The Cambrian

AGRICULTURAL NOTES. BY A PRACTICAL FARMER, WHEAT PRODUCTION. The estimated total produce of wheat grewn in Great Britain in 1898 was 9,120,000qrs., a greater quantity than has been returned in any year since 1890, when the acreage under this crop was 284,000 acres larger than the 2,102,000 acres under this cereal in 1898. Compared with the exceptional years of minimum produce, 1895, in which, on an extraordinary reduced area, co- incident with an indifferent yield, the whole crop amounted to only 4,647,032qrs., it will be seen that the available supply of native wheat was nearly doubled. The yield per acre in 1898 for the whole country was 34 "74 bushels, or an excess of 5'55 bushels above the average of the ten years 1888-97. This indicates a larger yield than in any previous year since the Produce Returns were first collected in 1884. It may be added that, although no official data exists to shew what were the wheat yields of still earlier years, a frequently-quoted estimate published by Sir John Lawes, and going back to 1852, indicated a greater yield in Great Britain only in the three seasons of 1854, 1863, and 1864. The normal variations in the yield of wheat in different counties of England shew a range of 12 bushel per acre between the highest and lowest; in 189P there was still wider diversity. The cmi" shewing the largest crop was, as is t the case, Lincoln, which returned an average of 38 59 bushels per acre, while, at the other end of the scale among English counties was Monmouth, 38'59 bushels per acre, while, at the other end of the scale among English counties was Monmouth, with a yield of only 25'72 bushels. In several I individual counties the average yield of 1898 was not, as in the case of Great Britain, the highest recorded. Thus, even in Lincolnshire itself, the wheat yield of 1898 was exceeded by more than two bushels per acre in the county average reported in 1896, and, in the adjoining area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, the yield of last year was considerably below that of both 1887 and 1896. Again, in Kent, the yield of last year has been three times exceeded since 1884, and in Leicestershire and Warwickshire twice, while in Monmouth, where the yield did not reach 26 bushels per acre, the crop of 1898 had been no less than five times exceeded within the preceding thirteen years. THE ROYAL SHOW. It is not always the best show which is the r.iost successful. The Royal Show this year at Maidstone, with the exception of horses, was t good average in quality and in number of entries, but in regard to the attendance of the public it has been a miserable failure. Being so near the metropolis better things might have been ex- pected, but the Cockneys are as uninterested in, ps they are ignorant of, agriculture. The \ttendance this year was 68,000. Last year it I tvas 98,000 at Birmingham; at Manchester, in 1897, it was 217,000; Leicester, in 1896, 146,000; Darlington, in 1895, 100,000; and Cambridge, Sn 1894, 111,000. We have to go back to 1875, twenty-four years ago, to find the attendance imaller, which we are able to do at the Taunton Ineeting of that year, when it was only 42,000. CONDITION OF SOIL. Supposing that in any instance the soil con- tains all the elements of plant life, it may not be in a suitable mechanical condition, such that the roots can penetrate it; or the constituents may not be in such a combination, chemically, that the roots can feed on them. Therefore fertility, natural richness, or high condition, may invclve properties either mechanical or chemical, or both. As regards mechanical action, the practice of good tillage, as carried out by I farmers of the old school, is confirmed by scientific inquiries as to the action of roots, and -.ertainly the practice of the gardener, with his r-peated double trenching, is not favourable to fne theory of rest. The truth has long been known that there are a certain number of elements essential to plant life, which are to be found in most soils in sufficient quantities, and that only a few elements have to be supplied in manure because they are not in the soil either in Iufficient abundance or in an available form for mmediate use. FEEDING ROOTS ON. It is an important point how far the con- iimption of turnips on the land increases tb* leld of the succeeding barley crop. In ssi*^ experiments to test it the result was that whereas the average of the unmanured plots, from which roots had been removed, was 34 bushels, the average of the plots on which roots were con- sumed without corn was 52 bushels, shewing an increase of 18 bushels due to consumption of roots alone. The increase due to artificial manure pn the experimental plots was as follows: Guano idded 10 bushels; two mixed manures, with the iddition of potash, added respectively 8 bushels Mid 11 bushels; omitting potash, 6i bushels. A second question was