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,,U C IrCCURRENT SPORT.I
,,U C I r C CURRENT SPORT. I The LEAGUE Championship. The results of the matches in the First Divi- sion of'the League Championship, on, Saturday, ■were:—Bristol 'City beat Notts County", at ^Bristol, b|y one goal to none;. Woolwich 'Arsenal beat Derby. County, at Piumstead. by three goals to two; Bury beat Birmingham, sit Bury, by one goal to none; Sunderland beat Manchester City, at Manchester,, by. t igoals to two; Blackburn Rovers beat ^Middles- brough, at Middlesbrough, by one goal'to none; Bolton Wanderers -bpat Aston Villa, at xJir- •„ JningliainV by two goals to none Liverpool and 'Sheffield United drew, at Liverpool, two goals all: Shemeld Wednesday and Everton drew, at Sheffield, one goa.1 all;, I-reitoii North End and Stoke drew, at Preston, two goals all. League programme is now e cattle are the champions, with Bristol City- and • Everton second and :third.Derby. County- and Stoke are at the bottom ,pf the table,, arid next .season have to retire to the Second .Division. In the --Secoiid Division., the following dubs won their matches on Saturday; -Chelsea.. Bur- ton United,'Burslem Port Vale, and Biadford. Drawn games, were played between Lincoln C, City and Leicester FcsseJ .Leeds City and iiull City, and'BiVrnley and Glcssop. Notts -Forest has come out at, the top of tle" League table, with Chelsea a good second. These two clubs, will next season t;be promoted tOlthe Firss League, to take the placer of Derbyand Stoke. f .j' T&B; SOUTHERN LEAGUE. ■> The, rc-sults of the matches in the Southern; League, on Saturday, were :—Portsmouth beat > Ley ton, at Levton, by two goals to" none West .Ham United beat Fulham, at Upton-park, by four, goals to one Tottenham Hotspur "beat Queers Park Iiangers, at Tottenham, by two goals to none, Millwall beat Ne'w *Bl*om^ton, 'at- Millwall, by two goals to none; Norwich City beat Watford,at Norwich, by two goals to' one; Brentford- beat- Plymouth Argyle, at Brentford-by two goal's to one Southampton beat Bristol Rovers, at Southampton, by two .go^ifi to one;" Swindon Town beat Northamp- ton, at Swindon, by five goals to one; Crystal Palace and Brighton and Hove Albion drew, at the Crvstal Palace, two goals all Luton and Rea-ding drew, at Luton, one goal a14.' Fulham have again come out on top, with Bortaixit>irth ■and Brighton; and Hove Albion second and third respectively. Northampton are at the botionJwt)f the table. 1 London CHARITY Cup.' Eitrar time" was played at Tufnell-pa rk in the final tie of the London Charity Cup Competi- tion on Saturday, but neither Casuals nor the London; Caledonians could score, and the match iiad to be left drawn. It was arranged that ach club should hold the cup for six months, Lord Alverktmic. who vras to have presented the cup to the winners, making the announcement. Quite 5,000 people were attracted to the game, which produced some Very good football until rain set in. LACK03SE. The match between the j)uke;1(pf Argyll's.; team and the Capital team was played at Lord's on Saturday,, before a large and enthusiastic, crowd of spectators. ;The Prince, And Princess of Wales, who saw, during their ,trur in Canada, the Capitals win the championship of Canada, ,vere present- with" tileit two eld; ;t Gons; and amoii- the occupants of the Royal box were the 'Duke of Argyll, Lord Aberdeen. Lord Harris, iSir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir F., Bq; deji, and the Bon. L. P. Bordeur. The game throughout was of a most exciting and exhilarating nature, for it gradually became evicjent that she home team, -,ie, on its merits,' giving the visitors as hard a as any of those by which they won their c.- lionship in Canada. The Canadians f iu. lly won a magnificent game by ten goals ■WqeVght. „ Critics generally conceded that no ,)Ia r liad been seen "in this country, and Y- ,viitors ,admitted that the advance made by home players since the visit of the Torohtos %982 ha'd been remarkable. After the iri'ittch 7 Capitals were the guests of the South of jff(jgl»nd Lacrosse Association at a -banquet held t the Hotel Cecil, Lord Desborough presiding. i ———— .,SOUTII LONDON HARRIERS' SPORTS. Nearly 8,000 people were present at Kenning- ton Oval, on Saturday, to. witness the- South London Harriers' sports. 