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FREE GARDENERS SOCIETY.
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FREE GARDENERS SOCIETY. CONCLUSION OF THE CARDIFF CONFERENCE. The Free Gardeners' Friendly Society con- cluded their business on Friday at the Grand Hotel, Cardiff.—It was agre2d that the securi- ties of the grand secretary and grand trea- surer be raised to £100 and JE400 respectively, to be insured, as usual, in the Grand Order, guaranteed to the fund. Mr. J. F. Tocher (Peterhead) was unanimously elected chairman of the Order for the ensuing year. Mr. C. Simpson (Aberdeen) was appointed as deputy. The following were elected by a majority to their respective officesG.P.M., Bro. Mair (West of Scotland); G.S.W., Bro. G. R. Connell (West of Scotland); J.W., Bro. W. Lymburn (Kilmarnock); G.C., Bro. Regg (Renfrewshire); G.J.G., Bro. R. Chrystall (Kirkcaldy). Bro. F. Keddie (East of Scotland) was elected an grand treasurer, and Bro. James Boyd as grand sec- retary (pro. tern.). Bro. T. Bisset (Aberdeen) and Bro. W. Clark (Aberdeen) were elected auditors for the year. Bro. Godsell was selected as stock auditor to the trustees. Bros. J. ClfLrk. P.G. Stewart, and J. M. M. Clean (West of Scot- land) were re-elected as trustees. The arbitra- tion committee was also re-elected, and the following guarantee fund directors were like-, wise elected:—J. Parkshill (Belfast), J.:Nugent' and J. Carruthers (Glasgow), Hugh Bertie (Glasgow), B. Henderson (Kirkcaldy), James Carruth (Renfrewshire), and R. D. Baird (Glasgow). The delegates next considered .the appointment of actuary, and the following names were submitted:—Messrs. Farnworth, Rock, Abbott, Wilson, and Blossom. Finally, it was agreed to appoint Mr. E. J. Farnworth. Coming to old-age pensions, the report of the sub-committee, consisting of Bros. Berrie, Thompson, Tochar, and Boyd, related to the substitution of a pension of 5s. a week for sick pay. A member of the committee discussed the question in its several aspects, and in the end the question was held over for further con- sideration by the incoming executive. It was agreed that Bros. Smith and Boyd represent the Order at the national conference of Friendly Societies to be held in London next August.
JUDGE OWEN'S COURT AT NEWPORT.
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JUDGE OWEN'S COURT AT NEW- PORT. Judge Owen had before him at Newport on Friday 94 debtors on judgment summonses, but the proceedings were devoid of the spice of humour as compared with some of the courts. Perhaps, the hot weather made it too fatiguing for anybody to go ottt of his way to illuminate the ordinary dulness with sparkles.—Mr. J. W. Stanton, dentist, who has before figured in the court, was again called ur on a subpoena. It was stated that he had been paid conduct money, and, as he failed to attend, the judge fined him 20s. for con- tempt.—A couple of bankruptcy cases came before his Honour to approve compositions of 7s. 6d. in the £ rather than allow them to go right through the mill. These two were Mr. T. R. Oakley, solicitor, and late town-clerk of Monmouth, and Messrs. Baker and Kelly, tailors, Newport.-His Honour approved both compositions on the Official Receiver stating that he had the money in hand to pay the creditors.
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CRUELTY TO CHILDREN SOCIETY.
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CRUELTY TO CHILDREN SOCIETY. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CARDIFF CENTRE. The annual meeting of the Cardiff centre of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was held at the Park Hotel, Cardiff, on Friday, under the presi- dency of Mr. H. Woollcott Thompson. There was a small attendance, in which ladies greatly predominated. Air. Donald Maclean, the hon. secretary, in presenting the annual report gave a review of the work of the society in Cardiff during the ten years of its existence. Active operations commenced in Cardiff in February, 1889, but for a long time the work of the committee was an uphill fight, as the confidence of the bench, police, and public officials had to be gained by efficient work and the discreet handling of what were undoubtedly wide powers. That success had been achieved in this respect was proved by the fact that very rarely did the magistrates find it necessary to refuse to con- vict, that the borough police annually sub- scribed most handsomely to the funds, and that not only the police, but also the school attendance officers and sanitary inspectors, were most earnest in joining in the work of report and investigation. Since the formation of the local branch it had dealt with no less than 2.260 cases, affecting the welfare of 5,658 chil- dren, but it was evident that an immense amount of work still remained to be done, and, after many efforts, the services of an addi- tional inspector were at last secured about twelve months ago. The result was that the number of cases dealt with for the past year had increased from 180 to 343, and the num- ber of children affected from 453 to 997. It could not be too clearly emphasised that prose- cuted cases formed but a very small part of the society's work. Last year out of 343 cases eighteen only were prosecuted. Of these sixteen werj convicted, one acquitted at quarter sessions after committal by the magistrates, and the remaining- case was still pending. For same years the Cardiff Aid Committee was the only one in Wal'as, but now committees were in full work with resident inspectors at New- port. Mon., Swansea, and Pontypridd, and in North Wales. The Cardiff committee now covered Cardiff, Llanishen, Penarth. and Barry, with an estimated population of about 250,000. There was, however, grave necessity for an active committee and resident inspector for Mid and South Glamorgan. Inspector New was a short time ago despatched there for special service for a week, taking Bridgend as a centre. In six days no less than sixteen cases were reported to him by the police and echool board officers alone, and in every instance the complaint proved to be thoroughly well founded. The conditions of filth and neglect in some cf the cases were so acute as to preclude their detailed description in a public report. Hopes were enter- tained that the services of a resi- dent inspector would soon be secured. Notwithstanding the disastrous strike of 1898, the funds collected showed an increase of £28 odd over the total for the preceding year. This, however, was insufficient to meet the expense of the additional inspector, and, in consequence, there was a deficit of £83 7s. 4d. on the year's working. Thanks, however, to a generous donation of £225 from the executors of the late Mr. J. Pyke Thompson, which was sent to the central fund through this aid committee. Cardiff might this year draw on the central fund with some degree of justifica- tion. In conclusion, the committee tendered their thanks to the ladies who had borne the heat and burden of the day in the arduous and trying task of collecting funds. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, said it was a very encouraging one, and showed that they had practically doubled their work during the year. They would have noticed some little time ago in the local papers letters from a somewhat eccentric individual, or, rather, an individual who took a somewhat eccentric view of this society—Mr. Bruce Pryce. He suggested that if it were not for the fact that the society's inspectors were bribed, the convictions would be only 3 per cent., instead of about 97 per cent. of the total throughout the country. Such a statement as that seemed to take a view of the intelligence of the magis- trates and judges which would not commend itself to the generality of the public. They did not bribe the inspectors or anything of the sort, and the statement was absurd. In his letters Mr. Bruce Pryce said he was going to deposit £5 with some solicitor in Cardiff, to be ubed in defending in these prosecutions, and that the next case they took would be defended. They had had two cases since then, and both resulted in convictions, yet he was not aware that Mr. Bruce Prycc's £5 had been employed far the benefit of the accused persons. The society was not revengeful, but only wanted to get at the truth. (Hear, hear.) Certain allegations had been made that a house at Aberystwith was being used as a baby farm. Mr. Maclean wisely thought it advisable to send Inspector New to investigate the matter, and it was then found that the allega- tions were unfounded. The Aberystwith Town Council had since passed a vote of thanks to the society for their action in the matter. (Applause.) Dr. Campbell M'Call, in seconding the reso- lUhon, aIllo bore testimony to the good work which was being done by the society, and by which means- the amount of violence towards children was decreasing to a very great extent. Tho report was then adopted. The general committee was re-elected, on the motion of Mr. n. 1JÍ. Thompson, seconded by Miss Rees Jones. A vote of thanks to the ladies' committee. who had collected funds during the past year was also passed, special mention being made of the efforts of Mrs. Seward. A meeting of the general committee was afterwards held, at which Mr. H. W. Thompson was elected chairman and hon. treasurer, Mr. Donald Maclean hon. see., and the executive committee were re-elected. The usual vote of thanks to the chairman ter- minated the proceedings.
