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FIFTY SHORT STORtES BY WELL-KNOWN…
FIFTY SHORT STORtES BY WELL-KNOWN AJTHORS. A Southern Moon. By HUME NtSBET. Author of "BAIL Up," etc., etc. j Mrs Lavina Algar leaned back on a canvas .lhair under the Branch Bank verandah one warm, Australian night about the end of December, with the full moonlight playing :.Jpon and spiritualising her delicate beauty, \nd making a silver halo round the outer edges of her fragrant and massy golden hair, while Reginald Cleaver, the new cashier, looked down upon that radiant vision of dainty and perfumed womanhood with a great deal more of warmth and enthusiasm than perhaps Mr AIgar, the staid bank manager and husband of the beauty, might have cared to encourage had he observed it. But as at the moment he was engaged else- where the young man could be as daring as he well pleased to be, so long as the object of hia present enthusiasm did not object. :Tbey had known each other for four weeks *nda half now—ever since he had been appointed to his post and as his duties were pretty in this up-country branch establishment the weeks had been spent, with only the necessary daily breaks, almost entirely in the young lady's charming society. So that being Australian born tnd bred Mrs Algar had grown very familiar with her gentlemanly lodger, and spoke to him as if she had known him from the days of his early childhood that is to say, they had long ago dispensed with all starchy formalities in addressing one another, and called each other by their Christian names of "Reginald" and "Lavina," which sounded much freer and heartier than Mr Cleaver and Mrs AIgar. When John AIgar was present it was Reginald, or Lavina but tete-a-tete, as they were on this night, he called her by the pet name she glven herself, which was Nina, as she called him Voho, so that they might have something different to what the rest of the world knew them by. It was foolish, no doubt, bub innocent enough as far as it went—as was her habit of calling her husband "Bruno'' behind his back— common enough also with young ladies who haven't much to occupy their minds ia common enough also with young ladies who haven't much to occupy their minds ia their intercourse with young gentlemen friends. ¡ John AIgar, the bank manager, was an angular, loud'voiced, consequential man of about nfty—grey-haired and bearded, with smaU, keen, grey eyes. that generally im- pressed people with his business acumen. He hadn't a very agreeable manner—these strident, bombastic, and argumentative men teldom have—:iud for ch;<.t; reason customers trusted hun all the more, and considered I him the ri?:hb for the place. It is astonillÎng how much these socially uncom- fortable men impress the world with their I honesty. Heglllald or Volto Cleaver was one of those carcfuUy-groomed young men who ¡ took well under any circumstances, with prettily-trained moustache, slender white hands, und modulated voice; one of the young gen demon who are turned out whole- sale from Nature's modern jerry workshop, who look as harmless about a. drawing-room &s tame cats, and are as necessary to thf' idle fair sM: n,s a three-volumcd romance of fashionable life. Mrs Lavina wa.s twenty-three, that is t:w<*nty-seven years younger than her hus- bind, and the most accomplished IlUÙ lady- like female in tho township. She always had her costnmes:direct from London and as up-to'date as possible, she was very slender, very fair, and took gren.t care of her com- plexion, so that Volto almost forgot when he saw her iirsb that he was six weeks' distance from home and since she had exhibited those pretty Colonial aH.s and graces, so much less formal than the home airs, he had lost a!' desire ever to again in- hale tbo yellow fogs, and felt that Australia was quite good enough for him. In fact, for the nrst time in his young lifa, he felt that existence along with Nina. would be delight- fal anywhere, and found himself so much engrossed with her that he forgot to think &t &U &boMt himself. This was the state of on this moon- light Mght, with that green expanse of bush and ocean stretching in front of them, over which her limpid, -grey-green eyes looked dreamily, while he stood, his face in the shadow. watching her intently. He bad I come uut to smoke n. cigar after dinner, and she had come to keep him company while Bruno was, as usual, in the omce attending to business all according to Nature's laws —youth in the moonlight and middle-age a.t the coffer. What is wrong with you to-night, Volto You are very silent, and have not tit your cigar yet," observed the lady, as she turned her large eyes from the landscape to that shadow face, speaking in the soft. ten- der tones which seem to mean so much more than is uttered. I was thinking Nina," replied the young ma.n with a he;¡xy sigh. About what ?'' The moonlight and you.' "Yes murmured the lady, echoing his *ngh. It is lovely, is it not ?—the moon- tight, I mean. And you y Hush, or Bruno may hear you." Then let us go into the garden, Nina., for I have a lot to say to you." Mrs AIgar took up a little lace shawl from the ground where she had thrown it. and drawing it over her slender shoulders she raised herself with a graceful movement, and taking his arm, she went with him down the verandah steps and into the shadows of the trees beyond. As they did so, John AI<?ar came from the French door of the dining-room, looked .tfter them for a minute or two, and then with a. grunt went back I agn.in to his work. For the next half-hour the murmur of their aubdued voices came wafting in with the perfume of the exotics a large spider completed the web he had begun before they !eft, and which, ere they could enter again, they would have to break through, for he had barricaded the doorway, and as the dew .fell upon his web, it looked like (a close curtain of silver and gems. Inside the bank the manager had also completed the task which had occupied him for several of the nights the young couple had been sentimentalising outside, and had carefully replaced his cashier's key to his room, after locking the desk where he kept his set of books. A delicate task Mr AIgar had been engaged upon, which required a small bottle of acid and a good deal of practice of Reginald's handwriting how- ever, it was at last very neatly accom- plished, and the manager reappeared again at the verandah and called out with those ttrMent honest tones of his :— Where are you, Lavina ?' Here, John came back the liquid accents of his youthful spouse. All right, dear. don't disturb yourself I am going into the town for a little while, but I'll bo back for supper." As John c\ Igar went out the back way, "Nina" and "Volto'' returned by the front, and after ruthlessly demolishing that coolish spider's web. they made themselves domfortable in the drawing-room, she sitting town to the piano while he leaned over her tenderly, feeling as nearly happy as it was possible for sinful mortal to feel at any time, while she played soft chords to him and looked at him now and again with the ten- der glance wh!ch made him so completely her slave. They did not speak much during that interval of waiting, and only when the sound of her husband's loud footsteps were heard as he entered the house was the spell broken. Stooping quick!y over her, he kissed her and whispered I love you. Nina I love you." Hush Volto—or Bruno will hear you." John Algar came in, loudiy stumming the door behind him, and sat very grimly all through the supper; so that Richard Cleaver hardly dared to look at him, and shortly afterwards retired to his bedroom in a tumult of remorse and passion which kept him awake nea.rly ha.i{ the uight. He had Idased her for the nrst time, and she had not resisted, so she must love him, although she had not sa:d so. How beautiful she was !—on the morrow perhaps she would give him the assurance he wanted. At breakfast, however, Nina did not look at him, neither did she speak, but kept her lovely head bent over her plate in a confused ehy way that was very charming, and when tfterwarda he was asked into the manager's WOM& <md found there a couple of strangers I matching him C1]rloüÍ,tbe was so engrossed with that charming picture that he hardly looked at them or listened to the loud coarse voice of his superior, but gave up his keys and permitted one of the strangers to go for his books without thinking there was anything unusual in the request and action. Is that your handwriting, young man ?" asked one of the strangers, blandly, point- .ing to a portion of the open ledger. Yes," replied poor Volto, promptly. Look more carefully at it, young man. Now are you quite sure ?" "I think so," again replied the cashier, not so positively as before. You are a fool, young fellow, and might have lagged yourself with that answer of yours," said the stranger con- temptuously, only that you have had a. guardian angel near you since you came here——" Lavina murmured the young man, and then he blushed vividly. No, donkey, your angel didn't go by the feminine title of Lavina he's a male, and answers to the name of Jack Ridgway, detective—that's myself." Omeer, what is the meaning of all this balderdash ? Arrest that young scoundrel at once," shouted the manager impatiently, yet with a frightened glimmer in his small grey eyes. It means that I have been watching your little game for a long time now, Mr John AIgar, bank manager and thief, and that this person may thank his lucky stars that I was on the spot, otherwise his nirta- tions with pretty Lavina might have cost him dear enough. Jim, look after the lady while I attend to the master." THE END.
Miners'CongressmBertin 0-1
Miners'CongressmBertin 0 -1 SENSATtONAL STATEMENT. Mabon and the Weish Mining Districts. t BERLlK'.Tupsda.y. The international miners' conference resumed its sittings to-day, when Herr Horn. a German delegate, g:tve notice of ;t resolution protesting against the action of tbe German Government in I expelling M. de 1!'uis<oea.uK, the Sooia.Iiat Agitator. Mr Haslam then read an interesting rpport upon the history and constitution of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, Ltbou? legislation by the House of Commons, and the present condition of :ra.ue and of wn.o'os In the United King-dom. It was then announced from the cha.1" tba. there were present :tt the congress 86 dblegate3, representing 1,107,300 miners. Tiie English deletes numbered 38, and represented 645,000 m:np,-s, while 39 German delegates r'?p!'Mcate<:t 192.000 miners. After the luncheon :ldjumnmeut, Mr WiLSOK M.P.,rexdtha minc.r:y report on otthe EIllish mtnera LJ",¡onging to the Northumberland a.nd Durham Unio'n, who are represented at the Congress by nine de!ega.tes. I Gr6,-at,,iens.,ttlon wn. then caused by n speech by Hen- a Bjbbmiau de!ega,te. haii- ill" from Maohrisch, Ostr&n, who, "peaking in broken Gi"rman, g,tve thrd!ir:g s.coonnt of the miaernb!e condition of the miners in Bohemia, and Austrian Sije;.ia. The'e mbn, he saic, wcro ]n a. state of abject poverty, and wMe con.-itMitiy tertorisedbythe iti"iioritle-. The averse wn.E:es of an a,dult) miner in tbcsa districts was only 2s Mpei' d&y. It was not surprJsin?, therefore, to learn that; their organisation was very imperfect; Public meetinga were generany prohib)ted by the suthoritiep, who constantly hampered the men ia their legitimate cSoi-ts to hnprove their pos'tions. Herr Singer accused tha Bohemian and Austrian police of habitually inening the miners to disorder in order to obta,in excuses for keeping them in subjection. For instance, he srud, the recent terriMa r'ots in MaIh. r¡ot:t.-üstran, where there are at prMen: 25,000 miners on strike and badly n¡"'edmg- fsslst-- a.nce from their brethren in happier wa.3 brought about by the direct aotiou of police a<;ent=. The men would hftve dispersad wict:out disorder ha.d it not been for the cxasperatiIl action of sowzc of the policemen who fired at the crowd four time>; before tue strikers rbtahated. In the tight which ensued the ponce killed no than 13 miners, aud they comp&npd the r?atives to ca.rry out the fun'?ra.ts aiter tiightf?U, in orde)- tha.t undesirable publicity might not bo a.ttrxcted to the r.Sa.ir. After a, short discussion on Herr Singer's stt.te- n ent, M. Roudet read apa,pe: upon the condition of afhir in the mining district-, of France. The Congress next, by a unanimous vote, re- que-k-d Mr Abrah&tn, M.P,, to l>re"enu 301; tu- Bittiiic-r a the mining dintricts of Wtdes. Thereupon M' Harvey de- manded that he sh&uM be pf-mmted to make a sjmnar report upon tho position of the Scottish mines, but the Corgr,i-, (leciiiiel to give the necessary permission,-Cntrat Nc:ws.
