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ISLAND FOR SALE The Inland of Tir»c is asain to I.,o exposed for sale in Jannary. When pi,c,.oiitity adver- tised by the owner, the Duke or Artryll, the upset price of the island was fixed for JE150.000. At that time the d1.41,e:; the late Ladv Victoria Campbell, resided much in Tiree. The island contains M>nce sood mavble, and the soil is very rich. The chief attraction is for the part;.IJ:13;1. fOi tÍle ,,¡¡i;Je shooting is unrivalled.

THE TAILORS FRIEND" Vaster td01' at n mcctiiff y??terda.v decided to their virctrayes from two until forjr on the d&y cf the f:'71('1] of ),[;1> Fraser. "the tailors' friend." who ci: at Upper Wf.ofbonrne- terraco. on Sundry, 87. The late King, it will be reaseaihe-frS. uavo Miw Ern?er a brooch las. January in recognition of her work.

ALLEGED FHAUD ON CUSTOMS NEYF YOSK. Tuesday. Followine njxtn ti t- a;of ho Federal ■woollen Clarence Walters, rrpr?*CT!tl;r.r Sfcwrs. J-itm V. Hr'SR# and Son. ci' Cradiori. uarrwtwl here yeatorday on a charvrp i'f defraud in ff the <-nstonw. HV r. WaMor* t dc^ribed am a nløi- dent membpr ft the firm lit New York, and the charto oti of th-ö a.ilpsett tinder- valuatiott ci voolisn gooda.—C«ntrai -News,

STOP PRESS I 1 ——- Latest Telegrams. I TALTES VirtOS OSBOFvXE. AGAIN SI'I'S THE A.S.KA In the ChariceiT Division to-day tfceie wa ,"i iii'nci' pha-y id th« Osborne ea&e. when tho • ■I .iifiti*f in thv fninooi» judsmeut. Mr. Walter i' n Oshcrr:Kfd the Si<nety i f Kaiiway ewevants and the trn.stces :f -Kitt.r tiic i:»icr to '.rv.-itir ;i declaration thui ;i resolution i>f the estfuiive committee •»! r!n-* i>aa<»e<] (on June 3 1,1.1:. Ã.rle';in4 iim from the -»•'> 'iety aini fU.-?"ivjn<r +h4 11 rhaTiist.-w br:»:n:}i. of whicb he wa? ;< ;7Wii;i:-r. iv;i> ill? v i res. ;>nd u>" an i-;r. :¡: J,j; :E;, :J1 th, ,f!.I'll('n. ¡ ell 'rle -E,?! ?l?il i j J i I | I I ¡ ¡ I I I I I i I I I I i I j I

(  .————.  YORKSHIRE SAVINGS -I Here are some gems of nhilosophv from Bob Stubbs' "Yorksher Awrnyrsack." just pub- lisheti Ifelnbs wor shut tip. husbands ud ctta get tul an invent a lot o' new eXClise". It isn't aw,iii dewin a man a kindness ta trecat him wi' a pint of ale. Siimtiuies it's dewin him a Lisger kindness ta sup t' ale yer-ien! He's a pooar Kinp at requires puffm up! i T' time ta te3t yer friends is when yo I need -,Tn! Parents isn't awlus biinnd ta ther chil- follies, even if they shut ther epn ¡ A spiittin heeadviarrk in a mornin' ma dew mooar good ner a teetotal 1 ecmre at I neet! Them at keeps abt o' t' wotter they nivver get drarndefj A shap at prays for a cleean heart he j I owta keep his eikin cleean! Oppenin hymn at Armia be noa. mooar partins." It's a funny tiling'. i?> inshewrance money. Yo pay it i' teears, and you draw it i' teear«'

j CHILD FATALLY BURNT I j Whilst a collier's wife. named Smart. was • doing a lit tie shopping on Saturday last she left the other children in charge o,L an elder girl. and on returning she beard screams from her how,e at Steam Mill'. On rushing inside the found one of the children—a gjr. aged about lour—in a mass of flames. The poor child wa" very badly burnt, and, despite attention from Dr. Cre^wei!. she succumbed I to her injuries.

I CARDIFF D0CKSMAN DEAD I Mr. >b Morgan has died at his residence, -ik I!ouqe, V.-hitl"punh. He was at bui-i- ne-38 as recently a* Thursday at the Docks, where he was we1 known and held in much t esteem. For many years he was with Messrs. | Si.in«in Bros., and started in business thir- tyca;^ ;ro with Mr. J. P. radogan as pit wood importers and coal "exporters. The dec«asod gentleman Iaq"" 3, Widow, two grown-up pons, arid a dnnfrliter. He will be j greatly missed at thy Docks. j

FEARS OF A RUPTURE j T' i««d a y. A St. Petersburg tolfSram t) the "Tag"- Illtt" fswiis are entertained of a diplomatic, rupture between Turkey and Persia. General GuerngrosJ. ^Hief of the Kussian staff, ham left for Kare to be ready for any eventuality.—CentrnJ Newa.

t.vrrr Hex ot P.N'ir.ANn'S fiT.OR V MATCYIM Meod Bjcaaa MOSr, WORK foj British workp«<vpl».~Mote- 3f1(L Oloucwtesr. e689 "How do yon like this mat"leal eaap?" Inquired the barber, i<wn«i nourlahitiK." moli.-I the cfirtollier, "bttt F"» had my broakfewt"   I   M????????M  S??? a ?-?t??=???-ti?ti?_niJt?JttZ<B'M=E-X.s:am ??, HYÄRêHiR"11 ? OY!tMjJ ?.. ? I *i- w «-r —j ?MtPH? of OKC-O?M??f?f? Archer's Golden Meiuriss S Tit a Porlccticn o! P->-i To<iaec9» -i' 1.10L. S*'r/Y \C K' V,

