ST SPECIAL AIMAKGISZATI THE GIRLS OF THE HOUSE, By F. FRANKFURT MOORE. Author of "A Whirlwind Ilanesh" "I Forbid the Banns," do. leorrarGar.) SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. CHAPTERS 1.
to Selwood, a non of ancient lineage, but not, of extensive means, pays a visit to a fioaucter with whom he has had dealings, Mr. Manor, and asks himaor tee return of some Rockingham shares he Wad placed iu his keeping some twelve months before on the, understaudn2g that they should be gives up to him when the money advanced, £6200, should be repaid. Mellor, after some eircumlio. cution, declines to give up the shares, saying that they were sold to him at fair price. Selwood, who has Wright with him a cheque for the amount advanced, kicks his chair from under him and leaves the house.
CHAPTERS IV. Selwood breaks the vows of his fruitless visit to Menor to his slaughter; Muriel and Juan, and speaks of the rain which stares him in dm face. rhey resolve that Selwood, their house, will love to be sold. A big mongrel slog, listening to the talk, knows that something is wrong, and whilung. looks up Inquiringly into Munel's facie.
"No, no, Jimmy; you are not going to be sold, only Selwood," says the girl, and the next moment lane are sobbing in their father's arms. CHAPTER Vt. The next day nmfirmed the opinion which the girls had formed in regard to their position. The family lawyer paid an official visit to delwood, and took quite an amount of trouble espleining to the colonel and his daughters how it was that they were in so great straits. He took unnerveeery pains over the vrothd all have accepted his word for the wont.
When a coon. potent physician has enured you that you cannot are over the week he does not etrengthou Ito position by referring in detail to the disorders which are to be heid accountable for the result which he predicts. The property had been encumbered for year. From some reason that no one had been able to solve, the greater part of the estate was far from being Of course, the owners of the soil bad never lacked sufficient imagination to enable them to lay the blame of the unproductiveuess on the husbandman. It was impossible that the land of curtain group of farms could be miserable while that of the outlying farms was excellent, the owners were toady to affirm when the husbendenen made their complaints and suggestions of reduction in the rental.
They had an opportunity of offering this argument to a large number of unants, for few farmers had sufficient capital to allow or their holding ma to their And then came the years of terrible agricultural depression, when the two principal tarsus were without tenants, and Colonel came to the determination to work his own land. The experiment extended over five years, and the result took the shape of very formidable balance on the wrong side of the account in the head bailiff's book, and at last the owner was winced there was something in the sod that would not be reasoned out of it. The insusceptibility to argument of the big farms meant an amazing reduction in the income of the estate, and Colonel began to won that his ancestors had wavered for generation or so in their determination to make their place the finest in the county. Alas! they had never I faltered. The place was tho most expensive in the county.
'I'M. twenty-five gardeners who found constant empioyment in the Italian garden, (he Dutch garden, the old English garden, the orchid houses, the was half a mile of vineries, and the peach houses were far too few to do all that should be done well. And then the rabbiters. the one knew what the duties of a poleman were beyond receiving his twenty-five shillings a the duties of the harbourers were as indefinite as the welldefined function of an archdeacon; philologists were even divided on the question as to whether or not their name was an aspirated form of whole army of these dependents had to be paid, with about a dome eta, officers in the form of game-keepers, nver-keepors, and gatelodge keepers. Those were among the ultremenials; and the indoor nearly as I numerous; for it is itoposubleto keep up house with a history unless by the aid of carpenters and plasterers, and tilers and handy-men.
These were the men who maintained the material part of historic house; and the traditional part was maintained by the butler, the footmen, the housekeeper, the cook and a staff of fifteen or twenty in the'eremite' hall. then there were the horses. The burden of the whole was greater than any owe man could bear unless he had been born to a' brewery or to a colliery or perhaps a ship-building yard. The family lawyer admitted as much, et, the same time adding few graceful words in acknowledgmant of the brave fight made by the person who wan unfortunate enough to have inherited the most splendid place in the count and the further encumbrance of the most family traditions. Colonel Selwood bad capital fight of it, the lawyer said, and he felt that it was rather handsome on his part to go so far; but ail the same the fight woe over.
