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TALL RIGHTS RESERVED.} I OUR LADIES' COLUMN. BY ONE OF THEMSELVES. I ————— I KOETH BERWICK —A GOOD HOTEL —A GARDEN, PARTY.—SOLDIERS' WIVES AND TAIliNS —BEAUTI- FUL GROUNDS.—A HEARTY WELCOME—REAL PIPERS-A HIGHLAND FLING —KWOIiD DANCE.—A WONDERFUL SCOTCH DANCER —A l.OY MEDALLIST. —A WEE LORD ROBERTS -A MtVEL. EXPERIENCE. —A REAL LIVE WHALE—SEALS BY THE SCORE — THE LITTLE WHITE SEAL.—POOH BOS —A DELIGHT- FUL lXCll IN A CAVE — BEAUTIFUL SEA LOCHS — GOLF IN THE RAIN.—PATCHES OF MUSHROOM GOLFERS. At last. I am in Scotland. Berwick, but tha white hoather bought in l*-c!inbiirg:i not brong-Ilt the fine weather it was exp:'ii:cd to. Whilst staying for a few days at a friend lovely country iiou-u on my way furtiier North I was inneli intere.-t.d 10 bo present at an entertainment .given by my ho-te-s to the wives and families of ilie .-oidieris now at t!:j front who are untler her eaie, to whom slie ::1 to distribute the weekly .illowancfs from the pub :c fund raised for the purpose. Several large drags with women and children, and a pijier seated on each box. the pipers piping as they dr:ive. en.er.l the lodge gates early in tile afternoon. The sergeant who came with them and th<' pipers arrayed in Highland costume jumped down and a-stfd tee mothers. wives, and little children l the gnhaur men now fighting for us far away in Souiii Africa to descend from their Cl,11 iots. :-0 nd (H-tribute them- selves a'.1 over tin vast smooth lawns wlrch Htretoh far away down to t're banks of the Teviot. Af'. r a lihtlo strolling around tiio gardens, then filled wita mas-es of most beautiful colour, down to the flow- ing- Blinn" which babbles so iimsieally over the stones under the tre", between its green banks at tiie bottom of the lawn, and a. ;»ror.: deal of playing in the hammocks and swings, at Aunt Sally. Stumble Puppy, croquet, etc.. all arranged for the purpoiso iir an open part3 of the shrubbery, where P. ru tie «umme--r?GUse protects all this precious apparatus at night, was served upon the lawn by the kind hostess hertelf. assisted by her house party, who were very active in disjiensing toa ad libitum, cakes, buns. cookie-, scones, and short bread, in fact every kind and description of thosa toothsome delicacies only 10 be; fouiid in Bcnnic Scotland. The Bairnies'' excited the greatest admiration or. this occasion, and received inucii attention at the hands of the ladies present. Many of these wee toldiers of the future wore namesakes of our present heroes, the leaders of their fathers now in action. I carried about, a wee Lord Roberts myself for a long time, and was so proud to be able to enter- tain his wee Lordship and eonduco to his comfort and pleasure in every way possible. How devoutly I hoped this little Scotch baby might grow up to possess thp amr patriotic soldier spirit as the brave. noble man he is named ancr. The champion boy dancer. his highland jacket, covered with medals, then proceeded to delight his audience by his skilful performance of the Highland Fling, the Sword r>;ince. etc.. his feet twinkling. 1I:s arms, one upon his hip the other waving in mid-air, twirling, whirl- ins to the sound of the pipes, kiit flying, his sun- burnt face all wreathed in smiles the while. It indeed a pretty characteristic performance, and richly deserved the hearty applause which it received. This bov (for he is onlv 12 years old), the son of Sergeant Buchanan, has been in America and other part; of the world, and lias received medals for his dancing wherever he has been. Sixteen gold and silver medals is not so bad for a. boy of twelve! Since that garden party I have had an experience I never had before, often as I have Avished for it. I have been in close proximity to a real. live, huge, spouting whale. One morning lately whilst sailing along quietly with some friends, who were taking their lunch to a rocky sand-lined cave on one of t hose lovely sea rocks near Ullapool, we suddenly felt tho sea moving in a peculiar manner, and in a few minutes an enormous black hack and head were seen to come partially out of the water, whilst a huge whalo (for he must have been 50 feet Ion?) spouted water from his nostrils, sprinkling u- well an he did so. He was evidently in a good temper, for withput upsetting the boat he proceeded to roll gently over on his enormous back and sw tn along by tho side of our cutter in this friendly fashion. The men in the boat of course at once wanted to shoot him. and regretted that they had not got their guns, but our skipper repressed their sporting ardour by reminding them that if they did no: kill the monster at first shot he might become trouble- some or even dangerous with several bullets