South Wales Echo

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The Man About Town. I For some time I have beon wondering what has become of my poetical friends whose sprays of amaranth were almost daily laid upon my desk. It is true that April and May are the months best suited for their growth. In tho spring the young' man's fallcy Lightly turns to thoughts of love. But Summer brings all things to maturity and I should have expected that the young buds of poe iy, which were peeping through the outer shell (of metre) in a not very gainly manner, would have blossomed forth into the perfect flower. » I fear that my habit of commenting upon these amatory lays has startled the Muse. She is as modest as Diana, and can as little brook open criticism. I do not know otherwise why my good friends should object to explanatory notes. Uomyr, Virgil, and Shakespeare, to say nothing of obscurer poets, have each been issued with preface, introduction, and appendices. And there is this great advantage—that many erudite and fanciful expressions which would other- wise have lurked unseen in the passionate verses are gently tempted f-rtli by the critic to the exceeding great admiration of the crowd. Since I hAd tho good fortune to receive a touching valentine couched in language so warm as to tinge with colour the unaccustomed cheek, I have been favoured %itli nothing but political odes. Now, be it observed, that the Muse never looks well as a stump orator. In vain will you try to convert that Helicon into a hustings. Thegentle maid will not take kindly to an umbrella and a high collar, and does not relish leaving the loves of Arcady for evictions and Home Rule orations. It is, nevertheless, impossible to conceive that the youths of South Wales are not writing verses. How many an elegy ilies heaven- ward from far Treorky How many an ode from meditative Maesycwinmer How many a tremulous sonnet from the dales of Penrhiwceiber Whither do they disappear? If I am obliged to venture upon an explanation which will satisfy the hyper- critical, I can but suggest that, if in Spring the" fancy turn3 to thoughts of love," the summer moulds thoughts into actions. The mandolin is cast contemptuously away when the prize is gained. The dusky hours of- vernal evenings invite the poet as they lengthen out they call loudly for the lover. As I have wandered idly about in several coun try spots in Glamorganshire of late, I have seen a curious phenomenon. Everyone walks about—myself, of course, excluded— in double. There is no getting on for absent-minded couples who waver about from side to side of the footpath. If you turn a corner sharply you bump into two forms which divideM cnd- deniy as did tho waters of the Jordan before Moses. Or you gazo aeross a gate at the setting sun, when you become conscious of two pairs of angry eyes glaring at you from a leafy knoll a few yards away. It is painful to a sensitive mind to break in upon so many atetc-a-ieU How many proposals have I cruelly interrupted, and maybe postponed for a lengthy period by turning down to the right instead of to the left, and swoop- ing upon the nervous couple at a critical moment ? Yes, there is no doubt that my poetical friends have taken to plain prose, which they doubtless liad more satisfying and more intelligible. To talk prose is like riding upon a tricycle—it is always under control. To write poetry is to drive two fiery, untrained horses, which are far more likely to run away with you and upset you in a ditch than to amble along at your own sweet pleasure. To those Cardiff people who are genuine ly fond of music there is good news. Next month the town will be visited by Herr Bernhard Stavenhagen, one of the most brilliant pianists of the day. He was the favourite pupil of Liszt, and came with his master to England in 1886, in company with Mr Frederick Lamond — a Scotch player almost as great—both of whom gave recitals before Liszt. The prograUllno not yet out, but it is probable that Liszt, Chopin, and Schumann will figure pro- minently upon it. No such pianist has ever performed at Cardiff, and I do not like to imagine that he will be greeted with that coldness which can only proceed from lack of musical knowledge and taste. I have heard a little story which I am desirous of relating—not because it is neces- sary as a warning to Cardiff ratepayers, but in order that they may see for themselves what might occur if they had not a unique Town Council utterly beyond the realm ot criticism. Like ^Ksop's Fables, it possesses a moral, but that, also, would be ridiculous for me to suggest, for in what smallest respect are our municipal- fathers lacking in the region of ethics ? Yet, as those who are most pious are wont to indulge in stories which tell of the terrible fate which awaits those of another theo- logical bias, so, perhaps, ouv omniscient Council may be interested in a story which must at once shock and surprise them. With this prelude I plunge into the narra- tive. There is a certain town, exactly 99 miles 746 yards from Cardin: of exactly the same size, but not so peaceful and contented because the Town Council there is, unhappily, not above criticism. Recently this unfortunate body has been laying road- ways across a moor. It is a mere matter of calculation to perceive that it would be highly advantageous to a number of gentle- men who possessed two acres or so of land to have a road half a mile in length — leading nowhere in particular, and having no palpable object in life—running along for its special behoof. Now, in ideal towns like Cardiff such a thing could never occur. But in this other unhappy place— exactly 99 miles 716 yards away—tlie Coun- cillors are unfortunately quite ordinary Illen whom it is perfectly wise, and kind, and right to criticise. The road was accualiy made, and the guardians of the public weal are smiling in ill-suppressed triumph. What a splendid thing it is to be removed from the possibility of improprieties such as that If r were a student of mixed metaphors, I should be inclined to say that the Cardiff Gasworks were hanging fire, or were at present in the air. When is the General Purposes Committee to be called to discuss the proposed purchase ? Not long ago all energies were directed to induce the committee to come to a rapid de- cision, and those who asked that the report which was drawn up by the sub-committee should be printed were looked upon rather in the light of old fossils who could not make up their minds upon an urgent question. Well, tlie report has been printed and circulated. Gas has been discussed, and much gas used in the discussion. Heated Town Councillors have entered upon the thorny path of invective, and have made iulinite noise with many a goose-shriek. A Council meeting has taken place, and yet there is not a sign of a meeting for the consideration of this urgent matter Probably the purchase is not so urgent now that the public are com- mencing to show antagonism An important event in the history of Welsh cricket takes place on Monday, when the first encounter between two counties in the Principality—in which, despite carping critics, Monmouthshire shall ever be included —will come off at the Cardiff Arms Park. It is ph asing to note that efforts to establish ccunty cricket in Wales are being thus sustained. It need scarcely be said, however, that much, if not everything, depends upon the support of the public. hould the attendance be good other engagements will be made, and there is a likeliho'od that some well-known count.y will lind a date on which to play Glamorgan- shire. The match will last two and promises to be a close and interesting contest. « Yesterday I had the honour of receiving a deputation of dogs from all parts of South Wale3 who were sent from the general body to request my aid now that the hot days are coming on. Having, at my request, seated themselves on the ground in front of me, an old greyhound, who acted as spokes- man, informed me of the object of their visit. It appears that the good old custom of providing troughs of water outside shop doors for the use of thirsty dogs had to a great extent died out, despite the fact that the makers of a certain soap provided them free of charge. With an eloquence I can but faintly reproduce—the deputation mean- while thumping the ground with their tails in applauge-hc reminded me that dogs were tho friends of man; that fidelity nevertheless had to be soaked occasionally in water to make it grow that love for nature died when the tongue drooped out of the mouth eager and unsatisfied that tender emotions which were wont to move the canine breast withered before a scorch- ing sun. I agreed to bring the matter before the notice ot an ever indulgent public. The remedy is easy and costs nothing, and in the cause of humanity—or should i say caninity ?—should be provided liberally. ———'