The Man In (ha Street j The Man ;.i itha Street, 0 ii With the fine times ther are having ) in poor old Ireland. it wou id '0:l1 1h, the rest of the Cnitecl Kingdom has a lot to learu in respect to the conduct oi eleftioiis. The HEdmonùiÜs and tiie O'Brienites are out to enjoy themselves, ) and, far from heIng satisfied with the prosaic making of speeches, they are lite- rally treading en the taiis of their enemies' coats. In the good old times sportsmen were satisfied with the effective use of dairy produce. But in these days I of competition eggs are too precious to be used up as missiles for candidates, who j are mostly content to shine as targets for hecklers, and the game is often :1, sorry one when questions are sen C lp to the j chairman with oceans of time to advise 1 the ambitious M.P. in embryo as to the most suitably crushing retort. All 01 which is much too slow for the sport- loving gentlemen in the Green Isle, where I blackthorns are grown with a fairly good idea as to their use in political debate. in Cork City, for example, one has to possess a. pretty thick skull to escape scathless from the attentions of the side. Every J?edmondite considers himself at perfect liberty to crack the head of an OJBricnite, and wheno-ver there is any t, doubt on either side it seems that the Royal Irish Constabulary are in readiness { to make iip for any signs of backwardness I' in their fellow-countrymen. As it is played in Ireland the game is 1 more vigorous than that of the suffra- gettes, who. somehow or other, seem to spoil matters by getting locked up before the Cabinet Ministers have a real good chance of retaliation. It may be worth a minute of your yaluahle time, dear reader, to study the method of our neigh- bours across St. George's Channel. First j of all, it is necessary to persuade the j ambitious legislator to put up for at least two constituencies, in the one that has been faithful to him and in the other that has adhered to the principles of the other side. When this system is genc-I rally adopted it is more than passing strange if there is not plenty of fun to follow. All you have to do is to invade the other fellow's territory and call him all the complimentary names that the Speaker of the House of Commons in his ignorance would taboo. Your political opponent loves to be termed a blackguard. It gives him the opportunity of labelling I you a villain in all the choice epithets his knowledge of the language permits. And when the dictionary fails him there is quite a treasure of words to explore that -Johnson and Webster never dreamt of. Better still, when the wordy warfare is over there is no need to go quietly home while a few native blackthorns are at hand to enforce arguments that have failed when falling from an ineffective mortal tongue. However, it seems scarcely fair that all these good things should he restricted to the use of Ireland. In Croat Biitain there are 1.058 candidates, for o60 seats. ] This yields an average of nearly two candidates for every seat. This is much too many. Let every candidate put up for two constituencies—three or four, if you like-and then we should have some of that fun which makes life worth living in the land of the shamrcxJc. Two con- stituencies for each candidate might be a rule worth adopting. For one thing, it ought to weed out the weaklings. And with the number reduced, the supporters of either side might have something] worth fighting ahout. Th6 principle might 'be carried further, and the retir- i ing Cabinet Ministers could be pitted against the Front Opposition Bench. Whei-i the battle is won and lost the victors would be able to distribute their favours on sporting iines.. Say, those who had cracked the most heads should be awarded the safe seats on either side. and we might finish up with a tourna- ment on old English methods, with the probable result that dead men would be calculated as ineligible to sit at West- minster. Another way would be for Mr. Asquith and Mr. Balfour to light the' constitutional question on the links. It j would be an interesting combat, but not nearly so lively as the Irish fashion. Though many of us have sojourned a goodish time in this vale of General Elections and other woes. we seem to be j a long while recognising the value of bridges in the saving valuable time I and the preservation of even more" pre- cious breath. The Bed well ty Urban Council have suggested the advisability of ereding a bridge between Bargoed and A be rbar go ad across the Rhv:nl>v alley. As the crow mes, the distance I from the one place to the other is scarcely worth considering. But the inhabitants of Bargoed and .berbaroed do not whirl about the world like birds, and. for that matter, most of them have yet to indulge in aeroplanes. Probably a few more years will roll before airships become fashionable in the district. In the meantime, the world is going round, and the suggestion of a bridge is being forwarded to the Gelligaer Council, who will doubtless bead their best attention I to the matter. There are ot her places where bridges are needed, and if the time is coming when Llaudaff and Whit- church are to be embraced in Bigger Cardiff one of the lirst improvements called for will be a bridge across the T aff to connect Llandaff and Maiudy. The&o districts are merely separated by a stream, and it is a case of "So near, yet so far." Another want is at the railway crossing on the Leek I with-road out of Cardiff. All sorts of traveller, are pulled np every day at this spot, and on Saturdays football spec- tators have to wait in their hundreds before they can get to or from Ninian ¡ Park. Improvement is sadiy needed at the Pen hill cross roads at Cardiff, where it is impossible for anyone to anticipate approaching traffic from any direction. As Dr. Charles T. Yachell suggests, a policeman would be very convenient at this spot, where there must be many narrow escapades every day. A bicycle with a defective break proceeding down either Pcnhill or the T'oad from Llandaff j places its rider entirely in the lap of for- tnne-he probably clears every obstacle somehow, and an occasional spill ends in not-bing worse than a few bruises, perhaps. Rut- one of these days there will he a fatal accident and then there vriii he a to have something done. Motor-cars pass this spot in large num- bers, as well as many other vehicles, ( and it is invariably a source of worry to drivers to get safely past. The corner itself should be improved to provide a bend that affords a view of from fifty to a hundred yards, and in the meantime a policeman should be placed there to control the traffic. Life i" still regarded a.s the most precious asset to human beings, but the manner in which it is risked at this particular spot is hardly within the bounds of common- sefxse. Here is a little matter which should occupy the attention of the IJan- dilff District Council, who coiiid approach the Standing Joint Committee for a little assistance. ■ — i

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SMUGGLERS' BEEHIVE HATS Two young smartly dressed Parisian lacliee, wearing large beehive bate, arrived at Bellesarde. Switzerland, last night in the Geneva-Paris eiprees. They declared nothing and ostentatiously opened their baggage at the douane. An offlcia-l, however, noticed that they seemed to experience much difficulty in balancing their large hats on their heads, and the ladies were requested to paes into a .private room, where their headgear was examined. The roofs of the beehives con- tained not honey, but saccharine packed in an airtight box fitted ingeniously into the hat. On the ladies paying a heavy fine they were allowed to continue the journey minus the saccharine, but retaining their hats, which might have been confiscated also.

j KING LEOPOLD'S WEALTH —— A fresh scandal is likely to arise regarding the legacies of Leopold II. Besides the £000,000 which the daughters of the late King have already received, there is an amount of £ 2,000,000 which, according to the will. belongg to the Belgian State. Princess Louise, the eldest daughter, contests this, and is bringing a lawsuit for payment of her share of the £ 2,000,000. The other two Princesses came to an arrangement with the Belgian State, agreeing to receive £ 120.000 each, but it appears now that they are not satisfied with this compromise, and that if Princess Loizise is successful with her lawsuit the other Princesses will demand an increase.

IN LOVE WITH A PRIEST i ) The extraordinary spectacle of a fight in a church is repotted from Castellon, Portugal. A young lady fell violently in love with a handsome young Spanish Jesuit priest, Juan Maral. and besought him to abandon the priesthood and marry. He. however, rejected tlie lady's advances. On Sunday she went to the church where Maral ¡ wad preaching and addressed him in endear- ing terms, which the priest hotly resented. The ongregationc took sides, half siding with the lady and the others with the priest. Blowe were freely exchanged, and it was only I when a force of Civil Guards was called in that order was restored. Over twenty persona were injured.

