The Glamorgan Gazette

BRIDGEND DIFFICULTY SOLVED. For many years Bridgend has had to face a serious difficulty. Whilst evidence was al- ways plentiful, it was difficult to confirm be- cause it was always the evidence of strangers in distant toAvns. But now there is an abun- dance of local evidence, for Bridgend cases are reported in our columns week after week. Mrs. Mary Protheroe, of 11 Brackla-street, Bridgend, says: -Afv back used to be so bad that I hardly knew how to get through the day-the pain was fearful, and when I got to bed I could get scarcely any sleep. Now and again I came over so giddy that I was obliged to take hold of something to pre- vent myself from falling, and often there were specks in front of my eyes. Besides these troubles there were signs of dropsy-a puffiness beneath the eyes and swellings about my ankles. I began using Doan's Backache Kidney Pills, having read a ^reat deal about them in the local papers, and I am glad to say they p I have done me a lot of good; instead of going I about my work in pain I am able to do it with esase, and. considering my age, my health is good. Doan's pills reduced the dropsical swellings, sent away the backache, and made me feel better in all Avays. I consider the medicine a splendid one, and it is a pleasure to speak for it. (Signed), Mary Protheroe." Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are two shillings and nine-pence per box, or six boxes for thirteen shillings and ninepence. Of all chemists and stores, or post free direct from the Foster-McClellan Co., 8 Wells-street, Ox- ford-street, London, W. Be sure you get the same kind of pills as Mrs. Protheroe had.

T:]( Bnn.-h Ca.irge d'A'^ure* at Pekin is en- gAtreci 1!1 n-^tret.iaiions to an agrc-emcnt between India 'i i M > f. rev one indirect ehipm-erus of optuai into China. At I Arthur Powell, of Lcwisham, has been remanded on a* charge of obtaining by fa tee pretences £ 200 from Edward Lavender Moulton, ex-Mayor of Berirojd. Pleading guilty to stealing £ 145 belonging to the P06:lI¿),tt'r-lrtH1ral, Frederick Laycoek, late sub-postmaster at Silloth, was sentenced at Car- Hi'.e Assizes to six months in the second division. The fiftieth meeting of the Essex Riile Club concluded at Colche.>t«-r. In tho grand aggre- gate, the Jubilee Gold Medal and Jb7, given by the Borough of Colchester, was won bv1r. WaNtiHT, of the Epping Foiest Rifle Club, with I <.1)2 ocint.

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MR. D. A. THOMAS. M.P., TO RETIRE. «. nRNVGCABLE DECISION. Ac the an:i*al meeting of the CsrdLx L:'n 1 Association ,) 11 Fri-.l; -l2:( f rc => u i rrdr Clifford Cory, ;(?' I.i-1. alluded xo tl1Q di.->tiiict:ous gatn-d oy YviLIi 1;lo::ln1,>l' since tho Association last met. Sir S. T. Evans had been raised to the Presidency of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Court. tlii- Hon. Ivor Guest had be< n made Pay- mast < r General, and in the Honours Li,?.t mor« Welsh members had had distinctions con- ferred upon them. They, however, thought that the list might very Avell have been broad- ened even more than it was, for there was one amongst them that night—[at this point the speaker turned towards Mr. D. A. Thomas, M.P.]—Avho deserved something at the hands of the present Government, for he had served his country in Parliament for many years, especially in matters of commerce and trade, and had done a great amount of work in and out of Parliament, which was widely acknow- ledged bv members of all shades of oninion. (Applause.) He (Sir Clifford) and all their member's friends felt that he had some claim to some distinction at the hands of his party. (Hear, hear.) He trusted they mignt see their hopes in this direction realised. (Hear, hear.) Mr. I). A. Thomas, M.P.. who bad a cordial reception on rising, said he would confine his remarks to the personal question. Sir Clifford had raised his blushes by referring to the birthday honours list published, but he thought he was not divulging any secret if he said he was not in that list because of his own fault, and not because of any fault of the Government. (Hear, hear.) He had decided definitely to retire, and his decision was quite irrevocable; but he wished to re- tire in such a way as to give them. in Cardiff particularly, as little inconvenience as pos- sible. He made the statement non-publicly after having informed the Master of Elibank, and he made it with the Chief Whip's sanc- tion. There was no reason why they should unduly hurry in looking out for a candidate, but he thought it would be Avell that they should take steps fortlnvith to look for one. He was induced to take that course for two reasons. First of all, as many of them kneAV, he had vory heavy business engagements, and those business engagements had increased since the election. He was pressed to stand at the General Election, and as they were in a bit of a dilemma he thought that perhaps he had rendered some little service to them by standing in the breach if only for a short time. (Laughter.) His engagements, as he had said, were considerable, and they were extending, and he intended that they should extpnd. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) An- other reason was this: He had been in the House of Commons for over 22 years. He thought there were only tAvelve members on the Progressive side Avho had been in the House of Commons for a longer time than he had been. But he had this unique record that he had been there for a longer time than any other present member without having his services called unon by the Government of the day either on a Royal Commission or on a De- partmental Committee. ("Shame.") Al- though he had that unique record, it was be- cause there had alwaTa been better men than himself available. (Cries of No, no." and Alderman Beavan: "We won't have that.") For those two reasons he felt. with possibly some profit to himself, and also, possibly, with some usefulness to the community, that he could better devote his time to business mat- tors in Cardiff than he could in Parliament. He wished to emphasise again that he was going to put them to as little inconvenience as possible, and would support any candidate they might select as his successor. (Hear, hear.) It is understood on excellent authority that Mr. D. A. Thomas. M.P., was tAvice offered and refused a baronetcy.

THE HONOURS LIST. 4 WELSH DISTINCTIONS. Mr. Alfred Mond, M.P., Avhose name ap- peared in the list of baronets in the King's Honours List, is a son of the late Dr. Ludwig Mond, F.R.S., the famous scientist, and suc- ceeded the late Sir George NeAvnes in the re- presentation of Swansea. Born at Farn- worth. in Lancashire, in 1868. Mr. Mond was educated at Cheltenham College, Cambridge, and St. John's College, Cambridge, after- wards going to Edinburgh University. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1894, and joined the North Wales and Chester Circuit, but he does not practice. He is the managing director of the great alkali firm of Brunner, Mond, and Co. (Limited), and other great industrial undertakings. Mr. Mond married in 1894, Miss Violet Goetse, daughter of the late Mr. James Henry Goetse, and sister of the celebrated artist, Miss Sigismund Gootse. Mr. J. Pritchard Jones, who has also been created a baronet, was, forty years ago, a draper's assistant in Carnarvon. Now he is the head of one of the greatest drapery con- cerns in the West End of London. Born of poor parents in the village of NeAvborough, Anglesey, he had to Aralk six miles a day to obtain schooling aV Dwyren. After serving his apprenticeship he went to London in 1870, and joined the firm of Dickens and Jones, of Regent-street, as a buyer. In six years he had become a partner of the firm, which now pays a yearly wages bill of over £.:>0,000. I Mr. John David Rees, C.I.E., C.V.O., Liberal M.P. for the Montgomery Division, who has received a knighthood, was born on December 16th, 1857, and is the eldest son of the late Mr. Lodwick W. Rees. Educated at Cheltenham College, he entered the Civil Service at the age of tAventy, and later left for India. He is an ex-chairman of the In- dian Legislative Council. Professor Edgeworth David, who received a C.M.G., is a son of the late Rev. Mr. David, M.A., Rector of St. Fagans. Mr. David had a distinguished career at Oxford. A paper which he read before the Cardiff Naturalists' Society in 1881 on Evidences of Glacial Action in the Neighbourhood of Car- diff" so impressed Professor Boyd Dawkins that the latter offered Mr. David an appoint- ment on the geological survey of Australia, which was accepted. During his visit to the Antipodes he was appointed professor of geology at Sydney University. He has lived in Australia for about twenty years, and it was after his return from an exploration to the South Seas that he was invited by Lieu- tenant Sir E. Shackleton to join his expedi- tion to the South Pole. Mr. David accepted and accompanied the intrepid explorer as geologist of the expedition. Professor David is a brother to Mr. Edmund David, of Cardiff, and his sister, Miss David, lives at Llandaff.

AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. SOUTHERNDOWN CAPTAIN S VIEWS The proposal to have the Amateur Golf Championship played in Wales has been dis- cussed by Mr. J. A. Alexander, the captain of the SoutherndoAvn Club, who stated that the committee of his club had informally dis- cussed the question of sending an invitation, but demurred, as the committee comprising the governing clubs of the amateur champion- ship—some 24 in number—insisted upon each club sending an invitation depositing ten guineas to cover the expenses of the inspec- tion committee. Mr. Alexander agreed it would be a good investment to pay ten guineas even if they had to content themselves with a good com- mendation of the course, which, coming from such an influential body of men, would carrv great weight. Moreover, the committee of inspection might be able to give them useful advice in the improA-ement of the course. After all." continued Mr. Alexander, I After all." continued Mr. Alexander, I doubt whether any club in Wales lias any earthly chance, having regard to the prior claims of other older clubs in the country." The whole control of the championship was. he contended, in the hands of a certain num- ber of people who were very conservative in their AUCAVS, and had not yet acceded to the request of Westward Ho, who had been agi- tating to be placed on the championship rota for years. Take Muirfield, for instance. He considered that Muiurfield was not in the same class as dozens of other golf links in the country, yet it was on the championship rota simply because certain people who had a hand in the starting of the championship were interested in Muirfield. He reckoned that they had in South Wales two or three courses which were infinitely better than Muirfield, but their great draAvbaek to championship recognition Avas their lack of suitable accom- modation for the couple of hundred com- petitors who would attend the championship meeting.

.0 OUR LONDON LETTER, i Owx COERESPOXDEXT. of war from the Stiffra- camps. The Prime Minister's C'8urteol v and conciliatory tone in receiving and r 'oiy.i: to lr.se \.oek's deputation demanding | iiiciliiies for Mr. Shaekleton's bill led to the entertainment of hopes which were not realised in the statement made in the House of Commons later. The various Suffragist, bodies were, to put it plainly, very deeply disappointed Avith the result of the Cabinet's consideration of their demands. They made no secret of the fact that they fully expected the passage of the Shackleten bill during the present session, and the angry words which have come from the leaders of the Votes for Women" Party since the announcement that opportunity would be given for a second reading but nothing more are only the natu- ral sequel to shattered Reminders of the fact that circumstances will not permit of the passage of any contentious legislation this session are scorned by those who persist in tlnvr demand for the passage of the Suffrage Bill. They have, they declare, been more than reasonably patient, and they are not pre- pared to accept any exouses for the further postponement of the reform which they have so much at heart. It is possible only to hope that the counsel of the more moderate of the Suffragists will prevail, and that the threatened reedoption of militant methods will not take place. The cause has gained & great deal of ground dur- ing months of truce; but there is little doubt that if militant tactics are once more resorted to much of the lately-won sympathy and sup- port will be withdrawn again. Too much im- portance need not be attached to the unfortu- nate incident of a few days a-go, when an over-ardent Suffragette smashed the windows 9f the Crown Office as a prtest against the Government's refusal to grant full factlities for the Suffrage Bill. The woman who committed the silly misdemeanour did so absolutely on her own initiative, and, although she is at- tached to the Women's Social and Politieal Union, that body had no knowledge what- ever of what she intended to do. As a matter of fact, the future policy of the. two big Suf- fragist bodies is at present under considera- tion, and there is still hope, despite the threatening statements of some of the leaders, that the idea of resuming militant tactics will be abandoned. Manv 6f the women must realise that such a policy would do the cause of Woman Suffrage considerably more harrr than good. Once aga-in there are big schemes in the air in connection with the Crystal Palace. I do not know that there is any likelihood of aw of them being carried into effect in the near future; but two of thorn are exceedingly inte- resting as samples of what might be done to put the once-popular haunt of pleasure-seek- ing Londoners u.pon its feet again. The first suggestion comes from Mr. Alfred Graves, ls-t-e H.M. Inspector of Schools in the metropoli- tan district. It is that the Palace should be purchased and converted into a Children's Palace of 'Education," as a memorial to the late King Edward. In Mr. Graves's own words: The Palace would be a place where one would be able to get together the best of art; a collection of an industrial kind; a con- cert-room for the singing of folk-songs and other music of a kind suitable for young people up to about fourteen or fifteen years of age; a place where one would be able to present in a theatre suitable plays, Shake- spearean and others, in order to develop the dramatic instinct on the right lines; and out- side the building itself one could have gar- dens laid out for the purposes of horticul- ture." It is an ambitious idea, which might commend itself to everyone but for the fact that it would cost a very big sum of maney. The other suggestion which is being given prominence is that the Zoo should be removed bodily from Regent's Park to Sydenham. That would possibly be nice for the dear. animals (as I heard it phrased), as they could be given more room than they have at present wherein to stretch their legs, fins, wings, or other instruments of traction. But whether the Fellows of the Zoologioal Society would care for the migration to more demo- cratic and less accessible regions is doubtful. Should this scheme fail of accomplishment, it is suggested that a separate company may be started to run in the Palace grounds a big zoological garden on Continental lines. But the first thing to which the promoters of these schemes, or any other, must devote their attention is the discovery of funds. That, in these hard d:ys, is an initial diffi- culty of considerable magnitude. July is to be even more a month of society weddings than was June, for no less than seventy notable marriages will be celebrated during the next four weeks. The long list opens on Saturday with the Afredding of Count Gleichcn and the Hon. Sylvia Ed>vardes, Maid of Honour to Queen Alexandra. Taking place at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, the function will, in acoordanoe with the Court mourning regulations, be semi-private. Later in the month there will be the wedding of Lord Elphinsitone and Lady Mary Bowes- Lvon, elder daughter of the Earl and Coun- tess of Strathmore, at St. Margaret's, West- minster while another interesting union will be that of the Rev. R. W. de la Poer Beres- foid-Peirse and Lady Lilian Campbell, daughter of Earl Cawdor. The happy re- covery of the Hon. Cynthia Charteris from her rather serious illness makes it possible that her marriage to Mr. Herbert Asquith, the Prime Minister's second son, may also be included in the list of July weddings. Buckingham Palace is once more the object of a great deal of discussion and considerable abuse. The people who have for so long ad- vocated the demolition of the ugly building, and the erection of a new Palace which would match the dignity of the CroAvn of the British Empire, are to the front again, and are voicing their opinions and proposals in no uncertain voice, while Mr. William Wood- ward, an expert on the architecture of Royal palaces, has issued a statement from which it would appear that the Palace is not only small of size and plain almost to ugliness in appearance, but it is not even satisfactory from a sanitary point of view, and would have crumbled long since but for the afj- siduous attention of the painter. Whether the last part of this rather startling state- ment is strictly according to fact or not, there can be no possible question that Buckingham Palace is the poorest and least significant of the Royal residences of the great countries of the world. The suggestion for the building of a. new London home for the Royal Family comes, indeed, quite reasonably to those who I know what the present building is like, and it would not be at all surprising if the idea were II taken up seriously. Bournemouth next week will be the Mecca of all lovers of pleasure and seekers after merriment. In celebration of the centenary of the founding of the beautiful garden sea- side resort, an elaborate fete programme has been completed. The principal item is to be, of course, the great international aviation meeting, of which eo much has already been written, and in which all the meat prominent of the flying men of Britain and other coun- tries are to compete for prizes amounting in all to something like £8,000. Then in addi- tion there are to be grotesque carnivals, con- fetti battles, a. motor gymkhana, and a motor- boat regatta, masked balls, cafes chantants, motor-car battles of flowers, a great inter- national athletic meeting, and a. series of "con- certs, for which the pick of musical artistes have been secured. Melba. is to sing one even- ting and Madame Clara Butt another, while other well-known names on the musical pro- gramme are those of Messrs. Kennerlev Rlm- ford, Backhaus, Mischa Elman, and Pach- mann. I question whether any town with double the population o-f the favourite South Coast resort. has ever compiled such a cen- tenary celebration programme as lies before me. It has been arranged upon quite an ex- ceptional scale of splendour, and will provide a season of "magnificent merriment" for the thousands who AVIJI find themselves in the pine city by the sea" next month. pine city by the sea" next month.

