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HOME HINTS. a. Cut cucumber in thin slices, fry it, and add to the soup in the tureen. New bread may "be cut quite evenly if the knife is very slightly heated. Pickles should never be kept in glazed ware, as the vinegar forms a poisonous com- pound with the glazing. Melted alum can be used for uniting metal to glass. Melt it in an iron spoon over the fire. A few drops of glycerine in cold water will stop hiccoughs. For an infant, one or two drops of it in half a teaspoonful of water is sufficient. When cooking a leg of mutton the intro- duction of a clove of garlic will be found a great improvement by those who like savoury dishes. A good way to clean a copper kettle is to fill it with hot water and rub the surface with milk that has turned sour for some time. Then polish with a leather. Soup and stock should be boiled up every day in summer and put in clean dry basins. If this precaution be taken, it will keep sweet for several days. Spots of acid on clothing may be removed, and the colour restored by rubbing with chloroform. Ink stains on books may be re- moved without injury to the print by apply- ing oxalic acid. Remove grass stains by rub- bing well in alcohol, milk, or molasses. Before using a new saucepan always fill it with water, add a lump of soda, and some potato peelings, and let all stew for some hours; then wash out thoroughly, and all danger of poisoning from the tinned lining will be gone. Lemons can be preserved for a long time if kept on a saucer with an inverted glass bowl or wide tumbler as a covering. By this method they axe not excluded from the light, but they remain practically air-proof. Do not throw away burnt boiled milk, but pour it into a jug, and put this into a basin of cold water, leaving it until the milk is lukewarm. The burnt taste will then have disappeared. To clean the pipe of the scullery sink add a teaspoonful of powdered ammonia to two tablespoonfuls of soda, and pour over it a gal- I Ion of boiling water. This will dissolve any grease in the sink. To avoid breakages when washing glass, fold a towel several times and place it in the bottom of the frowl used for washing up. This prevents thin glass from breaking and chip- ping. Roman Pie.—Line a pie-dish or mould with short paste, then fill with layers of nicely boiled macaroni, thin slices of cooked veal or other white meat, grated Parmesan cheese, a little cayenne pepper, salt, and finely-chopped onion. Pour in sufficient cream or milk to moisten the whole. Cover with short crust and bake thoroughly. Serve when cold, turned out of the mould. In order to know whether a cake is ready a knitting pin or a sharp-pointed knife should be run into the centre. If it can be withdrawn without any resistance and is clean and dry, the cake is done and can be removed at once. The tin should be gently tapped at the bottom, and tRecake rolled on to u, sieve, where it can eo61 slowly. For split seams on mackintosh use this cement. Dissolve some fine shreds of pure indiarubber in naphtha or sulphide of car- bon, to form a stiff paste.. Apply a little of the cement to each edge that is to be joined, bring the edges together, and place a weight over them till they are hard. Lemon Buns.—Mix two ounces of ground rice with six ounces of flour, one teaspoonful of baking powder and the granted rind of half a lemon. Rub in lightly two ounces of lard or butter. Beat up an egg into a gill of milk. Stir into the ingredients, beat for a few minutes, put into greased bun tins and bake in a quick ovefi for nearly a quarter of an hour. f Here is a good lacquer for brasswork. Tho- roughy clean the brass in the usual way, then with a small camel-hair pensil apply a thin. smooth coating of seecotine. This will last for months in a dry atmosphere, and give a rich gold colour to the brass. I have tested ? this on brass mountings of an overmantel, which is more or less exposed to smoke and steain; it retains its brightness after manv months. Gooseberry Cream.—Stew a pound and a half of green gooseberries, with plenty of sugar, and! rub them through a sieve. Then add the yolks of five eggs, and beat well. Place in a eauce- pan on the fire, and continue to 'beat until the mixture is nearly boiling. Then remove the pan quickly from the fire and continue whisking. adding, when cool, the stiffly beaten whites of decorate the top, of each with whipped cream. ^Delicious Cold Sweet.—Soak in a basin two ounces of ratafias, one ounce of sliced citron, with a wineglass of sherry. Then take one pint of milk, in a little of which mix smoothly one and a half ounces of cornflour. Put the remainder in a saucepan with one ounce of castor sugar. When hot pour in the corn- flour mixture, boil eight minutes, stirring all the time; then stir in a soaked mixture, and pour in a melted mould. When cold, turn out and serve plain, or with whipped cream. Of late years china and glassware have so far replaced the silver formerly used in the dining-room that its cleaning and polishing is not the task it used to be; yet, some silver is used by nearly all housekeepers, but the articles will not add to the appearance of the table unless they are kept shiningly clean. The most expensive silverware will soon be- come dull and lusterless if not cared for pro- perly, and it may be kept bright without such frequent polishings by washing often in a strong lather of white ivory soap and warm, soft water, and then rubbing dry with a soft, dry cloth, and polishing with chamois leather. Caen Mackerel.—Clean fish of even size till you have sufficient for the dish. Make some very savoury forcemeat, using plenty of chopped parsley and herbs. Season all with popper and sat and fill the insides of the fish. Tie up with a string and lay in a baking dish. Season again with pepper and salt, and dot butter all over the fish, also a squeeze of freshly-cut lemon. Bake in a moderate oven. Serve with some good brown gravy. Broiled Fish.—Split open and clean a good- sized haddock or mackerel, and steep it in the following mixture for an hour. Three table- spoonsful of oil, two of vinegar, half a smaH onion minced, half a teaspoonful of mixed herbs; pepper and salt. Take up the fish, drain, then flour it and broil over a clear fire -serve with this piquante sauce. Make a quarter of a pint of gootj melted butter sauce, and stir into it a tablespoonful of finely- chopped piccalilli. To make sponges soft and white wash them with warm water containing a little tartaric acid. Then rinse in plenty of cold water so that the acid is completely eliminated. Do not put much tartaric acid or the sponges will be spoilt. °

