Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register

OUR LA DI E S' CO LU MN, BY ONE OF THEMSELVES. E:Gi.I;u Cr.11\IATE.-HO;\(E AND ITS SIGNIFICA- TIO:No Fl.ACE LIKE HOME. WHAT A CAN MAKE IT.—MARRIAGE IS A SL'H ICtEXT PROl'ESStOX FOR ANY WOMAN.— n(nIETIC AiTKX'iIOX.—MODERN MARRIAGES. —CLri'11/S TORCH. DIVERS WEUDIXUS.— TiluUCUTS OX MARRIAHE.—\VEDI)!KG BREAK. FASTS.-A SACR!LK(UOUS PICKPOCKET.-AN EASE EXD THIEF WITH A HEART.—DEARNESS OF LOXI:ON LiVIXG.—FARM PROnUCE.—BUT. TH! AXD EGGS ALMOST UNATTAINABLE.— NOm,IAXDY BUTTER.—LE DANSK.—MARGA. mXE.-A GOOD COOKERY BOOK.—RECIPES.— HARR PIE.—CORNISH PASTIES. Now that the bad weather interferes with the out of door projects—even of the heatthy anft strong—those who are rheumatic and amng at aH sin-ink from the perpetual damp and rani which we are enduring, and are thankfut to keep within their snug comfortable homes, and to make the most of indoor life wi)h then- books and work and whatever other occupations they can devise. Perhaps onr cbmate is greatly responsible for the English love of home, tor in the )anguage of no other country ts there a word existing which carries wiih it the meaning ot our w ord home." I look in the French dtet 1011- ary for it and nnd "chez soi," "maison," log-s, and so on, but nothing to indicate the fechng winch we connect with the w ord, or to produce the sensation winch we who have ever had a happy home must experience when we hear the inspired songstress, Adelina Patti, sing those !thriiiinK words of her favourite song 'Home, 'sweet home." Listening to her impassioned voice when she warbles, "Mid pleasures and payees though we may roam, to Be it ever so humble there's no place h..k. e home. ? .The old poet Dryden, himself an Englishman, writes— What can be sweeter than our native home Thither for ease and soft repose we come: Home is the sacred refuge of our life Secured from all approaches but a wife! And long ago Davidson told us in the same strain— I have friends whom I love, and would leave with regret, But the love of my home, 'tis tenderer yet.' [ think it is Cotton, a poet of the last century, who says :— "From our own selves our joys must now, And that dear hut—our home." Tnfs sentiment Is true enough, but is not the Home very much w hat the woman w ho presides 3ver it chooses to make it ? I am much struck with the extravagance of these modern days, 'lud the disinclination torespousibHity or active personal, interference which is evident in so tnany of ouryoullg wives and housekeepers. It suits their taste to make their rooms pretty—to jecorate them with flowers and co!oured drapery —but on the practical matters of daily life they &rc utterly ignorant, and quite indisposed to team, often leaving a)! such things to the discre- tion and management of incompetent servants, and so producing disastrous results both in the way of economy and domestic comfort. t am always sorry when young wives take upon themselves arduous duties out- ride their ow n home. It is sad when -tuch action is necessary, through insumcient Income or the illness of the natural bread winner; but sadder stHI I think when thcyoung wife or daughter seek s for occupation and sxcitement out of her own domain, and tries to practice a profession, or manage an enterprise, which, if property done, must absorb the chief oart of her thought and time. I think marriage ind its many co) tat era! duties constitute a ..umcient profession" for any woman, if rightly 'arrict! out, and lam incHned to believe that in m'tst case's a due regard fcr persona) heatth and o!;ood spirits wiH suggest exercise, and a propor- ::<;n of pteasant amusement, to nM up the ')' cupicd hours even of a busy day. \e are all complaining of the inemciency and of our domestic servants at the present :ime, and yet to supp'cmcut their deficiencies by titt)e enorts of their own wisely directed, seems .o be the iast thing contemplated by many young ))ousekcepers,cspecia)h' in London,where perhaps :he dithcuities are greatest. 1 do not think mar- riage is quite the same thi"g now that it used to be in my younger d:)ys. Cirts seem so often to *nter upon it in order to get rid of the duties and little restraints to wine!) they object in the :tomes of their <'hiUhood, and because they have nothing etse to do or to interest them'setvcs iu, so the more fuHy their future may be assured as to nays and means for setf-indutgencc, the better they are p'cased and the more ready are they to :;ntcf npon it. I am old-fashioned enough to regret such marriages, but I have the deepest interest in tiie union of two young people who fee) that for true companionship, and the liht :hat (annot fail—when touched by Cupid's orch — no such gilding is required, and ;bat little expedients and enbrts to enab)e them to wa)k through life honourably and honestly together, do but add a piquancy to existence which those whosimpty care for luxury and fashion can never know. I have thought CQUt-h ot this !ate!y, for I have bceu to several weddings of diverse kinds, which have .iirected the course of my imagination. The alteration of the canonical hour for the cele- orat ion of weddings has changed In a measure the tvhole character of such functions. They used to ne chiefly family affairs, and when we partook of Lite matutina) feast—be it called breakfast" or j iuncheon," there w as a!w ays a degree of hearti-' ocss about it, the toss of w Inch I regret, now that we eat our luncheon before we start, and if wego Lo church at all we find it crowded with hundreds jf persons who can have no personal interest either in bride or bridegroom. An adjournment to the home of the Ltiide. where her mother Is to hold a reception does not mend matters, for here is o:ellerally a gathering far too large for the house. ,wd people, feeting complimented by receiving a 'ard of invitation, come to