I WOMEN AND SPORT A di«cu6»ion is going on at New York regarding the increasing interest taken by j American girls in sport and athletics generally, and the effect that they hivo upon them. The opinion of some experts in these I matters make Americans, who have long prided themselves on the beauty of their I women, chagrined and indignant. Mr. John Alexander, president of the National I Academy of Design, says that "athlctics are making American women flatchested, large waisted, and small hipped. Jn a few years they will so nearly resemble men that feminine clothing will appear incongruous."

CHURCH SENSATION A good deal of comment has been excited in church circles in Peterborough, by the announcement that the marriage of the Rev. R. E. Roberts, precentor and minor canon of Peterborough Cathedral, to Miss Evelyn EuJl. daughter of Mr .E. C. Hull, .J.P. of Earls- wood Mount, Surrey, and Queen's-gate. Lon- don, will not take place. The ceremony was to have been performed at Holy Trinity Church. Keusingtou. on December 1. The banns had been published and all the wed- ding arrangements were well forward, hut dnrin.g the week-end all invitations were cancelled. j

SHOWING HER DISLIKE I Eva Thompson, a young Girl, was remanded \¡ for inquiries at Hastings yesterday, charged with doing wilful damage at St. Peter'a I Church, St. Leonards. The accused said that she did not like tbe vicar, and it was stated that she entered the church on Sunday after- noon, threw vases f-tri the altar, and tore leanei out of the Communion Service book.

I'M A GIRL," SAID THE "BOY" I A good-looking boy, who was prevented I from travelling to Coventry from Euston without a ticket, vas threatened that he would he sent to it home. "Are they all boys there: he asked. Upon being answered iii the iffirrnative he repliecl, **Well. J'm jA I-prl." Tic" was then taken to the police- station and provided with girl's clothing. The case will be taken at the Clerkenvrell I Police-cot. rt to-day. I

170 ALPINE VICTIMS !N A YEAR I 170 ALPINE VICTIMS IN A I According to statistics published by the Sv. i-js newspapers, the number of climbers ) killed in the Swiss and Italian Alps from October 31. 1909, to pctober 31, 1910. was i^iiety, whil eighty other climbers were seriously injured. The Swiss head the list of victim?, and are followed by German, British. Ainerica-n, and Italian tourists in the order named. _h ¡

IF A WELSHMAN HAS A TOLD he < URF.S it liAYWAX'S HALSAM. Cash piH00 l. and 9.3. t,d. or Chemists aDd Stores. e2S83—1 | Brooks." said ttiverts. tbaf. the <.„(1 time I've heard yoa use the pbra-,e, achlng void.' I wish you would tell me how a, void can ac.be." "Well," F-i-id Brooks, reflecting a moment. not to speak of a hollow tooth, don t you aombttmeo have the headadhe.

I 1HE GUlFiliei I f i Last Night's Speeches I 1 ARGUMENTS FROM ALL SIDESI SIR fVOJt HERBERT: J tie one issue of this election is whether or not equal fairplay is to be accorded Libera! ) as well as Tory. Mr. C. P. 14ARGREAVES. As to the Unionist- policy, our first duty is 1 to see that the Crown is not allowed to be dra-cged into the controversy. Mr. VSLLIERS MEAGER: í wav; pained to see that the German j menace was treated with levity by a section in the Swansea audience. The reason Ger- many ha-s not invaded us already is that she is r.ot ripe for it. MR. CLEM. EDWARDS: It has been said that the House of Com- mons is the mother of Parliaments, but some- times it is called the father of PaT'U:nreut=. If the latter be true, then it seems to me tha ? the Houee of Lords is much in the same posi- j tion as the mother-in-law. (Laughter.) I Mr. W. F. PHILLIPS (Govver7: ) And then the Socialists said: We are! heart and soul with yon when you put a half- penny in the £ on land and do not object to I the taxation proposals of the Budget, but we I argue that. tbe taxation should be Zùs. in the I X." That was confiscation, and not taxation. (Cheers). I Mr, LEWIS HA SLAM It is really humiliating that the ablest Government the country has ever seen should spend weelts and months in bringing j about legislation, and to find that all it., labours have been thrown aBide by a body of men who represf'?ed no one but. those they saw in a looking-glass. (Laughter.* i LORD DONOUGHMCRE: I hope Cardiff is not going to lose sight of what ir the 'bern? of the whole matr. It is the Radical party, that wants to beep us as we are, and it is the OnioaiEft party that wants to alter the constitution of the Second Chamber and bring it into touch more dOSllliy with the facts of modern political life. SIR EDWARD GREY: I would fa,r rather have as much fuss as we have had. and more fuss than we have had. about such a, thing as Form IV. than have an agitation against the Government of this country because the increase in the cost, of food was due to a tariff. That is the difference between our Free Trade Budget aud their Tariff Reform. j Sir A, MOND: In 1902 Mr. Chamberlain was very largely concerned about the urgency of Tariff Reform, for at Newport he told them the tin- ] plate trade was dying, and until they put a. tax OIl butter and corn they would never be able to buy any more tin-plates. What had happened since? They were selling more tin-plates and putting up more tin-plate niills thati eyer. SIR C. HYDE: We wish to bring in a measure to meet the difRcuity of the Labour pa11y brought about by the Osborne judgment. I have seen the excellent work done by Labour representa- tives with their intimate knowledge of the life of the working classes, and I would be I sorry to see anything done ju the House of Commons which would in any way interfere with Labour representation. Alderman LEWIS MORGAN: I! The present Government has been in power j since 1906, and has passed 250 bills, everyone of which was appro-ved by the House of Lords with the croeption of six. and yet we find the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Home Secretary goinu- about the country saying that the House of Lords threw out all Bills seut up to them by the present Govern- ment. Mr. JOHN BURKS: In the Lords' own interests the time has ai-ri-ve(i when Liberais should say to them: "No longer shall you arrogate to yourself powers and pero&'atives that no other estate of the realm 'would have an opportunity of I enforclmr. The tLme has a.rr?cd. so far as ltlie House of Commcns is concerned, when, if yon wish to ride on the same horse, you must ride behind." EARL. OF PLYMOUTH: I The preeent political crisis is, perhaps, the gravest we have been confronted with in recent years, and it behoves every elector to II give his vote at the coming election with a due sense of the responsibility upon him. If he does so, T cannot but think that. lie will cast it for the maintenance of the Union of Great Britain and Ireland, and for a strong and reformed Second Chamber. Mr. BIRRELL: We want an effective and impartial Second j Chamber that will be effective not only when Mr. Lloyd George is in power, but when the Tories are in office. Some people are terribly frightened at Mr. Lloyd George. but I am terribly frightened of the Tories. I cannot sleep in my bed o' nights think- ing of what will happen if they should get ) a majority in the House of Commons and < bring in Tariff Reform. (Laughter.) Mr. M'KEIUNA: is v.-ikh;n oui* grasp, and who would not. be sad at lying in hospital while his comrades are winning deathless laurels on the field of battle?' God speed you all in the flebt for tbe people. The food of the poor shall, not he taxed to bolster up the for- tunes of ereat capitalist monopolies and triista The voice of the people, ?peaking through their chosen representatives, shall I not b9 overborne and silenced by the veto of s. privileged caste. I'" L'L' 0< MR. JOSEPH CHAMBER—AIN I 'ist. vear has been fixed lor tne Colonial i Conference, and it would be a misfortune if 'it were to pas., without our being able to I come to an agreement which would establish ¡ reciprocal trade arrangements with our dominione acro-ss the seaR. A slight j' preference giveTI to 00r Colon tea on the articles which they pro(i*!(> £ will sccure at least equal concessions from them as regards our manufactures, and these mutual benefits ought to be settled at the coming conference. I LORD AV¡tSURY: u As I cannot suppose that mr. uioya Oeorge would deliberately state what he knew to be untrue, I ca 11 only conclude that he really knows nothing about the House of Lords, and that he himself, as he incorrectly alleges of them. is not. in touch with the realitie" of life." The members of the House of L,wds. in fact. so far from being M Mr. IJoyd Georsre seems to imagine, a number of use- less and inexperienced idlers, are in reality a body of very liarci workers and men of immense experience. Kr, wrNSTON CHURCHILL: M I ? The Tory parry na jJU  A" cf the rca1 Q?f?tio')s of the day. rhor tem- per?n?e policy ? to ?ct the public-house vot; their land pnn<-Y is to hand puhMc money ote?r to the ta.nd!or??; thei- pohcy in Ireland is insult and coercion. Into then- dark minds no idea of social organisation has ever penetrate.1. On every vit--i ques- tion they have only sneers and jeers, fits and dodges, turns and tricks, and grotesque in- ventions. Lord NINIAI» STUART: I Ilistorv, as far as I catt maike out, uas very I little concern for the Rudiqal party, who do not seem to care whether they do things constitutionally or not. Only last week the Radical party Terfo-med one of the most unconstitutional things ever known in the Constitutional history of the cuuntry. I refer to the Budget. Why was the new Budget not being brought forward? If the Radicals had the majo'ity behind them which they said they had, why did not they bring forward the Budget, which at the last election they called the veople's Biidget. (Laughter and applause.) MR. BONAR LAW: I If the Liberal Association of Duudee were willing to release Mr. Winston Churehill. and to make a riexchante. and ask Sir George Kerup to fight Dundee, Mr. Winston Churchill might be able to display his courage and i come and tight hia old seat in Nortfa-'Ae-.t Manchester. If he won id do that I would give him a, hearty welcome. We would have j a lively time. I am evr.u willing to make another offer, which is of a sporting nature. If he tomes J am willing to give this under- taking: If T "in beaten in North-West Man- chester I will not seek re-election during the next Parliament for any constituency, but am willing to fight it out here the next, time I if he is willing to giva the tame pledge. I Mr. AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN: 1 would a?k, if 1 had lime, why gelf should be an innocent and even praiseworthy I recreation when followed by a Chancellor of the Exchequer, but should become a pti t,, of selfishness if practised by a peer, j fLaughter aud citers.) 1 would ask why it is j that the Chay-icellor of the Exchequer tells with youthful glee of his early success in sraring other people's rabbits, but can find no words fltrong enough to denounce a noble lord who shoois his own pheasants. fLanghter and cheers.) 1 won id ask vby ?t is ¡ why that which in th ChancelJor of the Exchequer is but a cho:er¡c word should in I the editor of a newspaper become fiat blasphemy against a choeen people.

