Cheshire Observer

I AGRICULTURE. I A GROWING JANUARY. I t, The variable woabhor of the- past week oa,nrtoi, tj« oon«id-s-i\)d any tytih-or than se-asonable. A great of raia has fallen—an aggregate of fully two moh«>—bwng in fact a full raoaith's supply- As a t^n-soquonoe tho land its well chained with moisture at present, many rlver- sido paisturcs being water-logged. But though this may be estimated somewhat in the tiatum of a boon ify far as the soil is oomoc-rned, it is other- W;gB Yiijh 'live stock, particularly where, lambs are hog-illming to fall and the foM yards are eon- verted into quagmires. As a rule good seasons follow on copious early rains; the cattt-i lays up a store of moisture to be drawn on in the future, springs and v.raierholes are replenished., gramas and other forage crop.-t afford a much-needed bite, and altogether the, good effected may preponderate, thoLtgh iJt taket~> a. good deal to coiivoiice the shep- hetd.. perhaps ia none too well provided w L fshelter for hie charges against rough wea- tlier. ■- Stock of all kinds do not thrive if they are not fairly comfortable, as the. dairy far- meir knows too vrell, tmd iiotliing conduces more to di,vcx>rnifot't than '"wet backs. Drv, "unny and ti,ilck, iltt.Orvatr have done something to redeem this state of affairs, however, and if may be, as oftp-ii h-app^a* that next mouth—whew the Laml>s begin to arrive thick and fast—will bring with it eoai- ftK»ei\T.bIe oompen.?atk"ii in this rctjpeet. Meali- wh)i9 Uhe cereal crops c,c,; u in I l'y gr-,)wtll- ? "i indeed 'n some in$ta?cea they are re- gard&d aa rather too forward for the time of year, but this. a good fault rather than other- wise, as it. savours somewhat of the old idea that '!early .,>a")n6 pay best," Laigo flocks of wildfowl have made their ap- pearance recently on the Eaet Coast, having been driven in by the wild and stormy weather. Im- mcns.9 numbers, of ducks and other fowl have been .seen steering south., which is regarded ly fio i) i. pzoplc, as an omen of hard weather to come. Ifc ifi gratifying to loluti that the local guarauk-e fiuid'at Derby for the visit of the Roya! Agri- cultural Rbciety in Juiie next i6 meeting with considerable progress. So far £ 2.625 odd has been obtained towards the £ 5.500 required. His Majesty the. King has given E25 towards the prize-list in. oonrbéotiOon with the s-how of the Royal Counties Agricultural Show, to be held at Porferiiouth on j line 12t.h next and three follow- ing The'championship of the Chicago fat slock ex- hibition has again beon secured by an Aberdeen- Angus shorthorn cross steer of the popular type and marking specially characteristic of the black polled breed. He ia of moderate weight, being but 14'owt. -3qr. 8ib. at two years and seven months; but is described as particularly symmetri- cal and firm of flesh. He was run hard by a handsome Hereford bullock. TATTON SHIRE STUD LETTINGS. I T be T aHon stud, the properly of Earl Egi&rton of T'^tfcon, Tatton Park, Knutsford, has rom. ple-fced i<$arrangements for letting out its siree for the, ooming eeason.. Tatton Friar (21953) and The Forest Oh iuf go to the Market Harborough Society, which .secures in the former the winner of the'50-guinea cup and championship for tho best stallion in the yard at the Royal Lancashire Show last yea.r. Lynmi Harold (19806) and Eaat- oft Royal Lad (21378) go to the Worcestershire Shire' IIotoo Society. Lymm Harold ie by the sai-ne qiro as Tatton Friar, by Conquering Harold (15558). He is a big, weighty horse that r did duty for the Obester Farmers' Club. gwboft Re-^r Lad ia by Lookinge Albert (15695). dam that well-known mare Ea.stofft Lass by LincoJn- ahiro Lad 3nd (1365). This horse won prizes at Peterborough, Park Royal, etc., la-H yea.r, and from his breeding and appearance should make a fh-.st--0h.53 fiire. Tafcton Chief (20087) again goes to the "Adlingtoo. Society, and Hencke Prince Willi gem (22430), rising three years, goes to the Chester Farmera' Club. • PEA AND BEAN BEETLES. Now that fcne time 19 near for sowing beans at -id o- etts the Board of Agriculture has appro- priately issued a. leaflet on this subject, and giving tiiiieiy -Warning against using seed so affected, a1* Ijeing not only detrimental to the expect.ed orop, as of weakly pl.an,t g-rowth, but as tending to perpe-tuate and inor-taaa the evil. The weevils affeoting beans and peas are distinot speci-ew thought closely allied, and the readiest method of sorting- the seed, slfcort of hand-picking, ap- pears bo be to cast them