South Wales Echo

CLEVER CAPTURE OF ALLEGED SWELL MOBSMEN. Interesting details are given of the capture of the two men aud two women who were remanded at; the Birmingham Police-court on Tuesday on a charge of being concerned in a robbery of jswel- leiy. Several burglaries have taken place during the year whioh had all the appearances of the feats of experienced cracksmen. These repeated robberies aroused the resources of the local detec- tive staff, and a clue WitS smartly obtained by Detective-inspector Baker. The man he conjec- tured to be the prime mover was a person of j stylisli appearance living in apartments in the Pershore-road. This gentleman was a frequent patron of the billiard room ab a local hotel, and to the general public he was a well-to-do, affable commercial. After a somewhat long s&ay the suspecft and his party removed tc London, bub the local police anticipated that the men would return to Birmingham, which they did three weeks ago, and with them brought a stranger. On Monday night last Detective Baker, with Detective Sibsou, shadowed a couple of the men, who were then with two fashionably-dressed women, to one of the Birmingham places of amusement, where the quartette presented an imposing spectacle in the front row of the draws circle. The party left at 11 o'clock, and the two officers followed them along Smailbrook-street, Jamaica-row, Derit- eud, Milk-street, Fazeley-street, and Great Barr- street, where they wtire captured. After the reuiand on Tuesday the officers ascertained that the quartette had resided in a large house in Belgrave-ioad since their return to Birmi ugham, The house was searched, and under the hearth, rug were discovered five or six skeleton keys, a jemmy was hidden behind a curtain, and in a box in one of the bedrooms were found a brace and bit, a saw, and nippers. The officers also came across a quantity of jewellery and a large number of pawntickets relating to articles of value, supposed to have been stolen from Handsworth.

I TM DOBOTHY AND 122, Qcm?N-STRKET, for ?M< t Confecionery. Xmas C&kM, Presents, and Choco?tes