1+Jie programme con- tained nine events, and for these there ,were, 627 entries. C. H, Jupp, the 220 yards champion,, ,,who li- not yet quite fit," was beaten in his first heat of the'level race at that distance. The final heat resulted thus,l; -f. P. Creorge' (S.L.H.), If H. Wafeon (S.L'.H.), 2 S.) S. Abrahams (L.A.C.), 3. Won by four .jar-da. Time, 22 3-5sec. A' two miles invitation team d race was easily won with a total of ten points by -the BirehfieLd Harriets. The Herne Hill Harriers were second with 27 points, and the Maiden Harriers third with 28 points. A. ■Underwood, of the wihning club, and holder of the ten miles championship, beat the four miles champion, F. H.: Hulfprd (Maiden Harriers), 'for first place by 25 yards, iií 9min. 44 3-5sec. [Many close finishes were seen in the 100 yards handicap, for which 103 entries had been re- ceived. The final was won by R. Sheepshanks (L.A.C.), six yards start, in 1Q l-5sec. Other events were won as follows:—300 yards handi- cap, J. W. Mead (Bedford ç. and A.C.), 18 yards start. Time, 31 sec. One mile flat handi- cap. G. F. Jennings (Cambridge Harriero). Time, 4min. 22 4-5sec. Two miles walking handicap, A. Cruse (Essex Beagles), lime, 13min. 53 3-5sec. Cor, ";r"s The fourteenth annual-.tournament for the Irish ladies golf championship was won,, at Dollymoimt, Dublin, by Miss F. Walker Leigh, of tlve., Fo-Tock Club.- Miss Walker Leigh had a comparatively easy journeys in to the semi- final. in which, however, sht* only beat Mrs. Lionel Jackson by holing a long put on the last ..green." In the: final she defeated Mrs. Fitz- Gibbon (who :JI:,viously put out a. strong player in Mis > •) „ Magill) by four and three. Miss' Walker Leigh was runner-up. to Miss .Rhona Adair hud Mies May Hezlet respectively :,pl the Irish championships in 1901 and 15)04, and was also runner-aip to Miss Adair 'in the ladies" ope-n champiqhshipofl903. i Mr. E. M. Byers; the American amateur golf champion, arrived at Liverpool on Sunday orningfrom New York by the White Star iiner Cedric. Jack Hutchison, a young St. Andrews golfer, who is now professional at Mr. Carnegie's private links at Cumberland Island, JWas with Mr. Byers. V- Two interesting professional matehes were played on the Surrey Club's course at Leather- head on Saturday. In the morning Harry Var- don beat James Braid, over 18 holes, by 1 liole up, and in the afternoon Braid and W. ,Mitchell, the ioca'l, xirofessionaj,, beat Vardon and, A. Hitche1l, of 'Si. Leonards, in a foursome, by,, 1 hole. With Mr. G. E. Taylor, the club captain;, as a partner, Mr. A. J. BalfoW playedr a four- some against Dr. Doie and Mr. Le Blanc Smith. After a hard mat eh the latter couple proved 8tlccessful by 2 holes up and 1 to play. Robert Thomson, the old Romford profea- who has been engaged for the season by Sfe Falkirk Club, played a .36-holes match at on ^Batvfrday with Willie Fernie,, of ^roon; Ferule', who was 'oppn champion 24 • .ago, giained ia victory by; I hple. At Gbur^t@n,: Oft Saturday; t!he Devon ladies' Corena.tion medal was, w'On by Miss Thorpe.^ e Sutiningdaio Club's-spiring meeting.yas conclusion r 6n" Saturday, ^he; '6ec"re^ C. Eastbourne tlub's °pring meeting j Jr, ,l1ght:-td1 a elofife at- Eatetbourne7 6n 'Satiir- B P M''oek^U^ 8°^ daedal was wan'TSyj'M^ Gr. *liemt?, ;!l"'1 'i.W scratch competition for the Don imond rlltS- J.?aP was held on #he Rich- <Ja>. 'pu„ 6 Cours& at Sudbrook-park pn. Satur- late n» open to ,clubs of which, the and AD6erit0nT^?fi a .meniher—namely, a?€liir«^ Royal, WeSr Norfolk, geeult mthaix<l^Eltha&. -'»»• XJaptain" b.'K. liutfihiaoif^4 I (who entered from the Royal and Ant lent Club). The spring meeting of the Royal Wimbledon Club was brought It" a close at Wimbledon-j common" on Saturday. Thechif results were- —Ridpath challenge- bowl. Colonel .Sanders, and:.Mr.: E. F. Spencer tied. Kenrprd ,gp,d"p'aHel}ge: medal.—Dr, R. Worth. Henry "Lamb memorial medal.—Mr. G. R. Girdiestone and MriA: V. PollocktIc<L Play.ip the Brighton, and Hove Club's spring s| -meeting.. was concluded on Saturday, when Dr. Bruce Goff won the gold medal, Mr. K. T. Cox j won the Kenvon Stbw prize," while the- club prize was. tied for by Mr.- C. A.Ionidt-s and Mr. i). A. Cox. j 'A The winners of the Tooting Bee Club,'s ,|38- J holes competitions for the Captain's prizes, on 1 Saturday, were Mr. Co' P. Dixen and Mr. F. W. 'Abbott. ,< iNTE'R-Uis'IVSlESITY CONTEST. r., U Harvard and Yale Universities are despatch- ing a'joint challenge to Oxford and .C^a>oi>vtgc 'UiiiversitTes. It proposes that an' in.ter-tlniv.er- sity athletic contest shall be held at the Har vard Stadium, on July 4jf possible, It is be- lieved in America that Oxford And Cambridge will welcome the challenge. At Cambridge, I,i it is unofficially stated that no slch ? match will, take place this season and .that j miuiv yea|'s may ela.pse before the .meetings iipe 'resumed./ .