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FEMININE FASHIONS. APPROACHING RETURN OF THE CRINOLINE. It is not a. tittle startling to find, on autho- rity that cannot be doubted, what a very largo quantity of material is required when (typical) fashionable dress is under construc- tion. In the sixties of 18CO a silk dress made, as it then was, with flounces, puffs, kiltings many, and panniers fussily draped, needed at least from twcnty-fiv3 to thirty yards of material. We seem to be fast approaching a similar extravagance. I know that a dress recently made for a fashionable woman measured mora than thirty yards round the hem. It sounds very like exaggeration, but it is not. What are we coming to? To crinoline, undoubtedly. Flexible steels are now used to keep this mass of drapery away from the feet. lest it hamper movement when walking. Indications of the advent of crino- lino have long he-en apparent. Those who dreaded its introduction declared women were far too sensible and too artistic to encourage anything so monstrous. To believe what we wish to be true is a faith that expe- rience teaches too often fails to justify itself; and with regard to crinoline I believe we shall see how fallacious was the confidence reposed in the common-sense and good judgment of vomen in general. I fear we ehall have to accept the inevitable in the shape of rotundity, and since no one can absolutely fly in the face of Fashion we must endeavour to modify as much as possible the eccentricities she is too often guilty of, and avoid those extremes nearly always seen when a new mode is exploited, and before it has time to settle down and have its abeur- dities pruned away. MOST POPULAR Are entirely black dressee, a-nd there is nothing more elegant, neither in better taste, than a well-made black toilette. Its success, of course, depends very much upon fit and style, but something else is demanded to make success complete. There are blacks and blacks. Some show distinctly one or other of tho colours that compose the dye. There is brown-black, blue-black, and the true repre- sentative black of inky hue. Now, these dis- tinctions cannot be overlooked when a black gown is constructed, because Fashion bids us combine several materials—some dull, some glossy, some with a certain substance, others light as gossamer; and it is most essential that the black shades of these materials severally shall be in amity. See that the chiffon or crepe de chine is not blue-black and the eolienne or other material used inky black. Many an otherwise handsome dress has been spoiled in appearance by neglect of this precaution. Choose your black materials in a strong light, and let it be daylight, and remember that a small piece of material is not always to be trusted to give an accurate idea of the effect of the material in a larger quantity. VOILE AND EOLIENNE Are the materials most used for making black toilettes. I have not forgotten taffeta. Black Are the materials most used for making black toilettes. I have not forgotten taffeta. Black taffeta is striving to reach the front, to the I exclusion of the materials I named at the commencement of this paragraph; but I know that a dross of voile or of eolienne is superior in elegance to the taffeta frock, for tho reason that the dressmaker has not yet mastered the art of making up a material less pliable than those we have worn of late. I notice that the hanging of the taffeta ekirt —dress skirt-leqvds much to be desired. ONLY THE SLENDER Woman can venture on the gathered skirt made full all round the waist, and since there must be much volume in the skirt, instead of gathers or gauging, let the woman of more girth have the top of her skirt pleated. Fine close pleats look best, but on no account should she have the pleats in the immediate front. To secure the proper set of the skirt, a very wide, full flounce, with a head to it, is set on below fhe knees. This flounce can hardly be too full. At the hem are three or four inch wide tucks run close together, and just above them detached motifs of lace, black or white, are laid on tha flounce side by side. Deep-folded waist- bands, sharply pointed in front, with a less acute angle at the back, are worn with nearly all bodices. Bodices are all made full, but they do not pouch much, only bulge a little. YOKES Get deeper. Many form quite half the bodice, the full lower half being sometimes gathered on the yoke. Where the two join, a fall of lace is set on berthe-wise, and puffings of chiffon or ruches of ribbon trim the yoke itself. When a shorter yoke is chosen, three narrow frills, divided by lace insertion, are put on below it. The bodice from the side seams is gathered, and