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--RURAL LIFE.\
RURAL LIFE. BY A SON OF THE SOIL ——— i TRAIN") GOOSEBKRRY BUSHES. Personally I have never tried training gtiose* berry bushes it is, in fact, more a northern than a south 'f:\ practice, but from what I have Been of bushes in the gardens of Lancashire and Notts cottagers—than whom none grow finer bush fruit-I can quite understand that much better results are obtained by this growth. These methods are to be commended, for the Beatness they give the trees, to those who grow fruit for the table and kitchen. A row of well- shaped trees is a pretty sight, and tells of the artist; but a lot of "mopheads"—to repeat Shirley Hibberd-choked in the centre and smothered with suckers, proclaim the sloven, and the sloven never finds a profit in his work. Training on a south wall is a good method to secure an early supply of fruit; and to grow a A THAINXD GOOSEBERRY BUSH. I row not trained under a wall or fence, with a north aspect, is a good plan to secure fruit very late in the autumn. The shade of trees, also, retards, and in late spring shaded bushes some- times set the best crops, but, as a rule, the gooseberry delights in free air and sunshine. Evay method of training and pruning should have one leading object-to keep the centre of the tree well open. If grown with a clear stem three or tour feet high, the branches may be trained down all ro ind, as illustrated, and the trees are then very pretty objects. THE COMMON DUCK. All breeds of waterfowl may be kept for ornamental jurposes, and where variety is desired are most useful. Of common ducks the Aylesbury is perhaps the best known, and for mingling with other birds for the sake of appearance that variety and the Pekin are almost as one. There are also that familiar dark duck, the Rouen a lustrous black- plumaged duck, hardly so well known, the Cayuga; the fawn and the grey Indian Runner, with its peculiar trot; the Orpington duck, the Campbell, and the Khaki. Any of these breeds ean be made profitable if kept for the combined purposes of ornament and utility. When several are run together on a sheet of water, the white, black, grey, fawn, and blue colours of the varied breeds are very effective, much more so than anyone not having beheld birds so con- gregated would imagine. When so kept, how- ever, although a goodly number of the eggs wcrufd hatch out true to breed, a lot of the ducklings would be cross-breds. I QUAKING GRASS. Briza, or quaking grass, is the hardy annual I inquired about by a Walthamstow correspondent, ■who need have no doubt about this very beautiful QUAKING GRASS. I ornamental grass growing in his soil. For decorative purposes briza is deservedly popular. It grows about a foot high. Siculum and bromvu are other pretty ornamental grasses, both being hardy annuals, the last-named being the larger of the two, for it grows to a height of quite 18in. Packets of seed can be obtained of any dealer. POWER WdttK ON THB FARM. Notwithstanding the great advances already j made in agricultural machinery, it is a fact that a ;;reat deal of the work on a farm can be done only by the use of hand implements. The iand cultivator is particularly racking to the muscles, because, requiring, as it does, more than a single man's strength to force it steadily forward through the ground, the only way of operating it at all is by a series of intermittent forward pushes or blows, in which sufficient mo- mentum is obtained at each push to hammer the hoe blades along through the ground. Obviously, then, more work could be done if the device were drawn steadily forward by means of a power- multiplying device. In order to be of practical value this device must be light, so that it can be easily carried about, and it must also be provided with an anchoring means by which it may be readily and quickly made fast. An ingenious implement, invented by an American AN INGENIOUS FARM IMPLEMENT. I mechanic, was designed to meet the conditions a love laid (1" J. It consists of a winding drum an-i rani. mounted on the upper end of a common fork. The tines of the fork, when buried in the ground, serve as an anchor, and the stability of the implement is further ensured by a brace, which extends downward from the back of the fork handle ind terminates in a light platform on which the operator stands. The weight of the operator i, t'nu j used to good advantage, and in anchors^ may he readily obtained which .J.J.
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f The RUDGE-WHITWORTH AERO-SPECIAL is a fully guaranteed roadster | bicycle which weighs completely equipped 25 1 lbs. and costs 16 Guineas. The latest 8 development of Britain's Best Bicycle. I AERO-SPECIALS £ 16 16 0 SPECIALS £ 13 13 0 § „ STANDARDS £ 10 10 0 I Art Catalogue post free from RUDGE-WHITWORTH, Ltd. Coventry I LOCAL AGENTS:— I MESSRS- CONNA'T. & CO-, Market; Square Denbigh- GITTINS & BEECH, Market Plac^, Ruthin. RUDOIS-WHITWORTH. t'. 101. -'old Streei, Liverpool.