ALLEGED OUTRAGE ON A CH!LD…
ALLEGED OUTRAGE ON A CH!LD AT PORT TALBOT. Extraordinary Story of a Litt!e Gii' A itttJe girl, ten years of age, who lives with her parents in Hantwit-road, Neath, is stated to have been found by the police walking into Neath late on Monday night. The child is a scholar at the Zoar Independent Sunday-school and partici- pated in the treat given to that school on Monday. to the general market to hear the Maeayrbf-.f School sing, when she was met by a w&H-dreased :na.n bearing the appearance vf a sea. captaii), who asked bar and anothf-r girl to carry some for him to the He gave each of the children sixpence, and on arriving at the station gave them a penny which they dropped into the automatic sweet machine. The n)ght mail train camem, and in the confusion the child lost her companion, a.nd according to her story, she was coaxed into the train by the man whose parcel she ha.d carried. They tligi-ited at Port Talbot, where the man is stated to have taken the child to a house. It has been ascertained that P.S. Jones, of th Neath Borough PoUce, took the case promptly in hand. On the girl being found, he had her taken to the where, on hearing her story, it was decided to have her examined by 30 medial prMt!!ioncr. Dr. Thomas wag accofding!y sunnnoned, I who declared positiveiy, after mak,"t)c,, the ex- amination, that the child had not been iK-used as had been suggested. It appears to be certain I that the child accompanied a man to Port 'l\lbot hy tbe nibt maii, that she left hjm in Aberavon street?, and that she walked home to Neath. It l also appears to be equally certain that the man had his own little {; w)t.b him the whole of the time. The identity of the man is well-known to the police. It is quite possible that the m&n— stated to be a foreigner—can give a satisfaptory account of his movements,
STEAMER ON FIRE AT CARDIFF,…
STEAMER ON FIRE AT CARDIFF, f Shortly before tnidniht on Tuesday a fire broke ou!: in the forecastle of the steamship Dolcoatb, lying on the east side of the Roa.th Basin at Cardiff. The fire was first discovered by a seaman named Philip Evtns, one of tk.e crew, and he promptly gave the &!a.mn. Sereant Bartlett, of the Bate Dock PoUco Force, hearing the belt of the steamer, at once communic.t.ted with his chief. Superintendent O'Gorman, and in an incredibly short space of time, indeed not more than five minutes having elapsed from the time the alarm was first sounded, the super- intendent with & body of firemen were on the scene. Meanwhile the flaiiaes had tak,3n,t Crm hold, but the wen-directed efforts of Mr O'Gorman's men, who had the advantage of a copious supply of wa.ter, prev&i!ed, and in abou three-quarters of an hour the outbreak was com- pletely got under. The damage done, however, was very extensive. How the 6re originated could not) be Moertiuaed. The Dolcoath is a steamer of 1,082 tons register, Mid is owned by, Messrs Osboru and W'tlli. Cardiff.
SCENE AT A WELSH INQUEST,…
SCENE AT A WELSH INQUEST, 1 The Dintshira coroner held an inquest at Rhyl on Tuesday on the body of nn oM man, who was found de&d on the roadside the previous day. Dnftng the inquiry several of the jurymen showed such decided evideneps"of intoxtcation that the coroner spoke sharply to the officer in charge of the court and askel why he could not have coHectcd a more jlJtellient jnry. They were evidently, added the coroner, not in a con- dition to understand the evidence. He th<-n dis. charged the jury &nd ordered the ofHcer to get a fresh one.
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[YANKEE YARNS
[YANKEE YARNS I Familiarity Breeds Contempt. When Mr Pete Amsterdam returned to''ihis home in Harlern & few evenings ago, his two-' year-old son Tommy rushed iuto hia arms and expressed great joy at seeing him, while WiMie, the elder brother, kept on playing and pa.id co attention to hts father. How is tt. Withe." said Mr Pete Amsterdam, L that your htt!e brother is so glad to see me white you don't 3ay word ? I glle-s it's because he hasn't! bad yott as long M I have," replied WIHie. Restored Love. "No, Mr Jones. I wi!! never be your bride. I did]oveyoufond!y—devotedly, but now aU is cha.np-ed." lvhy this cruel, cruel change ?" Lmt night you aat down on my chewing gum." Great heavens Can this be true?" "It is true. I sa.w it sticking to your coab tail' as you lefi." Then, indeed, &I1 is over. But stay —Messed hope—perb&pa ib is stitt there." Ah Then could I forgive you." "Ob, rapture, here it is." "Then am I once again your own true love." All He Wanted. A well-known missionary had occasion to give a description of his foreign work to a. large audience in a. certain town. While speaking, he took particular notice of a, boy who was listening with rapt attentton to every word the lecturer said. As usual, in such addresses, he wound up with an earnest appeal for contributions, however smalt, and, thinking of his wide-mouthed listener, be added that even cinldren might gtve their mite. When the meeting was over the ? boy mounted the platform and going forward to f:tha lecturer said- Please, sir, I w&3 very much interested in I' your lecture, and—and—" Hfre he hesitated. ''Go on, my little man,"said the missionary, you want to help in the good work ?" No, not that." replied the boy, what I want to know i; have you any foreign stamps you could give a fellow ?" u A GaHant Pickpocket. A r<ew York Jbtith-n.Yenuebenewenbtothe, thefitre. On returning home after the perform- ance she discovered tha,t her breastpin. whIch was quite va.Iuab!e, hud bsen stolen. She was very sorry. for the breastpin was a present. A f"w day-; afterwards the young lady received the The writer of theBe Jines has the honour to inf'jfiii you thftt he knows where your breastpin is, a.nd will return it cheerfully under certain con- ditions. I do not: expect to receive a reward In money, sinca I r8'>.trd it m vii to accept money from a lady Nvhoiii I i(lulizt" as much as I do you. On the other hand it would be very stupid in me to return you your brea6tpin without, getting some equivatent. Taking into consideration my consuming love for you, I'il rRturn the missing ornament: for a,sing)ekias from your ro=<y Hps. To-murrow morning I win be p.ti the curner of Madison-a.venue and Fifty- sixth-streeb with the missing ]owt:!l''ry. If you nre to pa.y me my price, I wi! after pres. i:I¡ng a kiss on the aft'r&aa.id hps, p.-ess the breast- pin in VOllr !'nnd. No quMti.ns Mked." (SigtIRd) ONE OF YOUR Ammmns, The yjattg hdy did noh know whac do do. She winced to get her breastpin ba.ek, but she did not: care to pay the price. She hit upon the idea of sending her servant girl in her plaie. The servant girl put )n :n :\ppearnc. :J.t.the appointed a.ad iiliet. She wa.;3 hea.vily veiled. A wen-dressed fienUeina.n approached Mtd n<ked— Do ynn acc?pt the tenna ?" I do." The stronger faniiliarly emùraed her on tho E'n'opeAu pi.<.n, a,ud simul'.a.neously imprin;cd h:.rge three by seven k!ss on he).' month, that caused the pohceman on the other corner to sta.rt. E''i thought it wn.s a ptstoL shot. "Here is what I promised. ho remarked after the formality had been complied with, "but," he &dded, you wdl Cnd ]t like tba kiss, cot quite what it was represented to be, a=! you a.t'e onty the serva.nt, no!: the mistress," h&nduig her somethirg 11 wrapped up in n, paper. After ha ha.d retired, which he did !mmedia.te!y, the serva.ut examined the paper aud found tbat it on!y eon!:a.iued a- sma.U piece of wood. i
USERAL8 AND LORDS.I
USERAL8 AND LORDS. I The Nat)ena! Conference. I The following circular, markad Urgent and Important," has been issued from the offices of the National Liberal Federation THE HOUSE OF LORDS. Sir,—The committee of the Federation have been considering for some time wha.t steps can be ta.ken to give dfhnita and concrete expression to the feeling of the Liberal party on the ques- tion of the House oflo- ds. That strong feehng exists in all parts of the country is constantfy being shown, and was exhibited in a marked manner at the recent Fed.era.tion meetings held at Portsnaouth. lu the House of Lorda we ba.ve to-day a staiidmg menace to everything which we under- stand as representative government, and it t3 iiece,,s,try for the party cf progress to practically con?)der, without inoro dehv, how this obstacle can best b' surmounted cr removed. Tt!p Ffderntion has twice he)d conferences at Leed: Wtnch have ha.d a. determining in- nnenoe on the policy of our party. The nrst of the'o coQfprenc**s WM in October, 1883, when "Franchise First was adopted as the demand of the Liberal p9.rt.y. The second was in November, 1886, which, after the defeat in that year's general election, the Liberal party pledged itself to stand by Mr GIa da tone's Home Rule policy. The committee of the Federation have decided once more to convene a conference of the party at Leedq, and we accordingJy invite you to p-rrauge, at the earliest possible moment, for a fuU and adequate representation of your con- stituency. Tha conference will be he!d on Wednesday, June 20th, and wi]i occupy the whole day. As far as is eom- pa.tible with the time ;4 their dis- posal the committee of the Federation will seek to e'icit the fullest and freest expression of opinion from those present, and we be? at the outset to suggest that, in the Appointment of your delegates, the utmost cure should be taken to see that no interest is ov(:r?ooked, and that the con- ference may truly cisurn to represent every section of the party. The number of de!egates to which you are entitled wiU be found on the enclosed form, which should be returned to us, duty filled up, not l:tter thun June 9th.—We <u'e, voura f&ith- fuliv. R. SPENCE WATSON, President. W. H. HART. Ti-a-,iirer. F. SCHNADHORST, Chairman of Com. ROBERT A. HUDSON, Secretary.
