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ILMM&L I LIIR S^TTTH ,\PW41T CROLU UNION LINE FIELDS- TUK KOVAI, MAIL INTERMEDIATE STfcAiH £ itt» sad from mnnUa Saturday tor Sooth and African V:^ SWe at Madkra and Tenernfe. Ar?iv to ^e UN.O^ SHIP COMPANY (Limitsd). La..)'it-* Koa £ Kthajnpton, and South African Houtte, W to So. hi.aoi)t#,r.1o within. London. E.O. NEW YFL R K SSJ FLIAGOG^. GUARANTEED PURE. .^SSl am 9 I ^aa ..ss^lEAST ;¡ :A J.i U (Registered Trade FINEST YCIAST IN THE WORLD. STJl'ILIi S AND WINTER. be used in this d:~t~ ft 3 hours aftjr aianufaetare. | NEW L3AVALL"T DISTILI^ CO.. LTD.. || KTitM'l-'Oi-ai, LOMjO},, Ji jl Sole Gp-rr'fi -v- >■'■ f>r Unite:! Kingdom:— |j J L:O:I & CO.. MH> HULL, i V- >KR.IONS Tr,U-;T "be MA«LE. || JBlLLSARDS & BAGATELLE. MESTKIG BE03., Ltd., Billiard Tab!a Makers, J* «« ii^-h St corner of New O.cford St. London, W.C. cii^.V house for "repairs and allor «f mowfe. Price iista and samp to*^ee. Est, lBeg. ■v. BSTABLI8HBD 1851. ^IliKBECK BANK :JJJ, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London. tfea.4ND-A-HALF per CENT. INTEREST allowed on _^OSIt3 repayable on demand. *^0 per GENT, on CURRENT ACCOUNT* oni the mini■ a? Hiunthly balances, when not drawn be.ow fclOO. CK8 and SH AJifc> purchased and sold. &2* BifilvBECK ALMANACK, with full particulars, post FKAJ. CIS RAYiaySC^tOFr, Manager. ^f^s TEiy WasHT. ( They Soon.. P SST-'W ijf/vsv. W wi'a liuller»i of u«cn i W 1 II IF 3 i W1.} 1ELL YOU_ V M Askihem. Ad- «. i di!w:ii>T.s, *nd dress, High they •■■•P IToliicrn, Lot.- eaaT hev .< CO}'-NR. gate, HI*' V i I*1 y?> cb^stej, or V R$mov*. L»-E. I{,>TA S{R«*T, IW ,»n«ibn:Avn) -63.. ijIVKRP001.. FRFR* *>▼ — — ■■ I | L- 0 M KT A! ,^T)f evory ^e-vnption pin-cuaseo iOl 'WEST BLOOD-FORMING TONIGJ I A SOIEITTrFlO OKOANTO SPECIFIC. I Approved and Rtcemmended bp the Medical Profession. kJ5:IValled for: — AnsBmia, Chlorosis, Poorness lb~]Tl—in of Blood,' General Debility (either con- I B 1*3 Btitutional or the effect of severe illness), I r jBKa Lo^s of Appetite. Nervous Disordsrs, &c. I r jBKa 1.0"8 of Appetite. Nervous Disordsrs, &c. t MldAViliBafltB^i |lva,i Ct:i an.i assimilate. even by Cbricrei i { blUi^r-rW CiiemiHts, 1/9 180 Ptllsl, 2/9 n-<> f. iroctions with every bottle. Manul^ctured *«KW £ I'4 CO.. Pharmaceutical Cheroi#t»,Coj,or.xi. » l' ?tn"re geauin« **lr— tku Trad* Mark (rtgd. the Brit:h Wholesale \»»: L'w- I ■ '.usbon, IC.C.) Jor l>*»cairTivB i'AMrui kv, w.. I; ,rami f |! I Men. t»'>-ti!oii:als, pc.t I,' ) CARRIED WOMAN 8'to-ai,l apply to WCTvSE GABKXEL for IliA^trATKD I to 51' SvvcM-al Appi.rA.TrRS. ».e!ose two penny s.ampa I w AUGLO-S-pySCil RUBBEiX O.. I CA. NiSWXOiSr S1.BSKT, *ICC £ ?&X&ATX&- approved or w+i ue itifjtiL] —— II JTBEST FAMILY mMneT £ XTY-SBVEN YEARS' SEPUTATIOI^ ttl j B?PgEL^^VKGBIABXJ1 H FOS ALL Lf¥ivBBOBDPEVEIItU&f iPOSITION FOS ALL Lf¥ivBBOBDPEVEIItU&f QtriCK £ 3T BEMEDY FOB. Y i^Q^TISM. ENSFHB SLEEP. 4rfxH SCBBCITBY OF COLD 90 COMMON Wll^ AND •JNP" TBLTI S1TF""S T" FIOMVIWCE. I rd; W JJHEUMATISM (JURED. T?^qT FRIEND—Mde. LILLY'S CAUTIO]f,-Gën:ui ;ë', -.¡-:i/ OHLORü DYNE. ê:I: .I,i: ,TJ:1is well-known remedy for I a LOVELTT COiEPLEXJON. aad currs Spots, >L'«nt..S,Tmon"'at" T PNEOSIAT1C THUMBS" I ^COttanltatmQ frtt. F.T.Simmons.5i,Kathbone 11.,London,W. THE PERFECTION" H System OF INVESTMENT "^>6 (Registered and Protected) fc>^elv ly method by which an income is regularly ana I/"<0 p„ Oiade without risk of failure. f^Oo p Pital secures a Weekly Profit of £ 2 to £ 3, S? ji^Pital secures a Weekly Profit of £ 20 to £ 30, W the rules being so founded upon caution and I^C^st b5, 9j loss that success is assured. This system is thfl JC?6 h«lsi¥e approach to infallibility. $?.e,Wle Wno losses. JV.Al. iS\Permitted to clients in all parts. Jny^s ^eSTMENTS of £ 5 or £ 10 MAY BB MAM. n0»f'd everv Monday. Capital withdrawable at ten Particulars \nll bo sent FKEE OF CHARGE *11} Y^^dress. Send at once to •■ Henry MILLER, 14, Holborn, r .7^- LONDON, E C- I Switzerland,TfOTELdel'UR°PE. I f situation on the La ire, nut.gr- u..> vi)" > rates t>a^- Uft. Electric «shE. Moaerat.; iK»n»ionrattft | wI^ORTANT TO LADIES. I s SSSSffii^T^ I T«^S.o^Sf"o« b. h^on ap^°»«^^ » Post free under o<rm rtfcM. Addrew- j W^HiCTTOdR^ad. gnl>— T^d»n, 8.W. 1 SjfJ^ORT —pALACE HOTEL, Birkdalfl I £ V. Ohaminz FLW TI^* reaort IN own I tSSi teth*. BWtdW« Pala— SUIto* I f and gall.—S. A. gltati K>iSS Bl?aT TOTBHD—!Mda, LILLY'S 0St00ioll0L-,sea.led. Addrœs B, G LlLLT. S$. 1. IiQ tinued IIUOQ8IL I il^ 'CINDERELLA', I ilm. BOOTS & SHOES I Far LADIES' &-CKTLBUKN'S WSAK, T^PsJ^>W?H^7 Of all leading retailers, M Nameofnea^t i X.BREAK your NAILS I ^)0^8ent1?^NEAsY" LEVER POCKET ?CNf??nb ail S„:1 SOTALD.-NSE 8d.—of aU Cliemists, Stores, Ac., or of W. J irtjTTrr^JgLWeUington Street. Strand. London. K 2 f Lg,HU^ CTERF0RD,& WILLIAMS. 1 #8 ^ROFITS PAID DURING 1895. •j,1' 5&V Feb Gee: Wavch 1, £ 5; Apnll. || Kkl 2, £ lO July 1, £ 9: Aup. 1, £ | '• 2- iH' JO "• 1, £ 8 < ov 1 £ 7 PT1' —T I_ *B AS40NIHG' £ 92 R»^' "N OF NEARLY ^5'S Cent. PLR MONTH. 