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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. CARDIFF. IJIHJSATRE JJOY A L. LMIM and Manageress ..Mrs. Edward Fletcher. Tbeatra Telephone, 362. CHEER after CHEKR fellows in succession at Mn). EDWARD FLETCHER'S production of the Seventeenrh ROYAlj' Annual pAN TOM. 1 ME, Written for the THEATRE ROYAL. CAR- DIFF, by Messrs. GEORGE THORNE (the inimitable Comedian of the D'OylyCarte Opera Companies) and F. GROVE PALMER, entitled— JJOBINfcON CRU:OE. MORNING PERFORMANCES. Every Saturday Until Further Notice, at Two p.m. Early Doors at 1. Ordinary at 1.30. Season Tickets (a limited number) During Panto- mime for Dress Circle and Stalls inclusive on application. The Pantomime produced under the Stagi Direction of Mr. E. EDMONDS, the Entire Pro- duction being under the personal supervision of Mr. EDWARD FLETCHER. Early Doors at Six. Commence at Seven. Prices as Usual. Booking Offices at Messrs. Thompson and Shackeli's (Limited), Queen-street, from 10 till 4. Telephone 521. 57249 G ft AND THEATRE Lessee A Manager, ME. CLARENCE SOUNES SUCCESS! SUCCESS! PRONOUNCED MAGNIFICENT! Of the Grand Comic Xmas Annual JJOBlNSON 0RCSOE, By the ORIGINAL LEOPOLDS and Their Grand Double Co-npany of Pantomimists: MATINEE TO-MORROW, New Year's Day, at Two. Doors open 1.30. Early doors 1. Pantomime pricesGrand Circle. 3s.: Stalls and Balcony, 2s.; Pit, Is. Gallery. 6d. Children Half-price. Second price at 9 o'clock. Early doors extra. Doors open f 45. commence 7. Early doors 6. Box Office nofv open at Mr. R. Lane's, 3, Duke- street. 57475 JUST PUBLISHED. THE ELSH AND COMMISSION: A DIGEST OF THE REPORT BY THS SECLHTABY, MR. D. LLEUFER THOMAS, BARBISTEB-AT LAW. Qenx 8to., 503 pages. Neatly, bound in Linen. pRIOE 4S. BY POST, SIXPENCE EXTLA. tONDOK: WEHTTAJUEK AND CO., WHITE BAItT. STKtiET, E.O. CARDIFF: WESTERN MAIL LIMITED, ST. MARY. STREET. And at all Messrs V. B. Smith and Son's Bookstalls The Dieetfc is a puputariy written Work, giving, Unabridged, the FULL TEXT of the MAJORITY and MINORITY REPORTS. and a oonofe. but adequate. SUMMARY of the GENERAL HE PORT, signed by the whole Cotnnrisgion BIOGRAPHICAT, SKETCHES of the COMMISSIONERS, an account of their PROCE- DURE, and a copious INDEX to the Digest" and indirectly to the Official Report also. EXTRACTS FROM Ji FEW pnFSS NOTICES. Manchester Guardi&n "—"A very useful volume for busy readen. An exanriple of conacientioua and impartial work." South Wales Daily News "—" The book classifies and condenses the whoie of tbz extensive Report trtboqt omitting a sing", important face or argument' statement, f recrT menda.Hon." Shrewsbury Chronicle."—*A capital piece of eoc- decsation Wectem Mail-"—" Mr Thomas was the one man capable of producing such a volume as this, and the yianner in be has executed his task admits of but one opinion." Liverpool Ocurler." -Yr. Lleuier Thomas bu fulfilled a moth valuable service to those intereaw in the subject • • Throughout prominence is given to tba essential points." ja valuable addit.ou to literature on the land question." Cardiff Tiroes We would recommend every tenant to study the land question through Mr D. Lteufer Thomaslj Digefc Mr. O. M. Edwards, M.A. Fellow of Lincoln Coll., Cheshire Courant "—" The book is full and clear Oxford. in Wales AD excellent and invaluable volume. Everv landofne- a.i,i farmer should have it." Oswestry Advertiser."—"A book which must be ef the greateet eervi-c ai t* present time." Baner ac Amserau Cym u."—" Nis gellir rhoddi eanmoliaetb rhy -chtl i'r gyfrol bon gan Mr. Lleufei thcrnM." 48401 NOW READY. w ESTERN MAIIJ TIDE T ABLES FOR THE PORTS OF THE BRISTOL CHANNEL WITH NAUTICAL ALMANAC, FOR 1898. Containing Times and Heights of Tides and Fnl] Particulars of all the Bristol Channel Ports. Bailing Directions and Coloured Chart showing Position of Lights. PRICE ONE SHILLING. Published by WESTERN MAIL LIMITED, CARDIFF. LONDON: 32, FLEET-STREET, E.C. And may be obtained of all Stationers and Chart Sellers. 57i91 W[ortimer's Mixture For Croup, Whooping: Couch, Coughs, it Colds Of an Chemists. Price. 1/1 tf PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. CARDIFF. Tis not in mortals to command success, bat we'll do mom—deserve it." THE Jj M P I B E. Managing Director OSWALD STOLL. TO-NIGHT! A Xmas Rib-tickler, "JOLLYBOY'S JUBILEE." or the Phantom Bride. Scene laid in Holly Hall. Electric illuminations. Xmas 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. Towyn Thomas, and Mr. Marsh Jones. MDLLE. ALMA on the Globe of Light. THE LESTER TRIO of Pantomimists. PALLES AND CUSSICK, Exponents of Burlesque. AltTOIS. 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 and 9 and 9 and 11. pHILHARMONIC HALL ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. ONE WEEK ONLY. TO-DAY (FRIDAY), at 3 o'clock and 8 o'clock. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY), Three Perfor- mances, at 3 o'clock, 5.30, and 8 o'clock. It was intended to give only two performances on Saturday, but an extra one has been found necessary in order to accommodate the enor- mous crowds anxious to see this exhibition. Complete Representation in Animated Pictures on the Veriscope of the QORBETT ANDF ITZSIXUONS IGflT For Fifty Thousand Dollars. 165,000 PHOTOGRAPHS AND TWO MILES 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. NOTICE.