S?GULAR DEATH AT CARDIFF.
S?GULAR DEATH AT CARDIFF. An inquest was hfid at the Town.haH, on Tuesday evening, before Mr E. B. Reece. touch- ing the death of Sydney Rook, aged 39, wh .succumbed at his residence. No. 5, Evelyn-street the Docks, on Sunday evening.—The evidence showed that on Saturday night. the 14th of Apri!, Rook was in the act of crossing 9t. Marv- street, opposite the Theatre Roya.1, under the 'influence of drink, when he was knocked down and run over by an omntbus belonging to the CardiH Tramways Company. He waa taken to the Infirmary, and there he reiiiainad for three weeks, during which time his injuries, whtoh eonststed of a broken left leg and wounds, on the right arm, made favourable prngrea?. Hp, however, had an attack of delirium tremens, brought on by shock and he;<,vy drinking, and this culminated in bis beipg removed from the in&rma.ry to hta home.—Dr. Mor!a.nd, the house surgeon, was called, but as he had not attended dsceaaed after be left the mnrmary and had not seen the body since death, was unable to testify as to what death resulted from.—The jury eventually returned a verdic!; that deceased died from iujur)e* aocidentaHy received, thua exonerating the driver of the 'bus from any blame in the matter.—Mr Nichokon watched the OMe on behalf of the CardiS Tramways Company.
TERRIBLE F!RE AT BOSTON.I
TERRIBLE F!RE AT BOSTON. Great Loss of Ufa. BosTON, Tuesday, 5.30 p.m.—During the pro- Rress of a. game in the basebaH leigue-,rotind%to- day a Sra broke out in the grand stand, and the names spread to some old wooden buildings a.djomtng, most of which were used as dweUiDg- houaea, and the outbreak rapidly aasutned the proportions of a great confingration. At the present time an area of 12 acres has been laid waste, and the6reissti)I I'<xending.R!nlier. BOSTON, 7 p.m.—The nre is stUt sweeping through the district 0f Southend that portion of the city is composed princip&I!y of tenemeat hou?8s. which, owinf? to their Jig-ht structure, fall an easy ptey to the names. Nearly all the fire engines in Boston are actively at work owing to the terribly rapid advance of the nro. Three ste&mera have had to be abandoned and !eft among the rums. There are rumours that a num- ber of persons have been buried beneath the grand sta-nd and others injured, -J?euter. BOSTON, 9 p.m.—The damage causodby the fire is eatima.ted at over a cnilnon dollar, and 500 families are homeless, z3ix firemen werti in- jured during t"e confl,,igration.-I?euter.
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[FACTS AND FANOES.
[FACTS AND FANOES. Bird- of a. feather would bette. flock out of reach of the bonnet maker. It is the restaurant keeper who conducts busi- ness on a hand to mouth bn.sis. Speaking of coincidences, it is worthy of remark that kiss, miss, and bhss rhyme felicitously. Law sometimes mixes the tenses jaexphcaMy. For mstanee, a transgressor is never fined till he, 'is found. When a woman is too busy to glance over an o!d love story in a paper when she is cleaning house, she is terribly busy. Wife: The doctor ays I need afchange of climate.—Husband: WeH. the sky looks as it > we'd have it in a few hourg. Yager I made one ringing; sp&ech in my life, anyway.—Chorus (derisively): Where ? When ? —?ager The night I proposed to Mrs Yager. I I've been up for three solid nights." said old, Tope. Are you sure they weren't liquid nights ?" asked his fnend. Just think— began Mra Wickwire.. Guess I'Hhaveto. J never gqk chance.to do anything else when you have started in to' talk," said her husband. TeH me a fairy ta!e, mamma," said Tessie. I don't know any dear. Wait till your father comes home to-night about midnight and be' tell one." Scoff no more at the girl with fiery tresses, for if you don't appreciate her some other young man probably does. Statistics show that red-headed 'old maids are a great rarity. A teacher was explaining to a little girl how the trees developed their foliage m the spring time, Ab. yes," said the wee miss, I understand ? they kpop their summer clothes in their trunks." Woodman, spare that tree Touch not a single bough Was written of an oak, But—it's a chestnut now. A sprightly young girl who became C,)Untess or Mir scolded a minister of the Scottish kirk for not bowing to her in the fnmily pew in church. I beg your pa.rdon." he answered, but vou I know angfl-worship is not permitted by 'thf Church of Scotland." IHaOlma. "Genrgic. whera is the nve cents I ¡ gave you to put in thn contributi'jn box for the heathen ?" I'm ":win tt. for Aunt Hetty wt)«n she come.?." "Why. I——" Genrgie: Caus,- I h('a,d p,pa. say, 1-: t!.a.told heathen coming here again i.i- NOT ATTRACTIVE:.—N&wsboy Paper, Mister ? The Z)<n7y Honor gives a lifn imuMnco with eve'T cnt'y now. If ych get found dead v/ith tho Dail!l J?o?'?'cr in y'r poeket. y'r fami'y gets a thousand dolla.rs.-Cnizn Y-e-s; bu:: think of the darnnge to my reputation. t Enraged trl:!ntem[¡n A cfw got into my gar- den last night: and trod dir,7!i all my beau'ifu! wall fiOWPfS. Ah, if I 11:1'1 only en it 1,)iir Y!"s, it came )n)'o ours. I did st-,4 it;.— Eora;{El gentl(-mxn NVbqb (ii(I y,i do ?-Nf-gli- hour Oh, I ran out fmd inl'k.'d it. I ¡; Jn'?f) Daffy The ev:d<inja th",t y<,u t!))a gt'n¡lf'm'm adoukeyisove'.whchn.ng. H:Khi't; y?u betiter .i.dmit the fuc!: tmd withdr-tw your picrt of noa guitoy ?—Ac::u'?d Mayba I had, your hnuonr. Tho longpr I at the prosccut.ixg I WJtll'i' face thlJ marR prob;} hJe it seems to me' tha.t I did cf).!l him a donkey." t WEnnixG rin7,s wore both by the Grecka aarl Romans, hut then only at tii8 ef;rem')ny of bctroi!).<l, an' net t.!)a.t) of n):).rr)ngt'. The Angh?Si'xon bridf?rcom at the betrothal p:a.ve a Wfd.?or ptedge. ttnd a ring v.'as placed on the maiden' right hnnd. wherR it re- I mained until rr)ftrriagf, anf) was then tran.,4rerre(i 10 the teft. During the reigns of Geoi-gf J. and Gforge II. thf wedding ritig was often worn un I the thumb. T)in p!aci)4g of the rmg on the book is a rcinnani; of the ancient custom of b!eMing the ring by spriTikling holy water in thu fnrmofa cross, And this is sH)! dene ]n the Roman Church. One of the earliest Mims of ri-igs Nvis the gome], or doubia ring, a.Kd this was used as a pledge befora m.n'riage. They were made in three parrs, and brc'k(-n in the presence "f a witn')5, whn r<'ta.iue<i the third part. In Gar- nmny, Sweden. Norw&y, and Dcnmn.rk it v/.)s'a common custom for the el1:1;<:d couple each to give to the other a plain gu!d rihg, much resemb!- !og a wedding ring. In ti;e hst century wedding nr'gs were frtquantly Í11:,<cribd witl< pcsies. Dr. John T1toma<, who wa.3 B'.shopof Lincoln in 1753. m.u'ried four times. The Tnotto or posy on the wedd!g ring at hi:! fourth marriage was— If I survive, m make t',ieni nve. King Henry VIII. gf.ve A'm.:) of C".eves a ring with the posy, God fend me well to ke&p." It: WM a. general custom in the Middle Age. for the bridegroom to place the riug n:'st on the thumb of t!)e bride, then on her second urger. and then on her third, At the na.mc o! ench p-?rsou of the Tftnity," leaving H- a'! tbo rnbi'io directs, ott har fourth fmgor at the word" Amen," thus signifying by action, noc If.ss than by word, thut hn was nndertflkil)g the duties of the married state in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost." The reason assigned for the fourth nngfr being appointed as t.ho un.il ri.,t¡n'plac of tht'Wt'ddiugriugiRbRca.useon thn.t finser there is generally bebevcd to be H. certi.i'n vein which proceeds to the heart. The left h:<.nd most probably w:ta appoimed because the virgina espoused to the church wore the ring of their celestta! nuptials on the right hand.
EXPLOS!ONONAMAtL STEAMER -I
EXPLOS!ONONAMAtL STEAMER I BORDEAUX, Tuesday.—The disastrous explosion which occurred on board the Megs&geriea Mart- times steamer Equateur on January 17th last, while she was proceeding up the Gironde, forms the subject of 90 criminal tr!a.l, which commenced bpfdre the Msize court here to-day. The scene of the explosion was a. room in which the parcels post packag'M of value were stored, and it occurred while the packets were being re- moved in order to be transferred to the mail tender lying atongside the liner. Two men were killed and two others seriously in- jured, whi!e great damage was dono to tha ship. The cause of the exp!os!on was a comp!ete mystery a.t the time, but three da.ys later the second quartermaster found in the berth of M. Ra.noniUe, the senior quartai-i-n.,i.3tor, some ingots of gold concealed in a sa.iior'a handker- chief. Searchjn further other objects were discovered which had no doubt fonned part of the nuul parcels conveyed by the Equateur. It was believed that the explosion had been planned in order to concept traces of the rob- bery which had been perpetrated. M. Ranouille, who was himself one of the injured, was arrested on a charge of causing the explosion. M. Ra.nouiUe, who comes of a very good family, a.nd atrongly protests his innocence, maintained cl\hn demeanour at to-day'a proceedings. After the reading of the indictment the Advooate- Genera.L on behalf of the prosecution, demanded that before the examination of the accused was proceeded with the court, including the jury and the prisoner, should be transferred on board the Equateur itself. This was agreed to, aad the court removed to the vessel. -Reu.er.
I MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS.…
MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS. Corso (Carditf), from Ba.thurst for Marseilles, passed Gibraltar 12<n Cairo (C:irdift) arvd Marseilles 14th Taft a.rvd Bordeaux 14th Ashlands passed Malta for Antwerp 13th Moldova arvd Huii llth t'oyle a.rvd AlHxa.!uh-]a. 12th Baron Hambro arvd Bordeaux 14th Garrison left- Corcubion for Cajdig 14th Angelica, left Vifin, GarcM for Cn.t-t)i<tJ2th HuelVil. HUI Kirkby passed St Catherina'?! for Madras 14th Aislaby passed 13tli Ormeaby left Goestemtu'de for Cardiff 13th Rosebud arvù Bayonne 14tli Jane leaving Gibra.ltar for Bilbao 15th Kind's CrosH left BroHpn for Ca,rdiK 12th Godmunding arvd Newoort 15th Heading passed Ma.lta. 14 th Rhyl left Oxejtosund for Rntterdam 12th Rheubina. left Hnelva. for Port Ta.ihot 14th Kate B Jonoa parsed Const-ntinople for Gibraltar for 12t,h ?lIal'aret Jones arvd Amsterdam 13th Ma.itla.nds lefr. Seville for Troon 12th H.n'ringcou left Croiistatlt for jLondou 12th G&ilnnda left j[bra.il for Antr. et p 12th <)-<t)g!a.ttds <n'vd Newport from Rotterd&.m 15th Oa.kla.!)ds left La-s Primus for Shar»no; j 3th John Byiug left Hi]bao for Swanst'a. 15th G r; Wood Mvd Pitea. llth i Moonstone arvd New York 14th l''ree Lance pusseJ Consta.ntu'opiR l4fh C:t.edmou a:vd Obola. froiH Fahw.i[er 12th l<'lowergate Mvd ?-le""íl:a llth Os<vm a,rvd Getion, from CardiS JCnc left Gihr.i.ita.f for Ants-erp 14th Cairo left Bristol for Cardiff 1.3th Cosmopolita.u left OduKKa. for Leith 12th Cyf,-trtfif; &rvd BUba.o 12th WeTf..t. left Ga.rrucl):). for Cardiff 15th I)eter Graham p.i'vd Drontheim 15tu Go)d<itfe loft PouiM-on to!' R&ehsfort: 13th  for 7   5 SnUya.rvdPoti J4Ul La.vernock left Kertch for Genite .e 15tJ6 Westergate lèit 14t!i Forest left Su!ina. for Barcelona 14th CM.ta.noa passed Sti&x for Ha.vro MtU LeHrenulx a.rvd Kewporu 13th Aberda.ya left Bilbn.o for NewPQrt 12th :ínian Stua.rt. nrvd Urbtol 14th 'i'redeRa.r left St N..za.ire for HUbao 14tb Merthyr arvd Newport 14th Portuga.Iete left Schiedam for 12til Nottey Abbey arvd London 'Llt Cymmrodorion Imbao II; tll Ma.nt))ony Abbey left Venice for Rnpa.tona. llth E.tsby Abbey lefc .I:hmburg .for Cardiff 12th Whitby Abbey left Bo' ess CorCronsta.dt 12th Fountains Abbey left BevaJ for Rotterdam l2th ¡
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I Here and There. On Monday the chapel erected in memory of :the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale. at the Gordon Boy&' Home, will be dedicated. A fanner at St. Harmon's, Radnorshire. has a iamb with three moutha. One of the mouths is where it ought to be, and the other two are under the ears. Lord Hylton has purchased the celebrated -Fa.uMa.nd Tower, near Bath, which commands one of the finest views in Somersetshire, being 230ft. high. The Earl of Lindsay, whose denth is announced, held one of the most ancient of Scotch peerages, the fh-st Lord Lindsay of the Byres having been created in 1445. Prof. Morley'" power at University College lay in the encyclopedic ctiaracter of his Icnowlc-,(ge, and in the singularly popular manner which he had of importing it to his pupils. The Duke of D"'?nshire has consented to have Grini!ow, better known as Solomon's Temple," at Buxton, opened. Everything indicatt-s that: this was a. very ancient burial-place. A man named Devine, returning on Monday night from a Nationalist meeting near Bess- brook, Armagh, stumbled into a quarry and, falling 150 feet. was dashed to pieces. An English cyclist;, Mr R. L. JeSerson, now on his way to Constantinople, was mobbed by peasants when crossing the Servian frontier, and had the front wheel of his machine damaged. A deputation from the British residents of St. Petiersbureris about to leave for England, with the object of -4wmeuting a congratulatory address to Queen upon her Majesty's 75th birth- day. It is estimated that the French farmer realises a pront from bis poultry ranging from 17 to 50 per cent. in some casea it has gone as high as 85 per cent,, though the average is not much above 20 per cent. Mr F. D. Brocklehurst, of Harehi!), Cheshire, handed over to Maccles&eld on Monday the Victoria Park, for the recreation of the people. The value of the gift is estimated at about ten thousand pounds. Owing to the recent mischievous outbreak at Chl'ltlt Church College, Oxford, it was stated on Tuesday morning that the whole of thempmbers belonging to the BullingdcuCIubat.ChristChurch have been sent down. Dr. Kmght-Eruce, the Bishop of Maahona!and, who has lately returned to England on account of ill-health, i.s, it is said, likely to resign his see utu=s.s he receives very material bene&t from the air of his native Devonshire. A m;tn n.tmed James Pct.s was found on Tues- day morning lying in a wood near Chatham with h:s threat; ezit. "Finili it," he said to the man who discovered him. He was removed to the workhouse in a precarious condition. The Emperor Wi'liam has notified to the com- munity of Bromberg that, in orcttlr to help to defray the expenses of building a State tbt-atre there, he w'.U subscribe out of his private riirse a su:!t of .8500 atinnaily tor several years to cc'me. The is a1JJ¡olUlced, ac the .1gB of 92, of Baron V:i.yO, Pruaident of the IInng:u-ian Ilotizi(, of Magt.atcs. The decfased, who was horn in April, 1302, at in tho county of Horcou, \as de(;!I[;(li from au old noble family. I.Lrs Nie! died at her daughter's residence, Ba,hnRr!no, Ftfcshitc, on Whit-Monday, at the age of 102. Hhe wa, marrted wht-n 2t, and had a fmiiity of tQi, aiid her deseeuuaut.s nu'nbpr over a hundred. Ttia dscea.3t:'d enj-'yed her facu!- tit's to the The system of albwinr{ readers at; Cterkenwel! Free Library Lo s&I&cc book.s frcm the shelves ht',a be<?n in operation two wf(-ks, and ha' answered s"1.t;raetorily. The net eflecu, po f.-L- hi's been Lo Q!min!-i!i the output of fit.ion, and increase the nu!nb"f of burro' e: GtSitt n)i;etiFgs are bbing Leid in London thia weak in oonnpci.ion with iih& Christian Eudeavoui.' Society. It niay not bn generaUy known that tl)eor;K!na.tor<fthe mcvonient w<).stheR';v.F. E. Clark, an Ainei-icftn, who h.M been caDed Father Endeavour C!ark. The Dublin Express states that; tv/o men who %ve.re -atherinv ci-essesinaditch near the site of the Boyae obsluk ac Droghedn, where General Schomberg fell, fouud H.n old sword in !jhe nm'J. It waa covered w:ih rust, and had evidently lain in 11(0 ground for many years. In the course of an interesting' interview with M.ss Wizard in ti)n C&rtSi'K'M World, the prf-Ident of the 'Vorld'" Women's Tcmpcrauce Union te¡¡, other things, how she has just, learned to ride the bicycle!—"although I'm —wsl!, 55 3,c.irs o,ct next nutumn." The P<jpa has sen'j to press a work describing all the-acts of his P¡¡¡n<ll reign. In high ecclesi- astical quitters it is considered to be Leo's politico-religious Afto- the example of Sixtus V., he has dfsired to render an account of hia actions and to bxplain his poltcy. L;tst month the London police killed 12 "ffroci(\l" dog?, bnt on examinfltion bv a vetfriuary -'urgeon only two of them wero {"una to be Buffering from rabies, and the author;t:ps wit! hardjy put the whole dog population of Landon under a ban on account of these two unfortunates. It has been arranged that the national gift commemorative of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Carnarvonshire as the guest of Lord Penryhn shalf t;<.l:e the form of a silver model of Carnarvon Castle. Itwillbepresenbedata. luncheon to be given to his Roy.tl Highness with- in the walls of the historic building. Tb03f1 who contend that the influence of the theatre is not in the d)rect<on of propriety wi!l certainly score one from the following bill which is posted in large) letters at the door of a theatre in Brussels:—"Moral pieces every Sunday and ThuMday." Well may the Indépenilance Berge iuquu-e, What upon the other (Jays?" S.ud the Englishman to the Yankee, Who built your towns?" Said'the Yankee, "The Irishman." Wi<o built your railways ? Who dug your canals ? Who laid out your country ?" Said the Yankee, The Irishman." And what did the native American doT' the English- man asked. I gHess he sot on the fence and looked on," said the Yankee. Miss Fanny Dztvies hfts promised to give her services as soloist pianist at a benefit concert to be given by the directors of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, on Saturday afternoon, 26th inst., in aid of their recently resigned organist, Mr Eyre. 3\fiss own conc8rt next Friday afternoon at St. James's Hall, London, when she will give a series of pianoforte rpcitals. Exeter-hall will witness a pretty sight next Friday, when the Church Boys' Brigade is to hold a. public meeting und demoustration. Lord Roberts will be in the ch;ur, and addresses wi!t be delivered by several wdJ-known divines, including Archdeacon Firrar. The sining will be led by 600 brigade boys in uniform, accom- panied by the b.%iid of the 1st Glasgow company, which the first ever raised. From Graz a correspondant learns that Fas- ching, the president of the so-called cave ex- plorors, whose rescue from the Lllgloch Cavern "a. re-ported at the time. is ill of typhus fever. and that young Held, the schoolboy, is In a very sad condition, and does not* appear to be recover- ing his mental faculties. The authorities are about to dissolve both exploration societies, and lo forbid entrance to this particular cave. The death is reported atPatterson, New Jersey, of the Countess Ma).i!da.Kronhju:m, whoso :'Ul'runnd;ns of Ia!.e have been of the most poverty-stricken description. According to such details as heve been collected, the hapless lady's husband fled to Sweden some years ago in con- nection with the murder of his brother-in-law. and afterwards completely deserted his wife, leaving her wholly unprovided for. So fiM, a sum of eighteen mi!lion ta.e!s, or nearly three million sterling, has been subscribed by the Chinese ofScia.Is, and withdrawn from other funds, for the purpose of celebr?ti!)? tho sixtieth birthday of the Empress Dowager of China. But even this "n0T111()1¡;j sum is not deemed snniotcnt: (says a standa.2,c2 despatch), and twelve mIUions more are called for to make the celebration upon what the advisers deem an appropriate scal<\ Referring to Mr W. T. Lee, lecturer of the Christian Evidence Sociei.y, who is shortly to engage in a public debate with the Rev. Gcr.. St. CJftir, Unitarian minister, the "CardiS Review" f.'?ys:—The young l?ician and controversialist who is at the present time doing stiell efh-ctive work is a Mr Lee, formerly a. b)a.cksnuth c.f Bristol, who, like Ei'hu Burribt. tau?iih Inn?alf L-'tin and Greek :tt int"rva!s while working f<.t the forg(,, and is a remarkable instance of a self- educated man, and proves the adage that what has been done by one :nan c..n be done by an- other." The many friends of Mr Efan Evans, the basso, of Morristor), will be p!ea<ied to hear that ho intends to enter tho Royat Academy of Music at the end of this auu'mer. A beneHt concept will be shortly org.i.uised by the Morriai.onians to Iielp Mr Evaus to carry out his jaudab:<. intention. The (:itriietion of tjerrings by g-aJlUets ]s enor- mous. It M estimated that there m-eon A)!sa Cr:uga.!one 10,000 ?nu?ts. Assuming that e:!ch bi!-don!yct)nh.'nr'ss'xhpt-t-)n?!.ia d.'t.v.t.he ?..itnots on AHsa C;'H.'? ??"s '"?'' d"v?)?60 COO hernsg:, a day. 1,800,000 n month, or 21,600,000 a year. On the modest assumption that; thre are 50 ga.nnets in all the rest of for every one on Aiia? CMi?, the ?cott?K?nets ?ouo mus!: consume more tl)'?*'?"'?'??0 herrings a year, or 57 per con! more thau an tha Scojitish Bahermea catch.