1 'l £ S PAID DUR1SW fir 5f>r cent, FT *• CE,IT. Apr. 1 •• Tii' LOV 1 lju. c\ ? i June 1 <*2lN irivij" 1 £ 5 per cent. 25Se "tfee ,n^W ILLUSTRATED MANUAL, ^lti<l^:tTB:OTTr»reSuest;- showjiu; how these proltts inay be ?r°,riptlV^ SPECULA'HON. Cheques for proflt| I 5h'toJ" §,vialtC each month, and for withiliu-walo feRlsrnal8^of month. Trial inv«istnients o £ 5 -"Op^gay be made. We have not a dissatished Clieiit. r X tt, c^«. HUNGERFORD, & WILLIAMS, ^i tJI Ayenue, London, E.C., and xfpT-^tJglace de la Bourse, Paris. t/KNT. t'ROM £ 10 TO ^S2 -00 ON V fi.li •'il'ik I'olicios. Revors-lons, A- No fees. J A lil, Queoa Vintovia S re. iiOi'don. A IJ ■)> T T, v j LONDON BUILT CARRIAGES. ■vfcl ft Best New and Second Hand. Sale frV or^tn. frV or ULiie. .rD.). N A 8llL OXFOCD STREET, LONDON, W. Vt^ELLED C0PIi§o™ LETTERS. HOTti Beach & Fine 8ands. ST. MAL0, Prance. Ov^iy*: Bn?*- Much favoured by the .principal Ladlea7 Rooma. I.nwn Tennis, &c.— W"merchant makes ADYANCES IRPLUS capital to any responsible person, IN K" "s' of flOto+:i000. Quicker, & at less than jV £ No fees. Letters only. Adrtr'«s j v f.t. New u-a'ord yt.Londj't'jjjjk; Kv^. P'i'i Jjl Slif.i'o-: .u o'd v| ifl? «, 1.5 pe.roent._lvle(- 3S 'J^t>ch. I T°^- TyPEWRITER,^ 5s A siinplo vL 'r'ne. !*t a i>rioe v/itlihi the real}-! of tlw •UV^TEI-S. S<»SIMPLE IIN\>R/;VT». LN-IIC: that, I V> '«V R>P SEEN AN<J TRI^D ii>. I" Mail Ms i 1 S • l«#kAft <' iWOWI^^Fs A « IS W~7! E S The most T!vi?s^QN?.nch?nS,, M- G &ESMN^,T.Uire-atic•*? F-• TO 0.R«r»;t PX-ODA».OABL« SI POI'EVOR-OP^X^ ^'O^KISS andall G Q employed'in :-L;OR.<. JLIIHI. JL^uufaotorioa & Mines. 5 IHfTflTFD BUT WOT KOUALLEO. AgentsW»TED. C, JG Ons M. V.otflf MS'ITI 3 pnTlons. Of allChemutsand Stores. SAMPLE SOTTLE FREE9STASifS, 2 FOR 15STAMPS. ,33EWBALII & MASON, HOTTIFO/IRM. W LA, ..I .ù.. m.T;I]¡. ITOiSPENSABLE TO LADIES! Asafe and reliable remedyforal! obstructions and irregu- Asafe and reliable remedyforal! obstructions and irregu- larities, A medicine which cures (usually in a few hour1 cages which have baSed the skill ofthebestrosdieai men. No lady need deRpair as the most obstinate A hopeiess cases been immediately relieved by this remedy. Mrs. Wilson, ol Honor Oat PARK, Forest Hill, says: 'L, „ ? remedy took immediate effect; in less than 1-. <IOI.»S I *tr,3 all right, after 14 iveeks of misery r>na NOP^CSV Eess." A properly certified guarantee is enclosed with ailI tei .• monials and medicine. Ono package at «s. 6d. is usu&LIY sufficient for any case. Ladies send A',°(N R'TN/O .>RLPR, veiopc for particulars ana proofs. Iwi.L .oncit«,100 > ■> "7 testimonial that is not genuine. Thou^ndsof TCRTUUONIAJI have been received. Established over 1UJ yeni, Lo not, ba MI.:V T L)VSHOT.- SA varrtsemcntsand other no-cahed.I'I*IEA VHI^ S« utterly worthies,. Write PRT^TCLY, at once, to- 1'[ .,¡' 'i.l/lI 1r:¡:: F:R. Y. J1:i! MS?0B ^AIT^SBORADUSI Cnurch). LONDON. N.3, •>| IJJFO C/XjIiSvERV BS3T. E ■ _I:,A'TX, 'KN.IUI:< I T*1'' .1 ■-•:■■1 JjAdizs', YOCIHS' { 4IV ,'1; 1 MILITARY.'AND RU- ■ OT1IXH SAi'KTlES. r<\ Y EAGY RI-R.RS •• ,:OM H S- F !C- KOKTKLI'. fi ft L, />% i LARGE 1 A/ V\. //(, CARRIAGE PAID. j I Send at once, for New \'j> {A'SSX' i Season's Large Illustra- j I h^^Bm@riri,sa MGS/^&X WKIBFOT&AST MACHINISTS' co" 7" »''H"N»V»teStreet \M&iout, London, K.U. M.-NT'OU .tiw Tapefe E KSZES-IEJCXIN" !,NDUSTEIfALB{HIBITI0N '< "1896. in the Mnnicipal Park at Treptow on the Upper Spree. UNDER THK PATEONLO* OF: TTTLS PBINCB PB5DSRI0 LEOPOLD OP PBUS8IA. TT-JI.IT. BAEOK VON BEBLEPSCH, fnttia* Minister af C()1Ilmerce and Industry, Honorary President. MAY 1st TO OCTOBER 15th, 1896. Open daily until towards Midnight. THIS EXHIBITION is of larger dimensions than any Inter- national Exhibition hitherto held in Europe. It ooyers an area of mare than a million square yards, the principal exhibition building occupying a space of over 55,000 quare yards. The Exhibition is divided into sections for fishing, sport, alimen- tary products, sanitary and hygienic arrangements, education, chemistry, scientific instruments, and photography. There U also a department for astronomy, with A giant telescope. A. lar/re hall is set apart for building and engineering. THE EXHIBITION presents a Complete Picture of the Industry and Art of the German Capital, and COMPRISES 88 groups, representing all branches of trade. IIBBB ABB ALSO coi»»«cr«» WIT* I., L The GERMAN FISHERIES EXHIBITION. FSTTFF It President H..wl. Hon.Preoidentt. 2. The GERMAN COLONIAL EXHIBITION. Organized with the Co-operation *f the Imperial fyvernment. Pkikk TOW Aiiniim and D*. Kinik, head of tbefifolottial Depart- ment of the German roretp Office, Honorary Presidents. I. The maimiflcent and highly attractive diiplifi OLD BERLIN, a Urine picture of the History and Development of the CapitaL Special Exhibition: MCAIKO." TbIATRI- CoNCHETi. BlSTADlAHfl. Zn th* ^t.ka^UBE PARK the most Varied Attraction*. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS, T'O -ent'8-park, are OFiiN daily (except Sundays), from 9 a.m. tiii SUNSET. Afiini '.sion.ls.: on Mondays, 6d. Children always 6a. FEEDING TIMES OF THE ANIMALS PI-I.TOA.MS 2.30 p.m. LIONS ANT> XIAIIIIS 4.0 p.m. OTTKHR 3.0^P.m. SKA-LIONS 4.30 p.m. EAOI.ES (except DIVTNC, IN (ISO p.m. Wednesdays) 3.3QP.m. HIE FISH-HOUSK T & 5.0p.m. YOUNG MEN (offering from Nervous Exhaustion, General Debility, Ac., <iue to youthful ignorance, should send for new Treatment, free. ST. LOUIS MEDICINE CO., 42, Gray's Inn Road, London. ;T;I.OUIS_DlCINE CO., Gray's Inn Road, LoIldon\. Mfflr' PITTED TO BF.ni1 JlACilirfES. 