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I SCENES IN THE COMMONS. 0 The House of Commons on Friday devoted its last effective sitting before the holidays to the discussion of a highly contentious and highly, complicated measure, namely, the Trades Dis- putes Bill. The principal fighting on the- Unionist side was done by Mr. Bowles, who- was constantly rising to move amendments and, to support them with ingenious arguments. A critical division occurred on an amendment moved by Sir Charles Dilke to Clause 2. Th& object of this amendment was to declare expli- citly that the attendance of pickets to persuade men to work, or to abstain from working, was not to be held a nuisance. It was clear before the division began that it would be very close, for a large number of the supporters of the Government were anxious not to offend their constituents by voting against the Labour party on a point which greatly affected trade unions. The actual figures of the division was 127 to 122, showing that the Government had only been saved from defeat by five votes. As soon as the figures had been declared Mr. Keir Hardie rose, and asked the Chairman whether the Government Whip was in order while a division was in progress in saying to his supporters: "If you vote for this amend- ment you are playing that fellow's game." Mr. Emmott met this awkward question with a happy phrase which turned the incident into ridicule. When the laughter had died down Mr. Whiteley rose, and admitted that Mr. Keir Hardie's version of what had taken place was quite correct. He had certainly tried to pre- vent members from voting against the Govern- ment because he was anxious to save the Bill, and he hoped Mr. Keir Hardie would take that warning to heart. When Mr. Keir Hardie fur- ther complained that the expression used about' himself was offensive Mr. Whiteley said that he would withdraw it. After this the House settled down again to the dreariness of legal discussions, varied by frequent divisions on points of comparative un- importance. p After midnight, Lord R. Cecil moved to report progress, on the round that the Government had deliberately disregarded a solemn pledge- that the Bill should not be discussed after eleven o'clock that night. Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman replied that the noble lord, when he had been longer in the- House, would be a little less dogmatic in im- parting evil intentions to others. He had pro- mised that the Bill should not be taken after eleven o'clock last Friday night, not this Friday, his belief being that that would be sufficient time to deal with it. Mr. Balfour contended that the Government's pledge on the subject had not been kept. The Committee divided on the motion to re- port progress, and there voted for the motion 31 against 243. Mr. Balfour then rose and said that as the Prime Minister had broken a deliberate pledge he and his friends declined to take further part in the proceedings. He and other Conservative- members then left amid cheers and counter- cheers.

