Cheshire Observer

oolf CURED I Of RINGWORM Doctor Attended Him for Several Weeks without any Benefit — Friends Surprised at Result of Cure, and Mother STRONGLY RECOMMENDS CUTICURA REMEDIES "I am pleased to give you the par- ticulars respecting the case of my son Cyril. Four years ago, he came home from school with ringworm. At onC3 we had the family doctor who attended him for several weeks without any benefit, and told me he feared liia head would have to be shaved. Seeing your advertisement I got one tablet of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment. Our friends, of course, v/ero surprised at the result. He was quite cured, his hair began to grow at once, and in two months he had a lovely head of hair, and has it now. I strongly recommend Cuticura Remedies in all cases of ringworm. You are quite at liberty to use my experience for the benefit of others. Mrs. L. Huntley, 17 Fairthorn Road, W esteem be Park, Charlton, S. E., Apr. 5, 1906." WORLDS FAVOURITE For Skin, Scalp, Hair, and I Hands is Cuticura. For preserving, purifying, and beau- tifying the skin, for cleansing the scaip of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchiugs, and chafings, for annoying irritations and ulcerative weaknesses, and many Banative, antiseptic purposes which read- ily suggest themselves to mothers, as well as for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nursery, Cuticura Soap and Cuti- cura Ointment, the great Skin Cure, are priceless. No other remedies so pure, so sweet, so economical, and so speedily effective. They are the World's Fa- vourites. H  /?'?°??"??'? TrcAtmc"í' for Everv °/!?'?''??"'?'?''?'<'???'?Cu.i- ?c.t'?'P .Vw .!0 «"•«»«» the skin, Ciittaur* 0-<?M.,)toi.?) the skin, tad Cuticura Fiils (Choeolato co.I, l?. lid. to p,ity ti,? b.ool..4, Singl* et often CUr8. Sod througho!Jt the world. Dl)(): I.r:i6 n,, w ery ?<)?rt?!.o..M8q.! P.ri,, RobïS, 5 Rue de 1& iL'?bc f otter I* ^hem. Corp Sole Props. »a.- M¡:Üea }',c'" .'A Book tor Mother. WH! notSDiitt Nor tear in  ?.2?   in the Seams [ the Fabric M=de in White. Bbck. I F w,, SI*lver 4/11, 5/11, 6'11, 71,? 1 per pair and upwards. pi| THRE GOLD MEDALS ?    "The most comfortable Ccr:et \l { (\ i Pleate write for Price List to the \\V^«| Cttcl^eiilA  ever made."—Lady's Pictorial K B R I 6 T 0 1. Yi N Corset Factory hj':j YfrN  ??.??i  t????  ?.? nr  rr' ?/\? J. P. -DA-VIES & SOINTSI MAKERS OF TENTS, MARQUEES, LADDERS, &c. COAL MERCHANTS. TENTS and MARQUEES for Garden Parties and Weddings supplied, with or without Floor. CART SHEETS. TARPAULINS, HORSE CLOTHS, &c. SUN BLINDS for Shops. Addresses4, COAT, EXCHANGE; 1, VICTORIA ROAD; and CRANK STREET, CHESTER. 1 SE E THE SIGNA^ II ■ inn IN

CHESTER INFIRMARY. WEEKLY STATE, EXDED SATURDAY LAST. in -Patients are admitted on Tuesday Morning at Eleven o'clock. In-patients Discharged. In-patients. Cured 8 Admitted 21 Relieved 7 Remain in the House 91 Unrelieved. 0 Irregularity 0 Dead" 4 OUT-PATIENTS. Medical Cases are seen on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Surgical Cases are seen on Thursday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Ophthalmic Cases are seen on Friday mornings at Eleven o'clock. Dental Cases are seen on Tuesday and Saturday ( ) U,),ti. mornings at Ten o'clock. Out-patients admitted during the week,79

