The Carmarthen Journal and South Wales Weekly Advertiser

DUCK AND GREEN PEAS. There is a story told of a farmer who, in times of distress was wont to give butter freely to his labourers, leaving it to their ingenuity to find the bread. Be it mine, then, to pilot the reader in the interesting task of duck culture, leaving the source of peas to their own powers of management. The first point in the favour of young ducks is their hardihood. Within comparatively few hours of emerging from the shell they are able, in ordinary summer weather, to lead an existence independent of all maternal care. They also in their earliest days bear a long journey with wonderful equanimity. Failing local sources, the writer has purchased duck- lings in this extremely mtantile condition in the heart of busy London, and found them none the worse for a prolonged journey. Certainly it must be admitted that their efforts to acquire knowledge, and to explore new regions, have sometimes caused them their life, after giving promise of better things, but that I fear has been more due to faulty surroundings than any perversity of instinct. Thus, if no faithful hen can be found willing: to undertake a life of solitary confine- ment for 30 days, the reader need not hesitate to embark on the purchase of ducklings a few days old. Do not, however, purchase one youngster for an experiment. Like human beings ducks are all the better for having con- genial society, whilst they set a good example to unfeathered bipeds in endeavouring to make the best of the food and lodging pro- vided for them. The two questions of food and lodgings are naturally the uppermost ones in the beginner's mind. Well, adult birds are most accommodating. Their appetites are omniverous. So, too, in theory, are the appetites of the youngsters, but the restric- tions on their bill of fare are caused by a necessary consideration of their yet-to-be developed digestive powers. Biscuit meal, varied with soft meals, is the best for young ducks. This, then, may be made the chief articles of diet, and the changes may be rung on stiff oatmeal porridge, barley meal, ground Sussex oats, house scraps cut fine, not neglect- ing fine grit, vegetable food, as lettuce leaves, cabbage leaves, &c., cut fine, and minute scraps of meat. From a particular motion of the head whilst feeding, ducks are apt to scatter seme of their soft food in the neigh- bourhood of their feeding trough. In hot weather this wasted food may turn sour and create an unpleasant smell. If ducks are kept in very confined quarters, as they undoubtedly can be, then the odour from scattered fragments of food become specially objectionable, But difficulties are made to be overcome, and this drawback to the pleasure of duck-keeping may be lessened, in fact, practically done away with. Place the feeding trough under cover of a moderately-sized box, having its lid and one side knocked off. All the splashes will fall within it, and can at intervals be easily washed off. Then the most fastidious will have little cause of complaint, and the interest in duck- rearing will be shared in by all the family. To show in what small quarters ducks can be, and are, reared, I submit the following :— It is stated that there are more ducks in "China than in all the world outside. They are kept on every farm, on the private roads, and on all the lakes, rivers, and smaller streams. There are many boats, on each of which as many as 2,000 are kept. Their eggs constitute one of the most important articles of food. They are hatched in establishments fitted up for the purpose, some of which turn out as many as 50,000 young ducks every year. Salted and smoked ducks are sold in all towns, and many of them are exported to countries where Chinamen reside." Th", above extract has not only an interest of its own, but serves to show how readily the duck lends itself to be reared in an artificial or semi-artificial manner. A few words as to accommodation, and this article may well be closed. Ducks do not need water in which to swim, save and except stock ducks; but those here referred to are those which are reared at home to accompany the peas. They thrive all the better for having a dry run, and being kept outwardly dry themselves. Peat moss will unfortunately stain the plumage of any variety robed in white, but a bedding of straw, renewed from time to time, with due security against draughts, rain, cats, and other vermin, is all they ask, Do not over-crowd them in their sleeping quarters. They huddle closely to- gether all night long, and suffer for it if too numerous in any one pen. No fixed time can be stated at which they shall have arrived at maturity-dining table maturity I mean. Precocious youngsters will reach that condition sometimes in nine weeks. Others prefer deferring the-to them—evil day, and take C, fourteen weeks to arrive at a duly presentable state. So if the peas are also being grown in the garden, it may be well to arrange more than one sowing. Then in due course, whilst the youngsters shell the peas, the adults can make ready the duck or docks. The marked tenderness and pleasant taste of the latter will lead all who partake to assert their intention of repeating the experiment at the earliest opportnnity.-Farnt, Field, and Fireside.

At Hertford Assizes on Thursday, Joseph Tayn- ton, aged 15, was sentenced to ten years' penal servitude for the manslaughter of his sister, aged 12 years. Prisoner beat out the child's brains with a shoemaker's hammer because she nagged him." SNATCHED FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH" is a phrase often heard, especially in reference to the extraordinary cures wrought by the miraculous specifics of the Alofas Compamy. These are safe herbal specialities which apply to almost every ailment of everyday life, and their effect has be- come one of the wonders of the hour. Consumption, that most fell disease which can afflict man, is found to yield to the powers of Alofas Tincture in a greater degree than any other medicine, and Alofas is a perfect charm in cases of Bronchitis and Throat diseases. For Brain weariness it is, in the form of a powder, invigorating and refreshing, and promotes sound sleep. The Alofas Stomachic is a veritable foe to Indigestion, Flatulence, Kidney and Heart Complaints while the Alofas Pills are the most reliable in the world for the Liver, that source ofso much misery. The Alofas Specifics for outwyd application are a perfect medicine chest and portable surgeon rolled into one, as they are eqaally effective for Spraind, Rheumatism, or Ulcers. The Alofas Company, whose establishment of 20, Oxford Street, London, id rapidly becoming world-famous, pride themselves in the fact that their Specifics are Pure, Exotic and English Herbal productions, and contain none of the deadly mineral poisons which send so many persons to the grave, instead of curing them. The prices are Is. 1 £ d„ 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. Can be obtained from all Chemists, or post free from the Alofas Company. HOLLOWAT'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.-Rheumatism and Gout.-These purifying and soothing remedies deserve the earnest attention of all persons liable to gout, sciatica, or other painful affections of the muscles, nerves, or joints. The Ointaient should be applied after the affected parts have been patiently fomented with warm water, when the Ointment should be diligently rubbed upon the adjacent skin, unless the friction causes pain. Holloway's Pills should be simultaneously taken to diminish pain, reduce inflammation, and purify the blood. This treatment abates the violence, and lessens the frequency of gout, rheumatism, and all spasmodic diseases which spring from hereditary predisposi- tion, or from any accidental weakness of constitu- tion' The Ointment checks the local malady, while the Pills restore vital power.

