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TRAGEDY FOLLOWS TRAGEDY. Considerable mystery surrounds the death ci Frederick Thacker, a comparatively young trades- inan, of Catherine-road, East Ham, who was found dead in bed with his throat cut. When Thacker closed his greengrocer's business on Saturday night he was in his usual health, but on the follow- ing morning he was found unconscious in bed, and died soon afterwards. His premises were searched, and, although Ihaeker had enjoyed a good day of business, no JBioney was found on the premises, and a gold cratch, certain diamond rings, and a bicycle, kept in the back of the premises, were missing. In November last Thacker's wife died under dramatic circumstances, and in consequence of certain allegations made an incensed public made a demonstration against the husband, who had to bi protected from an angry mob of women.

WEAK SPINES MADE STRONG. To all MEN and WOMEN with Tired, Stooping, Aching Backs. Weak SPINES want New Blood. Thl. Youth was a Spinal Martyp. To-Day he Is Wet!; Cured by Dr. Williams* Pink Pills. THE Nerves and Spine are calling for help when men and women suffer dull, numbing pains in the Back, feeling unable to sit up with- out aching always stooping, tired and wanting support. To a representative of the Birmingham Sunday Echo," Mr. Rumney, of 49, Freeth- street, Ladywood, Birmingham, stated:- Three years ago my son Albert began to stoop sideways. He drooped after the slightest exertion, and would lean on things to rest him- self. At last we had to take him to the Chil- dren's Hospital. The doctors said our boy was suffering from spinal curvature and ordered Albert to lie flat on his back on the floor for a certain time every day. Albert was treated for six months, yet did not improve. Then he was under treatment at the General Hospital. He entered for five months, and when he came home was bound in splints from ankles to armpits. For twelve months the boy endured untold suffering. The pains in his back and sides made him cry out in agony. With no appetite he just pecked at his food. He was treated for months after leaving the hospital, and was wheeled about in the open air. Yet he relapsed, and grew more dread- fully weak. We consulted other doctors, for the boy was so helpless that if unsupported he would fall huddled into all sorts of shapes. One day I read about the many cures by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People and my wife got a box immediately. After Albert had taken the pills a little while he regained his appetite an began to pick up in a remark- able manner." Yes," interposed Mrs. Rumney; H we per- severed with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and steadily he changed from a terribly weak in- valid to his present bonny state-look at his rosy cheeks!" Ever since he took Dr. Williams' Pink Pills," resumed Mr. Rumney, "nothing has ailed him. He eats heartily, and is as bright as any lad in his school. Albert runs, plays, and romps just as well as any boy of his age. Our neighbours are astounded." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills enrich and renew the Blood, by this means strengthening the Nerves and Vital Organs. They have cured re- peatedly Anaemia, Indigestion, Eczema and Skin Disorders, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neu- ralgia, St. Vitus' Dance, Rickets, Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxy, and Ladies' Ailments. Sold by all dealers, or direct from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Holborn-viaduct, London, post free 2s. 9d. a box, or six boxes for 13s. 9d. When ordering at shops look for full name on every package, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People."

DBOPST, BKIGHT'S DISEASE AND HEART WEAKNESS. UlUBLB TO WORK FOR 32 WEEKS CURED BY VBNO'S SEAWEED TOJilO. Mr. JOHN MACMILLAN, 15, Commercial- street, Bridgend, Perth, writes, June 30th, 1905: MR. MACMILLAN. (from Photo) "At the beginning 01 June, 1904, I got a severe chill on the I kidneys, and after a long attendance of two doctors, I was told it was Bright's disease. I had also great weakness of the heart, and suffered terribly from dropsy. When the first dootor stopped coming- we sent for another, but he had not been attend- ing me long, when he said there was not much hope so I stopped hia treatment, and took VENO'S SEAWEED TONIC. That was in February last; since then it has done for me what two doctors did not do in nearly a year. I was off work for 32 weeks, but I am now able to continue my work daily, and I am about as well as ever I was, except for a little swel- ling in the legs." VENO'S SEAWEED TONIC for purity and all-round potency has not its equal anywhere for kidney troubles, stomach, liver and blood diseases; strengthens, regulates, and restores the body to a healthy and vigorous state. Especially good for chronic constipation, indigestion, and all kidney and heart affections. Price Ill! and 2/9, at Chemists everywhere.