> BirxiARDS, *■ L. A,t, the Ileicester^quare Hall ion Saturday! .night, Cook, in,, his match of 24,000 up ^withj HarversQni reached, game with 19,780 (un-| finished),"this being the second highest break oni record under any rules. Cook--malde 9,883 con- soculive cannons—9,869 "anchor or "cradle" i caniH)ii«s. The closing scores were :—W. Qook. 24,000C. liar'verson, 1,312. Univ-ersitjes, BEATEN AT Laceosse., The Qiipitais did not show their best form at: Oxford on Mojiday. but they beat a -coiiibili Oxford and Cambridge team by seven goals to three. The hard game at Lord's on Saturday seemed- to have affected the Canadians. Show- ing plenty of pace,the-i University- team gave the visitors a hard game, and ten minutes from -the end the Capitals only led by five goals to three." Tiel, the University goalkeeper, was in sl)leiiftid -foriy-t, aiid,savffd some hard shots. -'r- MONDAY'S FOOTBALL. Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton fought out the final of the Southern Charity Cup at Tottenham, the home team wrnnirfg by two goais to nothing. In the Southern League New Brompton took two points from Crystal Palace. The Manchester Senior Cup was won by Man- Chester City, who defeated Stbckport County in thw-'final, while.the Liverpool Cup went to Liverpool, Everton being beaten by three goala to nil. A game at Newcastle between New- castle and Fulham ended in a draw of one goal each; 1
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■ ,.SCENE AT A CIRCUS. There '.was, a remarkable unrehearsed seeno st the evening performance at Hengler's Circus on Saturday, which at one time promised to have-serious consequences., The central box, ivail, enoaged, by sevlen or ,eight well-dressed young men, who, in the spirit of mischief, had come prepared to add an item to the attrac- tive programme. By some means !hoy managed, to smuggle, into the building a huga basket loaded with bouquets, cut flowers, and a miscellaneous collection of market produce. During the evening their boisterous conduct provoked a protc-:U from one of the performed in the ring, but. it was not untjl t-he ^spectackv-j The Beauty, uud the Beast," commenced, that they started tJ carry out their carefully-planhed practical rjr.Le. As the members of the chorus ,filed into the ring they were pelted with Sowers, and the fuail&ds. scaa continued.during the per- formance. It was an unwelcome attention for the interest- of the-audience was centred on the box and its rowdy occupants, who made fro- "I'len, interruptions,, rather than on the play. Some slight atonement was afterwards made by 14 the presentation of beautiful bouquets to the principals. Subsequent,proceedings, however, were pf a more malicious character. While the two- clowns were endavouring to an}use.„.the aiuli- ence they were pelted with cauliflowers and cabbages instead of fragrant blossoms. Then came quite artin of leeks, onions, haddocks, cabbages, dead rabbits, long French loaves, and eggs, some of which smashed on the unfortu- nate elbwhs. The patience of the latter became exhausted, and after a whispered -consultation they retaliated by., throwing ba$k.. the producew Their shots were well directed, and despite the. protection afforded by open umbrellas, the practical jokers were routed, and beat a hasty retreat from the box. Several of the missiles fell among)i the audience, and -a npm br of ladies made a hasty exit from the building.
FAMOUS SURGEON DROWNED.
FAMOUS SURGEON DROWNED. Professor Albert Mosetig, the well known Vienna surgeon, 'has been drowned by falling into the Danube. The Professor was subject to sudden fainting fits,- due to calcification of ,the arteries, from which p suffered, and, it is supposed that an attack of this sort was the cauSe of his fatal fall. '3 Professor Mosetig, who was 69 years of age, enjoyed an.,international,,jreputation. pa i one of the foremost surgeons of Europe- He, was the iirst to introduce the use of iodoform in surgical cases, and he was well-known as the originator of the method of treating, bones affected with caries with a filling com- posed of a preparation of iodoform and petro- leum, which proved of the highest value in -cases of fractured arms and legs, often ren- dering amputation unnecessary. dering amputation unnecessary.. According to eye:witnesses, ,the Professor, apparently feeling faint, leaned' over the bank ■5f the river to bathe his face, and in doing so overbalanced himself and was carried away -by the swift current.
