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There is absolutely no reason why any of tha people whose own words are briefly sum- marised below should give any other than a true account of their recovery. 7 There is every reason why they must have been speaking the truth. They expressly permit us to publish their experience. They had nothing to gain except the satisfaction of making known to all sufferers the usefulness of DR. WilliAMS; PINK PILLS FOR PALE PEOPLE. A Clergyman'5 This Girl Suffered. Testimony. & Miss Harriett A. Pinner, of King's jg B Rev. Robert Gregory Webber jig MB Head Inn, Smallthorne, Staffs., |gj |3 Gardiner, curate of Langley, near 9| Eg stated to a Staffordshire Sentinel £ (3 §|$Bishop's Stortford, testifies :— § H reporter :—"At fourteen years of JH j|g "A few months ago I was troubled jg5 B age I began to have bad headaches. with pains in my left shoulder, which 9| fi My apoetite then failed entirely, gjS Kg afterwards attacked also the arm H| m and I wanted to be asleep at all IS El and wrist; sometimes I felt them 89 9 hours of the day, feeling as tired j|| running down to my finger tips. & in the morning as when I went to mi The pain was very bad, and often I sS3 B bed. I tried to get benefit from «r El could not sleep at night. I would ML |j £ various medicines, but I really got fiff &$[ have to get up and walk about the f|jr HP worse. Eventually I suffered greatly la room. Two chemists gave me medi- §0 M from palpitation of the heart; I I|> cines, but the relief afforded was |S B had difficulty in breathing, and at @ g only temporary. By chance, while as fl times I was so bad that I fainted$9 ||| visiting a cottage, I glanced through MB ■ while dressing. A dpctor, who was |a Wr a little booklet concerning cures |9 consultad, said off iiiness was J>i ||i obtained through Dr. Williams' H afi through anaemia—insufficiency of B B Pills for Pale People. I 59 B blood. My parents thought I ||[ K resolved to try them for my rheu- OT B would not recover, but my father 19 M matism, bought two boxes,and very §B B got me a box of Dr. Williams' Pink B fg shortly after taking them found that Bh jm Pills for Pale People. I felt relief |l H the pains disappeared. I am now B B almost at once, and in a short time a gs perfectly free from rheumatism, and B was completely cured. I feel all a sjs quite strong, being able to use my jfl| B right now and ready for the hardest ■ S* arm as well as ever I could. I used B B WOrk." 9 El half-a-dozen boxes altogether." H ■ Dr. Williams' 1 (Dr. Williams' 1 Pink Pills 11 Pink Pills 8 I cure i cure 8 i Jmseiaia. i Rheumatism. 8 -1 YOU TAKE NO EISKS When You Use Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. They have been proved to CURE, JLND CANNOT HARM THE MOST DELICATE. <>Le"t'a:' d'Z:'{.íp.¡'O{'I.S;o'n' "t!;<n f^hiTlrtiserableMj Sj'CsLUscd Paf^vsisj |CMdiUon!8 w Gratitude prompted Mrs. H. p |§? The Oldham Chronicle investigated 8 B Wyatt,of Hadfield, Glossop,Derby- js| f*l and vouches for ihe following Ve VM shire, to tell a reporter of ths My straightforward testimony:— H H Nor tit Dcrlyi'.lre AJ.vtvtiitr the Kg Mr. Thomas Turner, engineer, of B H following stcry:— «gs B 63, Hollins-road, Old Am, said to 89 B "I was seized v'th paralysis in k J§ the reporter: "Two years ago I Mm both my hands, a J I was utterly £ jj began to be troubled with vomiting Is |gj powerless. I had nodical attention, h aHer meals. This miserable con- B B 2Jid one docior told ^ne I was suffer- || JP dition gradually became worse, and B B frosa poisoning. The medi- K I lost manly a week's work. I was 88 e| cine I took did no*, seem to do me u; d«r two doctors, b:?t obtained no Wf -B the slightest goor, and I was irj w relief. I frequently read in the B Jgr agony. I was h/'pless for five newspapers about cures effected by tft months. One day I read a pamphlet Jji M Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale gH fig describing th<; curs of a paralysed 3 People, and on seeing a similar case (3 ffl mars by Dr. Wuhan's'Pink Pills for |1 !||[ to my own I resolv ed to try Dr. |S Kg Pale People. I sent my daughter gj Williams' Pink Pills. Before I had B 13 for a box and cormi;acsd to t'^ke js emptied one box I feH much better. |* B the pills. I persevered, and whan 8 S When I had taken s'% boxes I was 8» B I l^ad nearly finished the third box 3 m completely cured. J have not lost Sg B the use came back in my left hand, |jS ffi| a day's work since, hich is a con- jS B and a week after the use returned sideration to a man with five little B ray r'Sbt hand. I kept on with children. I eat heartily and enjoy JB B piHs until I had taken eight p| my food, and have re t the slightest JB& B boxes altogether, and I have had no Eyj || return of the old rickly feeling. mS If I Dr. Williams^ J Dr. Williams^S 8 Pink Pills I I Pink Pills > 8 I cure si cure 1 w Paralysis. Indigestion. ¡; nSr*^r.- TIME MEDIC|NE TO CHOOSE Is the Medicine that has Proved its o,er to Cure. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are not 011 their trial. They have established their right to your confidence. I; Ha '1 I The Saint and the f I lie gratefully told. 1 | Doctor. 