The secretary of the M.C.C. stated on Tuesday no ono had been asked by them to go to Australia, or even sounded on the subject. A certain in- fluential person in Australia had asked the :M.O C. to reconsider their decision, and a special meeting of the committee had been summoned for Friday, but the attitude of the M.C.C. did not appoar to bo changed, nor did the prospeets of their being ab'e to send a team this year appear to bo brighter. All the First Prize Dairies, including the Duke of West-minster's Special Prizo of a Silver Cup, value £ 10. 108., for the best Exhibit in the Show, were purchased by Messrs. Thompson, Son and Clomence, Cheesemongers and Family Provision Merchants, 10, Nortbgate-street; John Griffiths, 17, Eastgate-street; 16, Foregatc-drc-ct, and Market Hall, Chester. FOOTBALL BOOTS.—Special show at Howitt's. Quality better than ever. Prices same as before. Nothing to equal them in Chester.— HEWITT'S, Abbey Gateway. Established 50 years. MAZAWATTEE TEA Recalls the delicious MAZAWATTEE TEA Teas of MAZAWATTEE TEA 30 years ago. MAZAWATTEE TEA Sold bv all Grocers. DON'T LOOK OLD. With advancing years greyness increases. Stop this with LOCKYER'S SULPHUR HAIR RESTORER, which darkens to the former colour and preserves the appearance. Lockyer'a keeps off ravages of time, by darkening the grey streaks, aJw causing growth of Hair. Largo cbeap bottles.

NEWS OF THE WORLD, 1 The Armada treasure seekers at Tobermory on Monday found 9. piece of silver plate, weigh- ing fully two pounds. 0\'cr 100,000 acres of foiest in Algeria have been destroyed by fire, started, it is believed, by native incend aries. The Local Government Board has surcharged London boards of guardians thousands of pounds which have been spent illegal iy. The latest rest cure for society women is •hopping. A camp for "hoppers cfe luxe" has been formed near Maidstone. The large estates which have lately been called upon to pay death duties reveal the fact that there arc n.any British m li'onaiies. King Alfonso XIII., who is an enthusiastic yachtsman, gained the second prize in one of the races at Bilbao with his cutter Queen X. Threo ctlicials of the Philadelphia Real 1<:8- tate Trust Company, wh:ch lecently failed for £ 1,400,000 havo bee narrested oil charges of fraud. James Aimstiong (15), while shopbreaking at Hull, was held fast by a Scotch ooilie. On being released, he jumped through the window and escaped, but was later anrsted Martial law has been declared in the district- of Valparaiso owing to the lawlessness wlrch has followctl tho earthquake. Thousands of people are camping in tho streds of the city. The French bishops continued their conference oil Wednesday, and it is stated that the indica.- tions aro that assocatioiij will 00 formed to rent the churches from the State under tho Common Law of ISOl. th the road between Birmingham and Coven- try on Tar .-day a haro started away in front. of a motor-ear, and kept a.head IInt:[ Coventry was roac-hod, where, desp'to the efforts at cap- ture by many policemen and small boys, it succeeded in making its eseapy. Further details aro forthcoming of the mock coronation ce.r; mony at which the agitator Bane-rjoo was crowned King of India. The Moelomo aro sending a deputation to Lord Minto to counteract tho Hindoo agitation. A special correspondent at. St. Petersburg states that the Russian GovernmenL is about to issue a manifesto announcing its dtto-rminat'on to proceed with reforms, but- to take special measures for tho ropiossion of revolutionary out- rages. The British steamer Goa was wrecked off tho Indian coast, and exciting scenes were wit- nessed, a number of the native passengers rush- ing the lifeboats. Eventually, another steamer ai rived on the spot, and all those all board the Goa. were rescued. A scheme is under consideration for the GPen- ing of a new route into China, by linking np Assam with Szechua.il. The first, section of the railway !ino from Sadiya to Rima has already been explored. Tho line is practicable, and wou!d be profitable, and the Tibetans are said to be chccrfuliy acquiescent. The second sec- tion, from R ma to Ratang, will depend upon I Chinese goodwill. Two tramps suf-p?cted of burglary were being pursued at midnight on Monday in a motor- car by Police-Sergt. Geuti-y, of R-ay.'eigh, E- sex, and Poiice-Oonstablo Swain, when (lie car rail into a high bank at Hock'-ev. The. oar W;!S smashed to pieces. Gentry was severely ill- jured. and Swain is suffering fiom s hock and bnfses. The driver of the car escaped serious injury. Dr. Fenwick, of Accri ngfon, whose reported discovery of a cure for cancer was announced so-me time ago, has been visited by an Ameri- can specialist-, who examined a. con- siderable number of cancer patienis at present undergoing treatment, and also interviewed a number of former sufferers now pronounccd to be cured. It is understood that the investigation ended in Dr. Fenwick being offered a very considerable sum of money for hs antidote, There are in aJI (-)f iiioi)ry for h:s anti(-iote. 'rh(,rc, are in aJi' nearly every pa so with beneficial results. After h's unsuccessful experience in the Manx Law Courts, Captain William Henry Small, master and owner of the ketch Cather- ine, which he has equipped with a view to searching for the spoils of pirates buried on an island in the Caribbean Sea, sailed away I quietly from Douglas in darkness on Tuosday morning. The ketch had been arrested in con- nection with legal proceedings entered aerainst O.ptain Small, but. the person at whoso instancc- the arrest was made did not object to the VC- sel's departure. After provisioning in Ireland, the Catherine will start across the Atlantic. Father Peltier, a French Oitholie priest, cele- brated the first Mass in Esperanto on Sunday. He recalled the message of the Pope, read to tho Geneva Congress recommending the new lan- guage. While this Mass was being held a con- gregat ion of fiom 250 to ZOO persons, almost ex- clusively E operant ists, attended a Prole slant service in the new language. Pastor Cetinea- berger, living near Bale, in German Switzer- land. pres dent of the Geneva Congress of la-st week, read the prayers and tho Bible lesson in Espcianto. The Rev. J. C. Rust, of Soham, near Cambridge, then preached a sermon, in which lie shewed how the new language might help to spread the knowledgo of religion in the world.

