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It U Xt A.I-i LIFE. BY A SON OF THE SOIL. AN UP-TO-DAT3 INCUBATOR. An interesting feature of the Dairy Show which has been held, as usual, at the Agricul- tural Hall, was the poultry section, and that it is growing in importance every year was proved bv the enormous crowd in the galleries, where the birds were penned, throughout each day. I paid several visits to the show, and picked up material which can bo introduced into my column for many weeks. Novelties in the ap- i pliance department are always of especial in- terest. and an incubator for which there an- peared to be a big demand, is certainly a great improvement on any which I had seen before, j It is equipped throughout with removable dia- piiragms, a new and valuable feature. The upper diaphratrms, consisting of white muslin se- eurely tacked to ftout wooden frames, can readily be taken out for purposes of cleaning. without removing the thermostat, merely by without removing the thermostat, merely by turnmg part way the two buttons that hold each diaphragm in turn, and then by sliding the last- named forward. Users of other styles of incu- bators are constantly reporting many full-grown chicks dead in the shell, and in hopes of helping them to overcome this difficulty poultry papers AX UP-TO-DATE INCUBATOH, have anxiously discussed such questions as: the best location for an incubator, how much mois- ture to supply, when to apply it, and in what manner. It was known that the questions of moisture and ventilation are very closely related, but the solution of this important problem was not reached, in practical construction, until the incubators of the pattern which is illustrated were placed on the market. A CURE FOR ROUP. X Put the birds m a moderately warm room, and, if possible, have each sick fowl in a pen by itself, out of draughts and in a fairly even tem- perature. Cleanse the nostrils and eyes of all roupy matter by means of a small syringe, and bathe the face and eyes with a sponge. For this purpose use a mixture of burnt alum dr., car- bolic acid ldr., arid water 3o7.. When az-.v frothi- 2 ness appears in the throat, remove it with a feather dipped in carbolised water (sol. carbolic acid one to twenty of water). If specks or patches appear, take them off with a spoon-like stick. Feed the birds twice a day with soft nourishing food, slightly seasoned with spice made of equal parts of powdered aniseed, fenu- greek, liquorice, and ringer, a teaspoonful to about ten sick fowls. Should they refuse to eat, mix the moai and spice with milk into a stiff I paste, make it into boluses. and put two or three of these into eneh bird's throat, pressing them down with the finder, and working them into the crop. As tlx1 strength of the fowls returns, the food should be .uradualiy changed to that of a more substantial nature. A BEAcTTFr, NAECISSUS. The illustration, which is from that excellent little paper, Gardening Illustrated, gives a good idea of a beautiful and refined bi-colour Daftodil .which will lie held in high esteem long- after many of the rougher seedhngs now excit- A BEAUTIFUL NARCISSrS.-MRS. WALTER WARS, admiration are forgotten. The variety has not great size of bloom to recommend it, nor even riant stature; but there is much to attract in the finely-formed, evenly-balanced flowers, that go far to making a lasting impression. There is a compactness generally about the flower that appeals to one, and apart from this, and its highly-refined quality generally, the nearly horizontally disposed crown of good golden colour is both well expanded and ex. quisitely frilled at the brim. The plant is strong and vigorous, and when established will reach 15in. high, or even more, in strong soils, in the past this goodlv bi-colour Daffodil has ta^n part with others in improving the race, and to-day it worthily remains a standard kind of beautv, and one that will hardly fat Happily it is cheap, hence may be plants freely. A CHICKEX SHELTER. With a view to affording greater protection to the chickens than is offered by the ordinary home-made wire-enclosed runs, the shelter has been introduced by one of the f' I visited at the Dairy Show. By the use of this shelter the chickens have an outdoor run protec- ted from sun and storm, and also from marauding animals that so often Teduce the broods, especially where chickens are reared near big centres of population, or where foxes are preserved. The shelter is made in two sizes, the larger of which is lift. loin, o „ y 3ft. wide. It is 22in. high at the centre, and 14in hish at the sides. The small shelter ne-half as long as the large size. the other dimensions being the same. Among the improvements in. troduced into the latest pattern will be found I A CHICKEN SHELTER. I chicken door on either side of t^e shelter next to cnicken aoor on eiu«.. c|uckcns are al_ the brooder, so that H1 find their lowed to run outside tnoy J 1, way back, their most natural impale being to run to the point nearest the brooder. I SWEET PEA CULTURE. These flowers have become desert e v popu ar during recent years for market work, so muc so that it is now necessary to send to our principal markets flowers of a higher formerly if the work is to pay the well savs a writer in the Market (r The great point in this culture for market whether the Howers are grown m the °Pe whether the Howers are grown in the open or under glass, is the production of flowers of r, size, of good substance, and above all tilings or good length in the stalk or stem. Hunoreds of boxes of Sweet Peas have been sent into the mar- kets this season that have been unsaleable from lack of the latter quality—bunches with a lew long stems on the outside, and the midales "I filled up with stems from 4in. to 6in. long only. The season having been dry. and no special pre- parations having been made for the crop beyond the ordinary digging, there could be no free growth. The present is a good time to com- mence the preparation of the soil for next year s crop. and deep cultivation is an absolute neces- sity. Land that is good enough at two deep should be prepared by trenching, and if there is a plentiful supply of half decayed leaves at hand, these may be mixed with good cow and horse manure, and be turned up and made to heat, through well, turning the outsides into the middle, so that the heat may reach all parts. Then into the bottom spit, after it is broken up, should be worked with a fork a 4in. to 6in. layer of