1 B Here is what Mr. Amos Mason, 11 fjl Mr. Wm. Ledger, 45, Fitz- B fl Fell House, Cockfield, near Dar- jy| H williani-street, Donctster, told a B 1ft lington. South Durham, gratefully M p Yokihirt Gazette reporter the follow- B B Chronicle :— v H P My child Lily was- }ust over two ^3 fi Three years ago a sorfTbf rash M years old when she b -^an to be ill. B B broke OUT. over my body. Spots ||1 Her speech entirely left her s-he 9 appeared small in the first instance, jjf! was paralysed; tremLled violently ■B but jp^,duallv grew until many were &S m in every limb; and had to lie J§ B the size of a half-crown. They were B wheeled about. Only when asleep || of a red colour, and drying in time, B gj was she still. Adoctoi said Lily bad w mm could be removed, I ke scales. Th^y SH K1 St. Vitus' dance. Si.e was under g |ra itched and smarted. Medicine In w, medical ti-eatment se/eral months. P h took in any quantity, but to no 8 p A little book was pnt under the H ffl satisfactory purpose. I was reccn £ fc B door, which stated that Dr. B VB mended te give a trial to Dr: B KB Williams' Pink Pills fr.r Pale People H[ Williams'Pink Pills for Pale People. B had effected a compete cure in a m B When I commenced with the third B g similar case. We f t a box, and |p 88 sports began to disappear B 1 from that time her spoech gradually gradually, and when I had finished § £ | returned and the complaint died B the fifth box they v.-eie gone. Now Kyjj M away. The thiid ay after she n MI I have a perfectly c\ear skin." Mr. B 2 commenced with the pills, when I 8 n Mason bared his arms, and tha skiu came home to dinner Lily met me £ K was perfectly smooth and of a !|| at the door Her eyesight, too, g bL natural colour. The cure was 9g which had been very weak has I |S effected by five boxes. R S been practically restored." 1 5 Dr. Williams'I |Dr. Willimii^l I Pink Pills 1 I 8 Icure § 1 St. Vitus I I Eczema. g | Dance. f DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PillS FO1 PALE PEOPLE are here shown in six typical cases to have cured six different diseases. They are proved, by other evidence Bqually authentic, to have cured Anaemia, Consumption, Paralysis, St. Vitus' Dance, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Weakness 1)f Men and Women, Skin Ailments due to Impoverished Blood, Spinal Disease, Fits, &8. f £ ice is. gd. a box, six boxes for I3õ. 9d. sent postage free by Dr. Williams' lIedlcinl pI:11,. Viaduct. London. S.ld atlso by all tft;ttL. U8274
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"EVENING EXPRESS" NEW SERIES. Tom Hartley's 1 Chivalry. [COMPLETE.] Enid Pullman did not know it. but she blushed very prettily when she met Tom Hartley in the hall of Arden House on her way to her own room. Tom, on hia part, smiled at her. As an artist he was bound to appreciate her trim little figure and bright eyes, though the brightness was somewhat decorously veiled. She was a welcome side issue. Nothing more. "Good afternoon. ITiss Pullman," he said pleasantly. "So glad England is good to you in the matter of weather." "Thanks, yes 0" said Enid, and with one of her piquant little nods she went towctÍds the staircase. "Poor boy!" she murmured to herself. He went on to the conservatory and so to the garden. A faint chirp of song from him reached Enid ere she was on the landing. Then the girl faced her work. The "Smith- ville Democrat," of Michigan State, demanded, copy from her. She had plenty, too. Stratford- on-Avon just filled her head with ideas, and, moreover, she had so many romantic and historic facts to deal with. Somshow. though, this afternoon she wrote with difficulty. It had happened before when the rich young artist with the eager expression had come between her pen and her material. She put her pen into the vase of flowers instead of into the ink-pot, and went to the low chair in the bow window. It was pretty much what she expected, and she nodded to herself fiercely as she peeped through the lace fripperies which shadowed the window panes. Tom and Miss Annabel Alister were seated side by side on the rustic bench under the syringa bush. Miss Annabel Alister held her rose-coloured parasol at the proper angle to flood her face with rose-coloured radiance. The young artist worshipped without disguise at the shrine beneath that parasol. On the other side of the laurel hedge, well away from the syringa bush, Miss Annabel's aunt and Captain Larceton sat side by side under the famous Arden House walnut tree. The Captain smoked a cigar. Now and then he and his companion by small signs that were not lost upon Enid showed that they were well aware of the progressing drama under the syringa bush. Enid's breath came and went quickly. She made a vigorous dash at the wisp of brown hair which fluttered over her eyes, and she frowned. "Poor boy!" she said at length again. "How they are playing with him! I could just love him myself for his beautiful innocence. An honest. manly young Englishman like that is a—-• Oh!" she cried impatiently, breaking her train of thought; "it makes me squirm! And I won't write a word about it. though it's downright interesting. Shakspeare could have done a play out of it as it stands. But I'm not Shakspeare. I'll go for a paddle." "Are you not well, dear Miss Pullman?" as asked the proprietress of the boarding-house p.s Enid flashed into the hall from the stair- case. "I'm feeling very well in health, thank you," said Enid. "I'm going on the water." "Oh. dsar, do take care!" pleaded Mrs. Smith. Enid paused and was on the point of retort- ing that it was for'Mrs. Smith to take care what sort of persons she boarded and lodged at two and a half guineas weekly. But she shrugged slightly, said that she guessed she knew all there was to know about the manage- ment of canoes, and went her way. She was soon beating vigorously against the Avon's current. At a mile she passed the meadow with the poHard fringe, wh^re she had first 8en Tom Hartley's easel set up. She padrilcd the harder for the