jtoaimas ).bbrtsSts. XSTOP OE MOMENT! YV" ?? Oh, dear doctor, must my darling 3  ?' .?? "There is very little hope, but TRY X V, "F THE MOST REMARKABLE REMEDIES OF THE AGE. TUDOR w ILLIAMS PATENT JJALSAM OF jp|" ONEY. Thousands of children have been sr.ved from untimely death by ohe prompt use of TUDOR WILLIAMS' BALSAM OF HONEY. No Mocker should neglect to keep this IuiaUibla Kemedy in the house ready for any emergency. Remember that it is wiser co check a slight Coujjh at the cotBUaenceiuent than to allow it to develop into it tigering complaint Ask distinctiy lor Tiuior Williams's Balaam of Kaney, and ee that you get uie right article. Thousands of Children Careil from Whooping Cough and Bronchitis when all other Remedies faij. Persons suffering com Difficulty of Breathing shoul Ifrf it a iaJ. i^RGKST SALE OF AN V COUGH MEDICINE IN LHM WORLD OVERWHELMING TESTIMONY ACCOMPANIES EVIiRV BO TILE. Provillg ëhi tv be rhe 6MATEST MEJOICIN EV 1m DISCOVERED i'fcblisands of Testimonials co hand from all parts oi theCLOBM. CURES EXCEPTIONAiJuX BAD CASES READ ON FURTHER, rOKTANEOUS TESTIMONY WOUlHSf OF YOUR CONSIDERATION. 30, Rutliin-gai'iens, Cardiff, Feb; 9, 1334. DeM- Sir,—I have great pleasure in recommending vew Tador Williams s Patent B,J.-<a!)i of Honey for Covgbs aad Colds, which we give to our children with satisfactory resnlt. The children are fond of it. It Uidiits the nigh reputation it enjoys. Youvs respectfully, EH:"1 OWKN, Esq., J.P. Sec. for the South Wales I'eriatfuent fund. t Sold by all Chemists and Stores all over the World at.1g I's&a, Sis 9d, and 4s 6d per bottle. Sample bottle ^ent (post paid) for Is 3d, 3s, and 5s ir;:m the la# en tor, D. rp U DOR ILL I A MS, MEDICAL HALL, ABERDARE. 1425tí 23e-1177 THE HO ATI! FURNISHING CO. 3TILL HOLD ONE OF THE LARGEST AND BEST-SELECTED STOCKS OF MODERN AND ARTISTIC FURNITURE IN WALES. HOUSES COMPLETELY FURNISHED, &otii a COTTAGE to a MANSION, in TOWN or COUNTRY for CAiiH or on our DEFERRED PAYMENT SYSTEM. Bedroom Suites from £2 10s to oO Guineas. Diuing or Drawing-room Suites from £3 3s to 35 f Guineas. Our Extensive Workshops are always open to .uipectiou, where customers are invi teil to inspect the xum.tms nx sourso 01 aHw.llÍ<tC.ure, Our Special Lines for This Week an Bamboo Stools, 13; Bamboo Flower Stands, 6id Bamboo Bevel-plate Over. mantels, 12s 6d Bamboo Coffee Tables, Is 6d. Also a few Better Class Bamboo 'fables and Overmantel, ail very ckeap k) clear. fORNISH YOUR HOUSE ON THE NEW DEFERRED PAYMENT SYSTEM. £3 worth of goods for Is 6d per week. B5 .2s 6d £10.48 £15.Ss £2t .()ø II Larger Amounts at SpeciaLTerms. All Goods Delivered Free to all parts in our own "Van.?. Catalogues and Guide to House-Furnishing Free QB application at our Only Address— THE ROATH FURNISHING COMPANY, 4 2, CASTLE-ROAD, AND VERE-STREET, R O A T H CARDIFF. 299e j TEETH. Complete Set. One Guinea. i- Five years' warranty.—GOODMAN & Co lo Duke-street, and 56. Queen-streat, Cardiff 12e ^UTUMfif AND WINTER, 1894-S5. REASONABLE AND SERVICEABLE 0LOTHING. J WORTH AND SON, LIMITED, THE WORLD S CLOTHIERS, Have successfully laboured to make their Clothing popular for all classes and this winter's prepara- j tions are food evidence of that being an accom- plished faot. THE EYE is called the window of the soul Come and look in Hepworths windows for soma real aye-openers. Overcoats at prises tba make you wink. HEPWORTHS HIT HARD when striking at big prices. They are useless lumber, and cumber 'the working man's heritage. No one wants them rich or poor but everyone wanta 1-1 FPWORTHSJ \V ARlVl \V INTER CLOTHING. NOTE THE ADDRESS— ^JAIiKET JgtNTRANCl], ST" MAilY STREET, j CARDIFF. 6, f STONE BROS., I Sons of the late Aid. Gains Augustus Stone, I COMPLETE FL'NERAL FURNISHERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS. Every requisite for Funerals of all classes. Proprietors of Funeral Cars, Hearses, chilli- biers, and Coaches, Superb Flemish Horses,Me. Price List OR Application. I Please Note the Only Address :— 5, WORKING-STREET. 1 Telegraphic Address "STONE BROS., CARDIFF." 925e (jYUJ: J^HBDMATIC piLLS SUFFERED AGONY FOR THIRTY EADB S f>XLLS. "SO.Ra.nd&U-atteet.Bhdge road, Battersea, S. W. I 1TRj ADE'S ?t_ ?IU? January 27,1893. Jij J? i)ear Sir.—Ifeelitmydutv EADffS PILLS, to write a.nd give you great JEj praise for introducing such a valuable medicine as yonr Gout Pills. Having SUFFERED UNTOLD AGOSY FOR 30 YEARS, f can truly say I have never had anything to relieve ny painso quickly <ts your Pills. I used to lay in bed for twe or three IBoaths at a. time, but now I not only aet relief in few hours, r but am able to ^et to work j1fV | HEDMATISM inless than a. week. Mycom- plaint is the worst of all ?OUT <?ouM, called Chalk Gou. 1 TT Yours troly ?HHUMATt?M W. LITTLEJOHN IV "MrG.E&de. rjABHS ^OUT & BEUMA1'IC pn.LS Prepared only by George Eade, 72, Goswell-road, London, E. C. and Sold by all Chemists in Bottles, Is lVad aud 2a 9d. EADES GOUT & RmnJXÁTIC pILLS THE BEST MEDICINE FOR BRE, THE BEJiT MEDICINE FOR WIND, THE BEST MSDICINE FOR INDIGESTION, IS NTIBILIOUS PILLS, Ta6y quickly remove tne irritation and feverish state af tne stomach, correct the morbid condition of tbe uvea, relieve the system of all impurities, which, by circulating tn the blood, injurioiulv affect the action of THE J(1)NEYS, aud, by removing tfle causes of so much discomfort restore the vital energies of body and mind. "jfj ADE'S NTIBILIOUS J>ILLS. Sold bv all Chemistn in Bazas, Is ld and 2s N, or xiailed Tree on receipt of remittance by GBOBiQE GOSWKLL-HOAD, Loiroow, 'gADB'S ^NTtBUJOUa piLUS. IBustiuss ^^ri>5a^5. j jykV IT) JONES & 0°' T?AVfD TONES & (?<0. (LIMITED) I HAVE NOW ON SALE THEIR SPECIALLY SELECTED jpROVISIONS FOB THE CHRISTMA rjlRAJ?]ft JJ A M S JJ AMS, I OUR LITTLE BEAUTIES, LEAN AND PLUMP, PER LB. BACON. JgACON. MILD CURED SIDES, I  PER £ W. LB. PATENT MILD CURED BACON AND HAMS, II PALE AND SMOKED, j Oi our usual HIGH QUALITY at UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES. BFTTER. BUTTER. At our Butter Counters will be found the PICK of the BE-ST DAIRIES of the WORLD. ARD. L ARD. | J?ARD. J?ARD. ? IN BUCKETS OR BLADDERS. ENGLISH, IRISH, WELSH, AND AMERICAN. | | QHEESE. ^jHEESE, RIPE STILTONS, CHEDDAR, GORGONZOLA, GRUYERE, SINGLE i GLOSTER, EDAM, CANADIAN. NOTE OUR ONLY ADDRESS— yy ESTMIlS STER gjTORES, yy HARTON gTREET. I ^JARDIFF. (JARD;"F. I fJlEETB fpEETH rjpEETH t j r TEÊTB TEE'rH!! TEETH! I I A COMPLETE SET ONE GUINEA SINGLE TOOTH.??.? Five Years' Warranty Prize Medal I GOODMAN & CO., 10, DUKE-STREET, and 56, QUEEN. STREET, CARDIFF. "ARTIFICIAL TEETH PAINLESSLY FITTED by Atmospheric Suction, at one-third the usual charges. No Extractions necessary perfect and permanent; life-like appearance; special SOFT PALATES for Tender Giuns; perfect for M.ricatiou aud Speech COUNTRY PATIENTS supplied in One Visit, and 11Ú1w!I fare allowed. Special attention given to Repair". 'Extrtions.Sf!opping 'TESTIMONIALS.—? A?DHEW WIJ?-0? (late R.N.) says :—" I can recommend Mr Goodman as a. very skilful and humane Dentist His rea- sonable charges should attract to him all classes.' ConsultationsEree.—Speciality in WHITE ENAMEL sad GOLD FILLINGS, AMERICAN DENTISXBY and PLATELESS PALATES. Before entering look for the Name-— GOODMAN A CO., 56 QUEEN-ST., 10, DUKE-STREBT, CARDIFF. NEWBORT-12, BRIDGE-STREKT Opposite Tredegar Chambers.) PONTYPRIDD—86, TAFF-STREET (over Glamorgan- shire Bank). 55e—1380 AND AT 15, CASTLE-STREET, SWANbEA. Consultations Free. Hours, 10 to 3. g ANATIVE SKIN SOAP, A Perfectly Pure and Neutral Soap for the Toilet and Nursery, Each Tablet ia wrapped in a Certificate guaranteeing tha. SANATIVE SKIN SOAP Contains NO Bad Fats. SANATIVE SKIN SOAP; Qootaina NO Silicate or Sulphate of Soda. I gANATIVE SKIN SOAP 1 Contains NO Poisonous Mineral Colour. gANATIVE SKIN SOAP I; Contains NO Free Caustic Soda. gANATIVE SKIN gOAP Contains NO Chalk or Talc. SANATIVE SKIN SOAP Contains the smallest possible percentage of water. SANATIVE SKIN SOAPi Renders the Skin Smooth, Soft, and of a Velvet-like appearance. gANATIVE SKIN SOAP Is Super-fatfced, and is the Best Soap fo* a Delicate Skin. 1* 2d per Box, containing Three Tablets. By Post, Is 6d. SOLD ONLY BY J M u N DAY, CHEMIST, 1, HIGH-STREET, CARDIFF, 156 oni; Q-UN s. q. u N a. LOUIS gARNETT AND SO, 49, BUTE-STREET, AND 6 A 7, CAROLINE-STREET, CARDIFF. FOft, ALL KINDS OF GUNS ABQVE. 