congratu!ate those .hey onty know, as mere acquaintances. I tunered terribly last w eck from such a concourse. A wedding took piace in the beautiful Church I :)f St. John's, Red Lion Square, to w hich I was oidden, and over and above the invited guests a (;row<1 iilled thc passages of the church, and there was a !ine of id)c spectatorsaH down the passage from the inner door to the carriages. I arrived Olfter a little de!ay at the house of the bride's father, where I met avast number of personal friends and acquaintances of my own, but we sat I in the haU for there was no room to move and it was impossible to get any refreshments, even a ?np of tea, so I said a few to my old friend, the master of the house, u;ave the bride my b!cssing. and departed homewards. When I descended at my own door i put my hand in my pocket to pay the cab fare. and found my puise gone I fctt sure it must have been abstracted by sonic cruel pick- pot'kct iu (he crowd through which I had slowly waiked, never suspecting that a church so hcautifu],and so weil fitted to quiet devotion, conlil harbour anyone with such viHainous inten- tions. However, In my we)! constructed pocket it was not to be found and it was quite imnoa' sibtc for it to have been lost elsew here. There w as not much money in it, and so far, I con- ¡.mt ulated myself but I loved the purse, given to me by a dear friend. It was made ofattinator skin, with rea) silver mountings, and inside as a satu and sacred nea'-iury I had placed some t'rixnl souvenirs of tiny photos, pretty rings of I baby hair, &c., beside memoranda li'-its of book, and all the variety ot treasures which one is apt to deposit In one's purse for perfect and 1 shaUnow never see them more For sume days I hoped that the purse itself. might be discovered or even come back to me for i was encour.iged to do so by the possibly I unique experience of a young friend of mine a few years ago. Site was in the East End of Lon- don in a motley crov. d, and on her return home she that her purse had gone. It contained I abcut 15s. in silver, and a number of valuabte lit tic documents and souvenirs; the loss of which atHicted her greatly. To her great surprise aud site received a packet by post next day, cncicising her purse and a dirty piece of paper, on which was scrawied, "Mc and my mate'as spent 'your money, but we send you back your things." And there waa he:- pursn and all its cherished contents, quite safe and untouched. Commend me, say I, to an East End pickpocket, if 1 must have any contact with the fraternity I atau. Provisions are fearfully dear just now in London, and the greengrocer's book to those who feet that they cannot live without fresh \'ege-I tabie's is quite appalling. As for good fresh butter and new laid egg-9, they are unattainable, except by those who have country friends regardfn) of their wants. But the butter which comes from Normandy and Brittany is excellent, especially the former, onty it is now sometimes din'cult to obtain. For years I used nothing e)se. Many substitutes for butter are adopted In families where economy is an object, and where mothers think that good fresh dripping from roasted meat, or fr!ed bacon, is better than impofcctiy churned and often decomposing buuer, at a sma!l price. I quite agree with this opinion, and I think children like treacle or golden syrup on their bread often better than any other addition to it. No substance re- sembling butter can be legally imported into tins country unless it be iabe)Ied Margarine, and sold as such, but it appears that under that name. which is a genuine one, a manufactured substitute for butter lias !ong been sold in Eng- land. which on the continent is known as Le Dansk, and the inventor, a Frenchman, M. Pciierin. finding the sa!e for his commodity very ia:gc in England, hasjust bunt. a factory ill Sou!!iampton, where the raw materials, such as oil and refined melted fat, are so mixed and manipulated by a m"ihod peculiarly his own, t hat they are scarcely distinguishable from butter, in fact the result of a microscopic examination of Le Dansk is a report that the shape of the crystais of butter and Lc Dansk seem to be almost identical. All the raw material cornea trom France, but a proportion of milk and butter with which it is churned are obtained from Dorsetshire. By manufacturing this sub- stance at Southampton, of course, M. reHerin :saves the cost of shipment, and is ab!c to rench consumers more casny and specduy tnan ir lie imported it. Alliliavcl)cardandrcada!jout I<c D;!nsk niakes mp tlunk that the (-xccl)ci:t, hard -Noi-iil,n(ly "butter" whtch I used so much to appreciate may have more to do with titi-, form of margarine than we who cat it as the genuine product of a dairy farm iu Franc'' imagine. In the Dctily U¡.uphic of a \\(.'ck or t%o -t,-to there !suot only an account gin.u of the opening of the ue\vDansk factory at Southampton, but there is a series of little sketches representing every stage of the process of manufacture, which is conducted with the utmost care and scrupulous cleanliness. I read of the "oleo" being mixed I with new milk and a proportion ot I the nnest Normandy butter, and then churned for fifty minutes. The contents of tno churns, which are worked by maclnnery. are I then cooled in a stream of cold water and reduced to an even condition of firmlles and colour. iThis seems to me very Uke the "?cnu'ne ?or. mandy butter "which I have 8;lways hkecl so much, titough perhaps I am mtstaken Man I recognised its component parts probably I sliputct not have liked it so we! but now if I buy it as Le Dansk I shall be prepared to receive it under its own and proper name. Prejudtce has so much to do with such matters. Is it not true that a "rose by any other name would smell as sweet ?' Why should not t our morning roil when spread with Le Dansk or good