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.…
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "W.Wrinch and Co., Ipswich, or Boulton and Paul, Norwich, are good makers of appliances such as are inquired about, kennels included. Inquiries concerning appliances illustrated or
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referred to in this column should be addressed to "A Son of the Soil," care of the Editor of this journal. Replies will be given in "Answers to Correspondents," or, if a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed, the required information will be forwarded by post.
FULL WEIGHT WITHOUT THE
FULL WEIGHT WITHOUT THE PACKAGE. Horniman's Pure Tea is guaranteed full tceight without the package. Many packet tea houses have made a practice of weighing paper with tea, and plead as excuse, it is the custom of the trade. Hornimans do not believe in any such custom. Drinkers of good tea are advised to buy Horniman's, and see that tiiey get it, and thus obtain full value, full weight, and highest quality for their money. Sold by :—Denbigh Roberts, grocer, 35, High-street. St. Asaph: Price, grocer. rl-iywell Edwards and Lloyd, grocers. Llangollen Davies, Thomas. Llanrwst: Parry, chemist, Williams. Tryddyn Williams. Rhosddu Davies. Cefn-y- •n dd Rogers. Summerhill Hughes. Ofn Griffiths, stores. Llandysilio Roberts. Korthop Hall Wilkinson. Bod fari Roberts. Y sceifiog Hughes. Old Colwvn Jones. Southsea Hughes, The Stores. Wrexham Bird and Son, pro- vision merchant. Mold Filix, chemist. Liaiirbalsitr Jones, grocer. Caerwys ["jn, Stores. Corwen Williams, Chemist.
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RATS, MICE, MOLES, and BEETLES greedily eat HARRISON'S RELIABLE RAT POISON. Cats and dogs will not touch it. Vermin dry up and leave NO smell. Price, 1/2. 2/3, 3/8, Postage 2d. Geo. W. HARRISON, Chemist, Broad Street, Reading. Agent for St Asaph: J. Emrys Jones, Chemist. Denbigh Harrison Jones end Co., EiiE, i Street. *093.
-'--| A WOMAN WHO GOT COALS…
| A WOMAN WHO GOT COALS IN. "To all women, her story is of vital inter- est." So wrote the chief reporter of one of the i leadir-g North of England Newspapers when referring to the remarkable case of Mrs. Isabella Dawson, the wife of a Durham collier. She lives now at 41, High Westwood, near Shotlev Bridge, Durham, and is at present so hale and hearty that the other day she got in a load of coals. Chas. Forde's bile beans have transformed her in a few months from a weak, sickly woman, who was unable to do a bit of housework, who had palpitation if she stirred, and was so dizzy when she tried to walk that she had to cling to furniture in order ■ to support herself, to a woman who can get coals in and feel no worse for it. Here is her l story If you are ailing don't miss it. 16 Just iover twelve months ago," she says, "I was j seized with sick headaches of a most distress- j ing kind, accompanied by a choking sensation after meals. At night I had ringing noises in my head, which kept me fiom sleeping. My head was affected at the same time, beating so heavily as to make me throb from head to foot. "I gradually became so yellow that my family believed I was going to have jaundice. I used to vomit for hours, and after every attack of vo.uiting I was knocked up and unable to do the least bit of housework. If I hurried or turned round suddenly I became dizzy, and was obliged to cling to the furniture, or s't down to prevent myself from falling; while the palpitation became most painful. I j could not eat a. bit of sweet cake, or the smallest piece ot meat, without vomiting it again. Indigestion and acute liver trouble were the real cause of my illness, but although I took no end of doctor's medicine I got 'gradually worse instead of better. I was at my worst when a friend came to see me, specially in order to advise me to try Bile Beans. "My mother and sister at Consett had also, been taking them, and had found them so good, and they, too, were pesuading me to try them. I bought a box and began to take them regularly. To my great delight I Boon felt an improvement; and in a few weeks I was free from the ailments which had made my life a burden. I am now as well and hearty as if I had never ailed in my life. Only the other day my daughter and I got a load of coals in, I didn't feel tired with the job in the least." Chas. Forde's bile beans are purely vegetable in composition, and the finest remedy which science has yet discovered for all ailments which rise from a disordered state of the digestive system and liver. Again and again they have been shown to be an absolute specific for indigestion, biliousness, sick headache, weakness, liver and kidney disorders, pains in the side, loins, and back, constipation, piles, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervousness, anaemia, and all female ailments. Also for colds, chill, neuralgia, lumbago, rheumatism, and as a preventive of influenza. Bile Heans may be had of all chemists, or post free from the Bile Bean Manufacturing Co., Red Cross Street, London, E.C., on receipt of prices one'and three-half-pence or two and nine.
