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NEWS NOTES. To the King and Queen of Italy a very hearty British greeting has been extended on the occa- sion of their visit to Windsor as the guests of King Edward. There has long been a sort of sympathetic good feeling between the people of England and Italy, who have many things in common; and the young Sovereign of the latter sunny land is in all respects a worthy and well- meaning monarch. We should like to see him freer from financial cares and the internal troubles which are to an extent a carollery thereof and there can be but little doubt that King Victor Emmanuel will do his level best to bring happier days to the country he loves and has been called on to rule. Congratulations to Mr. Plum Warner:and his team upon the handsome way in which they crumpled up the Victorian cricket eleven at Melbourne, after getting so much the better of South Australia in the Adelaide match. If they are not our best-as without Mr. Fry and some others they can hardly be claimed to be-they axel a good all-round level lot, smart in the field, nearly all bowlers and nearly all also batsmen of parts. With a fair share of fortune they should quit themselves well in any tussle. Most of the men have given pro- mise of willow-wielding powers already, and the bowling and fielding have more than sufficed. The variety of the skill at Mr. Warner's com- mand is his great strength. One was pleased to see" Harry" Trott, erst one of the finest of Antipodean cracks, back in the field after a long innings. Lion of heart, he was wont to bat best when his side seemed in a hole, was a bowler of parts, and as smart a fieldsman at point as was ever seen. "rotty has had a long illness, and of course his cricketing hey- day is over, but he is a good old has been" still. The New South Wales match, with Trumper, Noble, and company against them, should give Mr. Warner's men a bigger trying- up than the encounters with the representatives ( of the other colonies have; but the visitors will face the music at Sydney very hopefully. Quite apart from any question of partisan politics, the proposal to raise a national memorial to the late Marquis of Salisbury will commend itself to many who admired the blameless way iii which the ex-Premier served the State through long years. There are three sugges- tions made-first, that a fund should be started which would admit of working men contribut- ing one shilling and upwards; secondly, and through the medium of a represen- tative committee subscription lists should be opened in every county, reaching all towns and villages; and thirdly, that the sums so collacted should be devoted to adding wards to hospitals in large towns, to be called The Salisbury Ward." These suggestions have been placed before the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr. Balfour, and a large number of country gentle- men, and have been received with great favour. This scheme is so simple, and at the same time so far-reaching, that it will require-and doubt- less will get-a large number of willing helpers, by no means all of whom will be of the same political persuasion as was Lord Salisbury himself. Sir Alfred Lyall laid great stress the other day upon the importance of the study of geography. He said the subject was one which it was no superficial undertaking to tackle, and the teaching of it must follow much broader lines and a much wider range than it had hitherto attained. Sir Alfred knew of no study which was more advantageous than geography for Englishmen and Englishwomen, for there was no country in the world which had so many interests and which directed so many lines of communication—political, social, and industrial —over the whole surface of the globe as England. We are dwellers in a world-wide Empire, and it behoves us to know all about its extent, and its relations to the rest of the world. r "The poor ye have always with ye" is an abiding truth but we do not desire to find the impecunious increasing iia numbers. We note from the last return of the Local Government Board that there were (excluding the insane and vagrants) on January 1, 1903, 27,430 more indoor pauper and 16.354 more outdoor paupers than on July 1,1902. The total number of vagrants, which is usually larger in the winter months, had increased from 10,717 to 14,475. There is an increase in the number of pauper lunatics of 22,853. These figures are not pleasing. A very remarkable discovery of a forgery was made a few days ago by a Parisian money- changer. He had advanced cash on some bonds received from a customer, and happened to place them on a table near a window. A ray of sunshine fell on the number on the top bond, aud he noticed that the figures showed slight traces of having been tampered with. Further examination revealed that the figures 6 and 8 had been converted into noughts, and that the real number of the bonds was included in the list of those stolen. He communicated with the owner, and the bonds were traced back to a man named Ratic, who is now in custody. Experts declare that the alteration was effected with remarkable skill, and might never have been discovered but for the ray of sunlight falling on the paper at the right angle. The Sun as detective is a terror to the evildoer. Addressing the Federation of Working Men's Clubs, the Bishop of Stepney the other day told a very good station story. He was at the Liverpool-street terminus one night at the time when a heavy rush of excursion and other trains was on. In the midst of the noise and rush there stood a porter so calm, good- tempered, and helpful as to be remarkable, and at last the bishop went up to him and said My friend, how can you do it ?" The te pi was, Why, sir, you ought to know. The grac of God."