FEEDING PIGS. t. It is a fact that young pigs are ofen overfed and hurt, sometimes killed by overfeeding. When they begin to eat it is important that they be properly fed. Their future vitality depends upon this. One writing on this subject says:—" They should never have all they will eat. Only fattening hogs should be so fed, and then they would be soon die from over-feed- ing if they were not killed. When a young pig chokes at the trough, squeals and falls over in a fit, it is over-fed when it goes to the side of the stall champs its jaws, foams at the mouth, and does nothing else than this, it has been overfed and in both cases it is suffering from conjestion of the brain, due to indigestion and disturbed circulation. It is in a state of apoplexy and will probably die anyhow, but the others may be saved by at once reducing their feed about one-fourth of what they have been getting. The prevalent paralysis of the hind limb is caused by overfeeding, by which the kidneys have been overtaxed and the nervous system of the lumbar region (the loins) is disturbed, Thus the power of motion of the hind legs is lost. Recent experiments in feeding young pigs go to show that one of forty pounds needs no more per day than two quarts of milk, and four ounces of solid food, such as bran or oats and maize meal. On this allowance, gradually increased, pigs made a steady and healthy growth, while two others kept in a pen by themselves became stunted, stopped growing, and in the third week one was attacked by congestion of the brain and had to be starved out of it, losing fully two month's growth. When young pigs are weaned, they should be fed in a shallow trough, from which they can take their food only very slowly.

QUICK ROUTE TO AMERICA. FROM MiLFORD HAVEN IN FOUR DAYS. PROPOSED NEW LINE OF STEAMERS. The New York Times announces that Mr Austin Corbin has purchased a large tract of land at Montauk Point, Long Island, and that the Rapid Transit Steamship Company, which he represents, will proceed immediately to the construction of eight steamships to ply between Fort Pond Bay and Milford Haven, in Wales. This announcement will renew the interest which the public has long felt in the project of establishing an American short line between Great Britain and the United States. The sea voyage will be reduced perhaps 48 hours, and if Mr Corbin's vessels, which are to cost, it is said, not less than 1,250,000 dollars each, and are to be the fastest and most elegant on the Atlantic, shall even rival in speed those of the Canard, Inman, and White Star lines, the passage from land to land ought to be made in a little over four days. This will be reducing the duration of the sea voyage between the continents of Europe and America to a point not thought of ten years ago.

THE QUEEN A PREBENDARY OF ST. DAVID'S. The Bishop of Chester has made the inter. esting announcement that in our smallest city—St. David's-her Majesty is a prebend of the cathedral, but whether during her visit she will be persuaded to visit and occupy her prebendal stall is not stated. It may not be known that Von Moltke and several German notables draw large incomes from a Prussian cathedral chapter, the revenues of which are diverted to laymen for whom the State desires to provide high official recognition and reward. The prebendal stall of Finsbury-the richest in St. Paul's Cathedral-had at one time an income of E40,000 per annum, but now it goes to the common fund of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The holder of the one en- dowed stall in St. Paul's serves as religious inspector. The other prebendaries derive no income by reason of their office.

THE UNEMPLOYED IN EAST LONDON.—At a time when much thought is being given to this matter a practical suggestion may be of service. Last year more than X300,000 worth of foreign matches were purchased by inconsiderate consumers in the country, to the great injury of our own working people, so true is it that evil is wrought by want of thought, as well as want of heart-" If all con- sumers would purchase Bryant and May's matches that firm would be enabled to pay XI,000 a week more in wages.

NEW WAY OF MAKING BUTTER. Australian papers give a full description of a new progress of butter-making without churning, which has been on exhibition for about two months in Australia. The butter. globules are separated by passing air through the cream, and at least two advantages are claimed for the process. In the first place there is a great saving of labour, and, secondly, it is said, the butter is purified by the circula- tion of air through cream tainted by strong fodder or by being kept too long. In a recent trial three strong glass vessels were provided for the cream, large enough to make about 80 lbs. of butter at one time. To obtain the air-power water is run into an empty tank, forcing the air therein through a pipe into a second tank filled with water, with which some unknown material is mixed to purify the air passing through it. After being forced through this intermediate tank, the air enters each of the glass vessels near the bottom, and rises through the cream, escaping, pre- sumably, by a valve at the top. In from twenty to sixty minutes, according to the the condition of the cream, the state of the weather, and other circumstances, the butter rises to the top of the vessels, and the butter- milk is drawn off from below. No details are given as to the proportion of butter to milk, as to the percentage of butter fat left in the- butter-milk. These points must be investigated before the progress can be regarded as of any value. It seems unlikely that the butter globules can be sufficiently extracted by the mere concussion of air in the cream.

