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= PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. CARDIFF. rp H E A T R E ROY A L. Lessee and Manageress Mrs. Edward Fletcher. Theatre Telephone. 362. CHEER after CHEEP, followed in succession at ilis. EDWARD FLEi'CHEIl'S production of the Seventeenth IIOYAL Annual p AN T U M I M E Written exclusively, entirely, expressly, and completely for the THEATRE ROY A L, CAR- DIFF, by Messrs. GEORGE THORNE (the inimitable Comedian of the D'Oyly Carte Optra Companies) and F. GROVE PALMER, entitled— JjOBINfeON QJEiUtSOK TY/T A T I IN E E, TO-DAY (TUESDAY; AT TWO. DOORS OPEN AT ONE, AND rpO-NICJlT AT SEVEN, DOORS OPEN AT J- SIX. MORNING PERFORMANCES. SATURDAY, January 1. 18y8, And Every Saturday until further notice at, Two p m. Early Doors at 1. Ordinary at 1.30. Additional Matinees will be ttimouneed in due course. Season Tickets (a limited number) During Panto- mime for Dress Circle and Stalls inclusive on application. The Pantomime produced under the Stags Direction of Mr. E. EDMONDS, the Entire Pro- duction being under the personal supervision of Mr. EDWARD FLETCHER. NOTICE.—During the Pantomime Season the Curtain will rise at 7 precisely-Overture at 6.45. Prices aa usual. Early Doors Open at 6.0, 6d. Extra. Doors Open 6.30. Commence 7. Booking Offices at Messrs. Thompson and Shackell's (Limited), Queen-street, from 10 till 4. Telephone 521. 57249 GRAND THEATRE Lessee A Manager, MB. CLARENCE SOUNKS SUCCESS! SUCCESS! PRONOUNCED MAGNIFICENT! .01 the Grand Comic Xmas Annual JJOBINSON CltCSOE, Bv the ORIGINAL LEOPOLDS and Their Grand Double Company of Pantomimists. GRAND MATINEE EVtfRY SATURDAY at Two. Doors open 1.30. Early doors 1. Pantomime prices:—Grand Circle, 3s.; Stalls and' Balcony, 2s.; Pit, Is.; Gallery. 6d. Second price at 9 o'clock. Early doors extra. Doors onen 6.45. commence 7. Early doors 6. Box Office now open at Mr. R. Lane's, 3, Duke- street. Children Ilalf-prico. 57475 SOLD IN BOTTLES, Is.; BY POST, Is. 141. ^OTHACHF I t H vtA cu R C'. DAILY TESTIMONIALS OF THIS GREAT CURE ARE BEING RECEIVED FOR THE FOLLOWING: FOR TOOTHACHE, FOR HEADACHE, FOR NEURALGIA, INFLAMED GUMS. FOR BOILS, SORE THROAT, CHAPPED HANDS, AND SORE LIPS. AND IT WILL CURE ALL KINDS OF FAIN; I IN FACT. A REALLY GOOD PAIN KILLER. AGENTS:- Cardiff: Anthony and Co., Chemists, St, Mary- street. „ Hicks and Co. (Limited), Chemists, „ Queen-street. „ Hicks and Co. (Limited), Chemists, Duke-street. „ Hicks and Co. (Limited), Chemists, Cowbridge-road, Canton. „ A. J. Bellamy, Chemist, 61, Paget- street, Granpetown. ,» Messrs. Duck and Sons, Chemists, St., John's-square. „ E. Edwards. Chemist, 2, Mackintosh- place, AJbany-road. „ F. Millward, Chemist, 60, Woodville- road, Cathays. M R. Mumford, 60. Castle-road, Roath. t, R. Mumford, 17, Meteor-street, Splot- land. M C. Clarke. Chemist, 2, Coburt- street, Cathays. M Howell Phillips, Chemist, 253, Bute- street. •t R. Prust, Chemist, 14, Broadway, Roath. „ Jesse Williams and Co., Chemists, Queen-street. „ D. Thomas, Chemist. Penarth-road. Aberavon: Mr. Thomas Nicholas, Central Supply Slores. Water-street. Aberdare: Mr. Tudor Williams, Dentist, Medical Hall. Abergv/ynfi Richards and Son, Grocers. Aberfillery: Morgan Bros., Carmarthen Butter Stores. Barry Dock: Hicks and Co.. Chemists. Blaenavon; Messrs. D. Davies and Co., 100, Broad-street. Blaina: Thomas Jones, Liverpool Stores. Brecon: Mr. W. Tudor. Chemist. m A Brynmawr: Messrs. H. Connop and Son, Grocers. Carmarthen C. E. Davies. Chemist, 10, King- Penarth: Stranaghnn and Slenhe»« (Limited). Pembroke Deck: F. J. Tallett, 14, Diamond- street. Pontypridd: Mr. Inasc Prnthero, Grocer, &c. Pontypridd: W. H. Key, The People's Chemist. Porth: Messrs. Thomas and Evans, The Peoplr's Stores. Porthcawl: Mr. T. Lanrdon, Grocer, John- street. Swansea.- Mesrs. Taylor and Co. (Limited), Wind-strest. Tondu and Aberkenfig: Co-operative Society (I imited). Tredegar: Mr. C. J. Price. Manchester HQuse. Treherbert: Mr. Enoch Da vies. The Stores. Troedyrhiw: W Morgan and Co. Sole Manufacturer: —>• PHIL PHILLLPS, 24, BT. MARY STREET, CARDIFF. Mfi40 PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. CARDIFF. pHILHARMONIC HALL. ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. THIS WEEK ONLY. TO-DAY (TUESDAY"), December 28. -f A..Q v, ( At 12.^0, Four o clock, and Eight o clock. WEDNESDAY, December 29, THURSDAY, December 30, | Twrrp n»Tiv KIDAY' 31Ut Threeo'clock. and SATURDAY, January 1.) Complete Representation in Animated Pictures on the Veriscope of the 0ORBETT AND JUTZSIMMONS JllGHT For Fifty Thousand Dollars. 165,000 PHOTOGRAPHS AND TWO MlijES OF FILMS Pass before the' eyes of the spectators, re-producing THE ENTIRE FIGHT As it took place- at Carson City, Nevada, on March 17th, 1897, a special State Law having been passed to permit it. NOIICE.—This is the Original Exhibition which has attained such phenomenal success at ,tllfLK0YAL AQUARIUM, LONDON, AND WILL NOT APPEAR ANYAVJUEKE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT: PRESS OPINIONS. Daily Telegraph," September 25th, says:—"The best proof of the life-like character of the wis play was afforded by the frequent applause bestowed upon a smart hit or clever bit of defence, as though. the spectators imagined themselves watching the living combatants.' ''The World," October 20th, says:—"It is given to comparatively few to see a real prize fight, but these pictures put the P.R. on tap,' as it were,"for everybody. It is the real thing; the movements of the men, the surging of the crowd, the attentive ministrations of the backers and seconds, are all faithfully represented, and the most super-sensitive person, male or female, can witness every detail of the fight without a qualm." "Sporting Times," September 25th, says:—"The show is full of absorbing interest." "Morning Advertiser," September 25th. says: -"Each round is fully and correctly delineated, and the whole production is most telling." "The Sketch," October 13th, says:—"The re-production of the great contest at Carson City is undoubtedly the greatest feat that the picture recorder has ever attempted." "The People," September 26th, says:—"We have seen many wonderful shows in the matter of animated phonographs, but none as realistic as this latest addition to the sights of London." "Daily Mail," September 25th. says:—"These sun pictures overlook nothing, they con- ceal nothing. They record more than the spectators saw, for they place the spectators them- selves upon re(tord." "Aforning Post." September 25th. "It is a wonderfully life-like series of pictures, and gives one an idea of a prize fight without some of the gruesome details which render it so horrible." "The Daily Graphic," September 27th. says:—"There are all sorts of little unexpected in- cidents among the pietnred spectators to make one forget that it is only a photographic representation." "The Sportsman," September 25th, saysThe whole thing is so life-like that, though silence tells against the cheat, it was impossible not to think of the men as at that moment. living and suffering the emotions which the scene must at the-time have given rise to." "The Sun," September 25th, says:—"The Veriscope re-production of the fight is truly wonderful." "Punch," October 50th, says:—"It is wonderful, marvellous, the re-production of the great fight between Fity.simmons and Corbett at the Aquarium." "The Evening News," September 25th, says:—"Every movement in the scene is recorded with life-like fidelity." T j The Public are Cautioned against Counterfeits and Colourable Imitations: Prices of Admission:—Circle, 2s. 6d.; Stalls, Is. 6d.; Pit and Balcony, Is.1 57426 'Tis not in mortals to command success, but we'll do more—deserve it." rjlHE JQMPIRE. Managing Director OSWALD STOLL. TO-NIGHT! A Xmas Rib-tickler, "JOLLYBOY'S JUBILEE," or the Phantom Bride. Scone laid in Holly Hall. Electric illuminations. Xinag decorations. Eighteen Performers, including The Keene and Reeves Combination and Twelve Young Ladies. THE WELSH PRIZE GLEE SINGERS, Miss Rachel Thomas, Miss Louie Gilbert, Mr. Towyri Thomas, and Mr. Marsh Jones. MDLLE. ALMA on the Globe of Light. THE LESTER TRIO of Pantomimists. PALLES AND CUSSICK, Exponents of Burlesque. ARTOIS. on the Bars. MISS JENNY LLOYD, in Song and Dance. J. H. HURST.. Light Comedy Songster, with a coat of many colours and a face of many shapes. Next Week THE ROYAL TREORKY CHOIR. Box Office open daily from 10 to 4; Saturdays. 