South Wales Echo

A flOYA LB E Ci Pi A R. I Cuvioiis Find. I Oce of tho most reiwavkablo finds made by the Historical Manuscripts Commission, airois;; the family pnpers of the Dnkn of Portland at Welbeck Abbey, is a series of letters from King Charles II., mostly written from St. Germain* in 1649, to various persons whose names are written in cipher, the key to which hM not been discovered. They were found folded and packed together in a little leather box, and by their appearance it would seem that they had been sent over for døJivery, but had never been used. As the Ooimn'ss'oners observe, they are mostly of 0, Itiod to which the adherents of the Stuarts mast have been accustomed, and the promises oontained in which were not always completely performed." In brief, they present the young prince in the character of a begging- letter writer on a rather extensive scale. Soma 30 correspondents seem to have been addressed by him in the nJ()Mh of August of that year alone. The fol:0wing will serve as a sample :— "1649, August 31. St. Gormains.—I have had s • good testimony of your affection to the King, my dear father of blessed memory, that I desire you on this occasion to lend me 2500, whereof I promise you on ioy Royal word very faithful re- payment. I have troubled few of my friends in this kind." Of this iriiss've five copies have been found, all bearing the Royal signature and ana1, and therefore presumptively intended for different persona. I

A NOVEL SWINDLE. Warning to B-aclielors, A yonth belonging to a highly -respectable family at Saint Cloud recently met in the Boulevard de Strasbourg in Paris a young lady with whoae appearance he was much struck. Ho followed her, witched her as she went into a bouse, and having ascertained her name and the I fact that she lived with her widowed mother, contrived to find some one who knew the ladies by way of getting an introduction to them. He was extremely well received, and repeated the visit more than once. Finally he determined to offer marriage to the young lady, and ho spoke to the mother on the subject. The mother WM very sympathetic, but declared it could not be. "But tell me why not," said the love-sick youth. Because," said the widow, bursting into tears, my husband is a convict, a villain, who abusing the power the law gives hiru in France, has declared that he will never give his consent to his daughter's marriage unless lie has lO.OOOfcs given him. The youth said he was willing to pay the money provided the father undertook never to molest him In any way, and ia a few days the sum was forthcoming. The day after it was paid, however, the widow and her daughter decamped. The police are now on the look-out for them.

SMALL-POX AT ABERA YON, Another Death. The wife of Mr Jonn Mill!>, boot dealer, Itichard street, Aberavon, succumbed to small "Pox at midnight on Tuesday. The disease was only pronounced as small-pox two or three days since. Mills has also a son down with the disease, but he is progressing favourably. Mrs Mills was a sister of LevviF,, who died a fortnight fcmce of small-pox, and she visited her brother daritig his illness. Yet another case was reported to tite medical officer this morning, the patient being Miss Hopkins, daughter of Mr Rees Hop- kin! blacksmith, residing at 75, Water-street. This is the fonrth outbreak since Saturday last.

FOR TH0.8E WHO SAVE. Tynder the provisions of a Bill which became law at the beginning of the New Year, depositors in Post Office Savings Batiks are now permitted to Put in a maximum of £5!> yearly instead of £ 30 M heretofore, and instead of the total per. missable amount standing in one name buing limited to 0350. the limit has been raised to 2700. It is not easy to understand why there should be any limit t all. Post Office Savings Ba/nks are not likely to be used for business purposes. They are savings banks pure and simple, and it seems odd to say to a thrifty man, You shall not save more than £ 700, or if you do you must put your money elsewhere."

THE FIRE AT BUFFALO, Six Lives Lost. NEW YORK, Wednesday.—It has now been definitely ascertained that the loss of life at the fire at Buffalo does not exceed six. Eleven persons were, however, seriously injured by leaping froTW the windows of the burning lodging- bouse.- Central News.

SUDDEN DEATH OF MR POTTER. Nxw YORK, Wednesday.—The sudden death of I Mr Orlando B. Potter, who is well known in this city, has caused a great sensation here. He dropped down dead at nine o'clock last n;glit.-I Central News.

Mitchell and Corbett. PREPARING FOR THE FIGHT. A Jacksonville telegram of yesterday's date says :—Corbett is now recovering from his in. disposition, and he will, it is expected, be able to resume active training in a day or two. The work on the amphitheatre is being pushed tor- ward as rapidly as possible, and will in all probability be finished within the next few days. It is being constructed on the model of the Olympic C!ub at New Orleans. The heavy rain- storms have interfered with Mitchell's training during the past few days. This morning he was out early at St. Augustine, and had a 40 minutes' run along the beach of Anastasia Island. He then boxed and wrestled and put in some time at the wrist-strengthening machine. He is keeping himself as much secluded as possible, and allows no strangers to see hun at work in the gym- nasium. Determined Attitude of the Governor. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, Wednesday.— The Governor of Florida, replying to a Cincinnati newspaper, says The Corbett-Mitchell fight shall not take place in Florida unless the State Supreme Court decides there is no law to pro- hibit the contest." It will not be necessary, he adds, to proclaim martial law to prevent the fight, but if it were he would not hesitate to do so, as he is determined to prevent prize-fighting by all means in his power. The Mayor of Jack- sonville vetoed an ordinance legalising glove con- tests, but the municipal council passed the measure over this veto. Ruter. MITCHELL AND THE AMENDED I ARTICLES. Refusal to Sign. Mitchell has refused to sign the amended articles providing the contest shall take place within the State of Florida instead of within two miles of Jacksonville, as at first stipulated. The managers of the Duval Ciub prepared the new articles in order that if it proved impossible to have the fight at the place chosen, the event might be brought off somewhere in the State nnknown to the Governor. Corbett signed the articles without hesitation, and Mitchell's reftieal todo the same is being soundly criticised.— RegreT.

SIR JOHN JAFFRAY. Retirement from Active Public Life. It has for some time past been an "open secret" that Sir John Jaffray, the senior partner m the proprietorship of the Daily and Weekly Post and the Daily Mail, contemplated retire- ment from that position, his advancing age and other personal causes tending to with- draw him from active public life, and in- ducing him to desire repose. This intention has been carried into effect, and at the close of the year the connection of Sir John Jaffray with these journals came to an end. The ovent ter- minates a local career which has extended over half a century. Sir John Jaffray carne to Bir- mingham in 1844, at the age of 26, to assist the late MrJ. F. Feeney, the proprietor of tho Bir- miris/hcim Journal, and from that date he has remained in Birmingham in the active discharge of his occupations as a journalist and newspaper proprietor, and fulfilling many public duties in connec- tion with tba literary, educational, charitable, and commercial institutions of the town, for probably no citizen of Binninc'iam has covered a wH1pr range of interests, or has rendered more efficient service in so 01;1ny varied departments of public life. It; does not become us to dwell upon Sir John Jaffray's special work iu connection with the newspaper press, bub all wlo know his course in this respect will recall vith satisfac- tion tho manifestation, on mors than one critical occasion, of his resolute independence, his stsxlfnst adhesion to Liberal urinciple?, and the high standard of honour and main- tained in the journals under his direction, cans .a which led to the creation and exe-cise of an iiiii, ence, the forco and value of wliici we may leave. others to estimate. In the nana of our readers, and of a community to which h:' is so well known, and which has benefited so HJluh by his 50 years of professional and public labmr, we venture to offer Sir John Jfiffray hearty good wishes for health and happiness in his well-earned retire- Post.

