Abergavenny Chronicle

The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of I Leeds Sew from Leeds to Bradford to visit I the Yorkshire Agricultural Show.

t NEWS IN BRIEF. t w Tfttgedies and Disasters. Damage omcially returned at £40,000 wM done by a fire which burnt out the soap, candle and oil works of Messrs. Ferguson, Shaw and Sous at Glasgow on Saturday. The English three-masted ship Red Rcae was run down during Friday night by an unknown steamer in the mouth of the Elbe, and sa:ik. The crew were saved. A Navy cutter dashed into a collier at Portlp.nd on Saturday, and Able Seaman S:dney Hay wood, cf Bournemouth, who jumped overboard, waa crushed to death be- tween the two boats. On Friday night a party of people, be- longing to Portray, were returning from a market at Buckle in a motor-car when a tyre burst, and the occupants were thrown to the ground. Three women of the party sustained severe injuries, and one of them, Mrs. Alexander Addison (Portsay) died in BanS Hospital on Saturday from the eSects. Shortly ofter half-past one on Saturday morning fire broko out on the premises of Messrs. Gee and Co., printers and pub- lishers, Gatrsborough-street, Curtain-road, Shoreditch. The promises consist of 6ve storeys, of which three auSered both from fire and water. At Athenry, Co. Galwal, a young' farmer cut the throat of his young wife and then his own. Shortly before the tragedy they were seen walking through t)he fields to- gether apparently on the best of terms. The man had been ill lately. Sergeant Frederick Palmer, of the Royal Garrison Artillery, was found dead in quar- ters at Dover Castle with a bullet wound in hia head. Signals being unanswered, George Ken- nedy, aged sixty-six, a i-ignaJma.n, waa found dead in his box a.t Grays Station, Esaex. I Accidents. Through an explosion at Clark'a Dry. Cleaning Works at Retford on Saturday three workmen were badly burnt by benzo- line. Cadet Strgeant Kirkwood, of the Boyai Engineer s&ction of the London University Contingent Onicera' Training Corps, was severely burned by the premature explosion of some detonators in camp near Aldershot on Saturday. Lieutenant Creedy was also burned. Flames and smoke were seen issuing from the graveyard surrounding the Gaelic church of St. Columba, at Paisley, on Satur- day. The churchyard had been strewn with cut hay, and fbis was ignited by a spark from a railway engine. Four passengera were slightly hurt on Saturday through two tramway-cars collid- ing at Blackfriars Bridge. George Ellis, Joeep<h Dines, and Edward By ford were badly hurt at Chiswick in a Byford -v ?-e-re imajty v C collision in the High-road between a tram- car and a taxicab. John Polkinghom, a workman engaged in widening the tramway on Sonthend Pier, was struck by an approaching car and thrown into the mud below, being instantly killed. A motor-pantechnicon full of furniture was destroyed by nre on Egham Hill, when on the way from Palmer's Green to Bourne- mouth. While crossimg a stile in a neld some dis- tance from Ripley, a man named Lake fell and broke his leg. He failed to attract attention, and remained all night in the field. He was found in a state of collapse the next morning. Internal injuries due to tTie strain and ex- cessive exertion of jumping on a moving 'bus was given as the cause of the death of Dr. James Herbert Walker, M.R.C.S., of Fitzroy-road, Regent'a Park, at a St. Pancras inquest. Dr. Walker, who was nfty-nve years of age, was Professor of Optics at University College. I Totd in the Courts. In two casaa before the Otiey Bench motor-cyclists were ordered to pay the costa for allowing identification platea to be ob- scured by their coat tails. Several men summoned at Newcastle Police-court on Saturday for leaving work at Hazlerigg Colliery without notice adopted militant