Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

WREXHAM T. BROUGHTON. This friendly encounter took place on the Wrex- ham Kaceconrae on Saturday in bitterly cold weather, and before a very good gate. Wrexham won the toes, and elected to play with the wind in their favonr. From the start the homesters pressed, but Griffiths's shot went over the crossbar. Hands against the visitors enabled the.Wrexhamitea to get into the Cnited's quarters, but with no resnlt. Broughton had a try, Tattum in his final effort shooting outside. The Locals next had a look in, and were awarded a corner which, however, was badly placed. They still kept up the pressure, but the visitors' defence was too strong. Griffiths took a header, the United'a custodian clearing cleverly. The same player again shot, but the bail went ont; the visitors' forwards broke away, but were checked by Blew, who sent in » iong shot, which went wide. The homesters were intimately awarded a corner, which, being badly piiic; j, enabled the United to get possession, but Davits shattered their hopes by meeting the ball with Ellch foice as to send it into their goal-mouth again, the custodian clearing. United again pressed, but were nnable to find the net. Wrexham forwards were next conspicuous, Jones sending in a good shot, which was cleverly saved by Williams, and a second later Gordon scored the opening goal for Wrexham. J lie homesters again became aggressive, and from ""ambliuK play Pountney missed. United now took attack, only to be checked by Blew. Not to be denied, they again charged, Lavies this time stopping their career. The home forwards took np the running, Jonea missing the goal with a ta.me shot. From a smart run np on the right the visitors outside finally shot ont. They again attacked, Davies out- manoeuvring them by his splendid play. They rallied, however, and got well np into the Wrexham citadel, bnt were unable to break through the splendid defence of Evans. The United were finally repulsed by the homesters, but" hands" being awarded them again enabled them to enter the home quarters, whose citadel had a narrow escape, Blew saving just on the goal line. Owing to a slight injury Davies, one of Lhe Wrexham backs, had to retire. The Wrexham right wingers broke away, and after some good passing between Griffiths and Jones, the latter shot, bat it was nicely saved by the visitors' cnatodian. The homeeters made a series of futile attempts. "Hands" was given against the United, Pourtney heading in, the custodian saving. Wrex- ham still kept the Broughton team hemmed in, and Kobinaon with a terrific shot, which gave the visiting Koalkoepsr no chance, scored jnBt before the whistle sounded half-time, the score beiiig- WREXHAM. 2 BROUGHTON UNITED 0 After the rh^nga of who had the wmi MI th-ir favour, ke(,p the home forwards btink, hnt Ru.ce tfd in keeping them from ecoring. The Uniteri's forwards brake away, and Davies. who had aiztin come ou the ground, checked them before they got very du.iig ;rou3. Some smart passing between Pountney a.nd Owens next became manifest, and Pountney scored with a slow shot. End to end play was now the order of the game. Wrexham were the first to getaway and Owens, after some smart passing, hadhardlines in not scoring, although he tried several time". The visitors were next prominent, and after a sharp run down made sundry attempts to score, but Evans could not be beaten. They were awarded a free kick for hands," anc. Lvans had his work ctil out in keeping his goal clear. Wrexham took up the running, the United's defence proving Lqual to the oceftsioii. Wrexham were still the aggressors, the visitors doing all in their power to keep them oat. Broughton right wingers broke away, bnt the home defenco proved impregnable. Owens and Gordon marie an invasion, the former player in his final effort shooting outside. The visitors pressed, gainiug sundry corners, which proved abortive. United again attacked, the outside right running to meet the ball, but was ruled off side. The left half nex-, had a try, Robinson saving. A few minutes later the whistle sounded 11 cease hostilities," the score bsing— WBEXHAX 3 Goals. BROUGHTON Nil. Teams Wrexham Goal. Evans backs, Blew and Davies half-backs, Grainger. Robinson, and Harrison for- wards, Jones, Griiii'-hw, Pountney, Gordon, and O wens. Broughton United: Goal, Williams backs, T. Moss and Rob ots half-backs, Jones, E. Moss, and W. H. J.ines; forwards, K. Williams, Astbnry, Tattum, Saundaraon. and R. Willip-iiis.

ENGLISH CUP. I QUALIFYING STAGE. I FOUKTII ROUND. WELLINGTON TOWN V. OBWESTKT UNITED.—These te" met at Wellington, on Saturday. Kttlf time- Wellingtou two, Oswestry none. In tho last 11,111 Wellington 11;{k.in got through twice, and the ganiu ended—Wellington four goals, Oswestry United none. CHIRK v. WALSALL. Tnis match was played at Chirk, on Saturday. Wra!sa'.l lost the tot-s, and in the first half had the benefit cf a strong wind. Bunch and Taft, however. had little difficulty in clearing, and in the next minute a fruitless corner fall to Walsall. Yaughsn, on the home righi, was next in po.Tsesrdou, and he, made rapid tracks for the Walsall goal. Being hard pressed, he transferred to Sam Roberts, but the last player, unfortunately, ww off-side, and a good chance of scoring was spoiled. Up to half-time p -); i e d Up to half-timt? neithcr side had scored. On resuming, the pace slackened down somewhat. Chirk put on consider- able pressure. The Walsall defence, however, was sound, and all attempts to break through failed. At length the forwaids, Lv uex, McLean, Flynn, Martin, Ln"? Dean, E?.?ua cff in a line for the Welsh goal. One of the home pla)'en fluted s Walsall man, and from the free ki?k close in Lynex ianded the ball in the net, Pnd scored the only goJ of the match. Just before the finish one of the home players was ordered off for ungentlemanly conduct, and a scene of confusion followed. The ground wtis cleared, and the game finished, but no further scoring took place, and the final score read- Walsall one goal, Chilk none.

WELSH CUP. Royal Welsh Warehouse, NewLown, 2; Welsh- pool, 1.