into a vessel of water when the sound seeds will immediately gink while fehe^ix»»ect-ea.tei-! ones will float. for a time a.t Ieiwt,r ¡¡Q/M to eiaaWe t-liem to bo skimmed off, though this ia not always reliable, as many half- eaten. Ones will sink also, and experiment, has shewn that all will sink ultimately. The best mode of killing the pest in the pea or bean is by fumigating bhes-e with bisulphide of carbon. The ua^fhod is to enclose the peas (or beans.) to bo treated in an air-tight box or chamber, and th-en to plaee some bSulphide of carbon in a saucer^ or aau-oons, or shallow dierhes laid on the top o-f the pea,, (or beans), a.nd allowed to remain for 48 hours. If laarge quantities of peas or beans are Wing, dealt, with lib. of bisulphide of carbon will do for each one hundred bushels, or where smaller quantities are to be treated one o-uuoe of bisulphide of carbon for every one hundred pounds. This treatment is best applied as soon after harvesting as possible and when, the tem- perature is not too low. Bisulphide of carbon ftl rileg. are. poisonous and easily inflammable; they s.l(ould.herefl()re not be breathed by the operator, nor itiitild a naked light of any kind be brought near hem, If at the time of sowing lire beetles are notioed in the peas, the beetlea will be killed if the peas are dipped for 5&e.c.s. int-o Boiling water. The pca.s so treated may be sown after being passed through oold water. If infested peas and beaus be placed in a olosed jar or-ottoh- vessel the beetles will in due oourse issue and win die without further harming the seeds. The seeds could then, if desired, be own ini. the next season, but they cannot be relied on to produce strong plants. I THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S I I NEED. AT a recent meeting of HIe Goulloil of the Royal AgricuUu-ML Society Mr. Adeane submitted a report from the Finance Committee. At I PROSE at, he statod, they had no RESERVE fund, a.nd .1 I l 1 I.. tno IUMI ro 01 rue society rested entirely on the good-will of the agriculturists throughout En.g- land and Wales He thought it would be a step forward if that were clearly realised. He believed an orgarii.jS-d appeal in every county for further sup.port would have very good results, and he i quite hoped that by the end of the financial year thQLy would be pia?pd on ? r&aUy sound bMis. At present their inc?mo was somctiung oyer 3C6,000, and in his view it was necessary that their efforts should be directed to the raising of another £ 4,000. The President (Mr. F. B. Corn- wall w) reported that a letter bad been received from Sir Thomas Elliott to the offect that he hoped, shortly to forward to the Society a scheme of the Board of Agriculture for the establishment of a National Council for Agricultural Research, and it was arranged that as soon as the sohenio had been received by the society a conference of all the society's scientific committees should be called to consider a scheme. THE VICTORIAN WHEAT CROP. The wheat crop for this season is estimated at 23,000,000 bushels, being on increase over last year's return of 1.456,850 bushels. The amount required for home consumption is 6,500,000. and for sowing 1,900.000, 1earing about 14,000,000 busbele available for export. With present mar- ket prices at about 33s. per qua.rf:.e.r-eqlla'l to 4s. per bushel—3s. 3d. per bushel would be realised after defraying freight, commission and exchange, making the value of the wheat available for ex- port. £ 2.275,000.

Everyone should know a few simple but important facts a bo LIT food. If the things we eat and drink are to do us any good, they must supply amongst other things three main elements to the body. They must odntain material making flesh, blood and bone; they must provide substances for creating energy and vitality, and those to give the body heat. Now, surprising though the fact may seem, there is hardly an article of food that contains in itself so much nourishment ready for the body to use as the little dried currants which wo put into cakes and bread. A pound of currants has in it thrice as much actual food as a pound of lean beef. A great physician has recommended currant bread as a perfect article of diet. He suggests twenty or even thirty parts of currants to seventy of dough. The currants render the bread not only more palatablei but generously amplify its nutriment. Cakes made in the same way of similar ingredients form a welcome and wholesome adjunct to the household dietary, and at the merest trifle in the way of cost.