WELSH PARLIAMENTARY PARTY.
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WELSH PARLIAMENTARY PARTY. A JOURNALIST'S CRITICISM Mr. Artemus Jones lectured at the Denbigh Liberal Club on Friday evening upon the Welsh Parliamentary party as viewed from the Press Gallery of the House of Commons. Mr. Ffoulkes Roberts, solicitor, was in the chair. In sketching the growth of minor political groups in the House of Commons, Mr. Artemus Jones contended that particularism was not a sign of decay in political vitality, but sig- nified in England simply a more strenuous spirit among those who were returned to pro- mote various interests in Parliament. Con- trasted with any of the sections into which the House of Commons was now being split up, the Welsh Parliamentary party stood a very favourable comparison, not only for zeal and public spirit, hut also for vigour and skill in debate. In point of age they were, probably, the youngest section in the House of Commons, and in the art of obstruction, which was often nowadays an instrument for displaying the skill of a Parliamentarian, the Welsh mem- bers, and notably Mr. Lloyd-George, had almost rivalled the best performances of the Irish Nationalists. Not many years ago an eminent Parliamentary critic, in commenting upon a speech by the late Sir G. Osborne Mor- gan, deplored the fact that Wales, unlike Scot- land or Ireland, had only sent to Westminster mediocrities of a very mild type. In the interval since then the Parliamentary repre- sentation of Wales seemed to have undergone an entire transformation, and the rapid growth and advancement of the Welsh Par- liamentary party was one of the most notable and interesting events in the political world in the last twenty years. With none of the high oratorical traditions enjoyed by the Irish Nationalists, the Welsh members had become a. force of no inconsiderable power in the House of Commons, entirely through their own merit. The success they had achieved could not fail to inspire Welshmen with a higher iaith in their own powers, and strengthen their conviction that they, like Englishmen, Irish. men, and Scotsmen, had their own part to Play in the administration and government of the British Empire". Touching upon the sug- gested appointment of a Welsh Whip, he said it was a ticklish question, which required an intimate knowledge of the inner ways of Par- liament to determine wisely. There was much to be said in favour of the argument that a Welsh Whip would be able, like the late Mr. Tom Ellis, to do a lot of good for his country, even in an indirect way, by virtus of his official position. On the other hand, however, the matter involved this point—whether the interests of Liberalism always coincided with the interests of Welsh Nationalism. In the cross-currents of party politics the occasion might arise when the interests of both would come into conflict, a,nd in that event any official tie with the Liberal party might prove a hindrance, if not a source of weakness, to the advancement of Welsh aims. (Hear, hear.)
CARDIFF EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITION.
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CARDIFF EDUCATIONAL EXHIBI- TION. Arrangements have been made, in view of the forthcoming Cardiff Educational Exhibition, for conferences of teachers of all grades on certain educational subjects selected by the committee, after consultation with the various educational organisations of the Principality. These meetings will be held on Saturdays and on a great number of evenings during the run of the exhibition. Some of the best known authorities on education will speak at the con- ferences. The exhibition will be held in the Technical Schools, Dumfries-place, Cardiff. It will consist of educational publications, school furniture, pictures for schools, school musical instruments, appliances for drill, architects' plans of schools, illustrations of schemes for school ventilation and warming, school games, scientific apparatus, &c. Application forms for space may be obtained of Mr. A- Taylor, hon. secretary, to whom also all communications sbnnld bo tout.
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"HOLIDAY HAUNTS." i PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN. The latest production to which the public are indebted to the Tudor Printing Works, which is another name for the Western Mail Limited, is an exceedingly readable little book by Marie Trevelyan, called "Holiday Haunts in Glamor- ganshire," being an official guide to places of interest accessible from the Vale of Glamorgan and Barry Railways. The authoress makes her first excursion from Barry to Bridgend, and tells us everything in a gossipy way about Po.' hkerry, Rhoose, Fontygary, Ponmon Castle, Penmark, Llancarvan, Aberthaw, Flemingstone, Llantwit Major. St. Donat's, Dunraven, Ewenny Abbey, and other historic and notable nooks and corners. She dwells long and lovingly on Llantwit Major, and relates all that is to be said of the church, the wonderful crosses found there, and other interesting objects. Her next journey is from Barry to Cardiff, and the last from Barry to Pontypridd, Hafod, and Porth, taking in all places worth seeing by the tourist. The baolc is a capital idea, and will do much to popularise the new railways which intersect the Vale of Glamorgan. While willing to admit that Marie Trevelyan has many merits as a writer, we do not feel that her critical faculty is highly developed. Writing of St. Donat's, she says that there "the renowned British warrior (Caractacus) spent the latest years of his life, and ulti- mataly died in his stronghold, to which St. Paul accompanied him from Rome, and after- wards returned to martyrdo-n." Turning to rages 28 and 29, the writer tells us that St. Paul visited Britain after his second imprison- ment, and spent seven years in the Vale of Glamorgan. H, then, on hearing of the perse- cution of the Christians under Nero, accom- panied by Caractacus, turned back to Rome. In his last hours St Paul, in the Mamertine Prison, was attended by the Welsh Princess Eurgain (Claudia), her brother, and by Pudens, the future husband of the Princess. "It is considered probable that Eubulus was the Roman name adopted by Caractacus, because of its resemblance to the Welsh name Helbulus." Now, all this, and much in a similar strain, is mere nonsense, and should not see the light of day in Wales at the close of the nine- teenth century. There is. not a vestige of proof that St. Paul visited Britain. The phrase, "the utmost bounds of the West," us used in St. Paul's time conveyed a definite meaning, ard referred to Spain. Nothing is more certain than that St. Paul suffered martyrdom at the close of his second imprisonment. It is puerile to refer to "Cambro-British national historical records" in proof of St. Paul's alleged visit 1o Britain, for such "records" do not exist except in the elastic imagination of would-be histo- rians. Marie Trevelyan should steer clear of the perils of Welsh etymology, and should l:\b.-i much of what she writes as history as "legend." One regrets the necessity of cautioning the un- sophisticated rea,dc.r against the writer"? heresies, but, this notwithstanding, the book is thoroughly interesting, and is sure to command a wide circulation. It is exceedingly well illus- trated, all the blocks, of course, being prepared at the "Western Mail" Office. The price ii threepence.