The mace could not be kept up. The mortgages of those Selwoods who bad been bitten with the tarantula of building during the previous centurytbe Selwoods who bad added a wing to the man-111011 and had brought from Italy the stones with which the classical portico wee Selwoods who had spent forty thousand pounds on the orangeries, designed by Chambers-and who had all the time been laying up an inheritance of gout for their descendants by their hard drinking in sympathy with the traditions of the eighteenth mortgages of these merry fellows, who gambled away their farms and wrote such excellent were painted by Reynolds and Gainshorough and Vine and Hopper sad Lawrence, to mingle with the immortals dame by Lily and Koehler and to hang on the walls el the grand old house for the confusion et their mortgages of these Behesods wore too much for those Bethesda whs hod to face the competitioo of all the world is the metter of wheat. "There's nothing for it, I grieve to say," said the lawyer, when he had bewildered his three auditors with portentous figures, and had still further bewildered them by his explanation of what those figures his reading of unbowdlerierid passages from some of the leases, which sounded very shocking to girls who had not mastered the technicalities of lawyer's is nothing for it, as you have seen, but to get nd of the place Luckily the greater part of it mar be sold." "It mustn't be sold," said one of the girls, resolutely as to startle the lawyer out of his "No, it mustn't be soid," said the other. "Only let" "That's my notion too," said Colonel Selwood. Ile vaguely remembered just at that moment the old rhyme that he had heard in the nursery about selling the place.
It was something prophetic, with the accents laid on the first syllables; every genuine traditional prophetic doggerel must have the accents lad oa the first. syllables "Should a Selwood Selwood sell Selwood rings his own death Luell." The lieu jingled through the air and returned to him with the jingle of the tin sword on the nursery floor. They had not come into his mind for forty yeari he did not believe that either of his daughtersad ever heard both of them now the lilt of them had a queer effect upon hint He was not in the kart supers siitious, though he always took of his hat to a magpie when he win sure no winlooking, and felt uneasy for the rest of the day when he! could not do so by reason of his having a coin- who might put (also construction upon the act. Ile was not in the least superstitious, 1 hot he said firmly "The place mustn't he sold. You must get us! a tenant for it, Vickers." "Yes, a really good will keep it up as it has been kept up, and pay us a good round sum for the privilege," said Juan.
"Yee; not necessarily brewer," said Muriel. I Mr. Vickers, the lawyer, not being married man, hed no notion that young women could be SO masterful. This pair rather overwhelmed him, in spite of his confidence that Is. had made himself thoroughly intelligible to them.
He shook his head gravely. tenant," said Joao in response. "Oh, yes, agood tenant." Her father became frightened. Its knew that Mr. Vickers knew all; people are usually reticent in the presence of those who know ell.
"Come, now, Mr. Vickers," said Muriel, "we'll give you a is till Monday week; by that time we hope that you will have! seen your way to entrap a really Food tenant. We wouldn't make any rigid enquiries as to his falsity or his antiquity. What about America! America is new there's an unbroken field for the exercise of your ingenuity." dear young lady, there are began Mr. Vickers, indulgently deprecatory.
line expected to be interrupted by one of chore masterful young women and was quite put out when neither of them spoke. "Difficulties." he repeated in a more aggressive key. "Difficultiesobstacles. My dear Colonel, it's not everyone that steeds in immediate want of a mansion with odd bedrooms and. historic associationa." "No; but there's someone who does.
What about South Africa!" said Muriel. Colonel Selwood once again was led to wish that he had got his daughters to invest his money for him. He was plainly the fool of the Mr. Vickery became very thoughtful. He made certain mystic passes with his hands and acessionally touched his teeth with the feather end of his pen.
He seemed trying to reason himself out of an untenable theory. 'True, there are instances," be remarked aloud after considerable lapse. "You have mentioned the name of America, Miss Selwood. America is undoubtedly a large arid growing corn. rnunity.
Some of the best families err Arnerii an, if I he permitted to ray en. cadet branehie which emigrated to the early plan. talons have thriven in America while the original families have died out in England. But, of in the United States the 'nouveaux riches' an' almost an plentiful sa in this country. I have heard of t'hicago.
if we could only find some- I I one in Chicago anxious for an English home. I' have been told that ro strong is the English feel' ing in the States, it is thought the right thing foe one to have a sills in England as well so up the I Hudson and at Saratoga. "Find that man for un, Mr. Vickers," said "We have a commodious villa to be let; with a few enlargements and improvements this little place of our. might do for an American in a small way for a year or two until something really worthy of him turned up" You can tell him frankly that it is on the bijou aide.