10 to 1. Also from 7 to 10 each evening for book- ings for subsequent dates. Two Complete Performances Every Evening between 7 arid 9 and 9 and 11. v ICTORII-ROOMS, ST. MARY- STREET, cARDlPF.-D'ARC'S GRAND WAXWORKS.-Great Attractions and New Additions; all the latest and best. Amongst them being Richard Arthur Prince, murderer of Mr. WilHam Terriss. The Oldest-established Waxworks in Cardiff. The Madame Tussaud's of Wales.— Admission:— 3d.; Children, 2d. 2794Z?8 4 NEWPORT. m H E 1^ M P IRE. ilii Managing Director OSWALD STOLL. TO-NIGHT! Werner and Rieder, the Swtsa Nightingales, The Levaine Troupe, Musical Momuses. Dex- teria and George Douglas, in the Spiritualistic Sennce. Vento, the Novel Ventriloquist. Harry Kent, Comedian. Lilian Vento, in her Prismatic Dance. The Mysterious Crowley. Next week, Penge's Riding Lion on Horseback. T Y C E U M ,N E W P 0 R T L Proprietor.MR. CLARENCE SOUNES TO-NIGHT at 7.30. IT A TDOUPEE. Prices, 6d. to £1 Is. Box Office Open Daily, Ten to Four. Telephone 158 Nat. MATINEE ON SATURDAY at TWO. 55694 "^LBERT HALL, SWANSEA. FOR THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SEASON, TO-DAY AT THREE AND 7.45, JOS. POOLE'S N°' 1 MYRIORAMA., SIGHTS OF THE WORLD. The; Greatest and Grandest Pictorial Triumph of the Century. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 28th, at 3 and 7.45.. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29th, at 3 and 7.45. And Every Evening at 7.45. 57446 fflortimer'sk^l Mixture For Croup. Whooping Cough. Coughs, & Cold. Of all Chemists. Price. 1/1 SALES BY ADCTIOIT. I L. SAMUEL. AUCTIONEER RENT AND DEBT COLLECTOR, HAYES BUILDINGS, CARDIFF. Sales conducted at Moderate Rates. Prompt f-etttementa and cash advanced npon ill goods or property consigned for sale. Rents and debts efficiently collected on a low scale of commission. Settlements made promptly. t.t.f.—6031f Cratic ftoticcs* ART DECORATORS. DAVIS AND SON, « PAINTERS, GLASS, OIL, AND PAPER-HANGING MERCHANTS, 11, QUEEN-STREET. DYEWORKS, ETC,, t IF YOTJ WANT YOUR CLOTHES NICELY CLEANED, GO TO iiOBBS. DYER, 1, NELSON-TERRACE. FURNITURE. EVAN & COMPANY, LIMITED, • THE CARDIFF FURNISHERS," ST. MABf-STREET AND DUKE-STREET. HATS. ARSLEY'S^HANDTO.DE HATST 2s. 9d. and 3s. 9d.—15, Wyndham Arcade and 40, Caroline-street. BUY FRtiM THE MAKER. e904 RHEUMATIC CURE, FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO PHIL PHILLIPS, 24, ST. MARY-SV I.EET. pj E A T H AND gONS piANOFORTES AND ORGANS BY ALL MAKERS. I.NOKMOUS DISCOUNTS DURING SUMMER MONTHS. Send ior Catalogue and Verdict of 900, free. ■1 ■ Monthly, x Gna. a. a. WALNUT CASL-, FULI, COMPASS, panel front, 3lt. loin, high 18 10 6 Similar Model, superior quality 20 11 H V'AMjEliKOl/r MuDiiL. iron frame. full compass, trichord, check action. m-teiiin, covered hammers. 3ft. lOin. high 14 14 < HENRY MODSL, lin. higher, supe- rior quality 26 15 2 EYfTRE MODEL. full compass, iron frame, fnll trichord, check action, plated bolts, sconces, marqueterie and gilded onnel trusses. 4ft high 30 17 0 BOARD SCHOOL MODEL, as sup- plied Cardiff. Penarth. Ac.. Inter- mediate and Board Schools 34 19 10 Qct,rT A ')'TON' MODEL. 4ft. 2in. high, bnrr wnlnnt; prize medal • desisrn with all the most modern Improvements 38 22 2 ALEXANDER MODEfi.ditto. 4ft. 4in. 45 at 3 Es. in the £ DISCOUNT for CASH. ALI. GOODS 8F.NT CARRIAGE PAID. ORGANS FROM fS. PIANOFORTFS hv PROADWOOD. COLLARD JundCOLLARP KTRKWAN. RRARD. Ac.. Ac. Now is the opportunity for requiring a •splendid instrument at ths lowest noRsible price, oither fb' Cash or on the approved Hire System, from 59. MontMy. CALL AN II SECURE A BARGAIN. SHOW BOOMS• 51 QUEEN-STREET, /70, TAFF-STRTJET CARDirF PONTYPRIDD; And 31. WINDSOR ROAD, PENARTTT MANUFACTORY LONDON. Agencies at Aberavon, Cadoxton. Bridgend, Maesteg, Ac. Canvassers Wanted in All Parts on Good Commission. a53407 BUSINESS ADDRESSES. THE EVENING EXPRESS CAN 1 0BTAINED EVERY NIGHT OF THE FOLLOWING N EWSAGENTS. CENTRAL.— SEYMOUR. WOOD-STREET. MRS. DENISON, 7, WOOD-STREET. HELLIER. BRIDGE-STREET. J. JAMES, 31, BRIDGE-STREET. E. GILLARD, 5, CAROLINE-STIIEET. BAKER, THE HAYES. J. HOGG, QUEEN-STREET. CANTON.- EVANS. LOWER CATHEDRAL RO^U RICHARDS, LOWER CATHEDRAL- ROAD. DOWN, POST OFFICE, CLAlE- STREET. REES, 55. COWBRIDGE-ROAD. DOWN. POST OFFICE, COWBRIDGE- ROAD. HUGHES. 