reminiscence. She worked for an hour. revelling in the toil. Then she dreW in among the campions and ragged robin, the butteroups and the pale pink orchids, and rested in the shade, while the brown current rushed past her. I like that word 'shocking,' she said once, "when it s plastered 011 such folks as these AUsten. And, oh. dear! if I dared but waru him! But I can't! It's real rough on him and me, too. but I can't do it." She said "cauu't," but the sound was not offensive from her lips. By-and-bye, she slid back into the stream and gave herself up to the joy of movement without effort. She did not notice her derelicUobut un- doubtedly she got slack in her look-out—it was such sweet. dreamy gliding between the green banks of the strear; But she was sud- denly awakened from her drowsiness. "Mind that bough. Miss Pullman!" cried a voice that sha knew well. Startled, she swerved t. o much. The canoe rocked violently, and then over she went. "How very silly!" she thought, as she slapped the brown water. She wr» that kind of girl. In less than a minute was safely landed yards away from the nlac- of the capsize. She coughed and slnok herse: then smiled. "T guess." she stammerc- faintly, "I behaved well, but I am ashamed. ind please go right away and chatige your c'^thes, Mr. Hartley." The young artist laugh- "So likely!" said he; "•ome. let us run to the cottage up this lane. Give me your hand, Miss Pullman!" They ran hand in hanfl, like children, and Enid wondered at her haz iness in union with her discomfort. II. It was a week later. ant? Enid was as furious as an amiable and inius^-ions girl could be. The Alisters had suddelilr seemed to become acutely 3en3ible of her existence. Instead of tha casual and rather patronising salutations with which they had pre,oU8!Y indulged her. they lost no opportunity of pushing acquain- tanceship. Miss Annabel's effusiveness would have deceived some girls, but Enid saw the latent light in her eyes a» understood it. "So nice of Mr. KartUv to have been when you upset, dear!" Miss Annabel had said the day after the misadventure. She made other remark on the same sub- ject- So did Miss Annabel's aunt. And so did Captain Larcctou. with insidious dexterity. The Captain was subt!?st in the matter. He proceeded also to make the beginnings of love to Enid. It was all she could do to parry his intentions without ouite I- sing her temper. And now, what in the world was the mean- in; of this polite little n^te from Mrs. Smith hinting that her (Enid's) ropm would be pre- ferable to her company? Enid rang her bell, and was soon engaged in a toarnament of wits with Mrs. Smith. I owe it to myself. Miss Pullman." said the boarding-house proprietress kindly. "I am so sorry, but I must ask you to leave on Thurs- day." "Wily?" Mrs Smith fidgeted, and toyed with her watch chain. "Is it that you can jet more money from someone else?" Enid asked. "Yes. Miss Pullman, that is it," was the eager reply. "I am ofifere 1 three and a half guineas, and—one must r the best possible for one'self." "Very well," said Enid calmly. "I will pay yon the extra guinea." Then Mrs. Smith gave up the ghost. She confessed, with a. dreary face, that she could not afford to lose the Alister party. They had threatened to leave unless Miss Pullman her- self was, by hook or by crook, sent away. "I'm su-re I have nothing against you, miss." she said sighing. "But they seem to think it is not nice ;n a singèe young lady travelling by herself." Whereupon, in spite of her rage, Enid laughed. "I think I have more character to lose than the three of them put together," she said afterwards. "But III go." Then, in gratitude. Mrs. Smith went farther still, and told End the solid bed-rock truth of the whole business. "Between you and me. miss," she said in a whisper, "they are jealous of you. I'm sure. I think you are much prettier than Miss Annabel, and if I were Mr flartley- Enid had never before s' iken to any woman ao she now spoke to thii highly-respectable boarding-house keeper. "Hold your tongue." she exclaimed im- periously, blushing as he had never yet blushed; "and clear out of the room that is mine until I find it perf .jtly convenient to clear out of your house." But she begged Mrs. Smith's pa.rdon the next moment, though with dignity. "I will go to Warwick to-morrow." she added. "I expect that will be the best thing to do." Mrs. Smith flung what. perhaps, she ac- counted a painful Parthiai dart as she with- drew. "The yonnsr gentleman and Miss Annabel became engaged eight days ago." she said. "The more fooi he!" said Enid. She was so sorry for,hiin, and so perplexed in other way, that when she was alone she took pen and paper lllrt wrote to Tom Hartley. and afterwards she begajn to pack. and denied herself the pleasure of another stroll to Anne Hathaway s cottage. He also had twice in seven day found himself near that cottage at the same time. "Dear Mr. Hartley." she wrote: "It may seem a mean thing to do. but do it I will, especially as I do not expect to see you again. Captain Larceton aaid the Alisters are just running you for all they are worth. They are the plainest crew .of adventurers I ever met. I know you play solo whist with them, and I know they cbeait. because I have heard the Captain and Miss Alister the elder talking their plans. I could say more, bat -1 won't: it's too hateful. Don't let them spoil your life. You are too good to be wasted on such people. "I am going to cherish your memory, Mr. Hartley: that's quite as much aa a Yankee penny-a-liner may dare to do, isn't it, now? Annabel Alister called me that. I don't mind, I'm sure, so long a.s your eyes are opened.