South Wales Echo

A Butter Factory for Carmarthenshire. PUBLIC MEETING AT ST. I CLEAR'S. A highly-Important meeting of the landowners and farmers of the St Clear's, district was held at the Town-hall in that town on Friday night to discuss the advisability of forming a company to erect a dairy factory at St Clear's, which is to be the initial of" a series of similar under- takings in the county of Carmarthen. A meeting of the committee which has charge of the project was held on Friday afternoon, when the secretary, Mr W. J. Wilson, of Llanelly, the agenf of the Stepney estate, produced tue replies which he had so far received to hia letter sent to Variou* latjduwaers of this and the adjoining counties. Thd only refusal received was from I Lord Em'yn, who from the first has shown hiin- I self indifferent to the project. Lord Emiyn wrote I am afraid I cannot undertake to be one of the patrons of the St. Clear's Farmers Butter Factory Company." The Earl of Asb- burnham replied thus From what you have told me of the results of your enquiries "n,1 personal observatilJIl in Eng- hud anil Ireland, I am dispo-ed to tninic that the system which you recommend wonlit have ac least as g'jyd a chancy of success in Wales as in those countries. At any rate i trial of it on such a scale as you propose can do no harm, and, therefore, as you are good enough to ask me to become one of the patrons of your enterprise. I have ¡Ul1 pleasure in accepting your invitation. It appears to me that the p scheme oughc to be left, so far as may he possible, j in the hands of the farmers, who will be the chief gainers in the event ni its success. But, as I hold that anything which hjnettrs the fanners must also benefit, the l'in<ilord, and that it is consequently the interest, as well as the duty of the latter, to do what he can to promote the welfare of the farmer, I ?hall lie prepare i to .subscribe tor a few shades in the at Clears under- taking if I hear from you that such co-operation on my part may be of use to you at the tirst outset. Lord Dynevor wrote "I shall be happy to give my name as one of the patrons of the dairy schools in Carmarthenshire, which I hone will prove beueficial to the farming interest." The committee resolved that a limited company should be formed with a capital of jBoCO in pound shares, that the preference in allotment should be to farmers, and that no allotment should be made exceeding 5Q shares to any one subscriber. The public meeting was hfl 1 in the town-hall, which was crowded to rhe doors. Mr W. J. Williams, Penlan, presided, and opeuiug the pro- ceedings, bespoke the careful attention of the farmers, urging that the project would prove of great utility. Mr W. J. Witgox said he had written to a number of the landowners on the subject, because they looked to them to help the farmers, especially in these days, when they were goinsr at such a pace with regard to machinery. The country spent about nine millions a year for foreien butter, all of which was bought at a higher figure than Welsh farmers could g't because it was uniform. Irish butter made in factories came to Newport, Cardiff, Llaneliy, and, he had no doubt, to Car- marthen and :it. Clear's. It was put into this country at a profit, notwithstanding the bad roads and railways of Ireland. Welsh butter was not known in tl)e English market. When the factory was started the farmers would send their milk, and then their work would be practically done, tor they would have no more to do than get their skim-miik and buttermilk back, and receive their share of the profits of the factory. With the factory separators they would gat 20 per cent. more butter out of their milk. Tuere would also be less labour needed on the farm, aud that meant more money. Then if they started a dairy school in connection with the factory, and guaranteed 25 pnnils, tf,-y would be able to obtain a grant of Z50 or £100 from the Privy Council, and so would be helping others as well as themselves. (Ap- plause. ) Mr D. HOWELL THOMAS, Derllys, repeated in Welsh the gist of Mr Wilson's speech, adding some of his own observations, and urging upen the farmers that it wa3 themsel ves they were invited to help. and not anyone else. Mr BCCBLLET RODERICK, Llaneliy, supported the scheme, and so did Mr H. S. CARVER, J.P., Blaencorse, who said that for years tie had wi8bed to see a butter factory established at St. Clear's. Messrs N. Thomas (Mae-yprior), Howell (Vay- nor), Phillips (Caerleon;, W. Evans (Treveuty), Williaiii- (Llandwr), having spoken, the Rev Mr Pugh, Vicar of So Clear's, asked what would bo the estimated cost of the factory. Mr WILSON said that would depend upon how the matter w, taken up. Tiley proposed a capital of JB300, with probably three-fourths called up at present. They might have a rattling good factory capable of treating fifteen hundred gallons of milk a day for P550 all included. Towards that Sir Arthur Stepney had subscribed £100. (Applause.) They asked for JESOO so that they might have capital to erect separating stations at various parts of their district, to deal with the milk at a distance from the factory and send the cream in. Those stations would cost They might establish three such stations around St Clear's. Applications for sharps were incited, and in a short time a total of £ 34-0 was subscribed in the room, in addition to which the company has S:r Arthur Stepney's subscription of 2100, which has already been paid, and the promised subscrip- tions of the landowners, whose letters were read to the committee in the afternoon. Mr Wilscn said they only needed £ 100 to make a start.

aNEW LOCAL COMPANY. I THE YNYSLAS ESTATE COMPANY, LIMITED.—Regis- tered by R. Jordan, 120. Chancery-lane, W.C., with a capital of £ 2o,000 in £10 shares. Object, to acquire the estate, containing about 1,100 acres, called Ynysla=, situate in Cardiganshire, in accordance with au agree- ment made between J. B. Midgley of the one part, and J. Renton, as trustee on behalf of the company, of the other part; and to develcp, improve, and turn to account tbe same. The first subscribers are :-J. B. rdid((iey, 21. Thomas-street, Manchester; C. W. liary, 14o, See iley Kange, Penrtletou W. (Jrcgson, Bolton F. J. Brow. 62, Chorley New-road, Uorwiek A. Entitle, i rt-street, Bolt n; R. Barker, RadclifTe, near Bury and J. iteiuon, 3J, Cross-street, Man- chester. who take bO shares each. Registered without articles (.f association.

