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KNOWLEDGE is POWER 1_ Wsekiy Column of Popular Culture. EDITED BY "SELF. HELP." jJ*18 objects of the column are to give & aimjile ihnSC elementary education of an attract!ve im r' suitable to the needs of the greafc class of to v wh°> having received the usual Board jv Y0luntarv School education, desire to increase at knowledge with a view to profit and pleasure. 6h ea^rjS feature of the column is its correspond- tenia' Questi°U3, for instance, are invited from any -cader as to the most profitable books to study on «* particular subject, or any difficult, points in their °urse of self-education are briefly explained, pother attractive feature is an occasionalnote lh S(,ln"k distinguished person givine advice to «i0Be on the lower rungs of the ladder of success?, i- estionn are invited as to the best and most np- -«ute books that the Editor can recommend for jj^P^ifcicuiiu- subject. Any other questions of educa- 'Ofial interest will be answered briefly. @n Imagination and Sentiment. t The man who nowadays acquires a reputation or imagination is considereed almost as ridi- culous as if he wore his hair long. It is pretty ^ough, don't you know, but not the thing for a •>efttleman.M Imagination is deliberately stamped It by our modern system of education. It is considered fit for nincompoop-doodles— 'terary men and other such useless members of State—and to come out with any slight ttiagmative remark in general company is as ad as tiling a lie and worse than a slip ingran;- We are too advanced nowadays. We deal sn{y with plain matter of fact. The God of Cience—applied to man's creature comfort and convenience-reigns omnipotent, and the Muse nf imagination is relegated to the lumber-room. DOubtless there is much to be said for this. "c have our railways, our telegraphs, our motor- and soon, no doubt, we shall have our flying Yet—I confess it in friendly print "hen I would blush to do so in company-I ha.ve t-id, that all the gains of modern scieacehardiy rQmpensate for the spirit of imagination" which is danger of extinction. In Days of Old. In the older and simpler days, the world had thousand-thousand beauties ivhich are no longer. earth, the air, the sky were filled with spirits !jted of bright fancy, and which now are dead. ~-he voices of tho wind, now unheard, whispered ojeasages from other worlds, though their velo- J'y was not measured at Greenwich Observatory. he glories of a golden sunset spoke not of a Moisture-laden atmosphere rendered prismatic by the sun's rays, but its quivering shafts of flame *Ped into the heart of the onlooker and fired him nJ1 wonder and with reverence. The world was fall of mystery. The imagi- nation might rove into regions unexplored, full Df marvels unknown, uncatalogued. Now wa fn°w our world too well. That fiend Baedeker set it all down in black and white, and the ^hiquitous book will make us out a cheap tour to lount Olympus or Timbuctoo. Uncles1 the Greenwood Tree. j. Even tbe animal world has lost its poetry. M°n" ago a walk in the wood. was a journoy hrough fairyland. Every well had its nymph, very tree its nixie. The stag gazing a mo- ment with head erect upon the hill'r. crest before It Plunged into the valley's thicket had a gla- uoar round its antlered crown. The butterflies k beetles were Titania's mcssengors. Oberon t5Pfc his court beneath the shaded canopy of oaks, birds were his orchestra, and all the bright- eVed creatures of the woods were subject to his V • iuan in those days had a fellowship with the P-a,sts ard his manners and morals were not hurt. sop's fables were not fabulous, but true stories man's kinefolk. Now we study not the cha- pters of beasts but their bonce. Even the t ^Qoscent butterfly is pasted on cartridge paper t'. made hideous with a horrid Latin name and '.8 beetles are stuck through the middle with a and exhibited to common gaze ina glass case. tJCl6ace k&s issued its mandate like a cruel h and has massacred the children of Imagi- •tion with another slaughter of the innocents ( In Fancy's Realm- I wonder if someone will take me too ^otisly, and think I would put the clock back W l'flrow scorn on science ? Nay, not so. Science sbed her light in dark places, and it is well, this is a plea not to banish Imagination charm is infinite,and of value incalculable. aInhere are some of us still who keep her fires "ht, and their joy in life is not less some oldhistoric spot are flooded tjjh memories of past davs, and con j ure up e fiKUrea of old renown. *Ve fk6 on *his stone seat, worn by wind and for a famous lover sat holding a sweet girl c> 111 in his arms, and whispered the words that S^Sled the even tenor of her life. ^Cuok0 on 8reen &ward a famous duel was k'ood an^ a