Flintshire Observer Mining Journal and General Advertiser for the Counties of Flint Denbigh

WHAT'S IN -A -NAME? I 'Adam gave evidence in a casa aS Acton, and was followed by Eve. Both were con- stables.

POOR ItOLLAXD. I "An Order from Germany.—The contract I for the erection of a refuse destructor foi the city of Rotterdam has been placed with Messrs. of Manchester.The "Blir., jaingham Daily Post." f

"Accused of begging!" exclaimed a magistrate. "Why, you are the very man ¡ !<?ho was begging at my door yesterday!" "Yes," assented the vagrant, with a Sneer. VIaild "you didn't give me anything." "Well, I'll give you something now. Four- teen days!"

V A FEW QUALIFICATIONS. 1 :I "Nursing.,—Constant attendant (single) IWanted. Miist have. unexceptionable cha- racter and references; an abstainer; quiet, gentle, willing, obliging,, quick, thor. ex- peri., good tempered, intelligent,, synipa-, thetic, pleasant, companionable, clean, tidy> strong, healthy."—The "Scotsman."

SARCASTIC, "Dear me," said the kind-hearted pedes- trian, pausing and putting on his pince-nez,: 'have you fallen through that coal-hole ?" "Not at all," replied the man,, who was still endeavouring to, extricate a leg from tpe ■iole, smiling winningly. "As you seem in- terested in the matter T will tell you what happened. I chanced to I5e in here, and they ijbttilt: thq., pavement round me."

A CONSIDERATE JUDGE. S v'' A judge sentenced a man to ten years' penal servitude. Counsel for the defence asked for a mitigation of the sentence. "I iani confident that the man cannot live out ihalf that term." "Well, in those;-circumstances," said tb3 dge,'I e it for life!"

WITST BE ENERGETIC. From the Ipswich "Evening Star: ,£ "Energetic., and, intelligent canvasser (Wanted; on commission only, to, =. sell rubber Stamps, brass plates, fountain pens, type- writers, and accessories, < art advertisement calendars, patent filters, food specialities, and other commodities, and also to push a good insurance and coal agency business.

COMMERCIAL CANDOUR. F An Indian firm with a branch in Sydney •X'N.S.W.)' advertises in the "Sydney Daily .Telegraph "I "Jap Silk. All French; and our own manufacture." rj

QVITECQRREC'l,:L "It is estimated that by, letting 26,968 small panes of glass on 754 cars, at the rate of JB1 per pane per annum the sum of £ 26,968 would be, realised. By letting 12,000 wooden veneered quarter circles which connect the -sides and- roofs of 600 cars at the same ratte additional conkjL (jr.tuagto'w- -.jaDcraia. « •»

OF COURSE HE IS. 4 "What is your trade?" said the lawyer to '•'the witness in a. case. <" 5 "Platelayer," replied- the man. The lawyer asked him a host of other ques- tions, then harped back again to the subject of his employment. "I understand you work on the railway, ;ny man. « "Oh, no,I I don't," "replied the witiifess; "But you just said you did," persisted the lawyer. -i "Beg your pardon, I never said anything ;»T?.out the railway." "Come, come, don't trifle: with the Court, my man. "You said you, were a platelayer." "Well," replied the witness, imperturb-i ably, "isn't a waier a platelayer?" ? p

MUSIC HATH. CHARMS.. 1 A budding violinist had just finished ani 4olo in a West End drawingrrooin.' .lEfee .hostess, an< ignorant woman, who judged •/of. things by their appearanoea, was entimsi-j about the techiiieal, a-ility which sthe: artist had exhibited, and remarked to a friend: "It was wonderful. It must be an amazingly difficult piece." "I wish it was quite impossible, was the .candid reply.

1 A- ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER. Lord' Esher, when President of the Court Ðf Appeal, was once given a Roland for Iris -Oliver when a young barrister in the course 0 -of argument stated that no reasonable person. could doubtône particular proposition. "Bui: I: doubt it very mticli," said- the' judge.■■• ;s v Tie youthful advocate immediately re- plied "I said no reasonable persons, my lord! H, I it- v TAKING ITFO RISKS.

