South Wales Echo

The Man About Town. I It needs such a ceremony as that of yesterday to make one realise what a huge town Cardiff really is. The multitude seemed endless. Along two miles of streets which separate the Town-hall from the Roath Park people stood in serried ranks on both sides four deep. And yet Cardiff, no doubt, scarce felt the drain upon her. One thought of those exquisite lines of Keats on the Grecian Urn, in which he exclaims:— What little town by river or SEA shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of this fojk, this pious morn ? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will sit-nt bo; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. So one thought, as one looked upon the myriad of upturned faces that seemed like the white foam-crested waves; of a great sea through which we were ploughing our way, that the town must be deserted this dreary day of June, and houses vacant lay mid empty streets in desolation drear. But now in great progressive stride we have left far behind us those mighty cities of the past. -Athens was mighty with its thirty thousand folk. Sparta and Macedon were little more than villages. In such days Penarfch, a strong city ruling over broad counties, with its court and patriot* army. By the side of Cardiff these empire cities of the past were but straggling groups of huts, with here and there a marble temple or a miraculous statue. Let us take every great town of Greece in those old days and mass them to- gether, and you will find a modern town which might claim its two members of Parliament and fight long in vain. Let us not boast Cardiff has its 150,000 people and exults that she in some obscure matter of trade is third port in Great Britain, nay, even first in some vain statistical manner. Athens had only 30,000, but she ruled the earth, and given it the noblest art, the grandest philosophy, and the most sublime poetry. Perhaps in the celestial census book this may count for something. It was an inspiring multitude and an inspiring procession. The one inspired awe and the other, I fear, ridicule. I do not mean to contrast yesterday's festival with others of its kind. But I fear that no cere- mony looks imposing save in dignified man- ner and with distinct costume. These men in varied coloured bowler hats reading news- papers in a dirty cab, or a gentleman in gor- geous regalia smoking a long clay, or a trolley on which are two lambs and a number of giggling youtbs-these are not elements that go to make up an awe-creating proces- sion. I fear that the multitude thought so I too, for there were smiles and laughter, [ instead of wonder and respect, upon itheir I faces, and when one saw the satyr-face of a friend beaming in unconcealed mirth from a neighbouring lamp-post, one sought retire- ment, and with a blush gazed ahead as if 'contemplating the origin of species There was one consolation which brightened one long. As we passed the house of one of the chief Parkomaniacs I looked and saw him standing tip-toe upon a chair with great round eyes gazing out in childish wonderment and deep content. One sorrowful and reproachful glance I threw to him—that he who scorned display and hated. the Roath Park, who loathed the grounds and trappings of a vain event, should thus deny his principles and peer insatiate. He saw and was confused, and, dipping his head below the line of vision, hurriedly hid himself Still, one could not help feeling one was being dragged along in a Roman triumph, the citizens meanwhile tumul- tuously pressing forward to jeer at our mis- fortunes. To look dignified in a cab amid a crowd so great is an art difficult of attain- ment. I.—If you gaze calmly out on both sides you will be thought to be patronising the common people because you are in a hired cab and they are not. II-—If you lean back and don't look out. folk will say you are vain and imagine that you are the chief personage, and are too shy to meet the eager welcome of your inferiors. III.-If you are nonchalant and smoke or nod your head a-t people, it looks as if syou had no dignity and were plainly out of place or that you were merely a low fellow of no account. Now there is scarcely another alternative, except to get under the seat, and this way of overcoming a difficulty I heartily recom- mend to my friends. However, the immortal Boswell once re- marked that a dinner lubricates busi- ness," and perhaps one should not miss some mention of the excellent luncheon which his worship the Mayor gave to in- augurate the day's festivities. There were few vacant chairs and no vacant bottles. I never saw a more industrious and energetic company of guests before. There was a long list of engagements pro- vided with great care, and it was admirable to see how everyone settled down with manful resolution and undaunted skill to do his share of work. If it be necessary for me," I exclaimed with a fine burst of eloquence, "to show my respect for the Mayor and to do so much of the opening ceremony of this great park by eating turtle soup and nibbling at a quail if I am called upon to (do my own share of the labour of many by sipping a bottle of Eock and perusing a Perinet Fils —shall I refuse ? Whilst others are digging or planting, or sewing or labouring, or sightseeiug or clapping, shall I alone say that I shall do nought of of that which falls to my share ? Let never such a word be uttered. And I fell to. The Mayor," I observed to a Councillor (one of great eminence and peculiar brilliancy of mind), has a pretty eye for effect: the luncheon is most admirable." Yes," he replied, so far as a quail swallowed whole would enable him it's not bad, especially considering we have to go to a banquet at the Castle to-night." I gazed at him in pity, and moved my plate to a far-off table! No doubt the chief hit of the occasion was the reference of the Mayor to the Earl of Dumfries. It was a stroke of genius to remember that young gentleman's birthday. It gave him a locus standi at a festivity at which he was not present nay, more, it stirred paternal feeling and elicited a burst of genuine emotion from Lord Bute. When the Loving Cup went round to accentuate the sentiment, and enemy held to enemy to drink, one felt that a diplomatic, strategic, and clever use had been made of the situa- tion. Let us be thankful the Park is open. There has been scoffing enough and expostu- lation enough. Who will doubt there have been mistakes and follies ? Who can look upon that endless line of railings and not become dizzy with a faintness that leads to insanity ? Who can see the poor waters of the lake dashing their pretty little crested heads against the cruel red stone steps of the cascade "—stained with the murder of ripples and butchery of billows, one might say, as one gazed at their Radyr brick- colour. But yet one will not deny that the Park is eminently needed and will in time be exquisitely beautiful. We cannot have Parks where we would. No one would pro- pose to pull down Queen-street or set up a recreation ground on the site of the present East Dock. In time Cardiff will stretch itself far beyond the Roath Park, and people of generations yet to come will wonder at the improvidence of those who spent £ 60,000 upon a pleasure garden so near the centre o the town.