young hea>-t oozed out its life- in the silent cloister beneath the ivied tL a great monk and seholar sat and set down fcUghts upon his pig-skin that still ha.ve life. he ana all of them are dead. The worms Jw-d them, and of fthe bodies once so hot &cJ» i e passion not a grain of dnst remains, °w Is there not a lessen here ? The Philosophy of Imagination. lkhMm.witJ. imaginatfonis wiser than he y?bo j thinks plain matter of fact will teach him every- I thing. The imaginative man sees more than, and beyond, the mere fact. He sees the spiritu- I alifcy in what are called inanimate things, and reads the ridale of life which is for ever perplex- ing the man whose lack of imagination lets him see no further than his nose. He has a greater sense of proportion. The thinga that the crowd runs after seem to him of very little worth, and the slings and arrows of fortune which destroy the peace and happmeess of the generality affect him ut a little, for he has other ideals and posses- sions which need no lock and key to safeguard. My minde to me a kingdom is Such perfect joy therein I finde As farre exceeds all earthly blisse That God and nature hath assignede." Imagination's Æolian Harp. The person gifted with imagination has a keen sensibility to the joy of life. To its pain also, yet even such pain as comes from suffering for other's sorrow, from seeing and understanding the infinite pathos and the many tragedies that lie bidden below the surface of everyday life, breeds a nobler character and one of fuller sym- II pathy than the tough-skinned callousness of the unimaginative. Certainly, however, the imagi- native man must pay a penalty for his gift. He is more highly strung, and the chords of his soul are quickly clashed into discord by the rough fingers of common mortals. Some mortals, too, there are who, seeing such sensitiveness, will take a keen pleasure in jangling across the chords and setting every string vibrating horridly. But even such torturing sensibility has its compen- sation in the capacity for ioy that goes along | with it. and the mind of the imaginative man aoars into higher realms of infinite pleasure than the dull clodhopper who looks no bigber than his hat. Sense and Sensibility. All his senses work for the exquisite enjoy- ment of imagination, and all fill him at times with an emotion that is as near ecstasy as may be. Such a mail needs no wealth to give him even the luxury of sense. With the sky above him, the air around him, the gieen turf beneath his feet, with the sun shining perhaps upon a golden cornfield and the fragrance of many flowers wafted to him, with his tears filled with the murmurous hum of nature's organists, the in- sects, with now and then more human notes of the reapers' shouts and the laughter of women, with every nsrve in his body responding to the soft, caressing touch of the westerly breeze on such a day as this, in such a scene, the imagina- tive man rises to the supreme heights of bliss, and his soul is filled with thoughts that get very near to heaven. He who can draw a joy From rocks, or woods, or weeds, or things that seem All mute, and does it-is wise." This wisdom belongs only to the man of imagina- tion, and to him alone belong many other joys ? not purchasable by any wealth. | The Offspring ef Fancy and of Imagination is the child Sentiment. She, too, lies a-dying and men trample her with scorn. Yet in her day she was a force that i moved the world. She bred love in men's hearti—not the cold, j lack-lustre thing now called by the name, but that love that made men blind and mad, with a blindness that. made the soul see things that eye?; may not, and madness that moved men to deeds i wo call heroic. Sentiment was life'.s salt. She dwelt in the inner chamber of the heart, and, though the outer crust might be hard and scarred, it w,s a, soft melting tpot within that kept a man sweet and pure, and moved him to charity. She dealt not overmuch in Truth. Truth is j mighty, but oh 80 cruel soinetimea She was fond of watchwords by which men might live well and die nobly. She dwelt in little things and things we now think lifeless. A woman's lock of hair, a dead child beneath a little slab of stone, a sword handed down from sire to son, a rose that bloomed last summer plucked from its bough by a fair white hand, a church-tower ivy-covered, and a tinkling bell that rang for birth, marriage and death, these things Senti- ment called her own, and these things cherished secretly by men and women made men and women what they were, moved them to do what they did. | Imagination and Sentiment, come back to us j in these clays of plain prose and hard fact Come like the summer sun and cast a radiant glamour upon the world that is now so dull and common-place!