BIRMINGHAM AND DISTRICT LEAGUE. I EEiCLTS. I Brierley Hill, 4; Shrewsbury, 1. I Ironbriage, 2 Dudley, 1. DRUIDS v. ASTON VILLA RESERVE. I More than ordinary interest attached to the game played between the fibove teitms at Wynnstay Park, Ruabon, on Saturday last. The fixture, as will be known, was in connection with the Birmingham and DisLrict League, and as the Villa Reserve were most formidable opponents, a real battle royal was anticipated. And it cannot be said that expectations ia this respect were not realised—to a large exti-nt at least. The Druids had already proved themselves not only an excellent but a plucky team, and fa-mous as the Villa are in the football world, I the supporters of the Ruabon men-or very many of them—were qQiteaa.n?nmea.boat their chances, and felt that at least they would give the Birmingham team a tight doing." And the Fequal b,?re th:; out to the full, for the Druids, by What they ach-"e,6,ed 'I not only sustained, but greatly enhanced their repn. I tation. Their victory, fur victory it proved to be, is undoubtedly a feather in their cap. The event fortunately was favoured with fine weather. Indeed, from the players' point of view—if not exactly from the spectators'—the^weather couid scarcely have been better, being as it was dty, bracing—rather too bracing for onlookers—and cluar. Consequent, how- ever, upon recent rams, the ground was not in the best condition, being soaked and very hsavy—a state of things not very conducive to good football. For the occasion the Great Western Railway ran a cheap excursion to Ruabon from Coedpoeth, Brymbo, Wrexham, and Johnstown and Hafod, and in all the circumstances it was not surprising that there was a big attendance of spectators indeed, we believe the gate win one of the largest ever seen on the Ruabon ground. The kick-cff was announced for 2.45, and punctually to that time the teazns-botli of which received a hearty welcome on their appearance— lined up as follows:- Druids :-Rcose, goal; Thomas and A. Hughes backs; J. Hnghes, J. Price, and T. Davies, half- backs; E. Benson, W. Butler (right); Lockley (centre), W. Davies, and E. Williams (left), for- wards. Aston Villa Reserve.—Whiteley, goal; Pickering and Aaion, ba.cks; Lloyd, Pearson, and Strange, half-backs; and Brown McAulay (right). Beat* (centre), Murray and Watkins (left) forwards. Taking the kick-off the Druids had the dis- advantage of the suu-for there was quite a genial sunshiue-in their faces, though they were compen- sated in some way by having the wind with them. The leather was first sent into tile visitors' territory, but was quickly sent thence to the Druids' half, and Murray drove in, but Roose Etopped admirably, and after a fruitless corner to the Villa play changed to the other end, aud Price gettiug possession sent in a, daisy-cutter, which Whiteley, though he made a gallant attempt, failed to negotiate, and thus five minutes from the start the home team scored, amid a hearty outburst of applause. Re-starting the ball invaded the Druids' quarters, but the venue was changed by a pretty bit of work on the part of Benson, who during the afternoon showed to much advantage. After some exciting play near the Aston goal, "hands" was given against the Druidti, but nothing followed, and a corner given immediately after by J. Hughes was equally nnfruitful to the visitors. Then Ephraim Williams made a nice run up, but from the centre Lockley kicked over the bar. Hostilities were coctinned in the Druids' quarters, and when a change seemed likely Lockley was given off-side. In a ciritical moment Butler- who certainly was one of the best players on the fi-,Id-cleared in the nick of time. Hands was given against the Villa, without practical result. Benson secured and made a pretty ran with the ball, which when close in was headed away by » Villa man. The sieno of the battle changed to the Druids half. A run down to the other end resulted in some warm play close to the visitors' citadel, but the ball was I sent outside when there appeared to be a good opening. Directly afterwards Butler was once more strongly in evidence, as the leather bobbed about dangerously near the home goal, and a clearance was affected in good style. The Villa men now—and indeed during most of the first half-showed themselves the smarter on the ball, and rarely gave any chances. A foul ensuing against the Drnida, Aston took the kick, but no material benefit came of it, and disaster was also averted by the other sida after a foul against Strange. After a fruitless corner conceded the Villans, Ephriam Williams was pulled up for off-side, and the ball travelled into the home territory. The position looked threatening, but the Raabon men again cleared. For a timo there wae give and take play, and when eventually operations were transferred to the home quarters, Arthur Hughes kicked outside. Benson then got possession, but the leather went over the line, and at the other end Watkins centred admirably, but his side were unable to score. Williams was given eff-side when a good chance offered, and directly afterwajds Roose, who had not had very much to do, was given a chance, and saved smartly. A bit of excellent work wtts now seen on the part of Arthur Hughes, bat the venue being changed to the home side, Roose had to fist away. Then Benson made ft smart run, which, however, was nullified, and the Villans were conceded another corner, but achieved nothing. There was, however, a hot tussle near to the Rnabon fortress, but finally the ball was sent to the other end. Afterwards Strange fouled Benson, but the homesters could carry the advantage no farther, and when the half-time whistle sounded the score stood—Druids, one goal Aston Villa Reserve, none. On changing ends T. Davies made a spurt, but his efforts were nullified by the ball being sent over the line. Then the Druids' end was invaded, and there was a bit of exciting work near the goal month, but the leather went behind. The visitors, however, were given a corner when play was recommenced, and there was some fear and trembling ou the part of the Druids' supporters, but relief came when an effectual clearance was made. After some un- interesting play Roose was given a teaser" to negotiate, but he succeeded in fisting away and be also saved admirably two other warm shots which followed in quick succession. In midfield a foul was given against T. Davies, but the leather was sent into the visitors' quarters, and Ephraim Williams obtaining possession sent in a hot shot. The ball struck the cross-bar and bounced into the net, Riving Whiteley no chance, and thus, ten minutes or so after the re-start, the Druids notched their second goal, an achievement which gave rise to great enthusiasm on the part of their supporters. The home fortress was next menaced Charles Thomas, however, kicked away, and in a few minutes the Ruabon team were given a corner, but failed to convert it into a goal. McAulay then tested Roose at the other end, but tb" alert custodian was not caught napping, and cleared well. Arthur Hughes delighted the home spectatori- now with a bit of smart work bat from a. foul against his side matters looked threatening. Once more, however, the Druids were equal to the occasion and prevented the Villans scoring. As time began to approach, and the visitore made no headway, the supporters of the Rnabon lads began to feel that victory could not now be snatched from them, and this was strengthened by the fact that the Birminghato men peemed to have lost muchof their go. Thdmtter made one or two determined attempts, however, to score, but they were kept in check. At a critical juncture Thomas saved in fine style, and for a time the Druids had all the best of the plav, and once at least they were unlucky in not adding to their score, the ball jast going over the bar after a. shot by Ephraim Williams. Soma exchanges followed, but the visitors conld effect nothing, and the game terminated with quite a famous victory for the homesters, the score being- DBUIDS 2 Goals ASTON VILLA. RESERVE None.

I DENBIGHSHIRE AND DISTRICT LEAGUE. LLANSOLLBN UNITBD T. ADWT VICTORIA.—The return match was played at Llangollen on Saturday. Result :-Adwy Victoria, 3 goals Llangollen United, 1 goal.

CHIRK ODDFELLOWS' JUNIOR CUP COMPETITION. The draw for the first romnd of the above com- petition took place at Chirk oh Monday, and resulted as follows Ruabon Albion v. Druids' Reserve. Referee, Robert Davies, Wrexham. St. Martins v. Llangollen United. Referee, John Wilka, Cefn, Rnabon. Whittingtou v. Chirk Reserve. Referee, Job Wilding, Wrexham. The first-named club to have choice of ground, a.nd the ties to be played off on or before Dec. 22ad. j