—This is the Original Exhibition which has attained such phenomenal success at the ROYAL AQUARIUM, LONDON, AND WILL NOT APPEAR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE DISTRICT. „T, PRESS OPINIONS. Dally Telegraph." September 25th, says:— "The best proof of the life-like character of the display was afforded by the frequent applause bestowed upon a smart hit or clever bit ot defence, as though the spectators imagined themselves watching the living combatants." The Public arc Cautioned against Counter- feits and Colourable Imitations. Prices of AdmissionCircle, 2s. 6d.; Stalls, Is. 6d.; Pit and Balcony, Is. 57426 NEWPORT. T a E EMF I R B. Managing Direotor OSWALD STOLL. TO-NIGHT! Werner and Rieder, the Swiss Nightingales. The Levaine Troupe, Musical Momuses. Dex- teria and George Douglas, in the Spiritualistic Seance. Vento, the Novel Ventriloquist. Harry Kent, Comedian. Lilian Vento, in her Prismatic Dance. The Mysterious Crowley. Next week, Pence's Riding Lion on Horseback. Lyo E U~M~ IEWPORT L Proprietor Me. CLARENCE SOUNES TO-NIGHT, at 7.30, and During the Week, LA pOUPEE, Prices, 6d. to £1 Is. Box Office Open Daily, Ten to Four. Telephone 158 Nat. MATINEE SATURDAY AT TWO. Next Week- "MY FRIEND THE PRINCE." Matinee. Saturday. January 8. at Two. 55694 SWANSEA. ALBERT I HALL, SWANSEA. FOR THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SEASON, TO-NIGHT, at 7.45, JOS. pOOLE'S No- 1 MYRIORAMA, SIGHTS OF THE WORLD. The Greatest and Grandest Pictorial Triumph of the Century. Every Evening at 7.45. 57446 Wednesday and Saturday at 3 and 7.45. WESTERN MAIL j^NCYCI-OP^DlCjyCTIONARY "yrOLUME ONE, -N, CONTAINING FIRST EIGHT PARTS WELL BOUND IN CLOTH, With Title, Preface, Introduction. Description of Abbreviations, and Genealogical Table of the English Language. JJOW READY. pRlCE 5 s. 6 D. AT ALL NEWSAGENTS' AND BOOKSELLERS, OR DIRECT FROM THE "WESTERN MAIL" OFFICES, CARDIFF, SWANSEA, NEW- PORT AND MERTHYR. POSTAGE SIXPENCE EXTRA. PUBLIC NOTICES. rjlHE TECHNICAL SCHOOL OF THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF CARDIFF. SESSION, 1897-98. The SCHOOL RE-OPENS on MONDAY NEXT, January 3rd. Copies of the Syllabus may be obtained at the University College, Newport- road; College-buildings, Dumfries-place, or at the Women's Technical Department, 6, St. Andrew's-place. J. AUSTIN JENKINS, Secretary. University College, Cardiff, December 27tli. 1897. 57494 v BUSINESS ADDRESSES. SOLD IN BOTTLES. Is.; BY POST. Is. Id. m DAILY TESTIMONIALS OF THIS GREAT CURE ARE BEING RECEIVED FOR THE FOLLOWING: — FOR TOOTHACHE, FOR HEADACHE, FOR NEURALGIA, INFLAMED GCMS. FOR BOILS, SORE THROAT, CHAPPED HANDS, AM) bUitE LIPS. AND IT WILL CUBE ALL KINDS OF t AIN. IN FACT, A REALLY GOOD PAIN KILLER. AGENTS: — Cardiff: Anthony and Co., Chemists, St. Mary- street. „ Hicks and Co. (Limited); Chemists, n Queeao-at.reet. „ Hicks and Co. (Limited), Chemists, Duke-street. „ Hicks and Co. (Limited), Cbemiata, Cowbridge-road, Canton. If A. J Bellamy, Chemist, 61, T'aget- street, Granpetonrn. ft Messrs. Duck and Sons, Chemists, St. John's-square. M E. Edwards. Chemist, 2, Mackintosh- 1 place, Albany-road. „ F. Millward, Chemist. 60, Woodville- road, Cathays. M R. Mumford, 60. Castle-road, Roath. „ R. Mumford. 17, Meteor-street, Splot. land. M C. Clarke. Chemist, 2. Coburn- atreet, Cathavs. „ Howell Phillips, Chemist, 253, Bute- ttreet. „ R. Prust, Chemist, 14, Broadway, Roath. „ Jesse Williams and Co., Chemists, Queen-street. „ D. Thomas. Chemist. Penarth-road. Aberavon: Mr. Thomas Nicholas, Central Supply Stores,. Water-street. Aberdare: Mr. Tudor Williams, Dentist, Medical Hall. Abergwynfi • Richards and Son, Grocers. Abertillery: Morgan Bros., Carmarthen Buttei Stores. Barry Dock: Hicks and Co., Chemists. Blaenavon: Messrs. D. Davies aud Co., 100, Broad- street. Blaina: Thomas Jones, Liverpool Stores. Brecon: Mr. W, Tudor, Chemist. Brynmawr: Messrs. H. Connop and Son, Grocers. Carmarthen: C. E. Davies. Chemist, 10, King Penarth: Stranaghan and Stephens (Limited). Pembroke Dock: F. J. Tallett, 14, Diamond street. Pontypridd: Mr. Isaac Prothero, Grocer, &e. Pontypridd: W. H. Key, The People'i Chemist. Porth: Messrs. Thomas and Evans, Th< People's Stores. Porthcawl: Mr. T. Langdon, Grocer, John street. Swansea- Mesrs. Taylor and Co. (Limited) Wind-street. Tondu and Aberkeufig: Co-operativa Society (I imited). Tredegar: Mr. C. J. Price. Manchester House Treherbert: Mr. Enoch Davies. The Stores. Troedyrhiw: W Morgan and Co. Cheltenham: Mr. J. James, 5. Promenade. Clarbeston Road: Robert Reid, Grocer, Nen Shop. Cowbridse: Mr. J. G. Harold Bird. Ebbw Vale: Mr. David Hughes, Grocer Victoria-street. Hereford: Messrs. Clarkson and Son, 9, High terrsce. Llantwit-Major: Mr. William Cummings. Ltanstephan Evan T. Davies. The Emporium Mf-fthyr- Messrs. G. M. and R. Gunson, 67 and 68, High-street. Morriston: Mr. L. Bevan. Medical HaIL Neath: Mr. C. Hntchins, Chemist. Newport: Messrs. T. Cordey and Co., High-fit Newport: Phillips and Son, Drug Stores, 92 Commercial-street. Sole Manufacturer: pHIL. pHILLIPS, 24, ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. 51540 TO ARCHITECTS and SOLICITORS SPECIFICATIONS AND REPORTS Typewrittel with accuracy and despatch at t.!d. per page. BILLS of QUANTITIES, per page 4Jd. Ten Copies of one page for 2s. 3d. Higher numbers of Copies at a Cheaper Rate ACCURACY IN EVERY DETAIL GUARANTEED. -ESTERN MAlL LIMITEr: ST. MARY-STREET, CARDIFF. DOCKS OFFICE: 112, BUTE-STREET. 4720 PREPAID ADVERTISEMENT. "EVENING EXPRESS." 