I VANITY FAIR. 4 • MEN OF THE DAY. I I —From "Vanity Lair. I MAJOR EUSTACE LODEU. I Major Eust?c? Lcder is a n-cd?t, irc?h-?m- p'exioned bachelor, the scn d the late Sir Robert Lcder, who, in his day, was a famous racing man. From Ekm Eustace Lcdcr went ic, r ath to Cambridge, where he achieved neither ath- letic nor scholastic distinction. He left the University for the 12th Lance is, with which IC- giment he served for fifteen years. His first visit to Ireland-an island which he then re- garded ca rather a bow-was with his regiment. But he changed his cp:nicn after a year or two, bought Eyrefioid Ledge, in C:unty Kildare, set up a breeding establishment, and finally sent in his papers and settled down. The British public were generally unawa o of the existence of the gallant major until 1S03. The sport-Tig world knew him as the owner of Billow, Star Sheet, Game Chick, and Hammer- kop; but the fortunate possessor of Pictty Polly speedily asquired the e-ame nation:; 1 re- cogMiton as is the prerog-ativo of Prime Minis- tors, distinguished generals, a.nd first-class ericketcjs who have made over two thousand rutiis. Fiom the day when Prettv Polly wen the British Dominion Stakes at Sandown-by I can- not f,Y how many lengths—Major Eustace Lccer s name nnd fame were made. And now that to Pretty Polly, Spearmint has been added, his niche in the British Hall of He iocs :o as- sured. He has a keen eye fcr a ho;fe, and a sound judgment in his stud arrangements. He is a smalt smoker, and a fair shot. He does not dance, but loves to fthew ycu his garden. He has lecently been ekv ted a member of the Jcckey Club. The choice was generally ap- proved by the Race Ho se Owners' As o: iation. JEHU JUNIOR. WHERE TO LIVE. A new demand is springing up amongst th ose who Fcolc fcr houses in tho residential West End. In years gone by the first consideration was the no it fashionable street that, the pocket of the hoi-se-hi'.nter could affc-rd; now there is an overwhelming dca Ílc to funl u- L, e "'1' which is beyond the ran?& of the cab -hi-fl-s fiom the near(6 hotel, restaurant, club, or em- porium. down which no proces-ions of a dis- tressful or militant description have any reason to pass, and which is beyond the dieams of the maddest or most enterprising motor ornni- bui. The question at the present moment is not which is the "bo-st" "trcet in London, but whether there is one in which a rr.oderjtely deaf, iron-nerved person can live in peace and quietness. THE CHURCH AT THE RACES. I There is an amusing point about Doncaster. At no other race meeting will you find the clerical element in evidence; yet it is con- sidered quite fitting ths-i every parson within reasonable distance of the couieo should not only enreitain for the meeting, but himself be pre so nt if he be so disposed, and en the first visit of his Majesty after his accession it may be recalled that tho Bishop of the diocese OITIC:a,ly received the King; at Daicr.flrer Station —surely a unique incident. i ONE FOR THE MASTER. There is a certain ccUego at Camfcrd where t>c M?cr is in ?ho habit of asking freshmen to bre"kfFst in batch? of four. Before RHmg- the inner man, however, a certain amount of ceremony han to be gone through. This con- s?sts in gue?ing what di.?hea are conceded be- neath the covers, and nnul the freshmen guess 00rredly they get no breakfast. One morning the time arrived for Mr. X. to go through the ordeal in common with three others. He evi- dently came prepared, for in rep:y to the usual formula, "And what do you fiuppese, Mr. X., is under this cover?" canic the staggering re- ply, "Plea.se, sir, tench stewed in Malmsey wine, bskd to a turn, a.nd then surrounded with a garniture of lampreys from the river Rumber." It was only for a moment, that the Ma-ter was taken aback, for lie rejoined, with con?idcr?bie ?nhomi, "I am afraid Mr. X., th?srstabt?hmfjnt won't run to that." But rumour has it that that fr<simian was never asked aga in.

