... There are parts of Spain where the hat is un- known, except in pictures. Men tie up their beads, and the women use flowers. ...

... M. CAVAIGXAC'S FAITH. DREYFUS ALONE COULD HAVE BEEN THE TRAITOR. The complete deposition of M. Cavaignac before the Court of Cassation occupies no less than iiiteen columns of the Figaro. After again passing in review the terms of the bordereau and arguing to show tha.t Dreyfus, and Dreyfus aione. v.-as in a. position to deliver the in- formation referred to, M. Cavtignae goes into the ...

... ANTI-ROMAN AGITATION IN AUSTRIA. The Anti-Roman agitation in Northern Bohemia and other districts of the Austrian Empire is being followed at Berlin with the closest attention. Not only is it looked upon as an important political action, but also as a religious movement of the greatest intercut and significance. Committees of innueutnt.1 meu are being furled in Saxony and other provinces of ...

... THE FUEE SPEECH gUESfION. THOUGH certain members of the Rhyl Urban District ConDcil profess to regard the decision I f the Local Government Board on the Free f Speech question oa Rhyl Saods in the light of a victory, it ia obvious that in reality it is decided rebuff to them. What the CooDcil .,applied for in the tirst instance was discre- tionary powers to refuse or to give consent to persons ...

... MILNER-KRUGER CONFERENCE. The Johannesburg correspondent of the London Mail, saysPresident Kruger will leave for Bloemfontein on May 29, accompanied by the usual bodyguard and by Messrs. Wolmarens, Sohallr Burger and the State-Attorney. He will probably ask permission of the Ilaad to allow th Secretary of the Raad to act as official shorth.Ol writer. The party will arrive at Bloemfontein >;i ...

... KILLED ON THE LINE. Early on Tuesday morning the body of Mary Durose, twenty-one, was found by a signalman in a tunnel on the Great Northern Railway near Uttoxeter. The head was severed from the trunk. Deceased's parents reside at Caverswall Farm, Loxley, and on the previous evening the mother, it is stated, complained about the girl keeping com- pany with a young man. She was not again seen ...

... WIT A1\1> HUMOUR. r k How long does it take you to do up a whita ruffled skirt Laundress: Generallv about two washings, ma'am. How does Mrs. Gargoyle come to know so much of the Gummey family affairs? I. Gar- goyle bought Gummey's parrot. IVe give baby all sorts of things toplnv with but she won't stick to any of them. '• Did you ever try the gum-brush ? Was your ship crippled by the ¡: ...

... GOSPEL AND TOTAL ABSTAINENCE MEETINGS ON THE SANDS. To the Editor of the RHYL RECORD AND ADVERTISER. SIR,-On this question which is now causing no little feeling in Rhyl, there is (liS is generally the casejsomething to be said on both sides. It is said that unobjectionable meetings would not be hind- ered. but is this so ? Gospel Temperance meetings have been; held on the sands fairly often ...

... If there is one thing more than A PLEA adother-apart from its dalaes3 FJB -which characterises the wiater ouRSRLVEb. Sdallon at Rhyl it is the eaargy with which the various charitable agencies aod organizations in this town carry on their praiseworthy wotk. Not only do they help the objact they seek to promote bat they also help in a 1 \re meaaare to relieve the otherwise insufferable monotony ...

... We do not necessarily endorse he our correspondents.—ED.} DEAR Sin,-f am glad to learn that Mr Arm- strong never said that teetotallers are of very low intellect, but that they are not of the standard of Gladstone, &c.; bat, my dear sir, Gladstones are not to be met with every day. and this country has as yet only produced one. Perhaps we do not all agree aa to what constitutes greatness, ...

... The monthly meeting of the Prestatyn School Board was held at fhe Clerk's Offices, Stafford Chambers, Prestatyn, on Wednesday. There were present Mr G. O. Jones (Chairman), Rev F. Jewell (Vice-chairman), Mr Peter Ellis, the Clerk, Mr John Hughes, and the School Attendance Officer, Mr Parry. THE TBANSFBBENCE OF THE BRITISH SCHOOLS. At a special meeting a communication was re- ceived from the ...

... OBEYING OliDEES. Mistress: Bridget, I can't get into the parlour. Bridget: Sure it's mesilf knows that an' ye tvoii't ftir Ihave the kty in iiie pocket Mistress Open the door immediately Bridget Will you go in if I do ? Mistress Certainly I will Bridget Then ye don't get the kay. Mistress Open the door immediately. What do yoti mean Bridget: Sure it's by your orders! Ye said yesterday, ...