South Wales Echo

  CUT. A DEEP CUT. it was a beautiful May morning. I un- Surled my legs (I had, still have, a habit of curling myself up when I wanted to enjoy a good uovel), tossed my book asjde, stretched j myself wearily and looked down the road towards Woodburn. Although I had dene nothing but read all the morning, I was hungry. Youth and high health always combLne to strengthen the demand for eo.il 't; Lll 'to stilt?ll,?,,t h eii L,c?e Gle-pan(i ror breads'-uHs. ft was time my dinner liad come. I said to myself, glancing at the clock in my cage-1'ke room. Jusb then a familiar sound caused me to rise ;nd open the door. There. on the path beside the railway, stood Tim Ferris. His golden curls were blowup across his blue eyes, dancing up and do\vn in the May wiud, bobbing like clover lieads before the breeze. He was pattering along barefooted on the day path made by the workmen v.ho made the deep cut and the bridge. The basket on his arm seemed a tri?c hea'y. Me was puiu.ng seer-ie,,l ?t lie i) ii I I ell ',o '? What' your huyy. Ti:n Be hurried on until he stood at the bottom of the steps leading up to 'ny station, looked !Àp at me wi.'h sparkling eyes and answered,— I couldn't he!p ic. I'm to go to Wood- ba,n to s<e the circus, and there s a real live !nd a ostrichus, and lions and whales and a unicorn —— OL his basket and buc- ks' dre'? a long breach, looked at Ins feec, at his raggefl clothes, then up at me wist- fully, and aaded,— I do not. kno'.v how many things there is, but J'.a Stacy s:.ys there never was nothing like' it. And mam said I can go— but I've goc t? b? '?uick, cos Jim Stacy's but ive b-i- --iuc'?, Jim 8--acy,?, gotil iu L,-Ls w;tc,oii, ar.,d he's "In that ess?, Tim, -said best. no*: wait for the things. I'll take them home myself. You jus h,er home, young man, &nd—here. 'iim's eve; grew as big as tvo saucers as he looked at che coin in nis palm, then up into my face. His bright blue eyes were muist the little felloe' WfM crying with j')y idreday. lie open-d his mouth to thank ? ,t l re( l zi-- lie 11' me, but I cut him short. That's 'lim. You cut right back home, and tell your mother I will make the damage good if anything happens to t your new suit. It won't do to o shabby, Tim. You must blacken your shoes and put a ribbon en your hat. Ma:n won't have no- time. You listen to me- You can go home through the deep cut— Through the tunnel. Mr -AIcore i said through the tunnel. It will save more tha); h<uf a mile, aud youwdl bs ready before S!ry calls for you." I'm glad you told me. And Tim was cif like a bird. What a happy little fellow he'was—so brave and manly, and the soul of tj.'uch. It shone in his bright blue eyes illuminated his whole face. Nobody could look at Tim Ferns, ragged, dirty, sunbrowned ;\s lie was, without seeing and appreciating all that was mosc M be admired and loved in a child of eight. That was the sum total of Tim's life. As Ills yellow curls glinted in the sun- shine, I gave him a parting g!a.Dce, then put my foot on the seeps to mount to my station, when the clattering of a horse's hoofs on the road feil on my ear. It was Bob comers, going home from Vooclbum with the morning mail for his lather s mill. I knew Bob and Bob's horse well. He reined c.p, dismounted leisurely, as was his wont, and sat down on my steps to talk about the lasr frolic over at Siddley s barn raising. Meancime, I was absorbing Mrs Ferris s warm meat, bi&cuit. pies and cat.(! as Î2.St as a hm.1,c;;ry man could, talking between bitei. The otHce was as quiet as a churchyard. Bob was describing, in stricc confidence, the young lady who was to be Mrs Bob Somsrs some day, when Rockford called me. I paused in the act of nipping a. good half of one of Mrs Ferris s pies, and inclined an ear. Rcckford was twelve miles out of my station. Usually I called Rockford, and then only to communica.te matters of moment sent me from the rear. Otherwise I was not to meddle with Rockford. The call from Rockford sounded sharner than usual. It was so imperative that even Bob Somers '.remarked it. Sounds like as if they were In ar4all fired hurry, whoever it is. I bounded up the steps and answered promptly. Rockford responded in return. bh"rt, clear, and sharp ('ane the message '"Bridge down at Baker's Run. Con- struction train due -VV,)cdbu,-ii at twelve iifteen. Advise Woodburn. iSuch a shock I never experienced before. fmd hope I never may again. I suppose it was fancy, but I thought my heart ceased to beat for a minure. and then it gave a mighty throb as I signalled V. oodburn sharply two or three times. Woodbura responded crustity. I repeated the message, then I waited long enough to receive the O.K. In the meantime I had decided upon my course. I I leaped down the short Hight of steps in froH:; of my station, sprang upon Rcb comers' horse, spurred him with my heels I viciously, and galloped along the railway as fast as the horse could, carry me. I did not I pause to explani ait my energies centred on one object. A human life was at stake, and that life was the light of a household. I had unwittingly sent little Tim Ferris to his death. To explain. The Woodburn. connection was new. Months must elapse before travel and trafnc of considerable volume would be directed over the new branch. In the mean- time one passenger and one -,fre;cclht train moved ea,st and west past Stanley every morning and evening-. The road between Rockford and Wocdburn was so silent the re<1(el' part of the time that the birds made nescs near the ties and squirrels frisked long the rails undisturbed. As I rode along the railway I could hear the roar of the construction train thundering onward in the vicinity of the river. Once— twice I slowed up and listened. The dee? cut echoed the <:ound of the horse's hoofs. Tip-3 cut was a dangerous place for an adult. There wer.3 spots where the crumbling bank of sand sloped down to the track. Unless & person hud uhe presence of mind to lie down on the bank a passing train would grind him to pieces. There were other places where i:he cutting rocks were so close to the track chat no' one man in a thousand could have kept his place while a train passed, and last And worse of all there was the tunne!. Short :).s it is, more than one 1'fe had been lost in it. And I sent little Tim through the deep cut co certain death. I felt like a murderer my heedlessness would cost a human life. I alone was to blame. These thoughts worried me as I rode on. I also realised my own danger if I failed to emerge from the cut in Mme, horse and rider would be ground down by the train. Even if the engineer should see .me before I entered the tunnel. the curves were ?o short he would be unable to lessen the .speed of ttip train, and once I entered the tunnel, with the engine follow- ing me, no power on earth could, save me. And now. as I realised how much de- fended on my coolnessand presence ofmind, the confused feeling, gave place to a coolness And self-possession that surprised me. There was uo doubt ahofJt it—I could hear the construction train rounding the curves near the rnei*'s edge. The scream of the loco- motive sounded in my ears like a warning of def.tii. At the same instant I beheld little Tim's golden curl-, waving fromside to side as he tro.-ted all r,icoiiscious of peril. Back of me the locomotive. I likened it to the angel of death, the subdued "oar of the train was !ike the sound of tha angel's wings. My life, little Tim's life, all depended on the distance the train was from Two pl;r-, presented themselves clearly to -ne. 1 might spring from the horse, leave it ::0 take its chance galloping through the funnel, and, grasping little Tim, hold him against the yielding sand bank he was happily toddling past. Or I might lift him ap and m'c;e the horse to his utmost through the tunnel, j As I thought of Bob Somers' horse, and of .i:he honors that might ensue in the tunnel 'ncase the horse threw the train off the -Zrack, my plan was decided on ths instant. I rode down to Tim's side he had turned ,m hearing- the horse's hoofs clattering over the ties aud roa d bed, and stood looking up <tt me with a smiling face. Leaning toward him, ca.1hn: to him to .ive me both hands, 'r, lifted him suddenly, grasping him in a ,i.ierce stvee?, and held him close before me '.s I ur,ed the horse on. Turn's face, as he looked into mine, dis- played terror. He clung to me instinctively, i!œiDg h Jips firwjy. The u-ou steed fd. ,wed fast a long at my back with a dull r-,ar. It was a race between Bob Somers' steed and the iron horse. Bob's steed fairly bounded when the iron horse swelled into a. volume. On, on he sped, until suddanly the light of the day was excluded. The sullen roar was silenced for a time. I breathed freer. The danger was not so immediate after all. j Suddenly an awful sound struck terror to my soul. Bo b's horse snorted, trembled, then shot; forward so suddcn!y as atmost to upset me. Then the locomotive had entered the tunnel. Have you ever revised the similarity of sound between the troc of a thoroughbred and the n:,¡;c cf iron wheels ? Stand on a. railway bridge in the silence of the nig"itt and listen to the rush and roar of the engine going and coming, and you will understand me clearly. The awe-inspiring tread of the lightning- I footed steed i()no\iD, me ob! iterated all other feehngs for a time. The earth reeled and rocked beneath me. I pictured to my- I self an atmosphere charged with the heat and glare of the panting iron monster as it rushed down upon horse and riders saw in my mind man, boy, and steed hurled to tha skle of the tunnel, ground retnorsclessly under the wheels. Among nil the vivid ex- periences cf my life—and I've survived a battle charge, shipwreck, and railroad horrors—none ever impressed me with the terror I ic't in the short; apace of time I v.'as in that tunnel with the murderous wheels rolling d<'wn upon us. I recalled the horrors of a calamity that stunned the ration—a railway disaster where scores were sacrificed. Then as now the earth seemed fairly to yawn before me as I clapped my hands to my ears to shut out the screams of my fellows. In a Hash of tiwo the lights in the crowded coaches were extinguished there w:ts a shock as of worlds coming together, a. crash and a roar w Id.s coiii i i, of escaping steam, followed by the snanoing and crackling of timbers, the grinding oi iron and stouu and wood in indescribable confusion. !Such a. -c!anE, α the stars shone on that winter's night I trnst human eye may never witness again. Shapeless limbs scorched beyond recognition faces black- etied ghastly, headless trunks isolated limbs, a woman's long tresses waving here, a hand thrust up there the cracklingseeth- ing llames lickiug up, deTouring, overpower- ing a.II. i rode blindly, dazed, ioto daylight-, with all my senses strained to their utmost ten- sion. Woodbum lay peacefully in the bright sunlight off to the right. I could see the church spires and courthouse across the top of the bank. There was cue chance in a thousand, a chance for Tim and me. I shook my feet free of the stirrups, f-wung Tmi around suddenly to the left, at the same time swinging my right leg over the pommel of the saddle, and plunged rather than leaped into the bank of sand ai.d mie grave!. Our plunge set tha sand in motion but I held Tim's face dov/nward while the train thundered past. Then I slid and staggered upon my feet, rubbed the sand out of my eyes, now blurred with tears, and hugged Tim in a delirium of delight over our miraculous escape. As the construcrion train disappeared from view, and I urged Tim forward to a niace of safety, he pointed to an object be!ow us, where I beheld a quivering mass—a.11 that remained of the gallant horse. Bob Somers' horse was crushed into a yielding, pulpy, inanimate lump. lying there beside the rails, his head twisted back under his neck, shorn of hi> fore feet, bleed- ull(l,?, is i,,ec'. i n bru i se d ar-cl bi-il ing. bruised, and buffeted beyond recogni tion. H We beat tha railroad, didn't we ?" said little Tim. looking up at me with a face whose pallor contrasted strangely with the stains of sand and grave!. It was the 6rst word he uttered from the moaaent I picked him up. Yes, T;m, by God's mercy." But we'd caught what the hcrse got if we hadn't jumped." Then, after a short pause, 11 I'm most afraid to go to see the unicorn and the lion. Oh, but you will, Tim and you must tell me how many bears and monkeys you see at the circus. I'll go home with you and see that your mother gets you ready in time for Staey. And I did, and Tim saw enough at the circus that afternoon to furnish him with speculations that la-sted as long as I was ou duty at Stanley scatiou. The company paid Bob comers a hand- some sum for his horse, but if you d toss all the land lying on either side of the AVood- burn branch and the branch itself into one lump, I'd not go through one minute of that day's experience for it.