tactics. They sang during the proceedings, and when ordered to pay damages said they would not pay a. farthing. The third trial of Patrick Ryan and Patrick Hegarty for the murder of Jno. Kildea, Co. Clare, resulted on Saturday in the jury's disagreement. The prisoners were twice tried in Dublin, their defence being an stiibi. William Bourne, of Smethwick, waa a passenger in a tram-car when a bar of iron came through the floor and crushed his foot. At Birmingham Assizes he was awarded .8175 damages against the Stafford- shire Tramway Co. At an inquest at Southampton on John Edward Smith, the cause of death was stated to bo h?rt failure, caused by bath- ing too soon after a full meal. Mrs. Madeline Cordelia Granville Carr, whose stage name is Miss Madeline Reece, has been granted a decree of restitution of conjugal rights against her husband, Mr. Percy Carr, an actor, in the Divorce Court. An injunction has been granted by Mr. Justice Astbury, on behalf of the Graham- White Aviation Co., to restrain Frank W. Goodden, an aviator, from breaking hia agreement to fly only in the service of the company for six months. For illegal seizure of hayricks in reapect of non-payment of Insurance Act fines by his brother-in-law, William Charlea Grey, a I Stretton-on Dunsmore farmer, waa at Bir- mingham Assizes awarded £280 damages against Police-inspector Lines, of Rugby, ad Tom Munton, auctioneer; Charles Smith, und-ertaker; and Horace Warming- ton, jobmaster, all of Nuneaton. The Wor!d of Sport. Students of Worcester Blind College beat a crew of Worcester Scouts by half a length in a four-oaTed race on the River Severn on Saturday. Mr. H. G. Rowbotham, oaptaan of the Bcckcniia.m Golf dub, holed out in one on Saturday at the eighth hole, which measures 220 yards. Music and the Drama. The part of Wilfred Denver in the revival of "The Silver King" at the Strand Theatre will be played by Mr. H. B. Irving, who played the part in the recent com- mand performance s.t His Majesty's. Military and Nova! General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, in Southern Command orders, notifies that tho photographing of airships ia not permis- sible within a distance of forty yards. Pho- tographers are warned that any infringe- ment will entail prosecution under the I Official Secrets Act. A London company of Irish National Volunteers marched to Sudbury on Satur- day, to the accompaniment of pipes and drums. They were drilled on Horscaden Hill, and afterwards made a cross-country march. Field-Marshal Sir John French on Satur. day evening opened the headquarters insti- tute and rine range of the Stoke Newington battalion of the National Reserve in Albion- grove. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has built a. new motor lifeboat for service on the coast of Anglesey, and &he has been dispatched to Beaumaris. .E8 and E9, the two 800-ton submarines recently launched, at the works of Messrs. Vickcrs, Limited, at Barrow, arrived at Portsmouth en Saturday. Admiral Farquhar, Admiral Comm.'mding the Coastguards Mid Reserves, inspected the London inival Volunteers at their head- quarters in Lambeth on Saturday. Over 15,000 men attached to the Fleet Re- serve were landed and discharged at home naval ports on the demobilisation of the fleet inspected by the King. The Admiralty has issued a. notice ex- pressing their high appreciation of the way in which the reservists replied to the invi- tation to serve during the recent test mobilisation and their keen admiration of the bearing and discipline shown by all ranks. Sixteen English cadets have sailed from Liverpool for Canada., where they will stay until September 3. The Dominion Govern- ment sent an invitation for a unit of cadets from the Mother Country to visit Canada. and the members were selected by Lord Roberts.