fresh Margarine, as it lias till now been called in England, be just as plensant to our paiates as the oft times carelessly churned and manipulated cream from an Eng)ish dairy ? I see that this M. Augustc Petlerin, of Pans. is thought much of in his own country as the inventor and promoter of a new industry, a" nd has had bestowed upon him a civic crown, a xrand d'ptoma of honour," with a first-class goi<) medai, andthejewelledcrossof thelnternationa! Exhibition at Boulogne. France is more ready to honour her inventors, and those who by i't' search or discovery add to her natio"ai pros, peritv, than is said to be the case in [m;lalld, However, the proof of the butter as we). as "the pudding" is in the eating, and i am very much inclined to have a (a!: with my buttcrman just now, and to trygfnun< 'Le Dansk at a moderate price, if I can get it, instead of inferior butter, at least. for som'- matters of cookery, but what will my cook say? for I fear that new ideas and new materials are not popular in the kitchen. Miss Mary Harrison, the Government tnspector of Cookery in Schoo's, has just written an important book caHed "A jCuide to Modern Cookery." I wonder what she wi!! say to Le Dansk? Some years ago I expressed my opinion of the value of her nrst I published volume, The Skilful Cook," and I attended several of her lectures on cookery with L-ri-eatadvaiita.(,,e. This new and larger volume has the honour of a preface by SirThos. D\kc Ac!and. Bart., who takes great interes: in domestic economy g"neraHy, and in cookery as a branch of applied chemistry." Miss Harrison teHsthat "the comfort of a home depends on I its being managed by a competent mistress, and no woman is competent to manage any business of the details of which she knows nothing." As a matter of fact she cannot do so she may be at the head of it, but she cpnnot manage it in any rea! sense of the word. i'he mistress of a house shuutd have a thorough knowiedge (not merely a bowing I acquaintance) of all branches of domestic economy, so that she may not only instruct her servants, and see that they prop. r)y perform tlwir duties, but in case of accident or iUness may, if necessary, undertake certain of them herself. As everything that Is worth doing at :U1 is worth doing weU, surely if an intelligent, educated woman brings her mind to bear on domestic matters, she must understand them better, and be able to perform them more skil- fulty, titan an ignorant, uninteit'gent person whom she may employ, and certainly cookery is a<t art which no woman need despise, and deli- cate dishes gain by being prepared by dainty hands, and flavoured with good taste. When I was in the country I was told that a "hare pic" was a most delicious dish. and lha<! a recipe given to me for making it. My sporting I friends have been good in sending me many presents of game this year, which gcncrnHy in- clude a hare, and I found we \vcre get ting a little tired of ringing the changes on roast and jugged hare, so I tried the pie with much success, and j I n<nv give the recipe to my readers. The in- gradients are :— 0 I A weH-hnng hare, :ilh. or veat, AH), of fat bacon. aud pastry for a good pte crust—w!t!c!) n)ay be made as for a raised pie with the shottening or butter rubbed into it, and :uix<d with <-otd water; or with 4oz. of butter o:' iard to a pound of flour being incited in a saucepan \\ith about ) batf a-pint of hot water and then mixed \vith the I n«u)' in a basin until it becomes a compact paste. The hare should be cu! up into neat joints and the bones removed, ilourcd aud fried over the Ere set them aside to get. culd. Mince the veal I and bacon, and mix them together reasoned n:ce)y with pepper and s.dt anda!itt!e chopped parsh'y. Line a pie dish with the pastry, and put in a layer of veal and bacon at the bottom. Sensoneach piece of hare with pepper and sa)t and ptace them ncatty ia the 'tish alternatety wi:h the mixture of veai and bacon and some Eorcemea.t bmis. i'our )u a goo:t grtvy maoe fron) the bones of the hare, wci) )tc;v(-d, which wit! form a jelly whenfo!d. Cover all over with the pastry, decorate it with pustry-cnt leaves. and bake for about three hours. The pie should be Ktaxed when nearly ready with bea.cen ep;, and care must be taken that it does not set burned or become or too dark a colour. If a iittle care is bestowed on the making of this pic, and it is not done hurriedly or caretcssty, it forms a delleiot. I)iece <Z<' -?-esistet-itee, which wilt be hip;hly appreciated cold, and nicely gariiislied, during the coining: Christtnas holidays. Co!:X)SH FASTiEs, too, are cxcenent foi luncheon, espcf.'iaUy where sportsmen or skaters may be concerned. The one thing nee<ifut is to make some nice plain short crusty which can be secured if a little butter or lard be rubbed lute the nour, and an eg beaten up with the water for mixing it. Any sort of meat, chicken or beef steak, choppy I up or cut into smalt dice, with mashed or boued potatoes, and anomon very nne)y chopped (beinp; nrst scalded), and flavoured with salt and pepper, must be made ready. Then the pastry must be roHed out and cut into rounds about the size of the Md of a smaU sauce- pan. Wet round the edges of the paste, and piacc a smalt heap of the prepared meat and pototocs in the middle of each roand. Double the paste over it, brins'rg the edges to the top. Conor the:n round with the fingers to form a sort of frii), and p!ace the pasties on a creased baking tin. Bake them iu a quick oven from three-quarters of an hour to one hour. and atrend to them whitst baking so that they do not burn. I know from experience how welcome these tasty pasties are to hungry boys and met) whether at work or play. Ho\v easy they arc tc carry, and how infinitely more appetising thau the inevitable sa:)d\vich on many occasions. London, Thursday. PE.-iELOPE.