Aclergyman, who was, summoned in haste for a woman who had been taken suddenly ill answered the call though somewhat puziled by it, for he knew that she was not iiis parish, and was, moreover, known to :be a devoted worker in another church. .While he was waiting to be shown to the; 8ick-rooin he fell'to talking to the little, girl; of the house. ° "It is very gratifying to know that your mother thought of me in her illness," said he. 'I8 your minister, out of town?" "Oh, no," answered the child, in a matter- tof-fact tone. "He's home; only we thought it might be something contagious, and we jdidn't want to take any risks."

WHAT THE CAR IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. "As the year runs its course," says a well- Known paper devoted to motoring, "we find the ear introducing us to inaccessible golf Courses and experiences of strange lies and, mayhap, bunkers malevolent, to the scene of keon strugglea between wickets, or, per- chance, Ito white-bordered polo ground, as an onlooker or participant in that king of II C, gam,es,where the: horse, or, rather, pony, per- aê. is seen at his best, revelling in keen enjoyment of every moment in each t .quarter,' no less than the rider."

j COUNSEL'S LITTLE JOKE. During the hearing of an action brought lby Mr. W. a racehorse trainer, against a Wakefield solicitor and owner of racehorses, it- was stated that certain horses Were suffering from sore mouths and #1 worb-les. "Is he goingjto worble? "■ asked Mr. Mar- isRall HaH, K.<3., when another trainer named Nightiagale sicppl-d into the witness- box. In-answer to a question Mr. Grieve said: 'You can't tell in five rainutes what a horse tsan do." Mr. Hall But you can in five davs. r. Grieve (ein*phatically),: try! 't-, i' 1(.

THE POULTRY YARD. BY "COCICCBOW. If you want to make a success of poultry farming you must have hardy and vigorous young stock.. Delicate specimens are no good, as they will not breed robust chickens. There must be constitution and frame. The frame is of more importance than many people imagine. Aim at a square, long, and moderately deep-breasted type of bird, moderate to short on the leg. Too long legs are undesirable as they are a sign of in- feriority. Sickly fowls have a hard struggle for life, and have neither time nor energy to lay up large reserve stores in the way of meat and fat. It is the biggest, mistake in the world to buy stock just because they appear to be cheap. In the long run they will be found to be verIydear.

DiJSTBATR. A good dry dust bath should be provided for the hens to dust in to keep down vermin. Lime, coal ashes, or dust answer ,well. Fowls enjoy it better if so arranged that the sun will shine on the dust during part of the day. A bird in normal health will usually look after the insects on itself if given a chance. If it becomes absolutely necessary to dust a fowl for lice, sulphur is as good as anything that can be used, and is compara- tively cheap.

FEATHER -.PLUCKING- '*■'• This disease is, as a rule, very difficult to cure, more especially when it has been long acquired. In the majority of cases it is caused by want of sufficient: exercise, for it is very rarely heard of when the birds have' a fair-sized plot of grass to roani.. ,ibout on. III other cases it is caused by the birds being in- fested with insects, and the birds seeing the insects crawling on their companions try to pick off the insect and pluck way the feather at the same time. Fowls in confine- ment should be periodically; dusted with some good insect powder. Great care must be: taken to see that the powder is well dis- tributed on the under part of the body, for this is where the insects are to be found' in the greatest numbers.

ANOTHER CAUSE. The want of the proper amount of salt in i the food is another cause of feather pluck- ing, so it is very" important that a good sprinkling of salt should be added to-the soft food every morning, and also to the animal food or vegetables given later. Cut a turnip in halves, and at night hang it up in the run for the birds to jump and peek at. This will give them a good deal of exercise, and that is one of the aids to a cure. Should a bird be discovered in the act of feather plucking' it must be taken away and shut up by itself for a week. If by that time it has not forgotten the habit the best thing is to kill it an once.

OVEH FEEDI:NG. Over feeding must W avoided, as fat hn are rarely prolific; they ought to be in a fairly lean hard condition. Very often one hears of the complaint of indifferent laying from an apparently healthy stock, and when the birds are examined it is found that they are too fat. It is not easy to keep laying hens in exactly the right condition, especially during bad weather, when they cannot wander about outside, and so get the exer- cise they need. If they get too fat they can I be reduced by careful dieting. Give them soft food every other morning only. The other days just a very light feed of oats. The soft food should be limited in amount to, a ball not larger than an egg in size to each ~/feircl- Tfrey may fiave a Jree allowance of lean meat at noon failing this a small hnrd- ful of peas between each t^o birds, green food ad lib., or swede turnips split in half for them to peck at. For supper allow a small ball not larger than an egg in size to each ~/feircl- Tfrey may fiave a Jree allowance of lean meat at noon failing this a small hnrd- ful of peas between each tivo birds, green food ad lib., or swede turnips split in half for them to peck at. For supper allow a small handful of grain per bird.