"Did you enjoy your motor ride. Gertie* It must have been exciting, "it wag exviting; I bnt I d,dn't enjoy it. Tom had to use both Arras in maoagiag the car." ]

Husband Gone Away I I LADY COCHRANE'S DISCOVERY j The petition (,f Lady Adela, C. Cochrane agairst her husband, Mr. Thomas Belhaven Henry Cochrane, M. V.O., for restitution of conjugal rights was heard in the Divorce Court on Monday. There was no defence. Mr. Le Eas, for the wife, said the marriage 4ook place on February 19. 1337, at St. Paul's, K ;i igh Is bridge. On May 20 this year Mr. Cochrane left Ca,risbrooke Castle, where they were living, for London. Very shortly after- wards Lady Cochrane went to pay fiOID visits, and during her absence Mr. Cochrane j telegraphed asking when she was coming home. She, not thinking he was going home, and as it was inconvenient to return at 01112c: replied that ?he wa? not retUinin for a time. In fact, Lady Cochrane returned bome in about ten days, and then discovered that her husband had been there and packed up every- thing which belonged to him, and gone away for good. In July last petitioner wrote her husband It is now over two months since you left me without any cause so far a." I am con- cerned. and I am without a. home. It is a state of affairs I cannot allow to exibt any longer, for if you continue to remain away ¡ from me it means tha breaking up of our lives after so many years, and I cannot i believe that it is your wish or intention to J do so. I must ask you to be good enough to ¡ let me know if yon intend to alter matters and make a home lor me, and, if so, wn?n 1 and where. | On August 3 the husband repiied ;— I Dear A(iela.-I am in receipt of your letter J of the 25th Jniy, and regret that I do not! see my way to living with you again. ) A decree of restitution of conjugal rights ) was granted, returnable within fourteen days.

I BAD COMPANY AT CARDIF? A young man named Mackenzie Bevan, late j of Carol ine-otreet, Cardiff, a native of Gwemlrlw, Breconshire, was charged on I reiiiaod at Brecon Borough Police-court on 1 Monday with obtaining by false pretences £ 2 from Messrs. J. E. Nott and Co., ironmonger; Brecon. He was also charged with obtaining £2 in a similar way from John William Jones, of the Breconshire Coal and Lime i Company. Defendant pleaded guilty Mr. Lewis W. H. Jones, solicitor, ho I appeared for accused, said Bevan carae of a respectable famil". When he went to work at Cardiff he got into bad company, and was induced to use his brother's name to obtain money. His brother, however, was willing to compensate the prosecutors. Accused, who was arrested at Llandaff. in view of his sroorl character was bound over for twelve months.