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SUICIDE'S LAST MESSAGE. A man's hat, pipe and umbrella; were picked up at the end of the, Marina Pier, Ramsgate, and shortly afterwards the body of Philip Boileau i Wooldridge, aged forty-five, an inquiry officer at Charing-cross Hospital, was washed ashore. In his diary was written, I know I am a coward. God and my dear ones will forgive me. Nobody is to blame but myself for all the muddle my affairs are in.—Pip." It was stated at the imquest that he been in financial difficulties. A verdict of "Silicide during Temporary Insanity was returned.
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:'M.P.'S CILIEQUE RETURNED, ( Mr. Beliairs, meihbef of Parliament for King's Lynn, has-aroused the indignation of thé Ínn- bers of the King's Lynn and County Liberal Club. Since his introduction, to the constitu- ency Mr. Beliairs has given an annual subscrip- 1 tion of £ 3 3s. to the club. Recently applied to for this year's subscription, he sent- a cheque for one guinea only, accompanied by a letter, :n which he said he had no sympathy with the The committee have returned the cheque.
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Harry Powell Jones, 59, manager of the Palatine Hotel, Blackpool, was found drowned in the Severn at Shrewsbury. His overcoat was dlscoverea on the river bank with the note containing the. words "I'm in [the river opposite this coat.—-H. P. J. In attempting to regam his Qar which he had dropped whilst rowing at Greencastie, co. Down. George Birrell, a' young man, cap- sized the boat, .and was drowned. Two of his companions were rescued by coastguards. Mary Mildred Jones, aged 23, the daugh- ter of a retired quarry manager residing at Liverpool, committed suicide by drinking liquid in which four boxes 'of- folate lies' had been dissolved. She had suffered from reli-> gioua rnania.,
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r- <« j. it LITERARY CHAT. Mr. William Le Quetix, thnoveEst. fihda- great .relaxation in-, billietrds.
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A new story by Mr. and Mrs. Williamson is announced in America as Illfh-3 Princess Virginia." '•
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The Ki-ng has accepted a copy of Mr. Fre- deric Vi',licr's book, "Peaceful Personalities and Warriors Bold."
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In writing- "She," Mr. 'Rider Haggard took only six weeks, though when he began the wcrk he had only the slightest notion of his plot.
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His Reminiscences of Parliament are de- scribed in a book which Mr. Griffith-Boscawen, Tory member for the Tonbridge division from 1892 to 1908, is publishing through Mr. Murray.
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The earliest literary efforts of Mr. J. M:, Barrie took the unambitious form of reports of local cricket matches for Scottish papers, and a letter, ostensibly from a parent, warmly advo- 'eating more holidays for schoolboys.
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Mark Twain was once having his hair cut at a hotel,, when he saw a very small boy in but- 'tons, who was evidently trying to attract his attention, in order to present him with a eaixl, "Who are you?" asked Mark. "A page, sir." "A page exclaimed the great humorist. scornfully; "why you are hardly big enough for a paragraph."
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The Emperor of Japan, is probably the most poetic Sovereign in the world. I-lis love. of poetry increases with years it is said, and scarcely an evening passes that his Majesty does 'not compose from twenty-seven to thirty of the thirty-one syllabled couplets called "Wa-Ka."
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Mr. Walter Rothschild's book at -025 a copy is by no means the costliest ever published. A few years ago "The Book of Wealth," a work of 1,ÜOO pages, was published in America at £ 500 a copy. The work consisted of ten parts —each accompanied by ten water-eoloiir draw- ings, etchings, and p hotog "Irt2s--bk)iiiid in rich old-gold silk, and enclosed in a portfolio.
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A marriage of many literary associations took place recently, the bride being Miss Madeline Meynellv daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfrid Meynell, and the bridegroom Mr. < Percevixl Lucas, younger brother of Mr. E. V Lucas. The celebrant of the marriage was F'ather Kent, the forthcoming official biogra- pher of Cardinal Manning, himself the son of a famous journalist, the late Charles Kent, to whom Dickens wrote his last letter of friend- ship.
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When Mr. Thomas Hardy started life he 1\8c1 no idea of becoming an author. His first love was architecture, which he practised for some time. Theology then interested him keenly, and he had some thought of entering the Church. Later on he took to writing poetry, and it was only after jhe had produced a largo quantity of verse, which was never published, that it oc- curred to him that he might succeed as a nove- list
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In Mr. Foster Eraser's "Red Russia," pub- lished "by Cassell and Co., there is given for the first time an; account. of the foundation of the Union of thfi, Russian people or "Black Hun- dred," and the manner in which it is now con- trolled by the autocratic party. Mr. Fraser Went to the worst parts of Poland, visited the regions of Samara, where the peasants were dy- ing from famine, and witnessed the shooting of the people in,the streets of Baku.