THE ROYAL AND AUXILIARY ARTILLERY IN WALES. ABOLITION OF THE WELSH DIVISION. By the general order to the Royal Artillery, just issued in order to re-conatitute the great Regiment, the Welsh Regular Brigadw. of nine batteries is to be abolished, in common with several other brigades, the whole to be re- organised as three divisions, to be called the Eastern (headquarters Dover), Southern (Portsmouth), and Western (Devonport). The latter-containing 25 batteries-is to take in the greater part of the Welsh Regular Batteries, No. 1 Welsh becoming No. 11 Western No. 2 becoming No. 16; No. 3, No. 23 No. 4, No. 13; No. 5, No. 2; No. 6, No. 9 No. 7, No. 14. No. 8, No. 18; and No. 9, No. 37 of the Southern Division. The old Auxiliary Artillery District at Cardiff is to be abolished, and its business to be transferred to Devon- port, with the oversight of the Militia and Volunteer Artillery Brigades in the Princip- ality.

BISHOP JAYNE'S WAY OUT OF A DIFFICULTY. The Bishop of Chester has adopted an un- usual, but very practical, method of settling disputes between the High Church clergy in his diocese and their complaining parishioner& His lordship received a complaint from a meeting of parishioners at Cheadle that the Rev. F. A. Macdona, rector, was alienating them from the services of the Church owing to the use of an extreme ritual. The Lord Bishop summoned the rector and his aggrieved parishioners to meet him in the National Schools, where the parishioners alleged the illegal practices of mixing water with the wine, using wafer bread, the elevation of the cup and paten, and prostration hy the cele- brant during the singing of the Agnus Dei" after the consecration. The rector promised to make one or two modifications in the service to meet the wishes of the parishioners, and, in the course of a lengthy discussion, the bishop urged an arrangement in regard to the offertories, which was accepted, He also earnestly enjoined on rector and laity the best way of avoiding the creation of difficulties and discords, and of adopting mutual forbearance and concilation in their attitude towards each other.

LADIES AND THEIR DRESSMAKERS' ACCOUNTS. CURIOUS STORIES. Fancy a woman going about in her carriage with two men on the box, a team of blood horses in harness, a crest on the blinkers, and not enough money in her purse to pay for making a morning dress! A wealthy poor woman—the irony of it! And yet a fashionable dressmaker recently declared that there are plenty of them in society. Only a week ago," she said, u I made a lace toilet for a customer, and what do you think she paid me with ? A snake bracelet! The jewel I know most have cost fifty pounds, which more than covered the bill, but I didn't want it I preferred to be paid in cash, and told her so. Then she took from her hand a small diamond cluster ring and begged me receipt the bill. I was obliged to do so, as she is an old customer. Rich? The world thinks so. She wears beautiful clothes, always comes in a carriage, and I know she has a maid, for I have seen her. I once made a wedding-dress for a fashionable young lady who agreed beforehand to give me five rings in lieu of the money. The jewels were all en- gagement rings that had been received from dis- carded sweethearts, and which she knew she never would be permitted to wear as the wife of her accepted lover. We had an understanding that she should have the privilege of paying the amount due, with interest, and getting back the rings, about which she had a woman's sentiment. Well, I kept the jewels two years and cleared several pounds on their sale. About ten months ago a lady came to me and left an order for three toilets. I had never done any work for her, but she was well recommended, and I felt sure she was all right. Well, when I sent home the goods she came back with the bill herself, and told me she could not pay it, as her husband in a fit of jealousy had stopped her allow- ance. Her jewels had been pawned for twenty pounds, but were worth ten times that sum, she thought. Would I take the tickets, redeem them, and hold the case for a year P This was a most astounding form of settlement. I referred it to my lawyer, who paid the money on the loan, and brought me back a leather case containing an assortment of rings and bracelets, and a set of ear- rings. I haven't seen or heard of her since. No, I rarely lose anything. We don't have bad debts as tailors do. Women, as a class, are honest. I have been swindled by adventuresses, but my regular customers always pay. There lives at a certain hotel a wealthy widow who has been a source of annoyance to every dress- maker she has had any dealings with. The first time I made her a dress I sent it bome with a bill, which she deliberately discounted, item after item, sending me a cheque for a third less than the amount due. On investigation [ tound that she had pursued this method with other modistes, so I bottled up my indignation, and waited for another order. It came in due course of time. The material was her own. I made it up and charged the balance due on the first account, and politely witheld delivery until the whole amount was made. The woman is abundantly able to pay for every thing she orders, and is in every other other par- ticular a most delightful person, bat she has a mania for discounting her dress-making and millinery bills that amounts to positive dishonesty. One customer I bad was the wife of an old miser, who promptly paid her bills but never allowed her any pocket money. At her order the bills were made out in pencil, and she would ink them, and add aB much to the different figures as she dared. The collector found no difficulty in getting a cheque from the husband, and the addi- tional sum over the original debt we gave to the moneyless wife. A dressmaker doesn't need to be in business very long before realising that I all that glitters is not gold.

LACTINA" for calves prevents scour, needs no boiling, and costs one-half the price of milk. It is easily digested, and highly relished by the young animal. Apply Lactina & Co., Suffolk House, Canon-street, London, E.C.

