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A H U SB AN D'S VENGEANCE.…
A H U SB AN D'S VENGEANCE. I Night began to fall, and one by one the ights were lit in the Rue Pasquier. The Jejectert cab-horse that had been standing there between the shafts for two hours shifted his feet. Name of a do? swore the driver to himself, "I wish that fare would buiry up." Suddenly at the door of a house appeared woman swathed in fluffv furs. 44 Are you there, driver?" she called, and harrying across the sidewalk she sprang into The carriage. She felt herself seized sharply by the -arins, and drew back with a cry but he irew her in and closed the door then he -owered the window in front and called out *> the driver, Drive on, cabby. You snow where to go." The carriage started at a round pace. The roung woman reached swiftly for the door. andle. but he caught her hand. U Do not try to jump out," ii(- said, calmly, "'At the rate we are going you would pro- Jably break your neck." I don't care. '1 "But I do." 4* How do you come to be in this carriage ? Are you playing the spy upon me at last t" HI1 Not the least in the world. I was "Maply waiting until you should come out of ibe rooms of M. de Joyeuse, your lover." You are crazy You know very well 3wt M. de Joyeuse is not my lover. Besides, e does not live here, I believe his rooms I we in the Rue Marbeuf." U Yes, but he also has rooms in the Rue ?asquier—for you." She was beginning to recover a little, to Tegain her composure. Suddenly she began to laugh insolently in his face. How does it happen that I find you aere in my cab ?-for it is my cab you seem to make no doubt of that. Why are you aofc at your club ?'' 44 It is very simple. As I have been watching you for some days past and have liad you followed—" 44 Ah, you have me followed ? My com- pliments." Thanks. I simply gave your driver a louis to let me wait for you in the cab." •4 And where are we going at this rate 1" jhe demanded. We are going home." "Indeed? Now, seriously, do you really ttean this, about Joyeuse ?" The driver pulled up his horse on his haunches in the Rue de Monceau. M. Leroy-Chateau assisted his wife to alight, folding her arm firmly the while, and they ascended thb stairs to the brilliantly lighted apartment above. The man below drew up the blinds of his cab and set off down the Street at a walk, shrugging his shoulders. M. Leroy-Chateau led his wife to her chamber. She entered, and for a moment stood bewildered in the centre of the room, scarcely conscious of the grating sound made by the key as he turned it in the lock. Worn out, unstrung, she sank into a chair to walt her fate. The husband quickly crossed the hall. "Have you been to Dr. Lanoy," he asked, "and requested him to be here at 6 o'clock ?" Yes, sir the doctor is already here. Be is waiting for you in your study," J URt then the physician appeared. 44 What is the matter ?" he asked. "You ire not ill V 41 Doctor," M. Leroy-Chateau replied, in sad ana very grave tone, a great misfor- tune has befallen me—a misfortune that I Jiave feared for some time past." 4PHy dear sir, you surprise me. 44 For some months past, Mme. Leroy- Ohateau's health has visibly failed-she has suffered from great nervous excitement. insomnia, a constant loss of appetite. I have often wished to have you called, but the has strenuously objected, and I did not like to insist, her irritability of hte having been excessive. But in the last few days the hidden malady has declared itself to be ba extremely grave mental disorder," 44 You astound me U My wife—doubtless you are unaware of Jt. my dear doctor one does not like to speak of such things, even to one's physi- oian-there has been insanity in my wife's family. One of her uncles, without exactly needing to be restrained, was noted for his easily excitable and ungovernable temper her grandmother, Madame Lieuvain, was confined for two years in a retreat for the Insane. To be sure, it was said to be the Consequence of a fright, but the fact re- mains, nevertheless. Of late my wife has had strange and unusual whims. She has (one out frequently, not once using her carriage -she, who cannot bear to walk, or to use a hired carriage—she has remained out for hours, returning in an indescribable state of agitation. Made anxious by this, I have had recourso to a procedure which was very repugnant to me but in the case of » person like Madame Leroy-Chateau, it eould not result to her discredit-I have followed her." 44 Oh, surely Mme. Leroy-Chateau is above suspicion." Precisely so. poor woman. Well, doctor, I have seen her give way to the strangest fancies—she has gone into churches and behaved in such a way as to attract the notice of the attendant she has gone to museums and stood for hours contemplating a picture, a statue, or the most insignificant object sometimes she goes to the quays- Jou can imagine my terror the day t saw Her leaning over the parapet of a bridge, staring with haggard eyes into the water. Another day she went to the morgue. But when she is home again it is impossible to make her tell where she has passed the day. She invents the most palpably false excuses. So deranged are her faculties that she. the most honest, the most vir- iunus of women, has tried to make me believe that she has a lover." 44 What you tell me is astounding." You shall see her presently, and can Interrogate her yourself. Ask her where the passed the afternoon on the twelfth, the fourteenth, the fifteenth, the seventeenth of ibis month. You will see that she becomes aneasy and is evasive in her replies or if, unfortunately, she should suspect your object, she will fling out the name of a lover, the first name that enters her head. jfjnally to-day, as I was following her after having sent for you, I surprised her wander- ing about on foot in the quarter of the Madeleine-she accosted the passers-by and begged money of them! Imagine how a man must feel when he sees his wife begging in the street 1" and Leroy-Chateau covered bis face with his hands, while his shoulders shook with suppressed sobs. 44 What do you wish me to do V asked the Joctor. "I do not wish mychildren tosee theirmo- Aer demented-such a spectacle might have terrible consequences in the years to come. ( wish to take them away to travel, and to Save Hortense taken to some retreat where [ .be will have the care that her condition lemands. While we are away I hope and J believe she will get better; meanwhile, the I ivorld will believe that she is with us, and I irill never suspect the frightful truth." 44 My dear M. Leroy-Chateau, you have Rocked me profoundly. But may I see the ady ?—for there are certain formalities that mist be observed." Certainly. I shall take you to hem at mce. 44 Her malady is not of a violent nature, Nit T' ventured the doctor, uneasily. "She has no weapons No, no you may be quite easy on that score. M. Leroy-Chateau cautiously entered his wife's apartment after the doctor had gone. Berfound her standing motionless in the middle of the room, staring at the floor. She kad not taken off her bonnet or removed her aloak. 44 Lanoy has just been here," she said, lmly. turning towards him, and he has been asking me the oddest questions. He acted so strangely, too, as if he were frightened, that he frightened me. What does it mean V 441 cannot imagine. Did he say you teemed ill ? 