The Welsh Coast Pioneer and Review for North Cambria

[ GARDEN WORK. OUTDOCSJ GARDEN. Annnah are now pretty well over, and the places they have occupied in the borders may bo forked, and, if ncccssarv, a littlo top dressing given, and then planted with Wallflowers, Canterbury Bells, Sweet Williams, bulbs, or other flowery that will give a cheerful green during winter and flower in early spring and summer. The ground is too dry yet to move evergreens, though on some soils, where the soil hangs together well, th work may be done, and if the roots aro puddlea in they will soon get a grasp of the soil. Of course, this work can only be carried out well where the shrubs are grow- ing near. If they have to be moved from a nursery some distance off it will be better to wait for rain and cloudy weather. Geraniums are still bright in the beds. Dahlias, also, where they have had sufficient moisture, are flowering well. The Cactus Dahlias seem to have mono- polised the garden. One seldom sees the heavy show varieties used in garden decoration, but the singles arc pretty. Prepare beds for Roses and Carnations. Poor ground should be man- ured, and the manure mixed with the soil, not placed near the roots when planting, though a mulch when planting is completed is beneficial. MICHAELMAS DAISIES. Michaelmas Daisies are becoming quite a popular garden decoration, owing to the intro- duction in recent years of BO many beautiful improvement),. They represent a family of hardy perennials of the easiest culture, and pro- duce a wealth of star-like flowers, which con- tinue until cut by frost, of which, however, they will endure several degrees, Botanically they are known as Asters, and are again divided into classes, bearing the most out- rageous descriptions, given by the scientific gentlemen who aro shocked at tho thought of the popular name under which ordinary plant. lovers know them. They differ entirely in character from the Ast-er of our beds and borders, and some of them reach a height of 5ft. of either upright or spreading growth. which becomes covered with flowers in many sizes and colours. handfuls of flowery sprays of the most useful type may be cut for indoor decoration just now, and it is perhaps on this account alone they are such favourites with the ladies. Small plants may be procured from tho nurseries where they make a spe- ciality of hardy border plants, and if set out soon they will survive thø winter and form strong plants full of bloom by this time next year. WINDOW-BOXES IN WINTER. Too often window-boxes are allowed to be en- tirely empty in winter. This need not be whilst there are bulbs always to bo had, and in this connection Crocuses, Chionodoxas, Scilla6, and Snowdrops may bo employed with advantage. Small shrubs, or, failing these, Wallflowers, make a. box cheerful for the winter, and these should be got in in Odober. A good variety of Wallflower, dwarf and bushy, is Yellow Tom Thumb, or a dark sort will be found in Vulcan. In a sunny window well-established plants flower early. AUTUMN PRUNING OF ROSES. This is often overlooked. If, however, we would have good Roses, wo must havo well- ripened, solid wood, so that by cutting away now the oft, sappy wood, and remoying thin, twiggy shoots from the heart of the tree, or bujh, tho remaining growths are assisted to mature. Per- baps exception should be made to the fr0e,bloom- ing autumnal Roses, as these, being so very ex. citable, never spem to ret. The Hybrid Per- petuals arc the tribe needing the thinning most. Do not shorten any of the more ripened growths unless they are likely to be troublesome by sway- in ahout in the wind. Rambler Roses are much helped if the very oldest wood is cut away now. This allows air and light to circulate freely. Tio the growths up again to their supports. If tho Hamblers aro on a trellis, tho removal of old wood will enable you to tie out the young growths of this season's production. Ramblers that have been planted about three and four years arc the plants to take in hand now. Thero is little to do in the way of autumn pruning the first three years; but now this work should nob bo neglected. AND THE DROUGHT. These beautiful flowers have withstood the heat and drought far better than the majority of flowering plants have done, and it is probabio that they will again hecome vcry popular. It was a great loss to the Hower garden when so many people discarded them owing to the disease that affected them so much a few years back, for when one can g0t a healthy stock there am few plants that are so easily increased from cut- tings, or that fill the beds so quickly with a dwarf carpeting of trailing shoots. These soon send up a mass of lovely heads of flower, that continue without intermission for a greater length of time than almost any other plant. TOMATOES. In gardens where there is no special accommo- dation provided for forcing Tomatoes, but iu which nevertheless a supply of ripe fruit is ex- pected from the middle cr 0nd of April until they tan l>e gathered out of doors, tho present will bo a good time to make a sowing of