I « FKEDERICK TWIST" TOBACCO. I Mary Ant, Cotts, aged 85, who was found to have died from senile decay, was stated by her son, at the inquest at Norwich, to have been an in- veterate smoker. Although too feeble to leave her bed, she still enjoyed a pipe. She smoked Fre- derick Twist" tobacco, which, the son explained, consisted of cigar and cigarette ends which he picked up in the street, dried, and rubbed out, then put into her pipe, which he placed in her mouth after he had lighted it for her.

I MOTOR GIVES FIRE ALARM. By the collision of two motor-omnibuses in Tottenham-court-road at seven o'clock in the morn- ing, outside passengers were severely shaken, and two seriously injured by the breaking of the adver- tising board beside their seats. Both were taken to the University Hospital. Another motor-car skidded in Kemiington-park- road and knocked over a fire-alarm post. This acted as a call, and in a few minutes four engines arrived on the scene.

VAN DEN BERGHS, LIMITED. I The general mooting of this company was held on the 11th met., Lord Ebury, the chairman, presiding. The result of the past year's trading shows a profit of £ 219,017 16s. 9d., to which is added the amount brought forward, making a total of E366,645 9s. Id. After making liberal deductions for depreciation and management, and providing for the preference dividends, and £ 14,859 18a. 9d. for reserve (which now stands -at £ 108,038), there remains a bulanoo of £ 251,367 le. 3d. The directors propose to pay a dividend of 20 per cent. for the half-year to December 31, 1905, absorbing 450,000, making 16 per cent. for the year, against 12 per cenifc. last year. The sum carried forward ie £ 201,367 19. 3d. During, the year the directors have ac- quired a competitive business). The company will in a short time be enabled to supply English-manufactured margarine from their English factory, now in course of construction.

MISS TERRY'S JUBILEE. I The celebrations in connection with the jubilee of Miss Ellen Terry, who made her first appear- ance on the stage in 1856 as Mamillius in The Winter's Tale," commenced at His Majesty's Theatre on Friday night, when Miss Terry re- peated her delightful performance of Mistress Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor." En- thusiasts began to gather outside the.theatre as early as nine o'clock in the morning, and early in the afternoon there was a large erowd, some of whom passed the time in playing bridge, and the vast building was crowded in every part, the rush for reserved seats being almost unprece- dented. The audience cheered tremendously when the celebrated aetr-ess made her appear- ance, and called her again and lagain before the curtain at the end of each act. 0 Then, when the play had finished, Mr. Tree recited a congratulatory ode, which had been specially written by Mr. Louis N. Parker, and Miss Terry read a reply, which was handed to her by a fairy, who had taken it from a dove which fluttered down from the wings. The audi- ence cheered and cheered again, and, following this, Mr. B. W. Findon, on behalf of the Play- y- goers' Club, read an address, and handed it to Our Ellen in a handsome silver casket-a token of affection and esteem from the members of the club. With a break in her voice, Miss Terry spoke a few words of thanks, and referred to Sir Henry Irving, who, had he lived, would have shared her jubilee. Then the audience broke out again into cheers, and the curtain had to be raised many more times. A large crowd collected round the stage-door, and when Miss Terry ap- peared a rush was made to shake hands with her, and she experienced great difficulty reaching her carriage.

