The Western Mail

BAROMETRICAL INDICATIONS. Appended is a chart of the barometrical readings for the ?24 hours ended Thui slay midnight, aa r.gi.- tered at the 14*??tr? Mail 0111??, C.ditt? The instrument 115 331 t. above sea level.

STOP PRESS. I 7

HIGH WATER TO-DAY. I jMnrnmj;. HtfnmE. Height. Swansea 5. 4 .M M. 0 Cardiff 6. 9 6.23 7 Newport 6.11

WEATHER FORECAST. !9SUSD FROM }1F.TJo:CAL OFFICE—8.30 P.M. The forecast of the weather throughout the West of England and South Wales for to-dav (Friday) is as follows :-S. Jr. and U'. winds, backing later; squally; soine shoirors. T)fSTBKtAT'!tFO)?Ct!T. YESTRBBAT'S WJCATHSR, S. winds, shifting t. W. ,w¡wis. ?q..Ily; and M. changeable rain. somer.iin.

YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE. Temperaturo as registered at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth. for the twelve hours ending nine o'clock laat night:- Max, Min. Mean. Thursday 68 5J 5.O

WEEK'S TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL. The following table g;ve& the temperature and rainfall at Cwrt-y-Vil, Penarth. for Z4 hours, as registered at nine a.m. and entered to the preceding day:- DiII. _T!M™TCES. Rtn„.1Lt. M". Min. Mean. Wednesday 25 j 61 46 154'5 '34 Th-.Uy 1,1 57 5?55 53 Friday .?. 27 60 53 .5 '57 Saturday 1 I I :g :g Sunday „i 29 8 46 ?5 55??".0 0 .'0507 Bt?n?y.??057 4049-5 '08 ¥:I 31 i m :g f

HUNTING APPOINT-MENTS. HARRIERS. CRICKHOWELL. Saturday, Nov. 4. Cwmbannwr .11 a.m. Tuesday. Nov. 7, Hi%at«. Llangattock.U a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, Kennels 11 <?' FOXHOUNDS. CARMARTHENSHIRE. Friday. Nov. 3, Town.hall, Ca!marthen.U a.m. GLAMORGANSHIRE. Friday. Nov. 3 Prthk?' 11 a. m ry..36.PæMdry: :Ji W?d,.??,d.y. No'. Thr?,, A,h?? a.m. Fridav, Nov. 10, Rhyd Lafar 11 a.m. LLANGIBBY. Friday. Nov. 3. Lianhennoc .10.30 a.m. Tuesday. Nov. 7, Penhow 10.30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, The Rhadyr -10.30 a.m. MR. SEYMOUR Tuesday, Nov. 7, Creselly 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, Pembroke .11 a.m. MR. CURRE'S. Monday. Nov. 6, Ravensnest ,11 a.m. Thursday. Nov. 9, Vedw Vawr 11 a.m. MONMOUTHSHIRE. Mondav, Nov. 6. Hendre 11 a.m. Mo?lav NoJ. 6, The Hendre 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, Raglan 11 a.m. TIVYSIDE. Monday. Nov. 6. Henllar. Bridge .10.45 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 9. Crosswell .10.45 a.m. YSTRAD. Friday. Nov. 3, Gellyfoliog Farm, Tonypandy 9 ?.m.

LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL SERVICES. Evensong at six p.m. daily throughout the week.

CARDIFF OFFICE; Telephone: National. 502; Post Offloe, 95. Telegrams: "Mail," Cardiff. LONDON OFFICE:- Telephone: 193, Holborn. Telegrams:^Worldly."

The "WESTERN MAIL" may be obtained Dailv in London immediately after the arrival of the 10.15 a.m. train at the following places: — W. H. Smith and Son's.Paddington Station. Everett and Sons' .17. Royal Exchange. Everett and Sons' Saliebtiry-sq., Fleet-st. "Western Mail" 30, Bouverie-st., Fleet-st.