NITRATE OF POTASH. This is one of the most valuable manures. We hear much more about nitrate of soda and sulphate of ammonia than of it, yet neither of these is so important from an agricultural point of view. Nitrate of soda, for example, supplies but one of the ingredients of plant food nitrate of potash provides two- nitrogen and potash. Soils that are poor in clay, and which are not occasionally enriched by the application of farm-yard manure, derive great benefit from a dressing of nitrate of potash. But it is rather more costly than some of the nitro- genous manures. It has been imported from India for some years. Latterly it has been artificially produced on an extensive scale in other countries. France has aided materially in popularising it as a source of plant food. Beyond the Channel it is largely manu- factured. A quantity of fertile loam is procured, and with it is incorporated highly nitrogenous organic matter, such as dried blood, flesh, liquid manure, &e. To this is added chalk or old mortar lime. The whole mass is then turned over once or twice, after which the soil is washed and the water evaporated. The residue from this process is crystals of ni trate of potash. What are the chemical changes which take place in the maS8 t The decay ef organic matter is hastened by lime, and results in nitric acid. Ammonia is produced, and becoming oxidised, it is converted into nitric acid which combines with the lime in the first instance, and afterwards with the liber- ated potash, and hence the origin of nitrate of potash. The process of manufacture is simple, and every farmer should study it, as it is quite possible that it might be in progress on his own farm unknowingly to him.

THE LOVERS. IN DIFFEBHNT MOODS AND TBNSES. Sally Salter, she was a young teacher, who taught, It er And her friend, Charley Church, was a preacher, who praulht I Though his enemies ealild him a screeeher, who soraoght. His heart, when he saw her, kept sinking, and sunk. And his eye, moeting hers, began winking, and wank While she, in her turn, full to thinking, and thunk He basten'd to woo her, and sweetly be woo'd. For his love grew until to a mountain it grew'd, And what he was longing to do, then he do'd. In secret he wanted to speak, and he spoke, To eeek with his lips what his heart long had soke So he managed to let the truth leak, and it loke. He ask'd her to ride to the church, and they rode; They so sweetly did glide, that they both thought they glode, And they came to the place to be tied, and were toed. Then homeward he said let us drive, and they drove, And soon as they. wish'd to arrive they arroye; For whatever he couldn't contrive she oontrove. The kiss he was dying to steal, then he stole; At the feet where he wanted to kneel, then he knole; And he said, I feel better than ever I fole." So they to each other kept clinging, and clung. While Time his swift-circuit was winging, and wung; And this was the thing he was bringing, and bruag; The man Sally wanted to catch, and had caught— That she wanted from others to snatch, and had snaught— Was the one she now liked to scratch, and she scraught. And Charley's warm love began freezing and froze, While he took to teasing, and cruelly toze, The girl he had wished to be squeezing, and squoze. Wretch 1" he cried, when she threaten'd to leave him, and left, "How could yon deceive, as you have deceft P And she answer'd, I promised to cleave, and I've cleft!