298e BREEOH.LOADER3.ffom 30s MUZZLa THE BURDOCK PILL MANUFAC TOY 44 OXFOBD-?'RE??SWA?S?L T?M kuto oi the I'? Mr JOHN THOMPSON desire to inform their Customers tha.t the Bl/siriissa l will be CAftRIED ON BY THEM as usuai. All orders will receive Promp& Attention. 9286 M. A. THOMPSON, Executors, 1- JU55QQ JAMES JONES. ISitstmsa ^.Jitsriaais. r'V FROM SONNY QEYLON. J^IPTON'S JQELICIOUS rpEAS Havs reached a pinnacle of success never before at taineii by any other Teas in the world, and their in- creasing popularity 1 EV ERY HOME is the surest test of their appreciation by the public. If you wis!, to enjoy a. Cap of Tea that Excels I' ll other3 I DRINK ONLY J^IPTON'S rjl E A S .• i POPULAR OF THE .4.0E. j THE MOST POPULAR OF THE AGE. DIRECT FROM THE TEA GARDEN NO MIDDLEMEN'S PROFITS TO PAY. LIPi'ON'S TEAS Gained the HIGHEST and Only Awaiv, in Liie British Section of the WORLD'S FAIR, CHICAGO. NOTE THE PRICES. RICH, PURE, and FRAGRANT 1 S. AND IS 4D. PER LB. UNPARALLELED SUCCESS. ENORMOUS DEMAND. The Finest Tea the WOL-IU can produce. PER Ii; 7D LB. NO HI L. HER PRICE. f J I P T O N, TEA AND COFFEE PLANTER, CEYLON. THE LARGEST TEA, COFFEE, AND PRO VISION DEALER IN THE WORLD, Sole proprietor of the following celebrated Tea and Coffee Estates in Ceylcn ;-D;m¡J)J,tenne, Laymastotte )Ionemkalllle, )1,ha.Üunba.kDnû, Mousakelle, Poop ;a.sie, Hanagalla, and Gi¡;mndla, which covr Thou bands of A(es of the best TEA and CüFFEg LAND in Ceylon. Ceylon Tea and Coffee Shipping Warehouses Maddema Mills, Cinnamon Gardens, j Colombo. Ceylon office: lpper Chatham-street, s Colombo. Indian Tea Snipping Warehouses and ( Export Stores: Hare-street, strand, Calcut^i. Indian Office Dalhousie-square, C.-iicutta. Tea and Coffee Salerooms: Mincing-lane, LONDON, E.C. Wholesale Tea Blending and Duty Paid Stores: Bath-street and Caytor.-srreet, LONDON, E.C. Bonded and Export Stores: Peerless-street, LONDON, E.C. Conee Roast- ÏlJg, Blending Stores, and Essence Manufactory: Old- treet, LONDON, E.C. Wholesale and Export Pro- vision Warehouses: Neisou-piace, LONDON, E.C., Fruit Preserve Factory: Spa-road, Joeriaondsey, LONDON, S.E. se GENERAL OFFICES BATH-STREET, CITY-ROAD, LONDON, E.C. LOCAL BRANCHES :— Carditf-7, HIGH-STREET and ST. MARY- STREET. Swansea—ARCADE BUILDINGS, HIGH STREET. Lianeliy Branch-g, STEFNE Y-STREET. Bristol—22, WINE-STREET. Newport—4, COMMERCIAL STREET. Merthyr—4, MA RKE L-SQUARE BUILD ING8. LARGEST TEA SALE IN THE WORLD. ) LRANCHES EVERYWHERE. AGENTS j 92e THROUGHOUT THE WORLD- 7863 i JJERRY AND GRAND I A Z A A R j OW QPEN | ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENT, CONTAINING A MAGNIFICENT COLLECTION OF THE LATEST J^OVELTIES, From all the Leading English and Foreign I Manufacturers, suitable for £ JHRISTMAS JpRESENTS AND NEW YEAR'S GIFTS. TEN THOUSAND I ARTICLES TO SELECT FROM, INCLUDING WORK, OXES, PLUSH MIRRORS, 11 WRITING DESKS. VASES, CIGLAR CABINETS, FIGURES, BRACKETS, JAPANESE GOODS. ALBUMS, COMPANIONS, SCREENS. I BAGATELLE BOARDS. CHRISTMAS CARDS. IMMENSE STOCK. ALL NEW DESIGNS. TROLLS, TOYS AND GAMES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. PLEASE MAKE YOUR PURCHASES EARLY TO AVOID THE CRUSH. FURNITURE gHOWROOMS WELL STOCKED with a GRAND ASSORTMENT of DINING, DRAWING, AND BK.DROOM SUITES, BEDSTEADS, CARPETS, FANCY FURNITURE, CLOCKS, BRONZES' and ELECTRO PLATE. BERRY AND (JO. GIVE THE BEST POSSIBLE VALUE OF ANY FIRM IN CARDIFF. ONLY ADDRESS 34, n EES g T R E E T JgLOOD pILLS. YoCJR BLOOD IS BAD. TAKE CUEAT BtOOD I:ENEW EP., HUGH ESS BLOOD PiLLS (wWeh have the Shape of a Heart on each Box). BAD BLOOD IN YOUR SYSTEM is the C1\(J of your Suffering from DISK AS E, HEADACHE, INDIGESTION, CONSTIPATION, BILIOUSNESS, TORPID LIVER, N ERVOUSNFSS, DEPRESSION, RHEUMATISM. TAKE HUGHES S BLOOD PILLS Without dela.y, and you will soon get relief. THEY CURE WHEN EVERY, THING ELSE FAILS. Suitable for Men, Women, Boys, and Girls. They cleanse the system from all impurities. Sold by Chemists and Patent Medicine Dealers at Is ld, 2s 9d, 4s 6d or send ditect to Maker, JACOB HUGHES, Manufacturing Chemist, Penarth. JJUGHES'S "gLOOD PILLS. 1210.1,. J T IZlO.Mt THE SCHOLASTIC TRADING CO. (LIMITED). NEW AND SELECT STOCK OF XMAS CARDS. ALT. PRICES, FROM 6D PER DOZEN. BIBLES, PURSES, PHOTO ALBUMS. BOX OF 50 SPLENDID XMAS CARDS ASSORTED, POST FREE, FOR Is 4D. NEW STOCK OF BOOKS AND LEATHER GOODS SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. ——— 852W63e- 7, ST. JOHN'S. SQUARE. ISusttttss J\.hhttSStz.. SUBSTANTIAL AND ARTISTIC F TJR-NITURE. 47 AND 49 QUEEN-STREET, CAR D I F F. jyj OORE AND COMPA Invite inspection of their entire NEW gTOCK III BEDROOM SUITES (in all woods), DINING ROOM and DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, OVERMANTELS, DINING TABLES, CABINETS, SIDEBOARDS, HALLSTANDS. PERSIAN and FRENCH BEDSTEADS. All are the very Newest Design*, Quality, and Workmanship, Reliable and Substantial. Our Magnificent Showrooms are now replete with the Season's Novelties in BAMBOO FURNITURE, OCCASIONAL CHAIRS AND TABLES OF CHOICE DESIGNS. j A nice selection a4 BRONZES, MARBLE CLOCKS, VASES SCREENS, CARPETS, RUGS, j CURTAINS, LINOLEUMS, kc., &c. See our Showrooms cf bil Carts and Peram- bulators, 470 MOORE AND COMPANY, CABINET MAKERS & UPHOLSTERERS, j ft AND 49, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. A SENSIBLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT. A PARCEL OF PHILLIPS & CO.'S PURE TEA. People often wonder what to send their friends at Xma. tiice. Well, there is nothing tiH'Y will appreciate more than a PARCEL OF PHILLIPS & CO.'S PURE TEA. A SUITABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENT. A PARCEL OF PHILLIPS & CO.S PURE TEA. There is something that everyone likes. It will be a Special Treat to those who have not yet had the opportunity of drinking PHILLIPS & CO.'S PURE TEA. (>LB. PARCELS. OF OUIL STANDARD TEAS AT THK FOLLOWING PRICES :— 16, 18, & 8 PER LB. DELIVERED FBKE TO ANY PART OF THE BRITISH ISLES. When requested to do so, we supply canister witli tea gratis but in that case we do not pay carriage. PHILLIPS AND CO., TEAMEN, 74, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF. Telegrams—" Souchong," Cardiff, National Telephone, No. 446. SEND POST-CARD FOR VAN TO CALL QREAT gALE OF JRONMONG^R V RELINQUISHING BUSINESS. I W. -ODWARDS & CO., L"D, I ?V JL? \? IRONMONGERS, NEWPORT. ENORMOUS REDUCTIONS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, among ot;hers:- 30 PER CENT. bff Lamps and Coal Vases. PER CENT, uff Electro Plate Cutlery & Case Goods. 20 PER CENT, nff BfMa Fender Kerbs, ??? Brasses, and Dog:?, 'rewelhn: Trunks, 9498 Trays, and Jap Ware, &c. 64a 9498 Me F OR ACHES AND PAINS.  ELLI L..Wgo, SpTa.m3. Bruises, SPRAINS AND BRUISES. Sore Throats Mr Julian Gimrrl, The Girards,"from Cold, Ch"t Theatre Royal, Drury ",ane, writes Colds, Stiffness, I have used your Embrocation Cramp, with surprising effect, and never in- Bronchitis, &c. tend being without it." UNIVERSAL SORE THROAT FROM COLD. —————————— From a ClergymaD. '■ For many years I have used your Is 11}.¡d & 2s 9d. Embrocation. and found it most effi- Prepared only by cacious in preventing and curing sore ELLIMAN, SONS, throat from cold." & Co., Slough, 509b England. EMBROCATION. QREAT AMERICAN PRESCRIPTION Twenty years' research has brouht to light a Kua.?<?d Remedy for NERVOUS DRBfLITY Weakness' Dimness of Sight, Bladder, Gravel, Kidney and Liver Complaints. This Prescription in in the hands of a Minister, who will befriend anyone suffering trom these enervating diseases. It has CURED THOUSANDS. Merely send self-addressed stamped envelope to the Rev. David Jones, Ray Villa, Lewes ten this Prescription will be sent FREE of CHARGE name the paper.) 679 A RE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR INCOME 1 Yen INCREASE it by REDUCING YOUR CHEMIST'S BILL 50% BY DEALING V, [TH DUCK & SON, HIGH-CLASS STORE CHEMISTS, ST. JOHN'S-SQUARE (CORNER OF THE ARCADE), CAR D I F F. 380e —DONWORGETraAT <rVIRlDINEf' is the CURE for CORNS.—This grand discovery has led many to imitate it, but without gaining for such preparation tne satisfactory results Viridlne has secured. In bottles, Is by post, Is 2d. J. MUNDAY, Chemist, I, High-street, Cardiff.