COMIC PAPER CUTTL-NGS. [FROM "PCXCH."] AN ELECTION ECM<J. Glac!stonian L:.l1l1hd t, I <!f course, as h("-hou!t. Th!s!a'!tbyee!cctioti Cori-,ti4lt,red was ood, But Unionist Buller I!tts a:): on rellection, 1hat to him it. i-eeme'! rather AGocxi-Bye election: A VERY REVOf.TIXG Pr.AC;—Brax! Nt;w \VoR:—"A Merry EllgJaull t:i a Cradie," by the author of "Acro¡; Etig)aml m < Do--Cart." "DiKXEn FoncET."—Lord Randolph is coning home by a Union Company's bteamf! The d:s tinui;hed lTuionist is to have a special cook tc attend to hun. Docs this mean that he retur;IS a? a Spccud Cock's Toun.t ? AXSWERS TO CORHESl'OXDXXTS.¡ Hi;;t0l'ical Gtt)'- dcuer:" Yes.certa.inly—It was The gailo's-tree" fi\'n: \\h:ch The hanging gardcn.a of B:ti'yL')t" tou). Buoy No: the Nora Lig!it ii: not a bt.'hnm. A ljUCtD INTERVAL.—(Things one would i-.Ltlier have expressed diSerenHy. )—Ddctot': How is the patient this mornmg?"—Nurse: "Well. ho has beer wandering a. p:ood deal in his mind. Hm'!y tht- cno::nnL; I Iteard tmn sav. Whntun o'd w.)'n:mt lm,t j<jct<r is !'—&nd I think th:tt was abuut the !as< I rea!!y rational remark he iu,-tde." [FROM -"Fu.,q."I I The rowdies who howled and hooted at iuule on [us first appearance at Coatbridge mustn't be con- founded with the decent working men of of the busy [own. It is only the bud workmen, we know, wh(: complains of his Toule. iiiiist ask you to tal-c b&ck thut la:-öt p':ur tif bag-i you sent me they are far too tight." Snip Well. iir, anything 'blige good customer. <Jf course, I sliall have t!)em on my hJH1;)." Custuitiei- -"Ali omy be I'm blessed if you'll get 'e:a oc your leg'' anyhow." BR.XLE5S?—Mr. Huffman Howps: "I see some feuah lias an artu'le in the Tf!lc[lraph, eut-itled, Have we two Bwaius or One ?' What do you think of that question, Miss Fligh ?" Miss FIii;!i: Well, really between you and me; I think we have only one." MOULT-ON MOLTOX I The p!eft!ox at South MoLo') caused d!s)nay. AiiioijL,, Co):tftv.tives and such,' t! saiti In fact, K):ne woul;be wm;ish p-oJs saV, It Uurns the Toriea tike (outh) f,)ltçn le..tfl I f From JuDT." ] I REVOLTING VIOLENCE.—A youHR gentleman of in- dependent means; and the mo'-t respectable connec- )::ons, who has only been married a few months, on afternoon last took his wife out on th? ten'ns !a.wn and be:lt her hollow PO.ITIC.\L-IN" A MEASURE.—What is sometimes pn>fcralJle to (a.nd often consistcut with) the Irish League ? Scotland Yard.

A trnveUinp; UMurnnce aent ha.d been explaiiiitic, to a western pioneer the a(lvaxita,e of an iii,:ura uce pu'icv. Path6ndor pause(I a moment m silence, the!! s:ud, "See here, mister, I ha.ve lived out in this ? )U:itry for over tweuty-Rve years, and I've bucked g:n mu.st of the games they've started but darn uie "f i want to play at a game where you have to die to be,it the Lank." A premising youth recently surprised Ins father by asking, "Father, do you like mother?" Why, yes :<f cuur-.p." Anfl she likes you ?" Of COUI'¡;P, she she ever say sn?" "Many a time, my "on," Fill <Ij(, niarry you be.ause =ho love:! you '1" "Crhiulv .-he <U<1. The h, d:rutilli",('.l !u- parent au',l afl('r a long WeU; &he a;, she Is llo"- Tu!my Fa.i.!icr,!f It.nkc a half-crown ou1t< pOL-kct, that's sicaln)?. mn't it ? lr. ('pt-t.tinly." Tommy: '-And if Ibctah.df ,,(T,.Wil and \,in the half-cl'v\"l1, tbat's gamb1ill!" Mr. Of course." Toinmy And if I have got something worth only }¡a1f-a'crowl and goUit to him for live shillings, what, I-; that ? Mr. Fi?'c;: That ? Oh, why, th&t's busluc?a, Tommy, snupty Tli-,tt I Oli, wliy, that z I)Usiue..S) Tomi-,iy,. stLl pl y

I TRADE INTELLIGENCE. I COAL AND IKON. BABROW, Monday.—There is a e!ight Improvement tt, note in the a!ue of hematite pin.iron. but the actual bua!neM doing is very sma!I a!)k; in Bestemer and force qualities Warrant iron ia changing hands at 48a 31 net c:,h, but although Htocks are be«)(! de- creased it is evident that salts are limited. Makera are quoting 49,4 tut f.c.b. for B.:8emer in mixed numbers. Fo'ty-three furnaces are in hht, comptred with 49 at thia time laat year. and 34 are at-tuding idle. In steel there is not much business tlt,-ing, and ordera are scarce alike for raHa and other heavy de. acriptiona of IDr>.tals. Steel 8hiphui!dit)gmat-na!ia in much better request, and tin-plate bars remain very steady. Shiphuit'iers and engineers are busier. Iron ore weak at 9..1. Shipping quiet. MiDDLESBHOUQH. quiet but steady odera for initnediata delivery o:i!y no de=-iro to buy forward in the present U¡¡c<,¡ lain condition of t'ade. N- 3 Cieve!and i,ig qn-!t,ed by itierchaiils at 8i 6:1 for pronipt and 3S:i 31 for next q'tartar. but makers a!kiof{ 3S:! 9d for prcmi t. and no: quoting f..rwlt((J. Middiesbrough warraii ti rat.h-rtirmerat 38j Siti cash, seilers N". 4 foundry "o7,3 9 t; qnotationa for grey forge vary from 36< G i to 37", 3Gj 9J is generativ quoted, and Las been pdd. Pig iron atock will probabty show ntl incrpase thi" :Mt't:ti). Finished iron Ft ie€S rather easier, thounh works wetl < mp'o\ cd. Ship 5', ahip p'at-'a £5 10" and comm.'): ba<a £5 10, aH l&f.a the u&ua! disccunt fod detivety at workf. St\"el raii!'£45i net at works. C k; stiff. WoLVEKHAMPTCN, Wednesday.