NEWPORT IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The export of ceal, foreign and coastwise, for the week ending last (Wednesday) evening amounted to 88,564 tons and two cargoes (weight not given), of which 68,708 tons were despatched to foreign ports, aud 19,856 tons and two cargoes we no coastwise. The other exports for the week included --Cinder tip slag, 500 tons plates and spikes, 500 cases; coke, 359 tons; fetro manganese, 40 tons gas water, 85 tons pig iron, 50 tons tin-plates, 10 cargoes speigel, 10 tons iron rolls, 4 tons bricks, 10 tons patent fuel, 200 tons and general mer- chandise, 8 cargoes and 390 tons. The irn{>ortK for the week included :—Pitwood, 4,690 loads, 120 tons, and 1 cargo iron are, 5,844 tons; manganese ore, 4,820 tons; tirr.ber and deals, 2,410 tons cement, 508 tons pig iron, 300 tons and 2 cargoes; ?and, 133 tons; lime- stone, 99 tons; hay, 14 tons; planed boards, 54,919 piece's stone, 68 tons and 1 cargo poles, 298 pieces; tin, 2 cargoes gravel, 100 tons grain, 1 cargo creosote, 1 cargo flour, 1 cargo scrap iron, 2!1z tons and general merchandise, 14 cargoes.

  TO-DAY'S WEATHER. 4.30 P.M. TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR ENGLAND, S. W., AND SOUTH WALES. Listht variable breezes, vnsettled, ¡ some rain thunder locaJly. GENERAL.—Unsettled weather is likely to continue in the more southern districts, with thunder in places.

I Christie Murray and His, I Wife, I I THE CLAIM FOR ALIMONY, Novelist can Earn Literally Nothing. At Bow-street yesterday David Christie Murray appeared to an adjourned summons charging him with failing to comply with an order for the pay- ment of 30s a week towards the maintenance of his wife, the arrears amounting to 29 6s. Mrs Murray stated that she had received no money since the adjournment. Mr Vaughan Have you no means ? Mr Murray None whatever. Mrs Murray He can aiford to live in a house with a lady and two servants. Mr Murray That is not the case. I am com- pelled to leave my house. If I were contuma- cious I should deserve punishment, but that is not the case. I have two witnesses who will ten you that since this summons I have been able to earn literally nothing. I am compelled to leave my house, and am absolutely destitute. Mr Vaughan If you have no means I do nob see how you arc to pay. Let me hear your wit- nesses. Maitland Coffin stated that he was called to see Mr Murray on Mnx"h 31. He was suffering from four dislocations in the right hand. Mr Murray Is it a mater of fact that I have been unable to perform an act of penmanship since I called you in ?—That is true. Mr Vaughan Cannot he write AT all ?—He has tried two or three time. and I have ordered him not to do it. He will not be able to write for a long time. In fact lie will feel the effects of the accident for years. Ho had all the symptoms of lockjaw, and if I bad not been called in he would have been "dead in a few hours. Mr Vaughan I cannot allow you to do that. Mr Jacob, who for about seven weeks was private secretary to defendant, said the latter made several efforts to dictate to him but failed. At this stage Mr Alfred Allestone said he repre- sented Mrs Murray in the proceedings for judicial separation, and he proposed to cross- examine the witnesses for defendant. Mr Murray (to the magistrate) Will you allow me to make a statement on oath ? Mr Vaughan It is not necessary to make a statement at all. I have received a letter from a gentleman asking me to band it to you, and I do hand it to you now. Mr Murray having read the letter without comment, Mr Vaughan ultimately adjourned the case for four mouths, but advised Mr Murray to pay his wife something in the meantime if he could possibly do so.

THAT CIGARETTE I What Are Women Coming To ? I By one of the London trains this week and in a J compartment labelled for ladies only there travelled from Birmingham four middle-aged ladies all unknown to each other. Bub the state of the weather afforded a very good opening for conversation, and in a remarkably short time the quartette were chatting merrily, and each felt so pleased with such excellent company. Alas the prospects of a comfortable and happy journey were soon to bo hopelessly wrecked. Just before the train got to Coventry one of the ladies was observed to pull out a dainty silver cigarette case, and then to withdraw from the case a cigarette. The other three were simply awe-struck. They could scarcely believe what they saw, and when the. lady lit the cigarette and gracefully blew a puff of smoke out of her mouth the others looked aghast. But one of them, more bold than the rest, ventured to object and asked the offender to go to a smoking compartment. The lover of the weed was not to be denied the luxury, as she termed it. She had smoked cigarettes for five years, and should continue to do so. Everyone was siient until Coventry was reached, when the lady who had objected thrust her head out of the window and called the guard. He tried to exert his gntle influence on the cigarette smoker, but without avail. She refused to go to another compartment, and the guard threatened to compel her. Then the lady played her trump card. After taking a gentle whiff she pointed to the notice on the window, which ran, "Smoking compartment. For ladies only." It was an old smoking label which the guard had forgotten to remove. The guard was in a most awkward plight. He had never been called upon during the whole of his experience to settle a dispute like this, and the only way out of the difficulty which presented itself to him WAS for the three ladies to go to another carriage reserved for the feminine sex. The railway company have a hard time of it. They will be called upon now to pro- vide special smoking compartments for ladies Mail. )

CARDIFF CAB CHARGES. I Suggestion to Adopt a Uniform Fare. I At the n?etmg ot thoCm-fbtt Cubs Comnuttee, heM under, the presidency of Councilor Ebenezer Beavau this morning, a letter was read from Mr John Miles complaining that the cabmen of Cardiff lllvariably set their tariff of charges at naught, and asking the fares which ought to be paid between various parts of the borough.—I he Chairman pointed out that every cabman had a list of the charges fixed in a convenient positiou within his cab, which he thought ought to settle any difficulty of that kind.—The Mayor (Coun- cillor Trounce) suggested that a uniform charge of Is should be made within the borough. It was stated that in the ABC Time Tables there was a list of cab fares printed which were, to a certain extent, misleacling.-H was resolved that the head constable should make a report on the sub- ject, and that consideration should be given as te the advisability of establishing an uniform fare within the borough boundaries AS follows :-ls for two persons and 6d for each adult ever that number.

= 7 = 7 = I > PUGH v.i DAVIES. A Swansea Affiliation Case. I A LUGE crowd assembled at the Swansea Police court this morning in the expectation of hearing an affiiliation case brought by a young woman named Mary Elizabeth Pugh against Mr WILLIAM ? D.?vieE, a prominent local gentleman. At 11.45, however, MT Leyson, who was instructed for the complainant, entered the court and said There is that case of Pugh against Davies, your wor- ships, down for to-day. Mr Glascodine is for the defendant, and at his request I am here to ask if it would be too much to adjourn the case till to- morrow at 10.30 ?--The Stipendiary Are you agreed on it ?—Mr Leyson Subject to your being kind enough. It is a question whether we are trespassing too much oa yon,-The Stipendiary No, not at all.-The case was accordinspy adjourned.

