Denbighshire Free Press

CARE OF A POLISHED TABLE. There are many people possessing polished lables who do not kno-v how to keep them looking well; in fact, who soon spoil the looks »f the shining, polished table-top by careless jr ignorant use. It is a simple matter to keep such tables looking as well as when pur- chased. After eaelt meal the table should be wiped with a, damp cloth to remove all suspi- cious or foreign matter of any kind. It is w,ell, tlicii, to wipe the table-top after 1. ncal WIth a clean flannel cloth, rubbing briskly for a moment with olive oil. Such '■■reatment will keep the table intact, and if l-his is continued for years the polish will in- crease and the beauty and worth of the table "je enhanced rather than detracted from, l'hcre is one thing which will spoil the pret- tiest polished o-ak taLle that ever existed. This is the setting of hot dishes upon it. The heat draws out the oil and makes the grain at the wood show up coarsely. The most satisfactory remedy is the regular application af oil and hand rubbing. If the table is never allowed to become defaced—that is, if pro- perly cared for from the first-such disfigura- iion need never take place.

STAINS ON BONE KNIFE-HANDLES. These are often only on the surface, and can be removed by cleaning them with a flannel and dampened salt. "Wipe them ill clean water, then polish with a piece of dry chamois. 'Stubborn stains should be treated with a little salts of lemon, which should, however, be quickly washed off. Well rinse, afterwards,

HINTS FOR AMATEUR PAINTERS. Rinse all brushes in turpentine after uaing, ihen grease with a mixture of tallow and ¡;wct oil to preveiat them drying hard. To remove paint spots from wood, cover with a thick paste of lime and soda and leave for twenty- four hour. then wash off with warm wnt-er. '1. remove naint from windows, dissolve strong soda in boiling water, and when cool wash the windows with it. using a sponge or soft flannel. Fresh paint spots may be removed from clothes by first wiping off as much paint as possible. then rubbing with a flannel dipped in spirits of wine. Do net work near a bare light, as the spirits are highly inflammable. To remove the smell of paint from a newly- painted room, place near the wainscot one or two tulis of cold water. In two or three days the contents of the tubs will have absorbed the of the paint.

EXERCISE FOR BRAIN WORKERS. Should a tired man tire himself out further with jnuscular exercise? asks a writer in the' Family Doctor. To make the question prac- tical Is it good for a hnsr.ess man to leave his desk to play tennis? Argument wems good on either side. Those who say" yes say that tennis will exercise hi. muscles, make him perspire, improve liis digestion, n:1L1 qUIet. his nerves. Those who say no" declare that he is already tired, and. that exercise Vim wtuw-v hire I t lie t o and i n rX n-i-o. If a man u'v i, r-rU. with h's mi ltd, In had letter ,.„t „v.,v; :r<f;k-n'r "r.ine which reqmres rviiriro-i!. Hi: I!!ii:-v. <••; inpiriso'i. and w ill— V v !T In:ni'cd and very ;nterest- 5 1, r«: 'is' a i,r get i a mill to play for t'd OH', lo win hack lost honours j, j, coiidHion siig;csts thirty exhaustion | ilito tlici v L'. out of :r." A V "0,1.1 ;iiiilio' itv ?av< tint boxing ana fenc- i,T :<rr K0t exerci-e for hard brain -oYv!■■■ iV • houid ( !cct long walks, s\v:rn- -v <u t similar nature where, [ Ih • mo-, en -nt- are o-- learnt, tl;e dircc- [ lion i- "overncd bv the :-piual nervous system.

[ WHEN *niRF.AV)!N(i SHORT CURTAINS, | I;(. .t i;* insK-i'd of I ape. This should bo (.11 to h.air the U'iiLftli or the window, and have } ;x loon at either on-.i to plaee over the nails or inonk-. Ii k< ei' tile enrtains tight, and pre- jl \ciit,s them from sagging in the middle.