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MY COLORADO GOLD t- MINE. Wo were travelling over the Uncompabgre, just west of the beautiful little mining town of Lake City, Col., and had climbed the dizzy heights as far as our outfit could go, so we stoppod to cook our mid-day meal and allow our burros to gather what sustenance they could from the stunted grass which grew just below timber line. Our party consisted of three people. Jim was the chief cook and bottle washer; or, rather the handy man of the camp, and looked after the burros, their packs, and iaidjout the route. My husband was one of these jolly, light-hearted fellows who, when given a gun, was quite uncon- scious of the fact that there was a world around him, while I, adventurous I, bad sworn to find a gold mine before I went back to the States. At every halt of the waggon I clambered out, taking a mineralogist's hammer as a companion to aid me in my labours, would scale the roughest and di into the most improbable crevices in search of the precious metal. I was persistent and more than determined, and there was no distracting my attention from the fascinating pursuit. On thg day in question I was standing on the steep side of the mountain, after a long hour of 'tedious and wearisome climbing where never foot of mtn had trod before. The great rocks below stood with jagged points to transfix me should my foot play me false, and I shuddered as I looked dowu from my awful height. The valley spread out before my gaze was a wonder of beauty. The stieams running down from the side of the great range seemed like little silver threads glinting under the blaze of the noonday suu. The scen,3 was perfect in its grandeur and re- pose. Nature was resting her mighty forces, and gathering strength to f,'ed her forests and meadows, to bless alike the flower and weed. As I stood musing upon the .subject brought to mind the valley seemed to move in a slow, rocking motion from side to side and then rise up like a heaving bosom. I knew I was growing dizzy, and braced myself against a rock near which I was standing. Then, woman like, I screamed, and as I did so the great rock trembled, lurched forward, and went crash- ing down the mountain side. I shrank back in time to save myself from falling, and by the aid of a more friendly support steadied myself until I regained my composure. The stone uncovered the entrance to a large cave, and timidly looking in 1 uttered an exclamation of surprise, which was quickly followed by a little feminine shriek of joy, for here was my gold mine Yes, I cculd pick up nuggets of almost the pure metal, as well as dirty-looking pieces of stone which seemed bound with wire and eold. I staggered back and covered my face with my bands. The past rose before me, with all the bitter struggles against poverty, and tears rolled down my cheek*. It was all over now. No more would my tired fingers lift the types to the stick, or deftly leturn them to their places. TLIa "female compositor" was a rich woman. Realising the present, I thought of going to camp and telling my husband of my gold mine- die gold mine for which I bad stood so many good-natured sneers. But my womanly shrewd- ness asserted itself, and I selected four sticks and drove them into the ground with my hammer, as stakes to the claim. I finished by taking my handkerchief and laying it down so that the India ink stairu showed plainly who held the title to the cave and all it contained should any wander- ing prospector be led by the hand of fortune to the treasure she had justsliown me. Then I picked up a couple of the largest nuggets and started eagerly back to camp to tell my husband. Before going half the distauce I nearly stumbled over him, sitting on a stone and closely scrutinizing a fragment of rock he held in his baud. His gu:i was thrown aside, and so intent was he in examining the specimen that he did not look up a-3 I approached. "Hello!" I said softly, "the speculator is hunting a gold miue, too He glanced up and coloured slightly. 44 No, but from the looks of this specimen I should say there ought to be one near here," he replied gravely, turning the bit of stone over and over in his hands. "I know there is," 1 returned with a forced indifference in my voice than surprised myself. The devil you do," he cned, -prilging to his feet and dropping the specimeu he had been so minutely studying. I could keep the secret no longer, so handing him the two nuggets I told him cf the wonderful cave of gold I had discovered, as fast as a woman's tongue could fly. Half choking with excitement I led him to tiie spot. When he could comprehend fully the vast wealth that would be ours he turned to me and held out his arm. His eyes seemed to express a thousand apologies for the cruel jests I had suffered, and all the great, manly love he bore me filled my heart with happiness. I hid my face in hisjbreasr, and he cried like a baby. Finally we sat down to arrange what we should èo. He proposed to work the mine. I only wanted to take all the nuggets we could haul and start for the States. He argued, but I held firm. At last I had my way ib,,uc it, and we carried great loads of it down to camp and packed it in the wagon. It meant untold wealth for us. I was in a fever—almost became delirious over our fortune. Itseemad as if my mind would be unbalanced by the great ioy. My husband made a great bed in the wagon and easily concealed our treasure beneath it. Tenderly he placed me among the blankets and soothed me back toreascn again. It was of the utmost importance that we keep our secret until we reached the and of our journey, or we would be robbed and perhaps murdered for the precious load we had carried. Oue night we were winding our way through a canon, and on either side of us the mountains rose grand and majestic. The moon was glintiug over their tops, an i it was all so weird and uncanny withal that I began to grow uneasy. All the horrible stories I had read flitted across my mind, and I momentarily expected to hear the clatter of hoofs ringing down the narrow pass. We were almost out of the reach of any dangor, and to lose our treasure now would be a bitter disappointment which I could never survive. My husband laughed off my fears, and talked hopefully of our bright future, and a song burst from his lips as he urged our tired burros onward. I was yet to,) weak to sic up, and was partly propped and wrapped in bblJket. r The road became rougher aud more rocict., and I could feel the wagon sway at every jog over the scones. Finally it gave a screech and a groan, and went down with a crash. I could feei myself fall ing-fallirg-fall ing. I awoke with a start, rubbed my eyes, and looked around my room. The candle on the little, old-fashioned bureau flickered wildly, and cast fautastic shadows on the wall. I am the poor female compositor yet My husband ? Alas, I have none.

NEW TUG FOR BARny DOCK. Oil Friday an acquisition was made to the working power and facilities of Barry Dock by the arrival of the new iron screw salvage tug Windsor, which has been built at Chepstow by Messrs Edward Finch aud Co.. Lim., for the Birry Dock Company. She is firted with compound surface condensing engines of 40 nominal horse power, capable of driving the vessel at the rate of 11 knots per hour, the cylinders being 14 by 23. with a stroke ot 21 inches. These engines are supplied with stealu from a double- ended boiler, 12ft. 6in. long and 9;r.. in diameter, which has a working pressure of lOOibs. to the square inch. This boiler is heated by four fur- naces, each being 2ft. 9,u. in diameter. The tug is fitted on deck with four centrifugal pumps, each pump having two 15-inch siiction inlets aurl one 15-inch discharge. Each pump is driven by a high class horizm- tal high pressure steam engine, which, when working at its full power, is capable of delivering 5,000 gallons per minute, tiip total collective duty bring 20,000 gallons, or 91 tons, per minute. These pumps were made by the Tangyes Com- pany, Limited, of Birmingham. The boat is fitted on deck forward with a direct acting steam winch of great power by Messrs Fisher and Co., Paisley, who also -upplied the steering gear. The vessel, which is 90 feet long, 16 feet beam, and 10 feet deep, has ample accommodation fore and aft for the crew, the cabin being about seven foot square and fitted with two bunks, and the forecastle, which is much larger, with four bunks. Mr George Reid, late of the tug Speedwell, of Cardiff,has beeu appointed captilio1 and Mr Samuel Brock, of Cadoxton, engineer.

ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF I COMMERCE. Cardiff Contrasted with Hull. I At the banquet given at Hnli ou Thursday evening in connection with the visit of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, in the course uf his speech instituted a comparison between Cardiff aud Hull. He said Last year I w.13 with you at Cardiff. (Applause.) I suppose it would be difficult to find two places —two seaporcs in this island—affording a greater contrast thau do Cardiff and Hull. There is nothing old in Cardiff with the exception of the .Castle. (Laughter.) Hull, on the contrary, can trace its history as one of England's great tewns back for 600 years—(hear, hear)—and you have all kinds of matters of interest in your history to the antiquary, to the architect, and to the poli- tician. (Applause.) Cardiff is a great place for exports Hull is one of our principal import towns. At both Hull and Cardiff there are im- mense decks, but the docks at Cardiff have been the work of a very short generation. The docks of Hull have been the work of a century, and judging from those magnificent buitdiUgs which you kindly permitted us to meet to-day, I hope that those docks have returned and do return a profit to their proprietors. (Loud laughter and applause.)—Subsequently a number of toasts were honoured.—Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P., proposed "The Mayor and Corporation of Hull," and in dbing so be said be felt that a great honour bad been conferred upon him and Cardiff by the courtesy of the Hull Chamber in placing this toast in his hands. The princely hospitality and kind treatment they bad received daring their stay at Hull would ever be remembered by all with pleasurable feelings, and would greatly tend to create and foster commercial friendship not only between the chief northern port of Eng- land and its sister port of the west, Cardiff, but would cement firmly the trading relationship of all the ports and manufacturing centres of this great country which were represented by their delegates at this important conference. (Cheers.)

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YANKEE YARNS. A VAIN SEARCH. Yellowly Why, Brownly, how bad you look this morning. Did you sleep any last night? Brownly Not l wink." Anybody sick?" I am." What's the matter?" Well, you see my wife has been in tho habit of going through my pockets at night, and I thought what was good tor tho gander was good for the goose, so after she fell asleep one night I arose and set out to go through her pocket." "Get anything?" No. Searched the dress over and over, spent the whole night at it, but couldn't find the pocket." PRESERVING HI3 REPUTATION. I suppose you have heard of the elope-, ment." iNo. Who are the partieR I" George Emily and Susie Patton." Why, they had bean engaged for several months and had already gained the consent of their parents." That's all right, but they have eloped just the same and, what is more the father of the girl put up the job and gave the girl 100 dols on the eve of her departure." I don't understand it." Plain enough. The marriage was to take place in a month and it was to be a swell affair, but the father of the girl met with some reverses and found it impossible to pay the expense of a grand wedding, so he got them to elope, thereby saving the expenso of a wedding and getting suffi- cient gratuitous advertising to help him out in his business. HURRYING HIM CP. "Jilck," said a pretty girl to her small brother, the other day, "I want you to do something for a good fellow." Well, what is it?" growled Jack, who is the brother jf the period. Why, you know that wig and moustache you used in the theatricals ?" ? Well ?" Well, won't you put them on and go to the concert to-night? Augustus and I will be there, and, Jack, I want you to stare at me the whole evening throueh your glasses." What You want me to do that ?" Yes and as we come out you must stand in the door and try and slip me a note take care that Gus sees you, too, Well, I declare Because, you see, Jack, Gus like? me, I know, but then he is awful slow, and he's well off, and lots of other girls are after him, and-he's got to be hurried up a little, as it were,Texas Sittings. COFFIN-HANDLES IN THE PIE.—A GORGING CONTEST 0-v PIE-EATING CHAMPIONS IN A HARLEM SALOON. It is an inalienable privilege to every American to eat pie. It must be admitted, as a matter of course, that he can eat as much pie as he chooses. Following this privilege comes rivalry. A remarkable pie-eating contest occurred in Harlem Saturday night. Stuyvesant Casino, No. 1978 Third Avenue, was the scene of the gastro- nomical tournament. Proprietor Shea had arranged the contest, and provided the pies. There were apple pies, custnrd pies, hucklebun-y pies, meringue pies, and several other varieties. At the rear of the long room was a raised platform upon which were placed tables and chairs for the use of the pie-eaters. Hello, Mose," shouted a score of voices as a tall, slab-sided, ill-dressed man of about fifty years made his appearance. "How many pies can you eat to-night ? Mose," whoso full name is Moses Eg a, and whose record is thirty-three pies consumed within a stated time, for reply relaxed his features in a smiie. The arri val of "Mr,so was followed by that of another contestant, Martin Benson, better known as "Paddy the Scales." Another would-be champion was presented to the company as Mr Downs, of Bridgeport." The three contestants seated themselves by small tables upon which were placed tbe pies. At this point" Paddy the Scales" refused to proceed unless he was paid one dollar befora the first bite. As his demand was not acceded to he withdrew from the contest, "Are you ready 1" said Timekeeper Donnelly to the two remaining contestants. Before lie had finished the sentence Mose had grabbed a; pie and bitten a large piece out of it. Downs claimed a foul, which was allowed, and he was instructed to withdraw an equal hunk from his pie. ThiB he did, and a propwr start was mado. It took Mose ju?t thirty seconds to finish his first pie. Mr Downs was a few seconds behind. Mose" then grabbed his second pie. It was soon consumed, and he followed it up by clapping three together and eating them in that fashion. Mr D )wns followed suit, and the contest waxed warm. Suddenly "Mose" uttered an exclamation of anger and threw tho pie he was eating on tho floor. It fell with a dull thud and Mose held up to the view of tho audience a piece of metal which resembled a coffin handle. This he said was embedded in the pie. He was finally per- suaded to resume, but the iron had entered his soul and his jaws had lost their wonted cunning. Meanwhile Mr Downs had obtained a good lead. Umpire Donelly announced as the result of the contest that Mr Downs, of Bridgeport, had eaten twenty-three pins and Mose nineteen, and-the former was accordingly handed the prize, v.,iiicii was two dollars. The duration of the conte r Was twenty-two minute. I

READING-ROOM FOR BARRY AND CADOXrON. Meeting of Hatepayers. A large and representative meeting of residents of Barry and Cadoxton was held at the Cadoxton Board Schools on Thursday evening for tho pur- pose of taking into consideration the advisability of establishing reading-rooms for Barry and Cadoxton.—In the absence of Mr John Cory (througli indisposition), the Rev E. Morris pre- sided. Mr H. H. lusBeH was appointed I secretary pro tem.—Councillor J. C. i\leiLt, who explaiued the object of the meeting aid' that he was of opinion that two reading-Bo >ms should be ecitablndJed-one at Cadoxton, an4 one at Barry. H" estimated the cost ofj-tach institution at LEO per annum, allowing for newspapers, magazines, ¡'\nd smoke-rooms, dso a room for playing games of chess, draugit, etc. He calculated that by donations, subscrip- tions of members at Is 61 per quarter, andj, if necessary, the holding of a couple of concepts, there would be no difficulty in obtaining the necessary funds. He moved, That in the opinion of this meeting it is desirable that public reading-rooms should be formed at Barry hnd Cadoxton." (Applause. )—Canon Alien (Portb- kerry) seconded.—The motion was enthusiastically carrled.-Ir G. B. Davies proposed— That a management committee be formed for Barry and Cadoxton to manage the affairs of its own reading roomi that a joint committee collect all donations which shall be divided in proportion to tho number of subscribing members and that the joint committee be appointed by each management committee, half from ba, ry and half from Cadoxton. Mr G. Garnett seconded the proposition, and it was agreed to.-It was decided to elect the Cadoxton committee, leaving the Barry contingent to be chosen at a meetiug to be held at Barry. The Cadoxton members were chossn as follows Revs E. Morris and J. W. Matthews, Councillor J. C. Meggitt, Messrs B. Lewis, Johnson, W. Flowers, Miller, L. Lewis, J. C Pardoe, T. Cosslett, Dr Treharne. Dr Lloyd E f wards, Dr O'Donnell, J. Barstow, R. G. Morris, D, Morgan, A. Davies, Fisher, aud Rees William3.