SUMMARY OF NEWS. I A telegram received in London from Sir George White on Thursday, it is understood, states that he is still holding his position at Ladysmith. A correspondent who visited the scene of the British column's reverse says twenty bodies were counted on the hill, while there were 100 wounded and 870 taken as pri- soners to Pretoria, The Boer force at the battle of Ladysmith is estimated to have been 20.000 strong. The enemy is said to be moving south to cat off the railway at Colenso. A portion of Sir Redvers Buller's army will, it is stated, proceed un the western border for the relief of Kimberley and Afafeking. A dispatch from Manila on Thursday says that the British steamer Labuan has been cap- tured while running the blockade. She has been taken to ManUa. The Shamrock, with Sir Thomas Lipton's steam yacht Erin. started on Thursday morn- ing on the voyage to Fairlie. The steamer Roanoke arrived at Seattle on Thursday from the Cape Nome goldfleld, with a million and a quarter dollars worth of gold dust. Sir Edgar Vincent (Unionist) and Mr. Allan Bright (Radical) were on Thursday nominated to contest the Exeter vacancy, occasioned by Sir Stafford Northcote's appointment as Governor of Bombay. The inquest was opened on Thursday and adjourned on the body ot Louis MasBet, aged three years and a half, the illegitimate child of the French governess who is under remand charged with the boy's murder. The new first-class battleship Venerable was launched on Thursday at Chatham, and more than usual interest attached to the ceremony from the fact that Mrs, Chamberlain, the wife of the Colonial Secretary, had undertaken to christen the vessel. At a meeting of the Cardiff Town Council on Thursday Mr. S. A. Brain was eleeted mayor for the ensuing year. A discussion took place on a motion that members of the council con- nected with the liquor trade should not be eli.-ihie to serve on the watch committee, the resolution being defeated by 25 votes to 8. The Swansea stipendiary on Thursday morn- ing gave his decision in the case against Wm. Jonee and Thomas SandwelL steward and sec- retary of the Poppett-hill Club, Orchard-street, Swansea. Mw-caee beine srored. William Jones was fined £25 and Thomas Sandwell Elo. Defendants were given a week in which to pay. Only three pits are idle in consequence of the strike of engineinen in the South Wales coal- field, and the dispute has practically fizzled out. By a scaffold accident at Swansea on Thurs. day a plasterer named Geo. Daniel was fatally injured, and another-William Joneø-lies in a critical condition. Mr. Charles Lambert Bath, one of the most rom neitt citizens of S?iisea, and who was connected with several local companies, died at Brighton on Thursday in a painfully sudden manner. The Money Market on Thursday showed a firm tendency, but there was not much doing in bills. A cheerful tone prevailed on the Stock Exchange. A largely-attended Conservative meeting was held at Pellarth on Thursday evening. when trenchant addresses, dealing chiefly with the war in the Transvaal and the policy of the Government, were delivered by Lord Windsor and Major Wyndham-Quin, M.P. Formal notice of the e?h,Ii,, of the body of G,.r.-? Hayter oi i: 'llUrsday hand over to the police, who will forthwith carry out the instructions of the Home Ofti??.

Olive Schreiner has once more disturbed the peace of the New Worid by a journalistic shriek. In the "ew York Journal" she still maintains that there is no war between the Dutch and the English, and attributes all the ills and woes which the gods have I poured on South Africa to the cursed greed; of gold, which prompted the Jameson Raid and is working out to-day. Olive Schreiner declares on the honour of a prophetess that the "plotters" during the past five years have purchased and used the press in this country with a view to pour "a cease- less stream of malignant lies" and mislead "the people of the world with regard to the people and government of the Transvaal Republic." Of course, nobody attaches a grain of importance to such invective as this. Should her absurd statement about tho British press be true, we would be con- fronted with the strangest moral spectacle in the world's history, for the statement means no more and no less than that the "plotters"—the Chartered Company—have been able to bribe, not only the Unionist press of the country, but also the Liberal i organs. With two or three exceptions, all responsible papers in the country support the policy of the Government.