OTHER MEN'S MINES, j OTHER ltíN'S MINrS. I All the world' a stage-but the rtame M I Not a.'l the world.—SiR HERBERT TREE. t READY TO FIGHT. I Every every nation must be &ble an<l v.iMing- to make war if it wishes tc continue to exist as a State and a cation.— COUXT TiSZA. A CITY IN CHAINS. I A crowded city owned by small individua] I householders is a city in chains.—CAPTAIN SWIXTON. NO PLACE LIKE —— I The notto, "There's no place like home' taa g'iv.'n wny to its stieces&or, "There's no place lÙa a. supper-room."—MR. J. H. CAMPBELL. UNTHEOLOGICAL AND IMPERFECT. I Everything in the Church which is un- theolo,;i,al 1.5 imp"erfect.—THE REV. DiMa- DALE 'T.YOUXG. THE MAN OF THE CENTURY. I Not Ktore than once in a century is born I a man whcr;p biography could not be ade- I quately presented in one small octavo volume.—MR. FILSO YouNG. I THE WONDERFUL WORLD. I Interest in, and wonder at, the works of Nature nnd the doings of man are products of civilisation, and excite emotions which do not diminish, but increase with increas- ing' knowledge and cultivation.— 4 J. BALFOUB. LAZY AMERICANS. ) I cotdd never understand how Yan!ce<a can have the cheek to vaunt their energy, for they are the laziest race on earth- unless the oound1£.s power of talking ær- mons be a sign of energy.—MR. W. R. TiTTEBTON. ASTRONOMY. I Unquestionably the highest attribute of I astronomy is that it enables us to some ex- tent to "think the thoughts of God," and to form a faint conception of the mighty pro- cesses, tasting millions of age. by which the worlds around us were brought to theil I present condition of order and beauty.—MR. A. C. DE LA CHOMMEFIN. A MAN'S BOOKCASE. I A man's bookcase is sometimes more in- teresting' than the man himself, sometimea I the one exi.,ting portra it of his mind.—MB. B. W. HORNUNG. LIONS IN THE PATH. I Why have industry and property retained so dominant a grasp upon our thoughts and feelings, crtntinuaMy checking our aspira- tions to the higher life, continually en- croaching on the time and energy which by Tights Vt'ould seem to belong to that life?— Ms. J. A. HoBsox. THE TYRANNY OF EDUCATION. ) What has the average politician to tell na to comfcrt the ignorant who feel education is a tyranny, and the cultured who feel it is & chaos?—MR. G. K. CHESTERTON. THE CUP THAT CHEERS. I Too. is doing more than is suspected to I Undermine the constitution of the indus- trial classes.—MR. H. WiL30N. THE MENACE OF ARMAMENTS. I I am Hrni'.y of opinion that the growth of armaments can only be arrested when the great financial interests of the world begin to rpa'isc what a menace they are to capital, to property, to industry, and to the prosperity of the world, and I think they are Bfw beginning to realise it.—MB. LLOYD GEORGE. BOYS AND BOOKS. I If there is any wet weather during the holdays, \?hen the boys can not go out, the parents should try and impresa upon them that there is something better to do than reading a trashy story.—Da. L. Scorr. CHANCES FOR ALL. I We are establishing to-day throughout England a system of education the com- pleteness of which and the security of which is absolutely different to anything else on record in our history, and chancca such as were never available before are offering themselves to the whole masses of .Dur people.—Ms. C. P. TREVELYAN, M.P. ANCIENT v. MODERN. I ThCl¡gh I never regretted being unable to make Latin verses, many a time I have 'wished I could speak French and German better, :nd I must confess there are more useful things for a boy to leam than the Classics.—MARQUIS OF GRAHAM. THE USEFULNESS OF LATIN. I One of my old boys at Rugby, now the I agent of a large ceta-te in the Midlands, told me that of all the subjects he had I learnt a,t school Latin had been the most 'useful in teaching him habits of observa-I tion.—DR. H. A. JAMES. SCHOOL AXD THE BOY. I A achool ought not to be looked upon as a shop where lessons could be got, but as a pince whpip the modern boy must live.— MR. C. SniMoxs. A SOUTH AFRICAN INDUSTRY. I South Africa, is a history-making country. Unfortunately, perhaps, our principal in- dustry is making history.—SiR PERCY FITZ- JPATBICK. THE LABOURER'S WAGES. I It will be impor:.sihle to solve the cottage problem in rural England unless there is a considerable impetus given to the T)resent tendency of wages to rise.—MR. RuNciMAN. BORN WITH CHARACTER. I As to character. I believe we were born with it. I believe some germ of character M innate in us. I do not know whether that runs counter to theological dogma, but I am Rrmly persuaded of the fact, and I have noticed that the way a baby takes a bottle is a fine indication of ebaracttr.-LORD EOSEBERY. NOT INQUISITIVE ENOUGH. j I am inclined to think that most people are not inquisitive enough. They are not really concerned about their neigh- bours, except when they are quarrelling with their neighbours, or making love to their neighbours, or house visiting in search of votes, or housebreaking in search Of Spoons.—MR. G. K. CHESTERTON. NOTHING FOR NOTHING. We cannot in this world hope to get any- thing which is worth having without taking some trouble to get it.—MR. A. C. BEN80N. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. t European society might have been trans- formed 1:1 the last nfty years-the earth might have been made a new place-if all the emotion, passion, and heroism, the con- scription and training and drilling- that Iiad g'onc to v,-ar or?inisntion had gone to social org'a.nisation.—MR. NoRMAN ANf\ELL.