AN HISTORIC HOUSE. I Among the notable mausbns which are at pre- sent to be let is Cranborne jianor House, Dorset- shire, which is particularly rich in historical associations. It belongs t) the Marquis of Salis- bury, and from it his eldest SOli, Lord Cranborne, takes his title. During lis short reign King John was entertained there on 14 occasions, the adjacent Cranborne Clive being doubtless the rea5UU for these frequent visits. Queen Elizabeth is said to have slept at leaft one night in the man- sion and King James I and Charles I. stayed there while enjoying tie sport which the Chase nfiorded. One of the bedrooms on the second floor is still known is "King Charles's Cham- ber," and a bedroon underneath it is called Prince Henry's Clumber." In an old plan of Cranborne Manor, now preserved at Hatfield, these particular rooms are marked respectively as the King's Chamber" and the Prince's Cham- ber." There is reason to believe that there has been a mansion house on the site of Cranborne Manor since the beginning of the thirteenth century traces Of the older building being observable in tho walls of the present structure, which, between the years 1370 and 1882, was gvsatly improved. In the entrance-hall are still preserved an old saddle, which is said to be that upon which Queen Elizabeth rode forth when she visited the iiiiinor, and two of the "beehive" "caps formerly worn by the Cii^j-o deerstalkers.

GLIIM FOit I' CARDIFF. I To be Arbitrated Upon. At a special meeting of the finance committee j of Canlil; Corporation to-day, AUlerinan Sanders | i/ieslding, and there being also present the | Mayor (Councillor W. J. Trounce), Alderman Fuiton, Councillors W. Lewis, W. Evans, S. A. i Brain, J. Com ley, and T. Morel, and the Borough Treasurer (Mr F. R. GreenirJl), there was sub- mitted correspondence regarding the claim by the Glamorganshire County Council for £ 28,604 as compensation for the loss of certain payments in connection with the quarter-senaions a.nd the coroners hi}) since the power of appointing the coroner was tranafered from the county to the borough quarter-sessions. From this it appeared that the Glamorganshire County Council declined to appoint a sub-committee to itteet representa- tives of the corporation, and suggested that the matter be referred to arbitration, as provided for by the Tiocal Government Act, 1863. In reply it was decided to send on behalf of the corporation a letter acquiescing in the suggestion, seeing that no amicable settlement could be arrived at other- wise.

A NOVEL WEATHER RECORDER. A curious experiment is now being tried by the United States Weather Bureau at their station in St. Louis, Missouri. A balloon 65ft. in diameter is, once a week, despatched on an aerial mission of investigation. In the "basket of. the balloon is placed an automatic registering thermometer and an aneroid barometpr for the purpose of determin- ing the distance travelled, the altitude reached, and the condition of temperature by means of self-registered observations imde upon a roll of paper. A photographic camera, operated by clockwork, tnkes negatives; while other clock- work so opera tes the sand ballast as to ensure the balloon's remaining in the air for some days. A wire cage is so arranged as to protect the dohcate instruments when the badoon falls, and a card gives the finder directions how to pack up the apparatus and the address to which it is to be returned at the earliest possible moiient.-Daily Chronicle.

==- A LUCKY TURKEY. On Friday night, 29th December, writes a Liverpool gentleman, I bought in St. John's Market a Canadian turkey, weighing 18% for which I paid 10s 6d, thinking that I would have a nice treat with my famiiy on New Year's. day. I undertook to pluck and prepare the bird. Curiosity made me examine the pebbles and corn which were in the craw, when, to my great sur- prise, I found among them a stud such as is worn in a gentleman's shirt. I showed it to two friends who are jewellers, and they both say it is a diamondmountoo in fine gold, and worth at least £30.

THEFT OF WINE. I  reniand gtt the C' Alfred HU8ØeY appeared on remand at the C?r. diff Borough Police-court to-day—before the Sti- pendiary—charged with stealing two bottles of port wine, the property of George Harrington, I from the Terminus Hotel, St. Mary-street, and he was committed to gaol for 14 days with bard '.abour.

Newport Ring Robbery The Newly-wedded Pair Again in the Dock. SENT BACK TO THE CELLS. At the Newport Town-hall, to-day, Henry Price and Kate Price, the newly-wedded oouplc who belong to London, appeared on remand far answer a charge of stealing 150 to 160 wedding rings from the shop cf Mr August Wernet, jeweller, Newport.—Mr Baker Jones. solicitor, on behalf of the town clerk. asked the bench to grant a further remand fort week, as an important witness was absent in Guernsey, and would not be able to reach New, port until Saturday next.—Mr Mordey, one o^m the magistrates, thought that every effort ought to have been made to get the witnesses present 84 that the case might have proceeded.—Mr Lyndon Moore, the prisoners' adyocate, opposed the remand, and pointed out that the evidence which had already been given went to show that the prisoners could not have committed the robbery. —The Magistrates' Clerk pointed out that the case was an important one, nearly JE200 worth of property having been stolen.—The Bench then granted a further remand for a week, and refused Mr Moore's application for bail. Itwasstatedin court that the rings had not yet been found.

STEAD AND HIS PAPER, Not to be. Mr Stead sends from Chicago to the readers of the Review of Reviews his New Year wishes, and with these a characteristically framed an. nouncement that he abandons the idea of starting a daily newspaper. The 100,000 subscribers have not come forward, and their failure to do so con- stittites his marching orders." He accepts the inevitable, and congratulates himself upon the ease with which he has discovered it Usually, the Ill"n of my profession have to spend many thousands, and embark upon a costly enterpriser hefore they can make the public understand what they propose t,) do. If, when that stage is arrived at, the public judgment is adverse, the money is lost In my case, thanks to the opportunities afforded by t-hfa "Review," I was able to set out my whole conception without incurring any preliminary expenses or commit- ting myself to any responsibilities whatever. I now know the result. The public does not wa.nt the "Daiiy Paper," and that ends tha matter. The subscribers get their money back, and the indefatigable Mr Stead rests "assured that the positive word of command will reach me in terms as precise and in accents as unmistakeable as the negative order which bids me announce the exit of the Daily Paper." There is at least a re- freshing candour about this.

AN ASTUTE CONSTABLE. Constable Cassidy, of the Cardiff police forces made a smart capture in a small way on Tues- day evening, While on duty in Wood-street he saw a young man pass with an overcoat under his arm. He also had a great coat on his back, and the suspicions of the Jynx-eyed officer being aroused, he accosted the pedestrian and ques- tioned him as to how he came by the extra coat. The Tran-witoe name turned out tu be Sullivan said he bought it at Gosport; but on examina- tion of the tab on the collar revealed the fact that it had been made in Cnrdiff. The constable had him conveyed to the police-station, and her4 it was found to be a coat which had been missed from tho Dumfries Hotel a short while pre- yiousiy. Tito Stipendiary Magistrate, this morn- ing, committed Sullivan to gaol 1'! days with had labour.