in his body to madden him, for our cutter was not very much longer than lie was himself from head to tail. I was thankful that no one on board had any instru- ments of slaughter, for I was enthralled to the huge sea monster gambolling, spouting and snorting in his native element. I would not have missed such a sight-fiir the world. I cannot imagine why men are never happy with- out they are killing some joyous, living creatur- — bird or he:-ost.It is a fine day: come let us something," seems generally to be their idea of pleasure and amusement when they are in the country. It is not mine. I am not a sportswoman. I so much prefer to watch wild animals and to ob- serve their habits and customs in their own partieidar haunts, where they are free to enjoy themselves and spend their happy lives. I do not want to chase and harry and slay them ever' I always rather reproacjj myself with beinsr a party to bringing home a young seal we once found in a cave on the Cornish coast ar Boscastle. Tn:s dear, white, furry little seal we thought musr have been abandoned by his mother, for we found him day after day alone in a cave, so we brought him up to the hotel and fed him with milk from a lamb's feeding can with a wash-leather teat. We after- wards brought him to London, where he lived for weeks only in specially prepared and comfortable quarters at the Zoological Gardens in Regent- Paik, but he was too young and the milk we yave nim was evidently not like seal's milk. He died, mncli to rerret. We had christened him Bos," and many were the visitors he received whilst at the Zoo w ha had seen him at his first entry into human society at tho hotel at Boscastle, and had witnessed agitation and anxiety it caused friends sriving him his first meal from the s.Lottie. Poor littln Bos. I remember so well how he looked up with his great dark eyes at the agitated Oxford pro- fessor who was tempting him to partake of his lir-t draught of milk, then took the teat between his tiny sharp teeth and. finding the result pleasant, snapped them tightly together and at once proceeded to suck as hard as ever he could until the can was emptied, when he rolled over on his side, closed his large eye. and fell asleep like a fat baby to the great delight and admiration of his captors and indeed of the assembled company who had all left their own dinners to see if the baby seal would take to his bottle. It was a pity he died so soon. I believe his soft, white, furry coat—stuffed to look tsomewhat like pretty little "Bos"—is still in the Museum Oxford, but he never looked like the little fat, furry, dark-eyed, baby seal we found that summer dav in the caves at Boscastle. He was then about three feet long, for he was the young of the large grev seal (Helieam Gryphus). which grows to the lengdi of 3ix or seven feet. The common spotted sea l is much smaller. Such members of these common spotted seals sun themselves on the rocks or lie about in the caves, where we took our lunch. The seals in those unfrequented spots had not yet learned to fe^.r mankind as their natural enemy, and when we entered our lunching place three or four large spotted felines merely raised their heads and blinked at us with their big, dark eyes, soft and pathetic as those of an antelope, and never at- tempted to flop into the water from their shelter on tho rock. as we expected them to do. That Is the way I liko to see and observe animal life. That visit to the caves near Ullapool gratified and pleaded me beyond all words of description. I cannot remember ever really enjoying a luncheon party in London anything like as much as I did my repast amongst the seals and other sea beasts on the romantic Sea Loch, far from the haunts of men. Just now I am spending a few day- close upon ::11" celebrated golf links at Xorth Berwick, anti 1: ti; rain would only cease, how nice it might be—of course not equal to my whale and seal-inhabited lochs up north, but very nice. As it b, ,t is re;iy irritating to stand at the windows and gaze upon the long stretches of green and sand and upon enthusias- tic golfers who will not be dc.terred by any ",n < f weather, playing under umbrella-—like Z);L"" ol aaushrooms on the grass—but such is golf! I i.e.ir.l i lady remark the other day to a friend at t!i > i'hoto, "My dear. when once your husband to golf you may as well be a. widow and your riii.i'.r Fatherless." I gaze mournfully at the huge form "f jhe Bass Rock, covered with its feathered whose plaintive cries only add to my depn —ion Crag Leith and some other large rock- rc r.g from the sea., and "North Bcrwick Law, cmie af green," standing on his;h covered with mist r.g. i i-t 1 cloudy sky. Oh. dear how I long for r r¡;1 lease, the sun to shine out. and to be able to fly tit upon those soppy links, those yellow sand-, or any- where out of doors in the open air. Mr. Arthur B-u- four is here, wandering from tee to tec under an umbrella. I hope I shall have pleasanter experiences to write about next week when it possibly may have left off raining. North Berwick. PEXKLOPE. I