I FATALITY AT BWANSEA. i During an inquiry held at Swansea on Monday into the circumstances attending the death of David Howel Jones, a labourer at the Hematite Works, it was elicited that deceased died from the effects of burns, complicated by pneumonia. Deceased had been burnt a bit by falling against the door of a coke oven, but did not think much of the accident. Subsequently be was sent to the hospital for treatment. The Coroner said it was just as well for men to know that they should cover up burns, and not let them be exposed. H.M. Inspector (Mr Augustus Lewis) said appliances were provided at the works. A verdict in accordance with. the medical testimony was returned.

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lop"* I 7' 1 Lill TE5 ,t' 1.1, on, lt"4* I Outdoor When climbing roses, jasmines, and clema- tises are obtained in pots, now is a. good time to plant; or, III fact, any: time during summer, as they then get established before winter. In spite of careful planting there will be occasional deaths. Among Clematises of the large-flowered type, Jackmanii superba is one of the hardiest and best, and Henryii the best white. Some of the newer forms are very beautiful, including double white and double mauve; but grafted plants are not equal to plants obtained from cuttings and layers. This may partly arise from-' the union being unhappy even when the graft- ing has been skilfully done there will be failures, but these Clematises are so lovely one wants them to live and thrive, and to this end, when planting place a little good soil round tha roots, but no manure, though a mulch on the surface will be helpful. A mulch of good loam over the surface of Carnation beds will be better than manure, and will keep the moisture in the bed. and, by adding somo sand to it later, will do for the layers. Flower-stems must be staked, and, if fine blooms are wanted, the buds should be thinned. All flowers are later than usual at present, though a week's bright sunshine will bring things on with a rush. The necessary staking of certain plants, and peg- ging down of others, should receive prompt at- tention. Silenes. For planting out in autnmn for blooming in -the border next spring, now is the time to plant silenes or, where pink blossoms are wanted in the greenhouse early, a few plants lifted, potted up in autumn, and placed in ashes in cold-frames, being subsequently brought on gradually in heat, will be found useful. Once Silenes were thought much of where a spring display of flowers was sought, but for some unexplained reason they have waned in popularity. They are, however, worth the little trouble needed, and this consists in sowing the seed in the open in July in a rather shady border where moisture obtains, as some- times on dry soil the seed fails to germinate. Silene pendnla is probably the best known, but the double white and the rose forms, dwarf and compact, are also useful. Artificial Manures far Plants. Nitrate of soda is certainly a leaf-promoting manure, but when leafage is formed wood is formed also, and that fact is apt to be overlooked. Still, all plants, more or less, according to their structure, need phosphate, potash, and nitrogen; and a mixture of these, which the chemists term a complete manure, practically furnishes all a plant requires. The proportions used in the making of liquid manure should be about equal, such as 6ib.. in 21b. of each, dissolved in twenty gallons of water, and applied to vegetables and fruits twice a week, and to ordinary flowers once a week. Pots plants, however, will be all the better if supplied twica a week. If at any time later on the soil becomes very dry, give the crop a soaking of water six hours before applying the liquid-manure. A peck of soot in a coarse bag, soaked with chemical manure, is a valuable > addition. t Vegetable Garden. The weather being wretched for so long a time, there will probably be in many gardens arrears of planting, and especially weeding and hoeing, to fetch up. The season is moving on, and Cel- I ery, Winter Greens; and various other things, including a good breadth of Turnips, should be sown or planted. Lettuces, also, and Endive should be sown for late summer use. Late Cauliflowers should be planted, and a good batch of Veitch's Self-protecting Broccoli set out. A further sowing of Peas may be made, but the kind should be a second early one. French Beans should bo planted in succession. The Runner French Bean is useful for summer use. Tomatoes outside should be secured to the wall and the side-shoots snipped off. If planted in the open, select a sunny spot, and make a trellis of Bamboo canes. Top-dress Cucumbers fre- quently, and give liquid manure when help is wanted. Keep the growth thin by pinching regularly one leaf beyond the fruit. Endive. To have an abundant stock of plants to put ont in August and September, sowings of Endive should be made at once, and again a couple of weeks later, Sow in shallow drills thinly 12in. apart, as in that way