ITHE NEWSPAPER PRESS DIRECTORY…
THE NEWSPAPER PRESS DIRECTORY FOR 1903. (Firry-BIGHTH ANNUAL ISSUE). Year by year this admirable and moat com- prehensive work of reference comes as a guide, philosopher and friend" to journalist and advertiser alike. In its special sphere it is unique, and the pains lavished upon the annual revision of its pages render it in every respect a marvel of accuracy. The complete alphabetical index of newspapers, magazines and reviews published in Great Britain and Ireland is in itself a model of compendious compilation. The Newspaper Press Directory achieves what is too often conspicuously absent from guides and annuals, viz.: facility of reference Not only is every publication briefly described under the town where it appears, but it is also classified under its county, so that (for instance) should an advertiser contemplate workIng any particular district, he can find the whole of the newspapers separately grouped and localized. This year for the first tlmelan alphabetical index of towns has been added. The Newspaper Press Directory is as necessary to the newspaper man as is the Post Office Directory to the merchant and tradee- wan but it is also an invaluable right-hand aid to the advertiser. First of all, every town in the kingdom is tersely described from a commercial point of view, with the population, and the chief features of the district. The information of the papers for the district then follows. The advertising value of the respective newspapers is, of course, better known to those who are constantly in touch with them, and the compilers of The Newspaper Press Directory," Messrs C Mitchell & Co., of Mitchell House, Snow Hill, London, E.C.. whose extensive business as advertising con- tractors has kept them in close relationship with every newspaper since the year 1837 (nine years prior to the first issue of the Directory) are il. a position to offer invaluable advice to those who are desirous of starting an advertis- ing campaign, whether local or general. The well-known newspaper map of the United Kingdom, specially compiled by C Mitchell & Co., still further enhances the value of the Directory as an advertiser's handbook, Aparc^ from these important considerations The Newspaper Press Directory deals with many subjects of special interest. Mr Hugh Fraser, LL.D., contributes an article on The Legal Year in its Relation to the Press." Other articles include The Sporting Press by Henry C Moore, and "Our Special Corres- pondent" by Michael MacDonagh.«js To deal with the Colonial Supplement" to the Directory, which, though bound up in the same volume is practically a separate com- pilation, would extend this notice of an altogether praiseworthy reference book to considerable length. The old price of one florin is still retained though in recent years the book has well nigh doubled in bulk. Messrs C Mitchell and Co. are to be highly commended I for the fifty-eighth annual issue of their indis- pensable Directory.