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The Hon. Kerimod Lister, British Minister to •Siorecoo, and Air. l.iattigan, (second ^Secretary to toe Legation, have started on leave of ab&enoo ii.r.n Tangier. They are travelling- via, Parif. Seven hundred Newcastle carmen struck work on Saturday, the employers having, it is stated, declined to grant the reduction in hours and ad- vance in wages for which the men asked. Forty- five firms are affected.

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HINTS FOR THE HOME. EXCELLENT WHITE OIL r rubbing into the joints, for rheumatic pains, >r oN the eimst for a com, is made thus: Take half a pinr of oil of turpentine, icz. of Goulard's extract of lead, and one egg. Aiix together by 'shaking in a AAuil-corkcd quart bottlethen add gradually half a j.i>it of white vinegar and ioz. 2 of spirits of wine. Every household should have a bottle of t! e embrocation always at hand. IIOW TO KEEP WELL. nlood i eat. and. puri- fied by the air we breathe. It naturally follows to eat good whol-e.-ome food and br.ea the pure air would ensure pare blood, says Health. There is another element, however, ib&fc enters in, and ihat is the casting cat ci wavfc material that renders tire blood impure. Tins often is performed ety the bowels, the kidr.c; 5. the skin, and the lungs. If, we have pure blood, we must see that these arc, kept active. Breathe, pure air night and day. being careiul to have no clothing which in tne leasts i T) V,, r f,, i-Q iiv: th deep breathing. Eat simple food, u*c a moderate quantsty at regular inter- vals, Hld absolutely nothing between times. Keep the .«kiu active by bathing- often, the kidneys active by drinkitiy freeiy ol pure water, and the bowels active by right food and exercise. Keep aand a serene mind, and- you will, have pur* blood. THE DAMAGE A MOTH DOES: It is a mistake to .suppose that keeping out the air is a safeguard for furs. Far better is it to take out the fuis once in a fortnight and look them over, if they are not kept in cold storage. In so short a time as a fortnight an ordinary 'moth can work irretrievable damage. Cleanli- ness is the saving grace of furs, and the house- 'wiI' who cannot afford the care of experts should pack her furs where they are accessible, clean them thoroughly, and examine them, at regular intervals. V ALCE OF FORTY WINKS. The first sleep is the soundest—after tho first- hour the intensity of sleep slowly diminished—- hence the value of forty winks after dinner in quickly .recuperating shattered powers. Tem- perature' and vitality are lowest- at about 2p. ni., so that two hours' sleep before midnight are worth four thereafter. Nature has no rule as to the length of sleep, except that men need less than women, since women are tho more seiasi- tive creatures, and a woman's heart beats five times more a minute than aman's. Sleep should be 3ii4t .so long as when you wake in the morn- ing a stretch and a -yawn only are necessary to. 'liUtâ you in a daytime of bounding vigour. I TO SECURE LETTERS. Beat well, with the white of a new-laid egg, some fine bean flour, and make it into a paste. Us-e a little in the form of a wafer, close the letter over It. and hold the sealed part to the. spout of a kettle of boiling water. The steam xvii.1 harden the cement o that the letter cannot: be ep-cned without tearing the envelope. THE USES OF OIL. Every person requires a. certain amount of oil in his. food in order to be healthy, and the pre- sent generation uses too little oil in its diet. This i can be taken in the shape of the pure expressed olive oil, as an emulsified salad dressing, or by eating olives. &c. It may be a matter of choice. declarc-s the Family Doctor, how the system gets its oil, but a certain amount is essential to the enjoyment of good health. The good results of the habitual uso of oil are soon shown, especially where per- sons are inclined to colicky indigestion and con- stipatioB. Doctors will do well to instruct their patients to use pure olite oil in moderate doses as a dressing for salads. When patients incline to consumption, pure cod-liver oil ranks at the head of oily substances, but the lesser oils can also be taken in modera- tion. Nature furnishes us many curt-s for the, successful treatment of diseases, if we will but study her methods instead of following fads. The result, will be greater progress in building up. resistance and immunity to disease. THE FEEDING OF CHILDREN. From the age of fivo or six onward to sixteen years and later the most important thing in the world for boys and girh» is to cat nourishing food and plenty of it. This is a period of rapid growth, and a child must eat enough, not only for the wear and tear of the day, but to lay down material for building up the body. People used to think that children should be made to control their appetite and be compelled to eat things they disliked. But it is now ad- mitted by many medical authorities that a child's great difficulty is to eat and digest enough food. If the quantity is stinted, if the food is not of the proper kind, if the intervals between meals are too long, then neither body nor brain will develop as they should. In selecting food for children of this age a very good guide is their own palate. A well- known physician hae laid down two very good rules, applicable to the case of children as well a of grown-up people. Do you like it? Does it agree with you? "If the answer be in the affir- mative," he says, there is no intelligible Tea- son why the use of that article should not be- sanctioned." No doubt some children an) capricious. They may not like the tasto of milk, or they will not cat soft-boiled eggs, or they cannot eat fat sub- stances. But in this ca it is an easy matter to, fry the eggs, or scramble them, or give them in the form of omelettes, to put the milk and the lit into puddings, to boil the milk with rice or sago, or to flavour it with cocoa. In fact, if a child's tastes are consulted as those of grown-up jeople—and they should be—there will be no difficulty with regard to any kind cf food. In the food of growing children milk, eggs, meat, and bread should have an important place. Fish is not so nourishing as meat, and although it may be occasionally substituted it cannot wholly take the place of meat. NICE DISHES. FISH A LA CREME.—Mash six large potatoes. add half an ounce of butter, salt, pepper, and one beaten egg. Make a high border with this round a dish, put little potato balls on top. Brush over with a little egg, and bake until a oale brown; put crusts of bread in centre to prevent potatoes falling in. Take out crusts, and ill 1 with mixture a follows: Three-quarters of a pound of fish, half a pint of white sauce micviy seasoned; mix together and add one tablespoonful of cream. Fill up centre of bor- der with this. Sprinkle grated cheese on top, arid dust thickly with brown breadcrumbs. PrctaED MACKt r.y.L.—Wash tiae fish well, cut < ff the head. and trim the fins and tails neatly. Yuen divide into two or three pieces, according to size, and dip each pieoe into flour. Put a layer of fish in a deep pie-d:sh, lay on them a hay leaf and a few peppercorns. Continue theeo layers till the dish j" nearly full. Pour over enough vir.osry to well cover them. Cook in a verv V.ow oven for at least six hour-—-the slower a.nd longer the better. They should be placed in a clean di.sh ivlwn done, and served cold. COLD CHJCKE AVITH SAUCF..