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Miss M. Edith Durham, author of "Through the Lands of the Serb and "The Burden of the Balkans," lias been presented by the Prince of Montenegro with the g"pld medal, which is the highest order of merit in his country. The Prince has also formally thanked her for the services which she has rendered to his subjects, and has appointed her to take charge of the Montenegrin section of the Balkans Exhibition, which is to be held at EarF-s Court.
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It is now twenty-one years since "GasseD's National Library" was started, and the, little cloth sixpenny and paper threepenny volumes are known wherever the English language is spoken. Messrs. Cassell have now arranged to issue what they call "The People's Library," which will consist of copyright and non-copy- right books handsomely bound in cloth, to be published at 7d. net, and in leather at Is. fid. net. Twenty books will be ready shortly, the first on the list being Stevenson's "Treasure Is- land" and "Kidnapped," complete in one volume.
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Mrs. Sellar, whose "Recollections" have just been published/was the wife of Professor Sellar, who died in 1890, after holding the chair of Latin at Edinburgh University for the long space of 27 years, while before that ho was Pro- fessor of Greek at St. Andrews. Mrs. Sellar is a near relative of Mr. Andrew Lang, and her daughter is Mrs. MacCumm, who has written i two remarkable biographies of a pair of Scot- tish celebrities who certainly did not love one another—Mary Stuart and John Knox. Mrs. Sellar has known many distinguished people at close quarters, and is herself an admirable ra- conteur.
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When the fever of writing seizes him, Mr. Robert I-lickeiis goes to some quiet place, gives -up all social engagements, and devotes his atten- tion strictly to business. He is an early riser, and, as a rule, begins work at seven o'clock in the morning. He stops for lunch, and begins again at half-past three, working till dinner time, but after dinner he lays aside the pen. Mr. Anthony Hope is seen about ten o'clock go- ing to the little room in Buckingham-street where he does his writing. Mr. Marion Craw- ford, when he is in New York, works in a room fitted up in the building occupied by his pub- lishers.
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The story of a strange career will be told in a book by Mr. J. W. Schultz, "My Life as an Indian." The author describes how as a young man, he went to the Blackfoot country, near Fort Benton, at the head of navigation on the Mississippi River, and how, falling in love with the wild life of the plains, he joined the tribe and became, to all intents and purposes, an Indian. For years Mr. Schultz led this life, joining the natives in the chase, on the warpath, and in the more peaceful pursuits of farming and trading. He even won the hand of an Indian squaw--Nat-ah-k1 by name—who ap- pears to have proved a devoted wife.
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Mrs. Gerard Lowther has utilised her short stay in Morocco, as the wife of our representa- tive, to good purpose ,and has published the re- sults of her observations in her "Diary iXi Morocco." > She inherits her literary tastes, says- the "World," from her father, Mr. Atherton '0' Blight, of New York, a quiet, cultivated Ameri- can, steeped in the liter at uie of the last cen- tury, whose somewhat old-wor.d courtesy, offers a marked contrast to the hustling, manners of the average. New York financier. Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Lowther have been married two years, and during that time Morocco has bristled with sensations, including the Congresp at Algecira^.
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One. of the most able English correspondents in St Petersburg in recent years, Mr. Maurice Baring, intends to call his new book "A Year in' Russia." ¥r. Baring, who, is a son of Lord Revelstqke, acted as war correspondent for the "Morning Post" in Manchuria,, and after the war for tire same journal in St. Petersburg.