OTHER MATCHES. ERDDIG VICTORIA V. QUEENSLAND SWIFTs.-This match was plavud on the ground of the former, and ended in a win for the swifts by four goals to three. BRYMBO VICTORIA RESERVE V. VICTORIA SWIFTS (WitExn,km.)-PisLyed -,it Btymbo, on Saturday last. The pliy in the tirs, half was ?.ll 1-1 f-ivour of the home team, who, playing well together, scored on four occasions. Half-time result Brymbo, 4 goals Swifts, nil. The second portion of the game was of a more even character, cach side scoring two goals. Final result :-Brymba Victoria Reserve, 6; Victoria Swifts, 2. Brymbo team :-Gjttl, Rowland barrks, J. Venables and AuJrtw half backs, Davies, Jones, 1 aud E. Grainger; forwards, J. Grainger, W. i Venables, Dodd, Rogers, and Clayton. WREXHAM VICTOKIA v. ABERYSTWYTH.-This match was played at Aberystwyth ou Saturday, in splendid weather. The opening exchanges were in favour of the homesters, who were kicking down hill. They, however, failed to take advantage of their ocpor- tunities, and the visiting left transferred p'ay to the j other end, the ball beins; placed outside. End to end i play followed, the game being a fast one. J. T. Davies got away on the visitors' left, but was fouled, The bali was well placed from a free kick, and in t.ho endeavour to stave off danger one of the hom,. backs handled the ball. A free kick followed, and Billington I easily scored for tha V jes. From the centra kick 1 Aberystwyth made headway, the out-ide left making Borne clever runs, and getting in some good centre?. Mathias saved a warm handfa!, but Thompson i secured, and he equalised "hh a liitib shot. The home team pressed hvaviiy after this, ihe visiti-'if defence being kept busy, and doing dome gooi work. Smith made a run on tHe Vies' right, which the goal- keeper saved with difficulty. Both teams stroi" hard, and the game was mjst interesting. 'LVe homesters again obtained a footing in the Vns' territory, and Mathias eaved clevtrly. although me homesters deserved bettor success. Shortly b<f.>ro the interval W. R. Jonee, one of the home b-.icka, I twisted his knee, and was compelled to retire. At half-time the teams were level, one goal e'i.c:l. In • the second portion the game was not nearly so interesting, as Aberyatwyh played the one back I game (owing to Jones retiring), and the off-side ruin was infringed upon most often. For the most part play ruled in favour of thci Vies. 'h, special features being the good shooting of F Willv-.uss, and the fi,ie defence of the homo custodian. Towards the finish Aberystwyth roused themselves, and yre-sed heavily, but time was called with no SOMIS having ber-n added, the final result bsing—Aberystwyth one goal, Victo :<<. one. —

A WOMAN'S TEARS. TWO DAYS WITHOUT FOOD. REMARKABLE STATEMENTS BY A RAIL- WAY MAN'S WIFE. The part oi Nottingham known as" The Meadows is a district bnilt to meet tne exigencies of a rapid industrial expansion, and inhabited almost exclusive- ly by railway workers. Day and night, almost con- t y an d niaht, a'uiost con tinuously, the streets are p-eopied by a constant stream' of signalmen, shunters, dr;veirs, uiid gnirls going to or coming from their often ducgsrous duties. In this district a representative nf tho XottiWlhmn Daily Express gives a.u account of a ri-niark'viie statement by tho wife of a riveter engtigod in he construction cf steel girder railway bridges, Mrs Mary Aim Whitehead, 2, Mona Cottages, Eing-dake- street, The Meadows, Nottingham. For months and months this woman's life appears to have fccea one long and agonising inartyrdo,-ri. I had been a great sufferer for some years with a tumorous I growth in the region of the abdomen and had under- gone several operations in different hospital' said atrs Whitehe%d. The days of ruy life dragged on in misery and pain, till I thought that death might come any time as a release. Aimost coninua1!y I Buffered untold agony in my side and back. I halfno I strength left in my legs, and I was often so ov?rco'u I by my state of helpless weakness that I wonld croujh down in a chair and cry for hours at time. I could scarcely walk across the room without aid. and had to depend upon the assistance of neighbcurs and of my own daughters, when they were home from business, for the doing of all the work of the home- hold. I could not be left alone in the house, and even at night the hours used to dreg wearily alopg, for I could get no sleep. I could not touch my meals, and often I went a conple of days. WITHOUT BKEAIING MT FAST. I It was about seven mouths ago that someone in I the house was reading in the Nottingham Evening Neics some of the wonderful cures effected by Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people, and my husband, who has himself known cases where they have been of the greatest benefit, persuaded me to give them a trial. Before I did so, I thought I would mention my intention to the doctor who was attending me. I said to him Doctor, have you any faith in Dr. Williams' pink pill* ? Well,' he said, I think I may say that I have, and I balieve they will do yoa good. They will brace you up in your run-down condition, and I will alter your medicine if you are going to take them. I did so, and, after taking three or four boxes, I was actually able to get about again. I did not need the doctor any more, and I had to politely tell him so one day when he called, in passing to attend a neigh- bour, aud smilingly aaked bow I and my pills were going on. I kept on taking the pills regularly, and made steady improvement, until now I feel in splendid health, and don't I look it ? The interviewer was pleased to be able to con- gratulate Mrs Whitehead on looking the very embodi- ment of robust health. That's what all the neigh- bours say," she said and I think it my duty to let it be known. I am quite a different woman, and, as my husband says, I seem to have taken on a freah lease of life. I have now a splendid appetite I sleep soundly; I am quite free from pain, and cautgo about my work with quite a relish. I am still taking the pills, and I would not be without them for world's." In the foregoing narrative, perhaps the most interesting feature is the recommendation of Dr. Williams' pink pills by a member of the medical pro- fession. Notwithstanding the amount of evidence proving the curative value of the pills circulated in the newspaper Press.of this country, it is only in a comparatively small proportion of cases that they have been taken under the orders of doctors, and the candid attitude of Mrs Whitehead's clever medical attendant is the more worthy of commenda- tion. The pills (being entirely free from any poisonous ingredient) were purposely designed by Dr. Williams to be used, in case of need, without medical supervision. There is nothing in them which could injure the most delicate, and they have been successfully used by patients, on their own initiative, in such widely varying diseases as threatened consumption, scrofula, indigestion, an.mia, wasting; bronchitis, rheumatism, fits, St. .t i s, rheumatism, fits, St. Vitus' dance, and paralysis. The objection of some medical men to prescribe them, perhaps arises from the fact that they do not I know how the pills are made, the process being a delicate and unique one, confided by their discoverer, Dr. Williams (a graduate of Edinburgh University). only to the present manufacturers, the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, whose address is Holborn Viaduct, London. As even doctors do not know how they are made, the public will readily see that shop- keepers cannot possibly possess this knowledge. Hence it is absard to believe the false claim some- times made by a few dishonest tradesmen in order to sell substitutes, that the latter are similar in com- position to Dr. Williams' formula. This falsehood is only told in order to push worthless imitations for the sake of goin-for even when sold at a low price substitutes carry a large profit, being made entirely of common drags, by an ordinary process. The genuine pills alone are allowed by the law, however, to be sold with the full name, Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people; and anything which is offered for them, without all these seven words, should be unhesitatingly rejected, as substitntes are often injurious and even dangerous. Respectable trades- men will not offer substitutes, however.