EAST MOORS TO DOCKS. Suggested New 'Bus Route. At the iuoefcinp: of Lhe Cardiff Cabs COMMITTEE held this morning, under the presidency or Coun- cillor E. Beavau, the Chief Constable (Mr j Mackenzie.) referred to the suggestion which h -cl been considered s^ine time back of running a workman's 'bus along a new route from the E I.^T Moors to the Docks. It was recommended tii,tt a 'iju q should be run from Splott-road, alolig San- I quhar-street, and down through the Docks pro- perly toward?; the Wallsend Engineering Work?. He thought that before thoy could do anything thev would have to obtain the permission of the Bute Docks Company to run the 'buses over their private road. ON the motion of Councillor Lewis, it was decided to communicate with th company as suggested.

I MIDLOTHIAN'S MEMBER. Mr Gladstone's Probable I Successor. At a private meeting of the executive commit- tee of the Midlothian Liberal Association, helel in Edinburgh last evening, Sir John Cowan, of Beeslaok, presiding, the future representation of the county was considered. It appears that Mr Gladstone has been asked and has consented to retain his seat till the general election. After consideration the executive last evening resolved to recommend to the Midlothian Liberal Association that Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael be chosen as Liberal candidate for the county.

NEW YORK TO PARIS. One Way of Doing the Journey. NEW YORK, Thursday.—Lord Dunmore is planning a journey by land from New York to Paris. He has gone to Montreal to arrange with the Hudson Bay Company for an equipment of an expedition which will go, to Alaska, cross to Siberia at the season when the Behring Strait is frozen, then travel through Siberia. to Europe.— Reuter.

A Missing Wedding Rini ] THE VINNÊSE DAME'S 1 ESCAPADE. I Flirting with Her Servant's Lover. f Frau Z. is the spouse of a respectable citizen OF Vienna, who, as the owner of some palatial re, sidenees there, lives comfortably on his income, Being lately called away to the country oil business, his lady slipped off her wedding-ring, left the house in the afternoon with a gentle, man," and returned at an early hour on thE following morning. The chamberinaid-a dis. creet gIrl, who, if she does not always mind her own business, never meddles with any om else'S—followed Hamlet's ad vice, and gave the matter "an understanding, but no tongue," an,1 the husband would never have been any the wisei had nob the untoward accident set the lady's well. laid scheme agley." Her lord, shortly after hif arrival, noticed the absence of the ring, which she had forgotten to put on her finger. "What's the Meaning of That?" I he asked. 011, I had some dirty work to do, and I took it off. I'll go aud put it on," was the satisfactory reply and everything would have passed off admirably even then had not the Fates beeu unusually aàverse-and per- verse too. The lady opened her purse in the privacy of her boudoir, but to her horror the ring had disappeared. What was to be done Instead of telling her husband that she had mis. laid the ring, she hurried off to the police-station, reported her loss, and added that she suspecteC. her discreet chambermaid of having stolen it. Then the plot began to thicken. The police paid, a visit to the house and questioned the servant,; who indignantly denied the charge. Wells how do you explain the disappearance of the ring, then ?" asked the representatives of law and order. My lady lost it, perhaps, when she went out to enjoy herself last Thursday night, was the reply. How dare you ?" exclaimed the lady; I will prosecute you for slander, you minx. I never went out enjoying myself." jTheir The Giri Continued her Disclosures, I adding that h mistress had opened her bug, band's cash-box and taken money from it, nc doubt for the purpose of paying for her furtive pleasures. Then the husband examined his spouse, but she not only denied the charges with righteou; indignation, but immediately took out a summons against her chambermaid for theft and slander. The case came on before a crowded court, and took a most dramatic turn. "Marie Possinger" (this is the name of the servant girl), "you are accused of theft and slander. Do you admit your guilt?" asked the magistrate. "Certainly not, your worship, I say that Very well. Madame Z. is the first witness. Madame Z., come forward" And a pretty, fair lady, fashionably attired, stepped up before the magis. trate, who first questioned her as to the slander. Your servant's story is false ? Yes." You were not absent from home, then, on the niqlit in question?" "I—yes, I was out." "With your husband, no doubt?" "No; with—with my servant's lover." Here the servant girl Jumped Up as if Stung by an Adder, I and exclaimed, in unfeigned horror, Wh,-t With my lover Oh, the wretch that he is Magistrate (to the girl) Cililt y(-)urzelf Then to the mistress. Where were you and when did you corre home ?" First, we were iu Busch's Circus, then in a hotel later on in a cafe. I returned at about two in the morning. I had taken off my ring that evening. "—Magistrate Then your husband had no inkling of all this 1": No lie was out of towii.Magigtrate(kuitting his brows) Do you look upon it as proper and becoming in a married lady to wander about the city at night, going from one haunt of pleasure to another In the Society of your Servant's Lover I and not coming home till next morning? This, then, was the dirty work that caused you to take off your ring?" After this little sermon ensued a few moments of dead silence, dnring which the abashed lady was the cynosure of all eyes. At last she stammered out, OJ That wed- ding-ring is the undoing of me." Magistrate: No, madam, not the ring. nor your servant yon yourself are the cause of it all. Do you still persist in charging the girl with theft ?" No." Hereupon the Public Prosecutor de- clared that he withdrew the accusation. Then the husband was examined as to his view of the matter, after which the lady was again subjected to a severe course of questioning which threw considerable light upon the myste- rions past. The former told the magistrate that for a considerable time he had remarked that various sums ot money which he kept in his well-locked cash-box had disappeared, he knew not whither. On this the magistrate, turning once more to the lady, asked her, Who paid the expenses of your nocturnal excursion ?" I did." This painfully dramatic scene was at last brought to a close by the magistrate's declaration that the servant girl had made good her statements, that the charge of theft preferred ageinst her was utterly groundless, and by the mistress bursting into tears and crying, "Oh, I am undone-un. done and by her husband amply confirming he* fears by the emphatic and public announcement, Yes, madam; now I am determined to apply for a divorce." The next moment the court was nearly empty, the spectators feeling that theil nerves had received excitement enough for ow day.Daily Telegraph.

Coal Mine on Fire. SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM [ 50 Men Entombed and Four Dead. 50 Men Entom eed and Four Dea6l. i BIUMIXGHAM (ALABAMA), Thursday.—A fire broke ou. Itst nigh t at the Mary Lee Mines. It is believed to have been the work ot an incendiary. Fifty men and boys are entombed in the workings. Four are known to be dead, and others are fatally injured. Hopes are entertained that some will be saved.—Central News.