Whilst Swansea is waiting for the coal trade which lags persistently, in spite of lihondda Railway committees, the Swan- s-ea Harbour Trustees are turning their attention to other trades. They have already fostered one or two, to the eminent advantage of the port, and the irons they have in tho fire are getting | cheerfully numerous. They are now in communication with Mr. Grimshaw with i respect to the proposed establishment of an American cattle trade, and it appears it is only financial reasons which are bar- ring the way to its institution at the wes- tern port. Mr. Grimshaw, like the Swamea traders and the Swansea Harbour Trust, is reported to be convinced that Swansea forms a most desirable and promising loca- tion for the trade. Lord Swansea predicted in picturesque language that "Swansea, you may depend upon it, will become the ocean port of England." It is contended on Swansea's behalf that there is open sea from the Mumbles Head to America, that the port is the nearest Welsh one to the Atlantic by a tide or more, that American lines are already running regularly to the port, that it has a huge population at its back, and that it forms the termini of three or four railways. With all these tokens of a strong position, it is somewhat curious to hear that Mr. Grimshaw, in forsaking Cardiff, finds that Swansea folk are not "backing" their town to the extent neces- sary. They believe, but they fear and tremble, or, at least, they are not putting their money into the scheme very rapidly. As they have the harbour trust at their back, it surprises us to find this so. We like to hear of Swansea progressing, and we hope to hear shortly that her tradesfolk possess in a greater degree the courage of their convictions.

At a time of war like the present the pages of the "Labour Gazette," the journal of the Labour Department of the Board of Trade, contain facts which acquire a fresh interest, and are apt to be overlooked. The monthly report is based upon 2,457 returiis-1,715 from employers, 582 from Trades Unions, and 160 from other sources —so that it may be looked upon as being quite impartial. Here we are told that during the month of September the general state of employment continued steady and good, the percentage of unemployed mem- bers returned by Trades Unions being still lower than at any similar period since 1889. Employment in vaHous industries is gene- rally described as "good." The coal trade was brisk; so was the iron trade. The pig iron industry was better than a twelve- month ago, and the same remark applies to iron and stool manufacture, and to a great extent to the tin-plate trade, the engineering and metal trades, and ship- building. In the furnishing trade employ- ment remained fairly steady, and the printing, bookbinding, and paper trades showed a decided improvement. There was little fault to find with the state of things at our docks and wharves, and agri- cultural labourers were generally fully em. ployed during the month. These facts clearly indicate that the industrial condi- tion of the country was satisfac- tory up to the end of Septem- ber, and that the prospects of a war in no way proved detrimental to the interests of labour; in fact, war is the working man's friendi. People these days remind us of the millions spent on arma- ments and troops, but they forget that the money is spent at home, and that a very large proportion of it goes into the working man's pocket.