w ny ao ,0 many modern writers seem to prer«*r notoriety to fame? Bccause a man has to climb for lairif, but he can get notoriety by an easy tumhle. "Oh, mummy, do pome and speak to Johnny. He's tweading on all' the worms in the gardem." How unkind!" "Yes, and he won't let me twead on any. Teacher: "Tommy, if you gave your little bro- ther nine sticks of oandy, and then took away seven, what would that make?" Tommy: "It would make him yell. She: "And did your friend take the dootor's advioo" He: "Certainly." She:" And* did he pay for it?" HO "Well, I should rather say he dia He's dead! First Wheelman: "Swifte made a new record to-day." Second Wheelman: Ye.s. What was it?" First Wheelman: "He ran ovor six old ladies in ♦wo miles." A: "They say that two heads are better than om> R: That' all a mistake. Both my wife and I want to be the bead of the house, and it doesn't, work at all." He jotjny thumb in bis mouth and bit it severely, sir." said, Mr. Cohen to Mr. Skidds. Why did you not bite him?" ''My religion for- hid" me to eat swin-3 t Bill: "I understand Gaybov is one of the best known Pnen in your n&ighbourhood Dick: Why. he's so well known tiia.t he has to go out of I town to borrow money!" I saw your name in print the other day," said one man to another A,ho waa very fond of notoriety. I "Where," askeji the other in a tremotir of excite- ment. "In the (lirectory.- The Doctor: You'll be all right soon." The Victim erf a Bicycle Accident "Glad to hear it, doctor. I'd hate to ,dic just now, when I've only had the wheel three weekt" The Fiancee: "I'm surprised at you! I saw you flirting with her." The Fiancee: "I swear Friscilia, you are mistaken. Beauty ha3 no charms ,.awsar lisd a lir ibarum for m*

SOCIETY NOTES AND PEKSO^al PARS. — a. I [" TRUTH."] The Emperor William and his eldest son will pay a strictly private visit to the Queen at Balmoral before the end of October. unless her Majesty oes to Germany, in which case they will all meet at Fried- richshof. The Emperor and the Crown Prince will cross the North S^a in the Imperial yacht Hohen- zollem from Kiel to Aberdeen, and, after spending a few days at Balmoral, they will return to Germany by the same route. The Queen will personally invast the German Crown Prince with the ribbon and in- signia of the Garter next month either at Balmoral or at Friedrichshof. The reasons for Lord Ampthill's appointment to the Governorship of \Iadrae are not apparent. Lord AniohH hns the reputation of being a clever young man. and he is .generally popular. There are. how- ever, many very clever and very popular young men in London and the provinces whom no one has ever thought of selecting for Indian Governor-hips. His Lord-shin must, therefore, have been selected on some other g-umd than his cleverness and popular- ity. AVas it b-'cau-o he is the son of his father, or because he has been private secretary to Mr. Chamberlain? The one ground on which such an appointment ought to be made i-, of cour-e. that tho nominee has given exceptional proof of fitne-s for the post. This, however. Lord AmpthiU. like mozt men of thirty-one, has had no opportunity of doing. Here is an entertaining storv of martial law in Natal from a resident nt Dm ban, the representative of a well-known English news agency. Ir: July la-t this gentleman and his wife received a relecrrain urgentlv requesting them to go to Nondweni. m Britisn Ziiitiiincl, where the wife's sifter wa~. lvmg dangerously ill. They also had a te'egram from the magistrate at Nondweni sanctioning their vi-ii. It wa,! proposed that they should proceed bv rail- way to Dundee, and thence by coach to Nond" Pn:, and application was made to Colonel Morris, Com- rnandant of Durban, for a pass for the railway jonrnev. He paid he had no jurisdiction eve- th3 Dundee line, and referred the applicant to Gen~raT Dartnpll, at Dundee. A wire was sent to General Dartnell, and he prompt!y repH-d that hr- a sented to the pass being granted addin-r "Have wired ab-)ve to Commandant of Durban, whom please see." I have had two or three letters showing that the Vicar who olijoc'ed in the word died on a tomb- stone on the ground that it was nn-Chri-tian has hi. rivals, though none of them seem to have attained ouite the same sublime height of ir.fanfiie folly, Thp nearest approach to it is a case at -Prizol, where a Vicar refused to let the parents of a young lady place