AWARD FOR SALVAGE In the Admiralty Division on,M,)nday, t he President disposed of a claim hy the owners, master, and ctew of the Teignmouth steam- ship Phtyer, for salvage remuneration in respect of services rendered to the Hull steamship Cito, ic tbp, North Sea in October j last. ft appears that the Cito, from Hull. for Antwerp, had been in collision with the DaniBh steamship R. V. Fisher, from Chris- tinestad for Cardiff. and as a result was seriously damaged. The H. V. Fisher at first attempted to tow her, but without success, and in these circumstances the Player, bound from London to Rotterdam, ultimately brought the Cito into the River Maas. On Friday last his Lordship pronounced the H. V. Fieher alone to blame for the collision. and in the present action the President now awarded the pia-intiffs £370--£695 to the owners of the Player, £.60 to the master, and zElIS to the crew. j

DISCIPLINE IN THE NAVY! One hujidrel and six courts-martial were held in 1909 for cffence-i by seamen of the Royal Navy, states a White Paper just issued. The total number of sentences was Dtiring the same period the total number of summary punishments was 116.342, of which 107,043 were minor punishments. So far as Royal Marines on shore are con- cerned, there were 37 courts-martial, and in 36 ca..e8 sentetices were awarded. It is interesting to note that the number j of courts-martial in the case of seamen amI Royal Marines afloat is lower this year than that for any period since-1898, and tha.t since 1904 there has been a rteady decline. The en see of mutiny were fewer also, while the number of summary punishments is also less.

I "GO TO BED, YOU COWARD." James O'Brien, Andrew street. DaneIJy. was charged on Monday with attempting to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor. Jtmes Edward Brown said in the front, parlour be found accused attempting to cut j his throat, and knocked the razor out cf his hand, and remarked, Go to bed, you coward." Dr. Ward said the wounds were 3in. and an inch and a half long. Defendant was j depre8Hed. An undertaking was given that defendant would be looked after, and he was dis- charged.

j LOST ON THE MOUNTAIN i An inquest was held at Blaenavon on Monday touching the death of Sarah Da vies j (44), who was fonml dead on the mountain Oil Wednesday last. Evidence uf identiSca- tion was given by the husband, who stated that his wife had told him that she was going to Penrheol Farm. It appeared that, she never got there, and the husband, not, finding her at night, went to the farm, and afterwards organised a search party. They found her dead body about half a mile from the farm, Dr. A. H. James testified that death was due to heart disease, accelerated by the shock of finding she had lost her way. A verdict j was returned accordingly

SCHOOLMASTER BOOKIE I William John Daviee, who said at Swansea Poiice-court on Monday that he was a school- master. out of work for two years, was fined I X,10 and costs for loitering for betting pur- poses in Neath-road. William Piper, charged with a similar offence at St. Thomas, was represented by Mr. Thompson, who put it to the police wit-! nosses that the defendant was only a messenger, not a bookmaker. In pleading for his client, Mr. Thornp^on said lie was a I cripple for life. He was also fined £10 and costs.

j ■■■—1 iTirI,5 SOCIAL ORANISER'S VISIT I I The annual public meeting of the Unive.r. ciity Settlement in Cardiff will be held OTI Thursday at 3.30 p.m.. when Mr. Bruce I Wallace, formerly warden of Mansfield House, will give an addrees on Enterprises i Prompted by the Growing S'<)Cial Con,,cience. j Short addresses will also be given by Mise Lilian Howell and Mr. E. lL C. Denny, war- den of the Settlement. Mr. Wallace has played an important part. a.H a pioneer of social enterprise, and is prominently identi-1j lied with the garden city movement.

-= CARDIFF TRADER'S )LL-LUCK I Lloyd's agent at Hamburg telegraphs on Vlo.iday that the Gerntan steamer llermia, for Antwerp, a-nchoi eu near Pdankenese owing to the fog, was run into by the British ( steamer Leander, for Cardiff. The Hermia sustained extensive damage, and wa.s placed aground. Assistance is with her. The Leaun- der has her ftem damaged, but proceeded. She was afterwards in collision with the Ger- man steamer Olga, and had her stern damaged.

WHERE ARE RELATIVES? Tho Cardiff police are anxious to find t.he I relatives of two men who died on Saturday in the union infirmary. One, William Mere- dith (74). who iouged at 276, Bute-street, was tak'?' ill at th? hon?e. a nd the second, John j Ci?iM <75'. as far ba,? as the 5t. i rl)ed on a piece of pctat<? in the ps?fa?e of hi? )odgi?ss. 16, Milliccnt-street, injuring i his back.

SEARCH FOR SUBSTITUTES The rivet vrarmers of the various Cardiff I dry docks, who struck for highc- wages, having declined the masters' proposal of an advance to 4h. 6d.. it was decided at a meet- ing of the employers held on Monday to advertise for substitutes. There are about ISO men affected. I

DRY Ca thllye. When Solomon's eel eh rated picture, "Wa.it- ing for tbe Verdict. \v-<s sent in, as the artist was oot c-ne of the Royal Academicians —whoee exhibits are all "hung on the lil1"- his painting: was 'skied." Sir Edwin Land. seer was in ectasias over it, and exclaimed, "There is Solomon in all his glory, and not. lLLJ tike one of Ibtatl"

Lifetime in One Office 0. DEATH OF SWANSEA'S DEPUTY TOWN- CLERK. Mr. David Clement. Johns, (leptity-town-cle,,Ii of Swansea, hae died, after a very short i!bi«f>s, at the early age of 48. He was one of the ablest of Swansea's public servants, and wonl({ probably have succeeded to the tow n-clerkship on the next vacancy. lie had served in the town-cleik'e office from 1 oy- MR. D. O. JOHN. [Photo, Chapman, Swansea. hood, and bad popularised himself with the whole of the council by his courtesy and unquestionable ability. He had attended all the most important committee and council meetings for over a quarter of a century. lie died from an internal complaint, and tiio news of his death was received with painful feelings by the townspeople, few of whom knew he had been tajken ill. Mr. Johns married the daughter of Mr. John Rossvr, J.P., Sketty, and leaves a widow and one or two children. Mr. John's actual appointment as deputy- tow n-clark took place in 1901. he having specially passed his law examination with that object. When the education of the town was transferred to the council Mr. John was appointed as solicitor to the local educa- tion authority, and £20[) a year was added to his salary. In the litigation which ensiled over the non-provided schools, in the schemes for housing the working classes and other matters, and in Parliamentary work, Mr. John showed a capacity for detail which made him for some years past quite indispensable in the town-clerk's department. At Swansea Police-court on Monday Mr. John Roberts said the Bench had heard with profound regret of Mr. John's death, and wished to tender their sympathy to his family. Mr. John was one of the most genial and useful public servants of Swan- sea and beloved by all who knew him. Mr. J. Jones, clerk to the justices, and Mr. Henry Thompson, and Mr. L. Richards, solicitors, endorsed the remarks of the chairman, and joined in the expression of sympathy from the bench. Another Prominent Swansea Man Dead Mr. G. Corfield. for many years chief clerk in the office of Mr. Penrose Thomas, of the Ocean Coal Company, Swansea, has just died at the Mumble?.

