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(WORKMEN'S TOPICS. I BY MABON, M.P. LABOUR QUESTIONS. The labour question, through the continuance the Midland dispute, is r. ceiving a prominent J* of attention from politicians of various The Home Secretary, in his speech at dealt with the question in its relation to politics. After broadly asserting that ^*8 the duty of the community in which it j^ted ^ob?ar, toalleviate, and improve the condt- of everyday life in matters of social environ* b" went on, to point out that most important of municipal activity by the increasing *^6Dce that municipalities were becoming incor- #°r»fce employers of labour. In many ptaces they --18&G7 had the control of gasworks, waterworks. ^att)way8, &C.» and also where these munijipali- *»Ss did tbwir duty properly they contracted ita.ry and engineering operations, and accord- kg to M" Asquith, they were in cluty bound to observe moral and social relations in their hire Market; the cheapest market, regardless of these Vinditions, they could not entertain. True that the old economists urged and practised the nega- tive policy, but, in his opinion, there as a bond listing, and was not expressible in mere Monetary terms. The Statemunicipality, when engaged in the posi- tion of capitalists, were bound to the idea of social ^Ufcy. The individual capitalist of the true and ^oble type expressed his obligation in such terms, the employer of labour was the corporate 'l,tPte,ssion of the opinion of the will of the com- ?^tiity as a whole. It was equally binding. The •ving Wage vvas "a necessity. "There was no [ dourer," continued the right hon. speaker, "and | employer would agree, and as the whole of Europe showed, which Was in the lone so oostly as ill-paid labour the passion and ^*suit of cheapness defeated itself. These noble sentences, no doubt, will call the attention of the various municipalities to *,eit important and responsible duties as em- .Oyers of labour. mining dispute in the Midlands is still un- and domestic misery and privation pre- •a,l despite the generous extent of charita e ^enoies which have been established to relieve ^inevitable distress. The latest information j1.*8 Riven but little likelihood of an early termina- tl0». True, the workmen's representatives have j^mised to put the employers' offflr of arbitra- J°»» before the men, but the strong and prejudicial Tp^triues that have.been previously disseminated but little hope of its being successful. ^hat we predicted in our article of last week ^e result of dissensions and divisions caused tanks of colliery workmen by the recent eoH& .ha.ealready happened at one of the largest ^lieries in the district. The separate Unions ,6r6at We already come in conflict. A ^nority of about the tenth part of the workmen the colliery, without consulting with the **foritjr by giving a notice which was gal,. attempted, to suspend operations on a ain day. 1n order, they alleged, to discuss ,fttt&in grievances of their own. But the non-con- d s,¡'fd offended majority provided the of carrying on operations in the absence w the most useful, and, indeed, essential minority ^t Wongs to a colliery. This is really a serious %te of things, and those who have been the **«ans of bringing then, about will have a great d,eal to answer for. While this insensibility con- cuss there needs no apology for a continued effort te arouse our fellow-workmen to a due con- >f their p&sition in this resp^t, Unless various classes at these collieries will be re- nted and combined together, the ultimate ruin interests is certain. It » recorded in h*tory of a certain monarch, whose kingdom on the eve of being ransacked by a enemy, that the news was communica ted to J?*1 by a special messenger while he was enjoying Saself at a banquet with his lords. The ?tessenger desired and pressed earnestly for an Interview, stating his business to be of imperative ^Portance, to which the king was heard to reply, Prions things to-morrow." The folio i g y ^ived and found him the miserable v,ct'"V infatuation—his country was invaded and himself taken a prisoner. J« 4 80 18 ^th those who to-day are Prf3,n* .\h'* Operative necessity of reinstating a our ^lierips the old relationship that use a!.lei if local reorganisation is not attended to the workmen neglect this vitally important ^Her a little longer,-and their supmeness, in- ference, and dis-unions will give place to divers encroachments upon their rates o wage^. ■These will also bring in their, train numerous small strikes, that will seriously add to the loss of neration, suffering and pri nation that will pos- sibiy have to recur before the basis of pother organisation may be Iftid down. is indeed impossible for us to calmly and Placidly survey the havoc made by the late 8tike, and tho teaching preceding its occurrence, Without severely condemning "the whole bag of Icks," and we sincerely hope that the men will, 3001a see that these divisions among them at the Prions collieries must of necessity engender a l, supine, and indifferent spirit and while ey last the self-same spirit will grow upon them. 3t' the other band, if they will end them and be a8ain re-united in one society, they will be a tlat,oh,for any employer that may make indirect *nd illegitimate efforts at reducing their wages. We have also seen some cases where old men, who previous to the strike, kept at work more b charity than for their value, who have not been able to get a day's work ever since, the that they worked at not being re-sfeirted, they are now living, as best they can, upon b. charity of a few compassionate friends. And, *>«eed- not a few shopkeeper? are struggling hard keep from the bankruptcy court. Such are the strike. Moreover, we fear we have not seen the tld of this unpleasant state of things, happily, here we were spared the horrors 31 prolonged conflict between our coalowners their workmen, and the Waterloo of the ^t.fliot, fortunately, has been far from the South Wales coalfield. The week's experience which to the lot of so many Welsh colliers was gently bitter enough in its results. And ^though wft at frmht apffevrentiy ^.•^rrtfftren^v.ibe inflicted by vi8wJ and inopportune strike, if un er !6°t of family life among our raen =prov^ that many a hoirie w a hard and tough struggle in restoring t eir circumstances to their usual condition to the strike. Our attention has been ■y* goodly number of cases where t e JJ. of families by the Biiddennese of t e *nd • Wwe tl,rown almost on their beam ends, bu;ijn 0rder to keep up their payments to to fe]k .V'K BocietieSj &c., and to keep out of de 0aTfl Pinch of hunger very keenly for some '^tnii- being so with careful and prudent hunn!!8: Whafc could have been the position of Of nj*?" of imprudent families and that class ""We that usually live from hand to moutb t

Bridget's Blunder. one ofthoofficers' berrl,' .llv,nR in th« Na.w Yard one day gavo a new servant to go to Bostou- 'xhe *lately over fr.,m the old country and had of fh gMe"- She wa3 to lu^ard 5^eSe» },Mvat0 and fc0 Say th^ad'11 ).ot you in without any as -soon as you say Resident. ud^<fn fcurne(1 a few hours later in high "Th • i th%ir „ £ ni Allows down to the eato is a-splittm 14^ « 2S 1 dia"' "'3 the at the gate, 111 utP' fn fco^y asked me who j wuz'I says, just as «d they're all i-jibbm' and Bridget yon told me, mum, the President.

BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN CARDIFF AND SWANSEA. The Health of the Large Towns. During the thirteen weeks ending on the 30th September there were registered in the borough of Cardiff 1,294 births and 677 deaths, and in Swansea 811 births and 479 deaths. The 1,294 births in Cardiff comprised 645 boys and 649 girls, and corresponded to an annual rate of 36 4 per 1,000 of the population, which was estimated to amount to 3 42,435 persons at the middle of this fear, as compared with 37 0, 34"8, and 35 6 in the corresponding quarters of the three preceding years. The birth-rato last quarter showed a decline of 0*8 per 1,000 from that in each of the first two quarters of this year, whioh was 37'2. and was, with a rate of 37 3 in the fourth quarter of 1891 the highest recorded during the past three years, the lowest during the same period having been 34*0 and 342 m the fourth quarters of last year and of 1890 respectiyely. The 811 births in Swansea comprised 421 ooys and 390 girls, and were equal to a rate of 347, or 17 per 1.000 less than that for Cardiff, and 10 per 1,000 more than that for Swansea in the third quarter of last year, which was only 33'7, and was the lowest recorded since figure relating Soltotoough h„«.»{.«.«! >he |«S rate during the same per.oa ^a9. ,if ?J'' s toS m.arter of l*st year. In 33 of the largest towns $England and Wales, which include Cardiff and Swansea, and contain upwards of 80,000 oeraons *ach, the birth-rate last quarter averaged 3T5 ner 1 000 persons living, or 4*9 less than that for Kif, and 3 2 less than that for■ while among the towns the rátes rnn¡ted 26*0 24*6 in Bnghton 26'0 in Halifax, 27 0 in Portsmoutn, and il l jn Croydon, to 35 4 m Wolverlmmpton, 35 6 Preston, 35*9 in Liverpool, and 36 4 in Cmt1n "• The 677 deaths last quarter in Cardiff aim- prised 351 males and 326 females, and were equivalent to an annual mortality of 19'1 per 1,000 persons living as compared with 191, 16"6, and 17 3 in each of the three preceding summer quarters. The deaths last quarter shower a decrease of 10, and the rate a deorpaseof 0'3 from those in the preceding quarter, and the rte was with 4 exceptions, the lowest recorded g the past three years, the rates in the quarters having varied between 17 1 ana th« second and third quarters of last y t • 230 and 26 0 in the first and last The 479 deaths in ^59 j and 220 females, and corresponded to an «nn rate of 20*5 per 10°0 th^three ore- pared with 19;0, 18'5, and 20 5 in the thrpe pre. ceding qnariers. The rate last quarter was 41J 1% more than that in the third quarter of last year, whicb was only 16'4, and wan thelmvest rate recorded since the upginning of 1892, when figures were first published relating^ to the borough, the highest rate (27 9 per 1,000) {?av'"8r occurred in the first quarter of last year. In the 33 large towns mentioned above the mortality last quarter averaged 218 per 1,000, and was thus 2"7 more than that for Cardiff, and 13 more than that for Swansea while among the other towns the rates ranged upwards from 16 1 in Bristol, 16 2 in HuddprRfÏeJd and in Halifax, 16 7 in Croydon, and 17 8 in Plynlouth to 26 5 in Hull, 27'3 ht Sunderland, 28 0 in Blackburn, 28"4 in Liverfwol, and 33'2 in Proston. Among the 677 deaths in Cardiff were included 304 of infants under one year of age and 82- ot persons aged upwards of 60 years of age; the corresponding numbers in Swansea having been 179 and 93. The 304 deaths of infants in Cardiff were in the pro- portion of 235 per 1,000 births registered .luring the same period, which was 49 more than that in the preceding quarter, and 50 more than the average for the time of year. The infant deaths in Swansea were equal to an infant mortality of 221 per 1,000 births as compared with 156 in the preoeding quarter, and 141 in the summer quarter of last year. In the 33 large towns the infant deaths averaged 250 per 1,000 births, and was l5 more than that for Cardiff, aqd 29 more than that for Swansea, while the lowest rates among the other townrwere 154 in Bristol, 171 m Hudders- field and- 189 in Plymouth, and the highest 375 in Blackburn, 378 in Hull,' and 476 in iWon. The 82 deaths of elderly persons in Cardiff corresponded to an annual death-rate of 514 per 1,000 persons living over 60 years of age, the average for the time of year being 60 7 the 93 deaths of elderly persons in Swansea gave a rate of 74-8, as compared with 58'6 in the third quarter of last year. Ihe death-rate at thews ages in Cardiff showetlan increase of 1 3 per 1 000 aver that in the second quarter of th« vtwtr, • while that in Swansea showed a decline of 2'4.4 decreased mortality among persons of these ages being generally observed in the third quarter of the year. In the 33 large English towns the mortality among persons over 60 years of ago averaged 61 "4, or 10*0 more than that for Cardiff, but 13'4 less than that for Swansea, while among the other town the rates ranged upwards from 431 in Norwich, 45'3 in Brighton, and 49 7 n Plymouth to 76 4 10 Newcastle-on-Tyne, 80 o m Sunderland, and 94'2 in Bolton. THE ZYMOTIC DISEASBS. Among the 677 deaths in Cardiff, were included 147 which were referred to the principal zymotic diseases, and these were equal to a rate of 41 per 1.000 persons living, as compared with 4 5 in the preceding quarter. This rate was 0"6 per 1,000 more than the average for the three preceding summer quarters, which was 3 5 per 1,000. Th^ 147 deaths from the zymotic diseases included 106. which were referred to diarrhoea, 17 to diphtheria, 12 to measles, 5 to fever, 4 to scarlet fever, and 3 to whooping-cough, but not one to small. pox. The decreased zymotic mortality last quarterjvas due to the smaller numbers of deaths recorded from measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria. and whooping-cough, the deaths from aob of which showed a considerable decrease last auarfeer • the greatest decrease being ob- served in those from measles which caus-d whooping-cough occurred fco\v^sh^- MCur d quarter. The deaths from eaually throughout the quarter. The the zygotic mortality last quarter would have been considerably 8j^feehl* ^hich occurred the deaths from diarrhoea, throughout the entire country, °*U81^ high mortality among some distucte, and esi>«cially in Lancashire. 106 deaths from this disease in Cardiff (wT,ich exceeded by 68 the number n the preceding quarter) 62 occurml durmg the first font weeks of the quarter, during the next five weeks, while at the end of the quarter the disease had Fifty deaths were referred ■to d ^rh^ in Swansea, 17 to whooping-cough, 6 to iflevies to "fever," 3 to ecarjet fever, and^2to diphtheria^ but not one to smalhpo* or, in al • d d«. » «h. i^2-r«Z were equal to a rate 01 00, wnicn than that in the preceding quarter, and 0 6 ie*s than that(in Cardiff ^J^BCtlet £ 2 ii thi deaths from trieasles and c deaths s.a»»» .«oh in the ^r\1dli»SCaofe July well as the 2 from ^'Ihlria The deattm-from whoop.ng-oough diptheria. ine a,,d those from diarrhoea showedanincr^eo^^a d. umberfi an increase of 42 over » eg jn Swanaea having deaths from thwo Ki,out the quarter. In the occurred ^Sic mortality last quarter 33 large towns the1 zy more than that for sweraged 5'4, or 1 3 p j t[iat for Swansea, Cardiff, and 19 mo the rates ranged while among the other town -n Hu(lderS. upwards from 1 9 ^piyniouth to 8 3 m field and Hah/a^ and 2 6 m yB, kburn and Burnley, 9 6 m Hull, 10 3 »n 11'6 in Preston. Among 0'45 highest rates recorded and 0"56 per 1.000 persons living in West ™nl--an^r. in BradfoVd from measles, 0-6 in wver pool, 0*8 in Preston and in She <* Q.4 in Blackhurn ;'from scarlet fevor, Livwiwol West Ham! 0-5 in Bradford, and 0 6 in ^ivwpooi and in Leicester, and 0 7 in Burniley • 0;5 in Cardiff and in West and 0 8 in Croydon and in London T^01" 07 in cpugh, 0'6 in Bradford, 0*7 in Qrf Switisea, and 10 in Gatftshead from In Liverpool, 08 in Hull, 1*0 in Preston, ana in Sunderland while, in some of the town mortality from diarrhoea was very hig^n» reached 6"3 per 1,000 m Wolverhampton, o Burnley, 6'9 in Blackburn, 8*4 in Uuland 9 4 in Preston. Thirty of the deaths in Cardiff were' referred to different forms of violence, and gave a rate-t. 0 8 per 1,000 persons living, ata compared with V o in the prec«d'iig quarter, while in Swansea tha rate waS 0*7, and in the thirty-three towns 0'7 par 1 000. Fifty-eight iuquests were held in Car* 5iff last quarter, 56 of tho deaths occurred m Dublio institutions, and the causes of of the deaths were not certified either by a registered medical practitioner or by the coroner tbe^e three numbers were m the proportions of 8'6, 8 and 0*6 per cent, of the total deaths, as compared with 5 8; 6-7, and 1*0 percent, in Swansea, and 5-9, 17-5, and 1'5 per cent, respectively m the thirty-three, towns.