over her s-rrive the inscription To five in the hearts of tho*>we love is not to die." Why the reverend gentleman took exception to thi- cemingly liarmless sentiment is not explained: hn, I expect that if his churchyard were inspected, m-inr of a more questionable character would be discovered. No doubt some kind of censorship is required, other- wise tombstones might he put to improper iwe-. like that of the publican whose w.dow advertised lii-, rezlzn(,fl iintn the Heavenly will." she kept r n the business still. But there ought to he some | method of appeal from the decisions of those cotchety parsons who exercise their powers without rh vma or reason. The Prince of Wales, who has returned from Ger- many. will pay visits to the Queen at Balmoral, to the Duke and Diiehezg of Fife at Mar Lodge, and to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Saloon at Tulehan Loche, Morayshire, during his three weeks' stay in Scot- land. Tho Prince is expected to return south in time for the Newmarket Second October Meeting, and he will probablv shoot at Six Mile Bottom .vith the Duke of Cambridge on Mondav. October 8. H.R.H. has paid almost daily visits to the Empress Frederick at Friedrichshof during his stay at Hom- burg. and he has been twice to Darmstadt. On one occasion he ('rove on an automobile to Sehwalbaeh and back. The Prince has also visited the German Emperor and Empress at Willielm;hohe, near Cassel: Prince and Princess Frederick Charles of Hesse, at Schloss Rumpenheim. on the Main (at one time the summer residence of the Kitiz of Denmark and the late Queen Louise and their family) and to the Lanelcrravine of Ilc-s^e at the Chateau of Philipp- sruhe, near TIanau. which is famous for its beauti- ful gardens and extensive orangeries. [FROM TITE WORLD."] Lord Roberts will leave South Africa for England on the earliest possible date. He does not. how- ever, think it desirable that he should take his departure from Pretoria until a settlement is arrived at with rccard to the future government of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. The Queen is in excellent health: but her Majesty was very much fatigued by the long journey from O.-borne to Balmcraj. and when the Roya! train readied Ferryhill, near Aberdeen, she was resting on a sofa in the day-saloon, and did not feel equal to rising to speak as usual to Lord Aberdeen, with whom Princess Beatrice conversed for several minutes. Mr. Balfour, who proceeded to Whittinghame, his seat in Haddingtonshire, about ten days ago, is now at North Berwick. Ir. Balfour is t xpect-d at St. Andrews for the autumn meetinsr of the Rovai and Ancient Go:f Club LI1 September 26th and 27th. The club a:nn.r will iake place on the second dav of the meeting, bur tee ball has been inven up in consequence of the war. Last year the King Wil- liam the Fourhi medai was won by Lieutenant Tait, who has been kiled in South Africa. Augling on Loch Leven clo-ed for the season last week, lins has been a "record year, twenty-three theu-and eight hundred :tnd nine trout having been captured. m6. *j«ain-t twenty thousand eight "nundred and iwrniy-tvpn 111 1S99. The size of the fish, how- ever, has been under the average. The. heaviest trout weighed three pound- eleven ounce-. One sudor, fi-hing from a bo-it. landed forty-four trout, weighing thirty-seven pound", in one day. Another angler creeled two hundred and eleven trout, weighing a hundred and sixty-four pounds, in eight days. It io sretvrelh- understood in Scotland that Sir Donald Curri" is to be raised to the Peerage when Parliament is dissolved. Sir Donald has sat for West Perthshire sh-.f" 1235. and lie was previoilslv member for the undivided county of Perth, having been ejected in 1880 as a supporter of Mr. Gladstone but smei- 1385 he hns be-n a <taunoh Unionist. Mr. John Strov.m. the Unionist candidate for the seat, is prn-eeut'n? a s«pce<sful canvas, and he has every- where been w-?) received in the constituency. Mr Strovan has taken Oehtertyre. Sir Patrick Keith Murray's beautiful place near Crieff, for a term. The annuoncen^nt. which has rronp round the napers that the Princess of Wales wi;1 return to Englan, d "very shortly" from Denmark is incorrect. The Pr:nce« intends to stav at FrNlen"borg until Kin,r Cnri-tnn s f.iiilv partv breaks up. Wards the end of next month, and his Majesty will probablv spend a few weeks pt the chateau of Bernstorff before he settles at Copenhagen for the winter. The Prin ce's of Wales may possibly visit Balmoral and Mar Lodge during the )r.t ten davs of October, but it i.. more hkeiy th.t she will stay in Denmark until abo?t nct?ber 29th, and then return to London to spend a few np at Marlborousrh House before, goin-m to Sanu"ingham for the winter. Among those who have been making their mark in South Africa i", a nephew of Lord Roberts. Captain Alexander Gordon Maxwell, of the Indian Staff ClJrp. Tills young officer was SO determined to he a soldier that at an early age he enlisted in the Royal Horse Guards and thus qualified for a com- T-Te- wa, i)i*()znot(,d to a second lieutenancy in the Royal Irish Fusilier? in September. 