— Respectfully and sincereiy, "ENID PULLMAN." III. 'Respectfully and sincerely!' said Tom Hartley. not without emotion, when the next morning he had read this letter. He raised the signature to his lips, and then he began to sing. It's worth while being a fool sometimes," he said by-and-bye, as he made his way to Arden House. Here he asked for Euid. The servant said she had left an hour ago. Her luggage was in the hall, waiting for a, telegram. It seemed that Enid was not sure that she would stay in War- wick. But even while Tom hesitated (having made no movement when he was told that Miss Alister the younger was in the drawing- room) a telegram arrived. Then he followed it into Mrs. Smith's presence. "Yes." said that lady shyly; "it is from Miss Palimadi, sir." "What address does she give?" But Mrs. Smith temporised. She begged to be excused and left the room. "Idiot!" said Tom Hartley, when word was brought to him that Mrs. Smith had gone out. He went to Mi&s Annabel, and, with a sad countenance, declared that he was going away. "I am a poor man to-day," he added. "But I know you too well to think that will make any difference to you. We must wait; that is all." Miss Annabel showed surprise, then alarm (for he talked on about the fortune he would make with his brush), and then a little con- tempt. Good-oye. for the present." he said at length, rising heavily. "Good-bye, Annabel." But Miss Annabel did not so much as offer him her hand. She mentioned her annt. "You had better see her, Mr. Hartley," she said placidly. "I think tiot." said Tom, who then, with a bow, went from the house. He was satisfied and more. "Dross! dronsl" he murmured joyously; "and all the time this other pure gold of a girl's heart has been shining towards me!" He went to a lawyer and tarried there for an hour. Then he hastened to ýhe railway- station and found Enid's luggage. The address made him happy. He travelled by the first train towards it. And here, in a anug little house near the castle, he found Enid herself, writing as if for a wager. "Dear." he said, with winsome impetuosity, "you have saved me twice over. Read that paper." She looked at him. with pretty reproof and the ejaculation. "Mr. Hartleyl" "Head." said he. And she read, and in the midst of its legal phraseology made out clearly that one Thomas Hartley, by deed of gift, passed several score thousands of pounds to herself, Enid Puilman. "Don't let me act a lie!" he said. "It is yours, and you can have me with it if you like. Ah, if you would, you brave little girl!" "Please explain," said she faintly, for once discomposed completely. He did so. adding. "I loved you from the time I helped you from the river. I was never sure about those other people. Now. my eye,; are open, and I am sure. You are the wife I want. Say 'No' at once if you hate me, but wait a little if-if you think you could love me. Then, I will go away until you tell me to return." She breathed very fast. took up her pen, drew a double line across the legal document, then smiled and apid- "I must finish my article. Will you wait until this evening?" But he saw enough in her face to embolden him. "No. I will not," he said, eagerly folding her in his arms.
Passing Pleasantries.
Passing Pleasantries. The vegetarian doesn't believe in making boia ends meat. JaclTsoon: I've been married for fifteen yeano, and my wife never fails to meet me at the dooc." Johnson: Wonderful! Jackson: Yes; she's afraid I might go in without wiping my feet. "Your eyes are like diamonds," be said, am* she smiled. As a thought on her suddenly dawned, F:¡r she knew that he might be in hara straits some day; She replied: "But they cannot be pawned!" An American mouse recently showed great presence of mind on falling into a dish of cream. It swam round and round violently until it was able bo crawl out on the butter. "Are you afraid you'd lose social caste if you cairried a bundle?" "No; but I'd be sure to lose the bundle." "Your husband is not looking well to-night, Mrs. Rhymer. Has he been overworking him- self?" "It isn't that so much; it is his originality. Why, that man is struck by so many original ideas that his mind muat ba one mass of bruises." Lady: Well, what do you want? Tramp: Leddy, believe me, I'm 110 ordinary beggar. I was at the front- Lady (with interest!: Really- Tramp: Yes, ma'am; but I couldn't make anybody hear, so I came round to the back. Mr. Greene: Do you always give your little boy castor oil for a cold? Mrs. Gray: Yes. but I give it for its inoral effect exclusively. Mra. Greene: For its moral effect? Mrs. Gray: Yes; it will have an influence upon him not to catch another cold. A little schoolgirl was told by her teacher to write the word "ferment" on her slate, to- gether with the definition and a sentence in which the word was to be used. The follow- ing is the result: —"F-e-r-m-e-n-t; a verb, signifying to work. I \ove to do ail kinds of fancy ferment." Eager Freshman: "I'm sorry I cut, Prri»s- sor, but I really couldn't get back in time. I was detained by important business." Professor: "So you wanted two more days ol grace, did yon?" Eager Freshman (off his guard). "No, sir; of Laura." Youngboy: "But, sir. there is no comparison between a football game and a prize-fight!" Oldboy: "No; a footbaJl game is more like eleven prize-fights." Tailor: Married or unmarried? Customer: Married. Tailor (to cutter): One pocket concealed in lining of vest Customer: Eh! What's that? t Tailor (explaining): To hide your cnange. you know, at night. I'm married myself.
