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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES. DEATHS. AND IN MEMORIAM. '_f' Notices appearing under these headings are charged at the following ia±os: — If inserted in the "EVENING EXPRESS," -INTes. TERX MAIL," and "WEEKLY MAIL," 3s. fOr 30 Words end ld. for each Additional Word. II inserted in the "EVENING EXPEESS and "WEEKLY MAIL" only, Is. for 30 Words find ld. for every Two Extra Words. „iM. No notices of this description will be inserted tm.ess authenticated by the name and address of tlie sender. Telegrams or telephonic messages cannot be acted oil until confirmed in writing | BIRTHS MARRIAGES & DEATHS BIRTHT~ T ] JONES.—On the 7th May, at Lampeter, the wife of J. Martin Jones, of a eon. Mr. Curtis and Family wish to thank all < their friends for their kind sympathy in their 1 sad bereavement. i PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. ] t CARDIFF- fpHEATRE JJOYAL, (JARDIFF. j Lessee and Manager ROBERT REDFORD. J EVERY EVENING, at 7.30. < THE NEW UP-TO-DATE COMEDY. i THE 'ARSITY ILIELLE. 1 Next Week: THE COMPTON COMEDY COMPANY. Eal3747 ( Box Office at Theatre, 10 to 5- Nat. Tel. 362. j THEATRE JJOYAL, QAIIDIFF. < MONDAY. MAY 12th, SIX NIGHTS ONLY. ] WELCOME RETURN OP ^rr,. j !MR EDWARD COMPTON AND COMPANY. Monday THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL. 1 Tuesday THE RIVALS. Wednesday DAVY GARB1CK. ( Thursday EDMUND KEA>i. Friday A REFORMED RAKE. ( Saturday DAVY GARRICK. Seats can now be booked. al3769 HAND THEATRE, CARDIFF. Lessee A Manager—EDWARD QUIGLEY. TO-NIGHT, at 7.30, ( fTTHE SILENT TIFOUSE. .iL IO JL-jZL e658hl0 Popular prices. Next week. "The Fatal Hour. c 'Tis not in mortals to command success, bnt we'll do more-deserve it.Addison. rjTHE £ jARDIFF JgjMPIRE, j QUEEN-STREET. 1 iManaging Director OSWALD STOLL ¡ '1 TO-NIGHT! ""SOTTSA." "DOLLY GRAY." "THE DANDY." GEORGE T ASHWOOD, iThe Celebrated Actor-Vocalist in his Latest Successful Songs. ] 20th Century Swells! BURNS AND EVANS, ] In their Original Speciality. "Funnabalism." ] Bewitching, Melodious LILY LENA, A Charming Comedienne. Pretty as a Picture. FRED W. MILLIS, (The Australian Ventriloquist, in his Unique. Entertainment, „ "MIRTH. MUSIC. AND MIMICRY. „ ["Skill is the Child of Patience and Industry. HENRI HUMBERTI, THE WORLD'S CHAMPION JUGGLER. From the Palace Theatre. GILWART AND BISTON, Comic Cyclists. AMY ALLNUTT, Character Vocalist. FRED AND LILLIE HARRISON, Speciality Dancers and Character Duettists. C. H UNTHAN, The Armless Wonder! iUntha* can do more with his feet than many can do with their hands. Bicycles Stored Free of Charge. Two Performances Nightly. Early One fbetween 7 o'clock and 9; Late One between ] :9 o'clock and 11. All Artists appear at each ] Performance. 1 Box Offfee Open Daily (with exception of fSaturdaysV 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. Saturdays 11 a.m. 1.o 3 p.m. Plan of Grand jCirc'.c. Nr. Rooking Feos. L1SSS3 ■ NEWPORT. THE NEWPORT EMPIRE., CHARLES-STREBT. .'Managing Director OSWALD STOLL. ] TO-NIGHT I Austin Rudd, the Popular Come- dian. Mi3s Gwtrella, depicting Beauties of Light and Colour in Aerial Grace. The Two :!Bees, Duettists. Harry Champion. "Quick and Quaint." Billy "tucker with the Boxing Ball. Paul Mill. Character Comedian. The Three Kennies, Contortionists. Emma Don. Come- dienne. G. W. Hinter, Comedian and Racon- teur. L18S64 C E U M, -Ir*JE WPORT. Ly k IN Proprietor & Manager.Wr CLARENCE SOUNES THISTSEEK: 4 ROYAL CARL ROSA OPERA CO. TO-NIGBi, 7.30. fp A N NII iUSER. Mr. R. CUNNINGHAM. ifiss LUCILE HILL. Saturday Matinee ."FAUST." Eatnrday Night CARV r,,N. Booking Office Open Ten t> Ten. 79357 = BEBCHAIS FILLS cump, BiLroUg Al\-Di\'ERVOUS,DISORDEILS, SICK INDIGESTION, RYH^EPSIA And all STOMACHIC TROUBLES.. E E C H A jpiLLS JL) REMOVE WIND andPAlNS inthe STOMACH. avdtiw, RT.IHtGTSII and TOKI.UJ LIYKKS, ENSURE PROPER ASSOCIATION oI«FOOD. STRENGTHEN the STOMACH. jg~E E C H AM"S J> I L L S MAKE you LOOK WELL, FEEL WELL, ^.nd KEEP WELL RElliOVE PIMPLES and BLOTCHES on She LAY^the foundation of HEALTH. surrABLE for OLD and YOUNG^ lOEECHAM'S pILLSJ PURIFY the BLOOD and REMOVE SCURVY. iP? MTT,D but EFFECTIVE, in their action. the reraU of OVER-INDULGENCE. „ ti E E C H A S pILLS Are cuirrTALLY SUITABLE for the DISEASES and AILMENTS OOMMON to IMPEOTE^THE COMPLEXION. BIfKmFs™liisS™toot ««E t»l 01 „v?f« the puWicat 'on of ««!■ ™0°BECOMMEiro THEMS^VES. BEECH A M S PI E8456 PAGE 4 TO-DAY. ORDER FIVE SOVEBEEBMS t CAERPHILLY LAST'S REC8RD. t 1: i PAGE 4 I TO-DAY. I PUBLIC COMPANIES. lue JJSt of APPLICATIONS will he CLOSliU on or before the 14th MAY, ISOi. (CARDIFF COKPORATJON 3 PER CENT. REDEEMAIiLi'J STOCK. ISSUE OF £ 742,000. PRICE OF ISSUE, £9ó PER CENT. iirst Dividend, being a full Six Months' Interest, payable 1st July, 1902. The Trustee Act, 1893. authorises a Trustee, unless expressly forbidden by the instrument, tn any), creating the Trust, to invest funds in this Stock. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND (LIMI1ED) is authorised by Reaolu- tions passed by the Corporation of Carditi on the 7th May, 1902, to receive Applications for £ 742,000 Cardiff Corporation Three per Cent. Redeemable Stock. Interest payable haif- yearry at the said Bank or at any of its Branches. This Stock is redeemable at par at the option of the Corpora/ion. at any time after the expi- ration of tweilty years, from 7th December, 1894, by giving six months' notice, and must be extinguished by 7t h December, 1954. Ihe present issue of Stock is for the purpose of repaying, temporary advances made to the Corporation; the re-placing of Waterworks Mortgages 'paid off, Purchase of Tramways, Construction and Equipment of Electric Tram- ways, Puicliaae of Land3 and Erection of Depots and Station. Making Roads, Bridges, Electric Lighting, Street Iruprove- ments, and other purposes. x'h& Stock is secured on the whole of the ivevenueg of the Corporation, and ranks pari passu with the. Cardiff Corporation S;3 per Cent. Stock already in existence, and also equally as to security with the £ 5 £ per Cent. Cardiff Corporation Stock. The Ratable Value of the Borough is £ 1.062,920. Besides the Waterworks, the Electric Light- ing, and the Tramways Undertakings, the Corporation possess an income exceeding £ 12,000 from lands, buiidings, ground rents, market tolls, and other property. -the Revenue Receipts of the Corporation during the year ended 31st March, 1902, amounted to £ 353,000. The net loan debt of the Corporation on the 31st March, 1902. was £ 2,437,937, exclusive of temporary advances, which will be discharged by the present issue of Stock. The Books of the Stock will be kept by the National Provincial Bank of England (Limited), at 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, where transfers must be made (without charge, and aJso free from stamp duty) by the per- sonal attendance of the Stockholder or his Attorney. A full six months' interest will be payable on the 1st July next by Coupon, which will be attached to the Scrip. The Stock will be issued at the price of zC96 per cent., and applications, with the required deposit of" £ 3 per cent., will be received by the NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND (LIMITED), 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, E.C. Applications must be for multiples of £ 50, but the Stock once inscribed will be trans- ferable in any amount. Payment will be required as follows, viz.:— Z5 per cent. on application. £ 31 „ 21st May, 1902. Z630 „ 2nd July, 1902. xio „ 6th August, 1902. The instalments may be paid in full on or after 21st May, 1902, under discount at the rate °f £ o per cent, per annum. Full Prospectuses and Forms of Application may be obtained at the National Provincial Bank of England (Limited), 112, Bishopagate- street, London, and at its Branches; at the offices of Messrs. J. and A. Scrimgeour, 18. Old Broad-street, London; at the office of Frederick Ridge Greenhill, Esquire, Borough Treasurer, Cardiff; and also from Joseph Larke Wheatley, Esquire, Town-clerk of Cardiff. 