1 ONC* THRE* S1* TIMES. TIMB8 20 Words 0 6 1 ft 16 -1- 30 Words 0 9 16 2 40 Words 1 0 2 0 3 0 50 Words 3 3 0 3 6 Notioo to Advertisers. IMPORTANT.—Advertisements to be classified must reach this office by 10.30 a.m.; but they can bo inserted up to 4.45 p.m., under head- ) ingot TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION. The boxes provided for answers to pdvertise- menMi appearing in the "Evening Express" ore not intended for any other purpose whatever, and cannot be allowed to be used for tlie distribution of printed or written advertising circular or announcements of any kind. The above cnarges apn!y only to consecutive insertions of th* following class of advertise- ments-Situations Wanted or Offered, Apart- ments. Money Wanted. Partnerships. Lost and Found. MisreJln-onns Wants. Businesses, Honses. Shop". Offices to Let or Sell. Specifio Articles for Sale Privately. Name ird Address to be counted. Orders sent through the nost. to be accom- panied by Postal Order or Halfpenny Stamps Advertisements are received also it the following snb-offlces:— NEWPORT TREDF'CU'R-PTTTKfiT SWANSEA .» CASTLE-STREET MERTHYR .VICTORIA-STREET PONTYPRIDD 4a. TAFF-STREET. HEAD OFFICES: CARDIFF: ST. MARY-STREET. XONEY. CARLTON BANK (LIMITED).—A cheap and Reliable Office to Borrow £ 3 to £ 500. Infor- mation free.-Call unon the Branch Manager, ill] 149, PENARTH-ROAD, CARDIFF. POUTiTRT. 130TJLTRT.—If yo* want your birds to pay I vou write for prices and samples of food to Noah Rees and Soil. Hay, Corn, and Seed Merchants. Cardiff. e6115 SICYCL88. SPECIAL Clearance.-Six Solid Safeties. C3 38s. 6d.; 4 Cushions. 50s.; 4 Pneumatics, jh5; cash only.-Mortia Bros., Cycle Works, Ponty- pridd. Repairs. Plating, and enamelling promptly. el947 DRESSMAKING. Tailor-made and D Braid Costumes, Wedding and Evening Dresses. Mantles. &c., Made in the Latest Style: fit guaranteed.—Address Lewis and Evans, 78, Wyndham-erescent. Cardiff. eJ836 1—: MISCELLANEOUS. A DVERTISERS are Cautioned that Post- J\. 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. TOBACCONISTS Commencing.-See Illustrated T Guide (259 pages), 3d.—Tobacconists' Out- fitting Company, 186, Euston-road, London. Hairdressers fitted. Manager, Henry Myers. elO566d EARTHENWARE and China.—Seconds £ 2 Crates: best £ 3: or will send 15 dozen Seconds Articles for 17s. 6d. Write for Lists.- Webbe and Co., Longton. Staffordshire Pot- teries. e6034 IS Yonr Watch Wrong? The Best and Cheapest Shop in Cardiff for the Repair of Watches of every description. English or Foreign, is 38. Castle Arcade (third shop from Castle-street), by James Keir, for ten years with Mr Spiridion. Clocks and Music Boxes Cleaned and Repaired. e4209 SHOP ASSISTANTS WANTED. ADVERTISERS are Cautioned chat Post- 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. HOWELL and Co., The Cardiff Drapers, have Several Vacancies for experienced Young Ladies and Young Men.-Applicants must give previous experience and state salary required. i6 GROCERY.—Junior Assistant Wanted at G once; indoors.—A,PP»Y, stating age, wages, anl references, Lambert, 107, Donald- street, Cardiff. 2990i6 GROCERY.—Intelligent Junior immediately: must be well up in provisions; Welsh: give full particulars.—Apply J. T. Davies, Dow- lais. 2967il C>( ROCERY and Provision Trade.—Wanted, T experienced Assistant: must know Welsh. —Apply Wm. Harris, 144, High-street, Mer- thyr. 2946i5 R APERY.—Wanted, a Young Man for Man- chester Department, who can speak Welsh.-Apply, stating experience, salary, and age, Thos. Yorath, Swansea. 2932i5 GROCERY.—Wanted immediately, smart Im- prover; willing to make himself generally useful.—Apply to Gilbert Thomas, Grocer, Oxford-street, Mountain Ash. 2864z31 GROCERY and Provisions.—Family Trade — Wanted, smart, intelligent Junior Hand; quick server; used to patents; able speak Welsh.-Randell and Sons, Llanelly. 2854i4 RESENTATION Tea Trade.—Two smart Men P Wanted as Managers for Branch Shops.- State full particulars Chinese Tea Company, Castle-road, Cardiff. 2831i4 WANTED, Several good W elsh Assistants and Juniors to the Grocery and Provision Trade.—Apply, stating age, references, and salary (indoors), Pegler's Stores, Pontypool. i4 WANTED. Two respectable Youths, also W Young Ladies, Apprentices to the Drapery and Millinery.—Apply M. D. James. The Temple. Ammanford. 2754il SITUATION Required by respectable Young Lady in Confectioner's; little experience.— Address A. B., Western Mail, Merthyr. 2764il CLERKS AND MANAGERS. ADVERTISERS are Cautioned that Post- 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. WANTED, for Shipbroker's Office, Boy Just Leaving School; one able write short- hand quickly.-L 93, Western Mail, Cardiff. i3 UNIOR Clerk Wanted in Office at Colliery; i must speak Welsh and make out pay sheets, permit3, wagon book; salary, 20s. per week.— £ tate age and experience L 78, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2884\1 OFFICE Boy.—Wanted, an intelligent Youth; one with knowledge shorthand preferred.— Apply, by letter, J. Trevethan, 20, Working- street, Cardiff. 281514 WANTED, in Leading Life Insurance Office, Intelligent, well-educated Youth; one with previous experience and knowledge short- hand preferred.—Apply, stating wages required, &c.. to L 64, Western Mail^ Cardiff. 2747H _f*-J .—An Income of 12s. 6d. to XI per Week Xi. Can be Earned in Spare Hours or Even- ings by Either Sex who can Wrlte.