A POSTPONED WEDDING. J A young couple who went to Kidsgrove Roman Catholic Church, near the Staffordshire Pot- teries, to be married met with such bad luck and difficulties that the ceremony was post- poned. The banns had been published, but the bridegroom had forgotten, to notify the regis- trar, without whose presence the marriage could not take place, and it was not until the wedding carriages arrived at the church that the young couple were made cognisant of their mistake by the priest. The bride and bridegroom did not know where the registrar lived, and a delay of an hour or two occurred before he arrived. All seemed to be going well, until the registrar discovered that the prospective bride was under age, and had not come with the necessary parental con- sent. There was no time that day to drive to Alsager, over the Cheshire border, to fetch the bride's father, so no wedding took place.

DESPERATE FIGHT AT SEA. 1 i Arthur Barnes, boatswain's mate, of the Liver- pool barque Dunfermline, was remanded at Bel- fast charged with having fired at Acting-Captain Bailie, with intent to murder, while on a passage from Tacona to Belfast. On November 30 the vessel was caught in a hurricane, and Captain Woodward, of Liverpool, was swept overboard and drowned. First Mate Bailie then took command, and Barnes, who had some words with him, called upon the crew to put him in irons. Loaded guns were used in the ensuing tussle, and it is alleged that Barnes fired one of the weapons at Bailie, who escaped the shot.

DEATH OF A PEERAGE CLAIMANT. I Mr. John Frazer, the claimant to the extensive estates and the title of Baron Lovat, has died in his eighty-second year. Ten years ago the case almost rivalled the famous Tichboirne case in attracting public attention. Deceased spent a large fortune in endeavouring to prove his claim, and so good were his chances considered that a well-known firm took over the case and fought strenuously but unsuccessfully on his behalf.

LADY WARWICK'S X.Y.Z." PARTY. Speaking at Fulham, Lady Warwick said she joined the Social Democratic Federation because it spelt freedom. All sorts of other Socialist organisations were about the country, and the S.D.F. woman got little chance at the hands of the I.L.P. people. X.Y.Z." would be the best way to letter the future Socialist Party. But it did not matter very much what they lettered it; whatever they called it, the party had to be united." Referring to the Education Bill, the Countess remarked that the Church of England wants to go one better than the Nonconformists, and the Nonconformists want to give one in the eye to the m Church of England." As to the Suffragettes, I can quite see," she said, "the cause of women has been put back years and years by what happened in the House of Commons." i

SIR E. CLARKE'S ILLNESS. When the P. and O. steamer Moolfan reached Plymouth on Friday it was expected that Sir Edward Clarke, M.P., would be among the pas- sengers. It was found, however, that he had been so ill that he was obliged to land at Gibraltar, and that he remains there for the present with Lady Clarke. Mr. Percival Clarke, who joined the vessel at Marseilles, said that his father, despite his illness, was determined to continue his voyage, but on reaching Gibraltar his weak state of health compelled him to land. He had not been able to get the better of the complete nervous prostration which was the sequel of neglected influenza.

RAN AWAY WITH HER LOVER. A sad sequel to a runaway marriage was re- vealed at Northampton, when a young woman named Ethel Brine was charged with stealing money from her lady. She was an assistant school- mistress at Elstree, and eight months ago ran away with her lover and married him. Her hus- band spent her savings, pawned all she had, even some of her wearing apparel, and then deserted her. The magistrates handed her over to the care of her father, who took her back to Elstree.

Mr. Tree presented "Hamlet" at His Majesty's to a crowded audience. The play, the fourth in the Shakespeare festival, lasted until midnight, and was rapturously received. A tramp stltfire to a petroleum pipe line that was leaking in Pennsylvania, and caused a con- flagration three miles in length. A worsted mill and several other buildings were destroyed. The West Ham Guardians have decided to suspend the steward and storekeeper at the re- quest of the Local Government Board, which has ordered an inquiry into the workhouse in- firmary accounts. j