44 Come," she said resolutely, as sh. took ,ehair 44 what does all this mean I I 44 Here," he said, drawing some papers from his pocket and arranging them carefully, u are he reports of the detective bureau. Day by day, almost hour by hour, they prove "ar isin. Moreover, I have a package of four letters, which leave no doubt as to your relations with M. de J oyeuse. II You have my letters "They cost me five hundred francs-you )Ie, I do not count the cost where you are ■Concerned. In fact, I hold in my hands "ore than is recessary to secure a divorce and precipitate a terrible scandal. Up to now you have borne an absolutely spotless reputation you are cited as a model of virtue. You have even presumed on it to show implacable scorn for those of your friends or acquaintances whose private lives might not bear questioning. Mme. Lagrange des Assarts, Mme. Leremois, the Baronne d'Herblay have been utterly ostracized since you closed your door to them and so put them in the pillory. Oh, you were a very dragon of virtue Well, I can make your fall far greater than that of any of these women. Well, what is the upshot of these threats ?" "This: I do not wish to dishonour you, nor to be dishonoured myself. But as I do not wish your relations with M. de Joyeuse to continue, as I do not wish them to have consequences that may interfere with the projects I have formed for my children's future, I have made up my mind what course to pursue. Evidently there must be something profoundly wrong with you that you have allowed yourself to be so utterly reckless. After ten years of exemplary life you compromise yourself with a young man, you write him insensate letters, you expose yourself every moment to the chance of being surprised—this indicates a serious derangement of your mental faoulties. There are, unhappily, other examples of the same malady in your family. A few months of calm and solitude will restore you to reason. You intend to have me shut up in a mad-house ?" she cried, springing to her feet. That is putting it very crudely. No, I intend to have you cared for." This is infamous I mad ? You know well I am not. Who will ever believe me mad ?" Dr. Lanoy has just left you. He has been your physician ever since you were born, he understands your temperament perfectly. He has had no hesitation in sign- ing a certificate that declares you to be suffering from mania, happily not acute at present. He has been kind enough, too, to take it upon himself to arrange for your i incarceration. It is he, it is you who are mad Oh, I shall not allow myself to be locked up You do not know me, sir you shall not take me from my home as if I were a child "How could you resist if three or four men seized you ? You would cry out, you would make a scene—which would be only further proof of your insanity. You may say that you have a lover, that this is a plot for revenge on my part-but you would not be believed. And"—in a sudden fury, he seized her by the shoulder-" if you resist, if you oppose what I wish, understand-well, you know I can hit the ace of clubs nine times out of ten at fifteen paces, and I swear to you I will kill your paramour." "But-but," she sobbed. why not a divorce instead of this horrible thing ? I will take the blame on myself, I will make no defence, I will confess everything." But your fortune, niadame-I have need of it. Mme. Leroy-Chateau caught up a bodkin from her toilet-table and sprang at her husband. Help, help he shouted, throwing open hus" Help, g ?adaine is trying to kill me the door. 44 Madame is trying to kill me God help us, she is raving mad. The doctor, quick !-send for Dr. Lanoy II Mme. Leroy-Chateau stood as if turned to marble in the centre of the room, her bonnet untied, her hair flying, a bodkin in her hand, before the frightened servants. Two years later Mme. Leroy-Chateau expired during an unusually severe paroxysm of insanity in the establishment of the fam- ous Dr. Lerouge.-From the French.
I Armenian Horrors. I
I Armenian Horrors. I I PESTILENCE AND STARVATION. I The Duke of Westminster on Monday received the following report from Marash, dated April 15th Three thousand refugees down with typbus, dysentery, and aco?lpox. Forty to fifty J deaths daily. Grf?t and immcd?te na"d f»w continued assistance &cd me<hca\ aid Un'?- ? people are aided unbjl the next crop if *ecv.m tboutands will perish of pestilence and starvation 1 Attitude of Turkish Government improved, and I opportunity favourable for distribution of relief in surrounding villagas-" CONSTANTINOPLE, May 5th An appeal WasJ recently received by MiAA Barton for the despatch of doctors and medicines to Arabkir, in Anatolia, where typhus and dysentery are raging. The people are in .great poverty, and fatal cases are numerous. The general opinion is that fevers are liable to break out in places where the late troubles occurred, as. besides impurities of water from decaying animal and ve?et?ble m:tte., half-starved condition of the people renders them peculiarly liable to attacks of such diseases. A second medical corps composed of physicians is now being raised here to be sent to Diabekir, Haires, Marash, and Zeii-.oan.foufer.
Matabele Rising.I --■-
Matabele Rising. I MR OEOIL RHODES'S POSI I-ION. I Opinion at Buiuwayo I BULUWAYO. Suuday, 11 50 a.n..—Enormous excitement prevails at the sported resignation of Mr Cecil Rhodes. Directly reliable information on the subject bad been obtained the chief residents met and drew up a petition to the chairman of the British South Africa Company strongly deprecating any secession of Mr Rhodes from the board of directors. The petition was then exposed for signatures, and in a very short time nearly every- body in the place bad accorded his support to it. The entire community is nonplussed at the action attributed to Mr Rhodes. People even absolutely refuse to beiieve the report. They constder that at the present moment the resignation would mean death to the country, whose fortunes wouid for at, least five years be hopelessly ruined. Everyone recognises the momentous importanoe attaching to the outcome of this matter.- CeWral News. TEXT OF THE PETITION. BOLUWATO, Sunday Nighb.-The following is be text of the petition protesting against the resignation, which has been generally signed here To the Chairman of the Chartered Company of British South Africa.—We, the undersigned, most earnestly hope that there is no foundation for the report that Mr Cecil Rhodes may probably cease to be managing director of the company. We have faced the recent troubles with some confidence, relying upon his pledge to devote himself to the material interests of the oountry, feeling that under his personal guidance it would in a short time recover, and outstrip its former prosperity, but if for any reason tliit pledge cannot be carried out we could feel no such confidence, and we should regard the resignation of Mr Rhodes as the worst blow which could be inflicted on us at the present time. We can only trust that all who have the interests of the country at heart will do their utmost to avert what we feel would be a more lasting shock than any of the difficulties with which we are now struggling."—Central iVews.