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( —————— ( Fels-Naptha Profit The average family profit from Fels-Naptha is a shilling a week; it is several pounds a I week in a luxurious family. I No backache moneyback. I Fels-Naptha 39 Wilson street London E C — ■- X •'UhiSblGufcUIiiiL PKisSo.' This Coupon-Insurance-Ticket must not be Detacited. £ 1 0c) WILL be paid hy The 9CCRtl Accident and Guarantee Torporn- ¥ tjon, Limited, Cliiel Ofiicc, Nos, to 41, floorgjgte Street. London, Jb.C., to the legal personal representative of the bond fide owner ot this Conoon- Insurance-1 icket if such owner shall be killed by an accident within the United Kingdom to any Railway Company's passenger train in which such owner is travelling as an ordinary ticket bearing passenger, season-ticket-holder, or trader's ticket-holder. Provided that the above undertaking is subject to the following special conditions, which are of the essence of the contract, viz.: a) That such death result within one month after-the accident, (b) that such owner's usual signature shall have been written in ink, in the space provided underneath, before the accident, (c) that notice of the accident be given to the Corporation at its Chief Ofiic-c in London within seven days after its occurrence, (d) that medical certificates and other information be furnished by the person claiming upon request for the same by the Corporation, and (e) that this Insurance applies only to persons over sixteen years of age, is limited to one Coupon-Insurance-Ticket for each holder, and holds good for the current week of issue only. This Insurance entitles the holder to the benefit of, and is subject to the conditions of, the OCEAX ACCIDENT AND GUARANTEE COMPANY, LIMITED, ACT, 1890," Riske Nos. 2 and 3 when they are not incompatible with the special conditions above stateJ. The possession of this C'oujinn ■ J inn ranee- Ticket is admitted to b° the payment of a premium under Sec. 33 of the Act. A Print of the Act can be seen at the Chief Office of'the Corporation. Signature. Week of issue:-February 28th, 1903. "Come, give us a Trial of our Quality," I' Winners of the Silver Medal at the D. and F. A. Show 1900. _LIM J6* CONNAH & CO., The Wheelmen of North Wales, are making TREMENDOUS REDUCTIONS in the Prices of NEW MACHINES EXAMPLE—Druids, X7 10s. Od. Royal Welsh, L9 9s. Od. Royal Cambrian, .£12 10s. Od. All fitted with Detachable Pneumatic Tyres. C2 per Machine less than last year's prices. Quality better than ever. Swift Cycle.-His Majesty the King has granted his Royal Warrant to the SWIFT CYCLE Company, who have supplied with the Swift Machine for over 20 years. Bassinettes, from 25s. Mall Carts, from 12s. 6d. For Sale or Hire. Repairs and Brazing a Speciality. Agents for Rudge. Crescent, Raleigh, Swift, New Hudson. Pneumatic Safeties from £6 10s. Od. Accessories at Factory Prices. Last year's Stock of Machines at less than cost price to clear. Second-hand Machines, largest Stook.in the country. Pneumatic Safeties, thoroughly reliable, from X3 10s. Write for particulars. MOTOR CARS. The conveyance of the future a Speciality. e have a large Stock of Sandow's Developers, Hockey Sticks and Requisites, the Game of Snapshot, and the celebrated new Game of Ping Pong or Table Tennis. Contracts for Schools for large or sm-ill quantities. Hockey Sticks from 2s. 6d. CONNAH CO., North Wales Cycle & Motor Car Manufacturers, 6, VALE STREET, DENBIGH, and RHYL. They are wise who order our Machines. We well mount the Rider and consider their means Full particulars on application to the Manager, H. MILLER. BENSON'S ( ENGAGEMENT & GEM RINGS THOUSANDS IN Brilliants, Emeralds, Pearls, Rubies, Sapphires, Opals, &c., of the purest Quality. At MAKER'S CASH PRICES. Size Cards Post. Free. Brilliant^ £ 5 Brilliants & Sapphires,^ 10s. 15s. Pearls & Rabies, 28/- Brilliants £ 12.10s. LARGEST STOCK OF RINGS IN THE WORLD. G'" :'i'I"'> Brilliant and Rubies or Brilliant Half Hoop BriliantM and Brilliants, Babies or Sapphires, £2 .15s. from ZCID. Sapphires, £ 7 10s. Sapphires, B5 5s. 9^ 1 ow- ow BENSON'S 'IMPERIAL'PLATE •V 'sdtasA AND CUTLERY, TEA SETS, CRUETS, WAITERS, TEA and TABLE SPOONS and FORKS, &c. IMPERIAL PLRTE equals Silver, at one-quarter the cost. CANTEENS of "Imperial Plate," &o., gam —_ in Cases or Cabinets, from £ 5 10s. | M OLD WATCHES AND JEWELLERY TAKEN IN EXCHANGE, a H BENSON'S BOOK of WATCHES, from £ 2 to £ 500. vv CLOCKS, CHAINS. ENGAGEMENT RINGS, BROOCHES, "IMPERIAL and SILVER PLATE and CUTLERY. Post free. J. W" BEINSON WWI" r L idgjr THE STEAM FACTORY- 62 & 64, LUDGATE HILL, E.G., LONDON. MOTE.