I Just before four o'clock on Monday afternoon a well-dressed man snatched a handful of bank notes 1 from a lady in the Birbeck Bank, Southampton Buildings, London, and rushed down Chancery Lane. He was, however, captured in Fleet-street as he was getting on a 'bus, and was taken by the police in a ( cab first to the Bank and then to the Bow-street Police Station. t «

I I vaneral New. An American resident in ::hi c )'tr\ln itti ti iw "absolutely eschews the state of g-i 'stheod in order to Hvoid the payment of vales iu this land of uuiveraal tippage." A nnmber of young English engineers have been sent to Pittsbir- (Pa.) by the British Westinghouse Electric aud Manufacturing Corupauy to serve an apprenticeship in the firm's American abops. A petition has been lodged in the Queen's Bench Division against the rbturn of Mr J. S. Readies, M.P. for the Cocierw-)nth division. Mr Randies defeated Sir W. Lnwson at the general election. The Burv initgistrsLtei3 have decided that this year i;o extension of time s'louli be allil,v,d licensed victuallers in Bury on Christmas and Nuvv Year eves. Previously half an hour's extension has been allowed. Jacob Hiltpold, master of the German Orphanage, Dalstou, has been fined at Stratford, for cutting branches of silver birch in Epping Forest. He said he wanted the twigs to make a birch for correcting the boys In his school. A terrible lynching affair has taken place at Limon, Colorado. The victim, a young negro, who was alleged to have assaulted, and afterwards murdered, a little girl, was burneo at the stake in the presence of a large mob. A sensational murder is reported from Paris. The Count de Cortiulier, who, it is alleged, surprised his wife when lob", was ta.kiug leave of a gpntlaman to whom she bud p.-Lia a visit, fired three shots at her from a revolver, inflicting injuries from which she died almost immediately. At Biackburn the big main which carries boiling tar frjm the gasworks to a chemical manufactory some distance away was overcharged, and burst. The sori RC., uf the street was forced up, and smoking jets of tar lose in the air, fl lodlng the street and emitting an app il'ing sttuch. Traffic was stopped until the £ L>»v was turned cff. An extraordinary find was made by a gentleman ia a first cias-i carriage from Troon to Glasgow. In al igbtmg he observed a brown parcel in the rack, ana to it to the stationmH.ster. The latter opened it, ittid l'juiid a lady's hat, in the lining of which wrero five JE100 Bank of Eugi.iud notes. The ladv hitd been paid a mortgage. At L verpool. IÜnr) Moor, of Chicogo. lhq-a bapti sent g-io. for boiug a stowaway oil Llh v.'iiii.s liner Ttntonic.. He was determined to visit Unuio during the Pope's golden jnbilee year. and being a penuiltss pi grim he stowed away. Several religious emblems vere in his pocket*, including a bottle of holy water. Aft.r being sentenced he declared he would be in Rome before Christmas. A Bii-iiiii-gliain jury on Friday was asked to award damage-, to at yoaug woman named Hannah Gouda: a. S.ie kept coix.paoy for ii-,7Liu years with a (ttr-iit-r named JInbert Higgins, and niter furnishing a home aua bavitig a ironsseau With he,: own mjney, Higgints jilted h.( fjr another girl. He o<tiious:y propose to purcha-.e the irousseau a.ud furniture for the girl he meaut marrying.—Tne jury awarded E100. The Ct'=hire county magistrates at Wilmslowli ive had to consider the singular defence of the R,-v- W. wIi, was summoned for r-dit; a bicycle ou the lo jiOitth. DefsUiiant claimed tha.t under the Act of licoi f;e III. clergynien engaged on parocbial I ouues wti.e psivilcgcd if it wis ncce.isary and expe- j dunt to x!,A-e, oil the footpath. Tilt; magistrates o..if.giv- i witii this view, however, as:d inflicttd a firae. Sir Alexander Duubar, Bart., of Boath House, near Auldearn, Nairnshire, was found drowned in the ha-i tuur a: Nairu. ou Saturday afternoon. It is uup- j^ioseu lie leiu io. Bjath about six o'clock ou i'liursdav evening, Mjd t'ia.Ma attdnpmg u crjH.? the river by the iO ?r L'Qlbddge. he mi8d his footiug. The r)v'r N '.irn w.is at high fLed Q-t'i, ini "l-was  :?.H Sir J 'ua f.)'hlh J¡:r():¡, noil was I a oi of the :a.e Sir J <«ios Dtuia iieu,nant of the Royal Navy. H ;? sue- ce?d. d by h)- c.r¡r;I3/ Fn'Jerick, wm i? "?VeL fivn years of dg- a-n :n;trried. A Vienna telegram says:—From a correspondent at Li>uibarg mysterious icm<;ur» c Uie ii-re as to the ilhiesM ut the Tsar. News has come over the Ii«i- siui i'ou?ier that reports n?a current and creditm .'i Ku.si;*i tiiai tLe iii::ess 1, .??? typlim. bu, that His Majesty is sick irom poisoned food. People I iu Russia are telii::g each other with bated bietlil that the untiring conspirators hiv-, ')tj.!d a way into tiie imperial kitchen. T £ 2re is CHit t'tity uouauai activity in the secret seivice in S- iith .Russia. ti rfii it tiot-, of the story is cot lorihcoming. The Rii--iso<li Er:io tbhv here, of course, scouts the ide.i. N-Vci tLie.tnS, it iiuds supporters. Tojhave lived in throe centuries would have bem the record of Mrs iv "c •• > a-t .Irishwoman, who hn.8 died at Royton. u.r ♦.)!un-t:<i, f she had lived two months longer Mrs Kjne.il n,- from the West of Ireland an t womau ::VeL' i.ro. ry years a go, t,) live with her dui-oter Ku jg.-s, » ■ "at seventy-three he youll, I L of thirteen chiMre.i. Mrs Kensaliy remcmoerea -eats in n-- t.*f«e land in 1797, aud daring the .liion of 1798. No certificate as to the date of her is avail,tJh. out Father Casack, who kne-v b r \M. ftrli.-ves sh wan quite 110. She was biUKi tor teu y and i) i tor three or foar y ears. Tin C :i r So « Crown Caaes Rer\ i an im^i >> t ■o j g ncis iu the Sportta;i Lucu co«;ir>.i o.■-■•i'lo" <•. The question behr 'II 'j. ,f, Jt; Caauuell was right ia instructing n, jury to crnvi t tne proprietor of Sportin;■ 7,«;. of >. i IT ,ce ne Batting Act for cui.iactiiig c si • i e.:>ipetiiio:n in connection with hottse racing. facts were not disputed. The Coui v unanimously uphold Mr Justice Chauneli's view of the j"v, and ilit: conviction was consequently con- .i ined. Th j L.cd <J' ief Jmriceseid was unable t • HOC •liatiuetion, for the the Act, ij. I iii u iius transaction involved in the coupon com- vt-1 iuou and ordinary betting. The person who paid <r.w., psnce in regard to the coupons did so .•cmise the person to whom the manty w..s paid (jroiuis d '.v give him a certain sum if the horses he named wer, successful. That seemed to him to ii- volve ail '¡ok conditions that made H. bet. Mr Justice Wilis said 11 was about as clear a ca3e of belting as conid well be conceived.