I INCIDENT IN A CHURCH,
I INCIDENT IN A CHURCH, Elizabeth Boatwright, living at Henstridge- road, St. JnhnVwood, was at Marylebone Police a'JUre on Monday charged with having stolen 3s 5% 1, the money of the Rev Canon Barker, the rpctor of St. Marylebone parish church. Mabel F. F. Ormsby, a lady residing at Msnohester- square-mansions, said sbe was at Marylebone Church on Sunday afternoon. During theservios a collection was taken. One of the churchwardens passed an offertory bag aJong the pew where the prisoner was, and when it reached her witness saw her put something into the bag. The prisonerthen halt turned round, and holding the bag in her left hand, pat her right fingers into it and withdrew some silver coins. Witness distinctly saw a half- crown or florin in the prisoner's hand.—Mr Plowden You don't know what money she put into the bag. Perhaps* she was taking change. (A laugh.) When arrested, the prisoner told a police constable that she was very, very sorry, and would never do it any more. In reply to the charge, the prisoner said with emotion, I don't know what to say. I must have been mad and wicked, too. I will never, never do such a thing again.—Mr Plowdeu said be should remand her to have the state of her health and other matters inquired into.
I RAILWAY COLLISION IN ALGIERS…
I RAILWAY COLLISION IN ALGIERS I Great Loss of Life. I ALGIERS, Monday.—The military train which was wreoked late last night was conveying 400 officers and soldiers from Mostaganem to the barracks at Blidah prior to their embarkation for Madagascar. The accident was caused by an offioial at Adela allowing the speoial train to leave that station before the passenger train from Algiers to Orleansville had stopped. All the officers, who lost their lives, were in a first-class carriage in the centre of the train. The latest report states tliat not only the five officers, but the driver, stoker, and all the guards of the special train were killed, and that 40 soldiers also lost their lives.-DalzW.
IPAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND!…
PAST EVENTS IN OUR ISLAND RECALLED, MAY 12TH. 1641-(Charles I.)-The Earl of Strafford waa beheaded on Tower Hill. 1642—(Charles L)—The King raised a guard for the defence of his person, which consisted of a troop of horse, commanded by the Prince of Wales, and one regiment of the trained bands. 1684 -(Charles II.)—The Admiralty being in Commission the King revoked the Com. mission, and committed the care of that department to the Duke of York. 1694—(William and Mary)-Willittn), Earl of Devonshire, Lord Steward of the House- hold, WlP oreated Marquis of Hartington and Duke of Devonshire. I
PRIZE FIGH r AI LLANWONNO.…
PRIZE FIGH r AI LLANWONNO. I Our correspondent learns that on Sunday morning a prizIi fight took place on the Llanwonno Mountain between W. D. Rees, Treherbert, and Morgan Davies, Port Talbot. Although the police were kept in the dark, it is evident that the fight was well known, for there were at least 1.500 persons on the ground. Twenty-eight rounds were fought, glov-s being use d in the enoonnter, and everything carried on in the most approved style. Rees all through proved the best man, and after defeating his opponent threw a aomer- tianlt over the ring.
I ,FELO DE SE. I
I FELO DE SE. Felo de te was the verdict at an inquest on Captain William Gifford, who got into the river at Trehunsey, Menheniot, and shot himself through the head With a revolver. The Cornish I mining depression) is said to be the cause of the deceased having lost all his money.
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i IDinner on Wheels.I
Dinner on Wheels. I I THE LATEST STYLE. 1 FOR SOUTH WALES ONLY. G.W.R. Company's New Service, "Mock turtle Vermicelli, air! Menu, air ? Yes, sir And the waiter flicks the invariable napkin, brushing from the table an intrusive bit of down-not thistle-down, but very like it— which the unusually dry weather has ripened unusually early, and which the evening air has borne in at the open window. But it is wrong to call him Waiter." He ia Condiietor though, on the principle that a rose by any other name will smell as sweet, the waiter may be called oonductor" or auything else so long as he serves up the soups and solids, and does not forget a due quantum of liquids. It is a cosy dintijg room suggestive somewhat of the old-fashioned coffee- house with its :<epf). compartments; hut suggestive in tl-ot -)nly. Nothing can be less like the stuffy old gossip-shop of days gone by, such as that wherein 0. Johnson ro11, forth his ponderous periods ith dogmatic emphasis. The rhythmic roar is no1; the roll of outside traffic heard from a London hotel, though one might be excused for failing to recognise the noise of rail- way wheels, in a train rushing along at nearly sixty miles an hour—so steady is the motion that the water in the glasses scarcely sways. The place was the new diningr of the Great Western Railway the time was last evening, just after the 6 10 train had left Paddington and as the coaches Qwnng along towards Swiudon, covering the 77% miles in 80% minutes, Mr Browning (of Browning and Co., the refr< ment room contractors) served dinner to seleot party, which inoluded Mr H. Y. 4.dye, divisional superintendent Mr Thomas, manager of the carriage and waggon works; Mr C. R. Williams, engineer- ing dbparttront; s»nd a number of other gentlemen who had joined the tram for tho making of the first trip. These latter included Mr W. R. Hawkins, secretary of Cardiff Chamber of Commerce; Councillor David and Mr Ingledew, jun., of Cardiff, and Mr W. Thomas, of Gadlys. The oar does not run beyond Cardiff. This morning it will return from that) place at 9.58, luncheon being served on the way to town and ab 6.10 this evening it will again start from Paddington, dinner being provided on the downward journey-au admirably- served repast; charge, 30s 6d. Henceforward the car will run daily at these times and thus is inaugurated the new service of the Great Westetn Company, which by reason of the Swindon refreshment-room conbraet has been made in this respect to lag behind other companies. Legal opinion as to the agreement in that old lease withheld the company from instituting a dining service until they had bought out the contractor. Now that the obstacle has been removed, and the service instituted, it is eviaeut that no effort will be spared in patting the Great Western Railway into the front rank. Every convenience provided on other such cars has been included and there are one or two additional features distinguishing these new vehicles; as, for example, the bottle and glass rests on the side, which clear the less steady articles from the table and place them in safety out of the way, and the electric call for each table. The ventilation, too-a matter of parti. cu)ar concern in a diriing-car-has had special attention. The windows open as in the ordinary carriage, and therefore can be regulated to the passenger's liking-a preference not obtainable in other dining-cars. There are, too, upcast ventilators in the high roof, with guaze fittings to exclude the dust. Upon stout oak framing, having interior fittings of walnut and panelling of satin wood, with gilt mouldings and carved door-panels, upholstered in dark brown leather, the car would ba light and well decorated even without the additional features of mirror panels and flower vases. It is 56ft. long and 8ft. 6in. wide. The larger dining saloon is 13ft. and the smaller 6fl. 6in. in length, the two accommodat- ing 16 persons at a t)me and when used, as it usually will be, in conjunction with the corridor cari-inge*, will permit ot free circulation of people rih.t through the train. Two lavatories, one at each end of the car, meet the requirements of both classes of passengers. Behind the saloon are the kitchen and pantry, the former having stoves heated by gas, two being fix-d in order that different temperatuies for different kinds of conking may be obtained The gas, compressed to 1501bs, on the square inch, is carried in cylinders beneath the car. Within a space of 15%'t. by 6ft. 6>n. (two feet of width being taken oft by the corridor), these two apartments of ki tohen and pantry are a study in compression. The store cupboards of plate, linen, and glass; the plate racks; water tanks-50 gallons cold and 20 gallons hot the cellar, discovered by lift of a little trap-door the shoot, down which all refuse may be thrown the refrigerator, for ice and meats the wine