—Order Form and full particulars of "The Times" system of purchase Post Free. Old Harness and Belts Repaired with Bifurcated Rivets. HB IM Driven and clinched with any R H hanmer. From all Ironmongers, ■ ■ | H in a«sorted boxes, £ -in. to$-in., II H I Is" 81 un°btamable send stamps to BIFURCATED RIVET CO., LTD., 10, WOOL EXCHANGE, LONDON, E.C. 1913agl.03 _-L- Contractors to His Majesty's Government. THE "CUNDALL" PATENT OIL ENGINES. IPJIOST PÈRFECT POWEP. FOR TH,RASHING, GRINDING, CHOPPI NG, x FULPING, &c. Makers of the Largest Oil Engines in the World. f R. CUNDALL & SONS, LIMITED, Shipley, Yorks. LONDON—ST. BRIDE ST., E.C., & AEIS. my.03 COLEMAN'S I'ii ,A 'A 'J THE FINEST TCNIC ww WORLD. ———-      MB B H a a N 8  from  B S! M S H a 6,000^=6,080 NORWICH & LONDON. the; great remedy. GOUT v PILLS, GOUT; FOR RHEUMATISM, SCIATICA, LUMBAGO, NEURALGIA. The Excruciating Pain is quickly relieved, and cured in a few days by these celebrated Pills. Sure, safe, and effectual. All Chemists and Stores at is. i £ d. and 2s. 9d. per box. n BARRY'S PURE COCOA INVIGORATING & SU n A. IN TINS ONLY, fitL, 1/ & eaoh, -+ 2_===: -:=- ,-= YEGCHBIES. JfW '-ji! VYVtibs' Collections pro- H fi S tt l duct a constant supply of n H I mj the best Vegetables all tho r-lind. fi f fl 5/ 7f6Y,l2i6n21/ 42/ j|| an l F 1. O'il F R S. Boios of Floral •'? on-aiding Flower 'raa ,?"*■ t? arv,»<1 for the lIBl Jar'tens of "dies and 10/0, and 211- WEBB & SONS, De!,v^Fr* %uri)riuw. A"PLICITMNT O A BILLIARD A N DBA vl AT E LI/3 T ABLE 3. A LARGE Si'OCK of NEW and SECOND-HAND TABLES aiwavs on hand. FO?. P!l'G LISTS. O. EDWARDS, 'K.INGSLA.l) i.1,OAD, LONDON. N.B. | ViREWERS' HOPS. Old Hops, "94 and '95 JL-* 1 rops. I "reman, TiDEBROOK K.v; £ \r, WA1 > UUR6T. NOVELS*SSSSi* Bid. EACH. SljNJ) o I'AMr !• 1'Al .O tVl\.—E. T. Kottom & Co.f Fubli^iivr.s MUl J>i"519, Central 1 nu..on E.C. "HOW TU HAKE YOUR POULTRY PAT/' ].o-r 1 3. Ariftrw. ab«»ve. It i WAStfRUeBrR gala ASS > r" gTSIN .> :iv -AS -'iu iu.ns 1' 'Wctfi- ,«,,Uv o.'it-r in w (hi- il-u-k' t. it i-, .i:"s ■••'vt vini i'i cheap- est, ^ltd i> lue u.n.l jU £ evi;ry bu d. Instruction-S"tiU A-sitw wwWil. bt |k« itw I J, 2 for -■ 3 i > '(IV '-T:, h>l'U:y. £ j" ./i:' r 11'I I •-> ^>.1 kii.u- fcU'iMivA & CO., 0 Old St.. T/i'lon. 'ntr.i V. (.it. -t .i« W-ide. | TdE WALKirii'S SCO: irGWDER. If vour uro.r '!•>• not sfu-v i*\ :vi '> s;um;)8 to VVALTvKil'S. ST. li'i au-1 a c»l. nn ;v,'i ■' ■i:k ivee. MAYPOLE Jih Killed by Sanford's Rat Poison.—Farmers say it ill the best ever used; lata foiinil (b:d ,\]" Poison for dressing Stack for mine, and Poison for L"lol, boxtrs, 1". 2d., 28. 3d" post free.—SAxyoitD &SON, Sandy. Soldby Chemists. T? 03f E.—HOTEL ROYAL, Via Ver.ti S jttembr?, near English First Class. Bvit position, rull South. 1: ry modern comfort and luxury. h,ld, S .!JtoIR h-tL"I-I. Lift,. o)iwv<*s. CJ, Marreri. Proprietor. (TSIMPlaFIiiD-A mtinual ,Ï<>nblc-elltry shews how to u1"n 1>M II „ pr>.iuce trittl bal- ance, trade accounts. A; hiiletziv* shpet, aLL:¡l.:I"l d,U)- busixit pos 1 Mr.Auditor,Mansion Ho. v h'nl-r*. London. SILVER TxtAY"TOifPEii, tiie most delirious (retails at 8d. per lb. 141b. at. 5d.. 2dlt>. at 4 id., nett., rash with order. Ca-rriiw ici'd. >nple post tine. 3d. KNU'I. E (X>XFfX'TlOXERY < u.. lir:idf<.rd. Yorks. AAI ipfc OTj P#X TheBestU: :uOGiit-. Manufacturers.! C 0 L 0 E la 0 SHILLINGS' CELEBRATED SEEDS are the best for all Amateurs and Gardeners because they produce the very finest .Flowers and Vegetables. New Catalogue lor 1803 with Sample packet of Seed sent gratis and poat free. O. -R. Shilling. Seedsman, Hartley Row. Wiuchtield. Hants. CANARIES TAYM»'.8 Grand Collection wnnnillk now comprises typical specimens of over a dozen varieties. Whether for breeding, exhibition, or sonr purposes, satisfaction is guaranteed. Catalogue, 100 pages over 200 illustrations, post free 2 stamps. State requirements E. TAYLOR. Bird Specialist. Thornton Road, Bradford. PHONOGRAPHS BIVEN WA. To thoM wiliinpto push the sale of our splendid PHONOGRAPHS among their friends we supply i sample complete with three beautiful records for 6 6. On receiving third order at ou/ usual price of U/6 (worth £ 2 2«.), we refund half cost of sample; on receipt of WV further three onicrs making six in all, we remit you the remaining half. They aelkat sijjht. Give pleasure to thousands. Yon only Vt3ffiH3B9B3Hfek sell six Phonographs at this tnarrcUoualy low pi*ice to secure ourffift. Send for ii>t. Terms cash with order, | HOUSEHOLD HOIfElTY STORES. BROAD ST. STATION. LONDON, E.C. Ai n WASTE INDIA RUBBER bought 111 fl I for J- HCHNTJRMAXX, Downham Mills. !