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FOOTBALL GOSSIP. ;_._
FOOTBALL GOSSIP. Rees and Seymour, the CHlfynydri halves, are a warm pair, and take a lot of beating. Cilfynydd are still going on with the good work under their new committee. May good luck attend their efforts. I E. Griffiths is making a capital display for Cilfynydd. The two tries he scored for them last Saturday were eye-openere. Abertillery are picking up just now. They have a splendid wing in Harris. They tell me that there is likely to be a law case over the Blaina Ground. I hope things will come out all right. Hocigee. the Newport and Welsh interna- tional forward, hafcii't got. "Housemaid's knee," but something not very different from that troublesome complaint. Up to Thursday evening W. Isaacs, the New- port left-winger, hadn't had the 8tit(hes taken out of his lip after the bad cut he sustained at Cardiff last week. Three of the Newport, team were, up to Friday, doubtful starters against the Old Players to-day, viz., Pritchard, Hodges, and Isaa-cs. J. Williams and W. Isaacs are level in try scoring in the Newport team. They have ten tries ea-eli to their credit, and Pritchard has nine. Lloyd, the captain, has placed 29 goals. Dick Hellings, who assisted Devon on Wed- nesday. played his best game for his shire, and with "Nobby" Thomas and Spiers the visitors looked small fry. Rumbelow, of Cardiff, who has been assist- ing the Plymouth Rugby Club for some time, has returned to his native heath. Hodges, whom some people were saying a month or t.wo ago ought to be displaced from the Welsh team, was easily the best for- ward on the field in the Cardiff v. Newport match last Saturday. Hard work always pays, even in football. For instance, the Newport forwards worked harder than the Cardiff eight last Saturday, and thus had much the better of the struggle. Newport people were a-rably surprised at the win which the Usksiders brought off against the Cardiffians last Saturday. The Swansea halves will, no doubt, lay them- selves out to show tSioir best form in the county match a-t Cardiff next Wednesday. On their display will largely depend whether they will secure their coveted international caps or not. Swansea, people are naturally incensed that Bancroft was dropped by the county committee on Wednesday night-. 13 it the beginning of the end of the great "W. J. B.'s" football career? Well, he has had a very fine innings. The Newport gymnastic team so thoroughly well defeated Leeds last Saturday in all sections that they have a grand chance of winning the Adams. Shield right out. The pity is that they cannot g-t any team nearer than the Midlands and the North to have a go against. i. Young Lewis Lewis, who was given a hearty send-off at Newpott a fortnight ago by one of the local hockey clubs, before proceeding to South Africa with the Yeomanry, is down with pneumonia at Southampton. Lieutenant Bert Gould, of Brabant's Horse, will have played. two matches, and then he is off again to the gory field. He played in the second team match against the Cardiff Reserves last Saturday, and will be out again to-day with the Fossils (no. the Old Players) against Newport. Next Saturday he embarks for South Africa. Newportonians say that the referee in the Cardiff-Newport game last Saturday spun out the second half much beyond the proper time, and that Pritchard, the TTskside centre, was injured three minutes after time should have been called. Selwyn Biig, lost several chances for Cardiff last Saturday by pure selfishness. In one case in particular Kestell gave Mm a beautiful pass out within six yards of the Newport line, but Biggs vainly endeavoured to go through on his own, and so threw away a lovely opportunity. M'Wattie, the Scottish goal-keeper at Wrex- ham to-day, is one of the two amateurs on the Scotch side. A year ago he was an unknown, but his connection with a premier club has done a lot for mm. He is not by any means a great custodian. and against England he will hkely be supplanted: by Rennie or Doig, of Sunderland fame. "Old Judgje" writesAfter Cardiff's very poor display last Saturday I fail to pee what chance they can have of winning at Gloucester, or ")Ytn making a draw of it. The 'citi&ens' are but poor scorers, but they have a, happy knack of preventing their opponents from scoring. Do not hesitate, but go nap on Gloucester, and on the 16th nap on Ireland, particularly if the light Swansea halves are selected in place of Lloyd and Needs." Price, of the Mardy All Whites, plays capital football- for a, lad. His shots at goal are a treat to witness when he is in form. He will be heard of in future. Barry is again "drawn blank" to-day, the senior Association team having an away fix- ture in the Monmouthshire Valleys. The boys are keeping themselves in form, though, for the final of the South. Wales Cup, and hopes breathe large at Barry that the "coveted trophy will again be brought to the town. Dinas Powis has a team which went through the first half of the eeaaon with conspicuous success. Bat then their troubles began. Car- diff Soconds abducted two of their best players, Penarth First decoyed two, while the charms of the South African campaign proved irresistible to three more, and they are now serving with the Glamorgan Imperial i Yeomanry at the front. The record lists of both Newport and Swan- sea contain two drawn games. A peculiar feature of the circumstance is that. in all cases English teams are concerned. Newport having drawn with Gloucester and Bristol and Swansea with Devonport Albion and Leicester. Cecil Biggs gives every promise of keeping the family name in the