MAKESHIFT MEASURES. Sixty drops equal one tea.spoonful. Three Ieu<j)oonfuls cf^ual one table-spoonful. I'our tn!)h--pf.oul'ul.i equal a quarter of a vnp or half a gill. vnp or half a gill. I Eight rounded table,spoct.flits oi dry mate- rial equal one cupful. J Sixteen tablcspoonfuls of liquid equal one t 'Cupful. One cupful uf liquid equals two gills* or j illalt a pint.. One heaped tablespoonful of sugar equals f -one ounce. | One heaped tablespoonful of butter equals i two ounces. j One cupful of butter or sugar equals half ft pound. [ Two cupfuls of flour equal half a pound. pound. [ Two cupfuls of flour equal half a pound. Average-sized breakfast cups are meant -when eupfuLs are mentioned. One pint of :milk or water equals on pound. S Two breakfastcupfuls of granulated or Demerara sugar equal one pound. Two and a-quarter breakfastcupfuls of i 'castor sugar equal one pound. | Four tcacupfuls of flour equal one pound. J Two breakfastcupfuls of solid butter equal | one pound.

J NICE DISHES. j TOMATO AND CUCUMBER SALAD.—Three or j; four tomatoes, cucumber. Cut the tomatoes t and cucumber into slices, arrange, these in i| :rows on a flat dish, first a slice of tomato and | then a slice oi cucumber, overlapping each other. Garnish with tiny sprigs of parsley, | and serve the sala/1 dressing separately. I LKTTI'CE SALAD.—Two lettuces, one tomato, I LKTTI'CE SALAD.—Two lettuces, one tomato, j slices of eucuntj)er, one harti-boilcd egg, HJustHrd and crest,. Wash and prepare the t ber into slices. Biienk the lettuce leaves in pieces, removing tine hearts for garnishing. l'i:e the lettuce in ;» bowl, and arrange the ■and cress aud the hearts tba lettuce,.

RURAL HFE. BY A SON OF THE SOIL. A MUCH I)R-CUSSED CROP. Public-spirited men have done much to keep the question of sugar-beet growing in this country prominent during the pan few year6, and they have seen their propaganda fully justified .since the v.ar broke our. Had the industry been established on a large scale in this country it would have had a magnifi- cent BeaSOn this year. But there are indtca- t.ions that the lesson of our heavy dependence on German and Austrian supplier will not be lost in the future, and that soon we may take our place with all the oilier European conn- tries, except Norway, as a considerable pro- dtiecr of beet sugar. Like garden beetroot and the various kinds of mangold, sugar beet is derived from the r-;ea beet which grows wild, and is very com- j inon on muddy seashores. It has been pro- duced by careful selection of roots rich in sugar, until now roots can be produced con- taining as much as 18 per cent, of cane sugar, compared with less than half that amount m the best mangolds. The sugar composition is s the all-important feature of the roots, if the object is to provide material for the sugar fac- j torie-i. In appearance sugar-beet is suiaikr l than long red mangold, which it mc;; re- sembles, except that the firm flesh isr while, or pinky white. Ji grows aleo more deeply in the ground, and has more root fibre. with necks above the ground arc of the old type, and are always poor in sugar contcnt. Roots which are fanged or forked ,'owing to | the boil being imperfectly euliivaM-d) are con- sidered inierlor. Some of the be&t-known SUGAR BEET. I Tavietle^ are of German origin, but during the past few years tome of our lending scents- men have taken them up. The cMnate which j bast suits the sugar-beet has been a matter of dispute, but we may take it for granted that the greater part of England, in an aver- age year, has as good a sugar beet climate as any country. Excessive moisture is as tin- favourable as drought, and a medium, deeply- cultivated loam, with an abundance of lime, is the ideal soil. The land should be in geod condition from previous cropping, rather than specially manured for the sugar-beet. The sugar content of the root: being derived from the atmosphere, it cannot be said that the crop impoverishes the laud, for the "slices" which can be bought very cheaply by the grower from the factory are a valuable food, while the lime used by the factory is to j be obtained by growers free for the carting, and the leave-- are leit on the land to be ploughed in. It is, thereroro. with its require- ments of deep culture, essentially an improv- ing crop. TREATING AND PKEVENTING TAPEWORM Paraeiiie worms are amongst the most dis- gusting creatures in all nature, and owners of dogs as well as eats should do all they can to keep their pets free from them. It is not an easy matter to do this permanently, though no pains must be spared but they can be ex pelled from time to time. They "e-em to affect the health of the dog or cat more than any I other parasite. They enter the system of the dog or cat in minute ova form, which attaches itself to the membrane of the intestines, and as it grows develops a hook-like head, which hooks deeper into the intestine, and so obtains a firmer hold, from which it is continually growing. Often owners do not think of giving worm medicine until they see segments ov this worm in the excreta. But as a precau- tion the animals should be dosed against the pest. occasionally, and if the dogs come fre- Quently in contact with sheep, or can get access to butcher's offal, twice a year is not too often. Areca nut is the most satisfactory remedy, and to assist it it is best to administer a. dose of castor-oil in the morning of the day before, ( and to give no food except beef-tea or mutton- broth, so that the bowels are empty when the SPADE TO PREVENT DOGS EATING GARBAGE. drug is taken. But it is best to prevent as iirell as, to etire. Not only should they not bo allowed to feed on sheep's intestines and sheep's brains, where the worms pass a IItagc of their existence, but they should be kept away from the -entrails of hares and rabbits. Food of this kind should be well cooked, and the skins of the pets and their kennels should be kept scrupulously clean. It is not, however, an easy matter to pre- vent dogs picking up garbage and other unde- sirable matter; and the only method I can suggest to B. S. G. who asks for advice on the subject, is that illustrated. A spade is made of wood, as illustrated, the size being according to the <log; and this is nttqchcd hy two straps, one passing round the animal's < neck and the other over his lower jaw. With this fixed, it is impossible for a dog to pick up anything his master forbids him but it is to be hoped that no one who puts such a device on his dog would leave it on unnecessarily. RURAL HOUSING SCHEMES. By arrangement of the Board of Agricul- ture the organisation' of the housing societies formed under the new Housing Act is be-in, undertaken by the Rural Housing Organisa- tion Society. In return for certain financial assistance from the Board, the society will do all the necessary site planning and construc- tion, and instead of continuing its policy, which is much, disturbed by the war. of creat- ing county committees, will work from the chief office. For this purpose two organisers have been appointed, one of whom will give his service to the North of England. Several of the society's local committees have already accomplished much, and it is all- nounced, that je.roat nroyu'ess is being made by