whether, in the case of tonsumption of roots without corn, an addition of a slight top-dressing of nitrate would tell. The answer was a further addition of 4 bushels. A third question was whether if roots were con- lumed with corn, it might be worth while to tdd a little phosphate, the supposition being that enough nitrogen was supplied by the corn. The tnswer was an addition of 6 bushels. The iddition of corn to roots alone raised the produce 1 bushel, but corn, together with superphosphate, raised 6 bushels above roots alone. Roots and corn gave an increase of 19 bushels; roots, corn, and super-phosphates an increase of 24 bushels. It is, of course, possible, that more extended trials might alter these figures. THINNING SWKDES. In some experiments which have been made tor four years in succession in the thinning of swede turnips, some interesting results have been obtained. The experiment was conducted in duplicate in each of the four years. Some were left unthinned, and others thinned to four, eight, twelve, sixteen, and twenty inches in the drill. The swedes were grown after wheat, and the soil was an average clay loam, and had a gradual tlope to the north-east. The plots were exactly me hundredth part of an acre in size, there being six rows. The result was that the largest yield of roots per acre in the tests for four years was from thinning the plants, to four inches apart, in the drills; as the distances in the drills increased the average yield of roots per acre iecreased, and the average size of the individual roots increased. If we compare the thinnings of four and twenty inches we find that those thinned to twenty inches apart produced roots which were more than three times the size of those which were thinned to four inches apart; but those which were thinned to four inches produced an average of four and a half tons more than those thinned to twenty inches. It is noticed that the yield of tops per acre is very large from the unthinned roots. It therefore resolves itself into the question of whether it is desirable to grow a large yield and have small- tized roots, or to grow a smaller yield and have roots of a larger size. This is best determined by the individual farmer according to his respec- tive needs. MOISTURB FOR PLANTS. Plants require an enormous quantity of water hey contain a great deal of water to bear with. Analysis shews as much as 951b. of in every 1001b. of the more succulent plants and some 90 per cent, in ordinary roots and vege- tables. Young grass contains 80 per cent. to 85 per cent., and grain plants, when in blossom, 75 per cent. Since these proportions of water are tound to remain well-nigh constantly the same in healthy plants, even when the external con- ditions vary considerably, it seems plain that they cannot be accidental, but that they must *)€ essential for the physiological processes which occur within the plant. For that matter it is easy to see why plants should contain a good deal of water, because nothing can be more jvident than that the contents of their cells need 'o be kept very moist. The protophism of the active cells has to be kept in a glutinous half- liquid condition in order that the functions may be properly performed. In case the contents of the cells should become too consistent through loss of water, the activity of the cells would be diminished, and would wholly cease if all the water were removed. In order to promote the continuous life and growth of a plant there must be continual movements of matter within 't from one cell to another, and from one part rf the plant to another such as should not occur fnless the active cells and membranes were tept constantly moist. In general it may be said that it is only when a plant is properly charged with moisture that it can grow freely. When- ever, from any cause, the supply of water is inadequate, the development of the plant must necessarily be diminished. TEMPERATURE OF AIR AND SOIL. It appears from a paper read at the meeting of the Royal Meteorological Society that in nearly all cases the annual temperature of soil at 1ft. Jeep is slightly higher than the air. In winter the air and the soil at that depth have about the same temperature, the soil being often a little warmer till about the end of January, after which^for the next two months the air has a riight advantage; but in the summer months the foil at lft. is generally warmer than the air, the difference exceeding 3d eg. at several stations. On the mean for the year the light soils are ideg. warmer than the air, while the strong ones are only O'2deg. warmer, and the author of the paper is of: opinion that near the surface we may expect to find wider extremes of tem- perature in light soils than in strong ones, but that the heavier soils are better conductors of heat, and that consequently the extremes are propagated to greater depths in heavy soils than in light ones.