64. COWBRIDGE-ROAD. KNOWLES, 102, COWBRIDGE-ROAD. LEWIS, 152, COV BRIDGE-ROAD. BAKER, 166, COW BRIDGE-RO AD- WILSON. 194 COWBRIDGE-ROAD. RIORDAN, 212, COWBRIDGE-ROAD. ROUND, 3, KING'S ROAD. WEBB. 13. KING'S-ROAD. W. T. CLEVES. ROMILLY NEWS- AGENCY, SEVERN-ROAD. WILSON, 12. CLIVE-ROAD, SMITH and CO.. ATLAS-ROAD. W. WHITE, la, SEVERN ROAn ROATH. EVANS, 47. ALBANY-ROAD. TALBOT. 52. BROADWAY. ROBERTS, 28. BROADWAY. FLEMING. 61, BROADWAY. MORGAN, 119, BROADWAY. WHITE, 120, BROADWAY. REES. 49. METAL-STREET. THOMAo, 3. CLTFTON-STREET. ROPKE, 16, PEARL-STREET. D. F. MORRIS, 209, RICHMOND-i.OAD. LOCKE, 8, MACKINTOSH-PLACE. LA" HENCE, 14. CASTLE-ROAD. ROWLEDGE. 78. CASTLE-ROAD. PADFIELD, CASTLE-ROAD. DAVAGE, CASTLE-ROAD, MUMFORD, CASTLE ROAD. MRS. KING, 7. CASTLE-ROAD. ELLIOTT, BANGOR-ROAD. CATHAYS.— I WILLIS 14. MUNDY4PLACE. A. HANCOX, 80, SALISBURY-ROAD. STODDARD, 55. UPPER GEORGE- STREET. ROSS, 49. LETTY-STREET. C. STEVENS. 136, WOODVILLE. ROAD. WILLTAM GREGORY, 7. • THE HEATH. W. GREGORY, 7. ALLAN'S BANK. ROAD. DOCKS— RUSSELL, STUART STREET. J. SAVAGE. 150. BUTE STREET. TYLER, 38, BUTE STREET. SALTMEAD— JOHN, 58, CLARE-ROAD. BUSINESS ADDRESSES. Å GENTS CONTIN UED. ORANOBTOWN— PARSONS, G. W., HAIRDRESSER, PENARTH-ROAD. "THE DON," 140, PENARTH-ROAD. SHELDRICK. 1, AMHERST-STREET. HART, 49, HOLMESDALE-STREET. MISS J. FRANCIS, 142, PAGET. STREET. NEWTOWN— FISHER, 2, ADAM STREET. DAVIES, 29, ADAM STREET. XOORS.- C. W. HUTCHEfS, CARLISLE- STREET. FLEMING, SPLOTT BOAD. MORGAN, 18, PORTMANMOOR- I. ROAD. THOMAS DA VIES. NOAH'S ARK, PORTMANMOOR ROAD. RIVERSIDE— MRS. LONG, ELDON-ROAD. TURNER, 68, ELDON-ROAD. THOMAS, TUDOR-ROAD. MRS. THOMAS, TUDOR-ROAD. A. E. MATHER. 58. TUDOR-ROAD. A. BLUCERT, 89. TUDOR-ROAD. ELT- PITTARD. LLANDAFF— Mrs. WOOD. ST. :FAGA W'S.- MILDON. WHIT CHURCHR— REYNOLD& —— J IiliANISHEN.— Mre. ROBINSON. 4- COGAN.— GODFREY. JOSEIH8. PENARTH MRS. PASEY. GLEBE-STREET. HALL, GLEBE-STREET. BARRT.— F. C. MILNER, POST-OFFICE, HIGH- STREET. BEDINGFIELD AND CO., NEWS AGENTS, ke. BARRY DOCX.— W. H. SMITH AND SON, RAILWAY BOOKSTALL. COUZENS, THOMPSON STREET. T. EVANS, HOLTON-ROAD. D. JONES, BARRY DOCK POST. OFFICE. CADOXTOW— E. TOWNSEND, BARRY-ROAD. F. FAIRBAIRN, 55, VERK-STRKET. TREFOREST— RICHARDS. HILL. 0.- BARRY ISLAND.— T. POWELL, I ALL SMITH & SON'S BOOKSTALLS. BUSINESS ADDRESSES. A VERY JMPORTANT QUESTION Is where to liny your Furniture! There is so much rubbish sold in these degenerate days that the greatest care should be taken in selecting the Firm from whom you purchase. Now, How ARE you t,) know impon whom yon can rely? We submit- that the experience gained by the trading of r.early half a century points most conclusively to the fact that no Firm on Earth can serve you better or cheaper than JJEVAN AND 0OMPANY (LIMITED). who to-dty are beyond all question the largest Furnishers in South Wales and Monmouthshire, and they defy any competitor to disprove this statement. wHA,,T GTRONGER -DROOF can be adduced to show that by entrusting your orders to this large and old-fstablished Firm yoa. will not only have the advantage of an immense, selection, out that. both with regard t > quality and prices, you will receive the" very highest satisfaction? All goods are delivered tree by rait or own vans, and the rjlRAIN FARE pAID of all cash purchasers of a reasonable amount. Drawing-room, Dining-reem. and Bedroom Suites from Three-and-a-Half to Fifty Guineas per suite. Bedstead. Wire-woven Mattress. Wool Overlay, Bolster, and Pillow complete for 27s. 6d. Organs and pIANOS JJALF pRICE. Carpets. Linoleums, and Floor Cloths of newest designs, and every requisite for furnishing throughout at equally low prices. JGEVAN AND COMPANY, 21, DUKE-STREET, ."r.. IB And 97, ST. MARY-STREET, c ARDIFF; 97, WIND-STREET, SWAN SEA; OPPOSITE TOWN-HALL, NEWPORT; CLARENCE-STREET and HANBURY-ROAD, pONTYPOOL. AGENTS WANTED IN EVERY DISTRICT. B RECH M'S PILLS JJEECHAM S PILLS BEECHAM'S PTLLS^ Worth a Guinea a Box. EECHAMS PILLS, Fór BilioDS Attacks. "■ BEECHAMS PILLS, BKECHAM'S PILLS For Nervous Disoraers. EECHAM'S PILLS, JLF For Indigjestton in all its forms. BEECH AM S PILLS. For AVind and Pain in the Stomach. BEECHAMS"PIL'LS. For Sick Headache EKCHAM'S PILLS Have Saved the Li 'es of Thousands. EEC14AMS PILLS, B- EECHAM-S.P.IL.LS, For Giddiness. E-E(-"RAM'S PII,LS. BEECHAMS PILLS^ For FulilefiSiand Swelling after Meals. BEECHAM S ''PILLS Are Worth a Guii.ea a Box. EECHAMS PILLS. .0 A wonderful Medicine for Females of all Ages BE ECHAM'S PILLS Are Adapted for Old and Young.