GROUNDLESS GRUMBLING. Ever since President Kruger issued his ultimatum and the Boers invaded British territory the political Radicals, or the pro-Boer party in this country, have had the decency to observe silence in regard to the policy of the Government. The Boer declaration of war cut the ground from under their feet, and they were left without a shot to aim at the Government. But, though they have been silent, they have been watching the course of events. Some of them, no doubt, not only expected, but have been eagerly anxious to learn that their "brother Boers" had simply wiped out our forces and captured every town, fortified or not fortified, in Cape Colony and Natal. Up to this week they have been disappointed. Nothing in the nature of a reverse happened, nothing to afford them a whip which they could crack in the face of the Government and the country. This week they have seen their desire, or, at least, they think they have. They believe, and rightly so, I that the disaster at Ladysmith appeals to the pride and sympathy of the British public, and the* ire keen enough to utilise the ocemion #9 serve their ends. They do not blame Sir George White so much, for the circumstances do not as yet justify an attack upon his military skill and foresight, but they take higher aim. In yesterday's "Westminster Gazette" there is a clever cartoon, which describes to a nicety the state of mind and feeling of the political Radicals at the present moment. The cartoon is headed, "Mr. Ball Begins to be Critical." John Bull has ridden hurriedly, on learning of the disaster, to the Colonial Office. He enters in top-boots, riding whip in hand, and posts himself with his back to the fire with a mixed look of sorrow and indignation on his face. Mr. Chamberhin ?stands before his "master" with apologies and explanations on his lips, and the fol- lowing dialogue is heard:- "Mr. Bull: You should have had more men out there before yu bluffed. "Mr. Chamberlain: Oh, but we couldn't, sir; those dreadful Radicals- "Mr. Bull: Don't tell me that-with your majority of 150. The fact is, you bluffed before you got your cards." Now, all this is very clever. The cartoonist, from his point of view, has done his work admirably, but he draws entirely on his imagination. John Bull, it is true, feels for the brave men whose blood fattens Natal soil and for theso sent prisoners to Pretoria, but he is far from angry with the Government. The cry which is set up against the Government is abso- lutely an artificial screech, uttered w:th a view to damage th" interests of the Government at a very critical period in its history, and also with a view to future polemical u,.i o and reference in Parliament and at election time. The cry, we say, is absolutely hollow and groundless. There is no reason whatever ] why the (,overnmcnt sho,llcl be charged with want of preparedness. The Govern- ment has all ahng pursued its own course. Lord Salisbury knew his strength, and he knew that he had at his back, not only 150, but the bulk of the manhood and womanhood of Great Britain. It would have been opposed to the intcrests of this country, of the Government, and of South Africa if matters had been precipitated. Mr, Chamberlain and his colleagues up to the very last hoped, though against hope, that the Boers would be convinced of the fatuity of their policy. To bring them to a sense of their danger the Government employed every argument, and in mobilis- ing troops in South Africa merely gave President Kruger a touch of the iron hand. But this mild touch met with the disap- prova] of some leading Radicals. The "Westminster Gazette" admits that "Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman said some months ago that nothing that had then happened justified military preparations." Thus, according to the Radical leadet's admission, the Government's war prepara- tions were in advance of diplomacy, and the Radicals to the very last protested against a policy of force and bullying, as they called it. But let that pass. What advantage would it have been if the Government had despatched Sir Redvers Buller to South Africa three months ago ? The Boers were on the alert. They watched every muscle move on tho face of Great Britain and every movement on the great chessboard in South Africa. Now, it must be remembered that the Boers have always been ready-they have been arming for years, have been pilirigup ammunition and arms until the Transvaal has become one great magazine. This being the case, the same thing would have happened to our troops in South Africa three months or more ago as has happened to them during the past three weeks. The critics of the Government do not use their reason in speaking of affairs. No country in the world can plant an army 70.000 strong at a distance of six thousand miles from home at a moment's notice, A great expedition like that of Sir Redvers Buller requires time. It means more than ship- ping so many iiieii-titere are the thou- sands of horses, with their forage and accoutrements, to think of; the countless tons of provisions and ammunition, not to mention the unwieldy guus and the numberless other items which help to swell the long list. The fact is, Great Britain in the brief time it allowed itself to des- patch the expedition performed a feat which is justly the admiration, the wonder, and the envy of the whole civilised world, and here at home we have a handful of grumblers trying to throw discredit upon the responsible Government of the day. John Bull expected to hear of checks and disasters in South Africa, but he thanks his stars they have been so few, and likely to be so now that the avenger of the Uitlanders is on African soil.

THE WELSH EIGHT CLUB. WHY THE ELCHO SHIELD WAS NOT COMPETED FOR. At Bristol County-court on Thursday (before his Honour Judge Austin) Mr. William Denman, of London, formerly a captain in the Volunteer service, was sued in his capacity as lion, secretary of the Welsh Eight Rifle Club by Mr. George Gibbs, gunsmith, of Bristol, for £ 11 Os. 9d., for hire of five match rifles and a quantity of ammunition, supplied for the Bisley Rifle Meeting of 1895. Mr. Cooke (Mr. G. Moseley's office) was for plaintiff: and Mr. Morice (barrister-at-faw, London) defended. —There was no dispute as to the amount, but defendant denied that a debt con- tracted by the club could be saddled upon him when he had only acted under instruc- tions as hon. secretary.—The Judge on the point of law raised admitted that if the action had been brought in the High Court there would have been something in this contention, but Section 97 of the County-court Act expressly dealt with and permitted such a course. giving to the par- t ?ular member of the club sued the right of afterwards suing the other memoers of the club for their respective shares. He should be pleased, however, to hear what Mr. Denman had to say. notwithstanding that he was against him on the point of law.—Mr. William Denman said that as the Bisley Meeting of 1895 approached there was an idea to enter a Welsh team for the Elcho Shield, and a Welsh Eight Club was decided on. The rifles were hired from plaintiff, and ammu- nition purchased for practice. The project, however, did not go through, for, although they had a team, owing to differences the Welsh representatives did not shoot. Some paid their subscriptions, and others had dt:hii d;crWtio; hei: was paid into the bank to the credit of the Welsh Eight Club, and was there still, for no one had authority to sign a cheque,- The Judge An excellent arrangement for the bank.—Defendant: Yes, your honour. The bankers, however, wrote asking for the names of those authorised to draw on the account, but before a meeting of the club could be called I became so disgusted with the action of the members that I there and then resigned. Under these circum- stances. defendant did not think that he could be held personally liable.-The Judge remarked that defendant had his sympathy, but it was clear under Section 97 of the County-court Act that plaintiff was within his rights in suing defeitdant, who was a member of the club. Defen- dant's remedv was against the others. Verdict for plaintiff, with costs.