9th May, 1902. e9977 PUBLIC NOTICES. BETHANY CHAPEL, ST. MARY- J" STREET.—SUNDAY, MAY 11th, 1S02, NINETY SIXTH ANNIVERSARY. — Preacher, Rev. W. E. WINKS, F.R.A.S. (Pastor).-Collec- tions in aid of Chapel lainds. egW4 IiANGETOWN PARISH CHURCH. -PING-PONG TOURNAMENTS, in Iron Room, Bromsgiove^atreet (One' Minute from Trains). Open and Local (Ladies' and Gentle- men's) Competitions. Good Prizes Given. Wed- nesday. Thursday, and Friday in Wliit Week. 21st., 22nd., and 23rd. May, 1902. Open and Local Championship Prizes presented by Alder- man S. A..Brain and Councillor Sessions. Full Particulars and Entry Forms can now be obtained, from Secretaries, 27, diva-street, Grangetown. e9972 r- SUNSEARAIN SERGE (Regd.) SUNSEARAIN SERGE (Regd.) SUNSEARAIN SERGE Regd.) Warranted to stand the SUN, SEA, OR BAIN, SUIT TO MEASURE, 55S. SOLE AGENTS: STEWART & STEWART THE CASH TAILORS, 27, CASTLE ARCADE, CARDIFF. BEWARE OF MTATIONS. Wio THE WEEKLY JJ/JAIL. JJEST ^YEEKLY J^EWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WALES. 12 LARGE pAGES. .r ONE pENNY. IT IS THE LARGEST AND BRIGHTEST WEEKLY PUBLISHED IN WALES. tf you want to keep your distant friends wW- informed of what is going on in South Wales you can't do better than send them the"Weekly Mail" each week. Yon can arrange to have the paper posted from the publishing office at the following rates:— Anyaalace in the United Kingdom— Is. 8<& QUARTER, 3s. 3d. PER HALF-YEAR. Pu\USHJŒ8- ■^YESTERN ^/JAIL J^IMITED, .,4"'4 A R D I F F op THE ..— f~.fr> » km Biia ■ a mm mm ■ bkckntly had ao>is astro cs riiic, the j VIJI? OPflMi B« Ha %iii lib 0 ? *TAWD Vl HiSfiE WATCH WAS LYIBO j 1 rlE. B Hl&i BmiJ W ON JMihgcomm.s*i.* Btuunepour, and • ■■BP B TH» GI-ASS OP TH^WATCH SPLTSTBRBD OBTAIN rllCaMBST VALUE ALL ijip.ectiosi with *hjs hkat. » *LISLF £ BJGJM M Juno* or mv suriribb, howbvka, to JBM fJr ff" €MfwlLmWv^iSLr FTKD TICIIIin W nothing had v HATPUKKD. 1 S0*U,)B PLEASED TO SHOW 1 AND DEAL DIRECT WITH ♦ thb watch to nvom who kat ta n mm m h mam a Demrr ro be* rr.Y>v»s r>RRKN.'I.TY, SAlVlUcL CHARLES CROWHUBST. | u** |& ( Factory Prices. I.agtisiei Wear. r*\ A. W Q I TO-PAY PEKPBeT SflT8SFa0TieW! i 1 WflTCHES! RINGS! 5/60^ BR60CHESI BRH(3 £ LETS! l endant, joints and bead, splentlid viiuekeepei'. Solid Real Gold Hall-marked Brooctes, Q/- set with HPS! diamonds,rubies, eapphiree, or einera'jls. Real Gold t aw wi^rKerless Wsteh, sound keyless Gera Betrothal Rings, massive momit set 1Q/I C&SKiXSSSSS^gl. M 001 handsomely engraved. "Lucky" Gold Raiiwaiv A Month's Wedding Rings c?ara f £ 2 carat, GovernmentHnll-marked. rre<t3 I rs*t»a Wedding King and Kesl Gold en- to all purchase^ of Goods Money returned in frraved Keeper, oompleie, vnlire 25/- and npw*rds Goods not approved. A FRgE CT/T W{TK EAfJN KtKC f vrifliln a ladfno o(( 80 miles. H. SAMUEL, 7. ST. MARY STREET, CARDII*. PREPAID SCALE. Small Prepaid AQTPitiseinents arc inaerted in tis KTENING EXPitlCSS" at the following rates:- ONCE THltBI! S1X TIIIKS. TIMES. S. D. S. D. S: D. 12 words or less 0 3 0 6 0 9 13 to 19 words. 0 5 0 10 20 to 26 words. 0 7 12 19 13 to 19 words. 0 5 0 10 11 3 20 to 26 words. 0 7 12 19 | Each extra 7 0 2 0 4 0 6 | words COMBINED SCALg for Small Prepaid Adver- tisements in thp \YESTEEN MAIL" and "EVENING EXPRESS ":— WORDS. I' OJTCE. T,lT!EW six, rums. TrMKS. S I). S. D. S. I>. 12 or less 0 8 1 4 2 0 13 to 19 1 0 2 0 3 0 20 to 26 1 4 2 8 4 0 ■^=1! O7~OTT7 a In all oases the name and address sra counted as part of the advertisement. LOST AND FOUND. FUND, Spaniel Bitch; liver coloured body, breast and legs nearly white.—201, Cathedral-road, Car- diil. e703h3 SCHOLASTIC. A Business Educatioii.—Caidift School oi Commerce, 1. St. Jolii;'s-square, ccrner of Queen-street, above Messrs MMterfi.—lDdiTidcal instruction Penmanship, Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Typewriting, Mathematics, Languages, &c.; day and evening echooL-P,-ospe,!tus. T A. Biogg and Co. t855d DOMESTIC SERVANTS. A good General wanted at once; no family.—Davies, Holmesleigh, Barry Inland. enohl4 Arespectabio Gifl wanted for general workv—Apply 3, Bomilly-road, Eariy. e127h.l4 COOK-General wanted.—Apply bZ, Plymouth^ri^cf, Penartb. e £ 36hl2 DAILY.—Be^pectable Girl, 15, wanted; reference.—5, Glyiirhondca-strect. Cardi:7. e724hl0 EXPERIENCED Single-handed Housemaid required; b'untlenutn's country house.—Vaugiian Pryse, Maes- crufian. South Wales. e748b12 EXPEHIENCHD General required; good wages; no v.'ashing\—-Apply £ 4, Clive-road, Penarth. e737hl5 00-D General vranted; comfortable home.-Arba- GOOD Genera! wanted; comfortable^home.—Arba- \jr land, 6, Bryngwyn-road, Clytha Park, Newport. eS64hX2 GOOD General wanted; small family; plain cooking. —Williams, 75. Hichmond-road, Cardiff. e694bl2 GKSTERAL Senant. Also a Nursemaid.—Apply 158, Cathedral-road, Cardiff. e070hl0 WANTED, experienced General; not under 22.— Apply Plant and Taft, 60, Queen-street, Cardtfif. e72Iti!4 WANTED, Cook-General; 2 in family.—Apply, between$and 8, 140, Newport-road, Cardiff. e893h12 ANIT WANTED, a good General Servant.—Apply to fV Matron, Cottage Hospital, Mountain Ash. e726IilO WANTED, situation as Cook; small family; v v country.—Apply H 56, Evening Express, Cardiil. e7SSh!4 WANTED, Cooic-General.—Apply, statin? fail par- w ticulars, Mrs, jLyttle, Dundela, Ctlfynydd, Ponty- pridd. eS74hX2 WANTED, Cook-General; also Honaamaid-Waitress for apartment house.—Apply to Mrs. Ankers, 30, Marine-terrace, Aberystwith. e6S9h!3 WANTED immediately, strong Honsemaid and General; references neoessaiy.—215, Newport-road, Cardifr. e676h!2 A',N'TED, T'lair CcK)v; WANTED, food Plans CooX; faioily.—Mih«J Tho.-nte. Cleviston, NewpCTt-road. Cardiff. e673hl0 WANTED, experienced General; plain cooking; references.—State age, Bo bins, Bryn Craig, Aber- ttllery. o720h9 ttllery. o720h9 WANTED, a Houseioaicl.—Apply Mrs. Thomas, Bishopston House, 25, Eichmond-road, Cardifl. e715hl3 WANTED, Nurse, boy 5 years; good reference.— ) VY Appfy 35, The Walk, Cardiff. e714h9 WANTED, good General Servant.—Red Cow Inn, Wellington-street, Canton, Cardiff. References required. e7S3bJ5 HOTEL SERVANTS. 'I BARMAIDSBarmaids!! Barmaids!—Never had so many vacancies; now is your ITCHEN^Alii^ 8s., Cardiff; splendid chance to improve in cookery,-DaviC5's Regif'try. ITCHEN^Alii^ 8s^ Cardiff; splendid-cJiance to improve in cookery.—Davies's Registry. COOKS. 10s., 15s.; vacancies plentiful; season or permanent.—43, Charles-street, Cardiff. C^HEF (second), 15s start, £ 1 if suitable, wanted fox j Ilfraconobe; Italian preferred.—Davies's. PARLOURMAID, £ 23; Bath; high-class place; foot- P man kept.—Davies's, 48, Charles-street, Cardiff. DISENGAGED.—All classes male, female; good refe- rences.—48, Charles-st., Cardiff. Telephone, 01384. e9S99 WANTED, good General; also Barmaid; good refe- rence3.-Mr3. Lewis, Railway Hotol, Penarth. eG81h12 WANTED, experienced Coo^-Generai.—Apply Claude Hotel, Boatli Park, Cardiff. __e6!?llj2_ ANTpJor aMivo^Man for freneral and cellar work. —Apply Eoya! Hotel. Cadoxton. e9964 ANTE I), 2 General Servants. Also young Man as porter: refeienc3 iwiuired.—Langham Tem- perance Commencial Hotel, Penarth-road, Cardiff. e5971il3 ANTED, respectable young Girl aa general; fond of children.