is very full. Some- times a trimming which represents a yoke is brought down to a point close to the waist, so dividing in the centre the gathers of the full bodice. Many sle&ves are made with three large puffs terminating in a wide bell- shape frill, lace ruffles falling below. Every fashiopahle akir-t gives one the. idea. that arti- ficial means of distension are employed, and when the hot weather comes, how are women to support unaided the weight on the hips that. an excessively voluminous skirt imposes on them ? WHITE TAFFETA, With over-skirt of silk-muslin, makes a. charm. ing dress for a bride. Bridemaids' frocks are also made of these materials, and they are welcomed as being more original than those lately a vogue. I inspected some dresses of white taffeta made with fichus of soft white chiffon, trimmed bunches of forget-me-nots. Sashes of soft blue silk were to be worn at the ceremony. Tho hats were white straw, trimmed lace, ivy leaves, and fortrefe-me-not«. I These pretty blue flowers are in great favour as a trimming for millinery to be worn at weddings. Perhaps they owe their presence there less to their natural beauty than to the sentiment that attaches to the flower. Be it- as it may, forget-me-nots are in much request just ,now.I I BRIDGE. No card game in modern time has attained so much popularity as bridge, it has been regarded as the most fascinating craze of the day, and it ia an estimate little beyond the fact. A devotee of bridge told me she acquired her marked proficiency by means of some cards lately brought out by a man who is as great an authority on bridge as Cavendish is on whist. With these cards marked in a certain way, the player who wishes to excel can practise alone, and learns more by referring to the supposititipus hazids opposing her than ordinary written or printed directions could teach. DAINTY ART CROCHET Requires only written directions, a, crochet hook, and a few balls of crochet cotton. It is such pretty work. If you lay it down in a hurry, you can take it up just as you left off; no unravelling of stitches, as in knitting; no sign of interference or interruption, as is sometimes apparent when other work is renewed at intervals. Once somewhat despised, following a long spell of popularity, crochet has again assumed importance in the annals of fancy work. No crude designs I appear, but really artistic patterns, demand- ing almost as much patience and csre as lace-making proper does, and when carefully executed crochet lace is scarcely less satis- factory. A well-established journal of needle- work recently published f. most charming number, illustrating many really beautiful patterns of crochet lace, insertions, edgings, and corner designs for square d'oyleys There is a trellis lace design I greatly admire, this by no means difficult of execution; and a "mullion" pattern border, for square or oblong d'oyley, is easy of execution, and very pretty. A spider-web and lace corner among the illustrations is singularly pretty. Fairy- lace and lairy insertion and a corner in a flower and lace design compete for admira- l, tion with oyster-pattern lace. This has an insertion to match. Any child could work the lace described as "Pnmnel," also that which is designated Maltese, and the fairy-lace already mentioned justifies its name, being very light in effect, but with a distinct I character. The price of the journal is 2d. Some of the wider insertions illustrated I have Kc-en worked in coloared crochet, cottons, alternating with white or tinted linen, powdered with marguerites or other flower. or with staid worked in long stitches. Bed- spreads" so made are charming, go, too, duchesse table covers and cushion covers. In short, crochet work executed according to duchesse table covers and cushion covers. In short, crochet work executed according to ■ modern ideas, and with improved materials, can be turned to uses infinite. The coloured cottons and those in shaded colours are utilised to carry- out individual fancies.

HEATHER AND SNOWDROPS. Pleasing combinations of winter-flowering plants are sufficiently rare to make it worth while to place on record any that may come under one's notice. "I should like," says a writer in the Garden," to draw attention to one that I saw recently, and which seemed to me to be the most attractive mingling of winter flowers I yet had met with. The plants used were Erica cinerea and snow- drops. They are planted in large beds in the terrace flower garden at Windsor Castle, itpou a slope facing north. The heaths have well filled the beds, and in themselves make a bright and cheering display, but the pure white drooping bolls of the snowdrop greatly enhance the picture."