ItOSSETT. I NEW SCHOOLROOM.—Two foundation- stones were, on Wednesday laid in connect ion with the new .schoolroom of the English Pic-sby- tNian Church at Rossctt by Miss Caton, of Rosse-tt, and Mr. Tudor Hughes, of Wrexham. The attendance included the Re-v. Scott Wil- liams (pastor), the Rev. Tho 01. Jones (Rhos- tylien), the Rev. John Robert-s (Chester), the Rev. W. 0. Williams, U.S.A. (former pastor), J. M?crc- d it l i, the Rev. J. Meredith, tho Re-v. D. Manuel (Waverton), the Rev. W. EhlS (Wrexham), and the Rev. R. L. Roose (Ho t), In addition to a large schoolroom 48ft. 9in. by 28ft. 7in., tho building will contain a smaller classrooni 24ft. by 21 ft., a small kitchen, end a minister's ves- try. The building will provide much needed accomn^odation for Church work, and will bo cs.n?e;ally useful for Band of Hope meetings, concerts, etc. The prioe of the contract was £ !567, and the cost of furnishing is expected to make a total of £ 650. Silver trowels weie- pre- sented to Miss Caton and Mr. Tudor Hugh-e.g, and speeches were made by the min sters pre- sent.

MANCHESTER POLICE INQUIRY.—On Wedntfltiay the Manchester City Council unanimously adopted the report of the Special Commit-too appointed to investigate the charges made against the Chief Constable and tho police administration. Mr. Ross Clyne ad- mitted the fairness with which the inquiry had been conducted, and announced h t, retirement from the agitation of which it was the out- come. So far as he is concerned, he said. the agination is at a.n end. He trusted that the matter was buried for ever. The Council after- wards passed a ieisolution congratulating the Chief Constable on the honourable career which tho inquiry brought into full light, and expressing appreciation of the courageous man- ner in which he has performed hie duty in spite of all attacks. FOOTBALL BOOTS. Special show at Hewitt's. Quality better than ever. Prices same as before. Nothing to equal them in Chester.— HEWITT'S, Abbey Gateway. Established 50 years. MAZAWATTEE TEA Recalls the delicious I MAZAWATTEE TEA Teas of MAZAWATTEE TEA 30 years ago. MAZAWATTEE TEA Sold by all Grocers.

EDUCATION AND LUNACY. I I A CREWE COUNCIL DISCUSSION. I I At a meeting of the Crewe Town Council on I Wednesday, Mr. J. II. Kettell referred to the pioposal of the Education Committee to send the Director of Educaroa to Americ-a. a me mber of the Yio-C"ty Commission to report on American methods of education, and sug- gested that he should also make some inquiry a3 to tho rapid increase of lunacy in that coun- try. (Laughter.) In a few years the number of lunatics in Ainerica had doubled. He hoped the Director would inquire whether that was duo to children being over-educated. Lunacy was a'so incrcas ng in th:s country. Years ago it was larg o;y attributed to the drinking habits of tho p-cp'e; but nowadays p-,cp'e were moJO tompr:ak" and yet lunac-y was increassnjr. M'ght it not bo duo to the cra,mmin? of ch'l- dren with educat'on which their minds cou'd not properly as,,im-; Mr. W. William, attributed the increase of lunacy to the- teriib'e struggle for existence. Ho believed tho spread of lunacy in Amerioa. was due to the "awful system" under which men lived there, and to the abominable Trusts. The conditions weie such as would wreck the best intellects. More education might prevent that. In this country, however, the finest in- tellects in the business world were being driven nearly mad by the hara^sang cond t'ons of in- dustrial life. The only remedy for this was Socia'ism. Mr. Kettell said it was astonishing how littl^e education some of the r best bus ness men bad. (Laughter.) The motion for the Director of Education to go to America was agreed to.