some well- proved variety. In order to avoid the plants be- ing subjected to a check. in the process of being re-potted off in the seedling state, it is better to sow seeds near the centre of S0yeral 3-in. pots. which should have been previously crocked and filled to within lin. of the rim with sandy loam, covered lightly with fine soil. Water through a fine rose, and, as soon <5 it has dried off, cover the soil with a piece of glass, and place the pots on a shelf near the light in any warm lioase where, when the seedlings appear through tho soil. they can have plenty of air during favour- able weather, in order to promote a sturdy growth. Two of the seedlings are then to be pulled up so that only one remains, and this should bo changed into suitable-sized pots (6in., 9in., and 14in. respectively), as they mature. THE ONION CROP. Tho protracted spell of dry weather has had the effect of hastening the ripening of the bulbs of tho spring-sown Onions, and they should now be ready for harvestinŒ. says a writer in Gar- ilcninti Illustrated. Although the soil is so dry. the roots have penetrated deep enough to find a. supply of moisture, for the bulbs have continued to swell in spite of the almost tropical heat ex- perienced at times; consequently, they will bo nearly, if not quite, as large as last year, when more normal weather conditions prevailed. Sa soon as dw tops are quite dead the bulbs will be pulled and laid on the surface for a few days to get thoroughly dry, after which they will be laid out in single layers on the floor of what was at one time a granary. Here Onions keep remark- ably well, the temperature being very cool, and at the same time the building is frost-proof, and I had good sound old Onions on hand some timo I after the autumn-sown were ready for pulling. HINTS TO AMATEURS. Gathering fruit is an important item of work now. Apples are ripening in advance of tho usual time, in COdocqucnce of 'the hot, dry weather. Where d .varf trees on the Paradi"0- stock have been heavily mulched with manure or manurial compost, and ail occasional sO!1king of water given, the fruits arc firm and hijjhly coloured. Pears also on the Quince, where the moisture has been sufficient, arc fine though ripening a little in advance of the usual time. Where Peach borders have been mulched to keep in the moisture, as soon as the fruits are gathered tho manure on the surface should be removed to let the autumn sunshine into the border to assist in ripening the wood. Those having root-pruning to do may scon make a beginning, as the wood is getting firm, and in that condition there will be no shrinking of tho wood, unless the roots are more severely pruned than is generally considered necessary. This is an exceptional season, and sotne work, including root-pruning, may begin early. Do not forget to place grease bands round fruit-trees to arrest the larvae of the winter moth. Seed-sowing outside v. ill now he over for tho season. If French Heans are required, a sowing may now be made in pots in a warm pit or where h.a.t can lJe given ,OO!l. If tbi weather continues dry, Celery may re- quire water, especially before earthing up, as the ground is very dry, and at present there is no appearance of rain. Before planting out Lettuces, the beds should bo moistened and another good soaking given after planting. Thin Spinach to 6in. and Tur- nips to 9in. or 12in. For standing the winter tho plants should not be crowded. Get the main crop of early Cabbages planted out. They usually follow tho Onions. Plant a small bed 9in. to ]2in. apart on a warm border for first cutting. This should be a small early kind. This is a good season to make up Mushroom- j 1JPd, in the house. If the house is filled with beds, tho warmth arising therefrom will bo suffi- cient withrnt uing fire-heat, even if thero co:nc frost. The Mushroom-house should be roomy and -.veil constructed. If the house is not ceiled, tack up some straw mats under tho slates, to kees out tba cold if there comes frost.

On Monday evening the opening or a new Or..111 at the Queen-street Congregational C'iiuichj Wrexham, took place, when an organ recital was given by Mr Cnra-dog; Roberts, Rhos. Mr Andrew Carnegie has contributed £150 towards the cost. ) "Bridget, said her mistress to the new Irish cook, 010 breakfast boil." So Bridget I rang the bell that stood on the hall table. iu the afternoon her mistress said, "Bridget. ring tho dinner tell. "Sure-, and where is :t, mum?" asked Bridget. "Why, there on the hall tabic, right before >ou." "Nofc a bit of it, mum," replied Bridget. "Sure, yoa told me in vhe morning that that was the breaklatt, beiL"

r————-—-? { TpIGS READY FOR KUJJ?G SIXTKES j'- DAYS KART.?T? I | W. Rhodes Levy, Xfcaaouth, Ida ol eaya:—"J coaaider J MOLASS1NE MEAL a most valuable food. Some Pigs fed oiifi < ww-e ready for killing 15 days earlier than ten00 fed without it. Their meat was bca-ixtoiully fila and white." Not a condiment, but » food pcclac; cthae food auffs. I Bold by all Grain and Forag-o Merchant*, and THE MOLASSINK CO., LTD., I 36, Mark Lana, London.