AN ENGINE-DRIVER S RECORD. One of the oldest engine-drivers on the Great Northern Railway at Doncaster, Mr. George Andrews, has just retired after 45 years' service. He has been a driver over 39 years, and has travelled on the footplate over two million miles. H« has frequently driven the pr&unt King and Qn«en~«le7ea tiw«i lMt,. rear ud ÓTer 30 timN in ..11.

FOR FEMALE FOLK. USEFUL HINTS FOR THE HOME. GOOSEBERRY WINE EFFERVESCING. Cut off the flowers and the stalks of sound green gooseberries, bruise them thoroughly, and add a quart of cold spring water to every pound of fruit. Leave them for three or four days, stirring frequently. Strain through a sieve, and add three pounds loaf sugar to every gallon of liquid. When the sugar is dissolved, put the liquid into a cask, with a bottle of gin and a quarter of an ounce of isinglass to every five gallons of wine. In all probability it will be ready to bottle in six months. Wire the corks. TLs gooseberries fully grown, but must be still green for this wine. COMPOTE OF GREEN GOOSEBERRIES. Top and tail a quart of gooseberries. Put them into boiling water- for two minutes, and next into cold water, with a spoonful of vinegar in it to restore colour. Drain the fruit. Make a syrup by boiling three-quarters of a pound of loaf sugar in lumps with one pint of water gently for ten minutes; then add the gooseberries. Boil softly until the fruit is tender, bit not broken. Turn out, and serve cold with whipped cream or with custard. Green gooseberries will soon be ready for bottling for the winter. ¡ PARSNIP WINE. Cut up 51b. of parsnips and boil them till tenaer in four quarts and three pints of water. Drain the liquor thoroughly from them, run the pulp through a. fine sieve, return the liquor into the boiler, and add 41b. of loaf sugar. Bring the same to a. nice, steady boil for three-quarters of an hour. When tepid, lay a. toast, covered with yeast, in it, and cover it. When it begins to fer- ment, put it into a. cask, taking out the toast. It should not be bottled till six months afterwards. REMEDY FOR BRONCHITIS. Dissolve three penny pieces of camphor into a medicine bottle full of kerosene. Sprinkle a blanket all over with the mixture, roll the, patient in it, covering the head and feet well, just allowing breathing space, and put patient to bed in warm room for twelve hours (over night is best). Then remove blanket and confine to bed another day. Avoid taking patient direct into cold atmo- sphere on getting out of bed. It is test to graduate the temperature. STOP-RELAX. Rest is a very valuable mental cosmetic. The relaxing of the muscles of the body and of the face smoothes out the lines in the face and stimulates the nervous system far better than any amount of alcoholic beverages. Fortunate, indeed, is the woman who can scs apart an hour each day for rest, and it is to be advised above all things for acquiring health and beauty. Woman constitutionally requires physical rest, and when she learns to take it in inacti- vity she has learnt a health-giving secret. She must learn to "let go of herself," to drop town from the nervous strain of her occupy- ticn, whatever it may be. at the moment. To iiy to herself "Stop! You've reached your limit—relax a moment-get hold of yourself— siie:ice--and ail is well." CHICKEN CUTLETS. Mince, but not too finely, the remains of cold chicken with slice or two of cold ham or tongue. Make a panada by melting an ounce I of butter in an enamelled saucepan; stir into the butter a tablespoonful of flour; mix quite smoothly; then add a little white stock or warmed milk. Stir over the fire until the mixture, which should be of the consistency of thick butter, leaves the side of the sauce- pan; flavour with pepper and salt and a little nutmeg and mace. Let this cool a little, then add two tablespoonfuls of cream. Pour over ttie chicken and ham and mix thoroughly together. When cold, form into cutlets. Brush over with egg, dip into breadcrumbs, and fry in a frying basket of boiling fat to a nice golden- brown. It is very important to hltve I the fat boiling. POTATO SALADS. I There are rntny recipes. Cut some cold boiled potatoes into small cubes, bone and fillet a. few anchovies, and chop them up and 'I add a few capers. Mix all together with either some powdered sweet herbs or some finely-minced tarragon. Make a plain salad dressing with three-parts oil and one-part, move or less, tarragon vinegar, adding pepper and salt to taste. Put the mixture on a dish rubbed over with