Sentence of death passed at Chester on Elizabeth Daries for murdering her baby has been commuted to penal servitude for life. In the course of his forty years' service as parieh clerk at Yarmouth, Mr. E. J. Lupson has attended 11,570 weddings. In 1,251 cases he gave away the bride. In Melbourne, a bookmaker who once owned a houee worth E5,000 and ran his own horses, has just been fined for making a penny book with newsboys. At least three more judges, declares the "Law Times" ought to be added to the King's Bench Division.

LADY PHRENOLOGIST'S STORY. i Madame Zaza Lee is a gifted lady who has a vast experience of life on both sides of the Atlantic. As a phrenologist she bas been actively engaged in her profession for several years in the United States and in England, and coming into contact with many of the best class of people, she is quali- fied to speak with some weight. A personal reminiscence, quite as remarkable as her achievements in phrenology, she detailed to a reporter of the Bradford Daily Argus." The reporter interviewed Madame Lee at her consulting rooms, 455, Manchester-road, Bradford. She is a firm advocate of Dr. Williams' pink pills, and knows many instances of their cures to which she can testify. When I was twenty-four years of age," she said, "I myself had my first severe attack of indigestion, accompanied by heart burn- I Madame Zara Lee. iDg, pains in the chest; and between the shoulder blades. The shoulder pains were the worst, but it all seemed to arise from weakness in the chest and stomach. I had also an un- pleasant feeling of heaviness about the head and eyes, and I always felt wearied and tired, and I was realty very weak through inability to take sufficient nourishment. In fact I had no interest in what was going on around me, and life became hardly worth living. Five years later a climax was reached. I was stricken down with a severe illness, and for many weeks I was daily attended by doctors. They said I was suffering from inflammation in the stomach arising from indigestion. I was pulled through, however, and was able to get about again, but I was in a very weak condition, and seemed incapable of getting strong again. I dragged on for three years, and then the old pains returned in a more severe form. I almost despaired of ever regaining my health and strength, but I obtained relief in a simple manner. A friend of mine who had suffered in a similar way to myself had been cured by Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, and I met another young lady who had been cured of anaamia by the same medicine. So I resolved to give them a trial. Almost immediately I began to obtain relief. The pains disappeared, and in time I was completely cured. My stomach is now able to stand the strongest diet. I enjoy my food, and it does me good, while I also feel braced up in every way. I took no other medicine whilst I was using the pills." IfLack of power to digest and extract nourish- ment from food is the state of thousands, and the result is seen in haggard men and women em- bittered by perpetual gnawing pain; The stomach requires tone," or strength, and the strength necessary is supplied by Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, which enrich the blood in an un- equalled manner. These pills have cured all dis- orders arising from impoverished blood, anaemia, rickets, scrofula, decline," consumption, indiges- tion, palpitations, rheumatism, sciatica, St. Vitus' dance, paralysis, locomotor ataxy, neuralgia, and all disturbances of the nervous system. The price is two shillings and ninepence for one box, or for six boxes thirteen and nine, sent direct by the manufacturers, Dr. Williams" medicine company, Holborn-viaduct, London, or obtainable of medi- cine dealers. Intending purchasers are sometimes deceived into accepting substitutes, but cus- tomers will find safety from deception by insist- ing on seeing the name in full, Dr. Williams' pinic pills for pale people, on the packet handed to them.