1 I'ITTF,D TO BB' :J1AC'IT:I!. If WORN. M are REPAIRED FREE I KI TYBK B DGRING SEASON 139C, NRFT DAMAGED FROM AMY tAüSE. :tIAKJI:tUI THE HYD £ IMPERIAL RUBBER CO.,LDM WOONLFV A" BERDEEN GRANITE MONUMENTS, from £ 5, carriage paid. Inscriptions accurate tiiuL Plans & prices from J. W. LLGOII^JCULPK'T.F^I* TP Trrceularities,Obstractiona, I hi U! UTIU,A'\> ,V< LENIOVED by an AiSSOLTITKLT (.».i WTXKOUT MKDIClTT'ii, NO PILL^ Mil- F,.v.. -S tj-rmtt&t ItiwvvKrp f*t Modern JMteal a;OFIVI'OPFIFORPANICUBIRF.I estimeoiftlSf&Q** SJ}»! ;■»»n vow, Hiah XLOLBORPJ Loudoiit W.0. "T^TEYMOUTH. — ROYAL MARINE ▼ FAMILY HOTEL. 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AGKIC DLTUIiAL OTES. CROPS ANI) STOCK. Substantial progress WiiS made with harvest work last week, and in t::o cariit-r districts the grenter portion of the white straw crops is now- cut. In some cases fields have been cleared with remarkable rapidity. For instance, large fields of wheat have been cut, carried, and stacked well in the space of a week. Such rapid harvesting is rarely possible in this climate, and even in the present exceptional season the majority of corn growers would prefer to give wheat a longer time to stook. The circumstance that most of the corn crops ripened suddenly and simultaneously and the fear lest there should be permanent break in the weather are the factors that have operated in con- ducing to this perhaps unparalleled haste. So great has been the demand for farm hands in the harvest field that practically all other sections of work have been neglected, and wheat threshing has per- force had to be deferred to a time of less pressure. The heat was so intense in the early part of last week that, where the corn had been cut, the stubbles became perceptibly browner day by day. The brezes which sprung up in the middle of the week were most acceptable the weather afterwards became cooler, and by the end of the week several districts were the drought has been most severe were visited by light showers of rain. Never- theless, though barley growers would not be sorry to have a little moisture on their grain, the setting in of wet weather at the present juncture would only add to the misfortunes which the season has already brought. That the abnormally early harvest may be quickly secured in good con- dition must be the earnest hope of all farmers of arable land. Afterwards, heavy and oft repeated falls of rain would be of he utmost value to the root crops and seed layers, for the present high temperature of the soil is all in favour of growth. In most districts the excellence of the wheat crops is in marked contrast to the indifferent character of many of the barley crops and most of the oat crops. [Mature, in some localities however, has not lavished all her favoars on the wheat crop. The general outlook for root crops and other forage crops is in a high degree very discouraging, but when we call to mind the rapid growth that was stimulated by the autumnal rains that followed the exceedingly droughty summer of 1893 it must be admitted that there is good reason of hope that we may ere long enter upon a period of ameliora- tion. Stock keepers must at least feel some satis- faction in knowing that their flocks and herds are not being ravaged by foot-and-mouth disease and pleuro-pneumonia, as is the case in,Germany, France, and other Continental countries, and that by a recent Act of the Legislature such a contingency has been rendered more remote than ever. HORSE BREEDING. There has been some money made by horse breeding in recent years, but it has latterly be- come less. The importation of Canadian horses has had a very injurious effect upon it. Prices have been sadly reduced and the best part of that margin which represents profit has been swept away. A well bred English or Irish horse was not long since worth ZCIO a head more money than it is now, and except for the finest type, prices are not high enough to leave a wide margin of profit to the breeder. It is a common complaint that the im- ported horses will not stand the roads and the streets so well as will our own, and that in consequence people do not like them. This may be so, but still they are bought readily enough and to an extent sufficiently large to make the home hoise trade generally slack. At present it is only in the case of match horses, high class hunters, and hacks, that good money can be made, and these are not bred every day by the ordinary farmer. What with the outside competition in horses, and the inside re- volution which is being worked by the motors, a sad shock is being and will be given to horse breed- ing. It were better for the farmer if motor vehicles were not seen at agricultural or any other shows. He cannot, however, stop the stream, and he must do his best to breast the tide. But they can bring him the least good of anybody. COMPLAINTS ABOUT CHEESE. Just now a great outcry is being made about the decline in demand and value of Cheshire cheese. This particular manufacture is not alone in being condemned. The same trouble has befallen the Cheddar and the