« LIFE IN AN ASYLUM. I Ab the present moment there are no fewer than six hundred and forty criminal lunatics in Broad- moor Asylum, and of these one hundred and sixty are women. A writer lin the World, who has been visuting the place, gives a curious descrip. tion of the life there, a thing the pnblio know very little about. Dr. Nicholson, the governor, has a task that few men would envy him. On several occasions he has been assailed and seriously injured. Once he had his head cut open with a stone, and was laid up for six months in conse- quence, and another time he was stabbed with a knife which a homicidal lunatic had contrived to hide up his sleeve. Nevertheless Dr. Nicholson does not believe in punishing the culprits. They r, merely placed under strict surveillance until their fit of frenzy has passed. Jndeed he claims that Broadmoor is not a prison at all. Those inmates who are well-behaved live very comfortably, and are able to play at cards, billiards, and other games. The only punishments, if punishments they can be called, consists in the deprivation of privileges such as these. The prisoners are of two classes-those who are insane on conviction, and those who become insane while working oub. sentence of imprisonment. In Dr. Nicholson's opinion it is very rarely that a man successfully shams insanity in order to escape the gallows- or the prison.

Tare DonorHY AND 122, QUEBN-STEM, for fins Confectionery, Xmas Cakes,. Presents, and Chocolate*. [ ISttsiiuss jLJttrwsses. G. A. STONE & CO., UNDERTAKERS. ESTABLISHED OVER 50 YEARS; 0 AT THE OLD NO ONT.Y Aorw-ss— 10, 11, & 12, WORKING-STREET, CARDIFF. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF Miss STONE, assisted by an Efficient Staff, Telegraphic Address "Stone, Undertaker Cardiff.' lIe-110R SYMINGTON'S DANDELION COFFEE. Pgfsoas of Weak Bigestian and those Suffering !from LIVER COMPLAINTS and BILIOUSNES SOL8 BY ALL OltOCEUS 3800

I SOUTH WALES TIDE TABLE. CARDIFF* I SWANSEA.t j NEWPORT} Dec. Mor.lEvn.|Bgt-|Mor.|Evn.jHgt.|Mor.,Ev!>H^ 10 M 4 25 4 5330 0 3 291 3 57 27 11' 4 38 5 biC 5 11 Tt 5 19 5 43 51 9 4 23 4 4929 2 5 32 5 58 ?2 2 12 W 6 11 6 3333 4 5 16' 5 4250 7 6 24 6 5123 9 13 Ij 7 4: 7 30 34 568631:318;7177433410 14 1" 7 54 8 1835 1 5 571 7 20 32 2' 3 7 8 3135 6 15 sl 8 41! 9 7 35 0 7 44! 8 11;32 0 8 54: 9 20 /5 5 16 Si 9 311 9 54i34 5 8 38 9 4 30 10 9 44 10 7.34 10 17 no 1910 4333 2 9 30 9 53'29 410 32 10 56 33 7 j *Zoatli Ba-iii. tPiiueeofVVales Dk. lAlexandra Dk I..i iii.ii ■■ I-mi-

TO ADVERTISERS. The South Wales Echo is GUARANTEED to have a Larger Circulation than that of ALL the ottitr Evening Papers of South Wales and Monmouthshire added together. As regards Cardiff alone, it is* ahnosfc am- necessary fer U3 t8 Ldd that the circulation of the South Wales Echo is IMMENSELY GREATER than that of any other Evening Paper. .P,,OGERS AK ALES AND PORTERS IN V,2 GALLON CKSKS and Urv/ARD2 FROM 10D PER GALLON, 24e BREWERY, BRTSTOI* CARDIFF STORES. 9, WORKING-STREET.