Dr. W. J. Watson, rector of the Royal High School, Edinburgh, has been appointed Pro- fessor of Celtic Languages in the University of Edinburgh in succession to Professor Mo- jKinnon. The members of the Chicago Railway Ter- minal CorcraMsion are on a tour of inspection and study of railway terminals and harbour and traiMporta.tion facilities in American and EuroDcan c.ihes.

r CLUB WINDOW. Lord Dunmore is a soldier peer, who hM I been described as possessing good loo!u. good manners, and a good heart. At the time of the Beer War he raised a troop known as Fincastle's Horse, and in 1904 he married the beautiful Miss Eemble. < Lord Dunmore's career has been crowded with adventure. He once risked his life for that of a comrade during the Tirah cam- paign. The horse of Lieutenant Greaves bolted into the midst of the enemy, and Lord Fiucastle. as he then was, dashed after it, and brought back the unfortunate omcer. The omcer died, but Lord Dunmore received the Victoria Cross for his gallant deed. Sir Thomas Lipton tells a atory of one of his office boYd. The boy wanted an increase in his wages, but he appealed in vain to his foreman. After feveral refusals he decided to appeal to Sir Thomas himself, and watch- ing his opportunity he succeeded one day in adrni,si;on to his room. He made bis application in a- rather nervous voice. "How much are vou getting now?" Sir Thomas asked. "Eight shillings a week," said the boy. "Why, when I was your age," exclaimed Sir Thomas," I was work- ing for about half that money, and I thought I was v.'cH paid. What <io you say to That?" The boy looked rather dashed, a second's thought he said: "But, perh.ipH, you weren't such. a useful boy aa I am He got his rise Sir Frederick Bridge, the organist of Westminster Abbey, tells some excellent stories. "Two ladies," he once said, "were in Westminster Abbey, when one of them suddenly raised her band. Hush Listen she said. 'There's the organ. Isn't it splendid? I always love to hear Sir Fr'?de- rick play.' 'Beautiful, dear,' replied the other; 'forA moment I thought it was Sir Walter Parra.tt, but of course he can't play like that One can usually distinguish them by their touch.' As a matter of fact, says Sir Frederick, it was the vacuum cleaner buzzing away in preparation for the Coronation. < Mr. Roosevelt tells a story of a returned explorer who was narrating his terrible ex- periences. "We had plenty of water," he &aid "but nothing to cat, and the mos- quitoes nearly drove us frantic. In fact, we were in a much worse plight than the man who wrote, Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. "In what wa?" he wa.i asked. "Well," replied the explorer, "with us it was, Eites, bites, everywhere, but not a bite to eat. General Booth at the recent Salvation Army Congress related a good story of a certain drunkard who fell into the hands of the Salvation Army. "He had been drunk for so long," said the General "tha-t he was a-ble to give us very little information about himaelf. Eventually, however, we discovered that he wao married and that his deserted wife lived in a town in the Midlands. We immediately telegraphed to her: "We have found your husband.' In a very short time we got the reply: You can keep him!' Lord Headley has had a distinguished career as a civil engineer, and was a fine all- round sportsman in his time. When he was up at Cambridge he won the heavy and middle weights, and Jem Mace once said of him after seeing him sr that with train- ing he would make one of the finest boxera of the day. w <t Harry Laudcr tells a story about a friend of his, who went to Glasgow once to see a brother off to America. They said good- bye on board, and then Lauder's friend went ashore, and as the ship drifted away from the quay he continued to shout part- ing words of advice and encouragement to his brother standing on deck. Good-bve, Wull!" "Buck up, Wull!" "See an' be- have yerself! Every time he shouted tne ship was a little farther away, and he accordingly kept raising his voice more and more. The other people who were shouting good-byes" were dumbfounded, and their words were hopelessly drowned in the roar of his voice. When the ship was about half a mile out he let himself go with a final tremendous shout: "Mind an' write hame, Wull!" A man standing near went up and touched his arm. "If Wull doesn't write when he gets to America," he suggested, "you should just shout across and remind him Lord Londesborough is one of the keenest cricket enthusiasts in the north of England, and is one of the moving spirits in the Scar- borough Festivals. He has two houses in Yorkshire, Londesborough Park, trhose cricket team his son. Lord Raincline, cap- tains, and Lojdcsborough Lodge, Scar- borough. :It <t It is doubtful if there is any nooleman who knows so much about engineering, espe- cially the marine branch, as the Marquis of Graham. He is a director of the great Clyde firm of Beardmore, and he carried out on the Clyde some years ago valuable ex- periments with internal combustion engines in an old gunboat. Lord Graham was for some time in the Navy, and afterwards went through a hard course of training in the mercantile marine. He holds a master's certificate from the Board of Trade, and once navigated Lord Brasscy's yacht, the Sunbeam, home from Australia. One of the traditions of Buckingham Palace is that anyone summoned to the Royal presence there must appear in a grey frock coat. Equerries and other officials of the Household arc most punctilious in their observance of this custom, and even though they may work in their omces at the Palace in country clothes, they must hastily don a frock coat when they are summoned to the presence of the King or Queen. < <t Something like twenty years ago Mr. Samuel Evans was practising as a solicitor in a Welsh town. Then he got himself called to the Bar and went into politics. In 1908 he became Solicitor-General and Sir Samuel, and a little later President of the Divorce Court. < Lord Farquhar is responsible for the in- vestment of the large revenue which the Prince of Wales draws from the Duchy of Cornwall property, and is virtually banker and broker to the entire Royal family. He was also King Edward's trusted financial adviser, and is a trustee under his will. Lord Farquhar entered the banking business when quite young, nrst becoming associated with the late Sir Charles Forbes of Newe. and then with the old-fashioned firm of Sir Samuel Scott and Co., in Cavendish-square. When this was absorbed by Parr's Lord Farquhar, who received his peerage in 1898, became a director of that institution. A good story is told of the Duke of Leeds. When he put up for Parliament in 1887, the Duke—he was then the Marquis of Car- marthen—was often heckled on account of his youthful appearance. "Does your mother know you're out?" he was asked at one meeting. "Indeed she does," came the reply, "and next week she'll know I'm in with a thumping big majority. He was elected with nearly a thousand majority. An excellent story is told of Colonel Go-sthals, the moving spirit in the construc- tion of the Panama Canal. One morning a rather fidgety subordinate came into the Colonel's o iRce. "I got your letter. Colonel," he began, "and I came to——" He got no further, for the Colonel cut in: "Letter? Letter? There must be some mistake. I have written you no letter!" "Oh, yes, Colonel," repeated the man. "I've got it here. It's about the work down at Mira- Qcrcs. -Now, you see——" Again the Colonel cut in. "Oh, I see' But you misled me. You spoke of my letter. You meant, of course, my The Colonel's blue eyes stared coldly at the man, who suddenly felt that the conversation was at an end.