BREAKING ^r GKNTLT.~In the pro^nwi of Holstein, noted for its superior breed of cattle, the country people are not only thrifty but ex- ceedingly fond of th'|ir cows, M may be **th«red from the following characteristic story :-F-™r Jan was walking sadly down tho ™doM d»iy, when the village ^tor ^ethiu, "Why Farmer Jan ?" said the pastor.—^ Ah, I have a j and then, having ope»ed the waJ |?r I stall, I shall tell bim that it w not b» mother, bt his cow I" ¡ 't"

I WELSH GLEANINGS. I By Rhydyoheirfwr. Dr, John Hughes. Many of the Wel-h papers were on the point of going to press when Dr. Hughes's sudden death occurred but the Owylicdpdd, Seren CYiiLru, the Han, the Goleuad, and others, showed reverent haste in paying their homage to him in their issues for the week in which he died. The views of these were given in my last week's contribu- tion, and iire now supplemented with excerpts from the multitude of eulogistic lucubrations on the deceased preacher which fills the current issues of the Welsh papers. His great qua.ities, as a man and as a preacher, are made to shine with the brighest lustre; and the unbroken chorus of praise which bursts forth from every quarter shows that he was regarded with a veneration which it is given to few men to command at the hands of a whole nation. The mourning for him amongst all class-s of Welshmen, but most of all among his own denomination, is widespread and profound. His Greatness as a Preacher. His life, death, and burial are discussed with what Dominie Sampson would call "prodigious" length in the Welsh papers, about two of the Bauer's pages, for instance, being devoted to him. The Baner, analyses his characteristic qualities. As a preacher," it says, he had a dignified presence; he possessed a voice of clarion clearness, and his matter was invariably good. He had a perfect sense of proportion, so that he never dwelt at inordinate length on his introduction, or on one of his beads, at the expense of the others. He was an uncommonly good scientist and logician, while his sense of humour was exceptionally keen." The Baner promises to return to the subject again in subse. quent issues, where he will be considered as an author and as a religious leader. The ffenedl Gymreig is equally appreciative in its leading article It is not often that a denomination or a nation is blessed with a man who excelled in so many departments as Dr. Hughes. Some excel in one particular branch, but they are a failure in other directions. But Dr. Hughes was great in every sphere. He was gifted with a strong common-sense and with a powerful, clear, and well-balanced mind. He stood in the very foremost rank as a man, as a writer, and as a preacher but it was perhaps as a I preacher that he stood highest of all. The pulpit was the pivot of his life, and literature and ,-eience were subservient with him to the pulpit." The chaired bard, Pedrog, furnishes some personal recollections in the Celt, where he says He possessed strong natural talents, and he did his best to cultivate them by incessant study. He had a gigantic mind, and grasped profound meta- physical questions with a perfect mastery. He was undoubtedly one of the most thoughtful, pro- found, and noble of the preachers of Wales." I Gwalia likewise says "His understanding and his memory were, remarkable, and though tb", I range of bis reading was unusually wide, yet it was on theological questions that he lovd to turn the keen penetration of his mind. Asa preacher he was singularly metaphysical;, be loved to penetrate to the depths of doctrinal questions, and he was here in his element." The Herald Cywaep, the Tartan, Seren Cymru" and Cymro pay equally graceful tributes, but the ro Givyliedydd Modifies & glowing eulogy bysaying that his style as a preacher was sometimes slow and ponderous, though the way In which he brought to light great truths was masterly." His Other Qualities. His broad-mindedness and tolerance, his kindly attitude towards Churchmen, while con- scientiously convinced of the justice of tbëucry fer Disestablishment, were gracefully pointed out by "Syllydd y Llan" last week in a paragraph in which the writer urged that it was the duty of Churchmen to respect men like Dr. Hughes. These remarks of "Syllydd y LIan" are this week reproduced in the Tyst, where it said, We like exceedingly the paragraph which is found in 'Syllydd y Llan's' notes on Dr. Hughes in the Han for last week. If the Llan will. bnly continue to evince this rare spirit we shall draw nearer to one auother." The Gfwyliedydd thinks that Dr. Hughes's writings show him to be one of the greatest thinkers Wales has ever produced. Gwalia compares his literary style with that of Macanlay-" it was powerful, concise, and eminently suggestive," though Macaulay is generally regarded as being remarkable more for lucidity than for conciseness. The Goleuad begins a series of 'articles on Dr. Hughes, the first contribution this week dealing with his childhood. Pedrog," who was a Congregational minister in Liverpool when Dr. Hughes was there, gives instances of his kindness and his readiness to serve and help other denominations when hard pressed. The Genedl regards him as one who bad five talents, which he, by unyielding perseverance, converted into ten. All these tributes prove that the Calvinistic Methodist body has lost one of the greatest of its sons, and that Wales is the poorer for its bereavement. The Welsh Political World. The re-assembling of Parliament has already had the effect of reviving the interest of the Welsh papers in politics. They concede that the measures which will occupy Parliament in this Session are of momentous importance but they, nevertheless, regard the Session as of compara- tively little importance to Wales. They look forward with hope, though with some misgiving, to the Government's programme for next year. The Genedl, referring to recent speeches delivered by Mr Samuel Smith and Mr Herbert Lewis, renews the threat of revolt in case the Govern- ment does not carry out its promises to Wales. Gwleidyddwr," of the Tyst, says that the great measure of this Session will be the Parish Councils Bill. A great contest will rage over it, as English Churchmen will resolutely oppose some of its olauses. The attention of Welsh Churchmen is, however, engrossed else- where. The shadows of next year's struggle fall upon them. They do not concern themselves with the walls, but are defending thp city itself. It is hard to kick against the pricks let them bow to the inevitable." The North Wales papers are keenly exercised over the task of finding a successor for Mr Thomas Lewis in Anglesea, Sojue unworthy "ptne to b.Q q going on but all the papers urge Qn the people of Angled the imperative duty which them to elect a thoron^h-fjoinif patriotic We ihifcn, one wtio is /n Mr sympathy with We^h aspirations, and who will resolutely battles of Wales in St. Stephens. The.^™* mentions as possible candidates Captain Owen Thomas, Mr Henry Lewis, and Mr Griffith and it will seem strange if the ch^ms of the last mentioned gentleman will not be con- ceded by his native county.