THE DUKE OF WESTMINSTER AND IMPROVEMENTS IN FLINTSHIRE. Operations in connection with the construction of certain new roads in the mountainous parish of Brynford wore concluded on Saturday, much to the gratification of the scattered inhabitants of the district, the land of which is largely owned by the Duke of Westminster. One of the last acts of the late Dnke was to commence the construction of a fine, wide raid from Brynford across the Penyball Mountain to Pantasaph. Unfortunately he died before the completion of the work, which was. how- ever, carried to a satisfactory completion by his representative:, and the road has now been in use 3ome months. In order to join the new road to the existing highway which leads to Halkin the Bryford Parish Couocil undertook tb3 construction of a further length of road from Brynfurd iu Dafarn Dy wyll, the cost being defrayed by public subscrip- tion and a grant of £ 200 from the Flintshire Council. It is this section which has now been completed, affording a splendid circular drive !Om Halkin to Holywell via Pautasaph. It is the intention of the Parish Council to erect at the Brynford cross a huge monolith from the Halkin quarries, on which will be placed a commemorative inscription, and at an early date the Duke of Westminster will probably I formally open the roads and plant memorial trees. PRESENTATIONS TO THE DUKE AT FLINT AND HALKYN. On Monday morning, at the Flint Railway Station, the Duke of Westminster was the recipient of an I address of welcome from the Mayor and Corporation of Flint. There was a crowded attendance of the leading townspeople. The Duke, accompanied by the Countess Grosvenor, Lady Lettict3 Gioavenor, and Colonel Wiiford Lloyd, arrived by the 10.22 train, and on alighting was received by the Mayor (Mr E. J. Hughes), the Town Clerk (Mr H. Taylor), members of the Corporation, &c. The Mayor welcomed his Grace to the ancient borough of Flint, and congratulated him upon having attained his majority and entered upon a career so full of possibilities &nd responsibilities. The people of Flint hoped that he would long be spared to follow in the foosteps of his illustrious grandfather, who had many connecting links with thai old borougn, fdld who was a more than generous friend to Flint in the dark days of a few years ago. The Town Clerk then read the address and presented it to the Duke. In reply, his Grace expressed a hope that he would be spared to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, to whom the address had alluded in such touching terms. He hoped that the ties which bound him and his family to that town might be still farther strengthened in his hands. (Applause.) Afterwards the Duke visited Halkin for the pur- pose of receiving an address of welcome from his agricultural and mineral tenants on the Halkin Castle estate. The Duke's seat, Halkin Castle, is a modern building, aud close by is the beautiful church, erected at a cost of some S20,000 by the late Duke. The presentation of the address took place at the Pablic Hall. Captain Matthew Francis, Halkiu Mines, presided. A few remarks having been made by the Chairman and Mr George Taylor (the largest I farmer on tho estate), Mr Thomas Smith spoke as representing the Duke's mineral lessees and workers in the mines. At all times, he added, the Dnke of Westminster was welcome at Halkin, and this feel- ing was accentuated that day when they realised that his Grace had just returned from active service in support of his Queen and country in South Africa. (Cheers.) More than that, in spite of great attrac- tion?, he stayed in South Africa nntil the war was pre.ctically over, and with his own hands hoisted the flag of Great Britain over the walls of Pretoria. (Cheers.)—The Secretary, Mr Peter Evans, then read the address and handed it to the Dnke amid great chc,p-riug.-Tha Duke, in reply, thanked his tenantry for the cordial welcome they had given him. He bad alwaya heard that the Halkin tenantry had taken a very deep interest m his family, both in sorrow and in joy, and it would be his duty to foster and increase this friendly feeling, and to emulate as far as he could the traditions kept up by his lamented grandfather. (Applause.) A vote of thanks was aiterwards accorded the Countess Grosvenor and Lady Lettice Grosvenol for their presence, and the gathering con- cluded with cheers for all the members of the family.

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I Wales t,.ni Ul., border. I iiit» "log i, |) .rici Uoa <*C ilie.r meet.)u.?.n.?.?\ ?. cloned arrangements nnder I \Vhich ir. f'1 I<:t]i"toj that Tbe whold district will be supplied WIth ei-c'iic ??')t wiLtna three months. Whilst Mr J. M. JOKPS. a Barmonth tradesman, [ waa driving liame fr >111 D-)!a--i (:.v I-t,t S-utdctv, he was thro v'i nnt of liiii trap, and sustained injuries from which he snbsrq iently (iii,ii. At the inquest, a verd;ct of Acl,- (i,,iiti,i death WAS retarned. An outbreak of small-pox is reported from L'anneria. Hiih^rto thepatien-.s huve boen treated at the Carnarvon Infections Hospital, but it was stated at the meeting of ihe Gwyrfai District Council that no further cases could be received 1 here. The Co'it.c.l deci ;d to Droceed with the i-rection of an iaoiati JH oosoi-AL at Llauberis withont delay.

Uormspondtinca. I A DANGEROUS BRIDGE AT MINERA. I SIR,—As a constant reader of vonr valnabie paper in this locality, I trust tÎJ,, yon will allow me space to ask the Minera Parish C tiric-il who is responsible for the bridge at PeDybryn, Nitnera ?. The bridge was made, I aoppose, many yearn Hoe,> to croes the line of railway—made to take the stones from the quarry close by. Tha bridge is no-v in a dangerous state, and has b-eu for a long time. Most part of the bridge has beer; thrown down 011 the line beljw by some mischievous persona. Th: solH stooework at, the middle is only about seven or eig!i inches high, but there are two or three stones pu: t-mpjrarily on that. The depth btlow from there is a') in" seven or eight yards, so that you can easily 'm tg!il i what would be be the result if somebody fell ov^r. The necessary repairs onghl, to be done soon I trust the Parish Couuoi'i will tnjve in oiitt-.r -Y jars truly. E. i?BYN R 'lJEKTS. Penybryn, Minera. PLEA ON BBHALF OF saor ASSISTANTS. SIK,—May I through the medium of your widely- read pnpe-r, RLP-FLI ti the inhabitants of Wrexham and uo-ighboui hood 011 b,aif of a hard-worked section of the community. Christmas is now close upon us, and with that festival we have lr->vn>ed to couple that broad and essential sj irit 'iiu'ijain'v a" xempl;ficd in our common Chvisti -.nity; I.lId so forcibly displayed in the words :—" Peao- on eaith, goodwill to men." As Christmas Day on a Tuesday this year, I am sure that tbe genera public would make an (ff >> t to so arnmge their Christmas marketing as to I emble bn-y shop assistants to tujoy the Monday as a holiday. Th.-o iiu ns.ne concession of the Friday half-holiday t ni c>ii,{-.it ut the yettr is an inestimable boon to those men ttt-.d women who spend long long hJu. iii workrooms and 1)..1,1 counters, and, if I a.a ligiitiy i«i"orni«1, the holiday ou the Monday would be welcomed equally by emp!oyer and employed and if the public would endeavour to com^ieto their business on the Saturday, such an arrangement Would mean an appreciable Christmas hoiiday for the employed without material detriment to the employer. If the hea.d of establishments plated uotices in their windows beforehand,notifying their intention to close on the 24th, the general public would, I am sure, gladly tall in with the idea. The probable imminent close ci the war tha spirit of Christmas tide; the close of the old year; and the passing of the old nineteenth century, ought to spell Poace on eaith and any humane concession to wetlry tuila. uaght to spell "Goodwill to men." A comewhat free tianslation of the old saw—" Bis dat qii f ito dat," He gives doubly who gives iii ) aiim up my app a'I tcn, dear sir, Ours LeUt) t (HEV) J. 8. (-ARDI(ik-, WILLIAMS. 6, Cross-street, iino.iJuu. LOCAL PATRIOTISM. HIR,—As an old Wrexhamite, I desiie to speak through your valued medium to my fellow-townsmen ami toftuawjinea upen a subject ..chich should be of interest to most of yoar readers. I refer to the growth end support of what are known as Compa.uy situpts," e., branch shops of large limited concerns, which have no connection whatever with the town, aud the support of th< 3 shops directly and indirectly by our townspeople. The old relationship between a tradesman and his customers has undergone b c'oange of recent years. To,d company shop businesses h-tve helped to change it, so that now tile tradesman's doctor, lawyer, clergy- man, next-door neighbour, and personal friends may (by holding shares in siich concerns and patronising them because they do hoid shares ia them) be in active opposition to the tradesman himseir. It is well kcowi. thrft su--h coacerns are supported by all classes, high and low, notwithstanding the fact that so many of tlum do not turn out an ultimate succe.-?!. tHdl, we have to face tbs tact that whatever the results to the investor, he or she still continue to support the concern in which money has been invested. Now all th's a idi'ioual competition makes it a very uphnl battle for many a tradesman, who still is '?)okzd upon to contribate hid time, his talent and his means to the welfare of the town in which he rLidei1. For instance, the affairs of the borough a.id district mu"t bo attended to by someone. There are various public in":ltutio:o, churches, chapels, and philanthropic socictie; t) support, which make constant Jemc.nds upon his time and weans. If a piace of worship t., "J o, built, or an old one renovated, no is fexivcii d c.attribute. it may be a bazaar, a concbrt, 8t. c >iui. g of-age, the infirmary, the fire 1 engine, the warlur:d—110 metier wliai the object to j be suppor, 1, the '.raJesmm h?apreseuted to him the subscription ii??, a:;d is cji.iiiortd mean nn!e"s he contributes liberally. Then there are a thousand and one demands made npon his purse in tbe name of private charity, which also have to be considered by isim. Business changes and customs change, but the perpetual demands made npon the tradesman in the came of charity, religion, or goodwill—these things do not change. They are more importunate than ever. Yet how far is he considered by the multitudes who flock to every new concern launched upon the town ? Very little. I fear. And what do these branch shops contribute to the well-being of the community ? Again one might say, Very little." Such concerns are usually managed by irresponsible yonng men upon a salary of 30s or £2 per week. They cannot, from their weu- deeerved earnings Rnd limit, à time, gratuitously contribute mnch to the welfare of the town. More- over, if a subscription list of more than usual importance is presented at a Company's shop it is sent, as a rule, to "headquarters," and then, perhaps, after some delay and with something like the for- malism of a document of State, permission is granted to the manager to do that which every tradesman is expeclfd to do as a matter of course. If Company shops receive the support of the public—and in many cases they are supported thonghtless y, merely because they are new shops, and not because they suppiy better value than is supplied by the townsmen —the good people who interest themselves in the many charitable and other works in the neighbour- hood in which they live must not be surprised to find the tradesmen of the town have to button np their pockets more tightly, and lain a deaf ear to many I solicitations to which they would otherwise willingly respond. This is, I know, a big subject to discuss in a letter, but the deduction which can safely be made from these premises is this, that if the tradesman's path is made more and more difficult by the thought- less support of businesses the profits from which practically go right out of the neighbourhood, theu to a corresponding degree must we be prepared to see the withdrawal oi the tradesman's influence, time, and means from the affairs of the town of his birth or ",doption.-I am, &c., OLD INHABITANT. Wrexham, November 21st, 1900. OLD I=-ŒABITAT.