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FRAGMENT OF A PILLAR WITH CELTIC ORNAMENT INTERESTING DISCOVERY AT LLANTWIT MAJOR. We cull the following from the July number of The Reliquary and Illustrated Archccologist, which is edited by Mr. J. Romilly Allen, F.S.A. In the October number of the Reliquary for last year (vol. iv., p. 278) an acnonnt was given of the restoration of Llantwit Major Church, Glam- organshire, under the direction of Mr. G. E. Halliday, F.R.I.B.A., of Cardiff. A great many interesting facts in connection with the ancient fabric and its surroundings have been brought to light in the course of the work, and, ammgst other things, a discovery has been made which has proved the truth of a conjecture made by the editor of this journal as long ago as ten year-! back with regard to the cylindrical pillar stand- ing in the churchyard against the north wall of the church. The pillar in question is ornamented with three panels of interlaced work and a curious chevron pattern at the bottom. It pos- sesses a feature, however, which is not known to occur in any other monument of its kind,namely, a vertical groove of V shaped section running from the top to the bottom of the stone. The disposition of the ornament shows that the groove formed part of the original design. The follow- ing account is taken from E. Donovan's De- scriptive Excursions through South Wales" (vol. i., p. 340), which was published in 1805. "There is a remarkable longitudinal groove. extending from top to bottom, along that side of ¡ the pillar inclining against the wall, which was designed, as I conceive, for no other purpose than to admit the corner of a building, on some other kind of support, to preserve this massive stone in an erect position when the cross was perfect. The natives, who entertain very extravagant notions on some occasions, believe this stone to be of the Druidic age, and infer something very mysterious from the appearance of this groove. A conntryman on the spot told us it was some- times called the Druids' Pillar.' A tradition, he aasnred IB, prevails also, that among the ancient Britons, before they were converted to Christianity, it was customary on certain festi- vals to offer the chastity of virgins at this pillar, in honour of their detestable deities." The druidical theory with regard to the Llan- twit pillar is also referred in the additions to Glamorganshire made by E. Gibson in his edition of Camden's Britannia" (P. 618) published in 1695. He calls the groove "a notable furrow, or canaliculus," but he rejects the idea of its being druidical on the ground that the Llantwit pillar is ornamented, whereas druidical monuments (so-called) are devoid of sculpture. In a paper on The Cylindrical Pillar at Llantwit Major, Glamorganshire," by the editor in the Archceologia Cambrensis for 1889 (5th ser., vol. vi., p. 324) the following conjecture was hazarded It has occurred to me that there may have been another pillar similarly grooved, and a slab of stone or wood fitted between them. This theory receives a certain amount of support from the fact that many of the round pillars in Eng- land are found in pairs." Ten years after this was written, in April last, Mr. G. E. Halliday discovered the lower part of a second pillar much mutilated,but with a groove similar to that on the other pillar. The first pillar and the fragment of the second are shown side by side. The same pitted appearance pro- duoed by dressing the stone with a pointed pick appears on both the pillars and also on the cross. shaft of S. Iltutus, in the churohyard at Lantwit.