I- Some Christmas Cards.

PREPAID ADVERTISEMENT. "EVENING EXPRESS." THREE Sir TIMES. ITIMKS -I- 20 Words 0 6 1 0 I 6 30 Words 0 9 1 6 I 2 40 Words. 1 0 2 0 | 3 0 50 Words 3 i 3 0 3 6 Notlus to Advertisers. IMPORT ANT— Advertisements to be classified mast reach this office by 10.30 a.m.; but they can bo inserted up to 4.45 p.m., under head- ing of TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. The boxes provided for answers to advertise- ments appearing in the "Evening Express" are not intended for any other purpose whatever, and cannot be a110 ved to be used for the distribution ot printed or written advertising citcular or announcements of any kind. The above etiarges apoly only to consecutive Insertions of th» following class of advertise- mentsSituations Wknted or Offered. Apart- ments. Money Wanted, Partnerships.' Lost and Found. Misceiln noons Wants. Businesses, Houses. Shopa. Offices to Let or Sell, Specific Articles for Sale Privately. Name ird Address to be counted. Orders sent through the post, to be accom- panied by Postal Order or Halfpenny Stamps. Advertisements are received also :t the following sub-offlces:— NEWPORT TRETIFBAV.STT» SWANSEA .» CASTLE-STREET MrRTrTYK VTCTOTTT A-STTJEET. FONTYPRIDl) 4a. TAFF-STREET. HEAP OFFICES: CARDIFF: ST. MARY-STHEET. aTONEY. CARLTON BANK (LIMITED).—A cheap and Reliable Office to Borrow £ 3 to £ 500. Infor- mation free.—Call unon the Branch Mannspr, ill! 149. PENARTH-ROAD, CARDIFF. POULTRY. POULTRY.—If you want your birds to pay -L von write for prices- and samples of food to Noah Rees and Son, Hay, Corn, and Seed Merchants. Cardiff. e6115 .L. BICYCLES. SPECIAL Clearance.—Six Solid Safeties, C3 38s. 6d. 4 Cushions. 50s.; 4 Pneumatics. f,5; cash onIy—Morris-Bros.. Cycle- Works, Ponty- pridd. Repairs, Plating, and i-namelling promptly. el947 DBESSMAKIUa. DRESSMAKING.—Ladies' Tailor-made and D Braid Costumes.- Wedding and Evening Dresses. Mantlet!. Ac.. Made in the Latest Style; fit guaranteed.—Address Lewis and Evans. 78, Wyndham-crescent, Cardiff. eo835 AGENTS, etc., WANTED. CANVASSERS.—Wanted, a Few intelligent, CANVASSERS.—Wanted, a Few intelligent, well-educated Men, principally fpr Evening Wcrk.—Apply, by letter, or between nine and ten a.m., to S. Hern, 94, St. Mary-street, Car- diff. el0571z27 MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS VACANT. WANTED, for a Country Mill, good General f Miller; must be a good stone-dresser and indisputable character; total abstainer pre- ferred.—Apply. stating full particulars. W. Powell, Rotunda-buildings, Bridgend. 2759z29 BAKERS,-Wanted. practical All-round Hand, B to Take Charge of New Bakery; must be steadv and reliable; used to steam ovens pre- ferred.—None but competent men need apply the Committee, TreliariLs Co-operative Society (Limited), Treharris R.S.O. 2378z28 "OTANTED, competent Smith, Used to Engine T V Work.—State age, references, and wages, Fielding and Piatt, Gloucester. 57460 TO Butchers.—Wanted, Young Man to Do Round and Assist in Killing; board in, sleep out.—Apply, stating age and salary required. Russell, Swansea. 2630z28 —————— NURSEMAIDS AND SERVANTS WANTED. GENERAL Servant Wanted.—Apply Mrs. lveene, Goldfield House, Clytha Park, New- port. 2781i30 IjVXPERIENCFD Cook-General Wanted; aged J 20 to 30; business house (not a registry); wages £ 14:—Mrs. Ellison, West Bromwich,' Staffordshire. 2681z29 EXPERIENCED Cook-General Wanted, for I EXPERIENCED Cook-General Wanted, for London; washing put out; £ 20; comfort- able situation: private family; two others kept; fare paid -71 Park-street, BristoL z29 xr AN'PED. good Plain Cook; single-handed: Tr family two; £28. Also experienced House-Parlourmaid; £ 22; assistance given; small house.-71, Park-street, Bristol. 2694z29 WANTED, Cooks, Housemaids, Parlour- maids. Great Many General Servants, Nurses immediately.