A LADY SWEEP. SINGULAR Experience. ihe courageous lady jounralise who don tied th« r of erossing-sweepar and officiated at) I Kx».diily crosfiing in order to describe her ex. penences is Miss T. Sparrow, a versatile young writer who, though comparatively a debutante in the profession, has already made her mark, and pioved her possession of tte triic- journalistic flair. She is of medium height and siender, with a. face expressive of energy and determination. For a time Mi«a Sparrow contented herself with writing for the ladies' papers, and also won suceegs in fiction, but she only viewed these achievements an stepping-stones to daily journalism. Not only in the West-end did she wield the broom, but m the garments of her sex betook herself to White. chapel, whose manners she frankly prefers to those of Piec.-tdiUy-— so far iv? nton**11 are onrornc;1.

= HOU:E ON FinE. A WOMAN SUFFOCATED. Narrew Escape cf Har Husband. "Ij' 1 r"arJY cms morning a tire broke out, in a twgb storey dwelbng-hoiue in the eastern district of Belfast. On the arrival of the fire brigade it was ascertained that the tenant, a man named Ore and his wife, were a-leep upstairs. On entrance to the house, which was filled with smoke, being effected, it was discovered that Mrs Orr was dead, while her husband was unconscious. I-le, how. ever, revived shortly after being conveyed to the Royal Hospital. The fire of itself was of a trifling oharacter.

TWO HONDURAS TOWNS CAPTURED. NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The Herald, correa. pond en t at Managua states that Gen. Bonilla has captured two towns in Honduras. He has estab- lished a temporary Government, which has been recognised by Nicaragua. It is also reported that during a battle at Corpus, VaEqUee last 23 men killed, whilst the insurgents lost only two of their number. — Central News.

FIRE IN THE RHONDDA.. FSPECIAL TEI.KGKAM TO THE ECHO. About three o'clock this iiiorningafli-ebrolft cut in the office of Mr Timothy's timber yard. The Ystrad Fire Brigade and the police were soon afterwards on the spot, and the fire was ex- tinguished about an hour afterwards. The office was completely destroyed, and a small poiy tiou of the timber in the yard was burnt.

FIRE IN HARWICH HARBOUR. Shortly after six o'clock this morning a ketch barge, the Era, lying at anchor in Harwich Harbour, was seen to be on fire, and in a very shorb time the whole vessel was enveloped in flames, and she is now (10 o'clock) burning furiously. She is the property of Mr William Middleton, of Harwich, but was loaded. It i not yet known whether anyone was on board.

FIRE AT ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, CANTON. On Tuesday evening information was received at Canton Police-station that St. John's Church was on fire. The reel was immediately despatched to the scene of the fire. Sergeant Carchew being in oharge, and on arriving IS was found that & flue had become ignited. The firo was extin- guished in five minutes, no damage being done Í4t the cburcb.

RAILWAY COLLISION NEAR KANSAS CITY. NEW YORK, Wednesday.—A despatch from Kansas City announces that a collision has occurred near that place, on the Union Paoific Railroad, between two freight trains. No loss of life is reported, but the damage to rolling stock it extensi veo. Central News.

TAXING AMERICAN INCOMES NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The ways and means committee at Washington have decided upon the introduction of a tax upon incomes exceeding 4,000 dols. amounting to 2 per cent.-Centra" News.

HORRIBLE DEATH. A Dian named Murphy was cleaning a pressing machine at Doulton's Pottery, St. Helens, to-day. when the machinery was accidentally set in motion. Murphy's head was terribly crashed in the pipe mould, and he was killed on the spot.