SWANBEA FREE LIBRARY.—LIST OF PRESENT. ATIONS. — The Swansea Librarian's report, presented at the meeting held last week, contained the following:—Reference library, number of volumes consulted, 10,448; lending library, number of volumes issued,2,774. List of presentations D. Lleufer Thomas, Esq., Welsh Industries of Wales Catalogue of exhibition at Carmarthen, 1898." "Memorandum on the Woollen Industries of Wales" (2 copies). Pamphlets and leaflets in connection with above to be filed for reference. 11 parts, various dates. -Mrs. A. J. Williams, a gift to the Morriston branch library as a memento of her father, the late Mr. E. R. Brown. Morriston Sohools (sometime member of the Swansea Publio Library Com- mittee), Longman's Magazine." vol. 1-6, 1882- 85.-Cobden Club, 44 What is a Bounty," by Lord Farrer, 1899.-Board of Trnde, Labour Depart- ment, Report on the money wage3 of indoor domestic servants." 1899.—Tasmanian Govern- ment, "Hand-book of Tasmania," 2 copies, 1897 and 1899. Mineral Industry of Tasmania (2 copies), 1898 and 1899.-Plymouth Incorporated Mercantile Association, "Plymouth as a tourist and health resort." Total presentations, 6 vols. and 20 numbers and parts.

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FINISHED IRON AND STEBL.—A further advance has been made in the price of Bars and Rails, especially in the lighter sections of the latter. There has been considerable business done in St«nl Tinplate Bars at improved prices. TJNPLATES.—The shipments are again in excess of the receipts from the works, and a correspond- ing diminution in the stocks held at the ware- houses. The quotations have been further advanced, and makers are well booked forward mostly to the end of the year, and the more daring ones into next year. BLOCK TIN.-There has been an advance of £5 per ton in the price of Block Tin over that of the quotation of last week, and it is believed that a higher value will prevail. COPPER has slightly recovered, together with SPELTER, at £1 per ton on the week. COAL.—The price of all Coals have an upward tendency. PIG IRON.—Glasgow warrants, 70s. 2|d., 70s. 4 £ d., cash buyers. go MIDDLKSBRO'.—No. 3, 69s. 9d., prompt; other numbers in proportion. HEMATITE.—Warrants, 75s. 5!d. for mixed numbers, f.o.b. Cumberland, according to brand. WELSH BARS, X7 15s Od toE8 Os Od. Angles, &c., at usual extras, f.o.t. at works. SHEET IRON.— £ 9 Os Od to £ 9 10s Od, f.o.t. at works. STEEL RAILS.—Heavy sections, jM 2s 6d to R6 10s Od light do., 0£72s 6d to Y,7 12s 6d, f.o.t.; -sleepers, angles, channels, &c., according to section and specification. STKEL SHEETS.— £ 9 Os Od to E9 10a Od, with the usual extras for the higher gauges. BESSEMER STEEL.- Tinplate bara, JES 12s 6d to S5 15s Od. SIEMEN'S TINPLATE BARS.—Best, X5 15s Od. to £6 Os. All delivered in the district; nett cash. TINPLATES.—Makers' quotations for Bessemer steel coke, 15s 3d tol5s6d; Siemen's (coke finish) 15s 6d to 15s 9d ternes, per double box 28 by 20 C., 26s Od, 27s 6d, tc. 28s 6d and 30s; best charcoal, 16s 6d to 17s 6d, according to finish of brand; wasters, 6d to Is per box less than primes. Odd sices usual extras. All delivered in Prince of Wales Dock, Swansea; cash, less 3 and 1 per cent. Bi? sheets for galvanising, 6x3 x 30 gauge, JE10 15s per ton, f.o.t. Finished black plate, jElO 17d 6d per ton, f.o.t. Canadas, JE9 17s 6d per ton, f.o.t. The Swansea Harbour Trustees have furnished the following official return of tin plates received from the works, shipped, and in stock t Week ending Last week. Corresponding July 8, 1899. week last year. Boxes. Boxes. Boxes. Received 63,611 61,652 47,843 Shipped 91,797 96,213 33,515 Instook 151,514 179,700 159,971 UoppER.—Chih bars, JE77 7s 6d to £ 77 78 6d. BLOCK TIN, £ 127 Os Od to JE128 Os Od. SPELTER.— £ 26, per telegram received on 'Change. LEAD.—EnglMh, J614 7s 6d; Spanish, X14 6s 3d. SILVER.—27|d. ANTHRACITE COAL.-Best big vein. selected for malting purposes, 13s Od to 14s Od; second quality, do., lis Od to Its 6d; ordinary large, 9s 6d to 10s small rubbly culm, 5s 3d to 5s 9d per ton. All delivered f.o.b. Swansea, cash 30 days*, less 21 per cent. 