shallot, and make a, border round it of pieces of hard-boiled eggs and stoned olives. Here is another: Take four or five cold boiled potatoes, about half a small beetroot, and half a small Spanish onion, and a three or four inch pickled cucumber. Cut all the vegetables in slices, and arrange them on a. dish. Then pour over them a salad dressing of oil, tarragon a vinegar, pepper and salt as above, but adding a little English-made mustard to the dress- ing. Strew powdered sweat herbs over, and serve as before with a border of hard-boiled eggs cut in slices. j HOW TO CLEAN PAINT BRUSHES. Steep them in turpentine, but be careful not to allow the turpentine to reach more than a little above half-way up the hair of the brush. Often it is necessary to keep them standing in this as long as a week or even more, looking after them now and again, and as you find them softening you can help a little by gently opening up the hair a little every day, but do not pull them about or try to force the hairs apart, and keep the turps always just a little above half-way up. When you find the hairs quite softened, though the paint still more 01 less clinging about, squeeze all the old turpentine you can out. Then have a fresh supply of turpentine, and rub them against the side of the vessel till you have every atom of the old paint worked off. Then with a clean dry rag dry your brushes, and if you work carefully they will mostly be as good as new. WORDS IN SEASON. A reprehensible practice which obtains in some dwelling-housee and which is certainly an avoidable cause" of illness consists in the removing of the stoves and the putting out of fires every year about the middle of May without regard to the weather and its possibilities, says Health." There is no time of the year in our latitude when we are not liable to uncomfortable cold days and particularly to chilling mornings and even- ings. At such times an open fire is best adapted to the needs and the comfort of home-dwellers. But in the absence of open grates stoves should be kept in the living- rooms, with an abundant supply of kindlings and light wood or coke at hand for quick fires. It is a mistaken economy which saves fuel at the expense of health and good cheer. Prolonged exposure to the excessive heat of the sun is a cause to be avoided by those who would escape summer ills. Wet cabbage- leaves or a handkerchief wrung from cool water worn inside the hat serve as a partial protection from sunstroke-but it is not wise for any one to work hour after hour under the scorching rays of the eun without intervals of rest in the shade. Over-fatigue is another cause to be guarded against. A celebrated physician his that a serene spirit, coupled with regular habits and moderate activity of brain and body, will enable the majority of persons i.j encounter the dangers of the hot sfiasrn successfully. The injunction to keep oc)ol,i applies to this season in more senses than one, for the body has less power of vital resistance to the undermining influence of mental or emotional excitement, anxiety, and overstrain than during the cold months of the year. THREE DISHES. Ingredients required: Six finger sponge cakes at d. each, six eggs at sixteen a shil- ling, two small jellies at Id. each (red and lemon), quarter of a pound icing sugar Id jam and sauce bri. (1.) Sponge Snow.—Cut the sponge fingers open, and lay on a small quantity of jam. Put together again, and place in an oblong glass dish. Moisten with a little milk or sherry if preferred. Next separate the yolks from the whites of the eggs. putting the yolks into custard caps or wine glasses to used later. Xow put the icing sugar with the whites of eggs and beat .0 a stiff froth ;nid pour over the cakes. Next tako the jellies and cut into thin slices. Cut the yellow jelly into leaf shape, placing a piece of gre-sn leaf under, and the red into small berries. Lay on the whipped egg to form a spray of holly. The stems can be made of the stalks of parsley. The dish will then represent snow and Uiolly. (2.) Prairie Oysters.—Now take the yolks and mix a teaspoonful of vinegar or relish of any kind, a little pepper and salt. Place them in a glass dish and garnish with parsley or carrot, tops. This may be served before dinner or supper. (3.) Sma.il JelficE.-Next take the remaining jellies, dissolve, and flavour. Pour into very I small moulds, or egg cups, and when cold put into dish, first red and then yellow, until all are used. Lay across them some green carrot leaves.