r FACTS AND FANCIES. We have hesitation in saying that it is better to swear honestly than to pray hypocritically. Telling the devil to get behind a man will never save him; the hardest thumps a man gets are in the back. The well-bred woman says please to her ser- vants, and sometimes to her husband if there's. anybody arouud. Lady I thought I told you I wanted curried potatoes for dinner. Bridget: The hostler was busy, mum, and I'm no groom. This is a world of contradictions. Men praise heroic actions first because they ace well done and then because they are rare. The burglar is the prince of wags, He goes from house to house, And generally inserts his gags In everybody's mouth. A church deacon at Galesburg, Micb., claims to have a parrot that will lead a hymn and prayer meeting. Next we will hear that he has taught it, to taka up a collection and pump an organ. Why do you poison yourself with that vile stuff!' asked the teetotaler of the tramp. Cause it's the best I kin afford, You don't expect a poor working man to be a blowin' hisself agin champagne cocktails, do ye ?" Benson: Thay tell me that laughter is a great health promoter. Young Grant: Don't you believe it, old fellow. My father fell down and smashed his shin yesterday, and I laughed till I was ready to drop. When he got up he whaled' the life out of me. A health promoter ? 0, no Suspicions, as transient guests of the mind, may be useful in establishing the innocence which should be brought to light or in proving the guilt which should be purged away; but as permanent inmates of the mind their influence is most perni- cious. Suffered to remain, they rankle and fester aud produce all manner of social corruptions. THE DOCTOR. I I Oh, doctor, in our hours of ease, We scorn your counsel as we please; When peach and watermelon green The bosom wring with anguish keen When in the night the hoarse "ka-wboop" Rouses the house with fear of croup; When midst the storm that rends the skies N ewralagy" tackles grandma's eyes When roanug thunder-clouds low hung, Retard the play of ma's left luxig When wintry drifts the roads impede, And baby's nose begins to bleed When hub-deep mud clogs all the way, And Tommy's earache comes to stay W hene'er the least of human iUs Clamours for poulticies or pills Come right away—no mattor how- A ministering angel thou. All aclies and pains are cured by you Save pa's tick-doliar-l-owe-you. A Chicago man had Court Summons" printed on the eu veiopes he sent his circulars out in. He thought he would foot folks into reading them. Shortly after lie received a document marked Court Summons," and it wasn't intended to fool him either. It was a real genuine document, and after he gets through with the business in that he will send his circulars out as plain printing. To be vain is rather a mark of humility than pride. Vain men delight in telling what honours have heea done them, what great company they have kept, aud the like by which they plainly confess that these honours were more than their due and such as their friends would not believe if they had not been told wnereas a man truly proud think-! the honour below his merit, and scorns to boast. Teach a man to pursue somo honourable employment, and a thousand temptations depart; give him pure and wholesome recreations, and pernicious ones will jose their flavour infuse int.) his heart the love of home, ot family, of friends, and lie will III) Junger lov,) tue vices which separate him from them; give him positive earnest convictions, and false ideas and illusions will drop iway-in a word let him learn to do well," and be will without persuasion, "cease to do evil." THE GIRL I J.OVS. I A song for the girl I luve- God bless her A song for the eyes of tender shine, And the fragrant mouth that melt on mine, The shimmering tresses unconi rulled That clasp her neck with tendnl guid The blossom mouth and the dainty dUD, Aud the little dimples out and in- The girl I love- G uil love her A song for the girl I love- God love her! A song tor the eyes of faded light, And the cheek whose red rose waned to white, The quiet brow with its shadow and gleam, And the dark hair drooped in a long, deep dream Tho small hands crossed for their churchyard rest, And thu lilies dand on iier sweet dea 1 i-re-ist, The erirl I IOVP— God love her

I CARDIFF TRAMWAYMEN-S GRIEVANCES. I The Grangetown Men Backsliding. A meeting of the Cardiff Tramway Drivers'and Conductors' Association was held at midnight on Friday to consider the advisability of sending a deputation to the local directors, Mr H. Brown occupied the chair, and Mr Morrissy the vice- chair.—The Secretary, Mr Preston, complained of the character of a communication received from Mr Ilern. A long discussion took place as to whether the Grangetown men should be repre- sented on the deputation. Complaints were made that they held aloof, and were still holding aloof, from the combination.—Mr Preston suggested that, if the Grangetown men joined the associa- tion before tweivo o'clock on Saturday, they should permit one of their number, Mr Honeybun, to accompany the deputation.'— Mi Morrissy, referring to tho giievances of the stablemen, said that unfortunately those who were having good times of it were indifferent to the claims of their Jellls fortunate brothers in other stables, and had refused to put their names to the petition on the ground that they were satisfied. When the drivers ware offered certain privileges they refused them like men unles-4 the same was granted to the 'bus drivers. The stablemen should stand by one another in the same manner. —On the motion of Mr Morrissy, seconded by Mr Lake, it was resolved that the secretary write to the Grangetown men that if th"y became members of tbe association by 12 coon on Saturday their claims will be laid before the directors—not otherwise. The following deputation was then appointed :—The chairman, vice-chairman, Mr Hooper, Mr Newton, Mr Hollingsworth, and (provisionally) Mr Honeybun. The petition which was recently forwarded to the London directors of the Provincial Tramways Company was read by Mr Preston, the secretary. It contained a recapitulation of the grievances of the men, much of which has already been pub- lished. It represented that they had appointed a deputation to Inept the local directors, who, how- ever, put them off time after time for the past month. Theyasked (1) a week's waces or a week's notice in leaving the employ (2) altera- tion so as to enable Richmond-road drivers and conductors to go to dinner at a reasonable hour (3) slight change of arrangement so as to allow of the washing of the Cathays cars in the morning (4) to meet all difficulties as to new appointment", that spare hands learn to drrwucjirs and 'buses, so that if a vacancy occurs for a regular driver the senior stableman could take the car or 'bus (5) I insufficient payment of Grangetown stablemen (6) the men ask for a stated time for cars and 'buses to make the last trip, as at present no one seemed to regulate it; (7) that conductors' receipt for defict be worded so as to make it not a security for any petty complaint, but ti security for honesty and good conduct. In the 8th place complaint was made of the "arbi- trary manner in which the traffic superintendent acts towards the titeit.In reply to the above the following letter was received from Mr Hern, one of the local directors Cardiff, 19th September, 1E89. To Mr A. P. Preston. Sir,—The petition sent by you to London has been forwarded t„> us to deal with, and we have appointed eight o'clock on Saturday evening to meet the men. I think it would have been as well had you in vour state- ment adhered strictly to the truth, and" you have altogether omitted to state that Mr Andrews and niy-elf waited at my office three-quarters of an hour for the men, and then only a portion of them turned up. and consequently the matter could not be discussed. Of course we cannot neglect pressing business to wait on a deputation unless a time is tixed. oii)(I the appointment when made property kept. I should think that a deputation of four men and yourself will be quite sufficient to (leal with the matters in the petition and any other subject wi-Sh to brim' under our notice. Mr Watts has 7 l?T tructioiis to aUow the four men the men may select to be absent at 8 o'clock en Saturday. It would be as well it the man Manning (referred to in the petition) was in attendance.—Yours obediently, S. BERN. A letter was sent by Mr Preston, in reply, • reiterating the statement that the deputation bad been put off for a month.