1889.< an;: a. year afterwards joined the Staff Corps. Lord \Vol" al,o has 3, nephew at the front who p!pptpd to SO through th" ranks to a commision-Captain W oUe.ey 2n?d Battalion Royal FurHiers. who was promoted to a second lieutenancy in the C',Ietl-i;re Regiment in August, 1888. at the age of 26. Do Wet, who is credited with the intention of con- tiniiinl- his resistance after all his brother-general have laid down their arms, is undoubtedly the most impressive Boer figure that the campaign now clos- ing- has brought into prominence. A full measure of appreciation has been accorded in this country to the extraordinary tenacity and resource with wlr" ch be has conducted what he must have Ion- known to ho a hopeless struggle, and it is impossible to heln regretting that, so much tactical skid and sUci, in- domit hlr rralnt ion should have been devoted to the service of so bad a cause. If it i, true that his sons have been killp,h in the war. and that his wife has died heartbroken at their loss and his ownvdanger, it is easier to understand his irreconciliable attitude; and the fact that he has no personal share qf responsibility for the causes which brought a.bout the war entitles him ro a degree of respect to which the criminal intrigue- who guided the policy of the two ex-Republic* can lay no claim, (" M.A.P.-J This story of the Bishop of Peterborough (writes a noy) may amuse your readers. I am the proud oossessor of a prayer book that was once stolen by ;he Bishop. I was at a wedding at a church' in Iten- lington and left my prayer book in the vestry. -the Dook lay undisturbed till the following. Sunday, when the Bishop came to preach, and, seeing a.s he thought, his own small black pravai- book, lie put it in his o3ssock pocket. Discovering my loss I .wrote to the vioar of the church, and after a few days re- aeived the book back, with the following amusing letter, written to the vioar by the'Bishop: "When I got your card I had no idea of mr having appro- priated the book, and, to my horror. I found in my sassock pocket to-day two prayer books,exactly alike. P!e.oi° evplxin to the owner I am not a kifptomanisc and really mistook it for my own book. I am so sorry for havinl- disturbed the owner's peace of mind for a week. Meanwhile it has been through the Church Con-re--? with me. ^ind. I foar, been sat <lpon -The bent corner of&v book is a constant 'em!nder t? me of the !a-?t-mentioned fact! The Duchess of Argyll is a 4 gift-ed woman. All the Queen's daughters have brain; and tic, but Princess Louis- has always been t,-e ^ost tile in a group of remarkable vomen: Tho prVttie-t and thn cleverest of the Queen's five ùughtr-, the only child.who h.- zix-t-ti her no grandchildren the only child who married a commoner and a Btiton here is no one "f the bj^ed r,t. with excep- tion, perbap=,of tm Duk,. of Y r! rb .u, whose career and love story so many romantic pictures have been drawn. iiie iittie dear is lost again," sfte saw. as soon as he got home. "Oh, that pug!" Yes, that pug, if yeu-oiust talk like a brut)e-v and I want you to advertise' for !in." And this is the id. as it appeared: Lost.—A sausage-shaped yellow dog am\h'ring, K-Iwn hungry, to the name of?Baby.' answerind g, wiU be paid for his rebum to 37, Bla?nk. sueot. dead or aliri"

Correspondence. I u LICENSING. I DEAR Sra,-I have noted the two references in your last week's is-ne anent the recent Licensing Courts, and, on the whole, L can say with the man from Lancashire, Them's my sentiments," but I take this liberty to trouble you with one correction. I believe it was by Watchman," who says that the public have to thank the owners for giving up thia licence (the Bull) and thus tending to place: Abbot-s ruet in a more normal condition with regard to the liquor traffic, and also for not resorting to the old method of endeavouring to secure another licence in another part of the town in exchange for one no longer profitable." I think it will only need me to remind you to bring to your remembrance that the licence in question, unprofitable though it was at the time, was with great magnanimity offered to be surrendered on condition tha.t a licence was granted for a new hotel in Regent-street. Now that the new hotel is nearing completion it is quite easy to :e who have had the best end of the