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North Monmouthshire Con- servative Association, The general annual meeting of the North Monmouthshire Conservative Association was held at the Angel Hotel, Abergavenny, on Tuesday, when Lord Abergavenny was in the chair.—A vote of condolence was passed with the relatives of the late Duke of Beaufort, and Lord Llangattock was elected president- The Marquees of Abergavenny and Lord Tredegar were elected vice-chairmen, and Mr, R. H. Kennard was also added to the list. Mr. J. C. Hanbury (Pontypool) was chosen chairman, Mr. J. O. Marsh treasurer, and Mr. Ll. Llewellyn assistant-treasurer. Mr. A. A. Williams and J. O. Marsh were re-elected delegates to the Western Division. The noble Chairman stated that he had visited the headquarters of the National Union of Conser- vative Associations, London, and as a result he thought it probable that a candidate would come forward at an early date. Mr. A. A. Williams and others thought that it was very desirable that the candidate should be before the constituency.

OLD FALSE TEETH BOUGHT. Many ladies and gentlemen have by them old or disused false teeth, which might as well be turned into money. Messrs. R. D. & J. B. Fraser, of Princes Street, Ipswich (established since 1833), buy old false teeth. If you send your teeth to them they will remit you by return post the utmost value or, if preferred, they will make you the best offer; and hold t h.. teeth over for your reply. If reference necseary, apply to Messrs, Bacon & Co., Bankers, Iptwiub.

I The Transvaal Crisis. That there are influences at wcrk which are making for a war with the Transvaal is beyond all question. Nothing less was to be expected from the failure of the Bloemfontein Conference, and it can only be assumed that both President Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner fully considered this prospect before they consented to a meeting. The rupture of negotiations has accentuated differences, and, for the time being, created a very critical situation. On the one side we have the Pharaoh like obstinacy of the Dutch President, and, on the other, the public espousal of the Uitlanders' cause by the British Government. It is no longer merely a South African affair, and having gone so far, the Government can hardly stay its hand until the reasonable demands of the unenfranchised community are satisfied. The issue lies between I PRETORIA AND LONDON, and, complicated as it is by memories of Majuba Hill and the Jameson Raid, it will need very cautious diplomacy if an open conflict is to be avoided. There is much excitement and loose talk of war, but this would mean a good deal more to South Africa than the franchise pro- blem of the Rand, aud it is only a very small section of the Uitlanders who can desire a resort to any such methods. At the very worst a few years must see an end to their legitimate griev- ances, but a racial war would put back South Africa for a generation. As to the precise merits of the differences which were found to be irreconcilable at Bloemfontein that is a matter of comparatively uninteresting detail. I THE WHOLE TROUBLE lies in a satisfactory solution of the franchise problem. The scheme submitted by Sir Alfred Miluer is practically the same as the proposals framed by Lord Ripon in 1894. This arrange- ment would be accepted by the Uitlanders, but at a mass meeting at Johannesburg last Saturday, it was declared to be the irreducible minimum of their demands. Such is also the attitude apparently of Mr. Chamberlain. President Kruger is, however, clearly afraid that the Uitlanders will use any increase of power as a handle for obtaiuing more. He therefore replies with an offer which is so hedged round with obstacles in the way of obtaining an effective vote as to be LITTLE OR NO IMPROVEMENT upon the existing state of affairs. This, it must be remembered, in its present aggravated form, is only the creation of recent years. When the independence of the Transvaal was restored, it was expressly understood that there should be no harsh measures against aliens, and it was not until Johannesburg began to develop into what is, or promises to be, the chief centre of wealth and population in South Africa, that these measures of ostracism began to be enforced. Kruger was afraid that his people would be swamped, and of course the Jameson Raid brought this feeling to a climax. Mr. Chamberlain is prepared to give a fresh British guarantee of Boer independence as a counter- poise to any increased political power of the Uitlander community, and if President Kruger persists in rejecting such proposals he will probably make a fatal mistake. The Transvaal can only permanently retain its independence by making terms with the Uitlanders, such as, com- pared with the government of any other part of South Africa, would leave them little or NOTHING TO GAIN BY FURTHER AGITATION. If President Kruger were looking no further ahead than the end of his own advanced life, his determination to have his own way would be an admirable example of Dutch obstinacy, but as far-seeing statesmanship, it will most assuredly prove a failure for his country. He is constantly striving to read more into the events of 1881 and 1884 than they justify. What the president really wants is the complete and absolute independence of the Republic, but, while strain- ing everything for this object, be is gravely risking the large measure of autonomy which the Transvaal already enjoys. Whether President Kruger really proposes to let matters drift into open defiance has yet to be seen. The British Government has shown a DISPOSITION TO NEGOTIATE, I by consenting to the Conference, but its failure will not increase Sir Alfred Milner's influence at the Cape, or the respect of the Boers for British paramountcy. Matters cannot be allowed to go on indefinitely under such a result. So much at least is clear, and the Government in replying to the Uitlanders' petition has practi- cally pledged itself to the removal of their grievances. The rest remains with the Boer Executive. Something will have to be done, and unless President Kruger is prepared to avert the danger by some real and effective concessions, there is, unfortunately, very great reason to fear for the peace of South Africa. =