SWEETHEARTS DROWNED. Lying close together, the bodies of Mr. Robert Mullins, aged 50, and Miss Nudd, who were engaged in large drapery establish- ments in Oxford, were found in Iffley Pool. The couple went for a walk by riverside on Thursday night, and it is b#tt«vod the? ooddentally f«l) into th» water. Th« giri'a bat warlyiag cw th* bank, i

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MEDICAL. DROPSY, Until recent years dropsy used to be con- sidered a disease of itself, and deaths to bo certified as caused by dropsy. But at the present time doctors consider dropsy as a. j symptom or sign only of disease. Dropsy is of two sorts; it is either a collection of watery liquid in some cavity or hollow of the body, such as the chest or the abdomen, or its presence is shown by a swelling beneath the skin, and it is most commonly seen on the feet, ankles, and legs, or else on the fa-e, especially the eyelids. This is an effusion of fluid in the loose tissues which connect the skin to the parts beneath. The skin affected generally looks smooth and swollen, and it may bo pale in colour, or of purple colour. The great peculiarity to be observed is that firm pressure with the tip of the finger leaves a pit or hollow, which only gradually fills up again. About the ankles this puffiness is always worse at night, and when the eyelids are affected it is most seen in the morning. There are three principal causes of dropfical swellings—heart disease, liver disease, and' kidney diseases; the latter are often called chronic Bright's Disease, from the name of the physician who first described it. Serious disease of the valves within the heart, dilated heart, overgrown heart, and fatty degenera- tion of the heart may each and all give rise to dropsy, which is generally moderate in amount and restricted to the eyelids and ankles. The state of simple anaemia, or pallor from poorness of blood, may also pro- duce slight puffiness of the face and feet. Chronic liver disease is most often the result of free drinking long continued, and espe- cially if alcohol has been drunk to excess early in life. The liver structure gets fibrous, dry, and shrunken, and useless for its proper duty in forming bile and assisting digestion. This form of dropsy generally affects the abdomen mostly; watery fluid col- lects there, and the body may become of immense size, and may require to be tapped repeatedly. In chronic kidney disease there may also be a collection of water in the body, but not to the extent found in the former case, and there is always swelling of the feet, ankles, and legs. Unfortunately, this form of dropsy may be so slight as hardly to be notice- able, until so late a stage of kidney mischief as to be incurable. The disease is also pain- less in most cases, and so we often find by a chemical examination of the water that a patient is much nearer his death from kidney disease than anyone had thought. Indigestion.—"Grateful, R. W. T. "-ALak a chemist to malie you a mixture containing rhubaro, soda, sulphate of soda, tincture of cardamoms, and chloroform water. Ear Disease.—E. «T. Brown.—These are the most difficult cases to treat with any hope of success. Of course, sha ought to be examined by a, specialist surgeon as soon as possible. Tumour of Brain—"Perplexed" (Fulham).- V. o could not express any opinion on such a case: your own doctor is the only pereon who could get the girl into a hospital. Blushing.—"Miserable One."—Do not spend your money on quack remedies; they cannot do any good, nor can we cure you of blushing, nor anyone else. J Acid Stomach.—"Fich Dock."—Try th» effect of taking a teaspoonful of powdered bicarbo- nate of potash in a large wineglass of water whenever you feel the symptoms referred to. kL "E- J. S."—We should guess this to be due to pleurisy, or muscular rheu- matism; no one could find out which except an examination, and the treatment is different in the two cases. Voice and Phlegm—"J. h. P."—It is a required for singing. P .i *i adopt any treatment until you have physician. ynX examined internally by a Hair on Nose.—-Charles Bow.—They will xr,v-7;^gavU4.as ° !'€n they are pulled out. vi?i hut an electric white-hot needle will kill the roots. We cannot answer the other query. Sprained Ankle.-G. Wat.killB.-The ,betSt sup- ankle left weak by the sprain woind be to have it strapped up with strips of. Lmplastrum Roborans spread on leather, or what is called moleskin." v ♦ h^^8t*Tllroat,T"G" ?