Mr. Thomas Keen's, accountant, of Luton; I was &t Rn.ms.gate ndopted as prospective Libo. I ra.1 candma-tc for Tla,tuet.

) CONFERENCE FAILURE. [ "UNABLE TO AGREE IN PRINCIPLE OR DETAIL." The Buckingham Palace Conference on the Home Rule dimculty has ended in failure. The delegates met every day for four days, and on Friday the Prime Minis- ter informed the House of Commons that they had been unable to agree, either in principle or In detail. The Prime Minister read from a sheet of notepaper:— I have to inf-orm the House that the Conference summoned by his Majesty the King held four meetings on July 21, 22, 23, and 24 respectively. The possibility of defining the area to be excluded from the operation of the Government of Ireland Bill was considered. The Conference, being unable to agree either in principle or in detail upon such an area, brought its meetings to a conclusion. That is the report made by Mr. Speaker, the Chair- man of the Conference, to his Majesty the King. Mr. Bonar Law brieSy said he would follow the example of Mr. AsquitM, and make no comment on the report. Sir Henry Dalziel asked whether the Prime Minister could hold out any hope that the House would be informed of the exact difference of opinion which had made jl it impossible for a settlement to be reached. "No, eir," replied Mr. Asquith. "I would rather make no statement on that subject at tnis moment."

CHAR A BANG SMASH. FWO KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED. I Two lives were lost and many persons wezw injured as the reault of a motor char-a-banc emash a.t Stretford, near Manchester, on Satur- day. A party numbering thirty motored to Shaw, near Oldha.m. The destination was Chester, but near the Cock Inn, Stretford, the char-a- banc touched a street oar, struck an electric standard, crashed into aome railings, and then fell over a small embankment. All the occupants were thrown out of the vehicle, and a number were pinned undeme&th. The names of those killed were David Baldwin (fifty-81x), Gordon-street, Shaw, and Sarah Hilton, of Linnie-lane, Shaw. The woman Hilton died at the Manchester Royal Infirmary late on Saturday migtht. John Greenwood, Spinner Station-street, Lee, near Oldham, Frank Shaw (thirty-one), Vic- toria-stroot, Shaw, and Sidney Forren (eigh- teen), of Rostrioh-etreet, Oldha<m, aje the in- Turcd who received attention at the Manchester RoyaJ In&rmajy.

I CATCHING A TARTAN. A strange oaae of assault, in which the- prisoner was knocked out by the man whom he attacked, was dea-lt with on Monday at the Weetnunater Police-court. The prosecutor was Inspector Harry Williams, of the N.S.P.C.C., fomMo-ly heavyweight boxing champioTi of the Navy, and the prisoner Henry Ruasell, a dealer, of Chadwick-street, Pimlico. The inspector was in plam clothee making inquiries in Chadwick-atreet, when Rueaell beckoned to him as if he had some informa- tion to give. When he wemt towards him Russell aimed a blow with one hand, and with the other grabbed at his watch chain, tearing his waistcoat pocket and pulling out hLs sovereign purse. "You have made a great miata-ke this time," said Mr. Williams, putting up his nsts. Russell made several attempts to kick, but he fell after receiving a blow on the jaw. Mr. Treheme (for the prosecutor): That was the knock-out? Witness: Yes; he could not get up. Mr. Francis said he would give RuaaeU the benefit of the doubt as to the attempted robbery. He fell up against someone who knew how to us his Bats, and got the worst of it. "You made a mistake," said the magis- trate to Russell. Prisoner: A great mistake! Sentence of two montihs' hard labour was passed.

I SHOTS AT TAXI CAB DMVER. Shots Sred at midnight on lonely cross roada at Cwmbwrla. near Swansea, led to the appear. anoe of Frederick Skinner, a watchmaker, at the Glamorgan Assizes on Monday on the charge of attempting to murder Lewis Llew- ellyn, a taxicab driver. Llewellyn stated that Skinner, who had stopped to speak to a young woman named Caroline Thomas, engaged him for the purpose of driving the woman to her home. Not know- ing the diatrict, he drove too far, and on realising hia mistake he offered to take Miss Thomas back to her home. "They got out of the cab/* he continued, "and Skinner, producing a revolver, said, 'IJ you drive that girl back I'll kill you with that.' I knocked him int othe hedge as he was nring, and the bullet whizzed past my head. "A second shot struck me in the shoulder, and a third struck my driver's badge, which was in my side pocket and saved my life. Be- fore Skinner ran away he Bred again and punc- tured one of the rear tyres of the cab." 11i.s Thumas denied that the driver acted improperly. It waa Vsought to show that the firing was a.ccidfnta.l, but Skinner was found guilty of shooting' with intent to do grievous bodily hann. nud was sentenced to eighteen months' hdrd labour.