the plant gets much more room, and can be stout and well-rooted when lifted ready for planting out. Ordinarily it is well tcf plant on warm borders that slope to the south, following after some early crop, previously well manured, as such ground should do Endive well. Where such borders are not available it is then well to make sloping beds, 4ft. wide and facing south. A sloping surface enables water to flow away readily from the plants when heavy rains fall in the winter. If for the Dwarf Curled, rowci 12iu. apart, and the plants lOin. apart in the rows. suffice. But the coarser- growing broad-leaved Batavian variety should be in rows 15in. apart, and the plants quite 12in. apart in the rows. These can be blanched by tying up the leaves, as is done with Cos Lettuces. The curled plants can be blanched by covering them. Lettuces. There should be no difficulty in securing an abundant supply of Lettuces this season, pro- vided young plants escape alugs, which in wet weather prey so severely upon them, says a writer in Gardening Illustrated." To restrain those pests, not only should dressings of fresh soot and slaked lime be freely applied, but plants should often be loaked over in the evening. as it is just then the slugs are out feeding. Pro- vided such troubles of early days are overcome, and they are usually so with ordinary care, it is still to be said in relation to Lettuces that whilst they like ample moisture they also like ample warmth to cause them to grow quickly and be- come sweet and crisp. Still further, they are much less needed or appreciated when the weather is wet and cold, Whether, then, presented alone, clean, cool, and crispi or with other salads in mixed form, there ia hardly any more acceptable warm summer food than Lettuce affords. It is also not a matter of moment whether the Lettuce be of the ordinary Paris White Cos type or of any good Cabbage variety, if both be sweet and crisp. But many of the latter forms are very bitter, and acceptable as such taste may be with Endive it is not so desirable with Lettuce. Generally any good Cos type, if quick grown and well blanched, gives sweet leafage. A common plan in gardens, and particularly so in small ones, is to put out just one or two breadths of plants only, and often much larger ones than existing necessities re- quire. The result is considerable waste. It is far better to sow once about every three weeks, and thus have small breadths to put out just so often. By that plan it is seldom that there is any lack of good Lettuces in a garden from May till Octo- ber, and much longer if some cold frames or south borders can be devoted to them in other months. Mint. Mint is in demand all the year round, and to have green Mint very early in the year roots should be lifted in December and placed in shal- low boxes of fine soil, standing in a warm-house. Out of doors it grows freely in any light, well- drained soil, but should be broken up and re- planted every second year, as it dies away if left in one place too long, although it naturally seeks fresh soil by pushing out all round the outer edges of the bed, while the centre or old part I will get quite bare. If you wish to have dry Mint, you should cut the tops in July and tie it in bunches after having carefully dried tt. I Hints to Amateurs. It is imnortaxit for Strawberry runners to be obtained early for forcing. They may.either be laid on the top of small pots filled with good soil and secured with a peg or a stone, or be laid on the fruiting pots at once. Ihe stronger the plants when put out the better the crop next seasoni The Gooseberry caterpillar mnst be watched for and destroyed. There are several ways of doing this. If there are only a few insects, hand-picking will be best, because it will not disfigure the fruit. Hellebore-powder may be used in bad cases, and may be mixed with water I and applied with the pyringe. Very often a.t this season Red and White Cur- rants are attacked by the Currant aphis, which speedily curls up the foliage and injures the frait. These insects always begin at the ends fruit. These insects always begin at the ends of the shoots and work downwards, and if the ends of the shoots are cut off and removed this trouble may generally be got rid of easily. The shoots of Morello Cherries are often at this season attacked by blask aphides. Dusting with tobacco-powder, or mixiug tobacco-powder and soft-soap in water and dipping the iniested shoots therein, will clear them. Two ounces of soft-soap and loz. tobacco-powder to a. gallon of water will do. I Musk is a favourite window plant. There are sevetal Campanulas very pretty for windows from this onwards. C. garganica is now in I flower C. isophylla (blue and waite) flowers a little later Tuberous Begonias, Oak-leaved Geraniums (including the variegated Lady Ply. mouth) are sweet things in a room. If Palms or any other fine-foliated plants require a larger pot. the shift should be given now, the plants to be watered with caution after re-potting.