the manure and a fair dressing should be also worked into the top spit. A dressing of basic slag, Jjlb. to the square yard super, should u°i°e sown over the bottom spit. When the who.e of the land is finished a mixture of basic an<^ sulphate of potash, 7Jb. of the former, 3gib. of the latter, to each pole of land, should be sown oyer and be pricked in with a fork iffrs. Masters and her son also left Sel- borough and went abroad, Seymour Raike Si-nd Clement Hartley interesting themselves to get him work in Canada. The house behind the high wall in the Hiah- street still has a dismal appearance, but from the fact that tradesmen call there it is known to be occupied. After much anxious thought, Mr. Stilman decided that he would go and live where his treasure was. The passage from the greenhouse was carefully bricked up, md, secure from intrusion, the old man spends many hours in the cellar with his golden children. That he trusted Seymour Raike to keep his secret may be argued from the fact that he called upon him one day and asked permission to name him as his executor. "It's little f'noHg} I shall have to leave," he said; "but I'<?$\e to know that it goes where I want it to I'm gone." As he makes yon iis executor, he will not leave you any money, Seymour," Mrs. Raiks remarked, when he had gone. My dear, you didn't expect he would, diu you? No, but it would have been nice if he had. It would have made up for my want of for- tune, wouldn't it? My dear BJth "—he often dalled her so, and liked the name-" when I married you I came into a large fortune, and got the pretti- est woman in the world for my wife." "What awful flattery Think of Rhona." Well. it 13 a point we never discuss," re- turned her husband but if we did, I have no doubt Hartley and I would disagree." And talking of the Hartleys suggested that they should walk up the street, ana hayt tea with them. Beautiful as the Cottage was, io h d 1:è2f\ given up. When Rhona became mistress of the doctor's house—they talk of going into a much larger one shortly, but are very loth tc move—Miss Talford migrated to London, froro which Elysium she kept up a voluminous corre spondence with her two nieces. Rhona de- clared that the letters were nearly as good as a fashionable journal, and told her aunt that, although she was delighted to receive them, she had not time to answer them at aL' equal length. Miss Talford did not mind, but could not understand, she said, what Rhona could find to do with herself all day in .inch a place as Selborough. She looks upon us as painfully provin- cial," said Clement. "You never are dull, o Selborough, are you, Rhona?" "With you?" The question was answer enough, as sn crept into his arms. It is a rymarkabla fact that she did this rather often, to Clement'* entire satisfaction but it constant}/ ne^eiii- tated a rapid movement when Mrs. Simpson opened the door suddenly to bring in te*, tr to announce Mr. and Mrs. Raike. Mrs. Simn. son never gave any evidence that she was not deceived, and she very much approved of Rhona as a mistress. She was perfectly con- vinced of Master Clement's happiness. [Turn EN U.J about 4in., and the land be allowed to lay un- disturbed until wanted for planting. If the land is deficient in lime 281b. of pulverised chalk should be given to each square pole of land at the same time as the slag and potash on the surface. If the land is not sufficiently good in the second spit to allow of the bottom being brought to the top, then it should be bastard trenched only and the manure be worked into the bottom spit as before. Land so treated will grow Sweet Peas of the finest quality and with a flower stem that will provide the' length re- quired by the markets. EARLY FRUIT TREB PLANTING. The past exceptionally dry and hot season has hastened the growth maturity of most fruit trees in a remarkable degree, and, as a conse- quence, they will be in a fit condition for trans- planting immediately the leaves have fallen, says a writer in the Field. In all except the lightest soils good growth has been made, not perhaps quite of the same average length as in ordinary years, but the wood is well developed, buds are plump, and the promise for another season is satisfactory. Upon substantial soils adequately cultivated young apple trees in particular have made wonderful progress, but some that were planted last autumn and have not had the atten- tion they demanded appear to have somewhat suffered. We have recently seen a number of fine young apple and pear trees which were planted excep- tionally high—almost on mounds—because the soil was rather heavy, and the result is that the majority have made little or no growth; they are checked and stunted in a. manner which augurs badly for the future. It is difficult to provide against all the contingencies arising in our uncertain climate, but a mishap like that mentioned so seriously affects the after career of the trees that it is not advisable to take such risks. Where land is wet enough to render mound planting a necessity, the prospect is not favourable, even under the best circumstances as regards weather, and in a season of trial the results may be disastrous. ? n. f One means of guarding against the effects of unduly hot weather in the year after planting is to perform the operation as early as possible in the autumn, and the past summer has prepared the wav for this admirably. In an ordinary way it makes little difference when planting is done from November to February, provided the 011 be in the right state and the weather suitable. Experiments have demonstrated this pretty con- clusively, but extra early planting following a hot season, when the soil is still warm, often pro- duces most satisfactory results if a similar spring is experienced in the next year. There are also manv other advantages attendant on early plant- ing that are sometimes overlooked. For ex- ample, if large plantations are to be formed, when it is desired to have a number of trees as nearly equal in growth as possible, it is advis- able to make the selection in the nurseries be- fore the stock has been thinned out for smaller orders. Again, there is a better chance of securing the right conditions for successful plant- ing and a little delay to ensure this is of less importance than it is later in the year. The work of pruning, cleansing, &c., can be carried out with more convenience and expedition or should alteration or rearrangement, be needed, there ia time for the corrections to be made.