iSusiiuss ÀbbrtS5t5. XONJ5 FACT WORTH A XX Tf THOUSAND OPINIONS, ?f x THE E?N01t.MoUS INCREASING x DEMAND i OH ?" _? ?, T U D 0 R "yy I L L I A M S PATKNT BALSAM OF -|J ONE Y. HAVE YOU TRIED IT ? IF NOT, THEN TRY IT NOW MY DEA R FRIEND. T UDOR '\VILT.JTAMS' > PATENT I jgALSAM OF |J^ONEY. ?? ti- t%ouwaid,.i of Clllitlren have besn Sared from an Un- timely Death by the prompt iise of rUDOR WILLIAMS' .BALSA?l OF HONjY. No Mother should negled to keep this Infallible Itemedy in tlk ready for any emergency. Xemember that it is wiser to clieok a slight Cough at the commencement than to allow it io develop into & lingering complaint. Ask distinctly for Tudor Williams Balsam of Honey i,n,as" WtM you get the right article. Thousands of Children Cured from Whooping Cough xnd Bronchitis wi 'tell all othsr Itemedies fetil. Persons st&iievii)g from Difficulty of breathing si wold five it»trial. READ ON rovr CUMMBN Rl) BY PHYSICIANS AND SORGTCONS. Vi' .'ien you Are distressed with a lIliserahle coHo nose ""1111;(11 liP, throat. sore, limbs aching will) a general (eelirig of "mothorin, a tevr doses of the Jiaisain of Honey will dear he "Tethe.l symptoms away, almost \ldre Ylm know ir. Th0re is nothing ?i ?, i, market; it is thoroughly up to date it t,rickles into all the system, A true friend, prompt and reliable in its MJtion. JUST ANOTHKR W Olm. When yon aslc or send for Tud or Williams Paten Balsam cf Money, do not allow anybody to persuade you to purchase something else. If you do, you simply ihrow c.tï the genuine ai'ticie aud take on with a blse (IDe. Wonderful (Jure-t Daily. Thousands of Testi- uonials to hand from ail loat-? of the World. J?AI) 0?'URTit?H. "? SPONTANEOUS TKSTIMO.M' WORTHY OF youn CON SI J) K RATION. Sir,—My wife desires UM to say that your Tudor i Williams' Balsam of Honey has proved a most valll. able medicine ill our large family (eight, children)- As soon as a i-ougn or a colit makes its appearance ariose of'J'ador'a Bilsam is at once administered, and treatment is followed np until the cold disappears. Before using the Jta-lsaim JI our family the children have been pros! rate with coids for several weeks, but now, by taking doses, its directed, they seem to sutler viery little inconvenience. During the shorL time the cold is upon them the action of the lialsam i, marvel- lous, and the little ones take it readily and ask for more.— WALTKJI J. BRKTT, O M„ Headwaster Severn Tunned School. March iOt-h, 1892. READ ON STILI. I'D liTHMU. A Cardiff Chemist states I havo larger Sales for Tudor Willial.1, Balsam of Honey than any other Cough Cure. Thai's t hu opinion of all Chemist* througlu'ut Wales. Sold by all Chemists ana Stevef4 all orer the World 0 Is, 211 9d, and Is 6(1 bottles. Sample Bottle sent post paid for Is 3d or 3s, from Pat.e"?e, Hó Patentee, rjlUDOR YyiLLIAMS1,425t6he -?L ? V *11 J'M?E. DICAL HALL. ABERDAItK SOUTH WALES FURNISHING CO.. 31, CASTLE-STREET, OPPOSITE THE CASTLE, CARDIFF. SOUTH WALES FURNISHING COM- P AY, OPPOSITE THE CASTLE, CARDIFF, UNDERTAKES TO SUPPLY 11-1 E BEST QUALITY IN FURNITURE ON fl IRE SYSTEM OR FOR CASH, Y^TITHOUT BILL OF SALE. A LL GOODS DELIVERED FREK TN t:1. PRIVATE VAN. |^0WEST PRICES CHARGED. gJASY PAYMENT SYSTEM gOLELY ADOPTED BY US. ?9 FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIP- i' TK?. IJNAPPROACHABLE VALUE GIVEN. |J> EALLY HANDSOME SUITE FROM \J M 101. TV EWEST DESIGNS IN FLOOR. .1 CLOTHS AND LINOLEUMS. INSPECTION INVITED. SIDEBOARDS IN MAHOGANY, OAK, O AND W A.LNUT. >USES FURNISHED FROM TOP JL TO KOTi'O v. INDEPENDENT OF DISTANCE. N° EXTRA CHARGE FOR CREDIT, j |_jRAND DRAWING-ROOM SUITES I' COVERED 1? EVERY DESCRIPTION OK MATKHIA),. OHDERS BY POST PROMPTLY ATTENDKT> TO. MINI), DON'T FORGET OUR .LTJL ADM?.s.s. 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CARDIFF. -I"-)-Ay,"rapiùlY .succe?iui in &11 c; zce-ik; i u i iii all either recent or chronic; an :nfa.!]iMe remedy discharges, (nres without medicines.—Sold in bottles, 2s 6d each, by post; 2a 3d, by all chemists. London Agents, F. Newbery ;n'd Sons, 1, King ward-street, K.C. Agfnt- for Co • i:ff M-indny Ur«TO!»t. :V, zr! II I ^nsfness ,1 I WILLIAMS'S  | -yy ILLIAMS'S MAGNIFICENT FURNIStUNG I E INIPORIUM, AT 14, HIGH-STREETI CARDIFF, n N ow OPEN, Tt of PRICES hRi created quite a mensas tion in the Furnishing Tradfc j JtTlLLIAMS'S do NO BOOKING and W Every Artier is Ticketed at LOWEST j POSSIBLE CASH PRICE, and NO ABATEMENT MADE. WILLIAMS'S for W BEDROOM SUITES, from 3*? guineas to 30 guineas. The Besti Assortment in Cardiff. WILLIAMS'S have w An ExM-Hpnt D!i<p!t? of DINING and DRAWING-ROOM SUITES of their Own Manufacture, from 24 17s 6d to 20 guineas. w ILI,TAMSIS are now showing on" of the W Largest Selections of IRON, BRASS, FRKNCH and PARISIAN BED. STEADS in Cardiff. "VXTTLLTAMS'S Stock everything required in Y V furnishing. THE FURNISHING JQMPORIUM, 14, HIGH-STREET, CARDIFF 102< ? 3364 A HAPPY XmaT" TO ALL. "This may ba the privilege of all." uYM, Mrs Brown, that's an very well for snch as ymt; but if yon only suffered as I do you would not look forward to a very pleasant Christmas." How's that, Mrs Longface?" Yet, you may well call me hy that name, but you don't know as how I suffer nights and days of broken rest. I am resxlly worn out with Neuralgia." "I" that all, my dear?" Oh, is not that enough to worry any quiet.minded woman to death. Why, Mrs Brown, you are smiling!" Well, really I am, because I was a real martyr to Neuralgia: but a friend of mine advised me to try SANDER'S NERVE PILLS." "And did they ease you?" Ease me. I should think they did. I have always been happy ever since, as two or three always give ease. Thank you, Mrs Brown. I'll try a box. I'll go at once to my Chemist, and, if he has not got them, I'll write to the maker." 1-' Sanders, 577e RIVERSIDE, CARDIFF. J\iUNDAY'S I "yiRIDINE" C10RNS (Re?tered Trade Mark No. 36998.  THE CURE FOR CORNS. () PAINLESS ANB HARMLESS. ''iORN This inhllihle remedy introduced by V J. JlUK.'ViY has obtaineda world-wide t reputation. The eflicacy of VlRI- ( y DIN g may be judged byftsbaying ?-' Cared Corns of over 5') years' standing ■ /t.fUvxuvxiNro a wnich had resisted all other remedies. \j It succeeds where all Plasters and d <ORNS I Caut; have failell « i ? IN KKMOVING BOTH HARD OR ? ?OR?S t SOFT COUNS AND WARTS. C TESTIMONIAM. d~ 10RNS ?/ MARITtUS. CORNS I 1 am plea86d to teU yon that since H ''??*?' uain?o'tr wonderful Viridine my feet 1m,v become quite comfortable, a c OMS trien (I of mine who is nearly mad with J pain will be glad to try it, can you C<()RNS I senti me some of your Geititi-ne I Viridine by post. CORNS Port J,Qui8. J GUERRY. BOOTLE. C'^ORNS I When In Cardiff I tried yottr Vlri. I dine for Corns and Warts, and must COfjMo say that it is the&MtUtingout.Iha.ve c recommended it to all my Mendi). I ,J RNS am gla(i we can get in Liverpool. ??U?RY?NTSa < 32, Oartlehl.st M. ICLOON, CIORNS I CAUTlOiT.—As there are setem J imitations of this preparation tha pub (lORNS lie are 'eq"ested to ASK FOK C?!?f R?N? ) MUNDAYS CGRNS I "V I RID 1 N E, (LORNS And SilK THAT MY sianATunn is on the S end of each package tlORNS By ordering "Corn Care" you may j receive one of the many so-called (^J r>Tm«t I remedies' which only give relief or some irorlhln. imitation of" Viri /JORNS IN BOr"T.R. PRrCE 1, BY TOST If 3d ¡ j ¡ PNNI'AHKO PNI.T I J. M U N D A T- f i H E MIST, I 1, HIGH-STREET, CARDIFF. I 14000 OLD BY ALL CHEMISTS. 7 IS IT TRUE, OR CAN IT BE JL POSSIBLE, THAT THE TRAMWAY COMPANY are GOING to MAKE a PRESENT TO THE PROPRIETOR OF THE CLIFTON HOTEL SPIRIT STORES For the EXTRA TRAFFIC in CONVEYING PASSENGERS to the CLIFTON HOTEL from ST. JOHN'S-SQUARE. Not that I care, as I shall be out of Business in Six Weeks, the 15th February. 28 RTIFICIAL TEETH. A COMPLETE SET .ONE GUINEA SINGLE TOOTH .2/6 Five Years' Warranty Prize MedaL GOODMAN < CO., 10, DUKE-STKKUT, & 56, QUEEN-ST., CARDIFF. ARTIFICIAL TEETH PAINLESSLY FmMD by Atmospheric Suction, at ojie-Uliiett the usual charges. No Extractions necessary jterfect anil permanent; life-like appeaiMice; special SOFT PALATES for Tender Gums perfect, for Mastication and Speech COUNTRY PATIKNTS supplied in One Visit, and railway fare allowed. Special attention given to Repair-?, Extractions,Stopping TESTIMONIALS.—»r AN DREW WILSON (late It N.) says :—" i can recommend Mr Goodman as a very skilful and humane Dentist His rea- sonable charges shotttd?tt.mct to him all classes.'— Mr K VY?X of Plaistow, says :—"I am very well ptp?sed with tie attention I h?te received from you The ArtiHci.? Teeth auppiied h'I'e given me perfect s?ti?c?on, ;us a previous set I had from another dentist were by no means comfortable. I am indebted to Dr Andrew Wilson, editor of Health, for recommend- ing me to ycill establishment.' Consultations Free.—Speciality in WHITE ENAMEL and (IOLI) FII LINGS, AMERICAN DENTISTRY and PLATIOLKSS PALATES. Before entering look for the Name— GOODMAN & CO., 10, DUKE-STREUT, A 56. QUEEN-ST.. CARDIFF. K,— 10 to 8 IlBe-1380 Attendance EAST BARRY every TUESDAY, at Mrs Boyes, 25, York-place and PONTYPRIDD WEDNESDAYS, I Pricchard 25. Taff-street. -10 UL Y J. E. C S O-N, IMPORTERS AND FACTORS, BIRMINGHAM, LONDON, SHEFFIELD, AND FOREIGN FANCY WAREHOUSEMEN, 23, MOIRA-TERRACE, CARDIFF. (Close to New Infirmary, two minutes walk from Tafl or Rhymney Stations, ten minutes' from G.W.R.), SHOPKEEPERS WILL FIND IS THE CHEAPEST AND BEST PLACE FOR ALL KtNDS OF HARDWARE, HOLLOW-WARE, TIN GOODS. FANCY GOODS CUTLERY. STATIONERY, HABERDASHERY WARE GLASS, CHINA, AND GENERAL SUNDRIES. WHCU.KSALE OXLT very Shopkeeper shouM Send for Our New '-io ?Q|» nsíntss ¡\bbrlssts. g===at""1 i-—. JOHN JAMES AND COMPANY. GREÁT gALE OF GENERAL DRAPERY WILL COMMENCE rjisis D AY, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3RD; 1894, AND BE CONTINUED THROFGHOtTtf THE MONTH: The Whale of khs Stock Remarked ih.Red Tflfe bfeneath the originalj showing åb ft gianCa tho Reduction on each article, THE LARGEST and CHOICEST ASSORTS MENT of ENGLISH and FRENCH MIlP LINERY (trimmed and nmrimmed) oub 0? London, as usaml, at Half-priem TSE LATEST MODELS IN 1\1 ANTLES AND JACKETS, Guaranteed to fit. An Enormoui Stock to clear at very low price. J ACKETS, S EAL MANTLES, JACKETS, SEAL c APES, MUFFS, VICTORINES, All at Reduced Prices, LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING IN IRISH HAND-MADE AND ALPINE NATURAL WOOL, ALL REDUCED. OUR POPULAR FANCY DRESS DZ. PARTMENT. HIGH CLASS GOODS. Every piece throughout our large stock re-marlted. Patterns cut for comparison. SILKS, PLUSHES, and YELETEENS ALL REDUCED. A Lot of UMBRELLAS, LADIES and GENTLEMEN'S, from la lld up. J. and R. MORLEY'S HOSIERY. DENT'S GLOVES (best make). RIBBONS, LACES, TRIMMINGS, &c., Lowest List. BLANKETS from 2s 11dy4d per pair. All re- duced. QUILTS, the whole stock to clear. LACE CURTAINS from Is Oyid up. Great re ductions. FLANNELS, real Welsh, from 4d per yard up. LINENS, SHEETINGS, TOWELS, NAP. KINS, ETC., all reduced. CARPET, SQUARES, RUGS, LINOLEUMS, COCOANUT MATS and MATTINGS, all reduced. A large stock to clear. FANCY GOODS, DOLLS. ETC., WILL BE REDUCED TO A VERY LOW PRICE. ANY GOODS BOUGHT NOT APPROVED OF EXCHANGED, OR THE MONEY RETURNED. JOHN JAMES & CO., 28, 29, AND 30, HIGH-STREET, 30, 32, AND 34, CASTL: ARCADE, CARDIFF. RENOWNED FOR FASHIONABLE GOODS. The Best Article at the Lowest Price. 