•"—Gargle the throat wttfn f a day ^ith a gargle made by ? tn^lfi a te,asP°,onful of nowdered alum into a tumbler of water. We think, however, that the lungs should be examined .ycins—"Operation" (Olacton),—It would be wise to wear an elastic stocking for a time. It is not absolutely impossible for other veins to enlarge, but it is not usual. You can suck tannin lozenges for the sore throat. Quinine and Iron Mixture—"H. G.You may mix ten grains of quinine with two drachms of Liquor Ferri Perchlor, with water to eight ounces, in a medicine bottle. Of this take one tab-lesnoonful in a large wineglass of water twice a day. Varicooele.J. O.There is nothing which can be called an organ concerned in this ailment; it is a mass of large veins, which can only be cured by removing them. There is no special danger in the operation, and we never knew anyone to die of it. Furred Tongue—"Branson."—This patient has had gout, and we suppose the farred tongue is due to a disordered stomach. Let him tak-a a mixture of potass, bicarb., rhu- barb, and ginger, with some saline aperient. Any chemist can prepare it. .Baldness.—39."—A general baldness of the top of the head at middle-age may be con- sidered incurable, unless it directly follows a severe illness, or is caused by a skin disease which is curable. Ask a chemist for Erasmus Wilson's Hair Lotion; there is none better it is not a quack cure.

I LEGAL. Drunkenness—"Anxious."—A lodger on licensed premises is not liable to be fined for being drunk if he keeps to his own rooms. Illegitimate Child—"Avonmouth."—You can rightly use the name by which vou have always been known. You ha.ve no claim what- ever against your tather. Purchase of Property. Eppynt."—It is impossible to answer your question without seeing the deeds. You should consult the solicitor who acted for you in the purchase. Building—"Pontardawe."—If the wall is built on your own land you can build on it, unless you by so doing interfere with any ancient lights. Father's Property. — "Kruger." Your father's property, being all personalty, would, if he die intestate, be equally divided between his children. We assume he has no wife living. Father's Will—"Druid."—If the property is freehold there is no need to prove a wul made so long ago, but in case either party wishes th sell, he will have to pay duty and interest thereon up till date of payment. Grandfather's Will—"J. R.Your mother has no claim under your grandfather's will. The share given to your father must now be paid to his children. Your father could not appoint ,an executor to succeed him. The other executor is now solely entitled to act. Shop Hours Act.—"G. C. G."—As the young person has been adopted by you, and, in fact become 4 member of your family, we do not think the Act applies. It is, however, a ques- tion of fact for the magistrates whether the jroang person is a member of your family. Mother's Property—"Anxious."—Jf your mother, dies intestate all her personal pro- perty will pass to her hvsband, and you will as entitled to nothirg. Your step-father's children would have no possible interest in the estate. Damage to Roof.E. J. M."—The answer to your question depends upon whether the adjoining, owner was guilty of any negligence If the chimney fell by reason of its bad state of repair, he is liable, but if it was in good repair, and fell in consequence of a gale he would not be liable. Father's E state.Cnxi Ous .Your sister is under no liability in respect of the TirnnArfw unless she was executrix of the will, or she in fact, has dealt with the property, A licensee under the Beerhouse Act must be the "real resident holder and occupier," and it has been held that he is not such if he does not sleep on the premises. This does not apply to restaurants and eating-houses. School Attendance.—"X. E.. M.The local school authority has power to make bye-laws as to the attendance of children at school unless there is a reasonable excuse for non- attendance. We do not know what bye-laws your local authority have made, It is a reasonable excuse if there is no public school within isifcch distance not exceeding, three miles by the nearest road as the bye-laws may prescibe. Will—" J. G."