—Mrs. Dancer, AdelpM Hotel, 133, Bute-road, Cardiff. e738hl2 MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS. A Youth seeks situation in office; 6 months' expe- rience.—H 23, Evening Express, Cardiff. e6Slh!2 B" UTCIIESS.—Wanted immediately, Salesman; prac- tical cutting up, scales, and booking.—Apply, stating age, experience, references, wages, by Tuesday next, Co-operativ? Society. Abcrn.Tnan. X~vt!ESSMAKERS.—Wanted, espeiitnced Bodice and I$Skirt Hands.—'Whitaker and Jones, Westbonrne- creECeut, Cardiff. e707h!3 MISCELLANEOUS SITUATIONS. Continued. BOY required for cash desk.—Apply Cros3 Bros., St. Mary-street. Cardiff. e729hl0 DRESSMAKING.—Wanted, Improvers and Appren- D tices; no premium.—Mrs. Bagnbam, Monnow- stract, Monmouth. ENEBGETIC Man of good appearance wanted, to JIA solicit business for well-established firm; special terms to capable man.—Address H 35, Evening Esrvreas, Cardiff. e9957 jjlOEEMAN Mason wanted (thoroughly competent 2 man) in the Rhondda Yalley; used to good class of work; must be sober, able to push work on swiftly; 3 copies of testimonials required.—Apply, stating wages expected, to Box G 81. Evening Express, Cardiff. eVOL,9 Alr.DREISSERS.-Gc,od junior wanted (gent's).=- Ingram Bees, 54, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. e67Shl2 STEAM Laundry.—Two good Ironers wanted.- Addre33 Manageress, Steam Laundry, Aberdare. e722hl4 THE British Westingbouse Electric and Manufac- turing Company (Limited) require the services of a smart, well-educated young Man a8 clerk in their local oCice.—AppUca.tioBS must be made in writing, and addressed to W. Walter Hughes, Royal Hotel, Cardiff. e9375 TRAVELI.BR required for Foreign Flour Trade; to work Swansea district on commission.—Ar>ply, stating experience and reference, to H 73, E ening Express, Cardiff. e744hl2 THE British Westinghouse Electric and Manufac- turing Company (Limited) require the services of well-educated young Lady as typist and shorthand wrltcr.-Appllclitions must bo made in writing, and addressed to W. Walter Hughes, Itoyal Hotel, Cardiff. eS976 WANTED, young Lady Assistant, with some know- ledge bookkeeping preferred.—Apply Manager, Principality Educational Depot, Y.M.C.A. Buildings, Cardiff. e?777"n« WASTED, Steward for dab; without encumbrance preferred; £ 50 deposit; good references.—Apply Immediately Secretary, Conservative Club, Treherbert. e9975 WANTED, Partner with £ 300 or £ 400 to join another in aerated water works at Swansea; splendid opiortunity for business man.—Address "Tenum," Evening Express, 8 war sea. eMShIO WANTED, young Lady for general fancy; good saleswoman.—Full particulars Joiin D. Gwyther, High-etreet, Tenby. e747hl5 WANTED, a working Housekeeper for business house in colliery district.—Apply, stating full par- ticulars, to H 20, Evening Express, Cardiff. et>32hl2 WANTED, middle-aged Woman, able to speak Welsh, to keep house for working man,. 1 child.—Apply, with references, to W. Bowen, 11, Garn-road, Maesteg. e74<ihia W- ANTED, young Man, good references, for milk delivery, Ac.—Green. Albany-road, Cardiff. e665hl0 WANTED, a respectable Errand Lad.-Apply VT Wliitaker and Jones, Westbourne-crescent, Car- diff. e706b9 WANTED, Under Gardener; single; able to use W scythe.—The Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal Co., Ebbw Yale. e-33Shl3_ OT*NG~Man~ seeks situation as warehouseman or Y assistant in Cardiff; good references.—Apply H 48, Evening Express, Cardiff. a711hl3 OUNG Lady requires situation in fancy or tobac- y conirt business.—Apply Monksilver, Dlnas Powis, near Cardiff. 704bg £ 3 Weakly.—Gennine evening- employment everywhere offered anybody able to write.—For proof send addressed envelope Manager, Dept. 5a, Elm Lodge, Sootball, near Lctidon. eposo rj23. 6d—Weekly.—A salary of 7s. 6d. to 22s. 6d. offered to either sex (who can write) for their spare moments; work may be done evenings.—Particulars sent free to anyone sending addressed envelope to M. Trnst- cott and Co.. 6a, Gleitdower, Torquay- e653hl2 PREMISES. H ESS ItS. 3. HERN AND PERTWEE, [VI vnenONEERS, VALUERS. STTRVEYOKS. HOUSE AND ESTATE AGENTS. For List of Business Premises and Houses tc be Let or Sold see "Western Mail" daily. Printed Register free. Cffloef, 93, St. Mary-street. Cardiff. Established 1849. e9780 A- ppijY-to jT T. Saunders, Auctioneer and Estate Agsnt. 29, St. Mary-street, Cardiff, for following properties to let: Daisy-street, 5s.; 78, Saltmead-road, 6s. 6d.; 50, Couxt-road, es. 6d.; 45, Wyndham-crescent. 10s. (5d., &c. PPLX"ccHoperatiTa Supply"stORN, Nortb-roid, Car- diff:—Several houses, 2, 3, and 4 bedrooms each: rents, 511- 3d., 63. 6d., 9?., 10s.; baths, gardens, &c.; near Blackweir and Park-place 'bus terminus. Fr liale, St. Hadlguncis, Radyr; charming country residence; delightfully situated, standing In its own grounds of about 2 acres; close to T.V.R. Station, end within 5 miles of Cardiff; house contains 3 recep- tion-rooms, large hall, 7 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, w.c.'s, kitchens, larder, and flower gardens; stables, coach- houses, &c.; also coachman's cottage, &c., additional at a merely nominal rent could be obtained. If required. Apply Mr. Tregerthen Donn, 27, Mount Stuart-souare, Cardiff. e8571ii0 F- OS sale, well-built House, Bawden-place, Canton.— Apply 18, Ryder-street, Cardiff. e716hl3 ODERN detached, double-fronted brick House; bay windows; outbuildings; good water; open scenery; about 20 minutes' walk from town, SLO. £ 800; stamp!—Owner, Sorrells, Thaxted, Essex. 6548h9 ENARTH.—Arcot-street, two 9 roomed Houses for P sale.-Apply 64, Windsor-road, Penarth. e606hi3 O let, St. Martin'E-road, Caerphilly, end of June, 9 roomed House; conservatory; hot and cold bath; lavatory; largo garden; healthy neighbourhood.— Davies, Fir Grove. Caerphilly e687hl2 T' O let, remainder of the Lease of Commercial Hotel, Ccvbridge, immediately, with posting, piggery, and garden; doing good business.—-Apply on rremises. e697h!3 mo let, 33, Stacey-road.—Apply Williams, Kon.lall J H3ise, Plymouth-road, Penarth. e664h!0 TO let, a small Hcuso in Montbermer-road.—Apply 127, Woodville-road, Cath&vs, Cardiff. eG42h9 1^0 be let or sold. House facing Howard-gardens.— Apply 102, Clive-street, Grangetown, Cardiff. e68Sh12 O let, a desirable House; within 5 minutes from Portskewett Station; 9 rooms; good garden, orchard. stable, and outbuildings, containing la. Or. lOp. And also, if required, Cottage and Garden, together with accommodation pasture, containing la. lr. 6p.— For particulars apply A. E. Williams, St. Pierre Farm, Chepstow. e9943 O let, small Furnished House at Barry.—A. Trevor Roberts and Co., 12, Thompson-street, Barry Dock. e636h9 rriO let. 20, Pembroke-terrace; 11 rooms; centre of jL town; convenient to railway stations.—Apply W. Jones. 202, Newport-road, Cardiff. e902d ANTED, Furnished Hoose or Apartments in or v ir near Newport.road.-Apply R 49, Evening Express, Cardiff. e717h9 11, Windsor-esplanade; 12 rooms; channel view; healthy situation. Also, 95, Kingr's-road, Canton —Mr. Hallett, 70, King's-road, Cardiff. e71Shl3 f)S,*MadM.s-etrMt. Grangetown; 6 rooms; 6s.Thomp- son, 3, Inverness-place, Boath, Cardiff. e708h9 PREMISES! Continued. 25, St. JohnN-crescent, ^Sfflton; corner house; 5 bed-' rooms, large recepfen-rooms; usual offices; with or without coachhouse' }»& stable; rent moderate.— Apply 73, Cardiff-road, t Mtdaff. eM7h9 APARjMENTS. FCRNISRED Apaitm"4to-SittiaK-room. one or two bedrooms; Longcross-street, Cardiff. fa e731h!4 WANTED, pHrticul8» sood Homes for guests, boaders, invalids, patients; care chil- c dren; apartments; echoojP-<j'eEleral Agency, 168. Pic- cadilly, London. e75?h!4 MUilCAL. BRINSMEAD Pianoforiafe ln handsome rosewood case; Choice marqueterie^pRel; iron frame; full tri- chord; best check acticnyfSS net cash.