All correspondence affecting this column should be addressed to A Son of the Soil, aare of the Editor of this iournal.

THE VALUE OF A SMILE. Who can tell the value of a smile? It costs the fiver nothing, but is beyond price to the erriiii, and relenting, the sad and cheerless, the lost and forsaken. It disarms malice, subdues temper, turns hatred into love. revenge into kindness, and paves the darkest paths with gems of sunlight. A smile on the brow betrays a kind heart, a pleasant friend, an affectionate brother. a dutiful eon, a happy husband. It adds charm to beauty, it decorates the face of the deformed, and makes a lovely woman re- semble an angel in Paradise.

NATURE'S BEST TONIC. Laughter ie undoubtedly ona of Nature's greatest tonics. It brings the. disordered faculties and functions into harmony,, it lubri- cates the mental bearings, and prevents the friction which monotonous, exacting business engenders. It is a divine gift bestowed upon us as a life preserver, a health promoter, a joy generator, a success maker. Life with the ave- rage man is too serious at best. Never lose an Opportunity for relaxation from the stress and strain of your business or profession. Every draught of laughter, like an air-cushion, eases you over the jolts and the hard place on life s highway. Laughter iis always ..healthy, it tends to bring every abnormal condition bacic to the normal. It is a panacea for heartaches, for life 0 bruises. It is a lite proloi'.gor.