Lancashire, and now it comes to the turn of the Wensleydale. The latter is a beautiful product when properly made; but the tendency is to make something different from the real article. The method of early ripening is respon- sible for this disasier. The cheese is not so good, nor will it keep. If our Cheshires, Cheddars, and Lancashires were manufactured in the older and best style, they would command the top prices- for two reasons, first, that not so much would be thrown upon the market at one time, and, secondly, the slower ripening would result in a better, a tastier, and a keeping article. There is a gocd market for Lancashire cheese, which is made and sold within three weeks, and lucky for it that it is so, as it would be of little use if kept very long. It is a temptation to a farmer to be able to turn his money over quickly, but then he should con- sider whether it would not pay better to perform that operation less rapidly and get more profit. Another kind of cheese has also fallen into de- cadence. This is the Leicester. ago they used to be good eating, and they could be and were kept to ripen until thgv became delicious. What is the position now ? The manufacture is nearly gone. There are few who make a really good Leicester, and a great deal of the want of success is due to carelessness, or to the art having become partially lost. Not long ago, an attempt to find some good Leicester in that town-it was during the Royal Agricultural Show—failed utterly. At one of the leading hotels a specimen was put on the table as a speciality of the county, and at first sight it was difficult to say whether it was cheese or a bath sponge It was soft and spongy, bulged up in the centre, and looked like a volcanic cheese in process of eruption- a great upheaval, just before the opening of the crater. Visits to the principal provision shops failed to discover anything much better, and it was with sad misgivings that one saw a good variety of cheese so utterly destroyed by improper manufacture. The Wensleydale, too, is by those who know it preferred to Stilton or Gor- gonzola, and we have seen it sold at more than a shilling per pound. These are specialities of 1English manufacture—they have no precise rivals and yet those who could retain and enlarge a trade iia them are short-sighted enough to trifle with it. We do not live in days when we can afford to throw away any natural advantage which our country and soil give us. Therefore, let us make the best cheese we can of the English varieties. RED POLLS FOR THE ARGENTINE. The bulk'of the cattle sent to the Argentine con- sists of shorthorns, with A CCH1PARAT*VE^3' ^EW Herefords and black polled from Scotland. There appears at last a chance for the East of England men who breed red polls. The blacks are used, as they are at home, in the production of an excellent cross for beef, and generally O-ive satisfaction to those who use them. A demand has arisen for the nd red polls, and some have been obtained for exporta- tion to the Argentine. The movetneut has not yet reached big dimensions, but it is most likely to grow. It will be a good thing, as this class of cattle is not fetching anything like the prices THAN can be got for the black polls The Argentine 1)0 11 breeders will, of course, be better pleased, as they will secure stock which will probably suit them quite as well as any other for much less money. Red poll men must not, however be over-anxious to make hay whilst the sun shines ,-or, in other words, open their mouths too widely, and throw off their new customers. Still they should get a reasonable benefit from the 'demand which has arisen. ROYAL COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURE. The latest publication of the Royal Commission on Agriculture, taking the form of a Blue Book of 212 pages, contains much valuable information. The first part furnishes particulars of expenditure and out-goings on certain estates in Great Britain, including those of the Duke of Westminster, the Earl of Ancaster, the Duke of Bedford, the Hou. W. F. D. Smith, the late Lord FitzHardinge, Lord Masham, Sir Henry Meux, Sir J Dickson Poynder, and the Duke of Richmond and Gordon in England and of Mr A. A. Spiers, Mr Allan Gil- mour, the Earl of Wemyss, Mr John Balfour, the Duke of Argyll, the Earl of Ancaster, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the Earl of Strathmore, and Mr R. A Oswald in Scot- land. The object of the Commission was to obtain in the case of certain typical estates information as to the effect upon rents of the present agricultural depression, as compared with a period of 15 or 20 years ago. The accounts furnished represent in all 30 large estates in England and 20 in Scotland, and a summary table is given to show the proportion per cent, of expenditure and out-goings in relation to the rent actually received, The second part of the volume is not less instructive, embracing as it does upwards of 105 farm balance sheets extracted from the reports of the Assistant Commissioners, and relating to occupations in the counties of Bed- ford, Cambridge, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hants, H-rts, Hunts, Kent, Lincoln, Norfolk, Northamp- ton, Northumberland, Suffolk, Sussex