-J I Rhuddlan PARISH COUICIL. I The Naming of Streets. This Council held its monthly meeting on Monday. Mr W. Jones (the vice-chairman) presided, and there were also present: Messrs R. C. Enyon, W. Conwy Bell, T. Hughes, Joseph Roberts, T. "VI liiiarus, H. Edwards^ H. Barnett, and J. Kilner (clerk). COETL5 POSTAL ROAD AGAIX. The Clerk formally reported that the com- mittee appointed to deal with the drainage question at Coetia Postal Road had been called together, but there being no quoru no business was transacted. He asked fo* further instructions. Mr Envon observed that there was half the committee present. Mr H. Barnett suggested that the Coun- cil pass a vote of censure on the absentees. The Clerk was directed to call another meeting of the committee. WHO WILL PAY THE PIPER? Mr Thomas Hughes pointed out that at present 1 i 't was verv I)eivilder'L, for th&p(,,st- men to deliver letters to the proper people, and it was time that they named the roads and streets, as well as numbered the houses. What, with a dozen or more John Joneses, David Davieses, and William Wliliamses, the wonder was that the letters got to their rightful owners. He propo&ed that steps be taken to have the houses numbered, and the streets properly named. Mr R. C. Enyon seconded, but thought they would have difficulty in deciding upon the names. Mr W. Conwy Bell raised the question as to who would bear the expense, and ex- pressed the opinion that they had no autho- rity to do the work. The Clerk was directed to look up the law on the subject. The Chairman stating that he believed that they Would have to go in for an Im- provement Act before it could be carried out. It ivt.9 rcp<rted that the PostnazLste- at r,,hvl had wr,-t,ri to say that the P?D,,t C)fflce 61d TIZ?T t-h-a?t the numb?,r of usti ??h?3 3- 'fic?d I extira evening delivery which the Parish Coun- cil had asked for in a recent petition. TECHNICAL CLASSES. The whole of the Coamcil havo been ap- pointed to act on the Technical Instruction Com- C'c mittee, and Mr W. Church Gate (vico- chajrman of the Council) has been appointed secretary. The er-bjocts to be taken -will ba reading', writing, composition, arithmetic, book-keeping, shorthand, and freehand and model drawing'.

"That Miss Gildrick seems to be very popular with the vourtg- men." "Popular is no name fas it. Why, do you know, her father has actually got out a printed form for declining ofTers foT her hand."

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HEN OF THE DAY. I —From "Vanity Fair. COLONEL CALLER C.B., M.V.O. To command a cavalry regiment at home and a composite corps in the field to the en- tire satisfaction of everybody is neither easy nor usual. What meed of praise is due to one who has not only accomplished the above feat, but has also served for twenty-nine years in one regiment without once incur- ring the ill-will of any officer, N.C.O., or trooper. This is the record of Colonel Calley, who joined the 1st Life Guards in 1877, and ob- tained his troop nino years later.' In 1882 he was one of the four subalterns in his re- giment appointed to serve in the Egyptian campaign, and in 1899 he was selected a second in command of the Household Cavalry Regi- ment, which he commanded during Lord Roberts's advance from Bloemfontein, and in the subsequent actions round Pretoria. On this occasion Tom exhibited not only the gallantry and energy and skill which were expected of him, but also a supreme degree of tact under circumstances of considerable difficulty, and even of some delicacy. He is an enthusiastic and dignified Free- mason, r.nd one of the select few who can at an hour's notice take [iny part in any ccre- mony backwards or forwards. As a colonel his se^ice is drawing to a close, but as a general officer much work will be required of him; as a "craftsman" he will climb to the giddiest altitudes, while as a friendre will always ?nioy the confidence and affec- tion of all ho know him. Alike as a soldier, a Mason, and a friend. "Tom" has always worked with heart and brain in the service of everyone rather than of himself. Yet he has been a conspicuous success. JEHU JUNIOR. HARD CASE, No. 1,536. n. a dreadful bore, calls upon A in his rooms in Mount-st about twelve-thirty in the morning, and suggests going for a stroll. A, to get rid of him, says, untruthfully, that he is lunching with the