KILLED WITH A PENKNIFE. A family murder—involving the deaths of middle-aged fatberand mother and daughter aged twelve-was disclosed at the little indus- trial village of Farrington, on the Ribble, two miles above Preston. The child, Jane Anne Catterall, daughter of a district council labourer, left the little cottage, near the parish church, where she lived with her father and mother, at six o'clock in the morning, and ran to the house of a neighbour, Mrs. Craven, whom she begged to come and see her mother, who, she said, was ill. The child returned home, and presently Mrs. Craven followed and knocked at the door, but she received no answer. Seeking another neigh- bour, Mrs. Maddock, Mrs. Craven returned to the cottage, and they shook the door for some time, still without getting any response until a groan was heard. Stepping back from uie door, and looking up to a bedroom window, they saw the ghastly spectacle of the girl's face, with blood streaming from the neck. The neighbours then broke into the house, and found Catterall and his wife dead in the bed- room. The woman had wounds on her body, and the man had his throat cut. The child was still alive, but she expired about nine o'clock. All the wounds appear to have been inflicted with a penknife. The father, Henry Catterall, was 55 years of age.

MARIE CORELLI POSTCARDS. I Before Mr. Justice Swinfen Eady, Mr. Eve, K.C., moved on behalf of Miss Marie Corelli, for an injunction restraining A. and E. Wall, of Stratford on Avon, from publishing, selling, or offering for sale picture postcards purporting to depict the private and home life of Miss Corelli; or any other picture postcard calculated to hold the authoress up to ridicule. The offending postcards are six in number, and depict Miss Corelli in various social phases. One represents her presenting a cup to "Strat- ford-on-Avon" Boat Club. Miss Corelli, wear- ing a pink dress, is being applauded by a Greek chorus of young gentlemen in blazers. Another represents Miss Corelli in her gondola "The Dream." Yet another shows Miss Corelli "giving 'sweets to the sweet, the sweet being represented by her pair of little ponies. A fourth is a picture of Mies Corelli in her gardeni; the fifth is a lightning picture of the lady driving past the Guild Chapel, Miss Corelli wearing a white tam-o'-shanter, and the sixth gives pictures of Shakespeare and his eminent contemporaries. The judge said he would consider his decision, —

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Mr. Charles Hawtrey, MLss Fam.ny Brough, and the entire Haymarket Theatre company are givvng a "flying matinee" of "The Man from Blankley's" at the Theatre Royal, Brigh- ton, on Thursday, May 10, and returning in time to be seen as usual in the everting. An observatory is being built at AIdemhot for the purpose of teaching astronomy to Army officers. This subject as in future to take an im- portant place in military education. According to the United States Consul- at Kiel 350,000 children, from three years old UDwords, are obliged to work in Germany.

THE YARMOUTH PETITION. I Mr. Arthur Fell, -who at the last General 'Election was returned to Parliament as the Unionist member for the borough of Great Yar- mouth, has had a petition lodged against him. The petitioner is Mr. J. M. White, the unsuc- cessful Radical candidate, and there are MR. A. FELL. I ttumeroue allegations of corruption of section 7" I of 41 and 47 Victoria. Mr. Fell was not con- nected with Yarmouth in any way. He came from London and was adopted as Unionist can- didate on July 15, 1904. He was returned at the election by a majority of 236 over Mr. White. Mr. James Martin White, J.P. (Liberal), who has petitioned against the return of Mr. A. Fell (Unionist) for the Yarmouth division, is a Pres- ibyterian. He was born at Balruddery in 1857, educated at Edinburgh University, and in Ger- many and France, and entered the great New -York firm of importers whi,ch was founded by his father and of which he is now the head. Mr. ,White, who has already been in Parliament- for a brief period be represented Forfarshire- I MR. J. M. WHITB. J in many wayis has furthered the educational tsauee. He holds strongly that education should ifce undenominational, that the public authority Should have full control of the schools, and that All religious tests should be abolished. He insists jtoo that all education, including University scour see, should be available at little or no cost tor boys with brains, and, indeed, for everyone.