MR GLADSTONE AND THE I CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY. Mr Carvell Williams, writing in the Methodist Tirnes, siys:-The alarm which I felt on the an- nouncement by Mr Balfour of the intention of the Government to satisfy Roman Catholic as- pirations in regard to University education has been a good deal abated after spending a few days in Ireland. It was most satisfactory tome, on visit- ing Mr Gladstone at Hawarden, to find him quite prepared to lead an opposition to the Government policy, and also to find that he had the confident belief that it would be possible to do so without any rupture with the Irish Nationalist party. Mr Stansfeld'a visit later on the same day would, no doubt, strengthen Mr Gladstone in the attitude which he had already assumod, and I suspect that the interview which he had with Mr Parnell in London, just before he started for Paris, has further helped to chauga the position of affairs. Tho Duke of Argyll writes to a Glasgow corres- pondent :-Mr Gladstono evades the question of the endowed Irish Catholic University, but the Parnellite Liberals,,wili,, liavq to givo -whatever. th. Ir)br-"Ub"" v" t .j..

An Awful Catastrophe. TERRIBLE FALL OF ROCK. 1 Great Loss of Life. FFKOIL OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW YORK, Friday Night. At half-past seven last night a fearful rockslide occurred at Capa Diamoud, Quebec, a short distance from the point where the heroic American general, Montgomery, in the war of the Revolution led a forlorn hope up the Bide of the precipice to capture the British gatrison. The lives of 25 persons were cut off by the catastrophe. Huge boulders and masses of rock and earth bounded down the precipitous incline, swept across Champlain-street, and crushed to pieces 30 bowses. The debris filled up the street to the depth of some 30 feet, and stopped all communi- cation between portions of the city north and south of it. On the wharves behind where the houses bad stood, scattered timbers and earth and rock, that partly covered them, were mingled with a huge pile of coal. It was at once evident that considerable loss of life had occurred, for some of the buildings had entirely disappeared beneath rock and earth. Willing workers set out to remove this debris. The first assistance was naturally given to the imprisoned living, some of whom could be seen pinned by rocks or broken timbers, while frantic cries for help could often be heard of others who were buried out of sight. The dead are Scotch and Irish of the labouring classes. Two days of heavy rain- fall, succeeding a month of ordinary weather, filled the crevice3 with soil, and finally detached enough material to start the slide. There have been several previous warnings against the location of dwelling-houses near the foot of the cliff. On nearly the same spot, on May 17,1841, eight buildings were destroyed and 32 persons killed, In 1852 several others were killed, half a mile farther up the street, by a similar avalanche. The warnings were disregarded, and the people continued to build and to take up their habitations immediately below the overhanging masses that jut out from the front of the cape over the narrow street that bears the name of Quebec's founder. ICKNTRAL NEWS TELKGRAMS.L QOKBEC, Friday.—A terrible catastrophe oc- curred here late last night. A portion of the rocky face of Dufferin Bluff, one of the great heights near the citadel, suddenly foil, wrecking several houses situated at its base. Some of the buildings were entirely buried by the masses of rock. Rescue parties were at once organised, and up to midnight 13 dead bodies and 16 persons very severely wounded bad been extricated. It is believed that fully twenty others are lying beneath the mass of fallen debris, and no effort is being spared to get at these at the earliest moment. The victims are mostly of the poorer classes. Similar falls of rock at this bluff occurred in 1841 and 1852, but the people failed to take the lesson to heart, and continued to build at the foot of the heights. QUEBEC, Friday Afternoon. Twenty dead bouie-i and 30 injured people have already been extricated from the ddmis. Some of the rocks weigh 20 tons or Sd. A fear is expressed that another landslip may take place.

NEGLECTED GRAVEYARDS IN I W A LEt;, I no not remember (Y8 "Cosmos" in tbe South Wales Daily News) to have noticed among the topics for discussion at the coming Church Con- gress anything like Out parish graveyards, and how to keep them. Those who have eyes and know how to use them, need not be told that the condition of many of these resting-places for the dead is simply disgraceful The Bishop of St. Asaph is evidently half iucliued to take the matter up as soon as the tithe question is sfcttled, for in his recent address at Rhyl, among tho matters which in his opiniou it was desirable the clergy should pay atteution to, he mentioned" the reverent care of our church- yards." That these are not made the objects of reverent care iu many instances is an obvious and regrettable fact. A correspondent has this week directed my attention to the state of the church- yard at S. Lythan's. This particular church- yard is most picturesquely situated, and should be one of the prettiest, as it is one of the oldest, burying places in the Vale of Glamorgan. Unfortunately, however, it is not so, for God's acre has beeu turned into a parson's paddock. A horse and cow, and until recently a pig as well, have been turned in to graze, and trample the graves which are unpro- tected by railings, while those which are so pro- tected are very little better off, for the state of litter and ofleusiveuess in which these railings are placed by the animals can be better imagined thau described. If my correspondent's tale be true-and whether it be so of this particular churchyard or not, it certainly is so of others—it is a most disgraceful outrtge upon the memory of the dead and the feelings of the living. I cummeud this question to the atten- tion of the congress as one a discussion upon it might result III some practical good.

THE INVENT OR OF THE I PHONOGRAPH. Our Paris correspondent telegraphs:—A pam- pblet haR just boon published in which it is attempted to mlif,w ;i:it tf)t- first iiiveiitor of the phonograph was not Mr Edison, but a Frenchman, the late M. Charles Cros. On April the 30th, 1877, he sent to the Academy of Sciences, as the minutes of that body show, a sealed letter, tho contents of which may be tound in the transactions of the academy of December the 3rd of the same year, when it was read at the author's request. The communication was the description of an apparatus for registering and reproducing sound s by meatls of a soundiug plate, a needle, and a cylinder. Mr E,iison's first patent for the phonograph was taken out a week after the publication of M. Crop's invention, namely, on December the 10th, 1877. M. Cros, who was known as a poet as well as a ncieims% died, leaving a widow aori children very badiy off, and an application has just been made to the French Government to provide for them.