/OHIJLJDRX'S HOMES. \--
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OHIJLJDRX'S HOMES. FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE CARDIFF GUARDIANS. A meeting of the Cardiff Board of Guardians was held on Saturday morning at the work- house, Mr. 0. H. Jones, J.P., presiding.—The Master reported that Mr. Bircham, Local Government Board inspector, had visited the workhouse and found everything in gocd order. The children's dormitories were, how- ever. overcrowded by fourteen.-The Rev. J. R. Buckley: That will shortly be remedied, as we intend sending the children to homes.- The homes visiting committee reported that Messrs. Price-Jones, H. J. Thatcher, and W. J. Travers had reported to them that Mr. Hodginson had agreed to make the commu- nications between the pairs of houses in Crwys- road, and that application for sanction to take these, houses as homes had been sent to the Local Government Board.—Mr. Bircham, the Local Government inspector, who was present, said he had visited the houses, and, as they did not possess open spaces at the back, he disapproved of them. There was no hurry to take homes, and he suggested that the board should take time and obtain suitable buildings.—Councillor Mildon pointed out that it wou.d be impossible to obtain modern buildings in the town wi,th a large amount of open space at the back of them.—On the motion of the Chairman, the recommendation of the committee was, therefore, rejected.- Tne same committee further reported that they considered it absolutely essential that a. lady visitor should be appointed, so as to commence her duties with the opening of the homes, and they, therefore, commended that. an advertisement be forthwith issued.- Mr. Price-Jones moved that this paragraph be eliminated from the. report, as, in his opinion, a lacfy visitor was not required.—The amendment was seconded, but after a lengthy discussion was defeated.—The committee also submitted a report in which they stated that the sub-committee had s?lected 43 children whoan they deemed suitable for the children's homes, 24 being Church of England, twelvo Roman Catholic, and twelve Nonconformist. The committee had requested the sub-com- mittee to select 24 more children, to suggest the allocation of the homes already obtained between the creeds, to consider suitable designations for the several homes, and to re- port upon the most practicable method of procedure as to the opening of the homes.- This recommendation was passed as part of the report, but Mr. Price-Jones g-ave notice that at the next meeting he would move that it be rescinded.
STIPENDIARY WANTED FOR BRIDGEND.
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STIPENDIARY WANTED FOR BRIDGEND. Mr. R. W. Llewellyn, chairman of the Bridgend magistrates, on Saturday referred to some inaccurate statements made in the "South Wales Daily News" and tha "Glamorgan Gazette" concerning a case which was before the bench on the previous Saturday. These reports stated that a girl charged with theft bore good character, and produced in court three testimonials, and that she should, there- fore, have been tried under the First Offenders Act, and not sent to prison for two months. All of these statements, said the chairman, were inaccurate. No testimonials were pro- duced in court, and careful inquiries were made as to the girl's antecedents and past behaviour. She had gono to her last situation without a character at all. It was to be regretted that inaccurate reports in newspapers were on the increase. Mr. S. H. Stockwood said the police had full details of a long list of articles stolen by the girl, exceeding Clo in value. Mr. T. J. Hughes endorsed the chairman's remarks, and added that the Bench had expressed themselves perfectly willing and anitious to have a stipendiary for the district. Mr. R. W. Llewellyn said he should be very pleased to see a stipendiary there, but it was the Maesteg people who must move in the matter. They could rely upon the Bench giving them every possible support of their application.
NEWPORT BOY'S DARING.
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NEWPORT BOY'S DARING. Charles Barton, a carpenter's apprentice, 17, was charged, at Newport Police-court on Friday with stealing on two occasions several fancy articles from the shop of Mr. Charles Joyce, bookseller; .tc., High-stre-et.. The evi- dence showed that Barton had secured a lad- der from the yard where he was employed, and, having placed it in position in Cambrian-road, a fairly frequented street, got over a wall into the back premises, and so into the shop. Cigarette cases and such like were the things stolen.—Mr. Joyce pleaded for leniency for the boy, as he believed lie had not offended before, and his own object was to trace the theft.-The lad's father gave an undertaking that there would not be a repetition of the offence, and a fino of 40s. or a month's imprisonment was imposed
-...fWELSH INTERMEDIATE lEDUCATION.
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WELSH INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION. SPEECHES BY LORD RENDEL AND MR. HUMPHREYS OWEN. Lord Rendel on Thursday paid a. visit to his old constituency for the purpose of opening the new intermediate school building in the s picturesque little village of Llanfair Caer- einion, about eight miles from Welsh- pool. Here he spoke of how deeply he felt the satisfaction of being once more m Jjlanfair. His friendship for and the kindness of Llanfair to him had now reached their majority, and he hoped he would be forgiven if he took, perhaps, rather a cruel advantage of growing age to look backwards rather than forwards. When he first came there he told them of the great ambition he had for Wales, and also his great faith in. Wales. The situation of Wales as he saw it at that time was not a promising one. Many things were against Wales, some that ought not to have existed. Wales had been pretty well stripped of her endowments, especially in regard to education. Wales had what was not altogether a misfortune. She had not tra- velled on the same road as her great neigh- bour, England, in the faith of the accumula- tion of riches She had the good of that as w3ll as the bad; but when she desired to make public effort then the pinch of narrower, resources was felt, and Wales had already a. burden unknown in England-not, at any rate. to the same degree-she had the honourable bur- den of the maintenance of her own spiritual ministrations for the larger part. (Hear, hear.) How, then, should they wonder if twenty-one years ago the condition of Wales in regard to education might not have been unreasonably declared to be one of destitution —educational destitution. He thought that it was the telling expression used by the Com- mittee given by Mr. Gladstone in 1880, and presided over with such genial ability by Lord Aberdare. But he, a presumptuous outsider, felt that if there were disadvantages there were also advantages—advantages which struck him all the more because he belonged in that respect to an outside world. First, it seemed to him that the average of Welsh brains were brighter than the average of Eng- lish brains. In the next place, in England there was a very large proportion of the rural classes who were in a permanently depressed condition. He did not think ti8øt could be said, so far as intellectual life ytks ccncerned, to be true of almost any part of Wales. There, there was material; there was wealth for Wales only requiring cultivation, and whether the desire to advanim the intellectual life of Wales was well-founded or ill-founded, at any rate there was. an imperative need that something should be done to work the precious minerals which lay in Wales and in the superior intelligence of the Welsh people. He thought, also, that Wales presented at that time, as it did now, a quality peculiar to itself. Wales possessed a more closely developed social life. Twenty-one years ago there was in his mind even then the fore- cast of the situation resulting in what they now saw. (Applause.) Coming to the less remote past, Lord Rendel said he was not Quite-. sure that everyone within Wales quite foresaw. the success of the Welsh intermediate Educa- tion Act, or saw how completely it was justi. fied in its inception and in its passing, as well by the efforts of those opposed to many of them in politics as by the efforts of those who were associated more directly with popular causes. He did not think anybody foresaw how great would be the result within a com- paratively limited time. Taking the ten years since the passing of that Act, it appeared to him surprising that Wales should.have accom- plished as much as it had done; and ho thought a great deal of what Montgomeryshire had done for Wales in this respect. Proceeding ha said they might tell him, as anyone else, that there was a great difficulty over the question of religion and education. He was sorry to say he had never been able to see it. It seemed to him that education and religion must go hand to hand, whether they would or not. Knowledge was truth, and truth was know. ledge. Work was duty, and duty was work. He could understand a person talking of God- less ignorance; he knew not when they talked of Godless education. (Cheers.) Mr. Humphreys Owen. M.P., said no om-rould be more familiar with the adyantageswhiclr a large school afforded, but there was an idea. which he thought required to he occasionally instilled into the minds of educationalists- that schools were made for children, and that- children were not made for schools; and if. in order to have a large school, they established their schools in large centres and left unculti- vated the remoter and less thickly populated districts, they were not doing their duty by the. generation they were called upon to serve. (Hear, hear.) If there was any part of the country to which education, with all its brightening and refining influences. should be: brought, it was the remoter country districts of Wales. He hoped that before very long many of them would read that the Charity Commissioners in their report this year, ftis- cussed this same subject of small- schools, and, in pointing out the reasons why it did. require grave consideration before small schools were established, pointed to the Montgomeryshire schools as being a strong argument in their favour. And that was no isolated instance, for they were able to give similar praise to the country schools of Pembrokeshire, a county which resembled Montgomeryshire in its fea- tures as being almost solely an agricultural county.