HOW THOSE GIRLS LOVE ONE ANOTHER., Etskl I tsoufc88 that ^oy sole object in life is w :» «». aw* I supposet

It's Different after You're Married. He: Wen, what have you there ? She: Two of your old letters, my diar. "Umpti What's the first ont—that forty- pager 1" '•One you sept me when I had a slight cold "Oneyoa wpt me when I had a slight cold before we were married. This half page is the one I you wrote last winter wheti I was very ill with the influent* Thatfr all."

FARM, AND GARDEN. Arable Land, > The fine autumn has enabled arable farmers to get most, if not all, their Winter corn in without difficulty, so that if wet weather is in store, it cannot hinder tillage operations to any appreciable extent. After so Jong a dfotight and short rain. fall, it is to be expected that the next six months will be wetter titan urual,- and preparations should be made for this without further delay. On newly-sown land, let the water. furrows- especially in wet situations—be well cleaned out, so thatthe rainfallshall itpadilr,pass through or off the soil J the main wateroourses, too, as well as the outlets of main drains., should also be put into good order. Owing to the inviti nature of the season there are many aeres of mangels still standing thPfJe boltld now be pulled and stored, especially if tbpy are to be drawn off the land for use elsewhere, in whic4i caie would pro- bably be sown. Swedes ahpuld also be raised and' stored, as the diminished yield of all kinds of forage and fodder crups makes tilen more valuable than usual besides growers should not forget theenor- mousquan titles destroyed «jy frost duringthesevere winters we have recently experienced. Carrots, parsnips, and potatoes are q^iff orops calling for attention just now. So#ie" already clear of this class of work, but it is the fact that many acres remain still cropped—a somewhat risky piactice. Manuring and ploughing the IItuùbles-where not a,lreàdy'done-will afford some work for the teams and men. The stiffest soils should be selected to begin with, not only because they need to be dug for carting upon, but also to expose them to the action of th" frost, as this secures a fine tilth for spring work which cannot be obtainpd in any other way. It is to the neglect of this simple precaution that so many owe their limited breadths of mangel, the most useful crop which can be grown on stock farms in late districts. -Fai-ta and Home. Milk. There is some encouragement to feed as well as "rcumstances permit in the case of cows which are giving a fair quantity of milk, as the latter article is likely to sell welt for some months to come. It is true that some milk salesmen are almost glutted-at, any rate, they are keeping back new clients-but the ctate of things is probably due to the vary open weather we have lately enjoyed, and, should a severe change set in, milk will speedily fall off un- less the cows are warmly housed. There is good reason for belie-ing thit. in some districts the calving season next spring is likely to be backward, many Complaint? of barren cows having been tnade, and if this be generally true, as is possible, owing to the peculiar nature of the !ate summer, it, wpnld seem good advice to recommend cowkeepers to keep their animals in milk as long as possible, in view of a further rise. It is now time to give up making the best class of cheese, but, where butter sells well and milk is not easily sold in any quantity, half-skim cheese of good quality can still be turned jut. With the reduced output of milk or whey there is less dairy refuse available for the piggery, and the effort to reduce the stock of liorkers and baoon pigs should be maintained. Another argument in favour of keeping fewer pigs during the preset winter is the scarcity of litter; pigs are unlj*att)e,and in cold weather like to get out of sight in thsir bedding. Fffit Garden. In planting gron« -of frtfft trees or dwarfing stock, such as appl&gn the paradise, pears on the quince, and cherrwf on the mahaleb, it often _hwup, -from a demiia to make the most of the land at the Rtart. that are planted too thickly. Where this has been done thin opt freely. I have seen it recommended that these dwarf bush trees can be planted four feet apart. Thf-y will di very well at this distance for several years, but there will come a time when half of them should be taken out and planted elsewhere. (I may say in passing that these surface-rooting trees may be safely transplanted at almost any age;) Any attempt to confine each tree to a pre- scribed space by pruning will be a foolish thing to do, as the less pruning thede dwarf biishes or pyramid trees have, beyond the necessary thinning for the due admission of air and sunshine, the better they will bear. Where truit trees of any kinds have borne heavy crops something in the way of manure may be necessary. And it must not be forgotten that lime is a manure for fruit trees, especially stone fruits, which is absolutely necessary. Smooth, shiny bark is al ways a sign of health, and where there are signs of moss or lichen on the stems or branches of the trees, scatter lime freely over them (10 a damp morning. This is work which may be done any time after the leaves are down and the pruning is done. In thiniiing the heads of standard orchard trees, cut out only those branches which cross or rub against each other. In manuring orchard trees, simply laying the manure on the surface and leaving it to be carried down by the autumn rains will in most cases suffice. Vegetable Garden. The autumn-sown crops will need thinning. Where the onions are very thick some may be drawn out tor use; young onions are always useful for flavouring. Others may be transplanted to form large bulbs next year. Weeds should not be permitted to grow anywhere. The thinnings of winter spmach may be trans- planted, if more is required. This is a delicious vegetable, and may generally be relied upon to stand the winter. I have known times of scarcity in spring when the epinaoh formed the most useful crop we had, the broccoli and other greens having been seriously injured by frost. The broccoli Are rather full of sap now, and will be safer if they are laid down with the heads to the north. Manure asparagus beds. Rake up leaves everywhere, and lay them in a heap to ferment; they will come in useful shortly for making hotbeds. If there is a ntushrooin-bouse new beds should be made up in succession. I h»*$generally been fortunate enough to have a mushroom-house large enough not only fcr producing a successional supply of niushrooms during the autumn, winter, and spring, but also affording space to force seakale, rhubarb, and other things. Supposing at this season the endive does not blanch freely, a dozen of plants or so may be taken up with balls and plunged in the old mushroom-bed, and the blanohing will soon be campleted. Flower Garden* All who lot'6roses will now be thinking about filling up their beds. Never plant a fresh plant in an old bed without digging a large hole and adding fresh material in the shape of old turf and ijlWWje i l.!u'rsh manuto IMMv )» m- mitted to pome it) contact with t;he roots. Let the compost be thoroughly mixed Wore placing it in the hole j and unless the manure is thoroughly decomposed, let it lie on the surface as a muloh. But all who love roses will have > heap of suitable coin post to work in round the roots before plant. ing begins. The following list of varieties will be suitable for beginners .—Abel Carnere, Alfred Colomb, Baroness Rothschild, Dr. Andry.Beauty of Waltham, Boule de Neig\ Charles Lefebvre, C-;inta Rainiband,Comte-eB- do Blacas, Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, Duke of Connaught, Duke of Edinburgh, Duke of Teck, Earl of Dufferin, General jacqueminot, Glory of Ches- hunt, Grandeur of C-ststiunt, Heinrich Scbul- theis, John Hopper, J. D. Pawl*, John Stuart Mill, La France, Madame G. Luizet, Madame H. Pereire, Madame Victor Verdier, Magna Charta, Marie Baumann, Marie Rady, Marquise de Costelisine, Maurice Beruardin, Mrs J. Laing, Paul Neron, Pride of Waltham, Prince Arthur, Prince C. de Rohan, Senatenr, Vaisse, S. Reynolds Hola, Sultan of Zanzibar, Ulrioh Brunner. Violtitte Bouyer, Dnke of Fife, Duchess of Bedford, Countess ot Oxford, Dupuy Jamam, Merveille de.Lyon, Baron de Bonstettin, and John Bright. No collection of roses, however small, is complete without few Teas. The following are good —Alba Rosea, Belle Lyon- naise, Bouquet d'Or, Catharine Mcrmet, Etoile de Lyon, Gloire de Dijon, Madame Berard, The Bride, Sunset, Hon. Edith Gifford, and Madame llaste.~C^tage Gardening.. The Weather^nd the Crops. The extent to whIch Jarman have been em- ployed in field work may toe measured from the small attendance at recent markets. It is, how- ever, by no meanscertain that the sowings of wheat have been extensive, for wheat sowing is very far from being the farmer's sole occupation for October, and the encouragement of a fine sunny season is probably less than discouragement of such miserable prices all continue to prevail. The price of English wheat in thecountry is stationary at 27s 6d, and in London 28s is now quoted, against 28s Id at the end of October. Foreign wheat is kept from price recovery by the large quantity on passage, by the heavy stocks in granary, and by the free offers to ship South Australian and South American from February to May. Indian holders are firm and the American trade has steadied of late, but there is no clear balance of influences in the seller's favour. With regard to spring corn, 14 markets are firm for barley, and 16 weak; 24 firm for oats, and 6 un- changed 12 firm for pulse, and 16 unchanged while two had lowered prices for maize, full prices realised at 24s 6d, rise at six.