bin -lock"d 1 (After starting, though, the key was produced.) These are only part of the require- ments which Mr Dtn, superintendent of the great Swindon Works, has managed to stow into the very confined space. The raised roof, which is a special feature of the Great Western rolling stock, enables ample, vantilation to be obtained even in the close quarters of the kitchen and the other great desideratum, freedom from oscillation, is gained by a combination of the appliances which distin- guish the Great Western build. The car is slun upon two bogeys, and has pendulum rod s resting on volute springs, and the steel frame of the bogey itself Is peudenton laminate springs In the winter the car will be heated by steam through gratings that border the flooring all along the side a system so successful that Mr Marillier, who was answerable for the < satisfactory working last winter, was abk to maintain 55 to 60 dugreea throughout the fUJl1 run from Loitdon to Peiizitnee. The weIght of the car is nearly 28 tins and its cost somewhere about £ 2,000. Tbree others are in building and I it is proof of the o?paotty of the Swindon J I staff that they vrere only a few weeks in tnrning out complete this first vehicle. The directors gave the order on March 8th and on May 5th the trial run was made, a speed of 65 miles per hour being attained, everything working I weli-inuoh to the satisfaction of Mr Thomas, head of the carriage departmenb (an old Rhymney boy "), who had to carry out the design to a successful issue. A distinguishing feature of the new car is the roomy central gangway, which gives ample space for waiting. The seats too are wide, in this respect differing from American CIUII, where each person has a width of scarcely 13 inches. The hinged arm rests—a small matter in themselves- make considerable advantage in allowing May access to the seats. In most of the earlier cars on other lines these were a fixture, and the passenger who had to pass them from his seat ran some risk of dragging off the tablecloth with him. Another little item, is the draught- preventing arrangement, an invention of Mr Telling, of the company's works at Swindon. The hindrance occasioned by the Swindon refreshment-room contract explains the otherwise strange fact that the Great Western, which in its earlier career was always ahead of other com- panies, should have, in this matter of dining cars, lagged so much behind them. The North- western and Great Northern have had such cars running for 10 or 12 years past, and the Midland tor almost as long a period. The Great Western management, however, led the way in popularising the comfortable corridor carriage! theirs being the only three-class vehicles of that type running in the country and this institution of dining and luncheon service is further evidence of the revival of the old go- ahead spirit that characterised the company, for it should be remembered they gave sleeping cars to the district some time ago. South Wales has the gratification of being favoured with the firsb cars; and this is as it should be. for in all that relates to railways, South Wales has peculiar concern. Was it not in Glamorgan that the first locomotive ran ? Trevethick, the Cornishman, and Rees Jones, of Penydarran, made the engine which won for Samuel Homfray his bet of £ 1,000 with Richard Crawshay, while some of the good folk of Merthyr mounted the trucks and rode on gaily towards Navigation till the engine funnel knocked down a bridge. "The oldest railway in the world" is in Glamorgan, ante-dating by 24 years the famous Stockton and Darlington pioneer line; and no opportunity ought to be missed of suggesting reminder of that interesting fact. Cardiff Chamber of Commerce has now obtained the boon for which it made appeal in October last. In the follpvving month, on November 23rd, Mr Lambert, the manager of the line, wrote to Mr Hawkins, secre. tary of the Chamber, stating that the subject of the provision of a dining car was one which involved a good many considerations, and that the whole matter should be looked into, holding forth no hope, however, that such a car could be provided until July. Special recognition therefore has to be made of the promptitude with which the work, once dec, dpd or), has bepn carried through. The new service will be a great, advantage to business and professional men engaged during the day in London, and who, by the facility for dining en route will gain a material saving of valuable time while in town, and also lighten the tedium of the journey home. Special thanks are due to Mr Adye for his efforts in the matter tor, in the opinion of representative men with knowledge of the facts, it is his appreciation of the requirements of Monmouth and of the eastern parts of Glamorgan, and his persistence in endeavour to meet them, that have obtained this addition to the many new facilities provided of late years. The new service may be regarded as the last of the long series of reforms which distinguish Mr H. Y. Adye's tenure of office in South Wales. As we have already announced, he is about to remove to the Devon and Cornwall district, to find there some release from the enormous pressure of work which South Wales imposes on the divisional superintendent. The Great Western line is remarkable in that for 50 nules out of London it runs upon almost a dead level and when the new branch to Patch. way has been constructed it will, besides shorten- ing materially the distance to South Wales, secure avoidance of the Wootton Bassett incline, a long rise of over two miles with a gradient of 1 in 100, Then there is Box Tunnel, which also will be escaped-nearly two miles of noisy dark- ness. The run to South Wales will, after the new line has been made, be the smoothest in the country; and it is gratifying to know that engineers are already engaged in the work of survey and that the construction will be com- menced very soon after the Bill has been passed, agreements having been made in respect of about two-thirds of the land required. Swindon,, which was reached just as dinner was over, has reminiscences gastronomic from the earliest days; and it is peculiarly fitting that the dining car should have been built here. The much-talked-of refreshment-rooms with their rental of one penny per annum; the inexorable contractor who would have his "10 minutes" from every train the hundred thousand pounds it bas cost to buy him out; the successive fortunes that lucky holders of these famous-or is it infamous-rooms have made: who has not heard the tales told over and over again, with decorative addenda deduced from the imagination of the teller ? One story, not so well known as it might be, will bear repetition. It is the earliest record of taking refreshments at Swindon, and is I a fitting incident to recall m connection with the new venture. According to the veracious historian—historians are always veracious- Isambard Brunei, Daniel Gooch, and a few others sat on the greensward more than half a century ago and ate their lunch on a spot where Swindon platform now runs; the furze was all in blossom about them the rabbits frisked in and out of their burrows; two or three distant farmhouses and a few cottages were all the signs of human habitation." To-day that rural solitude has developed into the busthng town of Swindon with its 36,000 inhabitants, 10,400 of whom are employees of the company, and a section of whom have built this magnificent dining-car. There is nothing in the oar that could possibly provoke disrespect like that of Dr. M'Nab, Professor of Botany in the Royal College of Science, Dublin. That flippnnt experimenter travelling once from London and through South Wales by rail, "noticed in the window two minute tufts of moss, one near each corner of the glass. There was a little black soil kept moist by the condensation of vapour on the window, and two little bright green patches about an eighth of an inch in height, and very healthy." Those he detached, took them home, and examined them under a microscope, described their precise botanical status, and tendered his description as "a small contribution towards the botany of the South Wales Railway." No moss can be found about the new cars. They provide the great requisites of railway travelling, extreme clea.nline, bundanb ventilabion-and a reduced vibration in remark- able degree. What earlier travellers had to endure may be estimated from a sight of the old Great Western coaches in Cardiff Exhibition.
MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELSI
MOVEMENTS OF LOCAL VESSELS I Tintern Abbey arvd Havre 10th Netley Abbey arvd Havre 9th Activity arvd Havre from Barry 11th Elton arvd Tyne from Glasgow 9th Hesleden arvd Cron tadt from Gviin-by 8th Picton arvd Antwerp from Rice Ports 8' h Sowsrby left Hundswa!l for Ornskoldsvik 9th Newby pused Algiers for Gibraltar for orders 8th SUn?sby pased Ushartt fur Amsterdam 8th Carperby passed Sulina for Gibraltar for orders 8th f;eÍYfif.r !ldegri'J:[lr from Hnsnm 9'IJlers 8th Hardwick arvd Kramfors from Fair water 9th Rosalyn arvd Rotterdam 11th Raglan arvd Plymouth 10th Rapid left Garston for New Campbeltown 9th l'byl left La Kocbelle for Bilbao 10th I Rothesay left Stockton 9th Eddie left Sulina for Antwerp 9th Eric arvd Philadelphia from Sicily 9th Cyril arvd Sulina from Braila 10th Bernard left Gibraltar for Havre 9th 1 Lady Havelock arvd Portland from Penarth 9th Ely Rise arvd Bfirrow 10th Garth arvd St Nazaire 10th Cairo left Rotterdam for Barry 10th Carlo at-vd Marseilles 11th Gloucester City left Hong Kong for Saigon 9th Thorntondale arvd MaJta 9th Wydale arvd London 10th Charles T Jones left Odessa for Rotterdam 9th Margaret Jones left Port Said for Noverossisk 8th Werfa arvd Brest 10th Charles Mitchell left St Malo for Cardiff 9th North Devon left Havre for Newport 10th Inver arvd Havre 10th Alacrity arvd Havre 11th Crossbill arvd Caen 11th Cyfarthfa left St NHzaire for Bilbao 10th Forest left Antwerp for Drammen 9th Dowlais arvd Sable-i nth Goldclifte arvd Sables 11th Leda arvd Gibraltar 9th POInaron arvd Nicolnieff 9th Free Lance passed Constantinople for Ibrall 9tlj Turquoise left St Vincent for Trinidad 9th VOlagO left Ancona for Taganrog 9th William Anning left Cuba for Baltimore 9th Starcross left Nicolaieff for Ortega 10th Clymene left Messina for Tarragona 10th Loyal Briton left Newport for Malta 10th Sprightly left Havre for Cardiff 12th G E Wood arvd Antwerp 11th Vectis left St Malo for Cardiff 10th Quickstep arvd Portsmouth 11th
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Jameson's Raid.
Jameson's Raid. STARTLING DEVELOPMENT. RUMOURED PROSECUTION B/ THE CHARTERED COMPANY. Mr Beit Sued by the Shareholders. The Central News says an important step has been decided upon, which it is thought is calculated to throw much additional light upon the alleged complicity of certain directors oftheChartered Company of British South Africa in Dr. Jameson's raid into the Transvaal. The telegraphic correspondence found in the baggage of Dr. Jameson and his officers, and issued recently in London, indicated that both Mr Cecil Rhodes and Mr Beit, as weU as certain officers of the Chartered Company, were privy to the intentions of the ex- Administrator of Rhodesia. It is now argued by certain shareholders of the company that if they did actually originate, instigate, or encour- age such invasion of a neighbouring friendly State, they were acting entirely without warrant, and against the interests of the Company, and, consequently, are liable for such damage as has resulted or may result. It has, therefore, been decided to test the question in the High Court of Justice. The action is regarded as a most important one, and the issue will be watched with much interest in political, financial, and commer- cial circles, The Central News is officially informed that one of the larger shareholders in the Chartered Company has, on behalf of himself and all the other share- holders, except Mr Beit, issued a writ against Mr Beit in the Chancery Division of the High Court, the company also being joined as formal de- fendants, by which he claims—(1) An in- quiry as to what damage has been sus- tained or will be sustained by the company by reason of the wrongful acts of Mr Beit in his capacity of a direc- tor, manager, and agent of the company, in compassing, aiding, and abetting the invasion of the Transvaal Republic (2) payment by Mr Beit to the company of the amount of such damage (3) damages (to be paid by Mr Beit to the Company) for mesfeasance and breach of duty to the Company by Mr Beit in his capacity aforesaid. Mr Cozens Hardy, Q O., M. P., Mr E. Widdrington Byrne, Q.C., M.P., and Mr Edgar J. Elgood, of the Chancery Bar, have been retained by Mr T. W. Rossiter, of 7, Ely-place, E.C., the plaintiff's solicitor.
I BUAOKtNFIELO MURDER.