I DRONED !N A BATH. j A verdict of "Accidental death from drown- ing' was returned on Monday at a Battersea inquest on Misa Rose Belcher, aged thirty-nine, who was found drowned in a bath at her lodgings in Albert Bridge-road. The coroner said that the case presented several puzzling features. It waa dimcult to find a motive if they attributed the case to suicide. No water was found in the bath, the water was not running, and the woman when found was lying on her back, with her head under the taps. It was possible to suppose that she had acme sudden attack, but the organs of the body were unusually healthy. "We can only suppose," he added, "that the water had been turned on and that when the bath was filled the woman lay down in it and pulled the plug."

PLEA FOR THE BIRDS. I A lady attended at Highgate Police-court on Monday and laid a dead blackbird on the clerk's desk. She said she lived behind a nursery, and the nurseryman had an air- gTin. Whenever he was on the ground he had the gun, and as soon as he saw a bird he shot it. If everyone did this there would be no wild birds left. The police were instructed to inquire, and the lady was thanked for her action.

KING'S PRIZEWINNER. I After a tie, Sergeant J. L. Dewar, a Glasgow commercial traveller, won the King's gold medal and prize of jS250 at Bisley on Satur- day. He defeated Private A. G. Fulton, the silver medtalliat. It is the first time since 1908 that the King's prize has gone to Scotland. This year's winner M thitty-seven years of age. He is a com- mercial traveller for a nrm of shirt makers, and a Volunteer a"td Territorial of fifteen years' standing. His wife was among the eye- witnesses of his victory.

Creditors of Mr. James Woods (Lionel Yexley) met at the London Bankruptcy-court, when it was stated that the liabilities were E4,600, the damages and costs in the libel action brought by Captain Kemp, R.N. The case remained in the hands of the omcial re- ceiver to be wound up in bankruptcy. Brothers named Rudolph and Arnold Unger, who parted thirty-three years ago in Austria, met again in a smoking-car on the Canadian Pacinc Railway, recognition following the re- quest for a match by cue of-the brothers.