I-IENS v. INCUBATORS. Hens are always better for hatching than incubators, in spite' of the fact that many poultry men prefer to use the latter. The principal value of incubators lies in the fact that they hatch during the depth of winter, when broody hens are so scarce and unreli- able. While she is sitting the hen is rest- ing, and this does her any amount of good. As sitting birds .should only be fed once, a day they require a food that will take some time to digest, and a mixture, of wheat, barley,, and Indian corn will be found very suitable. Occasionally for the first few days it is very difficult to get some of them to Cl t. Thov will drink readily enough, but scarcely corn will they touch. In such a. case they should be tempted with a little soft fopd for a few days until their appetite returns. The time given to the hen for feeding iriay ilbe from fifteen t»p; twenty minutes,$hd this w;ill give the eggs a chance to cool.

VENTILATION. Light and fresh air are essential to the Health of- fowls, but a draughty, and damp house is the cause of a great many diseases among the birds. Good roofing felt can be bought fairly cheaply, and when well tarred will last for years. Many poultry keepets, however,; use sheets of brown paper, and; if .this is given, several coats of tar it will last a long time. It is advisable to mix a little sand with the tar. Every fowl-house should be provided with a window through which the suns rays can enter.

THE OVERCROWDING EVIL. According to an expert, nine out of every ten poultrymen are guilty of overcrowding, and especially is this the case among the smaller keepers who wish to make money out of their fowls, although they have not the ac- commodation, except for a very limited number. Overcrowding is an act of cruelty to the birds, and whether it takes place in the house or in the run, the are the sam&—disaster. Iu many cases the fowls are provided with a large enough house, but there is only sufficient land for half or; a ^quarter the number of birds that are crowded on to it. In all cases they should be given as much liberty as possible, for they are never at the best when kept in confinement. Under any circumstances fifty square feet should be allowed for each hen; and a breed should be kept that is best able to stand confinement, for they differ greatly in this respect.

DONT'S FOR NOVICES. Here are are few don't that may prove use- ful to beginners:— Don't start with poor stock. Don't overcrowd the cote, the scratching- shed, or the run with too many birds. b Don't forget to study the needs of your stock, viz., suitable food, fresh air, clean water, dust bath, and shelters from the weather. Don't have birds ill and unproductive. Don't keep hens broody for long. They must either sit or lay. Don't have hens brooding little clutches of five or six chicks. Don't rear chickens slowly. Don't. pla the hen-house in a remote corner, remember the sun plays a prominent part in successful poultry-keeping. Don't expect your pullets to lay within a week after their arrival, even, if they are from an exceptional strain. Don't commence with more than one variety at first. Concentrate all your efforts and energies in the variety you take up until vou make it a success. Don't take up a variety where two pens are required to produce exhibition cockerels ind pullets. Take up a self-coloured variety.

THINGS THOUGHTFUL. Surely everybody who is at all alive is making love all the time to something or somebody, to an idea if not to a person. The moment you cease to be in love you cease to live. And the worst of it is that you have to 1 go on living just the same. No man is poor who does not think himself i

so. B"at if in a full fortune, with impatience j he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition. 1 z;1 < Not once or twice in our fair island story

The path of Duty was the way to glory; He, that ever following her commands, On with toil of heart, and knees and hands, Thro' the long gorge to the far light has won His pathway upward, and prevailed, Shall find the toppling crags of Duty Scaled Are close upon the shining table lands To which our God Himself is moon and sun. Worrying over future possibilities and a

fearful anticipation of the to-morrow are but borrowing trouble. It is impossible to lift the ton weight at one time, but lesser parts of it'may be easily carried, until the whole load has been carried to its destination. So the burdens of a, lifetime cannot be borne if crowded into a single day. By doing well each duty as it arises, life is freed from un- necessary trials. Shallow men believe in luck; strong men

in cause and effect. Youth hops an inch sideways, and thinks it has leaped a mile ahead. For virtue in misfortune nobler shows, As in the fire the gold more brightly glows.