ATTA CKED BY MASKED BURGLARS Masked burglars committed a particularly Ibrutal and callous outrage in a Cumberland village, breaking into the Wheatsheaf Inn, Rosley, which Is kept by an aged couple named Jefferson, whom they attacked in the bedroom. The burglars beat them with sticks and kicked them, and finally felled Mrs. Jefferson to the floor With a mirror, and, bludgeoned her husband. During the struggle an oil-lamp was overturned and it set fire to the bed. The burglars, without attempting to put out the fire decamped, leaving the old couple lying in the room. Fortunately Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson managed to escape. They aroused their neighbours, who extinguished the Are, which had spread to other parts of the house. The burglars left behind a blue mask and a pair ■pf stockinged boots. —— ■ I

Trials in Moscow with the new body armour lor the police, which was to protect them against the bullets of the revolutionaries, have given very unsatisfactory results. After the test the armour plates appeared like sieves, the ibuliets passing right through. Sir Charles Wyndham, who was present at fthe first night of the new play, La Griffe," at the Renaissance Theatre, Paris, has secured ifche English rights in the piece, and he proposes jto play, in the English version, the role of Achille Cortelon, created in Paris by M. Lucien Guitry. Stating that he regarded it as the City's priceless heritage, and that the Corporation should take steps to maintain its dignity, Mr. Deputy Wallace protested at the Court of Com- mon Council against the light manner in which the granting of the Freedom of the City had ibeen treated. A Copenhagen clergyman has asked the police 1\0 prosecute a local newspaper proprietor for 'distributing copies of his journal to people as they were going into church. He complained that the congregation read the news instead of listening to the sermon.

I JUDGE AND DIVORCE. In eauses which came before him in the Divorce Court Mr. Justice Deane several times complained of the thinness of the cases. He said he desired to issue a public warning that in the case of a wife petitioning on the ground of cruelty and misconduct, only one act of cruelty would not do. A person might be guilty of one act of violence, and be sorry for it afterwards. At least two charges of cruelty must be proved. If this was not done, it opened the doors of the court to people who wished to trump up cases. His lordship declined to grant a decree on a husband's uncorroborated confession of miscon- duct, and ordered the wife's petition to stand over. The husband had admitted misconduct in a i letter, which he signed, "Your unfaithful husband, Will." =

I WARNING MOTORISTS. The summons against Mr. Little, who was charged with obstructing the police by giving notice to motorists of the istence of a. police trap, was dismissed by the Croydon magistrates, who agreed to state a case at the request of the police. Although Mr. Little is not a motorist, nor a member of the Motor Union, the union has resolved to pay his legal costs and to support the decision of the magistrates before a High Court.

"MY DEAR GIRL, IT'S A MARVEL. It really is." Last night I told Cook to sprinkle Keating's Powder on the hearth in the Kitchen, and this morning the Beetles were there in dozens —Dead. Keating's Powder, the unrivalled Killer of all Insects. Harmless to everything else. Tins only, 3d., 6d., and* is, Free for stamps. Keating, Chemist, London.

¡ HUNTING A KANGAROO. «—- A singular ease came before the Aylesbury magistrates, when two lads were charged with cruelty to a kangaroo, belonging to the Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., thereby causing its death. A number of kangaroos are kept in Tring Park, and several escaped and got into the sur- rounding woods, where they picked up a great deal of food, and especially got out into the adjoining fields. One day a number of children chased1 one of the kangaroos for a long distance, until it became exhausted. Dunton and Penn then threw stones at it, and it was struck oil the head and knocked down. A short time after- wards the animal was found dlead in a field, and on/ examination it was seen that it had been considerably knocked about, having three ribs broken, one of which had pierced the lungs and caused its death. Defendants admitted that they dragged the kangaroo across a field by the tail and hunted it for some distance. Proceedings were taken not to punish the children-, 'but to show the public that the animals must not be ilUtreaited, and the Bench discharged the lads with a severe ad- monishment.

DANCED TO DEATH. Attending a birthday party at the home of a relative, Ellen Mary RoDerts, a young woman, at Liverpool, was dancing, when she suddenly collapsed and died. At the inquest it was stated death was due to the rupture of a blood vessel on the brain, brought about by the exertion of waltzing.