ASSASSINATiON OF THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO. CmcAGO, Carter H. Harrison, the mayor of this city, was shot dead at his residence at half-past eig-ht this evening by an unknown mtry.-Reute,?-. CHICAGO, Sunday Evening.—Liter particnia.ra of the assassination of Mr Harrison state that three buHets entered the body, two of them making wounds sufEcient; to cause death. The same of the murderer is Eugene Patrick Prender- gast. He declared that Mr Harnson had promised to make him corporation eoun?e), and had net kept his word. This.he said, was the on!y reason for the crime. The man ca.]Ied tt -Air Harrison's hou'!e and asked to see the mavor. The tatter, on hearing his na,me mentioned, stepped into tho ha.1], where the mur- derer waited, and when Harrison had ad- vanced 10 feet, without a word, fired three shots in rapid succession. One bullet shattered his victim's left hand. another entered the abdomen,andthe third, whichgtruck above the heart, was the cause of death. Prendergast, dehberateiy pocketing the revolver, then started towards the door. when the mayor's son, Mr \Vm. Preston Harrison, appeared and fired twice aEter the retreating tigure, but without d1>ct, and the !nurdererwa.s!ostinthe darkness. Hegave hivnself up to the police soon afterwards and g"ve the r8,son for !¡Ïs act. 1-1e was so wzak he could scarcely stand, and shook a.s if with palsy. Excited crowds delred to !ynch the assassin, but the poHee removed him to the and protected the prison with extra guards. The sad feature of the tragedy is that: the mayor, who d'ed wtthin 17 minutes, was to have been marked n,'t month, He h::n been five times mayor of Chicago, and wa-! one of the best-known men in the West.-Re7,ter.

A TERRtSLE DEATH AT CINDERFORD. Mr M. F. Carter, coroner for West Gioucester, ho!d an inquest on Saturday, at the We,Ieyaii ChapeJ,at C'nderfard, touching the death of Walter Wymna.n, ?hoae charred remains were found c'n the cind? tip at the blastfurnace n.t Cicderi'ord, Dean Foreat, on Frida.y inorninpr. Arthur Lewia and Sydney Turner, furnacenjen, wuo made the discovery, &nd Ma,tthp\v Wynman. the boy's father, g?ve evidence. The la.d weuc to school on Thuraday Morning, but played ti'na.n;: in the afternoon, and nothing of his doings could be disc-overed after 2.50 that afternoon. It is supposed that the boy took u? his abode for the night amongst some warm baHast. and that one ofthechargea on being tapped roned down the side of the tip and smip]y burned the lid up.- The boy's fa.t':er denied that the deceased stayed away on Mcount of being afraid to go home. as he beat turn.—The Coroner saici,he n-ver saw a case of burning in his life.—The verdicii I was "That: the boy met his death by burning."

MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS C;'r.:mrodorio:ta.rvdS'; -N-a7,tire 2-1 th CUmsworth left Leith tor Kins.' Lynn 28th Futc.st passed CoMt:).ntinopIe 27th Lavernock p.i.s-ed Constantinople 27th Tlwm!'3 TurnbuU passed CostaDti"r'í¡le 28th Oswjid pas-ed Constantinople for Azoft 2St:h TRa-dyr left Pert T.dbot forPena.rth 28th R<t.pid arvl! Garston 25:h Ruperm left U.bort for S:dta, CL,.bello 26th Mark La.ne Mvd .lil'olaidf 23th Redruth tefc St Louis for Nicol-ieff 27t:h Cha.s T Jones left Antwerp for Newpurt 27tt Ma.rdya.rvd Nantes 28th Auckland C:Mtle a.rvd London 27th CraigL-itlits a.rvd West Harttppool 25Mt :i.rvd Londo 2oth Maid m.i lefc B<jifen for S-.Tansen. 26th Avis left ])ulJk,>rque for FeuartH 26th Boileau a,rvd Bilbao 25Eh Romanby ,1,1"n1 Ha-mburg frou Drtnube S&rh Swa.inhy a,rvù Wt-sbH:u'opoo: [rum JLn-dwK-k a.rvd Nary" frntn Cronst.t.dt 26'.h i Carlo .irvd Azoff from Naplt- 28th_ St Aubin left Bilo;1.o for :S-ewport 2Îth Ajshby left Norfoik fur Ha.vre 26(.h Hor<!on left Nl,Llta for Cibral tai- for ordars 27th Wa.tllngton left :-a,vo1la for Coust&nti'tople 27th OtKMMbyIeft Breiuerhtveii for WiImtU.N:ton&7th Thonmby left Glas¡¡;ow for Sa.voua. 26 t 11

YANKEE YARNS. HumbJePie. ine story is told of a. weU-known New EngJ.ud cI..rgymau th:t ho ome exchanged with a brother clergyman and v/a.s entertained at the home cf a who was even too She ]n-sted upon his fating a large piece of mince pie for dinner, and the minister yielded against his better judgment. Th" conssquc nee was that he became violently i!I and was un:tb!e tc preach that afternoon. The doctor was sunonioned, and w!ute he wasadmister- in4 to his a.gonii'ed patient the li,,tt.,r iooked up a:;d sa)d feebly, but with an inimitable twinkle in his <c Doci-or.I'iu notafraid to but. I'm ashamed to I NotHai'd. Til of a, c.it.'approached a hsnd' '<1. \.O.LJ,\ :t11(1 :\d.J fn, G;) 011 will! YÜt1, now; rye pÜd you once, s,tic't tile wom:tn. you "Yt> I !!n"< me a nic1.-pl or Tn put you off." Du ifyo't dAre." Tt'f conductor stopped the ear and put her oEF. I:\tber a I.d thin to do," a¡cJ une of tJIt) p<1.npr: but i served her I UPP()5C." C'i),"thpconduetorsmittt!g!y answered,)! h:ucl lor ir.e to du 'out it isn'c often I h;ve :1 chines to get e"Ol \¡ th her. I .im her hus- band. I Couldn't Master the Shibbo)eth. "\Viio'.<t:eye?''s:idthefeminn'e\'oice. "Ob, it' onJy you, j, i¡;? And now:uppo:õe I you .,tell me where you've been 5irc,3 tins murn- 'in.? You shee it—hie—hup- poned this way. We—hie—went out, tis-fi. iish'—iuc—n.nd the wind d:ed out—hie." "Sothewinddiedout.didit?'' And if you— hie—on]y knew how shick—hie—your own hubbie wash— hie—tbish minute—h:c—you'd &pMi the door." "Sick, are you :olIo ::snorted; drnnk. Do.t't: you- hic-L2ar me shuttering—hie?'' Oh, yes, I he.t.t.' you. Nuw I a.iu going to r.ppn thedoor, but not until you convince me that you are not intoxicated do you hear me ?" H:o'" H?fore this door opeaa you've got to say quickly three times, without takiug breath, 'She se]!s "e :shell: Oh—hio—Ior." Wb,.t (lid Y,)Il SLy I shed all ri." "We!),goabead." She scH. sen.sh&!I?, -.he .sheHs shplls—" Thit won't do. I v.'unt you to =3.y distinctly anl(li rap:d!y, Shese!!ssea.shen?. "AUri. She.3ellghesheilc:eashells, 'What'st!:e' matter v/iththatah?" j Hedidn'cgjtin. Canadian and American Children. A New York j )urnat J)hilOSODIlIC-,I',l *V discusses the subject of )arg9fatHitixs,;mdwindsuu with the following r,-fer,-ncf, to the proh&o famjies of the Up th.,y hn.ve jus!, sneh families ;)nd yet the pi-uple contented :i.nd happy. Farmer L:J.v..lt! carried the 26h child by the same wife to be chnstpned the other day. The Supt'rmtendcnc uf Educittion, M. GmmGt, was the2ot:h chifd of the sime mther and mother, Mr Lt-iiioin, the 2TtiTt fne of the famity, recently ctrr;ed bis 20'i ch:k! to (,'HlICh to be christened. By the way, it is not uneommo:i fi)r:li French Can&dln. piri to be mlTiec1 ;tt, say, 15 or 15, and b°nome a -rancln,.other at 25. iSemehow there i-i &!wa,ys enough to ea.t n.nd enough to WMT, and a.ft"rn.wh:!e the grown up boys add something toth'supportoftueoidhotne. It is rather :t?pnH)ng to think of t'-ethtng and mea,s!es :md mmnps :n "ueh fainilie, but we hp:).r of no corr'- plAints and mther think they ge the avencgo I amount of out of life. "The Ftench Ctn.?dinns are entitjed to tha a.d .iiration cf the world." P<')?stb]y the Canadian children a.re not such a source of exasperation to thf;!r parent-! :ig are the American children. There is a. brecxy insolence pecunur to Anierica.n children. You notice it on th" streets in the cars. There is something m th' atmosphere of America. that generates insnhordillation. "Are you having a p,as,%nt tfme?''asked a ladyofa.littia mis,s at a fasJrionah1e chitd't'tn's pMty. Delightful, thinks." "And wilt your ( papA and mamma come bter:- Ob, dpar, no pa.p.t a.ad niamma. and I don't belong to the sa.me 'seL''