THE RIVEH FATALITY AT I NEWPORT. Î A Defective Siaging. The inquest on the body of James Stafford, chief mate of the schooner Supply, of Barrow. who was drowned by the falling from a stnge at the side of the schooner on Wednesday morning, was held at the Town-hall, Newport, this morn. ing, before Mr Lyndon Moore, borough coroner. Timothy O'Leary, a seaman, who was assisting the deceased to scrape the outer side of the schooner, said that when they had finished scraping and were going to raise themselves ovei the rail on to the deck the rope supporting one end of the stage gave way. The deceased slung th stag-iug earher in the morning, and th( defect in it was that one end was lower than the other, but he (lid not notice the defect when he went to help the deceased with the scraping o! the ship. When the rope slipped both witness and the deceased fell into the water. Witness struck out for shore, but hearing the deceased cry out he went to his help. When he reached him deceased was sinking. He ciught at the top of his head, hut missed him, and he sImko Witness remained swimming about the spot for ten minutes in the hope that deoea.sed might COUle to the surface, but he did not do so. A boat from another vessel picked him np and landed him. It was half an hour before grappling i. were procured.—Michael Fiynn, master of the schooner, said that on the Tuesday he examined the hitches of the rope?, and they were all right; the stage was then 011 the other side of the vessel. The staging was defective owing to not being level. The deceased was a perfectly sober, steady man, and witness should not have interfered with the deceased's work unless he had seen that the staging was radically bad.-The Coroner pointed out that the question of civil liability for the I defective stagiug did not apply, as it was erected by deceased.—The jury returned a verdict 0;- Accidentally drowned."

DOG STEALING AT NEWPORT. The mountain home of liberty and Liberal. ism," to quote an admirer's description of the county borough of Newport, appears to be just now beseb by a. company of dog-stealers. The canine pets of householders are non est to an un' accountable degree. Fox terriers, spanieÙl, Manchester terriers, collies, pugs-.tu alike mysteriously disappear from their snug- geries and there is trouble in the home, because after the patter of little feet," the household dog comes next ip degree as favourite to cheer and enliven. Th6 police are concerned at the number of enquiries about missing pets one neighbour to his ac. quaintances makes it a first query after the weather servant girls get periods of liberty in the hope of finding "Tim" or "Jack" 01 "Shep." It is supposed that the persons whe get possession of the dogs pack them off by rail to other towns, or that they are kept confined ir the hope of a reward being offered. Whoever beguiles the animals from their comfortabl: homes must be endowed with affinities only com parable to the powers o^er another foot-footet I creature assigned to the Pied Piper of HameJin. <

LORD AND LADY BUTE. Leave Cardiff Te-day far the Metropolis. Lord and Lady Bute, accompanied by Lady Marg-aret Stuart and ptt-'b of the house hold, left Cardiff to-day and journeyed to London by the one o'clock train. They will remain at their residence in Regent's Park for some time. We understand that a concert is to be given there to-morrow evening, and that on the 4th of July next Lady Bute in. tends holding a grand ball. The Earl of Diiinfries and his brothers, Lord Nimajt and Lord Colum, will not leave the Castle until Saturday, when they will proceed to London by the 10 a. m. train.