HELPING THEM ON Most persons who have failed know that they have failed. Therefore our condemna- tion of their failure does not help them to future victory nearly as much as does our ex- pressed belief that they are going to have Such victory. What they need is not fresh xeminder of the seeming hopelessness of their case, but an assurance that others see hope where they see none. A certain man who has peculiar power in helping his fellow- men to do better than they ever thought they could, works by this simple recipe. He never talks much about their failures; he talks enthusiastically, with a confidence that fairly radiates from him, about what he knows they are going to accomplish. "I really believe I can. do it, after all," is the hopeful spirit in which men leave his side; and then they go and do it, just because he believed they would. Give to me the happy mind,

That will ever seek and find Something fair and something kind, All the wide world over. In reading some books we occupy ourselves

chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own. But there are two classes of suggestive books —-the positively and the negatively sugges- tive; The former suggest by what they say; the latter by what they might and should have said.' Look on your worst enemies with the

thought that they may one day become your best friends. The great art, in life consists in fortitude

and perseverance. The mischance of those who lall behind, though flung upon fortune, more frequently arises from want of skill and perseverance. The hills have been high for man's mounting,il

The woods have been dense for his axe,. The stars have been thick for his counting, The sands have been wide for his tracks. The sea has been deep for his diving, The poles have been broad for his sway; But bravely he's proved by his striving, That "Where there's a will there's a way." Thoughts, like snowflakes on some far-off

mountain side, go on accumulating till" some great truth is loosened and falls like an avalanche on the waiting world.

CHEERFUL HOMES. A cheerful, happy home is the "g t t safeguard against temptations for the young. Parents should spare no pains to make home. a cheerful spot. There should be pictures to adorn the walls, flowers to cultivate the finer susceptibilities, the choicest and most enter- taining of books, and instructive new. papfers and periodicals. These things, no doubt, cost money, but not a tithe the amount that one of the lesser vices even will cost—vices which are to be acquired away from home, but so seldom there. The tastes of all should be consulted, until each mem- ber of the family looks forward to the hour or reunion around that hearth as ihe brightest one in twenty-four. The heart that has truly loved never forgets,

But as truly loves on to the close; As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets The same look which she turn'd when he rose. j Our whole life is given to looking at little

things. We refuse to see broadly, to grasp a whole. The great end of Art is to strike the imagi-,

nation. If deceiving the eye were the only business of the art, there is no doubt, in- deed, but the minute painter would be more apt to succeed; but it is not the eye, it is the mind, which the painter of genius desires to address. Nor will he waste a moment upon those smaller objects, which only serve; to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract this great design of speak- ing to the heart. Amongst such as out of cunning hear all

and talk little, be sure to talk less; or if you must talk, say little. We cannot recall the past to undo it, but

we may recall the past to see where our mistakes were, and so avoid such in the I future. Trelad softly—what idiot said that?—tread:

eoftly, because you tread on my dreams! Such nonsense! Dreams are more durable than oilcloth. Tread softly because you tread on the facts of life would be a far more sensible ¡ command. The facts of life are the things that go into holes, that crack and let you through into ice-cold water. Dreams .bear all right; life doesn't. He who is acquainted with the works

which have pleased different ages and diffe- rent countries and has formed his opinion on them, has more materials, and more means of Knowing what is analogous to the mind of hian, than he who is conversant only with the works of his own country. What has pleased, and continues to please, is likely to again. Hence are derived the rules of art,; and on this immovable foundation they I stand. Sympathy imparts courage to those who

Itave lost heart, and sustains the weary soul. It has raised the fallen,, given strength to the weak, and brought joy and' happiness into many livss.

HOW WAGS THE WORLD ? RAILWAYS WHICH HAVE "GONE UNDER." No less than twenty-three railroads in the United States last year, says the "Railway Magazine," "went under." The aggregate mileage of the lines was over 8,000 miles— one having a length of 2,611 miles, and another was over 1,100 miles long. The funded debit of the defaulting railways was well over £ 54,000,000, whilst tho stock capi- tal exceeded £65,000,000, hence the interest on about 9120,000,000 capital was in de- fault.

INDIANA JUSTICE. The courts of Hammond, Ind., have queer notions of justice, judging from two sentences recently announced. One was thirty days in gaol for a man charged with murder, who had slashed .his victim's throat with a, razor, stabb-ed another man in the abdomen and crushed the skull of a third while the second sentence was eight years in the penitentiary for a man who had stolen a pair of boots be- cause lie had none.