EMMA, LADY HAMILTON. I The most reoeent biogiapliy of the beautiful Emma, Lady Hamilton, is singularly happy in its aitifibio treatment at the hands of the, author, Mr. J. T Herbert Daily, who is ed tor of the well- known art ma-gaaino, "The Connoisseur," and of the publishers, Messrs. W. G. Menzies, who also issue that journal. The publication of this work eo soon after the Nelson Centenary is opportune, for just a hundred years ago began much of the controversy that has continued even to the pro- sent day as to the rclatioash:p between the hero of Trafalgar and the bowitoh.ng beauty. To Cheshire and North Wales readers the roma.ntio history of the nursery maid, who was born near Neston and passed her giilhood at Havvaideu, afterward s becoming a world famed beauty and the wife of an ambassador, always appoals with vivid iatorest. Mr. Baily treats hifc fa -r but frruil aubjeot with commendable Christian charity, a quality that has been too often absent in lior c r I b; c. Apart fiorn her wondrous physical eh arms, wh'eii compelled tho admiration of painters hke Romiiey and Joshua Reynolds, there must have boon some amazing 'qualities of head and heart in the beauteous Emma, else she oould not have climbed her way to the pinnacle of fain3 fioiTt the lowest ranks of domestic service Those good qual ties our author brings out in generous moasuic. shewing how quick to learn was tho girl's intellect and how good her heart was to hoi* lowly relations and -how loyal to tho friend's who loved her. With some spirit Mr. Baily says: "It is impossible to believe that the woman whom- Horatio Nelson loved and almost worshipped, whose name was in the prayers he uttered with his dying breath, and whom he left a legacy to his King and country,' was an abandoned and immoral woman, as commonly de- scribed. Nelson had no gro«snoss in his nature. He had a singularly high and noble mind, in sprt-e of the one moral weakness into which he unhappily fell. His love of Lady Hamilton was noi wholly ignoble." The story of thb rustic beauty is familiar to all readers of Jri&lory.' The minutiae of her intrigues and adventures have been canvassed some-tiirues not only with a lack of chivalry, but with cold bruta.1.i,ly, and Mr. Baily's masterly defence of her character will bo agreeable- to every man endowed with the English love of fair play. In order to appreciate the difficulties of her various situa- tions it requires to bo remembered that Emma Lyon was bom in the village of Ness in 1763, the daughter of the looal blacksmith, and on her father's eaiiy death site v/ciit with her mother to live with the grandmother at Hawarclen. At fourteen Slhe- became the nursery maid of Dr. Thomas, of Hawardon. and a year later migrated to the metropol is in the same position to a London physician. It is believed she afterwards became a shop assistant, and it is thought her first trouble arose when she became associated with a sporting squire in Sussex When she was living under a cloud with her mother in Hawardeu, the Hon. Charles Greville, an elegant man of fashion, to whom she appealed for help, Look her under his proteehoti in London. Up to this point Emma Lyon, or Hart, as she sometimes called herself, had been badly illiterate, but under Mr. Greville's roof she improved her education at a remarkable pace During the years spent there she mani- fested strong devotion and loyalty to Mr. Greville. and when he basely deserted her and placed her under fa!se pretences in the household of his uncle, Sir Wm. Hamilton, the British Am- bassador at Naples, it nearly broke her heart. So far from being the flighty, inconstant woman that she has been painted. Emma implored Air. Greville to take her back. and it was only when his oalloys perfidy became plltin to her that flie consented to live with the Ambassador and even- tually boconio his Lawful wife. The conduct cf Lady Hamilton, as the ambassador's wife, was without reproach. Hers were the tact and diplomaoy of a statesman, animated by the loftiest ideals of patriotism. When Nelson came upon the scene, her clandestine attachment to tho naval Item and her deception of her husband admit of (no justification. The love slio had for the sailor warrior amounted to infatuation, an infatuation which was mutual. This later period of our heroine's life is perhaps better left to charity. If she had sinned much, she had suffered correspondingly. Moreover, she had also been sinned against and had been exposed to un- paralleled temptations. For our part, we prefer to dwell on the almost fairy-like picture of the once simple village beauty who led the brilliant Court of Naples, and who amid all her dazzling triumphs never forgot her humble mother or her poor old grandmother struggling in poverty at Hawardeu. She could not. as her biographer claims, have been a woman entirely given up to vanity, self-indulgence and ambition when amid all the gaiety of the Court of Naples she felt un- happy to waar a dress that cost J625 when she thought of her aged grandmother in indifferent ciroumstanoes in the Flintshire village. Out of her pin-money she sent this old relative £ 20 every Christmas, besides many tokens of gratitude for past favours. The attachment of Lady Hamilton to her own indigent people covers a multitude of sins. It only remains to be added that this pains- taking a.nd well-balanoed story of one of the most fascinating and romantic characters in English history is embellished with two dozen exquisite plates reproduced from the immortal pictures of the lady painted by such artists as Romney. Joshua Reynolds, Sir Thomas Lawrence and others. The artistic appearance of the work i8 what, one would eixpeot from the reputation of the author and publishers.