The Man About Town, Women are credited with a good deal of ".cuteness, but as electioneering managers they have lost a fine opportunity. The Talmud or the Koran-I will not declare which, so that I may possibly save the sapient critic the trouble of correcting me —says that ten measures of garrulity were sent down from heaven, and the women took nine." Early writers judged women unfairly, and this is a great libel on many of them. The Lady Candidates for the Board of Guardians have done well on the platform, but their chances would have been better had they possessed the full quantity of talkativeness they are credited with by the old writer of all Eastern religious book. In lieu of talkativeness the aid of science alight have been called into the meetings. The Ladies have experienced a difficulty in educating the electors, as well as getting them to their meetings. Voting by ballot, lady candidates, ward meetings in connection with the election of Guardians are all so new and unusual. Why not have called to their assistance the magic lantern and the phonograph 1 With these aids large meetings might have been secured without difficulty, and the electors schooled by eye and ear, in the most pleasant style. As the candidates; cannot take the electors to the Workhouse and illustrate methods of management and treatment, they could by means of the lantern have brought views of the working of the whole system of Poor Law Relief to the electors. Pictures could have been projected on the screen of badly-managed Workhouses and, by way of comparison, views of ideal establishments scenes from the daily portion of life in a Workhouse, in the hospital, the school, and (most important of all) of the Board at work at its weekly meeting. The lantern would do more educative work in the space of half an hour than the exercise of the full nine- parts of garrulity which the women are said to have taken unto themselves + Of these two modern scientific methods the phonograph would be more successful. The difficulty would be to get registered the discussions of the Guardians on the wax cylinders. The lantern would give the scene, the phonograph the style, the tone, and the method of procedure. It would be very amusing and instructive to heat the changing tone of voice as the Guardians were variously discussing ordinary business and making inquiry into some special case of an appeal for help from a pauper. In the former case the conversation recorded would be mostly friendly and carried on in a cordial tone and style. There is a sound of a door opening, a step is heard, and the door closes again with a sharp snap A humble applicant has been ushered into the room. The Chairman, in solemn and judicial tones, not at times without a tinge of asperity, cross-examines her as to her whole family history. Then several members put ques- tions. That'll do," cries the Chairman the Board will consider your case." The style of conversation changes, and there is a friendly ring about it after the applicant has left the room, when her case is disposed of. One typical case giving the question and answer of the application of a woman for relief would be sufficient to secure the return of ladies to the Board. Stay oh, sad reflection That phono- graph idea would hardly do. The machine might record occasionally a humorous story as it was being privately told by some member to a little circle. When the Lady Guardian sits on these governing bodies the attitude of the male members will of necessity be more precise and business-like. Perhaps a little stiffer, but this will be a gain all round. The action of the Lady Candidates has already had its effect in converting their male opponents to the advanced programme. I have received a jointly-signed circular from several gentlemen who promise to deal kindly and liberally with deserving poor, to look favourably upon out-door relief, U encourage any scheme for the brightening of the lives of the aged and infirm," nob to separate old married people, look after the sick and in addition to give the children the best education and training, and to "break down the class distinction between pauper chil- dren and non-pauper children in every possible way." Wherein there is much en- couragement It* I One cannot help admiring the plucky and 1- disinterested work of the Cardiff Society of Friends of Russian Freedom. Literary societies and intellectual pursuits do not attract much attention here, otherwise there would be a better attendance at the course of lectures which Mr Herbert M. Thompson is giving on alternate Wednesdays dealing with Russian Politics. Yesterday lie com- I pleted his historical sketch of Russia down to the period of the Crimean War. In the new year he will resume the lectures deal- ing with more recent phases of the subject. Events in Russia of the last few weeks would lead one to expect th?t numbers of people would be anxious to learn something about the great and really unknown State with its millions of people existing in little less than thraldom. No it is not so in Cardiff the people are very well satisfied with the knowledge they already possess, and the struggle for political and religious freedom apparently interests them not! And yet it is a great, a serious, and fascinat- I ing study, full of instruction and suggestion on all the important questions of religion, government, and personal and political free- dom. We in Cardiff seem to be engrossed in the history of our own parish pump too much to be able to spare a thought on ¡ Russian freedom. I willingly give a word of encouragement to the local Friends of Rus- sian Freedom, if nothing more We are getting Pegasus hitched to our dung cart it is slow work indeed, but we shall make progress ultimately The numerous appeals which are being made for gifts of Christmas cheer remind one of the near approach of the greatest festival of the year. The Cardiff Infirmary has its Christmas Tree, and the Salvation Army Home 130 women and girls whom they arc anxious to make glad with Christ- mas fare. The Waifs and Strays Society is deserving of remembrance and the dinner- less children ? Shall they not be fed ? The need for Christian charity is pressing on every hand. I After many delays and much anxiety on the part of the promoters, the second annual dinner to the local Crimea and Indian Mutiny Veterans was given at Barry's Hotel last night. One may forget the obstacles that were placed in the way now that the gathering has been held. About one hundred and thirty old war heroes assembled, many in splendid health and spirits, consider- ing their years, but, sad to relate, some were wearing the uniform of poverty and pauperism, and had to return trom the muster of old friends to the Poor House The Mayor (Alderman Carey), who pre- sided, expressed his determination, with the assistance of Col. Goldsmid, and all who felt with him, to prevent any more Veterans donning the pauper's uniform or dying in the Workhouse. This is the practical side of the gathering, and it is a view of the matter which will be endorsed by every individual who has a spark of national and patriotic sentiment within his breast. The Mayor mentioned a sum of about £ 500 as being necessary to meet all requirements. The State leaves a good deal to be done by charitable effort, and surely no better cause than this could be espoused. Col. Goldsmid, a soldier, following his father, grandfather, and great grandfather in the profession of arms in the service of his country, and whose grand uncle was at Waterloo, spoke very sensibly on the object of the gathering and the proposal to assist the Veterans. He is opposed to any charitable movement which will encourage "cadging." This effort to keep the old heroes from the Workhouse is above that, and I am sure it will not be allowed to become an institution for doling out the means for drink or dissipation. The fund would be administered to support those men who have served their country and helped fight its battles, and whose records are such as will bear investigation,

SAVED FROM A FRIGHTFUL I DEATH. Accidents with winding gear, either'from the breakage of the rope or over-winding, are by no means uncommon at collieries. Councillor Fuul- stone, of Barnsley, and three workmen with him, have had a narrow escape from a fearful death from such an accident. As contractor for sinking a new pit at Lord Masham's Acton Hall Colliery, Mr Foulstrine had descended the pit, and was drawn up again with three men in a 11 cage." The engine-driver wound the cage into the head-gear of the pit. Blt for a safety detach- ing hook, or butterfly," mtonded to meet such an accident, the four men would have been precipitated 712 feet, and would have fallen npon their comrades working at the bottom of the shaft.

A GOLD WATEK CURE. At the Thames Police-court yesterday Sophia Shea was charged with being drunk and dis- orderly. She complained that at the police station the inspector threw three cans of water over her. The explanation given was that the woman was abusive and used toul language.— Prisoner I was wringing wet, and the searcher in the cell had to take all my clothes off and dry them at the fire.—In sentenoing her to pay a fino of 101, or seven days' imprisonment, Mr Mead said that he certainly could not approve of the course the inspector took. He thought it was a matter which should he inquired into, nr." ;')' w h ¡,,¡, "mIle action should betaken.