—Heath. TDIANOFOBTE by burr walnut case; P trichord! in grand itiou; £ 19 19" also Van- derbolt, £ 1C l £ s,—Heath, P IA XO FOSTlTb>acl e burr wal nut case; in splendid couolitjaftt a bargain; £ 18 18s.; also Ivory; £ 13.—Esath, CanPt ^>J^s71ie^a3^"scSid-6and, by all makers, from £ 3 17s. 6d. Repair*;)21 ail branches.—Heath and Sons, 75, Quo'U-street, (Jftt&ifl- e9647 HARPS bou^ct! e0i5f^xchac"ed I 25 years' expe- rience as bar, iepajfer; Eraid and. other maker* in stock.—MtUer, ArMutijyBri £ toL^_ 16 I~~F you want-a Placo-^ Organ, do not lie p-?rsuaded by any interested perS# to purchase until you li»ve a8C0rta!lled the extraordjEjaiy value we are oEerlng. You -will sa-«o many pouHb, be most liberally treated, and get the easiest possijfo terms by purchasing from us.—Duck, Son, and PinkfeitUe Great Piano Merchants, Pulteney Bridge, Bath, ai» at Bristol. Catalogue and book of advice free. IS. this paper.) e9656 MABTVN Thomas, 13^ Cmtle-road, Cardiff, is now clearing his entire *j(tock of Pianos. Or^ana, Gr»- obophoces, &-c-. regsrdiesfe of CQ-;t far casb only e42M IANO, iron fTams; ^«l! compass; walnut easel cheap-—Angle, 19, ^jantagenet-street, Cardiff. v; e71th!3 P" IANO —If yoa want cargam. *ti:a ior list of instruments retarne^ froui hire, as you cap aecurt a Piar-o bf one of the Vires' Makers at a lets pric-f than the cieap ruoblb, noW< 50 advertised; guaranteed, and in most eases q;ute e<i>ial to when new—^Thompson and Shsekell (Ltd.). 24, Queen-street, Cardiff: .32, Caatle-street.. Swansea, &c., &c. e97Ql LANOFtUiXK. £ l'j the Chaiienge iludel; delivered ires to s,uf address; guaranteed for 20 years; all modern injprowjneuts.—Can cuiy be obtained of Thoaipson and ShaeMl' (Ltd.). 32, Castie-street, gwansea. fcc.. Arc. e9701 LANO by Bro&iiwo^ White, only £ 16 I0f. a marvelloas bargain, which should not be lost; in splendid order and of lovely tone—Thompson and Shackeil (Ltd t, 24, Quefn-siK^. Cardiff. e9731 PIANOFORTE, £ 257T>7~^e'c!,Ta £ ed naakerl quite equal to uow in every particular; eost doable; in handsome case, with ali improvements: a genuine bar- gain.—Thompson E:,d Shackeii (Ltd.), 24. Queen-street Cardiff, ke., &c. e9731 PIANOFORTE.—A apnfne Stireiber, ou'ly £ 27 p 10.. listed at guineas; perfect in eveor respect, with Patent R&ilpnator Attacbment,-Thomp- lien and Sliackell (Ltd.), Commercial-street, New- port, Mon., &0" &c. eS701 ALKING MachineTopTU kind3 supplied at 86, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. el542 RAPHOPHONES, pwsraphs, and Gramo- phones kept iu stock'^t qs. St. Mary-street, Cardiff. ECORDSrCoTumbia7~Kdi& Gramophone; tbou- R sands to choose from, at it, St. Mary-street, Cardiff. E arc tile larg^TTSSS machiuo dealers in the <-nun try. elS42 GREAT Bargains in Ti[!MD? Machines and Records during our stock-taking sale fh May only. WE Uiake hones pleasant with our Talking w Machines; come tefur great sale during May. uiTannual stoc^^ta^jng 18 D0W on; caUõi- write for partioniaW, ECORDS (ColuSbiafT »nd Edison) during sale reduced to 7s. pefc bail dozen. RA NlT^SteoOTds~rtt^jlS" to 4s. cacti (not less than three sold) duriiig three sold) duriiig FLAT Records' for ~<^joop1;oae reduced to 10a. 6d. per halt dogen da^|te;.»aie.. OTSL~Keepers shei<M; siSTour special sale lines in Penny-in-the-SIot ^IpolttnQS. a!: Tal^nf Machine V* Agency, 56, St. a»ry-Etr?et, Cardiff. FURNITURE, &c. ALWAYS Open to buy Furniture in any quantities; books bought and goods of every description; cash at once-—-Woodrurf', 77, Castle-road, Cardifl. e442d DvicsT Gratis.—Furnieh at Harris's, The Market Newport. e9332 BEDSTEADS and Spring Mattresses complete, frcm 14s. 6d.—Harris's Emporium, The Market, New- port. e9882_ mO Hotel Keeperi—Harris's Cork Lino is unrivalled X for public bars; samples free; 12 square yards carriage paid.-E E. Harris, Market-buildings, Newport, Mon. e9S32 FARM AND GARDEN. GARDEN-Netting. Garden Netting. Garden Net- ting Cord Netting, best quality, for covering seed beds, trait trees, fowt runs, ire., 16 square yards for ls.-Grainger. 8, Working-street, Cardiff, I e9795 BICYCLES, ATLIFFE and Bona, tnanufact -rer» of the well known Daisy Cycle. Write ft* cataiogua Daisy Cycles overhauled free of charge Ui two years when built to order. One graoe only in Daisy Cycles- highest obtainable. Indies and Gent'». 1902 models, gold and silver lining, with plated or Korasu rims, win be totind an uiount. Daisy Cycles cannot be excelled. Featherweight Itacers, Boad Racers, and light Roadsters—for finish and easy running the most up-to-date Cycle in Waes-Addre" Ayliffe ■ nd Sons, Daisy Cycle Jnd Motor Works. Cardiil and Newport. Nat. Tel. 832 Cardiff. e9768 AYLIFFE and SOBS tor Plating and Enamelling. Daisy Cycie Works for repairs to any make cycle \yliffe and SOIl., for 2 speed gear and free wheels. Daisy Cycle Works, Ordia, for Morrow Hubs and attessoriea e9768 8 a bird is known ty its cote, so is a IVver Cycle by its world-wido repntation. Intendin; purchasers are invited to call end inspect this seas- n'd models, special attention being drawn to No. 2. ■> hich, fitted with free wheel. 2 brakes, plated rims, high trade tyres, for either lady or gentleman at £ 10 10i. is undoubtedly the best value ever offered in the annals of the cycle trade.—Robert Bevan. Castle-street. Cardiff. e9760 ALL cycler# should see our stocks of Sunbeams, Rovei, Swift, StaJ, Bard, and New Hudson's Cyc'ee; prices from JES 10s.: tally guaranteed for two years. A Star Road Racer, fitted with free wheel, 2 brakes, plated rims Duntop tyres, £ ft)s. 10s- or 12 monthly payments of 91 IL e9760 BICYCLES, Continued. A number of slightly shop-soiled Machines to clear ofceap; also a great number of reaily pood Second- hand Cyalo*, L-Dm £2 10a—Robert Bevan. Castle-street, Cardiff. etnYJ ARE you wondering what to do with your old Machine? It »o, wnte to the Quadrant Cycle do. (Ltd.), and see what priee they will allow you for it in exchange for a new Quadiant; second-hand machines of any make taken in part exchange for a Quadrant. e9814 A bigh-grade Quadrant Cycle can be obtained for £1() 10s. cash, or 12 monthly payments of 21\1,; no hire agreement to be signed; the machine toco tries abso- lutely your own property on payment of Srst instalment. —Write for full particulars to The Quadrant Cycle Co. (LId,) Government Contractors, 35, Castle-street, Car- diff (next door to the Angel Hotel. e9814 ALL Quadrant Cycles are made of the tlnesi materia! obtainable, and for dnrsbiiitv, excellence of finish, and easy running cannoi be beateu • free wheel, best tyres, pi.at.ed rims, &c.. nom A £ 5 Bank of England Note i» snowu everyhwere. and so ip a Quadrant Cycle, bat remembir there are imitations of both. If you want » genuine Quadrant go to the Quadrant Cycle Co. (Ltd.), Government Con- tractors, 35, Castte.atreet. Cardiff, or to one cf their authorised agents. e9314 A Quadrant Motor Cyc-c obtained The bigheet award at the Crystal Po!ace Motor Show on February 14th for the combination lever, as the best distinctive im- provement exhibited; one lever does the work of four; write for illustrated lists.—The Quadrant Cycle Co. (Ltd.), Government Contractors, 35- Castle-street, Cardiff '.next door to Angel IWtclL e9814 A few good second-hand and shop-soiicd Machine!! for sale; a!I be;gains.