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It 11 C U InA 7 1 S',Vl AND KIDNEY I TROUBLE. FREE TREATMENT. Rheumatism ia due to uric acid cryfitalls in th- j'ints and muscles, the result of cxeessive uric acid in the system that the kidneys failed to remove as nature intended, and this acid is mostly the cauee oi bachache, lumbago, eciabica, gout, urinary trouble, ttone, gravel, and dropsy. The success of Estcra Tablets for the treat- ment of ibeumatism and other forma of kidney trouble, is due to the fact that they restore tl e kidneys to healtny actbn, and thsreby remove the cause of the trouble, which neceseariiy removes the ill-effects that spring from ib, and ban cured numberlera cases after the failure of all other atbempted remedies, which accounts for them fasti superseding out-of-date medicines that are sold at a price beyond all but the weiltby. Io is not expected statements made m favour of Estora Tablets will be accepted as true, and for this reason a limited number of full b-xes are cflared srratis to prove they fully warrant their description—an honest kidney remedy at an honest Plice, )/ 1J per box of 40 tabicti or 6 boxes for Supplied by most chemists. This ( ff or of one full brx to readers of the 11 Denbigbehii e Free Press" is on condition that this notice ba out cut and Eenb with 3d. in stamp?, otheiwife requests will be ignored, the object being to prevent those having no real need from abusing the effar. Address Eatora Co., 132, Charing Cross Rd London, W.O.

RHUDDLAN. THE ;PARISH CHURCH.—Services cn Christmas Day will be as follows :-8 a.m., Holy Communion 11 a.m English service with sermon, anthem, and Boly Com- munion ti^p.m., English service and tertnon. DISTRIBUTION OF COALS —The old foiit and others in special need in this town have again been oared for and remembered by the kind generosity of Mr and Mrs Kerry, The Whitehoose, Old Sootbgate, London. Three t"ns of excellent coal, supplied by Mr W J Roberts, coal merchant, have been distributed during tha last few days. Although times may be better in seme ways, the high price of all commodities makes it more difficult than ever to lire, and the possession of the material for a bright fire will gladden the I hearts of many this Chrititmattide.