"Enirita. Lady Hamilton" (by J. T. Herbert Baily London: W. G. Menzies. 7. Temple Baily. L-,jii d on: AV. ?. Chambers, Temple Avenue, E.C.; 10s. 6d ).

EMINENT OPINIONS PRAISING DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. In support of the opinion of the celebrated Dr. Lapponi concerning Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People other eminent medical men have added their appreciation of this famous medicine. Dr. Lapponi, physician to Pope Pius X., recom- mends this unique blood builder and nerve tonic in the following terms:— "I certify that I have tried Dr. William,al Pink Pills in cases of simple Anffctnia. After a few weeks' treatment the result came fully up to my expecta- tions. I shall not fail in the futuro to extend the use of this laudable pre- paration, not only m the treatment of other morbid fornls of the category of Anemia, but also in cases of Neuras- thenia and the like. lt'7,,Z I George 0. ?,,h,i ?nfon of Or. WHHame' Pink PiHa appears in this article. 11 Read aloo what another great practitioner says. Dr. George Oriot, 4, Rue de IEtitropot, Paris, writes:— Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla yield excellent results to my patients in caeca of poverty of blood, nervous debility and ailments of women. I have succeeded particularly in curing, by a relatively short treatment of Dr. William?' Pink Pillfc, a person suffering from aggravated Anaemia. Dr. E. Coulouma, well know nat St. Ghinian, Tiorault. Franoe. proscribes Dr. Williams' Pink Pills regularly. Thi6 is his appreciation of them:— After a very satisfactory experiment I regularly prescribe Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for the ansemic and the neurotic, especially among female pafciente. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have given the happit results among young girls, also mothers. I prescribe them in cases of Anaemia, Neurasthenia and other womanly ailmenta oom. mon among my patients." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are like a silent guardian of the health of households. Thousands of families can tell of benefits received in cases of Aneemia, Indigestion, Bile, Consumption, Eczema, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Kidney Disease, St. Vitus' Danoe, Neuralgia. Paralysis, Locomotor Ataxy, also Weaknesses of Women. Sold by all dealers (the genuine pills always bear full name. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People) or direct from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Holborn- viaduct, London; post free 2S. 9d. one box; or six I boxes 13ft. 9d, i

VANITY FAIR. I ————— ———— MEN OF THE DAY. I -Jimffi "Va,nítv Fair." THE RIGHT lION, AUGUSTINE BIRRELL. Born fifty-six yea-rs ago—his birtiiaay falls within this week—Augustine* Birrell took the earliest opportunity of displaying the thorough- ness which has. marked h& character through life, and 'has contributed much to the suooess of his oarosr. Similar concentration of purpose was shewn when, he came to be married. His bride was the daughter of one poet and the widowed daughter-in-law of the Poet Laureate. Hopes and aspirations, of late bounded by the prospeet of a judgeship, have within tho last month been turned in other directions. Tlie son of a minister, the grandson of a minister, is to-day himself a Cabinet Minister, with no reason save overmastering modesty why lie should exclude from his 'horizon the prize of the Premiership. Thus far his Parliamentary career, though brief, has boon notable. Returned for a safe seat in the kingdom of Fife. he in the following yc«ar chivalrously resigned it. in order to lead a forlorn hope against a Unionist stronghold in Manchester. Unhorsed ho has tllrotigh fivo long years marched, on foot, carrying his musket with tho rank and file. As chairman of the Liberal Publication Department, lie appropriately pre- luded his work as Education Minister