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The Cult of the Wooden Nutmeg, I AN ESSAY ON SCIENCE. I JASSHMISHHOWX.j In thin apjo of pciontifir* i^ whrn now and improved methods of doing the siinpls.it thmps are being discovered, it is not to bo wondered af j that in the food Mipply of the human rac-i mail's inventive faculty fhould have fourui one of ila most important outle's. Tiie application of S vence to the most common-placo concerns of I "very-day life may br viewed from different i standpoints. Some may feel satisfaction at the innovations which ensue from 80ch a course others may experience nought but regret. The canvenience of sixpenny teligrams, of cheap telephonic communication, of the electric lipflit, i" enHioient to mako tlie majority of people bless the day when scientists brought the results of their discoveries within the reach of all. But when Science extended her domain into the realm o' food tlie case, in tho judgment of many no doubt, was aitered. Thanks to the potent aid of that inventive gonius which led to tho discoveiy of motive power, or of li(;ht, or of beat, where their existence had never before been sunpected, we bi. ve foode of various kinds now found m materials which for centuries bad been regarded ;Ii! useless for such purpose. What ignorance or prejudice has caused us to regard as objectionable substances for all save the purposes to which they had formerly been applied Science has shown us to contain virtues innumerable, ud to be, peichauce, positively wholesome and nutritious. In other cases Science has observed a discreet silence where she has produced so good an imitation of a natural article by artificial means that tho one has been mistaken for the other. For instanco, so far has the system of makinc butter from a variety "f oleaginous substances been perfected that even chemical analysis cannot always detect to what extent a sample may be genuine or not. By tho aid of S;ieuc-j an t\!lt.erp:isil1 American firm was, some years ago, enabled to foist a large consignment of wooden nutmegs on to the Buglih marle alld down the throats of the unsuspecting British public. A brisk trade had been drivou in the new articlo before its fraudulent (that was a slip we meant scientific) character was detected. In the manu- facture of port and other red wines logwood and water (thanks to the interposition of scieuce) play a proininout part. To Kiva to sume of the brands that are supposed to bo from old Spanish and Portuguese vintages that peculiar flavour which they derive from being brought down to the coast in goat-skins, fixed on rue backs of mules, a pair of superannuated Wellington boots be- comes of real value. From currants, gooseberries, and other ordinary small fruit, Scieuce can pro- duce beverages that deceive the k-;eucst seuses, and by virtue of that deception — wo should have said important feature — are worth ton times their propor value, The discussions which have taken place in the agricul tural counties on the subject of malt and hop substitutes show that even the cultivators of tho soil—who are said to grasp new ideas but slowly -rralise tlmt Science is ousting them as suppliers of the brewers. According to some authorities tho list of ingredients that now figure in ordinary English beer would, if generally known, engeudei tho beliaf that the popular beverage was made in a chemist's laboratory rather than in the brewer's mash tub?, bins, and vatg. Only tha other day tho race was interested by tho announcement from Germany that sugar, thanks again to that versatile genius whose name has been to often mentioned already, can be made from coal tar and Europe witnessed the spectacle of a dying, emperor being prescribed this coal tar saccharine as a possible palliative of disease, by some of the greatest specialists of the d.-iy. But the wonders that Science has achieved in making now food: or in giving what she more euphoniously calls their tqmva'ent, are not exhausted. She says that as through her instrumentality sugar can ha made from coal tar, so butter can be made from the oily matter found ou the surface of the mud of river estuaries at low lido. Experiments in this direc- tion tried with matter takon from the lower reacbes of the Thames, and below the sewage outfalls, have been attended with considerable success. Further, she tells us, through the voice of an intelligent American, that it is possible to mako oysters "as good as new" by the skilful use of indiarubber, glue, treacle, brine, aud the shells of the much-esteomod bi-valves. Thus sho has fouud at last a usa for oyster ehalls and henceforth let no one throw them away as use- less, or fit only for decking the borders of child- ren's gardens, She has announced to tlie world, this time from her humo in Italy, that olivo kornelK, when ground vary tiup, serve the purpose of pepper if blended with a little of the genuine article. A few years back a factory for turning out "Italian pepper" dfd a brisk if somewhat short-lived trade in one of thl) larger towns of L'Jtnbnrdy, thus substantiating tho good lady's words. Science can, we know by actual experi- ence, make sardines from English sprats or young herrings she can make moat amiable-looking lard from the fat of