—Your letter refers to a curious fallacy which seems prevalent in the country. There is no euch thing a, a. legal requirement to read a will or settlement in the presence of the family, e.g., tije funeral. The executoi-3 need not have it read unless they like, and may proceed to prove it without any rea2'!l?" They ought however, to inform any children who inauire what are the main provisions of the will and how far they affect them. Diversion of Footpath—"J. O. ,L.You must' first obtain the assent of the inhabitants of the parish in vestry assembled, and the sur- veyor will then apply t0 two justices to view. If the justices think the path may be diverted they may give directions as to notices, and after such notices shall nave been prooerlv given, the. justices may certify at>.to their'view and other facts. 'The certificate is lodged with the clerk of the peace, wno will take stens to bring it before the court of quarter sessions for confirmation. Mortgagee's Bights.— Qecretarv "-If the society Jend the lease to the borrower they will vary probably ^eir security. The borrower does not require it for the purpose of granting an underlease. lou should con- sult a local solicitor upon such a matter as this. His charges would be payable by the mortgagee. By all means, let the borrower go on building. Every brick he lays adds to your security. It Jf011, nave a legal mort- gage you can seize the land and buildings and sell, but you could not seize the loose materials and machinery. Inoom»-tax. — "Tacks." — For income-tax purposes the income of a wife is treated a* the iaconiB of her husband, ualeeg the total

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I joint income is less than £ 500 and the wife's income arises from any profession, Ac., carried on by her own personal labour, and the rest of the income arises from profits acquired by the husband s own personal labour unconnected with the business of the wife. In the last case a separate claim for abatement or exemption may be admitted in respect of the wife's profits. You do not come within this. and, therefore, you mus; treat your wife's income as your own. Marriage in Registrar's Office—Inquirer."— There are two methods of being married in a registrar's office, viz., by certificate and by licence. Marriage by certificate costs about 9. 6d.; marriage by licence costs about £2 17s. In the case of a marriage by certificate notice must be given to the superintendent registrar of the district in which the parties have resided for at least the preceding seven days, or, if they live in different districts, to the superintendent registrar of each district. After expiration ot 21 days. from the date of the entry of the notice, if no valid objection he made, the superintendent registrar issues h; certificate, and the proposed marriage can be solemnised at any time within three months from the date of entry. In the case of a marriage by licence notice must be given by one of the parties to the superintendent registrar cf the district iu. which he or she has resided for the fifteen days immediately preceding the giving of the notice. The ri°a?? need not be given by both parties, as I in the case of the certificate. After the expiration of one whole day next after the entry of the notice, if there be no L:n °"Jection, tha superintendent registrar lflsue his licence, which, like the certifi eate, remains in force for three months from the date of its entry. m Change of Name.—"Dnffryn."—There is no right to a name. No man is bound to can himself by any given name, nor can any man, whether peer or peasant, compel another to abstain from using his name, unless such ser be with intent to commit some fraud. It is only necessary for a man to avoid changing Jm name under circumstances such as would indicate that ho did so for fraudulent or improper purposes. Each person 'acquires his OT her name simply by the process of con- ".nually using it, not by inheritance or any other similar method. When a person has acquired a name by user, he can change it in three ways. He can simnlv dron the n.une and assume another, and he will in process of I time acquire the right to use the second name. He can execute a deed poll and get it enrolled in the Central Office at the Royal Courts of Justice, and advertise the fact that he has altered his name in the newspapers circulating in his district. He can obtain tha Royal permission through the Heralds College to assume a fresh name and coat of arms. The first method is simple, but is not speedy, and it is, moreover, dangerous, as it rather lends itself to fraud. The second is safe, and not very expensive. The last is in all ways the most efficacious, as it gives a man not only a new name, but a new coat of arms as well, but it is very expensive, the stamps alone costing upwards of £50.

