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AN UNUSUAL. TOPIC. It was real hardship for Judge kr,-wn to have to fcsep silent for any length of time. Even when travelling he usually found:, somc<mo who would at least listen while he talked. But on one occasion he found himself in a railway ooach with only one other occupaniS— a stiff, dignified old lady, who did not deign aveu to look at him when he raised his hat upon enter- ing the coach. The judge grew restless after tby lad travelled several miles. He ctrummed on ihe window, coughed several times, then finally, in desperation, cleared his throat,- and aatied in stentorian tone: "Madam, did it ever occur ta. you to wowter whether it had ever rained any before tlie. thne of the flood? The unusual question startled the old lady mt of her dignified silence, and the two old people were soon engaged in animated conversau.

SAVING FOR THE CIRCUS. Three times a week Marie Tredewi. the guardian of six motherless grandchildien and the owner of a flock of hens, placed a doaen fresh eggs in a pan on Mrs. Bennett's kitchen table in exchange for silver coin. One day Mrs. Bennett, lifting the eggs by twos into another receptacle, inadvertently discovered that her supposed dozen contained only eleven- She thought little of this; but when subsequent dozens became reduced to ten, and even to nine, she waylaid the old egg-woman to ask th cause of this shrinkage. "Marie," said she, "I'm afraid your hens don't count straight. The last five times you have been here my dozens have been short. What's the reason? Madame," replied Marie, setting he* basket down in order to have her hands free for gesticu- latory purposes, rae, I will tol you. I will ex- plain. In honly t'ree day more som' beeg, w at you call circus ees go for harrive hon top of dese town. You see som' picture hon fence, maybe? YOIi lak for go yourself, ees eet not, an' tak som' babee? Hall lady ees lak dat. Madame, dose orphan of ma daughtaire he ees hall mad for attend hon top of dose so beeg, fine show. Me, I am tol' maself—I am tol' dose gran'chil'—eef mademoiselle dose hen he ees lay sufficient of haig, eet ees posseeble for us to mak' to go. But, madame. Attendez! Dose so un- gracious hen 'ave not ze savoir faire to rose to dose occasione. Hélas! Eet ees I w'at mus' rise. Madame. I confess. I mak' apology. To obtain ze sufficient numbaire of douzaine eet ees become of necessity to mak' smaller—oh, much smaller—dose douzaine! But rest assured, madame. W en dese 1'0 great need ees pas', I weel atone, I weel do pen- juice for se econoisy of dose ungracious hen."

1 Corwen Agricultural Show. The annual exhibition, under the auspices of the Edeyrnion Agricultural Society, was held at Corwen on Friday in beautiful summer weather. The following were the principal prize winners :— i ■ CART HORSES. Mare with foal for agricultural purposes 1 Richard Hughes, Pontfaen Flinn, Chirk. 2 Ellis Evans, Penybont, Cynwyd. 3 P J Roberts, Cerrigydruidion. Pair of horses for agricultural purposes 1 W Evans, Ballt. 2 J Roberts, Cerrig- ydruidion. 3 J Kellett, Llanfair, D.C. Mare or gelding over three and under four years 1 John Ellis, Corwen. 2 J Edwards, Rhewl Fltwr. 