BOILERMAKERS' SOCIETY. ConnciHor F. A. Foardift', having been appointed Mcretary to the new a?foc?tton of employers in connection with the ship-repair- ing and engineering trades of the Bristol Channel, the post of district delegate to the Boilermaker*' Society for the same porta con- sequently became vacant, and we understand that Mr. J. H. Jose. J.P., the chairman of the Barry Urban District Council, has been selected to fill the vacancy pro. tern. Councillor Jose will be nominated for the permanent post. and there is every likelihood of hie dection thereto. In this event. Mr. Jose will continue to reside at Barry.

ABERDEEN LORD RECTORSHIP. The Preu A.iation Aberdeen correspon- dent states that Sir Edward Grey. wbo had aeed to oppow Lord Stmth(!ma for the Lord Rectonhip of Aberdeen U.i-iW, b- with- drawn his candidature, M the ?ontet M not being = on political lines.

Ellis Da?i?. bd?eo is M-i They thMk the P?bUo. and Mt: for mcit- L Wj-hs.y ,I b~. ?. qaeen<tr«t. OtfM.? a.r-

LONDON LETTER. I SCARCITY OF NEWS FROM SOUTH AFRICA. PAY OF THE CAPTURED SOLDIERS. IO, WIIITFFUIARS-STRKET, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. THURSDAY NIGHT. It is particularly unfortunate that the cables to the Cape are not working satis- factorily ju.st now. That thc wires are still open and that Ladysmith is still in communicaticll with the outside world we know, but owing to the unfortunate break- down which has taken ¡¡lac:, in the system it is impossible to get more than the briefest of telegrams through. Yesterday the cable company advised the different newspapers of their decision to confine the correspondents to two hundred words per day. This order has now been altered so as to limit each correspondent to one hundred and iifty words per day, and their messages must be paid for at the higher rate of 4s. per word until the tension has been removed. The breakdown has taken place near Delagoa Bav. and until com- munication is restored all messages will b2 sent through Pondoland and by way of East London to Cape Town, and thence by tire oii l v the West Coast route. As there are only two wires between Ladysmith and East London, and us tl Government almost monopolises onc of them, the difficult of the news-providers will rCHdily be appre- ciated. PAY OF O.U'ITKKl) SOJ,I>IKKS. The news that has come to hand inch- cate., that, as a result of the untoward incident" at Ladysmith, 870 British Eoldierstire now on their way to Pretoria. Although we are not told why it was pos- sible for the mules to be stampeded or why communication was not kept up with the main force, we are told that the Boers virtually encircled the British position and rendered retreat impossible after our men had exhausted their ammunition. It is pointed out to-day that the pay of all officers audi men made prisoners of war is stopped from the date ef their capture, j and is not refunded till the finding of a court of inquiry on the conclusion of the campaign exonerates them from bl^me. j This regulation will seriously affect the i wives and dependents of many of these, and it, therefore, behoves the Army agents and those interested in the distribution of the different fund? to make full and rcces- sarv inquiries in order to alleviate if mpo- rary distress. SOMUUK MOOD OF THE CI.UJ1S. The notice-boards at many of the West End clubs present just now a mournful j spectacle. In accordance with custom, the secretary posts up the announcements of the deaths of members, with any other particulars which may be at hand. Almost every officer who has fallen in the Transvaal was a member of one or other of these clubs. and the black-rimmed cards pinned on the green-baize-covered boards bear mute, but significant, testimony to the skill of the Boer marksmen. Is it to be won- dered at that there is an air of scmbrcness about club lifo in the West End at present ? -1 OoNf PAUL'S NEPHEW. One of President Krugers many nenhews is a guest at one of the West End hotels. He is generaliv to be seen hang- ing over the tape-machines and purchasing the latest evening papers. At the end of the week he sails