GENERAL. "E. G."—The parish council is responsible. "Publican.'—The nearest city to Porth is Llandaff. "Faith" (Porthcawl).-You can certainly in draughts insist upon your opponent taking the offered man. John Twining and D. Howelle.-The Registrar-General issues monthly returns of births and deaths. Write Noel A. Humph- reys, Esq., chief clerk, Somerset House, Lon- don. E.C. Conservative."—(1) Write again, specifying the object of the home you are asking for. (2) A great number of papers are published in New Zealand-" New Zealand Herald" (daily), "Star" (daily), and "Weekly News," all pub- lished at Auckland, and the Canterbury rimes (weekly), published at Christchurch.

THE TARIFF COMMISSION. IMPORTANT PROGRESS: CO-OPERA- TION OF BUSINESS MEN. The Tariff Commission held its nineteenth and twentieth meetings last week at the Whitehall-rooms, under the presidency of Sir Robert Herbert, G.C.B. The last four meet- ings of the commission have been chielly occupied with the taking of the evidence of representatives of the iron and steel and engineering and machinery trades. Mr. Ernest Gearing, Leeds Forge Company; Mr. C. W. Kayser, Kayser, Ellison, and Co., Shef- field; Mr. W. H. Davies, Shelton Iron, Steel, and Coal Company, Stoke-on-Trent; Sir Thomas Wrightson. Bart., M.P., a director of the North Eastern Steel Company, Middles- brough; Mr. J. Stephen Jeans, secretary of the British Iron Trade Association; and Mr. John Strain, of the Lanarkshire Steel Company ^Limited). Motherwell, gave evidence as to the conditions of English production, the competition of Germany, the United states, ajid other foreign countries in British, foreign, and Colonial markets, the operation of foreign trusts and kartels, the effects of dumping," Ac. Witnesses were also examined as to the engineering and machinery trades, including Mr. J. F. Robinson, North British Locomotive Company (Limited), of Glasgow; Mr. A. Borne- mann, Huston, Proctor, and Co. (Limited), Lin- coln; and-Mr. A. Ransome, Stanley Works, Newark-on-Trent. The special form of inquiry addressed to engineering and machi- nery firms is now in circulation, and arrange ments -have been made for the immediate examination of many other representative witnessed. The examination of witnesses representing the cotton, woollen, worsted, linen, jute. silk, carpet, hosiery, lace, and other branches of the textile trades is to be begun immediately aftex Whitsuntide. The commission is each day receiving a large number of replies to the special form of inquiry issued to these traaes. The commission has now made sufficient progress with its inquiry to enable detailed consideration to be given to the following and other tradesHardware, including hollow- ware, cutlery and edge tool, rubber and gutta pcrcha, timber, building, furniture and upholstery, carriage and coach building, pianoforte and musical instrument, leather and leather goods, saddlery, boot and shoe, glas3, earthenware, china, and porcelain, brick and tile, chemical, and paper. Much information has already been received in regard to these trades, and steps are in progress to supplement it with oral and written evidence, as is found necessary. In order to accelerate its work, the com- mission will on and after June 1 sit during the whol-s of Wednesday and Thursday in each week. It was intimated at the last meeting of the commission that the utmost readiness was being shown by all classes of business men to assist the commission with information.

EXPERIMENTS IN A PULPIT. The Rev. W. Cunliffe preached at Fareley Parish Church on Miracles," and illustrated his sermon by chemical experiments. There were people, he aaid, who denied that there were such things as miracles, and even denied that those recorded in the Bible of Moses, Joshua, and Jesus Christ ever took place. This only showed that these people were igno- rant of the teaching of Nature. A miracle was merely the alteration of the established order of Nature, and in proof of this he ana- lysed in the pulpit a quantity of common sugar. He separated the elements, and pointed out that, whilst men could sepa- rate them in that way, the wisest could not put them together again, like God had done. He also burned a magnesium ribbon, and ex- plained how it absorbed the oxygen in the air. forming magnesium dioxide. This, he said. was a miracle absolutely unertplainable. Other simple experiments were also made to explain the preacher's contention,

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