3 G Roberts, Llanelidian. LIGHT HORSES. Cob mare or gelding, not under 14.2 nor exceeding 15.2 hands, three years old 1 Dr Williams, Bold. 2 J Roberts, Cerrig- I ydruidion. 3 Edward Daviee, Tregeiriog. Cob, mare or gelding, over two and I under three years 1 vVilliam Evans, Bala. 2 Messrs Davies, Llandtillo. 3 J Edwards, Nantclwyd. I' Yearling cob, colt, or filly 1 Richard Hughes, Chirk. Cob mare not exceeding 15.2 hands, I Tritli foal 1 llichard Hughes, 2 Mrs Jones, Leyland Arma, Llanelidan. 3 Mr J W Hughes, Dudley Arms, Llandrillo. Pony mare over 13.2 and not exceeding 14.2 bands 1 Mrs Jones, Llanelidan. 2 ¡ W Williams, Llanelidan. 3 H Jones, Plasynban, Corwen. Pony mare or gelding over 13.2 and not exceeding 14.2 hands, any age 1 R Ellis, Llantysilio. 2 M Hughes, Corwen. 3 H Williams, Corwen. Pony, mare, or gelding over 12.2 and not exceeding 13.2 hands 1 W H Jones, Yspytty. 2 H Jones, Llanelidan. 3 J and P Edmonds, Ucheldre. I WELSH CATTLE. Bull above two years old, 1 C Owen, Plasc, Llandderfel. 2 E Jones, Cerrigy- I druidion. 3 D Evans, Bala.' Bull under two years 1 William Jonas, Cwmtirmynach. 2 Evan Ellis, Bala. Cow, in milk or calf 1 J Ellis, Cerrig- ddruidion. 2 R Williams, Bala. Heifer, in milk or calf: 1 D Evans, Bala. 2 R Williams, Bala. Heifer in milk or calf (under three years 1 D Evans, Bala. 2 R Williams. Heifer, under two years 1 D Evans, Bala. 2 R Williams. Bull calf under one year 1 and 2 William Jones, Xanthir. Heifer calf unier one year 1 D Evans. 2 R William?. I Par of bullocks 1 D R Thomas, Cerrig- ydruidion. 2 J Roberts, Cerrigydruidion. t PURE WELSH SHEEP. Bsros, any age 1 J Jones, Caenog, Curwen. 2 R N Joues, Brynmelyn, Corwen. I Shearling rams 1 Miss Cox, Ilafod Elwy. 2 K E Jones. Ram lamb 1 R Eilis, Llantysilio, Llan- gollen. 2 H N Jones, Corwen. Pen of tour ewes 1 J Jones, 2 R N Jones. Pen of four ewes 1 R N Jones. 2 J Jones. Three shearling ewes 1 and 2 R E Jones. Ram any age W S Davies, Carrog. 2 W Williams, Llanelidan. Shearling ram 1 W S Daviea, Carrog, 2 Mrs Williamson, Corwen. Ram lamb; 1 W S Davies, Carrog. 2 W Williams. 0 Three ewos 1 W S Davies. 2 Mra Williamson. Three shearling ewes I W S Davies, 2 Mrs Williamson. CATTLE. Bull over two years old 1 G Blezard, Pool Park, Ruthin. 2 E V Jones, Llanelidan. Bull under two years old R Ellis, Llantysilio. 2 G Blezard. Cow in milk or calf 1 and 2 Mrs Williams, Hendre. Heifer in milk or calf: 1 Richard .Hughes, Chirk, 2 R N Jones, Corwen. Heifer under two years 1 G Bleaard. 2 W Jones, Corwen. Bull calf under one year 1 R Ellis. 2 JKoberts. Heifer Calf, csnder one year 1 T LI Jones, Llangollen. 2 W Jones, Corwen. Pair of bullocks 1 Miss Jones, Rhuallt, Ruthin. Best cow, in milk or calf (for farmers whose ratable value does not exceed £ 4?), I Robert Davies, llanelidan, 2 Edwajrd Morris, dorwen. Best heifer, under two yeasrs: 1 E T Jiones. 2 R D Jone3 Heifer calf: 1 J Jones, Bryn. 2 E T jMies, Corwen. LEADING AND TROTTING. Open leaping F V Grange Farndocy 1, G Ledsome, Manor Farm, Brom- borough, 2. F W Foster, Derby, 3. trotting D Williams, Ba!a, 1. B Davies, TaDgeiriog, 2. J Roberts, Cerrig, 3. Trotting ponies Ellis, Itlantysilio^, 1. ¡:.or those sot exceeding 14 bands, and for those not exceeding 13 bands, St- Gecsrge Abb j, Liangoklen. For fastest trotting J; Roberts,. Cerrigy- druijion.