I would not try to get the better even of a pcnon from Chicago, said Muriel. After all we need not go out of England to find English spirit," mid Mr. Vickers. "We have still tobacco, and baron, and perhaps butter; but not so sum about butter. A brewers is obvious; whisky is nut what it used to be, and coals are on a level with iron.
money is to be made at both of these, but you must spin rubbish and your newspaper must be for the million. We have spent two hundred million on what we call education, and the result is pays ten per is it twenty" "We don't want education; we want a tenant," said Joan. am talking of the fields," said Mr. Vickers. We must consider the fields still open to us in our search." "There are gold fields and diamond fields," me id is one man in South Africa, hut he I regret to say, modest," said the lawyer.
bad for us; we don't want a modest tenant; we want a man who cannot live unless he has sixty servants dependant on him," said Joan. a man who wants to run the British Empire might undertake Selwood by way of prase Lice. said Muriel. "the man is not available just now," said the lawyer. "He is waiting for England to declare war against the man who stood in his way." "Ves, in his way to Cairo by a new routs," said Joan.
"1 know that that man thinks of himself aa the hub of the fly wheels of the mills of Cod." Are we not drifting?" suggested Colonel Soli wood, gently. Ile had listened to all the wiesteri ful talk of his daughters in admiration fee sans time; but after all, he was the owner of he was entitled to have a voice in the of its future. "Are we not drifting?" ha mildly. and everyone looked at him. "I dinetees, why we need depart from the abstract consideration of a tenant for Selwood.
It prematme. to i talk about individuals at the present stage." ur father quite right, said Muriel. "We' are idiotic to think of individuals just yet; it sal be time enough to discuss them when we have their photographs in a row before us." I am sure that as usual, our intereski eft quite safe in Mr. Vickers's hands." raid Awn. Mr.
Vickers just prevented himself Owe barely did it: it was a narrow thing. if. i allowed himself to smile; his smile had a rim prim twist about it; it was strictly uncompromising; did not bind him down to any ultimate view of the matter. "I shall certainly do my best," said lie. "I daresay let may be done---not immediately, all course.
Selwood is not a suburban "You could build a full-sited suburb out of the stones of Bellwood," said the owner. What a pity they didn't do it," said Joan. "For heaven sake!" cried Mr. Vickers in startled protest, and with an appropriate adios of uplifted hands. This young woman was gasp Iss far, he clearly thought.
The firm of Vielesei had been associated with the Selwood family Ist a eentury and a half. The great.grandfatbse of the existing representative of the firm was the swim who had negotiated the mortgages for the deistdrinking, faro-playing great-grandfather of isting representative of the family. ale sirratesweb beautiful letters') The honour nf Bellwood wee very dear to Mr. Vickers. Ile did no like tobsar I it treated with levity.
The Vickees's were most competent lawyers, I people said. The most competent lawyers are those who are known to make a handsome eaup.etney out of their clients. The Messieurs Vickers' knew that so long as they upheld the House of Selwood, the House of Selwood would' them. Then that's settled," said the colonel, quite cheerfully. "1 suppose, dear father, that you and Mr.
Vickers will settle how much you are to pay sae nually to the lie is found," said, Muriel. much he is to pay me, you mean," midi her father. "Well, as to that--" "No; I meant just what I said." replied the gist "We all know that it is the keeping up of Ore place that is ruinous. It would pay you quite well to give anyone a thousand a year towards the keeping up of the place." Colonel was silent. He was quite well aware of the truth of what his daughter said.
"If we succeed in getting a satisfactory tenant, Mies Jean," said the lawyer, I think that we siall not be called on to make such a contribution as you without some reason, I ad- Nsi.t to be equitable." "The more nearly a tenant approaches to your views, the more satisfactory he will be, Mr. Vickers." said Jose. "Good heavens." cried Colonel Selwood, "are we not only to let the place, but to pays tenant I be living in the' house? Well, I hope it hasn't aurae to that yet." "I hope not," said Joan. "Oh, but mo t.o hum" cried he, in the style of his eighteenth century ancestors who negoteted the mortgages and wrote those interesting letters. If we cannot get a tenant who will be willing to, pay us a price for it must remain on our hands.
That's the last word that need he said on the subject." "We are in the hands of Mr. Vickers," said Muriel, in the tone of the consoling clergyman who, when he has come to the end of his ethical resources, says a few courteous words about Providence. "Of course you will stay to dinner, Mr. Vickers. We hare not yet parted with Mrs.
Haney, and her genius is as brilliant as ever. Vie have always a good dinner, but we shall have an especial one to-night, if you remain, and Joan will sung foe you afterwards." "Fa sing you Songs of Araby. Mr. Vickers, and I papa will tell Sop his stories of the other Arabi whom he so cruelly crushed at Can yen resist such allurements?" cried Joan. She knew that Mr.