ARE CLERGYMEN LAZY P A Day in a Curate's Life. Many people think that so far as really hard work is concerned clergymen have a very easy time of it. Their chief employment, one some- times hears it said, is to attend tea-parties and play lawn-tennis. But people who talk like this usually know nothing of the real life of an average town parson. Here, for instance, is the ordinary routine work of a young curate in a parish con- tinuing some five or six thousand inhabitants. He took high honours at Oxford before ordina- tion, and receives the munificent salary of £150 a year. Sunday is. of course, his principal day, and then he usually commences work at eight o'clock in the morning, and does not Kave off till after nine at night. First comes a Communion service from eight till nine, then Sund ky-school from ten tiH aqunrtertoeleven, and rooming service from eleven to a quarter to one. In the after. noon he has to take another service, and after tea comes church again and a mission meeting. Very often, when his vicar is away, he will preach thtee times on one Sunday, before a congregation numbering in the mormng and evening neàlly a thousand people. Four mornings in the week he has to give the children in the day schools Scripture lessons and every week-night he has to take one or two meetings. Besides this, he must study and prepare his sermons for two or three hours every day; he is expected to spend each afternoon 111 visiting his parishioners. Thus the wnter has known him on a week-day start after breakfast to the schools then go off to a meeting of district visitors; back to dinner, and off once more till tea-time, visiting. Immediately after tea he would have to conduct a juvenile service, and that must be over in time to permit him to be at the opening of a laiblic meeting of one of the parish societies. After the meet- ing was finished, say at a quarter to ten, there would come a committee meeting, which lasted for nearly another hour. Then, on getting home, he must settle over his desk till long after mid- night, tor a time of quiet study. Yet, not content with his routine work. he gives free instruction in Latin and Greek to three or four young men in the parish and he also occasionally manages to contribute to one or two religious magazines. He is honorary secretary to a diocesan clerical society, and is in constant demand as a speaker at special meetings in his district. But 111 spite of al: his work he can find time to go to tea- parties, and he plays a capital game of lawn- tennis. And wherever he goes he is always voted the jolliest fellow there. Perhaps our friend iLay be pardoned for getting indignant when a horny- handed son of toil who works eight hours a day, with a Sunday free and a Saint Monday re- ligiously observed. tells him that he is only a parson, who hves on the fat of the land and does not earn bis keep

RED-TAPE AND PUBLIO CONVENIENCE. A Tale of a Looal Post Office. A local postmaster, who is also a shopkeepsr, relates bow one day an official from the head office paid him a visit, and found some fault with him because he had not strictly adhered to the letter of the regulations in dealing with parcels, such as invariably requiring the public to affix the stamps themselves, and having no hand in making up the parcels himself. While he was defending his course of action an old woman entered the shop with a suit of clothes hanging on her arm. Taking in the situation at a glance, the postmaster turned to the official and said—" Now here is an opportunity for you to show me the proper way to deal with a parcel." Turning then to the woman, the postmaster greeted her with—" Good morning1, Mrs Lock- wood. What can we do for you ?" Good morning, John, lad. I've a parcel here I want to send." "Oh! all right. This gentleman will attend to you." The official then stepped forward and asked what she wanted. I want to send a parcel," she replied. "Yes. Well, where is it?" Oh it isn't made up yet, maister." h Wen, you had better go home, and get some brown paper and string, and make it up neatly, and then bring it." "Some braan paper I I've nooa braan paper, nor nooa newspaper noather but if just sit yo daan, an' moind yurown business, mean' John Bfoadley [which was not his name] 'II manage varry wee!. Oh hut you know Mr Broadley has nothing to do with making up your parcel. You must do that yourself.' "I know this, if yo'H just o' your own business, John an' get on reight enoff. gotten nooa paper nor nooa string, an'John'll foind booath. Sit ye daan an' leeave me alooan. I want no moor o* youre bother!" The offic al turned to Mr Broadley in despair, saying he could do nothing with her. Mr Broadley found a sheet of brown paper and some string, and soon had the parcel made up, labelled, and addressed. He then would have turned her over agam to the official, but she protested loudly that she wanted nothmg more to do with him, saying that she and Mr Broadley would do more in five mmutes than "that chap" would in as many weeks. Mr Broadley handed the stamps to her, suggesting that she herself should put them on; but she refused point-blank, saying she might stick "th'owd lady on upside down, and then all would be wrong. At last the job was finished, and the old woman took her departure. When she had gone Mr Broadley turned to the official and said, that besides being postmaster he was shopkeeper, and had supplied all thr- materials for the suit in tho parcel "xcfpt the cloth. He had in his capacity as tradesman, and to obl ge the old woman, assisted her with her parcel, and maintained that he had a perfect right to do so, even if he were postmaster. The official, though he still insisted on the obligation tn strictly ad- here to the rules and regulations laid down, freely admitted that the circumstances were peculiar, and shortly afterwards took his leave. We scarcely noed to add that Mr Broadley was not again troubled on the score of rules and regula- tions relating to the Parcel Department.

THE SERPENTINE DANCE. In two inatancec in my own experience the style of dress on the stage has created or suggested a different kind of dance. When I first tried to do away with the unsightly short skirt which Was always considered suitable for burlesque or comic opera, the critics, in the case of Miss Letty Lind. said that she was hindered and encumbered by her voluminous and ungraceful skirts. Yet now, what has become of the short Surely the sketpli of think a danqiaf ought to be ie preferable, in grace of line at finy rate, to the Italian ballet- dross, or to the extremely abbreviated skirts of French opertt comiifue. And con- sequently a new form of dance was introduced, in which the swing of the drapery plays a pro- minent part, and in which the movement of the whole body is studied as well as the waving of the arm or the pirouetting of the feet. The much talked of "serpentine" dance is in essence neither more nor less than one form of ths Indian Nautcb dance. When designing the dre«se^ for Mr Edward Solomon's opera The Nautch Girt, for the Savoy Theatre, I was hunting for facts in the Indian Museum. There I came across an easteru dancing dress, which I copied as accurately as the conditions of comic opera and ottr stage would allow. The great quantity of material used, in ord«r that the dancers might envelope themselves in billowy folds of drapery, seemed to be an obstacle, but the result was curiously graceful. A clever American dancer, who was engaged at the Gaiety Theatre, saw that the idea might be even further developed so, with the practised instincts of her race, she sjped «cross the ocean, and appeared at the New York Casino Theatre in the now famous "Serpentine "danoo, which has set th impres- sionable Parisians frantic with delight and suggested to Sir Augustus Harris, ever Titanio in his methods, a whole ballet in imitation of Miss Loie Fullr. And all this was the result of one dress, which is lying hidden in the security (or obscurity) of the Indian Museum.—Percy Anderson, in "The Magazine of Art" for November.