(T THOUSANDS ARE Using Bradford's VOWEL' Washing: Machine WASH5NG AT HOME, saving time, labour, and wear and tear of clothes. I Illustrated Osit-ilopue on application. THOMAS BRADFORD & CO., I 140 to 14-. HiRh Holl.orn.Lontlon; Victoria AvMiue. 1 Mauclicftcr; ia>» Hold Street, Livuri>ool; Crescent Inm Works, Salforii. THOMAS M.P. EMULSION is an unrivalled remedy for Coughs Colds, Bronchitis, Consumption, and as diseases of the Chest, Throat, and Lungs It banishes all forma 01 skin diseases, nourish the blood, overcomes rickets and anaemia pre vents wasting, and puts on solid healthy flesh of the wasted body. It contains the life-giving elements of cod liver oil in its most palatable and digestive condition, combined with the tonic and recuperable properties of the Hypophosphites. Try a bottle toe day. Sold in lB. and 2s. boUles by oui Special Agents. Denbigh: liarrisonJones & Co., Chemists. Ruthin Rouw & Son, Chemists. St. Asaph: J. Emrys Jones, Chemist. Rhyl, Parker Davies, Chemist. Manufacturers L E. Thomns & Co., Edge Lane, Liverpool

GOSSIP FROM THE FOOTBALL FIELD. A WEEKLY CAUSERIE FROM ALL QUARTERS. G. R. Hilsdon, the clever centre-forward of Chelsea, who lately played in the International League match, was born at Bromley in 1886, and as a boy he played for one of the junior East End of London teams. Later he was secured by West Ham, and after scoring four goals in one match against Bristol he signed a professional form, and last spring he was t lons- ferred to Chelsea. With this club he went on a Continental tour, and in the course of nine matches at Copenhagen, Vienna, Buda-Pesth, and Prague he shewed his new directors that he kept his eyes open and his feet busy by kicking 19 goals. Moreover, when September 1st oatue along, Hilsdon notched 5 goals against Glossop: who were beaten by 9 to 2 at Stamford Bridge. Against the Irish League team he kicked 3 goals. He stands 5ft. 8gin. in height, and although ap- pearing to be rather slim in build he must be muscular, for he scales over list. Not only did Woolwich Arsenal gain a victory on Saturday, hut Aston Villa and Bolton Wan- derers, their two nearest rivals in the struggle for First League honours, both suffered defeat, with the result that the Plumstead team now possess a distinctly better record than any other I club in the division. Only one point, it is true, separates them from Sheffield Wednesday, but still there exists just that difference, and if is in favour of the southern club. The Arsenal were perhaps a little lucky to win, the one goal of the match coming just at the finish of the game, and after the Notts forwards had given Ashcroft a lot to do. G R. HILSDON (Chelsea). There could be no question, however, about Manchester City's superiority over Aston Villa, or as to Birmingham's right to a victory over Bolton Wanderers. For all that, the triumph of the Manchester men must be described as the big surprise of the afternoon, the Villa-al)art from the absence of George-having their best team available for the occasion. While the Villa and Bolton failed, in out matches, Newcastle won at Middlesbrough, and Liverpool, after losing five matches in succes- sion. triumphed at Bury, where Woolwich Arsenal and Newcastle United in turn had suffered defeat. The big balance of success, however, rested with the home clubs, of whom no fewer than eight could boast of v The scoririg- -an aggregate of 41 goals—proved j by far the highest recorded in First League matches on any Saturday since the opening of the present season. Mr. Robert Kelso was in Scotland last week- end on private matters, but during his stay he brought off a good stroke of business for the club when he induce*! the Celtic directors to bring the famous Celtic team to Woolwich on Christ- mas morhing. They have a wonderful record so far this season, and have yet to meet with defeat; in fact., only one goal has been scored against them in the League up to the present, so that they must be a powerful combination. Moreover, Londoners will have an opportunity of renewing their acquaintance with the lTIPr- curial Templetou, for Bobbie is operating at out^ side right with marked success for the Celts. The mention of Templeton reminds me of tils wonderful displays of dribbling he gave when he was at Plumstead. Nothing approaching it is seen on any London ground nowadays, although several of the Corinthians have a good know- ledge of the art-for art it is—which was per- fected by that prince of dribblers Cobbold. To the