MERTHYR INCORPORATION. l A special meeting of the Merthyr Chamber of Trade was held on Monday (Mr Arthur Howfield presiding) to consider the question of incorpora- tion. The Chairman read a letter from Mr Sydney Simons, stating he had arranged with Mr D. A. Thomas, M.P.,to attend a town's meeting. Mr J. Gunter moved a. resolution approving the action of the Council in their application for a charter.—Mr F. Davis seconded the motion, which was carried—Mr John Lewis said Mr D. A. Thomas had put a question as to tbe last inquiry, but he did not think the hOD. member would get an answer to the whole of it. He was afraid Mr Thomas would never knowwhat the report of the Commiesioners was, and why the Privy Council did not accede to their request in 1897. He was further afraid the question had t been put in such a way that it would not do very » much gQOtf i<)t wltP the Pirivy C^cjl.

A Weekly Column for Boys & Girls. BY UNCLE SAM." Clever Ants. A nonst was very much annoyed by some ants that got into boxes of seeds which he kept on a shelf in his shop. They would eat up the seeds, and he wanted very much to find some way of getting rid of them. So he got a bone with some meat on it and placed it near the boxes of seeds, and the ants, preferring the meat, left the seeds *ne-4.u a e?on 118 the bone was covered with ,t]?f /,flor?.st Popped it into a tub of water and killed all the ants and then began again. pr° t? be a very slow way of getting rid of them, and the man thought he could save a lot of trouble by putting the bone in the middle- of a sheet of fly paper, thinking that in this -way the ants would never get to the bone, but would get caught on the sticky fly-paper while trying to reach the food. The' ants, however, as soon as they found out that this was a trap, set to work to get over it, and using some sand from a £ they bnilt a Path on the PaP0r straight to the bone. It took them hours to do i *2 was finished they marched along the path like a small army, and the florist; little an°t& SS tbat Was beatea b? the' clever" Hunt the Whistle. Linia Lawrence sends me a description of this game which she thinks may be of interest to my nephews and nieces. It is a very good game I know it quite well, and perhaps sonie of yon do too; but tor the benefit of those who don't, bere is Linda's account of it: This is a very amusing game." she writes, "and any number S!* pl5I« a11 80 out of the room save about half a dozen, and they ait in a ring on chairs. One is called in and asked to put his or her head in the lap of one of the persons. Having done this, those in the ring begin sing- ing anything they like, and while this is going on, one person pins a safety-pin on the player's back, with a piece of tape hanging with a whistle °° .'t-, i .e" they get up and one blows the whistle, which the player is told to find. WhenJ anyone gets a chance, they blow the whistle, and of cpurss the one in the middle looks all. round to find it, those outside pretend to pass it round. This goes on till it is found out- There you are! You might try it. Does any theyknow^of^?to,xecozomeild any good game-that they know of ? Wishes. £ lE^T?thy ^h could speak. She d have a birthday every week. Just think 1 And when the vear was through, -x. She'd older be by fifty-two. If Timothy could have his way, It would be always Christmas Day; He wishes Santa Clatis would como, And make the nursery his home. August Bank Holiday's Tom's choice, A time when all the boys rejoice; But if that day were always here, We d soon be all dried up, I fear. And merry old St. Valentine Would be the choice of Ernestine; But I believe if that were so, The postmen all on strike would go. Kitty thinks Eastertide is best, She d like it always, she confessed. It would be always Pancake Day, If Christopher could have his way. But don't you think perhaps it's best For holidays as well to rest, And be on hand with joy and cheer For only once in all the year? Stamp Snakes. I expect that a good many of you have already made some of those engaging reptiles, but forthe benefit of those who have not, I will give a few hints. First of all, you must be prepared to collect a very large number of stamps before you can make a snake of even moderate size a thousand stamps willmaJre only a comparatively 1\ short anase. But let us suppose that you have got your thousand stamps and are going to start making your snake. Thread a needle with three- quarters of a yard of good strong thread. Get an ordinary wine bottle cork and cut it in half, and pass the needle and thread dowu the middle of the half you have kept. Be careful to make a very large knot at the