I A "WILD WEST" WEDDING. Mr. Henry Warr, chief ranger of the foreatSA department in the State of California, an inti- mate friend of President Roosevelt, and a former- member of his regiment of Rough Riders, was married in New York to Miss Dewitt. Both were dressed in "Wild West" style, with leather breeches, top boots, and leather hunting coats, and their appearance caused such a sen- sation that they departed on a forest honeymoon without waiting to finish the wedding breakfast*

I EARL'S BROTHER DROWNED. The Earl of Denbigh has received informa- tion that his brother, the Hon. Mgr. Basil George Edward Vincent Feilding, has been drowned in a boating accident on the Rhine. Mgr. Feilding was spending a holiday in Ger- many with his brother, the Hon. Everard Feilding, and, as was their custom, the brothers, had taken their own canoe with them. The boat was upset in a rapid near RheinseJden, and the Hon.^ Everard Feilding was rescued.; Mgr. Feilding's body was recovered a few hours. later, and is being Djought to England for in- terment at Newnham Paddox, the seat of the, Denbigh family, near Lutterworth. Mgr. Feilding was thirty-three years old. He was educated at the Oratory School, Birming- ham, and at Rome, and during the war in' South Africa served as Acting Roman Catholic Chaplain to the Forces. On his return fromi South Africa he went to Wolverhampton, and for the last six months he had been studying Canon Law at the Scots College in Rome.

HI see that trials by 'phone have been pro- nounced illegal." "Glad of it. I've been severely tried by mine." "What is your opinion on this question?" asked the friend. "Let us understand each other," rejoined Senator Sorghum; "do you want my opinion or do you want to know how I am going to vote."