—Write to the Quadrant Cycle Co. (Ltd.), 35. Castlo-street, Cardiff (next door t-n the Angel Hotel'. e9814 ARE you thinking of purchasing a new Cycle thip season? If co, write for a catalogue or call at the Quadrant Cycle Ca's Depot, 35, Castie-street, Cardiff, end im-rect their Isrge .4ock of machines: prices from £ 10 t06,; eaey payments arranged; illustrated lists of cycles aDd motor cycles post free. e9814 A LI, Cycie repairs and renovations send at once to Parry and Co.. Siren Cycie and Motor Manufac- turers, Mill-tanee, Cardiff. Free wheek, Morrow hubs, and rim brakes promptly fitted; lamps, bells, and accessories; lowest prices: repairs; efcove enamelling Cstnlogn»s post free. e9778 BARGAIN.—Gent's Safety; pneumatic: good condl- BARGAIN.—Gent's Safety; pneumatic: good condl- tion; £ 2 7s. 6d.—19, Plantagenet-streot. Cardiff e73 £ M4 GENT'S Cycie (new), with Clipper tyres, £ 7.— Elfcing+on. 52a, Penarth-r;>ad. Cardiff. 0071*1-110 CYCLE repairs of every description executed at W. H. Thomas and Co.'s Celt Cycle Work?, Mi skin- street, Cathays; cycles built to speciScation; plateis, enamellers; braziers; guaranteed workmanship; mode- rate prices. e9779 CYCLE, 1902 X Frame, free wheel, handsomely- plated rims. Eo.td-racer, Roadster, or I.ady's: pkted rims. R'1"d-r;¡c<>r, Roadster, or Lady's; list price £ 18; expensive finish; "New Depaiture" back pedal brake (or Bowden) included; full guarantee; approbation 10 days; cash. £6 19s. Ed., after approval; will easily sail for £10. Fsnd for free list, to-day; 6,500 t,(>"tlrr,on;als.-Benuett Cycle Co., St. Albaas. I payments. e701he COVENTRY CTOT.ia! OOVENTRY CYCLES. 3s- 6d. PER WEEK. 3s. fid. PER WEEK. CYCLE", FOR EVERYBODY or LADIUS' 1902 MODELS, HIGHEST 0-RAD7- FITTED FREE WHEELS and PATENT RIM or TYRE BRAKES, 1902 DTJNLOP- LICENSED TYRES; f.oraplete, with every latest improvement; APPLEBY'S haif-inch pitch Chains; PLATFD SPOKES, anrl DTJNLOP-WELSH WESTWOOD HOLLOW RIMS, METALLIC FINISH; Fi-amc beautifully Enamelled, and all Sright parts heavily Plated on Copper; made of the West POSSIBLE MATERIALS OBTAINABLE, and fitted with all accessories of tbe best manufacture, INFLATOR and TOOLS, all complete, for 3s. 6d, PER WEEK for 12 MONTHS. Payments to be sent once every month. EVERY MACHINE FULLY GUARANTEED TWO YEARS. The Machinea are deirvered on Payment of the first monthly instalment, vie., 155. 6d. CARRIAGE PAID TO YOUlt ADDRESS. DISTANCE NO OBJECT. THE MACHINES THEN BECOME YOrn OWN ABSOLUTE PROPERTY. NOT THE HIRE SYSTEM. NOT THE HIRE SYSTEM. NET CASH PRICE for LADIES' GENT S LIGHT or FULL ROADSTER or ROAD-RACE P.. £8 8s each, an compile. WE ARE PREPARED TO SEND ANY MACHINE ON APPROVAL, and rAY CARRIAGE BOTH WAYS IF NOT APPROVED, as we have every conscience of these Machines giving entire satis- faction to EVERYONE. WRITE AT ONCE FOR FCLL LIST and ALL PARTICULARS, which wiii "'NOrirTHi: ADDRESS THE COVENTRY SUPPLY CO., CROMFOED-COURT, MARKET-STREET, MANCHESTER e93Q7 VOR sale, Gent's Safety Coventry: free wheel, rim .r brake, silver-plated Westwood rims; 1902 model; little used; will take £3 8s. lowest; sent on approval. -H. Elstow, Alma Cottage, Brynmawr. e700h13 IjVOR disposal, gent's Safety Coventry, free wheel rim Jj brake, silver-plated Wcs+wood rims, genuine A. B. V <ox tyres, 1902 guaranteed; costly machine; qnite new; not soiled; sacrifice; i,5 105. lowest; will send cn approval; genuine œr,:ain.K. Gill, Waveney Villa, Beach-road, Weston-super-Mare. e515d R Disposal, Gent's Safety Coventry, free whee!, JJ rim brnko, silver-plated Westwood rims, genuine A.. B. Velos tyres, 1902, guaranteed; costly machine; quite new; lot soiled; sacrifice P-5 10s. lowest; will send on approval; genuine bargain.—K. Gill, Waverley Villa, Beach-road, Weston-super-Mare. e828d FP. sale, Cycle Accessories, Fittings, Tools, &c.— On view at Messrs. Powell and Co.'s, Cycle Enamellers and Electro-platers, 1, Guildfonl-street, Cardiff. e270d GENT'S Cycle, grand bargain, just as new, fitted with coasting hub, fr<"> wheel, back pedaiimg brake, and rin brike, silver-plated rims, Clincher tyres, mud- guards, gold lined; all accessories; Coventry machine; not sciiedi; sacrifice E6 108., approval.—W. James, 31. Oxford-street, W aston-euper-Mare. e504d I^ENNARD'S Bicycle for sale; thorough good con- .I\ dition; £ 4 10s.—Shibko, Pawnbroker, Broadway, I Carc1HY. e€J5h9 LADY'S Imperial Rover; highest grade; 22-inch frame; new condition; Brooi:s' plated saddle; ¡ accessories; £6 LADY Wishes to »ell her nearly new Safety, not soiled, with free wheel, back pedalling brake and front rim brake, piated rims, Clincher tyres, enamellpd gold lined, costly, high-ci3se machine, with candle lamp, bell, all accessories; 15a; great sacrifice; will send cn &pprov&t-G, Yearsley, Leacroft Farm, Worie, near Weston-super-Mare. e796d MOTOR-Car; li.p water-cooled engine: 3 speeds, electric ignition; eeat» 3; good running order; cost £200: sacrifice £110: buying laTger car.—Erneet E. Harris. 12, Ctdai-road. Newpcirt, Moll. e9826 REPAIRS if sent to Morris Bros., Cycle and Motor Works, Pontypridd, wwayg give satisfaction. Over- haul, CBSwel, and re-p!ate for 25a if sect at once, iccesforifis to trade at wholesale factors' priœa. ej.947 Z-You want a Lew Cycle Don't buy until von have seen the 1902 Hjimberj. Beestcn Humbers are acknowledged to he the finest cycles in the world Knmber Cycles, tvitb free wheel, from £10 10a Special Standard free whe-l Humbeis, splendidly finished, X12 12s. Inspection invited. Catalogues post free Gradual payments if required. Humber Motor Cyclei from £ 45.—A. E. Norton, 126, Queen-street, Cardiff. BICYCLES, &c. Continued. j A Choice ol tligh-sTade Cytvlea—Singers, Triuropbs, Ragibm. Royal Eufleids, Humbera Inspection fcvited. Ootalcgncs free. B'3st house for Cycle eoes- eori86. Free Wheels, Brakes Tyre*, Pedals, &e-. tc your cid machine.—Norton. 126 Queen-street, Cardiff. e9660 50 genuine nev.- B. S. A. or Karlle Cycles, ail buiit complete from the above iittinjs; price. £ S ?s., with CiincLer or Dunlop tyrcs; fr-e wheel and brake, 19s 6d. extra; ladies' cycles, 9s. 6d. ettra; all newly enamelled and plated on eoppu; cash with order; money returned if not satisfactory; B. S. A. pattern cycies, fully guaranteed, £ 5 19s. each-Dallies Bros., Llanelly. e63Sh9 TJF-to-date Cycie; strong (gent's); £ 3.—Lynton t_J Mev/s, Severn-road, Cardiff. e712hl3 JEWELLERY FOR SALE. [UNREDEEMED, 3 Cent's ISct. Gold English Levers; J first-c]ass maker?; good as new; prices, £ 5, £ 9, £ 13-—Sol. Phillips, Pawnbroker, Caroline-st., Cardiff. 0 TTNREDEEMED, 4 Ladies, Solid Gold Watches, gocd as new; long warranties; prices. 25s., 40s., 50s., SO?.—Sol. Phillips, Pawnbroker. Caroline-street, Cardiff. UNREDEEMED. 4 Diamond Rings, ISct. mounts, rare bargains; prices, 40s., 65s.. S5s.. 958.-801. Phillips, !'■' l>rnV: -r Carol ipe-streot. Cardiff. U.N itJiDEi; iED, 3 Gent's Solid Goid Alberts, Govern- ment stamped; good as new: prices, 503., 65s., 80s. Sol, Phillips, Pawnbroker. Caroline-street, Cordis. TTXBEDEMIED, 2 I,.di, Gold Guards; extra <U heavy; good al; new; prices, 50s., 806.-801. Phillips, Pawnbroker (established 1850), Caroline-street, Cardiff. TTNREDEEMED, 10 Gent's Silver English Lever |_j Watches: best makers; good as new; long war rantieb; 30s. each; worth oouble.-Soi. Phillips, Pawn- broker, Carolina-street. "I TNEEDEEMED, 12 Ladies' Sliver Watches; pretty U designs; good as new; long warranties; 10s. each. —Sol. Phillips, Pawnbroker, Caroline-street. TJNEEDKEMED, real Diamond and Ruby Bisgie; vcfy pretty; price, 558.-801. Phillips, Pawnbroker. Caroline-street. TTNBEDEEMED, ISct. Goid Albert; good as new; tic ernment stamped; very heavy; £ 8.—Sol. Phillips, Pawnbroker. Caroline-street. Cardiff. TfNREDEEMED, fine single stone Diamond Ring; u £ 20; bargain: value guaranteed.