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Ou his retirement Governorship of Cevlon, Sir Henrv Arthur Blake will Jive at Myrtle Grove, Ybughal, County Cork, the iden- ticar house in which Sir Walter Raleigh lived, and in the garden of which he planted tobacco and the potato. It was in this house, which is well preserved, that Spenser read "The Faerie Queene" to Raleigh, before the latter brought it' to London for publication. ¡
GARDEN GOSSIP. :.,':"
GARDEN GOSSIP. Cinerarias in Flower These plants, are exceedingly useful in the conservatory dur- ing this season of the year, and it is well for the grower to give them all the attention necessary to maintain the display over the longest possible period. The sharpest look out must be kept for insect visitors, and, di- rectly, an enemy is seen let him be annihi- lated. It will be advantageous, too, to give a couple of applications of weak liquid manure during the week, as the colour of1 both flowers and leaves will derive benefit from them. Planting F.,owei-p,If the plants arc well forward, such almost hardy plants as gaznnia splendens, salvia patens, koniga vanegsita, variegated veronica, violas, and sectiiipg pansies may be planted out without mruier delay. Thia early panting results ''in a sav- ing -of time: in watering, and is distinctly beneficial to the plants, which become estab- lished before the more tender ones ar. planted. Too frequently flowering plants <uf treated as if it were not essential to provide them with anything beyond the manuria agents natural' to the soil. Those who aet a* if this, were enough are .not giving either the 0 soil or the plants fair plav. In medium and 'low-class soils rotted iii:,iiaure is essential, and this should be supplemented previ >s io planting with a drossi-sg of superphosphate Gflime. Plant in soil thoroughly pulverised, but made, firm. ""Ii' Seed Sowing.—-Scarlet, rnnr.ers and Frcneh beans may be sown 'in the open in the cpei s of the next'few. '.days with every hope of sue cess. Both' succeed best in a deeply worked soil, and one by no menus- heavily manured. Perhaps manure is .unnecessary, -so long -as the' soil is in good conditiml. To have large arid long continued gatherings sow thinly; the lines should be three feet apart and the plants fifteen to eighteen inches in the rows, though it is wise, to sow somewhat closer. i Scarlet runners do well grown in lines like kidpey" beàlR. and the plants. pinched. Wnen allowed to grow" ,without ,-stopping, sheep net- ting of two Widths and properly supported forms an efficient support. Watering Wall Trees. — At this sen son t,hef,e begin to, needwatering, especially vS-m growing in light soil. Trees on south walls are most hable to suffer at this early daw, ami •; when this is the case, .unless copious stipplies are -forthcoming, stunted: 'and pest ridden growth results. After watering a mulching of manure applied to the foot of the wall will save water and labour "afterwards. Small Crops.Turnips, 'rnd-iahes, Spinach; lettuces, and mustard and cress should be Bown according- to requirements at ten day intervals. By this means a constant supply of tender material is secured. Most of the above may be raised between rows of peas, keeping near the middle of the unoccupied space, ¡where "tllDre is no chance of the peas overgrowing them. < Outdoor Tomatoes. — These are not, of course, out of doors yet, but are in process of preparation in frames Or other >eonvenient structures. It is necessary that; they, should have, a position close to the glass, where they will "pot be in danger of becoming drawn, and no attempt should be made to try to get them to' grow into very vigorous plants. If they have had correct attention they will be jsturdy and strong, and finding" accommodation in a sw-eet, simple compost in four and a half inch pdt-s. By the end of May they, will have .one truss 6f fruit already set and another showing flO\Ver, and these' things mean that they will assuredly do well when put out early in June. Shrub Pltiilting.-Tho ugh shrubs may be transplanted at all seasons of the year, it is perhaps as well to finish off this kind of work lor tjb,e.-?eas9n. Pqins, should be taken to pre- serve a of soil to. the roots, to keep it out of?, the ground for the shortest possible t'iine, to select. dull weather for the opera- tion, and after firming, the soil well round th11 to soak the latter with water. A mat or twq, placed round newly transplanted ■shrubs, affords protection from high winds, which clo' more harm than,any other weather. The Greek Violet.c.A very old but very beautiful viola from <Greece' is, once again making a bid for public favour, says "The Gardener." It is extremely pretty. The leaf system is small: and compact, the leaves oval, :111e. inch long, forming a low tuft rarely ex- ceeding one foot across. The flowers are sxquisitely formed and scented, shaped as the rommon violet, measure one and a half inches across, add are coloured a deep lustrous shade of yiolet purple. The eye is small, and tvhite. A patch now in full flower and with aosts of buds cropping up for future display is one of the most charming groups the garden affords at this, season. It is probably not long lived as an individual, but seedlings crop up in some number in the vicinity of plants that have seeded, and tliese will, with their descendants, ensure a display in per- petuity. It should be grown cool, and must never lack moisture. Its name is viola gra- cilis, and its merits are many. ■' Godetias for September Blooming..