Songs for the People. Andrew Fletcher, et Saltoun, in a letter to the Marquis of Montrose, wrote -I I I know a very wise man that believed that if a man were permitted to make all the ballads he need not care who should iiiak,, the laws of the nation."

BEBTTme. Now supper is o'er and the last prank is played, The rhymes are recited, the story is read With lithe little form in his white gown arrayed My gay romping boy is tucked snugly in bed. Then to mamma good-night," and to baby a kiss, And two drowsy eyes from the cover that peep; Then from half-way to dreamland a message like this Lie down with me, papa, and start me to sleep." Then a little brown hand steals so soft round my neck, And a soft little cheek 'gainst my rough one is pi est. Though night winds may whistle, yet little he'll reck, My boy is exploring the regions of rest. Ab, those dear little hands, as I go down the street, Are the last to wave papa a final adieu, And the bright eyes stand guard for the patter- ing feet That flit down the walk as I come into view. Ab, lonely the home where no little ones be, And empty the heart where no child love is known, Far dearer my cottage with laughter and glee Than a palace whose echoes but answer "alone." Sleep, dear one, may angel forms hovering near O'ershadow thy rest with their sheltering, wings. Too soon, ah, too soon will the morrow be here With the toil and the care and the sorrow it brings. Dream, little one, dream, while thy fancy is free, In fairyland linger, while linger you way On the pinions of night thy bright visions will ftee- Darker pictures will come with the dawning of day.

SEA-MUSIC. On either hand A sweep of tawny sand With gentle curve extending, smooth and wide, On which bold rocks look down With dark and sullen frown, Slopes out to meet the fast incoming tide. The sunbeams leap And frohc o'er the deep, And where their light is most intensely pout'd, Strike from its surface keen Flashes of d iamond sheen, Dazzling the eyos, that gaze out thitherward. A cloud or two Drifts lightly 'mid the blue And, like a faint white blot upon the sky, Up yonder yon san trace The day moon's dim drowned face. Whose light will flood all heaven by-and-by. The rhythmical Hoarse sounds that rise and fall, Thund'rous, upon the ear from out at sea.1 The tumult nearer land, And splash upon the sand Of breaking waves, compose one harmony. ELSIE COOPER.

The Household. Cold Bathing in the Morning. Cold bathtng in the early morning is beneficial only to those persons who have sufficient vital energy and nervous force to ensure good reaction with no subsequent languor or lassitude. Many persons who are greatly refreshed by their morning bath feel tired and languid two or three hours after it. When this occurs, it is con- clusive evidence against the practice. Persons who have an abundance of blood and flesh, who are lymphatic or sluggish in temperament, and whose nervous force is not depleted, can take the cold morning bath to advantage. Others who are inclined to be thin in flesh, whose hands and feet become cold and clammy on slight provoca. tion, whodigest food slowlj, and assimilate it with great* difficulty, who are nervous and who carry large mental burdens, should avoid early morning bathing. For all such, the bath at noonday or before retiring at night is fnr more desirable, and, it should be followed by rest of body and brain till equable conditions of circu- lation are re-established. Some individuals who are weak in nervous powers have such excitable peripheral nerves that they get at once a petfect reaction from cool bathing, but lose in after effects more than the value of the bath. This class of persons should not bathe too often. and should always use tepid water, choosing the time preferably before retiring. Household Notes. Dip flsh jn boiling water for a minute and the scales will come off more easily. Vegetable, scrubbing and other brushes should be kept with the bristles down. A sponge large enough to expand and fill the cbininey after having been squeezed in, tied to a slender stick, is the best thing with which to clean a lamp chimney. To draw linen threads for hem-stitching. take a lather brush and soap and lather well the parts where the threads are to be drawn. Let the linen dry, and the threads will come out easily, even in the finest linen. If you have any trouble in securing perfect cleanliness about the kitchen sink and drain-pipe, have a little concen- trated lye sprinkled over the strainer every night. Some of it, of course, is washed into the pipe, and there unites with the grease and forms strong soft soap. In the morning pour a gallon of boiling water down the pipe. This will cleanse it thoroughly. Hints. NEW BREAD, if it does not actually cause dys- pepsia, which is more than likely very frequently the case, is sure to aggravate that trouble. Really the only part of fresh bread fit for the stomach of man is the crust. Dyspeptics at least have learned to appreciate this fact, and many of them can eat bread only after it has been toasted. But toasting even is well-nigh useless when applied to new bread; and, unless it is done better than by most housekeepers, it is simply a waste of time. LKMON PUDDING BAUD. Maktl a breakfast. cupful of bread-crumbs, pour over it half a pintof boiling milk, with a generous lump of butter, two table"poonfuls ol brown sugar, the grated rind and juioe of a lemon. When the milk is cool, add two well-beaten eggs and a little grated nuimeg. Put it into a buttered pie-dish, and bake in a qmck oven half an hour. LKMOH PUDDING BOILED.—Chop rather .fine two ouuees of beef r.uet, to a heaped breakfast- cupful of bread-crumbs, two heaped tablespoon- fuls of brown sugar, the grated nud and juice of two lemons, and two whole eggs. Mix all well together, put into a well-buttered puddiAg-basm, tie a pudding-cloth over the top, and boil one hour. Turn out and serve with a little raspberry or strawberry jam melted and poured round. STEWED RABBIT AND RICE.—Skin and well hour. Turn out and serve with a little raspberry or strawberry jam melted and poured round. STEWED RABBIT AND Ricit.-Skin and well wash tho rabbit, cutting it into neat joints; put it in a large saucepan quite cover it with boil- ing water. Feel and slice three onions, scrape and wash three carrots, cut each 1D four length- ways, trim and wash a head of celery, cut that in two-inoh lengths. Put all the vegetables into the saucepan with the rabbit, with either a piece of bacon ot salt pork let this simmer one hour and a half.. A quarter of an hour before dinner-time put inW.the «auoepa^ a teacuufal of, tMe, atiftt in, and set it where it will boil for 15 miuuteS. Turn it into a hot dish and serve at once.—B. .1'f,

FOCG: Yes, I'd like to meet someone who has I a good opinion of Striker. HOGG Would you t Then I'll introduce you to Striper.