CREWE HORSE REPOSITORY. On Thursday and Friday last, Messrs Henry Manley and Sons conducted important sales of 600 light and heavy horses in the repository. Thurs- day's sale was cor-tined to light horcea, aud included a nice selection of good hunters, for which there was a capital demand. There were some good prices realized during the day. Friday's sale included 285 heavy horses and colts. There was ngain a very large a'tendance, and a very satisfactory demand, this being especially the case for the best animals. 6

PUBLICANS' RESPONSIBILITIES. I At the Durham Assizes, on Wednesday, in charging the Grand Jury, Mr Justice Grantham said he conld not help impressing upon them the view that the law was not strictly enough administered as against publicans who served drink to people who were already drunk. It was all very well to say that it was difficult to know when a man was drank. If a chemist administered a wrong drug it was no excuse to say that it was a mistake, and a publican was in very much the same position. He should be only too glad if the law could be so altered that when a crime was committed through people being drunk, the onus of showiiag that they were not drunk when they left his hou--e cou!d be thiown upon the publican.

PROPOSED PROMENADE AT PENMAENMAWR. I The Penmaenmawr District Council have decided to construct, at a cost of S15,000, a promenade along the foreshore, aud the scheme has been submitted to the Local Government Board for approval. The prome- ade, extending from Dyffryn on the east to a path near the west ecd of Pencutting, will be a mile in length. Commencing at the east end, a new road thirty-four yards long and twelve yards wide is to be constructed, over land given by Mr E. P. Whitley Hughes, from the Conway main road to an iron foot- bridge over the railway to the beach. From an adjacent point extending westwards a distance of S50 yards, a massive sea wall will be constructed, and in front of this a sloped apron-pitching of stone in concrete is to be made as a further security against the inroads of the sea.