, Miners' Eight Houro Bi)f.
Miners' Eight Houro Bi)f. I BANK TO BANK V. WINDING. Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P., writes :—In what you describe as the exhaustive address of my friend (Mabon) at Ciydach Vale on May 1st, he may be supposed to have put forward the strongest arguments he could produce in favour of the bank-to bank principle. Never, per- haps, has Mr Abraham shown his peculiar talent for confusing the issue to greater advantage but I venture to think the very tactics adopted arc a true measum of the weakness of his case. The bank-to-bank men have been" driven from their' outworks and are fighting in the last ditch fighting bravely, it must be admitted, as those who know them would expect them to do, but i I Sghticg a lost cause. They have been actuated by the best modvea they have been guided by what they conceived to be the best interests of the workman in Soubh Watos, but they have been mistaken and rnilE:d. and I appeal to them not to allow any feehug ot false pride to warp their better judgment, but to confess ]iko men that bey have made a inistake, and that they did not fu!!y comprehend the scope and consequences of be bank-to-bank Bit!. I propose to show (1) That Mr Abraham, in his Clydaoh Vale speech, unwittingly made statements wb:ch were ucorrect, and which in any case have no bearing upon the controversy. (2) That his charge of inconsistency against us in so far as it is true wi!I not prevent the doubie sbtft, or the reduction in wages which must foliow the introduction of the bank-to-ba.nk Bi! nor will it obviate the strike which must resu:t from the double shift, and the attempt to reduce the wages of the hauliers and day wii,eilieii. (3) That ho admits that his Bit! wit! effect a greater reduction in the coHiers' output Îl: South Wa!es than in any other district. (4) And, nna.Uy, that be doesn't understand the scope and character of his own Bill. Mr Abraham says, owing to the system intro. ducod at Cjydach Vaie, the wi,es of the men havebtenredueedSsinthejS. I presume ha! refers to the B.\rry system. Let me say, nrsHy.that I !¡",ve ha.d the wag-as of the copiers taken out for the month ending April 14th, aud I tind tha.t the average is higher inthe No. 2 pit, where the systam is work-;d, than in the Nc. 1 pit, where the stfdt system is )Q opma.tion secondjy, then the present pi-icea in the No. 2 pit were arranged after and not before the change of system, tha.t no complaint haa reached me from the men themselves that the system has been ]n vogue for many years in at Jea.<t one coH!ery of which Mr Abm.ham hns the agency, but I never heard of his making any public eornpin.int ag:uust it until now. 'l'hfJ! system is one that very much improves the venti. aMonwhere.in the CMe of thick seams, with good roof, it can bo worked. But, I would, with al, l deference, ask M.Ujon WHAT HAS THH BARR!- SYSTEM TO DO WITH THE HICHT HOURS Ixmk to bank. and j" his caso so weak th:t he must try ;md rfuge a cioud of dust in this way to i)-e its Let us discus the bnnJ.to, bank prit-.c!ple on its withcut di-ag-ging in oub.-i:df.' mattecs to cont'usd tha n':d jssua. (5) 1lr Abi a.ham charges U3 with ineonsistencv with h:t\'ing changed (ml' minds. We!efmt; I retnind hi)n a great :;tate-3mllll sf.)d on one I occ,t:;ioll the llIan wbo mver changed hw :nmd had no tnind to ch?n?o. Witat induced mp tnore th?n anything eise tochftn?ouy v:ews ni)ou thiM quest'on were the result's of nctunl experi?c? I tried t!m eigilt houra bank to bank v/;tii doubie ghift, :(.t Utyda.ch Yn)p! '.v!th .m anxious det,)re thxt it sbuuld succeed, and it was ou!y at the w)$h of the workmen themselves ttilit we returned to the present f;Y8elU. They objected stl'o!Jf;Iy to the double shift, and, moreover, the output :Jf the I indtviuua.1 coilier was less per day by over 20 per cent. th.tn under the pre.sMit .ystern. quotes the opit.iou of Mr Priehard, the ]ate' manager, against: the double shifty and his opinion ia one deserving of gri-t weight;, hub it is one th.tt is not shared by Mr Hammond, our present man;t-er, nor, I believe, by the ruajonty of coUiery ofiioals in South Wales. THE DOU",LJ,, SIIIFT SYSTEM j is in fuh swing in Norttmmber!a,ud :tnd Durham, and I a!n satisfied would come into force hi Soutit with the bonk to bank-. The 24. hours would ho easily dividel ]nto three shifts of eight hours each, and the diftinuit.yof tcpf'.iriUK the roa.ds ta time would be hugely got over by employing utore men to do the wot'J; Louking back upon the experiment I &m !]ot: pre- ptued to say Jt was tltogetlj,r unsntisfiictury frott: the employer' point of viev/. But if every coUtery owufi.' a.dopted it throQ?hout South Wa!es the output per colliery won!d be so iti crensed th&t it wonid take m.my ye&rs for the consumption to come up to i):, and we shouid have and WAGKS DOWN TO THK LOWEST EBB I for iii to peritid. '1'l¡¡l,t the, SVi\tf'm of 1 douhle shift can be worlce(I It1 Sou,\¡ i,'laks is evidenced by thf fact that it ¡" unw in opt-t-a.tion in Cdynen, for !c:x:J.mple. ThB totltl outpa:; would be ellormouly u)ere:<aed, while the output per co]iierwon)dberednc<*d. And, oouaeqnentiy, the wag-tis of tha callier would be reduced in two ways-in the first pl:1.ce lie would put out 1881'1 coit!,andinthet!extplace,the!narket price being at the lowest point for years, the pircer, tige nnd.r the scale woald aso remam at the mini- tuum. Mr Abra.ba.tn twits me with inon"i,CÐIlCY because in n)y deaire to see the hours of jabou? reduced a.s far as poMtbte I was a few yeat'3 ago a))xion.-) to SRp. the eight honr3 bank to h:mk tried. After an actHid experience I nm convinced that thf bank-to.ba.nk fiysteoa would at the present time be ve''y prf'jud)jin) to the workmen's intprpst, but I think my bonf'sty in the <na,tter is sufficiently shown first, m having tned the system without waiting for nn Act of PArHamfnt, and, further, by the Bitt I have given notice to introduce, with the concurrence or the Merthvr and Aberda.re worktnen, which I beHevf to be ? pracl;icable aithongh it is not a!toeth!lr the one I sbooid hava wished !oyse!f, bn6 the merits of which I conndently letve to the com- bined judgment of South Wales workmen. question. Ian''afra,idMrA'in-ahamistooa.ptto a.tta.ch undue weight to my vi'-W! THE RKAL POINT J-'OH THH WOKKMEN I I to obilen-B is, which is best foe their own interests -eight hout-a bank to ')a.nk or eight hours' wind- ing coa,), which my Bi!! seek? to bring about in tha p1.<ce of the present: nine hours system. What either Mr Abraham or u¡ysJf think &bout it is n. matter of very spcf'nd;')-y import:mcp. Mr Abraham .<<:we. the Mx!Ltnd miners h:).ve eight hcurs winding coal :theady, and my Bdt would be no improvpment to the:u,'whorcMthe Dank-to-bunk I3i!I wou!d i'rprove the position fill round. He adtnit.s here that; hi.s H't) would reduce the time fur mure in South Witles than pise'.vherf. The ialidl-,knd mineta are Wurking four, three, and in sotne caie,3 only two dxys a week, and the cScc!: of the Bill wouid be to drive trade from South -%Vtles to the MidLi.nd.s, nnless the double shift c'Ame into fashion. I a.dnut there is not u9u.