forefront, as regards football. After being tried at half and centre and found somewhat wanting, lie lias, as rie-ht wing, settled in hid suitable position, and is, in fact, developing into a more than useful player. A forward whose merits arc by no means fully recognised is O'Neill, of Cardiff, than whom no more conscicntious and consistent player exists. In the event of the Swansea dream being realised, and their pair of half-backs becom- ing internationals, an interesting possibility presents itself. Picture R- M. Owen (about 8st. 71b.) in an effort to terminate the career of M. Ryan (lSst.), when the latter has the bladder grasped and is within smelling dis- tance of the white line. The idea suggests V.C.'s and other things. People who take record of coincidences— or concordances, as one man calls it- will like to know that the scores in the two North v. South matches this season have been in each case two goals and three tries to two trieg. Here the coincidence ends, for the North won one ami- the South the other. Also, in the first match one of the goals was dropped. What the play of Pearson lacks in attack as compared with his younger days is more than counter-balanoed by his greatly im- proved defence. It was a surprise to see last Saturday two of the admittedly best halves since football was football overshadowed for the nonoe by such lesser lights as Wade and Kestell. Brynmawr have at present the best pair of halves in the Monmouthshire League. They are ootn midgets, nut get tnrougn a lot of work, especially Gimblet-t. There will be a big crowd in Brynmawr on Monday next, when Jim Arnold, a. Brynma,wr forward, fights Griffiths, of New Tredegar, at the Drill-hall. Mr. Jack GaffiN was the referee at Bryn- mawr last Monday, and showed that since he has been on the Welsh Committee he has studied the rules to some advantage, and, what is more, has,learnt how to apply them. .ø- Llwynypia has been most unlucky this season, the field being flooded no fewer than four times. The matches with Treherbert and Treorky will, of coriree, have to be played Treorky will, of coriree, have to be played again, and an endeavour will be made to meet Afaesteg and Llanelly before the end of the season. A good ga.me is expected between Ystrad and Troedyrhiw to-day. Both teams will lia-ye to play for all they are worth. Who'll come off victorious? Troedyrhiw went to Ton Pentre last Satur- day with half their usual team, and got their deserts—eleven point3 to nit. Lieutenant R. P. Charles, of the Welsh Volun- teer Service Company* oa the way to Sou} k Africa, and Trooper Matthews, of t-he Pem- brokeshire Yeomanry, are members of the Briton Ferry Club. James, late of Cross Keys and: Cwmbran, and now of Pill. plays a wonderfully smart game for the Harriers, and is a centre of great promise. He is a good kick, runs well, with a nasty swerve, and. displays good judgment. He is a good find for Pill. Hillman, who was selected for Newport Seconds against Cardiff Reserves last Saturday, did not turn up, but played' for his own team, stating that his services were offered to the premier organisation, not to the cond string. Ebbw Vale backs Aid not prove to the Penarth public that they were entitled to rank all the "champions of the hills." Kerton being the only one that seemed capable of handling the ball with anything like precision, but the forward's are a burly lot of men, and take a lot of beating. D. P. Jones, 01 Pontymoile, has been selected for Newport to-day. With a good centre he should soon obtain a permanency in the Usk-! side ranks. It is remarkable, but it is true! Fancy the Neath Committee, after two-thirds of the season have passed, condescending to tpke the advice of a football critic! Not a single Neath man has been selected by the Glamorgan County Committee. Verilv. the "poor" are humble followers and imitators of the "rich." This came from a member of the Welsh Union Committee. Just read it and say what you think of it:—"Oh, you press fellows, what do you know a.bout Welsh football? You are all absorbed in puffing your own men. We know something about it. we know what we are doing. and our opinion is far better than that of you fellowswbo scribble for a living." An j one wanting proof can be given it. Who has done more for Yvrelsli football-the uniou committee or the press? Let the public decide. Charlie Powell is -steadily improving. Most people have lost sight of the fact that he was laid up for nearly three months through his injury in the Swansea match. Kendall, who is one of the newly-chosen Eng- lish half-backs, will be remembered as the man who partnered Marquis on the occasion of the Barbarians' walk around Cardiff last Easter. The Rev. D. T. Jones, chairman of the Pont- ypridd Football Club Committee, regrct3 very much that Mr Graham's motion to abolish Good Friday and Christ £ ^yDay matches in connection with the Welsh Union was not car- ried. He has carried his point with his own committee, who have decided not to play any matches on the days mentioned. Few men have lasted so long in first-class football as Evan Lloyd. of Llanelly, who has played for that club for at least eleven seasons. If anybody but Hodges had received his knocking about last Saturday he would have probably disappeared for good, instead of for a few minutes. But Hodges is-well, Hodges. Of the seven Edinburgh University backs six played in the Scotch-Irish match—five for Scot- land, and one-Allison-for Ireland. Cardiff had the satisfaction on Saturday of smashing the only record that Newport could boast of—by scoring a' goal against them. Cardiff so far this season have scored 24 goals