TO-DAY'S WEATHER 4.30 P.M. | TO-DAY'S FORECAST FOR ENGLAND, S.W., AND SOUTH WALES. South-westerly winds, strong, squally; rainy. GENKRAL.—Strong southerly and south-westerly winds are probable over all northern and western parts of the kingdom, with squally weather in most places. WA rNINGS.-The south cone: is up in all parts. 1

THE CAT FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERS.—John Simmons and Richard Evans, two sturdy ruffians, who described themselves as labourers, were convicked at the Central Criminal Court of robbery with violence. They attacked a man of 76 in the New Kent-road, and with the assistance of two associates, who escaped, robbed him of a gold watch and chain. Evans was septenoad to 12 months' hard labour and 20 strokes with the cat.-Siminons Ob, don't give me the lash, sir —The Common Serjeant: Although you are quite prepared to use violence to ycur victims, you do not like it yourself. -Simmons was sen-fci tenced to nine months' hard 14gur and 20 s_rokei with the oat6

I Echoes of the Week. BY GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA, I The dath at the patriarchal age of ninety of Viscount Ferdinand de Lesseps revives the curiously vexed question as to whom in modern times civilisation has owed the boou of the Suez Canal. The project of cutting a waterway from j' the Mtditerranean to the Red Sea has been attributed to Napoleon the Great, while a scheme for making a canal through theigthmus of Panama was certainly evolved from the mind of Napolpon III. during his captivity at Ham between 1840 and 1845. Many persons seem to labour under the lmpressiou that the late M. de Lesseps was an engineer. He was nothing whatever of the kind. He was trained for the Diplomatic profession, and filled several important Diplomatic posts but he was a born entreprenuer, an organiser, a promoter and in 1854, cogitating over the many reports which had been drawn up by scientists as to the practicability of piercing the isthmus, he saw, to use an Americanism, that there were millions in it," and set to work to convert a theory into a fact. Lord Palmerston, when Prime Minister in 1859, was dead against the Suez Canal, and several influential London papers vehemently opposed the scheme. Curiously enough, between 1357 and 1859, I saw a good deal of what I may call the behind the scenes of the Suez Canal drama. The secretary of the company in England was an ingenious German gentleman named Lange, who passed away not long since as Sir Daniel Lalle, and his secretary was Charles Lamb Kenney, a well-known journalist of the last generation. He was the son of the author of the comedy of Sweethearts and Wives," and a godson of Charles Lamb. His mission as secretary to Mr Lange was to modify the acerbity of the English Press towards that which was popularly known as the French ditch." By what means this process of modifica- tion was carried on, of course, I do not know. If, kind reader, you will take the trouble to study the report of the recent distribution of prizes by Sir Frederick Leigh ton, P.R.A., to the successful students of the Royal Academy Schools, you will discover, I venture to think. I j one reason why English lady artists draw, as a j rule, the human figure imperfectly, and why, as a consequence of such imperfect drawing, Christmas cards are made in Germany." A silver medal was awarded to a, painting of A Figure from the Life," the competition being open to maie students only but a lady student got a silver medal for the painting of A Draped Figure." A prize of £50 fell to the share of the author of a set of Six Drawings from the Life," male students being allowed to compete. This is the way in which females are tanghthow to draw, or rather how not to draw, in England. And then we wonder and grumble at the superi- ority of foreign lady artists to our own. I The diary of Benjamin Constant, journalist, novelist, statesman, gambler, and roue—but a great man for all that—has just been published by Mile. Melogari. Benj unin Constant was one of the last distinguished French politicians whom Napo eon 1. received at the Palace of the Elyg^es after Waterloo, just before his departure for Rochefort. I have known you too late," was the parting salutation of the vanquished hero. I wonder whether in Mile. Mehigari's book there is told the curious story of Benjamin Con- stant's early education. Hs was a very precocious boy, but he had an apparently invincible hatred for the classics. One day his tutor proposed that Benjamin and ha should invent a Hew language between thwin. So in their rural rambles they settled an alphabet, a grammar, and a vocabulary. There's a tree; the tutor would say suppose we call it a dejidroii. Then there's a flower why | not call it .uithosT "Certainly," young Benja- min would reply. At the end of a. yea- or so the tutor and his pupil agreed that the new language which they had invented was now complete the question to be resolved was how it was to be called. said the tutor, "'fthat we give its only real and proper name. Ibis Greek." Arfclul tutor, but once bitten twice siiy. I do not read that Benjamin Constant ever learned Hebrew by the inventive system. A thoughtful German writer a,nd artist of the last century published a work copiously illustrated called The Idea of a Mimic," and in which he strove to show that there were oniy a certain number of attitudes and gestures which could be assumed by a comedian, male or female. I have not the book by me and forget the number of attitudfs, but I believe they did not exceed 50. A French writer, I percoive, has just published a little book in which he contends that there are only 36 original dramatic situations. I should say that there are a good many more, and intend to exercise my iriernory ia the attempt to dis- cover how many distinct dramatic situations I can call to mind, and will give them to readers of the Echoes in instalments. There is an immense amount of newspaper talk goin? on about the alleged Turkish atrocities in Armema and LnzisUn, and I remember that there was proportionately jusb as much talk at the clubs of Pera, at Constantinople, in the year 1876, about the Armenians a.nd the Lazes, The last-named race had been taken under the special protection of the late Robar; Pasha, then an admiral in the Turkish service, who was continu- ally writing letters to the papers concerning LazisUn, and expatiating in the club smoking- room CIl the wrongs of his "poor Lazes." This rather irritated a member of the club, who failed to sympathise with the interesting Oriental Christians in question, touching whom he essayed to write a poetical satire, but he did not get farther than the first couplet, which ran :— Hobart's Lazes, May go to blazes. There he stopped, but the Armenia and Lazistan controversy never seemed to come to an end. Believe nothing that you hear and only half what you see. That is the advice of the cynical philosopher. Still, it is to be hoped that there is some truth in the statement that her Majesty the Queen has taken for the Easter holidays the Grand Hotel du Ciniiez. lb is two miles and a half distant from Nice, and stands on one of the lower slopes of the Maritime Alps. It faces south, and commands a fine view of Nice and the Mediterranean. Cimiez is one of the most interesting places on the Riviera it is of im- mense antiquity and is mentioned by Pliny, It is additionally interesting to classical archaeolo- gists as still possessing the ruins of a splendid Roman amphitheatre and at different periods there have been excavated from the soil large quantities of statue vases, bas-reliefs, and medals mid coins of bronze. The money value of autographs seem to me to he singularly capricious. Ab Sotheby's the other day a letter of L, Fontaine, the French fabulist, realised onIyjBIS was given for five letters by the Duke of Kent, son of George III. and father of Queen Victoria. On the other hand a letter of Robespierre was knocked down for £12, but the highest sum after that paid for La Fon- taine's letter was realised by a letter from Marguerite de Valois, the divorced first wife of Henri Quatre and the compiler of the notorious "Contes de In Reine de Navarre." Queen Marguerite's epistle was sold for £28. Ifis never too late to learn as well as to mend, and I have learned with pleasant surprise tins that olive oil is a, drug and is quoted as such in the London Pharmacopoeia. A hi«hiy- respectable firm of oilmen were summoned for selling so-called olive oil which, according to the official analyst, waR" adulterated to the extent of 50 per cent, with vegetable oils. One may ask if the offiei vl analyst considers olive oil to be a mineral one. One of the partners in the firm in giving evidence said that his commodity was J sold not 1\8 olive oil, but as salad oil, and I should say that nine out of ten rational people are aware that if you wanb to get perfectly pure Florence or Lucca oil for your salad you must send, not to an ordinary grocer, but to a first- class Italian warehouse for it. There is noti, by the way, anything in the slightest degree un- wholesome in the various vegetable oils used for salad dressing. A magnificent folio volume was given me some years ago by the late Mr Sutton Sharps, being an exhaustive account of the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, a work accomplished by the munificence of Mr Henry Roe, the head of a then eminenb firm of Dublin distillers. The restoration of the Cathedral, together with the erection of an adjoining synod house, are said to have cost the late Mr Roe, who died in November last, something like I have just been reading a. newspaper paragraph stating that Mr Roe's will has been proved by the sole executrix, his wife, the valu9 of the testator's personal estate having been sworn ab j6590 lis lid. When I get back to my library I will paste that news- paper paragraph inside the sumptuous folio which, by the way, contains numerous illustra- tions by the late Mr G. E. Sbreeb, the architect to whom the restoration of Christ Church Cathedral was entrusted.