for the scene of opera- tions, the Colonial Secretary having been ^magnanimous enough to grant him a pass through the British lines. In the mean- time, he is making himself extremely un- popular bv predicting all manner of disasters to the British troops and affcct- ing to have knowledge in his possession of untold defeats of the British forces. He has alreadv advised his auditcrs that Lad*vsmith ?h as fal en, an d that the troops 3:mG¡;1 WL¡ aJ\"haee ¡ï wiped out. It will be a relief to the hotel guests in general and the staff of the hotel in particular when he departs. Per- sonallv, he is a particularly presentable individual, and, apart from politics and Anglophobia, charming. THE DEMAND FOIl Piesident Kruger's nephew is not the only one who pores ever the tape-machines and purchases the evening papers. it seems to be the sole occupation for many. The demand for news is, indeed, abnormal. To supply it evening papers in town are row sending out sixpenny telegrams to their subscribers, with a condensed sum- mary of the latest news. The news agencies are supplying to tradesmen and others, for exhibition in their shop windows, brief accounts of the day's news. Even the Government have been drawn into the vortex, for to-day the Post Office authorities announce that they have accepted the suggestion of Colonel Mil- ward, and made arrangements to supply official dispatches to every post-omc? that is open for the receipt of messages on Sun- day morning. At t?e theatres and music- hails such telegrams have been posted up in the lobbies for weeks past. It is cal- culated that the circulation of the morning newspapers has been sent up by as much as 2) per cent, and that of the evenings bv 50 per cent. One morning paper now claims a circulation of over a million copies; one of its evening contemporaries co ies; one of it. prmted and sold the other day nearly 700,000 copies. A DICK TUltPIN TUNNEL. Only a few weeks ago the accidental dis- covery of a subterranean passage between Euston and the Post Office was announced. To-day another of these underground pas- sages has been discovered, and this in an equally accidental manner. Whilst engaged in a club run, one of the Highgate Harriers fell into a cavity caused by the subsidence of the road. He was seriously injured. An examination of the cavity revealed a tunnel of considerable circum- ference, leading on the left to the Flask Tavern, in South-grove, close to St. Michael's Church, and on the right to the open fields near Ken Wood, the seat of the Earl of Mansfield. The Flask Tavern, a very old house, is popularly supposed to have been one of the haunts of Dick Tur- pin. The house has numerous and exten- sive cellars, with trapdioors leading from the rooms above, and close by is the stable which is said to have sheltered Black Bess. It is supposed that these subterranean passages were constructed in order to give a ready means of escape from the house in times of danger. OLD DIIURY PANTOMIME. ,I As is pretty well known, the children s pantomime at Old Drury Lane this Christ- mas will be "Jack the Giant Killer." It will be a gigantic production in more senses than one. Lite I-ally, Mr. Arthur Collins has engaged scores of giants of varying statures for ballet and chorus, and the mechanical monsters will also delight the little ones. Miss Nellie Stewart will be "Jack" Mr. Dan Leno will return to petti- coats and represent the dame, "Jack's" mother, while Mr. Herbert Campbell wiU personate a short-coated legal infant. SKETCHKS IN THE "HAIXS." Mr. Scotson Clark, a rising young artist, has been doing for the "halls" in a manner wholly characteristic of himself what Mr. Nicholson has done for street scenes. These illustrations, drawn in three colours, will be published by Mr. Fisher Cnwin next Monday, in a volume containing an intro- duction by the novelist and ex-stage mana- ger of the St. James's Theatre, Mr. George Gamble. Here we have the counterfeit presentments of Mr Dan Leno, Miss Marie Loftus, Mr. Albert Chevalier, and a score of other worthies whose names provoke a smile of reminiscence or anticipation.