SHORT-LIST OF FIVE Mr. J. Stanfield presided over a meeting of the Cardie Technical Schools Committee on Monday, when applica- tions for the headmastership of the Day Preparatory Technical, and Com- mercial School, in succession to Mr. R. 0. Chen, who has received a simi1:11" appoint- ment in London, were considered, and upon the proposition of Mr. Sydney Jenkins, it was decided to reduce the 29 applications to a short list of five, who Will appear before the education committes on Friday. The fol- lowing were the five gentlemen selected Mr. J. O. Cbeetham. Ashton-under-Lyne; 31 r. W. P. Butter, Chorlton, Manchester; Mr. W. A. Abbott, Altrincbam. Manchester; Mr. H. M. Watkins. Cardiff (who is the present deputy-master of the school), and Mr. D. Ivor Davies, Cardiff. The Chairman said that the appointment of Mr. Chen was a compliment to Cardiff, and reflected great credit upon the city. The committee interviewed candidates for the posts of boy artificers in the Royal Navy, for which the com- mittee have three nominations. Of the four applicants who appeared, it wa,s decided to recommend the following three to the Admiralty: F. Bowen (fifteen). 34, Major-road, Canton, Wilfred Hampton (fifteen), 92. Coil- naught-road, Boath, and R, W. Counsell (fifteen), 29, Aberdovey-street. -k- HB

WELSH NATIONAL MUSEUM From the report of the Council of the Court of Governors of the Welsh National Museum it appears that the cost of the com- petition for designs of the new building to be erected in the Cat,hays Park was £ 1.174 7s. lid., but the council affirm their belief that the final result will justify the time and expenditure in carrying it out. The statement of income and expenditure for the statutory financial year shows a deficit of EB74, which, as an interim account sliowe, has increased to £1,082 15s. 8d. An examination of the accounts shows this to be due to the expenses of the architectural competition, and the council are hopefnl that an arrangement may be made with the Treasury whereby this can be charged to capital account, as it obviously forms no part of the current expenditure of the Museum. The annual report is enhanced in interest by the inclusion of the joint, report of the director (Dr. Hoyle) and Mr. A. Dunbar Smith (architect), who made a tour of inspection of a number of Continental museums, and cf Dr. F. A. Bather, F.H.8., on the accepted design of the new building with the arobitectH' oi)Rer vat ions thereon.

RUSSIAN STUDENTS & TOLSTOI ODESSA, Tuesday. Twenty-eight of the university studente arrested a week ago for attempting to hold a memorial service for Tolstoi in the univer- sity chapel have been sentenced to a fort- nights imprisonment. A similar sentence for th l1amü offence has been passed upon 119 students of the Kief University and 67 students of the K hark off University. A ip-i-p "D portrait of Tolstoi in mourning borders was yesterday displayed in the win- rlow of a leading bookseller here. Shortly afterwards tho window was battered by a small mob of the Black Hundred. Tbe police- made no attempt to arrest the ruffianly pro- teges of the local authorities.Central ews.

STRIKE AFTERMATH A strange story was fco.'rj at Acton on Mon- day by John Jennings (63). with no occupa- tion. who remanded charged witb begging in High-street, Acton. The prisoner was with two other men who were accosting people going to church on Sunday evening, and asking for assistance. Prisoner had a number of unemployed pamphlets. Prisoner; I have fteen working in Wales, and left owing to the strike. I was walking back, as I understood It would be over this week. The bench had four other beggars to deal with, and all said they had been in the Welsh strike. One had Is. SJd. and another ls. lict.

TERRITORIAL MARKSMEN Lieutenant-colonel C. H. Smith. V.D., presided at a smoking ooncett of the bad- quarters companies 1st Battalion Monmouth- shire Regiment, held at Newport on Monday, and presented the prizes to the successful marksmen. The company cup went to A Company (Captain F. G". Dawson); officers' cup. Lieutenant-colonel C. II. Smith, V.D. sergeants' cup. Sergeant J. H. Mogford; D Company cup, tor best shot. Sergeant- J. W. Fore man. n Company. Rifleman J. G. Jones was presented with the Territorial mcùnl.

A ROUNDABOUT WAY Mr. Lewis Watkins. Ab^rbargoed. at meet- ing of the Beuweilty Urban DiVtnct- mi Monday suggested the advisability of erecting a bridge between Bargoed and Aber-1 bargoed. acrof.-s th? Rhymney Valley. Although the twO place.? were olls- a few hundred yards apart, it was, he said, necessary with heavy traffic to travel four miles, by a. round- about route through Pengam. to get there. A committee was appointed to meet the Gelligaer Council on the matter.

CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE Th; fHmons medicine 1MU cltjaiixe t)i- blood frum all impu- rities from whatever oausu am- ine. A eafe remedy for Eezecia, Poison, Sores of ail kifJdø, Hoils, I'im! Legs, Scrofula, Blood Eruptions, Ulcere. Oandutat Sv.-sihne?. ?c. 01 a.1 atotM. &c. Furty yetM' tuec?s. Beware 01 iffiiUUoa. ]K,Iight -RIONT did your new comedy go? Wright: Oh. yon mean my tremedy? Kniglit: But 1 thought it was a comedy! Wright: I thought, t;{), too. until I sivw the fcox-oflke receipts. j

Brave Little Sister I .0 I BURNING ACCIDENT AT CARDIFF I mishap of an exciting and somewhat I painful nature happened in a Cardiff home ht on Monday eyenlug-, and as a result Dulcie Jenkins, a little girl of Cleve; years, living at 3. Emerald-street, lies at the infir- ma,ry suffering from serious scalds about the body. The girl, it is stated, was sitting on a fire- ?uard in the ?itoben when it overturned, [throwing her against the fire and causing a k('ttl of hot water to fall upon her. Florence, a younger ?)ste", h?st.Hy p?Ued the ? ght away from the fire and hot water, and then ran to get the as:?istance of the neigh- bours. The mother was sitting in the kitchen nursing a, baby when the accident happened, but was so upset by the shock thrst she was unable to lend any help. The little girl Florence also had he;- hands badly burnt, but her injuries were not sufficiently severe to necessitate detention at the infir- mary. Dukip. however, suffered consider- ably from scalds. 11 r

t WELSH REGIMENT IN EGYDT Since writing my last letter the 41st has I again been full of entertaining, and Mustapha has been turned into a regular i gala ground, what was a few days before sand hills being" turned into one of the finest tracks in Egypt. Marquees, dressing tents, refreshment teuts. and enclosures all trimmed with bunting made it a fairyland worth gating upon. I saw the battalion at drill when going to my office at six a.m. They were still at it on my returning to breakfast at eight a.m.. but at ten a.m. they were in lull rawing with their sports, and for three successive days laurels were lost and won. To -Low how keen they are. there were over 600 entries for the different events. The officers, sergeants, and corpoVals held an at home on the after- noon of the third day. tea and refreshments being provided in ten large marquees. On a flagstaff erected in the centre, stand- ing between 30 and 40 feet high. flew the Welsh Dragon, and from this point lines of bunting went in all directions, covering the II whole of the sport? ground, and nothing con- ducive to comfort for the spectators was forgotten by the committee. The prizes were distributed by Mrs. Schoheld. with the exception of the cup for the sergeants' 220 yards race, which was presented Îly Borto" Pasha, who had given the cup for the event before he left the regiment. The sergeants finished up with a. quiet little dance in their mess To show how these good fellows combine pia.y with work. by 6.30 the following morn- ing the ground was thoroughly eleared- nothing was left to indicate that for three days some three thousand persons had been enjoying thorough good sport. M. A. B.