bargain, the liquor traflie or the magistrates, and this particular case goes to show the absurdity of such a I) i-oc, eding. Why, 1 have heard it stated that the added facilities in this one exchange are more than ten times enhanced on the facilities of the poor old Bull. So I cannot join in with "Watchman "and fed grateful to tb" owners for extinguishing an already extinct licence according to law. I am truly appalled at the increase of drunkenness in both the Borough and Couucy Llctnsing Conns, and though the clubs have been blamed for all thi" and much more than their share, is it not possible that the many alterations to licensed premises, some with the magistrates' sauction, othera not, I mean the palling dowu of old tumble-down premises and the putting up of new houses, some of them with two, three, and some with four times added facilities for drinking purposes that before-time existed, account for OTlle:' 1 avow that these alterations have added increased facilities for driuking equal to six new licences, and Watchman was right when he said that no licensing committee ought to allow an excess cf iiCHUsed bouses over and above the reasonable requirements of any given locality.—Yours, X RAY. 10tb September, 1900.

To perform a surgical operation on a passenger vessel, by wi-.ich her u-r.gth is increased seventy feet arid her tonnage trtblod, which seem no small task. But it ha, just been accomplished at Newcastle. The subject of operation was the Italian steamer Savoia, of the Veloce Company, plyiug between the River Plate and Genoa. At Blackburn Towa Council, on Thursday, it was reported that coliiery owners had refused to aCC- Pt contracts from the Corporation except npon their own terms. Their action was vigorously denounced, the M.-xyor remarking that the colliery proprietors were batting just now to their bowling, but when the Corporations got the bat into their hands they would tr.kj ca.re to uae it with vigour.

Wrexham Post Office Heguiations. MR. GIBBS, POSTMASTER. Hours ?f Business  Snuday? at H, J O"ce W?kD?y.. ^^sDfty^ at .l L. Wtek Days. and Good Fridtiy, ale of Stamps, and Registration of Letters 7 a.m. to 9.15 p.m. 8 a.m. to 10 a.ra Po.;tal Or-it-rs Busi- ness 8 a.m. to 9.15 p.m. Money Or.ler, Savings Bank, Government Aiiiiuity, Life Insur- ance Business 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Issue of Inlaud Revenue Licences. Telegraph Business 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. 8 a.m. to 10 ft.m Telephone call office open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. INWARD MAILS. Hours of Delivery. The bor .1(,ured 10 minutes before each i Let.ers. Parcels. General arrival from! i ail parts 7.0 a.m. 7 a.m. &8 a.m. Chester and Crewe 11.45 a.m. Birmingham, York-. shire ttingham.1 South of England andi Scotland London, Cheshire,! Lancashire, Midland] Counties, Xorth and. j South Wales, Southi of England,andScot-( land 1.45 p.m.* 1.45 p.m.* Chester, Crewe, .Liver-; pool, Manchester.! anu Ireland. 5.15 p.m. 5.15 p.m. The 1.45 delivery is suspended on Fridays. COLLECTIONS FROM Towx SUB-OFFICES, PILLAR AND WALL LETTEH BOXES. >Tamcs. Week Days. Sunday. l_ a. m a m a ni p 111 p Inip m p 111 pIn a m,p m Chester road 7 20 10101240 1 40 4 35:8 C 7 40 Erddig-road !7 25 Grosvenor-rd., 18 15 1C20 1255;1 45'4 50 8 25 [7 55 Hich-strect S 30 8 2010 012552154455 0 8 45 3 30 8 0 Hiahtown 9 45 1245 2 54 357 50 :7 20 Holt-street 7 50 9 45 1255 2 15 4 457 40 '7 10 l'entrefelin 8 010 01225.1 45 4 157 50 s7 30 l'euvbrvn 8 20 1010 1230 1 50 4 2CS 10 7 35 Poplar-road 8 01001240:2 0420755 7 2?5 ?uabon-ro?d 4G 10 5 123E ? 1 554 2??'S 0 \l 30 I:hosdduS.O. 8 1010201250' 1 50 4 45?8 20 117 50 Khosddu W.B. S10102C125C.155445?20 7 50 Crescell,-rad 8 15 9 50,12502 10,4 40'7 45 :7 15 Station (G.W.i 3 30 9 3C125C 2 0445?710 '7 0 Tr.i.fa?ar rd., 7 45 3 50'1240 2 0-4 .30! 7 45 7 15 Victoria road 7 4C 10 51235?1 554 K? 13 0 i7 7 3c Watery-road. 8 C 10 0 1225:1 45 4 15)7 50 7 30 im f 115 7 a.m. 7 7 ??.70?1.45..m? 515p.m.  I  JCv. Latest Times for Posting. wit? Kegis- 3CTWAM MA?s. Letters, Extra tere ,Parcels. j | Stamp, j lJ el£ treer<=i j  General despatohj to all parts 9.0 a.m. 8.30 a.m. | j London, Midland1 Couutie: Lanca-I: j shire, Yorkshire. I Cheshire, Cum-! | t berlaiul, Scot-i laiul& Ireland.. 10.40 a.m. 10.45 a.m. 10.10 a.m. 10.40 a.m Shrewsbury and South 11.15 a.m. 10.45 a.m.' BirmiLgham, Mid- lanil Counties and llnabou 12.30 p.m. i i 12.0 p.m. Bryii-ibo, liryiteg, Coedpoeth, ana I Moss 1.30 p.m. 1.0 p.m. 1.30 p.m. Birkenhead, Ches- ter, Liverpool, M'nehester I)resi I ton, St. HelensJ Southport, West I of England,! i Wigan, and War-' | riugton 2.35 p.m. 2.4C p.m. 2.5 p.m. Ca.crp\vr!e,Cefuy-? ? bedd, Summer-, hill, and Wheat- sheaf 3 30 p.m.