■ BJ 27-2a. Downham Hoad, London. N. LIQUEUR SGuTGH LIHIBK/, Direct from Distillers, lO year* eld, 38 per dozen, delivered, cash with order. For cwm»i9<«mra and invalids. Two bottler extra 11"11 first order, fret, 3.b sam ;'les. CmPBiLt L- SON, iI, RKXFKKW ST., GLASGOW. Est 1865, JOE (Silver) KING. Turf Accountant and Commission Axent, 52, St. James's Road, Manoheater. To be seen personally in Tattersali's Rin? at Race Meetings. Member Commission Agents' Guarantee Association, London and principal Clube. No limit, no (Jorainis.s.on. Telegrams: Racing," Manchester. Bankers: N.P. Bank of Kugland. £ *tab, 1877. Write for 8. P. terms. Business all the year round. JACKETS FOR LADIES, 8/11, guaranteed TaUor-mad«. Wonderful value. 36 inches Ion*, ladies' heavy WINTER JACKJET8 in the now jcroy and white, or black and white hemn^bone cloth, or fawn or black beaver. or woman s size, usually sold at a guinea, with bell sleeve. Chesterfield front. Postage 5 J. extra^Money returned if not approved. COHRH, 63, Oxford Street, London, W XT ITCHEN Range, the "New Cumberland/' %rji G of KIT. (JliENER S." Highest Award. Silver ^°"^nd8 in use. ttend for Illustrated Price List, f I iHE PATENT. GtAS-OIXa LAMP, an Automatic Oil-Gas I for Village Street Lighting. Thousands in use. Sole Mafcera: JOH\ WHITTLE& SON, Ltd..Whitehaven. ALEVES PARN BDr; J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLORODYNE COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, & NEURALGIA. A few dose* quite effectual.—-Caption.—The extra. ordinary medical reports on the efficacy of Uhlorodyne rond«r it of vital importance that the public should obtain the Genuine. Testimonials from eminent I'hysiriaua with each bottle, -old in bottles by *U Chemists, 114, 2/9, & 4 0. fl TO BREATHE WELL IS TO LIVE LOIB. ■ You can breathe propt rly if you try. 9 Most great men breathe correotlj. yM Correct breathing moans success in life. 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« TOPICAL PAPEKS. j By RACHEL CHALUCfc, V.—DOMESTIC DRONES. "Drones Must DIe" is the strik.ng title ot t powerful novel by Max Nordau, the great German writer and philosopher and this work is such a forcible presentment of the necessary i death of the drones of Parisian society that one I is led to warn those of a like character in out own country from the same sad premature fate. I The drones forced upon my mind at the present time are the domestic drones. Some years ago they would have been busy bee«, active in making all kinds of food and raiment, keeping the home clan, and, in fact, fulfilling well and capably "the whole duty of woman," according to the interesting old work of that title published in 1737. ¡ But now every shopkeeper and small house- holder has servants to do the work formerly j done by his own womenfolk. Machiaery-made bread, jam, pickles, &c., usurp the place of home produce, and the feminine desire to have ) fashionable attire leads to clothing being put into the hands of the dressmaker and milliner. Thus the daughters of the house often become drones. So aimless and empty are the days of these girls that it is evident they must die out if not aroused to the life of work and love which is the birthright of every human being. "But what work, what love is there for usP" I hear these drones ask. The hope of a happy marriage, which would make all work a -ie tight, is not easy of fulfilment in England, where women are in such an overwhelming majority that you often see four, five, and sometimes even seven or eight single daughters in one family. Yes, indeed, it is impossible to find bushM.u? for all the girls in England. But why should Dot women bear in mind that there arc the Saves of our colonies, where men's lives are dn;;>-y from the dearth of busy bees to bring the sweets of life to hearth and home ? This surplus of at home, and the scarcity of them in the coK viie.