BRASS BAND CONTEST. 11 SUGGESTION FOR CHESTER. I TO THE EDITOU. I Sir,—Listening to a rehearsal on Saturday by the Taiporley- Band, prepaiatory to competing at the Brcmborough Baud Contest, reminded me that I had often thought how well a brass band j oonipct.tiou might bo received in Chester, say, on tho afternoon of the Cycle Paiade. A committee of management, an adju d icator, s substantial money prizes, a suitable fieid or | ground, a temporary bandstand with loof of corrugated iron (lion-absorbent to sound in case of raia, seats (for special payment), plenty of honoraiy stewards (with badges) to preserve Oi7- dMr, and a fchiUing admission would cover tho: chief organisation details. I havo in reooilcction an annual "Band Festi- j va.l" of many years ago. Thero were riifctru- ments in use then which are probably now gothor obsolete—the keyed bugle, the serpent and tho ophicie-.d->. The last- time I heard tiro Cist and third of these instruments was in ilio palmy days of WoiiibweU. In those days brass bands W(-, "I few, excluding military bands and those raised among workmen, such as naneis. Tho professional items in. the programme of the Band Festival I refer to weie always suppled by a regimental band through peimisiion ot the commanding officer. Some of the. placet; were pl,iy.ed by alt 11110 bonds massed, and, altogether, there was plenty of toom for interest and van- ety, no descriptive pieces or other abommat.ons bÜlJ allowed. ) Nowadays almost every small town, and even village has its band, often surprisingly good, so there would be no lack of competitors. I have heard many bands, from that of the fil3i Grenadier Guards downwardia. and I may bo permitted to say I listened to the Taiporley Band (I do not even know tire name- of a single member) with surprise and p'e-a^ure. torcom- position, sck'd:on of instruments, tune, sof?tu?? i ,^<11 .!«• V.-l +;»»«% the I L.nd is to bo congratulated as well as us con- j ductor.-i am, sir, yours obcdifnrjy. Srpt, 3rd 1 Qû6 A LU<Ji?i.-?. Sept. 3rd, 1906-  I

—-——— ———— THE COST OF PAUPERISM. I TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—In the last number of the Observer | you quote the steady increase in the expense J of aaQ.inistcr i ng the pwr  Ycu suggest o? administering tho poor b w. Ycu GuggCtt this may be due to the incompetence of the guardians. A few we2ks ago the 6gu.:cs g'ven by vour journ&l for Chester shewed that 500 by yotir jotirnal feft'g over ?25,000, or, at a rough calculation, 12s, per w.-k for cvMy i,?di- vidual. Considering that m!U.ons of working- men have to rear P. whol-e family on much a.t retail purchasing price, arc we to suppose that the enormous expense of liiamta nag a pauper is du to the- mismanagement of the i,L a great deal could be j saved to the ratepayers by the guardians abol- ishing the middleman, t:6 iar as possible. Ail tno baking, for instance, could be done on trie | piomises, both for the workhouse and the chii- tlren's home; also for the asylum, if that in- sti: uticn does not c ury en its own bakery. This might oven be extended to tailoring, fcoDt.rnak- ing, etc. The shopkeeping members of the j Board would, of cours.?, object to this but the newsagents have to bo diis "egarded in e e.i• c- ticn with public lib;aries, so there would be nothing revolutionary in the scheme. But I am not seriously concerned in attacv- ing the Guardians of Chester or the boards cf guardians in general. I am rather concerned in trying to shew your readers the sc-nso'-esi waste of money and the terrible wasting away cf useful (or what should be useful) lives in these hideous institut ions, known as work- houses. During the la.s: 25 yea:s the naJon has sinned away £ 242,000.000 in further degrading and demoralising the wretched victims of greed and competition. Recently an enquny shewed that over 2.000 inmates of workhouses had con- tributed to friendly scobctiM for over ten years. ) while ever twelve hundred had ccntnbuted 20 years, and then lost employment or failed in health, ,and were unable to keep up their con- tributions. The repoit for 1905 of the Joiners' Society shews that over £ 82.000 hs,, been pe,id in relief of unemployed members. The en- gineers', bricklayers' and other societies shew similar conditions, so that it is evident that | pauperism is a o-ial or r.a-ti-cnal resuit and net I a p'inponal one. Vagrancy originated by the destruction of the I monasteries by Henry VIII., and the confisca- tion by himself and the Anglican chureh of their wealth and lairds, thus turning adrift tens of thousands of penniless labcuiers who hitherto had been employed on the land by the menks. Queen Elizabeth attempted to rectify this by passing a Peor Law Act. thus compelling the community to maintain the landless unem- ployed. instead of giving back to them the power to maintain themselves. Seeing, then, that the pauper system, as ad- ministered in England, is wasteful, degrading, and senseless, I con-tend that the only intelli- gent 6slut-ion is to retrace our steps and return the people to the land again, whence they can obtain health and wealth to satisfy their wants by honesty and independence. Grants from the Imperial Exchequer should augment the pauper rates, so that every la-go town could acquire a few thousand acres of | land, and commence operatiens by employing the unemployed for the building- trade in erect- ing housing aciomnacdation. The unemployed of the labouring class oouid then be utilised in producing such food as is now obtained from foreign sources, such as wheat. This would necessitate a.ll sorts of additions to the initial j industry-granary, flour mill, bakehouse, school, tramway to the town, etc., providing work for skilled and unskilled labour, ad inifnitum.— j Yours respectfully, J. W ATSON. Plough-lane, C-hristleton.