—The n 'ppage of the Brttziiian trktde in gai vanixed t.heet.a o't aecouot ot the Brf:ziliHn revott was a atibject of comptaint thia afto'noon. but it is hoped the ¡;u:3l1en"iou of "hipmentt witi be only temporRry. Make<aq't0'.e JE'13 fofcor. runtd douhlcs, f.o b.. Liverpool. In other depart. ment" < f Snishe 1 irot1 the worka are ateadty employed, and new bl1ims'" cornea in quittiy in "m:di tota. A charactct ises crlld i. Oil. Some lar.;e con- tracts for mid)and sorts have jos'; been c )mp'et3t', but producera ate in no huny to 8ek renewals, as they are well booked forward. MINERS AND THE LABOR COMMISSION, i A Weteh witness unable to speak E:iglish freely gave evidence in the vernecuiar to that section under the presidency of Mr Da!e. His testimony in chief having been educed to writing was read by the Chair man. The c-os-.i.ex-kinin.!tiusi was interpreted by Mr W. Abraham. M.P., one cf the U. mmiMton. The witness was Mr Itees, of the H'")ndda Anthraci e Miners' Association, Rm!iai.ing 38 out of the 42 coHier!ea in the district and h;4vng en enro!!ed I strength of 3 500 member scarred thr-.ugh Brecon, Gtamorgan, and Ctumarthen. Ninety-nine per cent. of the members are Welsh, und the businefa of t'<o association i-' c"n<iucte'i in that latiguai;e. Bffore the adopti' n of thf S.idin(; Scaie strikca were frequent, one having !aMt';d twe!ve m 'ntha and a day. Nlt a single day was toat tast year. Witness agreed with other t atimony from the Welsh c")!:erles as to the 8atisfactory working of t!)e Siidint: SJale for wages, and alxo as to the necessity of Ittnitttiou of working hours under grounf! to eight il,c!usive of the watking to and from the t-hait t" thf stall, eccup; i:tg in some cases an hour and a half.—Mr Caldwe)), of the South Lancashire at.d Cheshire Cunt Ags,)ciatioti. s&id 38 522 persons are emptnytd at tbf euliieries in that district. Wages have riaen fro'n 53 6fJ per shift in 1880 to 7- lid per shift last year. the ratio of advance tn wages j having been much grpater than that uf the aetiu'g price of coa). The association was t-atablisht d in 1843 for the purpose of rei)uesetitiiig the Cl at trade of Lanca- shire. Practically t hl" ban been m' f;[lFral ..tl ike in the district sirce 1880, when a ut-neral advance cf wages took p!ace all over the mitdnn districts of the country. L-Lnc!tsliire miners cuu'd contract cut of the Employers' Liabtiiiy Act if they wished, but this was never made a condition of en'p!o)m?nt. Witness expressed his dissect from the statement of Mr Oniuna I that the greater u'.tpnt of coal per man was due to I shorter t.ours of wotk. It was not shorter h?ur?, hut i ft-wer shifts worked tn the week. In rap'y tn Mr Ge'aid Ha!four, he 6H.id they have neither Board ff ('ct)ci!!ation nor Sliding ScatF. Both, he thought, would be desiratde, and eS !-ta have beetk made in that dirtct!nn. Asked what wu!d be the t Sect of a !egal HKt t hours day, he aatd that wou'd only mean six and a ha!f hours' work. and they Cfmid not raise the due quantity of coal in that time. The deficiency wou!d not be made up by the decrease of absentees among the nunerf. Answering Mr Burt\ he admitted that I at Mume cjllieries it ia a condition of emph'yera that ndne't) ehati contract themaelvea out of the Etnpioyers' Lial)iiit) Act. Rfptyit'g to Mr Trow. he said he would be n!nd if the men wouid wutk a futi 48 tx.nts t er Wrek.—Q)tt8ticned by Mr Cou'tnfy, he believed un- punctuaUty and lack of discipline among minera a'e worse now than forty years ago.

AGRICULTURE. It is many years since the European wheat yield was so ematt as it is this year, whilst the American crop is 10 uuUion quartern largir than the previous bingect cr<'p—v z., that of 1884. The same authority (óeerbohm) estimated the rye cr«p to be 28 million quartet s less than lat year, which means that a much larger coi,sui.ii ti(,,n of wheat than usual w<H have to be met. CHESTER FAfMEES' CLCB —The members of thia club resulted u; on a new departure on Saturday. I'he energetic honfrary secretary (Mr (\ W. Uutton) advocated an aiiialgilti-atiozi cf the whole <.If the ctuba of the kmgdont with one central body, with a view to united and more (ffectual scticn when uny legislatiou affectinK farmbrB' interests is needed or proposed. Mr Dutton'f views met with the unanimous approval of the meeting, and a rfsotution in favor of such a move- ment was adopted without a dissentient. n. AJEICULTDRAL >EED iitAt-E. ijONCON, Wednesday. —Messrs John Shaw and Suns. seed merchants, of Great Maze Fotid. London, S.E., report red dover aeed firm at the recent adtar.ce white eapecially meets with favor on enhanc?d terms. Alaykp. trefoi), and grasses unchanged. Blue peM continue strong, stocks are remarhabty tight. SmaH and g!ant harieota tend upwa'df. Scarlet runnera contmue cheap, Canaryeeed la dearer. Hmnpaecd nrm. Winter tares in improved request. Linseed aod buckwheat steady. Experimtnt< have bfen enccessfuUv made by the Ontario Agricultural College ith a view to determine whether tamba can be fattened with a profit in the winter months for the L4 nglii;ti mat ker. The committee have found that lambs can be fattened eucceasfuliy in winter in considerable numhera in one building when sub-divided into moderately &ized group- and have established the fact that there is room for a large and profitable trade in fat t;rade Iambs between Canada and Britain providing they are shipped eariy in the season. The first shipment is stated to have reached Liverpool in good condition and without the loss of a sincto Iamb. The autumn ahorn lambs stood the voyage be ter than those ahorn in the spring, and also better than those not shorn, as the second lot mentioned suffered from cold and the third from j heat.