swine that Lava died in the stock- yards of Chicago she can convert tho tongues of almost any aiiinml of requisite s zs into ox, tongues, and hermetically seal them iu a tin, while the uninitiated are still lost in wonder at the first otage of the business; she can make the leaves of innumerable shrubs into tea she can transform Irish moss and fish-bones into real calves-foot jelly. In short, it would be a much easiec task to say what; she cannot do than to enumerate even half of the things she can achieve. Thus fresh tmtlots are every day boing found for the genius of Science, and the restricted domain which fifty years ago she occupied has grown to such an exteot that it is impossible to define its limits. In tho realm of medicine almost as important a place may be assigned to Science as in that of food. An Act of Par- hament,by Bomo unconscious irony, linked food and drugs together iu a peculiarly suggestive manner. The Act in question, it must b noted, does not insist that either food or drugs shall be absolutely pure, but that their component parts shall bo clearly specified on tuem. The title Food and Drugs" Act has a somewhat ominous sound about it. Food alone, or drugs alone, would be all right; but bearing in mind what we h:, vo just stated as to neither tho ono nor the other being required to be perfectly genuine, there is an implied need for drugs after consumption of the fojd. Tho Act seems to say, Take the one, and you'll soon need the other. This, ,however, is a mistake, Science has come to the rescue, and has found an eveu more extended sphere of usefulness iu the drug store thau she has in the provision shop. Siio has discovered an unfailing remedy for every ill that fl-wh i" heir to, including those that may be developed by an over-indulgence in any of the imitation foods mentioned above. Tho compounders of these remedies toll us so themselves, and sureJy they ought to know. For, after all, they are but tha servants uf Scienco. Emulsions, cathartics, cata- plasms, globules, tinctures, oils with every con- ceivable name and in every imaginable form, are to ba bad by all without walking the leugtii of two streets. It is interesting to observe that as new articles of food have come intu use, or, more correctly speaking, old foods iu new forms, so, at a corresponding have sprung up medi- cinal compounds—thrust forth with tho prefix "patent"—that are warranted to be as efficacious as the original elixir of life; that, side by side with a creator variety of foods fresb irom tuo haud uf Science aud a largely increased public medicine chest from the same bountiful dame, civiliz-:d society persists in bo- coming dyspeptic, frail ill uerve, irritable 111 temperament, is only a proof of the obstinacy of certain sections of the human family. It is clearly not the fault of the invented articles of diet that a strange disease affecting a numerous class '— as a section of largo advertisers term it-is steadily ipnking headway in our midst. With a thousand aud one cernedies for that disease, anyone of which is certain to prove completely successful if given a. fair trial, it cannot be the fault of the modern disciples of Esculapiua nor their remedies. Both are but IUstrumer ts ill tile hand of Scieuce. Where,then,are we to look for it YThe food", It is truo, are not those which Nature gav." but they are the gifts of Science and Nature and Science are twin sisters. The dru8 are not thoso whicb Nature bestowed but seeing that they come from the "pen hand of her elWroufl ¡¡ister. bow can we possibly object to them ? If people eat certain things aud are infallibly made ill, they know whero to put their hands upon the equally infallible potions that will make them well. That they are made ill tha frequent mention of that "strange disease affecting a numerous class" clearly demonstrates; that they are not made well the contiuued presence of that disease and the increased demand for those agents that expel it from the system prove with equal distinctness. Wo have, therefore, three facts to deal with That the race has the blessing of invented foods not dreamt of fifty years ago that it suffers extensively from a chronic stomachic disorder rarely met with fifty years ago and that it has an abundance of unfail- ing medicines to remove that malady. The disease does not spriug from the invented foods, I but what it does proceed from Science has not yet discovered. Each and everyone of those potent drqga does unquestionably cure the disease, some- titnert ih the short spaco of twenty minutes, POWP- fcimes in an hour. and Ron>?»times not until n. copq of bnlfclefl has been emptied into the system-. Why humanity does nlll: derive permanent relief from the cures is .not,h"r of those mysteries which increased knowledge alone clenr away. In tli- absence of these diq covories wo can only conclude that the race is suffering as it is through its obstinacy or from choice. It j" I,a", rod t wc\ immense ad v .1n¡.e"- new foods and new drug'.—ami instead of being happier for them than it was bofore, it afflicts itself with a vague d;,f;;IPe :md refuses to bo comforted. H w true is that the greatest bless- ngs often prove curses through tho improper usa that is made of them by th"ir recipients.

I AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY, I An interost?u? discovery has beeu m?d? JJJ ihe Ade¡ber',r Grotto, the celebrated c»*e :hd way to TrieNto which ? vetted by so 111:11), tourists. Some citizens of A,jeibe"g, 0" Vienna correspondent informs us, wishing ascertaiu whether tiie O .toker cave, (iisco vere a year ago at some distance from Adelbe(1 w.t.?iuanyway coomcted with the ?te;).t. c? followed the course of th, subterranean r¡'Waf Poik. It was known that 4-0 yeari ago a P?' of cxpiorets had their progresm barred by a lake, and the present adventurers, therefore. carried with them a boar. Having successful^ crossed the body of water mentioned, lofty 93 ieries appeared through which the river a/we It was possible to walk ou tho batiks of stream, but at intervals it expanded into sID" 11 lakes, and the boat bad to ba used. Atl?S)?? galkty branched inlo Lwo corridur, one of Whl the stream rendered impassable, while the ube wa high atiti quae dry. The boat was draSS0 np, and the party proceeded. After crossing fourth lake, the largest they had met, it vvag found that the Ottoksr CW had heeD reached. The journey through the galleries lasted -5; hours. The explorers saw that they had by means penetrated to the remotest parts ot tl>a grotto, and there is evideutiy still a wide field fot discovery.