The Crisis in France. I The agitated condition of public affairs in France seems more than usually serious. This France seems more than usually serious. This state of things is of periodical occurrence in Paris, but it is clear that the Dreyfus affair has done much to destroy confidence in the Institution on which Society rests. It is now admitted that the conviction of Dreyfus was brought about by the most barefaced perjury and forgery. That abominable conspiracy was no mere accidental miscarriage of justice. It was an unspeakable crime which has sadly tarnished the good name of France. The Supreme Court has done some- thing to retrieve this great wrong. It has quashed the judgment and sentence passed upon Dreyfus, in 1894, and as a matter of form sends the accused before a new Court Martial. Nothing can recall the LONG YEARS OF AGONY suffered by Captain Dreyfus in Devil's Island, but after many years' struggle for justice, this seems to be within his reach. The view which the French people may take of his return will prac- tically decide the future of France. That country has now to say whether it insists upon a fearless regard for justice, and it has to choose between the supremacy of the civil authority or that of the military gang which has brought about all this disgrace upon France. Hitherto the French people have been ready to acclaim the Army, regardless of the fact that in moral character many a Dervish Emir would compare favorably with some of those associated with ihe General Staff. What indeed can be said of those heads of the Army, who by false- hood and forgery planned and plotted the CONVICTION OF DREYFUS well knowing all the time that there was nothing to justify their accusation. There is no language strong enough to condemn such conduct, one can only marvel that it should be possible in a civil ised country. The question naturally arises, why was such villiauy perpetrated. It can scarcely be conceived that it was done for the mere love of the thing, or out of sheer blindness of race-hatred. There were some in the Army who were ready to sell their own country, and the only plausible supposition is, that, since a victim bad to be found, Dreyfus was substituted for the real traitor. When Dreyfus returns to France there will be a further unfolding of the plot, and it is to be hoped that 0 I PUBLIC OPINION IN THAT COUNTRY I nl rally to the support of the Government in the firm measures which it seems disposed to adopt with regard to the incriminated General Staff. Several Ministries have tried to save the Army from these consequences, but have only made matters worse by tampering with the straightforward course of justice. Such com- promising methods can only end in a nation losing confidence in itself, and this is the result we see in France, with all the forces of disorder and disaffection raging against the President and Government of the Republic. The gross assault upon President Loubet at the Auteuil races shows that the revolutionists are a poor and cowardly lot, but it is ouly one of many signs of the UNREST AND DISCONTENT I that are constantly appearing on the surtace in France. Much of this is due to the half-hearted measures of successive Cabinets. The military depots believed they had President Faure on their side, but M. Loubet, as the son of a peasant, is intolerable to them. They have not the courage nor ability for a bold COUP, so they invited the President to Auteuil, and there publicly insulted him with a vulgarity and want of manners which is only possible in smart, and, so-called, fashionable society. It is scarcely intelligible that France could possibly turn to such men as these for the guidance of her future. The Dreyfus revelations disclose a condition of political and military corruption far greater than that which brought France to grief in 1870. We see MEN OF „ NO CHARACTER in high positions of trust, and others who are no better than scoundrels and who are capable of any crime. This is a state of things which cannot be too soon altered if France is to escape another relapse into chaos. The issue really rests with the French people, and the next few weeks will probably see a decisive turn of events one way or the other. [f France is so lost in the insane and theatrical admiration of the Army, there is clearly nothing but trouble and disaster before her. The real conflict between the civil and military powers has yet to come, and the French nation must choose between one or the other.