and 31 tries against their opponents' fifteen goals and seven tries. The Monmouthshire League looks a very open competition at present. Cwmbran going down to Blaina puts the Pill Harriers just one point ahead, whilst Tredegar dropped a point with Cwmcarn. Groves, the old Newport forward, turned out • for Crumlin last Saturday. Swansea football partisans are satisfied at last. They have seven men in the Glamorgan team-and that without the veteran Bancroft. Winfield lias been picked for the county at last. Hitherto he has unfairly figured as reserve, but Bancroft has at last exhausted the consideration of the committee by repeatedly failing to respond to his invitations to play. The picking of Winfield is only as it should be. Trew, being knocked out, will not be avail- able for club or county for the next week or two. Owen and Jones, the Swansea halves, will -be seen in county football together, and it ought to pave the way for international honours for them. This is one benefit county football pro- video-that promising players can be "pro- bationed" by its means. The Swansea boys are likely to do well. There is a difficulty with regard to the Swan- sea v. Aberavon return match at Aberavon. The latter club haven't a. ground on which to bring off the fixture. and they are in sore straits. They desire to come to Swansea and share the gate, but the international hockey match appears to be fixed for that day at St. Helen's. Some one now suggests playing at Neath. The falling through of the fixture would be a great loss to Abera.von. The Pentre Juniors (a correspondent informs me) have a promising forward in David, and; if he continues to keep up his present form in a couple of years ought to win high honours. The Port!) team showed their true form in last Saturday's league match against Ehbw Vale by winning by six goals to nil. All the players showed their best form, the half* backs being very sound, keeping the opposing forwards well in hand.* W. Golding deserves praise for his play at fall back; his kick- ing very often placed the Ebbw Vale goal in danger. The Porth Association Club are still unlucky with their players, having several on the injured list. Picken's second injury was very regrettable. Whilst coming to Treharris last Saturday to play in the semi-final of the "cup," Owen, the Rhymney goal-keeper, met with an acci- dent, being shot through the hand by playing with a toy pistol. One of Pontypridd's best forwards, Dave Roberts, will not play today owing to a family bereave-ment. The Robertries have done much for sport at Pontypridd in one way or another. Pontypridd and Mountain Ash are the only undefeated teams in the Glamorgan League this season When they meet it will be a battle of giants. Said the genial sscretary of the Llwynypia team to our Pontypridd man this week: W^ should just like to have one more try at your boy-s with a full team. and we'd let you know 4xyhicli is the better side." "Too late this sea- ecn," was the reply. About 200 persons came down from the Rhondda to Pontypridd last Monday to witness the Pontypridd v. Mountain Ash match. Un- fortunately. the match was not played. When it oomes off there will be a big crowd present. Pontypridd still head the Glamorgan League with nve points out of a possible six. Let them keep well together (says my Pontypridd correspondent) and the league cup is theirs. Treorky footballers consider they have been ignored by the county and,, Welsh Union committees. After winning the league cup last season and proving themselves the best team in the valleys, one or two of the players, they think, should be recognised. Mr. Arthur Seaton, Pontypridd, has presented the Pontypridd Athletic Syndicate with a splendid flagstaff, measuring 40ft. high. for erection on the Taff Vale Park. and on which the Union Jack will be floated. Some weeks ago Mr. Seaton's father (Mr. William Se'lton) erected gratuitously a somewhat similar flag- staff at the Pontypridd County School. Mr. T. Davies, Pontypridd, has also promised to present the syndicate, for competition, a silver cup or plate, as the management wish. Da iawn, wir.
KNOCKED DOWN BY A HOARDING.
KNOCKED DOWN BY A HOARDING. This morning in Tudor-road, Cardiff, a woman—name unknown-was knocked down by a bill-posting hoarding, which was over- thrown by the force of the wind. The woman, who was in a semi-conscious condition, was taken into an adjacent shop, where restorative measures were adopted, and she quickly left in a. cab.
FUNERAL AT CANTON.
FUNERAL AT CANTON. Yesterday afternoon the funeral took place of Miss Jessie Hodson, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Hodson (organist of St. Catherine's Church, Cardiff), who passed away in the early part of the week after a long and painful illness. The burial service was conducted in St. Catherine's Church, the Rev. J. Baker (vicar) officiating. Four surplioed choristers acted as bearers, and bore the coffin to the grave at the Cardiff Cemetery, where the choir sang a hymn. There were several beautiful wreaths.
BARRY'S FINANCES.
BARRY'S FINANCES. Mr. W. Paterson, J.P., presided over a m-eet- ing of the finance committee of the Barry District Council held yesterday afternoon, when the monthly statement showed that the hills passed for payment on the general account amounted to £ 4.300, and on the gas and water account to £ 2,850. This will leave a balance due to the treasurer of 9250, but it was pointed out that about £ 4.COO would oe collected during the month, which would leave a substantial balance in hand at the end of the financial year. Mr. J H. Jose and Mr. W. P. Phillips were appointed overseers.