—Wrap and tie the chicken m a pi-eee of greased paper, and put it into pan with enough milk and' water to cover if well. Into the pan put. a carrot, turnip, and onion, cut in quarters, a bunch of herbs, and an ounce of bacon. Add about tell peppoicorns, and a little salt. Let all .simmer gently for about one hour, then take out the chicken, remove the paper, and srrain the etock into a basin. Let b)th bird and stock cool a little. Then cut the chicken into small joints and skin them. To make the sauce, melt one and a half ounce of butter in a pan. stir in one ounce of flour, and add the chicken stock, from which all grease should be removed. Stir tiil it, boils. Then melt four sheets cf srolatine in four table.spoonfuls of hot Av-ter and strain it into the sauce, which must be rather highly seasoned. Arrange the chicken on a nice bed of r-alad, and pour tne sauce smoothlv over ench piece. Carnish wIth parsley and beetroot, and put a border Tound of sliced cucumber. GOOSEBERKY Spo-,GE. -Soak half an ounce of in half a cupful of cold water for one hour. Cook one quart of gooseberries m a very little water until soft. Press them through a sieve, and sweeten with half a cupful of sugar. Boil one cupful of eagar with one cupiul of water for twenty minutes. Add the soaked gela- tine to the boilins fyrup, and stir until it is all dissolved. Remove from the fire, and add the gooseberrv pulp. Turn into a howl and set in a cool place. Whip with an egg-beater for five minutes, or until it begins to tiucken. Then beat in the stifllv whirped Avhites of four eggs, and whip until it' i* quite stiff. Pour into wetted moulds, and set on ice. Turn out on a glass dit-h and jerye with whipped cream. FROSTED LEMON CAlilT.-A-lal(k-, a light sponge- cake by beating together three-quarters of a teaenpfid of sugar, three eggs, then t adding gradually one tea-cupful of flour into which has been sifted a quarter of a tea.spoonful of baking ecda and half a teaspoeviful of cream of tartar. ,ast 1,1 Last of all. add one teaspoonful each of Avater and essence of lemon. Bake for half an hour in a quick oven. When oold, cut in layers, and spread with lemon cheeee. Place all together again, and ice with lemon icing made cf icing sugar moistened Avith the juice of lemons. <h •dr all sprinkle a shoAvcr of desiccated cocoaaut, aad let aside for an itotir or two.

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LOCAL GOSSIP. Wakor Coffin, a a ot" Mr. A. J. Willi. of Coedyuiwstwr, beio*ged v> typo "t Industry strikingly exomj/li- fied in the careers of Sir John Guest and Richard FothergJ!. He vats equally greai publicist and be found ame to devote j gifts and energies to national servic*. It is uc fortunate that h, was (j6 years of age r- fore he entered o: Comra-a; for j had he cho..en a P :u:i: career he would have rs^ehed m tiw State. But as it was. however, he woa emi- nence as a Frt Tndey, and left a lasting impress on the public-life of his time. And in the romantic devetopnaeiit of the IRhoadia Valley his name iH as that or a pioneer of front rar-k and a popular employer of labour. His father wa* a rich tanner at Bndgend: the »n u her of a distinguished family. Cadwgan Williams. to whom is at- -tributcl the first of Office Assur- ances and Savings Banks. Tia a relative: aad his mother's brother, William Morgan, was a Fellow of the Hopi Society and one of the most celebrated scientists of his time. Youag Walter Coffin, wbnse debt to heredity wai no mean one. was seat m England, but when Ii) returned tc Briiijend in assist in his father's business. At t.i* early age, it is recorded, he beg_»r: to r;. t»al those brilliant qualities or heart foaxi that were after- wards to distinguish u.m -ti public and in pri- vate life. Waiter Coffin (says die "Souta Wales Daily News") was intended for a wider sphere than that of his father's business, large and lucra- tive though that was. The year 1812 stands out in his career. It was the year of kis father's death; and it also witnessed the sink- ing of the first pit a" Dinas. Walter Coffin, in this same year, U-it Bridgend for Llandaff Court, which for a lortg period was to be his home. After a, strenuous struggle he reached his, industrial and comraercial career* was firmly established. Coffin's coal" became a household But the enterprising! pioneer found that transport facilities and a market essential; and he began with a tramway to the Glanusrgan canai. 18., eighteen years after he had found coal at Dinas, he realised that a. railway from Mw- thyr to Cardiff vital to thA development of the Ilhondda; and he bga-ti his great agi- tation. He wos strongly opposed, but he "marched breast forward." After six years of heroic effort he succeeded. la 183fc the Bill was passed, the TtiT Vale Railway came into being. Sir John €hie.st was chair- man. and Walter ("fun a director. The fight had been long and the oppoaitiou bitter, but the men of enterprise and a aesr factor in the adram*e;:wat of South Wales was created. i Walter Coffin, both in industry and in com- merce. revealed the highest business capacity, and his commonsense became proverbial. His influence widened with the years, and we find him in 1352 one of the commanding figures in tha country. He a public spirited citi- zen, and had served the community in divers ways. But his brilliance as an orator and his knowledge of affairs marked him out for the wider sphere of 'Parliamentary Ufa. In 1.)2 he rerred from business and became a Liberal candidate for Cardiff. Cardiff was then Con- servative. and at the election of 1852 there came forward as the nominee of the house of Bute a candidate of influence and learning, the flight Hon. John Nicholi, D.C.L. The Liberals determined that tkeir candidate should be a public man of eminence and power, able to wrest the boroughs from the dominauce of Toryism. Walter Coffin camo forward. He stood for Free Worship, Free Trade, and extended Franchise. His oppon- ent was handicHom-d as a peakr, but his personal influence was powerful. The Liberal candidate hid won fame during the Corn Laws agitation a 3 an orator of the front rank, and a publicist of practical and pro- nounced views. The fight was hearty. Walter Coffin was returned by a majority of twenty-six; and thus at the age of 68 we find him making his maiden speech in the House of Commons. He had entered he House of Commons too late in life. The spirit was willing, but the I flesh was weak. He found the sittings ardu- ous work, and in five years he retired. Ten years later he passed hence at the venerable 8g of 82. To the end his intellect was clear, and his interest in public affairs never waned. His love for the poor was the passion of his life, and in all his dealings he was inspired by it. Men mourned his death as that of a per- sonal frie.ud. His gifts of mind were excep- tionally brilliant; he had the instinct of the statesman. He played many parts as pioneer and publicist, and he played them all well. His end was peace removed from the j turmoil of the life in which he was so popular and so distinguished a figure. His character achievements inspired a well known contemporary bard, wha paid tribute to the pioneer m stirring verse. The bard concludes: Penybont-?r-Ogwy'n ddiwegi Da Gelli di hum dy bawl It' fagu mab anwyl mor enwog 0 feddwl crvf, doniol, di-dawl; Ar ochrau dy lanau dolenog Yn fachgen bywio", y'bu, Cyn meddwl o hono am nenoed, Yn chwareu gyfoed mor gu Dymanaist, ti gefaist, do'n gyfiawn. R' anrhydedd yn gyflawn o' i gael I arffed gla-a Ozvrj H i magwyd I ro' i hun welwyd mo'i hail. It will not be uncommon to hear during the next few months of the returning holiday- maker exclaiming, [ was a bourist and ye took me in." will appreciate the frame of mind Lord Dunraven was in when, in 1876, he penned the following in the pre- face to "The Great Divide.—"Early in summer armies of open-mouthed, expectant sharks, dog-fish, and skate lie waiting for the shoals of tourists to approach. What a rush there is at them! How the victims vainly dash from side to side protesting that they do not want a guide hero and don't care about going there, swearing that there is no enjoy- ment to be found in seeing a half-naked Arab skip down one pyramid and bound up another with inconceivable rapidity, objecting vio- lently to rowing up the middle lake in a rain- storm, expostulating that they have no de- sire to ascend SnoAvdan in a fog. But it is no use. and in the a-utuma the shoals retire feedraggled, bewildered, bedevilled, robbed, pillaged, and sent empty away." Lord IJunraven was so dic-gustod that he went off the beaten track ft; the Yellowstone district and Geyse-rland.