-Proof sent free anywhere to anyone sending self-addressed envelope to T. Smith and Co. (Department 9 B), 79, St. Helen's-gardens. North Kensington. Lon- don, W. L12562 v AGENTS, etc., WANTED. ADVERTISERS are Cautionedthat, Post- A masters are Not allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials or Fic- titious Names must bear the address of the Advertisec or one of the Omces of the Western Mail. WANTED at once, thoroughly-smart Man as Canvasser and Assist at Counter for Grocery Trade; also First Counterman for Grocery Department; only smart men need apply.-Address L 92, care of -tern Mail, Cardiff. 2984io "f\7"ANTED, by a leading Finn of Bakery »* Engineers, a first-class Agent for the South Wales District.—Messrs. W. F. Atasoii (Limited) Engineers, Manchester. 67529 AGENTS Wanted Every wher-j, Canvassing Shops, Hoteis; liberal terms; energetic canvassers can earn X-4 per week.—Apply Messrs. Pamphilon, Congjeton, Cheshire. 2918i5 rpEA and Provision Trade.—Wanted, ener- X getic Junior Traveller for Cardiff and District.-Apply, with full particulars, L 80. Western Mail, Cardiff. 2,39711 WANTED, a Representative for Sale of High- class Vinegars,^ Pitkles, Sauces, in South Wales; good connection requisite; salary and commission.—Traveller, Western Mail, New- port. 2838z31 A Trustworthy Man, o" activ# habits, aged 25 to 40. is Wanted to Take Up a Responsible and Remunerative Outdoor Position, Whole or Part Time.—Write in first instance, stating age. occupation, &c., to L 73, Weistera Mail, Cardiff. 2827i4 WANTED, Agents to Represent a Large Importing Company on Commission (Beef, Mutton. Butter, Cheese, Eggs, and General Provisions) in Newport, Swansea, and District, and other Large Towns; all accounts must be guaranteed.-Apply, by letter only, giving references and full particulars, to the Cardiff Live Stock Company, P.O. Box 51, Car- diff. 57508 GOOD Salesman Wanted for Warehouse; must produce highest references.—L 61, Western Mail, Cardiff. 2373z31 MISCELLANEOUS MLBS. FOR Sale, large-sized Kennel, in excellent con- dition, cheap; can be seen any time; no use to present owner.-Apply A 1, Evening Express, Cardiff. e6546 1 000 Business Cards. MemorandMms, or Bill- 5 heads, 3s.; 10,000 Useful Handbills, 2s. 6d samples free.-Fisher and Co.. Machine Printers, Broadmead, Bristol. e4418 FIREWOOD at Cardiff Union Workhouse, 2s. per- Cwt.; delivered in any part of the borough.—Orders to Master, Workhouse. e6574 LARGE Assortment O* -Christinas Cards Nttw on View.-etationery Department, Wes- tern Mail. Cardiff. e50430 PARLOUR Games, Is., post free; Obstacle P Race. Quoits, Japanese Billiards, Chinese Bagatelle, and the Latest Novelty. "The Penalty Kick" Table Football.—Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. e50430 "VTOKWIOH Canary, good size and colour, gas- XN light, songster, 6s.; large three compart- ment cage, 8s.—Owen, 25, Torberville-square Canton. Cardiff. ez31 wOu Thick Buff Copying Sheets; extra strong: U specially adapted for typewritten letters; letter-size, 2s. foolscap. 2s. 6d.—Stationery Department, Western Mail. Cardiff. 50430 SIXTY Years a Queen.—Part I. Now Ready; 6d., postage 2d.—Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. INVOICE and Letter Files. All the leading styles.—"The Sequence File," "The Warwick File," "The Standard File," "The Common- sense File "-Stationery Department. Western Mail, Cardiff. 50430 THE "Handy" Book Marker, 3d., post, free Stationery Department. Western MaiL Cardiff. 50430 1LB. Cream Notepatier and 100 Envelopes, Is., in Two Sizes. Private or Commercial.— Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. TV/JILKSF/LLER'S Delivery Book, Is.- 1 Stationery Department, Western Mail, Cardiu. 50450 THE New Game, Table Football, Is., nost free.—Stationery Department, Western Mail. Cardiff. 50430 ADHESIVE Linen. Tape for Repairing Music, A .Vc., 3d., post free, per roll —Stationery Department. Western Mail, Cardiff. 50430 AUTOMATIC Constant Level Inkstand; Is. M., A post free.—Stationery Department. Wes- tern Mail, Cardiff. 50430 1 000 Page Letter Copying Book; half bound j calf. 5s.; special line—Western Mail Sta- ticrery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. M-HE "Trypograph" Copying Apparatus: pro- jL duces thousands of copies from one hand- writing or typewriting.—Price list on applica- tion to Western Mail Stationery Departmont, Cardiff. 50430 STYLOGRAPHtC Fountain Pens. -s.. post ST fiee; invaluable to every business man.- Staticnery Department, Western Mail, Cardiff. AHONATCDS. for addressing boxes, &c.. ld. T and 2d. per packet.-Western Mail Limited, Cardiff. 50430 STONE'S "Universal' Portfolios for Letters. t.3 Price Lists, &c., &c.; from 4d. each.—Sta- t;onerv Department. Western Mail, Cardiff. DJUST ABLE Drawer Partitions, Js. per box. —Stationery Department. Western Mail, PATENT Automatic Office Paperweight and Monthly Calendar for Four Years, Is.— Stationery lepartment. Western Mail, Cardiff. THE Latest Improved Letter File, The Morden" File; 4s. 6d.—Stationery Depart- ment, Western Mail, Cardiff. e50430 "SAVE Time" Letter Cards, 25 for 4id„ post O free; an improvement on the Govern- ment card.—Stationery Department, Western t Mail. Cardiff. 50430

Too Late. ST. MARY-STREET RIP VAN WINKLE (just awakened after a long sleep): "Oh, I say, Mr. Corporation, Temperancetown is the best sit'; for your new buildings. I did not think so once, but now I am sure of it."