Fan. THR"K3-QUART3BS OF CENTURA W. H. & F. J. HonlA & Co. have given their entire attention to that im- portant article of consumption—TEA^. HO^UWMAN'S TEA has led the way for over 75 years, and is still THE CHEAPEST A]¡;J.' BES-J. There is non» 44 just as good as HO&NIMAN'S. It is delicious in talis, most economical in. use, aad. finest m fimmr. Always ask your grocer for HSRNIMAJJS Zlt>P.E TE-k, and refuse to accept all substitutes and imitations whatever. Seld in :—St. Asaph Price, grocer. Llan- gollen Davies. Llandysilio Roberts. Old Golwyn Price, Williams, Evans, Cadw- gan Stores. Rhudtllan Roberts, groeer. Penmaenmawr: Lewis, grocer,. Co-operative Society. Chirk Corperative Society. Wrexham i Edwards, Gzocer, Rossett. Ruthin: Roberts,. 2, Well Street. Beer, Chemist Abergele Road, Old Colwyn.

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SOMETHING FOR YOUNG FOLKS. THE GLOW-WORM. I wonder if you have ever seen this most curious and wonderful insect," the Rev. Theodore Wood wrote in the Tribune re- cently. In some parts of the country it is I never found at all; but in others it is very I plentiful indeed. It makes its appearance about the end of June. Ati4 if you walk down a lane, or through a wood, about an hour after sunset, you may often see its little pale green lamp ebining among the herbage. Now, if you pick the insect up you will find that it is quite cold and almost clammy to the touch, and that it looks like a flat- bodied grub with six short little legs. But it ie really a beetle—a beetle without any wing- cases, or any wings. And you will find that the light shines out from the under-side of its body, about half-way between the middle and the tip. The fact is, that a little oblong pateh of skin is quite transparent. It is just like a. little glass window, in fact! And through this window the light shines, just as if a tiny green lamp were burning inside I the body. But what causes the light? Well, that we do not know. Naturalists have been trying to find out for a very long time, but they have not yet succeeded in donio 60. that we do know is that just mside the body, underneath the patch of transparent 6kin, is a little bag containing a tiny drop of a thick liquid, and that it is this I liquid which glows with the strange green light. But what it is that makes that liquid glow we do not know at all. But, strange to say it does not glow un- less the insect chooses For a glow-worm can turn its light on and off as easily as we can turn up or turn down the gas. If you pick a glow-worm up, for instance, the light will almost go out. If you put it into a box, and wait a little while, it will begin to glow again. But how the insect shuts the light off and turns it on again we do not know in the least. "What is the light for? Well, we do not know that, either! Some people have thought that it helps the insect to find its mate. But then other in- sects manage to find one another, even on the darkest night, without any lamp at all; so that can hardly be the reason. All that we can say is that the glow-worm is a most puzzling creature, and that we really know very little indeed about it. There ie one thing that I can tell you, however, and that is that all the glow-worms which we see shining among the herbage at night are females. The male insect is so dif- ferent that it is quite hard fo believe that it is really a glow-worm at all. For it does not look in the least like a grub, and has long brown wing-eases, and good broad wings underneath them, with which it can fly quite well. And instead of having a bright green lamp, like its mate, it only has two tiny points of green light, which you would hardly notice at all unless you looked for them carefully. If you want to catch a male glow-worm the best way to do so is to sit in a well- lighted room on a warm summer night, with the windows wide open. For glow-worms are very much attracted by a bright light, just as so many moths are. And if one of the male insects should happen to pass by it is almost sure to come flying into the room. I ance caught ten male glow-worms in this way in a few minutes. There is one more curious thing about the glow-worm that I must tell you, and that is that when it is a grub it feeds upon snails You yvould think that this would. make it very slimy, jvouldn't you? But at the tip of its tail it has an odd little brush, with which it carefully wipes off any slime that may get on its body. This grub appears in October, and glows almost as brightly as the perfect insect. So that if, in the autumn, you notice what looks like a glow-worm, you may be quite sure that it is not really a glow-worm, but only a glow-worm grub."