A BURGLAR POSES AS A I DcTEC HVE. Vernon Vivian, punter, got seven years' pe"9 servitude at tlie Central Criminal Court y day for burglary in the dwelbng-houso of Eh:f9 Grimes. Prisoner was outside the Victoria-buil^' JUR, Clerkenwel!, where the prosecutrix resid^' AI) be was loitering about she spoke to him, who1' lie said "I am It detective officer from Soot, land-yard, and am come to make inquiries abouj a recent burglary." She was UÙ satisfied, ¡)d sent for a constable, who requested prisoner tfl show his au' hority. Prisoner was unable to dO so. lIe was identified as a notorious burglar. 111 his possession 14 skeleton iceya wfre found, wilile I at his lodgings were discovered a number of housebreaking implements and the proceeds of It recent burglary. A few minutes prior to his arrest prisoner, by mentis of a similar statement, bad induced a Mrs Jones to show him over fier hous"- Ho then examined the locks, and at his ret,,uesli various lo'Jks were taken (if and ret)IACe(i by lievr ones.

< DISOKDERLY IN A CARDIFF I PUBLIti-HOUisE. At the Cardiff police-court to-clay-before lt T. W. Lewis (Stipendiary)—Henry Cawlin (401 was charged with being drunk and llisorderi1 and refusing to quit the TplrJple Bar hnerhOtlst!, Bute-street, aud also with wilfully breaking a pane of glass, value 30, in the btir door, property of Samuel Williams, ou the 21<tinsk Prisoner, who was on the preo, WIIS amusing hirnseIt by drinking other people's beer. He was ordered to leave,but refused. After they got him outside the door he turnrd round and delióeratfJly sm2!3hOd the plate-glass in the door.He was fined 1-* alid costs, and 20s damages, or in default a montb" i:1lprisonmeut.

THE BIRMINGHAM GAOL I SQANDAL. —— i A mooting of the Visiting Committee of the Birmingham City Justices was held yesterday* Aluonnan ALanton presided, and tiiere were also present—Messrs S. Timmins, T. H. Bartleet, F- I Had ley, A. Hill, and J. H. Stoue. A resolution was passed, and ordered to be sent to the Prison Commissioners and the Home Secretary, statinff that tlie justices had leasou to believe that grave abuses existed in connection with the prisoDi which, in their opinion, required full investiga- tion,

A SUPPOSED MURDERER AHHES i ED. The Press Association's Leigh (Lancashire) correspondent telegraphs :—Mr Superintendent Weir, of the County Constabulary, this mtlrnizig received a telegram stating that Vaughan, the man who is wanted 011 suspicion of tiaving rout" dured Thomas Jjllieman, an engineer on tbe Manchester Ship Cauai works, at Rixton, on the 23 ii April, has beeu arrested at Ross, in Here* fordsbire.

THE PH ICE OF BEEF. Replying to a letter published yesterday, all" nouncing ihat beef ought now to be bought iO the Loudon market for 2 1 per pound below last week's prices, a correspondeut writes -Good i housewives will be greatly misled unless they are informed that this statement applies to American beef ouly. This should be made known in fair- ness to the retail butchers who sell only prime English and Scotch beef.