—Mrs. Pedlar's Registry, 17, l^eirhroke-terrace, Cardiff (late of Charles- street). 2644z28 EXPERIENCED General Servant Wanted. After Christmas; able to cook, wash, and iron.—Apply, with references, Mrs. Richards, 23, Parade, Barry. 2621z28 WANTED immediately after Christmas, a respectable and experienced General Ser- —17, Howard-gardens, Cardiff. 2625z28 SELECT Registry Office. Brynmill Post-Office, o Swansea.—Miss Jones has Vacancies for gocd Servants in All Departments. Ladies Quickly SUited, 1827d SHOP ASSISTANTS WANTED. A DVERTISERS are Cautioned that Post- XX. masters are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. "TANTED, Two respectable Youths, also v r Young Lad'es, Apprentices to ihe Drapery and Millinery.-Apply M. D. James, The Temple, Ammanford. 2754il dT) NATION Required by respectable Young S Lady in Confectioner's; little experience.— Address A. 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THE TRAPPERS TRAPPED. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRtSS- It was six oV-Jock on an autumn evening. The streets of Birmingham were swept with rain. I had had a toierably suece.s&lul May, and there reposed in my pockets the sum of i,20, which I had collected from my nun's customers. Having nothing particular to do, and the torrents of rain absolutely pro- hibiting all out-door enjoyments, I went to the hotel I was staying at, and called for somo brandy, and while sipping; j'v was joined by a stranger, who seemed eager to enter into conversation with me. Nothing backward, and with tongue fairly set a-wageiryi, I talked too. and I btiLcvo that before many moments lie ?ia<] asevr- tained that I had money belonging :o my employers in my possession. The brandy finished, nothing would satisfy my new-found friend but that he should take IUO to » music-hall, the>e were moro brandies,, especially one with flavour that was unusual to me, and then r forgetfulness. The next thinr I knew was this The rain cloud. had strolled away, and fitful gleams of moonlight revealed to mo the fact that I was in g strange room, lying on a. strange bed. Two o'clock chimed out from a neigh- bouring steeple. Sobered with fright, I raised myself, and then, quick as a lightning flash, camo the thought7—my money! My clothes were thrown across the bottom of the bed. I searched the trousers' pockets; the. gold was there. j Then I heard voices in soft conversation coming np from below. Noiselessly I opened the bedroom door and listened. "Sure he's all serene ?" queried one voice, to which another responded, "He won't wake till six at the earliest. "V cry good," said the first voice. "Mind, if he wakes while you're doing it The sentence was punctuated -by the click of a pistol, and I shivered—not from cold. "Aud at six or seven, or whenever he does wake," continued the voice, "tell him you picked him up drunk in the street and carried him in here out of compassion for safety, and you will easily convince him that he was robbed out of doors." Here a step on the stairs warned me to close the door, and I got back to bed. Hearing the knob of the door turn, I began to breath heavily after the fashion of a drunken man, and the next instant, shading the candle with his hand, there appeared the form of strange man, who was soon peering fixedly into my face. Satisfied, apparently, with his examina- tion, my visitor searched my pockets, and took out the gold. He went to a bird-catre. which now for the first time I observed hanging up, drew out its side, and—un- dressed and lay down Leside me. Ho was soon asleep, and hope sprang up within me; but, ah's: of all the light sleeoers, he was the lightest I ever knew. Whenever I moved ho appeared to be on the alert; it wa3 impossible to crawl out of bed without his being conscious of the fact. Besides, under his pillow I knew was tho pistol, and in despair I had reluctantly to rest on as calm and unconcerned as I pos- sibly could. All wakeful, I passed that horrible nifht and the slow hours dragged on inter- minably. But at length a project presented itself to my own sharpened seuses, which project I put into execution when six o'clock struck. "Failure," said I tb myself, "means simply death; success means a saved reputation with my employers and a vow of strictest