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Cardiff County Council; THE SOUTH WARD ELECTION. There is absolutely nothing new to chronicle ill connection with the contest in the South Ward at Cardiff. The Tory candidate has still refrained from addressing the electors in public, and unles3 he should decide to do so this evening we shall on Monday witness the unprecedented spectacle of a man going to the poll and expecting people* two-thirds of whom have never even cast eyal upon him, to accord h:m their votes. Should ha be returned, an extremely remote contingency, he may consider himself lucky. Whatever chance he may have had has been knocked on the bead by the iusulting placards, reference to which was made in our columns yeiterdayo and at the meeting of Irish electors Oil Wednesday evening. The working-men resi- dents of the ward and borough keenly resent this precious effusion, while many even of me Tucker's own friends emphatically condemn it as unwise and totally uncalled for. At the Liberal Working Meu's Institute it has formed the sub- ject of discussion at a largely-attended meeting of the managing committee, which unanimously passed the following resolution We, the managing committee of the Cardift Wort- men's Liberal Clii.) and Institute, condemn in the most emphatic manner the ungentlemanly and contemptible action of the Tory party in the South Ward, hv tl yHl1 to demean Mr J. JsnKins (the accepted candidate of the Liberal party) in the eyes of the electors, bY a,* lucling to him as a paid delegate. The efforts made by Mr Tucker's friends 00 the Tory press to bolster up what they must noil know to bo a forlorn hope, are real-y amusing' Excruciatingly funny, in particular, was the farrago of nonsense given to the public ye.,terdayo professing to be a street chat with a visionary Irishman, the Irishman, it need scarcely be saido being a whole-souled supporter of the Tory can* didate and his literary wire-puller. What genuine Irishman, as distinct from the bogus type who chat" with Tory scribes in the street, think Of the latter individual, was openly and fearlessly stated at their enthusiastic gathering in support of Mr Jenkins on Wednesday last. They knolv him to be one of theic most inveterate eneuai08 and persistent detractors. It is really insulting the intelligence of the community to put forward such ridiculous twnddlG for their acceptance. Should Mr Tucker get into the Cardiff Council, ho may rest assured he will have no cause to thank the Irish electors of the ward, for they are united as one man in tbeit allegiance to the Liberal and workiug-infill candidate. Once again we would urgo the wealthi9r Liberals of the town to assist Mr Jenkius on Monday by placing their carriages at his disposal. As we have before pointed out, the Tories are certain to be well provided in that respect, and it is of the last impartauoe that Liberals should not be behindhand with them. In other respects all is going well. Mr Jenkins will have the assistance in bringing up voters of a large body of enthu- siastic friends well versed in the work, and if oil Monday evening he is not returned by an ovef whelming majority it will not be their fault.

-=- THE ENGINEER'S STRIKE AT CARDIFF. A meeting of the Cardiff engineers on strike was held on Friday morning in the Sandon Inn, Ad,A-,n street.Nlr F. Evans addressed them, urging them to stand by the position they had taken up, an,i not to yield until their demands were complied with.—The whole tono of the meating, and of another which was held in the evening about five oelrek, was not only hopeful, but confident. Asked if the masters had shown any sigu one way or the other, or if any persons had yet been put in thpir places, Rl* Knott, the secretary, said, No," ad- dinsr, with evident satisfaction, nc blacklegs have yet made tb6ir appearance, but we do not know but the masters might be on the look out for some." Asked if they felt assured of their funds being sufficient, and if they were about to appeal to the public for subscriptions, he said sympathisers had come and offered sub- scriptions, which, however, were declined. For the present, at any rate, they could rely safely on their own resources. The masters, he added, were not fighting a few hundred men, but the whole Amalgamated Society of Engineers all over the country, with 23W,000 at their backs Just now there is apparent trafl" quility on both sides. It is doubtful, however, whether it is the stern silence which pervades the combatants before the battle or the prelude to peace.

"THE OLDEST CRICKETER IN THE WORLD." j, At the fag-end of the cricket season everyon* falls to talking of the oldest cricketer in tb< world, Charles Absolon. On Monday he wat still playing, and piayiug strongly, for hi< beloved Tutuell Park Ciub. He only got tw<J run and as many wickets, but that even is nO mean performance for a man over 72 years of agei especially as his two runs made his cine hundred and sixty-first and nine hundred and sixty-second for the year 1899, and brought him within thirty- eight of the thousand runs per season he has made aunually for seven years past. Happily, the Ancient has eight more matches down in that little pocket-book of his, and he will, weather permitting, average the necessary five ruilit p"f match, and get into four figures. Mr Absolon is a Walhngford, Berkshire, boy. and was horn May 30, 1817. He has been playing cricKet ou years. in 16,5i-he was only 14 the"— 110 made 127. Half-a-century ago he played at Lord's for ttie first time. Thirty years back b( began to figure prominently in metropolitaJU cricket, and to him, as much as to anyone else, i4 due tho Saturday halt-holiday that gives thou- sands of working-men and Sun pm en cricketerl. their one great joy of the week. In 1872 he tooL 2C wickets in a match with his underlmnd bowl- iug, delivered hip-high, and coming along uneX pectedly fasi. In 1872 he bowled Iddison, ol Yorkshire, John Smith and Tom Hayward, both, of Cambridge, in three successive balls. In 187i he had Chariwood, W. R. Gilbert, and W. G< Grace in 19 balls. Mr Absoion is connected witfc the butcher trade, neither ur.okes nor drinks, and is as hale, hearty, strong, jovial a sprl, of robust and youthful human nature as is to be found tbU; side of the Styx.

A MEDICAL MAN ON CRICKET. In proposing- the toast, Success to Cricket, at the Oxford City Cricket Ciub dinner, Lord Jersey presiding, Dr Collier, the old Light Blue three-miler, said his daily experience all a medical man compelled him to see the enormous amount of influence for good the great national game ot cricket had on the health and physique of the people. He would not say much on the score of health, but when cricketers were enjoying the game they were laying up for themsel veri a store of health that would add enormously to their enjoyment of life. When he came t( the question of uational physique, how- ever, be felt it was a very serious mill; ter, for during the past half century tb< increase in medical and surgieal knowledge, and the improvement in sanitary laws, had enabled pliem to preserve in their midst tho weakly antf diseased men and women, who in a former ngf would inevitably have died in infancy or earl, youth. Now what must be the result of that ot their national life? Tiien, agaiu, there was tht. overcrowding in tho large commercial centres. That has exactly the same tendency, and as fat as he could see the only antidote to this great evil was their great natioual love of all open-air sports, (Hear, hear.) These sports undoubtedly in- creased the stoutnoss of their lungs and limbs. When they reccgnised all this, they must confes* the enormous importance of encouraging them in every way in their power. He regretted the decay of cricket in the rural districts, and hoped in time to come it would revive again.