Local Lighting Table, FOR OYCLISTS AND DRIVERS. aertnlni nvenicg Saturday. December 26 h 7 37 5 13 Sunday,D,-ceml-.er 27th 7 87 6 14 Monday, December 28 h 7 37 5 15 Tuesday, Deoembet 29th 7 38.6 lb Wednesday, December SO h 7 38 O 17 Thursday. December 31eb 7 39.5 18 Fridays January let 7 38 19

CRRISTS COMING! WORLD'S END 1914! NOT PASTOR RUSSELL'S VIEW 1 AT ALL. THE EARTH ABIDETH FOKEYER." I (fo VSE OUR Sernionotte this week I by Pastor Russell, Avhose great PHOTO-DRAMA OF CREATION" is beiug set- before the public daily in many large cities, unci everywhere arousing en- thusiasm for God, Re- ligion, and the Bible, is j on the End of the World. His text was "Thus it shall be in the coming (Parousia — presence) of I the Son of Man; 1 'Parousia—presence) of the Son of Man f they shall bo eating, drinking, planting, I marrying; and know not" (Matt. xxiv. 37-38). lie said in pirt St. Peter's words are generally urged to be the foundation for the theory that the world will he destroyed by literal fire at the Second Coming of ClirI the heavens shall be on fire, and "the earth also and the things therein shall be burnt up" (II. Pet. iii. 10). A literal interpretation here overlooks the fact that St. Peter, sneaking of the very same time, in Acts iii. ly-21, declares that Times of Restitution and blessing—not times of world- buniiiig— will follow the Second Coming of Jesus. It also overlooks the fact that St. Peter and the otUer Apostles, as well as the Master, frequently used the word fire in a symbolic sense, lo represent tribulation. Thus 3t. Peter, addressing the Church, says: "Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which shall try you" (1. Put. iv. 12). St. Paid says that the fire of that Day I shall try the work of every man [tht Church], of what sprt it i". Those who have built with gold, silver, precious stones [the promises of God's Word], will be fire-proof in that Day while those who have built with the Avood, hay. and stubble [of human tradition] will find their faith structure amenable to the hi-o and they will suffer loss of faith and. tribulations accordingly. Yet, the Apostle ex- plains, such will thomseUcs be saved, but these very fiery trials will destroy their mis- conceptions. They will be saved because, in spite of their errors, they built their faith I upon Christ (I. Cor. iii. 11-15). The Bible teaches that in God's great plan Tic has provided various epochs, or ages, each for the accomplishment of its own spe- cial work-the Jewish Age A,. -It!, its work, and the Gospel Age with its work, to be followed by the Millennial Age with its still different work. The Bible declares that the earth abideth forever" (Eecles. i. 4); that God created it not in vain He formed it to be in- habited" Isa. xlv. 18). The earth has never yet been inhabited. There are immense tracts of country sl i II unoccupied. The Divine plan for the earth has not yet reached j consummation. It Avill require the thousand years of Messiah's Kingdom power to bring the world into the glorious conditions of Mil- lenial blessings and restitution which St. Peter declares God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy Prophets. Sotlipn.thebasis for thinking of the end ,of the world, now or ever, i-J purely a mis- understanding, due largely to the fact that oUlr English translation uses the word world' where it would more properly have ured the | word age. epoch, or order of things. The present order, of which the Scriptures de, clare Satan is the prince, is to pass away. A order of things, under the control oi Messiah, the Prince of Light, is to take the place of the present reign of tho Prince oi Darkness. < t-ii-nrs-i-s sFCOND COMING. I The Bible everywhere represents that k Christ left a heavenly glory when he came t-i | r v;:itVi i.early nineteen centuries ago. The Logos was made flesh, and dwelt among us." The Bible explains that the necessity for this humiliation l:ay in the fact that God had pro- t uounced a detith sentence on mankind, lroso which they could not be released unless omc- f one would meet the penalty for them — a death penalty (net eternal torment, of which the Sciipttit- knoAv nothing). Tlk Bible nowhere tells that Jesus took the human nature to keep it forever and to returi to Heaven with jt, where it would be com pletely out of place. The Bible teaches, on the contrary, that flesh and blood cannot inherit tha Kingdom of Gon" (I. Cor. xv. 50); and that Jesus was made flesh merely that he, by the grace of God, should taste death for every -n.,ai 9); and that after doing this work he would "ascend up where lie was before (John vi. 62). St. Paul assures us that this Divine programme ha,5 been carried out. After telling of our Lord's obedience to the Fathers wij ii humbling himself "to death, even the death of the lie adds, God hath highly ex- alted him"—"far above angels, principali- ) ties, and powers (Phil. ii. o-ll Eph. i. 2V,). The Master declared plainly. "Yet a little | while and the world shall see me no more but lie promised that he should be seen by his followers. St. John declares, "We shall be like him for we shall see him as lie is" Joliji iii. 2). We read, "Every eye shall see him"; but, this, to be in harmony with the other Scriptures, must refer to the eyes of understanding. The Bible declares that eyes of human understanding are blinded now bv error and sin, but that shortly all the blind eyes shall be opened. Then all will se4e the Messnih and his Kingdom with the eye o'f faith, as the Church now see Jesus, the crown of life,,and the things which the natu- ral eye hath not seen. PAROUSIA-PRESEXCE j E PIPH A N1 A—M A NIF E ST AT 10 N. Our English word "coming" ia i-is-ed to translate several very different Greek words. One of these is Parou»ia, which means pre- sence. and is used in referring to the first stage of the Lord's Second Advent. He will be invisibly present. For a time none but I the saintly few whose eyes of understanding are anointed through the Word and the Spirit will realise his Par<>■»■•>id, Avhil-o all things earthly Avill continue as they have— buying, selling, planting, building, marrying, fee. 'fhen, later on, Avill come the Epiphania — the revelation, or manifestation, of the pre- sent One. This will not be a manifestation in the flesh, but in a great "time of trouble." symbolically represented as fire. As we read. He shall be revealed in flaming fire, taking vengeance" (11. Thcss. i. 7-10). To my understanding, the Bible teRches "I that Jesus has been present in the Avorld since 1874. His Second Advent then began. The wonderful progress in the world since then Bible students thus explain the Avipnderful blessing upon their study of the Bible they interpret in harmony with this. They under- stand the Bihle to teach that this Parotitic/ "ill eontinue for a thousand Years; hut that the or manifestation to the world, w ill be due in forty years from the time the Presence began. For this reason they are looking very interestedly to see NNiiat the pre- sent year may bring forth. Do we not see everyAvhere signs of unrest, a time of trouble? It looks as though this year Avould mark the beginning of the flaming fire of judgments upon tlic, world Avhich AVi 11 in- troduce the New Dispensation of Messiah's Kingdom, Avhen "justice shall be laid to the line, and righteousness to the plummet." and when ignorance, superstition, and darkness will begin to be broken. The transition may be a painful one. yet it will be blessed, mark- ing the overthroAv of Satan's reign of sin and death and the inaugurntion of Messiah's reign of righteousness and life eternal.