THE ETNA HORROR. Examination of the Boatswain. The Pre- Assoct'i.tion says:—J ames Carr, boatswain of the Etu\, examined by tha Board of Trade oSciaIs at Swansea. en S;¡.tur. day, staffs thab me. deaths took p!aca on the voyage from .Tedd:\hr to Ea.n'.eron. Five of the crew died on this passage, two more dyiug at Tambo. The pilot efstiwated that 120 Arab piIg-rims died on the savne voyage, besides many thrown overboard by their friend: The number 0:1 board would be ilfteen or sixteen hundred. Twelve hundred and so were counted, whi!e sf'ver.tl hundred iRade their wr,y over the i-ide of the vessel at Yambo. Wcbb, one of tha crew, comptained or jllness n.nd i crmnp early in the morning he vas missing'. Two days later his body nested it'&ng.-ido t)'.e ve-cisel, a.nd the boatswain and Cadwc!), a.nothor seaman, took a b'Jat round and Sred the corpse. C.td weU saorHy nfterwurda comp:ained of sickness and died in iive hours. Referring to the (le-,ttli of the chief oSicer, the bottswaiii stated that he did al[ he cculd for hnn, but he died !n. 11 hours. The entry In the kg was that he died from drink, but the second intte, admitted that the entry had been made to avoid quarantine. For some reason the second njate dec'ined to ttOMt the tla of the ship h,-tlf-ina-st. Regard- ing the bodies liangng over the side of the vessel In the Suez Canal, this had been exaggerated. O'o!y two of these were hung over the side of the ship, but there were four corpses aboard which had not been reported. John Jenkins a.nd Morgan, the stiVa.rd, were also examined. It is stated Morgan does not support the charge of drunkenness against the csiptam.

ADRIFT ON THE OCEAN. A Ghastly Boaiioad. During tha last voyage of the Perseverant: '-teamer, trading betv.'e?n Sardinia,, Corsica. and Nice, the man on the took-out descried a small open boat drutmg he!p!ess!y at the mercy of the w.),vfs. The captain i-we orders for a boat to be iowered, and in due time the abandoned craft WrlS brought to the steamer and taken in tow. It w:is then discovered that it contaiaed a dp?',d body and ;).n human being alt,io,:t starved. H') wa-< taken on board and restoratives apphed. As soon as he appeared able to answer questions, he was asked who and wl,,at he was, but the only rep!y outain- ab!f was. A.mer:eau sailor." He had no papers, nor anything to prove his identity, and, as the coa.t bore no natne, and no ship's pupa's were to be found'on board, he was p)a.ced uijder arrest on arrivat at a Corsican port. On closer examination of the boat it was found that the name had been etbced, a7id on removing the paint the words "Auretian, were d)scovered. On arriv- in at Nice the alittior-ti' es wert) communicated witb, :},ncl orders given for the prisoner at Corsica to be sent to Nice. It ts surmised that the two ;n.en stole the boat a month ago, and, losing siglit of iand, drifted about until picked up by the Perseverant.

BRIGANDAGE IN StC!LY. PAL]Œ:lJO, Saturday.—The bands of brigands which infest various localities in the island have recentty become very active, and nu- icerousfreah outraes ,e reported. Four brigands attacked and pjila.g'ed a farm npar Pe- ra.Ita, and a peasant who offered resista.nce wa.s kijied. and another wounded. Another b:<,nd ha,ve kidnapped a rich landed proprietor named Joseph Douna., and demand a ransom of 40,000 lire. lu the woods near Montesauro a. detach- ment of gendarmes succeeded in arresting three brigatid- whilat). fourth wiis killed in the conflict. The arrest; of the leaders of the labour uaious is announced froTn severa.1 districts.

BURIED TO DEATH. On Saturday morning a married woman named J'tita, Hopkins w:is Jying- in b?d at ))pr lodgings at Dagot, Jersey, when a ¡;ghted Mnd!e beside the couch set fire to the bedclothes. The husband, bein pn.ra]ysed, couk! render no assistance, a.ad by the tim-- the neighbours came in response to his caUa for help the unfortuna.te lady was so badly burned that she died withm a few miQutes.

MURDERED BY H!S SERVANTS. BERLIN, Saturday.—A. telegram frrm PüsëÏi. pnoiL-.hed m to. day: newspa.per. Brat'?. that. the son of a. lauded proprtGtor named Breclow liis been murdf-r':d at ZippnolV, in the di-itricf: of Dentsche Krone, by two servants, whom he had repjfima.nded for not giving his father's horses their feed at the right time. The two murderers have been arcested.-Rcute1",

ADVICE TO MOTHERS. '-Are you broken in your re-.6 byi. sich chdd suSericg with the Dtun of cut.ting teerh? no at once ton. chemist a.ndcetn, bottle of ;lRs IVI;\jSLOW'g SOOTII¡"'G Y¡WP. i ,t ill relieve the poor little sntferer imtnedia.t,c!y. Iti,per- fectly hanaless; it prottuces n.tiiral, quiet sleep, by reheving the child from pa,m, <<-ud the .!itt!e cherub :).wn,ke3" .T.s brig;ht ai, nbtUton." Of a.U Chemj!;t. lsll!z11 per bottle. 78e, A LADY WniTKS :—" Nurse Thonnpson's Stee and Pennyrcya.! PtHs are the only pills tha,t ca.n be relied on." Is 1%(1 three times the size, 23 9d of u.U patent medicine vendors ordered post tree .from D. Anthony, Cbeaust, Ua.rdiS. Ä

FACTS AND FANC!ES. Woman may be a conundrum, a puzzle, but the world will never gtvetter up. No language can express the feeling of a deaf mute whu skI's 0:1 a t:1ck a dark room. I A wise editor ts to know why people say a man he only feels hi. rye. .A. grcer 100 had a lot of Lin;?urger chee;e ,ft' A -roccr ,i,.o Iiitd t lot, of Linibui-g-r cliepse for sal,- aC.,verti.eci i? a.-i an iinip i)rotc??i:tL),e An outsider asks In a driv!ng storm 'does Jupiter Fluvius ho!d the rains ?" No ba let's them go. B'cc.d may be thicker than water, but did any one knowagirlwho would not ster her brother's cigars to give to some one e!se ? Ffrst Passenger Who is that man three seat's forward who coughssomuch?—Second Passenger: Jil by tbe way lie cl,ng. to his grip lie is a traveher for a w!io!e.-ale di:unond house. "Should old be forgot"— bis And when hi-! pocket-book wns not lie owned 'twas no? in vain. I rQd my"pH to shjpp on Dante's'li'derno' h;¡t night, 1m:; rl.id yon hrJ\'e br"d orert1ll;;?" "I should SJY ;0. did y,?ii hive, b,,ti witti the baby ?,lit I Nvtb tiif- fl-,)or w 'tli ttio 'blby Angry V'ctim (as he !ooks over the uninhabited pra;rie) '.Vhere are the ma,rb)e fronts?—Irre- pressible Boomer (pointing to a. solitary grave- ,3tone There, my fr!<-nd. Smart Youth (to rustic old party on opposite side of Yon sepm to be iooking- ;tt: 2tia pretty ctose, uncle. D.) Ivoti r)f any cue you used to know ? —Rustic Old Purty Yes; you remind me of .i,n aunt of n-une in Pennsylvania— only she' gut a leet!e more beard than you've got. C,HCHI:\G Ox.—Jess I put Mr Gd!yflower to the t(st rcceivecl him with rolled up, hair in curl papers and saieratus on my nose, and he simply -z Iii he adored a, girl who couid cook.—Bess That was lovety in. him.— Jess Is was little enough it took my maid an hour to make me up for that. part. PRACTICAL COLLABOKATIOX.—Hobbs How are you getting on in your literary career ?—Graph (with pomposity): Mp!endtd!y. I am now cl)ll.tboratil¡{ with Scribe, the author.—Hobbs I.; iv, ? What part of the "/ork do you do ?—Graph (who p)ay.s the typewriter for Scribe) I put his ideas into readable form. In a first-class carriage in Germany a.n Eughsh- manwasobservedto beconstantiy putting his head outof the window. The tram was going f'1" and a mdden ¡1:3 of wind bJew off his hat. He at once took down his hat-box and hurled it afterhishat. Then hesat down at)d smdedon his fe'tiow passengers, but of course did not speak. The Germans roared with laughter, and one of them exc]aim<-d, You do not expect your hat- box to bring back your hat. do you?" "I do, SLudthe Eogtibhman. "Nonameoutheha.t— full name and hotel address on the. box. They'll he found together, and I .-hall get both. Do you seenow' Then those Germans sub.idecl, and said they atways had considered the Eughsb a great aud practical nation. A story is toid of a politician who was a candi- date for an appointment; to a certain parochial ('Sice. One afternoon tie attended an outdoor gathering, a.ndwa!king up toayoung man, shook him warmly by the hand, mquiring, "H?.WM your father ? The young man answered. My father has been dead three years." "Indeed," repiied the candidate. I have not heard of it. I knew him intimately. Hr was onfc.ftnybest: friends, and I regret to hear it. He was one of the bes,, and I)iirect n-eii l cverknew. You have mysympathy. Thesamoeveninghemetthe same person inaviHage near by, and, having forgotten tbe face, accosted him ttie second time 'I t t "H' f h with the interrogatory, "How is your father?'' The young mau [ooked at him for a moment, aud thensaid, "Heissti!!d&ad." Ax UxGKATEyuLl'RiEXD.—A young man with a b)ack eye is s:nd to have told the foDowing story of i)ic;ratitude to his friend. a few eveniRgs ago You see," he began. me and Jerry wentnpther?veron Sunday..Meand Jerry has been like brothers tor years, and never ? hard word has passed between us. Jerry wanted to go bathing, but I says It was too co'?, and I wouldn't vn, Ho ca! me a fool and a chump, and goes in by himself. What does he do but get a cramp and begin to drown. A gentleman ca.')ed to him to brace up, and a lady told him to keep ktckicg, and a boy caHs to him to turn on his Went back, but he keeps right on drotvmng." Went down, did he ?" No, sir, but it was all owing tomethathedidn't. When I sees there was no help for hun.and that my devoid friend was about to be taken awry by death, I raises my voice and cal!s out, Jerry, old man, are you there ?' And Jerry rephed that he was, but he woutdn't be over 10 seconds longer uniess he!p came to save him. Then I raises myvoL'a again and cans out, Jerry, ye're u, thief and a har. and ye have done three years in quod. If ye'U come out o' that and stand up to me, I'!I make ye hoiier in thre? minutes, or own uj) that I'm no man.' T)ien he went down, did he ?" asked oneoftheaudience. "No,;jir. Then ho got ma.d, and his str<)gi;}t came back, and he paddied right to shore. Everybody sa:d it was the salvation of hiin, and I'm.sm'eit was. I went down and gave him my hand and helped him out, and I was saying how thankfu! I was, when he squares off and knocks me out of time, and has to be he!d by four men. I'm leaving it to you, gents, if nver in your born (hy" you've he'.trd of another such caseof ingratitude."