XriJHSSMAIDS AND SERVANTS WANTED. HOUSEMAID Wanted immediately.—Apply, H stating all particulars, to Mrs. Grover, Clydach Court, Pontypridd. el0583i5 AEDIFF.-Barina .id- Required, where others C are kept; previous experience not essen- tiaL-Reply, stating engagements (if any) to L 79, Western Mail, Cardiff. el0582il WANTED immediately, experienced Cook- General for Business House; good wages; personal application preferred.-Apply, first instance, Miss Kenshole, Bank-buildings, Aber- dare. 2966i6 WANTED, General; gentleman and lady .a family; £ 16 and rise. Also Housemaid; £ 16; parlourmaid kept.—Mrs. Frost, 10, Brook- lyn-chambers, Bristol. 3007i6 WANTED, good General Servant for Small Family; no washing.-rApply 17, Lans- downe-terrace, Swansea 2994i6 WANTED, a clean, respectable General; four in family; washing put out.—27, Salis- bury-road, Cardiff. t 5?93i6 "TXTANTED, a good General Servant; a good V i home; Welsh girl preferred.—Apply 20, The Walk, Canlitf.98611 ANTED, -food General; comfortable home; country girl preferred.—Apply J. Miles, Western Mail, Ebbw Vale. Siwa^ ENERAL Servant, "with good character, Wanted for a Gentleman in the Country, Wanted for a Gentleman in the Country, near Newport.—Apply M.. Western Mail. New- port. ^014li_ WANTED, good Cook; good wages; small family. Also House-Parlourmaid; three 2cl W family. Also House-Parlourmaid; three in family; good wages.—45, Park-street, Bris- tol. J7o46__ IIOUSEMAID; wait at table: country girl pre- 11 ferred; for private family; must have good personal character.—Apply, between one and two or six and seven p.m. at 7, East-gr^ve, Cardiff. 57553 ANTED, good Plain Cook; gentleman, lady in family; £ 25. Also Housemaid; wait on lady; £ 20. Young Housemaid, £ 12—71. Park-street, Bristol. 3008i6 ANTED7 Laundresses, Plain Cooks, House- W maids, Nurses, and Generals.-Select Registry,- 10, King's-road, Cardiff. 3004i6 HOUSE Parlourmaid Wanted; able to wait at table; small lamily; aged 23 25; wages about £15; quiet village.-Full particulars to Mrs. Martin Richards, Blackford, North Cad- bury, Somerset. zyaiwi COOK (Plain) Wanted; aged 23^25; wages according to capabilities; quiet village^ State fullest particulars Mrs. Martin Richards Blackford, North Cadbury. Somerset. 2980z31 COOK, good Plain, Wanted; trustworthy person, about 30; for small family; at end of January.—State age, wages required, and fullest particulars, to Mrs. Ricliard Deanesly, Wincanton, Somerset. ^/yzjl WANTED, experienced Cook-General; nurse- honsemaid kept.—Apply Mrs. Redgrave, 5. Sket-ty-road, Swansea. 2995i6 WANTED, Early January, a good Cook- General; aged from 25 to 35; two in family; nurse kept: must have good personal character from last place; two miles from town; good wages to competent person.—Kepty U 10, Western Mail Office, Swansea. 2986I6_ WANTED, an experienced General Servant; no washing.-Apply Mrs. William Jones, 14, Oakfield-street, Roath, Cardiff. 2987i6 ANTED -ood Plain Cook for One Elderly W Lady; £ 20. Also House and Parlour- maid- £ 18; gentleman's family; comfortable situation.-4, Grove-road, Redland, BristoL i3 WANTED" good Plain Cook and House- Parlourmaid.—Apply, before eleven and after six, at Falloden, 39, Cathedral-road, Car- diff. 295716 WANTED, for Penarth, General Servant; housemaid kept; no washing.—Apply 1, Marine-parade, Penarth, or 30, Park-place, Car- diff. 295515 WANTED, Cook-General; two in family.— Apply Gladwyn,_ Llani&hem 2%6i6 COOK General Wanted for Sidmouth. South Devon; two in family; housemaid kept; good references required.—Apply Mrs. Jones, Plas-yr-onen, Ystradgynlais, Swansea Vale. i3 GOOD Plain CookWanted; £ 25; gentleman's small family: assistance given; .quiet situa- tion Kitchenmaid, £ 12.-92, St. Michael's Hill, Bristol. W ANTED, Nurse. 20 to 25, by 16th January. "—State wag<s and reference Mrs. H. 0. Bevan, Blaina, Mon. 2798i4 NTTBSEMAIDS AND SERVANTS WANT PLACES. rpHOROTJGHLY experienced Housemaid Disen- X gaged: aged 26; go"d needlewoman; assist waiting; tall, strong; three years' good charac- ter. three years' previous.—Elizabeth, 71. Park- street, Bristol. 3009i6 SITUATION Wanted as Cook in Gentleman's €7 Family Whero One or Two Kilchenmaids are Kept; town preferred.—Lewis, Calsick, Templetc.11, Pembrokeshire. 2596z31 LADIES Suited with All Classes of Servants. Situations Secured for Servants. Fee. Is. Miss Walters, 30, Page-street. Swansea. 2824i4 COOK General Disengaged; reliable; expe- rienced; twelve months' reference; £ 13; country girl.—Mrs. Stuart, 2. Frederi-?k-street (near corner Queen-street), Cardiff. 27967.31 HEREFORDSHIRE Servant Disengaged; cook, UL wash; JE12. Also Pembrokeshire Girl; L9; excellent references.—Address Country Servants, 9, Radnor-road, Canton, Cardiff. 2751il HREMISES. 0 Let, Laburnam se,en TO Let, Laburnam House, feefn Coed; seven" bedrooms, bathiocm, two large sitting- rooms, good kitchen, scullery, and cellar, and large garden.—Apply at 194,_High^street. 13 'Y Conway-road.—Capital Residence; stable; TConvray-road.—Capital Residence; stable; 1 newly renovated; moderate rent.—iivans and Hughes, House and Estate Agents, Wharton- street, Cardiff. 3001i6 rpo be Let. Robert's Rest House, Ferry side. X This excellent Dweiling-house, with the stabling, out-buildings, capital garden and plea- sure grounds, and (if required) the field imme-j diately adjoining the residence, is to be Let from the 29th September, 1897. There is good wild fowl shooting and fair fishing, both .fresh land salt water, in the neighbourhood; also facilities for yachting and boating in the tidal River Towy and Carmarthen Bay. Ferryside is on the main line of the Great Western Railway. -Burker. Morris, and Barker, 2, Nott's-square, Carmarthen. 57545 A Ten-roomed Villa, Llandaff-road. Eight- roomed Villa. Pontcanna-road; hot and cold bath. Also Corner Shop, with Dwelling- house and Stabling.—Apply 40, Llanfair-road, Cardiff, or 14, Gordon-road, Roath. 295816 TO Let, No. 201, Newport-road, Cardiff; mode- rate rent; every convenience.—Apply Lattey and Co., 8, Working-street. Cardiff. i5 TO Let, 121, Albany-road; eight-roomed house; immediate possession; all latest improvements. — Apply 10, Piercefield-place, Roath, Cardiff. 2879i5 ro Despenser-street (Park-terrace).—Capital OO, House; six bedrooms; good condition.— Evans and Hughes, House and Estate Agents, Wharton-street, Cardiff. 2828i4 ROATH.