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According to particulars published by the Tokyo Public Library 151,711 books on science and medicine, 140,325 books of travel, and 12,486 theological works were borrowed during last year by readers. Very few works of fic- tion were asked for. Several members of Parliament have accepted the offer by Sir A. L. Jones, head of the Elder- Dempster firm of shipowners, of a free passage to the West Indies to investigate the future possibilities of the islands, and they will sail in the autumn. I. L

The Scarborough Habitation (No. 254) of the Primrose League records the loss of a large number of lady associates, "principally through their getting married and leavimg Scarborough." Two deaf and. dumb boye were fined a shilling each at Stratford for cycling at a dangerous speed at Woodford. The evidence was inter- preted to them by the Rev. W. Smith, curate of All Saints' Church, West Ham.

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The bust of the late W. H. Smith, M.P., which formerly stood on a pedestal in an alcove on the stairs leading into the members' lobby in the House of Commons, has been placed in a niche beside the bust of Lord Randolph Churchill. A verdict of "Suicide while of unsound mind" was returned at the inquest on Dr. Frederick Stephen Alford, of Hampstead, who was found poisoned by prussic acid on the golf links.

THE EDUCATION BILL.) Mr. John Morley, Secretary for India, was on Friday night the principal guest at a dinner of the Eighty Club, of which he is president, at the Hotel Cecil. Mr. Birrell, M.P., occupied the chair. Responding to the toast of his health, Mr. Morley said the Liberal party was to-day in a stronger position than it had previously occupied within his memory. With reference to the rise of the Labour party, it was an utter error to suppose that an English workman was different in the foundations of his character, and in his interest in the affairs of his country, from any other class of Englishman. He urged his hearers not to be afraid of democracy, and not to run away from it. One of the paltriest things he had seen in his rather long Parliamentary experience was the action of the men and the party who made the war in South Africa. They had done all in their power to make the task of Lord Elgin as difficult as they could. As to the Education Bill, it was founded on the principle to which they were sworn during the election—that where there was expenditure of public funds there must be public control. The Government had done their best to meet and satisfy the conscientious scruples and demands of the non-Protestant minority. He contended that the action which was being taken by those who objected to the Bill was lowering religion. He believed the people of this country were getting sick and weary of this feud between Church and chapel. The Bishop of Southwark, in a letter to his rural deans, says that the Bill has sent a thrill of indignation through the whole Church of Eng- land, and is calling out a resistance from Ouurch- men which is unique in his experience. Hostile observations are made by the Bishop of Chiches- ter, and the Bishop of Hereford appeals to his diocese to avoid taking part in the sweeping, uncompromising, and reckless opposition to the whole Bill which has been stirred up." Mr. Chamberlain, in a letter to Mr. C. W. Clarke, chairman of the Metropolitan Work- men's Council, says it is evident that the Unionist party is going to oppose the Bill. H-: has always been of opinion that the question could only be dealt with either by the disestab- lishment of secular education or by the Stai3 recognition of denominational instruction, 1\11.1 personally he is in favour of the former alterna- tive. General Booth, interviewed at Eastbourne on th? Education Bill, said:—"I like to educ,it- my Salvation Army children in the Salvaf.n Army religion, and if I pay for it I I at-ii do so. If other people pay for it I 9UPI>T.<e I c;hs.ll have to do the best I can i,).- them. Educate the father and the mother and tt:ty wi!l educate the children." Lord Hugh Cecil, speaking at Bradford on Monday night, said their opponents, always think- ing of the machinery of education, never seemed to think of the children. What they resented in the bill was not that it built up Nonconformity, but that it destroyed Churchmanship. The Bishop of Lincoln, in a letter to the clergy ol his diocese, condemns the bill as unjust in relation to the religious liberties of the people and thf rights of property. The Bishop of Barking, in a visitation charge at Maldon, on Monday, said he looked upon the bill as flagrantly immoral in encouraging trustees to dis. regard their most solemn obligations. I