VIOLENT LABOURER AT GEfcLI.
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VIOLENT LABOURER AT GEfcLI. John Marsden, a labourer, well known to the Gelli police, was brought up before the Ponty- pridd magistrates on Friday to answer chartret of wounding an old man, named Thooiaa Edwards, 15, Gelli-road, with whom he lodged, and subsequently wounding Police-constable Soloman.—Edwards said that when 'prisoMer came home on Thtfrsday he was the worse for drink. He picked up a kriife 'aiad cliAO.Od' ii-bby, and when witness interfered a scuffle ensued. Witness was struck on the head with some- thing sharp. He could not say whether it was a knife or a piece of glass.—Ezekiah Walters- corroborated.—Police-constable Solomon was informed of the affair, and later in the day arrested Marsden at a local coffee tavern. On be:ng asked to come to ths police-station he became very abusive, and said, If I had a. revolver with me I would put a couple of billets through you." He gave the constable considerable trouble, and behaved like a. madman." Before entering the station he drew a. bottle from his pocket and struck Solomon across the hand, inflicting a rather nasty wound.—Replying to the bench, Marsden said he knew very little about it other than that when he came home the old man and the boy were jeering at h;m.-He was sent to prison for a. month for wounding Edward and for two months for wounding the constable.
FIRE AT DOWLAIS RAILWAY STATION.
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FIRE AT DOWLAIS RAILWAY STATION. A serious outbreak of fire occurred at the Brecon and Merthyr Railway Station, Pant, Dowlais, on Thursday evening, whereby the signal fitters' shed, containing a large stock of signal fittings, lamps, tools, and sundries, was destroyed. There being no hydrant avail- able, it became impossible to save the shed, and the efforts of the local police, under. In- spector Cooke, and the station staff, were directed to preventing the fire spreading to the adjoining carpenters' shop and stores, and in that they were successful. The outbreak. which was first observed by Mr. Tom Price (stationmaster), is supposed to have originated by means of a epark from a passing lobomo- tive. The loss is estimated at £250.
A MOST DELICIOUS LEMONADE.
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A MOST DELICIOUS LEMONADE. Eiffel Tower Lemonade is made from the finest lemons, and the great advantage is that it is partly manufactured in Italy in the midst of the lemon orchards. The lemons are taken direct from the trees to the factory to com- mence their transformation into Eiffel Tower Lemonade. A 4,d. bottle of Eiffel Tower Lemonade makes 2 gallons of delicious L*mon- ade. If you cannot get it from your Grocer. send 44d. to G. Foster Clark and Co., 3,562, Eiffel Tower Factory. Maidstone, for a. bottle. L2043
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• ""STuJ* J' MTrIB- Ave EY. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. K? Of J° CORRESPONDENTS. ^Jtew1 Iberi. antsBotanical. "-No. 1, or Cranes Bill; No.2, <LV l^r'' L- K."—No. 1. Prunus Pis-1 JW Cni? raulberry; No. 3, the scarlet Pjjili, of pi Clrtea. hS,0^ v«ry mT -'Wpst RidinS-"—All green i it <ill I^'etv fi alike. It is impossible to « ? mo m another at this time. It tl^ °tie fruit when ripe I v. iil namo I ?rL°n Laburnum Tree.—T. Mit- •ifi^chTi'Seed !? a y°unS one. you should thu Do<^s at once. If left on they I i! i+^^th of the young wood co»- I o^i d at grow much faster if they i ^VB Ua °nce- i tt'rnil?>flrfoi'atecl by Insects.—" J. J." I V in fiT that !S injuring the leaves I thjui't H doat sarden. Collect a buckel- | It °T ^rit, and dust them over I MfSto tIUextraordinary how this 5V? on p/1 13 a C £ iP'tal remedy. Uit Trees.—"Fear gus Barrow- •k^y tii Prescnt issue to Fly and 7°ua»^,lnstructions given to your ft,J1WFe *itVi f e r°ots fully and washing aJ^ent i.ap' ^c- You will soon not:ce oolr,Uj?ot^ in their more luxuriant ko^arUien?asis' Yorkshire Lass."—An 0 ih6t in a ro iar is ou'te suitable. It 0f ]-■ cool place. You can put your W> tL eges 1 without injury to either %?8las ^8h t> '8 not at all necessary to T' a m2?3 are in a^r tight. The • Sllfficient preservative without shl^5 in Strawberry Bed.—T. *4? ^oi? (eih? Pull them up with the «^°Uld tnpm If >*ou ho«d them >>illr0h ai-tvaproot and injure the jcung ?ow rooting into the ground, a 6tni °riji „ t these to lift and plant else-1 tho J?ew hed later. You ought to is ts tt>arranD.ree(k UP l°nS ago. as it is not Ad thf inent to weed amongst the felLN* ruit is "I*5- "la!?' «ni ^0PPies.—" Catherine."—The as t 5 do the plants any material S^'lPe 3*ever approve of allowing any ■v? tK ^'Jiovp unless the seed is required, ^«J^W^rfep+ heads, as they will detract the g,r°wth of the plants probably, A.nts are in any way weakly, t > 1)> Wa that poppy seed heads are ablv j- y chemists medically. You vv^iuf. IsPose of y°urs at a Proflt- "oil 'San W+ i°r Fuchsias.—"A Signalman." 'tir* s^c fforti l?iuid manures for fuchsias is psheep droppmgs. You should C!?Wat11'fratL them in a bucket of water, '!li. the* ami J.i.your fuchsias let the half be >1)5 liiw? 'he other the liquid mixed. Give t be-nocTee^iy- You would also find taNl, 2 llesf your other nlants. I am v? 4tt that a" vour plants are doing vAj» ? you derive so much pleasure if0111 LhT?g Trout in Sea.—"A R<eader," & cj^s tjp^^SQllen (North Wales), remarks 'l&M ltLost- successful with the grey ■BH+T111^ and green body, and 'l th«. hc^ &old twist to body. This 1 V1* s»*^d ^ut Piscator desired to and y that would catch sea trout thfr^done not in the fresh water, as is ^°r»i 'nr will be pleased to learn ,aies correspondent if he has VioU nf if1 catching trout in the sea Cw?naS T5fl:eswhait- V, i^k.^en ^r°wn.—"A Buxton Reader."— ,'le, xP°sing the plant too much to 'tw't i>n „.P;!rt from this, the frond seems «itb2 the°^thered from a healthy plant. f pah °Wi 1 enr' oi vour greenhouse, fo],H t?l>y of the glass above it or erect a «tin canvas over it, so as to shade *Wlie>- 0lid<! througho-ut the day. The dis- e- t! *h-Vu not re-gain their green hue, 1 -S B„ ,wi-! form will be of the right f trouble to answer your ques- he'f's ^I11 ^ums on Same Tree.—" J. T. Vh*ili'ery common occurrence, and W Cn„s*ell ? ?ost plum trees. The large J tv,63 tejii become fine fruit, but the ^i« nnf^u°'l3al3ly fall off before long, i Ato i l,r& of .hey would be better removed, L i»S-nes 'n the fruit, especially if ^hS,Haii lov/er its price. Uniformity !•> of !r ^ne! If the crop is a heavy one ''Nb { fm-^l better off. As to the h Te '♦ ^eillK of various sizes, it is C^eJii ft. „l0 the crop being too heavy, t Vri °f L„ ,tree can swell. ^v!s? Ve?v^ln?3- Polly .I am glad Avi nf. Uccessful with your hatching. '!iv U)K ^tiry ja^ed them very well since, as 8ati„s; to ipi.^cklings, which now weigh W, ctorv Per couple live weight, are fs t, d n t° thP „ They are not excessive, but '>9 6 senr] ^?ra-e- or rather over. You Ij^t Win 1 of that weight to market, I V L W1 s??n decrease, Retain the 'Si ,vi«e v°°king foT next year's stock. r V 'e»T durv?U to hatch any more at pre- a!5 arB ave n?s are never profitable, but not lalf8 available at this time, as now. r thtou are 7; Neath Valley.I am sorry c^nt vi e^y to he deficient of hay. i J*]-) to f.?1 ^an- fy dry weather has checked f JL ti. ^stances. I do not advise f liW *eatVi?^ from your t'en acre 't ve(liat^ „ at get a late crop from it, ^i)?Q"If] „ f ltix-n„fSent :s not in favour of N>t. or 0t f>P viant growth.. In any case, K _?r°bab7 v to cut till well into 'ittio l,V' September, and when it tii,71- anrt 410r no grass would grow in ,J lle*t t.. field would b« of no use *'l rQe t|Pring. I th:nk that you will '(v^o>> >'ill "at, to continue your present r CiiHi Leava much the best. lVV- °r iji:8. Blistered.—1. H. M'llquham.