STITCH IN TIME. There is an old saying A stitch ia time I saves nine," and if upon the first symptoms of anything being wrong with our health we I were to resort to some simple but proper means of correcting the raisehief, ninte-tenths of tne suffering that invades our homes would be avoided. A dose of Gwilym Evans's Quin- ine Bitters taken when you feel the least bit out of sorts is just that stitch in time." You can get Gwilvm Evans's Quinine Bit- ters at any Chemist's or Stores, in bottles 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each, but remember that the only guarantee of genuineness is the name I Gwilym Evans" on the label, stamp and bottle, without which none are genuine. Sole Proprietors: Quinine Bitters Manufacturing Company, Limited, Llanelly, South Wales.

BRIDGEND POLICE COURT. Saturday.—Before Alderman W. Llewe-Hjr* (chairman). Dr. E. J. Parry, M(*». E. F. Lynch Blouse, Howoli Williams. J. CaanWf, W. J. Lewi*. G. Harris, J. P. Gi»b*». T. K. Hopkins, and W. J. Grirlin. CAERAC DROTREHS DEFAULT. Thomas Pmkhara, lo Albert-street. Caeraw, was summoned in respect of the maintenance of his parent. Relieving Officer Evans said an order was made upon defendant in January to oontri- bute the sum of 2s. (5d. per week in respect of his parent, hut he had fallen in arrears to the amount of £2 10s. There was D3 reason why he should not pay the amount. Defendant did not appear, and was sen- tenced to a month's imprisonment, suspended a fortnight to enable him to pay. Fred Pinkham. 15 Albert-street. Caera*. was similarly summoned, the arrears being jEf 10s. on a like erdcr. Relieving Officer Ersns stated defendant wus earning ;3!). (jd. per week, antt was a single maI. Defendant did. not appear, but wrote ask- ing for a chance. He had been out of work, and was now paying off arrears for food. Relieving Officer Evans said defeadant was a kind of man who was continually moving about, and would not pay. Sent-eneed to a month's imprisonment, sus- pended a fortnight. MAESTEG COLLIER'S FATHER. David Griffiths, collier. 27 Union-street, ] Maesteg, was summoned for failing to main- tain his father, John Griffiths, who had be- come chargeable to the common fund of tho L'aion. Relieving Officer David stated that defen- dant's father became chargeable on Novem- her 25th. and defendant agreed to contribute 2s. per week. He had not, however, paid any money for three months. Witness was unable to prove his earnings, because the man did Iothing but loaf about. The Guardians asked the Bench to make an order for 3s. per week. The man was a collier when he did work. An order was made for the payment of 3s. per week. LEFT HIS WIFE AND CHILI. I 1IAESTEG COLLIER CHARGES. William Henry Howells, collier, Maesteg. was charged with running away aad leaving hia wifo Emily and one child to become chargeable to the common fund. Relieving Officer David deposed that defen- dant's wife and child became chargeable ww June 18th, prior to which defendant had drawn his earnings and run away. They had heard nothing from him until the warrant was iued. The wife and child were now at home with the wife's parents, whers they lived before defendant ran away. Defendant, in reply to the Chairman, said he was willing to make a home for his wife. The case was adjourned for a fortnight to enable defendant to fulfil his promise. A DETERMINED MOTHER. CHILD'S VACCINATION. Thomas Griffiths, collier, New Houses, Near Cemetery, Pontycymmer. w as summoned far not having his child vaccinated. Relieving Officer Evans said the child was born in July last year. Vaccination was offered in December and January, and re- fused each time. Defendant's wife told him he would not have the child vaccinated by anybody on any account. An order was made that the child should be vaccinated. TRANSFERS. The following transfers of licenses were granted: — The Clarence Hotel, Maesteg, from Morgan Daniel Thomas to William Davies; Queen's Hotel. Porthcawl. from Jehs Charles Picton Samson to Robert Owen Griffiths; Star, Aberkenfig, from William I Bowen to Edward Da vies: The Lamb, Brid- end, from Joseph John Thomas to David E. Richards: Railway Inn. Bridgend. from Jas. William Telling to William Walter Phillips: Ogmore Junction Hotel from Albert Henry Jenkins. executor of the late Hopkin Jenkins, to Mr. Grant. Mr. Pilgrim Morris appeared for the appli- cant in respect of the Queen's Hotel, Porth- cawl, and Mr. D. Llewellyn for the Star. Aberkenfig. OVERSEERS OBJECT. An application for the transfer of the license of the Marine Hotel. Southerndown, from Thomas Davies to John Francis Powell was made by Mr. H. J. Randall. Mr. Alexander Smith, on behalf of the overseers, objected, as the poor rate had not been paid. Mr. Randall drew the attention of the Jus- tices to the clause in Section 1 of the 1904 Act relating to the powers governing the granting of licenses. It there stated that power to refuse the renewal of an existing on license could only be exercised on the ground of the improper construction of the premises or the unfitness of the applicant. The Chairman said the magistrates had de- cided to take no notice of the objection. They granted the license. CLAIM FOR WAGES. The Cardiff and District Collieries Co.. Nantymoel, were summoned by about 142 col- liers employed at their Tynywaun Colliery, for wages to the total amount of £M2 15s. 6d. Mr. A. T. James (Messrs. Morgan, Bruce, and I Nicholas, Pontypridd) appeared for the men, and Mr. Brace, the manager of the colliery, watched the proceedings on behalf of the de- fendants. Mr. James stated that the amounts claimed, with a few exceptions, were agreed upon. Defendants admitted liability, but as the money was not forthcoming it was neces- sary that the magistrates should make an order for payment. Mr. Brace having raised no objection, the Bench made the necessary order for payment, with costs. The Chairman: I hope the men will get their money. Mr. James: Thank you, sir. ASSAULT IN A TRAIN. TVilliam Morris, rider, 16 Ivor-street, Maes- teg, summoned Evan Richards, mason, Nant- yffyllon, for an assault. Complainant said he was coming home by train from Porthcawl the previous Sunday evening, and got into a compartment where defendant and several others were. He had a few words with defendant, who struck him, blackening both his eyes. P.S. Evans, Maesteg, said he assisted the prosecutor home from the train at Maesteg. He was in a very bad state of collapse, and II had to be practically carried home. His face was badly marked, and both his eyes were black. Witness told the Bench that defend- ant was a real blackguard, and was not at all particular who he struck. Dr. Bell