FIELD AND FARM. I ——„—— WHITE RUST ON CABBAGES. This destructive fungus has a world-wide dis- tribution, and attacks many kinds of plants belonging to the cabbage family—Cruciferse— both cultivated and wild, says a Board of Agri- culture leaflet. In this country the various forms of cabbage, radish, and horseradish suffer most from its presence among wild plants the Shepherd's purse is most frequently attacked. On the leaves the fungus forms snow-white polished blotches, which are often grouped in irregular concentric rings. At maturity, these white patches break up into a powdery mass and the spores are scattered by wind and rain. Infection takes place only during the seedling stage of the host-plant. When the stem or flower is attacked much distortion and swelling is produced, and in the swollen parts numerous resting-spores are formed, which germinate and infect seedling plants the following season. Diseased leaves should be removed the moment the fungus is observed, but the most important point to attend to is the collection and burning of all swollen and contorted stems and flowers. as it is the spores present in these swollen parts that infect seedlings in the spring. Shepherd's purse should be eradicated, as this weed is, in the majority of instances, the host and primary source of infection of cultivated plants. ADVANTAGES OF LUCERNE. I Lucerne should be cut just when the youna I flowers appear. It should on no account be allowed to ripen, otherwise the crop will not only be bitter and tough, and therefore distaste- ful to animals, but subsequent crops will suffer. Therefore, in order to secure several crops in one season, it should be mown early, and by the time one cutting is finished, there will be another ready to commence. It is undoubtedly one of the most valuable fodder crops, and de- serves a great deal more attention from oui farmers. Given favourable conditions of soii and climate, there is no crop will give a4bettei return. Either for pasturage or for soiling, 01 for hay, it is equally valuable, though it is, perhaps, the most valuable for soiling in this country, says "Farm Life," as all kinds ol stock do well on it-particularly horses-and il is so easily and cheaply handled, while by the fact of its being so generous a cropper in a droughty season its value is greatly enhanced. Its perennial character is also a further strong recommendation in its favour, and not onlv when sown alone as a crop, but when included inwtfpermanent pasture mixtures it will thrive and grow freely for a number of years. It is so easy to grow, and, when once established. so free a cropper, and the annual labour bill on it is so small, that we cannot help feelina that when farmers know more about it, it will be more generally grown throughout the country. WHEAT GROWING IN ENGLAND. I Formerly the English wheat crop totalled I 108,000,000 bushels, to-day it may be taken at from 45,000,000 to 55,000,000 bushels, and the importation of foreign wheat at 200,000;000 to 220,000,000 bushels every year. That the re- duction of the wheat acreage in England has been a bad thing from every point of view is indisputable. Two of the chief evils connected with it are the lessened demand for labour, which has contributed to the depopulation of the countryside, and the added insecurity of our food supplies in time of war. In a recent market-day lecture at Colchester, a well-known East Anglican agriculturist and miller, sought 'to show how it is that wheat-growing in unpro- fitable in England, and asked if anything can be done to make it profitable. He thinks that the first step is for the farmer to be given greater facilities, such as have been given to the Irish farmer, to become the owner of the land he cultivates. The next requisite, in his opinion, is a just system of taxation. It is not right, he says that the farmers, who are in nearly all cases the chief ratepayers in a parish, should bear the burden of educating the children of the-parish, who, under existing conditions, will be drafted off to the towns. He also recom- mends the re-imposition of the shilling registra- tion fee on grain imports. 1 "STRONG" AND "WEAK" WHEAT. I With regard to the actual growing of the wheat crop, he does not think that East Anglian farmers, at any rate, have much to learn never- theless, he advises them to study the latest ex- periments, especially those which are being con- ducted with a view to finding out the "strong," as opposed to "weak" varieties. At present, all the "strong" wheat comes from abroad. That is why the British miller pays 3s. or 4s. a quar- ter more for the foreign article than for the home-grown. A sack of "strong" foreign flour will make, say, 94 loaves, whereas a sack of English flour will not generally make more than 82. The greatest objection to "strong" wheat, is that it always seems to yield less than other kinds. It would be no advantage to a farmer to grow a higher-priced wheat if it yields ten or twelve bushels less per acre. Hitherto, no variety has been found which combines "strength" with a large yield. WATERING FARM ANIMALS. I A very good veterinarian says that the majority of ailments of farm animals arise from improper feeding and watering, and es- pecially the latter. The water supply foi stock is of such importance that it should be looked after carefully. In the location of wells it is important that they should be where the drainage from the barn and pastures does not run into them. Because an animal will drink filthy water, it is no reason that the water should not be cousidered too foul for them, and the neglect of stock-owners in this respect is in many cases responsible for colic and other like diseases in horses. An unlimited supply of good, pure. water is essential to the health and growth of every animal about the farm. Pools formed from surface drainage where large quantities of organic matter are carried into them, and wells or pools contiguous to manure heaps should be avoided. The water supply should be from tanks, or wells, or running streams, or,, properly constructed pools are equally as good, but too much care cannot be taken in reference to this matter. QUANTITY IMPORTANT. I The quantity of water is also important. Nb animal will drink too much if watered suffi- ciently often; hence there is no necessity for limiting this supply except where the animal has been deprived of water for a long time. Anim'als at rest should be watered three times a day in summer and twice a day in winter. Some farmers have a prejudice against water- ing horses when they are warm. The same veterinarian claims that no animal is too warm to be given water provided that not moro than two gallons are given at one time.

According to reports received at the Board £ .ra<*e during the month of July, forty-one Brltish vessels, representing a net tonnage of 112,000 and forty-three fatalities, were lost. Japan is now marshalling all her industrial forces with a view to becoming the master in the trade and commerce of the Orient, says the report of the American Consul at Yokohama. During a heavy storm a thunderbolt struck the cottage of one of the Duke of Northumber- land's gamekeepers at Ratchaugh Crag, near Alnwick, and destrojed his gun. The Bath Club, which is doing so much to promote the art of swimming, has sent a dona- tion of £ 100 to the Royal Life-Saving Society to help that institution in extending its aaeful; -&vork.