— ■■ c°itinv?er on your peach tree leaves is fc! t ii-is » deformity on them at this v*1 it 6 Uo .Saa»y caused by cold east winds, 5 Cit originated early in May, th,wcl1 colder than it is now. Water- (Nlj °u^hly at the root with liquid L'W.j'1'! fpJraK0 them form a luxuriant leaves will blister. These V 61a aHd be picked off as fast as Ve it iCe- 8^Ung' plcan ones will soon take iKf On ii8til] i, n"c the foliage all over, and ri^art5^. ^ust a little flowers of sul- i% "y L this to remain on until \eT thoS» off °y rain or syringing. fc/1 it KCtTs. t t°repart of the season that ImW It? ^movi^r thev w''i fee quite free ^5? ^Wph a Xlr|til they cease forming. a Q.n Glass Case. Fowls for Con- Nlt: W °H v^.lnclair —'The mildew has been ,clos6 ferns by keeping the the time they were c°nfin J young growth. They would Hii» .a0d hn ?ent when the fronds are a ni^ nec1'- I'ut a little flowers On ^f. of muslin cloth. Shake it >Si 41() so that it may be lightly distri- It th« it remain in for several iifjrH!itt snu^?16 time admit more air to I'Hv V T daw them to let some ventilation K> the a,?u night for two or three it is in any way loose round Slii *>n?°t wPt1Ult,e firm. Do this when it is iQU l^d V1^ sat an^ spongy. Keep the soil v?6 cont rated. You could keep ten ^tri v. ln a grass run 30ft. by. 4ft. if inZcl^n- NI- &C.-E. M. Heycock.—I the views expressed in your Jtj j *f6 "ar frames are much more !VJ.Hot om° ,table than skeps. The J'&ta *ish ,oi date, and rightly so. As 'Vr +^ve t0(> many. y°u wil1 do ^vhi v. em- August would be the f to ho to doihis- It will be quite Ceding them in that Ci1 extra 1 time enough, especially pen Can 1^ a°y honey after the middle Ki 4P the new swarm on six bars v Vn °0d-te tu the sections on at once, and XR 3p Vii? a a(ld four more bars. The KV^ som-e disease. You must exterminate it at once. Pro- il'^hi Of ?. s °'l from 1he chemist. Add ,:ll bntr to this. and. after taking off •%K ^klp exposing the bees in the IN k' a» le top of the bars with the i,1 to run down amonest the vta Wvo ot the best remedies for > Vor used, and I like it better Oa^^y. iwatn-. &c.—" Fly and Ants. K k v wi-be iu a bad state. The letter It HwQt hr. J th -i1 t,he specimen twigs was At I ? 3- m,ie^n fy from the leaves. I rtirti'?.t)rf JanCp ch worse specimen submitted y°ur soil must be poor and V^ichVot very robust. These are th^11 sK^ ,ays favour the increase of C<1 f,r?' begin by watering the ^1) everc at tlj.e root with liquid W'h^d »°ver iJ-i^V€nin? moisten the wood V^ftiT '1 a mixture of water, soft 8IISP» Allow one wineglassful of S>r;if it1the soap to every gallon of itr vp Tv, ^.Ur'n>r the time it is being n>? reim; jU:st before dusk, and the U. !,vet vlj? on all the night. You may r,. M Yon bU^ in at once. It will not lift and re-plant your £ KR,rch. If you examine the ill thr^s- the ants have hol°s 'n tiB>H y foiling water into these •v*t)y ,l the i; running, or. if you put a 1 recommend for the III over them it will destroy w thern so much as to remove i
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^Y-PLANTBD TREES. Nq^ til?0 eice«iWe had in May has becn fo1" So«H- th' ere lve dryness in June, and, 'llg j sUffa„ 1>'€nty of moisture in the i*i>it ^t# Tr and a little way under are ,^ay /es that are established with llt thrf0ni surface are growing <*th ,1°t 5 are n„,Se Planted last winter and ,0>efH?tiCe(j so fortunately situated. I Vv they are as yet sufiFering a Mlj c at the root, but if the heat Set thj, or increase they very K Ul^tw, °H'<1 be a great misfortune, Nm t f0l> Ofld no^ only hinder their 3> ^8aingt ^-st of the season but it S>S. i8^rv;^m for years to come. A froV^8 't enow,118 in a fruit, or, indeed, vNw tVi^. any the roots to penetrate V^t to J^face impediments, and tv dS? of^esi^ -6 Wood that will be so \n. a sreat measure, the tW^ their earl-v fertility ^n. tn^y Wl1' amply comimisate for i^W^1ef vT eiven them to secure this W ^t**1 trew,11^ standard plum, apple, i *U ^ovp»y,k that were planted in an 5 a foot i^r ,that have made young a/°Ut a ^tuid length, but they were it iat= atld tbis hlth manure over the roots >. tj,°°t8. Tn, 3^ retained the moisture ca/.ls is one of the greatest irLa?uin dry weather, and V*Si8' anrt racial t anything 1 know" 2. *herc 1 ornamental trees of tJi$*ere trees planted last winter 111 dn with manure a frvji 8 at once. Let the t or eighteen inches from the stem; press it down firmly so as to make it better able to stay evaporation, and then saturate the roots by emptying water on the top of the manure. All recently-planted trees. should be watered in this way. Do ,not wait until it is seen they are drooping before giving the water. It is too late .but give it whether they seem to need- it or not. This will act as a preventative against their being checked, which is a great gain. Some may feel quite contented about their trees when they see the foliage green, indicating that they are alive; but that. is not enough. They are wanted to grow, and ought to do so freely— the more so the better—and it is the attention which will cause this that I am anxious they shall receive. A lack of moisture at the root is the only condition that will prevent it. The atmosphere is genial enough to cause them to grow luxuriantly, and moisture is the other element absolutely necessary. According to how this is given cr withheld so will the state of the tree be. Do not go on the principle of letting them "take their chance." That is very suggestive of laziness, and is certainly indiffe- rence. Do not think that if they can "only be kept alive" this season they will be sure to grow all right next year, but try hard to establish them now and make all the growth possible, and the result next and in succeeding years will be most gratifying. Nothing pleases me more than to be shown fruit trees with the owner telling nie they have only been planted two or three years and see them bear a sur- prisingly heavy crop of fine fruit. This can be accomplished, and it is worth trying hard for. If manure is scarce, cut any grass or trash of a weed kind, and spread it round the stems. This will not fertilise them, but it will keep the roots moist, and that is what is most wanted. Moisture on the leaves and wood is also a great help to them, as it assists the young wood and foliage to develop, and pre- vents insects being troublesome. If the foliage of all recently-planted trees is moistened over in the evening of warm days it will at once be noticed how thoroughly well it suits the trees, and ttie labour in applying it is neither hard nor difficult. VENTILATING FOWL-HOUSES. Although I do not approve of keeping fowl- houses very close at any time, not even in the cold weather in winter, the ventilation should be greatly increased in the hot weather in summer. This is an important matter which is not always provided for by those who make fowl-houses. The main idea with them is that they must be kept warm in winter to make them lay, with the result that very few of the wood-houses bought have any means of giving them more ventilation in the summer than winter. Those who make poultry-houses should consider this, and buyers ought to insist on it. When the houses are badly or deficiently venti- lated the fowls become very hot at night. They lose condition, and very often become sickly in consequence of the hot, oppressive atmosphere. Vermin increase at a very rapid rate in a close, warm poultry-house. They are simply in their element, and the more nume- rous they are the worse it is for the fowls. Very many will know that when they open the door of their poultry-house in the morning the smell is most oppressive and disagreeable. It would be a hardship for anyone to have to exist in it; indeed, they could not, and no kind of animal can either without injury. Natu- rally, fowls delight in fresh air. If they had their choice in