I The New Act. I ADJUSTMENT OF DIFFICULTIES. One Candidate for Two Seats. A curious point came up at a meeting of the Glamorgan Local Government Committee to-day in connection with the election of guardians under the new Act. Merbhyrdovan, in the urban district of Barry, is entitled to two guardians. Three nominations were sent in, but the returning officer (Mr A. J. Harris, clerk of the Cardiff Union), decided that two of the papers were informal because they were handed in after time. Thus there was only one candidate for two seats. Mr 0, H. Jones (who presided) said, the Act gave the county council very large powers of remedying anything. It was resolved, on the motion of Councillor Morgan Thomas, to hold a fresh election for Merbhyrdovan nominations to be in before four o'clock on January 1st, and the polling to take place on January 12th. I Applications foi, Parish Councils. The Clerk (Mr Franklen) reported that he bad received notifications from chairmen of parish meetings, at which it was resolved to apply for parish councils, or for a grouping of parishes but in each instance they had not complied with the rules set out in the schedule of the Act. Again, the Act provided that not less than j 14 days' notice should be given in the parish of the intention to apply for a parish council or to I be united with other parishes. It did not appear that such notice had been given in the cases under notice. Alderman Morgan (the chairman of the committee) had written to say that in his opinion the parish meeting could not at its first meesiug pass a valid resolution demanding a parish council, but that a subsequent meeting must be held after 14 days' notice. The clerk was instructed to write to the chairmen who had made these applications, drawing attenmon to this requirement and asking for a production of j the notico convening the first parish meeting. I Impsrtant to Candidates- [SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE "ECHO, I Mr Wallis Davies, solicitor to the Parish a.nd I Rural District Councils Association, ha.s ascer- tained that it is the opinion of the Local Govern- ment Board that candidates for election under this Act as such are nob entitled to enter and re- main in a polling-station, so that candidates can only enter polling-stations as voters and to vote. I Llantrisant. Judge Gvvilym Williams presided over a meefc- ing held in the Llantrisaut Mefehodist-hail last night, in supportofithecaudidabureof MessrsDavid Williams,T. Thomas,and T. Williams,the selscbed Liberal candidates for the rural district council. Mr A. J. Williams, M.P., addressed the meeting ab length, urging the desirability of fighting on political lines, inasmuch as the Parish and Dis- trict Councils Act was passed by a Liberal Government in the teeth of Tory obstruction and opposition, and in order that the whole of the powers of the measure might be put intooperation C1 unity Councillor Morgan Thomas also spoke. He explained the provisions of the Act, especially the land clauses, maintaining that it was almost a matter of impossibility to expect Conservative members to exercise the full powers which the compulsory clauses conferred for the benefit of the agricultural labourer and the small farmer. In the debate upon the parish chanties, the Tories occupied the House of Commons soiiiatliin- like sever, days in bitterly opposing the proposed [ transference of the parish charities from the hands of the churchwardens and overseers to the representative body. It was patent that these i charities had been manipulated in hundreds of parishes for the purposes of proselytism. For j these and other reasons he considered that Liberal voters would be false to their principles i and to the best. interests of the community if they failed to support the Liberal candidates for seats on the rural district councils.

INTERESTING TO LADIES. I In connection with the growth of the French perfume trade a Paris correspondent says :— The great perfumers of the Middle Ages were, it appears, the Arabs. The fashion of using perfumery came into West Europe through the Crusades. Italians were the greab dealers in it and often sold disguised subtle poisons in ebeir perfumes. Catherine de Medici, like many of her ancestors, gained her private and public ends through poisonous perfumes. Cardinal Richelieu first saw what a business could be created by (listllling the field and orange-grove flowers of Provence. Anne of Austria, the wife of Louis XIII., could not go a moment without her scent- bottle and liked to have her linen scented. Voltaire spoke of the perfumed bath as the luxury of luxuries. The sunny hills of the Var became a mine of wealth, and remain so to this day, for the scent distilled from flowers has a "ubtle delicacy which still gives it the primacy. The Empress Josephine gave another great stimulus to the scent industry. She constantly held before her mouth dainty lace-bordered lawn pockethandkerchiets, on which she had sprinkled some delicious perfume. The perfume manufac- turers of Grasse last year put 40,0001b. of violets and 180,0005b. of roses into their scent stills. The orange lfowers they used weighed 220,0001b. A kilo, or a little over two pounds, of essence of May roses is worth about J3124.

I THE DUTIES OF A COOK. At the Bloomsbury County-court yesterday a cook, named Scrotton, Jiving in Queen's-road, Peckham, sued Mr Grcenleigh, of Russell-place, W., to recover the sum of J65 16-, wages in lieu of notice. The plaintiff stated that she was engaged by Mr Greenleigh to act as cook in a family of five children and five servants. The first day of her service she was told to clear away the break- fast things, and while doing so she pointed out that it was not the work of a cook. Her mistress promised to get one of the other servants to clear away," bub the following morning she was again asked to do it. On the plaintiff again complaining she was told to leave, and after finding lodgipgs'she was requested to "clear out" within ten minutes. The defence was that the plaintiff discharged herself. In giving judgment for the plaintiff for £ 2, his Honoursaid it was not sensible to expecb a cook, who had to get break- fast at nine o'clock, luncheon all one, and dinner at eight, to remove and wash up the things. He allowed her costs as she was a domestic servant, that teeing the only exception from the Act which deprived a plaintiff of his or her coats.

I SIR JOSEPH BARNBY, Sir Joseph Barnby had si fair day, without pain. He is still extremely weak, but his con- dition is as favourable Ilfi cron he expected.