C's, and that he has no time. B says, "Capital, my dear fellow; I am lunching with the C's, too." A is on friendlv, but not intimate terms with the C's. What should A do? --+-- JUDGMENT IN HARD CASE No. 1,534. As A's partner as well as A will be do prived of anything more than one glass if their bottle is finished by the strangers, A may reasonably (and courteously) inform the man that lie is misinformed as to the bene- volent intentions of the Committee. THE SOUP THE SUGAR, AND THE KAISER. An amusing story," writes a Pilgrim Abroad, has been told me concerning a re- cent experience of tho Kaisor's in North Germany. It seems that His Majesty paid a visit to a lady of high rank, who had re- cently been married, and who was still in her extreme youth. At luncheon soup was served in cups, and tho Kaiser, thinking that it was tea or coffee, demanded sugar and cream. The young hostess was too shy to explain, and although at the first mouth- ful Kaiser William found out his mistake, he was much too careful of the feelings of his hostess to make any remark, but swal- lowed down the concoction to the last drop as if lie were accustomed to such mixtures. How the story got out I do not know; but it is true." ❖ AT DRURY LANE. It's oniy very foolish souls Who to Newcastle carry coals. Yet at the Lane they make a hit By wafting sulphur to the pit. *—- MOln TROUBLE FOR MEN. Tho" County Gentleman" i jfor ns ii,4 that The singular eraze for outlandish pets has again becomo prevalent, ud tho ladies who a year or two ago took their walks abroad with a lizard or a small tortoise tethered by a gold chain to their wrists, arc now to be seen carrying lemurs and similar queer small fry about with theln. One can understand, by a stretch of sympathy, the mental attitude of the lady who allows her- self to become the slave of a orpal^nt pug or a shivering toy-terrier, but the craze for the bizarre does not stop here. Pet snakes of various dimensions are not uncommon— they are such 'creepy, crawly darlings'— and report says that bears—baby bears—aro to come into fashion as pets this season.' Baby bears! « EATING A THISTLE. The bestowal of the late Lord I.even and Melville's vacant Thistle In Lord Aberdeen has pleased the Aberdonians very much. Some people expected that the higher honours. the late Duke of Rutland's Garter, would fall to the Viceroy of Ireland, tut as a rule, when there is a question of nationality, the Thistle is bestowed on a Scotsman. A funny story is told of Mr. Disraeli when a certain peer, more distinguished for the antiquity of his lineage than his intellectual capacity, was recommended for the national honour. "No," he said, "I can't give the Thistle to Lord- he would eat it!" 0 IAIODEI',N MAXIMS. I have been studying with some interest some excerpts from the Cynics' Rules of Conduct published upon the opposite side of the Atlantic. Some of them are not un- funny:- When at a wedding breakfast try to remember that you will probably have other opportunities of drinking cham- pagne. "Tho chief duty of the best man is to prevent the groom from escaping before the ceremony. II Remember that perhaps you are not the sort of husband that father used to make. On returning from tho altar be care- ful not to step on the bride's train. There's trouble enough ahead without that. The father gives the bride away, but the small brother would like to. "At week-end bridge parties no really nice girl will cheat on the Sabbath Day. Don't marry for money, but never let money stand between a girl and her happiness. It is not good form to congratulate a girl friend upon her engagement. Simply remark: So vou LsAded him at last.' -+-

"Etcuso me, o!d man," said Brown to Jones, "but there's something' wrong with your hair, isn't there?" "I should think there is," replied Jones. "It's that new shop clewing movemort. Last night I went i.nt ot-he hairdresser's to get my hair cut, and seven o'clock struck when it was half-done, and so I have to go about like this till to-morrow morning." Connoisseur; "Ah! this is a copy of a Titian. You will pardon me, I am sure if I say that is o imporfcot (;10." Artist: "Certaiiniy. As a conscientious painter, I had to copy all the ifporfeetions of the original, you know." Ha (admiringly): "You're not the sort of girl to give yourself away." She (insinuatmg- iy): "No, but you might ask father."