CANADA'S "TERRITORIALS." In the Canadian House of Commons at Ottawa, Sir Frederick Borden, Minister of Militia, said that the steady increase in the number of men trained each year was most gratifying. From 19,000 men and 1,125 horses trained in 1895-6, the number had risen to 47,500 men and 8,500 horses in 1908-9.

THE GOLDEN MOMENT. The spectators at wrestling-matches in Japan throw their hats at the winner. This is a custom with the Japanese of showing their appreciation of the skill of the victor. The hats are gathered up by the attendants and handed to the champion. Eventually the owners come forward and redeem their hats with presents of various kinds. The custom in question is, it is explained, due to a recognition of the fact that enthusiasm is likely to cool down shortly after the event which excited it has -pasoed. So, to prove the genuineness of his admiration, the Jap gives his hat as a pledge, to be redeemed in his cooler moments.

A PLAGUE OF RABBITS. Jack-rabbits are so numerous in the Ante- lope Valley of California that the ranchmen are in despair. The animals are eo, fierce that they are actually breaking down the fences around the adjacent fields, and eating crops down to the roots. Not content, with this, they are swarming into the desert towns lers. and invading the front yards of the dwel-

CREMATION IN GERMANY. During the, year 1908 the total number of bodies disposed of by cremation in Germany was? 4,050, as against 2,977' in. 1907, showing -an. increasa of 1,073, or 36 per. cent. While tho enormous majority of .persons, -cremated were described as Lutherans, there was a considerable body of catholics, notwithstand- ing the prohibition.

LITTLE DROPS OF WATER. The Barren Jack, Dam, for which tenders have been received at the New South Wales Public Works Department, will be an enor- mous piece of masonry. The dam itself will be a straight wall of masonry, built on granite foundation. The length of crest will be 784ft., maximum height from foundation 240ft., thickness at crest 18ft., and maximum thickness at base 169Jft. The depth of the water at the face of the dam will be approxi- mately 224ft. When full the reservoir will lioldt 33,613,000,000 cubic, feet, or about gallons.

ALMOST JUSTIFIABLE. When Herr Schiemelman, of Vienna, pre- sented his wife with aJpttery ticket on her birthday, she bitterly reproached him for his rvastefulness and tore it into shreds. They learnt the other day that the ticket had won JJ 1,000, but as they could not produce it they could not obtain the money. The husband is now petitioning for a divorce,

ROUND THE WORLD 4TOO V. Mr. Saeys, the Dutch .travpller,, ,Wbo is making a^ tour of^ wo4d,,on. fpftt, has re- cently arrived at Khartum." Mr. -Saeys, who is twenty-eight, is the Son .of the director of Amsterdam University. He made a bet with a doctor that he could walk all over the world, starti ig from home wTithout a penny, and visit every country on thfe globeL except Australia and the islands of the sea,. He pro- posed to walk in all 6,000 miles and com- plete the tour in six years. If he succeeds, he is to receive the handsome sum of £ 32,00§, He has already walked 3,200 miles in less than three years. r .3.

SWEET MEMORIES An old woman has died at Sihore, India, at the age of 110 years,. The 'woman's great- grandsons invited about 3,000 caste people to a sweetmeat feast, given in memory of the deceased.

MARRIED FOURTEEN TIMES. Widespread comment has been excited be- cause the State of Kansas is proposing legis- lation to tax bachelors. The latter, says the ^Telegraph," have united in a protest, com- plaining that such a tax is coercive and un- fair, and proposing, as an amendment, that legislation, to become effective; must provide for a well-planned system of marriage sub- sidies, with a graduated scale of 1 baby bous- ties. The Kansas men are particularly exas- perated, because the tax movement is headed by a distinguished septuagenaiian .^citizen, Mr. Reeves, who had been. married fourteen times, and is now a widower. Mr. Beeves says that he, and many like him have been so often married, simply be- cause so many Kansas bachelors, refuse the responsibilities of matrimony. Mr. Reeves was. a husband at fourteen, and has been busy marrying ever since. "There is only one of my wives I still fail to ipve, he ad- mitted in a speech recently,; "and she tried to poison me."

EXECUTIONER'S REMORSE: The local executioner of Seville has just died of remorse. For several years he had not carried out any executions, but recently he was summoned to Cordova to inflict .the penalty on some criminals. The impression made upon him was so painful that he was unable to face the ordeal when summoned to execute the last criminal condemned at Seville.