end of the thread so that the cork shall not come off; the cork is to go inside the snake's head before it is done with. Pass the needle and thread through the middle of each stamp, the coloured sides are to face the cork, and cutoff the the tips of all square stamps before you thread them. When you are getting towards the end you should cut the stamps all round, so as to make them smaller, because a snake is thinner near its tail, and 'ast of all thread on a very small round bit of cork to finish up with. Now for finishing the head. Cut out two pieces of cardboard somewhat in the shape of a snake s head. cover them neatly with dark green or grey cloth. Then put in the teeth, tongue and eyes, and fasten the upper and lower parts of the head over and under the cork. The tongue should be made of red flannel and the teeth of chalk like beads, while the eyes may be represented by little oval pieces of dull yellow or red cloth. Some people fasten two pieces of elastic at the end of the body, and by pulling these they make the snake wriggle and twist in a very lively way. Concerning the Post-bag. Thank you, it is getting on nicely; it is becom- ing quite large and fat, but I should not object to see it get still fatter. I particularly want all and any of you to wiite to me if there is any subject you would like me to talk about in this column, and if it is at all possible, I will do it. For instance, someone might write and say, I wish you would tell me what you really 'think about pancakes or holidays or white mice or any- thing else," and then the next week I should say. "Annabelia Maria or Timothy Adolphus asks me what I think about this, that or the other-of course this reminds me that," and then off I should go and give some very sensible (of course) advice on the particular subject. Or if you have invented or just come across some splendid game, or heard some very interesting fact or story, don't be greedy and keep it all to yourself; ssnd it along to me, and I will intro- duce it to my nephews and nieces. Now, mind you don't forget this time. Puzzles. Here is a pnzzle from one of my refers :— Nbsz ibe b mjuumf mbnc Ju't gmffdf xbt xijuf bt topx Boe twfsz xifaf uibu Nbsz xfou Boe fwfsz xifsf uibu Nbsz xfou Uif mbnc xbt tvsf up hp. Kathleen Cajpsatw- Whut does all thi3 mean'1 Riddle-me-ree. My first is in town, but not in city My second in entreaty, but not in pity My third in endow, but not in give; My fourth in decay, but not in live My fifth is in coal; but not in stcne; My sixth is in sinew, but not in bone; My seventh is m pot, but not in pan My eighth is in lady, but not in man; My ninth is in pitcher, but not in mug; My tenth is in teapot, but not in jug My eleventh is in iron, but not in steel; My twelfth is in trap, but not in wheel My thirteenth in beauty, but not m beasi; My fourteenth in German, but not in yeast; My fifteenth in clever, but not in witty My whole is a, North of England city. Historical Acrostic, Also aMetagram. The first line of each couplet gives the subject of the light; the second the component parts of the light. For instance, supposing the word to be Dartford, the first line would indicate" an English village," the second line (I) a missive and (2) something by which to cross a stream. Now lat us begin- A King of England here I stand, as all of you can see. (1) An abstract DOllU; (2) a pronoun a.nd (3) part of the verb to be. Lights. 1. A Scottish hero, long he fought, his country to sot free. (1) What Chinese built their foes to cheek, (2) a king gives way to me. 2. Against these gallant soldiers the Cavaliers did quail. (1) a precious metal, (2) these you find beneath a coat of mail. 3. A colony where Romans built a castle of some fame. (1) A pool this is, or waterfall; (2) this is a l river's name. 4. He once a. well-known Li fe composed abodt Sir Waiter Scott. r (1) A ringlet and a, thing for doors; (2) dont think me slow, I'm not. r 5. The name of many popes this ic not guilty, too I mean. (1) A preposition, (2) negative, (3.1 in U.S.A. I'm seen. 6. She proudly sailed, but somehow failed, aud came to desolation- (1) A limb, (2) and here a girlish name comes by manipulation. 7. A palace court, a prison house, this place we know had been; (1) The god of war, (2) a blmff old king (3) and oceans here are seen. Perhaps this is rather difficult, so here is an easier one:— Beheaded Words. Something to fasten up bundlee. Behead me, 1 am used for catching mice. Behead me again, I am to knock. A severe blow. Behead me. £ Am paa't: of whip. Behead ae again, I *m 80 tree. A counter. Behead me, I am not short. -Be-- I h«Ryl??J We PgttiD: I am eyerythipg.