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MINERS' DEMONSTRATION AT SWANSEA. ENORMOUS GATHERING AT VICTORIA PARK. Beautiful weather favoured the demonstra- tion of western miners, organised in connection with the new Miners' Federation movement, which took place at Victoria Park last Saturday at noon. Thousands of colliers, I variously estimated from 10,000 to 50,000—the latter figure being the extreme of exaggeration I -were brought into the town, the Rhondda Valley contributing its quota-via the Rhondda and Swansea, Bay Railway-besides the colliery districts of Swansea Valley, Neath, Llanelly, &c. The miners formed into procession four abreast, and headed by a vehicle in which rode Messrs. W. Abraham (Mabon), M.P., D. Brace, John Williams, D. Morgan, A. Onions, T. Richards, and other miners' leaders, and another carriage contain- ing Mr. D. Brynmor Jones, Q.C., M.P., and Mr. David Randell, M.P. Accompanied by several drum and fife as well as brass bands, the huge procession marched to the Victoria Park, where speeches were delivered. Mabon," in opening the proceedings, said there were two ways of controlling wages. One was to leave it to the output, the other was to see that wages were made the first factor in the ruling price. They wanted a real eight hours' day—eight hours from bank to bayrk-and by having co-operation they could get it. The demonstrations held that week gave plenty of evidence of enthusiasm and sincerity. They had now between 90,000 and 100,000 in their Association, and they had at their back the Miners' Federation of England. It was perfectly practicable to keep a minimum wage rate, and they intended getting it. (Applause.) Mr. Alfred Onions moved a resolution in favour of a fixed minimum wage and a prospective Conciliation Board, and also approving of the policy of the Miners' federation of Great Britain in pressing forward the Miners' Eight Hours Bill, the Miners' Amendment Bill, and the proposed amendments in the phraseology of the Workmen's Compensation Act. Mr. D. Morgans (Anthracite) seconded. Mr. W. E. Harvey, of the Miners' Federa- tion of Great Britain, supported ID a stirring speech. Mr. Brynmor Jones, Q.C., M.P., followed, and contrasted their position now with the picture of a year or so ago. when he and Mabon" were in the House, moving the adjournment in order that their sufferings might be considered. The change had been brought about through the activity and ability of their leaders. They bad a great deal of work before them, and amongst the objects which they had to attain during the next few years he set three, viz., an eight hours' day from bank to bank (which be had always advocated), a definite understanding as to a minimum wage, and an amendment of the scandalously drawn Workmen's Compen- sation Act, 1897. Organisation was absolutely necessary to secure these points. Mr. D. Randell, M.P., also supported. He believed the eight hours' day was only to be brought about by State intervention. They must organise; and they should not only have federation at home, but also try and secure the same thing for Continental workmen. That would improve their own labour conditions, and help to bring about the objects of the Peace Conference. The resolution having been carried, another was accepted condemning the introduction of the register book as a violation of the existing agreement. Votes of thanks brought a successful demonstration to a close.

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DREYFUS.—Writing to the Figaro, M. Havet says Dreyfus, while on Devil's Island, was confined for a year in a cage surrounded by a palisade distant only fifteen inches. DEATH OF THE TZABBVITCH.—The death is announced of the Tzarevitch, the Grand Duke George, brother of the Tzar, and nephew of the Princess of Wales, who has been in ill-health for a long time past. He was twenty-eight years of age, and had resided almost continuously in the South of Russia. He is succeeded as Tzarevitch by the Grand Duke Michael, who is at present in London. AS A SAFE, PERMANENT, AND WARRANTED GUIlJl tor Pimples, Scrofula. Scurvy, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood Diseases, Pimples and Sores of all kinds, we can with confidence recommend Clarke's World-famed Blood Mixture. It is certainly the finest Blood Purifier that Icience aud medical skill have brought to light." rhousands of wonderful cures have been effected by it. Sold everywhere, at 2s. 9d. per bottle. Beware of worthless imitation.