D. JONKS and CO. Celebrated Bacon ifl now !OL<I by the side at 4d per b. BRKAKFAST IS READY i I'll take A cup of MMV wa-tee. Keduced prices: Is 10(i, 2s, 2s 4d, 2s 10<1 per lb. 397 I). JON^F and Celebrated Bacon is till" sold by the side at QJCL per SPECIALITIKS AT THK DOROTHY.—Tomato Satt* sàes, Is per lb. Oxforll.Brawn, is 6d lb. Spiced York llams.lock Turtle. 9d half-pint. Dor.'tby Butterscotch and overy description of £ iigli>h and French Pastiy, Cakes, and bread. Afternoon ITA- nd Luncheons. 143

A Veiled Vice. Un ier this title the Lady's i'lclo) io.' publishes a vigorous protest against: the, increasing us>o of stimulants and "nsrve tonics" by women of fashion :— The pretty, fashionable dam; who is at every smart party Hud fti,if-lioti, wlioie name is on everybody's lips, whose dresses are tho euvy and admiration of her fIIOX, does not begin with a vulgar craving for strong drinks and, later on, eveu wheu such a craving is engen- dered by her mauner of hie, she is too astute to indulge in intoxicants which would betray her is a tippler. It is not in the decanter tliat Hile seeki those pickme ups which brighten llweyes and brace the nerves and cure the hidbous depression that follows Oil perpetual excitement. No Stephanie or Susanue or Perkins would soon discover that and blaz <u forth tho secret; but in the accessories of the toilette, in the dainty cabinets of tlie pretty boudoir, in the innoceat-leoking carvsd corner cupboard ot the dressing-room, are the resources on which she relies. It is not tlie wine mffChalJt wh.. profits by I This DillettanteTippling, but the fashionable chemist, irom whom tlie eau de Cologne, tho draughts of red lavender, the f-pirits of cardamums, and the medicated wines are obtained. After last night's ball :111.1 this afternoon's concert Lidy Grace has a. headache perhrps; could anything ba more reasonable than that sho should seek to relieve it with a pnouful of the harmless red lavender added to a little camphor? ikii, how well she feels She is lively and bright again, ready for » doZ'iii uaU", a score of concerts. How foolish to give way to fatigue How easy to shak.) it off How infinitely more relined and <laf\) thau seek'ng a vulgar stimulant .Her richly-cut, silver-topped toilette bottles arouse no suspiciou, for are not their contents the simplest remedial for the dis- tressing headaches which so frequently attack her ? And the oduur of a perfume or a mendica- tneut on tho breath betrays itti secret, even though it be there day alter day. What is the fashionable fad of wlJmen for cigarette-smoking but a form of The Craze For Nerve Stimulants among those whose lives of unhealthy excite- Hleut demand such solaces ? The perfumed Egyptians, the aromatic" Turks," which have now become a daily necessity to many women, aro but rxcuses for indulgence iu some iorm of stimulants, and the women who smoke after dinner are generally found to prefer B and S." to tea at their friends' receptions. Among certaiu sets where II smart" women of the day couimgate to show tbeic go IV nil and chatter scandal under pretence of visiting their friends, one much more frequently Bees a tall tumbler of a golden-hued t flervosciiig mixture iu the hands of the lathes tLHln the tea cup, which was once their sole beverage, and where men would onco have behold with horror th ight of Youn'g Matrons Drinking Spirits at I Afternoon Tea, they now accept it as a matter of course that even girls are to bo asked "wbat they will take." A West-end chemist told mo the otiier day that the practice of drain-drinking, whether of diugs or lecognised pirits, was in a measure ac- counted for by the duiluess of many women's lives. Left to their own resources alldriy, ordinaiy women find time hang very heavy on their bandf:. Needlework is no longer the fashion, even in the suburbs novel-reading paiiii after a time, and then follows ,hat dreadful seuse of depres- sion, that unhealthy longing for excitement, that at length can only be relieved by some such fatal stimulant as I have mentioned. But it is not always ennui that drives the diliettante dram (it-iiiker to iiarcotiezi tnd stimulants. MoJeru fashionable hfe makes heavy dt-mands upon the nerves, and it is to brace up tiie overwrought system, to levive the drooping spirits, brighten the dull eye (for the time being), and produce that temporary feeling of exhilaration without which so many women of tho day find life im- possible, that The Baneful Drug and the Spirituous I Nerve Tonio are sought. QUI) of tho latest devices for pro- ducing this effect rapidly and unsuspiciously is the alcoholic footbath. My lady can sit in an elaborate peignoir and read the while sbe under- goes lier cure tor gout or rheumatism, or what el so she may call it, aud inhale, one might almost say coram popvXo, the spirit fumes that by-and-bye prouuee a delicious sense of drowsiness But there is not the same fatal fascinatiou about this as with the iusidious drug. the drops," aud the e-seuces. These ire tl)f-, s keletons in many a modern lioweliold these it is that engender social scandals, that bring rospec'- ublo namos into dishonour, and that help to fill the pockets of half the fashiouable physicians aud suburban practitioners of the day.