by edu- cating Irs party At due intervals tine monthly periodical issmod by the Department was brigh- tened by flashes from his pen, setting forth words of encouragement for his own political friends, and giving the ad"ea»ary what tlie Marchioness in conversation v.efh Dick Swiveller over the cribbage-board wa. wont to allude tc. as "one for his nob." The new Presn&ent of tho Board of Eduoation shaves with a oi^ee obscure Irish mar. the. distinc- tion of having k'nt his name to the formation of a word new to the English language. There ils. however, a wide difference of application Any- one. especially a resident in an Irish country district, may be boycotted. Tlie power of Bir- rell ing is inherited by few, and Augustine re- mains the Master. He is an 'homest, olevet*, sagacious man, but an intellectual, and men of that- type have failed in the Parliamentary melee before now. And he will bo in tlie thick of the melee. VJEHU, JUNIOJ. HARD CASE. No. 1.499. I Mis. A, a. young and pretty bride, complains to her husband that she has been twice followed and annoyed by a stranger when shopping in Bond- street. A vows that if he can find him he will give him a. good thrashing. At Church Parade in the Park Sirs. A says to her husband. "There is the man." at the same time pointing out an elderly gentleman whom A recogn'ses as a near neighbour of his in the oounty. What should A do? JUDGMENT IN HARD CASE 1.497. I Lady A should use all her powers of persuasion to induce the daughter to confess to her mother. If slie will not, Lady A can do nothin.g unl ess she finds there is anything SllBpioioUlSaoout the mar- riage, or Capt. C's antecedents. If Lady A by a hasty action caused the girl to be disinherited, she would have done the young girl a great in- jury, and benefited nobody. The girl has done a very foolish thing, but it, cannot be undone. For Lady A to say that she wiU be silent only if the girl tells her mother, is the same as telling that lady herself. THE MODERN HORROR The motor-bus is no doubt a useful institution. That it sets houses a-quiver. damages drain pipes, takew away the profits of the L.C.C. trams, and occasionally removes a lamp-post, are points we may disregard. But its noise is another matter. In those streets whioh it now frequents there arises day and night a high querulous wail, an ear-piercing sound, to which the rurnbks of wheels on wooden pavemente are but as the notes of a DelIo to Bon amateur performance on the French- horn. I AN AFTER-DINNER'CEREMONY. An amusing story is going the round as to how Sir John Law&on Walton, the new Attorney- General, was sworn into his office. Sir Kenneth Mackenzie, the permanent Secretary to the Lord Chanoellors. was giving a genial dinner to the new Lord Chancellor, and Sir John happened to ho present, and it wa.s after withdrawal from the festive board that the new Attorney-General took the oath. Sir William Rob son, on the other hand, WAS less fortunate, and his taking the oath at the House of Lords was comparatively a proeaic affair. A NEW INSTITUTION. In New York, the private telephone call is becoming an institution. When a man's private telephone rings, he knows it really is a personal call, as only a few people have his number. It is a direct call from "Central, and DOE; not oome over the regular oBSoc switchboard at aU. Yes, our house number is private?" S&d a. woman to me, who has many sooial duties and we guard it as we do the family jewels. Only our own diroot circle of friends are" able to reach us by telephone. As someone said to me. the other day, quite the height of modern intimacy is reached in the interchange of private telephone num bers. A FAMOUS GO-BETWEEN. Achieving, in more than one career, dis- j tinction himself Sir Mountet-uart Grant-Duff will be remembered as having introduced DK- tinguished men to THO publio or to eaok other. In c h Balliol days he Raw the real founder