A TEXAS LYNCHING. A negro who was identified as the man who attempted to assault a white woman named Mrs. McKinney, was taken out of gaol at Rockwall, in Texas, tied to an iron stake, and burned to death before the eyes of a large crowd. He admitted his guilt, did not utter a cry when the oil-soaked wood piled about him was ignited, and showed no loss of nerve when the flames seared his flesh. He died in nine minutes.

Large quantities ot wrecKage nave ow washed ashore in St. Ives Bay. Some of the I planks bear the letters "V. E. G. and have, been damaged by fire. The Duchess of Lousada opened at Hamp-, stead Conservatoire the tliirty-ninthl annual sale of the work of- liadies in reduced circHinstaaieea,

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LORD R03BBERY SUED. I The Case in which Lord Rosebery is being Blied by liift former factor, Mr. A. L. Dryadale, for £ 10,000 damages for alleged slander, came before Lord Salvesen in the Court of Sessions, Edinburgh, for the adjustment of the issues | upon which tlie case should go for trial.. It was stated that the issues were entirely new to the law of Scotland. The contention was that acts could be construed as constituting j a libel. The acts complained of are the sealing, on Lord Rosebery's order, of a safe in Mr. Drys- j dale's possession, containing books and papers; belonging to Lord Rosebery, and subsequently ¡ the removal of the books and papers, thus by ¡ inference imputing that Mr. Drysdale was not a proper person to have charge of them. > Counsel for Lord Rosebery said it was neces- sary for the other side to, prove malice. Words and acts by themselves could not be slanderous. The judge reserved his decision as to whether there is a case to go to the jury. A FROM DEATH SENTENCE.

The application of a man sentenced to death for leave that he should be allowed to appeal and to call further evidence in his defence was granted by Mr. Justice Lawrance, Mr. Justice Walton, and Mr. Justice Jelf, sitting in the Criminal Appeal Court. After a lengthy trial at the Stafford Assizes before Mr. Justice Channell, Joseph Edwin Jones, of Wolverhampton, was found guilty of having murdered his wife on November 12 last. She was discovered dead with a bullet wound in her head, and Jones, who gave the alarm, had a wound in his throat. The defence at the trial was that the woman had shot herself. It was announced that moat important fresh evidence had been obtained. The witnesses who had identified Jones as the would-be purchaser of a revolver a few days previous to December 12 had, on being confronted with another man who bad come forward, admitted that they had been mistaken.

P.O. SAVINGS BANK FIGURES. When the Post Office Savings Bank was1 opened no fewer than 442 private banks were closed throughout the Kingdom, 363 of these closed throughout the Kingdom, 363 of these being in England, 43 in Ireland, 23 in Wales, and 13 in Scotland; and 296,282 accounta were transferred from them to the Post Office. These accounts, at the time they were transferred, totalled close upon £8,500,600, and the Government compensation paid to the displaced bank officials amounted to no less than £ 112,625. u. Many of the banks which were absorbed had been in the habit of opening only for an hour or two once or twice a week, whilst some of them had opened only once a fort- night!,

ROSE THAT CHANGES COLOUR. The Chinese, Japanese, and Siamese are said to be peculiarly skilful at botanical feats, the most wonderful achievement of which is known ¡ as the "changeable rose." The bloom is whif-e in the shade and red, in the sunlight. After nightfall or in a dark room this furio- sity of the rose family is a pure waxy-white blossons. When transferred to the open air, the transformation immediately takes place, the time of the entire change of the flower from white to red depending on the degree of sunlight and warmth. First the petals take on a kind of washed or faded blue colour, and rapidly change to a faint blush of pink. The pink gradually deepens in hue until one finds that his lily-white of an hour before is as red as the reddest peony that ever bloomed.

DOUBTFUL DAINTIES.. > In the di y restaurants- frequented by the lower orders of' Rome, Florence and Naples, a dish composed of the harmless wood serpent's flesh is regarded as something of a dainty. Parisians of the inferior classes are also great eaters of fried smakes, but un- wittingly so, for the reptiles are palmed off on them as eels. The snakes ara caug ht in the wilder part of the Vincennes Wood and brought up to a special market near the Place de la Repub- [ique.