Warwick, Wilts, York, Ayr, and Kirkcudbright. .Horses and cattle have suffered to an unusual degree this season from the attacks of two-winged fiies, the punctures of which irritate the animals exceedingly and sometimes lead to accidents. For warding off the attacks of gadflies and allied pests a method recommended by Comte de Saint-Marsault, in a letter to the Journal d" Agnculture Pratique, appears to be simple and easily applicable. It is to boil, or simmer, for five minutes a large handful of laurel leaves in 21b. of lard. A towel smeared with grease is rubbed along the body of the animal in the direction of the hair. The writer says he has for a long time resorted to this operation with com- plete success, his work horses having Shown no symptoms of distress from attacks of flies. In Strassburg the butchers smear the door posts and and window frames of cattle-houses every morning with this grease, the result being that the flies are kept at bay.

ITEMS FOR LADIES. The topic of the week has been the Royal marriage, the excitement over it being quite as intense as that attendant on the marriage of the Duke of York. Princess Maud is so thoroughly English at heart that she has constantly been joked upon the subject of her family, and she used to declare that she would never marry any but an Englishman. Fate was too strong for her, how- ever. The manly character, pleasant characteristics, and striking good looks of her tall Danish cousin, with his blue eyes and fair hair, resembling those of the Vikings bold," his ancestors, caused her to change her mind on this point. His frank and open countenance expresses good temper and a love of fun, and in this respect b shows a decided affinity with his bride. She is the merriest of Princesses, and has beer: the life of the hovie she will have left by the time these lines are being read. The Queen is still suffering so much real grief for the loss of Prince Henry of Battenberg, to whom her Majesty was devotedly attached, and shares so deeply in sympathy her daughter's sorrow of widowhood, that her presence at the marriage was arranged to be of the briefest and most informal description. The wedding dress has already been described in this column. It was designed by Miss Rosalie Whyte, formerly a student at the technical classes of the Royal Female School of Art, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, This young lady is a relative of a member of the Prince of Wales's household, and the l' Princess, who is one of the kindest and sweetest of chatelaines, gave her the comwission to design her youngest daughter's wedding gown. The bridesmaids' dresses have also been described by us, vith their red geraniums on the white show- ing the Danish colours, in complimelat to the bride- groom. His marriage costume was the uniform of a Danish Prince. The wedding presents were on view at Marl- borough House at an early hour on Monday morn- ing, in the dining-room. The walls are covered with tapestry, and this formed a good background for the display. The large c&se which contained the jewellery was the centre of attraction. There lay the Queen's magnificent gift, a necklace of large rubies and diamonds: the Prince and Princess's present to their daughter, a splendid diamond tiara, very high, and each point ending in a very large p-ar-shape, d pearl the Empress Frederick's massive gold twist bracelet, with clasp composed of a large white sapphire the Dowager Czarina's brooch, consisting of arl enormous tur- quoise of a heavenly blue, set in brilliants the bridegroom's present to the bride, a diamond orna- ment of great beauty; the diamond reviere bequeathed to Princess Maud for her marriage-day by the late Duchess of Inverness, a lady who en- joyed the unique distinction of being created Duchess in her own right. Many other magnificent presents reposed in this glass-covered case, but the space at our disposal does not suffice for a detailed description. The Queen's present to the bridegroom is a large pale blue jar with a picture of Windsor Castle on it. The Prince and Princess of Wales have also given the bride a dark green morocco dressing bag, every article in which is mounted in gold, with the Princess's initial M crossed and a coronet. They give the bridegroom also a dressing bag with silver fittings and the letter C crossed. A large Bible, given by 15,000 Englishwomen, including many members of the Young Women's Christian Association, is among the presents, and r he bride is said to have been greatly pleased with ibis and with the d'oylcys made and embroidered i ide for her by the children of the ilospiral in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea also with a white silk jacket pre- sented to her by the members of the Dressmaking class at the People's Palace, Bethal Green. It occupied a prominent position immediately above some additional presents made by the Queen to her grand-daughter, including dress lengths of silk and brocade and Irish poplins, Limerick lace, and fine Honiton lace. Among the more interesting of the general pre- sents is a marvellous barometer, given by Baron Reuter, which appears to be capable of foretelling everything from a drop of rain to a