THE FRAUDS ON AN INSURANCE SOCiETY. Sudden Death ef the Defautter. R"pecting the Jrreg111arities of an official in the employ of thf North British ;tnd Mercantile Insurance Company, Threadneed!e-strect, the Prps's As=oc!a.ttOn learii thai; the defaulter, Heury W. Hodges, aged 50, had been in the service of the company named for 30 years. On the evening of the 10th of this month it was announced that Mr Hedges, who occupied the responsible position 01 superintendent of the €te dep'.u-tmGnt, had been taken suddenly i)). IIehndbeen seized with a fit, and dter] on the morning of the 12!;h inst. In the meantime, or anbsequent!y to the de:tth, the books in department were examined, when deiic:t.nc;és :nr,ount¡r in the aggregate to --P3.n,OO were discovered. The auditor is still pur,;llIng his investigatIOns. The bos.rd huve concluded that there was no reason to I suppose anyone in thfir e"ta,bishmpnt o.:her than deceased was concerned in the ri.-eglilarl ties.

ARDLAMONr MYSTERY. New Devc'cpmeni.s. i he Press As.oci.ition'.s correspondent: states th;t.t l-'isca.I of Argylishire, ha.a w.th him ui London a, phot0raph identitied by M!- Steven, the factor at Ardbmoll, and Comta.b!e MeU.Imm, ns that of Scott. This photograph wd,s sent to the the authorities by My requesting to know whether it was thn.h of the man wanted. She states that she is the daug-hter of a coHiery propriftor in Ezigltnd the photo is tha.t r<f her husband who, gL'ttinj? into riHJcu!t)es, ic-ft iier f,-)tir years ago. Shp ha.s not seen him s)ncc-, but UHderatands thn.t: he is n bookma.ker and acquainted wn:h the Monson family. She under- stands that he is in hiding in London. It is possible tiltt the rea! nuntc of Scott is JEdwa.rdj.

WRECK OF A CARDIFF-LADEN BARQUE. The Italian b.i.i'que EugemiT. D., with a cargo of coat, bound from Cardiff to Genoa, WAs reported on Saturday to I!a-vo stranded off Tangier. ESorts were made to íij.,at her, bnc n tAlegram received on Hunday night reports thai; the vessel is fult of wat<r, and a total wreck.

COLLIERY ACCiDENT AT LLAN8AMLET. On Saturday morning, while a. miner named Ed'.v.u'd \VJ!]¡;tms wa" eng[\,ged in the workings n.tthePw!l Ma,wr Ccliicry, !at-go t. fell from the roof, and injured him so severely that he died while on his w;v/ home.

A WOXDERFUL CASE.—Mr J. E. Taylo: 15, A WO.[)FP.FCL CAEr.Nrr J. E. Ttylor, 13, write?, March 2n'i, 1891.'—'?1 have commenced war¡nv, my new E:ecrrupa.thic Belt, and am much pieced with it. My prGvions one I wore d,¡.iJy for t'.vo years, daring which ti:ue I travc'jind through America, Urittsh Columbia, Japan. Ch)na, E:lst Indies, and South A fricn, and as I have worn it when perfortning 0:1 the st,agf; at nirht, it has hnd somo roug-h Ui'age nt t.he intense heat: of the clllnaw:o I hf<.ve bepn in, I thi!)k]t hag ]a"ted wOllùprfu]]y we11. 'Vb,;) I f'rst be¡;an wt,:ir,rig the B!ec!:rt.lpathic belt m Dacembar, 1885, I w.M PLfferiiig frulIl re!m) calcuti, nervjus exhausbolJ. a:id dyspel),t. I took to it in':he<'r tl)at it )uight do- me some g-.od, but not having n'.nch faith in it-, ;md in about three week, ti)Ti;- I fcund tb.t I cou!d run upstairs hitheito. I had craw!< d np, b,)Itiit)g on to the I til-n bean to give it a fair ti-, al. I up mEdicine of n.nv description andtru-tedfntirely co iny belt, and now, at the ag'e of 61, I am a strong, hearty m:m, sutferiuf? from neither ache nor pain. and able to eat and digest anylliu. I dai-esay ha.ve a. reat many testimonials !n rfg.ard to theic excelJ,nc' but if a word from meis of any utility, you can make any use of my letter you think St" AH In search of hen.Ithsh&u!dfo!!ow this ?Gntle- tn:m' example, and procure one ofth?se world- fampd health appliances and wpant regularly. 1,COO recent; original testimc.nial.simybe :ieen at the Kieccropathic and Zander Institutf, 52, Oxford-street. London,W..w!)ere]\ tr C. B. Har- ness (President) and the Medical Battery Com- pa.ay't other officers may be consulted without charge, either p&r.<ona)!y or by letter. Those who cannot cal! should write at. once. Pampbiet and book of testimonials.