THE DOROTHY AND 122, QUEEN-STREET, for fine j Confectionery, Xuias Cakes, Presents, and Chocolates. TlIR GKOSVKNOR CAFE."—Pot of Tea, Roll and butter 6<1 Pot of Tea Battered Seone, 6d 94 Ln,i i,ilt,t,or b(I P,)t (,f', I THE PITMAN'S DAUGHTIZ-B. "-This it! the title ef a powerful new mining story of love and mystery from tlw pen of J. Monk Foster which now appears in the Carclifi Times and South Wales Weekly New A I Magazine autf a 4Newspaper in one

Rugby Union and Pro- fessionalism, I HOW WALES IS CONCERNED. Evidence is plentiful from all points that thfc meeting of the English Rugby Union for the consideration of its now famous circular relative to professionalism will be the liveliest and one of the most momentous in the history of the organisa- tion. Unfortunately the issue has resolved itself into a fight between the large gate taking clubs of the North, whose members mostly belong to the artisan class, and the better- circumstanced members of Southern and Midland combinations, who practically have free grounds. For years past prominent Northerners have held that the payment to playing members for lost time was warranted and legitimate, though, of course, no club has ventured upon openly acknowledging its approval of this course. Yorkshire and Lancashire clubs say in effect that the working men of their teams are as much entitled te payment for broken time as is the Southern player to expenses at a rate which would be considered up North to be exorbitant. This, of course, is only the way in which they ex- press themselves. Whatcannobbe denied,however, is that players are attracted from the South and from the Principality of Wales to many of these Northern clubs under circumstances which give rise to the suspicion that monetary considerations have been the prime factor in bringing about the change of residence. Wales in particular has suffered, and her clubs have found pitted against themselves men trained in their ranks. A well-known Southern footballer, who now confines himself to watching games and writing of them and Rugby matters generally, recently referred in the ning to the determination of the Welsh executive to use their best efforts to suppress professionalism within their jurisdiction, but suggests that it should support the English Union in maintaining amateurism so far as it is in their power. How- ever hond, he says, the W eJsh Football Unianmight wrok to avert the ultimate introduction of pro- fessionalisni, they mirht find them"elves unable to accomplish the task for the reason that most ofitheeltibs are largely composed of working men, and it would only be human nature when foot. ball for pay was legitimised in England'if the Welsh working man, finding he could get a more remunerative situation and be paid for his reorea- tion in tha North, listened to the voice of the tempter and left the land of his nativity for that of hi3 betterment. Th, football commercial travel- ler from the North is a. well-known personage in Wales. If these touts, who are ready to risk the chances of being detected in directly contravening the express terms of the law, are plentiful to-day, does it not stand to reason that they would multiply if professionalism were sanctioned ? The trade could then be pursued by them as a legitimate calling. It is only, than, the impending danger that I would pointout to Wales. Matches between Newport, Cardiff, and our Southern clubs provide us with the best illustra- tions of the modern game that we see, and (he conclud-js) it would be a calamity not only fot Wales, but for us in the South, if from denuda- tion of players these clubs lost their high standard of excellence. The Rugby Union Committee assert their assur, ance that a majority of the clubs will vote for the maintenance of amateurism the difference is mainly owing to the condition mad., by the union thab players or clubs charged with professionalism shall convince the ruling body of their innocence or be suspended. This has been objected to as un-English, but an influentially- signed circular, recently issued by Southern and a few celebrated North Country players,and which was published in our issue of Tuesday, replies to the objection by saying that members of social clubs are every day called upon to clear them- selves of prima facie charges of misconduct, and adds that the veiled professionalism known to exist is un- English. Thj union has noi power to compel the attendance of witnesses or to require sworn testimony, whily it is out of the question that they should employ detective to gather evidence. This objection they describe a merely a subterfuge. An extraordinary circular is what the leading Yorkshire atlilotic journal calls this appeal. Tht signatories oak clubs unable to send representa- tives to the meeting to commission one of their number to nominate representatives for them. It is playing the amateur game very low down indeed, says this note writer, to solicit tickets from all parts of the country to distribute, for Hugitt We know, among men in thtl street" in order to pack the Rugby Union, and it certainly is not the kind ot conduct one expects from gentlemen who wish 80 be considered pure and sportsmanlike in all their football dealings. This week's Pastime, which is regarded as the mouthpiece of the Southern members of the Union, considers the resolutions proposed by the conveners to be submitted to tho meeting to be of a flimsy nature, aud stating that whether parts of the circular raa so worded as to be inconsistent with the bye-laws of the union is a moot point, argiles that at the worst they do not give any sufficient ground for the im- peachment of the committee. It woulc be strange indeed (says the writer) if the committee of a body vowed bo strictly amatem football were to be censured for having slightly strained its powars in preserving those principles at a moment of deadly poril. Besides, it is notorious that the proposers are merely raising a cloud in order that they way escape the signing, of a declaration of amateurism, and nothing but a majority of members in favour of giving up the fight with professionalism would support them in their quibble. Even if the malcontents weru to win the day, which at present seems highly improbable, nc very practical result would be achieved. Though condemned as a body, the committee would in most cases receive the support of their con- stituenfcs. It is doubtless intended that the vote shall decide whether the struggle against profes. sionalism shall go on for the present or not, and we have no doubt that the voting will be on this issue, probably taken on a convenient amend- menb. If the favourers of professionalism are beaten they will probabiy lie low for another year, if they are permitted. It will be very weak of the committee and the meeting to permit them. The different voices of the Yorkshire party are j represented (says Pastime) as follows :(1.) We are amateurs, and just as good as you." (2.J But we really can't bi expected to keep on like this unless we may take our wages for playing." state of the clubs around us (and our own) is perfectly disgusting, and it is all because of your laws, which do not allow us to be profes- sionals and honest. Therefore, wa have to b3 professionals and dishonest. If there were nc laws, you see, ws could not break th-im." (4.1 Oil. you mean to prosecuee us ? It is most un- fair and un-English. Are we amateurs! Of course we are, and have a right to bd trusted on our own words as gentlemen." And so on, da eapo

WOOD PAVING FOR CARDIFF. At to-day's meeting of the Cardiff Public Works Committee, Councillor Waring pointed out that now they had obtained the sanction of the Local Government Board to borrow money, he thought the time had arri ved when they should adopt wood paving in the niaiii thoroughfares of the town. The suggestion wag approved by the other members of the committee, and a alibi committee, consisting of the chairman (Alderman Daniel Lewis), Councillor Johnston, Councillor Thomas, Councillor Crossman, and Councillor Waring, was appointed to select the kind of wood to be used. It is intended to pave wl■ fi wood St. Mury-street, Queen-street (as far t'.o Taff Vale Railway), and Cowbridge-road (as fa.JI as Cathedral-road).

"END OF THE WORLD." The late earthquake in Sicily and Calabria broke the lantern of the Messina lighthouse, and an electric light was placed in the lighthouse which sent its potent rays far and wide. The peasants of Tauro, seeing the coast and olouda between the Eolian Islands, Cape Vatican, and the Apennine mountains marvellously illuminated, believed that the end of the world had come. They prayed and flagellated themselves, and the uproar was only ended by the interference of the police. Further off the coast, on the foothills of the Apennines, some people even went mad. The women beat their breasts, and the men, on their knees. confessed the; sins aloud.

I SLANDERING A MAGISTRATE. At Leeds Assizes yesterday a case of slander from Halifax occupied the attention of Mr Justice Charles the whole day. Plaintiff was Alderman James Booth, ex-mayor of Halifax and a justice of the peace for the borough, who brought an action against Alfred Arnold, also a borough magistrate for Halifax, to recover damages for slander, which consisted in defendant having spoken slanderously of plaintiff in respect to his office as chairman of the improvement com. mittee of the tlalitax Town Council. A verdict was given for the plaintiff with jB85 damages.