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NANTGLYN. FUNERAL OF Alit DAViD ROBERTS. The funeisl of the late Mr David Roberts, Tei naDt Uchsf, took i,lace on Saturday, the 19th snst, Ind wts ot ? public neiuifc, &iid notwr.hsiaDOitg he inclt-mency of bf; we&, -hirr, &n exceouuE 11y large number of hienos and r bad gathered together to p,y their laet tribute of rtspec. to the dicen £ ;d who was moefc popular throughout the disaici in which he lived. The inteiment totk place at Saron cemetery, tLe servicee at the bonje eud graveside being taken by ihe R,v& D P Jones, Denbigh, and R It Rlohsrd, KantgSyn. The following were the chief mourners Mr and Mrs William Boberts (faher and mother); Miss Msy Roberts, Mrs William Roberts, Fiorddlae, Mies R Itoberts, Fforddlae, Miss Maggie, Fiordd- lae (eistrrs) Mr E T Roberts (brother) Mr Hugh Williams, Fforddlzls Mise Muiiel, FiDiddUe Maeitr Timmy tnd Willie, Ffoidoia&; Mr D h Hoghee, Kuthin Mr it T Hugfcee, Ruthin Thomas Roberts, Ru-iiin M.ra Morg&p, Corwen, etc. The ctffin was covered with besuiifal wreaths from FAtber, Mother, B'o her ud Sitters Sister L zz.e, Bremer-in-law, Willie, Toma y, and Muriel; B. T and Mary, Ciwyd House, Ruthin; Mr ar-d Mris 1) E Hughes, Elton House, liuthiu Aunty Yaaghau scd family, Lotd; Mra Jones. Roy&l Otk. The arrangements were carried cub by Messrs Deusone, Denbigh.