BULGARIAN OUTRAGES IN MACEDONIA. In view of popular misconception in this coun- try, which makes the Turks responsible for most, if not all, of the outrages committed on Chris- tians in Macedonia, the publication is opportune of a pamphlet which gives an informing, though tragic, survey of the conduct of Bulgarians to- wards their Greek fellow-Christians for the past five years in that unhappy country. Details are given in the pamphlet of no fewer than two hun- dred and twenty-nine outrages and murders which Bulgarian bands have perpetrated against the Greek community in the two vilayets of Monastir and Salonica. The writer states that the particulars in each case have been verified, and no outrage is included which has not been directly and unquestionably traced to the Bul- garian insurrectionists. He proceeds: "The sym- pathy which has been extended by a very large body of people in this country to the insurrec- tionists in Macedonia has been founded on two grave misconceptions of the true situation. In the first place, it has been erroneously assumed that the insurrection movement has the approval and the active support of the Macedonian people. On the contrary, it has been repudiated by the vast majority of the resident population, a re- pudiation which has cost many of them their lives at the hands of the Bulgarian brigands, whose actions all alone have been opposed to the true cause of {he Macedonian peoole—the cause of reform and better government. The other mis- conception is the assumption that the Christian ponulation of Macedonia mainly consists of Bul- garians. Nothing could be more misleading. As a matter of fact the Greek community outnum- bers the Bulgarian both in Salonica and Mona- stir." It is pointed out that even among their own countrymen the brigands secure support only by the exercise of the worst forms of coercion, and that it is, therefore, a misrepresentation of the facts to say that the people of Macedonia are in rebellion.

The recognition of the new Republic of Panama has called forth a storm of protest from the Central and Southern American States. Mr. Seddon telegraphs that the Naval Agree- ment Bill has passed its final stages in the New Zealand Legislative Council, and is now law. Official steps are to be taken to prevent the further spread of that terrible worm disease known as, Ankylostomiasis among the miners of this country.