—Scl. Philiips, Pawnbroker (established 1850). TWTfcW.—Gent's 18ct. Gold English Lever; l.\ Thomas P'issell and Sons, Liverpool; 25 years' war- ranty; price, E12 10s.; worth d01:ble.-8ol. Phillips. ■ Jeweller, Caroline-street, Cardiff. "jVTEW.—ILady's l £ ct. Goid English full-plate Lever. i.^1 chronctncter balance; 25 veajs' warranty; maker J Thomas Russel and SQns, Liverpool.—Sol. Phillips, Jeweller, Caroline-street. Cardiff. "V]"EW.—Lady's long 'told Guard; pretty design and i\ strong; £ 3 10s.—So. Philiips, Jeweller, Caroline- street. Cardiff. NEW.—Wedding Rings, me gold; lowest prices in Cardiff hinasoma presents given.—SoL Phillips, Jeweller. Caroline-street, Cardiff. V[EW.—Engagement Rings, set with diamonds and ,L iN other precious stones; rare bargains.—Sol. Phillips, Jeweller, Carc1ine-st red, Cardiff. IVJEVV.—Silver Plate and Cutlery: large assortment; best \alue in Cardiff.—SoL Phillips, Silversmith., Carol in e-strrct. NEW.—Gent's Silver English Lever, Thomas Russell 1 and Sons; 25 years' warranty; price. ES; worth, 25 55.-801. Phillips, Jeweller, Caroline-street, Cardiff. NEW.—Lady's real Diamond and Ruby Bracelet, fine stones, £ 4 10s.; bargain.—Sol. Phillips, Jeweller, Caroline-street, Cardiff. "Vf jSVi'.—Lady's Gold Watch and Gold Albert, 65a.; Xl value and quality guaranteed.—Sol. Phillips, Jeweller, Caroline-street. NEW.—Keeper Rings, Signet Rings; cheapest in Car- di.tI.-So. Philiips, Jeweller, Caroline-street. e9965 COAL FOR SALE. COAL Coal!! Coal!—Go to the Bute Coal Com- pany ior splendid quality at reasonable prices; special line, 21s. per ton cash; try it and judge for yourselves.—-Send post-card to the Sate Coal Company, 3, Newport-road, Cardfff. e749d COALS.-Ffaldan, 24s.; Genuine International, 23s. 6d.; Selected, 21s.; Special Large, 20s.; Ocean Nuts, 23s.; Range Nuts, 19s. per ton delivered; no agents.—Send direct ioilest End House Coal Mor- ciiaqtg, 'iwtoji, 'ardiff- Nat. TcL, 01024. e4124 COAT,, Coal, Coal!—Get youi Coals direct from the C collieries. Send for price list to Morris and Lead- tew. Colliery Vropn-nore aw? As?-2ts,$3. I,'1i.<\le7:. .rç¡¡d. 'iaxLiff. Nat. TeL: CMNTIS, 1.020" Newport, 27^ 54. 25<a 15"3; Post Office, Newport. 561- e9652 A. Btrawson, Coal Merchant Clivo-chambew, Windsor-place, Queen-street, CardiS —Bes!. House Coal at (urrent prices. Nat. TeL. OC%. *7TZ& PARK Coal Co., Salisbury-road, Cardiff.—Agents for North's Red Ash Coals. Nat Telephone, 599. e4QQd TRY the Cardiff H^nse end Steam Ccal Company (Limited) for splendid House Coals: from own eclfierj in the Liynvi Vailey; prices moderate; delivery prompt. A. MAURICE BAIUEY. Secretary, e9672 24, DukHtreeí, Cardifl. DOMESTIC ARTICLES. I say, what a charming paper I" '-Yee, I bought that at Robert Lewis's, Custom Konse-street. cardiff." "Then I'll go there for mine-" e9668 SPENCER, The Universal Provider for Rabies, St. John's-square, Cardiff. SPENCER for Up-to-date Perambulators. See his Showrooms. SPENCER for latest designs In Mail-carts. Send S for price lists. OPENCER is noted for Summer Canopies and o Summe. Shades. SPENCER S celebrated "Nokabout" Baby Chairs, 5 positions, ICs. CJ. SPENCER'S Bath Chairs, Invalid Chairs. Send p.c. for lists. SPENCER'S Wonder cf ths Age Sewing Machines, complete, for 53s. Bd. Mangling and Wringing Machin- SPENCER'S Mangling and Wringing Machines, Washing Machines. OPENCER'S Knitting Siaccines. The Eclipse is the O Best Knitter in tbe World. OPE.YCETi'S only address is St. John's Church- S square (opposite Church), Cardiff e9961 HORSES. LIVE STO,K-&C. WANTED, smart Turn-out; complete; pony not over 14 hands; under age.—Nolton Castle, Bridg- end. e741M2 FB sale, bay Pony; 12 hands; 5 ycars.-Taylor, 27, West Bute-street, Cardiff. e745hl2 WELL-bred, handsome Flack Retriever Dog; 18 VV months; trained.—Williams, Jelliedy*, Peter- ston-saper-Ely. e649h9 P0 ULTRYT PI GEO Nsr&c. BROODY and Laying Hens for sale; 3a. each.—The Vans, Graig, Pontypridd. e703h9 DENTISTRY. ALL v.'ork done by thoroughly experienced dentists. Every cass guaranteed. c9962 COMPLETE Sets, one guinea, single tooth, 2s. ed. Consultations free. (2962 CORALITE Sets, 2 guineas; single tooth, 5s. Quali- fied dentists in attendance. e9962 PAINLESS Gas Extractions, cs.; by Ethoi Chloride, 23. 6d. 09952 PENARTH, Barry Dock, Aberdare, Pontypooi, .Vo r- gavenny attended. e9962 TEETH.—Morgan, Dentists (Ltd.), 06, Queen-street, Cardiff. Set from £ 1 Is. e9362 TEETH.—Morgan, Dentists (Ltd.), SO, High-street, Newixirt. Painiess extraction by gas, 5s. e2G62 rpLETH.—I'ares allowed to country patients coming r to Cardiff 01 Kcwport.98&2 CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Ac. CAJiRIAGE Worcs, Morgan-etreet, Pontypj ,dd, for new and second-hand Traps and Carts. e969<3 FOR sale. Break; carry 20; good as new; complete. —Long, Newnham. Glo?. e637>i9 FOR sale, new Victoria; painted green; fine i-'n-d; middle- chrome; green Morocco end cloth; extra —Long, N e'Wllh am. Gbs. e637>i9 FOR sale, new Victoria; painted green; fine i-'n-d; middle- chrome; green Morocco end cloth; extra light, and highly finished. Surrey Carts: mit 15 hand; also to suit 12 to 13 hands. Fonr-ivheei Dog- t cart, waiput !,ojy,-Lew:s, Carriage Builder, Chre- street. Card's e9843 "VTEW Break, seat 12; Another, seat 10; Wagos- 1.1 ette, seat 9; cushions, lamps, pole, bars; com- plete.—Pluininer. Carriage Builder, X (o"IKJrt, e565«H) GOOD second-hand Landau. Broughams, and Victo- rias; also Omnibus and Tv,o-wheel« of all descrip- tions.—JohB Fidler ayd Company, Coachbuilders, St. George's-road. Bristol. eSG15 XTEW7- O ECOND-H AND:— O2 Wagonettes. 2 Wagonettes. i Landau. 2 Wagonettes. i Landau. 1 Landa u. 1 Brougn<Un. 3 Brongiiams. 11 Break. 1 Brougham Wagonette. 1 Victoria. 1 4-wheel Dog-cart. 11 Stanhope. 1 Victoria. 3 I'hactons. 30 Stylish Ffcetsure Carts, 13 Pleasure Carts. with or without rubber 2 Gigi. tyres. í 2 Governess Cars. AT J. 1\ORMA5'S NEW CARRIAGE SITOWBOOM?. 234, COWBRIDGE-r.OAD. Nat. TeL: 470. CARDIFT. Canton Car Passes Door. eS329-2 MEDICAL REMEDIES. A ETIJ-IICIAI, Legs. Hands, Eyes, Trusses, Leg Irons, J\. Cratches, Belts, Children's Rubber Trusses, Eiasii.j JL Cnn"hcs, Be1t.s, Cbild.ren's Rubber TruSSe6, E!aet!;) Stockings, &e.; repairs or re-covering dene; lady atten- Qaut. Catalogue free.—Note only addresses, Alien Pearce, 7, Charles-stTeet, Cardiff, ana Broadmead, Bristol Iiifuenzft iLa, l,n or SMALL-I'cx and Influenza may be warded off or an attack minimised by KernicVs Vegetable Pills. rpHE microbes oi smaJi-pox and influenza are. rea- X d.-red harmless by the iciainabie. piope.ties cf Kemiok's Vegetable Pills. Try them. and 2s. 3d. pei box, of all chemists and stores. OPRING will prove less trying to most constitutions O by an occasional dose c: Keraiek's Vegetable Pills These want advertising—they adnrtise them- sejTefl. 13jd. and 2s. 9d. per box, of all chemists and st.orœ, SAFE Medicine for Worms in children.—Kemick's Vegetable Worm Lcaenges; 7id. and 13jd. per box, of all chemists, stores, &c. HBRCULOIUS, Nature's Medicine for Brain Fug and Nervous Exhaustion or Debility; la per box; full COfiTfe, 2* d. TTERCULOIDS, the Tonic for Brain and Nerve; n through all chemists, Sre, Wholesale Britkh Agents., Kernick and Son (Limited;, Cardiff. e9521 WORKS OF ART AND CURIOS. DO not faii tc look through the collection of Paint- ings and Drawings by ancient and modem masters. ESTIMATES Tiven for all kinds of Picture Framing. e9S36 FOR sale. Secretaire Book Case; Oak and Mahogany Bnreans, Grandfather's Clocks, &c. GEORGE Pearcc, FJQC Art and Antique Dealer, 115. Queen-street, Cerdifi. JEding done at private residences without removal by experience workmen; distance no object G Pearce is open to buy antique fcrniturc, coraei jcat>V>»-ds cfy..a. old coloured (Tgr»nt,gs. « r' yon want' Swansea and Nantgarw China go to Gentle Pearce, 115, Queen-strtet, Cardiff ryoa want antique furniture renovated send prgt-, MId to Gecrge Pmj*. 