thunderbolt; the teaservice given by the nurses belonging to the National Pension Fund, on a table which when closed, carries down the service in safety to a lower level, and when opened, automatically raises it again; the qnaint old-blue jar given by Mrs. F. Knollvs; Mr Astor's immense solitaire diamond; the toasts racks presented by 50 ladies in society whose Christian name is Maud, the sides of the racks being in the form of the letter M and the handles coronets and the splendid bicycle given the bridegroom by the Prince of Wales's household. OLD NOTIONS OF BRIDESMAIDS. Importance was formerly attached to the colours which the bride wore on her wedding day. Thus, in an old book entitled the Fifteen Comforts of the Marriage," a bride and her bridesmaids are represented conversing together respecting the colours to be used for the decoration of the bridal dress. It was finally decided, after various colours had been rejected, to mingle a gold tissue with grassgreen," this being considered symbolical of youthful jollity. j Again, that the office of a bridesmaid was in times past not altogether a sinecure may be gathered from the fact that during the period of the we Iding festivities which often extended over a wee; 1;10 bridesmaids were expected to be in attendance, and to do whatever they could to promote their success. Then there was the custom of "flinging the stocking," at which the bridesmaids took a pro- minent lead—a ceremony to which no small im- portance was attached. It has been made the subject of frequent allusion by old writers, and one rhyme, describing a wedding, tells us But still the stockings are to throw Some throw too high, and some too low, There's none could hit the mark. Misson further informs us that if the bridegroom's stocking thrown by one- of the bridesmaids, fell upon his head, it was regarded as an omen that she herself would soon be married and a similar pro- gnostic was taken from the falling of the bride's stocking, thrown by one of the groomsmen. It was the bridesmaid's duty, too, to present the bride with the "benediction posset," so called from the words uttered over it--a practice thus noticed by Herrick. in his" Hesperides What short sweet prayers shall be said, And how the posset shall be made With cream of lilies, not of kine, And maiden's blash for spieed wine. Suckling thus alludes to this eastern In came the bridesmaids with the posset, The bridegroom eat in spight. Once more: the bridesmaids were supposed to look after the bride's pecuniary interests. Thus, at the church porch, when the bridegroom produces the ring and other articles relating to his marriage, the chief bridesmaid took charge of the dow- purse," which was publicly given to the bride as an instalment of her pin-money. Horace Walpole, writing to Miss Berry, in the year 1791, speaks of the dow-purse as a thing of the past, and writes as follows Our wedding is over very properly, though with little ceremony, and nothing of ancient fashion but two bridesmaids. The endowing purse, I believe, has been left off since broad pieces were called in and melted down." It has been pointed out, however, than a survival of this usage is reserved in Cumberland. The bride- groom provides himself with gold and ciown pieces, aDd when the service reaches the point, with all my worldly goods I thee endow," he takes the money, hands the clergyman his fee, and pours the rest into a handkerchief which the bridesmaid holds for the bride. In Scotland the bridesmaid is popularly I nown as the best maid," and one of her principle duties was to convey the bride's presents on the wedding to her future home. The first article generally taken into the house was a vessel of salt, a portion of which was sprinkled over the floor, as a protec- tion against the evil eye." She also attended the bride when she called on her friends, and gave a personal invitation to her wedding. DREAMS AS WARNINGS. If science has dispelled such old wives'jfables as that to dream of a marriage signifies death, or to dream of a cat means an enemy, she has added to the subject mysteries of her own. One scientist systemised these subtle premonitions to make them available for use and guidance. To quote his opinion Lively dreams are a sign of the excitement of nervous action. Frightful dreams are a sign of determination of blood to the head. Dreams in which one imagines pain or injury to any part of the body indicate disease of that part. Dreams of distorted forms are a sign of obstruc- tion or diseases of the liver. To dream of fainting indicates a weak action of the heart. Gentle, pleasant dreams are a sign of a slight ir- ritation of the head, but in nervous fevers often indicate the approach of a favourable crisis. Dreaming is an experience common to humanity, though it varies widely in different individuals, and in a few exceptional cases is absolutely unknown.