GREAT WESTERN RAILWA Y. WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. c M1 vt u,p- a m am am • m am am p m p nt p m p m p in a m am pm pm New Milford (Mlfd Hvn) 2b45 6 45 £ 25 1020 1035 1 0 5 0 7 5 3 55 10 0 5 0 Haverfordwest 7 9 8 47 1042 1059 1 21 5 24 7 27 4 17 1024 5 24 Cl&rbeston Road 7 22 1111 1 37 7 39 1037 WM«er!Ten 7 85 1123 • 1 50 5 46 7 51 1050 5 46 £ h"8nd dep. 7 50 9 22 1116 1148 2 7 6 3 8 6 11 4 6 0 It™?* ••• 8 2 933 1154 2 18 6 U S 18 1116 6 12 °arnau 8 12 12 3 2 27 8 27 1123 Carmarthen June. arP. Sb48 8 23 9 49 1141 1214 2 38 6 30 8 38 5 5 1134 6 2 „ arr. 5 30 8 45 10 5 1155 1230 2 55 6 44 8 50 1235 Carmarthen I t 'dep 7 20 8 15 9 33 1127 12 5 1 45 2 25 4 30 « 15 8 25 5 0 Carmarthen June dep 3b52 7 26 8 30 9 53 1146 1223 1 51 2 44 4 37 6 85 8425 10 1138 5 6 6 33 Ferry*ide ff .„ 7 38 8 44 10 5 1235 2 3 2 56 4 50 ••• 8 54 1150 5 20 Kidwelly 7 4$8 55 1245 2 12 3 6 5 0 ••• 9 3 12 0 5 30 Pembrey (Burry Port) „ 7 58 9 7 1020 1255 2 22 3 17 5 10 ••• 9 18 129 540 L andovery 720 7 20 1020 1080 5 15 Llandilo 7 54 7 54 1051 1061 2 10 5 46 4 45 Llanelly .arr 9 0 9 0 11 0 1220 3 15655 545 Llanelly dep. 8 9 9 19 1030 1215 1 7 2 82 3 29 5 20 7 6 9 845 41 1219 5 50 7 4 Landore Junction arr 4b39 8 40 9 53 1052 1237 140 35 4 1 548 7 30 9 54 8 8 1248 6 18 7 28 arr. 4b55 8 55 1010 11 5 1150 1 55 3 10 4 15 6 0 T45 10 5. 6 16 1 0 6 35 7 40 Swan»ea(HlfhSt.) J I dep 4b30 « 40 9 45 1045 1230 ISO 3 5 3 55 5 40 7 25 9 45 5 55 1240 « 20 7 20 Landore Junction dep 4b43 8 48 10 2 1058 124314731148553737 9 58] 6 9 1253 6 28 7 35 £ e»th 4b58 9 3 1027 1115 10 2 14 336 427 67 755 1010' fl 26 1 15 S 52 7 54 Bridgend 9 34 1110 1145 1 30 2 58 — 5 10 6 37 8 27 —" 6 57 1 55 — 8 27 car lir ,rr 5b53 10 6 1158 1217 2 3 3 50 6 0 7 10 9 0 7 30 2 52 9 0 Newaort „ 6 17 1029 1225 1240 2 26 4 27 6 28 7 52 9 23 8 5 3 25 9 23 Bristol 8 18 1147 1 45 1 45 6 2 7 45 1038 1045545 Chepstow „ 6 45 1058 2 3 1 13 5 14 7 4 9 7 9 51 412 9 51 Gloucelter 7 30 1140 310 2 0 620 7 55 1035 522 1035 Paddington 1045 2a45 6 30 5 7 6 15 1020 1125 2 15 7 c5 1025 2 15 a 1st and 2nd Class only between Swindon and London. 3rd Class Passengers arrive at 3.55 p." b Not on Mondays between New Milford and Cardiff. c Via Severn TunneL WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS c- t "T~~ c Ml DOW.V. am am am am am am pm ■ m p m pm pm an am d in Paddington „dep 5 30 10 0 1020 1 cO 5 45 9 15 1040 9 15 Gloucester 5 15 9 20 11 0 1 48 3 43 8 45 1250 8 20 1250 Chepstow 6 2 1013 1210 2 38 4 45 7 13 1 38 426 1 38 Bristol 6 15 9 32 1110 1246 1 40 4 0 750 2 0 7 0 Newport 6 31 7 24 1051 1 0 1 53 3 12 5 30 » *8 2 13 *14 2 13 ». 6 52 7 50 1115 1 28 2 15 3 35 6 5 1010 2 38 Z 5 45 2 38 Bridgend 7 24 8 45 1211 2 19 2 47 4 7 7 0 1042 3 12 1050 0 44 S 12 Neath 8 4 9 36 1259 310 3 25 450 7 46 1119 353 1110731 3 53 Landore Junction arr 8 17 957119 3 30 3 37 5 2 8 10 1131 4 61125754 4 6 t arr. 8 30 1015 1 35 3 38 3 50 5 15 8 15 1145 4 20 11 5 8 5 4 20 Swansea I d«p 7 15 8 10 9 50 1 10 3 40 3 30 4 55 8 30 1115 3 55 1120 7 45 3 55 Landore Junatie.% dep 724 8 23 10 8 1 25 3 55 S 42 5 8 945 11S7 ,u. IUO 9 o414 Llanelly „ 7 54 8 48 1036 1 57 4 25 4 5 5 32 9 17 1159 4 39 8 32 4 39 Llanelly 8 15 1110 2 20 S 5 6 5 „ £ 20 ft 55 Uaadilo 9 19 1214 331714 7 14 4 33 7 51 Llaadovery 9 50 „. 4 5 7 46 — 7 45 9 26 7 46 llM Pembrey (Barry Port).. S3 1045 j « 4 34 — 5 41 9 M ii, XUwell* S 18 leu 2 16 4 44 — » 81 • 45 „ H.? !S FerrysM* SS 11 5 S 25 4 53 6 0 9 W • 1 Carmarthen Junction arr «» tl« 1117 238 *4 438 69 10« \m g 9 £ £ 1 i arr »SO 1185 55 » 12 4 45 •» „ Im# — Z J Carmarthen 'dep 9 10 1110 225 420#5«30 4W5 — m Carmarthen June- dep 9 21 1121241 5 89 2 15 6 44 1231 5 15 9 15 5 15 Sarpau 9 31 1131 2 51 6 54 9 25 St. Clears 939 1140 8 0 630 7 3 5 30 934 530 Whitland .arr 9 49 1150 3 10 506407 13 5 40 944540 Clynderwou -dep 10 6 12 6 3 27 7 80 5 59 9 gf 5 59 Clarbeston Rosd —— 1019 1218 3 39 7 42 10 9 .„ Haverfordwest 1030 1230 3 51 5367 10 754 1 18 6 24 1090 « 24 NeWiMilf«rd(MUd UTB) 1055 1255 4 15 < « 7 40 |» 145650 1045 S 50 b Not on Sunday mornings. c Via Severn TunneL PEMBROKE AND TENBY BRANCH. DOWN TRAINS WEEKDAYS. g J CP TRAINS. WEEKDAYS. S £ WIS C013 jam a mp m p m pmpmpmpm a mi am amvm p m i? ni p m !p m Whitland .4ep, #55 95512 10 320 520 6507207 0 Pembroke Dock .dep. 7 5510 0 10 20 1230 2 30i4 SO 6 86 3 fl Narberth 6 7 10 51225335 a 7 0 7 40 7 15 Pembroke 8 3110 8 10 30 1238 2 40'4 38 6 43 3 fl Ktlgetty ft Begelly 6 23 10 20 12 40 8 SO 7 15 b 7 32 Lamphoy 8 71 — il0 34 b 2 4514 42 6 47 3 12 Sa^ndersfoot f 627 10 2412 45355 7 20 8 0 7 35 Manorbler 8 14 — 10 46 1246 2 55'4 50 6 65 3 21 T*nby 6 40 10 36, 1 10;4 30 6 0 7 35 8 25 8 0 Penally 8 22 — 10 53 1252 3 5!4 587 2 3 30 Penally 6 43 10 39,1 13 4 84 7 38 b 8 5 Tenby .8 3510 3511 0 1 5 «. |S 4 7 10 5 0 Manorbier 6 52 10 46; 1 22|4 50 7 47 8 40 8 15 Saundersfoot 8 44 — 11 9 1 15 13 7 21 5 10 Lampfcey 7 0 10 Mi 1 30 4 58 7 54 8 80 8 23 Kilgetty attd Brnlly.Js 47 — 11 12 1 18 b 7 23 5 13 Pembroke 7 HI (k 1 37 5 8 6 17 8 0 8 55 8 39 Naiberth 9 511 011 27 1 40 5 35 7 45 5 30 Pem Doek arr. 7 15 11 iff 1 45'5 10 6 25 8 10 9 5 8 40 WMtUa* arr1 15 11 10 11 35 1 55 'g 41 7 55 5 40 a Stop for pMBengers for Bristol or beyond. b Stop when required for through Passengers on speaking to the Ouard. SUNDAY—UP TRAIN.