AGRICULTURAL NOTES. BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. LIVE STOCK OF THE EMPTEE. In its animal wecltli the agriculture of tho British Empire, with its Indian possessions, takes [1 pre-eminence which it does not eyen share with its great wheat-producing competitors, for it very conspicuously distances them all, as indeed it docs in its human population, which must not bo disregarded as affecting tho problem. No other flag covers as docs that of our own coun- try a herd of 120.000,000 head of cattle, includ- ing in this total the herds of Indian buffaloes. The United States, with 67.000,000 cattle, and the Russian Empire, with 45,Q00,0C0. come next in magnitude, and again these three States stand ahead of all other nationalities supplying returns. In sheep the British Imperial total reaches 157,000.000 head, somewhat over half standing to the credit of our Australian Colonies. The latest Argentine estimates, al- though the totals arc somewhat uncertain, also appear to reach about half the flocks of tho British Empire. Even including goats, as the later Russian figures do, the flocks of the Czar's Dominions are estimated at 65,000,000, while the sheep stock of the United States is now officially put at no more than 45,000,000 head, which is, unless there is some strange defect in the yearly records, a return to the numbers of the flocks reported a quarter of a century ago. If this is so, the ratio of sheep to persons in the United States has fallen enormously. < < USES OF ORGANIC MANURE3. Mineral substances, with the exception of lime and basic slag, chiefly serve one function only, supplying plant food; but organic substances, like dung and certain products, act beneficially in many directions. They furnish plant food, al- though the proportions ar6 not well balanced, and somewhere in the rotation the proper mineral substances must be added if the betit re- sults aro to bo obtained. They have a marked effect on the mechanical condition of the BOil. A heavy soil is lightened by their mere presence, and also as a result of their decay; and a light soil is improved by the cementing action of the glue-like colloidal humue to which they give rise. Without organic matter it is difficult to securo a good tilth. One of the most valuable properties of organic manures, and one in which they far surpass artificials, is their remarkable power of holding water. The water supply in many soils is insufficient for securing maximum crops; the rrianu-ring and cultivating adopted would give much better results if more water were present. Proper cultivation and the appli- cation of organic manures are two good wave; of conserving the water supply. It is pointed out in a leaflet issued by the Board of Agricul- ture that there are a number of waste products used at present only in special branches of farm- ing. some of which deserve a more extensive trial. It is pointed out that there are certain substances used in the hop gardens of Kent and Surrey which there is no fundamental reason for being restricted solely to hops, and some of them have been applied with great advantage to other crops. Nor is their use con- fined to a particular type of soil; they are gene- rally applied to light, chalky, or sandy land, but this is hy no n1e1nS cS6CIltial. < < LAND FOR PERMANENT PASTURE. In preparing land for permanent pasture it is necessary in the first place that the "oil should bo thoroughly cleaned, and that annual weeds, as well as couch, should be destroyed. Small and slow-growing grasses are much more readily in- jured by annuals than are such vigorous plants as wheat or oats. In the second place a fine tilth and a fine surfacc wijl bo necessary. H the ground is rough, a number of the seeds must perish; bare patches will thus be formed which will subsequently extend and disfigure tho pasture. If the soil is soft and open seeds may be buried too deeply, and tho p'ant will be thin. A further important consideration in preparing bno for grass and clover plants is the manurial condition of the soil. Although grasses are belwfltcd by nitrogenous manures it will seldom be desirable to apply such manures either before or just immediately after sowing the seeds. Tho first effect of the manuring would be to increase th quality of straw produced by the corn crop with which the seeds have been sown, and thus to repress rather than aid the young pasturo plants. Phosphatic manures such as basic slag or superphosphate, on tho other hand, should be used liberally, and may, perhaps, be best applied to the preceding root crop. If the root crop has not received either of these artificial manures, one or other may be worked into the land in winter months before sowing the seeds. In dry districts, and on light soils. 3'5 of superphosphate should be applied, but for most soils 4 to 5cwt. of basic slag may be recommended. This manure may be applied at any time between November and February. If farmyard manure has been used freely for the root crop and if part of the crop has been consumed on the land a potash manuie nmy usually be dispensed with, ancfeven where roots have been^carted off potash manures aro not likely to be required before sowing ex- cept on light gravelly or light peaty soils. < THE LATE HARVEST. A further report from the Board of Agricul- ture tends to confirm the expectations of the harvest as previously reported. The exception- ally fine weather has generally enabled the crops to be quickly secured in excellent condition on the otner hand, the prolonged drought has had a detrimental effect, upon potatoes and roots. and upon the second growth of grass in nearly all divisions of England. Wheat, which was re- presented in August as being probably 5 per • cent. over average, has declined to the extent of about s per cent. but a yield exceeding the average is expected in each division of "Great Britain. Barley seems to have improved by about 1 per cent., and is also represented as be- ing over average in every division. In oats no general alteration is indicated, and the crop is described as above the average everywhere, ex- cept in the Northern division of Ensland and the Eat of Scotland. The depreciation in the potato crop. occasioned mainly by lack of rain, is put. l1t about 2 per cent., the yield now indica- ted being slightly below tho average. While mangels do not appear to have been much affec- ted, turnips and swedes suffered from lack of rain to an extent which is put generally at about 4 per cent. Rummarising the reports, the pro- bable yields of Great Britain as a whole are now represented by the following percentages: Wheat, 105; barley, 304; oats. 102; potatoes, 99; and roots. 