I BUAOKtNFIELO MURDER. I Inquest on the Victim, An inquest was opened at Brackenfield on Monday on the body of Lillie Boot). Pugh was not all the inquiry, John Boot, brother of the deceased, deposed that on hearing of the crime be went to the house of John Saunders, a abort distance away, and found Pugh there, smoking a pipe. He had a out on his forehead and there was blood partly washed off on bie shirt cuffs, Pugh first denied, and then sdraitted that he had been to Limb's farm, where the murder was cqmmitted. Beatrice Boot, aged seven, niece of deceased, said Pugh called at the farm on Saturday afternoon, asked for something, and walked across to the barn with deoemed.- George Hitchcock, farmer, who called at the farm soon afterwards, said he saw Pagh walking aboub. After witness and Wm. Bryan had discovered the murdered girl's body in the barn, Pugh produced a billhook covered with blood, and said, This is what did it." I Dr. Walford, who made a post-mortem examination of the body of deceased, said he found a gash in the neck which had been made with two blows nearly on the same spot, and wounds on the left fingers, evidently caused by the woman trying to defend herself. The wounds might have been inflicted by the billbook pro. duced, but it must have been used with great force.—Henry Boot, brother of deceased, said he heard prisoner say the bloodstains on him were caused by bis helping to shift the body.—The inquest was adjonrned until to-day.
GLOVE CONTEST IN LONDON. !
GLOVE CONTEST IN LONDON. The Coffee Cooler" v. Tom Dugtfan. At the National portin Club. Covent-garden, on Monday night, Frank Craig (the Coffee Cooler) beat Tom Duggan, of Australia, in 12 rounds. The fitfht. which was for a purse of JB200 given by the National Sporting Club, was of rather a scrambling character.
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YANKEE YARNS. -
YANKEE YARNS. Brought to Book. Mirandy (abruptly): Joshua, I start fer th' West ter-morrer. Joshua (courting Mirandy steadily for ten years -thund-rstruck) Mirandy, yew're jokin'! Mirandy (pottilghty) Hain't, nuther Mought gut a husband out thar Jnhua (desperately) Hang it marry yer. Mirandy (more docile): Why didn't ye say that years ago ? Joshua: Hang it Why didn't ye say yer'd go West years ago? Heroic. There is a certain hospital in New York which has on its st.,ff of physicians out? innri, at I', aat, whose heroism has been demonstrated, and his corpse-like pallor and faltering gait, although he is in bis prime, bear daily witness to this fact. It happened 10 years ago," said one of the hospital attendants in tellinp; the story, just after the doctor became a visiting surgt-on here. A woman was brought in suffering with a can- cerous growth that must in the end prove fatal. The house surgeon in charge, a young man. advised an immediate operation, and he and his assistants were in the midst of it when the visit- ing surgeon arrived. "A student was handling the knife, and bad laid bare the life-destroying cause. Careful careful exclaimed the visiting surgeon, as the student carelessly cut the flh. If you cut the artery she may die under the knife.' "The warning caine too late; the knife bad sltb the artery and the blood leaped into the wound. The visiting surgeon had a small cnt on his forefinger. To seiz" the artery so as to stop the flow of blood would necessarily bring the cut in contact with the bacilli of cancer—a moment's delay, on the other hand, meant, perhaps, the woman's death. Without a moment's hesitation his trained ifngers had grtpped the artery, which he held firmly until it could be ligatured. It prolonged the woman's life a few months," continued the narrator, but the poison got into the doctor's system and he lay at the point of death for months. He has partially recovered, but he has been dying by inches for years, and in the end it will kill him." From Different View Points. A man absorbed in hi-4 own trade or profession often views other subjects through a medium coloured bv it. A shrewd youug New Yorker was in North Carolina when Fort Sumter was fired upon. His father excitedly, telegraphed to him, f. Oivil war has begun." "Then," calmly said the youth, "turpentine will go up," He spent all his money in the purchase of turpentine, sent what he bought north, kept it for two years, and laid the foundation of a successful business career. An enthusiastic horticulturist, when he heard of the massacre of the English missionaries in China, wrote in his farm journal- ".While we deplore bloodshed, it must be oon. fessed that the English and American mission- aries are a selfish lot, lacking in patriotism. They never have sent a seed of the famous melons of Asia back to their own country." A certain canny provincial publisher, when the labour strikes of a few years ago began, said- Hard times and troubles of all kinds are upon as. The public will want books that will make them laugh. He acted upon the idea, and his books of romance and fun had a ready sale in spite of the scarcity of money. A faithful negro nurse travelling in Ibaly with her mistress, objected to the robes of th" angels in a famous picture by Correggio, which time had yellowed. De saints," she said, is de laab folk to put up with bad laundry work
FACTS AND FANCIES.I
FACTS AND FANCIES. I Often badly sat upon-A good horse. What bills are often paid with-Reluotance. Never a good bargain—The man --who has his price. HOW TO MAKE THE NEW DRKSS —Take the material for two skirts and make the sleeves, then take the material for one sleeve and make the skirt. MATE !—Ingenious Teacher If the clock were to strike 14, what time would it be ?-Intelligent Pupil Tune to send the clock to be repaired. TIME of CONTENT—Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes once said that when be was young he hked his praise in teaspooufute, that when he got older he preferred it in tablespoons, and that in advanced years he was content to receive it in ladies. GOOD FOR THE POST OIrFICY.-X, an iD- corrigible borrower Lend me a tiver, old man.— Y., weakly lending him four pounds nineteen "hillings I'm keeping the other shilling to pay for the postage of the letters which I shall have to write you before I get my money back.- X, coolly Keep five shillings, then. That will aive me more time. SAVING HrR MAirsTy.-A certain noble ford, the story runs, when Lord Chamberlain, some- times made mistakes. At a Drawing Room some little time back be announced Mrs Whatshername as Lady Whatshername, and then, suddenly discovering his error, called out, Don't kiss her, ma'am—don't kiss her She's not a lady after all It is peeresfes only who, upon their presentation, are honoured by their Sovereign's embrace. WHAT NOAH WAS DOING.—While teaching a class of girls in a school recently the master asked the following question, What waa Noah supposed to be doing- when the animals were going into the ark ?" He received several answers. At last a little girl put her hand up. Well, he said, what do you say ?" Taking the tickets, air EH, MON !-A Scotch laird invited an English friend to stay with him for some fishing. One day the Englishman, who was a novice at the sport, hooked a fine salmon, and in his excite- ment slipped and fell into the river. The keeper, seeing he wis no swimmer, hooked on to him with the gaff, and was about to drag him ashore when the laird oalled out, t. What are ye aboot, Donald ? Get baud o' the rod and look to the fushy My friend can bide a wee, but the fash winna THE OLD ADAK R)CMAINED. -A olergyman who formerly had a parish in the E ist End took a party, some 20 years ago, down to Addington Woods. A great many of them were something like professional thieveft, and he put them on their honour not to do any business the whole day. They promised, and most religiously kept their word. Not only portable property," hut flowers and birds' nests were left intact. But human nature remained. A benevolent lady gave them a good dmner of beef and pudding, and then they were left to amuse themselves. The clergyman, losing sight of them presently, went in search of them. At "aAt he found them in a retired comer, where they i-id got up a series of fights IN THE NAME OF THE PROPHET, FIGS !