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THE KING AND QUEEN OFI ITALY. l DEPARTURE FROM ROME. I The King and Queen of Italy left Rome on Sunday morning on their journey to England. Their Majesties had a very cordial greeting at .e various stations as their train passed on its way to Cherbourg. The King's yacht, with an escort, left Portsmouth on Sunday morning for Cherbourg, where on its arrival the British officers had a hearty reception from the French authorities. The King and Queen of Italy, on reaching Cherbourg, embarked in the Victoria and Albert for Portsmouth. AT CHERBOURG. I The King and Queen of Italy (on their way to England) arrived at Cherbourg at four o'clock on Monday afternoon. Sir Henry Stephenson, first and principal Aide-de-camp to King Ed- ward, Rear-Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawkesworth Fawkes, commanding the cruiser squadron, and some French officials, were waiting on the plat- form to greet their Majesties. The King, who wore the undress uniform of a General of Carabineers, with a long blue cloak, was the first to alight. He was followed by the Queen, who had on a light grey dress and a black hat with a white feather. The Royal party proceeded to a marquee, decorated with trophies and flowers, where the Mayor of Cherbourg, addressing the King, said that M. Loubet had charged him to present his compliments to his Majesty. Queen Elena was presented with a superb bouquet of orchids, tied with ribbons in the Italian colours. Sir Henry Stephenson introduced Admiral Fawkes and other British officers to the King, who shook hands cordially with each officer as he was intro- duced. Their Majesties embarked on the launch which was to carry them to the royal yacht, Victoria and Albert, the signal being given by the cruiser Marseillaise, and all the war-ships lying in the roadstead, which were decorated with bunting, and were flying the Italian flag from their mastheads, fired salutes of twenty- one guns. The scene in the harbour was picturesque in the extreme, but unfortunately a downpour of rain somewhat marred the effect of the spec- tacle. As the launch conveying their Majesties passed the different warships, loud cheers were raised by the crews. I ARRIVAL AT PORTSMOUTH. I The King and Queen of Italy disembarked at Portsmouth at 12.45 on Tuesday afternoon, and continued their journey to Windsor, reaching their destination at 3.29, one minute in advance of the scheduled time. At the moment of our arrival on board the yacht Victoria and Albert, the Queen and myself are happy to tender to you as well as to Queen Alexandra our kindliest greetings." Such was the first message despatched by King Victor Emmanuel on Tuesday morning. At Portsmouth the Prince of Wales led his Royal guests through two lines of bluejackets, marines, and cadets of the Osborne Naval College; and amid the booming of guns and the enthusiastic cheers ot the people, the Royal train steamed out of the Har- bour station. I RECEPTION AT WINDSOR. I King Edward and Queen Alexandra had arrived at the royal station at Windsor a quarter of an hour in advance of the time at which their Italian Majesties were expected; the King in field marshal's uniform, and wearing a thick grey ser- vice coat; the Queen in furs that covered a ser- viceable heliotrope costume. They were accom- panied by the Princess Victoria, the Duke of Con- naught, and Prince Christian. The Mayor and Corporation of Windsor were also in evidence, the Mayor carrying a suspicious- looking roll that subsequently unfolded itself as an address of welcome. The Italian national anthem rang out as the Royal train steamed into the station the Guards presented arms; the state colour flaunted its proud emblems. Then (says a correspondent of the "Daily Mirror ") followed a game of hide and seek. King Edward could not find King Victor Emmanuel; Queen Alexandra could not find Queen Helena. The Italian sovereigns were the first to discover their royal hosts. The two kings kissed each other on both cheeks; and the two most beautiful Queens in Europe stood eye to eye, making a charming picture as they embraced one another under the silken folds of an Italian banner that swayed in- dolently from the glass roof of the station. Next it was King Edward's turn to greet the lady from the Quirinal. I From the outset Queen Helena had won every heart on that august platform. With a delightful bow and in delicious English she thanked Miss Yvonne Shipley, the elder daughter of the Mayor of Windsor, who had come blushingly forward with a bouquet. Open carriages were the order of the day. In the first sat the two Kings, side by side, with the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught facing them. In the second were Queen Helena and Queen Alexandra, with Princess Victoria on the opposite seat. Six other carriages followed, containing the members of the royal suites. Queen Helena, attired in a heavy fur coat, had a charming smile or a bow for everybody connected with her reception. When the enthusiastic mem- bers of the Italian Press raised stentorian shouts of Viva il Re and Viva la Regina," she seemed delighted. All the way from the station to the Castle her Majesty was questioning Queen Alexandra. Her eyes lit up almost dancingly when she recognised the humble members of the Italian organ-grinding fraternity, drawn up in a body near the Town Hall. This miniature colony had donned the picturesque garb of its native land. Numerous women and children were among them waving the red, white, and green of Italy. The Eton boys, drawn up inside the Sovereigns' entrance to the Castle, also attracted Queen Helena's attention, as well they might, so unhesitat- ing was their enthusiasm. Their interest was re- turned, as it was noticed that Queen Helena turned to Queen Alexandra and demanded particulars of these ebullient youths. At the castle their Majesties were received by the remaining members of the Royal Family and the Great Officers of State, who conducted them to their apartments. The first part of the evening Queen Helena spent quietly in her own rooms. Her Majesty declared that she felt no ill-effects from her long journey, and those about her say that she is in the best of spirits. Everyone in Windsor has been remarking on her beautiful smile, which so much recalls that of our own Queen.