101-j. As 100 represents an ave- rage crop. practically potatoes are an average crop, and all the other crops are above tho ave- rage. This shews a record harvest. < < LAYING HEDGES. Winter is the proper time to lay hedges, but in case the thorns are old and thick, the later in tho spring the work is done the better, as there is not so long to wait for the sap to rise and less likelihood of the thorns dying. Never lay a f^ftce during severe frost. The wood is then so* brittle that it will break off rather than be bent in its proper position after being nicked. It is always safe to leave it till there is a thaw. Work of this kind cannot be done hurriedly, and it is always cheapest to set a good, trustworthy man at day work: h? can then do it carefully, and not be thinking he has to do so much work to make his wages. It is always more satisfac- tory to get this kind of work well done, and it is cheapest in the end. being more durable. It may be asked how it is that so few young men are of aay use at a hedge. The reason is that thev will not take the necessary pains over It. They are always in too great a hurry and anxi- ous to get it finished and go to something else. It is surprising to see some old men at a nedge. Ono might wonder how they can £ fd the strength to cut and lay the thick wood. But it is not all strength. There is a great deal m knowing exactly how and where to cut, so that the fence can easily be laid in its proper position without the rik of its urea-king off short. » BUTTER TESTS. I Tho English Jersey Cattle Society has much to encourage butter tests. In 1890 c of Jerseys oniy was held at Kcmpton Par? t'l' 5 Sociotv finding the whole of the prize i en■; and paying all" expenses. A: that show the fc j returns of tho cows tested was published bu those returns have been lost sight of, and.; t j fortunately, no copy is available. The idea w a good one. and has been followed in Denn ar and milk-testing and control societies now exist to a large extent in that country. According tc j a return of the Board of Agriculture, theso have J been very successful, and there are now oOc societies, "with 3,730 members, possessing 136.80G j cows. In Sweden there are 204 societies, in Nor- wav 120. 40 in Finland, and 50 in Germany. The weight of milk of each cow is taken arid tested, and a proper system of feeding pro- I scribed. In the present day the butter-test "lasses have increased in importance, and are novi recognised as essential to the show-yard, both in England and America; while their in"uencc, through tho publication of the reports containing the butter ratio figures, on the average yields ol catile and of the length of time tney have beo* in milk has been widespread.

DON'T NEGLECT YOUR SKiN! J HOMELY HINTS FOR THE AUTUMN. j All t.hr. who havo to complain just now of a nasty raw "fool" about their ixasida, axrns, nocks or faocs, not to inejitiosa the serious skin br-??',v azid li,.?b ii? tl--?, autu:r?-i, wK)tL)A,(-Io Nvol.? to h<.i-w of this -affor- 'T du(- im 3 I iis to a:t<l by Nyli-at? a Ple M" 3 th-c w(.?r4 ?,n in th?f,, --Icar- ad 2exibihly of tb. < « < Don't forget that tho skin is icoro than a mero covering to protoet tiho body. By means of t?,-iv T-Jlos 't hel,) to p fy t?20 SYEL,M; =d a p-3. auL cha, or an iioclh- ing sore mean grave interference with tho func- tions so closely oonneciod with tho general h c, h. Don't forget that the skin surfaces aro being continually worn away and renewed from bolow by the growth of new tissue. Don't forgot that the damp, raw, oold days of C'Ctobor make the skin hard;ui and crack, a.nd sow the first soods of skin disease. Cheap soaps do the same by stealing out of the pores tne natural oil that should keep the skin soft and < < Don't neglect a cut or a sore for fear of blood- poisoning or inflammation. Zam-Buk is the best, in fact the only certain, antiseptic healer Whether the trouble is a rash from a sudden chdl, swelling and inflammation from "chaps'' or. washing-clay, or chafing or cold-sores pro duood by friction or exposure — in any of these er^eigencies Za;n-Buk proves a veritable boon. ThLa popular balm derives its unique proper- ties from certain rich healing vegetable juices, and the remarkable manner of their combina- tion. Zam-Buk works hand in hand with Nature, as befits its naitirraJ origin. It first expels all that is retarding the everyday functions of the sk' Ilavin- I'" d-cii? this, and all th-a natural fun3-.iDris to norm,l act-ii-ilv, Zam-Buk h-elps to i-eplie,, the or cl. '?d I)aTtS by sc" thoroughly tound and healthy tissue. Thiio marvellous work of regeneration is so minute and complicated that a powerful micro- scope would be required to watch the building up of now tissue. The process may be likened to a builder extending a new row of houses. New cells are created until tho whole of the injured. irritated, or diseased surface is changed. s » » ■ What the sufferer firsfc notices, as the applica- tions of Zam-Buk are continued, is that all itch- ing aJid inflammation are quiddy allayed. The smart is taken out of the cut, burn, or scald, or, in the case of disease, burning sores cease to tor- ture, uicors and erupt* 'd?ry up a,-id grow less, d i, 'or the d, thanks to Zani-Buk's ideal mothod, all disfigurement is for ever banished. No skin looks so well, or is, in faet so soft, sound, sweet, and healthy throughout, as the skin tihat has had frequent dressings of Zam- Buk. This perfection is more than "skin-deep," secin g. thai a healthy skin (rrwdo healthy by Zam-Buk) often exerts a wholesome influence upon the rest of the body. < « # Zavi-Buk, because of its unique composition and its splendid achievements, can reasonably claim to ha.v-e revived one of the lost arts of Ancient Greece. No home should be without a cne-and^t-hroe-half |>enriy or two-and-nine box (tho latter containing nearly three times the ordinary box). Of all chemists, or from the Zam-Buk Co.. Redcross-street, London, E.C.