of the college's intellectual tradition to be neither Jowett nor Jowett'S lexicographic predecessor in the Mastership, Scott, but Henry Smith, the most powerful and splendidly-equipped mind of his day, equally great in science, pure or applied, and in scholarship. In India he discovered and acquainted his countrymen with the rare poetic gifts of Sir Alfred Lyall, whose poems, steeped in the local ooJour of Hindustan, might never have been publMied but for the sometime Governor of Madras, who read them in manuscript I himself, and also read them to his friencfa whom he used to entertain for the pleasant week-ends at York Lodge, Twickenham, situated midway between Lord Cariingford at Strawberry Hill and Mr. Labouchere at Pope's Villa. The most memorable of Sir M. Grant-Duff's introductory functions was performed when, on a summer day in the late 'seventies, he firit enab-W Mr. Gladstone and Mr. John Moriey to improve into confidential friendship, the casual acquaintance before tw made by the two men at Down, the Kentiah honl of Sir John Lubbock, now Lord Avebury,

TIDE TABLE. I TIDLE. I I HIGH WATER AT CHESTER.. JANLTARY. I MORN Err. HVU. I EL M. FT. Di. H. IL 20 Saturday 7 53 1 13 10 831 21SMda.y ..?. 9 7 14 9 40 22 Monday "110 10 18 5 10 88 23 Tuesday. 11 5 17 5 11 39 24 Wednesday 11 ? ?C 25 Thuredav 12 18 )9 2 12 H 26 brii-lay "1.. 1 3 13 6 1 1 23

CHESTER DISTRICT NURSING ASSOCIATION 9, Watkr TOWER-STREET. I WEEKLY REPORT. OLD cgell 90 Old c&3e-i I s NOW CASES IS Ourad. 20 Believed. 0 Semoved 1  Deaths 5 On hooks 82 I VISITS 623 E. BATESON, Lady Superintendent, I January 1;. 1DOt},

CHESTER INFIRMARY I Weekly Stats. Ended Satukdat LAST. j In-Patiento are admitted on Tuesday Morning at j Eleven o'clock. In-patients Discharged. Cured 16 RELIEVED 8 MADE OUT-PATIENTS 0 I Unrelieved. 1 IRREGULARITY 0 Dead 0 In-patients. I Admitted 23 Remain in the House 86 Out-Patients. I Medical Cases are seen on Monday. Wednesday, and Ratmday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Surgical Cases are seen on Thursday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Ophthalmic Cases tre seen on Friday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Dental Cases are seen on Tuesday and Saturday mornings at Ten o'clock. Out-patients admitted daring the week,101

I MARKETS AND FAIRS. I WREXHAM CATTLE, MONDAY.—At this I fair to-dav trade was fairly brisk. and a pretty satisfactory clearance was effected. Beef sold well, making from 6W. to 7.id. per Sib., mutton 7d. to Sid., veal 7d. to 3d.. and pigs from 7s. 9..i. to 9s. 3d. per score lbs. LIVERPOOL CATTLE, MONDAY. There were a few more cattle in market to-day. Demand glow, and Ittst week's prices barely maintained. A small increase in the number of sheep on offer com- pared with Monday last. Trade slow, and to effect sales lower prices were accepted. PricesBeef, Gld. to 4J>D. mutton, Scotch, 10d. to 7d.; Irish, 9-d. to Gd. per lb. BRADFORD WOOL. MONDAY.—As far as tops arc concerned the market is very quiet, there being a general disposition to await the course of events at the London sales. Wool, however, is selling with more freedom, particularly skin wool and Yorkshire hogs, which ar- a turn dearer, though it is not a market to test prices. Topmakers generally are very firm in their ROTATIONS; cross- bred forties sixties 25d. MANCHESTER HAY AND STRAW MON- VA Y,-Hay, 5-d.; clover, Gd. to Gkà. straw, oat, 41d, to 4¥i, per stone. LONDON CATTLE, MONDAY.-To-day's supply of beasts compared with Monday last shewed an increase of 130 head. including a larger consignment of polled Aberdeens which, however, met limited inquiry at a decline of fully 2d. per 81b. Trade taken as a whole was very slow for both prime and second quality English beasts, salesmen having to accept 2d. per 81b. less money in some cases to effect the sales. Irish cattle also sold at a deoline of 2d. per 81b, Fat butchering cows and bulls met a limited inquiry, tendency in value being a downward one, though not quotably so. Top prices per 81b. :—80st. to 90st. polled Aberdeens 4s. 8d.: 80st. to 90st. Devons, 4s. 4d. to 4a. 6d. 90st. polled Norfolks, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. 