—Immediate possession, 17, Grenville- terrace, Metal-street; two reception-rooms, five bedrooms, bathroom.-Apply Jones, 77, Caerleon-road, Newport. 2813i4 TO Let, 79, Stacey-road; one breakfast, two T sitting rooms, kitchen, six bedrooms, bath- room, conservatory, <kc.—Sessions (Limited), Cardiff. 2810i4 ROATH, best part, 160, Newport-road; freshly papered, paiAted. Also Smaller Residence; ready for occupation.—Apply 168, Newport-road, Cardiff. 274611 LLANTWIT Vardre.-To Let, a substantial L Semi-detached Villa; drawing, sitting rooms, kitchen, scullery, four bedrooms, bath- room: large garden; one minute from Church Village Station, ten minutes from Efail Isaf > Station (Barry Line).-Particulars apply D. > Rees, Solicitor, Llantwit Vardre. 2772il TO Let (Furnished), with immediate posses- sion, Bonvilstone House, formerly the resi- dence of Tudor Crawshay, Esq., within eight miles of Cardiff, on the Cowbridge-road, and two from Peterston Station; good stable accom- modation 30 acres of grass land and about 500 acres of shooting.—Apply Messrs. David and David, 27, High-street, Cardiff. 2732z31 HEALTHIEST Position of Cardiff, close by Roath Tram Terminus.—To be Let or Sold, 282 to 292, Newport-road; Six Newly- erected Villas, 22ft. frontage, standing on high ground, and built with the very best materials, and with all modern improvements, rooms being lofty and well lighted; gardens 150ft. long, with back entrances; inspection invited. -Terms and particulars apply Lewis, 266, Newportrroad, Cardiff. 2729z31 THE South Wales, Monmouthshire Property Register for December Free on Applica- tion or Post.-Hern and Pertwee, House Agents, Auctioneers, Valuers, &c., Cardiff. 28813 APARTMENTS TO 1ST. COMFORTABLY-FURNISHED Apartments to Let; convenient to 'busses; suitable for Lady or Gentleman; with or without board; terms moderate; no children.—Apply A 4. Even- ing Express Office, Cardiff. 00840 KUSICAL. ROATII MUSIC ACADEMY, 63, Newport-road, Cardiff (Established 1878).—Pianoforte, American Organ, Violin, Singing. and Theory; a few vacancies.—Tuatcher. el0580i3 a»a—a—i——————————M MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS VACANT. ADVERTISERS are Cautioned that Post- A masters are Not Allowed to Deliver Letters Addressed to Initials or Fictitious Names at any Post-office. Letters addressed to Initials -r Fictitious Names must bear the address of the Advertiser or one of the Offices of the Western Mail. WANTED, a Second Hand for a Cake Fac- tory, Accustomed to Machinery; state age, wages required, and references.—Apply, by letter, Caie, Pontypool. e6639 WANTED at once, respectable, steady Man to Deliver Gccds; must thoroughly understand horses; knowledge of plain garden- ing desirable.—Bunning. Ironmonger, Ponty- pool. 3010i3 BOOT Trade.—Wanted at once, a good General Hand; must be steady and single.—O. P. Edmunds, Caerphilly. 3005i6 "I^TANTED, energetic Lads to Work Machines. V —Apply Foreman, Electrical Insulation Syndicate, East Moors, Cardiff. 2288i3 WANTED, Tin-plate Worker; one expe- t V nenced in the construction of lamps pre- fer-ed.—Apply, by letter in own handwriting, stating age. experience, and qualifications, to the Manager, Cardiff Railway Company's Gas- works, East Moors, Cardiff. 57552 COACH Painter Wanted; must be good. lining, v; varnishing; dso writer preferred; con- stant.-F. T. Wilkins, Coach Builder, Llandrin- dod Wells. 2969z31 WANTED, a Plasterer; experienced, all- round man.—Apply Pickford and Son, Workshop, rjus-street, Penarth. 2}f2i3 WANTED, Timber Haulier; three horses; vT baul copwood (contract); twelve months' work; good roads; near Quaker's Yard Station. -Lewis. Timber Merchant, Pontypridd. 2924i5 WANTED, a competent Lampman; total W abstainer preferred.—Apply Abercrave Colliery^ Abercrave, Swansea Valley. 2931il_ BLACKSMITHS and "Wheelwrights Wanted; constant einploymeiit and good wages given to experienced men; ijp improvers wanted. —Stone's Steam Wheel Works, Newport, Mon. given to experienced men; ijp improvers wanted. —Stone's Steam Wheel Works, Newport. Mon. 294115 SADDLERS.—Wanted, a General Hand, Used to Country Work.—T. Baker, Saddler, Haverfordwest. JOINERS Wanted; also Spindle Machine Hand i (joiner preferred).—Apply Pontypridd Steam Joinery Company (Limited). Pontypridd. 2902il WANTED, competent Smith, Used to Engine Work.—State age, references, and wages. Fielding and Platt, Gloucester. 57460 WANTED, for Manchester District, good Non- Society Pattern Makers, Fitters, Turners, Machinemen, and Blacksmiths; to good men constant work and good wages.—Address, stating references and further particulars, to B 75. Wes- terr. Mail. Cardiff 55335 IMMEDIATELY.—Wanted, experienced Foot- JL mar.—Apply Howell Walters, Haroldstone Hall. Little Haven, Pembrokeshire, stating height, age, wages asked, and reference. :6 WANTED, for Stable, smart Lad, 16—17, Able to Ride and Drive; light weight; good reference.—D. Carne, Nash Manor, Cow- bridge. 57533 TA^TANTED, steady Man as Waggoner; must T be thoroughly good ploughman —Apply Richard Workman, Ty-yn-Brwyn Farm, Castle- town, Cardiff. 2958i5 MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS WANTED. BUTCHER.—Young Man Wants "Situation as B Slaughterman or Shopman; good re Re- ferences.-Apply 79, Tudor-road, Cardiff. 284614 WANTED, by Young Man; good bread,"cake, and smalls; disengaged; good references. 1 Z., 25, Mackworth-street, Bridgend. 2803i4 BUSINESS ADDRESSES. 1 PIONEERS OF I ARTISTIC TAILORING For both Ladies and Ceqtiemen. THE West End Tailors In Duke Street, a a CARDIFF Who Guarantee Stylish-Fitting Garments 25 per cent. lower than local prices. Felegraphic Address: National "REVOLUTION," Telephone, Cardiff. No. 834. Patterns Post Free. "TOOTHEZIA" REGISTERED. FOR TOOTHACHE. e6408 AMERICAN T^ENTISTRT, JLr GENUINE & PAINLESS AMERICAN "PIENTISTRT. JLJ GENU1NE&PAINLES THE AMERICAN DENTISTS' CO., Reg., 4, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF (Neitto Masters's, Corner of f t. John's-square). TEETH Complete Set rjlEETH QNE GUINEA Six Years' Guarantee Given With Every Case. AMERICAN T|ENTISTRI. JLJ GENUINE & PAINLESS SPECIALISTS! SPECIALISTS Public Testimonials from Leading Doctors and Patients. THE AMERICAN DENTISTS' CO REGISTERED, 4, QUEEN-STREET, CARDIFF Next Door to Masters's, Corner St. John's-square. CON&LLTATION FREE CraDc Notices, ART DECORATORS. WD AVIS AND SON, WD AVIS AND SON, • PAINTERS, GLASS, OIL, AND PAPER-HANGING MERCHANTS. 