FOOTBALL NOTES. -1 fBy 0!d I Saturday was a terribly bad dayfor footbath At, C.t.dt!frainfe!t ahr.o-t without.cessation. throughout: the day. and other parts of Mouth Wales seem to have fared no better. as I was from a severe co!d, I ejected to take my footbat! from the cohnnns of the !ast edition of the Echo, and probably enjoyed myself quite as much 111 that 'ay as though I had been actuary present fn a n;atei!. S.a':]east, I try to )Jer- suaJemyse)f,bntIamafraid tt is :1 c,,e of t!ie foxandgrapesoveragftin. t Oh. this terrible fascination of footbaH Our lads who we:'8 out and about te!) me that.not- w;thstanding th" weather—and such weather ;— the multitude nocked to the difn'tentg'rounds just in the old, sweet way. and stood patiently out in the open what time the games were pro- ceeding, utterly heedtess of the fa!hng rain and slush under foot-. This, as wo know, is nothing new, but how ts it to be accounted for ? To any sport, amusement or pastime,indoor or outdoor, uar' footll:¡]], bad wpa:¡er sl111pIy spelh 110 gate and c:npty bencbes. Peoplo who will h'tng back from \is;t.in; a weii-'ig'hted the'ttre or concert-room )n moderately bad weatbt'r will yet ru:õh e:16prJy tu d:1111P:dn;,hy footbaH nf.!ds in torfents of rain to v/itness even a secund-rata match, and brave!y dare- possi. bilitiesinthe shape cf rheumatism andmoipient consumption. Ti'uty foutbaU is a, wonderful It is much to bs regretted that Newport ¡ failed to beat Bradford on Haturday. I rather exof'Gi.c'd they would have a tight g. me. but lo.L'kt.d to see then) return victorious aevprr.he!ess. They seero, however, to have had the worst of the !uok and the best of the p'ay in a drawn game, and so I suppose we must rest satisfied. If Bradford couhin't beat Newport away in Yoi.'k- s'mre,Iwo'i!d not give n'.uchfort.heir chances of success v/heu they visit South Wales ou tour. Saturday's game, taken on the whole (writes a, Biadford correspondent), did not produce such bri!uantp!ay as was expected. During the first ha!f t!ie NewDort men had by far the best of matters, and for three-parts of the tune were pressing. The Ne.K'port scores were got after some reaUynne individual Gouid's drop- goal beingarealbeauty, Tbewindandt!tera)n, of course, were ag,l.insl; passing- anù klckin b,t once parntt and H".nnen got the bat) clear away from the scrnnmag-es, Guuld amI his partners made the most of the opportunities. The passing between hun, Danncey, and Boucher v.'ere quick and accurate, and it was only the good tackling and defcns:ve jtowers of the Bradford hitcks which kept the Welsh interr.ationf'I from scoring twice in the nrst bait, waen Newport had got such a.goodlea.d. At hrdf-time it was thought Bradford would bs ea,s)!y beaten, but on changing ends a.U tuo wind h"d dropped. They worked together better than f-ver. a,nd m abont 2.0 nnnutes were on equa! terms, ('hough it must be confessed they were somewhat fortunate in scoring their goal. As opposed to Emmet*; and HiH, the two \Vel",h halves performed remarkably wel). Thp.y s:ot the bp.U away from the scrnm better, but were not so good on the defence. Goutd and Df.unccy were cho best: of the Newport and their p!:).y was nmeh adjured, Graham, Pook, B:)wiey, and J. H:T.nnen were about the best of the visiting forwards, who were beaten by the Eradford pMk towards the close of the gume. On the Bi'ariford side Coipe)' was not very dretive. but Doh,:on and .T enkinson piayed a rare game, and Toothiit a.nd Sudden were equal to any of the opposing forwards. Taking the game ns a whole, Newport deserved to win. They certainly attacked most of the time, a.nd their play "'a'' of n more firisc,fd charactet'. The injury to tha Newport player was a. sprained a.n!de. The Cthnean and 'Indian Mutiny Veterans' Dinner Fund is hanging fhe, t .!n) to!d,the committee, of which CapL Vaugha. Cardiif, is secret;try, being sti!) short byabont :S153ofthesumreqn:red. Under thesecircum- s:ances, an appea] has been made. or is to bp. made, to the principat South Wi).!es footbaU c!ubs to assist the movemeni; by giving benen); nfatcttos. The Cardiff Ciub and the Cardift Association C!ub have both come forward in the heartiest way, and I do hope that others will follow their example. At Cardiff it 1'a.s been arranged to hold two matcheg Oll th s:tlrW afternoon t the Park. First of aU, we are promtsed a, Rugby game between a team captained by M:' C. S. Arthur and made np of oid and pressnt and another team not yet decided on, though I hope it wiU be n. strong Carditf fifteen. The second g,<me wiU b'' between the Cardirf Associa- tion Ciub and the K'.ng's Own Scottish Dorderers, stationed at Plymouth, provided the data suits the Jitter. A. dimculty in arranging with the Borderers is that the of the dinner has been changed frequently, and ]t was not ti!i Wednesday last tha.t Captain Vaugi¡an was able to give me a. date, I comd send on tr) P¡ynwut, lh,.ío;:tunately the é'oldierii' team has been nway a.t Jersey playi-ng the Yorkshire Hfgiment for the Army cup (they won by nine goals to two), and we must await the\' return. I expect, however, to recen'e a, deHnita rep!y by Wednesday. Few c)ubsha.veinsos'o)tf). time approached so near to as .Iorri;-t:on, and, as the Echo reporter has stated, most of the credit for their speedy progress should be ascribed to the. brothers R. and Jere Edwards, and the influence which they have exerted in gathering around them such first-c!ass ;aye;'s as Mainwa.ring :<,nd Deacon and others, the p;ck of that district. Against: Cardif?, who ptayed, in the absence of Norman B'srgs. the same team as. that defeated by Newport, the Westerners trotted out their strongest team, Conway Rees, who has assisted them m their earher matches, being at Oxford, the ex-interuahonai this year capta:nin"- the DarkBtues. Except :nthe:r opening mate! that against Neath, the visiting cinb had not been defeated this se3.son, and thf hes!- of aChle\'elWlJls was the bat- ing of LhuieUy on their o'.vn ground at Stradey Park. Their strongest point, like of western teall:s g-enerally, is forward. The eight ha.ve weight, are strong, hard-working, and there is net a weak tackier in the pack. The meeting of the c!ubs was expected to be a severe test for the Cardiff forwards, and )t is satisfactory to state that they emerged from the ordea.1 with credit. Card)!! experienced decidedly the worst of the untavou:'ab]e weather conditions, rain fa];'ng persistently during tha m'st h;df, and a. wmd blowing in their teeth, handicapping Kmong the quartette. The score, 13pomts to none, just about represents the difference in the p]av. Cardiff's score m'ght have been m<i.ter!ai!y increased but the visitors had hard hues ]n not crossing on MOM than one occasion. Whije the home for- wards were frequently rushed in the earlier stages of the fame, and did not seem to stand the "grnelhng"to the end asdidtheir opponen:s, taklon a1J round thùy mnst be cOlnpli- mcnted upon showing improved form. There w;g bettPl' cümbw¡tion, and as result the backs were kept fuiiy engaged. Under these chcumstance'had the weather been favourable for the C.'trdjff ta,U scoring woufd eerta!!)iy have been seen. As it was, ths homesters had to aehpt their game to the varying conjihons. Best of the Cardiff forwards m the open ap- pf.'n'ed to bs Smii:!), L'3\i:?, the brothers Davies white E!sie showed judgment in passing to the backs on several occa.s)ons woe:) pressed. There was no apparent shirking in the tight mauls. For Morriston tihe c&ptain, M-.i.)n- waring. and Gtadstone Davies were' tho pick, thouKh Dsacon nad Fisher ran tham close. Behind the scrnm the home men Wer6 innnit.elv superior. At h&tf Biggs shone most, a.nd he has seldom sho.vn more c!everness, thouh a captious critic would b!ame him for not more often feed- !ng his centres. jR.scot<; did not show his cus- tomary da.sh, but he did a. tot of useful stopping work, a.nd his parses were timety. Ross Thoma.3 appeared to better than his much-vaunted eoDeague, Ivor Gray, wito seemed over anxious to distinguish himself. EU)ott,nnti!hisa.coidont,wa.sthebestofthe three-qua.rcft-s, Pearsoa coming next. 1'itzgera.id. though i)e did severn.1 smart things, wa.s often at sea, and frequently mu!)ed in giving and taking passes,;mdktckedfar too often. Onthewmg, wlier.; he was p)aced in the second half, his place was madequa!je. Evans ;i3emed more n.t homo in the centre, though his ptay was far from being withoutfauit. n Smithson wag safe, and sga,in demonstrated that he is a. p'ucky 'uu. His t'M.ft-f:s waa :.lso above the ordinary run of fun-backs. Jere Edwards was tije most prominent of the Mor- riston quartette, Harry Rees coming next. "A most even and wen-contested game wa.s that f!.t St. Helen's between Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals (combined), and SwaDea, the home- sters wmn'ng by a dropped goa! (obtained by Tiiorc'g.")od)tonih Inthe first hatf nothing was scored t)i! after 30 minutes' p)a.y had been put in, and both sides afterwards faued to tho aspect of matters, and thus the game wa.s won and lost thus eady. The weather was wretched in the extreme ra!n, accompanied by wind, interfering sadiy with the payers anct puErtng tunnitig and passing at a discount; thert-forp, tha bsr-ks eou)d not show tht'ir powers to any extent. Unusual interest was cpntred in the [;:1:one br;C:1l18P. it w, a tri:11 of strength between two teams which had most important fixtures to meet on the foHowmg week viz.. the Hospitals against. Cardtff on Monday a'id the Jatter against Swansea, on Satnrda}< Nov. 4. Devotees of form were, therefore andwili watch how the "Med)oos"fareacCa.rdd{ to-day with redoubled interest. Taking the general character cf the play. it would be most dimcult say which was the better team ali round but. the home forwards showed np remarkably we! whereas the back combination of the visitors was good, and on a. dry ground probably they nught have been seen to much grenter advantage. The visitors got a ]arge number of minors, bus they were, for the most part, obtained bv kicking with a. strong wtnd, and that safe judge, Bancroft, touched down in ample time, and did not imaerit h)s goa. There was not rpaily anything of note tu the attle worth recording. For the homesters Bancroft was as good as ever, i;id (lid ii(,ti played a spl-'ndtdgame, and on!y made one error, wtn'.st Tanner, on a slippery ground, put in some runs. B!;ickmore, at half, was to much ..dvant?g-. Alfred and Arthur Lewis, Rie?, and R. Thomas were conspicuous amongst a. most ha.rd-working lot of forwards. For the visitors, A!exander (Guv's) wq.3 about the L"t vj,:Htmf; lutl back seen at St. Helen's gronnJthi.