SWANSEA HARBOUR TRUST. MONTHLY MEETING TRADE STILL IMPROVING. A monthly meeting of the Harbour Trust was held on Monday. Present—Mr. Griffith Thomas (chairman), Mr. Richard Martin (Mayor), Ald. J. Aeron Thomas (ex-Mayor), Mr. C. L. Hath, Mr. Albert Mason, Mr. Burgess, Mr. T. Freeman, Mr. W. Watkins, Mr. Roger Beck, Aid. Howel Watkins and Mr. F. H. Glynn Price; Super- I intendent (Mr. Law, J.P.), Engineer (Mr. Sohenk), and the Clerk (Mr. Talfourd Strick). FINANCE COMMITTEE. June, 1899. June, 1898* RE/ENUB. £ 8. d. £ 8. d- Shipping Kates 3>72 4 4 3476 6 8 Rates on (ioodg 2S96 18 6 2317 6 2 Wharfage. 525 2 8 49J 6 ° Low Level Railway 817 9 7 903 I Rents-Hailway Companies.. 1595 8 6 1336 10 .1)0. Other Lessees -iSP I S 412 19 0 .00. Sundry. 74o910 6(5 ltf 6 Pressure Water. 680 2 5 433 12 6 Hire of Dredging Plant u 0 0 00° Cranage and Labour 2292 14 0 2378 4 ? Ballast Kates 69 11 7 zl048 Sundry Keceipts 69486 523 6 3 AI4127 11 0 912552 12 & EXPENDITURE. d. £ s. d. Interest. 4868 9 2 4842 8 7 Salaries 642 18 4 392 18 4 Wages (Ordii.s»i>j 2171 311 1826210 Iteiits, ktateii, 1085 11 8 8s3 5 10 Stores. 260 14 9 369 15 0 Monthly Bills 69819 3 904 J6 2 Wages (Contractor) 14b8 19 5 141x129 Do. (Do. for Ballast) 74 10 3 61 13 6 11161 6 9 10&9 13 0 Bredging 933 16 11 1146 12 5 1209638 11835 5 5 JE2032710 JH71773 NOTE —By the Swansea Corporation Act, 1889, the I Bridge Tolls were extinguished, but any deficiency in the revenue of the Trustees at the end of any financial year is to be made good and paid to them by the Corporaiion.'not exceeding, however, in any year £ 3,750. Comparative lie venue and Expenditure for the years 1899 and 18TF8 1899. 1898. t s. d. £ s. d. Revenue of 6 months 75217 3 65273 14 4 Expenditure do. 68881 14 6 65701 6 6 JE6335 8 10 JE127 11 1 Surplus Revenue to the 31st Dec., 1898. 923147 0 3 Add Surplus to date, as above 6335 8 10 £ 29482 9 1 ACCRUING INTEREST ACCOUNT. ———————— Balance in hands of Treasurers on the 30th June. 1899 £3081348 Mr. Albert Mason, J.P., moved the adoption of the report of this committee. He said the imports for the month shewed a small decrease, but the exports revealed a most satisfactory increase-of 23 per cent. This increase was in every item, but chiefly in coal and coke, 37,000 tons, and patent fuel and tinplates, 7,000 tons. The exports of tinplates for 1898 were 10,249 tons, and for 1899 they were 17,188 tons. Taking the totals of the six months in 1898 and 1899, the latter gave an increase of over 16,000 tons. There was an increase in revenue and in expen- diture. Last year the latter was £11,835, and in June, 1899, it was £ 12,956. The profit last month was £ 2,032 7s. 2d., whereas it amounted to only R717 in June, 1898. The total revenue and expenditure for the six months ending June gave them a profit of £ 6,335 8s. 10d., against a loss of £ 427 lis. Id. in the corresponding period of 1898. I The Mayor seconded, and the report was adopted. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The Chairman moved the adoption of the report of this committee, which was as follows :— "ELECTRIC LIGHTING AT DANYGRAIG JUNC- TION.