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RURAL LIFE. BY A SON OF THE SOIL A MODEL BUNGALOW. The "Back to the Land" movement liae created a boom in small holdings, and in every part of the country which I have visited during the last few months I find that there is a rise in the price of land. Some which was bought for £ 20 an acre in the early eighties is now being cut up for building land and sold very readily for between E400 and J3600 an acre; while what was loolled upon as mere woodland less than ten years ago, but which is further from London, is now being sold for close upon JE200 an acre. To oblige a correspondent I have lately made lome inquiries as to the cost of a bungalow X MODEL BUNGALOW. built upon the lines of the one illustrated, and apart from the price of the land, which varies so much that it cannot be taken into consideration in this paragraph, I find that quite a good one- storeyed dwelling-house can be built for J3200 or £ 300. Of course a great deal depends upon the ideas of the owner, and in my wanderings I came across buildings very little bigger than the one illustrated upon which nearly £1,000 had been expended. Several firms are now making an especial feature of the building of these cot- tages, and I will supply an inquirer with the name and address of the designers of the one which is illustrated upon the receipt of a stamped addressed envelope. FATTENING TUKKETS. 'According to a writer in Poultry three weeks are considered sufficient time for the hen tur- keys, and a little longer for the cocks, provided tl the birds are in good condition when put up. The chief thing to be borne in mind is that the food must be of a saccharine kind. Potatoes, swedes. mangolds boiled soft and mixed with ground oats, barley-meal, buckwheat-meal, or maize-meal, constitute good fattening foods. The French fatten with beetroot, artichokes, or pota- toes, boiled and mixed with meal, and also sup- ply acorns, chestnuts, and walnuts; the latter they consider give a delicious flavour to the meat. Troughs should be used for food, and these are best made with a rail attached, say from 4in. to 6in. high from the top, so that the birds cannot step inside and upset them. It is advisable when the weather is fine to allow the birds out in the morning and evening before being fed. and to feed them outside. It is beet to vary the food as much as possible. which pro- duces a keener relish, and so induces them to consume more and fatten quicker. It is a good thing where milk is cheap to give them this to drink, and to mix their meals with it instead of water. While fattening they require plenty of ventilation and fresh air, and should have a good supply of grit, sand, and lime rubbish to aid digestion. The house and all feeding vessels must be scrupulously clean, and the birds kept in a quiet place, shaded from the light, where they cannot see other birds at liberty. THE OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG. The Exeter correspondent who asks for par- ticulars of the Old-English Sheepdog Club should write to its hon. secretary, Mr. F. W. W ilmot, Lingfield, Surrey; and regarding the puppy he is anxious to get at a moderate price, I have not the least doubt that the same enthu- siastic admirer of the breed will be able to find one for him at a moderate price. I never kept an Old-English Sheepdog, but I have been an adm irer of the variety for very ma.ny years, and my correspondent can rest assured that the dog fulfils every condition he imposes in his selection of a canine companion. The body should bg '1., AN OLD-ENGLISH SHtirDOG. I gather short and very comp.ict, the ribs well -sprung, and the brisket deep and capacious. The ioin should be stout and gently arched; while the .n<lquarters should be round and muscular, and with well-let-down hocks; while, unless the loins ti.-e densely coated with a thick long jacket in xc~s3 of any other part, the dog cannot be con- sidered to be a good one. In general appear- ance the Old-English Sheepdog, or bob-tail, is a strong, compact-looking dog of great symmetry, absolutely free of legginess, thick-set, muscular, and able-bodied, with a most intelligent expres- sion. As regards height, no dog should be undec 22in. at the shoulders. THE iNcrBATgfi CBICK, I'm..act a little orphan, sifV But I am just as sad, A-peakin' and a-pinin' for The love I never had- One touch of human sympathy would melt my poultry natur' But I refrain from hope so vainF For ma's an incuw- tor I r \When first I burst my parent shell, How hideous the dream- :1\0" cluck, cluck fond love to tell. -So sound, alas! but—steam! iiv, felt in vain for sheltering wings ♦W'fhin that broiling