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John Andrew, 79, Castieland-street, Barry Dock, writes he lias been a great Sufferer from Indigestion, Wind in his Stomach, very bad also Suffering from Piles and Gravel but the short time I hMe been under this treatment I feel that I am cured (only six weeks), and a. new man altogether. Dr. HALl, will Cure Asthma and Bronchitis. James Jenkins, 3, Seymour-street, Moors, Cardiff, ill for eight years, at times unable to go to bed. Cured. NOTICE Dr. HALL has Opened Consulting-rooms at) 7, G raving ock.3treêt, BMry Dock, on Tuesdays only 3 till 9. Adviee free. 10 till H1, ALL will Cure Gravel and Pa.ma in the Back. Frederick Whitcombe, 22, Norafc-street, Roath, Cardiff, has been a great sufferer from kidney trouble, travel pains in his back for 12 years. Cured in one week-without medicine. Dr. HALL Cures all kinds of diseases. Write for particulars enclosing stamp for reply. Mote the only address :— 64, CYFARTHFA-TREET, OFF CASTLE-ROAD, TDOATH, CARDIFF. Saturdays and MondAys, 9 till 2. 3 tiH 9. Wednesdays, Thursda.y?. Fridays, o t!U 9H. ADVICE VRKK oW JFOAITUSS :l\bbrtssts. I rjpREMENDOUS JQOWNFALL AT I P T O N'S IN THE PRICE OF BACUN. CHOICEST QUALITY, MY OWN KILLING AND CURING, FROM LtD. PER LB. THE BEST VALUE EVER OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. IN SIDES, ROLLS, and OUTS. at EXTRA- ORDINARILY LOW PRICES. |.J A M S JJ A M S SPECIALLY SELECTED. A PERFECT TREAT. THE FINEST IN THE WORLD1 NOW REDUCED TO 7D. PER POUND. No Higher Price. OTHER CHOICE QUALITIES, ÓD, AND 6¿;ZD. PER LB. LIPTON, THE LARGEST TEA, COFFEE, AND PROVISION DEALER Km THE WORLD. LOCAL BRANCHES :— Cardiff-7. HIGH-STREET and ST. MARY. STREET. Swansea—ARCADE BUILDINGS, HIGH. STREET. LI a nelly Branch—9, STEPNEY-STREET. Bristol—22, WINE-STREET. Newport-4, COMMERCIAL-STREET. I Mertliyr—4, MARKE T-SQUARE BUILD- INGS. 6397 BRANCHES EVERYWHERE. 265e J M P O R T A N T. rjiHi s J) A Y» AT JTJOWELL AND COMPANY'S. BLACK and COLOURED SILKS. BLACK SILK BROCHES, at Is ll%d, 2s 6%d. 2s lld, and 4s 6d per yard. A CLEARING PARCEL OF LADIES' COLOURED COSTUMES ab Reduced Prices MANTLES and JACKETS at WHOLESALE < PRICES. SUNSHADES and UMBRELLAS. JOB LINES in DRESS GOODS. NEW STYLES in MILLINERY BONNETS and TRIMMED HATS. H OWELL AND COMPANY, "THE CARDIFF DRAPERS," 156a 4768 CARDIFF. OUR NEW STOCK of PERAMBULATORS are in. The Largest Stock in Cardiff. OUR NEW STOCK of MAIL CARTS are in. The Largest Stock in Cardiff. OUR NEW STOCK of PERAMBULATORS J is a sight worth seeing. Thousands to select from. OUR. NEW STOCK of MAIL CARTS of all designs. Thousands to select from GUINEA, GUINEA, GUINEA Our Guinea Perambulators are worth 40s each. They scramble for them. We sell at the rate of a hundred per week. This speaks volumes. REDUCTIONS REDUCTIONS REDUCTIONS We are clearing our Dining Room Suites at Enormous Reductions. SOLID WALNUT, OAK, OR MAHOGANY DINING-ROOM SUITES, covered in skin, Our usual price, £40, OUR THIRTY-GUINEA SUITES Reduced L to Twenty. OUR TWENTY GUINEA SUITES Reduced to Fourteen. OUR TEN-GUINEA SUITES Reduced to Eight and our EIGHT GUINEA SUITES to Five Guineas. DRAWING-ROOM SUITES EQUALLY REDUCED. BEDROOM SUITES. BEDROOM SUITES. BEDROOM SUITES. A bTILL GREATER REDUCTION IN PRICES. SIXTY GUINEA BEDROOM SUITE— REDUCED TO FORTY. FORTY GUINEA SUITES—Reduced to TWENTY-FIVE. TWENTY GUINEA SUITES—Reduced ..I TO FIFTEEN. TWELVE GUINEA SUITES—Reduced TO EIGHT. BEDROOM COMPLETE SUITES FROM THREE GUINEAS. GREAT REDUCTION IN PIANOS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. OUR FORTY GUINEA PIANOS- REDUCED TO TWENTY-FIVE GREAT REDUCTION IN BAMBOO j((J I-N IT U RE. GREAT REDUCTION IN ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE. We are now SELLING AT ANY PRICE. I INVALID CARRIAGES, PERAMBULATORS, AND MAIL CARTS LENT OUT ON HIRE. CONCERT AND BALLROOMS DECORATED AT MODERATE CHARGES. WE INVITE INSPECTION. I THE LARGEST, BEST, AND CHEAPEST HOUSE FURNISHERS IN WALES OR THE WEST OF ENGLAND. BICYCLES in Cushion or Pneumatic TYRES by a I FIRST-CLASS MAKER, I At less than Half the Usual Price. TENTS. GOVERNMENT TENTS EQUAL TO NEW, Original Cost, S10 each Selling at £1 I3 each. Samples may be seen on the premises. GREAT REDUCTION IN "pRIOES. Catalogues, with Price List and Terms, Free on Application.. All Goods Delivered Free by Road or Rail, Onr one and only address :— ATLAS FURNISHING CO., LTD., THE JI|AYES, CARDIFF. .aJL U  MARSH & COMPAN V. ADULTS FUNERALS. lt Clas with Best Hearse and Coach, on the mos modem principle, with a pair of their well-known Flemish-bred Horses to each, one-inch Elm Polishes Coffin, best regiatered Furtnt?re, with elaborate name- plate d engraved, fine satin-trimmed robe, and self attendance ?E5 5 0 M?rsh & Co. 's 2nd C?ss dItto, ditto 4 4 0 Marsh &; (Æ.'s 3rd, witb improved carriage 3 3 0 Marsh & Co.'s 4th, ditto, ditto. ? 