115. Q.ueen-streei, Cardiff. OLD picture and iookiug-glass fnimes re-gi'.dad equal to lie'ft; estima-tcs free on application. OLD oil paintings Lined and Restored. e9816 MISCELLANEOUS. CORONATION i estivities.Militarv Bands, Fire c works Displays (special discounts), Punch and Judy, Marionettes, Performers of all descriptions; moderate terms; programmes on application. —Address Tern Iby and Co., Gloucester. e513d IS you Watch Wrong? The best and cheapest chop 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 lli, Spn tcionj. 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PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. THE WaWftM OF MYSTERY. By GEORGE OHNET, Author of "The Ironmaster," "Serge Panine," Ac, [COPYRIGHT.] PART I. SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. Chapter I. (which commenced in the ".Even. ing Express" on May 3) opens with the discovery of a tragedy at the house of General de Tremont, a man with a dis- tinguished career. who in later life dabbled in chemical experiment. Inquiry appears to show t.i' t the general was murdered in the grourvia of his house, which was after- wards wrecked by an explosion. Suspicion falls upou a woman who visited the general late on the evening before and a man named Hans, whose arm was found in the ruins. CHAPTER 1!. (continued). Anxiety for the health of his patient, the remedies he needed, and other little atten- tions.- caused a happy diversion to the ever- present anxiety of Ahtoine's father. As he saw this handsome young officer, who had fought so heroically, and who under such solicitous care, was about to recover his health under his roof. Si raff began to hope once more. He said to himself: "If my own son is wounded, why should not he also be so fortunate as Captain de Tremont? He has been brought a long distance, with his wounded thigh, but he will be quite well again in less than a couple of months, They do not all die who are wounded in war. I feel sure Antoine will come back now." And his spirits returned with renewed hope. The captain, well cared for by Graff and his wife, was soon able to leave his bed, and after dinner, at night, he Vould relate to them his campaigns in Algeria and' Mexico. He explained to his hoatJ the reaeoua why France was coming off the worst in this dis- astrous campaign, attributing all the advan- tage of the Germans to their remarkable organising capacity, and the perfection of their artillery. "You see, the whole futnre of war con- sists in war material. We have to give way before breech-loading cannons, which have, from the very first given proof of a marked superiority over our grooved arms. The moral effect on our troops has been decisive. Th" first thing 10 be done after the war will be to investigate a new kind of cannon and explosives of a terribly destructive power. The question of explosives will be of capital importance. This ought to be the main end of our efforts in the artillery." With remarkable clearness he explained all that modern chemistry offered in cunning combinations, such i would guarantee vic- tory to that adversary which could most scientifically assure massacre and death. So, in the evening silence in that large town, be- sieged by the conquering enemy, the con- quered were already engaged in thinking of I preparations for revenge. The siege came to an end. and all the brave soldiers who would have defended Metz to j the death were surrendered alive to the | enemy. The flags, a prey to famine, were j carried off to form trophtas of victory in I Germany. Paris fell in her turn, then the final armies of France, driven back across the snow, stained with blood, not so tired of death as exhausted with the fight, stopped I at the country's call. And on that immense ,nsc battlefiflld, two hundred leaguet Mjuur«, the j victors' shout of triumph mingled with tha despairing cry of the vanquished. By de- grees news arrived, bringing sorrow to some and joy to others. Among the brave young fellows who had gone forth to fight, so ardent and proud, many never returned, whilst the numbers of prisoners and wounded! will never be known. One morning, Graff, in the dining-room. was taking brealdait with his family and Captain de Treinont, who was still a con- valescent in Metz. when the outside door was opened, a rapid step was heard on the i staircase, and father, mother, and little Catherine looked at one another with pale j faces. Not a word was uttered as they lis- tcned tremblingly to this quick, seemingly joyful ascent. They had all been struck by the same thought; he who comes hastening to us in this way, without asking any ques- tions, who enters as though he were master of the house, and mounts the well-known steps four at a. time, must be Antoine! Before they had time to give expression to their thoughts the door opened, and a tall, bearded young man so thin and terrible that they did not recognisa him, but whoea eyes were in- stantly flooded with tears, appeared before them. "Father! Catherine! Mother!" They all rose to their feet, mad with joy. for they could not mistake the voice, and the long-expected child for whom so many tears had been shed, was taken in their arms and covered with kisses, amid the cries and sobs, questions and exclamations, of parents and servants, whilst the captain looked on with a smile at this family scene. Finally Antoine escaped from their arms, and his first words were the following: "Good heavens! Row hungTY I a.m r' Ag he spoke be cast hungry looks on the coffee and ciiiie with which the table was spread. In a trice he was seated there, and served and fed so well that he was obliged to beg them -to desist. Then explanations began, and long accounts of events, in- terspersed with questions as to the fate of such and such a one. lie himself, after fighting at Sedan, had escaped by Mezieres, reached the north, where, with Faidherbe, he had passed the whole campaign. lIe bad not in a bed for tbtew jaoatbs. But- I he had fought at Pont-Noyellee, Baparane, and Saint Quentin. and had been lucky enough to come out without a scratch. with the grade of sergeant-major; disgusted, all the same, with the soldier's profession for the rest of his life. His father said to him: "Well, it is all over now! You shall never begin again. Our unhappy country is crushed: it will take a. score of years to bring things to their former condition. Ah, my poor Antoine, how ill I ha.ve slept the last six months! I may say with truth I have not had a single hour's peace of mind since you left. But here yon are back again once more, and all is forgotten." Then the incidents of the campaign would begin again. Captain de Tremont ques- tioned the young soldier on the details of the campaign in the North, and Antoine could not dweU too long on the valour of the calm and indefatigable Faidherbe, the bravery of his companions, and the services rendered by Francois Baradier, a volunteer like him- self, the son of a banker of Troyes, who had saved his life, snatching him away from the hands of the Prussians of Manteuffel on the evening of the Battle of Bapaume, within a farm which the shells had set on fire. and where he was surrounded by a. dozen of the enemy. "He will come and see yon-he promised me so—and you will appreciate such a fine, brave fellow as he is." "Your rescuer? Certainly, he aliall