—A train will leare Pembroke Dock for Whitland at 3.0 p.m. s Pembroke 3 8 • Lamphey, 3.12; Maaorbier, 3.31; Penally, 3.30; Tenby, 6.0; Sauadersfoet, 5.10: Kilgetty and Betrellv. 5 131 Narberth, 5.30 arriving at Whitland at 5.40 p.m. SUNDAY—DOWN TRAIN.—A train will leave Whitland for Pembroke Doek at 7.0 p.m. • Narberth 7.15; Kilgettr »" 'Ogelly, 7.32 Saundersfoot, 7.35; Tenby, 8.0; Penally, 8.5; Manorbier, 8.15; Lamohev' 8.23 Pembroke.. JO; arriving at Pembroke Dock at 8.40 p.m. CENTRAL WALES, GREAT WESTERN, AND PEMBROKE AND TENBY RAILWAYS. p.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. a.m. a m a.m. a.m. p.m. p.in* London depart 10c 0 5 15 9 0 New Milford depart 2a45 8 2510 35 1 0 Birmingham. 12c 5 7 30 11 35 Haverfordwest. „ 8 4710 59 1 25 Leeds „ 9c3Q 6 0 9d30 Pembroke Dock „ 7 5510 20 12 30 Manchester 12c 0 8 33 12 5 Pembroke 8 3 10 28 12 38 Liverpool „ llc45 8 1512 0 Manorbler 8 2010 31 12 46 Crewe lclO 9 32 1 12 Tenby 83511 0 1 5 Stafford 2« 9 8 50 12 40 Narberth 9 511 20 1 40 — Birkenhead „ 10 0 8 20 12 5 Whitland Junction „ 9 2211 43 17 Shrewsbury „ 3 15 7 010 35 2 15 CARMARTHEN 6 20 10 1512 35 4i"o 5 40 Hereford 9 20 12 25 Abergwili „ 627 12424.10547 Ludlow 10 15 1 25 Nantgaredig „ 6 37 B 12 52 4e25 6 4. Craven Arms. „ 4 5 .8 011 13 2 57 Llanarthney 6 47 B 12 ieif\ R U Swansea „ 6 15 10 0 12 35 2 0 6 0 Drysllwyn A A A A Llandovery 6 25 10 45 1 13 5 5 5 15 Golden Grove „ 6 58 1 18 4 "W fi 24 Llandilo arrive 6 50 11 14 2 5 5 28 5 48 Llandilo Bridge „ 7 8 105 3 l 23 5 7 6 S3 ————————————— a.i —— LLANDILO .arrive 7 10 10 55 1 25 5 9 6 35 LLANDILO .depart 7 30 11 25 1 38 5 33 7 20 —— — —— —— —— —— —— Llandilo Bridge. arrive 7331128 1 40 5 36 7 22 Llandilo .depart 7 20 1114 1 43 Golden Grove „ 7 43 11 38 A A 7 36 Llandovery .arrive 7 46 11 34 2 8 7 20 Drysllwyn A A A Swansea „ 9 30 1215 3 25 940 Llanarthney 7 53 11 48 A A 7 45 .> Craveti Arms. „ 10 22 1 36 4 86 9 25 Nantgaredig „ 8 3 11 58 A A 7 55 Ludlow 1110 3 5 6 50 Abergwili „ 8 13 12 8 6 14 8 7 Hereford U 52 3 10 7 40 CARMARTHEN „ 8 20 12 15 2 15 6 20 8 15 Shrewsbury 11 10 2 15 5 30 10 5 Whitland Junction" 9 49 3 10 7 13 Birkenhead. 2 15 4 30 7 35 3 5 Narberth. „ 10 5 3 35 740 Statford. „ 12 40 41.1. 646 2 32 Tenby „ 10 34 4 10 8 10 Crewe „ 12 15 330 6 57 1110 Manorbier „ 10 57 4 50 8 40 Liverpool 1 30 4 45 8 10 12 15 Pembroke „ 11 0 5 8 8 55 Manchester „ 1 48 4 36 7 55 12 a 15 Pembroke Doek „ 11 10 5 30 9 5 Leeds „ 3 25 6 45 10 0 5 4& Haverfordwest. „ 10 SO 3 51 7 54 Birmingham 2 8 5 32 8 10 < m I. i sa New Milford „ 10 55 4 51 8 20 London „ 5 5 8 0 10 15I 3 JJjJ A—Calls when required upon notice being given to the Guard at the preceding stopping Station. B calls when required to set down passengers booked from Stations west of Carmarthen. a.—Not on Mondays. c.—No connection beyond Shrewsbury on Sunday mornings. d.—Passengers leave Leeds at 10 a.m. Thursdays and Saturdays. e.- Saturday$ only. CARMARTHEN AND LiiANDYSSIL (G.W.B.) DOWN TRAINS. WEEK DAYS. j DP TRAINS. WEEK DAYS. Mall P™ 5™, 1 am a m p m pm Carmarthen Jun dep 5 26 8 36 2 51 « 40 Cardigan..coach dep 7 10 1 25 Carmarthen arr 5 30 8 10 2 55 6 44 Llechryd „ „ 7 30 2 0 deP f 40 8 49 3 4 7 0 Cenarth „ „ 8 5 2 40 «. »• Bronwydd Arms. 5 51 S O 3 14 7 11 NewcastleEmlyn „ 8 40 3 10 — Conwll 6 2 9 3 23 7 22 Llandyssilarrbycoch 10 0 4 30 — Uanpumpsalnt .—. 614 9 29 335 7 36 dep by rail 8 35 1020 4 45 8 45 — Pencader 6 37 » 58 3 55 8 2 Pencader 8 49 1035 5 0 9 10 Llandyssil arr 6 50 105 4 5 8 Llanpumpsaint .| 9 4 1050 5 19)9 29 „ dep. by coach 7 5 4 25 Conwil 9 13 1059 5 30 9 40 Newcastle-Emlyn arr 8 20 5 35 Bronwydd Arms. 9 25 1112 5 44 9 52 „. Cenarth, by coach, ar 8 55 6 5 ••• Carmarthen .arr 9 35 1122 5 55 10 5 M, Lleehryd „ „ 9 35 « 50 fop 9 38 1127 6 15 Cardigan „ „ 10 5 7 25 — Carmarthen Jun arr 9 42 ll3l 6 19 „ „. DOWN LINE.—Trains also leave the Junction for UP LINE; Traina also leave the Town for the the Town at 8.36 &m., 8.41 a.m. 9.26 a.m., 10.1 a.m.. Junction at 4.55 a.m., 7.20 am., 8.15 a.m., 9.10 am., 11.81 a. 11.51 a.m., 12.26 p.m., 4.11 p.m., 5.8 P.M., 9.38 am., 11.10 a.m., 11.27 a.m., 12.5 P-m^ 1.45 p.m., 6.21 p.m., 8.46 p.m., and 10.1 p.m. 2.25 p.m., 4.20 p.m., 4.30 p.m,. 6.5 p.m., 6.30,8.15 p.m. MANCHESTER AND MILFORD RAILWAY. DOWN TRAINS. WElr I DAYS. UP TRAINS. WEEKDAYS. Pencader 6 45 9 M 4 ?