Travellers and Phthisis. I The question of the isolation of consumptive patients on ocean steamers continues to excite ureat interest. A correspondent, writing from personal experience, says "Those who do not travel will soarcely realise what it means to be put into a small cabin containing four berths (so small that the occupants can with difficulty dress two at a time), and find that one of thdr fellow-passengers is in an advanced stage of consumption, and is going, say, to Egypt for the winter, having been told that it is his only chance to prolong his life till next summer. This poor patient-for no one c in call him by no other name -is on deck during the day, hut, being weak, retires early to rest and does not leave his bed till late in the morning. During that time he is couahinsr and expectorating continually, to the distress of the other occupants of the cabin, who, being perhaps afflicted with mal de mer, are confined to their berths more closely than they could wish. Added to this, to say the least of it, unpleasant state of things, very little fresh air enters the cabin, and the atmosphere below decks is frequently stifling. If the consumptive person's destination is Egypt this kind of thing will go on for a fortnight, and then he will land. In all probability bis berth is already bespoken for a passage to India, and with only a change of sheets, the new occupant takes the consumptive's place, which has been vacant but a few hours. It is needless to mention that clothes of any kind are rarely washed on board, and the soiled linen of consumptives, as well as of others, is kept in the cabin till the end of the voyage, unless it is old and thrown overboard as worthless. The number of germs that infest a ship's berth is too horrible to contemplate.The Hospital.

Tunnel Communication with Ireland. At a largely attended meeting of M.P.'s presided over by Lord Londonderry, held in a Committee Room of the House of Commons, on Tuesday, for the promotion of a scheme for a submarine tunnel between Great Britain and Ireland, several propositions were put forward. The favourite one was the connection from Stranraer, Scotland, to Magee Island, near Belfast Lough, a distance of 36 miles, and estimated to cost about £ 10,000,000 sterling.

Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway. Amongst the witnesses who gave evidence for the promoters of a Bill for incorporating the Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway Company, and author- ising them to construct a railway in the county of Monmouth, and for other purposes, before the House of Lords' Committee on Tuesday, were Sir William Harcourt, M.P. and Mr. R. M'Kenna, M.P. Mr. M'Kenna considered that there was distinct necessity for the proposed line. The feeling at Abergavenny was very strong indeed. Abergavenny was one of the largest market towns in the county, but people in parts of the Western Valleys practi- cally could not get now to Abergavenny for market purposes, and were driven down the valley to New- port. Sir William Harcourt said the proposed railway would be within his constituencv, and he had re- cently become personally acquainted with that neighbourhood. "I visited," he said, "my con- stitu6nts at Nantyglo a few weeks ago, having only generally known the neighbourhood before, and I became conscious of the extreme inconvenience of the interval that exists without railway communi- cation between Brynmawr and Nantyglo. Many of my friends desired to come from different parts of West Monmouth, which consists of four valleys, but the only access is as far as the existing railways go, and the people of Brs nmawr have no means of access to Nantyglo and places below, except by foot. In fact, carriage communication in that country is extremely scarce and difficult to obtain. The public inconvenience is very great. How things have been tolerated so long I cannot understand. I know it, has been proposed that the little mineral railway there should be maintainable for this pur- pose but, as I understand, this is the property of a private company. The proposed railway will con- nect with the Great Western in the south, and with the Loudon and North Western Railway in the north. It will, consequently, make a Parliamentary communication. It seems to me that that would be best. I simply express the very strong feeling of the district and my own personal experience. Cross-examined by Mr. Coward as to Lord Aber- gavenny's interest in the mineral railway eighteen years hence, Sir William said he never remembered a case in which a Committee of either House re- jected a case of great public interest on account of the reversion of property eighteen years hence. It was not an uncommon thing to take land compulsor- ily from a person. The case of a line running parallel with a mineral railway was similar to that of a line running parallel with a canal. Having heard counsel and two witnesses for the petitioners, The Chairman said the Committee considered the preamble proved, and clauses would be taken on Wednesday. The House of Lords' Committee, presided over by Lord Camperdown, on Wednesday resumed the consideration of the Brynmawr and Western Valleys Railway Bill. Their lordships parsed the clauses, a settlement being arrived at on the basis that the time for completing the railway should be three years, instead of five.

CURIous.-Of all the Welsh Mayors invited to the Crystal Palace Temperance Fet tui- year not one is oil tll,- te<>totHl .¡..t. It! ayors. except Newport, but in a Snxlay clo iu or tee otal Monmouthshire is not in SV.IIIM Must it be inferred that there are no Wetotal Mayors in Wales ?