-Your committee, having regard to the increasing railway traffic, recommend that Dany- graig Junction be electrically lighted by three 2,000 candle-power arc lamps, and that the offer of Mr. J. S. Brown to supply and fix the three lamps for the sum of R92 10s., and to maintain them at an annual sum ofjE12 each, be accepted." The Chairman said the temporary new entrance to the North Dock was opened on the previous Thursday, Lloyd's Committee visited and inspected the port on Saturday week last, and the president (Mr. Glover) expressed himself as being surprised and pleased at the improvements which were being carried out, and which would greatly add to the value and vitality of the port. He also complimented the Trust upon their determination to make the port up-to-date. Mr. T. Freeman seconded, and the report was adopted. Mr. C. L. Bath moved that the common seal be attached to the usual stock certificates. Aid. Howel Watkins seconded, and it was carried. This was all the business.

CARDIFF NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD. WELSH TALENTS TO THE FRONT. Next Tuesday the old Gorsedd of the Bards of the Isle of Britain will be opened on the banks of the Taff, in one of the most beautiful parks in the country, and in sight of the ruins of the monastery of the Grey Friars, which was saved from destruction by Owen Glyndwr's army because of their sympathy with that last attempt to restore to Wales its independence. Everything is ready in Cardiff; the preparations are complete; the pavilion is finished; the services of some of the most talented musicians have been secured as adjudicators and soloista,vand a host of distinguished scholars have promised to attend- from England, Scotland, Ireland, Battany, France and the Isle of Man. We believe that the nation is also ready and looking forward with eagerness and determination to nuke this year's gatherings the most successful Eisteddfod ever held. It deserves to be so, at least, because nothing has been in view by the committee from the beginning to the present moment but the levelling up of the old country," by raising the standard of her literature and music, inspiring in her sons and daughters a love for the fine arts, and by supporting Welsh genius. Not only will the Eisteddfod be the means of showing the bent of the Welsh mind and its perseverance in attaining knowledge, but it will serve also to display its genius as a musical nation. Thero will be performed two classical works by the great masters, and the cream of the Welsh airs will be rendered by some of the best-known singers in the country. The Eisteddfod is a national institution, hence the vital necessity of its receiving the support of the whole nation, and thus saving our dear old country from any disgrace that would naturally follow upon scanty attendance and financial failure. But we trust that Wales in Cardiff next week will make more manifest than ever her existence as a separate nation her determination to keep her language and all her traditions to demand her birthrights iu full; and to take her place among the nations of the world as a power to elevate mankind.

THE MOST NUTRITIOUS. wnft B=ft &mow I K-m rtma IRIMM, E P PS'S GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. COCOA BREAKFAST AND SUPP6R.