—An office boy employed by a firm in the Levantine trade was one day given a Smyrna lettm- to post. By accident it had been left open, and the precocious youth, remembering that Smyrna was the place where figs came from, added to the letter the postscript, Please send 08 some figs." It so happened that, when the letter reached Smyrna, figs were abnormally plentiful and cheap, and the correspondents of the London firm availed themselves of the vagueness of the order to send off several cargoes of the succulent fruit. Great was the mystification in the City when the bills of lading began to arrive; but, inasmuch as there was a good market for the figs at enhanced prices, the consignees accepted them without demur, and the pecoant office boy never suffered anything worse than a reprimand. ALL FOR HER AND ALL FOB HIM. —She was a thin nervous little person from Boston, whose gentle brown eyas actually glared with uneasy terror behind her glasses as she came down the gang-plank in the port of New York, and he was a tall, thin, docile American husband, who walked like a major-general on dress parade, though his agonised expression much belied his martial bearing. She was suapt-oted by the Customs people, bat her luggage went through and, when che 1Dctress advanced and made her stereotyped inquiry in solemn tones, Boston's daughter declared so rc-undly that all was well with her, she was perforce let go. Hardly were all the passengers dismissed when the lady came scurrying back, dragged the inapectress into the (,fflce, burst into st fl,,od of tears, and owned up that her stout N«w England training had reasserted itself, and she wished to confess that on examination ten yards of rich-fl<>wared Lyons silk would be found wound tightly round her husband s body. The obedient gentleman was j taken off by an inspector, relieved of his strait- jacket that his wife that morning bad persuaded him to assume for her sake, and, on paying this conscience debt, the pair went off with light hearts, in spite of lighter purses. The truth of it was, this worm of a husband, through the pain and suffocation of his load, had threatened to faint outside the ship's covered pier a slight conjugal passage-of-arms had nnsued, his white face and raproache4 filled his wife's really lender heart with fears, and she repentantly paid the duty charges out of her own little allowance.
HOW -A LADY WRITES.I
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I Warships to Visit Cardiff.!
I Warships to Visit Cardiff.! I Statement by Mr Goschen. I I Mr Maclean, on Monday night in the House of Commons asked the First Lord I of the Admiralty whether, having regard to j the great maritime importance of the sea- ports in the Bristol Channel both in regard to the training of sailors and the supply of coal for the British Navy, he would allow some of her Majesty's ships to go to Cardiff on the occasion of the approaching visit of 'I H.R H. the Prince of Wales to that town. Major Wyndham-Quin asked the First Lord whether, in the evenc of any of her ) Majesty's ships being sent to the Bristol I Channel on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Cardiff, he would arrange that they visit the ports of Barry and I Penarth. Mr Goschen Arrangements will be made, circumstances permitting, for a visit by one ¡ or more of her Majesty's ships to the Bristol Channel during the visit of H.R H. the Prince of Wales to Cardiff. The vessels will necessarily anchor in Penarth f'oads, i whence either Cardiff or Barry are equally I! accessible. (Hear, hear.)
R U-KM- -?I ED- - OUT,I
R U-KM- -? ED- OUT, Private Williams, Welsh Regiment Army reservist, who re-enlisted several times and is uow undergoing two yeM-a* imprisonment, waa on Monday drummed out of the Army. ———————————
ISoudan Expedition.I
I Soudan Expedition. I I INDIAN TROOPS CALLED OUT. 1 I Re-eonauest of the Soudan Intended, I BOMBAY, Monday.—Orders have been issued for the dispatch of an Indian con- tingent to Suakitn, under the command of Col. Egerton, to sail within seven days.- Dcdziel. I THE SELFiCTPD REGIMENTS. I SIMLA, Monday.-It has been decided to send the following force to Suakim :-The 26th Bengal Infantry, the 35th Sikhs, the 1st Bombay Lancers, one Mounted Battery, and a section of the Madras Sappers and Miners. Col. Egerton, of the Corps of Guides, will command the force. Hi, staff will be composed as follows Deputy Quartermaster-General Major Travers, of the Bengal command Brigade Major Captam De Brath, of the Military Department chief commisariat officer Major Bond, Field Engineers Major I Grant, R.E. assistant commisariat officers, j Captain Palin and Lieutenant Dickson assistant Field Engineers, Lieutenants Bremner and Gardiner brigade transport officer, Captain Steele, 2nd Bengal Lancers principal medical officer, Surgeon-Colonel Oalthrop. The force will sail probably in I seven days. I RECONQUEST OF THE SOUDAN I INTENDED. The decision to send a strong force of Indian troops to Suakim has strengthened the belief entertained in quarters usually well informed as to the intentions of the Government that the reconquest of the greater part of the Soudan has been decided upon as a step in Imperial policy. Additional importance is therefore now attached to the recent speech of the Prime Minister, in which he said that her Majesty's Government U could not quit a diminished Egypt." Mr Chamberlain supports this view of the responsi- bility of Ministers. It is said that the Liberal leaders will oppose any proposal which will throw upon either ¡ India or the United Kingdom the cost of employing Indian troops in the Soudan. It is understood that the whole of the operations to be undertaken in the autumn have been drafted into a definite plan of I campaign, which includes an advance upon Khartoum by the Italians from the south. I LATEST NEWS FROM THE FRONT. I [SPKOLAL, TILKGRAM *BOM OUB COKKESFONDKNT,] WADT HALF A, Monday.—ine supply depot has been removed from Sarras to Moogharat Wells, and in a few days will be established at Ambigol. The railway has now been carried beyond fhe Ambigol road, and the work is being rapidly pushed forward, 2,000 yards of line being laid yesterday. The engineers, however, are now entering ground which presents some difficulties owing to the fact that the old embankments have been washed away, and that it will be necessary to construct new ones for a considerable distance. It will be impossible, therefore, to maintain the present rapid rate of progress throughout. It; is expected that the line will be completed to Akasheh by about the first week in Juíy, possibly before that date. The horses and spears captured in the recent skirmish near Akasheh have been bronghb in here. The former will probably be put up to auction. It seems that the Dervishes boast of having put the Egyptian cavalry to flight. They sent the head of the intelligence scout, who was killed before action, to Ottiritirmain, declaring that it was the head of an Egyptian oiffcer. The Remington rifles which were captured were found to have defective sights, but they have been converted into carbines by the simple method of cutting off a portion of the barrel.