FARMING AND THM COHN TRADE. The J!/a. t Lane Expres3 of Monday says:— Farmers express themselves very satisScd with the progress made during the last fortnight. Thrpshingf, especially of barley, have been active, and the pro. portion of samples fit to be conaidered by the mattster is quite one in ten more than was expected, seaing the broken character of the September harvesting. Sowings of ant'unn wheat have been made in an excellent seedbed, and the grain put in early in October toolf! hea!thy and strong. The farmer, it-, in fact, doing better thia seas )tt than for some time past, and whereas the grumb!es of pre- vious autumns have for several years been mainly those of the cerealistr. to-day complaints are mostly heard from the pastoral fanners. It M, of course, a. great deal too soon to eay that the tendency up horn down corn has been re!Ily arrested; at the same time we do not expect 1892 to show that degree of replacement of arable by pastoral agriculture which marked the eihtifs. EIIlih wheat has advanced 2", 2t per quarter bey«t)d tile October average. This !a an exceptional evpnt. in fact, nothing like it ba" occurred since 1880. when there was 2:1 'ifp, and 1870 when there was 3;i Id improve- ment. November is no)orious!y a month of smalt purchase?, and at the same time the money wants cf the stnaHpr f&rnierBtdways make it a period of larne supplier Value, therefore, in at this particular season of cereal year earcciaHy difficult evea to mattt. tn!n, much mere to advancp. During the past week the strain hna certainly been felt, arjd a few markets on Wednesday and Thursday quoted 6d per quatter decline Chelmsford on Friday as Is tower and ao was Lit co!n; while on Saturday on the country I exchanges 61 concession was pretty general. t;

AGRICULTURAL REACHING IN I FLINTSHIRE. ) A very Buct'8'l'fnl class far schoolmasters has juat been started at Khy!, under the auspices of the Flint. shire County C"unci', and in connection with the Bnncor UnivetMty College, This ctasa has been established with a view to ennhte teachprs to quatify themselves to give instmct'cn in agriculture con- templated by the new code. With this object, a course of instruction in agriculture and the attied sciences hM been arranged, which will extend over a per!' d of two yeara, and will inctud", besides a<;ticutture. chemistry, botany, and z.x-togy. Sixteen lectures on agriculture and two nf!d expeiimentp, with eight lectures in chemistry &nd eisht in botany, wUI be giyen the nr"t y<'ar. and an extended course of elmihr length. indudinK z 'n!< gy and phyaio'ogy. will be given the second vear. Nearly 40 tea(-be-ro have ahready joined. On Saturday, in addition to Frofefaor Phillips and rrofeshor Gi!christ, the class was visited by Mr A. E. BrooltP.Hunt, G"vern!nent inspector in Agri- culture, on hia return from Hangnr. Mr BtOoke-Hnnt had paid hia annual visit to Banker CcHege, and had also visited the claafes fonned in vari"u8 centres of Anglesey and Carnarv<'neh!re. He expressed himsetf mneh pleased with what he saw and heard at Rhvt. The clasa was visited at the fame time by Mr T. Higby, of the Cheshire C"unty CcuncU, who has done so much for aEricnttura! industry in that county, and also bv Mr W. Cadwa!adr Davies. th" reEistrar of Bangor College. Mr P. Mostyn William?, the organising secretary cf Fiinbhire. was aho in a<tendanc". Fa'me!9' cla"e8 are also established at Hawarden, MulJ, and Whitford, at which mnre than 120 pupils have enrolled themselvep. The agricultural teaching in this county promises to be aa aucceaeful as the technical classes, which have been the nrat to be eatabliahed in the Principality under the Technical Instruction Act, 1889.

I WHITCHURC'H DAIRY FARMERS' ASSOCIATION. On Tuesday. the third annuat ehow was held in the Market Hall, Whitchurch. I.SCO cheese were pitched. against 1,300 Ia",t yb&r, Ri'd the ptizes cffz!red amounted to £180. cumpr.rcd with iLlC".O Irt-t year, the chpfpe pitched thu year rcprc"el.ting a value of over ;ti-),000. The show w:ia e<)t:t<ide:ed ond of the best seen in this part of the country; and the pitch of cheese was reputed to be the l:ugsst :\t any ahow of the aeason. The cheese exhibtta \vere r-xceptionally Une, and the judges had considerate d'&cuhy in selecting the beat exhibit". In claa-) 2 there were a few ch&ese whir-h were a tittle tacking in c'eat)Une6a cf Bavor, but in class 4 the delicate nature of tho curd and e!ean!i- nesa of flavor were very prctrinant. The hams and bacon shown were cf good quality. There was a splendid shew of butter, and elaaa 7 praved con. chMtvely th?t ama!t datr?scan p n?cT?? -?? T"?? 'n the ?nous process of m?!??f.,n ? ?'t better a. th. t??er one.. 0 ;? wM L ? ? ?'"h": ?? good, but :n aume c?' th-ra J Jprp o videncet4 ? ? better kuow?ge w.tHt w.n ?t?'???"? ? ? ??- tMMufacture? to co?et. w!?. ?0 ?'tSB? ? ? dUG.ng but?r of un:fo,,n a.?r ? ? ? Iu the e\'enin ? I?Iy-?tend.J .n?ti? ?'"? '? the Asae.nb]y.room. f..r the PU'p08 .?f preSentill1C ti., priz8. The prudent (Mrpur?po?4.?.??'"< ? the chai.r, and waa aupp?ted by Mr3 H???'/? ?'e. M. Hevwood.Lnn.d?. ?? ?.-?'? R?rtonC??tKenyo? Sidney. ?P Mr-? ?- Nm.ner!ey. Mr T. Topham, ? tMr H. 1 S h '?

