summons at Wood-green against a performer at the Alexandra Palace. named Mann, better known as Captain Henry, a. li'on-tamer, for alleged cruelty to a bear. It was stated that Mann cut the animal's clows with a carpenter's chisel and hammer.

VAN STOLEN During the three minutes' absence of the driver a heavily-laden Pickford's delivery van was stolen from a Southwark-street. After some of the contents had been abstracted the van was abandoned and sub- sequently returned to the depot by the police.

"Just think" said Mrs Walkin to her visitor the very next day after my NEW black DRESS was sent home 1 was called to go o.ut of town to a funeral." Wasn't that nice:" was the absent-minded reply.