this matter they would never go into a house, but roost out on the trees. I have had ninny do this, and they were remark- able for their fine plumage and robust health; while those too closely confined have been the reverse. Over-crowding is most injurious to them at all times, but more particularly when the house is deficiently ventilated in warm weather, and I would urge all readers to con- sider if their houses are not failing in this respect. I feel sure generally they are. Allow- ing the doors or windows to remain open is a partial remedy, but this cannot be done in all cases, especially where foxes and other intruders may visit them in the night time. The best means of ventilation for a poultry- house is at the top, as all the bad air readily escapes there, and the atmosphere is kept con- stantly pure. There should be a hole made at each end quite close up to the top, as this will create a current there that will ventilate the interior perfectly. Where the houses are of wood and the bottom is formed of the ground, I approve of their being lifted from it a few inches that air may be admitted here as well. I have at present a quantity of young fowls in houses arranged in this way, and they are in capital health. LATE PEAS. These are not grown so generally or exten- sively as they ought to be. There is a great desire by all to have peas early and plentiful, but the very late ones are quite as acceptable, and they are excellent when gathered in October and November. They are better then than the early ones, as the varieties which can be grown late are superior to the early sorts in flavour, and the cool nights of autumn seem to have a peculiar tendency to impart a sweet, rich flavour to peas. Webb's Talisman is the finest late pea I have ever grown. It is a marrowfat, grows about five feet high, is im- mensely prolific, and continues to pod right up till cut off by frost. It should be sown at the middle of June, the end of June, and the second week in July. If three rows or what- ever quantity the grower may desire are put in these will be a fine supply of peas at the end of September and onwards. The ground for late peas should be deeply dug and heavily manured. The drills in which the seed is sown should be opened with a spade the width of that tool and six inches deep. Empty a quan- tity of water along the bottom to moisten the soil thoroughly. Sow the seed at once, and cover it over to a depth of four inches. This will assure a free germination of the seed and a healthy growth of the young plants in the dryest weather, which is very important for the after success of the plants. WITHERED FLOWERS ON RUSHES. All kinds of flowering bushes have been exceedingly gay this spring. I do not think I ever saw them flower more profusely. This applies to rhododendrons, lilacs', azaleas, and all plants of this class, but most of them are over now, and the bright blossoms have been succeeded by decayed matter, which will soon disappear and be succeeded by seed pods. The weather is much in favour of these forming and swelling, and they are the greatest hindrance to the development of young or small bushes that they have to contend with. Some may think that it is a healthy sign that they can bear seed—and it does indicate robustness—but the function of forming and ripening seed is a heavy tax on the energies of the plants, and is always done at a sacrifice of growth. The seed is useless. It cannot be grown for any useful purpose, and it undoubtedly cripples the plants, as the growths formed on bushes that are bearing seed will be short and weak; while the growths on those that are seedless will be long and luxuriant—just the stamp desired to greatly increase the size of the tree and make it still more attractive and gay next year; whereas one heavily laden with seed will not make growths that are capable of bloom- ing next year. All like to see their young and not long-planted bushes grow fast, and I know of nothing that will help them on more quickly than to prevent them from forming seed pods. It is impossible to remove them from large bushes or trees. They are too numerous, and cannot be reached. But when the trees are fully established, they suffer less from seed- bearing than the little ones. If, however, a large tree is making little wood and at a standstill, by removing the seed pods it would be a great inducement for it to make a vigorous start. Do not wait till the seeds are develop. ing before removing them, but do so as soon as the flowers wither, when the young growths will at once begin and proceed generously. THE BLOSSOM AND THE FRUIT. I have no idea whom the common expression, "There is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip," originated with, but I am of opinion that he must have been a grower of fruit, as there is nothing the truth of the saying is more fully verified in than the promise of fruit the blossom of trees give and the amount of the crop afterwards. It is the experience of all to have trees clothed with bloom, and when the fruit is looked for in due time there is a rcmark- able absence of it to what was promised in the quantity of blossom. This is experienced more or less every year, and at the present time I hear daily from readers in all parts of their disappointment in the smallness of their crop. This often applies to individual trees, and sometimes to quantities of them. Some send withered blossoms; others fruit that have formed, but have fallen off; while, fortu- nately, others write that they have abundance. These ask for no advice, but others are puzzled and disappointed. I am anxious, however, to say that these partial failures should lead no J one to be disheartened and think that fruit culture cannot he a profitable success, and the extent and the value of the returns should never be computed from one year only. If the results in three, five, or seven years are taken, it will be found that the average is thoroughly satisfactory, and such failures as I hear of are only temporary. No one should expect heavy crops every year. I know of many more than one garden and orchard where th-e crops were excessive last year. The trees were full of bloom this spring again, but the fruit is less than last year—probably not half a crop-hut this should not be regarded as a serious trouble. If the trees were bearing heavily year after year, the wood would soon be weakened, and the fruit would fail to attain the most useful size. But when it is heavy one year and light another, as is often the case, the trees invariably make substantial growth in the latter, and it is this which adds so much to their permanent success. It is Nature's way of doing things and cannot be altered to any extent. The same occurs in the case of wild fruits. Acorns and nuts, for instance, are often very abundant one year and deficient the following one. and, although fruit trees are more under the care of man, --they are still subject to natural influences, and these will often account for the slip 'twixt! the blossom and the fruit. The blossom of the fruit tree is the most tender part of it. A slight frosts so slight as only to appear as an extra heavy due—will often tarnish the tender petals of the blooms. It may not be noticed at the time that this has really occurred, but when the blossom fails to form fruit it will then be understood that the frost was too much for it. This is a very general cause of failure. It may have seemed odd to some that there are often better fruit crops when the weather is moist during the time they are in bloom than when it is quite dry at that time, but frosts are much more apt to occur in dry weather than when it is wet. Another common cause of fruit failing is the trees being too dry at the root when the blossom or young fruit has still a slim hold and is readily detached by any little