THEFT AT THE CARDIFF OON- T"EFT AT THE OAHDlfF GON- SERVATIVE CLUB. At the Cardiff police-ccurt this morning Thomas Henry Evans (17) was charged on remand with stealing a gold diamond ring, value £ 5, from the Conservative Club in St Mary street, the property of J wfJph Aiihley, on the 17 tii inst. Mr Bolchcr said he was instructed by tho boy's mother, who was a respectable woman living in St Heleu's-ronrd, Swansea, to plead guilty on his behalf. The ritig was lost at tho Conservative Club, the boy found it., and then pawned it. There was no deliberate tlicft- in fact, ex- cept technically, there was no theft at all. He, therefore, asked the Bouclr to deal with him under the nOW powers given to magistrates in reference to first offenders, and discharge, him with a caution.—The Stipendiary said, though ho was young, and it was his first offence, still he occupied a position of trust !led he had betrayed that trust.—Mr Belcher said the prisoner received a kick from a horse some time ago, aud since then his",mental constitution had not been satisfactory. Though he had a comfortable home ho left it under tho influence of a strong desire to become a billiard marker.—The prosecutor here said that he had no desire to press the case.— Prisoner was accordingly allowed out on his own recogmz uic; of 25, aiiti hit mother's recogniz itice in a similar amount, to come up for judgment when calied upon.

WHEN BliOULI) GiliLS MARIIY P All the busy brains of the readers of Woman have been set working 1 y the promulgation of the momentous question What is the age at which a girl may best marry ? By a large majority of the 483 correspondents who up to uow have favoured HIe editor wih their conclusions. 25 is .decided to be tho best age, or certainly uot earlier than 21. llow can a girl of 18, it is said, understand the importance of t lie step ? Ou the other hand, a girl of 25 must have &een something of the world, aud have bad lime and opportunity of judging the characters and habits of men in it besides which, she has leatued to know herself. As another puts it, a bride under t weuty fi ve is, as a rule, not sufficiently developed to endure domestic worries with equanimity. A practical young person c\1U8iders. that the Lost tiiro for a girl to marry is when the right man turns up." This, however, overlooks the fact that there are such things as itigg-,iLrd,; in love." What are we to bay of the hero of Mr Gilbert's Sweethearts," who did not propose till his old sweetheart hail silver curls ? Hero was a case iu which the ri^ht man turned up yet sixty-five is scarcely tho marriageable age which young ladies, as a rule, would approve.

D. JONKS and Co. 's Celebrated Bacon is now sold by I he side at 4I;I per lb. PORTHOAWL HOTKL.Jndor good management. Moderate charges. Visitors will find every accommoda- tion aud home comforts. Table d'hote d dly and luncheon bars. Special terms to pis-nics M CL parties. Extensive stabling accommodation. Saddle horses, pony carriages, doccarts, phattons. GIFTS, wagonettes, Ac., AC. Grooms iu attendance —For further particu- lars apply MANAGERESS. W, ltoberts, proprietor. 224 BUKAKKAST IS liKAWT I ll lake a cup of MAZ T waltee. Ketluced prices Is lOd, 2s, 2s lid, 2s IOd per lb. I97 IN BANKRUPTCY.—The sale OF R. Leo's stock of Boots and Shoes commenced on premises, 14D, Commercial-street, Newport, on Friday, May 16th. Doors open at 10 o'clock.—By order of Official Trustee. 210