onlooker, especially to the man whose know- ledge of the game' is superficial, dribbling wema eaey, but the player knows that it is only by constant practice1 that command can be got ove r the ball while running at full speed. I am glad< to know that the trainers of the First Division, teams now insist on their men making dribbling part of their daily practice. As Steve Bloomer once said: "It is practice, practice, and more practice." There were two upsets among the leading clubs of the Second Division of the Leagrie, Hull' City. who had not previously lost a match, and' Chelsea being beaten. Though playing at homo West Bromwich Albion could only draw, but this wa.s sufficient to take them to the head of the competition. Chelsea's reverse was quite unex- pected, Burton United not having won more than one match. Their success was the more praiseworthy as they were a goal to the bad at half-time. At Devonport and at Taunton the South Afri* Cans had to fight harder for victory than in any of their previous matches. That Devon, the champion county, would offer a stubborn re>i^t- ance was no more than one could expect. Had it been otherwise, the prestige of English county football would have received a heavier blow I THE. ART OF DRIBBLING. than any hitherto inflicted. No anticipations ex- isted that Somerset would do well, but, as it happened, the Colonials went through their most trying ordeal of the tour on Saturday. The early loss of Burmeister, their full back, unfortunately ineapacitecT by a fractured rib, left them a man short in the pack, W. Morkel having to take the injured man's place, and for the finst time the South Africans were beaten forward. It is under such conditions that halves and fiacks prove their worth: Dobbin and Mare and the men be- hind them were more than equal to the occasion. Not that thev exceeded in skill, but they far sur- passed the opposing backs in cleverness and pace. Given tolerably good backs, with ordinary capacity for passing. Somerset sh.citild have made a very close izaine of it, or even won outrignt: instead, they have- the limited satisfaction of losing less heavily than any of the other sides that have met the Africans. Accurate kicking would have reduced the points airainst them, and ability to seize upon fair openings might have made all the difference between defeat and victory. Usually improving as they go on. the South Africans this time found themselves so hard pressed that only once in the second ha]f could they score, and often grave danger threat- ened their defence. Resource and their oppo- nents' shortcomings enabled them to pull through, and. considering how their forwards were rushed by the determined Somerset scrum- magcrs, great credit reflects on the halves and three-quarters. Louhser irave a specially fine dis- play, and the halves. Marc and Dobbin, often opened the game well behind a boaten pack. In their last two engagements the S'outh Africans have won entirely through the superiority of their backs- a fact that lays bnro the great weak- ncsin English Rugby football. The <;mateu" international match between England and France will, after all, be played at the Paris Venxfrome rin November ht, the Rugby game having been Transferred to another enclosure, and all danuer of the "entente cot- <V.ale being disturbed is thus at an end. A very strong f-ide has been selected to oppose the Frenchman, including five international p!aver>, four of whom have represented their country against Scotland.

THE ORIGINAL COLOUR OF HAIR. Red is believed by Dr. Beddoe to have been the original colour of the hair of Europeans, and he attributes the brown pigment to the action of Àcat. Red hair is occasionally found among tlv negroes, and dull dark ha, WHOng the pigmies ol Central Africa. Chinese a*. v Japanese adults al- ways have black hair, but Japanese children sometimes have dark reddish yellow hair, an Chinese children may have brown hair.

JAPANESE TELEGRAPH WITH FIGURES. As the Japanese have no alphabet, every WQ in their written language being represented br its own character, they have contrived a unique system for use in telegraphy. The Government has compiled a dictionary of 10.000 words com- monly used, and to each word is allotted a figure from one up to 9.999. The telegraph operator ussigns the proper figure to each word of a mes- sage to be sent and then transmits the figures by the Morse code. At the other end of the line the message is translated by the aid of one of ill. Government dictionaries.