AUTOMATIC GUNNERY. I A highly interesting development of machine guns, which is now occupying the attention of the French War Office, is due to the inventive genius of a private soldier named Eugene Dumortier, of the 145th Infantry, how in garrison at Maubenge. The following details are given of the weapon, which is not so much a gun as a whole gun section. There is a four-wheeled carriage with a steel platform, on which tw,o batteries are arranged, one below the other, and each independent of the other, so that the twc may be firing simultaneously at different points and different ranges. The carriage is a motor, and each battery is governed by a central regulator, which brings all the guns to any desired position at once. Each of the 20 guna can discharge 450 Lebel cartridges a minute.

"John, dear, I can't wait to tell you what I am going to buy you." "Darling, what is it?" "Well, I'm going to get you a silver card-tray, a bronze Hercules for the mantelpiece, and a new Persian rug.. Now, what are you going to get me?" "Hem I've been thinking, Jane, of a new shaving-brush." While on a visit to a mining town, not many miles from Sunderland, which boasts of no pro- fessional barber, a gentleman had perforce to submit his noble countenance to the tender and amateur mercies of an Irishman from Cork, by the name of Murphy. As the tears rolled down his cheeks and the skin and hair literally flew, he ventured to ask, in a meant-to-be-sarcastic way: "Murphy, did yo. ever scrape pigs?" Back came the reply, like a etone from a catapult: "Never until to-day, sorr!"

HICKMAN CASE CONCLUDED. ) VERDICT OF SUICIDE WHILE TEMPORARILY j INSANE. j On the 12th inst. the coroner's jury engagcvl upon the Hickman case returned the following verdict: — verdlct "That on October 18 Miss Hickman was found dead in Sidmouth Plantation. Death was due to morphine poisoning, self-administered at a time when she was temporarily insane." The first witness called on the concluding day of the inquiry was Mr. John Parrott, a Rich- mond chemist, who, after rejecting a trial bottle, pronounced the actual bottle found in the thicket to be identical with others sold in his shop. He, however, had been absent from business on the date of the sale, but Mr. Robert Choystaw, hi 3 assistant, distinctly remembered a lady W1 ) purchased an eight-ounce bottle of distil'' d water, similar to the bottle produced, a few vs after August 10. "Can you tell us sometl; ug of the lady?" asked the Coroner. The an.fi,ver was in the negative. A Richmond musician testified to having found I a knife near the fence round Sidmouth Planta- tion and a gamekeeper, employed by the Duke of Cambridge, said that he went to feed the pheasants in Richmond Park four times a day during August, eacfc time passing within sixty yards of the spot where the body was found. "Do I understand that the park-keepers searched Richmond Park when this body was missing?" asked the Coroner. "Yes, but the plantation was not searched, because they were without the necessary per- mission, was the reply. Another witness testified to Miss undisturbed cheerfulness. The lady doctor was not nervous, nor did she take narcotics or intoxicants. Dr. Ernest Greville, proprietor of the Medical Supply Association, said that Miss Hickman had been his customer for several years. About the middle of August he repaired a hypodermic syringe for her, and supplied her with three tubes of morphine and some morphine sulphate tabloids —fifteen grains in all, and no large quantity for I a medical practitioner like Miss Hickman. The syringe produced might be the one spoken of. Dr. Robertson, resident physician at the Royal Free Hospital, said that Miss Hickman was not likely to have any occasion for the use of either drugs or syringe at the hospital. The hospital provided both; and, in any case, should Miss Hickman prescribe morphia, an assistant would administer it. If a sudden operation had been necessary, before Mr. Legge could arrive, it would have been performed by himself or Miss Chamberlain before Miss Hickman. Mr. Hickman (warmly) But why should you take precedence of my daughter? Dr. Robertson explained that his position as permanent medical officer gave him seniority, Miss Hickman being a temporary officer. Mr. Hickman: My daughter was very shy. I don't think she would have liked to go to a stranger an dso young a man as Dr. Robertson. But the most vital testimony elicited was that given by Mr. Hickman, the deceased lady's father. Miss Hickman had previously wanted to go into the Holloway College, and after examination by a Richmond doctor, her applica- tion had been refused because she had con- genital heart trouble. Her sister Mary, aged nineteen, was now at Deptford College. Miss Mary Hickman had gone in for the London Matriculation, and had broken down under the strain. She had since recovered and resumed her studies. "Will she go to the University?" asked the Coroner. "No, I have had enough of it," was the reply. The Coroner: "Did Mary ever show any sign of suicidal tendency? Mr. Hickman: No; there was an occasion where she picked up a knife once and said to her mother that it was very sharp. Pressed by the Coroner as to whether there had been any trace of insanity among his near relatives, Mr. Hickman said that a cousin of his had been under restraint thirty years ago. Another cousin had shot himself through losing his situation. Addressing the Coroner, Mr. Hickman spoke of some letters. The Coroner: "Since you have mentioned it, I must say I was not pleased with your action. Instead of handing these letters to my officer, you gave them to the first press-man who came along, and he made a ro- mantic article out of them." After reading the letters in question, the Coroner said there was "nothing in them." The verdict already recorded was arrived at after a quarter of an hour's deliberation. Coroner and jury expressed their sympathy with the family; and then the widely-discussed and oainful Miss Hickman case was at an end.