Thomas said he saw the complain- ant at his house the previous Sunday night. He was under the influence of alcohol and in a very battered condition. He could not open his eyes and hardly his mouth. All the injuries were confined to the face. Complain- ant complained of being kicked, but witness could find no marks. Defendant said the prosecutor, when get- ting into the train at Porthcawl, tripped over a little boy's feet, whereupon he (defendant) asked him not to do that. Prosecutor re- plied that he would do the same to him, and struck him. Defendant then defended him- self and struck the prosecutor. The Chairman said that probably defen- dant had some provocation for what he did, but still he should have reported the matter, and not struck Morris. He would be fined I JE1. AFFILIATION ORDER. George Jenkins. banksman. Rose Tree Cot- tage, Bryneethin, was summoned by Annie Maria Lewis, domestic servant, of 18 Dinam- street. Nantymoel. to show cause, etc. Mr. D. Llewellvn was for the complainant, and Alderman T. J. Hughes defended. Defendant denied the paternity, but he was ordered to pay 3s. Cd. per week, and the costs, amounting to 19s. Gel. AN ASSURANCE POLICY. MAESTEG WOMAN' S CLAIM. Elizabeth Mills. Nantyerywyd House. Maesteg, claimed from the Royal London Friendly Society £8 8s. under a, policy of as- surance dated April. 1908, on the life of Jane Lambert. Alderman T. J. Hughes was for the Society, and Mr. Evan E. Davies ap- peared for plaintiff. The Magistrates gave judgment for the Society. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CASES. The following were fined for not sending their children to school: — Gilfach Goch.—Rees Edwards. 22 Abercer- dyn-road, Francis Cadman, 19 Aberoer- (tyn-rod, ro.: Richard Henry Blight, 15 j Mads teg-row, ;W.; Ann JOJt86. 10 Pritel-iard- ,rakvr, --T,Il tin m Dibble, 5 AI;dr-' terra<*», os. Mary .in* Hopki9 Albert- street, 5s. C hurlos Lovcday, o Alexandra- road, "s. Thomas, 2 Cummer-road, oo. Thomas Morgan, 34 Golli-street, 5s. Nantyffyilon. — David Jenxin-j, 53 Toitna- road, 10s. Thomas Jones, 73 Tonna-road, 5s. William Roberts, 45 Tonna-road, 5s. Phoebe Pyko, basement 48 Tonna-road, 5s. William Tydball, 25 Duffryn-road. 5s. Francis Price, 20 Barnardo-street, 5s. David Jones, 4 Siloh-cottage, 5a. George 33 Hearts* of ihk Cottages, 5s. Llangvnwvd.—Richard Major, White Hart, Lla ngynwyd, 5s. Pontrhydycvff.—James Hughes. 1 Greea- field-terrace, 5s. Ernest. Baden Powell Grist, son of William I Henry Grist, 34 Pieton-street, tvenfig Hill, was ordered to a truant school till he reaches the aire of 14. MISCELLANEOUS. For being drunk and disorderly. James Carder, bricklayer, Bridgend, was lined 20s. Other fines were:—George Barker, labourer, Ogmore Valo, 20s. James Thomas, labourer, BettArs, 15s. Ernest Pearson, collier, Aber- kenfig. 15s. The use of indecent language led to the fol- lowing being fin^l:—James Jones, collier, Nantymoel, 15s. Edward Job a Jones, collier, Pricetown, 20s. James Watts, labourer, Og- more Vde, 15s, William Hughes, haulier, Ogmore Yale, 15s. Philip Peregrine, haulier, Maesteg, 15s. Patrick O'Keefe, labouror, Maesteg, 15s. James Toomey. collier, Caerau, 15s. For obstructing the highway by fighting, Caerau, 15s. For obstructing the highway by fighting, Daniel Connelly, collier. Pontycymmer. was lined 20s., and Richard Tilley, haulier, Pont- ycymmer, 15s. Keeping dogs without licenses led to the following being fined: — William Brooks, collier, Ogmore Vale, 5s. William Williams, farmer, Nantymoel, 5s. A fine of 2s. Gd. was imposed upon Ernest Coatee, labourer. Garth, for not having a dog under control. Morgan Thomas, farmer, Marcross, for al- lowing animals to stray on the highway was iined 10s. For allowing a carcase to remain uuburied. Frederick John, farmer. Blackmill, was fined 19s. Will iam Rose, labourer, Llandow, had to pay 5s. for carrying a gua without a license. Monday.—Before Mr. Oliver Sheppard (in chair) and Mr. G. Harris. • WENT A BIT WILD.' YOUTH'S FOOLISHNESS. Reginald Mills, watchmaker, Maesteg, was charged with stealing an inkstand valued JM 10s., the property of Charles Lewis, 27 Harvey-street, Maesteg. on 17th June. Mrs. Lewis said defendant came to her house nine weeks ago with a young woman, who, he said, was his wife. They took apart- ments. The inkstand was in a room they occupied, but la-it Aveek defendant left, and took it with hiE. Inspector Sansome said prisoner was ar- rested and cautionod. It was explained to him that the inkstand had been recovered from the landlord of a public-house at Xant- yf ylio u. Defendant replied that he had no intention of stealing it. He was hard up. and wanted to get a loan. Defendant's father said he had only heard that morning that his son was arrested, and immediately came from Neath. His son was twenty years of age. Three months ago ho turned out a bit wild. and ran away from home with a girl. If he had been inclined to be dishonest lie could have taken plenty of money from home, but he did not. The Chairman said he was sorry to see a respectable fellow brought before them on a charge of that kind. After at they had heard, however, they would bind him over to be of good behaviour for six months, and hoped it would be a lesson to him. Defendant: It will, sir. COAL STEALING. William John Morris. 94 Tonna-road, Nant- yffyllon, was charged with stealing coal, the property of Messrs. North's, at Nantyffvllon. P.C. J. R. Jones gave evident, and defen- dant was fined 10s. CAERAU LADS SUMMONED. William Evans, 2 Albert-street, Caerau, and Benjamin Llewellyn, 2 Albert-street, Caerau, two small boys, were charged with a similar offence. P.C. Jones said he saw the two defendants on a truck at North's Caerau siding taking coal. Defendants' parents said they sent the boys for coke. P.C'. Jones said Mrs. Llewellyn was in re- ceipt of parish relief, and in very poor cir- cumstances. but Mrs. Evans sent thu boy for coal and sold it. Evans was bound over, and ordered to pay the costs. LleAvellyn was also bound over, but the costs were remitted. MISCHIEVOUS CAERAU BOYS. Edward Oatlev (aged 16), Benjamin Davies (15), Ben jamin Phillips (15), Evelyn Jenkins (12), EdAvard Jones (12), and John Henry Rogers, all of Caerau, were summoned for doing wilful damage to the value of 5s. to a quantity of timber, the property of Messrs. North's, Nantyffyllon. P.C. J. R. Jones%tated a length of timber 14ft. long was broken and put on a fire. Jenkins also broke up a wooden tram, and used that for fuel. Oatley and Phillips, who had been before the Magistrates on a previous occasion, were fined 10s. E. Davies was nned 5s.; and the other defendants were bound over.