deficiency in the action of the tree. Orchard trees and those grown in the full open are not particularly liable to suffer from dryness, but those near houses and in sheltered spots suffer much from it, and if the roots received a thorough watering when the blossom was beginning to open it would in very many cases act as a preventative to the bloom and fruit falling off prematurely. FOWLS MOPISH—A REMEDY. "A Well-wisher," writing from near Liverpool, remarks:—"I recently noticed a note of yours on the above matter, and, having' had the same cause of complaint when keeping fowls some years ago, I successfully devised means to remedy it, and, thinking it may be useful knowledge to some of your readers, I venture to acquaint you with my plan. I kept about thirty adult fowls in a run twenty-four feet long by nine feet wide. The whole of the roof was covered over at a height of eight feet at the back, which was a brick wall. The front and ends of the run were boarded to a height of fifteen inches from the ground. The soil in the run was dug up to (I, depth of one foot, and soon got dry and loose, but was watered occasionally when it became too dusty; The run was divided into two portions, with a sliding door in the partition large enough for the fowls to pass through. In the morning I used to get all the fowls collected into one part by throwing in a handful of corn, then I scattered over the surface of the soil in the other part as much grain as I thought sufficient for the day. I then took a large-sized spade and dug the grain well into the soil, finally collecting it all into a heap or mound. The sliding door was then opened, and the fowls soon crowded in and commenced operations. By the evening the whole of the soil was scratched over, scarcely a single grain being left. By this plan the fowls were given occu- pation, kept in health by scratching for their food as in a state of nature, and never seemed to find the irksomeness of their confinement or exhibit any signs of mopishness. No soft food was given, but plenty of green stuff and clean water were always at hand. The two compartments were used on alternate days, and the soil renewed twice a year. The labour involved was less than, might be expected, as the soil, being loose, was easily worked. Chickens were reared without difficulty on the same principle." STORE PIGS IN THE SUMMER TIME. Pigs intended to be fattened and killed next autumn or in early winter as baconers will now be three or four months old, or, probably, a little more. It is a mistake to allow them to fall into poor condition and get into a half-starved condition at this time. This will stop them in their growth, and they will be more difficult and expensive to fatten when the time comes than if they are kept in a growing condition throughout. No attempt at keeping them anything like fat should be made now. This would be going to unnecessary expense, and so long as they are kept healthy and growing that is all that is desirable. Where they are kept on farms they may be allowed to run out on the grass and in the yards constantly, and give them any wash scraps, butter-milk, and such like that are available. This will induce them to grow into large- bodied pigs, and it will be an easy matter to fatten them in the autumn. A field-reared pig is always a healthy one, and a grower. Cottagers who have only one or two store pigs will, as a rule, have to confine them in their pens. They should not have any material as bedding in hot weather, but they should be kept clean. This is important, but very infre- quently observed. Cleanliness keeps them so much more healthy. The cottager's pigs should now be fed on green refuse from the garden and any odds and ends from the house. If there is a small grass orchard, turn them into it by all means, as it will benefit the pigs and fertilise the soil most advantageously for the trees. WEED-KILLERS. There are several liquids offered as weed- killers, and all are more or less perfect. Several readers ask of late if I think they are economical, and if I believe in them. To both questions I wfuld answer "Yes." Some walks, drives, and stable and other yards are so full of small we-eds that it is quite impossible to root them all up by the hand. When the weeds grow in the joint of stones, as they often do, much labour is required to clear them out. The tops may be taken off, but the roots are generally left, and new growth soon appears again. Indeed, it is a constant weed all the summer through, whereas by giving one dressing of weed-killer the whole, root and top are killed, and there is no further need to remove more weeds for tllat season at least. When hand-weeding is resorted to, the weeds grow so fast that s-;>,me of them are sure to seed, and th-n an increased crop follows, but the weed-killer puts a stop to this, and if they arc well dr^ss.-d with it there may be few or no more weeds for years. Weed-killers are cheap. The money spent in repeated weedings during the season would more than cover the expense of buying sufficient liquid, and they are undoubtedly economical. Where walks are kept neatly, if it is necessary to hoe their surface to remove the weeds it will be all upset, whereas by applying the weed-killer not a stone is dis- turbed, and this is a great advantage. If the weeds arc plentiful there may be some witHered remains after being killed, but these will soon disappear, and all the paths or whatever it is put on will have a clean appear- ance for the remainder of the season. Of course, all weed-killers are poisonous, and will kill all kinds of vegetation. In using them do not allow any of the liquid to reach the lawns or grass on the edges, or unsightly, burned spots will soon appear and remain. I never knew of any animals being killed by weed- killers, but care should be taken that none of it is placed where anything could drink it. PLANTING CELERY. There is a desire to grow celery in almost all gardens, but some let the time go by for planting it, and regret it afterwards. The plants require more artificial protection to rear them in spring, and this prevents many from possessing them, but few vegetable plants are offered so generally in markets at this time, I notice; indeed, I am offered twenty-five good plants for sixpence, and they are cheaper if a greater number are taken. It is, therefore, an easy matter for all to secure celery plants, and now is a good time to plant them. They; are best grown in trenches. These should be dug out from one to three feet in width and about nine inches deep. Cut them out neatly, and place the soil that is thrown out upon the sides firmly. Fork a quantity of half- decayed manure in the bottom, but do not go to excess in this, as if there is too much manure in the trench the plants .will make a very soft growth, or if the weather is very dry the roots may burn or shrink, as a great deal of manure has a tendency to make the surface soil very dry. After manuring and forking tread the soil on the surface, then water it thoroughly. Let it remain a day, and then plant. A trench one foot wide will hold two rows, and those two or three feet double or treble. The best celery is often grown in single rows, and I like two rows better than a greater number, as they are very convenient for earthing up later. In warm weather, plant in the evening, and water them well at once. They will droop, and if a little shade can be given them for a day or two they will start more quickly into growth. No vegetable depends more on moisture at the root than celery to bring it to perfection, and it should never be allowed to become in any way dry at the root. This is important. Dryness at the root is the greatest cause of celery running to flower prematurely. The white celery is the best for early use. and the red a.nd pink arc the hardiest for winter.