sobriety." Everything being perfectly quiet, I simulated a gradual waking up, and my first yawn opened the eyes of my bed- fellow. The second had the effect of rais- ing him from his recumbent position iu the bed. and when I slowly and painfully awoke he was bending over me, all solici- tude. Daylight was now stealing into the room. "My poor fellow," exclaimed the assi- duous one, "how do you feel now? You will wonder, no doubt, at being in my bed. but, the fact is, you were ill "Inst niglft, were you not?" "Ill?" I said, "ill?" and put my hand. mechanically to my head. "Well, I think I must have been, my head does ache so!" He smiled, and replied, "Well, my dear fellow, not to put too fine a point upon it, I found you late last night in the gutter, just a little bit the worse for liquor, and two somewhat disreputable-looking men who were with you asked me if I could manage to look after you for the ni«?ht. I expressed my profound thanks to my good friend for his unselfish kindness, but he modestly waved them aside, saying, deprecatingly: — "Duty, sir, duty! I cannot neglect a J genuine case of human suffering or danger without some attempt, however slight, at succour." .» I thanked him again. -gain. "I am ill," I said. "I had too much brandy yesterday. I must have a, hair of the dog that bit me, I must have a nip now. It is the only thing which will put me right. If you have any brandy in the house, for heaven's sake, sir, bring me a drop!" He hesitated a moment, then rejoined: — "Certainly he there, and I'll be back with it in a moment." and disappeared. Much quieter than I can relate it, I sprang up, went to the bird-cage, drew the sliding tray, transferred all the contents into my handkerchief, and thence into my coat pocket, .fina..v re-placing the tray. iNot a moment too soon was I back between the sheets, for in an instant my Good Sanaxttaa arrived with the brandv. I drank, and professed to be much better. I dressed, anu so did he. Would I have breakfast ? No; I most rehretsBBtiy raked to be excused, being tin haste to catch the first train I oossibly back to town. I searched in my trousers pockets for my aaoney, gave a start of surprise, shrieked out "They have robbed me, those villains—robbed mo last night!" and simu- lated as well as I could a most woeful expression of grief and despair. My gtpddr friend sympauirseu deeply with me. He invoked maledictions on the head o £ any- one who could he base enough to#ob an unfortunate stranger, and, with a gene- rosity well-nigh unparalleled, her pressed upon me-to accept, seeingT waa-wenniless. as a temporary loan, it I liked, the sum ok ten shillings. "Do take it," he urged. "I am not ricll myself, but a few shillings are at your dis- posal if you care to take them." So, with renewed assurances of indebted- ness, I wished mv estimable benefactor adieu, told him I should never forget him as long as- I lived, and departed. What the locality was I knew not, but I wandered-na,v, rushed—on and on, until x saw a sleepv-looking Jehu, whom I made drive me with all possible speed to the station. The train was just startine. and I jumped into an empty compartment. Hastily I untied the bag and scanned its contents. Lo and behold! I found that I had swept the bird-cage clean, for when I counted the money there was almost £ 50. I advertised in vain for the owner of the baa and failed to re-call the place where I had spent the night. Now I am haonil- and peacefully settled in life, and when, round the fireside, I am called on for a story, nothing delights me better than to tell my tale of how the trappers were I trapped.

"Silcncc is goid,' says the proverb of old: "my wife keeps the small change and I keep the gold." A strange form of insanity was that of an old lady who imagined herself to be a grain of barley and spent her life in mortal terror of being eaten by chickens. At the clucking of a hen she would "scoot" away for safety and conceal herself in the tcml-bin. -HSVh-wliat's all this talk, Edgah, aboutt f-foot- baUr" ■ "They say it's so deuced rough; deah boy." 4-Theii wh-why don't they s-sandpaper it, clowt. you know ?'' u Iteemal Dawson; Well, how they comin'? Everett Wrest: Tough. I ain't been able to git into jail yet.