I SUNDAY TRADING. Special interest attaches to the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Sunday Trading. The Committee state that Sunday shopping has increased, and this in- crease is likely to continue unless steps are taken to prevent it. They are convinced also of the great importance of maintaining the Sunday as a day of rest, not only on religious moral grounds, but also as necessary to the pre- servation of the health and strength of the com- munity. Almost all the witnesses who appeared before the Committee were agreed on the neces- sity for maintaining one day's rest in seven," and Sir Douglas Powell, president of the Royal College of Physicians, declared that the whole medical profession was agreed on the point. The only existing law for the suppression of Sunday trading-namely, the Act of Charles II.— is, the Committee state, inadequate, as the fine is much too small to be effective, ani also the Act is generally ignored. It is, therefore, the opinion of the Com- mittee that if Parliament should pass any fresh prohibitive legislation the award of the minimum for costs should be mandatory on a conviction being secured. The scale of fines should be 5s. for the first offence, but should be raised to El for the second, and £5 for the third and all subsequent offences." In any Bill for the restriction of Sunday trad- ing, however, the Committee recommended that the sale of the following articles should be exempted: Refreshments, including sweets, presum- ably for consumption immediately or during the day. Newspapers, magazines, and periodi- cals, medicines, milk and cream. The sale of bread, fish, fresh vegetables, and fruit, meat, and ice, the Committee add, should be allowed during part of day, subject to by- laws to be made by the local authority. With regard to tobacco, pipes, and smokers' re- quisites, the Committee suggest that the sale should be allowed only during the hours in which public houses are licensed to be open. They^are of opinion that areas inhabited mainly by Jews might be scheduled in an Act per- mitting any Jew who closes his shop and does not trade on Saturday to trade in these areas until midday on Sunday. It is further recommended that, if the Jewish community desire it, permission should be given for the sale of Kosher" meat and the special r Jewish bread up to midday on Sunday. Two other important principles, in the opinion of the Committee, should be embodied in any future Sunday Trading Bill. These are: Every shop assistant should oe secured by law in any future Sunday Trading Bill. These are: Every shop assistant should be secured by law one day's rest in seven. Any employer, making a contract for employment with an assistant in a shop, who places on him any obligation to work on Sunday, without provision for securing him one day's rest in seven, should be subject to a penalty. ——.———

DEATH OF SIR S. WATERLOO. l i7?irTr „S}rdriey Hedley Waterlow, Bart., v.O., died at his home, Trosley Towers, Wrotham, Kent, in his 84th year. Sir Sydney, who was created a baronet in 1873, was the founder of the great printing firm of Waterlow and Sons, Limited, which employs 4000 hands. He was educated at St. Saviour's Grammar School in the Borough, and, after serving his time as a printer to the late Mr. T. Harison, he went to Paris with £ 30 in his pocket, and took employment with the house of SIR SYDNEY WATERLOW. Galignani. When 22 years old his brother gave him charge of a small printing office in London, and although his staff only numbered a man and a boy, he built up from this modest beginning the famous firm which bears his name. The dead baronet entered Parliament in 1868 as a Liberal for County Dumfries, and in 1872 he was elected Lord Mayor of London. In the same year he founded the Hospital Sunday Fund. By Londoners in general, however, Sir Sydney will be best remembered for his magnifi- cent gift in 1889 to the London County Council of his Highgate estate, comprising 30 acres, for the purposes of a public park-now known as Waterlow Park.

THE KING'S APPROVAL. Lord Knollys has written the following letter to Miss May Yates, the hon. secretary of the Bread and Food Reform League, with reference to the educational food campaign organised by the league to spread scientific knowledge about food: Buckingham Palace, July 31, 1906. Dear Madam,—I have had the honour of sub- mitting your letter and enclosures to the King, and am commanded to inform you in reply that any scheme having for its object the prevention of infantile mortality cannot fail to meet with his Majesty's approval and sympathy. Yours faithfully,—KNOLLYS.