■ 3.0 p.m. 3.30p.m. Shrop,hire. 6.30 p.m.; 6.0 p.m. C a r d i If and all South \Vales 7.35 p.m.' 7.5 p.m. Cornwall, Devon and Western pOLtlOU of j Sciinersetshire „ General despatch to all parts.. 9.0 p.m. 9.10 p.m. 8.30 p.m. 9.0p.m. SUNDAYS. General despatch to all parts. 8.35 p.iii.: 10.0 a.m. COUNTRY SUB OFFICES. I- Box Closes. j SubOmce. Week?Day7 Sundays. I Sub Office. W eek Day. Sundays. I ooBa))or Isycoed. 6.0 p.m. 10.30 a.m. =Bersham 7.20 p.m. Bowling Bank 5.40 p.m. 10.0 a.m. °Brúughtol1. 6.0 p.m. ::NB b 8.55 a.m. I rym 0. 6.0 p.m.\ Brvnteg 6.50 p.m. Bwlcligwyii 5.55 p.m. 9.0 a.m. ODe I 9.0 a.m.} XC f b dd 9.15 } xcefnybedd 6.15 p.m: ""c d th 8.30 a.m. t -Coedpoeth 6.40S:S:| -Ff rith 5.30 p.m. °Crrcsfor<i 7.20 p.m. 7.20 p.m. OHolt 5.45 p.m. Llanfynydll 4.10 p.m. Lodge, Hrymbo. 6.15 p.m. Marchwiel 6.30 p.m. 11.0 a.m. °Minera 6.25 p.m. Pulford. 6.0 p.m. 6.0 p.m. Khostyllen 6.0 p.m. Rhosrobin 5.45 p.m. ^Kossett 6.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Southsea 6.45 p.m. osuinmerhill 9.25 a.m. ^TheMoss 5.30 p.m. Worthenbury 5..30 p.m. 10.0 a.m.  °Whe?he.f 1 elop^} °? Money Order and Telegraph Business Trmsaeted. ° Monetf Order Offices. RURAL WALL BOX COLLECTIONS.  Week Sandays. KameofBox. Sf? ? Sundays. -1- Abenbury 6.45 p.m. Acton Sniitl^ 7.45 p.m. 7.45 p.m. Adwyrcla.wdd. 6.45 p.m. j Bronwyta f 5.0 p.m.  Burton Green .I 5.40 p.m. | Bradley 6.0p.m. Common Weod 5.15 p.m. Cross Lanes 6.20 p.m. Cuckoo's Lorner 5.45 p.m. I 10 £ a.4i. i Eyton Ffrwd 4TO p.m. HuHinore Lane.? 6.15 p.m. Holly BB. Hadghton ,l 5.45 -p.m. 10.15 a.! Isycoed 5.0 pm. aw N. 9.20 a.m. and., Inn) 6.20 p.m. lilay Place 1 5.30 p.m. 8.20 a m Hay Pla?e L e i s t e r. Lavister j 6-M p ni 6.15 p.m; Llanypwll "h. 6.20 p.m. Marford Jk 6.40 p.m. BAO-p.m New Broughton j 6.45 p.m. Afinera 6.1 p.m. Nant I 5.45 p.m. Pentre y Blfis 5.15 p.m. Peiltre Broughtoi2 5.15 p.m. Pentrebychan 5.25 p.m. Rhoguessney 6.50 p.m. Rossett Green 6.0 p.m. Hiji2grett Hill 5.40 p.m. 1 8: Talwrn 5.40 p.m. Ti^valyn 5.40 p.m.  Viron 5.30 p.m. } Wem 6.20 p.m. )

GLOBE FURNISHING Co" 12 TO 18, PEMBROKE PLACE LIVERPOOL. FURNISH FOR CASH, OR ON OUR SPECIAL I-IIRB-PURf%JEI-.ISE AT CASH PRICES. NOTE.—Our Hire-Pnrchase system is entirely  relli from any other, and has been h 'hl"'?t mended by the whole of the local °0ni" NO SECURITY REQUIRED. ON t:.x::rR.\ EXPENSES ON OUR HIRB-PU^HF^ SYSTEM. The fair and equitable manner in which oar busileq 113 earned on, and our reaaonabie terms and l peq are so well known tbronghoct the North of FnPSl&aj and Wales as to render further comment unr ?<*3 E R M S WE GIVE OUR CUSTOMERS THF ??r?- LEGE OF ARRANGING THEIR 0\V" — OF PAYMENT, AS THEY ENo\Vb??'? AMOUNT THEY CAN CONVE?? AFFORD TO PAY EACH WEEK OR Mo?g All goods we sell are delivered free to r n- of the United Kingdom. Privdtn Vans if required, no eht??? will bT =. °?' 4a mbpeotidB of onr stock wli ?. on.- '°?? in ceding purchasers th?t we gi? b.'t? e  g?,7e b-?'?ter valae th a4 any other honae farmgh?M.-? theRi?-='?p?''CQ??. System in the Provmces. Orders by post receive prompt f? CMefa) :.t, ??. R?Hw?y Fare allowed to COAULCY Cast-JUlc- OQ. FURNISH FOR CASH OR 01, Q CR rt- PURCHASE SYSTEM, ATCierr PRICES. Car New ProspectM, L.?? nia-,t-?"e? "??- Presa Opinions, and Price List sen r po ^vreeon rress 01)inions, Lnd P?-ic3 List 1'0^ App lC¡tWll. GLOBE FURNISHING Co. (J. R. GliiNT, I'rjpriejir.j 12 To 18, PEMBROKS PLACE, LIVERPOOL. Business bonre, 9 to S p.m. Saturdays 9 to 5 p.lI!. 75

W P. H XIIA M. CATTLE, Monday.—Tnere WM T'I avsraa-'3^ of stock at tne market to da.y, and pricerwer^ ?'? tained, but demand wa.? not extra b .-k P ?f ??'°' made 7d for ?behe?.h!tem..?;??'??,?y to S?d per lb. Tiiere ? K.?d .ho.v o{?i ? ? which made up to Clg b/ e?h. T? .tore.?L"? was at a standsuh Bacon P! g, fto'?6? 9/3 per i score lbs. was scarce, audm.j. 7 d per lb. TIIUIISDAY. (] J Old White Wheat fi* n ~A ?ew ditto 4?° OidRedditto 0 n f? S New ditto ? n Sn?& New O?. °-? 2 Old ditto. ? ? ?.? Old ditto. 0 0 :,) 0 J Grinding Harley 3 6??- ? Po?t?.perl26ths n ?n?n' Batter. p.r lb of J.o.z. ? .'?' # iL cQ 1 2 JkeÍ,pedb. 0 0 to 0 6 I1" tou 0 0 to 0 7 Pork 6to 0 7 Veal., 0 7 to 0 9 Lamb 0 io to o ll Fowls, (dressed) each 3 0 to 3 0 DL-eks 0 to 4 6 lark. vs. 0 0 toOQ Geese, per lb 0 0 to 0 Q Eggs, 11 to 12 for a shilling. CHESTER. C/ORN, baturLlay.-Al thii market there were small supplies of whe L, the utlivti to local mills darn* the past wet-k having been very light. This applied also to other train, prices ruling steadv for all articles. American maizes steidy, at last week's cnrreucies. Round Indian corn scarce, find oonsiderably advanced. Foreign wheat I-wer in value. Quotations:—White wiieat, old 4s 2'j p-r75 lbs.; red wheat, new 3s 101 to 4s: old of; t:) 40; llp-r 75 lbs; grinding barley, 3s per 64 lb; 0*15. He'.1 2. 