MR. HERBERT GLADTONE AND THE CHESTER RAILWAYMEN OPPOSITION TO PARLIAMENTS" REGULATION. I Delegates represent.? ti? intereata of tue pnr?*? I dri vera, nremen, guarda, and b.akes? ? en.'?? on the Chester section of the Cheshi .L Great Western, aud Mancheater S??tEeH -:Lne*(L' L-Qcolnahire Railway Complies, waited unonY" Herbert Gi;u'3t..ue, at H??arden C?ti.. '? day, to lay before him their viewa on the RaÜway Commtadon. of which Mr H. lHadstune is member. The delegates expres8d the .ieairf Oil the part of the raitway.nen at Crater that there ahouid be no Parliamentary interference wlth the freedom of contrac Tney preferred setting ? matter of the.r wort ktng hoara with th?ir resn?? ofB?ala and boards of dir.'cturs. Mr H ? h?? Gladstone said he would have pie?ure in !ayin the views of the raifwaymen b<=fure the C?t?? !8iunerB. Frominfurmationwt.tch he hsd a'' persoaal!y obtained from niea ea?a??.i on ? various railway, he gathered they We not favor of le?iatativereptrictioo? to the hour< f'h? ahoutdwork. The deputation thanked Mr < atone for the courteuua hearing he had siven tbem. and with !rew.

HOPE WHISPERS. Has no. Mr P. P. Pennant been a patent Wooer of our suffrages ? The Volunteer concert in the DrH! Halllllust haye reathed a good round sum. Whv wa. the Bedlam L.ne q11stion 3bel.etl zt our tttghw&y Hoard bet Wt-ek ? The name of the lane i-i Xo woaJer After all the railway company is not aaapproach able on questions afft:ctitig t'<e pariah. It it astonishing how some of t'leae zphyr wh:i.p*ett 6t:d c.tp wearers. Heart-curdling news. The waitg are pr&ctlMct;. County C.'unciHors, beware the Hesuf Mareh* —or ciuae to 'em. It is imposgihte for our guardians to be intimaie'r a-q'tainted with all the poor m the p&riah. The usual growling !a takun; place became notice* of the vestry meeting were o:t:y p'&ced on thd churca doura. Why not t lace them upon aU places of worthy The law, however, doeti n"t compel it. The "ubscriptmu litt fur Si!rgt. Atmer'a tes"n--rjal M now closed. Optr J620 has been realne Snma of the pari-iiionprr, su.!i;rst ttial., Ibt of the charity-ticket rccipienta be publbhed. Thfre is taik of an Ambut&nee Claaa being at.ntad at reHj tfordu. It is to be hoped railxay E-Mpl:)3 ,7 i will take mur& ititsreat in it tha:t they did at Caergwrle. A reading club baa been formed at the Temperaaca Hail, C-tergwrle. A Mutual Improvement or Debating Society wooid be a filting adj uLCt to thia. "Youth is irret)regsible." JLz-t go, but that fano reason why our athtetie youths 8Luuhi be ao buttttujom in returning from a match. And still another military concert, thia time it Gwersyllt. A Chriatmaa treat in store for us here—T&b!etmx. Vivant.

MAREE TS. WKEXHAM. CATTLE, l\Iouday.-Th're w:n a goo-I supply of atock at to-day'a market, itnd trado ah 'wed a:t !mpru?eni-ns Beasr. beef made up tu ti¡ t pef Ib umttja was clu,ite,i from 't to SAd per Ib.. und veil 7d to 7.t pu tb Baci-i ptga fst-chad. up to 0.. 3lJ per acore, und dairv cjws up toiL21 e.tciL TiHJR&UAY. a. d. x'<i. Red wheat (new), per 75tbs. 5 U t* j t u.tts (otd),perbushetof45bs. i) to It Multlngbttrtey, per 701b,; 4 t) to 5 ti Grincing per ti4tbs. :{ 9 to t tt Pot:ttoea, new, per lt)lbs. < 11 to 'J ) BuHer, per lb. of l6oz. 1 3 to 1 4 Beef, per tb. 7 to 3 Mutton, per Ib. 5 to ? Pork, 7 to It Veat 7 to < l.a<nb „ to IM Fowls per couple 2 ti to 4 < Ducks, „ 4 ') to 5 t Turkeys 2'. 0 t<* IjU 't Geeae (per lb.) 0 9 to '<1M Egga C to S for a MOLD. WEr).NESD.Ly.-Whe-it (new) 124 to li fid b-irley, sea'f, HstoHaM; o:tts (old), .'a fd to ?; (new), 5-t!t to la; potatoes, 4s to 4a 6d per hamper butter, ia 3 i to la per lb. RUTBIN. MONDAY.—Visitors were numeroa- and brisk buAinw.9 was done in all departments. t'wls, 1 Hd to i. i)uc:s, 3s M to 4a 6d per couple. But:er, li 2;1,d to la Jd per ib- Egga, 7 for a ahiiUng. DENBIGH. WEDNESDAY.—large supplie; of dniry produc' :mti poultry, (tt-iiiant eqtial, ant quick ete.ir..tm;o etfectcd. Fowls, 2a 6d to 43. Ducks, :i 't to 4a J,1 {jer c 'apie. Butter. 1 ::M per ance of country folk. CREATE CATTLE, 'I,)nday.-f' oid s"pp!y pf ftt and atlrf ttuck, large attendance of buyers. Pricea Ueef, tj t t' ;1: muct. 7d to 8Ad Lnnb, pork, veit, porke pi-4, 4.4 p-'r 'c rt: bttcou pigs. 9s pt-r score. Xew tu:!eh n 'd c.ttvm., cow..titd. heifers, £15 to X21 b.u-rea'=, t9 tj C 12 =tirk- Ci tu; store pigs, 155 to 45s. CHE-) 'ER. CORN, Saturday.