POCKET IN A HAT. j A Mrs. Watts was charged at Brentford Police-court with stealing a gold watch and 18s. from a bedroom at 51, Crane-road, Twickenham. The matron at Twickenham Police-station who searched the prisoner said she had had great experience in finding women's pockets. They were placed in all kinds of funny places, but she had never seen anything so smart as the one possessed by the prisoner. By the peculiar placing of two hat pins a safe kind of lid was formed over the pocket, which was up in the front of the hat, and it was practically impos- sible for a novice to find it. Mrs. Watts was sentenced to fourteen days' bard labour.

Succumbing to self-inflicted injuries, Ferdi. nand von Saar, the Austrian poet and dramatist, died at Vienna at the age of 73. Owing to the dust nuisance in Dorset the police in future are to be provided with grev uniforms for summer wear instead of blue. The usual summer helmet will be adopted, covered with grey material. Sentences of seven and ten years respectively were passed, at the Native Assize Court, Alex- andria, on the two natives who recently at- tached a British officer at Mex. Captain. Haslewood, who is the only son of the Rev. Dr. Haslewood, rector of Chislet, and who earned distinction in West Africa, has just died from the effects of the climate there. When an occupier became chargeable to the rates the guadians of Saffron Walden discovered that the owners of some cottage property in the district had escaped paying rates for fourteen years.

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I DISOBEYED THE SPIRIT. At the close of the Keswick Convention, the religious reunion which brought to Lakeland nearly 6,000 visitors from all parts of the world, Evan Roberts (who since offering a brief prayer on the opening day had abstained from public utterances) rose at the closing gathering and confessed that he had disobeyed the Spirit of God. He had, he said, during the Convention been moved to speak and pray, but because of the fear of man had refrained. It at any time you have, disobeyed the Spirit," he exhorted, "con- fess it so that you may be forgiven." He then broke into an earnest prayer.

I A DEMOCRATIC AGE. In the course of his charge to the newly- ordained ministers at the Wesleyan conference at Nottingham, the Rev. Charles H. Kelly, ex- president, said they had to preach to an age that was antagonistic to formality. Men would not listen to doctrinal statements unless they were practical. It was also a democratic age. Crowns and lawn sleeves did not count for much to-day, nor were statements of their denomina- tional position of much value unless they could show that they were practical. If Paul or Wesley returned to the earth now they would have to act differently. If Martin Luther came "back to Geimany lie would have to act diffe- rently if for no other reason than from the fact that the Kaiser was living.

I STREET BETTING BILL. In the House of Commons the progress o 'the Street Betting Bill in Committee revealed some amusing and startling hypotheses. Since the passage of the measure through the House of Lords the Government has extended its pro- visions, so that it now proposes to include bet- ting by telegram. Strong opposition was shown to this suggestion by Mr. Craig, and Mr. Bot- tomley pointed out that under its provisions Lord Rosebery and the Duke of Devonshire could be haled up as criminals if they went into a post-office to telegraph a bet. Loud cries of "Why not?" from the Radical benches greeted this remark.

I WANTED HIM «BRINGING BACK." A young woman at Tottenham told the magis- trates she had a young man who was a sergeant in the Army. She wanted him bringing back." The Magistrate: You want him bringing- what? Applicant: Well, your worship, jt is like this. He is my young man, and I have got a post- card here on which he states he is not coming over during his furlough. We were going to be married this time. The Magistrate: Well, what do you want? Applicant: I want to bring him up for breach of promise. The Magistrate: You had better consult a solicitor. We have nothing to do with it here.