11. QUEEN-STREET. DYEWORKS, ETC,, 4 IF YOU WANT YOUR CLOTHES NICELY CLEANED, GO TO HOBBS, DYER, 1, NELSON-TERRACE. FURNITURE. EVAN & COMPANY, LIMITED. B THE,, FURNISHERS," IT. MARY-STRE-5T AND DUlvn-STREET. HATS. ID ARSLEY'S HANDMADE HATS, p 2s. 9d. and 3s. 9d.-15, Wyndham Arcade and 40, Caroline-street. BUY FROM THE MAKER. e904 RHEUMATIC CURE, FOR FULL PARTICULARS APPLY TO PHIL PHILLIPS, 24. ST. SIARY-S" I;.EET. SALES BY AUCTION. gAMtfEL. AUCTIONEER RENT AND DEBT COLLECTOR, HAYES BUILDINGS, CARDIFF. gales conducted at Moderate Rates. ^ompt settlements and cash advanced upop vrt goods or property consigned for sale. Itents and debts efficiently collect-ed on a low scale of commission. Settlements made promptly. t.t.f.—6031f MANUFACTURER, HORSFORTH. OFFERS HIS OWN GOODS DIRECT from till LOOM at MILL PRICES, viz. Serges, Fancies, Cashmeres. Biejea Meltons, Man le Cloths. Patterns sent free (n application. Save all intermediate profit,. Special Lot of Dress Meltons, all shades, a per yard. PhU.Phillipe Toothache Cure (itw) For Toothache & Heuralgia. Acts Like Kagia. 1/- per Bottle, of all Chemists. Or from Sola Xaaufacturer, II, St. Vary Street, OudJI

===- THE IDENTITY OF THE VEILED MURDERESS REVEALED. TÅ8 Woman Convict Whose Face Has Been Hidden Forty-five Years is Lady William E. Elliott, of England. SPECIALLY SET FOR THE EVENING EXPRESS- 6; (CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY.) Tie story as told to her old friends was that Lady Elliott had just arrived from Scotland, and was travelling through America with her brother. The train of reasoning that the brother wished to start was: "If my sister be here she cannot be the murderess now awaiting trial in gaol." The appearance of brother and sister at the reception stopped all talk connect- ing the Veiled Murderess with the Wood family, but the reception at,, the Willards was 'barely four hours old before brother and sister left "to go to the hotel" for the night, the next day to resume their travels. They went as far as the gaol, and Lady Elliott was placed once more in her cell. How was it done? T don't know, but that it was done is a fact which can- not be disputed. 1 want im WI & cuiiaat thing connected with my visit to Sing Sing. She was painted when I saw her, but it did not disguise her in the least. When Superintendent Allison, of Mattea- wan, received me in his office I told him I had come to make inquiries concerning the Veiled Murderess, on behalf of an old friend of hers in Chicago. The courteous official seemed gratified. I sincerely wish the identity of Henrietta Robin- son might be established," said he. She will not live long. She has considerable property, and there will be heirs to her estate, and unless her identity is known beyond a doubt there will be a vast amount of trouble." "Did she never have visitors?" "There came once to see her," replied the superintendent, "a woman, handsomely dressed, in a victoria. 'Mrs. Robinson" cried Charlotte when she saw her, and instantly laid her finger on her lip to enjoin silence." "Can I see Mrs. Robinson?" "Yes, I will take you up to the ward." Dr. Allison unlocked door after door and led the way up a long staircase. We entered a vast apartment, light, airy, and immaculate, in which about thirty patients were sitting, sewing, piay- ing dominoes, and knitting. "That is Mrs. Robinson by the window," said the physician; "you can go over and speak to her." I crossed the room and stood before her. Was this the Veiled Murderess? A gentle, kindly old lady of noarly eighty sat knitting placidly in her easy chair. There were traces of great beauty in her fine. old face, and I remembered that her hands were very small and shapely. She looked up s t me and gave me a sunny smile. "Mrs. Robinson, I have come a good way to see you." i, "Indeed, and you are very welcome," she said, giving me her hand with quite the grand air. I bent over her and spoke in a low voice Do you remember your old friend, Charlotte Norris, whom you knew—oh, so many years ago?" The old lady started and looked fixedly at me an instant. "Charlotte!" she murmured, as in dream. "She was with me at the Emma Wil- lard School, in 'froy;¡ I guess I do remember her. Why, she was my dearest friend." "You were at school in Troy?" "Yes, I and my three sisters—Emma, Geor- gians, and Caroline. But where is Charlotte I Norris?" and Mrs. Robinson caught my hand in hers and pulled me down in a seat beside her. "She lives in Chicago. She came to see you once, did she not?" "Yes. I was so glad to see her—Charlotte, Charlotte. Oh, I did love her so at school. What good times we had! Such merry days, and how we dreaded our examinations." The old lady laughed heartily at this recollection. "I visited Charlotte once at her home in Utica, and she did everything to give me a good time. Oh, yes, Charlotte; I remember her so well." I drew my chair closer. "Your name was Charlotte, too," I said. The woman clutched my hand tighter. "My God!" she panted,- looking round in alarm, "don't speak that name here. What do you know of me?" she demanded, almost fiercely. I spoke slowly. "You were Charlotte Wood, were you not?" "Oli," said she, with a gasp, "I was Charlotte Wood, but I buried that name years ago. I don't want to hear it spoken. Charlotte has told you, then. I thought she would keep my secrets to the grave." She was greatly agitated, and I soothed her as best I could. "You see, my dear," she went on, after a moment's pause, "I am known here as Henrietta Robinson." She laughed, and her laugh was like the crackling of thorns. "I don't know why I took the name Robinson. It belonged to neither of my husbands." "Oh, were you married twice ?" "Yes, my dear, and both unhappy marriages." "Was your iirst husband the Englishman ?" She started violently again and regarded me steadily. "Yes," she breathed, rather than spoke. "He was a nobleman, was he not?" I half whispered, "Sir William-" I paused purposely. The old lady gripped my hand so hard she fairly hurt it, and, looking me directly in the eyes, said: "Sir William F. Elliott; yes, he was PlY first husband." "Is he dead?" "Oh, many years ago," she replied. "He did not live long after we were married." "And your second husband?" "My second husband ?" Her voice rang harshly now, and she raised her thin hand passionately to heaven. "Would to God," she cried, "I had never met him. All my trouble came