«, surely ought to be equalised for the sak* o botli sexes. For it is as baneful fo rmen to be destitute of fitting helpmates abroad as it is barn. for women to feel they are not wanted at he:o. Phoenicia of old prevented this uvil by e nding women to all her colonies. Not only W, the pressure of the population in Tyre and Sidon thus relieved, but the knowledge of many arts, such as weaving, music, embroidery, and others, in which the nation excelled, was thus circulated in their colonies. A well-known German his. torian tells us that Phoenician women figured in Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, and on more distant coasts centuries before the Christian era, when the dangers a&d difficulties of travelling must have been appalling. Moreover, Phoenician colonists had to contend with the superstition that if they met their end away from t^e religious rites of their own country their last j hours would be tortured by tbo demon of death. W.- Would they not have envied modern travellers, who find their own cult in almost every country ? Carthage was, as we all know, a standing proof of a woman's capacity as a colonist; for it was not a man, but Dido herself, who thought of the device of cutting up the bull's hide into narrow strips when it was known that they might purchase on the coast of Africa as much land as the hide of an ox would compass ? Women are not called upon at the present day to encounter the difficulties of Dido, this pioneer of colonists; but there is a lesson to be learnt from this queen of antiquity, who, when robbed of her kingdom by her husband's murder, at once set sail to found another State. Dido was not of the calibre to accept the degrading position of being at a discount. Women of the present day might shew something of the same spirit by going in increased numbers to the colonies, where, amid the delights of healthy activity in the circles requiring their presence, the dismal dirge of their drone-like existence would change into a joyful poaan of a well-filled life. In times of war like the recent one, we see women of all ranks anxious and willing to go out to the aid of the sick and wounded. It is strange that hearts so sympathetic should spare so little thought to men in other parts of the world, who want oil poured into the wounds of their disappointments, their hearts bound up with the lint of affection, and cheerful com- panionship to encourage them in the battle of life. "Don't send us out your riff-raff," said an in- fluential New Zealand colonist at a debate on emigration at the Women's Institute in London. "We want good, capable women, to educate our children and to manage our homes." Then a lady, fresh from Canada, told how her heart ached in the Far West to see Englishmen of culture often driven to marry rough girls of the "cow-boy" class, from the lack of any of their own countrywomen. And, indeed, the facts mentioned by many colonists at that discussion supported the suggestion I have earlier made, that spinster sisters should accompany their bachelor brothers to the colonies. The benefits derived would be mutual; not only would the sisters' presence enable the brothers to entertain eligible ladies in their homes, but the sisters might find husbands among their brothers' frietids. Only last .month a well-connected family in London was appalled at the wife the son brought home from Australia. When nice women are in such demand abroad, what a pity it is that they sit at home under the stigma of being a drug in the market! Why should our girls' hearts grow cold for want of affection, and their capable hands become useless for want of work, when the colonies offer scope for their feelings and intelligence if they only have the will to take the decisive step? Those who do not wish to die as drones would do well to communicate with the secretary of the British Women's Emigration Association, the Imperial Institute, South Kensiiigton, London. This association arranges for protected parties of women under the care of experienced matrons to sail to colonies according as situations present themselves. It also places under the protection of one of its parties all desirous of joining friends in any of the colonies. Protection, re- ception, and introduction are provided at all colonial ports. The room; so kindly allotted for the use of the association at the Imperial Institute, is aptly described as "A General Emigration Intelligence Depdt of the Imperial Institute for Women." The society was started in 1884. It supplies information on the openings offered to women in South