COMMERCIAL FAILURES. According to Stribbg'Weekly Gazette, the number of failures in England and Wales gazetted during the week ending July 8, was 133. The number in correspond- ing week of last year was 163, showing a decrease of 30. The failures were distributed amongst the following trades, and for comparison we give the number in the correspondine week of 1898Builders, Building Ma- terials, 19—13 Chemists and Drysalters, 1-2; China, glass, Earthenware, 1—2 Confectionery. Toys, Fancy Goods, 2-9; Corn, Coals, Minerals, 3-5; Drapery, Clothing Textures, 18-16; Farmers, 1-6; Furniture. UpholBtery, 3-1; Horses, Vehicles, 2—3; Jewellery, Watches, 5—2; Leather, 5—10 Metals, 12—9; Papei, Printing, Ac., 5-6; Provisions, 22—33 Wines, Spirits, Beer, Tobaccul1, U-7; Miscellaneous, 20-41. Totalf, 133-163. The aggregate totals for 27 weeks, 1898 and 1899 were—For 1899, 3,987; for 1898, 4,021. The number of bills of sale in England and Wales registered at the Queen's Bench for the week ending July 8 was 111. The number in the corresponding week of last year was 134. The totals for the portion of the year to July S, are bills of sale registered for England and Wales, 3327, a decrease of 395 and bills < of" sale re-registered, 288, a decrease of 7; the re- ( ceiving orders gazetted number 2237, a decrease of ] 20 and the registered deeds of arrangement 1,750, a decrease of 14. In Ireland the totals are judgments 1566, a decrease of 23 the bills of sale 146, a decrease of U4; and the bankruptcies gazetted number 131, an in- ] crease of 15; and the registered deeds of arrangement 216 an Increase of 9. In Scotland the totals are re- corded protests gazetted 446, a decrease of 5, and the failures 929, a decrease of 6. 1

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THE TRANSVAAL QUESTION. President Kruger's amended franchise proposals were submitted to the Volksraad in open session on Saturday, and were adapted by 26 votes to 2. The terms are as follows :—"Full franchise will be granted to all those who are naturalised at the passiijg of the bill or who have been in the country for five years. All future new-comers will receive the full franchise after Beven years' residence, with optional naturalisation. The children of new burghers to be on the same footing as the children of old burghers, and the children of aliens born in the Transvaal shall receive full franchise at the age of 21. Eight new members of the Raad will be granted for the goldfields. The Transvaal Government have appointed a Commission of five members, of which the majority are Progressive, to draft the new law forthwith, and to lay the Bame before the Raad early next week." The proposals are not well thought of in Johannesburg. Mr. Schreiner, Prime Minister of Cape Color y, has stated that his Ministry approves of them but this declaration is repudiated by leaders of the Progressive parties and the citizens of Cape Town generally. Sir Gordon Sprigg considers the scheme inadequate.

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IS STREET PREACHING "BRAWLING "P At Chipping Campden Petty Sessions on Wed- nesday (before Canon Bourne and others) an evangelist named Kedward, of the Joyful News Minion," of which Mr. Thomas Champness, of Rochdale, is head, was summoned for a breach of the Gloucestershire County Council bye-laws by street preaching. Defendant asked for an ad- journment, because his solicitor couid not attend. Canon Bourne said the Bench could only consent if an undertaking were given to cease brawling in the street. Defendant asked was his preaching to be described as brawling ? Canon Bourne didn't care what be called it. He knew it was an annoy- ance and nuisance to householders. Defendant refused to give an undertaking, but after consult- ing with several Nonconformist ministers in court, undertook to cease the services till the case was heard in a fortnight's time.

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RAILWAY TRAFFIC RBTURNS.-Last week's traffic returns of the local railways show the following resultsGreat Western Railway, an increase of £ 28,070 making an aggregate in- crease for 1 week of £28,070. — London and North-Western Railway, an increase of £ 4,709, iggregrate increase for 1 week, £ 4,709.—Taff Vale Railway, an increase of £ 8,157; aggregate increase, 1 week, £8,157.-Brbcon & Merthyr Railway, an increase of £ 573; aggregate increase For 1 week, JE573.—Barry Railway, an increase )f £9,150; aggregate increase 1 week. £ 9,150 including receipts of the Vale of Glamorgan Railway). ST. ILT/TYD'S CHURCH, PEMBBNT Its History and its Architecture," by Mr. Edward ttoberts and Mr. H. A. Pertwee. This is a well-written and reliable work; it is prc/usely llnstvated, and should be in the ham? of all nterested in Church history. Order at osce.

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