[ 8 Aberyatwlth d«r | 80 <85 Pencader Junction 6 48 10 5 Aberystwyth Harbour 80 85 New Quay Road 7 0 10 6 4 8 8 12 Llanrhyatyd Road w 8 19 2 39 6 44 Maesycrugiau 10 10 18 4 13| 8 18 Llanilar. g 2 47 6 53 Llanybyther 7 30 10 23 4 22 8 32 Jrm*,e,?te(| 8 36 2 57 7 2 Lampeter 7 45 10 39 4 33: 8 47 Strata Florid* 9 2 j 3 22 7 31 DerryOrmond 45 4 37] 8 54Tregaron t 915 3 34 7 4 £ Llangybi JO 49 .1 8 58 Pont Llanio 9 25 3 44 7 57 Pont Llanio JO Llangybi 9 33 8 4 Tregaron H 7 4 55 9 16 perry Ormond 939 3 56 8 9 Strata Florida JJ 5 7 9 31 Lampeter 8 5 9 49 4 7 8 19 Trawseoed H 45 5 271 9 54 Llanybyther 8 17 10 2 4 80 8 32 Llanilar 11 52 5 33 10 2 Maesycrugiau 8 26 10 12 4 27 8 44 Llanrhystyd Road « 1 5 4110 11 New Quay Road 8 34 1019 4 34 8 54 Aberystwyth Harbour ••• 5 48 10 20 Pencader Junction — Abervstwith l''«ncader arr WHITLAND AND CARDIGAN (G.W.R.) UP TBAINS. a. M, a. m p. m p. M. p.m DOWH TBAIHS. %.M. a.m. a. M. p.M p, M Cardigan dep. 7 40 9 80 4 10 6 10 Whitland dep. 6 0 8*15 10 5l3 25 6 50 Kileerran 7 51 9 41 4 21 6 21 Llanfalteg 6 9 8 18 10 1418 34 6 59 Boncath 8 2 9 53 4 33 6 34 Login „ 6 18 8 27 10 23 3 43 7 8 Newport (by Coach) „ 7 30 2 55 LWlydwen „ 6 27 8 40 10 35|8 52 7 17 Crymmydi Arms „ 8 15 10 7 2*60 4 47 5 49 Rhydowen „ 6 38 8 45 10 40 3 57 7 22 Glosruo 10 16 3 10 4 56 5 58 Llanfyrnach 6 40 8 54 10 48 4 5 7 80 Llanfyrnach 8 27 10 21 8 20 5 1 7 3 Glogue „ 6 45 8 59 10 55 4 10 7 35 Rhydowen — 10 29 3 35 5 9 7 11 Crymmych Arms „ 6 55 9 7 11 5 4 20 7 45 Llanrlvdwen „ 8 39 10 35 3 55 5 14 7 18 Newport (by Coach) arr. 8 45| 9 20 Login 8 47 10 42i4 10 5 22 7 26 Boncath dep. 7 9, U 194 34 7 69 Llanfalteg 8 51 10 51 4 30 5 31 7 36 Kilgerran 7 20 11 80 4 45 8 10 Whitland arr. 9 5 11 0 4 45 5 40 7 45 Cardigan arr. 7 301 11 40 4 55 8 20 Last Tuesday in each month only. ORDERS & ADVERTISEMENTS RECEIVED BY Adams & Francis, 69, Fleet. street, E.C. Kingsbury & Co., George Yard,Lombard-st., E.C. Algar, F., 11 and 12, Clement's*lane, E.C. Knight and Co., R. A., 12, Abehurch-lane, E.C. Bailey & Co., 21, St. Blde s-st" Ludgate Circus, E.C. Laughton & Darkin, 145, Queen Victoria-st., E.C. Baily & Co., A. H., Nicholas Lane, E.C. Marlborough & Co., 51, Old Bailey, E.C. Barker, C., & Sons, 8, Birchin-lane, E. C. Mitchell, C., & Co., 12 & 13, Red LiOn-court, E.C. Black, C. W. & Co., 9, Catherine Court, Tower Nelson, G. F., 14 and 15, St. Swithin's-lane, E.C. Hill, E.C. Pottle and Son, 14 and 15, Royal Exchange, E.C. Brown, A. & A; W., 4, Little George-street, West Reid, J. F. <& Nephew, 1, Sherborne Lane, E.C. minster. Reynell & Son, 44, Chancery-lane, W.C. Castle & Lamb, 133, Salisbury square, E.C. Scrippa, C. F., 13, South Molton-street, W. Clarke, Son, & Piatt, 85, Gracechurch-street, E.C. Smith and Co., James, 51, Moorgate-street, E.C Colman, T., 161, Strand, W.C. £ •' 132, Fleet-street, E.C. 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HINTS TO WOULD-BE FARMERS. It is a woful mistake for the inexperienced to rush to the conclusion that if any one pos- sesses sufficient capital he will be sure to do at farming. This was not true in the palmy days of agriculture, and now, when this in- dustry is in a languishing state, it is an utter fallacy. When old farmers find it requisite to think once, twice, or even thrice before committing themselves to any course of action the amateur may well pause ere he has any- thing to do with land. It has not my object to scare any who has the means, brains, &c., necessary for the successful management of a farm, but to warn the unwary that a long purse may easily be made a short one, when its owner is dealiner with such, unless he has something more than an idea in his head. Now that the prices of corn, Ac., are so low, and when what might have been reason- ably expected to turn out all right proves to be the reverse, the conditions producing these results must be properly apprehended, and the constancy with which they work must be understood also. Grain, as I have said is cheap, fruit is sometimes remunerative, and again a drug, while dairy produce is apt to get so low as to leave little or nothing for the producer. All these and other matters must be taken into due consideration before a man has actual reckoning with them. What has operated to send coin down to its present price, to make the fruit-growing industry precarious, and to so adversely affect our dairy produce at times it is not my in- tention now to deal with, but merely to enumerate the facts. Suffice it to say that we have severe foreign competition to contend with, and great difficulties in the manner of the distribution of our produce. Now, there are two things I may mention here which must be understood well by every- one connected with farming; hence, those who read these lines, and who may not be in the position of tillers of the soil to-day, should be most anxious to grasp and settle them satisfactorily before committing themselves. In the first place, a farmer must know some- thing of the capabilities of the land with which he is to deal, and understand what will induce it to produce its maximum yield; and at the same time he must know when and how be will probably dispose of his produce. If he does not know what the lands wants and the crops require to bring them to full per- fection, he will be carrying on his business at a disadvantage, and if he cannot get rid of his produce after he has got it with comparative ease, he will find it a difficult matter to make ends meet well. In a word, I would say that there are few, if any, businesses that require more skill nowadays, in order to make them remunerative, than does that of farming.