95st. runts, 4s. to 4s. 4d.; 100st. Lincolns, 4S. 95st. black polled Dublins, 4s. 4d., ordinary ditto, 4S. to 43. 2d. 905T. fat cows, 3s. 4d. to 3s. 6d. fat bulls, 2s. lOd. to 3s. 2d. Lambs although in very short numbers, were largely excess of demand, and Jwere difficult to cash even at a reduction of 2d. per 81b. Calf trade not worth noting Quotations per 81b .-—Beast.?- 2C. lOd. to 4s. 8d. sheep, 3s. lOd. to 5s. lod. lambs, 3s. 8d. to Gs. MANCHESTER CHEESE, TUESDAY Finest home-made cheese is getting into small com- pass. The arrivals it to-day's market were rather larger of most grades than was the case a week ago. but business was comparatively quiet, and mostly of a retail character, for present requirements. The majority of the lots wero late makes. Prices were unchanged and stood at 73S, to 78s. for finest I Cheshire white and coloured, with a few shillings per cwt. more for extra choice dairies; fine being GSs. to 70s., and mediums 60s. to 60s. Finest Lan- cashire was quoted 73s. to 78s. and fine 68s. to 70s Stiltons were well cleared at lid. to Is. for finest ripe, green 8gd. to 9., and Cheshire Stiltons 7gd. to 8d. Canadian cheese The market remains quiet but steady, and prices are practically un- changed on the week. Coloured are in a very short 'supply. Quotations are: Coloured 64s. to 65s., white 63A. to 64s. There is very little cheese of any kind to be had under these figures. CHESHIRE BUTTER AND EGG.—Home dairy butter shews no variation. The recent reduc- tion in the quotation for new-laid eggs has become more general. Good inquiry and liberal delivery. Prices :-Stookport (Friday): Butter, Is. 3d. and Is. 4d. per lb. eggs, 7 and 8 for Is. Crewe (Fri- day) Butter, Is. 3d. per lb. eggs, 8 for Is. Northwich (Friday): Butter, ls. 4d, per lb. eggs. 8 for Is. Sandbach (Thursday) Butter, Is. 3d. per lb. eggs, 8 for Is. Macclesfield: Butter, Is. 2d. and Is. 3d. per lb.; eggs, 8 and 9 for is. Congle- ton: Butter, la. 3d. per lb. eggs, 8 for Is. Altrincham: Butter, Is. 3d. and Is. 4d. per lb. eggs, 7 for Is. Nantwich Butter, Is. 3d. per lb. j eggs, 9 and 10 for Is. Knutsford Butter, Is. 3d. and Is. 4d. per lb.; eggs, 8 for la. Runcorn; Butter, Is 3d. and 18, 4d. per lb.; eggs, 7 and 8 for Is. Cheater: BUTTON Is. 3d. per lb. eggs. 9 for la CHESTER EGG AND POULTRY, SATUR. DAY.—Buttev. Is. 3d. per lb. ? eggs, 9 for Is. I chickens, 2c. 3d to 3A. each; turkeys, is. per lb.; geese, 10d. per l. pheasants, 5s. and 58. Gd. per brace; hares, 3s. to 4s. each rabbits, lOd. to L3. [ each pigeons, 8d and 9d. each. CHESTER CORN, SATURDAY. Market | to-day is quite disorganised through the yre. vailing electioneering excitement. Quotations nominally unchanged for all English grain. Feed- ing stuffs firm. Floui 6d. dearei Foreign wheat very firm with a fair business. Quotations:- ow (KiS is." «. B. 8. &. B. D. Whea" white per 751b. f 0 0 to 0 0. 0 0 to 0 0 Wheat, red. to 7ilh.\ 00 — 4 600 — 00 Malting Barley. OUb.1 o o o 0, o o- 0 0 Grinding do to 641b. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oats to 46! b. 25 — 2 800 — 00 Bearts mb. o o 0 0, 0 o o o Egyptian Beans to 3401b. 10 0 — 0 0 0 0 — 0 0 Indian Corn. „ 2401b. ill 6—11 912 0—12 6