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I For Leisure Moments. THE QUEEN IN TEARS. I hear a toucbiug little story arisiniz out of the visit of the two hospital nurses from the front to the Queen. One of the nurses made a simple reference to the death of Prince Christian Victor which deeply touched the Queen. She burst into tears, and then expressed her deep grief in words. His family had all been hoping that his share in the war was over and that his safe return was assured. Of the young Prince's character she spoke with great affection. The nurses were much touched by the scene. TOLSTOI'S DOCTRINE OF I NON-RESISTANCE. I heard the other day a pretty story of Count Tolstoi, illustrating the thoroughness with which he carries out his doctrine of non resistance. Some time ago he was the victim of an American joarnalist. whom the Count asked to his country home, and who put him under prolonged and ruthless examination. At last the visit came to an end, and the gentle sufferer saw his questioner into the carriage. As the parlmg greetings were being exchanged tbe -tieqt hinted thit after all he had not learned everything he wanted to know. Then you mast come into the house again and stay another day with ns," was the Count's reply, and he woald take no denial. HIS ARISTOCRATIC STATUS. I Mr Garretson descended bv four generations from the first Governor of New Jersey aud by three from Chief Justice John Jay. His family connections are high, bat having lost his fortune some years ago he went into the grocery business in Newport and made a success. Hia success lay in selling first-class groceries, which mak-js him an aristocrat among grocers. It has also rehabilitated his fortune. Yet it is said that Newport society will not recognise Mr I Garretson'a aristocratic status bocause he has sold I groceries retail.—Pittsburg Dispatch. I NEW ZEALAND AND I I THE EIGHT HOURS DAY. I The honoar of having initiated the eight hours day has indeed been c'aimed for New Zealand. A batch of Scotch immigrants who found themselves in Otago as far boick as 1847 ttre said to ha.ve regularly pro- claimed the eight hours rheory in connection with their ideas as to labour and rest that equal vigils keep." However, it was in the great gold-producing colony of Australia, as Victoria was in the middle fifties and for several years later, that the organisa- tions which were destined to carry the eight hours movement so successfully on first acquired their greatest force, and a.saamed the shape which they have eetoerally continued to wea.r ever since.— Australian Star. AN INGENIOUS RUSE. I Fruit-growers might with advantage follow the example of a market gardener living at Newport, Mon. In order to keep his crops free from the depredations of birds, ho has placed a stuffed fox in the middle of the vegetable beds, while no fewer than six cat-i occupy positions among the btanches of his fruit trees. Since this ingenious ruse has been practised, it is said his garden has been practically free from the destructive hnbits of the feathered peste.-Rural World. PRACTICAL BURGLARS. I There is nothing like thoroughness, even in thieving. A private individual ot Molenbeck had built a new residence nelir the port. It was a pretty honse, surrounded by a well-stocked garden. What must have been his stupefaction the other day when on going to visit his new abode he found that nothing remained of it bat the walls ? Doors; windows, water-pipes, gas-fittings, inrulture-in fact, everything portable, nad been carried away, and the garden, the hope and joy of the proprietor, had been carefully despoiled of all its plants even part of the masonry and brickwork was missing.-Le Petit Bleu, Bfiisseis. LADY BOOKSELLERS. I We have had some very successful women book- sellers one of them, Mrs Bennett, of Holborn-who afterwards became Mrs Tregmskis-was made the subject of an interesting article in the Pall Jfall Budget some years ago. Mrs Bennett, I am Borry to say, died quite recently. Miss Millard, of Tedding- ton, is a second-hand bookseller, but that is only a part of her many interests. There is, however, a very interesting book-shop in the Kensington High- street conducted by women—Adela Curtis and Lydia Davison—" At tlid Sign of the Sibyl." These ladies have issued a very artistic catalogue, in which they justify their sign by describing one of the sibyls who came to the palace of Tarquin the Second with nine volumes, which she offered to sell for a very high price, as the first woman bookseller.—C. K. S. in The Sphere. WAR CORRESPONDENTS AND PRESS CENSORS AND VICE VERSA. We have heard much of the opinions of war corre- spondents on press censors. The opinions of the press censors on war correspondents have not yet reached the public. A conversation with one of the principal pres.3 censors on the tubject will be of general interest. He strongly condemns the present system of competitive struggle for news, which imposes heavy financial burdens on the great news- papers, handicaps the honest, competent, and con- siderate correspondent, and fails to supply the public with satisfactory news. The drastic scheme which is favoured by my informant, and which, I have reaaon to believe, will be recommended to the War Office Committee that may consider the subject, will be the abolition of all privileges given to newspapers during the Boer war to use fi-ld te't?g-aphs or heio- graphs, while leaving them free to write anything they like in letters, which will not be subject to censorship. In order to make this plan work my in- formant considers that thb appointment of corre- spondents in the field should not only be recognised I by t'e War Office, but that they should fee recognised as servant: of the State fulfilling a public duty. In order to obtain competent men of characttr their credentials shouid be cart fullv examined and in- competent or unsuitable men excluded. The corre- spondents sent from England were for the most part highly qualified men of character and position. Press privileges, however, were given to men who had no right to them, who represented obzcure colon;ai or foreign papers, and whose conduct did no credit to the general body cf corre- spondents. THE CAUSE FOR SO LARGE A COMSUMP- I TION OF FICTION. A very interesting paper on the reading tastes of the working classes is contributed to Literature by Mr Tom Cliffe Phillips, of Cardiff, a representative of the Welsh miners. He makes out a very good case ior the consumption of fiction at the Free Libraries, which periodically distresses many of the advocates of high thinking. Mr Phiiiips answers, with perfect truth, chat it it ui reasonable to expect the average boy or girl, who has been taken from school so young that he or she has no other education but the abilitv to read, to brgin by reading anything that makes a strain on the mind. The novelist is the onlj author that appeals to them at first. As Mr Phiiiips says:- Tiien, in view of their squalid daily environment, the revelations of a different world as depicted by the novelist, the fair scenes of mountain, valley, and river, nncontaminated by the ugly factories and workshops of industrial progress, the vivid descrip- tions of works of art and beauty, the accounts of rich drtsses and splendid mansions, the clash of swords and the noise of battle, or the armonred panoply of chivalric times have an amount of attraction that cannot be very well understood by those whose lives have been cast in more favourable circumstances. I cannot see or feel that this is in any way to be de- plored. Before you can raise the level of intelligence you must first show the individual members some- thing better and the way to attain thereto, so that they may make their endeavour accordingly. If reading is to be cultivated at all it must be from the point of interest, and I maintain that the novelist, and he alone up to the present, has had any portion- in providing the material, wherewith to establish the love of reading in the masses of a firm and fruitful basis. From story repding readers wiil gradually advance to works of literature other than fiction essava and poetry will attract attention in growing ratio, and the love of good work will gradually and surely be raised." Mr Phillips believe3 that this taste for good fiction —he assures us that the standard of it has sensibly increased within hia own dxperience-will steadily help the working man to higher standards of life." His contention is that the reading of fiction is not a disease as estimated in the mass, but is simply a symptom of an interest in things that are brighter and more alluring than that everyday dull greyness which surrounds the lives of so many people in this laud of onrs." It ia very pleasant to have this assurance, which bears the stamp of credibility on its face, from one who has apparently had such good opportunities of judging as Mr Phillips. ORIGIN OF "HOOLIGAN." I According to Dagonet, in the Referee, the term Hooligan owes its origin to the indistinctness of a witness and the misapprehension of a police court reporter. The name arose in this way. In a well- known and busy centre of South London there has been for many years a family of flower-sellers. One I day, some years ago, pretty Polly L-- was, in the language of the fraternity, Copped by the Rozzer for wilful damage. One of the witnesses brought against her by the police was a young Borough rough. While he was giving his evidence Polly, according to the police report, shouted out, Don't believe him, air; he's one of the Hooligans.' The reporter afterwards frequently used the expression in his copy when he was describing C:1es of assault by the Borough gangs. Gradually the word crept in, and presently it took deep root and blossomed, and became a permanent ornament of the English language. Now let us find Polly L- who is still selling flowers at the old pitch, and ask her whv ahe called the hostile witness a Hooligan. Now, Polly, you've heard the story of your remark. Did you make it ?' Yes, sir, I did and it was true.' Why did you call the lad a Hooligan ?' A what, sir ?' Let me write it down—so—look—Hooligan.' No, sir, that's not what I said. I said, Don't believe him, air he's one of the Hooley gangs. Eh, not Hooligan ? No, sir I dessay that's how they put it in the papers; but I said, One o' the Hooley gangs," 'cns he belonged to a lot o' young chaps- mostly haddick smokers they was—what used to go about in gangs, and was all under a chap what they called Captain," which his name was Hooley. They was always called. the Hooley gangs in the Borough, and that's why 1: said the chap as spoke against me was one of 'em. And so he was, sir, and one of the wust, though he did turn nark and try to put me

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J I Views upon Many Subjects. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CABINET. The reconstruction sied enlargement of the Cabinet are really beyond a joke. If this is the spirit in which Lord Salisbury propose* to Tle the greater freedom his retirement from the Foreign Office has given him, he might as well have stayed where he was. The public interest has not been consulted in any single instance, for Mr Wyndham has been sent to the Irish Office, not so much because he would make a good Chief Secretary as because he would have tried to do so much at the War Office.-Daity News. MR. JOHN BURNS AND THE REFORM OF HOOLIGANS. Mr John Burns has been taking the reform of the Hooligans into his own hands. The other day, says the Daily Neics, he was riding throngh Tooting on his bicycle, when he saw four yonng ruffians molest- ing a couple of ladies. Mr Burns, who is, as the Hooligans say, lippy with his hooks," dismounted, laid two of the scoundrels on their backs, and sent the other two scurrying fo&8«ft'fy. XIr Barns.is said to have remarked that if every sdlf-respecting m'tn did likewise, Hooliganism would bs cxtinat in a few hours without the need of mediaeval tortures. THE MONEY MARKET. The position of the money market is not a little serious. Those who assame tbat there will be no more borrowing by the Government until the New Year appear to be certainly wrong. It is quite possible that the Chancellor cf the Exchequer may not exercise until January auy of tbe powers for which he will ask Pkrliimeiit next month. Indeed, some fort of semi-ofif--itti assurance to tbat effect is &a.td to have been issued. But it appevrs from a com- parison of powers and issues that there still remp-ius unissued a sum of £ 4,000,000 authorised by the vari- ous War Loan Acts which were ptr=ed a; intervals last pession. There is gooj reason to suppose, with the Economist, that the whole of this wi.i have to be borrowed before the end of the year.