A PATHETIC CASE. Albert Edward Dewsbury, 43, described as a fitter, was brought up at Westminster, charged with attempting to commit suicide at Meek- street, Chelsea. Defendant, who appeared to be in a very despondent state, had been prevented from swallowing oxalic acid in a glass of water. Thomas Taylor, an engineer, who had known defendant for 2| years, said Mrs. Dewsbury committed suicide at Hammersmith by poison- ing herself a few <3ays ago. She had had much poverty and trouble, and pawned everything, even to her boots and bed-clothing, during the time her husband was out of work—a period of nineteen weeks. He got employment, but after a few days he went home and announced he had to "stand off" for a week for gossiping, his wife broke down. She said, I have had enough of it," and immediately poisoned herself. She left a baby eighteen months old. Defendant begged to be allowed his liberty. to look after the baby and to attend the inquest on his wife. The Witness Taylor (to the magistrate): Don't do it, sir. He is not in a fit state to be left. I have been up with him all night. The magistrate said that arrangements would be made for the baby to be well looked after. Defendant, in his own interest, would be taken care of for a week and he could be brought up at the inquest and for the funeral of his wife.

Mrs. Nesbitt, the widow of a merchant of Newtown Hamilton, Co. Armagh, fell dead across her husband's coffin at the funeral. An undertaker in South-East Essex recently erected a new signboard with the notice: "Adult fuaerals with glass car and coach com- pete, from £4 10s. A trial solicited." NEGLECTED OBSERVATION.—We neglect nothing more than our powers ofobservation-the faculty of seeing things, says Sir Fortune Free in the Penny Magazine." It is a valuable possession in whatever business we may be employed. We may not be quite so bad as the gentleman—I believe it was J. M. Barrie who toli the story—who went to the Zoological Gardens and nearly ran into the elephant through not catching sight er him, but most people I know are remarkably unobservant. u Half the business acuteness of some of, the most successful ( men is founded on their acute observation, and a modest ability to draw sane conclusions from the facts they observe," remarked Russell Sage.

FUNERAL OF MR. J. L. TOOLE I The remains of Mr. J. L. Toole were on Fri. day interred at Kensal-green Cemetery, before a large representative gathering. The regard in which he. was held alike by members of the, theatrical profession and the general public was evident by the wealth of floral tributes. The coffin, which bore the iD- scription JOHN LAWRENCE TOOLE. Died 30 July, 1906. Aged 76 years. had at its head a magnificent wreath from Mr. H. B. Irving, and at the foot a similar one from Mr. Laurence Irving. Wreaths from members of Mr. Toole's family covered the lid of the coffin, and every inch of the floor space of the room was hidden by floral tributes of great artis- tic design and beauty, sent by brother managers and fellow artists. The relatives attending as chief mourners in- cluded Mr. Fred Toole, Mr. Charles Young, and W. C. Wooley (nephews), Mr. and Mrs. Warwick Williams and Mrs. Arnwell (nieces), Mr. C. Hammond, Mr. Colvin, and Mr. T. Cole (three nephews by marriage), and Mr. F. J. Arlton, a cousin. Among others who made their way in the cortege to Kensal-green were Sir Edward Clarke, K.C., Dr. Herbert Langton (Mr. Toole's medical attendant at Brighton), Mr. J. Macready, Mr. Lionel Brough (whose histrionic association with Mr. Toole dates back to the sixties). Mr. George Alexander, Mr. Hare, Mr. Edward Terry, Mr. Bourchier, Mr. Weedon Grossmith, Mr. Laurence Irving, and Mr. C. Brunton (formerly his dresser). Long before one o'clock, the hour fixed for the departure of the cortege, a crowd assembled in Harrow-road, and at other points along the route to the cemetery, where, at the gates there was an immense crowd. Thousands had taken up their stand near the grave. Mr. Toole lies in the same vault with his wife, his son, and the daughter whose loss was the crowning sorrow of his life. On his right hand lies the brilliant dramatist, James Albery, on his left Milly Thorne, the wife of his old friend and fellow-actor, Mr. Thomas Thorne. The grave lies within the shadow of the monu- ment to Thomas Hood, and faces the tomb of the musician Balfe. The funeral service was read, in accordance with the wish of the dead actor, by the Rev. A. P. Spelman, curate of St. Nicholas, Brigh- ton.