CHINESE SHIPS IN COLLISION.!
CHINESE SHIPS IN COLLISION. Two Hundred Lives Lost. SHANGHAI, Monday. The Naval Court ap. pointed to inquire into the recent collision off the Woosung between the steamers Neuchwang and the On-Wo, which resulted in the loss of 200 lives, exonerated the On-Wo, and finds the Neuchwang was entirely to blame.-Reuter.
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I at fast bethought me that I would try Scott's Emulsion, which at that time a very delicate girl was taking to her great benefit. After taking, say, half-a-dozen bottles or so, I seemed to gain more strength and put more flesh on to my bones, which before were appreciably getting more exposed. The pain seemed to gradually lessen as I gained flesh and strength, my food seemed to digest better, and the pairs became only of two or three months' recurrence. Persisting still in taking Scott's Emulsion up to the present date, I may say that I am now perfectly cured of these pains, and am well and healthy in every respect. I verily believe, had I not taken in hand your valuable tonic, I should not now have been alive to bear testimony to the valuable pro- perties of Scott's Emulsion, which I am now constantly recommending (and with marvellous effect in many cases) to all suffering similarly as I have for years suffered. 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An and every description of Furniture up to date AGENTS FOR THE WHEELER AND WILSON'S SEWING MACHINES. No better Machine in the world. AGENTS FOR CARL OTTO'S PRIZE MEDAL PIANOS AGENTS FOR TUB CLIMAX MANGLES. We have DISCONTINUED our Agencies ft* the Rhondda Valleys and the Ogmore Valleys, AO that ALL ORDERS to be supplied by us should be given or sent, direcu to Cardiff. A greas saving is thus effected. All goods sent by our Vans or by Rail Free. Catalogues with illustrated designs, prices, and terms free on application. Note our Address and Order yourselvf Direcb:- A TLAS FURNISHING COPANY (LIMITED), THE HAYES, CARDIFF, AND AT 18, KINGS GATE S TR E ET, HOLBORU LONDON, W.C. USN THE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER, T HOMPSOAN'S JGURDOCK PILLS Overcome the worst forms of diseases and the foulest slate of the Blood, Stomach, Liver, and Kidneys > they go to the core of every disease, where no other medicine has power to reach. In boxes at Is l1hd and 2s 9d each. Sold by all Chemists, or from the Burdock Pill Manufactory, 44, Oxford-street, Swansea. 100-65e WE ANTICIPATE most people prefer a really Smart-fitting Bespoke Garment at a trifle ever; the :cost of a Ready.made one. This may bL had at BISHOP AND CO'S., The Cardiff Tailors, 50, QUEEN-STREET, opposite the Empire. Experienced Workmen Only Employed. 221 SOUTH WALES FURNISHING CO.. 31, CASTLE STREET (OPPOSITE THE CASTLE, CARDIFF SOUTH WALES FURNISHING CO., OPPOSITE THE CASTLE, CARDIFF, UNDERTAKES TO SUPPLY r HE 13EST QUALITY IN FURNITURF X ON JJME SYSTEM OR FOR CASH I WITHOUT BILL OF SALE. ALL GOODS DELIVERED FREE !? J? PRIVATE VAN. L OWEST PRICES CHARGED JGASY PAYMENT SYSTEM YOLELY ADOPTED BY US. FURNITURE OF EVERY DESCRIP. TION. UNAPPROACHABLE VALUE GIVEN. KEALLY HANDSOME SUITE FROM £ 4 10s. iN EWEST DESIGNS in FLOORCLOTHS .1. AND LINOLEUMS. JNSPECTION INVITED. SIDEBOARDS IN MAHOGANY, OAK, AND WALNUT. HOUSES FURNISHED FROM TOP .N I TO BOTTOM INDEPENDENT OF DISTANCE. .LN TO EXTRA CHARGE FOR CREDIT. GRAND DRAWING-ROOM SUITES, COVERED IN EVERY DESCRIPTION > OF MATERIAL. 0 RDERS BY POST PROMPTLY AT TENDED TO. MIND, DON'T FORGET OUR AT) DRESS. JPARTIES ABOUT TO MARRY A RE RECOMMENDED NOT TO GO ELSEWHERE, BUT T( CALL ON US. YOUR ATTENTION IS CALLED TC JL OUR TERMS. jB5 tor Is 6d Weekly £ 6 „ 2s 6d „ £ 10 „ 4s Cd JB16 for 5s Od WeeklJ I £ 20 „ 6s0*d „ 37e OUR ADDRESS :-3i. CASTLE-STREET, I OPPOSITE THE CASTLE. CARDIFF. I R. J. HEATH & SONS. PIANOFORTES by :-BROADWOOD. Schied mayer, Collard, Erard, K rkrnau, Kaps, Brinsmead, Steinway, Hopkinson, Beoh. mtelli. ChaJlen. N,-tittiayer, &c.. &c. ORGANS by :-MASON and HAMLIN, Belt Smith, Citrpente-t-, Sterling, Story and Clark Doherty, Karn, &c., &c., and Harmoniunti bv AlMXandcr, &')., etc. A FULL CONCERT GRAND. 7]4 Octaves (b; the gennine aud celebrated firm, SOHIRD MAYER). for Hire, for Concerts, &e. L ARGEST jpoSSIBLE jQISCOUiTO FOR CASH. EXPERIENCED TUNERS VISIT ALL PARTS OF SOUTH WALES PERIODICALLY REPAIRS OF ALL KINDS EXECUTBT BY FIRST CLASS AND EXPERIENCED LONDON WORKMEN. SPECIAL QUOTATIONS FOR PLACES OF WORSHIP, INSTITUTIONS, AND SCHOOLS. Before Purchasing do not fail to send for OUt Price Lists and Verdict of 900, and Compare out Prices and Term" with other Houses. SHOWROOMS- 51, QUEEN-STREET. CARDIFF 70, TAFF-STREET, PONTYPRIDD AND 31, WINDSOR-ROAD, PENARTH. Agencies at ABERAVON, CADOXTON-BARRY, OAER PHILLY, BRIDGEND, MAESTEG. Canvassers Wanted in all Parts on Goo( 9431 Commission. 10M .ed ;0. :tJ.c ¡¡, r* 7 OA Vif "n,. "it & at 195, S*. Mtry-Strwb Vts'.g' te-street, in the town of Cardiff in the co,.Tit, nf ,<\n