Jottlings and Tittlings. BY WATCHMAN. The process of laying the electric cables in the streets of Wrexham is progressing with consider- able rapidity. Yorke-street has been provided with an extra number of the substantial looking cables, as was necessary seeing that along this thoroughfare and Tuttle-street the main supply of current will run to the rest of the town. In Tuttle-street on Tuesday there waa a large portion of the central cutting open, aad while ihe men were at dinner I fancy all the boys and girls in the street and neighbourhood weie in the ditch turning themselves into navvies. The boys were using the pickaxes right bravely, a ad the girls were shovelling the dirt with much vigour. Here is a tip for the Town Council when next a large undertaking is on hand. The Wrexham Book Club, which is established in connection with the Wrexham Free Library, to which an advertisement calis attention, is an interesting and useful institution. You pay 10s 6J (not 15s 61 as previously stated), which frees you for the year. There are now 107 mem- bers, and with the subscriptions received from these ladies and gentlemen, 255 works are on thp shelves. The members have the right of using the books, and this is largely done. What I hope will happen is that the number of members will be very largely increased next year, because it is intended to transfer to the Eret Library a propor- tion of the books purchased by the club. In this way the general public will largely benefit. I hope many who are not now connected with the club will join, and in this way the Free Library can be helped. By the kindness of the energetic and untiring hon. secretary, Mr Frater, I can name a few of the bocks which are available. Here they are :— Amongst Englih Hedgerows," The Backwater of LIre," A Cotswold- Village," Map of Life," Good Citizenship," Tennyson, Ruskiu, Mill &c., u Sport and Travel by KiDgsley, War of the Future," How Soldiers Fight," "Child Life in Colonial Days," Ship of Stars," With Simpson through the War," When Kogues fall out," Red Men of the Dusk," Oar Common Cuckoo," London at the end of the Century, From Cape- town to Ladyemith," By Order of rhe Company," "Unwritten Laws and Ideals." Lider Conklin," Garthowen," By Berwen Bank s," At School and at Sea," Korea by Mrs Bishop, Grant Allen by E. Clodd, btadies in Love," The Man that corrupted Hadley-Barg," Quisante (Anthony Hope's new novel), The Blue Grass Region of Kentucky," -1 The Minder," "Ly n Pia) fair," Blrrell's Collected Essays," 1 "Stevenson's Letters," "Sir A. E. West's Re- collections, That reminds me" by Sir E. Russell, Forbes' War Correspondence," '-Life of Welling- ton,' by Maxwell; Churchill's Boer War, Br.- au- up of tlhina," History of Wireless Telegraphy," Some Experiences of an Irish ii.M. King's Mirror," i'he New Lucian," Under Three Flags in Cuba. A Kentucky Cardinal, David Haram," Diary of Joiin Evelyn Deniscu," Old Dominion," Wild Animals in the Zoo," The Garden that I Love," in the Forbidden Laud. Woid and Garden," History ot the Liverpool Privateers," Mea who have made the Empire," America in the East," Life of Nelson by Alaiian, Memories of ELon," H The Real French Revolutionist," Richard Carvel," American Landt: and Letters," Our Navy for 1,000 Years," On Books and Aits," Mor;) Letters of Fuzgerald," -1 Highways and Bye- wav* in Normandy," Highways and Byeways in Yorkshire, 1. Rukin" by Spielmaan, The Hearts Highway," J.M. Barrie and His Works," The Spleudid Spur." The Fourth Generation," The Footsteps 01 a Throne," By Creek and Gully," The Master Christian," Tommy and Giizell," Long Live the King," The S:ickit Micister's Wooing," Christmas ii. French Canada," Trumping with Trumps," 0!d-Fa;;hioned Children's Books." "Finger-Ring Lore." "The Men of the Merchant Service." The Wonders oi Modern Mechanism," alia The Hosts of the Lord." The selection of books, it will be noticed, is a very wide one, and the publications are new ones. I sincerely trust the list which I have given will tempt many persons to join. By so doing they will obtain a delightful pleasure, and in the end help the Free Library, which nee-is assistance in every way.

CENTRAL WELSH BOARD. The half-yearly meeting of the Central Welsh Board was held at Aberystwyth College on Moaday. Mr Humphreys-Owen, M P., presided. It was report- ed that the Board of Edncatiou n td consented to recognise the Welsh senior certihcate for the purposes of Article 115 of the Code. and tha-, the Royal Institute of British Architects had also agreed to accept the Central Board's examinations as equivalent to some of their o.vu examinations. It was stated that the question of securing si nilar recognition from the lucorporated L.w Society was about to be re-opened. Inquiry was made why the Executive Corninitte43 had not presented any report upon the teaching of Welsh history in the county schools, and the Chairman said he supposed the reason to be that there were no trustworthy text- books. Professor Anwyl pointed oat, however, that Professor Lloyd's new history of Wales supplied such text-books, and the matter was then left with the Executive Committee. A long discussion took place upon the question of the site of the Board's ofifces, a.nd in tne final division between Cardiff ind Aberystwyth it was decided to locate the ofdees at Cardiff for another three years. It was Jec.ied to hold the next meeting at Llangollen.

THE ELECTION PETITIONS. On Wednesday Mr E. C. Cock, at the Parlia- mentary Petitions Office, resumed the counting of the voting papers in connection witn the petition of Mr T. A. Brassey, who claimed that he shoald have been returned at the l&jt election io. the borough of Christchurch, instead of Major Balfour being elected by a majority of three. The following 13 the final result of the scrutiny and recount :—For Mr T. A. Brassey 3,389 unchallenged votes, 12 reserved for the judges' consideration, and 7 votes unmarked or anperforated. For Major Balfour 3,400 unchallenged votes, 11 reserved for the judges' consideration, a.nd three votes unmarked or unperforated. In the Queen's Bench Division on Wednesday the Lord Chief Justice, Mr Justice Wilis, and Mr Justice Wright had before them a, case affecting the Pem- broke election petition. This was Pa appeal from the decision of Mr A. Lewis, revising barrister, striking the appellant off the list of freeholders entitled to vote for a member of Parliament for the boroughs of Pembroke aud Haverfordwest. A number of free- holders voted at the last election, waen General Laurie was returned by a majority of only twelve votes. A petition has been presented against the return of General Laurie in the interest of Mr T. Terrill, Q C., unsuccessful Liberal candidate, and one of the grounds of the petition is tna.t the free- holders have no right to be on the register.—Their Lordships, without calling upon the otber Bide upheld the decision of the Revising Barrieter and dismissed the appeal.—It may be added that at the general election between twenty and thirty of the Haverfordwest freeholders voted, and the majority ot them, it is asserted, supported General Laurie the Unionist candidate.

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