111 an—w CARDIFF EXCHANGEi I The committee of the Coal and Shipping Exchange (Cardiff^. Limited, which was formed a few months ago to take over con- trol of the floor of the Cardiff Exchange, has just completed the task of drawing up the rules, which will come into operation 011 January 1. The management is vested in the board of directors, which is as follows:- Messrs. Thomas Evans (cha irman), John Cory, W. R. Hann. Horatio Kendrick, jun., Vv llliam James Tatem, D. A. Thomas, T. i Vivian-R-ees, with the president of the Cardiff Chamber of Commerce, the chairman of the Coal Freighters' Association, and the chairman of the Shipowners' Association, the L--st three to be ex-officio members of the board. The secretary is Mr. Joseph Davies. A COUlIrl ittas of control is to he a,ppointed con- j sisting of the three ex-officio members, three (/l.her members of the board appointed hy t be directors, and three persons co-opted by ballot. 'i'he membership is to he divided into prin- cipals and associates. The principals will be commercial gentlemen carrying on bueiness as coalowners, shipowners, coal exporters, or ebipbrokers. or representing companies, repre- i sent&tives of large coal buyers, and persons engaged in professional work or businesses approved by the committee. Each principal must hold a, share in the Coal and Shipping Exr.ha.nge (Cardiff), Limited. A principal loses membership when he becomes bankrupt or represents a firm adjudicated bankrupt. Associates are to be clerks of principals. Prin- cipals have cne vole, but associates no vote. The committee may reserve rooms for prin- cipals only. The subscription for principals whose place of business is within twenty miles of the I Exchange is E3 3s. per annum, for those licyori(i that distance £ 2 s., and for asso- j elates £2 2s. Retired principals may remain members at ikZ 2s. A foreman's room will be provided, with access from the Exchange, for coal and pit- wood foremen and other outdoor employes of principals, the subscription in this case being Xl 1.

j FIVE MEN IN THE SEA I There have been landed at Ilfracombe 11 Harbour five men belonging to Cardiff, who I had a narrow escape from drowning whtvj 1 off the north-end of Lundy Island. I Captain Guy, of the Cardiff tag Wild Rose, towed an outward-bound Swedish vessel to Lundy, and then put out a punt with two men to bring of? Pilot Williams, a man ¡ named Hunt belonging to the Cardiff Pilot Office, and a. boy. The extra weight UpRet, the punt, there I being a nasty sea running, and it was a very dai-k night. Captain Guy at onoe had the Wild Rose alongside, a.9d the crew, with the aid of boat hooks and lines, managed to pull the struggling men on board. Some were in an unconscious state, and restorative means were applied. I Captain Gitv quickly made for Ilfracombe, and the doctors summoned had the satis- faction of bringing the men around.

CANDIDATE'S BEDROOM David Phillips (aliaa Donal Wiseman), aged 16, of no fixed abode, war. charged at Newport on Monday with stealing a gold watch, gold stud, silver match-box, silver chain, puir of scissors in leather case, and zE I Sa. 6d. in money from a bedroom at the King's Head Hotel. The articles belonged to Mr. G P. Hargreaves, the Conservative car idi-I date for Monmouth Boroughs. Detective- inspector Tanner stated that when he II 6earched the pri"oner at the hotel on Friday morning the watch wa? fonnd in one of his stockings, and the other goods iu another stocking. They had. it was alleged, been taken from the gentleman's bedroom whilst the door was bemporariiy leH open. Prisoner was remanded for a wee?. for inquhice to be made with reference to his antecedents.

ORDERS FOR WINE John Herbert Chichester Milee. a man of respectable a and residing at Bed- ford, was charged at Abergavenny on Monday witb obtaining 49 bottles of port by false pre- tences from Mr. F. H. Facey, wine and epirit merchant, Abergavenny. Mr. Facey said that about the begiuning of May he received a letter from the prisoner asking him to for- ward a. sample bottle of port wine, which he did. A few days later prisoner wrote another letter, ordering four dozen bottles of port, and promising to pay on delivery. He did not do so. Prisoner, who had been arrested by the Bedford police and brought to Aber- gavenny, was remanded until Wednesday.

APPRECIATIVE MEMBERS ? APPRECIATIVE MEMBERS An interesting meeting took place at the Webh Conei-egational Church, Barry, when the Rev. I). H. Williams, M.A., and his fa mily were the recipients of valuable gifts from the Church, in appreciation of the t-ervices rendered to the ca,use by Mr. Williams during his eleven years' ministry. Xr. W. Bryn Davies presided over a crowded gathering, and the gifts included a Glad- stone bag, travelling bag, gold-mounted foun- tain pen. silver tea- kettle on stand, Welsh Bibles, and a gold Christian Endeavour badge.

WELL-KNOWN JUDGE'S SON There wa.s a large gathering of Catholics at the Cory-hall, Cardiff, on Monday eT?ning, ?nder the au&p'icp? of the CathoJw Young Men's Society. Th? Bishop of Newport pre- sided. Farhcr Henry Day f?arich?st?r). son oJ the late Mr. Justice Day, delivered an address, in the course of which he said (Jhris-j tian science was a burlesque, a travesty, ari4 a misnomer. I j

FIRE AT A MANSION j A fire broke out on Monday at Aqualate Hall, near Newport. Shropshire, occupied by Lady Boughey and family. The fiameis quickly spread, and before the arrival of the Newport fire brigade the building wa-s ablaze from rnd to end.

"ADVICE TO MOXirUBS."—Ai» you broken in yoyr I' rwt by a tick child Mifferiiw with the lipin of cutting I te1\h? (k) st (net) to a ctouiirt, and get a bottle 01 Mrs. Window's .sor-taini? Syiup. It produces natural, quiet ;r¡bbIWie1v} +•!>? child from rain, and t,,a p'it!" cner.ib a waxes "a? hT'z,l- an a 'huttcu. Cootair.s iii; PcioonuLM Infr3dient. Ui all chm}rt;5. l/l! por bottle. e2910 Circus Man (hunting for a. stray elephant): Have you seen a strange animal around here? irishman: Begorra. Oi hev that. There was an india rubber ball around here pulling carrots wid its tail!