An Innsbruck message reported the subsidence of the water in tho districts in the Austrian Tyrol covered by the recent floods. The Hungarian Parliament was opened by the Emperor-King en Saturday with a sp<H;ch from the Throne delivered in the Royal Castle of Buda. The Royal Agricultural Show at Liverpool closed with a turnstile attendance for the week of 126.520, against 88,336 at Gloucester, and 213,857 at NcAvcastle.

AGRICULTURAL NOTES. BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. FOR POULTRY PRODUCERS. It Avould be pily to the opportsadty o.fered by the recent annual meeting of the National Poultry Organisation Society of again calling attention, to the splendid oppor- tunities Avhich a Aval t tha home producer of eggs and poultry. Last year the reduction in eggs imported from other countries amounted to 16,000 tons, as compared with 1908, while iu the same period the supply of poultry de- clined in value by the value of the 10,000 tons of eggs increased by upwards of £5CÙ. That is to say, the price of eggs has gone up. the demand for eggs is increasing, and foreign countries are unable to meet the demand owing to their own requirements. Lady Salisbury has long actively interested herself in the movement for encouraging and developing the production of poultry and eggs in the United Kingdom and of bringing producers, through the medium o-f local affiliated societies, into more direct commu- nication with retailers by the establishment of co-operative depots, and bv arranging with the trade for the sale of produce. She is now so satisfied with the measure of success which has attended the movement that sine has set about endeavouring to raise a sum of £ 2,000 in order to provide for all future contingen- cies in carrying: on the work of the society. Earl C'arrington, President of the Board of Trade. has publicly expressed his interest in the work of the Poultry Organisation Society, and thv promoters are hopeful that lie may give it a share of the new Development Grant. EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITS AT SHOWS. Those who visit the leading shows of the country may have noticed that educational exhibits are now becoming an indispensable feature. At a number of the slwws there is a stand or office for the Beard of Agriculture, where in form a ti OR is readily given. The most complete educational exhibit was, of course, at the Royal Show, but at many of the smaller meetings this feature is bag àe- veloped. Very instructive exhibits have been made by the agricultural oolleges, experiment stations, and other institutions, and experts were in attendance to give information. The exhibits are varied. Some of the most useful are the living and mounted speeimens of in- sect ptsts of farm aad orchard crops. From such exhibits a grower caa often identify some enemy Avhich ha« been attacking his crops, and which formerly he irnd been un- able to recognise. In the same way trouble- able to recognise. In the same way trouble- some Avaedss oan be identified from dried specimens and illustrations. Experimental work is also made to furnish interesting ex- hibits. Results of mammal trials on grass land are never ao eonvincing as when shown by curves cut from the actual experiment plots, and pot culture experiments often throw much light ON the manuring vf dif- ferent kinds of soil. Preserved speeimens of many pests and diseases that attack farm animals can also be seen, and exhibits dem-ca- strating the nutritive properties of various feeding stuffs never fail to attract a deal of interest. • A SUPPLEMENT ON WHEAT. I often wonder how many of my renders ever see the Journal of the Board of Agricul- ture, which costs fourpence a month post free, and sometimes, as the cwrreat nuruiier does, includes a special supplement Aviihaut extra cost. I can assure those who de not see it that tiiev are missing some very good and instructive reading, as well aa the chantH-s that a, smart man needs of watching the way various markets are going. Agriculture has become so much a world affair that no man can afford to shut his eyes t$ what is going on in other countries. Not only he want to know son:< thing of the progress of agricultural sciencfe, so that lie may be among the first to avail himself of new opportunities, but he must have some means of ascertaining whether certain crops or classes of live stock are being produced in increasing or desreas- ing quantities likely to affect the general tread of prices. Those farmers who did not notice the enormous expansion of the wheat area during the last twenty yea.rs or so and the consequent cheapening of supplies, by not turning their attention to other crops have in most cases suffered heavily. It is calcu- lated that in the last twelve years the total wheat production of the world has increased by one-third. The result of that, in long- settled countries, id, th&t wheat has fallen from its premier position. Yet it is certain that this expansion of the wheat area cannot go on indefinitely, and if the world's popula- tion continues to grow we shall have to pro- duce Avheat that will thrive in soils and climates unfavourable to existing kinds, and probably intensify the yield. Fortunately, the Mendelian laws of breeding have now proved their wonderful value to agricultural science, and with tbeir aid plant breeders hope to be able to produce varieties that will be suited to every kind of local requirement. In Britain, strong wheats of high yield and stiff straw are wanted to make production of the crop attractively profitable. In South Africa and India the cultivation of wheat is seriously hindered by the prevalence of rust. Science proposes to deal with the difficulty by producing varieties which are immune or almost immune to the disease. This has ac- tually been done in the experiments of Pro- fessor Biffen. The wheat belt cannot be ex- tended northwards owing to harvest- frosts. If the process of maturation can be hastened only a few days, millions of acres might be made suitable for wheat. If wheat can be grown with narrower leaves, transpiration would be checked a. little, and so on dry soils a much heavier crop than luvs hitherto been possible could be raised. These and many other similar problems connected with wheat were discussed by leading authorities at the meeting of the British Association at Winni- peg last year, and all of importance that was Said has been collected into the supplement to which I ha, ve referred. The subject closely concerns the British farmer, for it is not be- yond the limits of probability that wheat may, in course of time, again find a very pro- minent place in the agriculture of these islands. COLOURING SHEEP Jrn. SHOWS. For longer years than anyone is able to re- member sheep have been coloured or other- wise prepared for shows. In the last few years the practice has found marked dis- favour among certain buyers, and some I exhibitors have discontinued it. Shropshires II are generally shown unprepared, and South- doAvns and Oxford Downs often so, but others still appear coloured or oiled with never- failing regularity. The question has agitated the minds of sheep breeders for some time past, and societies haAe more than once been appealed to to prohibit the use of colouring materials and oils. So far no steps have been taken. The object of the practice ir. to neutralise the disadvantages of certain soils and localities upon the appearance of the fleece. Beyond a natural and legitimate desire to present his sheep to the best ad- vantage the flockmaster has no object to serve in using ochre or oils, and it is difficult to believe that anyone can be really misled in his estimate of a sheep by the colour of the fleece. The form of the animal is unaltered, the head and the features remain as before, and even the quality of the wool and the colour of the skin undergo no change. But the practice is objeotionable for the handling of the animal: In this respect the oil on some of the LongAvoolg is more offensive than the ochre on the Down sheep, but in cither case many refrain from subjecting the animals to I a close inspection on account of the conse- quences to their clothes and hands. A writer in the Tunes suggests that it is a, wise prin- ciple to impose upon exhibitors as few re- strictions as possible. At different times efforts have been made to regulate shearing, trimming, and so forth, but the results have not been satisfactory, and within general limits the societies are perhaps well advised in allowing exhibitors and buyers to adjust their differences. If the colouring and oiling of sheep are detrimental to buyers the remedy is simple. It has been said that more than I one buyer has chosen unooloured sheep simply because of their natural appearance. If this example is followed, ochre and oils will soon I cease to play a proraiaent part in the prepara- tion of show sheep.