<.l)y very keen competition between ua a.ud the At i(II.nds, but the tendency of mtro- dneing the b.ulk to bunk would be to drive some of our trade to them. My Bit! only n,ppne3 to W:deg, so they have nothtng to comp.titi of in the Midtunds. Tjot them have the Ba.uk-to-b!H)k BiH if they want it. Another argument of friend Mabon is thab THE NORTH WALKS MEN I want the b&nk to bank. We!), I remt.n.ber about 12 months ago seeing in the papers that a. 1nf'eting of some of the Fiintshire tnm parsed ft resolution ag-nnst the biiiik to bank; but I)iitt.ii)g th:tt. there fire on!y about two-thu'da as ma.ny men employed &bout cothenfs in the wb')loot: North Y{flles n.s there is In tbnM"rt.hyr and Absrdare valleys alonf, a.ndthenmr.beris i'MS thnu teu per cent. of tli, number emp!oy<'d in South wille.:i .i:)d 1(mmolltbshir". And if it is wrong; not to give the North W:i:es iYtan all they ask for, sureiy ib is cquaUy wrong- and woMO of the South Wa,Ies and Mt.n'nnutihshire men eonsdtutinK the I.Arr,st district into taking what perha-ps the baHot win show they dOll't want at a.H. Besides, I should, as far as I ;trrt eonuerned, be prepared to allow the North W&!os men to join the Midland men if they wi.-fied it. It is c!e:n' that Mabon does not nnderstand whn.t b.T.nk toba.iik mea.t)s. He thinks after so many y' ars' d¡gcus.iou the bank t,o b,u:k p(';ncip!e ought to be we)I understood, but tbf) t"xtraórdi. nat'y part of the witole !s that J\!¡,I,on him- se!f should not titiclot-tirid yet the scope and intention O( h)8 own Bit). THERE IS HOPH FOR MABO J that wl,,en he does iizidt-i-st:tn(I t,lie Tiiptitng of b.,uk to bank we sliail !)a.Vtj h)m with u?. Ho says omp "men deciaro that eiKht hOUl'S bnnk to wouicl n-,(-an ojity -six at the ftc("* Then, c:J.1cnl:\tin on the sa.me basi. eigl-.t hours' work 0!< the f<tC0 wun!r! iiiei.,i ten houtt! bank to bank, a.nd were t.iiey pt'ppa.t-ed to go back from the nine hour.stothot.fu." S,¡ at last we lHl.'le the ex- pianttic'). He thinks wa :)re working- n'ne hours tMnktobf-nknow. Rut the prc-se:)t !)ine hours is nine hours' winding coal, or ten hours batik to bank. It is not: a cn:;p of p:oinsf back from ninf) to t'mhoursbanktotj&uk. It. is the ten hours we m-e doin6; now, nnd \vhtc'n Mtbon wants to rednee at one !&;<p by 20 per Cfnt. Undfr my Bill we prcpose fixirg the point from which tho h(u])-s aM tohp)'(-okonf'dt'e!n't))e bohtou of the- ptt.; thiH will give eight hour.sfor wiiiciii), coa,! as against the pr'<'jent nitis. :Mabcu's Biit wii! on!y ]efl.'Je suven hours for winding coal. MrALrAh:uah:t3 expo)'iemed somo ditTienlty 111 gettilig the men to adhPre c,osel.v to thu pn-!s(,lIt nine hours* nys- tcrn. lie "'a.ys )f th(-y wou!d do s,) if; iv,)iil(i <o :). reduction of the outpnb of 20 per cent. WoU, su)'h)y ]f the vvill(lilg houes w<'ro reduced furthe!: irotn nine to seven it woutd Ifrtd to :t.ti least ANOTHRR 20 PKR CRT. OR OVER 40 PER CttKT. B')i; ho it<M not to .l"xp!ain how the I co'iicr putting out 40 per cent. ]eM is to j?at the 8!<na wages nt the r-fune cutting prices. M'.tbon hits i&otuced us a Rood dealnpon cue InGonsistency, but he ia somethiog more tha.n inconsiatent. hitn- self. One day ho teUs u-!that there win bo no but he is somethiog more tha.n inconsiatent. hitn- self. One day ho teUs u-!that there win bo no reduction in the out-pot under the Bank-to-bank BiiJ. with its seven hours for coat winding, be- cause the men will put forth increased energy, while another day he says that it the men wouid only even adhere to the present nine-hour system it would involve n, reduction of 20 per cent. in the output. \Vhichof these two statements does he want us to believe.? We are charged with holding different views in 1894- irotn those we he!d in 1890. But what is this compared to the douMe somersaults that our menta,Uy agiie o)d triend turns in the course of a single speech ? His acrobatic feats from bank to bank are simpty dazzling to the rising generation. There are two other arguments I should like to deal With. It; is s&id the output in question, where the hours are shorter and where the hours ha.ve bef'n reduced, ha-s increassd. This is simply I CONFOUNDING CAUSK WITH EFFHCT. 11 The hours a.re longer in South Wales than in the Midt?nds, because, owing to the nature of the strata, it takes four men toproducethesame quantity of coat in a given time hero t-, three- can do in, s.ty, Not:bingha.m<hirc. Iti other words, it taJt9s a, man four yp.'n-t; h('ru to do wh:).t he could do in three in the Midtands; and it is Justus sensibie to !èuppose tht you c;i!) alter this by printing a.a Ac!: of PadiMnent M (iet u? say) to suppose that you can alter the speed of a train by re-printing tha tttne-tabte. A passenger tra.I)T. e&u go i'rotn Cardiff to L'jRdoa in four ]i,)ur, white it ta.kes 5"Y2 hours from Swansea. Just alter the time-tftbto and both distances can be done in the Bittne time, according to th]g argument. Then it is sn.id where the hours h:<.ve been reduced the output li& b,,Pti increised. Itisciea.rtb&tthere must be a limit; to th:s argument even if it were correct; otherwise iet u?by all means reduce the hourstonothinca.ta.H. Thefa.ctis THE HOCUS HAVE BEEN RKDUCED SEVERAL TIMES I m South Wales itseif for the matter of that during the past generation, bec<use, owin to the improved appliances and methods of work.the output has been increased, and it has been found possible to so reduce the hours. It is in most caaes the hours that have been reduced owing to the incrfase in the output, fuid not that; the out- put has increa.sed owmg to the reduction of hours." A grettt deal has been said re.4pect-ilig the eight: hours' dby in Wootwioh &nd every credit is due to the Liberal AdrniniH'.ration for the chane, but, na Mr Wooda.U explained in answer to a question of mine in the House of Commons on Thursday last, it is not an eight hours'dnyi-uchn.s that which we proposefor nuneM. It is a 48 hours' wEek, and meat time is not included. Oa four day;; a week the men work nine ])onrs and forty minutes ticiiicling tnea.1 time, mid every man must work every da.y for the ire whole working time if required.
H!GH SCONSTA8LE8HiP OF ABEHOAHE.…