[ Suit for Slander STORY OF A REMARKABLE SERMON A remarkable action was partly heard in Dublin yeeterday by which a solicitor and his wife allege that they have been slandered from the pulpit by a Roman Catholic priest. The plaintiffs are Mr. Arthur F. Coghlan and his wife, Mrs. Maria J. Coghlan; the defendant is the ReT. Canon Rice, parish priest of Mitchelstown. Mr. Coghlan acted as solicitor and sub- agent for Mr. William O'Brien during his contest for the Parliamentary representa- tion of North Cork at the general election in January last. He wa.s married in 1903, his wife being a widow with seven children. Plaintiffs claimed that they had suffered damage from the following remarks, which they allege were made by defendant in the course of his sermon in the Roman Catholic Church of Mitchelstown at twelve o'clock Mass on April 24 last:— There is a daltheen of a jackeen going abont talking, both in public and private, of the priests and all the money they are getting. Now let me tell you about this fellow. His father died about six years ago. and he buried him witb a public funeral and a High Mass for which he never paid. This is a matter which I do not wish to speak about from the altar, but priests ipust defend themselves sometimes from attacks like this. If our priests are poor they are pious; but, thank God, I always, even in the poorest parishes I was ever in. had more than enough. Some time afterwards this jackass was getting married to a widow, and this widow not alone gave him her hand, bnt her family as well. and she put the comether on him. When he was marrying the widow he came to me for his papers, and 'tis glad I was to get rid of him. I thought he was a decent boy. like every other boy in the parish, and would pay me. So I gave his his papers; but from that day till this he never paid for it. No, I am wrong; he did lately pay some little things to one of the priests, but he paid that out of poor William O'Brien's money. Plaintiff, examined, said defendant had been parish priest of Mitchelstown for several years, aDd was of advanced years. Witness denied attacking the clergy. The hearing was adjourned.

AFTER A BAND PRACTICE Arising out, of the magisterial orders issued from time to time during the past three weeks as to regula,ting the closing hours of public-houses, three publicans were prose- cuted at Ysfcrad Police-court on Monday for contravening the notices issued by the police. Joseph Morgan Ryan, Railway Bar, was the first defendant dealt with. Police-constabla Thorburn gave evidence that on the 14th inst. he saw three men leave the hotel after it had been ordered to be closed. Witness asked Mrs. Ryan what she had to say, as on enter- ing the premises he found twenty men drink- ing. She replied that they had had band practice and a meeting of the ambulance committee. Mr. Ryan was away from home. Mrs. Ryan made a statement. that she kept open, as she heard that others had done so, adding, I suppose I shail have to suffer; I am the unlucky one." The offence was com- mitted at 10.15 Tun., and on the day named the house should have been closed at four o'clock. A fine of £3 was imposed. For keeping his house open on the same day during proscribed hours the summon* against Evan Howells, Stewart Hotel, Treher- bert, was dismissed upon payment of costs. Evan Watkins. Tynewydd Hotel, Treherbert, was also summoned, but the case was dis- missed for want of sufficient evidence. In the last two cases Mr. D. W. James, solicitor, [ Tonypandy. defended. No order was made by the bench on Mon- day as to closing before the usual time.

ARMY OFFICER AND FIANCEE A lieutenant of an infantry regiment at Stanislau. Austria. Maximilian Kasparke. suffered from melancholia on account of bis inability to marry a lady, whose family were unable to provide the dowry that the mni- tary authorities demand from the prospective wife of an officer. A week ago the lieu- tenant, a.ccompanied by the lady, was seen to enter his rooms at the barracks. Neither of the missing pair were seen again, and it was decided to force open the door. The lieutenant and his fiance lay on the floor with bullet wounds in their heads. On the writing-desk a pile of letters were discovered. addre.ismL to various relativer-, saring that the pair, despairing of ever being united in life, had resolved to die together.

[ FOOTBALLER'S CHILDREN William Morris, an ex-international Rugby footballer, and his wife, Elizabeth Morris, were summoned at Llanelly on Monday for neglecting four of their children. Mr. Martin R Eichjards. solicitor for the National j Society lor the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, said one of the three rooms upstairs was occupied by the defendants and their five children. The case was one of the j worst of general neglect that had been before tue society i11 the district. Inspector Idris Jones described one of the beds as half a bed," because the other haa was a sack of straw. Defendants were put on probation for twelve months. —

NOT A RECORD NEW YORK, Tuesday. Mr. C. B. Harmon, president of the National OOllnr.il of the Aero Club, announces that the official reading of the barograph ehows that Mr. Drexel's altitude in his flight of the 23rd inst., was 9.450 feet, therefore. Mr. Johnson's 9,714 feet remains the world alti- tude record. Mr. Drexel's flight, which wim marie at Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia, was returned as having reached a height oi 9.970 feet.— Keutcr.

WOMAN'S BODY IN A FIELD A tragic discovery was made near Sautl- dersfoot on Monday morning, Mr. Cousins, of Moreton Farm, finding the lifeless body of Mrs. Esther Phillips, wife of Mr. Evan Phil- lips. blacksmith, Saundersfoot, in a field near his farm. The deceased, who was more than 50 years of age, had apparently laid down in the field and died of exposure. She was seen in Saundersfoot on Sunday morn- ing, and in the evening near Moreton. The j body was subsequently removed to the home of the deceased.

PLOT TO DERAIL TRAIN An attempt has been made to wreck a train in which M. Venezelos, the Greek Premier, was travelling. On the bridge over the ravine of Rogogilon, between Triocala and Volo, in Thessaly, steel rails were placed across the metals. The train was only iiaved by the driver applying the brakes and thus lessening considerably the shock. Otherwise tbe train must have been hurled over the bridge into the torrent below.

SENT 10 GAOL Anthony Davies. who gave asi address at Vochriw, was brought before the Brecon magistrates on Monday on three charges of attempting to obtain money and furniture by falsfc pretences from Brecon tradesmen. In one place, it was stated, he tried to obtain furniture to the value of £ 30. Prisoner was sent to gaol for a month's hard labour.

A POLICEMAN FOR SCOUTS Mr. E. Ceredig Evans presided as the new mayor for the first time at a meeting of the Cardigan Town Cuuncil. at which it waS decided to ask for an additional policeman in view of the wanton damage which was being done itr the locality, more especially s'nce the introduction of the scout movement

DEATH OF MR. CUDAHY NEW YORK. Monday. The death is announced of Mr. Michae* Cudahy, head of the famous packing frin beaTing his name. Mr. Cudahy, who was native of Callati, Ireland, was 63.-Cntral News.

BEDS AND MATERIA-S HeaovaWd.—I, Hlaaf wlr-et. Catbaja Doorkeeper Don't, yon want to oome bacKr, Victim: NC). Doorkeeper: Well, take a pa«f" check, anyway. You can hand it to ir, UIO '•hap outside Victim: My dear fellow, haven't an enemy in the world.