THE STUDY OF FLOWERS. I CHAPTEK XX. I CROWFOOT (Ranunculus). Class, Polyandria; Order, Polygynia.—At this season many of our meadows are so thickly covered with this flower as to have the appearance of a cloth of gold. In the days of childhood they were a source of exquisite delight, when we rambled and revelled among them like the butterfly, and plucked them with a rude delight; and Again we feel our hearts are dancing, With wildly throbbing keen delight, At the bright scene of Kingcips glancing, Beneath the clear sun's golden light. Again we pluck the little flowers, The first our childhood ever knew And think upon the place and hour Where and when the first one grew. And as we gaze upon its cup, Shining with burnished gold, The faithful memory calls up Of many a friend beloved of old. Authors often speak of this flower as King-cup, and the casual observer calls the one now covering our pastures and some other of the species as the Buttercup. The botanist knows only one as the Buttercup (Ranunculus Bulbosus). There are more than a dozen of the species of Ranunculus, aud the very common one now decorating our pasture sn profusely, is the Upright Meadow Crowfoot (Ranunculus Acris), which has a calyx spreading, the stems rounded and hairy, and spreading roots. The Bulbous Crowfoot (Ranunculus Bulbosa) has a calyx reflexed, the stems furrowed or channelled, and the root a bulb growing also in similar places as the last spoken of, and is called the Butterflower, Buttercup, Kingcup, and Goldcup. These species are both very acrid, and auimalsavoid eating them as much as possible. They blister the tongue, and it is affirmed that even the bees will not suck the honey from their uecatries. The Wood Crowfoot (Ii Auricornus) has glabrous and kidney shaped leaves, not so acrid as the other species, flowers large yellow-grows in woods and coppices. As we walk through a dry wood, our attention is sometimes arrested by the bright golden blossoms of the Wood Crowfoot, or as it is sometimes termed Goldilocks," and often trailing beneath it we discover the purplish blue blossoms of the Ground Ivy: Fair Goldilocks are blooming here, Where Glechoma strews the ground, Their yellow cup so bright and clear Keceive the dew distilled around. Celery-leaved Crowfoot (R Sceleratus), leaves glabrous, radical ones tripartite, lobes very obtuse, sides of pools and ditches; stems stout and succulent, one to two feet high, flowers very small pale yellow. Creeping Crowfoot (Ranunculus Repens). Calyx spreading, flower stalks furrowed, scyons creeping, perennial. Pale Hairy Crowfoot (R Hirsutus). Calyx reflected, stem erect, many flowered yellow, annual. Corn Crowfoot (R Arvensis). Grows in corn fields, calyx. spreading, stem erect, flowers small pale yellow, many flowered, pericarps very large and prickly, annual. Small Flowered Crowfoot (R Parvifiorus). Stem spreading, annual. Water Crowfoot (R Aquatilis). Floating in water, flowers large white. Perennial. It is found plentifully in shallow pools and rivers, where the surface is quite white with the profusion of blossoms that are sprinkled over them. The petals are large, bang larger than a shilling piece, the 11 r, r_1 upper leaves are roundish, three lobed and cut, floating on the surface of the water, and the under ones are cut into a number of thread-like divisions. The stamens are many of a bright yellow, and a nectary is seated at the base of each petal. The Water Crowfoot flowers in shoals, Like living pearls all lie; Strewn o'er the pool--that radiant path Of stars amid the sky. The aquatic species is the ouly one of the species without noxious qualities. Ivy Crowfoot (R Rederaccus) Stem creeping, leaves roundish kidney shaped, flowers small white. Wet places and shallow pools, perennial. Great Spearwort (Ranunculus Lingua). Leaves lance shaped flowers, large yellow. Grows in marshes and lakes, perennial. Serpent's Tongue Spearwort (R Oph iog loss ifoligts). Flowers small. Lesser Spearwort (R Flammula). Yellow flowers. Lakes and ditches. J.H.C.