CHRISTIANITY IN JAPAN. A Japanese has contributed an interesting and pregnant series of articles to the Japan Weekly Mail of Yokohama on the rising generation of his countrymen, its aims, instru- ments. intellectual equipment, guides aud leaders, belief, different schools and sections, and so on. The writer-who gives no indica- tion that he is himself a Christian—is espaci- ally detailed in describing the two great and opposing sections, one of which looks to Christianity to supply Japan with a new moral system, the other to science and philosophy. He mentions the leaders on both sides, their individual strength and weakness, the periodi- cals and books published on each side, the degree of their popularity, and the influence on the public mind which they respectively exercise. Referring to the attitude of the nation to Christianity, the writer remarks that the wonderfully altered position of Japan in this respect is now well known; but it is only within the last two or three years, or, in other words, since the awakening of the rising generation, that the new creed has become a vital element of the nation's civilised life. "Its influence is now felt through the rising genera- tion, not only by reason of the fast increasing number of young converts, but also, and per- haps to a greater extent, by means of the Creation of a powerful literature thoroughly imbued with the Christian spirit." As yet the liturature on the Christian and non-Christian sides is mainly con6ned to journalistic publi- cations, and the general impression left on the mind by a perusal of the articles is that in Japan Christianity is not confined to the poor or uneducated, but that it has taken fast bold on the minds of many of the most ardent, intellectual, and influential of the men of the rising generation; and, further, that these men do not entertain a belief in Christianity as a regenerating force for their country mere- ly as a pious or formal opinion, bat that they have- thrown, all their energy and great energy and great intellectual force into the task of preaching this to their countrymen; but they have established journals which are eagerly read far and wide; have a large follow- ing among men of theii; own stamp, the future leaders of the country and that they have, in act, established and are engaged in consolida- ting and increasing a school of thought at the foundation of which lies a belief in the truths of Christianity; or, to put the matter in another way, Christianity has become an intellectual force of the first order in Japan, and in the fight against the school which would have a new moral system on scientific and philosophical bases, its champions are men who are worthy of their cause, and worthy, it may be added, of their antagonists. No mention is made of the Christian missionaries in connection with the contest, which is being waged on both sides bp Janpanese, many of whom are graduates of foreign Universities.