I IN THE POULTRY YARB. I BY COCKCROW. I THE MOULTING SEASON. t Many poultry-keepers who otherwise may be closed as intelligent and up-to-date in their methoda, are tacking in attention at this critical time. They regard moulting as a necessary evil, and, on the principle that what cannot be cured must be endured, leave matters to run their course, hoping the birds will get through this unprofitable period as quickly as may be. Now all hens which are to be kept for a second year must get early through the moult, or the winter egg yield will not be satisfactory. A little judicious feeding and special attention just at this period will greatly help them to this desirable end. It has been found that lean birds moult earlier and easier than fat ones, and they must therefore be brought to a lean condition by reducing the food. The food, too, must not be of a heating nature, and should include plenty of green veget- ables, such as lettuces that have run to seed, and any waste garden produce. To induce an early moult, confine the birds in well-sheltered, small warm houses EARLY I' MOULTING. or pens, and for the short time they will be there over-crowding will be rather an advantage than other- wise. Cooped in this way the birds should have no soft food. and only one ounce of wheat per head daily, in addition to vege- tables. The drinking water should contain a teaspoonful of Epsom salts to the pint. Birds which become broody may be allowed to sit. Keep the hens confined and fed in this way until the feathers begin to falt freely. As the moult progresses and new feathers appear, the quantity of food may be gradually increased until the birds are en full rations again. Soft food may now be introduced, and the Epsom salts omittec from the drinking water. The soft food may be ground oats or barley meal mixed with an equal quantity of middlings. An occasional handful of linseed mixed. with the soft food is helpful juet now, and an iron tonic is also very benencial. The best iron tonic is the celebrated Douglaa mixture, composed as follows: DOUGLAS MIXTURE. Half a pound of sulphate of I iron, and one ounce of sul- phuric acid, dissolved in two callons of water. Add I two tablespoonfuls of the mixture to each pint of drinking water. As the autumn comes on a little meat or fresh-cut bone will help to bring the hens on to lay, and by October or November the laying ought to be in full swing and continue right through winter. Many poultrymen consider tHe ad- dition of a cockerel to the pen after the moult is over hastens laying. I BACK.YARD POULTRY HOUSE. Our ilYoatration gives a very neat and economical back-yarder's poultry house. By increasing the netted space it may be made a combined scratching and roosting' house. In the latter case each bird requires not less than three square feet of floor space. Economical keeper knows, FEEDING WITH ECONOMY. feeding, as every poultry- is one of the principal fac- tors making for success. The Board of Agriculture has recently issued a leaflet which contains so much practical information on this Mad that 1 ieel I cannot do better I 'than include the gist of it in this column. Light breeds, such as Leghorns, Anconaa, or Andalusians, require 3} to 3!oz. of food daily when laying, when not laying 2!oz. is sumcient. The heavy breeds, of course, re- quire more, up to about one-fourth extr&. The above ngurcs are for birds in conSne- ment. Where they have a free run and can pick up some natural food, less will eunioe. Birds should not be fed upon spiced food- stuffs. unless they arc administered for a medicinal purpose, but one ounce of table salt should be added to the allowance of every 100 birds. An active bird needs more food in pro- portion to its weight than a lazy one, and ACTIVITY AND HEALTH. the active bird is always the healthiest. To keep your fowls active, therefore pro- vide good scratchitig-shed. houses, either in confined runs or for Held use during inclement weather, together with a plentiful supply of hard grit. This will go far towards keeping them in the best of health. They must also be fed on foods containing the correct proportions of matter for producing heat, fat, bone, muscle, and feather in order to keep them in the best possible state of health, so that they may neither contract disease themselves nor produce young cues with inherited tendencies towards disease. I The following menus arc good and econo- mical for laying fowls, and calculated to t MENua FOR LAYING FOWLS. produce a larger percentage of eggs: No. 1: Morning, two parts by weight of meat meal, three cooked cabbage, five sharps; mid- day, oats; CYening. wheat (winter and summer). No. H: Mormn.g, two parts by measure Sussex ground oats, ten bran, two maize meal, one fish or meat meal; midday, oats; evening, maize winter, oa& summer. No. 3: Morning, two parts by weight meat meal, two Sussex ground oats, three bran, three haychaN; midday, barley; evening, maize winter, buckwheat summer. No. 4: Morning, five parts home scraps, three bran, two sharps; midday, oats; evening, maize winter, dari summer. No. 5: Morning, two parts by weight cut green bone, two pea or bean meal, three bran, three hay chaff; midday, oats; even- ing, buckwheat winter, wheat summer. Bran and hay chaff should be scaled. Where birds have a free range in summer omit the midday feed. 4t ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. I Wyandotte: White Wyandottes some- times throw sports, and the bird you arc rearing "similar to a barred Rock," would be termed a Cuckoo Wyandotte. J. C.—Baldness in chickens is generally the result of wrong feeding, over-feeding- on heating food, with a lack of fresh green food. Separate the anect/ed chicks and feed sparingly on grain giving an abundance of succulent green food both cooked and raw. A little aower of sulphur in the cooked vegetables will help. Sinjun.—Do not try to force hens to lay while moulting. When they have cast their feathers and are growing new ones, feed them well, they will begin to lay directly the moult is over. A. T.—For bleak situation, either buff or barred Rocka cannot be beaten. If you object to the yellow leg, Scotch Greya would probably suit you. Ruby.—Sussex fowls are, as a rule, excel- lent layers, but of course, seeing they are table birds, you could not expect so high a yearly average from these as from birds bred for egg production.