ABEBGriiiLiE. RAPID PROMOTION Witbid a reek of irlir-iog his regiment—Tee Mbact-esters- Oapt F N Clough. Abergele, lIa been plomoted lo the »ack of major end second In command. His battalion iii now at Oldham. The Abergele Bay Scouts are proud of their old eeontisaater. OBITUARY —We mnoh regret to pnOCUloe the death of little Mabel, only dacghter of Mr and Mra Alf D^viea* Pleenewyd-% which tork p!ace very tuddenly cn Monday night. She hsd not quite retcbed the age ot five years, bat) was extremely ()k tallhioned :or her ege, and was a great favourite tvith all who knew her.

LETTERS FROM THE FRONT. LIEUTENANT EARWAKERS EXPERIENCES. Mrs Esrwaksra, wtle of the lafe Mr J P Karweker, Psnaarn, chairtran of tho Abor- e}e Local B)al'd from 1889 to 1895. has received a highly interesting letter from ber aou. Lieutenants R P Esrwaker, who is r attached to the Army Service Corpi; at the !ront. He returned from Inlis in JOlla :ad, end underwent a severe operation for appendicitis, afte- which be vo?anfc'-ered • cr active eerviee, obtaining his ccremi&sicn 'n October, and le:t for France in I November. He writes to his mother from Y pret, eÐd the Jetter is to the follow!? titect *I" Since writicg to JOil last* I Da,e nec-n through fscoe esoltins time. After < taking kopplies to the 8-st line, I went on with them. Yon most understand that ail applies are taken np at night, so is was pitch dark when we left to join the men who tRke the feud to the trenches W lliere going through a wood when, soreetch whizz I bang I a the!! bUlst thirty ysrds awaj, j Get like a big rocket or Catherine wheel. Frcm then onwards we wsre nrder ftre, but all sheila whizzed over oar he ds, .xlbo Y,tfe e-bots. 1 delivered *be provkiona 9»felyc snd started back at 10 p.m., going: oack hy he fiftme tpob in the wood. I beard a Jack Johnson oomiog (one ean "ear them coming for miles, a Weary Willie eort of eocnd), vabea bing jast on th4 canal bank, over my wsggi n, this burst. Whow it made one feel qarer Then for fire trinnten after anothpp J sck Johnson burst, but we were further down We got home at one o'clock withcat any (urttcr exciterrece. it is a. v?r nde?fut aig t watching the shrapnel bursting in the air t nirht like rockets, also to sse onr gnns fifing. The Germans seed np arn balls o try and discover our batterief, veryCpretty they are. Tie other right I 8W three huge fires burnirg in the distance. Tbit town has been very badly s^e led. To day I saw a aeroplane hefcg fi. ad at, fchelle bursting &11 aroucd, T'Gt i Ii up, bet PODS hit. It was one of onr own places. When 1 arrived at tLe filling bate 96ith a trans- port a bbell greeted ns, but, that was the only one. There is a German sniper round here in a farm, and be ehot at onr captain yesterday". I heard the t-hot. Ti ey have been lrsfrg to roncd him up to-day. but I have not he&r' it be baa been caught."

THE WELSH SOLDIERS' HYY BOOK. Meesrs T end A Constable Kings Printers Edinburgh have istned title of •• With the Colours," to which is added a suitable selections of Welsh hymna raak'ng it the Welth Soldiers Hymn Bock, This booklet bu been compiled fcr distribution among soldiers with the Onionr, either in camp or at the front, end in not for eale in single ocpies, as it is intended to be distributed among the troops free of charge, bot all ho desire to dn so Sold at 10 for 8i 20 for 1« 4^ 100 for 6* 6cJ.