crater, J And then, in sooth, the horrid truth— y I was nn incubator! A HTMA.VE HORSE AIL. The safetv nail which is illustrated is steadily <*■ainin"- pOf>«ii&rH*, find the fact that such a man as Mr° Charles Sheather, M.R.C.V.S., gives it unqualified praise proves that its value has not ] been overestimated by the patentee. Mr. Sheather writes; I have nothing to say but un- I urlian HOBSB I qualified praise. I thin* the nail is to drive, leee likely to buckle in any direction and gives increased firmness in hold ing on the 6hoe." As fewer safety nails hold the shoe more firmly they are of the greatest yaJue for export. THE PBOPAGATION or SUNFLOWERS. The Sunflower thrives best in light fertile soil, tehpre it flourishes marvellously, and isolated olante furnish as much as 10,000 for one Culti- *ted in cood ordinary ground fertilised and ? tillage an acre of land gives over osened by tillage an maturity ^ripeness of the seed plants had better be irted early in a mostly spent hotbed, a oold me or in pots or boxes m a sunny window, 'riy'in March is not too soon. risuan, pri- ons. well protected from cold wind*, seed •planted as late as the middle ofMay g e- rally yield a perfectly ripe crop of starting plants indoors the seed may P. rlose as an inch and a-half, and the y0t^!? Pwjien (singly) transplanted into small flower-pote wti the second pair of s^d leaves is fairlj' out when the plants crowd, if ground and^eathera the time be not warm enough for p antmj out at the final place of growth Each plant should have about six square feet of space. The crop should be gathered as each plant amvea at maturity, when a few quick strokes of the heads a floor will easily extract the seeds. In a'mellow, deep soil, well mixed with some easily soluble manure—fowl dung or guano par excel- —the plants will grow very rapidly, and in the course of a couple of months, or sooner in the warm part. of summer, attain a height of seven or eight feet. In long continued dry weather it is advisable to apply water that has b?en exposed to the sun—pond water preferred --liberally towards sunset, and to prevent baking of the surface soil, to rake it over the following morning. A little fowls' dung dissolved in the water thus applied has a strikingly good eitect on the development f thig 1!J,WJl2wI. MILI PAINT AS A WOOD PRESERVATIVE. According to a Poultry correspondent the recipe for milk paint is as follows: "A use to which skim milk, eour milk, buttermilk, or even whole sweet milk is not often put is paint-mak- ing, yet this product of the dairy makes possibly one of the most enduring, preservatives respect- able, and inexpensive paints for barns and out- buildings. It costs little more than whitewash, provided no great value is attached to the milk, and it is a question whether for all kinde of rough work it does not serve all the purposes of the ready-mixed paint, or even prime lend and paint mixed in the best linseed oil. It is made as follows, and no more should be mixed than is used that day: Stir into one gallon of milk about 31b. of Portland cement, and add 6uffiri<nt Venetian red paint powder to impart a good colour. Any other coloured paint powder may be used. The milk will hold the paint in fiiigpcn. sion, but the cement, being very heavy, will sink to the bottom, so that it becomes necessary to keep the mixture well stirred with a paddle. This feature of the stirring is the only drawback to the paint, and as its efficiency depends upon administering a good coating of cement, it is not safe to leave its application to untrustworthy or careless help. Six hours after being applied, this paint will be as immovable and unaffected by water as month-old oil paint. I have heard of buildings twenty years old painted in this man- ner in which the wood was well preserved. My own experience dates back nine years, when I painted a small barn with this mixture, and the wood to-day shews no sign whatever of decay or dry-rot. The effect of such a coating seems to be to petrify the surface of the wood. Whole milk is better than buttermilk or skim milk, as it contains more oil, and this is the constituent which sets the cement. If mixed with water in- stead of milk, the washrubsandsoaksoff readily." THE LOGAN BERRY. Wherever there are established plants these will now have long canes upon them, and it ia not too late to turn these down so that the tips reach the ground, says a writer in the Fruit- Grower. These should have a hooked peg put over them about. 