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? — Answers to Last Week's Puzzles* Double Acrostic, J onso N U xbridg E P hilip P I ceplan T T hurga U E to N R ouble E Mental Historical Scene. The yacht Alberta crossing from the Isle of I Wight carrying Queen Victoria's coffin. Buried Boys' and Girls' Names. Ralph, Helen, Eva, Hero, Walter, Paul, Ella. | Transposition Puzzle. Bolster, Lobster. Lion. Loin. Ulster, Result, Answer te Correspondent- I Linda Lawrence.-You are a very faithful niece I am very glad to get your letter. All your answers were right last week, and you will see I have given your game in this week's column. UNCLE SAM." 69, Dartmouth Park Hill, London, N.W. P.S.-p,lease send all letters and communica- tions to this address, and as I have many young friends all over the world who write me from time to time, I shall be glad if the correspon- dent will be careful to give the name of the article and of this paper.

N E. WPORTTRAMWA YS. Engineer and Manager Appointed. The Mayor of Newport presided at the meeting of Newport County Council on Tuesday, when the Council spent much time in considering matters arising out of the report of the Elec- tricity and Tramways Committee. Councillor Wilkinson had the first tilt at the committee, when the Finance Committee's report was unjer consideration. The report included two items amounting to JE31 7s lOd, being the expenses of the deputation which visited several towns to interview the selected candidates for the post of electrical engineer and tramways manager, and Mr Wilkinson moved that the members, of what he called the Gallivanting Committee, should pay their own expenses. Councillor Guy seconded the amendment; but it was ruled out of order and Councillor Wilkinson moved that the amount be not paid. Councillor Greenland did not know whether Mr Wilkinson was in earnest or whether he was acting the showman. (Laughter.) The Town Clerk explained, in answer to a question, that there was no precedent for the action of the committee, but the Council had not previously had to make such an appointment. The Mayor and Alder- man Golaeworthy said that the committee bad acted very properly, and the deputation deserved the thanks of the Council. The amend- ment was defeated, only Councillors Wilkinson and Guy voting for it. The Council then dis- cussed the question of street lighting, on an amendment by Councillor Moxou, proposing that Shaftesbury-street should be lighted by elee- ) tricity instead of gas. Other members mentioned different localities for consideration also, and the question was reierrect to tae committee, ine sommittee recommended that Mr H. Collings Bishop, of Wigan, be appointed borough elec- trical engineer and tramways manager at a sal- ary of JE500 a year. Alderman Moses explained that the committee had not considered any pro- posal to dispense with the services of Mr Windsor the present manager. Other appointments would ha.ve to be made, and the position of Mr Windsor would be fully considered. The ques- tion of the laying of the tramways on Stow-hill was raised, and the committee promised that the matter should be considered as early as possible. Other matters were discussed and the report was adopted.