TIDE TABLE. I HIGH WATER AT CHESTER I SEPTE31BEP.. ? ?- '"?' ? U. FT. IN. IL M. i Sitiirday 1 3 5 17 3 22 U Sunday ■> 39 15 3 ;,8 10 Monday 4 19 13 11 4 4'i 1, 7 12 5 5 SD 11 12 Wednesday I 6" 14 j 31 4 j 6 M j, 13 Thursday j < 3i 11 0 8)5 14 Friday I 3 53 11 8 9 23

MARKETS AND FAIRS. fARKETD FAIRS. LIVERPOOL CATTLE, MONDAY.—The suppl v of cattle was less than last week. Demand fair, aud prices unchanged. Sheep and lambs also shewn in reduced numbers. Good qualities ot j both were in demand at fully late rates. Middling and inferior sorts a shade lower. Quotations :— Beef, Gid. to 4|d. per lb.; mutton, 9d. to Gd, lamb, SWid. to 8d. LONDON CATTLE, ;IOXDA y, To-day.s supply of beasts compared with Monday last shewed a decrease of no head for both prime and second quality fat be-vsts. Trade opened slow, and continued tlii-ctiglioiit the day, a reduction of fully 2d. per SIb. having to be made in some j cases to effect sales. A small consi^rnmentof Irish also met very slow sale. Fat butchering tows and bulls met a very limited demand. Top prices paid per81b. )08t. toS5st. Kerefords. 4s. 4d.; 95st. runts, 4s. to 4s. 2d. lOOst. Lincoln shorthorns, 3s. Sd. to 3-\ lOd. 05st. Dublins, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 3d.; 90st. fat cows, 3s. 4d. to 3s. Gd. lOOst. fat bulls, 2s. lOd. to 3s. 2d. Trade for English sheep was dull, and heavy prices ruling in favour of buyers. the ugh not quotably so. Both Scokh and Irish sheep were in shorter numbers, and although very slow of sale last Monday's quotations were fully main- tained. Lambs were in excess of demand, even at a decline of 2d. to 4d. per olb. Best pens made per 81b. as follows —S-1. Scotch and Down sheep, 6s.; lOst. Irish, 5s. 2d. to 5s. 4d. Calves too few to note or quote. Quotations per 81b. (sinking the offal) Beasts, 2s. 10d. to 4s. 4d.; sheep, 4s 8d. to 6s.; Jambs, 4s. 3d, to 7s. MANCHESTER HAY AND STRAW. MONDAY.—Hay, new, 5d. to 5Jd. clover, new, 5d. to 5id. straw, oat, 3d. to 4d. per stone. BRADFORD WOOL, MONDAY.—The mar- ket is still rather slow, but there is a good deal of inquiry, and the tone is hidy tOlltident. Cross- breds generally are slow of sale, though prices are no weaker forties quoted at Is. Merino iio N? (?i?. I er foi-tie,, tops i?,; 2s. 2jd, Wool is easier to sell than tops. Yarn trade is qnie% spinners refusing to make any subitanti--u concession. liotar;y spinners keep fully employed. BIRKENHEAD AGRICULTURAL PRO- DUCE, TCESDA Y.-Clover, £i to £4. 5s. per ton. MANCHESTER CHEESE, TUESDAY.— There have bt en considerable arrivals 'his week of home-made cheese, but business is still quiet. Priccs are on last week's level, and are, on the whole, steady. Trade has been affected hy the excessive heat of the last few days. Obesbire finest white and coloured tp-day realised (jis, to 70s. (a little more I einz asked for special-named dairies) fine. 60s. to ti5s. mediums, 52s. to 55s. Lanc i.~ir.re cheese, finest, li,s. to 70s. fine, COs. to G5s. finest ripe Stilton3, lid. to Is.; green Stiltons, 7d. to Sd. Cheshire Stiltons. 7d. to 7;2d. c E,.zitd.an cheese: The market remains firm, | although there is n--t so much business passing, Ti e demand has been purely a consumptive one. Prices to-day Coloured, 63s. to 64s. white, 01s. to 62s. SALFORD CATTLE, TCESDA Y.-Trade for ca- tle rather better, prices unchanged. Greater I demand for all qualities of sheep aud Jambs. Quotations; Cboioo small sheep 9(: cä.!vp 5d, to 7d D A Y.- CHESTER CORN. S A TURD AY.- The brilliant harvest weather interferes with the attendance to-day and trading is in small compass. The f.,w samples of new grain phewa are in good condition and one or two lots have changed hands. A fair inquiry for feeding staffs-at hardening prices. Flour dull, im- changed. Foreign wheat dull at easier rates. CHESTER EGG AND POULTRY.-Butter, Is. 2d. per lb. eggs, 9 and 10 for chickens, 2s. to 2s. (id. each capon, 3s. to 3s. Gd. ducks, 2s. 6d. to 3s. each grouse, young, 4s. and 4s. Gd. per brace old, 3s. to 3s. 6d.

HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. r ITOU. I If you are interested in the aoovc read thfc "Common Sense" circulars delivered at your door this week. They contain home truths about l tinned food.

LIGHTING-UP TABLE. I All cyclca and other vehicles in the Chester district must be lighted up as stated in the following table:— P.M Saturday. September 8 7.46 Sunday, September 9. 7.44 Monday. September 10 7.42 Tuesday, Septemoor 11. 7.39 Wednesday, September 12 7.37 Thursday, September 13. 7.35 Friday, September 14 7.32

ELECTRICAL EXHIBITION. I ——— ? I THE CORPORATION'S ENTERPRISE. I The first electrical exhibition hold in Chester was opened on Wednesday evening in the Town Hail by the Mayor (ALderman R. Lamb). On each succeeding day until the 14th September the exhibition, will be opened to the public 1.00- tween the hours of 2 p.m. a.nd 9 pm. The Corporation Lighting Committee, of which Aid. R. Cecil Davits is chairman, arc to be con- gratulated on the. cnicipiising way in wh.eh they a;e attempting to educate tho citizens in the multifarious ways to which tho city's elec- tricity can bo adapted o ther at homo or at business. lho exhibition is staged in tho As- sembly Room of the Town Hail. Everything has been artistically and effectively ai ranged under the supervision of the entciprisuig city electrical engineer (Mr. S. E Briiiori). who, together with his staff, has worked to promote tho success of the exhibition. It is interesting to note that tho elty's ekct-ricity works weio inauguiated m 1897, in which year the current consumed in Board of liadu units totalled 50,289. During; the next twelve months 355,959 units were consumed, and sinco that time t.ho total has risen by leaps and bounds, until in 1905 the figures were 1,3-35,963. Dur:n:; that time the price of e'ectric-ity has been con- siderably reduood, and, as advcitiscd, these will be another gi-eat decrcaso in the price of the current, commencing next month. The oppor- tunity of visit ng the exhibition should not be missed, as iL will bo found to be most interest- ing. enlightening and educative. With the as- sistance. of many of the great electr.cal engineer- ing firms and seveiat local business ostab ish- ments, the Corporation have staged in cndkss variety all the innumerable electrical appha.nces for cheapening and saving labour, reducing and more efficiently accomplishing the wOlk of the housewife, and adding to the ornamentation and comfort of the home. On the platform Messrs. Hiehld Jones have laid out a drawing and a dining-room, which are both lighted, heated and ventilated by electricity, whilo afternoon tea can bo served with utons Is in which the tea, coffee, ,de., am boiicd, or an egg cooked. In the centre of the room is a handsomely- dccorakd stand, on which are arr--ng?,,l the )nt?t contnVa<1CC8 which are vrc I electricity. At one end a girl is engaged Jron- ing with electric irons, which keep up a minimum heat by affixing a wire into tho base, the cost of tho current being estimated at d. per hour. There wiia ako to be seen a sewing machine which k driven by electricity, while at, intervals an clcctric piano discoursed selections of popular music, liven the barbers art can be aided by electricity. A revolving hair brush was shewn driven by electricity, while there were a!o to bo seen curing tongs heated by the current. Indeed, it appeared that electricity could be utilised for anytning which required either heat or driving power. Messrs. Boliand and Sons had a refreshment •stall, at which the water was heated and delicacies cooked by electricity. A most in- teresting feature of the exhibition was the great number of varied ornan;ental electric fight fitting". The introduction of wood in the manufacture of the fittings was only made this year, but many of this typo were ex- hibited. They should prove a great boon to are decorate d ?a.rgc?y those people whow