— Few. things look better than a border or bed of- ^'ell-grbwii godetias in full bloom, but unfor- tunately' the blooming season is not a pro- longed one. For this reason it is useless sow- ing godetias early in the year, unless some other plant is provided to take their place when they finish flowering. A sowing made at once may, however, be depended on to give a inaximum display of bloom during Septem- ber. The plants may be raised, thinned, and transplanted in a reserve border, and shifted to their flowering quarters when these be: come vacant. Watering in will be necessary when the shift is given in dry weather; but Whatever the trouble it will be amply repaid when the plants flower. Those who have not tried fulgida should make a point of doing so. It is a strong grower, and freely bears"flowers. a glowing crimson colour, Shirley Poppies. — These delightful flowers need only simplest culture; the scat- terihg of seed in finely prepared soil, the covering 6f it in by the use of the rake, and then a few bird scarers placed in the 1 same spot. Other sowings, made at intervals of a, fortnight, will ensure a grand supply of flower until late autumn. Shirley "poppies may be grown as a low hedge, 'down either- side of a narrow-kitchen garden walk. Sow them 11n a shallow drill, six inches from the edge, and support them by putting strings, one in front, one behind the row, tied to stout stakes set at intervals. The result will 5be a charming floral walk" and sheaves of blossoms for cutting., Grow them in beds, on the, lawn, or in gravel, and.have a simple one-foo,t wide, border of myoaotis, riemophila insignis, or blue lobelia rojind them. Grow them in all .the bare places of the herbaceous border, wherever they \yill not hide flowers of lower stature. This is an easy way of securing a grand colour effect. Training Fuchsias. — These beautiful Training Fuchsias. These beautiful plants are yearly becoming more and more popular, and considering how charming they are, for either the conservatory, greenhouse, or garden, one cannot be surprised. No efforts should be spared to produce speci- mens that are handsome in shape, and to en- sure this it will be necessary to do a certain amount of pinching. Fortunately, fuchsias like being treated in this manner, and it is not easy to carry it so far that the plants will not bloom satisfactorily. If the young plants are naturally well branched, scarcely any training will have to be done, but if they are straggly and ungainly, they may have to be pinched three or four times before they can be brought into really good form.
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TRAGEDY IN A TRAIN. At Croydon County Police-court Thomas, alias "Pedlar," Palmer, a well-known pugi- list, was charged with feloniously killing and murdering a man aged about forty-five, in a railway carriage of the South Eastern Rail- way, between Tattenham Corner and Purley Station, by striking him in the face. Pal- mer, who looked very dejected, was repre- sented by Mr. R. J. Clark, solicitor. Frank Cramp, a Croydon paperhanger, who was in the next compartment, said he saw Palmer strike the man twice. He did not hear anything said. When the train reached Purley the man was found to be dead. Chief-inspector Jenkins said he went to Purley Station and found there a dead man. Another man, who had since been released, was taken into custody. Witness then ar- rested Palmer, who said: "I did not strike him; I only shook hima. He wanted to sing and dance." The dead man was afterwards identified by his widow and two sons as Robert Choat, a gas stoker, of Creek-road, Deptford. Eye-witnesses of the scene in the railway carriage at the coroner's inquest described Palmer as stooping over the dead man, put- ting his ear to his chest, and saying: "Good God! What have I done? Have I killed you? I did not mean to do it." Then he kissed the man and wept, repeating: "I did not mean to do it. I was only larking. God bless you. ■What have. I done?" The inquiry was held in the billiard-room of tlri Railway Hotel, Purffey, and Palmer was present in charge of warders. He seemed nervous, and continually clasped and un- clasued his hands as the evidence was given. Mary Elizabeth Choat identified the body as that of her husband. E-mira Jane Hobbs, of Walthamstow, said she was coming home from Epsom about six o'clock on the Wednesday evening in a third- class carriage. Choat, who got in when the trainrwas starting, had had some drink. He had to stand, until witness made room for him. Palmer and the deceased began talk- ire and she heard Palmer say: "Don't for- ■cet' tlaere are ladies in the carriage." "There was," said the witness, "another word, which I did not hear, when Palmer jumped up and struck the other man four or five blows as fast as he could on each side of the 'face." As witness gave her evidence Palmer rested his head on the table and cried. Dr. Brown, of Kenley, described Choat as h strong, mtiscular man. There was a small contused wound near the angle of the jaw, and on the left side of the neck was a swell- ing The skull was not fractured, but be- neath the membrane covering the brain there was an extensive bleeding forming a clot.
GARRISON CHURCH ROBBED.
GARRISON CHURCH ROBBED. The discovery was made on Saturday that during the previous night, the Royal Garrison Church, at Portsmouth, had been broken into, and some valuable ornaments mutilated and stolen. The church possesses considerable his- toric intcrest. as the building in which King Charles II. was married to Catherine of Brag- an.za, and it is filled with memorials to gallant officers and soldiers, who have died in their country's cause. After failing to gain an entrance through the window in the porch of the choir vestry, the thief broke through the kandsome stained-glass memorial window at the east end of the north aisle, and looted the altar of the handsome central cross and candlesticks, both presented to the church as memorials. The cross was ap- parently too heavy to carry away, for it was found doubled up on the pulpit steps, near the broken stained-glass window, but the thief made off with a, valuable alms dish, some alt-ar-vsises, a field-service communion set, and ewer from the font. The total value of the haul is put at £ 100, though, of course, the character of the articles stolen made them worth considerably mure than their intrinsic value. The church plate in the safe was found to be intact. The police have the matter in hand for investiga- tion. The church has been enriched by gifts from many kings and queens, including King Edward and the late Queen Victoria.