I NEW ARMY SCHEME. I Mr. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, has issued a very important memorandum on the Army, in which he elaborates the scheme of mili- tary policy outlined in his two speeches in the House of Commons. His idea is to bring the Army into closer touch with the people. By means of county as- sociations representative of local feeling he hopes to foster military ardour in the country districts, and to inculcate the rising generation with the same spirit that induces the young men of the Cantons of Switzerland and the United States of America to become citizen soldiers. He declares that his scheme will give us a force of 150,000 officers and men ready for foreign service in case of war. He hopes to induce the Yeomanry to accept liability for ser- vice overseas, and that they will fulfil in war time the functions of a second line of cavalry. While the striking force is abroad he hopes to garrison the country with the Volunteers. The Government proposal," he says, "is that effort shall, in future, be mainly concen- trated on the production of an expeditionary force immediately available for use overseas in war, with a territorial organisation behind, cap- able of supporting and expanding it. "The expeditionary force and its immediate supports will be administered directly by the military authorities, the territorial pprt of the National Army by County Associations. The command and training of all forces will be in the hands of the General Officers Commanding- in-Chief. The schemes, which will form the basis of their organisation in peace, and of their allotment in war, will be prepared by the General Staff." If the proposals are carried out it is shown that the War Office would be in a position to readily mobilise for service oversea a force consisting of "four cavalry brigades and six divisions (each of three brigades), with the necessary troops for lines of communication, or, roughly, 150,000 officers and men. Of these about 50,000 would be Regulars, serving, with the colours; about 70,000 Reservists, and about 30,000 men employed and trained on a militia basis.

THE EDUCATION BILL. Before adjourning for the summer holidays, the House of Lords formally passed the second reading of the Education Bill. "The question is," said the Lord Chancellor, "that this Bill be now read a second time. Those in favour say 'Content! "Content!" solemnly mur- mured a few. "On the contrary say 'Not con- tent There was no sound, and thus, at the end of three days' debate, the Lords let the Bill pass this stage. Regarding the future treatment of the Bill, Lord Lansdowne, the leader of the Opposition, made it quite clear that by agreeing to the second reading now they by no means parted with their rights to amend it in the autumn. The Marquis of Ripon wound up the debate, and announced that the Bill would be taken on Wednesday, October 24, and that in the autumn their lordships would sit on Mondays, Tues- days, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, but not on Fridays.

SEVENTY-TWO YEARS MARRIED. j Mr. and Mrs. Crocker, of Taunton, who are supposed to be the oldest married couple in Eng- land, celebrated the seventy-second anniversary of their wedding on August 2. Their united ages are nearly 191 years. They still enjoy good health, and their memory for things long gone by is remarkable. Mr. Crocker well remembers the rejoicings after Waterloo, and has a vivid recollection of seeing a man nearly ninety years ago whipped through the streets of Wintham.

I FIRE AT MILAN EXHIBITION. I Early on Friday a fire broke out in the build- ings of the exhibition now being held at Milan. The flames originated in the Hungarian decora- tive art section of the park, and spread rapidly to the other sections of decorative art which are also housed in the park. The firemen, who were hastily summoned, made great efforts to pre- vent the fire from reaching the goldsmith sec- tion and the fine art exhibition, which were seri- ously threatened. The fire was eventually got under. It is believed that the fire was caused by the fusion of electric-light wires. There is no ground for any suspicion of incendiarism. The decora- tive art section of Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Japan, Persia, Turkey, and China were saved, but the Italian and Hungarian sections were destroyed, as was also a pavilion of the Italian architecture section. All the other sections are intact. The damage is estimated at about 4,000,000 lire ( £ 160,000). The Executive Section Committee of the exhi- bition held a meeting, and decided immediately to rebuild the destroyed gallery of decorative art.