from him. And yet I loved him-" "What was his name—Jim I paused. But she glowered at me. "I will not tell you his name. He was a well-known man, but he, too, is dead. Besides, you know too much about me. Charlotte has betrayed me." Again I calmed her and spoke of other things, but harking back again to this marriage. "It was a conditional marriage," she said. "He wished no children. We did not live together long." "Where were you married?" "In Troy—in a hotel," she said. "The pro- prietor witnessed the marriage." "Have you any children?" A tear stole down her pale cheek. "Don't ask me anything about that," she said, trembling violently. The grief oi a mother, even though she be a crazy criminal, is sacred. I did not press the question. "You have your own incoriie,, I am .told?" "I have plenty of property," she said, earnestly, "and it's piling up all the time. When I I am gone my family and those who have been true to me will find I have not forgotten them." "You have suffered greatly for your family." "I have suffered everything," she said mourn- fully. "My liberty and my reputation have been stolen from me by designing people, but I have kept my vows and my secret, and I shall carry them to my grave." "What message do you wish to send to Mrs. Norris ?" "Charlotte!" she mused for a space. Then, suddenly: "Charlotte is the only one outside my family who knows the secrets of my life. She knows everything about me. I do not believe she will ever betray me. Tell her I am well and happy, but it will not be long now. When the time comes I will senct her the signal we agreed upon. It will be published in' the press She will know it at once. It will have my initials, C.W., signed to it. Then I want 4-ter to come to me as quickly as possible and bring my grandmother's lawyer, and I will settle matters for all time." I think she was wandering now a trifle. She had been violently excited and agitated. Old faces had come before her, old voices had called to her from out a stonny past. I saw by the look on her attendant's face that it was time for me to go. I took her lady- ship's hand. "Good-bye, Lady Charlotte," I whispered. "Good-bye," she murmured, looking away and beyond me, as if she saw the phantom of her lost youth. As I cama out of Matteawm the flying squad- I rons of black clouds were massing sullenly in every part of the heavens, save far over the Stcrm King, where gleamed the rose and gold of the dying sun. And the afterglow of the sunset was like the peaceful ending of a tem- pestuous and troubled life. I (CONCLUDED.)

THE EXT INSTALMENT OF OUR Y 0 0 T B A L L S TOR Y ENTITLED, "THE CUP WINNERS," WILL APPEAR IN THE "gVENING EXPRESS TO-MORROW (Saturday).

A LEGAL APPARITION. A curious case is reported from abroid. A man disappeared. He was thought to be dead, and his effects were distributed. He came back after twenty years,, and went into the court issuing the decree, and asked the judge to issue an order to give him his property. The judge said: "In the eye of this court you are dead. This is not the place for you to get mistakes rectified. Get a lawyer—he will tell you what to do." The man persisted, and said he "wanted his property, and it was an outrage to depnve him of it another day." His only reply was: "I tell you that in the eye of this court you are dead. Sheriff, take this apparition out of court."

Quips and Cranks. Why do prosperous men always say that the ladder of success is made up of broken rungs?" "Well, they do it so that other fellows won't try to crawl up after them." After the Railway Accident.—Doctor: "What on earth are you holding his nose for?" Pat (kneeling beside the victim): "So his breath won't leave his body, of course." "They say that if Sliakspeare were alive now he couldn't make a living." "What's the matter with getting big damages from those men who say he didn't write his own plays?" "He'll be a cyclist when he grows up," chuckled Mr. Sprocketts as he dandled his five- months-old child. "How do you know?" asked Mrs. Sprocketts. "Just listen to his bawl-bearing mouth!" "Ah," remarked Mr. Tuppenny Show from the wings as liis new prima-donna successfully dodged a flying egg, "that is something like! I was beginning to fear she would attract no atten- tion." Guide (showing a party of tourists the room in a fittnous castle where the Duke of Guise was murdered): "Here he received tlio first stroke of the sword. There lie fell, never to rise again. Here, this is the fire-place where Henry III. came to warm himself after the crime was perpetrated; and in yonder cup- rise again. Here, this is the fire-place where Henry III. came to warm himself after the crime was perpetrated; and in yonder cup- board I keeps my brushes I" ( I .—-A. ,V • If** V New boarder, warmly: "Oh, I'm knowing in the tricks of your trade. Do you think I have lived in boarding-houses twenty years for nothing?" Landlady, frigidly: "I shouldn't be at all surprised." Aunt Abby (at the museum): "And ain't that critter got any arms?" Uncle Haystack: "Of course, he has. They call him the armless wonder 'cause it's a wonder where he keeps hit arms." Natural History.—"Did you know, my littlr boy," asked the solemn old gentleman, "that < bee can fly faster than a pigeon?" "I didrft know it before," said the little boy; "but I know he can sit down a heap harder." A curiaus legal point was decided in the reign of Elizabeth—at least, so the story goes. A. country gentleman bequeathed his estate to his eldest son, and ten pounds to the younger. He had only two sons, who were twins. The first- born claimed the estate, but it seemed he had been round the world with Drake, and so had lost a day on the voyage. Hence, the lawyers — sly rogues—assured him that his brother's claim was the best; and the adventurer, acquiescing is the decision, departed on his tr;avels with the tellt poundsinhispocket. Only an Incident.—"Bow! wow! bow! wow- wow—wow!" "Hang that dog!" exclaims Scrib- bler, closing the window witA a bang. "If there't anything I do detest, it's a yelping cur!" "Boo! woo! boo! woo—woo—woo! "Good gracious!" says Scribbler; "that must be another! Draf those dogs, anyway!" "noo! woo! bow! wowi boo—woo bow! wovr-wow! zip!" "GrcaJ Scoti!" yells Scribbler, throwing up the window, with a shout of glee, "it's a fight! Go it, I'ttu dog! Go it, little one! Now you've got hIm' Go it!" And he Jeans out of the window for ai L_b.ouz