LIBEL IN A NOVEL. jir. Justice Grantham and a Common Jury, on the King's Bench Division, on the 11th inst., tried an action for libel brought by Mrs. Con- stance Wallis against Major H. F. Woodgatev The parties were at one time on very friendly terms, and lived in a flat in Shaftesbury-avenue. They subsequently quarrelled, and, while serv- ing at the Front in South Africa, the defendant wrote a novel, in which one of the characters. "Connie Winter," was described as the wickedest woman in England." Plaintiff said this was intended for her. Major Woodgate swore that he had no thought of Mrs. Wallis when he produced the work. The jury found for the plaintiff, damages £ 25.

ABORTIVE LIBEL SUIT. The trial of the action brought by John Meiklejohn, formerly a detective of Scotland- yard, against Major Griffiths, previously an Inspector of Prisons, and the author of a book caHed "Mysteries of Police and Crime," and Cassell and Company, the publishers, to recover damages for libel, was concluded in the King's Bench Division on the 12th inst. Tne plaintiff complained that in an allusion to the Turf Frauds case, heard twenty-seven years ago, and in which he was tried and convicted for a mis- demeanour, Major Griffiths had libelled him. Meiklejohn was not called as a witness in sup- port of his own case, and the jury, without leav- ing the box, returned a verdict for the defen- dants, with costs.

Most people dwelling in great cities seem to think that the old-fashioned fair ground, with its roundabouts and its shows, is pretty well a thing of the past. But, in reality, there never was so vast an amount of capital sunk in the show business as at the present time. One steam roundabout company has more than C50,000 sunk in the business, and pays a very handsome dividend, and at least two travelling wild beast shows are respectively insured for £ 12,000 each. In pea-booths-an institution much beloved in North-country fair grounds-something like £ 20,000 is invested, so far as Sheffield and Leeds alone go.

THE, CARE OF THE POOR. Mr. Walter Long, President of the Local Government Board, visited Axbridge (Somerset) on Saturday and opened a new workhouse in- firmary. After complimenting the guardians on the steps they had taken to provide for the com- fort of the suffering poor, Mr. Long laid especial stress on the importance of removing children from workhouse influences. It would be cheaper in the long run, he said, to bring them up in such a manner as would tend to make them independent self-respecting citizens. Children who, through no fault of their own, came under the care of the guardians, should, as far as possible, lead the lives they would have led in their own homes, and though to do this might cost a little more at first, they would be likely to have fewer paupers in the future. He pleaded the cause of pauper children, that their lives should be made as bright as pos- sible, on the grounds of common humanity. He trusted that the infirmary would be a practical assurance that the guardians had tried to lessen the sufferings of those who came within it walls. r

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