-jseaAon. H<hada !otofworktodo, .nd t,Isgoa!nm.a<m:rabiy. Thetwo H"sp!ta!s' halves worn. not quite c- itiil to the opposmg pair, but Hancock and Rothcrham proved themselves cap!t.?I p)ayc-r.=, and showed any amount of dash,:mdwi)! surely giveagood account of thrn:;el\'es against CardtS', to-day (Alonday). For to-d.T.y's m:>.tch at t!ie Park, Cardiff, wi!t have out the same team fs did duby on Haturday. Untied Hosplt- wiH ),e represented bv the f.jt!owmg:-Back. K. B. Alexander; three- at.d A. Rotherhi'.m ba.)f backs, 11. M. St'-wart a!td .!ones; for'.vards.A.V.Ashford. A. E. E¡:iott, n" S. How!and, Ada.Íl' T!wmpsoll, B:ng- ban), 0edgwicl., S, Stater, and F. C. Sb'.rektnd. The C,(r¡)¡H says .L cor, in Che.tenha.n, Were by far tile ? ro-.?cr ?n the scrmns and ?m?t?r in pacing. lnt.suGc? ofti.eC.)eg:?intheiu.??fmtv be ascribed to toe piuck of one or two mpn, and ]: a gre;1.t llJPaSUl'e to lncle. nut stnmina and "bll told in tuo !ong ru.i, and the "y?? tii(,ir the sMond h:df. ine bo'?.?e team hHp, so far, in:).de a poor disnhiv this <,e.t.sou, belt encouraging sip-n-, of oil A.to' the, visitors, th!. eneml remark of Ci)cltoni:ins on Saturday If this is the ..ty!e of the Cardiff Reserves, what must tuat of Oardiff be like F' Aithough Bridgerd sugered defeat at the hands of such a. foregfme oonc!us:ou as those unacquainted with the Treatly j'nproved fonn of t.ho beaten team m&y have imag-jned. ????? w? cios?y contested from .start to ih.ish. In the first hj:f B,,i(igeiid pta.yed w'th a strong' wind and hlinding mil! in thlr f:\t::j, and so we!! held their ground that their failure to greatly improve with tho cha.nge I of ends wns 'I-'lie Brid, end sklpp- I<j. Emery, in spite of indisnos)t:ton, ptayed a rattlih,, g-ame, and the exhibition of aIGolJ?,' the 'home bMks was a treat to life homesters pJayed two fresh men in the forward, and the service rendered by Watts stamps hnn as a decided acquistt.ion, while Hay. man was fu!!y up to expect¡tions. Penygraig had three of their regular payers aosenf. One of these places was filled by Lloyd, whomadetns re-appea.ra.ncein the team for tho hrst tune ttns ."eason,and his p!av drew forth M.-<.f<-a.ndre]!able. Itwasintheforwa.rd'division that the v)9itor.9 fu!iy ontch,ed their opponents and J. T. D.wi", J. Moyle, and, as he is fa.nuhar!y known. Butcher "may be .<;&id to have been the best of f,he pack. Tha halves on both gtdes were about matched. Aheravon wa'9 in a state of on the occasion of the contest with Neath, but once again rain robbed the game of its science, the baHbfinsj'as slippery as g!as". Nf?a'i,nn- dcubtediy, v/on on thelr merits, but the luck WLL.,I certainJy on t]<e side of the winners, for h«d the Abcravon quartette on!y availed themselves of thH opportunities oH'eredthon a, deferent tale would have to be totd. On two notab)e occasions, nrst Hendra and then Setia.Vt'ay fumbled tho ri ;it at the mouth oi: tho Neath goat with a.n unÏ1¡terrupted course befoie them. The home althongh they v/hee!ed the set'oms time a ff(.-r time, faded to take the ball Wtt!! them, alHl in the tiM p{ck; too, thf; leather neady alwaYf! came out on the Neath sid". and Thomas and Cros-i were ceiitiniially tllf--Ir it,, 'I up to tage ovei: Peters and Jones, but in the !oo.u rushes the Aberavon forwards were decidedly superior to the .visitors. In the third line Nea'jh were better than the homt\"tfr,, plaYing Wtth far gl'{:itte!' rl;sh and skii), Wijt Jones especially doinr:; heapsof work, :t.nd he was ab!y backed up by ReesandForbes. The great htuitof the home quartette wa.s their lamentab!y slow manner in parting with the ball. The match between Penarth and Pontypridd created a great deal of interest in the Pontyprtdd districi:, n.nd, notwithstanding the driz;\]iug rain, a crowd a.Memb!ed to witness the g-ame. Ao; was genera!)y anticipa.ted, tho match was splendidly contested, both teams showing capital form. Peuarth were rather fortunate in winning, for the homesters experienced very hard lines on several occasions in not scoring. The forwards were about aven)y matched, the Seasiders being, if anything, superior in the tight scrums, whitst the homesters used their feat to better ttd vantage iutheopen. At hair, Shepherd; for Penarth, p!ayed a briHiant game, his try being the outcome of some 1-ca'ty smart pby. lewis was the best of the home halves, but was ra,ther weak a,t tackling. Harry WiHisma spoiied wha.c would otherwise ha.ve ))eeli bper,'ornitttl(-o by liaggit),- the baH on spverat occasions when a pass-out would haveenabIedtnssidetoReore. A!exanc!erwas the pick of the three-quari-.er'?, r,,iiiiiiiig and kicking in capital sty!e. Alnn Morgan fully upheld his reputation at back, and completely puti mto the shade the performance of Tanner. The match between Ti'eorky and Lhvynypia was p]ayed in wretched weather. During the nrst ha!f the strong wind was in favour of the LIwynites, and for the greater portion of th?t tm'Hth''yw('raonth"'?i.gres-jive,a.nd once or twtcs the Treorkyites Averted a disaster by the skinofthor teeth. The T!e''rkycu-:todittnwa,s completely otr eoiour. b'jt the ha)f-baeks, Tom Morgan and Em!yn Lew).?, played up magmn- cpu?y, and displayed eonsiderablH sk)H in pass- m?. Their qu:trtl"tt aho played fairly wen con-Mdering thti shppery sate of the teather. The visiting pack heeled out much better than the Lhvyny forwards, but the fatter were superior in rushing tacttcs. The Llwynypia clFtod;;m, and Ben Philiips and Tom Wdtiams, of the quartette, and Rosser Kvan.a.tha)f were the best of the backs. It was a-stubbornJy-foughtgame throughout. Regarding the match between the vietorions Ebbw Va.'ian'j andMerthyr, tt mny be mentioned that, for the tatter team, Roger Vaughanand D. Dav;es wou!d probably have played if they had not bsen on the injured )ist. F. Davje. rendeted good service for Ebb\v V.de throughout. He nearly scored soon after the commencement, from a nno corkscrew mn, and he su'osequentiy scored a try very adrottly. Merthyr, although possessing some exceiient forwards— Fryer, Harrap, and others—!aeked combination, and often the payers kicked the ba!! too far—a, remarKc.f-oappitcanieto then- opponents ocoasion- a!!y. IntnetirsthaKitwasunfortunatefot'the vir-i!:ors that they lost the sel'\1ice of their captain ( "archant), and thus had to p]ay a. man short. Marohanthuft his mstep.but; tried hard tort-main on the field. Presently, however, byi)!Iuek,aMerthyrmanfeUonhimand aggravated the injury, and he h<td to retire a)f,o- gnt.her. At(':tcc!ogt-ofthogantehe was carried away on the shoulders of in.s companions. One must needs carry his nnnd back into the remote and distant pa%t to nnd nn occasion upon v.'hich the Tm-p'atprs administered such a decisive o)d a.nd worthy riv:"s -,s on SAturday !a.s' For )f!ni)y se:Jlb now thuso annu'd cnca.gemant.s hetWHen the hWd productive of much ulcci-fs'; and excitement, inasmuch as they h.'tve been extrerijf,ly weJl-cont38ted. Not so, however, on S:1tul'day. As wit! be inferred from the scores, the two teams werenot in t)tepa.!n9 street at ntj. L!&neHy showed far better form than they hH.vo llittic-l-co done this season, and should rea)!y have won bv more fout, tries. The home captain wM nt grand form, and p1a.yed a champion srame aJI round. He was abiy supported by each of the other three thteH- qu:urters. espeoiaDy by W. J. Lewi;3, who, doubt- less, will devoiop into a fi-st-clAss centre three- quarter inaveryshorbtimt'. Ben Thomas and Eva.n Moyd, the home hfdf- ba.,k:3, pbyed an pxceedingly tima.rt game, particularly the formHr, w)ii!st among- the forwards Dqniells was far and away the l¡et trian on the iiold, nlaying a wonderfni g'me from start to fini"h. Every, the home custodian, was as safe and as dever as usua). The visiting: forwards were beaben n,t aH points, and this weakness on their part W:1. to a very f(r<M.t mea.te rp.apon';ib!e for thair d'jfua! The half-backs piayed the off.side (ša1l1e to perfee'don, but happiJy, this did no!; interiere very materia)!y with the passing of the home halves. Of their three-quarters Keepings was, perhaps, the pick, although he did not sbo\v to very great advan- tage. ThefuU back did severai smar thin, and on the whole ave a good aecount of himsetf. All this from my HaneHy correspondent. Now, asUiketo be il"partial, let me just; mention that the Ha\']equl1Js travpl1pd down to 1.1anelly without Jago and Uan'ts (thrpR-quartf-rs). B.11a,i-ty and f'1Tk<; (halves), JustinWiUiams and JonM (forward). Of the t"alll that met Swansea and t))'vonport on!y six went down. Of corn's?, if the'Quins couldn't take a full t(-!Illi down. th:H was their look out. Still, I I think the foregoing tacts ouf;ht to be given pubhcity to. ¡