I TEA TABLE TALK. Princess Christian is an expert milliner. Hats trimmed by her have been worn by Queen Mary, the Princess Royal, and other members of the Royal family, to whom the Princess often makes a birthday gift of & hat. < < Princess Mary's favourite outdoor pastime ia riding-. She is in the height of io y when riding with the hounds. Next to riding she is fond of boating, and when residing at Windsor may often be seen with her brothers in a skiff on Virginia Water. Although a good swimmer she does not care for the sport greatly. <t < Lady Diana Manners, a great society beauty and favourite, is the daughter of the Duke of Rutland. Her father's seat is at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, which has been described as a second Windsor Castle. When the family are in residence warders patrol the castle all night long, whilst further sentries at the gates chal- lenge all comers. < Amongst Royalties the Queen of Spain probably spends most on dress. Her dress bills amount to between five and six thou- sand pounds a year. All her frocks and hats come from Paris, many of them made from her own designs. < The most economically-dressed Queen is probably the Tsaritsa, whose dress bills, it is estimated, barely exceeds a thousand pounds a year, though this probably does not include robea of state and other "onicial" gowns. Although she is perhaps the richest Queen in Europe, she dresses very simply, and gives away a great deal of her dress allowance in charity. < < < One of the most popular women in Society to-day is Lady Lovat. Our best artists have painted her, poems have been dedicated to her, and prose has been in- spired by her. A large number of Society girls try to model themselves on her. Lady Willingdon, Lord Brassey's youngest daughter, was married at seventeen. She entertains a good deal at Ratton, but she made a name for herself as a hostess years ago, for, after the death of her mother, the nrst Lady Brassey, she frequently assisted her father to entertain at Normanhurat and in town. Lady Willingdon is very artistic and also athletic. Four years ago at some sporta at Ration, she and her husband, starting from scratch and giving other com- petitors a good start, won from a good neld the hundred yards handicap for married couples. < Mme. Donalda, the opera singer who made such a big reputation in America, and his since be-en seen in London, is fond of asking the following question: "My father waH a Russian, my mother a Pole, I was born in Canada, and married a Frenchman. What am I?" It is certainly a puzzle. What is possibly the finest pearl ring in the world is owned by Melba. It is valued at .El.OCO, and was given to her by Herr von Mendelssohn, a wealthy relation of the great composer, at whose house she sang one evening. Queen Alexandra, although ceremonies of State no longer take up her time, still leads a very busy life. She breakfasts at nine in the morning-room. Afterwards she attends to her correspondence; at eleven o'clock her Majesty receives her guests and discusses the day's arrangements. In the afternoon she may visit some public function; at five o'clock tea is served in the conservatory. At six o'clock Queen Alexandra retires to her boudoir to finish her correspondence. Here she remains until eight o'clock, when she dressea for dinner. Dinner is served at a quarter to nine in the State dining-room. Sometimes she attends opera, and on her return supper is served. Her Majesty retirea to her personal apartments at about mid- night, and usually reads for an hour or 80, or writes a few letters. < It is a curious thing that whilst pictures are being "slashed" by BuNragettes, a sup- porter of the feminist movement should have presented a picture to the National Gallery. The giver is Lady Carlisle, who, besides being a supporter of the feminist movement, is also a powerful speaker. She Bometimes preaches and conducts the whole service in the private chapel at Naworth Castle. Much has been written about Captain Cheape, of the 1st Dragoon Guards, a mem- ber of the poio team that went to America and brought home the coveted polo cup, but few have mentioned that he is a younger son of that once well-known lady "Master" of Harriers. Mrs. Cheape, of Bentley Manor, Redditch. Mrs. Cheape ia very fond of out- door life, and devoted to hunting. Her harriers when on show were seldom beaten, and were certainly some. of the best in the kingdom. < The leading lady in Mr. H. B. Irving's production, "The Sin of David," is Miss Miriam Lewes. It is curious that her part in the play should be "Miriam." M'ss Lcwea was born in Russia, but is thoroughly Eng- lish. She came to England when she was five years old, and began her stage life as a dancer. Sho has appeared in "The Scarlet Pimpernel," "The Popinjay," and "Sweet Nell of Old Drury" when it was revived two I years ago. Mme. Rejane, the celebrated French ac- tre.°s (whose correct name, by the way, is Reju), was a telegraphic operator before she adopted the stage. Two of her most distin- guished contemporaries, Mme. Hading and the illustrious Italian tragedienne Signora Duse, were on the eve of taking the veil, and burying their talents in the convent cloisters, when chance led them to the foot- lights. Miss Marie Corelli has time and again foiled the ardent snapshottist. On one occa- sion an enterprising journalist, learning that she was to be present at a fashionable ball, had the temerity to focus a camera carefully on the portico of the entrance hall, while an assistant stood by to manuipulate the flash-light. But the wary novelist was on her guard. The carriage drove up, puff went the nash-light, and although the night was fine, Miss Corelli had provided herself with an umbrella, which she had carefully raised before emerging from her conceal- ment. < The Tsarevitch, the heir to the throne of Russia, is fond of collecting birds' eggs. Already he has amassed a considerable and varied collection, the items of which are aorted and ticketed with the most precise care. The Tsarevitch is very fond indeed of animals, and has many pets. A great favourite with the British people is the little Prince Olaf, son of Norway's King and Queen. Olaf is very fond of ani- mals, and his tastes also go in the direction of engineering and mechanics. A year or two ago he was given on his birthday a per- fect miniature motor-car, which he drives him.self, and he understands every bit of its mechanism. One of Prince Olaf's greatest delights is to watch soldiers at drill, and is never so happy as when playing with his miniature rines, of which he has quite a collection. The little Prince spends quite a great deal of his time in England. < Fashionable miniature painters charge from .£200 to .E500 for their small pictures, and many Society Indies have had their por- traits painted at such prices. "It is worth the money," one well-known lady is reported to have said, for, cleverer than the camera, the miniature painter always contrives to show that you are pretty." Lady Wantage is perhaps the wealthiest woman in England, for in addition to her husband's estate, she inherited all the im- mense fortune of her father, Lord Overstone the great Midland banker. She has no children, and the title becomes extinct on her death.