—The market continlls poor!y upi,fied with whea. f,rmer, det.verics durm., t r pn'): wt!t-k iltil.14 on a. limited sca!e MtHcra are not. M* make advances, and the wheitt aoid was .t t 0 :uii pr'e.A of last Saturday. Pricm ''f a:l nth,r gftiti r:-ni tt !!nera!lY unchanged, nith sma!l offeritigi uf 4) Lll-i :i:i t L't .t.m corn is nominally unaltered in value on me \Ved( i rtCe: Quomtiona -Whciat, white, 5a U t; red, 58 ll ti) 51 M K"r 75!bs. bariey, tn.).ILing, 4a 2ti to 4. ;ti p'-r tino-. )-ts ? «t to is 3d per 4'!tba; Kgyptiaa beinto, 3am par 43-jAba- Indian eon), 17s to 17s od per 2t0!ba. CHESHIRE BUTT&RAKD Butter, 1-1 4 t nad la Sdpcr lb. eg;N. ti isa(i 7 fLT 11. -76 ct:- port: gutter, Is 5d per lb. egg- 5 fyr 1- Aitrinchaim Butter, h 5d per 1' egga, 5 anlt t! or Is. -%Iacciebtit:id Hutter, la 4d per lb. egg- 6 f 'r 1;). Crcwe Butter, ts t<i per lb. eggf, 6 for la. S.indbacb: Uu!:tc:r, b 4d per U). tggs, 6 and 7 for Is. Congtetot:: Bmtdr, la 4d per it'. eggs, 6 for Is. Northwich: nutter, ia 4d ti for Is. Nantwich Butter, Is 4d nud la 3 t per lb. 6 and 7 for Is. Knutsford: Butter, 1;< 4d per Ih. ..gg.t. q f<jr Is. J!unc<JrN BttHfr, 1!3 1,1 per ib. eg_ o fuc is- OSWF.-)TRV. White wheat (per 75!ba.), 5:* Sd to 6.; red wheikt. (nt.w), 5s 4d to 51 8d onta (old), per mea!!ure, Ut to tb Ohts (new) 158 6d to l(b t)d mailing barle) (per mtm:lW). iC'9 to 21s; potatotS, (per lllea"urt:-), 1, ad to :3..# W; butter, Is 2d to is 3d per lb beef, /'1,\ to 9.1 mutton. M t& Od; veal, 7d to :)d pork, t!d to Sd to" 4a to 5" p<M- couple ducks, 51 od to t)3 ere,!h od to 7a egg<, 7 to 4 forfmhiUing. CATiLE, Wc-dr.esdty.-At this fair heM in th< Stmth&eM there w!K & flirty sLvpr-iLe suvdiy of stok "h.¡"g, <tnd tja a,t ndance of hUYt!rs wa.. g.ctt. Ibf toil win,; were t..e qu -tations :—Beef made from 6 itt to 7d per ib., mutton. ;1 tti Sid, veal 7d,andpofk5tto 5!.1. The foil owin-, wttft* the Sides ;-Mes'rs. Whitnetd and "'0.1 sol.. 3iJ Cit tio :uni clilves aad 738 sheep and p.g-i; :'It::su, t!a. h:y ,t Ur,;vca disposed of a number of catte and c tTca ;nll shtgtp and pigs Mr J. C. McKie sold im) c.tttte :m'i <.Wu. m aheep and pig-3 and Messrs. Dawson and Co. hud theu' usual sale. ELLKSMEKE. TUESDAY.—0!d wheat, Ca 4d to th ô new, 5a Id to 5a r!<I per75lbs.; barley, 4 6d to 4s 9d; eg-j, t) to 7 for is: butter, Is 3d to la4d per 16 z.; f uwL-, 3* tid to ducks. 41 6d to 5s od per coupte. WiHTCHUKCH. FRIDAY.—Wheat, 4a iUd t" 5; 31 prr 75!ba. barley. 4< Utt to 5-. 3d per 70tbs. ottts, 0, U i rii 4,J.1 per ijUi b, ¡; <' to 8 for a shilling butter, 1-* 3d to i-' 4d p< 16.iZ. fuwb. 3a 6d<:o4at.dpercoupte; duck-, 4s 6.1 tn 5s pt,r c 11.18; potatoes. Si per measure; beef, 51 to tM p«r ib mutt" 5!d to Gid veat. 7d to M; pork, 5d to 7d; rabbita, t* M. to 2s 6d per couple. ,R.N.E.VD BIRKEXHEAD TUESDAY.—Hay. £3 to zLi; cl(-ver. Xt to .£5; str& wheat, X2 151 straw, oat. 1-1 15-' to .SJ 5a ttuiup: .t.l 'M to 11 lus manure, 3s to 5s per to:. HVt.KPOUL. TUESDAY.—Cheese, per li21bs. Finest States aatt C&naditin. 5:I 6d to 56s. Edg.4, pt-r 120—Irish Hen. !U ')d to Used. Canadian: Quebec, Sa 6d to is 6d <jnt.ifio. 103 to 1L'.

CORN AVERAGES. The following is an official tatE:mt-nt ahowinp thw qaatt- titiea sold and the average price of Bi itisbl corn, im ututi measure, as received from the inspectors and of5m ot excise, conformably to the Act "f the 45th tmd 4CUi Vtct., cap. 37, in the week ended November 21, 189L Ater&gM Ptic&. Qra. Bua. a- d Wheat 87.IG4 5 :M .4 Bar!ey 221,J'j'¡ :}t. Oats ZtTSO 3 22 4 tjomparative statement. lor ttm ccrrespomtims ?e&K. m each year from lS7 to 18!U W!:e:H. Average B:u-:ey Aver ge 0: 1 t-9. Arerige. Or". B. a. d. Q'« H. d Qr.H. i -L 118StS"78 .65.U'S 4 :M 9 121,t 2 2) t) 1 15 U H\S 5J.H U :U H h2,¡/:I i iT S t in t: IS!} .iH,17;' 4 :) it i7 4 ItU .7S,Uö7 H :2 9 18ï.2:' r SS 11 l..) IiO: .7 i

The Editor of the Medical Amnal for 1890 p'rnts out that potRsb is largely used tj add to the solubility of many of the Cocoas at prespnt "o:d. but tha4 m. marked contrast MESSRS. C'AUBCRY >-upply M absolutely pure Cocoa of the b!ghest quolity and th&t the name CADBURY on any packet: cf Cocoa M aL guarantee of purity. 24;A