FATAL FALL FROM A HORSE. An inquest was held on Thursday evening af Bournemouth on the body of a gentleman whe died in hospital there on Tuesday from interne injuries caused by his falling from a horse wiiil( out riding on Monday. The police reported thatJ they had telegraphed to several addresses, but had been unable to tind any of the gentieman'l relatives. From papers found in Iiis lodlingi, including some circulars containing testimonials, it appeared that his name was Hugh Georgf Hamilton Douglas, M.A., that he was born a( Manchin Castle, Ayrshire, in 1858. and was educated at Edinburgh, Eton, and Glasgow, and that he had for some time been following the pro- fession of a tutor. Lord Randolph Churchill, Sir G, Napier, Count lYOrbndo, Mr S. Morley, and others were mentioned in the circulars ai relatives of young gentlemen with whom he had travelled. The jury returned a verdict of Acci- dental death."

I GIFT BY COLONEL NORTH. Colonel North, the Nitrate King," has Stiver another proof of his munificence towards Leeds, his native town. Not many months ago he pur- chased and presented to the town Kirkstal! Abbey, which was about to pass into the hands ol speculators. For a long time the public in Hal- bock, where Colonel North was born, have de- sired that Holbeck Moor should be acquired for a public park. The price asked for the manorial rights, however, has deterred the corporation from doing anything in the matter. Colonel North yesterday intimated to the mayor of Leadi- • that he has arranged to acquire those rights, and will present the moor to the borough. The mayot has replied thankfully accepting the gift.

A TWENTY. THIRD CHILD. [CE.'tTItAL NRWS TELEGRAM.J VIENNA, Fridly.-The wife of :t labourer named Koeuki,living at Tscliirzilkan, has just given birth to her twenty-third child. Tfif, w,;zi-,tn i- in tier forty-fifth year. Printed and Published DUNCAN & isONS, at 83, St Mary-sireot and West- piate-street, in the town of, Cardiff, in tit swuuty ot Glamorgan • >

THE ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA. I I Observations at Cardiff. I The Rev W. E. Winks, of Cardiff, an astronomi- cal student of considerable attainments, has sent us the following communication with respect to the curious phenomenon observed in the skies yesterday morning:—"The conditions were nu favourable for seeing the conjunction of Saturn and Mars this morning. I had only a short glimpse of this rare and beautiful phenomenon. This was at about 4.45 a.m. To the naked eye the two planets appeared almost as one, and at a casual glance they might easily have been mistaken for one object. With a two- inch object-glass refractor telescope, and a low- day power, the sight was most interesting. Thll., ring of Saturn was just visible the plannt Mars a inia into che field of view on one side, and- tiie bright star Romulus on the other, a few de- grees to the north and south. When I put on the,, astronomical eye-piece, of a good power, of course the planets were reversed in position, aud much- farther apart. Regulus was now out of the field of view. The contrast between the appearance to- the naked eye and the view through the glass was wonderfully striking and mterestingr-. On the whole, it was one of the most beautiful celestial phenomena I ever witnessed. It is not- often Saturn and Mar3 are in conjunction, but the sight of Saturn and Mara in conjuction with., it star of the first magnitude close at hand, and Venus and the waning moon in the samo- quarter of the heavens, is a sight for the recur- rence of which astronomers will have to wait many thousands of years. Sad to tell, my view was only a glimpse. Flying clouds from the N.W. veiled the sky, and hid the beautiful spectacle until the robins begau to whistle and' the dawn of day hid every celestial object from view except the morning star and the waning moon.

BRIGANDAGE IN MACEDONIA. I The Correspondence de L'Est publishes a letter from Monastir, which gives the most grievous details as to the brigandage now rife in Mace- donia. It reports that no fewer than 200 persons have been murdered and roSbed within the last two months. Two brigands, named Shakir and Osman, each of whom has committed more than 20 murders, are said to be terrorising the country. They were marauding in different districts, each with bis own band, and they are daily cutting, throats and perpetrating other barbarities for trifling sums of a few Turkish pounds. The Turkish authorities are-described bs; :tha corres- pondent as showing a most suspiciou* supineness I in the suppression of the brigandage,

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I THE FRENCH ELECTIONS. I A Boulangist Editor Arrested. h | CKNTKAL NKWS TJILEGBAM. ] PARIS, Friday.—One of the liveliest of tho many lively electorate fights now going on all over France is that at the Toulouse, where 1\1. Constaus, Minister of the Interior, is opposed by M. Susini, a peculiarly energetic Boulangist. To-day the Revisionists are indig- nantly deuounciog what they consider a mean and cowardly advautage which M. Constans has just taken of his ad versary by virtue of position as a member of the Government. Susiui has been very actively and-abiy assisted in the contest by the editor of a Builangist newspaper, but he has been suddenly and shabbily deprived of his journalistic lieutenant, that gentlenc.an having been arrested by order of the Minister of the Interior on what is clearly a bogus charge of publishing incorrect statements in his vaper. The charge can scarcely be sustained, but it will doubtless serve its purpose of keeping the over- zealous and too energetic editor in prison until after the elections.

WRECK OFF THE WELSH COAST. A Liverpool Steamer and Ten Lives Lost. A telegram from Douglas, Isle of Man, reports the wreck of a Liverpool steamer and loss of ten Ii Ye. The screw steamer Florence left G irston for Belfast on Tuesday with a crew of ten n:en and one passenger, and a cargo of coals. At midnight she foundered off the Calf of Mau, and only two men managed to scramble into tho lifeboat. After drifting about with no food and only very little clothing, they were picked np by the Isle of Man steamer King Orry, crossing from Liverpool to Douglas, yesterday afternoon. On being taken on board one of them died almost immediately. The ot-ber is being carefully treated, and is recovering.

WARNING TO COLLIERS. I THURSDAY EVENING.—'The barometer has fallen very suddenly to-day. Pressure is 70ib on the square foot less than it was yesterday. Let each man see that props and sprags ari freely used, nothing else can prevent falls. Fire-triers must make most careful examinations in all banks, as gas will have accumulated, and uulejss the greatest care is exercised explosions will occur, especially in the neighbourhood of old workings, fissures, and cracks in the face, floor, or roof. See that all lamps are in good order and locked before giving out. Keep up a thorough ventilation. See that doors and brattice cloths are in good order, and properly attended to. No smoking no naked lights no shot firing for the next three days. Beware of coal dust, which is highly ex- plosive.

BARRY DOCK, I The dockmaster's (Captain Davies) weekly re- port up to Thursday upon the shipping at Barry Dock for the previous week gives the following figurei;SteawerEi arrived, 19; tonnage, 20,618. Sailed, 20; tonnage, 21,080. Sailing vessels arrived, 5; tonnage, 3,319. Sailed, 8 tonnage, 8,602. Total:—Ships, 52 tonnage, 53,619. The number of steamers in dock was 12; sailing] vessels, 19; total, 31. No. at the close of previous week, 35; decrease, 4. I

SIR E. J. REED. 1 Sir Edward James Reed, K.C.B.J F.R.S., M.P., who represents the Cardiff district in the House of Commons, entered upon his 6u ;h year yesterday, as he was born at Sheerness on Sept. 2C, 18:0.