THE MURDEROUS ASSAULT NEAR WETLAND. At the Cc).rmnrthpn County P(,tty-session4. on Me E. IJown Piiiih'p., of the 'IW-iide Post ofSce, LlHllfaUteí) was agzaiii brought up on remand :tnd charged with Ja.m<?, of. DunddM'Wt-u, with intc':it to do her guit.,voll,i bod:)y harm.—P.O. D:t\ies, \Vhitland. deposed th,T.t ths injured woman wa-j not yetweil enough to at-tend, and Dr. Ore.iwick Wniia.ius certdied that sfl(,' lvts favourably towards i-M-overy, but h:i.d not left her room. Uj:der the circumstances, the hearing of the (!ise was further adjourned for a week, and the I defendant. on thn application r.f h''r soiic.tor, Mr ¡ JamM Jobn, was again ;KhfiH;i,cd to bad, her;elf in j3100 and two sureties ot .S50 each.

Smoke Gorj)K\ RETUIC;S i<)roua,Iit.y ?HMkdA]tCH!K'S CtOLnKN R).:TLJ?S fori!:?VOUt'. Smoko AMCHEK's GoLDEt RETUnxs coo! &n:l sweeb THE DOROTHY, Hi.s'h street, C.nditf. Soecudiijy Rich Mda.t Citkes n,lTt-;t.ys in stock from 15s to BIO Hvery descripUon of B'a.ncy ConfectioHery. Me

The Organisation of 1 We!sh Miners. I VtEWS OF REPRESENTATIVE MEN. A Round-table Conference Discussed. I iBY OUR SPECIAL I In the muttttud? of coun.-eHors there js ''—— well, tli,re no:y oe-" wisdom  at the pr&St'nt n.oment the average Wc!sh miner, be h'e" a stiding-scateitp, a, Fcderationist-, ft Hock- ing.,tom:m, an mdependent, or a nothing-arjau, will confess it to be his bitter experience that ittuhitudity in the matter of 1-.tbotic If?H;dersi)3.a led to confusion worse confoutidel. There ha;, been a battle royal of mighty principle, ttie en- ¡!,ngements have been ffequent, the onslaughts furious, and now that tht; sinoke of bmde elea.rs a.way, the terrible resutt.s of the conflict are disclosed to VIew. :FOUl' or tinJ ago, the toilers nf the Welsh mines fortned a, stror'g, co:n- ytowerfut :u')iiy of ;-tbc,iii-, -,t bold united front to the con.mon foe. To-d:i.y, Gwing to dissension and iutcrnicinc warfare, th is splen- did body ]iM s!.a!eL'e(J aud scitttjercd; nny, worse, mHi.u!).! hostHity b'lS supplanted mutual confidence of old-time coti-ii-:ides they fornied into opposite ca.!nps, each bent on the annihilation of the other; even the ca:)ips are spUt into fragment?, and the genera! welfare of the body at largo is forgotten in the strife fDr ectional advantage and pre-eminence. Unity ha.s fled, aud grhn-usaged chao reign supremo. The present position of ail'air" i" Indeed, it is this very intolerablcness of the portion ¡,hat furnishes the only glimmer of hops no\v visible. It is too intolerable to ]a.st. The leaders of the various sections are beginning to recognise this, and are casting eager gtances aruund for means to extricate the hapless mmera from the bog in which they are so deeply sunk. IftheexLrication is to be complete, ]t must bo made by the united and concerned ".ffurts of the leaders of all the sections concerned. Neither the Federationlsts uor the shdmg-sca.IeitM alone can accomplish the task; there must be a corn- ptete reversal of the present fatuous policy of dividing the ranks of the men by the heated advocacy of rival system' let hands be joined in the formation of one strong organisation on Trades Union principle.?, and then, with a long pull, a, strong pui), and a pull altogether, the men of the mines may once 1l10re 1;e placed on terra. flnna, and so be a.b!e to arrange their forces in view of the combat with capital which cannot long be deferred. Such an effort, of course, pre- supposes a re-conciliation of some kind between interests now apparently hostile. Is such a re- conciliation possible ? I havs pub this phase of the question to scores of intelligent and repre- sentative miners during the last few days, and I find that there is ;t staking unanimity <),mo')g thpmtha.t,as-'uming that the various leaders are amenable to reason,there is no very serious im- pediment in the wny. All parties a.re at one as to the vita! necessity for re-organisation. What differentiated them is Hie basis upon which the new organisation should be formed, Mabon and his colleagues of the scale cry, "Organise, but adhere to the hiding-scale principle." Mr B!aoe and his followers take for their text, Organise, but discard the scale, and join the Miners Federation the Independent party of which Mr Isaac Evans has spoken, advise tha me:i to ''o:s'ss apart from the scale or the Federation while the leaders of tha haulers and the shack!ers urge those particular sections to organise apart from the co!hers and aU others." Is it a wonder that, in this multipncity of counsel, the poor miners are dazed—bewildered ? Nothing is n.ure evident than that a perpetuation of the present &tate of affairs will be uothmg short of suicidal. What, then, is ths remedy ? Many suggestions havo been iiii(le, but the beat answer that I have obtained to this particular query is—"Wo must get our leaders nrst of all to unite, and then the men will follow." Here, then, is a platform upon v/uich all sections can join hands—organisation pure :1ud imple, withou to any Far- ticular mode of regulating wag'es. "Let us organise ourselves in one Union of Welsh miners, and then, when we are thus united, let the majority decide as to the policy to be pursued. The majority must rule, aud the minority must loyally abide." The suggestion made by Mr Brace that the leaders meet at a round-ta.ble conference wiU, if adopted, be the first practical step towards a solution. Tho flag of truce has been now TIn. furled, and, if wjsdom prfva; there is Bo reason why hostilities should again be resumed. Mr Brace's was by tbe workmsn's section of the shding-scale committee on Hatutday. His suggestion was that the round-table conference should be he!d a.t the Grand Hotel, Ca.rdin', on Wednesday uxt." This ib was felt wa.s rushing matters n little too fast. The notice was too short, and the com- mittee accordingly resolved to do nothing in the matter until the executive committee of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Co].Iiery Work- nlen's should first meet to discuss the posittOM of affairs. This is the gist cf the repiy which Mr Thomas Richards, therefore, ou behalf of the slidmg-soa.Ia representatives, will forward to Mr Brace. Mabon,M. P., was not present) at the meeting on Saturday, but from an interview which I had with the hon. member on the morning of that day, I gather that he wilt heartily concur with the course that was adopted by his coHeagues in Cardie. He also received a. letter from Mr Brace, but," explained Mr Abraham, I am sorry to say I have not been able to acknowledge its receipt owing to absence from home for the greater portion of the week in the western pari; of the district. It was only last ni¡:d1t, on my return toPentre, that I received it." characteristic ctittion, the hon. itietiibp-r, while admitting the gren. desirnbiHty of union, was reticent to speak of the probab)!it)ps of this being secured by means of such a conference as that suggested. In the face of the declaration made by Mr Brace at the Tonyp-uidy meeting," he continued, it is questtonablo whether such a conference would serve any usefu! pur- pose. Mr Brace, while I)r,)ifering the right hand of feliowship, publicly declared in the same br?th that be would never in future agree to a slidin?- scj.!e. The inference from this won'dbethat if there is to baa cjuiproinise?? a! the Con'l cessions must; come frotM us, and t)ns at. MM leaves no hope cf co-operatton. 1: will bo simitar to Mr Chamberlain's round- table eonfcrence, for that gentleman, you will remember, was quitf wi!)ing to co-operate with others if others would only accept his views. Too much depends onthe'if. "But I suppose, Mr Abraham, you agree that co-opera.tion is durable ? Have you any su?"'cs- tion to make yourself ?.s to how this is to be attained?"—" Cc-operation." rejoined Mabon, undoubtedly is desirable; but co-operation with- out, having secured the right to determine for our own selves the mode of regulating wages in this district is impossible. You know the answer given us by the leaders of the Miners' Federation at Bristol aa to the impossibility of accepting us while we adhere to the principle of the sliding scute. You know a.!so theil' views on the 20th ru!e, and what our views are. In my opinion, there can be no hopeful nef,-oti atioiis for c,)-ol)eration with- out the modincation of the 20th rule, and that you know, mu&t come from the Federation itself —from the main body, not from a branch." Mr Darouwy Ja.ac, with whom I also ex- changed opinions, expressed hnnself in simitar terms. What, I asked, arc you, as members of the shding-scEde, doing with a View of nn- proving ths organisa.f.ion?" "W e are now," replied he, "advocating the new organisation, as agreed upon a.u the Aberdare Conference. Notliiiig is s.tid Inth(Jrll]esofth3.tor;mil3;Üion as to either a, scale or a federation, and therefore it ia one in which both stiding-sesdeites and Federationists can unite for the promotion of their common interests. "Exactly," declared Mr Wm. Evans, to whom I afterwards represented this view; "for apart from the scale, there is the necessity for a strong organisation in order to protect the different items of labour in the several p'ts, and the wages of the day men. Under the new organisation aH Uten can umte. They can either join the existing districts, or, if they don't like that, they are at perfect liberty to form lodges of their own in the pits, and the two systems can exis!, side by side, all!1 It is c!ear that the salvation of the Welsh miner depends to a great extent upon the suc- cessfu! issue of a i-oiitjd-i-iibIp, conference, such as thatalreauy outlined. Thediftieultiestnttieway of such a meattngare not insurmountab'e and 1 feel convinced that, should the leaders come to feel that success might attend such an inter- change of opinions, all scruples would be im- mediately set aside, and the meeting held without detay. No conferenc?, however, can s?cure one tota, of co-operation if the members thereof attend with a determination to insist upon thcir pre-ccnceived tdeas to the utter exclusion of those of their quondam opponents. And it is here that the greatest dnticulty arises. There can be no hope, it is pointed out, while Mr Brace con- ttnues to declare that under no circumstances wji he :nd his followers agree to a. sliding-sca'e, or whi!e Mabon and Itis coHeague., decline to give quarter to advocatea of Federation principles. Suppose," said an in- telligent checkweigher to me the other day, we should evt'utuaDy succeed in forming a Welsh organisation on non-party lines, and allow t.ha majority to decide upon tba mods of regulating waRcs. Wel), should that vnnjority be in favour of a s]iding--scale, we have it on the authority of Mr Brace himself that he w;)! never support .uch a. system. He wi!I, he h.M said, agitate and agitate until hia minority be converted intoa majority. Pt-e.mnabiy, he wiil abide by the n:a,jo)-ity, oniy when that majority to be c' fus side. This so, what hopes can thc-ro be of peace ? I)oc-s it not follow that with f>1ch a pohcy a,; this there nmst be war to the knife untd one side or the other is completeiy vanquished ? If the FGdpt'attonist.f, when in tha ):t!nority, wiU light for their prir;cip]es, is ]t hke!y that; should they become the minorii.y, wi!I remain quiet ? Wiij they not also :)p;itate and agitate until theif pr)ncip!es are :gain in the t.condaiit ? And then whatbetter shaH we be ?" Pesshnistio as th! vit'w undoubtedty is, its truth cannot be gaiti.-3:iicl, fur white two opposite forces continue to strive for supremacy, peace is j¡nposslbJe. The leaders are under a so:cn;n ob- bgation to end the hos!:iiit:'='s tliat now p.evai), and. in the opinion of thousands through- out the We]sh contneld io'day, the mode of pro- cedure should be this—Hrst, the formation of a, strong' org-aniaa.thn, confined to South Wales and Monmouthshire, competed of all .sections of co!- !iery secondly, a, general ballot as to the .mode of reguJatmg wag'es wtthin that di. trict; thirdly, the majority to decide, and the f¡¡inority to loyally abirle by the decision, be it what it nmy. Cannot a. round-table conference bring this abonb ?