2 10 0 CHILDREN'S FUNERALS. Including pair of Fleuiish-bred Horses, modern Coach with all the latest improvements, Polished Coffin, lined with flue flannel, and attendance- Under one year .?.?.. £ 1 7 6;* g3: a: ::£l ',å 'g( One-horse Carriage, including coffiu covered in black, blue, or polished, lined with flan. nel, modern coach, and attendance. Under six months ,0 16 1 Under two years j • 0 0 And so on in proportion. Handsome Car, Carved or Plain Plumed Hearse, Mourning Coaches and Broughams, Ostrich Plumes, &c. ADDRESS: Me 80, ST. MARY-STREET. CARDIFF. URNITURE REMOVED BY RAIL, ROAD, or SEA. If about Removing write or send to Messrs JAMES JONES and CO., Proprietors of the well-known Barry; Dock Furniture Vans, the oldest and most complete Removers in the District. None but experienced.men3 hept for Packing. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Note the only Address BOLTON. ROAD, BARRY DOCK SO I BE VAN &CO., JblMlTED, REGISTERED AS THE CARDIFF JpURNISHERS. I IMPORTANT PURCHASE OF 4 MANUFACTURER'S STOCK OF jJUFTEEN jpTANOFORTKS AIM JPORTY-THREE QRGANS) So much below cost that, by way of giving the Public the Full Advantage of this Extensive Purchase, BEVAN & COMPANY are offering the whole of the Fifty-eight Instruments (see windows) at about HALF USUAL PRICES t PIANOFORTES. Usual PRICE. REDUCED tc 4 in Handsoma WALNUT £ s. d. £ s. d. 21 0 0 12 12 0 3 in Iron Frames. 26 5 0 14 17 6 3 ditto ditto 31 10 0 18 18 0 2 ditto ditto 47 5 0 29 8 0 2 Magnificently Ebon. ised 63 0 0 36 15 0 1 Magnificent, in walnub 63 0 0 So 15 0 ORGANS. £ s. d. £ s. d. 12 Five Stops 12 12 0 8 8 0 7 Seven 14 14 0 9 10 0 12 EIght Stops 17 17 0 11 17 6 4 Nine Stops 21 0 0 13 13 0 5 Eleven Stops 26 5 0 15 15 0 3 Thirteen Stops. 31 10 0 18 18 0 | "g EVAN AND 0OMPANY, "THE CARDIFF FURNISHERS," CARDIFF, NEWPOnT. AND JpONTYPOOL. 2371 15203 f 51 TEETH JJHEETH i I rjlEETH A COMPLETE SET.. ONE GUINEA SINGLE Five Years' Warranty Prize M da1 QIOODMAN & CO., 10, DUKE STREET, 56, QUEEN-ST., CARDIFF ARTIFICIAL TEETH PAIN LiCSSLY FITTED by Atmospheric Suction, at one-third the nsuai charges. No Extractions necessary perfec and permanent life-like appealJ)ce; special SOFT PALATES for Tender Gums; perfect for Mastication aud Speech COUNTRY PATUCNT'S supplied in One Visit, M(t railway fare allowed. Special attentiongiven to Repairs, Extractions,Stopping TESTIMONIALS.—Dr A?DHK\V ?VH?oS (late Jt.N.) g:ys 1 can recoUllIl6m! 1\11' Goodman 1\ a very skilful and humane Dentist Hi rea- sonable charges should attract, to him aU Consultations Free.—Speciality in WHITIfl ENAMEL DENTIS'i'RYand PLAT i<; LESS PALATES. Before entering look for the Name— GOODMAN & CO., 56 QUEEN-ST., A 10, D[7KK-STflEST, CARDIFF NEWPORT-12, BRIDGE-STREET Opposite Tredegar Chambers.) H'>I"lU fro « ^E—1380 PONTYPRIDD AND BARRY DOCK. AND AT 3 5 £ <ASTLE-STREET, gWANSEA. ^JARWFF BITION OF PERAMBULATORS AND MAIL CARTS ALL THE NEWEST DESIGNS FOR SEASON 1894. TEMPORARY PREMISES AT NO. 5, ST. JOHN'S-SQUARE. A "W S P E N C E R (Successor to Henry Thomas), ESTABLISHED OVER 25 YEARS. A LARGE STOCK OF BRADBURY'S PRIZE MEDAL SEWING MACHINES NOW ON 17IEW. 4586 v 93e IF YOU WANT A REFRESHER, THEN TRY T. AND H. SMITH'S ESSENCE OF COFFEE WITH CHICORY. THE FAVOURITE. THE RICHEST IN AROMA. THE ORIGINAL BRAND. yonr Grocer for it now, and REFUSE IMITATIONS Said to bo Just as good as Smith's." EDINBURGH AND LONDON. 3<? 15374c 860 11 lfGHES'S JgLOOD pILLS THE GREAT BLOOD REMEDY. The only reliable Remedy for Purifying the Blood from all Impurities. They Destroy every Evil Germ that breeds disease. BLOOD That is why they Cure so many LIVER from Skin Rash, Headache, In. digestion, Biliousness, Consti- pation, Torpid Liver, Rheuma- tism, Nervousness, Depression. HUGHES'S BLOOD PILLS REDUCED TO A SKELETON Sir,—I have been a great sufferer from Indigestion, Tor- PH| Liver, and Gellcral Debility. and have almost been reduced to a. ?eleton—h?tt ? great loathmgforfood. Y 0111' Hughea's SKIN Blood Pills have done me moreSTOMACH. good than any medicine I have ever taken. They are mild and fentle, yet sure in their action. I recommend them to aR MSer- ERS.—WM. BALWBLL. 20, Ann-street, BristoL HUGHES'S BLOOD PILI/S WITH THE SHAPE OF A HEART ON BACH BOX" Without deIaytake tbesePills. They will soon Cure you. THEY CURE WHEN ALL ELSE FAIL. Suitable for Men, Women, Boys, and Girls.—Sold byChemJsts at Is lVad, 2s 9d, 4s 6d or send N ERVES direct to Maker, Jacob Hnghes, KIDNEYS Manufacturing Chemist, Pe- narth, enclosing stamps. See the Trade Mark, Shape of $ "!o'fv. a. Heart, which is on every Genuine Box. Ask for f Bwodw pILES JLl JL? MN J? ?a- 38»STTWSS ).bbr:e5St5. I | PEC.IAL NOT I-CE DR. HALL'S ~H YGIENE Co., 3 0 ST. ANDREWiS-CRESOENT ARDIFF (Off Queen.street). CONSULTATIONS FREE-9 to 1, tJJtl 3 to 8 p.m. Correspondence invited, enclosing Stamp, DR. HALL HAVING NOW RETIRED FROM PRACTICE AT THfI: AGE OF 75 YEARS, AND WK HAYING HAD MANY YEATIS' EXPERIENCE UNDER HIM IN THIS COUNTRY, HAVE BLICOMH HIS SUCCESSORS FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. ONE MILLION CURED IN TWO YEARS WITHOUT MEDICINE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. MARVELLOUS CURES IN CARDIFF AND DISTRICT. W B. Griffiths, York Hotel, Cardiff, saved from a painful operation, and a cost of JS50 suffered for years. CURED. H. Morgan, butcher, 199, Cowbridge-road, Cardiff, says :—It saved my life all sufferers should get it. James Webb, 9, Glyn-terrace, Tredega.r; suffered from Piles for 26 years. CURRD. Mrs Bragg, 96, Craddock-straet, Cardiff, suffered on and off for 11 years from Rheumatism. CURED. Henry Green, 61, Pearl-street, Cardiff, suffered from gall stones. CURD; stones in our possession Du. HALL'S WONDERFUL REMEDY. Price (complete) One Guinea, lasts a lifetime and suitable for a whole family from child of one month to the man or woman of three-score years and ten. W. A. Billingsley, A.M., President of Burritt College, writes:— I have been using the treatment recommended in your Health Pamphlet over three years, and would not be without it upon any consideration. I was terribly afflicted with torpid liver when I bean to use-it, but am now sound and well, and seem to be living a new Jife. I increased in weight during the first four months I used your remedy from 116 to 152 pounds. I have not felt any of the symptoms of my old trouble for two years.