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The London Horrors. IS "JACK THE RIPPER" A WOMAN P Mr Lawson Tait Interviewed. IFROM FRIDAY'S PALL MALL GAZETTE. Mr Lawson Tait, the eminent women's surgeon, having read the suggestion that Jack tho Ripper might be a woman, had this morning a prolonged chat with one of our representatives. He said:- "I have taken a great interest in these tragedies from the very commencement. The work of the medical jurist has always had a fascination for me. Now, looking at the subject as a surgeon, the first conclusion is that the whole of the mur- ders, not only in Wbitecbapel, but in Battersea and Chelsea, are the work of one and the same individual. They must be grouped together. Secondly, the crimes are the work of a lunatic. The absolute motivelessness of the whole business shows this. "Again, the operator must have been a person accustomed to use a sharp knife upon meat. The work was done by no surgeon. The criminal must have been a butcher, and a London butcher. The cuts are made in a fashion peculiar to the London butcher. They would have been made quite differently if the operator had hailed from Dublin or Edinburgh. "What ought the police to do?" "They should find out what are the licensed slaughter-houses in the neighbourhood, who are in charge of them, what persons (male and femalo) have access to the slaughter-bouses after the workmen go home. Slaughter-houses are about the only spots in which the work could be done with any great probability of non-discovery. "I have said the criminal was mad. He or she is undoubtedly a person suffering from epileptic furor. The fits only last for a short time. May not the police be floored at the outset by the im- portant question of sex ? The male epileptic has his fits irregularly; in the case of a woman this is not so. This is something to go upon. Granted that an epileptic be the criminal, on coming out of his or her fit the offender would have no recollection of the murder and cutting up, and would resume his or her everyday life iu no way perturbed by what bad happened. Nothing is more likely than that Jack the Ripper 1 is some big, strong woman engaged at a slaughter-house in cleaning up, and now and then is actually cutting up meat. "Again, in a number of instances the women when found were hardly dead. The bodies were warm the murderer could not be far away. The fact that the police were so close upon the criminal goes to prove to a wonderful degree that the operator was a woman. I will toll you why. On the discovery of one of the murders the police promptly made a circuit round the neigh- bourhood. Nobody was arrested, or, rather, no man w., i irreLited-tliey did not look for a woman. How could a woman have so cleverly com- mitted tho deed?" It must be clearly under- stood that whoever was the criminal would be thoroughly splashed with the blood. It would be impossible to hack and hew a warm body in Ripper fashion without getting all over blood. A man who thus besmeared himself could not possibly have got clear a way time after time. The thing would be perfectly easy for a woman. See here." Here Mr Lawson Tait picked up a Liberty chair oack ami placed it round him- self like an apron. Conceive the murder done, and the woman is all splashed. All she has to do is to roll up herskirtup to her waist,leavingher petticoat, and fold up the shawl that is over her shoulders and tucked in at her middle. Then she might pass through the crowd with the verv slightest risk of detection." I "On at least one of the occasions when the police came upon the scene there were to be noticed several women in the crowd that quickly gathered. Had those bystanders been searched there u all the chance that tbe criminal would have been captured." "What advice do you, then, give to the police 2" our representative asked. Let them visit all the slaughter-houses in the district, inquire as to male or female regular assistants or occasional helps. There is soinethiug else. The last woman mur- dered had, I believe, her long hair cut through. Now there must be some of that hair about that slaughter-house. Hair is one of the most useful matters in the detection of crime. Hair cannot be got rid of. It sticks everywhere. Search the gratings and the corners of tbe slaughterhouses, aud if a body had been cut up in any of them, and hair has been cut through. you are almost certain to find some ot it, and however little "twill serve.' Then there must be bit- of cartilage to be found." Why ? Because the criminal is not a skilful butcher, nor likely to be in regular employment. He cuts with too free a baud, and instead of using the saw more frequently hacks right through with his sharp knife. Those little bits of hacked cartilage microscopic examination would prove to bo human. It is almost perfectly im- possible to do away with the evidence of murder by violence, and this must be borne in mind by the medical jurist. "It seems to me jthe police need to go on a brand new road in setting about the discovery of the criminal." As our representative rose to leave, Mr Lawson Tait added, "I dou't a bit believe in this notion that publicity in the newspaper press hinders the police. It is all the other way. The newspapers srrousa a public interest which it is impossible otherwise to obtain, and which furnishes a backiug-np for the police in their work. The idea ot the sleuthhound detective of fiction creeping along quietly and unknown is all lubbish." I DR FORBES WiNSLOW'S REPORTED I C L U E. Dr F.jibes Winslow wishes to contr.,tdict the ro- port which credited him with the statement that he would be able within three days to put his hand upon the author of the Whitechapel atrocities. He thoroughly believes in the clue which he has obtained, but his evidence was circumstantial. His informant was a respectable resident in Whitechapel, with whom the supposed murderer lodged. The doctor declined to state very specifically what his information was, but mentioned that a pair of noiseless Loocs and a bloody shirt were amongst the articles found in the suspected person's rooms. He had direct evidence of the suspect having been seen washin his hands at the pump as early as four in the morning, shortly after the time at which one of the murders was supposed to have been committed. He had taken this matter up because he believed the culprit to be a homicidical lunatic. The police had been supplied with the same clue as now formed the basis of his own investigations, but they choose to ignore it. The suspected person had been seen in London as late as August 3rd last, and Dr Winslow believed him to be in thu metropolis u..w. Dr Winslow intended to visit Whitecbapel in a few days in disguise, there to pursue his investigations personally with a view to bringing the culprit to justice. ¡

THE EX-VICEROY OF IRELAND. The Marquis of Londonderry was entertained at a banquet at Stockton-on-Tees last night, at which he was highly praised by his political neighbours f,)r his conduct in the Viceroyalty of Ireland. He entered upon a loug and exhaustive vindication of his administration, denounced the Parnellite agitation and the plan of campaign, justified tho Crimes Act as a measure ouly used Lo bring into force the ordinary criminal law, maintained that it had greatly lessened agrarian crime and nearly extinguished systematic boy- cotting, and defended the resident magistracy and the Royal Irish Constabulary from attacks levelled against them.

DISAPPEARANCE OF A PEER. There is a report in the West-end that two well known members of society-one a peer-are wanted by the police on a charge of having com- mitted a very serious offence, which need not be specifically described. They are believed to have left the country, and Inspector Abberline, of Scotland-yard, is now in Paris, it is understood, in connection with the case. It is thought the alleged offenders may prefer voluntary exile to the risk of standing upon their trial.

HORRIBLE CONDUCT OF I A NEGRO. Louise Shoemaker, a white girl, has been' discovered in a back room tenanted by a negro in New Orleans in a dreadfully emaciated condition, and raving mad. The negro had enticed her into the place, and kept her for nearly a year, subject- ing her to the vilest outrages. The scoundrel's life is not considered to bo worth many week" purchase, although be is well guarded in prison.