t THE KING AT NAPLES. On Sundiay morning King Edward and Queen Alexandra, accompanied by Princess Victoria, and (attended by the members of their isuitee, came ashore from the Victoria and Albert, and drove in three motor-cars to Lord Rosebery's villa at Pcsillipo. After luncheon with his lord- ship, the party spent a delightful time on the -terrace of the villa, admiring the magnificent panorama. At length the King, remarking that it would, foe a pity that the dieligh/b of so much glory and brilliance should fee immediately ob- scured, suggested1 that the afternoon should ba spent in a drive in the direction of Pozzuoli. The Royal party was enchanted with their trip and especially with the cave of the Cumcean sibyl, with its reputed hundred entrances and exits, which re-echoed in as many voices the oracles of the prophetess, most of them now, however, blocked up. A little further on the tomb of the sibyl was alto pointed out. The King was also particularly interested in the Lake Avernus, which, however, while still re- taining its classic name, has lest much of its ancient gloom. Queen refused to cross the so-called River Styx, and the underground grot- toes of the lake remained unexplored. King Edward said on Monday that he would not like to leave Naples without having reached the Vesuvius Observatory. His Majesty also de- sired to meet Professor Matteucci. The Duke and Duchess of Aosta expressed their eagerness to be the King's guides, and orders were given for all to be in readiness to start in the afternoon in five motor cars. His Majesty visited the Aquarium, where he was met by Professoi Dehrn, who conducted him over the establish- ment. The institution being an entirely German one, supported by the Emperor William person- ally, the visit has given great satisfaction to the German colony. Princess Victoria, after visiting the Aquarium, spent the rest of the morning shogoing, and bought numbers of photographs and picture post. cards illustrating the eruption of Vesuvius, as well as a number of cameos, tortoiseshell, coral, and Sorrento olive-wood goods. King Edward meanwhile took a long walk through the city, and was respectfully saluted whenever he was recognised. His Majesty was not annoyed, as he has been, by amateur photographers, and was heard to say, I feel as free and as safe as though I were in my own London." The departure of the Royal party for the Ob- servatory might be described as a triumphal march. The people, knowing the decision ol their Majesties to leave Naples in, the evening, crowded the route, making the excursion through the eastern suburbs of Naples to Portici mosi interesting and picturesque. At the Observatory Station, Professor Mat- teucci met the Royal visitors. King Edward, having expressed his pleasure at meeting the scientist, the party proceeded to the observa- tory, where the professor gave the King a minute account of the days when he was a pri- soner on Vesuvius, facing every moment the pos- sibility of death. The Royal party examined the instruments, the records taken, and the volcanic collection made by Professor Matteucci for comparison with the results obtained at former eruptions. They then made a partial ascent of the slopes above the Observatory through two feet of ashes scarcely dry. It was most fatiguing, but the trouble was amply repaid by the view—the smoking volcano above and the panorama of the bay below. The return journey was made with- out incident. Tea was taken in the train while descending. Their Majesties returned to the yacht tired out, but in the best of spirits.

Over 25,000 schools, representing about two and a. half millionsi of children, Lord Meath states, propose this year to observe Empire Day (May 24). It is to be hoped, he adds, that children in schools will on that day be granted a half-holiday. Mrs. Williams, the landlady of the Ivy Bush Hotel, Cwmtwreh, South Wales, ":1 going down- stairs to investigate a noise was felled to the ground in the bar by a blow and rendered un- conscious. The contents of the cash-till were taken. Lives there a man with soul so dead, Wh-o never to his wife has said, "I love a cake and home-made, bread?" Or can a man of ought be prouder, Than to have cried in tones still louder,^ "I like it made with Borwicks Powder? The name of Borwick is a household word in every well-regulated family, for is it not Bor. wick's Baking Powder, that "raises the bread, gives magic lightness to the cakes and puddings, causes the pie crust to melt in the mouth, and makes the biscuit crisp and tempting? Tell your grocer you muet have Borwick s.

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