THE ASPARAGUS BEETLE I (Criocerii Asparagi). I This beetle often does much harm to asparagus, especially in beds which have been established from one to three years, by eating and disfiguring the heads as they are formed, and later on by attacking the stems and seeds, of which it is particularly fond, both in the beetle and larval stages. In the beetle stage the insects bite the tender asparagus heads while these are yet under- ground, or only just showing above the ground, making brown patches upon them, and sp iling their appearance for market. Later on the beetles eat the feathery shoots of the plants, as well as the large round seeds, to which they are very partial. A beetle will eat a considerable quantity of the tender feathery shoots in the course of a day. The larvae are also most voracious, and, sometimes, in bad cases of infestation, the long stems of the plants are left completely bare of foliage by successions of larvas. The Asparagus Beetle is common in tha southern, eastern, and western parts of England, but it is rarely found in the northern districts. Canon Fowler, in his Coleoptera of the Bri ish Isles, states that he does not know of a record from any locality farther north than South Derbyshire. It is known in France, Germany, and I aly, and probably throughout Europe. The beetle is about a quarter of all inch long and comparatively narrow in width. Its body is shiny black, with a blue tinge; its head is black its ten-jointed antennas are dark brown; its thorax is red, with two black m&rks or lines upon it; and its wing-cases have outer margins of orange-colour and black inner margins, and there is a transverse bar of black across them. Upon each wing-case there is a row of three yellowish or lemon-yellowish spots, or patches, which, with the transverse bar and the black margins, form the figure of a cross hence the beetle is termed "Cross-bearer" (the French call it "Porte- Croix "). Eggs are laid by the beetles in the early spring upon the heads, shoots, and feathery foliage of the asparagus plants. The eggs are brown, long, and somewhat cylindrical, being glued by their ends to the plants, usually in rows of three to five, but frequently they are placed singly. Larvae come forth in from eight to ten days, and immediately begin to feed upon the asparagus. The larval stage lasts for fourteen days, or for about this period, when the larvas fall to the earth and undergo transformation just beneath its surface in a slight cocoon. The number of broods appears to depend upon the weather and the supply of food. Beetles and larvae are frequently found upon the plants until the middle of October. The larva is about the fifth of an inch in length when extended, is of a dark olive-green colour, and usually has a black mark upon its back. It is thick, fleshy, and somewhat slimy, with a shiny black head and three pairs of shiny black legs; the lower end of its body is unusually prolonged to help locomotion and to enable the larva to cling to the stems and shoots of the asparagus. There are also two rows of tubercles -is along the body, which have the appearance of rudimentary pro-legs. METHODS OF ntEVBNTIOX AND REMEDIES. j In the first stages of this attack, that is, when I the beetles are underground and feeding upon the i juicy part; of the heads of the asparagus as they ure lormed, it is difficult to deal with them, though at this period they do considerable harm by making ths hea ls brown and spotty. It is desirable to leave a few heads uncut in every bed where theie is iutestation as traps for the beetles, which get up the feathery shoots and branches during the day for pairing and the deposition of eggs. In the course of eight or nine days these plants should be brushed off close to the ground, and burnt. Another set of heads should be allowed to run to shoots, which should also be brushed off and burnt. Beds of young asparagus plants are most liable to this attack in the first year or two, when only the strongest heads are cut for market, as the beetles Like the succulent shoots of young plants. It would seriously injure the stocks in newly-made infested beds to cut off their shoots. In such cases, it would be better to beat the feathery shoots smartly with sticks, aud to tread, heavily round the plants to crush the larva3. Very fiuely powdered lime dusted on infested plants would als.) be efficacious, as it would adhere to the slimy bodies of the larvas. The lime should be applied as soon as the larvae are noticed, and the applica- tion repeated at intervals. In small beds, and in beds of young plants, hand-picking, both of beetles and larvaj, would be useful, but this operation is coo costly where asparagus is largely cultivated. In ex-eusive beds the remedies to be employed are liming and beating infested plants, and trapping, as indicated above, by letting some heads grow into plants aud brushing them off and burning them. Syringing can be adopted in gardens. Where asparagus is grown upon a large scale this process is more difficult, as the plants are not set in rows, but it may be effected by means of knapsack spraying machines. Kerosene emul-ion, consisting of two gallons of kerosene oil and half a pound of soft soap dissolved in a gallon of soft water, may be used for spraying purposes. The soap should be b uled, and while boiling the kerosene should be poured into it and churned up with the soap until it is thoroughly incorporated. The mixture should then be diluted with fifteen to twenty gallons of waler. Paris green is also a valuable remedy against these and other insects which feed upon foliage. It may be used at the rate of one pound of Paris green to 200 gallons of water. It is-better to put one pound of fresh lime with the Pads green. This mixture can also be put on with a knapsack machine. As this is poisonous, it should not be used till the asparagus has been all cu Spraying should be carried out before the foliage has become thick and strong. It will be necessary to repeat this operation, and it would be effective against both beetles and larvas. It would be desirable to examine the roots of asparagus obtained for making new beds, as the pupae may be conveyed in these. In the United States infestation is exteuded in this way. Board of Agriculture-