3548 43S A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY.-Beauti-   (al Chin? Te? êrvice, full size, 40 pieces, com- ri-ing 12 cups and cancers. 12 p]aW, 1 atop basin, I milk jug, 2 cake plates, in new terra- FOR cotta decoration and gold, peacock green, or blue and gold, securely packed free of 110/6 ch'rge, and forwMded, on receipt of re- 1016 mittance, to any address, by 2910 M. F. SPARKS. THE BON MARCHE," 111, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. 3253 B LAIB E R G's A R C A D E. BUTE TERBACE TO BUTE-STREET. COMPLETION OF ALTERATIONS. The following Departments are now open PAWNBROKING-PRIVATE OFFICES FOR PLEDGING. DRY STORAGE ROOM FOR LARGE DEPOSITS ST KONG ROOMS FOR PLATE. OUTFITTING. MACKINTOSHES. BEDDING. FIELD GLASSES. HOSIERY. GUNS, UMBRELLAS. ETC., ETC. Largest Stock of Forfeited Pledges in Wales. JEWELLERY DEPARTMENT—PRIVATE ROOM FOR THE SALE OF WEDDING RINGS. JOBBING DEPARTMENT—WATCHES AND JEWELLERY REPAIRED. 590a 0 O L E M A N jjTo L L I 0 K, PAWNBROKER AND JEWELLER, 40 & 41, JI> RIDGE-STREET, CARDIFF. —— 475 Highest Value given on Gold and Sliver Valuables 4ft in the £ interest on amounts Exceeding 40s. S. ^lNI)r;ews AND SON, FURNISHING UNDERTAKERS. Every Requisite for Funerals of all classes. OPEN CARS, HEARSES, BROUGHAMS SHELLIRIERS, BELGIAN HORSES, Ac. Price List on Application. J Chief Office- I 30 and 31, WORKING-STREET (opposi the Monument), CARDIFF. Branches—The Mews, Castle-road, Roath, d I 'Bns Office, Glebe-street, Penartli. Telegraphic Address—" Omnibus, Cardiff." 150e IIIAI,L'S MARVELLOUS SUCCESS IN CARDIFF. SPECIAL NOTICE.—Hy. Criddle, Monnchty Lock, Maindy, Cardiff, Cured of Influenza and Rheumatic Fever in two days, was able to work in one week-Why suffer ? DK. HALL will cure Asthma and Bron- t ? cbitis.-James Jenkins, 83, Metal-street, Roatb, Cardiff, ill for eiehtyea.M, ?t timOH unable to go to b ed, cured in a short time. (Write or sac him.) DR. HALL will Cure Coati veness, Piles, 11) Indigestion, KIdney Trouble, in one week. DR. HALL will Cure Gravel, Pains in Dr the B.M?.-Wm. Roberts, 111, CyfMthf?tMet. t Roath, Cardiff, cured of gravel and kidney trouble in three days. (Write or see him.) RHEUMATIC Patients should apply at once. DR. HALL will cure Costiveness in one j ) day or return the money in full Note the address, D It. H A L L'S HEAD DEPOT, 64, CYFARTRFA STREET, ROATH, CARDIFF. The PROFESSOR WILL BE in ATTEND. ANOE HIMSELF on SATURDAYS and MONDAYS, 10 to 2, 5 to 8; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 5 to 8. 345 STONE BROS., (Sons of the late Aid. Gains Augu-liiH StoneX COMPLETE FUNERAL FURNISHERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Every requisite for Funerals of all classes. Proprietors of Funeral Cars, Hearses, Shillt. biers, and Coaches. Superb Flemish Horses, etc Price List on Application. Please Note the Only Address; 5, WORK IN G-STREET. Telegraphic Address :— STON i BROS., CARDIFF." 6ie DRUNKENNESS or the liquor habit JL.7 positively CURED by administering Dr. HAINES* GOLDEN SPECIFIC. It is a powder, which can be given in beer, coffee, or tea, or in food, WIthout the knowledge of the patient. It is harmless, and will effect a permanent and speedy cure, whether the patient is a moderate drinker or an alcoholic wreck. It has been given in thousands of cases, and in every instance a perfect cure has followed. It never fails. The system once impregnated with the specific, it becomes an utter impossibility for liquor appetite to exist. 48-pago book of particulars on receipt of postiga stamp. Call be had of HICKS and Co.. 28, Duke-street, Queen-street, and Paradise-row, Cardiff. Trade sup ied by LYNCH and GfV LCACO*. tII IBaairaga Abbttssts. JJIINEST SCOTCH WittSKY PROCURABLE, THE tc CROFT B LFND, RARE OLD SPIRIT, MATtTRED BY AGE, ONLY IN SHERRY WOOD. SOLE PROPRIETORS R W: MILKER Am; CO., WINE AND SPIRIT IMPORTERS* gTOKESGROFT, BRISTOL. J^/JELBOURNE CHILLED BUTTER Me C. B. Government Stamp. EXCELLNCE. PURITY. FRESHNESS. OF ALL GROCERS. 3466 SOLE IMPORTERS: 88 « WM. CLARK & SON, BRISTOL. L AWSON'S (gAFETY CLEANSER (REGISTERED) IS A GRAND SOAP FOR ALL PURPOSES Useful for Everything and Everybody. KEPT BY ALL GROCERS AND OILMEN. LAWSON;S HSAFETY (flLEANSER. 240a V- 240e EATING'S COUGH LOZENGES. "94, Commercial-rood, Peckham, July 12,1889. II Dear Si_r,—I am a poor hand at expressing my feel. In, but I should like to thank you. Yoor lozenges 7. done wonders in relieving my terrible cough Since I had the operation of Tracheotomy' (the lOam, as the late Emperor of Germany, and unlike him thank GOil, I am still alive) performed at St. Bartholo- mew's Hospital, no one could possibly have had a more violent cough; it was so bad at times that it qnite exhausted me. The mucus, which was very copious and har i, has been softened, and I have been able to |ptri<i of(it without difficulty.-I am, sir, yours truly, J. "jjTTERLY UNRIVALLED. The above speaks for itself. From strict inquiry it appears that the benefit from using Keating's Cough Lozenges is understated. The operation was a specially severe one, and was performed by the specialist, Dr H. T. Butlin, of St. Bartholomew's Hospital. Since the operation the only means of relief is the use of these Lozenges. So successful are they that one affords immediate benefit, although from the nature of the case the throat irritation is intense. ^TEIGHT IN GOLD. Under date Sept. 8, Mr Hill writes I should lent; since have been dead but for your Lozenges— they are worth their weight in gold. I will gladly see and tell anyone what a splendid cough remedy they are. Keating's Lozenges are sold in tins, Is IJ{,d each The unrivalled remedy for COUGHS, HOARSENESS and THROAT TROUBLES 1180 30e THE GIAOBE FURNISHERS. 10 £ JUST0M HOUSE STREET, c ARDIFF. THE BEST AND CHEAPEST HOUSE FOB JJtURNISHING ON EASY PAYMENTS. FAIR PRICES, HONEST VALUE NOTE THE ADDRESS- THE QLOBE JJtURNISHEBS, CUSTOM JTJOUSE STREET, CARDIFF. tOle THE MOST REMARKABLE COUGH JL CURE of the Day is LEWIS'S GLYCERINE BALSAM. Is Bottles, by post Is 3d. Remarkable be. cause it positively does Cnre. It Cares al kinds of COUGHS and COLDS, INFLUENZA, &c. LEWIS'S GLYCERINE BALSAM RelieetI and Cures BRONCHITIS. Try it, it will STOP YOUR COUGH. Sold in Is Bottles. Note that Lewis's Drugs and Flavouring EasenSes are of the Finest Quality that Money can Buv. DAVID J. LEWIS, Chemist, Ciiftosi-street, Cardiff.607ft TO ADVERTISERS. The South Wates Echo is GUARANTEED to have a Larger Circulation than that of ALL the other Evening Papers of South Wales and Monmouthshire added together. As regards Cardiff alone, it is almost un- necessary for us to add that the circulation of the South Wales Echo is IMMENSELY GREATER than that of any other Evening Paper. uhli, Moitttz. LAST WEEK. JLJ A DREAM OF LOVELINESS, A WAKENED." PAIKTKD BY S. J. SOLOMON. EXHIBITION OF THIS PICTURE AT MR BRITTON'S, 79, QUEEN-STREET (OPPOSITE CHARLES-SREET), CARDIFF, CLOSES SATURDAY. 11 TILL 10. SIXPENCE. 82e w. HAT DO I WANT? A JpAIR OF gPECTACLES. WHY ? Because I cannot see quite so well as I used to. WHERE SHALL I GET THEM 1 A T ks ALANSON'S SIGHT-TESTING ESTABLISHMENT, 23, HIGH-STREET, CARDIFF. Why should I go there ? Because they test sight free of charge, and I aiii sure of having it properly done, and not injuring n)y eyes. A gALANSON & Co., OPTICIANS AND ELECTRICIANS, 23. HIGH STREET, c A R D I F F (And at 28, High-street. Bristol.)^ (SiittnriioR. GLOUCESTER 17^DUCATION.—17 guineas yearly for Jj board, laundress, English, French, music, sing- i,lg and dancing; no e- :a; certificated English and French RovemeMes: .!ymnMinm, tennis; cow kept. Ages 16 to 6. Re • ranees, prospectuses, view of house an giounds, gr • .ne-se?.—7, Alfred-place, Gloucester.. tations on ti. M.R. and G.W.R. 315 ales hid \urttan. FIA QUEEN-STREET SAM. 'OOMS, CARDIFF. RIC. SALE OF SUPERIOR HO iHOLD FURNITURE. MESSRS MOOR;\ AND CO. are instructed to SEii AUCTION, on MON- DAY, THURSDAY, an. JRDAY, January let, 3rd, and 5 h, a lar? iun.t ..( SUPERIOR i, US "'LD FURNITUBB. Corapt ising mtgn; ? 1?: arla, cabinets, over- Inantels Iinin? ab" Irawing diniing. :f;;r'" y ,b;r I, :W'á ,i:!b bedsteads,' mattret <. chesse toilets, commodes, hall stai. "s and brasses, carpets, and rugs. Sale each day at 21 >(■ 459e SHORT". vn:v>vx ■ 36, CASTLE -f;, èA'Rb. 1%/TR A. HOWE L? ? I,) in?trwtecl- J?JL tcS?LLbyAUC '"X?bMt::? Tegument of ? '<aMe M?o!e aud AIa.b ? ..r ?.cui-" '"? aud Works I-I -I r. elud Works Art <?aJt kinds and des i,V /c.-y handsome -??KM?et?Pa.irofOrna.nn ?aL suitable for hall entrance or hotel < .mmence on MONDAY, January 1st, 1894, i., and con- tinue each evening until th w ? '"i No Rsserve. 186 I I 36usintss Abbrtzsts. Eliimatt Ell i man Elliman Elliman Alliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman FOR ACHES AND PAINS. ELL I M Â N'S UNIVERSAL jgj M 38 R O G A T I O N For RHEUMATISM, SPRAINS, LUMBAGO, CUTS, BRUISES, CHEST COLDS, SORE THROAT from COLDS, STIFFNESS. Prepared only by TjlLLIMAN, SONS & CO., J-U SLOUGH. 32a Is l%d and 2s 9d. Of all Chemsts. TEETH.-Cornplete Set, One Guinea, JL Five yew-ie wq"anty.-GOODMAf AND CO. 10 Duke street, and 56 Queen-street Cardiff 12 G. A. STONE & CO., UNDERTAKERS. ESTABLISHED OVER 30 YEARS. AT THE OLD AND ONLY ADDRESS— 10, 11, & 12, WORKING-STREET, CARDIFF. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Miss STONE, assisted by an Efficient Staff. Telegraphic A(ldress:- "Stone, Undertaker, Cardiff." Ile-1108 SYMINGTON'S ARAB'S COFFEE A BLEND OF THE FINEST COFFEES WITH BRUGES CHICORY. HAS MAINTAINED ITS SUPERIORITY FOR MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS. SOLD BY ALL Giteoicas 342A

SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. Jail CARDIFF* I SWANSEA, t NKWPOKiJ Jan ——————— ————————— ————————— 1M 1 42 2 1826 41 0 46 1 20 25 3; 1 55 2 3126 9 2 Ti 2 57 3 3226 7 1 59 2 34 25 7 3 10 3 4527 0 3 W 4 5 4 34 27 3 3 7i 3 38 26 3! 4 18 4 47 27 8 4 'fil 5 5 5 3C 28 5! 4 9? 4 34?6 11 5 18 5 4328 10 5 Fi 5 56 6 2" 29 6 5 0 5 24 28 1 6 9 6 33 29 11 6 S 6 42 7 330 5. 5 47 6 7 29 0 6 55 7 1630 10 7 s7 22 7 41-31 lj 6 26 6 43 29 7 7 35 7 54 31 6 8 M 7 59 8 15'31 9 7 li 7 18 30 1 8 12 8 2832 2 Roath Basin. "tPriuce of Wales Dk. 1 Alexandra Dk

i £ f000 &navran Ct, j I GIVEN WITH EACH COPY I OF THE "SOUTH WALES DAILY HEWS." rjlEETH JJjENTISTRY! TJ1EETH Prize Medal, London, 1862. Gold Medal Paris, 1867 MR K E A L L SURGEON DENTIST 28 Years in Swansea), 199, H I G 199, HIGH-STREET, SWANSEA (J".st below the Great Western Railway Station), Begs to intimate that he can produce a perfectly fitting Set of Teeth in one clear day. The very best work manship guaranteed. Painless Dentistry by Gas, also by the Anesthetics, Cocaine, and Ether Spray. Partial Sets from 5s per Tooth Upper or Lower Sets from Two Guineas. KEALL'S TONIC AND NEURALGIC MIXTURE. Sure and Speedy Cure for Neuralgia, Tic Doloreuf, Rheums, Toothache,and all Nervous Pain: Is l^d and 2a 9d per Bottle. Through any Chemist. Cardiff: Mr Munday, Chemist, 1, Duke-street Mr Robb, Chemist, Roath. Newport: Messrs Garrett Bros., Chemists, 171, Commercial-street. Neath Mr .T. G. Isaac (late Hayman), Chemist.' Llanolly Mr Morgan W. James. London ?Wvbr-rrv and SOli. 1033 ROGERS' AK ALES AND PORTERS IN 4H GALLON CASKS and UPWARDS FROM 10d PER GALLON. BREWERY, BRISTOL. CARDIFF STORES 24a 9, WORKING-STREET.