The Dowager Lady Poltimore, of Poitimore Park, Devon, has left estate valued at < £ 3,350. The Kensington justices fixed the monopoly I value of the licence attached to the Shepherd's- bush Exhibition at £ 5.000- At a meeting of the Surrey County Council a 'J lett er was read from Major Coates, M.P., resign- ing the chairmanship because of the many calls upon his time. At a meeting of the members of Christ Church, Wcstniinater-bridge-road, the Rev. John McNeil was nominated to the pastorate in isu.cces.iloli'to. the Rev., P. B. Meyer.

INIR. BOTTOM LETS WELCOME, — Mr, Horatio Bottomley haj an enthusiastic reception at Hackney at a great meeting of his constituents, whom he addressed for the first time since his recent prosecution. Above the platform was the word in large letters "Vindicated, and at the other end of the hall was hung a banner with the word "Victory." When Mr. Bottomley appeared on the platform a band in the gallery played "See the conquering hero comes," the whole audience rising to its feet and cheering vociferously. In returning thanks for a resolution of wel- come and congratulation, Mr. Bottomley said that sorely as he had been tried and distracted during the past few months he thought he would willingly go through the whole tiling again for the reward of such a demonstration as that. Incidents of that character tended to take away all the bitterness of political strife. "I am here," he said, "to ask my constituents, irrespective of party, Have I dishonoured you?'" (Loud cries of "No.") Reviewing his own political work, he said he wanted to go to the House of Commons in the unromantic common-sense role of a business man, and when after that night's demonstration he would go back to the House there would be no prouder man in that assembly. At u,ny rate, he was free from calumny and attack, and free to look the whole world in the face.

DIVORCED WIFE'S SUIT. A point affecting Dutch law, but which has never come before any Dutch Court, was dis- cussed in the Court of Appeal. The. appellant was Mrs. Julia Caroline Swaagman, an Englishwoman, wrho/was married' to a Dutchman resident in England, and divorced by him in 1897 on the ground of desertion. As the Dutch" law provides for a community of pro- perty between husband and wife—in the absence of special contracts—and an equal division on divorce; -Mrs. Swaagman claimed a. half share in the business of her late husband, who is a London paper-maker. The point of the appeal was whether Mrs. Swaagman was also entitled to a moiety of the goodwill of the business at the dat,e.of the divorce. I This was decided against her, the appeal being dismissed.

SERIOUS MOTOR ACCIDENT. A serious motor-car accident occurred at Walthamstow in which six persons were in- jured, four seriously. The occupants of the car were two ladies, Mr. William" Brown, a Tottenham p ubliceil Mr. A. Grover, the pro- prietor of the Royal Standard, Walthamstow, and Mr. John. Chick, a Southend jobmaster. They had been to a ball. and were returning home when the- accident happened. The-car, a large and heavy one, was turning a corner at the junction of St. James'-street and Copperinill-laiie, when the off-side back wheel collapsed. The car turned completely over, crushing all the occupants but Mr. Brown and the chauffeur, who were flung clear of the wreck. < 1, All the pest were found unconscious and badly cut and bruised.

SUFFRAGE SOCIETY'S INCOME. Tliq third annual report of the National Women's Social and Political Union records a year of remarkable progress. The principal items are the increase in the income and expenditure from £ 6,000 to £ 20,000; the expansion of staff from thirty persons to- seventy-five persons the growth in sales through the women's Press from £ 600 to £ 2,000: the enlargement in premises from thirteen "rooms in London to nineteen rooms, "with three telephone lines, and eleven sets of premises in the provinces; and the sale of the journal, which has risen from 5.000 a month to 20,000 a week. The subscription list does not include the results of the Self-Denial Week, recently hüld.,

for dropping a woman named Brown out of a. window at Bournemouth, whereby her ankle was broken, John Morrison was sentenced to three years' penal servitude at Hants Assizes. In their, annual report the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners state that the cotton trade dispute in the autumn cost the trade union funds £ 260.000. The body of Mr. Alfred Cooke, a well-known Derby resident, was recovered from the river Derwent, He had been missing for six weeks. During an evening performance at Colchester Hippodrome a bullock entered the theatre, and, making for the orchestra, scattered the instru- mentalists. General satisfaction is expressed at Hastings at the announcement that the work of com- pleting the harbour will be shortly resumed. Z, Mr. E. J. Nankivell, the well-known journalist and philatelist, died from heart fail-ure at Cam- den Park, Tunbridge Wells.