LIME DUST FOR CONSUMPTION. Consumption and its cure have been engros- sing topics of conversation in Paris medicaJ circles. At meeting of the Academy of Medi- cine Dr. Brouardel held forth on the benefit* to be derived by consumptives from living in an atmosphere charged with lime dust. He quoted < report by Dr. Bordenave, who says that yvjthin the thirty years that he has practised, he has not seen a single case of consumption among the workmen at the kilns, and that people af- fected with consumption are soon cured after they live some time in the lime dust.

A WONDERFUL LITTLE ENGINE. A watchmaker of Ontario has made a remarIc- ible working model of an engine. It weighs only J four grains, and is made of gold and steel. H would take 120 of these almost microsopiff en. fines to weigh an ounce, while 1.920 wv„Jd V r<~ quired to weigh a pound, and 3,840.000 to weigh fc ton. The speed and horse-power of this littla .nodel have been estimated by Professor Chant, of the University of Toronto. It makes 6.000 re- solutions per minute, and its working power is 1-498.000th part of a horse-power. The bore 01 its cylinder is 3-100ths of an inch in diameter, and the length of its stroke 1-32nd of an inch.

SENSE OF SMELL IN BIRDS. The question whether birds possess the sense of smell or not has been much discussed. A study of the structure of the skull of the Apteryx, or Kiwi, of New Zealand, suggests that this bird must possess it in a high degree. The olfactory lobes of the brain are largp, as also is the olfac. tory capsule. In yattire Professor W. B. Ben- ham, of Dunedin, New Zealand, gives an inter- I esting account of some experimental investiga- tions as to the sense of smell in this curious bird. These were carried out on Resolution Island, which has been reserved as a sanctuary for birds by the curator, Mr. R. James. The species ex- perimented on is Apteryx australis, sometimes .mown as the roa-roa, and its chief food is earth- F/orms. A number of earthworms were placed in a pail, and covered with four inches of farth. When presented to the bird it seemed to be aware that the wornii were there, and immedi- ately probed: to the bottom for them. On th other hand, when a bucket with soil and no worm was offered, it would not look at it. The suggestion that it may have heard the worms moving is negatived by the fact that when dead worms, which had been crushed with the spada in digging, were offered under like conditions they were probed for in the same way. It is br 3e remembered^ also that the bird makes a sniffling noise when feeding which would pro- vent it hearing any noise made by the worms. And it is to bi- noted in connection with these experiments thai) according to some observers the bird is practically blind during the day, while the tuft, of hair-like feathers at the base of the beak would hang between the eves and groun while it was feeding. Professor Benham con- cludes that the ptcryx has "keen sense of smell"

CANADA AND COBALT. Lord Strathcona. High Commissioner for Canada, is informed bv cable that twenty-five car-loads of silver ore. worth on an aveiage 60,000dol. per car, were despatched from the new mining centre at Cobalt. Ontario, during the present month. It is added that there is enougu ore blocked out" to ensure inside thirty days an increase of the-above output to fiLt) cars a. "This" important cable tends to corroborate the reports. Im which for some time past have come to England, of the great value of the Cobalt district. Mining men nave^lom; been flock'ng there from JNortli and South America, from Europe, South Africa, and Australia. La Rose, the blacksmith, was the first to realise silver indications of value, and the extremely rich La Rose. mine takes its name from him. A very influential group of London financiers is interested in an adjoining property known as the. "Cobalt Town Site Silver Mining Co. the £1 shares of whici. are very shortly to be intro- duced to the London market at c-2. and, in view of the pro red richness of the district, there is a likelihood' of their rising to a very high pre- mium. The shares of La Rose" mine, which is the same size as Town Site." although ) the position is not so good, are so valuable that- they are all held privately, and are practically unpurchaseable. It is stated that although the Town Site mine has only been at work: sii months it has already struck' nineteen, vema-

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