roonb aro decorated largely with oak and other species of wood, as the fittings can be made to go with any design. Thero were also some fittings made of oxydised silver, hammered copper, bronze, and gold gilt, and many small, artistic tab'o lamps, Elecaic power is also utilised in the farming industry, and Messrs. McHattie and Co. had on view a rapid grinding null, chaff cutter, and other implements which are driven by electric motors. It. would, however, be impossible to enumerate the hundred and one ways in which tho electric current can be utilised, and the opportunity of visiting the exhibition should not bo missed. OPENING CEREMONY. The opening ceremony was performed by the Mayor (Alderman R. Lamb) on Wednesday evening in the presence of a largo gathering. Alderman R. Cecil Da vies (chairman of the Lighting Committee) presided, and the attend- ancxi i ncludcd tho Mayor, tho Sheriff (Mr. W. Ferguson), Dr. Mann, Mr. D. L. Howitt, Mr. G. Barlow, Mr. W. Carr, Mr. H. Dodd, Mr. S. E. Britton (electrical engineer), Mr. Barker (assistant town clerk), his Honour Judge Moss, Mr. A. E. Lovell (director of education), etc. The Chairman, in a few introductory remarks, pointed out. that this was the first exhibition of its kind over held within the walls of the ancient city, and it formed a unique combination be- tween the old times and the new. The Chester electrical undertaking had been in operation nine years, and had been a conspicuous success froni the fir.it. It had now reached that stage when the new scaio of charges for cuircnt, which came into operation on tho 1st Octooer, would place electric energy for all purposes within the means of all classes of the com- munity. Thero were, be bdicvcd, about 350 electric supply undertakings under the control of )cca.i. authority, but tJ?rc v?o-c only twenty who-e charges for current were below thoso of Chester. Tho results of the use of electricity in purifying the atmcspliero had proved a groat boon to those employed in the main thorough- fares of the city, and that exhibition had been arranged in the interests of those who were already partly consumers and for who were not. After referring to the electric piano, irons and curling t o n o n vikw, ho appealed to the ladies to support the exhibition, and staled l and ov; d qitly aiitiel- that the committee hoped and evidently antici- pated that the result of the exhibition would be the enlightenment of the public in the matter of useful electrical contrivances and the further development of the Corporation's undertaking. In conclusion, Alderman Davies eulogised the work of Mr. Britton and his staff in arranging the. exhibition. The Mayor then declared the exhibition open, and congratulated the committee and Mr. Britton on what he considered to be a most unique exhibition. The exhibition had origin- ated from a. visit to the Electrical Exhibition at the Olympia. London, paid last year by himself, the chairman of the committee, and the electrical engineer. The latter entered heartily into the work of arranging a local exhibition, and had secured valuable help from various leading firms. Ho (the Mayor) was deputy chairman and then chairman of the Lighting Committee for a number of years, and when the undertaking was commenced the number of unite consumed was only 50,000, whereas now it was over Is millions. He emphasised tho fact that the electric light undertaking really be-- longed to the public, and it was in the public interest that the exhibition had been arranged. lie did not. think the elcctr:c undertaking had done the Gas Company any harm, as the com- pany seemed to be in as flourishing a condition as ever it was. He wished thc exhibition every success. (Applause.) On the motion of the Sheriff, seconded by Mr. H. Dodd, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to the Mayor for iiis services.

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