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I MARKETS. FARMING AND THE conx TJUDE. Messrs. W- L. Browne and Co. report:—Much wheat and many fields of oats have been cut during the past week, but barfly, not being generally ready, has provided the reaper with less work. The rain which has fallen since Thursday has hindered harvest operations, but it has been ox'renielv ser- viceable to the struggling root crops and thirsty pastures- For the time of year a fair volume of trade has passed through at unchanged prices. SNIVIWSYUKY CORN MARKET, SATURDAY.—Quo- tations: White wheat 5s lOd to 4s 01, new ditto 0e 0:1 to Os Od per 751bs: red wheat 33 8::i to 3s lOd, new ditto Os Od to C's Od per 75lbs barley 0s Cd to 0s Od per 701bs new oats lis 6a to 12s 6d, old ditto 0s Od to CsOdpjr 2251bs: peas, lis 5d to 12s 6d per 2251bs new beans, 13s 6d to 14s 6d, and old ditto 16s to 17s ppr 2401bs. LIVERPOOL, CATTLE, MONDAY.—The supply of stock was larger than last week, showing: an in- crease of 126 beasts, and an increase of 1,181 sheep, which met a fairdeniiiici for all classes at late rates. Prices —Best beasts 6ld, second 5d, third 4d per lb best Scotch sheep, 7|-d to 6M other sorts, 7d to 5d per lb lamb, 7gd to 8^d per lb. Number^: Beasts, 768; sheep and lambs, 10,516. WELSHPOOL COR;, MONDAY.—Wheat, lis Od to lis 6d per 2251 bs; Barley, Os Od to Os Od oats. 10s 6d to 12s Od per 2251bs. WELSHPOOL, Monday.—Eutter lOd to lid per lb: eggs 16 to 17 for Is fowls 3s 6d to 4s 6d per couple chickens, 4s Od to 63 Od ducks, 4s 6d to 6s Odper couple; geese, Os Od to Os Od each turkeys, Os Od to Os Od each rabbits Is 3d to Is 6d per couple potatoes, OsOdpercwt. BRADFORD WOOL, MONDAY.—The wool market is still characterised by a general abstention from operating. Wool be'g' cheapest at the centre cf consumption holden cannot replace, and will not make further concessions, and users seem to be able to do without it. Export yarn merchants still give out new business very sparingly, and will do so whilst the condition remains tidelianged. are generally in buyers' favour. Piece trade dull, except for home markets. NEWTOWN GENERAL. TUESDAY. — Eggs, 18 to — for Is; butter, 9J to lid per lb; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per couple; ducks, 4s 6d to 6s Od per couple; chickens 4s Od to 6s Od per couple; rabbits, Is Od to Is 6d per couple. LONDON HAY AND STRAW, TUESDAY. — Fair supplies, and a quiet trade, at the following prices:—Good to prime hav, 60s. to 90s Od; inferior to fair, 36s to 55s; good; rime clover, 65s to 90s Od ileN- tto, Os to Os inferior to fair ditto, 33s Od to 60s mixture and sainfoin, 50s Odto 85s Od new ditto, OOs to 00s straw, 20s to 388 per load. BIRMINGHAM CATTLE, TUESDAY. Fair supply of cattle and sheep, for which there was a slow trade. There was a short supply of pigs, but theie was a fair demand. Prices ruled about as follows:— Beef, 4Jd to 6|d mutton, 6d to 7jd per lb lamb. Od to Od per lb bacon pigs 7s 6ci to 7s 9d per score porkets Os Od to 8s Od sows 4s 9d to 5s Od. SALFORD CATTLE, TUESDAY.—At market, 1,800 cattle, 16,000 sheep and lambs, and 130 calves. The following were the best prices obtainable Cattle, 5d to 6^d sheep, 6d to 8d calves, 5d to 6d per lb.; lambs, up to 811-d. There was a better trade for cattle, and the prices of sheep and lambs were dearer. There was a good demand for calves. CORK BUTTER, TrESDA y.-Prime:èt, 84s; prime, 78s first, 79s seconds, 76s thirds, 72s fourths, 63s fifths, 00s. Kegs Firsts, —s seconds, -—s; Mild Cured: Choicest, 90s; choice, 79s; superfine, 86s; fine mild, 79s mild, 78s; choicest boxes, 94s; choice, .s. Iu market 420 firkins, 323 mild, and 55 boxes. LIVERPOOL CORX, TUESDAY. Wheat quiet trade at d over Friday's rates—1, Californian, 5s 5d to 5s 6d; 2 Winter, 5s 2d to 5s 3Jd. Spring, Os Od 2 to Os Od. Beans steady-Saidi, 22s 9d to 23s Od. Peas quiet, easier, 4s 6d to 4s 643d. Oats rather more enquiry at late rates—white 2s Od to 2s 2id Maize dull, about d under Friday—prime mixed, 2s 2d to 2s lO jd. Flour unchanged. 2 WHITCHURCH, FRIDAY. Wheat, 3s lOd to 4s Od per 75 lbs; barley 3s Od to 3s 6d per 701bs; oats, 2s 6d to 3s Od per 50 lbs eggs, 13 to 15 for Is; butter, Is Id to Is 2d per 16 ozs; fowls, 3s 6d to 4s Od per couple; ducks, 4s Od to 4s 6d per couple geese, Os Od to Os Od per lb; turkeys, Os Od to Os Od per lb; potatoes (per measure), Os Od to Os Od new, Os Id to Os Od per lb; beef, 6d to 8dper lb; mutton, 7d to 9d; lamb, 9d to Os lOd per lb. veal 6d to 8d per lb.; port, 6d to 7d per lb; rabbits 2s Od to 2s 2d per couple. OSWESTRY WEEKLY CATTLE FAIR.—The above fair was well attended and there wa§ a good show in all departments. Cattle were in good condition. Prices ruled as follows Beef from 5d to 6d per lb; mutton, 6d to 8d veal, 5d to 6d lamb, 7d to 8^D per Ib; pork pigs Os Od to 7s 6d, and bacon pigs 6s Od to 7s Od per score lbs. OSWESTRY CORN MARKET, WEDNESDAY.—White wheat, 4s Od to 4s 2d per 75 lbs red wheat, 3s lOd to 4s Od per 75lbs oats (old), 12s Od to 13s Od; per 235 lbs malting barley, 00s to OOs Od per 280 lbs.; beans, old, 14s Od to 14s 6d per 2401bs; peas, 12s Od to 13s Od per 2251bs. OSWESTRY GENERAL MARKET, WEDNESDAY. — Butter, Is to Is 3d per lb eggs, 14 to for Is potatoes, old, 2s 6d to 2s 9d per cwt.; new, Id to Od per lb beef, 7d to 8d perlb; mutton, 7d to 9d veal, 7d to 8d; lamb, 8d to 9d per 1b; pork, 6dto 8d per lb; fowls, 4s Od to 5s Od per couple; ducks, 5s Od to 6s Od per couple; geese, Os Od to Os each; turkeys, Os to Os each rabbits 2s 4d to 2s 6d per couple carrots, Id per bundle.