THE MUZZLING ORDER. Heavy Blow to Dealers. The stringency of the new muzzling order for South-West Wales is looked upon generally as in most respects wise and necessary. The previous orders did not go far enough, because they had the effect, broadly speaking, of muzzling dogs in towns and allowing freedom to dogs in the country, where all the cases of rabies have occurred. That defect is now effectually remedied as the order applies to all dogs at all times. But there is one provision that inflicts a heavy blow on a small class of the community, that ie, the regulation making it impossible for dogs to be sent out of the district to which the order applies. To at least two men this meant serious financial loss. Mr George Forest Herbert and Mr Lewis Pugh, of Haverfordwest, are names well-known to all interested in dogs, and their business has been rendered impossible of con- tinuance at Haverfordwest or anywhere else in the district. They are faced with the alterna- tive of either suspending their business until the order may be withdrawn or going out of the district to carry it ou. The latter, which is the lesser evil. will probably be chosen. Mr G. F. Herbert, interviewed on the subject, declared tha.t the suddenness with which the order was promulgated inflicted an unnecessary hardship. On Friday he endeavoured to despatch a. dog to America, for which he was to receive .£50. Only a few hours before his dog arrived at the station, however, the railway officials had received noti- fication of the order from the Board of Agri- culture's inspector, and they were obliged to refuse transit. That dog, together with manv other animals of similar value, is therefore on his hands, and cannot be disposed of in the best markets. Mr Pugh told a similar story. His breed of wire-haired fox terriers ia known all over the country, as he has benched wore winners in this speciality than perhaps any other breeder in the kingdom. He, too, bad sever-i dogs on order which ought to have gone away at the beginning of last week, but were delayed owing to the absence from home of the buyer. That delay of a few days meant the loss of sale, as now, of course, they cannot go. Mr Pugh has sold many terriers for prices between £ 100 and £ 200, and he exhibits at almost every important show in the country for sale purposes. It will be seen, therefore, that the new regulations impose great hardship on dog dealers who do business in a large way,

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PEARLS OF GREAT PRIGE. There was an unusual kind of excitement at Christie's on Friday, when 31 lots of jewels were disposed of by auction in 70 minutes for an ag- gregate of £ 89,526. This casket of magnificent jewels was collected during a long course of years by a deceased nobleman, acknowledged to have been one of the greatest connoisseurs of his day." Tho auctioneers refused to be drawn as to the identity of the nobleman. It was saeh a rich display that there was a very fashionable at- tendance of ladies, but the dealers carried off the prizes. Once the sale bad began the bidding was quite startling, and it was only a few minutes old when something in the nature of a climax was i.. reached, a pearl necklace, composed of 47 slightly graduated round pearls of large size, and unusu- ally brilliant Orient, weighing 1,090 grains, being knocked down to a Hatton Garden gentleman for £ 22,200. That was the record price of the day, though a few minutes later a rope of beautiful pearls, 222 of them upon it, and weighing 2,320 grains, was knocked down at £ 16,700. A very much envied lot was a beautiful pearl and bril- liant tiara, of coronet form, made up of 15 large graduated round pearl drops, suspended in bril- liant wreaths, each surmounted by a fine pear- shaped pearl and a collet brilliant, the bandeau being composed of closely-set brilliants, with an edging of round white pearls. This became the property of a dealer at JE10,300, which he admitted was a very much less price than he was prepared to have paid. But one of the achievements of the day was the sale of a single pearl ior £ 13,500. This wonderful gem was a pear-shaped beauty, mounted with a diamond cap as a pendant, and weighing about 209 grains net. The sale began at 3 o'clock, and the nearly jE90,000 worth of goods had all changed hands at ten minutes past 4.

WELSH SCHOONER LOST. News was received at Barmouth late on Friday night, of the loss of the Portmadoc schooner Consul Kaestner off the Ftench coast. The telegram came from the Rouen British Consul and was to tbe effect that the vessel was in col- lision, and that the captain, mate, and boy were drowned. The master was Captain William Watkin, Criccieth. The schooner was bound for Clldiz from the Isle of Man, and intended proceeding thence to Newfowdland with a cargo of saiti

-u_- CRUEL TREATMENT OF A 08e. IHvid Rees, a Barry Dock lad, wasfiged 20s by the local magistrates'on Monday for cruelly ill- treating a spaniel dog. A constable saw defend- ant on a horse galloping down the street holdiug | a string attached to which was the the do, dragging on the roadway. When approaching. the constable, the boy loosened the stri ng and the dog fell in the street, and it was so exhausted that it vras 20 before it eonld stand upon its feet. The defendant pleaded the horse became l unmanageable. I

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LORD ACTON'S LIBRARY. Possible Purchase-ioy Mr Carnegie, It is reported that Mr Carnegie is pnrchasin# Lord Acton's famous library. Questioned on th* subject recently by a of th. Westminster Gazette," Sir M. 13. Grant Duff, a, close friend of the late Lord Acton, replied, Yes, and I should think it extremely probable. Bnt I do not believe that Mr Carnegie intends tu take the library out of this country. I shouM not be surprised to hear that he is presenting it to one of the Universities in England or Scot land, where it would naturally be appreciatrd.

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