Africa, Canada, West Australia, Cape Colony, Queensland, and other colonies. At the present time the association is directing its energies principally to the South African problem, and in this work it is receiv- ing hearty commendation and much assistance from Mr. Chamberlain. Situations as governesses, mothers' helps, housekeepers, &c., are recom- mended. If necessary, part of the funds for the journey is advanced, to be repaid by instalments; and, when required, material help is given towards the outfit. Moreover, in a private letter to me the other day, the secretary laid stress upon the fact that as the society provides pro- tection for the voyage to a colony no girl should or need go unprotected; and it must be recol- lected that not only are the travellers received on arrival but they are also introduced to ladies likely to be useful to them, as well as to the local clergyman. If not already qualified in that direction, it is unwise to overlook the necessity of a practical training in domestic work to ladies and girls wishing to proceed to the colonies, either to join their friends or to take situations. At the Colonial Training Home, Seaton, Wellington, Shropshire, instruction is given in housework, cooking, dairywork, the care of poultry, laundry-work, dressmaking, &c. Lady Warwick's hostel at Reading is also proving very useful in the instruction of womeat i. gardening, farming, and dairying,
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,if win stand up under a considerable pull, especially since the rope, which draws the cultivator, runs under a pulley close to the ground before passing up to the winding drum. In a recent test it was iound that a hand cultivator of this make broke up an area of I twenty-eiyht square feet to a depth of 3in. in llisec., figures that indicate the waste of energy due to the chopping oper; ti m of a hoe or the hammering motion of an ordi- nary hand cultivator. With the improved method the cut follows a straight line and is of a uniform depth and width; and as the operator precedes instead of following the machine there is no treading on and re-packing the earth just broken. No experience is required to operate the device, and a farmer need have no apprehension lest his plants be hacked to pieces through the carelessness of some green hand. The implement can, of course, be so geared as to operate with but slight effort on the part of the operator, and should prove useful even for women in the care of their flower gardens. WATEUOLASS FOR EQG-PRKSERVINO. Waterglass is a very curious substance, almost unknown to the general reader. A better name for it is soluble glass. It is called a glass because it is an alkaline silicate, and it is termed soluble because it will dissolve in water, or, rather, will mix with water very easily. It is made by fusing silica — for example qunrtz-with sodium or potassium carbonate, adding a little small coal in order to aid the reaction. The commonest grades are manufactured by fusing two parts of quartz sand with one part of sodium carbonate, and one-tenth part of small coal. Some years ago a corre- spondent to Poultry thus described it: "The following, if fused together in one mass, is perfectly soluble in boiling water, and forms a liquid glass: Silica 192 parts, anhydrous carbonate of soda 54 part3, anhydrous carbonate of potash 70 parts." In solution it enters the pores of the egg, and probably combines with the calcium carbonate of the eggshell, forming an impervious cement. In order to use water- glass successfully the following plan should be adopted: Take one part by measure-e.g., one gallon—of waterglass, and ten parts by measure -e.g., ten gallons-of water that has been well boiled and cooled. Pack the eggs in the vessel in which they are to be preserved, and, having stirred the water and waterglass well together, pour this on until the topmost layer is com- pletely covered. The reason for boiling the water is obvious, for the process kills any putrefactive germs which may happen to be in at the time; but great care must be taken that the water is not used hot, or even warm. It should be cooled to the temperature of the air before the waterglass is mixed with it, and the mixture poured over the eggs. The market price of the stuff varies, and it can generally only be purchased in large quantities, but I believe it can be bought in tins at ltI. per lb. from some retail dealers.