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CAMBRIAN RAILWAYS. DURING THE MONTHS OF MAY, JUNE, JULY. AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER CHEAP WEEK END TICKETS (Fri.Joy :md Saturday to Monday or Tuer-dr will be issued Oil EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 14 DAYS' EXCURSION TICKETS From nearly all Cambrian Inland Stations, to Machynlleth, Borth, Aberystwyth, Aber- clove)-, Towyn, Barmouth. Doigelley. Harlech, Portmpdoc, Cric-cietb.and Pwliheii, also to Rhayader. Builth Wells, & Brecon. ALSO SIMILAR TICKETS Are issued from the Cambrian Coast Stamens, t)), Machynlleth, Dolgelley, Pwllheli, and intermediate stations, to iiliayader, Builth Wells, and Brec\;n. 10URIS1 TICKETS (available for Two Months) are also issued on Every Week-dav betwevn Stations named above." ON EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY, CHEAP WEEK-END & 10 DAYS, TICKETS Will be issued from Liverpool, Manchester S'ook- port, Chester, Crewe, Stafford, Shrewsbury Brad- ford, Leeds, Oldham, Hnddersfield, Halifax,' Roch. dale, Wakefield, Blackburn, Chorlev, Aeerinctyn Burnley, Eolton, Wigan, Warricgtor., Prest.on, Leicester, Derby, Burton, Stoke, Burslem. lianley' Birkenhead, Biimingham, Wolverhampton, -ived. nesbnrv, Walsall, Peterborough, Northampton. Hull, Sheffield, Barnsley, £ c., &c., to Oswestry, Llanymynech, Llanfyllin, Welshpool, Montgomery, Newtown, Llanid- loes, Machynlleth, Borth. Aberystwyth., Aberdovey, Towyn, Barmouth. Doigelley, Harlech, Portmadoc, Criccieth. & Pwllheli. ——- +- WEEK-END & LONG-DATE TICKETS Where such are in operation. WILL BE ISSUED BY THESE TRAINS. CHEAP WEEK-END EXCURSION TICKETS Are now issued on EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY TO *Bir: :gharj, *■Wolverhampton, Walsall, Peterboiough, #Leicester, Derby' *Burton-on-Trent, ^Stafford. *Coventry,' Manchester, Preston, Blackburn, Bolton, Leeds, Dewsbnry, Huddersheld. Liver- pool. Birkenhead. Wigan. and Warring- ton, from Oswestry, Llanymynech. Llanfyllin, Montgomery Welshpool, Newtown, Llanid'loes, Machynlleth^ Borth, Aberystwyth, Aberdovey, Towvu, Bar- mouth, Dolgelley, Harlech, Portmadoc, Penrhyn- deudraeth, Criccioth, and Pwllheli. SIMILAR TICKETS ARE ALSO ISSUED From Aberystwyth, Borth, Aberdovey. Towyn, Barmouth.DolpeBey, Harlech, Pem hyndeudraeth Portmadoc, Criccieth, and Pwllheli, to SHREWSBURY. Tickets to these stations arc not issued from Welshpool. For full particulars as to train times and fares, see bills. For full particulars, see bills.

IMPORTANT REDUCTION IN RATES. WE L S H ~~MU T T O N AND OTHER JiRESH MEAT, Is now conveyed by Passenger Train at HALF PARCELS RATES AT OWNERS' RISK, Between All Stations throughout England Ireland and Wales. Minimum, 11 los. per consignment. No less charge than 7d. For full particulars apply to the Station Masters at all Cambrian and other Companies' Stations and Booking Offices, the Cambrian Railways London Office, 41, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C., or to Mr. W. H. Gough, Superintendent of the Line, Oswestry. DURING JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, CHEAP WEEKLY AND FORTNIGHTLY EXCURSIONS will be run to LONDON, Oxford, Leamington, Banbury, Warwick, Coventry, & Kenilworth. On EVERY MONDAY from Wrexham, Elles. mere, Oswestry, Montgomery, Newtown, Llanidloes Machynlleth, Borth, Aberystwyth, Aberdovey, Towyn, Dolgelley, Barmouth, Harlech, Porfemadoo, Oriccieth, and Pwllheli. Also On EVERY SATURDAY during THE same period similar Excursions will be run FOOK London, Ox- ford, &c., to the Cambrian Stations named above. For full particulars as to train times and fares see bills. ———— Cheap DAY TICKETS (1st and 3rd Class) will be isused DAILY between all stations on the Cam- brian Coast, including MachynUeth and Dolgelley, from May 25th to September 30th. ♦ — Commencing SATURDAY, iUJfE 1ST, to SEPTEMBER 30TH, 1896, 1st & 3rd CLASS WEEKLY SEASON TICKETS Will be issued at ALL CAMBRIAN COAST STATIONS, Enabling the holders to travel 1,000 MILES FOR 15s. BY ALL TRAINS, And between all Coast Stations, including Machyn- lleth and Dolgelley. FARES: I Class 25s. I Third Class 15s. The Tickets W ill be available for aaren days. A deposit of Is. must be paid, which will be returned if the ticket is given up within one day after ex- piration.

PIC-NIC & PLEASURE PARTIES' Tickets, at reduced fares, are issued (with certain limitations) at all Cambrian Stations to Parties of not less than Six First-class or Ten Third-olass passengers desirous of making Pleasure Excursions to places on or adjacent to this railway. Single fares for double journey will be charged for parties of 30 First-class or 50 Third-class pas- sengers. To obtain these tickets application must be made to Air. W. H. Gough, Superintendent of the Line, Oswestry; or at any of the Stations not less than three days before the date of the Excursion.

40.- RAIL AND COACH EXCURSIONS. Excursions by Rail and Coach are run on EVERY WEEK DAY, May 25th to September 30th from the Cambrian Coast Stations, and from certain Inland Stations, to Abersoch, Nevin, Corris, Cader Idris, Cwmrhaiadr Waterfall, Cateract Waterfall Llyfnant Valley, Devil's Bridge, Tanybwlch, Dysynni Valley, Nantgwillc (Birmingham Water- works), Glaspwll Cascade, Snowdon, Precipice Walk, Torrent Walk, Tynygroes (via Dolgelley) Beddgelert (via Portmadoc), twmbychan Lake (via Llanbedr and Pensarn), Bettws-y-Coed (via Portmadoc), Happy Valley (via Aberdovey), Taly- llyn Lake, &c. (via Towyn and via Corris); and to Lake Vyrnwy, Dinas Mawddwy, Bwlchoerddrws Pass, Maentwrog, and Plynlimon on days shown ic Rail and Coach Tour Programme. For full particulars see Tourist Programme, Rail and Coach Tour Programme, and bills, to be had at Stations; or on application to Mr. W. H. Goutrh Superintendent of the Line, Oswestry. C. S. DENNISS, General Manager

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