LLANDUDNO AND COLWYN BAY LIGHT W!LWAY. Representatives of Messrs Bruce, Peebles and Co., the contractors for the construction of the Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway, had interviews yesterday with Mr A. Morton. the electrical engineer, and Mr E. P. Stephenson, the engineer and surveyor to the Llandudno Council, respecting mat- ters of construction, etc., which, it is neces- sary to settle before the completion of the line is taken in hand. It is very probable that the line between Llandudno West Shore and Rhos-on-Sea will be in operation by next Easter. The contractors have taken a build- ing belonging to the Llandudno Council, in which stores and equipment for the line are being accumulated. z;1

Much excitement was caused at Mold about fivo o'clock on Monday morning by an out- break of fire at the house of Mr Edward Smith, of Pentre. Tho inmates escaped in- jury. Damage ro the extent of several hundred pounds w?,s caused.

Socicf. ^His Majesty has awarded the Imperial Ser- vice Medal to 163 retired members of the Home and Colonial Civil Services. The Duke of Argyll, speaking for Princess Louise, at the opening of the Leeds Girls' High School on Saturday, said that he missed a rifle range during his inspection of the school. He declared that it was the duty of the girls to make the boys ashamed of them- selves by becoming better shots. At Harbcrnc (Staffs) a tablet is to be erected to the memory of Mr. J. W. Green, who in 1799 founded the first penny savings club bank. Th Duke of Westminster, who is in Barotseland on a prolonged shooting trip, is expected back in Bloemfontein early in November, and will pay another visit to his estate in the Orange River Colony before re- turning home for Christmas. Field-Marshal Earl Roberts celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday on September 30. The Bishop of Peterborough has conferred the appointment of Archdeacon of Oakham, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. R. P. Lightfoot, on Canon Moore, rector of Benefield, Northants. Mr. Alderman Crosby and Mr. W. H. Dunn, C.C., the Sheriffs-elect for the City of London for the ensuing year, were admitted to office in the Great Hall of the Guildhall. Lord Brassev and Admiral the Hon. Sir Edmund Frernantle, G.C.B., arc among thosn who have promised to attend the national service for seafarers, to be held at St. Paul's Cathedral on October If Tragedies and Disasters. "Accidental death" was the verdict at the Dover inquest on Timothy Dilmat, a black- smith, who whilst shoeing a horse received kicks from which he died. A little girl has died from burns at Dublin through a surgical bandage she had on catch- ing fire. Two cattlemen in the service of Mr. E. J. Percy, at Hausenrigg, Cumberland, entered a loose box to administer medicine to a young Galloway heifer, but the animal knocked both men down, and one, named Thwaite, was fatally injured. Mr. Henry Holcombe Brown, managing di- rector of Messrs. Skinner and Company, Limited, motor-car proprietors and livery- stable keepers, was found dead on Saturday with a revolver wound in his body in an un- used stable at St. Leonards. The body of Mr. James Coatcs, manager of Messrs. Bostock's shoe manufactory, was found in Sherbrook-vale, Stafford, with the throat cut and a razor near. Mr. Coates had been missing for a week. William Regan, twenty years old, who had been married only three weeks, committed suicide at Manchester by cutting his throat. A verdict of Felo dc so" was returned at the inquest. While boating off Margate, Annie Mit- chell, a cook at Wcstgate, fell overboard, and although the boatman, whose craft over- turned in his efforts to rescue her, held her up until they were drawn on board a smack, she was then dead. Walking into a shaft which was uncovered pending alterations, a young miner named John Southam, of Bigrigg, near Whitehaven, fell a distance of sixty feet into eleven feet of water, and was dead when found. Austin Walsh, a Leeds vocalist, was found dead in bed at Stocktou-on-Tecs with the gas turned full on. At the inquest it was stated that he was under the influence of drink when he went to bed, and a verdict of accidentally suffocated was returned. A verdict of Accidental death was re- turned at the Woolwich inquest on John Reed, master bricklayer, of Plumstcad, who fell from a building into a garden and re ceived fatal injuries. Accidents. Ralph