9in. from their tips, and be fastened down as layers and covered with fine rich soil wherein they will quickly root. Later on, when this rooting has taken place, they may be severed and the canes be tied up for the production of next year's fruit. Where more plants than this are required and there arc spare canes that will not be wanted, these may be brought down to the ground and be bent up and down and a peg be put at each joint that is to be rooted. Suckers with roots may also be taken away from the stools, like the young canes of the Raspberry, in October and be at oneo planted out. When the plants are wanted in grea.t num- bers they may be raised in the same way as vines are from eves. Ripe canes of this year should be chosen in December and cut up iirto eyes, every joint making one. These should be put into sandy soil in cold frames to callus, and may be put singly in small pots or pieces of turf later and be left in the cold frame to strike or a little warmth may be applied after o-allue, is formed to hasten matters. Cere must be taken to harden these off well in spring, when they may be planted out in their permanent positions, having a stake put in to which they can be tied as growth progresses. The enemies of the Logan Berry are the same as those that infest the Raspberry and Blackberry, the Raspberry heetle-byturus tomentosus. and the clay-coloured Raspberry weevil being about the worst. W atch bhould be kept for the first appearand: of these pests and measures be taken to keep them in check. The first-named beetle is particularly fond of this berry. The Logan Berry can be raised I from seed, but we are not sure as to its coming true. Therefore none should be so raised for salo; at least, they must not be sold before they have been fruited to eee if they are true.

A PROBLEM IN MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. "I got a tip on races the other day," bogan Wijjit, when Fijjit interrupted with: "How much did you lose? I didn't lose a penny," replied Wijjit. The tip came from Old Wcdgewarmer, and he knows a lot about hossee. And he has means of getting information at the tracks that are not open to everyone." Then the tip was all right, eh? Well, may be. You see, Wcdgewarmer is a wise guy all right, all right. Ho knows how the ponies gallop, but he is not the best friend I ever had, and I am pretty certain that he would not hesitate to throw me down just for the fun of the thing. So, as lie kno:6 that I know ho knows about hosses, I figured that he might con- clude to give me the razzle dazzle by telling me that the slowest selling plater at the track was the real thing at reaching the wire." So you played his tip backward, did you? Very clever." Well, I thought about that, for. as I said, Wcdgewarmer is tricky and would do his best friend without making a scar on his conscience. And I am something less than his best friend. But Wcdgewarmer knows that he is tricky, he know that I know he IS tricky, and he knows that I know that lie knows tTiat he is tricky. So j I figured that ho would probably hand out a tip as straight as a gun barrel, thinking that I would bank on his crookedness and would cop- per his advice and lose, and then he would have the chance to give me the laugh and could roast me cthoyt my lack of confidence in.him. You see, a lcnowi? liar can sometimes deceive by tell- ing the truth. So tho tip was ? rff&'icrht af<cr all, and you might have playect A safely, without that long mental strain," suggested Fijjit. "Don't be in a hurry,' replied Wijjit. "That man Wedgewarmer is as foxy as they make 'em. and he knows human nature like he knows egg plants, blasted hopes, or automobiles from lime splashos. He could see, I figured, that I would argue that he would think that I would know that he knew I knew he knew he was as crooked as the hind leg of a Dachshund, and that I would decide that he would give me a straight tip in order to deceive me, and that I would play the tip straight, figuring that ho had concluded that I would believe that he was telling the truth because I knew that he knew that I knew that he knew that he was crooked, and so he would start me in the wrong direction. If this theory of mine was correct, why, naturally, his tip was wrong, and tho proper thing for me to do waa to play it straight. For, you see, I knew that he knew that I knew-" "Hold on," interrupted Fijjit, "Im groggy. I take the count. I can't follow you around any more corners." "Why. it is very simple." explained Wijjit. If he thought that I would follow his tip he might give me the wrong one, while if he thought I doubted him he would tell me the truth. But it was complicated a little by tho fact that he was crooked, I knew he waa crooked, he knew-" How much did you lose? Nothing." "Win?" Nothing." Then I did not havo the matter figured out to suit roo until the race was finished." —" 1