SUNDAY OBSERVANCE. Strong protests were made at the Evangelical Alliance Conference at Bristol on Thursday morning against innovations which favoured the introdnction of a Continental Sabbath. Mr. 1 G. F. Chambers. Eastbonrne, said those of the npper classes who made Sunday a day of enter- tainment mast not be surprised at the spread of Smiali sm-that dangerous political doctrine °-Mn?n? "'Mset compelled to labour for their pleasure. He would boycott every Sabbath breaker. Sunday fought battles generally re- sulted in the defeat ot the agressors.

Pet Ooachs and Colds there is no finer Bemedj U& SSrtSeJslto^ To be obwn.d of? SXm?S.tniMtUt*. 1L 1'" Mn! U M. Abo ?tote !'r Grow in <MMf<.

WALES DAY BY DAY I It was sixty years ago to-day that the Chartist attack was delivered at Newport. An orator in the Hayes last night was pre. pared to lay 3 to 1 that the Censor wouldn't allow the Western Mail Chief to land in Smith Africa. If the British Army i. massacred, send two dozen extra copies," was the iustruetion sent to us one dayth;, week from a sw village newsagent. aU Police-court excuses nre models of irrele. vancy. "Whydoes your son sleep out?" aekej tile Cardiu magistrate yesterday. "Well, sir" said the mo th I "he is a great ,'ichm to rheumatism." The sudden adjournment of the Cardiff Cor. poration reminds a Swansea correspondent ot an advertisement which Used to appear in » loe'l newspaper:—"5frj. Jla3 cait 0j clothing of every description." An old man who lives at the former pl?e. Bays that "Llangennech is getting moreP J: London every day"! He is moved to H, .b?,r,,ti.. by the opening of tin-plate wo: and a conple of new collieries. A Pontypridd mall writes: "I am glad to hear that Mr. Laacelles Oarr is going to the front. I think every newspaper editor in the country ought to go out, too. I think thi, because we all kuow that the pen is mightier than the sword." Mr. Owen M. Edwaa-ds, who holds in the House of Commons the seat once held by Mr. Thomas Ellis, occupies at Oxford (sayi the Liverpool Mercury ") the rooms which durinj his university career were inhabited by the ,el,brute?l J.h. Wes.ey, It is felt that Councillor Robinson is getti rather the better of Councillor John Jenki: in the struggle for the Radical nomioatioa for the general election. There are two partiei to whom Mr. Robinson is particularly polite just now-the Labour party and the tempe. ranee folk. It. is somewhat disconcerting to an alderman when he asks another for support towards the mayoral appointment to be invited to cos. sider his own moral well-being. It seemed like "begging the <lnestion." but it is, perhape, II. good tint for people who are pestered br canvassers. In view of the state of affaire in Kimberley, it iinteresting to keep in mind that Dr. Rutherfoord Harris is still one of the membei representing that constituency in the Colonic Legislature. His fellow member, Colonel Harris—a Volunteer ollicer—has about the biggest hand in the defeliee of the place. Aberdovey's hour is come. Mr. Solomon Andrews has now acqiiired-lawfully, of coune -a long stretch of the foreshore, and will probably build upon it. There is a dearth of houses in the place, so that building epecalt tion here would meet a long-felt want and be remuneiative. In three more efforts liz, Andrews will own North Wales. A strangely long list of fatalities hit occurred in a humble family in Ammanford. On Monday we reported the death by snffoa- tion of a father and son. The former's widow lost her father by a winch handle flyini backwards and striking him dead; her brother was killed by a tram journey running wild: her father-in-law died of suffocation in churci two years ago. The muzzling order (says the Glamorgan Times "I has had one peculiar cfTect, as farai Pontypridd is concerned. It has increased the consumption of dog biscuits considerably Owing to the muzzles, the canines have not been able to pick up nice, dirty bones from the ashbins and gutters, with the result that their own bones have been coming more and more into sight. Councillor" Cochfarf" writes: Seeing that you arc registering pithy land otherwise) remarks concerning the Empire fire. you mar add the following, made by a coal-trimmer who passcd when the fire wa, at it, hottest