 South Wa!es Coa! Trade. II f<!a.bon. M.P., at Yr,yship. I Mr W. Abraham, M.P. (Mabou), a.nd Mr W. Evan: the aents of the Cc!.uibri&,n Association of Miners, on ."hturday visited Yhyshir. and ad- dressed in the long room of tha place a crowded meeting cf the nig-ilt men employed at the Standard Steam Colliery. The hoi:. member said he bad nc ht;sitat)on in declaring' now, a-, of yore, that the stidine'-soaie was stiH the best modo i for thatdt.strict-. The character of their trade was decided!y a foreign one. Ho referred to the exoepttona! development of the coat trade during the period the shding-scale had been in existence. There had been a few months ago—a good deal more than at present—a. desire to eond&mn the s)idi!]K-sca!e, but it was a. principJe whic!i they in Wales Iia.d foughb hard fur 13 years ago, ar.d a prin- ciple which wa.s accepted by the workmen as tt concession frc'tu the empioycrs. The principle htd uoen won at the eXPé'll'iO of a ti vù Since the forma- tion of the scale, the devetppment of the We!ah j coa! tr.tde, as cc'n)pa,ed with the general co:t! tt-.tdc of the country, was almost incredible. Tit'y would hnd that since the WeJ.-h strike cf 1875 the coa) trade of the country gaiic-ralily hiLd ofi)y mc''ea.sed 3% per cent., and tha.t ot Enghtnd alone per cent.. whereas the coat trade of South \V;des alone during that period had increased to the enormous extent: of 122 per cent. It n,'p;ht be of what importance was this to them as workmen, but they should bear in mind that nnieM this developmE'nt was maintained, there would be no employment for them and their chudren, and they wcuid have to seek a. livi.ng' elsewhere. It, was thus their duty to consider carefully, independent cf theu' nation.dity, how b(-st to protect the tra.de of that mining district. (.Loud cheers.) In W;u(:H they had recei ved en an average cen:. more in rate than thúse who, unJer t' e Feder.itio)),had hadtheben'nt'.ofthe40por cent. during the same perfod. This i-tatemenb was seriousty questioned by some workmen, who pointed to t!ie frequent; reductions under the sC:1le, white the miners under the Vederation had maintained their 40 per cent' a.ud who aliened that they had received the 71: per cent. beyond the 40 pe;:o cent. oidy for a period of six months. This was quite true, but people forgot how loilr, they had been in advance or the Federation per cent., 5 p°r cent., 7% per e<nt., and even 15 per cent. during the time their wages advanced to 57' and during the time they fell to beiow 40 percent. In calculating "theupsa.ndthe downs," and strfking the aver.tge, they would hnd that the \Ve)sh coitiery workmen had received at least per cent. for the whole period than those receiving the 40 per cent., and hechaHenged the wor!dto dtspro\'o tins. (Loud cheers.) The shdtng-sca!e had maintained its position in spiLe of the attacks made upon it, and as it had proved jtseif to be the p!:in best adapted to the rpgu]a.tio)i of wages in the)r district, it was their duty to endeavour to maintain it, and to have its details improved where found necessary. (Applause.) For the moment, however, too great questton for them was that of !oca! re-organisation. He waa SOITY to find that of the sympathy and broth0rJy feeing- that usfd to Rx;s!; NmoHg them, bud feelitig had been engendered, and mistrust existed whero once was confidence. It; was this that their TIe was thpre that morning "nbehatf of the district tu invite them to return, for the district had resolved that if their plans were to be altered, they must. be united in whatever course they pursued. The district did not wa.nt to determine upon any method without lirst of a]) giving aH co)her)ea within the diitriet the opportunity to return back to decide w!th them whatpta.ns should be adopted for the of South Walea and m oniiiotitii. Mr W. EVA¡\S also spoke, and produced hgures showing the financial support given by the Cam- brian Association to conieiies during the last three In the evening. Maboa addressed a similar gathering at Abergwynti. Mf Brace at Aberaman. I A public meeting was hetd in Saron-haH, Aber- iSaturclay,evpnlngtolie,,t:- addresses by Mr W. Bracn and Mr Ben DaviM, Rhondda. agents of the Federation of Great Britain, on the need of organisation among' the We!sh eoHiers. There was an excHHent utt.endance, the h:Ut being full in spite of the heavy downpour of rain. The chair ws tfd:en by Mr P. D. Rees, a niember of the Aherc1:1re chool Bo:ud. Bh- BKX DAviK.s then, in an abte Welsh speech, s&)d th:tt since 1875 South Wafes coH!e)'s bad had many Unions, but not one of them p.dd the work- men for the money spHnt on it, n.nd that became the wag-t;S were reguhe by a principle which no Union conk) They h.id been charged with b)-pakiii, up Unions. They were mereiy puper Unions for Unions in which the men's moneys were kept in the oface lacked the very Trade Unionism, winch was votuntaryism. It hnd been urg-ed some tinie that the C'ambi'tan Associ- ation was Rpcond to none. but once the practice of keepnier the money in the omce was putan end to the Union collnpsed. He noticed the their 'Union sent the moneys coHeoted in South Wales and JMonmouthshire to England. This was no*: a mistake, but a witfu! misrepresentation. to whtch the writer dared not put hisnamt'. Underthe pre.(.nt armngpment he found that nothing was on the alt.-kr of the ¡.;]iding-,scalf) except the men's waKei: The mining roya!tte.=! were paid m fuU, the ra!)way rates were the same, as weUa.sthecapitaHst'sdivideud. Itwastruethe I unde!'seHin'? had sent some companies into the hankrupLcy co'.a- but it had also seut the w&rk- mentotheworkhouse. (Shame.) It had been urg-,d that Welshmen had not sumeient backbone to support a. voluntary Union. He entirely denifd that. Welshman had too much backbMM to pAy to a sham Union. (Hear, hear.) Tiieir leaders hd told them that the present shdmg- seale was the best one they cou'd make under the ciroumsta.nees at the commencement of the present year. That inighi; be so. and the question now was—were thf men going to change the' circnmst:mcps'! (Loud applam'o.) Mr W. BRACE, who \va.s hef'.rtily cheered on rising, said they had been taught to beHevo that there was no connection between the South and those of England, and that, therefore, a nationat Unir.ji waa impossible. The recent: strike in England had proved hear)—the prices re;¡]ised during Ju!y and August being sent up by leaps nnd bormds on account of the strike in the Midia.nds yet the Jn.st: audit gave them 11/4 pei.' cent. He wondered what the next audit wotil(i pivp, and what excuse would be madn fof it ? The stnka was ¡r,i\'en n.s the excuse that time, but on the principles which governed the scale they wouid have to prove that the strife had reduced wages before that excuse held gooû. Why should the tnen'i leaders try aud excuse an ag-reen1f\nt which they knew to be unfair? He object,ed to ;t sliding--scale on princip)e, for it took aw:<.yfronitheworkmenthor!ghttoobta)nthe beat pi-I cf-,s to)-their labour. (H.Mr, hear.) The recent strike in South 'Yales, wh)c)i he r,:grettecl, and which he had no hand in whatever might be said to the contrary, hacl, however, done one good thl1lLi'. It kitied the bogey of foreign cocr.petition. They had been to)d over and over acain, so often, indeed that, he llad got to belien it, that if they stopped working for a. week the trade wou!d ,go elsewhere, nnd when they went back to work they woTdc! have to wait for the trade to con.e b'lck. They stopped four weeks and found the trade \Vat tillf! for then;. (Hear, hear.) Yes, although the foreign coaiing stations were burnt out. and Northumberland and Durham were working. n.s welt as the Continentat coalfields, those coating stations waited for South Wales coal, anri paill an enhanced pried for it. (Hear, hear.) Tha time had come to teach tha em- ployers thRt W¡¡gü; were not the on!y .queezable thinf{, and that ]f they went on making eon- tracts at too low prices HOiHethmg else must be reduoeda.tidnot.the wages, whether that some- thing w?<s the proprietor's dividend or the land- lord's many royalties. (Loud auptause.) The mencouidand should defnandaminimnm rate wage of 5s a, day, and the public wou!d have to pay proportionateJy for the eoa), for South \Va!es v.,a,; it %v, sent up above 13s 6d or 14s a ton they need fear no conJpf'tit!On. It had been a))eped the 20i.h rn]e had been .mashed. No; )tt)as.smashed the f.mp'overa. Ti)e SOth ruie was permissive, and cuind be put in force ur otherwisf us circumstances required. That. WM what was done in the now !aws with sptendid success. (Hear, hear.) But if th" South Wa!es le.tdos objeced to the Ftdfration of Great Britain let them, nL ]east, have an organisation of .some kind. (Hoar, hear.) He ha.d .dready made overtures <o the other side to gf,,t a meeting of Waders on Wcdnssday next at C.u'd:ft', and he and his executive had fuUy de- cided that nothing should on their part be left to secure thta. Let the questtou of the sliding-seale -4 and Federation !ja !yft in abeyance, and a strong organisation on Tr.de Union princip'es be fonned, :ud let; that when the t<me comes for termina.tmg the present sJidm-scale. decIde on what lines they were oin on in th6 Í l1ture. (Loud and 1),, (.)onge(I applause.) Those \vef('' his propos?is, and he h;i<j :t.r;k(;d Mr Abraham, Mr D?v)d Morgan, Mr n'cha.rd. Mr Lewis Mi!e. Mr leaao J;\7an", and a.II the other le:Mhrs who were worth t 0 conio to a ronnd-tab!p confAnmcH, lie did not know tijee. would con-ij or not, but wlloever ot t:wrn refuspc1 on th<?nt wou!d lie the the m'-n of South Wn.!es '.md )'Ionmouth!hin. (li:;or;;ni:ed; and if they refused he then -,t,:kod the men to say thut org:ln¡"aions Wbre not formed to give miners' ;1genr pwsitlol!. (Lr,ud .tppiiiuse.) He then m.'<.d<; an :\ppeal trJ the m8E:ting to support ]nen wj.o were on strike, and closed with an eloquent :lpp:>:11 for :). strong organisation. Let the men of Wides show thlit they preferret! paying Is f)j month to an organisation rather thaa bf robbed of ;S1 a. month by tha employers. (Loud and contiliued The nieetmg terminated with the customa.r} votes of thanks.

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