Alleged Attempt to Shoot a Constable. I CHARGE AGAINST A (3LERGY. I MAN. At \Vni'lton FI\lp('lr'larf1 pO]¡C8'C()t1r. Y Gre'. ptprå,\1 —h' fore Mr H. Psthick—John W!??? ,-<?(:. of Burnham, describe' as a CnurCl1 0j of Bnrnh..m. described ?s n. C:!U?" Di- E.tclund c?:fym?n nnd Doctcr o vmhy, was ch&r?e'i witb shooting p?. Cniieu with an eight-chambercd ''°?"??,j)) mtent to do him bodily harm. Mr B. 0. tb1 defended the accused. Tlie consi?bie ?''j?t on Wednesday m?bt, at 11.30, he On duty '1o, Barrow-road, when he Iuard voices a ?of tance from him. He walked a3 fa' a t?uce frmn him. Ha w:t!ked as f? ?([0? accmed'? house, when he heurd som"?"s  fro!o the bedroom window. "1? P.C. ^U, {B6 Throw snmedung out on him, 3, "Fat?b the row somet ling ont on huu, i ol pistol." Wittiess crossed the roa(i be behind ? p;llar, where he stood '° cØle shade of a ?as lamp. The accusal  our of his frOIH do?r, and, pre?ntiuK th P at witness, fired. Witness turned on I)IS I I., ,terth ru!Jed on the accuMod, and aak'?d him fO? big fire atms. He searched him and fouud the ?'.?, produced, ffffn of t/w chambers being lo,ded, Sergeant T?Ibut and witncsjtt.?k the -,CCU- do H?hbridnn and locked him up. He tf)rpateved to shoot them. ThR accused was conlwlttedfot j trial, bail bcit)? granted in one surety of 11 and the accused in JS50.

BULL FIGHTING IN PARIS. t > —— (sJ1' I Tnero was rather an e veu tiul day to-d:\Y ) a New York Herald telegram dated Tu the Bi,-z t de Toro. The two first bull8 into the arena in tlie usual mauner, aD Tiooco, the cavalier en place, placed jaT6^ botw een their shoulder-blades with his usual .I. M. Cara Ancha. a superb athlete btc-bio aud familiar to Parisian amateurs of last > ffal put in his first appearance this season, and tbe, loudly applauded. M. Valentin Marciu. ? It.e wny,trracefui?'MK(tM/?a?, and also ^a*°°w toreador w:th Lhe pUbliC last year, made his gr3[ ture.u i m-w?thLbdpubtici.?cyear.mnQO?  bow t.ms ae?sou, and was welcomed with ?''  siasm. But the great excitement of the daY when the third bull was aunounsed. dill" I aiiinial, a little red one, came bouo into tfie ring, but there were no picadores.. "PICADORES! PICADORES 1" WAS SHOULD 0S I StDKS. i, I Su tdcuiy an enormous sky-blue pi,t(;ar(i oil was brought into the ring with tha words in h e letters, "By order of the Prefecture of Yohi: Picadores are prohibited from appearing course." This announcement wasgreeied with fectatorm of hisses and whistling. Cries of "Ar¡;; .» Argent! Nos dix fritnes Nos dix b resounded on all sides. Hundreds of grey Clot cushions were hurled into the ring. A P0f! c! sfiower of oranges followed. LNi)t(-,iily fo(,Ltl)"e,(Io but even the buil himself stopped and .z j I amusement at the audience. A few excited I IJII vidu-ds rushed to the box of the President of j C ]. 1. to II' Corrida, but the President bad withdrawn to ) ante-romr.. Tho crowd followed him, II: demanded that c-arlier notice should have given of the Suppression of the picadores. 11 my fault, replied the President; I am RJlIlp '.fIle obeyiug the orders of the Prefect of Police." Tile cxcitement soou afterwards subsicied, and rest of the entertaiumenc was continued iviti) picadores. The aud iouce to-day was a verl fashionable one, but not so numerous as 1)11 vious occasions.