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Shipping Casualties. [Lloyd's Telegrams.] Friday. Brindisi.Nicoli di Lido, near Venice, tele- graphs Italian steamer Brindisi stranded against South Mole, 300 metres from Seinar phore. # Chamois, steamer, previously reportoof left Gravesend this morning for Tilbury Dock. Anna Maria d'Abundo .-Almeria telegraphs: Italian ship Anna Maria d'Abundo, before reported, arrived, seriously damaged by collision, and lying on sand one mile from Almeria; is reported to have parted amid- ships and become total wreck. Indiana and Washington.—Newhaven tele- graphs Steamer Indiana. Burriana. for London, general cargo, collided with Ger- man st-earner Washington, Rotterdam for New York, off Owers Lightship Wednesday afternoon. Former beached off Worthing in five fathoms water by tug Simla,, full water; master and crew landed here by same tug. Washington is anchored in Downs with port bow damaged above water and several frames bent; in putting back Washington took ground off Copt Point, remaining about an hour; got off un- assisted, having been compelled to slip anchor and 70 fathoms of chain. Straits of Menai.-Bea.chy Head telegraphs: At daylight steamer Straits of Menai was lying to and drifting eastward, with uncontrol- lable signal flying, steering gear apparently disabled; when about four miles south-eaat of station steamer headed eastward; at 8.30 went ahead; now making Dan gene 33. Mira. British steamer, New Orleans for Liver- pool, arrived Fayal safely, with rudder broken at neck; steered with wire on runner and wire hawser for steering wire; going into inner harbour to examine rudder; will get diver examine rudder-post. I Afon Alaw.—Queenstown telegraphs: Survey will be held barque Afon Alaw; feared rudder hangings below water-line broken or damaged. Brattingsborg, Danish steamer. Rotterdam for Barry, ballast, arrived Southampton yes- terday propeller dama-ged. Twe?ds;dale, British barque, Tocopilla for New- fairwater, nitrate, arrived Falmouth loss sails, other damage. Grace. British schooner. Gibraltar for New- foundland. arrived Plymouth with mate of German barque Hebe in charge; late cap- tain washed overboard. « Union, British brig, from Rio de .Tanfeiro, hides, for orders, arrived Plymouth aart cargo jettisoned, portion bulwarks earned away, sundry other damages. Plymothian. Malta, telegraphs: British steamer Plymothian, London for Ibrail, reports collided at sea February 24 with another vessel, name unknown, which pro- ceederl; has sustained damage; been sur- veyed; three pla,tes bent. plats broken, plate cracked; must repair temporarily; will proceed to-morrow. Normannia, steam yacht, aground near Leg- horn. Hawthorne, steam collier, bonnd north. brought up off Greenhithe with defect in boiler. Julio.-St. Vincent (C. V.) telegraphs: Portu- guese schooner Julio grounded; afterward* assisted off badly damaged; is fall water; all cargo damaged. Folsjo.—Bermuda cables: The report in yester- day's summary that Norwegian steamer Folsio had been towed into Bermuda was erroneous. Olga. Copenhagen telegranhs: Russian steamer Olga, Libau for London, grpin. and horses, grounded off Dracko, but floated unassisted; sustained no apparent damage: proceeded. Washington.—Deal telegraphs: Steamer Wash- ington, previously reported, is leaving Downs under own steam; returning to Hamburg for repairs. Stanley. Norwegian barque. Newport for Maranham, coal. arrived Falmouth pump broken. Hawthorne, stenm collier. nreviouslv reported off Greenhithe with defect in boiler, left Greenhithe for the north thi-ct afternoon. Nostra. Signora, del B,)scbetto.-V,ilf-nrO Haven teieg.ra.phs: Italian steamer Nostra Signora (lei Boochetto. from Genoa fo»* Tripoli and Cor cub ion. sornng a ifil,- off Smalls to-day. and put in li«re sienalling for assistance; Government tag Alligator took her in tow from -4-nele Bay. a"d now placing her on mud near Milford Dock; engine-room full w-.itc.r. fires put out, and several feet water in hold.
----Foreign Arrivals and Movements…
Foreign Arrivals and Movements of Local Steamers. Yearby arrived Savona 23tli. Ormesby left Savannah for Bremen 27tb. Stokesley arrived St. Malo 28th. Dowlais arrived St. Naza-ire lat. Blaenavon arrived Genoa 28th. Cast,ano,s left Hamburg for Cardiff 28th. Hart arrived Rotterdam 28th. Free Lance arrived the Tyne 29th. Turquoise arrived St. Lucia from New York 27th. Whitehall left Norfolk for Hamburg 28th. Flowergate arrived Baltimore from Madeira 28th. Phoebe left Genoa for Galveston 1st.
South Wales Tide Table.
South Wales Tide Table. *• his A k J I Pi « H S I • O 8 H 3 8b £ I fe tJ < *3 3 w 3 M r _c^ u S3 Satur- /"JWorui'g 4713 50 46154 55 day, } E»enii(r 4 35 4 22 4 32 5 29 5 31 Mar. 2 31 1127 0 30 2 28 11 28 5 Mar. 2 31 1 27 0 30 2128 11 28 5 Sun- i %rni'g [ 31|4 5t 4 66 |63 66 day, J K^ni'g 5 25 5 16 5 19 6 21 6 21 Mar. 3 W-Wit .v 4 ] 28 9 31 10 31 4 30 11 JKLou- (Morni'g I 5 47 a 4U 5 4'J 6 45 6 49 day, i 0,160164172 7 5 Mar. 4 « ■■■<»■ n | 3i 2 30 11 32 11 35 4 32 11 Euat Dock Sill. I Alexandra. Dock tlieilth Basin
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