be; welcome. But lei, me look at you, my poor child. Who would have recognised you— you look like a brigand? Had I met you in the street I should have been afraid!" All day Ion? the Graff3 were visited by whole lines of relations and friends, who had calk-d to congratulate them, to admire the j returned soldier, and to listen to the hun- dredth account of the episode of the Battle j of Bapaume, whilst tumblers of beer and glasses of kirsch-waeser were served, bring- ing to their height the overwrought feelings of Graff. who was usually sober enongh, though on this occasion he had completely lost his bearings. The following morning fresh stirrings in the quarter. Elias Ldchtenbaxsh) made his ifltppvaraoos is a 0IIIb. B* looked well and hearty. and, after greeting his family, im- mediately entered into conference with the German authorities. The rumour soon spread that young Lichteubach had been ent by the authorities of Bordeaux, and had become a person of importance during the war. In reality his mission concerned the re-victualling of the army on the fron- tiers of the east. The delegate to the war, who appreciated the services rendered by Elias. his skill as an intermediary, and his facility in avoiding difficulties, had sent his agent to the enemy's headquarters. He was now full of self-importanoe, and proudly looked down upon his compatriots, worn out by privation and hunger, though furious at defeat. After the first few hours of astonishment full fling was given to curiosity. Where had Elias come from, looking so strong and well? Of all who had left at the same time as him- self, he was the only one who had returned looking better than when he left. All the rest were pale and savage-looking. In- quiries were set ai'oot. At the very first question the representatives of the authori- ties replied, with ciremmepectioa, that M. Lichteubach had rendered eminent service to the country, and that the delegate for the war considered him with the moat bene- volent esteem. What kind of service? It waa young Earadier who. on reaching Metz, on a visit to Antoine and his family, began to throw light on the obscure conduct of the boasting Elias. Sergeant Baradier. ruddy of complexion, full of life and vigour, was aa firm in dis- position as Antoine was gentle. His open frankness pleased everybody, and amongst all these good people he was immediately at his •ev.Ke. Twect-y-Iours had not parsed be- fore he was on very good terms with Captain de Tremont, and had grouped together all the Volunteers of Metz to a. banquet to cele- brate their return. Elias had had the calm audacity to give in his namo, like the rest, and had put*in an appearance at the Hotel de rOuns, to take part in the banquet. But his reception had been a. cold one. All who were present, though in oivil dress, as the German authorities had forbidden the uni- form, feasor in wtoat regiment* they had served, in what battles they had been wounded. Elias alone lost himself in vague I explajiations. He pretended to have been I everywhere: with the armies at Chanzy and Bourbaki, at the camp of Oonlie, and near Garibaldi. This gift of ubiquity astonished everybody. Sergeant Baradier undertook to give an explana,tion clearer than all those. behind which Elias sheltered himself. "Are you not the Lichtenbach who did business with the firm of Baradier at Troyes?" he asked old Moses' son. point- blank. "Is it not you who bought sheep in I the Ardennes, and drove them through Bel- gium into France?" "Yes, it is myself," replied Elias, cau- tiously. "Well! No wonder you have been every- tiously. "Well! No wonder you have been every- where during the war since you were buying meat from every available spot, on behalf of the management." I As Elias became agitated and turned pale, Baradier continued: "Oh, I am not reproaching you, I am simply stating a fact. These gentlemen just now did not appear to understand the part you played. I am explaining it to them. M. Liohtenbach is a patriot in a fashion- In- stead of lighting, he undertook to feed the fighters. If not a glorious employment, it is. at least, a useful one." "But I risked my life like the rest," ex- claimed Elias, red with anger. "Had the Germans caught me they would have shot me!" "It is most extraordinary that they allowed you to move in and out so freely through their lines, for they dad not generally show themselves over confident. The goisd recep- tion, too, they gave you, must have appeared very strata." "What do you mean?" exclaimed Elias. "Simply what I say, nothing more." re- plied Baradier, coldly. "But if you wish me to explain. I merely remark that remaining out of the reach of sabre cute and musket shots, whilst others are fighting, being warm and comfortable, and deprived of nothing, whilst your companions are dying of cold and hunger, seeing in the misfortunes of one's country only an opportunity of making a fortune, is not what one would call the beifht of heroism." 1 "You insult me!" "I am ready to give you satisfaction." "Good! You shall hear from me." "Do not cry out so load. I can easily be found. I am staying with M. Graff, and am the son of M. Baradier. your hanker at TToyes. Now we will change the subject." Immediately Elias found himself alone. EVèl-Ybody turned their backs on him. Fling* ing on hia adversary a look of hatred he left the room. As he closed the door he heard Graff exclaim: "Now that there are none but good patriots left let us drink to the health of France!" The following morning Baradier, accom. panied by Captain de Tremont and his friend Graff, waited for Lichtenbach to put in an appearance. They waited in vam- The pro. dent Elias, having avoided wounds during the war. secczsed quite determined not to run I the risk of receiving any in times of peaoe. Still, as though by chance. M. Baradier a* Troycg. received in his house a supplement of twenty Hessian Hussars, to board and lodge, and old Graff was summoned thrice in a single week to reply to denunciations representing him as having spoken in insult- ing terms concerning the German Army. Finally, Baradier received notice to leave Metz within twelve hours. It was quite possible that chance alone might have caused the increase of the t burden laid on the banker of Troyes, and ¡ the expulsion of Baradier migrht have bf-en, the consequence of t.e banquet, at which more was said than the cireamstances wtr- ranted. But oid GrafT was convinced that his neighbour Ijic.hu-i'bac'h'e son vnus an agent of the enemy, and that the rogue had eirrraly turned informer against him All the same, E'ias bowed to hij"> in the straef. with the greatest deference, and he always showed himself very polite to Antoine. The quiet and taciturn heir to the firm of Gruff avoided, as far as possible, hie former companion. He did not openly bre&L with, him. his nature being opposed to violence of every kind. But very few wordE were spoken on either side, and he avoided trans- acting buftinoss with him. The firm Graff stored rip large quantities of wool, which were sold to the manufacturers of Cham- pagne and the Ardennes. The Baradiers, who bad just bought a large factory at Ars, were grent customers of theirs. Elias, who continu i his fa.ther's wholesale bosioeas, bought and sold everything in the nature Of a business transaction, and had often made offers to the Graffs for the wool of Germany. The lattel* bad always declined his offers. Still, in spite of such evident ill-will, Eliat was not discouraged, and. with that tenadtj which is one of the virtues of his race, ht j.ariodioally visited Graff and has son. in hope of bringing off a bargain. CFo be oontinrod to-I&