THE GARDENING. VEGETABLES AND FSU1T. The thinning-out -of spring-sown Onions should fee completed at oneo, the amount <A thinning depending, of course, on the size bulbs xequired, hour to eix inches apart is a very good average distance, but, if a heavj crop of medium-sized tubers -is desired, than thoy may be lefts considerably closer. Pick- ing Onions, sown a month or so ago, may be lliinned out a, litllo it necessary, but these micceed bettor Avhen left farirly close, as large tabers are not wanted. Onicyns planted out in the spring must be hoed between occa- sionally, to free them from weeds, but keep the soil around them firm. Frame Cucumbers, although bearing fruit, ma&t be constantly encouraged to form snc- cessional vigorous young shoots, because upon them alone can reliance bo placed to give suecessional fruits. When such shoots ap- proach. the sitLs of the frame stop tuem, to induce them to form fruiting laterals. Once a week will be often enough to give real root Arstemigs, though the plants are best sprinkled overhead about 4 p.m. each bright afternoon before shutting tne sa:,ims down apjite close. Tomato plants are gross feeders, and re- quire mueh nourishment, and this can be sup- plied, to a large extent, by surface mulching 3r top-dressing. Loose pieces of boards, tries, or slates should be fixed just inside the pots or boxes, so as to deepen them, then the mix- ture ef lumpy loam and rotted manure, or the formar and a small quantity of super- phosphate—three ounces to one bushel of phosphate—three ounces to one bushel of soil—should be put on, and made moderately firm. It is best to begiw eerly, giving light top-doeesinss frequently, then the plants will bring to perfection a good CW) of fruit. Too often feeding, and especially the top-dress- ingH, are put off until late in the season. In such cases the fruits that are Get fail to SAVOII to the normal size. Strong dosea of manure water, or artificials, must never be mvem MULCHING FRLTT-TI?EES. A mulch saves labour in watering by con- serving moisture in the soil du:l u; prolonged dry periods. In light shallow soils tne mulch is beneficial to fruit-trees in preventing burn- ing of the root-fibres near the surface. These minute hair-like roots are Km true feeders; on them the sound health, of the plants and the quantity and quality of th-e crop mainly depend. It pays, therefore, to end oh early, especially in soils that are liable to suffer from spell 3 of drought. Trees growing in from spelL of drought. Trees growing in heavy retentive land al: • benefit from the practice. It eaeourag.s the. xornvytiou of those important fihrot.o rot.; r.t the surface instead of a.t greater deoth^ AY he re the tem- perature is less .1 ami stimulating and consequently lest; thivoeteMe to the fruit." The mulch should be open and porous, springy underfoot. ralhtr "than solid. Farmyard manure when procurable is t > he 73referred. Partially decayed leavas. spent hops, litter of any sort, may be used if it contains little or nothing of nntritiv-e quality. This can be supplied by dressing the surfaeo before laying on the mulch with guano err any other of the durable commercial manures. Prick the surface that is to he mulched with a fork lightly before applying the dressing, a.nd if the soil is dry give a good soaking of water irmnadiately after,, and by on the mulch Ike following day. IN THE FLOWER GARDEN. Lavender succe2;,L be-t OIl a dry, warm aspect and soil, aad this should bo taken into account by all who would grow it in hedge or other forms in gardens. It will, ho AY ever, succeed well im ordinary garden soils, in a warm, sunny aspect. Cuttings of large pieces of the plants dibbered firmly ;nto sandy loam, either in early spring or autumn, root readily and form plants. But the better method of propagation is to form small cutt- ings from the young shoots in early spring, and dibber them under a hand-glass. From these two to three feet high hedges in gardens can be formed. The Tuberous Begonia lias lately been de- veloped into a kind with long thin drooping stems clothed with elegant narrow foliage and bearing large. pendent clusters of narrow- stalled flowers. They are suitable for culti- vation in hanging baskets in conservatories and greenhouses, as they form Avell furnished speeimens and flower freely throughout^ the summer. They are easily propagated either from stem cuttings or leaves, and they arc said also to come fairly true from seeds. The best kind of basket for them is the half sphere made of stout wire, and it should be lined with moss before the soil and plants are set in it. To obtain large specimens in a short time four or fine plants should be set in a basket lOin. or so across. There is scarcely a garden anywhere in which Pinks cannot be grown. They do not thrive so well in a light sandy soil as in a good sandy loam, because it is too open, and a soil that is firm about the roots is better than a loose one. The plants should be put in the border in early autumn, the soil being pressed firmly round the roots to hold them in security during the winter. Should they become too large, they can be lifted and divided, and it will be found that the divided pieces possess roots. The plants are usually propagated by means of cuttings or pipings, struck during the early part of July. Large growers root their cutting-* in a gentle bottom heat, but they ca.n be rooted in the open air ouite well. They may be put in just beneath the shade of some of the border plants, for it it requisite that the cuttings should be shaded from the sun. The Pink, with its grey-green foliage, makes a, very good edging plant. It may be supposed that there are very' few possibilities for those who attempt to grow plants on a roof, but there are many, and much decorative beauty can be obtained. Failures are generally due to insulFieiently- dstiined tubs, boxes, barrels, and pots, to in- sufficient water, or to cultivating unsuitable subjects. Barrels should have several round holes bored in their sides, a, foot or more from the ground, as well as plenty of holes in their bases; fibrous nmsseig of loam should be placed against the side holes, for the water to filter through, and the basal holes should each have a concave piece of crock laid over. Over the crocks there should be four inches depth of pebble stones in barrels, two inches in lower tubs, a.nd an inch at least in big pots or shalloAv boxes. The soil used should be SAveet turf loam, with some leaf-mould and old manure; if this is mixed with a fourth portion made up of river sand and brick rub- ble it will suffice for the needs of vegetation, and will keep aweet for sc long time A NOTE ON WINDOW BOXES. Evaporation from window boxos in dry weather is extraordinarily rapid, and plants will look miserable if neglected. Water may be needed twice a day. Rich soil, too, and a covering of moss or Cocoanut fibre on the sur- face, will be desirable to keep them cool; but, of course, in a hot, sunny exposure it is necessary to choose the right plants, i.e., these which do not need shade. For a south Avindow-box in summer. Ivy-leaved and other Geraniums, blue Lobelia, Petunias. Helio- trope, and white Marguerites will stand better than most other things. For a position which is rather shaded, tuberous Begonias, hanging Fuchsias (old plants cut down in spring, and then repotted), and Campanulas garg,1nica and fragilis also drooping over the box are betst chosen. Climbing plants can be planted a-t either end of the box, and trained by means of string stretched on large nails to form an arch over the window, with very good effect; and a wire basket can be hung from the central nail above the window (well-lined with moss), to a specimen plant of a drooping nature. White or pink Hydrangeas look well in AvindoAv-boxes, but they are amongst the most thirsty of plants, and should have an abundance of tepid morning and evening, Avith a dose of liquid manure, or soot-Avater, in a clear, thin state, twice a week. All peat-loving plants such as Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Camellias, and other shrubs, Heaths, &c., need much Avaiei in summer.