Markets. NEWPORT, CATTLE, Wednesday.—Brisk trade throughout, and there was a fair supply. Best beef, 6Jd seconds, 5!d to 6d wethers, Hd to 4 8d; ewes, 6d to 6jd; lamb, 8|d veal, 7d to 8d per lbporker pigs, 9s 3d to 9s 6d par score. NEWPORT, CORN, Wednesday.—Business done was very slight. English wheat, 3s 44 per bushel of 621b; flour (flues), 22s 6d per sack grains of all sorts unchanged, but steady. NEWFOKT, CHEESE, Wednesday. Moderate supply; business fairly brisk. Caerphillys, 35s to 3Ss fancy dairies, 40s to 42s truckles, 44s to 46s doubles, 44:3 to 48s per cwt.

A new Cabinet in France. President Loubet has entrusted M. Poiucare with the mission of forming a new Cabinet, C,

Parliamentary Jews. In the House of Commons, on 'Wednesday, Mr. Robson's muasure for raising the age of half-timers from 11 to 12 wat read a third time. In the House of Loids on Thursday the Education of Children Bill, the London Govern- ment Bill, and the Finance Bill were read a first time. A division was taken in the Commons on the Indian Tariff Act of 1899, resulting in. a Govern- ment majority of 141.

1 lost Delicious Summer Beverage. Z5 It is difficult «omstimes to know what to drink during the spring and summer months. This long felt want has been met by the production of Eiffel Tower Lemonade. Eiffel Tower Lemonade is made from the finest lemons, and the great advantage is th,tt it is partly manufactured in Italy in the midst of the lemon orchards. The lemous are taken direct from the trees to the factory to commence their transforma- tion into Eiffel Tower Lemonade. You can get thirty-two tumblers (or two gallons) for fourpence half-penny, but be sure that you get EiffeZ Tower Lemonacle when you aRk for it, as its great success has brought out inferior imitations that only cause disappointment. If you cannot get it from your Grocer, eenl 4J-d. to the makers, G. Foster Clark & Co., 1,332, Eiffel Tower Factory, Maidstone, they will send you a bottle post fre3 by return. 300 BOTTLES ü-IVEN AWAY WEEKLY. The firm have adopted the following novel method to induce everybody to try their Lemonade. The first fifty letters opened every day not only have the Lemonade sent by return post, but the stamps are also returned to the forttins.te applicants. A second bottle will not be supolied by the firm, but must be obtained of Grocers, Chemists or Stores.

Local Divot-ce Case. On Thursday, in the Divorce Division of the High Court of Justice, before Mr. Justice Bucknill, the case of Cory v. Cory came on for hearing, Tnis was a petition of Mrs. Constance Cory for a divorce from her husband, Mr. Herbert B. Cory, described as a gentleman of considerable means residing in Monmouthshire, against whom she alleged cruelty and misconduct. The case was in the defended list, but it was intimated at the commencement that no defence would be offered. Mr. Corson, Q..C., and Mr. Garland appearad for the petitioner, and Mr. Inderwick, Q.C., and Mr. Grazebrook, were counsel for the respondent. Mrs. Constance Cory, the petitioner, said she was now living with her p'H)th" Buckingham- shire. Her maiden name was Stedall. and before her marriage she lived with her parents at Highgate, She was married to her husband, Mr. Herbert Cory, on May 28th, 1885, and lived with him till June of last ye-ir. They lived chieflv in Mo. nouthshire, and her husband was a gentleman of considerable means. There were four children, of whom threa were now alive, and the last was born on the 22nd of April, 1895. The petitioner averred several acts of cruelty. In i 898 Mrs. Cory left her husband because she found a letter from a ladv, whose name she did not wish to mention, compromising him, She left her husband on the 29th of July, 1898. and filed a petition claiming a judicial separation by reason of alleged adultery with the lady whose letter she had found. In that petition there were no allegations of cruelty, because she did not desire to divorce her husband and give him an opportunity of marrying that lady, but the solicitor who received the instructions would say thit the aots of cuelty relied upon were specifically given to him at the time. A decree nisi was granted, and the petitioner given the custody of the youngest child, the two elder ones being at Harrow School by order of ths cturt.

CADBUEV'S C :COA is absolutely pure, being entirely free from koh' malt, bops, alkali, or any foreign admixture. Caution The public should insist on having cADBURy'B-801d only in Pac' ,n Tin.. having CADBUBY'S—sold only in Pac">TIN? other f!oco .re "'fteu -uH^i'uted for tbu st .i a —extra profit. —extra profit.