The Man About Town, Early in the uiornings just now, soon after the sun has risen, there is a remark. able atmospheric clearness which may seldom be seen except in the pale, early weeks of the year. The Sun toils with diffi- culty up the steep sky, and at nine o'clock has managed to get very few degrees above the horizon. His light, shining along the landscape, seems to the eye to strike the westward hills almost on a level. And as it does so, tree and crag and house and boulder stand out in almost startling lucidity. Distance seems visibly to shrink, and the eye finds no hindrance in its vast sweep. <. Few people, I know, take keen interest in such natural sights as these, and a clear sharp morning excites no impression on their imagination. The sun might rise in all the fervid glory of the Tropics, or might set in all the luscious magnificence of a Southern dusk, and they would feel but one slight touch of curiosity and go on their way undisturbed. This is not how to understand beauty nor to enjoy life. I do not see why one should long so incessantly for unattain- able pleasures when the cultivation of the sense and the development of the taste bring daily gratification without cost. I am not exaggerating when I say that the spectacle of such a scene as that which I describe—the clearness of air so intense that each object in nature seemed to be etched out in bold lines, so that nothing was indis- tinct so intense that there seemed, even at the horizon, no merging into the indefinite obscure, no blurred indistinctness this spectacle, I say, was so invigorating that one's eye brightened, one's step became brisker, the blood ran more warmly, and a pleasant image lingered in the imagination to delight in moments yet to come. It is as good as a morning cup of champagne-as exhilarating, as inspiring—but it costs nothing. How we should admire nature if we had to pay heavily for her Supposing we could bottle landscapes and cork up views No cellar would be complete without them. No dinner would pretend to smartness where bottled sunsets were not served as the crown of the feast (costing at least ten guineas the dozen, 1884 vintage), and even the middle-classes, whilst not being able to afford Venetian sunsets or mid-day scenes at Naples, whilst having to reserve Italian views for birthdays and the like, would yet have its cheaper selection, of German waterfalls, atmospheric effects in Scotland, and soft mellow tones of a Sussex autumn The common drink would be, of course, mere ordinary American perspectives, cheap, and plentiful. Then, I say, we should ad mire nature and worship her. We should start the morning with an Indian sunrise of a frosty day at Christiania, instead of witl1 brandy and soda, and we should be happy. But scenery is at our doors. It needs only a trained eye. It gives itself up to our sensuous enjoyment for nothing. It seeks no reward, and is free to ali. So Nge despise it. There are few persons even amongst the cultivated who really feel allf j thrill on meeting a sudden exhilarating sweep of landscape, melting into cloudy hues of soft unearthly tint in the far dis. tance. As a rule we like scenery as ha nouveau riche likes art, because it makes a comfortable and proper surrounding, and is the correct thing. I have been lecturing when I had not in. tended it. But at this season one may be a little didactic. All my readers are in the first flush of the enjoyment of their new resolutions. Whilst they are in this noble and elevated frame of mind I wish to catch their ear. The vulgar, sordid thoughts and ideas of commonplace life will return in a week, and my chance is gone. It is difficult not to sympathise with the proposal that there should be an exhibition at Cardiff this year; and now that the matter has been heartily taken up, there is no reason why considerable success should not attend it. It would be impossible to deny, however, that a Certain feeling of doubt and suspicion exists in the minds of many, even of those who are anxious to support the scheme, that the whole affair I is not spontaneous, but is simply a manu- factured movement got up and encouraged by the guarantors of the Bristol Exhibition in order to get rid of a building which lay on their hands and was no longer required. The ordinary dignity of a town is somewhat shocked at having its oitn demonstrations suggested and forced on it by its rivals. It is Bristol that wants the Cardiff Exhibition in the first place. Cardiff is only following her lead. That, I kn(,w, is tie feeling amongst several of the Free Libttry Committee. We must be clearly assured of the exact position of negotiations so far, and it must be evi- dent that Cardiff is not being made a kind of ash-bucket, in which Bristol may throw its discarded buildings. There is another important point, however, which presses on one's mind. Is there really time to arrange an Exhibition really worthy of the tOlrn ? That something of the kind might be got together in six or -llLa r-iwiiiLilrniiiil cliff has passed the stage in which she would be content with mere conglomeration of machinery and haidware,achance collection of useful if not al wayl interesting articles. I mean that the town is so important and is so great that she should not put her hand to any public exhibition or demonstration that shall not be of a very high and distinguished order. A pooror even moderately good show would do hftrm not good, and a bad one would be ruinous. Is there, then, limo in which to get up a magnificent ex- hibition, wos*hy • of Cardiff, and worthy of the Principality ? Are the townspeople prepared to make it a great artistic and musical success as well ? Is it possible for the affair to be cosmopolitan- so far as is possible—or will it be merely a huge advertising machine ? In a word, we want to be suffi that the smallness of the time at the disposal of the committee is compatible With the high character and dignity which should be attached to any public undertAlcing in the town. I do not write as in the smallest degree showing indifference, to say nothing of hostility, to he scheme. But we should be jealous of the reputation of the town and if it is not clear that six Months will suffice to arrange a magnificent exhibition, it will be far better to postpone it a year or two and begin the work betimes. If, however, such objections can be remold, it will be the duty of every- one to wish success to the undertaking. Delta has burst into song once more. This time fre grows excited over the Man- chester Ship Canal OUa LATKST NKW PORT. Laughed at, ricliculed, this Utopian soheme Was doodad to failure, so opponents said; But British pluck and perseverance, led By science, Ollem again have triumphed. Deem It not all bfllR' if Manchester may seem A little lustful now she's truly wed To ocean, and henceforth her wings oa.n spread And swiftlf speed o'er sea by snil or steam. Commerce í ilIad, and industry to-day Rojotces. Golden prospects now arise. EHsthant ^nd Latch ford, Irlam, Burton, too, Mode Wlitel and Salford, never were so gay. Their fnturc will be under brighter skies, All ciiffittittios are at last pull'd through. I shall fel compelled some day to write a seraphic sonnet on my Poets. Let them beware