HOW SHE SAW THE SHOW. Mr.^Stiles said you wouldn't catch him at any horse show—he could see all the horses he wanted to on Broadwav-but, as Mrs. Stiles was bound to go for once in her life, he piocured her a ticket and chuckled to himself the day she went that she'd be the most disappointed woman in town. He was greatly surprised, therefore, when she returned home with the excited ex- clamation "Oh, Jim. it was just grand! I never, never saw such a beautiful show!" "Poof—nonsense. lie replied, sarcastically. "I'll wager you were tired of the show in ten minutes," "Tired of its" she went on with a longing sigh. "Why, I coula spend a whole week there looking at those beautiful sights!" "What beautiful sights?" he growled. "A few old crowbaits kicking up their heels and howling for hay! Besides, what does a-woman know about horses, anyway?" "Well, you just ought to have been there! Oh. it was worth going miles to see!" "Yes, it must have been. I suppose every time a nag jumped over a brush-heap you shrieked and turned your head away ?" "Nothing of the kind, sir!" replied Mrs. Stiles. haughtily. "Besides, there didn't happen to be any 'nags' jumping over brush heaps—so there!" "Oh, yes, there did, madam. The evening paper says right here that the jumping contest at the horse show this afternoon was very ex- citing. That proves that you had your hands over vour face half the time." "I didn't have my hands over my face once, sir—not once!" "X o? Then why didn't you see this. pray? It certainly..happened. How did you like the exhibition of Shetland ponies?" "Why-er-I didn't see any Shetland ponies there. At least, I don't think so." "Oh, it must have been lovely," he chuckled. "I've just been' reading how those ponies pleased the crowds. You were probably afraid they'd j get loose and didn't dare look at them. May I ask how you liked the hackney stallions, trotters, and hunters ?" "Were—were they there this afternoon?" "Were they? Why, of course they were. Oh, what a lovely time you had. Did vou see anything at aH?" "I saw hundreds of the grandest sights, I told you "Name them, please." "Well, then, just you listen, sir!" and she stood up with a triumphant look on her face. "I saw scores of diamond necklaces and tiaras- scores of magnificent velvet and silk costumes- ermine opera cloaks that would set one crazy— chiffon waists that were perfect dreams—and, oh, such hats! Why "And is that what you saw?" he interrupted, with a roar of laughter. "Well, I'd like to know what more one "would care to see! That's just like a man! He'd go to a horse show and spend all his time looking at the horses!" and Mrs. Stiles bustled out of the room and slammed the door with a bang.

Little George: "Father, will you p]c;i?e iell me ¡ why they say the pen is more powerful than the sword ?" Father: "Because you cannot sigu cheques with a sword, my boy, that's why." Equal to the Occasion.—Pedlar: "I have :1 most valuable work to sell. madam: it tells you how to do anything." Lady (sarcastically) "Does it tell one how to get rid of a pestering pedlar?" Pedlar (promptly): "Oh. yes, madam* -buy something of him!" In a small village sclnolnot. 50 miles from Bel- fast th.* first standard was being examined in arithmetic. Teacher: "Tom, what is one and Tom: "Three, sir." Teacher: "You are, a blccklsead. Suppose you add yourself and me t ogether. what will be the result ?" Tom ■. "Two blockhcads, sir."

WHY SHE REMEMBERED HIM "Oh, Mr. Saphead. rm delighted to' see you. It seems an' age since we parted at the sea- shore," crid Miss Unda Towe, greeting him in' the most cordial manner. "1-er-that is. I'm deucedly pleased to meefcj you again, you know," replied Cholly, decidedly embarrassed.. "I'm glad to hear you say so," she returned,. "for it seemed to me as if you were trying to avoid me." "You're entirely mistaken, I assure you," he answered, regaining his self-possession with an effort. "Oh, no, I wasn't," she reiterated. "The moment you caught sight of me you tried to turn your head away. Now. in view of the past. I think I'm entitled to an explanation. "\vTell." said Cholly, "I suppose I'd better make a frank confession. It was just this way, Unda. When I returned to town I told all my friends about our summer engagement. The boys just laughed and said you'd cut me dead the first time we met in town. It was to escape this humiliation tint I tried to avoid you. I hope you will forgive me for ever having doubted your constancy. You have made me radiantly happy by proving that you have not forgotten ine." "Forgotten you?" she echoed, laughing heartily. "Not after your, escapade at that little picnic. I'm like most girls, and I never forget the young man who sits down in the custard pie."

"If you marry me I shall make you as happy as the day is long." "But the days are short just now. At Uruguay.—'An ex-policeman" attempted to stab the President. Providentially his design was frustrated. "An ex-policeman!" Ah! Thackeray's "Policeman X." would never have behaved in so dastardly a manner.