This,' he said, 'is the best draw the Empire has ever had. I 'spect.' After further rejeo tion, he added: 'I don't think they can get two performances a day of this kind! The Cardiff School Board clearly did not do itself credit yesterday in its tea drinking. It should have been a champagne day at least Amongst a uumber of teachers before IÀI board seeking promotion there were three who stated that the day was the anniversary 01 their appointment under the board. One of them had seen fourteen, another eleven, and a third two years' service under the board. Here is a true dog story. A Pontypridd mu borrowed a dog from a friend to go out thoct- ing. He returned at night without the dof, and hurried off to offer a ten shilling reward At five o'clock in the morning he was awakened by a strange howling in the street below. He went to the window and looked out, aad there saw the lost sporting dog in charge of two huge mongrelst which were waiting for the reward. Editorial replies in some of the American Welsh pamphlets are often amusing. Here a one in the "Cambrian"Question: "Would you advise a man to marry his wife's sisterl" Answer: "No, if his wife is living. Yes, if both are dead, and there are no physical or legal objections and she is willin'. No, if t. and the first sister could not live peaceablr together. Sisters are generally cast in the same mould. Yes, if the first wife proved a congenial companion, and he has reason to believe the sister will." While London is retrograding, Cardiff i8 progressing in the number of its vegetariaa restaurants. According to the "Epicure," a few years ago there were thirty-three vegfr tarian restaurants in London; to-day there are only six! A few months ago in Cardf there was not one vegetarian restaurant; now there is one! The real reason, aa" the" Epicure," of the snuffing out of tlx vegetarian restaurant is that its cooking » always 60 abominably bad that it for etll confirms a healthy doubter in his meaKatfnr heresies In the fifteenth century Erasmus, the Germil theologian and reformer, writing to a frieni aptly summarised the English of that dil- "You are going to England," said Erasmu; "you will not fail to be pleased. Yon wi find the great people there most agreeable a* ( gracious; only be careful not to presume mm the intimacy. They will condescend to yo* level, bnt do not you, therefore, suppose tw you stand upon theirs. Smile on whom J* please, but trust no one that you do not knot; above all, speak no evil of England to tbd- They are proud of their country above ail nations in the world, as they have good realo to be." England is that way now, too-onJ more so. It is not often a bishop is beaten by I curate. But this has happened, and it 1111 done in this way. Last Sunday the B** Griffith Thomas, curate of A.i! Saints', went» preach on behalf of a Church society to P" bridge, in the Diocese of Hereford. greatest collection ever made on behalf of WI society in that parish was when the late Bidlf Attley preached on its behalf. collecting a i over six pounds. Last Sunday the curate was there, and managed toO dig ou J the pockets of the Hereford farmers eleven shillings more than the bishop, tko creating a record. One old farmer, who pit nothing when the pkate went round, telt 1* science-pricked before the close of the se and actually followed the curate to the 1.01 to deposit his coin-lhe first he had yelddo for many years, "Instead of the ordinary dictation, .,ii a Swansea school t<:acb.er to his class, "1 each, boy to write an account of w knows about South Africa and the war." The following (says the "Post") u young hopeful's production:Mr. KrIIIer ¡, the President of the South African Bep and is noted for shaving off his upper lip. to wears other whiskers on his chin, and is fond of drinking coffee, and is allowed øJllf year from the Government for it. He has companion namfd Oom Paul, who is very JIII4 of mki.9 tb- The BI, theme1.6 £ ??ry good shots, nd hit almost anjw» at 2D to 30 yards. There is a lady there Lady Smith, who is very good to the aol The Boers carried off Majuha Hill one but the English are MPilg to mak P6 it buk again. Sir Elver. Bull" will arri1'. a few day., and "ilI Siva the Bee" be6" a few days, and will give the Boers be»