Sadler, a cyclist, of Batoum-gar- dens, West Kensington, was knocked down and rendered unconscious in a collision with a motor-car. When he recovered conscious- ness, in Croydon Hospital, his first words were a hope that he had not caused the motorist any inconvenience. The sugar-boiling premises of Mr. Edwin Teesdale, High-street, Swansea, were de- stroyed by fire early on Sunday morning. Two sons of the proprietor were asleep up- stairs, and had to scramble through a sky- light, partially clad, on the roof at the rear. I Thirty gallons of liquid fuel were burnt through an outbreak of fire in a wagon loaded with oil in I^avey-street, Finsbury. While the battleship Hibernia was at an- chor in Plymouth Sound a hawser was car- ried away. injuring a blacksmith and knock- ing overboard three men, who were rescued. While a party of Jews were waiting for I their first meal after the fast of the Atone- ment in a house in Fordliam-street, Com- mcrcial-road, E., there was an outbreak of fire. Several of the occupants received burns. At the entrance to Belfast Lough during the fog on Saturday, the Ardrossan to Bel- fast steamer Partride went ashore, but was subsequently refloated. At Charlestown Curve, between Hebclen Bridge and Todmordcn, a number of wagons of a fish train were thrown from the metals on Saturday by two bales of wool, which, un- noticed in the fog, had rolled from a goods train going in the opposite direction. A serious gas explosion occurred in the shop of Mr. Nock, fruiterer, of Blackwall- street, Kidderminster. The shop windows [ were blown across the street, and two sons of I Mr. Nock were injured. I While endeavouring to avoid a man at Hounslow the driver of a motor-car belong- ¡ ing to Licut.-General Paget ran into a tram- car and knocked down a man who was about to enter it. The man was taken to the hos- pital. In London-road, S.E., a motor omnibus got out of control and dashed into two vans, both the drivers of which were seriously in- jured and had to be taken to Guy's Hospital. Twenty-one horses were burned to death in a fire at the stables of Mr. C. Howell, hauling contractor at Coedpenmaen, Ponty- pridd, in the Rhondda Valley. Told in the Courts. "I have been away during His Majesty'c pleasure," was the manner in which a de- fendant at the Yarmouth Police-court on Saturday informed the magistrates that he had recently been in prison. For stealing whisky Colyn Carnadice, for- merly a champion light-weight wrestler and ex-Preston publican, was sent to prison for a month on Saturday at Lancaster. Kingston magistrates waited over a quar- ter of an hour on Saturday for the attend- ance of a military officer. At the end of that time they discharged the accused man. The only case at Wycombe Sessions on Sat- urday was the 251st against Jacob Popp for Sunday trading. Arthur Taylor, who had been found in hid- ing under the scat of a railway compart- ment, knocked a station-master on to the line in front of a goods train, from which he only just escaped. Taylor was sentenced to twe months' hard labour on Saturday at Bir- mingham. A man named Daniel Smith, remanded at Nottingham for being drunk and incapable through drinking methylated spirits, said, I am a slave to methylated spirits. I take it to relieve me of terrible pain in the head, through an accident. When the feeling comes I cannot resist." Charged on his own confession with bigamy on Saturday, Samuel Flewers told the North London magistrate that he thought his first wife had been dead1 for fifteen years. Tho second wife, who kissed Flewers as he left the dock after being committed for trial, said he was a good husband and a kind father. Charles Thomas Watt, of Putney, was fined £ '20 and costs at Markyate Petty Ses- sions and his license suspended for three months, for driving a motor-car at a dan- gerous speed through Markyate, where so many fatal accidcuts have occurred. Seventy-four threepenny pieces and a half- sovereign were tendered in payment of a fine of 28 6d. for poaching by a man at Ware- ham Police-court. Charged with robbing the offertory-box in Kirby Bedon Church, Norfolk, an elderly man named John Middleton, who was chased by the rector on a bicycle and given by him into custody was committed for trial at Swansthorpe Sessions. Herbert Mason, a reservist of the Royal Engineers, was remanded at Woking on a uliarge of stealing .£20 from his mother, a widow, of Pirbright.