H!GH SCONSTA8LE8HiP OF ABEHOAHE. On Tuesday the app,)intment of High Comtahle n[ lHisbn IIIf,her tlK'k pJace at the Aberd:ue oil 9 Mc.i's W. M- N'ort.h H. H Hby", D. E. illi!11", D. P. D. G. ue(,V",e, i)r. aim Dr. D. i)n.vies.— Mr North read the letter sent in by the rearing );i?h constab'e. Mr D. Wi)!in.:ns, ofCc.mp- to!) House, .su?e:ingr the names of Mpssra L. N. \ViHi:uns, D. Tudor WiHi.).n)s, and ThonmsHoyd as nt and propar person", front whom the bench mig-ht se]pot his successor, Mr WATK:N J. THOMAS, who Is the oldest high c'1w,tallle residing in the town, ho having fi'ted that f.'Rioo in 1857, rose in the we!! of thn court, :).nd, addressing the banch, s?id !(e was there at the request or 'nesting of the ]e.lding trades. peop!e it! the disj-rict, who wate exc¡edin¡y anxious t-liat Mr DowIe! Wii))a.)n.?, the retiring high constable, shnuid bn re-Kppotnted. A )tu:i)M-om!y é'!g''18d petitIOn h.td been pi-a- St<ed to Mr Wi))iatns asking him to aUow Iiiiii-elf to be re-nomiu.itftd for that position. The oSics rJnril1 the past y,.tr I (lis(l,"),t'cl by Wtiliqlr,.s in a vfry liijo.J during t.hf Royat wedding fe8tlntHJS, wh<*i) he h:i.d prest-nted <-v!-)y child in thp parish aocI tbA t;woacJjoininrr. on''s with mf\dalfi con'memorAttve of the f\'<;nt. I:t addition to this ht; hn.d taken n very pronitien', p.trt in the tnovR- t?en?orseeuDn?.'ntintcim.?dmte school in the town. I;Uillg a he:tvy subscriber to its funds. Hn had aho bfe:i f, ld),;ral supporter to aU pr.bhc movetnents. It WH<;I therefore respter-fuJ!y reqnest'ed thn.t the magistrates should accede to th') i,oq!iesb nt:tde, and re a,ppoui!i the rebinng otBcia. Mr W. HOE.GKS. d"nper, vfho beld the of high consfn.bic for the ci-.v;:4ioii in 1S58, sa;d thn.t he too h!<d beon :nk<'d to supuort the rqlfjt. It wa.s the ut!:)!:irr;ou.5 wish of ttip townspeople tha,t Mr Wi)li&m'=, shon!d be- thus honoured. Mr THOMAS PHimrs, solicitor, s.ud th&t he h?-d a!so been .tsked tu r.upport that rE q ne"t. A very tiLiniArotiFIv-3ignc-d requisition had boen snb- mittod to Mr Wiih&m.?, asking hun to a!!ow his name to bR submitted tf the bench. MrWiHiams had relucb-AHtiy Rc.;edcd tu the wiHÍ1es of his MIow-town.snieu, and he was sure that it the bsnch won]d agret! to it, it wou!d gratify no o))!y the merubera of that deputation but a,Ii the re.idcnt;s of the town. Mr NORTH, ¡¡p(king on behalf of the bench, snid The bench are very ple.N1 to re-appoint. such an excaih'nt bifh constn.btf, :tnd I>Jn'ticularly to tll, wIshes of such aud deputlltioll. Sn\>ec¡nelltly Mr D, attended the court aud mude tha 11,U:),Í dpo!ara,tion, and \Viii; warndy upon hi, re-section, this I)Bilig the third time dunug the past ha]f a century that a. hiVh constable h:<.a been re- appointed. THE W;'ETÆC'l'1W HIGH CONSTABLE, j !vIr David\V¡¡¡iams, the re-appointfJd hi:h C()I1,t!tb!e, 1;' the son of the lute Mr Thongs Wi)ha,n:s. near Tondn. end. ll,,4 was to the dmpery trade to M)' T. Yorath, Higii-strest, Swiiisea, entered tho f.mplüy of Mes-rs B. EVRns and Go.. of Swa¡¡"wa lIe wa,s :1.1(>0 a shorf. titMe .tt NfWport, .-mft 111 1870 he l'cmov"d to he opened bushes. on).Is own whllh 11'1'< g'rOWH lal1;oly during the past. 24- ye-tr, Mr before he came to Aber'lare, iiitrrie(i Miss KnapmAr, the eMest daughter of Mr W. Kuapman. c(Jllfectioner ttnd grocer, High-street-, Swansea. MrsWiJtiams ,s --i prominent: 'nember of the f'xecutive com- trittce of ti)<< Women' Libern! A'"5nciation, ancl i=! a member nf the iadtes' vtStting committee of the Merthyr Union,
A BARMA!DCOUN1ESS. I
A BARMA!DCOUN1ESS. I A story CO:II08 from Vioniit. It shows t!):).t, )iko Dick \Vhitt!ngt:o)), th8 Viennese ometimes have to rise to poition8 beyond whxt they havppiot.ut-fd even in their wiideati dreams. The Tcl('fJmph correspondent: how a ba I'm:! «1 ù,'eame n CJnn('Si\. A Cömt>:em:1-u who used to visit her bar iit,,idly iii lov-- wl tli lier. He proposed and was 'l'h/3 marria6 speedily took 11:nep, and ti)a bride received 100,000 gllidens (.69,000) &s f,. Nv-(I(IiTig gift from hec husband, who wiM a, Ru¡;iau ConsuL For some tinte f)ft,"r this she witsscen drivn¡ Hb(m t.hacii.y in ftn elegp.)t (uawn by a piir of snporb hoi'Sfs, n.r!d :).ttu'cd in wonderful Then the pair con.1)1(-taly disappeared from Vtenoa. for M. ffw ir.ont.h?, a.ud were forgotten by an but the blonde btriiiai(i, who Liroadly ii einnfttes to her customprg that they shou)d ,o and do hkfwisc. At present Connt.e"s X-- is b&ck in V;<*nnf).onc8 more, driving a!onj; the Pt-ateL- Cora'' every a.ftmHoon Wtth hr o!d ynotilM', and accomptmied by a .qc,lei-nii footiiian in livery. Botttthe ];¡.dies MO c1rI3i!i!ed iu deep xnonrniug, Rud pic". Imre-sl"ekers in PratfJI'-e<peci,¡Jly of th,3 fair scx—oftenstnpa.nd point her outn.sth()"b!:r- maid Countess," or the beautifu! rich widow." -¡.
",- ALARMtNG FIRE AT AI \\lOnKHOUSE.,
ALARMtNG FIRE AT A I \\lOnKHOUSE. A fire broke out at the Carn berwell Work- home. H<\vil-tl'eet, PeckliLiti-ro,,td, early on Tuesd&v mornins'. About: two o'c)ock one of the night nurses saw a light in the laundry, which is a.n annexe of the main build- ing, a.ad the ll1ê.1ter, Mr Wist, filv 1 9 b('cn romed, the potice at Grfn satiol1 were communicated with, and the brigade were of tÍle there were some 380 inlnateg m tho house, of whom of 40-o1d aud ii)firryi wottieti- were in a ward Specl:\ 1Jy for their aecomtnodftticn and wtuoi: cou'-t.itut.es .t, portion of thH a.iinpxe. These o!d jteoplH were removed to a. p¡aee uf -afvi,y, and prepara'tOns mad,) to evacuate tha m:un I)ujJdjiig should the piogfMs of the flames render tt'is necessity. In the result both the laundry the old ward were completely burned j3ut, but the other Uuiidinss escaped injury. AU the appliance:'l of the laundty, as we!) as the linen, were destroyed, buttha!os9is fui)y covered by insura.nce. The nre is supposed to ht..va onginated iriierig the garments in the drying bouse. 8ix years ao t.ha institution WM!? the cene of another but !oss serious are. 'f I
THE COMED!AN AND H!8 CH!LD.…
THE COMED!AN AND H!8 CH!LD. I a cltared on It warrant-, at Ln.mbt>th Police c'o:trt: on Tne'-<i:ty with neglecttiiig to maintain ))is ciold, t'innk Andrews, whereby he had become ehrugea.bie to thf Lan.. both Do&rd of Gtmrdinn' Aecu"d is a nrtisto iii(I :(. Moure (%z-trrant oHIcct') .s.tid ))0 an-tstip'l t!)f) :t.t Hu! When totd the chflrg- hA observed, WfH, I htve no!; bef'n ab!<j to support the ch))d. I hnve been ftoing- nothitis; sca-.c,,Iv and added t,!)nt hn tilotigilt the friends with whom h' I,itd !eft the boy ft))) had hi)).. 'l¡ tnf:S found tll:\t the prisotx'r \a.s fnpa?Md Jaat w?ok ?t ci)e Mt.tpit'e ?n?io H?t, for whfch hf rccovcd .S8. ;63 10s of which, how- ever, hf ))f.id :t.way in .9, of a. debt. He undM""t:ood thft.t the prisonfr hf).d t'.n eng-ngement to go to nt; Gruosby.—Mr Uopkms iftu&nded the prisoner on bf.i), in ot'd<'r that h'j n)i!.(hb come to itu arrangemf,nt; \viuh the aut.horltlf's. "WIJ.
tNFERRUPTiON AT A WEDDiNG.
tNFERRUPTiON AT A WEDDiNG. A wedding cerctnony )n All S\int,>' Churd!, Chchn-iford, Oft Monday, was into t/nptcd in .'n t'xtraonlin111 y by an uuinvt),cd guest. I¡Vlwll tIle ceron'ny !<) rcaenfd the sb''gf' at whic!) thu rit.g is l)l<lcecl on the btije'a fillg-e. a. niau, wh.i been :). silent: Wttnass of T!< th'? service down to tiiit moment, rmhed and, his fmnd over tt)e I)ri(lcg 8hould(r, exe!r;.imGd, "Stop a bit; I'H do .inbforyou." The curate stood aghast at t,Ms i.iii-,eeiiiiyI ittriis-Ioii, and stopped thf (.'<'t-t'Mor.y, and dechnc:l to pl.'oceed until the man h:;(l bpen removed. 'fh mtrmlt'J', who wag con1(l'nd to bethf worse for drin! wM then giv<B icte cnatody..