8j to 2s lid per46 lb beans, new, 5s, old.5, 61 per SO Jb, Indian coin, new, lis to lls 5j., uid, lis fi] to 11=91 per 240 lb. ELL E S "I E PL. Tuesday, Quotations.—W heat fnevvi, 12s 61 to 13s0] per 2251bs barley (new), 0-0,i to0s0aper2801as: 0*3 (new) 125 Od per 200 lb., biuter. la 01-1 tj 1, 21 to 7d per lb; mutton, 6d to 83 Dtrib: plains per lb eggs, 11 to 13 for a Is fowl. 3s 6110 4= 6d per couple ducks, 43 Od to 5s 0 Per couple rabbits Is 6d to Is Id per conple apples, 3s to 4s p=r 93Ib=: damous, 2s 6d to 3s per 90 lbs WHITCHURCH. Friday.—Wheat, 4s 2d to 4s 31 per 751bs: barley, 0s 0d to O-i 0 tier 70ibs oats, 2s eggs, 13 fc, la; butter, 10.1 to Is Ii Pc, jh: fowl<, 3s 9J to41 6d per conple ducklings,3-611 5^ 0.1 per couple; po:atoes, Is per score; 61 to Si: mutton 7d to 9d lamb 7d to 9J v, ai. 7d to 81 pt-rib; pork 6d to 7d per iij. rabbits Is 61 Frr ccup!e; apples, Jd to Id per lb mushroom-, 1"; zi 2J per ;b dauisous, 2< to 25 6d per bushel. OS W E S T R Y. WEEKLV CATTLE F.UR -The show of =:ck cf al kinds at ednesoay's smithtirld was very iariTc and varied. Sheep however did not sell well anc stores were a poor trade. Milch coiv; realised 4ocd prices 'lnd a fair b-k-f ttade uas experituc«fd. Tnere was a good attendance of buyers.. \Vfu:.h?d?:M!i ?kie?sr? Sir, sold 231. cattle 6: -alvei. and pigs Messrs Hall, Waieridge it O'.veu sold 6■>cattle v calv.s i 75 sheep and Messrs Whi^tiela it liatho acd Mr Tlios. Whitfield, jr. di.-po-ed of coi:?idtratIc con- signment of titock at tneir respective marts QnO'°.tious:—Btef made from6^a to7id. niuitcu.7d to 8d, iamb, 7d to bi ve.-ii, 7.1 to 7id iler It; pIt pigs realised 8/6 to 9/- and bacon pIgs 8. to 9. pH score lbs. White wheat, old, 4s 4J to 45 63 ditto, new 5 101 to 4s Od per meas. red wheat, oiu, 4s 4i ta4s6al; ditto, new. 4s Od to 43 2(' per meas.; oats. new. 10s 6d to lis Od; old, 0s 01 to 03 0-; maRing barley, Os Od to 03 Od per 280 lbs; grinding barley, 13s Od to 14s Od new potatoes, is to Is psr 201ba; butter Is Od to Is Id per lb beef 6d to 81: ainr.ou. 7d to 9d veal 61 to 7d; laino, 101 to 10* i: pxk. 6d to 8d fowls, 4s 01 to 5s 0; ducks, 5s 01 to 6s Ji per couple eggs, 12 for a shilling. LIVERPOOL. CATTLE, Monday.—There was it crease in the s npply of cattle in market lo-day. Trade slow, andlalt except for finished quality. Sheep and lambs also in larger numbers. Demand slow and prices ;owèr all round, especially so for midd'iag and inferior sorts. Prices:— Beef, 7d to 5d mutton, Sd to oil: l?on:: 8d to 6d per lb. Af. iiiarb-e- sheep. CoitN-, Tuesaay.-American advices failed tOcOnle up to expectations, the report of the Washington Agricultural Bureau being and part of yesterday's advance was los: ia eon- sequence when the market opened here, little diposition to operate being evinced at the decline. This, however, proved the lowest point, asa tinner nnder-tone w-s subsequently exhibited in ai_l depart* ments, offerings being limited, while the destination of larga quantities of wheat by the cyclone in Galveston (Texas) still exercised a favcarate influence on speculative positions. Afternoon cables were disappointing, which caused aeliers to become less reserved, briDging about a reiction hün still leaving prices on a higher level than last evening- A firm tone prevailed on the spot for Deal. J. a fair demand from consumers an occasional advance of Ad per cental on last market day's currencies was realised for both white and red d,CliWlOllS. MAIZE.—Spot parcels of American mixed :11:1;2 wde again sparingly offereci, -at)cl with buyers operating to a fair extent, prices realised were lid per cental over Friday's currencies. River Tlate ?owed no material change, but Enroce?n from scarcity?' ?enerahy dearer. FLOUU ruled steady with a t?oa6r' ate consumptive demand "or both forei? and lo,^al milled at late prices. BEAN9 WNe nnu. and prices fully supported. PEAS moved moderme!y il'to consumption, and prices improved ?d per MnM'- BARLEY met a moderate inquiry &t recent cnrtLU;"? OATS quietly steady without material shanse in  description. OATMEAL was in only modera.e rcjQc? at the figures quoted.

jMETEORCEOGICAL TABlit- ) FOR WEEK ENDING SEPIEHBER 12TE, BOG. I FROM THE BROUGHTO; AND PLAS l'owua CoAt- COMPANY, LIMITED. I BAROMETER READINGS I Taken at 9 a.m., from an Aneroid by Negretti at" I Zambra. I Compiled by Mr G. J. Findlay- THEBMOMBTEK (IN DFCJATIKEU.) Iflnlmum 47 42 | 53 43 47 ? T.2 imtUIl 7 42 I 5 43 ¡1f'T I 'Z Maximun¡ 10 I 7.0 7! 'N. 12 I 53 We% 54 54 55 56 59 61 I 95 MaximBuum lb 54 547.4 0 2 1 5571 9 5 d56 t 6519 656 1 i 5963 Dry Bulb 59  A 61 'S''  All maximum temperatures are s?a?e ta?per?tcr