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CARDIFF HOTEL DISPUTE. U On Friday the Court of Appeal, consisting of Lords Justices Smith, Rigby, and Vaughan, had before them the application of plaintiff for judgment or a new trial of his action to recover from defendants possession and mesne profits of the Royal Oak Tavern, situate in St. Mary-street, Cardiff. The plaintiff, who is a solicitor of London, alleged that defendants, Mr. Matthew Price and Mr. Hornblow, resi- dents of Cardiff, had forfeited thefr lease of the house by under-letting the premises. The defence was that there was a waiver of the forfeiture. At the trial before Mr. Justice Dar- ling and a special jury at Cardiff a verdict was returned for defendants, and judgment was entered accordingly. The plaintiff now appealed, contending that there was no evi- dence of a waiver, and. further, that the judge misdirected the jury.—Mr. B. Francis Williams, Q.C.. Mr. S. T. Evans, M.P., and Mr. Ivor Bowen were counsel for the respondents.— During the course of Mr. Williams's argument, Lord Justice Smith eaid it would be better if the parties could agree that all the letters which passed between them should be treated as if in evidence. The court could then draw inferences of fact from them. and decide the question of waiver or no waiver.—Course! on both sides having agreed to adopt tint course, the further hearing of the case stood adjourned till Monday, to allow their lordimps time to examine the documents.
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NORlflH WALES DIVORCE CASE
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NORlflH WALES DIVORCE CASE WIFE'S APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE A DECREE. EXTRAORDINARY ALLEGATIONS. In the Divorce Division on Friday (before the President and a special jury) the case of Edwards v. Edwards came on for hearing. It was the petition of the wife for a judicial separation, and of the cross petition of the hus- band for divorce. The action was heard in 1897, and a decree nisi was pronounced against Mrs. Edwards. Dr. Edwards, the husband, is a medical practioner at Cemmaes road, Montgomeryshire, North Wales. Mrs. Edwards was charged with misconduct with a man unknown, and petitioner alleged he was not the father of the child. He wrote out a confession, which the wife signed. and that document was produced at the trial. After the decree nisi had been obtained Mrs. Edwards wrote a letter to Mr. Edwards refer- ring to her unpardonable sin, and asking for- giveness. and pleading to be allowed to see her 'daughter Gwendoline. Counsel representing Dr. Beddowes, the pre- sent intervener, said the ground on which they asked that the decree should be set aside was that Mrs. Edwards had signed the confession under fear of violence, her husband holding a carving-knife over her, while the subsequent letter was written in her overmastering desire to see her daughter. Catherine Edwards, against whom the decree nisi was made at the last trial, gave evidence in support of her counsel's opening, and stated that when she signed the confession her hus- band pulled her by the hair. and said. "Oh, now I have you; by God, I have a mind to kill you." Her husband saw the guest who slept at their house before the latter went to rest, and then came to her bedroom. The President: Mention the name. Witness: I won't do it. The President: We cannot have any non sense of this sort. There is no imputation against the gentleman, and it 's Jale to conceal the name in this manner. Mr. Dean read the document, as follows — "I, Catherine Edwards, do hereby solemnly confess" (the words "that I am pregnant" struck out) "that I have on the 4th of February, 1896, committed adultery with Lloyd-George, M.P., and that the said Lloyd-George is the father of the child, and that I have on a pre- vious occasion committed adultery with the above Hoyd-George.—lOth August, 1896.— (Signed) CATHERINE EDWARDS." Mr. Dean added that there were the initials "K. E." to the correction striking out the words stated. Witness (continuing): Mr. Edwards said, "Do you object to anything in this paper?" I said, "I object to the words'that I am preg- nant to Mr. Lloyd-George," and he struck them out. Mr. Bryn Roberts, M.P., said he repre- sented Mr. Lloyd-George, and desired that certain letters should be read, as they would completely exculpate that gentleman. The President said Mr. Lloyd-George was not a party to the proceedings, and there was no imputation whatever against him of any kind. Mr. Edwards, in reply to Mr. Dean, said Mr. Lloyd-George was absolutely innocent of any charge in connection with her. A number of witnesses were called, and his Lordship observed that the result of the previous trial had not been disturbed in any way. The jury found that Mrs. Edwards bad b'« n guilty of adultery, and, upon that, his Lord- ship dismissed the intervention, with costs as between solicitor and client, agreeing also to make the decree absolute at an early date.
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EAST CARMARTHENSHIRE LIBE- RAL ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the East Carmarthen- shire Liberal Association was held at the Board School, Llangadock, on Friday afternoon, when about 40 members attended, under the presi- dency of Mr. David Evans, Blaencennen.- Colonel Morris. Brynffin, Bettws, was elected president for the ensuing year, and Mr. James Rees, Garnant, and the Rev. Towyn Jones, were elected treasurer and secretary respec- tively.—A vote of confidence in Mr. Abel Thomas as member for the constituency was carried unanimously.—Mr. Thomas in his letter to the secretary said it Was very im- portant that they should be extremely careful of the coming registration, as he thought there was a strong probability of the next general election being taken upon it.—The Rev. Towyn Jones, Mr. Llewelyn Williams, London, and Mr. Isaac Thomas, Yscyborwen, Llandilo, were elected as delegates to the Welsh National Council.—Mr. Gwilym Parry, Denbigh, secretary of the Welsh National Liberal-Convention, and Mr. Morgan Thomas, secretary of the South Wales Liberal Federation and secretary of the South Glamorgan Liberal Association, then delivered addresses on current topics.— The association, whilst regretting that Sir Wm. Harcourt had resigned the Liberal leadership, were thankful that such a. good substitute was fcund in Sir H. Cauipbell-Baniierman.—'The association resolved that no Liberal programme would be acceptable unless it cpntained Home Rule all round, Discstablishment and Disendow- nient, and temperanca reform.—A resolutiou was passed embodying the opinion of the asso- ciation that the abolition of the House of Lords should be made the foremost plank in the Liberal programme.