—Very truly yours, W. A. BILLINGSXEY." The following local Ministers have allowed us to insert their names, and can bear testimony in favour of Dr. Hall's wonderful Remedy :— Ryv. Principal Edwards, B.A., D.D., of Cardiff; Rev. J. Davies, 24, Jolm-street, Aber- cwmboy. Aberclare; Rev. H. S. Target (Primi- tive), Cross Keys, Mon. Rev. Jno, Pugh (Evangelist). Cardiff; Rev. T. Germine (Baptist Minister), Tredegar. SPECIAL DAYS for Asthma, Piles (without cutting), Deafness, Rheumatism, Running Wounds, and Skin Diseases, SATUR- DAYS MONDAYS and THURSDAYS. 94e Two Remarkable j^INES. We have JUST SECURED at a VERY LOW FIGURE a LARGE PARCEL of Å MERICAN IONG SIDES, Generally known as gINGED "^TILTSHIRE JgACON, And will offer FOR SALE THIS WEEK AT PER 5D LB. DRY SIDES AVERAGING 36LBS. EACH. Special Quotations for Wholesale Buyers. Quality Guaranteed. pRIME AUSTRALIAN JgmOZEN BEEF At Prices Lower than any in the memory of man. HERE READ THIS :— PRIME 4d per lb. BEST SIRLOINS 5d OTHER CUTS from 2d „ DONT FORGET FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DAVID JONES & CO. (LIMITED), WESTMINSTER STORES, Y^HARTON-STREET, QARDIFF. 77e IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROPRIETORS OF HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS. LAST DAYS OF SALE. PREVIOUS TO CLOSING HIS ESTAB- LISHMENT AT 5, HIGH-STREET, HE TAINSH WILL ALLOW THE VERY LARGE DISCOUNT OF 4/- IN THE £ To clear off the remainder of his Stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS, BRONZES, FIELD AND OPERA GLASSES, SILVER AND ELECTRO-PLATED GOODS, Comprising Tea and Coffee Services, Tea Pots, Salad Bowls, Cruets, Fish Carvers, Dessert Knives, Spoons and Forks, Toast Racks, etc., etc. NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED. Noto the Addres— 5. HIGH-STREET, C'1ARDIFF. 65M-372e 6564—572e "KARDOMAH" TEAS Pure, Wholes'jme, and Delicious. KARDOMAH TEAS Pure, W holesjme, and Delicious. KARDOMAH TEAS Pure, Wholesome, and Delicious. "KARDOMAH" TEAS J'ure, Wholesome, and Delicious. U 4d, Is 8d, 2. 2s 4d, 2s Sd. Thousands of people throughout the country, including doctors, connoisseurs, and all classes drink KARDOMAH TEAS, and numberless testimonials, by poSS fcnd otherwise, bearing wit- ness to its delicious quality, are received daily. Wholesale and Retail L'epots for South Wales CARDIFF: 14, QUEEN-STREET, SWANSEA 232, HIGH-STREET, ALSO LIVERPOOL, LONDON, AND PARIS. PROPRIETORS— THE LIVERPOOL CHINA AND INDIA TEA CO. (LIMITED). GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS. Applications from energetic Tradesmen wishing to Sefi this Tea will receive prompt attention. 4524 96e KlUman .Elliman Elliman Elliman Li Iliman, Elliman Elliman.. Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman Illliman Elliman Elliman- Elliman Elliman Elliman Elliman FOR ACHES ,AN».:<PAINS." J E L L I M A U NT T E R SrA i jjN M < R 8. A Far RHEUMATISM, SPRAINS,, LUMBAGO, CUTS BRUISES, CHEST COLDS,' SORE THROAT from COM3?. STIFFNESS. r rrqpart&;wiiy<ky 'p., 1 | XHLLIMAN, SOUS* CO., ?E SLOUGH. 3Ze and- 21 Unsitwss ^JLitrresses. CHOLERA AND FEYERS, p REVENTED. I. ^ANITAS JJISINFECTANTS I: "S ANITAS DISINFECTANTS Kill all Disease Germs. Fragrant, Non-poisonous, and do not stain. Fluid, Oil, Emulsion, Powder and Soaps, and Appliances for all purposes. SEND FOR PAMPHLET. THE SANITAS CO., LD., BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON, E. 3956 15276 B BECHANI'S PILLS. ■gEECHAMS PILLS. 1-0 BEECIIAM's PILLS. JL? Worth a Guinea a Box. BEECHAM'S PILLS. For Bilious Attacks. BEECHAM'S PILLS. JD For Nervous Disorders. B EECHAM'S PILLS. _0 For Indigestion in all its forms. BEECHAM'S PILLS. For Wind and Pains in the Stomach. BEECHAM'S PILLS. .J For Sick Headache. BEECI-IAM'S PILLS. Have saved the !ivea of Thousands. ? EECHAM'S PILLS. J? For Giddiness. EECHAM'S PILLS. JL? For Fulness and 8?el!ja? after Meals. B EECHAM'S PILLS. Are Worth a Guinea a Box. B EE(JHAM'S PILLS. A Wonderful Medicine for Females of all Ages. 148e ON'T FORGET THAT ?VIRIDINE" ]s the CURE for CORNS.—This grand discovery has led many to imitate it, but without gaining for such preparation the satisfactory results Viridine" has secured. In bottle3, Is; by post, Is 2d. 3e J. MUNDAY, Chemist, 1, High-street, Cardiff. 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 Stall. Te!egraphic Address Telegr?p6ltiole ne, Undertaker, Cardiff.' lie—1108 SYMINGTON'S DANDELION COFFEE Persons of Weak Digestion and those Suffering from LIVER COMPLAINTS and BILIOUSNES SOLD BY ALL GROCERS HOe