??????..? ..m??.?rt.r .t.T?f.nr???..h????-??-?..? II«I»WI 11 RI   — «mLouJUauJU, ac^aain/tzrza. /c At^afP SUNLIGHT SOAP is an old acqliailltance tried and I trusted. It is tlie busy woman's j best friend on wash=day. I Its success is due to the excellence J of its composition, and a business 'built on the foundation of purity can only be maintained by the upkeep of this high standard. Thus J SUNLIGHT SOAP is always pure. LEVER. BROTHERS, LIMITED, PORT SUNLIGHT, ENGLAND. The nams LEVER on soap Is a guarantee of Purity and Excellence, T: ,Ar -:x I ——— CLIBRANS. SPECIAL CHEAP OFFERS. I FRUIT TREES, ROSES, ORNAMENTAL TREES, 1 AND SHRUBS, HEDGE PLANTS, &c., FL | IN ORDER TO CLEAR GROUND FOR OTHER CROPS, WE ARE OFFERING EXCEPTIONAL VALUE IN THE ABOVE. APPLES. Extra Fine Trees, fruiting size, of the best Cooking and Dessert Varieties, for growing in Cheshire. b'T ADARDS, 12/ 15 and. 18, per doz. PYRAMIDS and BUSHES, 9' 12/- and 18 per dozen. I PEARS, PLUMS & CHERRIES. Splendid Trees of the Best Varieties. PRICES AS APPLES. CURRANTS. Best Black, White and Red Fruiting Varieties, 2,'6 to 3'6 per Doz., 16 to 20" per 100. RASPBERRIES. Extra Strong Fruiting Canes, 1*6 and 2 per doz., 8 and 10 per 100. STRA WBERRIES. Finest CROPPING VARIETIES. PREPARED RUNNERS. 2/6 per 100. ,,10 pots, 12,6 per 100. RHUBARB. Large Strong Clumps of the moot prolific and best FLAVOURED varieties, 5, and 6/- per doz. ROSES. I Finest Hybrid PERPETU ALS. CLIMBERS, MOSS and OTHER ROSES, extra strong, in best varieties, 5 and 6'- per dozen. TEA & H. T. ROSES. Splendid Plants, 9/- and 10/- per Dozen. ORNAMENTAL TREES. Splendidly grown, shapely and well-rooted. Choice distinct varieties of ASH, BIRCH, CHESTNUT, LABURNUM, POPLAR. WILLOWS, and others, from 6d. each upwards. Select and Beautiful Varieties of ALMONDS. FLOWERIMG CHERRIES. & THORNS. MAPLES, ACACIA, &c.. from 1/- each upwards. 12 Distinct Trees, in 12 choice and Beautiful Varieties, for 7/6. ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 12 Distinct and 1. Beautiful Sorts from 4' 100 „ 501-. CONIFERS. From 4'- Dozen upwards. HEDGE PLANTS. Millions in Stock, extra Fine and Strong. THORNS from 2 per 100 upwards. HAZEL n PRIVET „ 4- „ „ MYROBELLA 3- All our Hedge Plants are Extra Transplanted, grown iu an expoaed position, and splendidly rooted. I SPECIAL QUOTATIONS TO LARGE BUYERS. DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES of Fruits, Roses, Trees and Shrubs, GRATIS and Post Free., COME AND SEE THE STOCK AT THE NURSERIES:- I HALE, ALTRINCHAM, AT MANCHESTER Also Acre-lane, Bramliall.

BOAT SUNK AT CHESTER. I NARROW ESCAPES. The crew of the canal boat Cadet, the captain and two youths, narrowly escaped with their lives early on Sunday. It appears that between five and I six o'clock in the morning, as they were in bed in their bunks on their boat in the Shropshire Union Canal at Chester, they heard the water rushing in the cabin ot the boat, and were just able to get on to the towing-path in their nightshirts when the boat sank. The boat, which was bound for Wol- verbampton, was moored just off Messrs. Griffiths s warehouse, and had a cargo of about sixteen tons of sugar and a few tons of flour, tinned salmon and loteter, and other goods. J Richard Jones and Co's Great Annual Sat To-day (Saturday). Visit early. The Drapetl and Furnisbing Departments. Great Bargains. THE EGERTON SUIT. In the D'von; Court, on Monday, the President made absolute tb" decree nisi granted to Lady Mary Carolyn GreJ Egerton for the dissolution of her marriage wif( Sir Philip Henry Grey Egerton, who had residcli at Oulton Park, near Tarporley, and London. TIt marriage took place in 1893, and the decree nisi W granted on June 26, 1905. SULPHOLINE SKIN LOTION. The onlyeffective remedy for SKIN TROUBLES. Sulphoiine quickly drives away Eruptions. Pimples, Eczema, Acne, Blackheads, and all Disfigure ments, developing a fair, spotless skin and beautiffi complexion. Try Sulpholine Lotion Shillin( Bottles.

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY a IONEY 'FEBRUARY 24TH. f GREAT REDUCTION PI ICEHOF FURNISHING GOODS. I PIONEER STOCK-TAKING SALE. 0 to 1? BOLD S&T i., I c A ■ ,8 Htt CARPETS MADE AND LAID FREE. ? to i?, i?Ulj? bi., CASH, LINOLEUMS LAID FRE?. L OR ON CURTAIN & ROLLER BLINDS, made free' I L IV E ]It POOL. I EASY TERMS. AND OTHER CONCESSIONS. | j ATALLOGUE ANI> TERMS, FREE.