Mr S C DAVIES, EYESIGHT and SPECTACLE SPECIALIST (late with Wcod Abrahams, Liverpool), May be consu'ted EVERY WEDNESDAY at BENSON EVANS & CO. 33, HIGH STREET, DENBIGH, from 12 to 5 p. m. Testing and Advice Free. Eyeglassea and Spectacles at reasonable Prioes. I WATER FOUND! I a By W. STONE, the most successful water ■ finder living. Water supplies laid on com- 9 plete. Befcre spending money on Water S I Schemes consult B W. STONE, Bolfngbroke Hall, SPILSBY. I

'°1 ineroa ax .»—r leigh, Budleigh, Salter!on, Huntingdon, and t. i%l a w,- s. They have erected over 100 cot- tages under their first scheme-, and further developments are promised. Numbers of cot- tages are being completed at mseombe, Peters-field, and Wrotham. Some fifty cot- tages are contracted for at C rayford, and ten- ders for 100 and 50, respectively, are issued bf the local societies at East and West Dean. Societies are being formed at Buckingham (Notts) and Cheshuut (Herts), and arrange- ments are being made to start in Hampshire* Essex, and Dorset. A ?I st. Purine: the p-t- t■.».o years, according t Mr. J. C. I i*~i\er. e.:tomr>k>g:st to the Board of Agrieiiliur* complaints have been received of a. small maggot which has caused numerous failures in budded rose, apple. and plum stocks. In the caf of an attack the bud dies, even after it has become partly welded to the stock, and examination disc-loses a number of .-mail, bright red maggots, underneath ti,. burl, or under the bark of the atcek, where the 'nc-i-i.-iu hH" been made. The flies appear from the middle of June to the middle of Aujii-t. and lay c-ix- to twelve in the wounds proot"cd in the process of budding, or by other mean. The maggots, on hatching, attack the stock, and feed on the snp, with the resulr that the scion is separated from the stock, and dies. Complete prot-ec- ( tion of the wound made in budding is the most certain method of preventing attack, and ) for this it j" suggested that grafting wax should b? used, instead of the usual raffia. It is not known whether the inject is a native of Britain, but its presence wall recorded on the Continent- some twenty years ago, a German professor first mentioning it. A STATE PATENT. An interesting announcement comes from the United States to the effect that tho head of the fruit and vegetable utilisation labora- tory of tho Department of Agriculture has applied for a public service pa tent covering tho making of a. new form of table syrup from apple-juice. By this pntoni, thtl result of extensive ex- periments, the discovery, which the specialists believe will be or great value to apple-growers as a means of utilising their culls and surplus apples, will become the common properly of I any cider aiill in the United States which wishes to manufacture- and sell the product. The now syrup, one gallon of which is made from seven gallons of ordinary cid'-r, is said to be of an at tractive colour, and, sterilised and sealed, will keep indefinitely, and is claimed will keep under household conditions as well as oilier syrups. Its flavour is dc- scribed as similar to the taste of the svnipy substance which exudes from a baked anple. Arrangements have been made by which a I cider mill has undertaken to manufacture and test on the retail market 1,000 gallons of con- centrated cider, which will represent 5,000 gallons of ordinary apple cider with the water removed. NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN HORTICULTURE. Last year a professional diploma was established AvUh the consent of the Govern- ment. The diploma is styled National." but is strictly confined to the members of the gardening profession, and is secured bv ex- aminations of both a practical and theoretical naatre. Among those for whose benefit the djploma was established are the following: Florists, fruit-growers, gardeners, horticul- tural inspectors, horticultural instructors, landscape gardeners, market gardeners, nur- serymen, public park gardeners, and seeds- men. The first, preliminary examination was held in June of this year, when over sixty candi- dates presented themselves. A large 'propor- tion of there have already entered their names for the first final examination, to be held in June, 1915, when there will also be a further preliminary examination. Winter affords to gardeners the time for study which the longer days of spring and summer deny them. The-ir attention is therefore particularly called to the opportunity of the present months and the distinction which the diploma confers as the. highest evidence of proficiency in the craft. It will undoubtedly become more and more recognised by employers as an indica- tion of tho ability of those who hold it as years pass along. Candidates can register themselves for the examinations after they have attained the age of nineteen. The preliminary examination can bs taken after the age of twenty-one is of nineteen. The preliminary examination can bs taken after the age of twenty-one is reached, not less than four years having been spent in the practice of horticulture. The final examination is open to those who have passed the preliminary examination and have spent not less than six years in horti- culture. Forms of application for registra- tion. with a syllabus of the examinations, can be had from the Secretary, Royal Horti- cultural Socictv, Vincent square, Westmin- ) ster, S.W.