The man who said that "all fun" is relative d'd not live in Chicago during the World's Fair, ana had not been visited by the bucolic con- tingent. There is very little fun in relatives when they arrive in herds, accompanied by their and baggage, The sympathies of the w?r|d will go out to the Chicago mmti during the

Neu Wreichion Oddiar yr Eingion. [BT CADRAWD.] (lolo Morganwg.) Edward Williams (lolo Morganwg), a bard according to the rights and customs of the bards of Britain. lolo Morganag was the bardic name adopted by this celebrate* Welsh Bard and anti- quary, conformable to ancient usages—in English, Edward of Glamorgan. The old bard's motto :— Whilst yet a child I loved the muse, Fixed on her charms were all my views; When came her thrilling thoughts along, My world's all centred in her song. Hence what unpardoned faults arose, Converting friends to bitter foes. Tho name of lolo has long been a household word with the people of Wales, for he was one of her greatest sons, and no one ever felt prouder of that relationship. His characteristics were many; some of the most striking of them we shall endeavour to point out. He was born of a humble position, and appar- ently without the knowledgeor craftiness which is requisite to gather together the things of this world, and it seems that he from his heart despised wealth and riche.of all kinds. He chose to be poor, and worked with his hands to support himself and family, and with the same diligence he exerted himself as a bard and antiquary, for which ser. vice the Welsh nation will always remain indebted to him for most of all that is preserved of tbe ancient documents, poetry, &c., which we now have, and published, is the fruit of a laborious life, earnestly employed to a noble purpose, and to him was a labour of love. Edward Williams was born at a place called Penon, in the Vale of Glamorgan, and at Flemingstone, a village within two miles of his birth-place, he spent the greater portion of his life. The Rev. Robert Williams, in his Biographical Sketches of Eminent Welsh- men," says that bis birth took place in the year 1745, but he tells us himself that when bis best of mothers died in 1770, he was at that time 23 years of age," so the date of his birth must be put down to have taken place in the year 1747. His father was by trade a mason, and nothing more is said of him than that he was sober and industrious, with no inclination whatever for any kind of study. His mother wae differently disposed; she had a liking for literature, and an ardent desire for every kind of knowledge and the greatness of Iolo's was, as in many other instances, no doubt, attributable to the fact of his being blessed with such a careful and gifted mother. Here are his own word about himself concerning his earlier days :— I was so very unnealthy whilst a child (and I have continued so) that it was thought useless to put ma to school, where my three brothers were kept for many years. I learned tbe alphabet before I can well remember, by seeing my father inscribe grave. stones. My mother, whose maiden name WM Mathews, was a daughter of a gentleman wbo had wasted a pretty fortune. She had been well educated. She taught me to read in a volume of songe, entitled, "The Vocal Miscellany," for could not be prevailed upon to be taught from any other book. My mother sang agreeably, and I understood that she learned her songs from this book, winch made me so very desirous of learning it. This I did in a very short time, and hence, 1 doubt not, came my original turn for poetry. There is no truth in the old adage, Poeter naScitar non fit" (poet is born, not made), for I will venture to say that a poetical and every other genius is made by some accident in early life. making an indelible impression on the tender mind of infancy. I could buy no books; there were not at this time a single bookseller, exospt itinerants, that sold Welsh books in all Wales. The whole of my (or rather my mother's) little library consisted of a Bible, some of Pope's works, Milton's poetical Steel's u Miscellany," Randolph'? poem5, Linoott's Miscellany," a few of the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian, •• The Whole Duty of Man," and Golding's translation of Metamorphoses in black letter, which I soon was able to read, and with these two or three books. of arithmetic which my mother procured for Ole, and it was she that taught me to write, and the first five or six rules of arithmetic, with something of music. My first attempt in poetry was in Welsh, that being the country vernaculum, though English was tbe language of my father's house. In 1770 my best of motbeis died. I was then. though tbree-and-twenty years of age, as ignorant of the world almost as a new-born cuild. This I gradually found by woful experience. I had worked at my trade with my father since I was nine years of age, but I never (from a child) associated with those of my age —never learned their diveisions. I returned every night to my mother's fireside, where I talked and read with her. If ever I walked out it was by myself in unfrequented places—woods and seashore—for I was very pensive and melancholy, and very stupid, as all but my mother thought, but when a cheerful fit occurred it was wild extravagance generally." Soon after his mother's death be left his home in the vale, and his biographer tells us that it was for the reason,. which will appear in next week's Welsh Tit-Bite."

In the Wrong Prison. Female Beggar: Can't you, kind air, help a poor wumarl with four small children and a hus- band who cantt, get out ? Mr Kindstr: What ails your husband, my good woman ? Why can't he go out ? He ts on Black well's Island." Humph,! he should have gone to Sing Sing. Then he could have got out."

A German professor says that 35 flushes of common lightning would keep an incandescent lamp burning for an hour. Owing to the diffi- oultyof capturing atlasbof lightning, and pre- serving it until wanted, persons who tme incandescent lamps will continue to depend upon eleotrmtv at eo much ror lamp.

The Boek of Baglan. RAGLANDIC (Continued). The said Wm Earle of Pembroke bye his said wife Anne Deverox had issue- William Earle of Huntington, married Mary da. to Rioherd Woodville Earle of Rives (1) Sir Walter Herbert Kt. ma. Anne da. to Unfrey, Duke of Buckingham, and had noe lawful issue. Sir George Herbert Kt. ma. the widow of Sir Ric. Crost, Knight. Catherin was 2nd wife to George Graye, Earle of Kent. Maud ma. Henry Earl of Northumber- land. Anna ma. to Jo. Graye, Lord Powis. Jane ma. Lord Lissle. Cisley ma. the Baron of Cricland. Eliza, ma. Sir Tho. Ouesley, Knight. Crisley ma. Doohwall, Baron of Burford. Johan ma. Sir Walter Talbot, Knight. Sir William C. Herbert, of Troe, Knight— Richerd C. Herbert, of Ewias—Wm. C. Herbert, Wayn—Phe. C. Herbert, Jno. C. Herbert- Thomas C. Herbert. Sir George Herbert, of St. Julian's, Knight, ma. the widow of Sir Rioherd Crost, Kntght, and bad issue—Sir Walter Herbert, Knight, who ma. the da. of Sir Wm. Morgan, of Pencoed, Knight. Ada. to Jno. Pye, of The Meynd, ma. to Phill- pott Soler, of Porthamal, issued— Thomas S ler, E-qr., me. da. to Roger Vaghan, of Cefredin, Esqr. IT Thomas Soler, ma. also a da. ibfym. Dav\d Gunter, of Tregoed, ElIqr. Wm. Soler, of Porthamal, iaha, ma. da. of Edward Games, of Trenewith, Esqr. Herbert, seoond sone, ma. the da. of Robert Thomas, of Brijam, Esqr. WilliMn, MM of flir Waited Herbert, tna. Jftne, da. ind co-heire to Edward Gro. of Penrhyn, who had issue SIr Wm. Herbert, of St. Julian's, Knight, who ma. Florence, da. to Witt, Morgan, of Llantarnaoi-, Esqr. Marye, their da. and sole heire. Myles Herbert, 2nd sone to Sir Walter Her- bert. Knight, ma. da. of H., of Kindaye, who had issue Wm. Herbert, who ma. a da. to Charles Herbert, Esqr. ElizaWth, da. and sole heire to Wm. Herbfert Earle. of Hnntington, ma. to Sir Charles Somer. set, Earle of Worcester; Henrye. Earle of Worcester, ma. Elizabeth, da. to Sir Antbonye Browne, Lord Montagus. Wm. Earle of Worcester, ma. Christian, da. to the Lord North. Ladie Lucye, ina. lo. Latimer. Ladie Anne ma. Tho., Earle of Northumberland. Ladie Jane ma. Sir Edward Mansell, Knight. Ladie Elinor ma. Sir Roger Vaghan, Knight; secondlie, she ma. Sir Harye Jones. Knight,

Bjofrnson, the Norwegian poet and novelist, is travelling in the States. Bjut wjhat ejarth djoes hj.* wjiuit wjith Go j ijn hjis njame,ajnyhow Miss Effia: Captain Jack, why do they eall both shijH and women "she !Cl\pta ia Jack. Because they're neither of them any use without a man to look after them. )