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THOU ART THK MAN is the title of Miss. Braddon's new story which commences publication in the Cardiff Times and South Waleg Weekly New of June 23rd. Order at onee. On Tune 30th, a new series of French Criminal Stories and many special features A magazine and newspaper in one. Id weekly.

Echoes of the Week. BY GEORGE AGUSTUS SALA. At a recent sale of very rare and valuable books at Sotheby's there was knocked down for £26 a manuscript inventory of the household effects in the house of Oliver Cromwell, taken in July, 1600, with other carious manuscripts belonging to the Cromwell family. The price fetched by this manuscript inventory is, to begin with, re- markable, since it was £2 more than that realised by a copy of the sixth edition of Banyan's Pilgrim's Progress," 1681, only one other copy being known to exist. Still, the date of the Cromwell inventory puzzles me. The future Lord- Protector of England was born on April 25th, 1599. Thus, if the date given in the papers is oorrect, Oliver must have attained the mature age of 14 months when au inventory of his household effects was taken. In all probability the reporter of the sale was in a hurry, and omitted to inform the public that the inventory related to the household stuff of Sir Oliver Crom- well, the godfather and uncle of Old Noll," and who half-ruined himself by giving a sumptuous entertainment to Royalty. There is one Cromwell item which I should dearly like to obtain. I have been after it for years, but have never been successful in obtaining a copy. The exact title I have forgotten but it purports to be the household and cookery book of "Joan" Cromwell, Oliver's wife. As a matter of fact the lady's Christian name was Elizabeth but the culinary manual ascribed to her, and published shortly after the Restoration, is a virulent political lampoon written from the Cavalier point of view, and designed to depict, her as a coarse, vulgar, stingy bourgeoise, who grudged the Protector an orange to his roast shoulder of veal, because, as she put it, oranges were oranges, and cost a groat apiece." At the p6riod when the golden fmit was so expensive, a war between Eugland and Spain was considered as imminent. First come the Hessian flies," moaned an un- lucky Western American farmer, whose crops had turned out disastrously; "then came the Colorado beetles, and then come the caterpillars, which capped the climax of my catastrophes." The climax of modern catastrophes in the way of contagious diseases seems to have been capped at Hong Kong. First the cholera, then the in- fluenza, and now the Plague. The Plague It seems to be a horrible, ghastly, almost incredible anachronism to have to read cablegrams about the outbreak of a disease akin to the mediseval Black Death, the Pestilential Fever, the Septic or Glan- dular Evil, and the Levant Pest. Modern physi- cians, to all appearance, have come to think the Plague to be an almost obsolete scourge. Dr. Tanner in his "Index of Diseases only devotes 14 lines to the Plague, whereas in Dr. Parr's Medical Dictionary," published in the early years of the present century, four closely-printed octavo pages are devoted to this awful affliction. Total mortality to date 1,900. Latest statis- tical returns more satisfactory. Ten British soldiers attacked; two dead, others convalescent; departures approximately estimated at 80,000. Infected districts closed." Thus wired the Governor of Hong Kong to the Colonial Office at the beginning of the week. Whether the 80,000 Chinamen who have been conveyed from Hong Kong to the mainland in Chinese gunboats will spread the infection wheu they reach filthy and malodorous Canton again is uncertain. For aught one can tell, the Plague is always lurking in some part or another of the Celestial Empire, and the authorities will not be perhaps very seriously concerned if a few scores of thousands are swept away by pestilence from a normally re- dundant population. A correspondent of the Times, writing over the signature of "A \Vhig," denounces Sir William Harcourt's scheme OF finance as being more than feudal, more than Oriental, and declares that it seems to be "from the Bourbons, the Jesuits, and the Sorbonne that this champion of democracy and disestablishment borrows his system of fiscal ethics." "A Whig" proceeds to retail the very old chestnut of the famous Pere Letellier-whom he calls "Tellier," the confessor of Louis XIV. in his old age, who, finding the King somewhat uneasy in his mind about an exorbitant tax which was about to be imposed on his subjects, eased the Royal conscience by telling the Grand Monarque, on the authority of the Sorbonne, that all the goods of his subjects belonged to the King, and that Wiien he took them he was only taking what was his own. Certainly but have not tolerably identical doctrines heen held in Constitutional Enland even within the memory of persons still living? If I die and leave some money behind me—A most improbable contingency—but onus to make any will, the Crown is. under the circumstances, empowered to seize upon all I have. As It matter of fact, th9 Solicitor to the Treasury generally does his best to look up the next of kin of an intestate person and divide the estate among them. But this is only an act of grace and if I have no kindred my potential estate will assurediy be swept mto the CI)Her3 of the Crown III aid, I suppose, of the reduction of the National Debt. In the good old times the French Crown arbit- rarily took possession of the entire belongings of a foreigner dying on French soil. This regal act of brigandage was called the Droit d'Aubaine," and survived until the tune of the Revolution. Even the system of Bourbon Finance," attri- buted to the Chancellor of the Exchequer would scarcely, I should say. contemplate the exercise of a Droit d'Aubane by grabbing the money and property of foreigners or Colonials dying in England but those old Bourbons had tine old crusted notions about the Royal prerogative. In the Library of the Palace of the Hermitage at St. Petersburg there used to be one of the copy- books of Louis XV., used by hig Majesty when he was a little boy, and one page of the book was full of reduplications 111 print of this once time- honoured maxim, Kings do as they please their subjects must obey them There is a most interesting article by Mr Rus- sell Endean called a Romance in Champagne in the current number of the" Pall Mall 1\'lag't. zine," and from this paper it would appear that the valne of the champagne produced in the de. partment of the Marine was in 1844 only two hundred and sixty-five thousand four hundrw.1 pounds in 1891 it exceeded one million sterling thus nearly quadrupling itself in the course of half a century. The strangest circumstance connected with champagne is that the French themselves have little liking for the vintnge of Epernay. In fact your average Gaul rarely touches liz save on tbe occasions of marriages, birthdays, and grand balls at the carnival, and sometimes at race-meetings. I here IS all immense amount of chRinp;igne drunk at first-class Paris restaurants, lmt the COI1'Hn,r,> are fur the most part foreigners -English, Russians, Germans, and Americans. There has been lately a kind of champagne- drinking census in France. D I vers political aud literary notabilities having been interviewed as to whetlwr they are drinkers of champagne or the contrary, some few of the celebrities say that they hke champagne in moderation. M. Jules Simon and M. Georges Ohnet repudiate it altogether, being water drinkers and M. Entile Zola admits that he has a partiality for the sparkling beverage, but that he is afraid of it. Another champagne mystery to me is its ex- treme costliness. No doubt a. great deal of money is spent on the manufacture and the bottling of the wine nevertheless, its cost of production ap- pears to me to be wholly out of proportion to the price charged for it not only in English bnt in French restaurants. In Paris you will be mulcted in twelve francs for a not very first-rate bottle of champagne the same wine will cost you in England twelve shillings, if not more. Turnim? to the carte given in a little English guide-book to Palis pnblisilf:c1 in 1803, I find the dearest champagne to be quoted at six francs a bottle. To be sure los Yougeot was only five francs, and Cnambertin four francs a bottle Volnay, Poniard, and Nuits were also four francs. A beef-steak with potatoes was one franc and bouilli garnished with vegetables only fifteen centimes or three half-pence but mutton cutlets were dear, being cited at a franc apiece; stud a fried sols cost two francs. This is Waterloo week; and Mr R, Caton Woodville has come out in the Illustrated London News with some splendid Waterloo illustrations, comprising a picture of Wellington passing along the British line on the day of battle; the Jduke in he evening giving the signal for the whole line to advance, and finally the charge of the Scots Greys. Mr Woodville persists in his old heresy of giving thel duke a double-breasted frock-coat with a double row of gilt buttons, and he places in the Waterloo cocked hat a ga100n of old lace which was never there on Sunday, the 18th June, 1815. The same journal contains a stirring article on the battle itself, from the practised pen of Mr Charles Lowe, who, in the course of jt, however, makes one very curious mistake. He says that the immortal victory of the British troops is typified on the field by a monumental lion but he thinks that a bull-dog on the mound would better symbolise British doggedness of valour. It happens that the lion which surmounts the tumulus, two hundred feet in height, beneath which the bones of friends and foes lie indis- criminately together, has nothing to do with Great Britain. It is aBelgic lion, erected by the Government of the Netherlands during the Dutch sway over Belgium to mark the spot on the field of Waterloo where the Prince of Orange was wounded. Remembering the fact that several regiments of Belgian infantry carefully withdrew into the forest of Soigmes when the battle wa3 at its height, and as judiciously declined to come to the front again, some unkind critics have pointed out that the attitude of the Belgio lion, which has its tail between its legs, is, all things considered, not wholly an inappropriate one. -0 ,'õ