?Opinions of Representative…
?Opinions of Representative Men. ) I [BY SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS.] I I No. II. I I There can be no question tna.t a great fuck of houses snita,Me for the working-eia.sses p¡:evails in Cardiff, and that many of the siyi,,tll dweHings are old a.nd insanitary. rrhat is why the workers crowd together in the larger buildings, where they get more air, more room to move ;<.bout, the chanoaof :<, bath and other convenances which do not exist in the in-demised a.nd inconvenient places of siiitller uimenstous, a.nd they escape the dÜ,comforts fmd rs of ]¡vi}) in the dirty streets of T!p;er Bay a,nd Ncwtown or in the sltimg!. By way of manifesting the personal views of workmen themselves, I may quote the statement's j m:tde by some of them to me. } AS TO THE EASTERN DISTRICT. I A man employed in sa-w-miUs. of superior intel- ligence and long residence in Cardiff', said that n:ost of his feUow-workmen lived ou t)te East Moors and in the streets oS Clifton-street. The general size of houses on the East Moors," he said, "isf]x rooms, and those in Meta.t-9treet, Iron-street, and others in that neighbourhood are the same. The rents range from 8s and 8 6'i to 9s and 10s, whilst the current wages for 1abourers is 24s a week, fuii time; and the men cannot afford to pay so mnch rent. In Windsor-road I know a house at 11s 6d, but the occupant of it is n. ma,n who would earn about 33? per week. Sawyers make 28a per week on the average, but some have less. AtBroadwaythe housea are a htt)o cheaper, being about 7s, but they are ojder and not so iarge. Most of the houses at the Moors are new." "Is there much sub-letting?" asked the re- porter. There is not one tenant in ten who does not jet unfurnished apartrnents. That's how they -have to do; they couldn't: get along otherwise, as each of the tenants in a house usuaHy has a family, and in tna.nyc.Mea the result <s overcrowd. i ing. Thesa are not the sort of buildings that ought to be put up for working men." "In what respect ?" "They are too Jarge, and if we pay those bigh rents bitf our wag-es are (lne. Then we haven't the same home comforts with two f:uni!ies in a house, and yet we have to bear it." Ate there no houses suitable for sin?e ramifies ?" fa,rot! ies 2" Weli, in Tyier-shreet, at the top of Broa.dway, there are six-roomed honses at 5? 6J, and, though the rooms are small, they would uit one family and give them the cotni'ort.a and prlvileí{es which thpyought.tohitve. The DO\VLAIS WORKMEN'S HOUSES ARE THE SORT tha.tonc.'nttobeputuphet-e. 1.'hese:tre fol1l'- roomr;d houses with buck kitchen, in(I the rent !& 4 6} a. week. Idon'tititink there a.reba.ths in the;.).' Are ba.ths common in the Moors and Roa.'h diat.[-iut.<!?" the<n. even %N liera we pay 9-: 6r1 to 12-' per wepk." What :(r;) the s:mit¡\r-y &)'rang'j)r,ont3 ?" "Nut very goo'i, thero beíll no fliisl-.idg ap- paratus for the Witter olosets, wh)ch arh ail H.t the backs. There is nob much the matter with the draiuagb. The Ltteai: houses have a nHshins; appur.nus." I DOUBLE OCCUPANCY INEVITABLE. Do yon thmk men hnve tho chance of gettinp,, housa all to themselves "No,it!rpqmreKtiwotopAytherent. Ifone pa.id the reut, !ta would bo worlcino- for altnost nothing e!sc'. An! Ca.rdiiUsbutItibt.'eomebody o!so thnn the workmg'Jna.n." Auother foremfm saif! it was no use for work- ing uiMi to gnnnbte about those lents, becaue as soon as the houses are built they are. snapped up. Indeed, some fs.milips go into new hocst's before they arc fisushed, even wheu they sue damp aud u[th'?!thy. I THE DOC'RS DISTRICT. I A foreman ia one of the large worka at the docks, asked as to the condition of things in thn,t locality, said :—" WcH, I don't know exa.ctiy. I't H:n'ro\vby-sEreet. I own three houses. each contaiuing three bedrou:ns and three roc'ms downstairs, c011q>:tnltiçely stfudJ, :),nd t))e rent is 7s 6d. But on thaeMt side uf the ctual tcaaut.a pny niore. In Adel,).i d o-s tree, for instance, they pay 10." but then the lioti.,P, are larger," ''Is there :t sti-ong demand for siil,;tll houses?" Yes. If I ha.d one empty, there wou!d be 30 pwcpie after it." "\7hatisthe scale of wages paid your work- tnen ?" We pay labourers 4s a day, and carpenters, jO:Ut-fS, pattern-makers, a.ud fÜtflrs about 6s 6'L We (!o not pretend to give re.ii!ar work, how- evfr, and when there is no work the men are of course not }J<\id. Soojetim&a they ftre paid over-' ttme. Sou'e of our men ha.ve to Jive at Ca.tha.ys and Gr,ti;get,)wn. I TIGERBAY. There is no need to give evidence of the f&c!; that Tiger Bay region is not the place for a workman to bring up his family. Apart from !ts undesirable character in other respects, ili is at so !ow a level that drainage is d)nlcult. a.nd the close anft confined nature of the streets pre- vents any healthy residence. The less said about Tiger Bay the better. There are many respect- a.Me peopfe who, uufot't'nat<<!y, ure compelled to hve there, but no one wouid go thither from choice. I NEW TOWN. The peeuliar f&me of Newtown is locally as wen-known -.s that of the notorious Tigl' Bay. I do not think it is necps,ary to expbuu wna.t tho features are tha.t hi).ve brought It into prominencp, but mp.y brif-fly refer in :). general way to the cha.ractor of the houaes and streets fmd a section ot tha iahabitanta thprc. The houses round by C.inal-par.%(Ie, Stanley-street, Mitry Ann-street and n€:ghbonring' streets aro far i't'wnv?tf)': they oug'h': to be from -t -,ftnit-iry pr'int of vi&w. They have !o w.tte-. supply for fltibbitig the closets, and there i?, f'f course, no bathroom to be ha.d in any house built years n.go, :i\f:tny of the place3 n.re badly kept', thf exception b(,.infr to find ona satiffactority ctean. In the nc-wer houses, bath" have been put, bnt ni thoaa c:(.se-i the rfnts are co,i-,iderftbly Eenta alt round a.re high enough without any jncreaHt', fr<r even in Ad.i.m-stroet, in houses whem th''re are no baths, tenants pay from 9s to 10 :1. week. StiH it be worth while, c,,)n.i(loriti, the advance to private individuplq and the tionl pnblic safety by the greater from disea&e, to teach those people at the ¡ expense of a 81Jlllin or two ro. week more rent. I A BLACK LIST. I I I think it would be impossible for anyone (except, perhaps, the owners of the prope't;e' themselves) to go round the dt-?trict) and come to any other conclusion than that streets like S tarley-s tree L., Love-)ane, Ma,)'y Ann-street, and Can;t)-p<tr:\de ong-ht to be swept away for sani- t&ry reasons. There are, too, courts m MiHicent- street:, Uni"n.t,reGt, :FrtJ(1erick-streot, Can,,xl street, and and, III, othets tlrealy described, comprise sots of small housn'<. w:ci) a;bominat.'Ie provision for wa.tf.'r and other con- venipnoe.?. The common conveniences snpp!ied in those phces a.re, I am told, notua.Hy used in the cold weather as s!eeping-p!aces by tramp; Ma.uy of the houses m'e nvercrowded. So ma.uy tiva in them, and the area is .90 th,3 bnUdtUgs become highly insanitary. This is p.<.r!:icu!arly the ca.se in Stanley-street, which, I believe, is on lflvel with, if it does not iri viIeneB' any of,tl wretched siums we h&vo. Homtra.y-strt'et I had nearly omitted from this black list. It, too, though the houses are not so bad as in mos'. of the othor places', needs a great deal of reuovatmg, if not uttpr wiping out])ke the rest. Iu the p.u-t beLwfen Row?ud-street and WtHiMn-street there are two-room houses. Away down ) IN TYNDALL-STRMET I there are pecn liar condition?. The houses are !?o&d, being Lm)t for a. different o?as of tenants t.h:m thxt which now occupies them, and nob :n:tny years .'go wou!d iitve been classed. so fnr ? C?rdi8' l'Mpsr!y went:, amongst the goocL B'tt; tiow, with the growth cf the town and the exigencies of tho times, things have ch¡mged. Most of tha houses in this att'ebt arf) overcrowded (there ben'.g three a.nd four f.'mtjieaiiviug to- gether). and iu almost every one the over- crowding ))M its lIatuml result in dirt and diaeasc. The inhabitants etthpr or won't keep th; houses clean the wiiole ¡\i:'lH.:ct of the street ts decidediy obnoxtous. There tu'p, it is utmost needipss to add, no baths there. Talicitg wtth a. :JntJem:tn the other day as to the over- crowdmo'there, he told me tha.t on one occasion hasn.wsIe(.pn)ginoHeroomthaftthM'a,udthe, -ever.-tl chiMt'ef!, Kome oil the! bed and .;¡01I19 on the floor. lacked him why such condit:ons were not and modiSed, if ])oti stopped, and he repli-d 11 Well, you kttow, t!") sa.nitary authorities don't see this state ot' i th i t:g'<" beCtt.usethey can't go there to ii.iFi)ecL at j '"g!'t." CANAL BANK, ) np town (nc-ar the Hayes Bridge), is another sickening spot, and one which is da.n?erous not "n!y to the tenants themap!ve6,b(!t: to pub'i;j iie<).!th. The houses are not kept c!pan, proper conveniences are not provided. Man} more slums call for description, but I shaH reserve to a. future occasion detailed reference to them, or any further dettui concerning those I have already naHird. The gentleman to whom I h:tve just referred has a.n extensive knowledge of the character of the houses and of the inhabitants, a.nu he told me he saw no hope of any tniprove- n:ent round that neighbourhood until those places were pulled down and rebuilt. He advocated the buUdingof houses on the flat or "barrack" r,YF;1!em, and tbftt the corporation should nnder" ta.ke the task. Discussing the subject of providing s¡¡itable houses for the botig nde (nen bers of the v,r,,rking-cl..isses, he ¡;n.id he thought; IT WOULD PAY THE CORPORATION or pnvn.te builaers to pub up houses of four or five rooms, at a rent of 4-i or 5s, providing a. I)at,i ia e:tch. Thn.t he thought: ought to be fitted in every house, even of tho SHistLiea!: size. His remedy for the evil is to sweep away aH the houses in such places us I have Hamcd, and to oteo): worktug- ineu'.a houses on the fhe syatem, beoa.use by thab mep.ns, he -,irgue, one cn.n bu!)d up to any height, a,nd provtde much more and cheaper acco)nmod&- tion than by spreading sma,!t two-storey cottages over the ground. "There is," he adds, "an in- fuSidency of sma.11 housea suitil.)I-- for working men according to the reats they have to pay. Here towards the centre of the town the renta are 9a to 1O, which i? mucft too high."
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A SMART LONDON CONS FABLE. A Cardiff Man Charged with Burglary. At the North London Police-court on Monday, Frederick Edwards (52), describing himself as & musician, ot Bute-street, Cardiff, Lnd Lewis McCarthy (21), carpenter, of no fixed home, botb respeotab!y-dressed niea, were emerged before Mr Dtckinson with having been concerned together in burg!nrious!y breaJucg and entering No. 2, Prospero-road, HoUoway, and stealing therein six silver teaspoons, six stiver forks, six knives, a silver cup, a silver matchbox, two gold dockets, a. s:tver pendant, and a number of obher urtietes, valued at JSIO, the property of Francis J ams Ctarke, a carpet buyer.—Constable Jones, 322 Y, said that sooa after tf-n o'clock on Saturday night he was pa.ss- in7. 2, Prospct'o-road, when he heard the front door ))!MtHy closed acd bolted. FeehMg certa.in tlmt burglars were in the house, and nnding jemmy marks on the doo; witness obtained the assistatice of ne!g'hbou[s who .i,.ttehed the fron'i of th house whilA he WPllt to back. Hear- ing someone running through the liotisp, he broke the kitchen window with the intension of get- ting n!. At that moment a cry w.ts raised that someone had come out of the house in front. Witness hastened round, and so-ing the two pri'lonel's took them iiito Edwin Mil!.?, a inotiumentid engraver, of 5, Frospero- roa.d, !iving oppo;:ite, sa.id he was one of the neighbours who watched the front door. When the constable broke the window at the back the !>rÙ,oners came nnt of the front. iioor quite cooly and said. "What's up?" Witness seized MdJarthy by the coiiar and cuff. He said. "You have mn.doa.uustakR." W 'tdt,,ss replied, "If I have I am very sorry, but you will have to go to thf .stmion.—Od)er f'jd(nce having boen give! Mr Dick?nson commitfd the prisoners to the O'd B ?'ey for tna), and he marked the sheet 48 vigoihwce and of Pohce-constaMe 322 Y deserve very greitt praise." i8
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