I GOSSIPS* CORNbR. The Duke of Devonshire will,pay a visit N. fast next week. Saturday was the dthdAY of the philantlirona George Peabody, who died in 1869. 11 It is stated that Sir J. West Ridgeway will succeed Mr Spencer Walpole as Governor of the Isle of Man. f A subscription is being raised to erect a fitfciQfr memorial at St. Andrew's Cathedral to the ate Bishop Charles Wordsworth. Mr W. G. Lang, a farmer at Tenuynlljfc I Connecticut, declares that he has this ntianqn grown an apple which is 12% inches in oit, cumference. The Burmese are great consumers of tfoa. botOL in the pickled form, in which it is eaten onaU ceremonial entertainments, and in the dry infusion. In response to an appeal for :CIO. reqattwl for the extension of the London Homusopatlue Hospital, Bloomsbury, MrJ. H. Houldsvwrti fift sent Er-00. It is announced from Christiania that the Kiag has conferred on Ibsen, the dramatist, the Glw-o Cross of St. Olaf, founded in 1847 by Kkf Oscar I. An attempt is to be made to induce Che authorities to re-open Westminster Hal), has been closed to the public ever since ^1 dynamite outrages seven or eight years ago.' Vesuvius is at present in a state of aotirit^, and streams of lava are distinctly visible u night. The Prince of Naples has left tot f&» mountam to obtain a better view of the gratid spectacle. Of the 143,380 deaths registered in England last quarter. 48,926 were of infants under oueyaarof age, 63,403 of persons aged between one iatt,iac years, and 31,051 of persons aged 60 years an<| upwards. It is not often that a King takes to journalism as a profession. This, however, is what dwow King of the Maoris has done. He is editor of journal called Tt Pakio Matariku, in Whbob columns are related the manifold troubles ot 40 ex-monarch. In a recent case it transpired that an attendant at the lAw Courts by day became a music-hall artiste by night. On the same lines it might be well if a Sandow were in future attached to eiw-h court in order to prevent any more narlilil8; scenes in tbe future. The Chapel Royal, St. J amea's, was opea," Sunday for the first time since the mamapof Duke of York. None of the Royalties were PM*. sent, but the Prime Minister and Mr Herbttt Gladstone were among the congregation, WbW- also inoluded Lord Spencer. It is stated that Sir Augustus Harris fit te pleased with the result of his presest opera tour in the provinces that he proposes to make. company a permanent one. At any rate be haa during the past few days been entering into egii. tracts for tours in 1894 and 1895. During Admiral Avellan's visit to Paris fa received no fewer than 19,000 letters. Most of them were from ladies, and a large majority of these asked for a lock of his hair. Had he com* plied with even a tithe of these requests, he waM not have had a single hair left. Attractive as is the performance at tyfe S&iefr Bergere, the attention of the audience was mora or less distracted one night reoently by tho pra- of the boxes of tih negro chW Yatnad, whoee loyalty to General Dodds woa hk& the Cross of t'he Legioft ot Jftfaour. t The Polish painter Matejko, whose death has just been announced, waa an exhibitor at tib* Chauips-Elysees Salon. He covered C*«l £ sea varying in breadth from 10 yards to K yards, ts which he songht, by iHustrrting the history bf Poland, to keep alive sympathy for his coaatry. The Treasurer and Benchers of Grays Inn havo decided to spend about 22,000 in lowering the high wall at present surrounding their hnnufifal grounds abutting on Thoobald's-road. Holborn, <' and substituting an ornamental iron ra.intalt. They will also add to the number ot garden ]>k)$e. So warmly have the directors of the Groat Eastern Railway Company appreciated the riesifo of their servants to prove themselves" efficient in rendering first aid to the injured-under the in- struction of the St. John Ambulance Associa- tion-that they off,-red a handsome challenge- onn for competition. Pnnce Svasti Sobhou, step-brotber of the King of Siam, and one of the members of hi« rahiiMiy has arrived from Paris at the Siamese Legation, South Kensington. He is accompanied By the two eldest sons of the King of Siam, who have travelled to England to receive an English «d«taa- tion. T Mrs Willoughby Gordon ONeil, hat translated into Italian Mr Samoel Osborne's excellent upd interesting lectures on "First Aidis to siA, Injured," The Queen of Italy has atibepte^ die dedication of this useful work, so popuiiW,,Iit England. A French edition mil shortly appear. The hospitality of Chicagoans must have been taxed this summer beyond endurance. Tbus find in a Chicago paper of September 3rd thei.fol. lowing adverti-ement: Personal: Notiee.— Having entertained all known relatives lor World's Fair, relatives in future must be idWti. 6ed. Foreign papers please copy.- Mr and Mw b the Marquis of Bute is said to be iiittiti i* lighted with his success this year as a wine-gruww on his Cardiff estates. He is desirous of beoommfg a genuine British wine-grower, and is encouraged by the very fair prices recently realised ata'e&J« a 40 of his Cardiff brands. The Marquis devotes most ot the proceeds to his numeious Roman Catholio charities. When a fire was lighted in a room at the ko)"* of a man named Courtright. at Wabash, Indiana, the other day, a stream of sticky 1*14 ran down the pipe. Investigation showed thata swarm of bees had lodged in the chimney d" the warm weather and made a large quantity"«{ honey, which, when the fire was lighted, umi and ran down the flue. Now that the Parish Councils Bills is discussed. it is interesting to know that lEenl contains the parish of Blaokmanstone, wtfob fau 11 inhabitants. Two parishes in Berkshire have. four inhabitants eaoh, one of the parishes— Chaudling—consisting of one house ouly. The sinalleat parish in Hertfordshire possesses 16 tp. habitants. In Buckingham there is one with seven, Oxford one with eight, and NortbamMoc on* with 40- Ihe Potalleet in l)ed&*&. shire has 19 inhabitants, whilst there$» in Suffolk which contain one tagM ahslikr four person?. "HMf 'i

A 8ATUR0AV'SERMSN.5 • On a dark, clear night the glories of th. rttMw depths seem revealed in their fullest splendopr yet how small a portion is seen. "Theee are, a part of God's ways; they utter but a whiapsr of His glory." If the eye could gain gradually in light-gathering power, until it attained something like the range of the great gauging telescopes of, the Herschels, how utterly would what we see bow seem lost in the inconceivable glories thus gradu- ally unfolded. Even the revelations of teletype save as they appeal to the mind's eye, would be a? nothing to the splendid scene revealed, when within the spaces which now show black between the familiar stars of our constellations, thousands of brilliant orbs would be revealed. The milky luminosity of the galaxy would be seen aglow with millions of suns, its richer portions bU*i|t{ so respltJndently that no oye could bear to gtm long upon the wondrous display. But with em increase of power more and more myriad, ot RtM8 would break into view, until at last the would be unbearable in its splendour. T6ewpo would seek for darkness as for rest. The miud would ask for a scene less oppressive ia tm inagnifioenceof its inner meaning; for events seen, wonderful though the display would be.. the glorious scene would scarce express the milltOnftb part of its real nature, as recognised by #UkhW ooRsoious that eaoh point of light was a sun lifcs ours, aaoh sun the centre of a schema of sucSiasthat globe on which ws "filre anf1 have our bung." A. PROOKft, I