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The Barcelona Dynamite Outrage, Full Confession by the Perpetrator. I ARMED TO THE TEETH, I A Notorious Anarchist's Antecedents. MADRID, Wednesday. -Salvador Francb, the Anarchist who was arrested on Monday at Saragossa, has made a confession which clears up many points hitherto obscured regard- ing the dynamite outrage at Barcelona, when bombs were thrown amongst the people in the stalls at the Liceo Opera House with appalling results. Franch, who is in the prison hospital at Saragossa, being treated for a wound in his side inflicted by himself at the moment of the arrest, has informed the magistrate that he, and he alone, was the thrower of the bombs. There were two bombs, he explained, of which only one exploded. For some reason, which he could not understand, the other failed to go off. Possibly there was some defect in its con-traction. He carried them into the theatre in his sash, in the fold of which two infernal machines were easily concealed, for they were of small size. Taking his place in the second gallery, Franoh waited quietly until the opera was approaching its con- elusion, and all eyes were on the stage- Then he lnoved out into the passage, where nobody was likely to observe him, and taking the bombs, one in each hand, he hurled them with all his force down into the centre of the closely-packed stalls, where the bourgevis was sitting., In the confusion and panic that followed the explosion, Franch, who was already clear of the seats, had no difficulty in escaping from the theatre but knowing that the police, being cognisant of his Anarchist ideas, would be sure to arrest him, he made at once for a place of concealment in a house near the cemetery. Here he remained for twenty days, and deeming that the vigilance of the police would have relaxed he left Barcelona and set out on foot for his native province of Teruel. Vor a short time he stayed with bis own family at Cast--IserA-s, and then made his way to Saragossa to seek the hospitality of a friend living at that city. Franch averred that he made this full con- fession of his own Ruilt in order to save innocent people now in prison at Barce- lona. As to the fabrication of bombs, he had no assistance at all. Ho had made them himself according to a prescribed forolult. It Was a matter of regret to him that so few people had been killed at the Liceo Theatre (twenty-three persons were killed and about 40 injured), because the Anarchists were resolved to exterminate the bourgeois. The prisoner further declared that he had 6rgt determined to commit suicide after having told the whole truth. He had undoubtedly made preparations for doing away with himself, for on him were a phial, a revolver, and an enormous Itnife- It is probable, however, that be had made up his mind to sell his life dearly, and that he would have used his weapons on others before turning them on himself if he had a chance. Salvador Franch comes of a respectable family, but his personal antecedents I10re bad. At the age of fourteen he left his home, and went to Barce- lona, where he had lived since, doing no settled work, at;d gave himself up to plots and revolution- ary designs of Anarohists, with whom he assumed a leading position. It is reported that he is married and that he has a wife and child of tender age living at San Martin provensals, near Barce- lona. The gaol surgeon will endeavour to extract the bullet in the side of the prisoner. If it is found impossible to remove hiifl Senor Dotnenech, special mugistraXe deputed to investigate all the circumstances of the Barcelona. plot, will como to Saragossa to subject him to a searching intenoga- tienj.— Ttcv.ter. I_

DINNER TO THE POOR. The annual St. John's parochial ChristmM dinner to the poor of the parish was continued to. I DAY, when 300 children wore ►-ntertained to a substantial repast. On Tuesday 350 adults were present, while dinners were sent to the homes of 80 invalids. Canon and Mrs Thompson, with a wilhng band of workers, were indefatigable in attending to the wants ot those present.