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"Is Watkins an optimist?" "Yes he'll eat hash in any restaurant in the country. Schoolmaster: "What do we see above us when we go out on a clear day?" Tommy; "We see the blue sky." "Correct. And what do vvsee above us on a rainy day? A OJ umbrella-" Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., has been added to the list of magistrates for Middlesex. By a majority of six votes the Jersey States adopted free education for the island schools. "You should never trust a man who bets," raid Judge Smyly in the Shoreditch County Court. It has been decided by the Stepney Borough Council not to appoint a woman sanitary in- spector
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ACCIDENT TO FUNERAL PARTY. An alarming accident befell a funeral party at Edmonton. The cortege was passing along Snell's-park when a horse attached to one of the mourning coaches bolted. The animal dashed on to the pathway, and col- lided with some articles exhibited outside the premises of a furniture dealer. Considerable damage was done, a large plate-glass window being smashed, but the runaway did not stop. A few yards further on tha coach crashed into a fence, and was; overturned. There were six occupants, and it was found impos- sible to release them until the vehicle, which was badly damaged, had been righted. All of them were very much shaken and frightened, and three who complained of in- jury were medically attended. They wer* afterwards able to return to their Ú homes. The horse, which had broken itself free from the overturned coach, was stopped some dis- tance away without doing further damage.
J BISHOP ON LIVING STATUES.
J BISHOP ON LIVING STATUES. f The Bishop of London protested against "living statues" on Saturday at a crowded meeting in the Memorial Hall, Farringdor;- street, in connection with the twelfth anniver- sary of the London United Temperance Coun- cil. He had, he said, been discussing with his Nonconformist brethren means of putting down a great London evil-living statuary. He hoped Nonconformists would support the Arelibishojv of Canterbury and himself in protesting against that evil. Speaking on the temperance question, the Bishop remarked that his views on the employ- ment of barmaids had been somewhat carica- tured. He never said anything against bar- maids as a class. He t-hougat. it wonderful how well they conducted themselves in view of ail the temptations they had to face. But what he said was, Whv should these girls be exposed to all these temptations? One reason why the Bishop likes the present Parliament—thougn he does not agree with all it does-is that contains the greatest number of teetotalers ever assembled in the House. The Rev. J. S. Lidgett. alluding to living !■ statuary, said that some spectacles to be wit- nessed in London places of amusement were si disgrace to civilisation. 1 The agitation at Manchester against living statuary° exhibitions at the local mu.3ic-ha!ls readied a further stage' on Monday, when the managers of those places'of entertainment con- ferred with Councillor Thewlis, the chairman, and Councillor Makeague, the vice-chairman of the Watch Committee. When the representatives of social and re- ligious bodies waited upon the Watch Com- mittee last week Councillor Thewlis expressed the opinion that an effort to induce the music- hall proprietors to discontinue the pcrform- aneefi would be worth making. The result oi Monday's conference was that the managers of all the halls with the exception of twu agreec. to discontinue the exhibitions. Councillor ■Tbewlis stated that the Watch Committee were I not prepared to allow a of these entertaiimientb.
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PLAYED CARDS ON SINKING SHIP. Having been rescued with difficulty from the Liverpool steamer Lucifer, which sank off the Lizard, thirty-two men were landed at Fal- mouth on Sunday from the Sunderland steamer I Sagami. I When four days out from New ^ork the Lnci- fer, which had a cargo of oil for Dublin^and Belfast, sprang a leak, and. despite the e^c'ris of the crew, the water gradually rose until the fires were reached and the steain-pumps were rendered useless. „ ) For a week before the Sagami was sighted the vessel was practically helpless, but even while she was finally settling down the men plaved cards to keep their spirits up. the Sagami was sighted on April 11, and stood by until daylight, when a boat was ^mjehed^ Lut t-he sea was very roogh, and it took fne hour* to complete the work of rescue.
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f our hundred cases leatll|Yrkenhea<T^or nery have been shipped from Birk the Ameer of Afghanistan's leather "orks -The1'directors of the White Star Line have decided that every, officer m company shall receive an maease of pay S8re sr 42% v'rs. Owing to the completion of the new defence works, Walton-on-the-Naze District Council re- duced'the local rate by Is. 6d. tle Septic poisoning, following a cat-bite, was found at Leeds to have caused the death, of a three-year-old child named Percy Ashton. The Rev. H. M. Begbie, father of Mr. Harold Begbie, the well-knowu journalist, has <*iea ftfc Cabis Bay, Cornwall^