Vickers felt inclined to ask why the singing should be dragged into the the allurements of Mn. Harvey's cooking Were enough for him. He confessed as much by the emphasis which be laid on the charm of Joan's singing, and his reference to the existing inanities of the lyric Rage. There was, however, a look in his eye. winch he could not conceal while he made a few airy remarks on the subject of Mrs.
Harvey's glow of sincerity which both the gash aspreciated. He thought it necessary to say at hargth how charming was Miss Joan's socialism; people write columns about a picture that is bought under the terms of the Chantrey Bequest. But a very few words were sufficient for Mrs. Harvey; people do not enter into the details of the Madonna dei Ansedei. He was delighted to stay to dinner.
CHAPTER VII. It was a week later that the two girls called upon Mr. Vickers at his in Lincoln's Inn Yields. They had made an taunts to pay a visit of few days to au aunt whose name was Lady Humber--the widow of an insignificant General who had worked all hie life to be made the Governor of Calapash Island and had died through surprise at his success. She had tiny bouts, in a locality that only missed by a hair's breadth being regarded as fashionable.
As matter of fact there were thousands of moderately people in London who honestly believed that the locality was fashionable, and the house agents strained every nerve to per. petuate the fiction. The house was too tiny to admit of a larger dog than a Japanese spaniel or Pomeranian being the companion of Lady Humber. But she i had one specimen of each of these animals, end else chose them derkest colour available, as to minimise their site. Joan made up story about the ceiling of the dining room being ao low that it was impossible to have anything but soles for dinner.
and that so soon as a kitten grew to be cat it was banished from the house. She herself acquired a stoop after a week'. visit to her aunt, she affirmed; and it remained with her for days Rut then Joan was I nearly as tall as her he was one inch lover six feet; and the diningcoom ceiling at Bellwood was thirty feet high. Mr. Vickers was surprised by the two young women, who's names had been sent up to him by the elderly clerk who had never told a lie.
fHe would have found himself greatly out of place in most offices). Ile felt that they bed come to make some revelation to him, and he Mad no means of neutralising its effect by previous enquiries. But he was pleasegi to them, and recovered himself sufficiently to be able to ask if their father was well. Muriel reassured him on this point and than the girls heliographed to one another. After a decently disjunctive pause, Muriel said "Mr.
Vickers, we have come to you without our lather's knowledge. But you won't mind that. I am sure." Mr. Vickers did not commit himself to any opinion on this point. Ile looked from one girl to the other, and the tip of his pen on the edge of his desk plainly said in the vernacular: That is as may be." We thought it better to come to you to ask you he tell us just how we stand," continued Muriel.
I fear that you haven't much hope of his being Ale to let Belwood. One can never tell," said he. "There may be get rich very quiakiy now.a. days: and Then there are always fools, you would ray. Mr.
Vickers. I see plainly that you place all your hopes upon the fools," said Joan. I don't say that you are wrong," she added in a con. ciliatory way. "What we are most anxious to know is.
what have we got to live on if Belwood remains unletr said Muriel, coming to the point with a sudden. ens that startled Mr. Vickers. They were certainly masterful girls. There was certainly no danger of his startling them in the same way.
He made faces. He raised his eyebrows until his forehead was wrinkled laterally, then he lowered them until tho wrinkles were perpendicular. My dear Miss Bellwood." he said at last, "these little matters can always be made eaey in the case of a great house and a great property. The present income of the estate is least very newly sufficient to pay the interest on the mortjairer end to main, lain the pace. your brother is not extravagant.
He is greatly interested in his work. Should war break out. and I fear that nothing can avert that calamity, he will be on the spot." That's quite true, indeed." raid Joan. ''Then we ran puU through for a year or two, by the aid cf juiketous Lcrrowing. Mr.
Vickers?" Without tho least difficulty; trust to me to look after said tae lawyer. We do trust to you implicitly, Mr. Vickers," cried Joan. "We did not like to worry our father. We knew that you would tell us all we wanted to know.
You have made our minds quite easy. We know now that we can live for some years if we can only borrow enough money for the purpose." "You have quite reassured us. Mr. said Muriel. Mr.
Vickers said how pleased he felt, and he hoped that Lady Humber was well, and added that he had already approached some of the most influential agents on the question of letting Selwood. The agents took this view of the matter; they were by no means despondent. "No one who has any confidence in the supply of food-and I ultimo.e that people who succeed in letting big properties have a large experience in that be wholly despondent in such matters," said and Mr. i ickers looked at her narrowly. He wondered if she added satire to her other resources of masterfulness.
"I thought as much," said Muriel when she woe by her sister's side in Lady Humber's brougham. "We were not mistaken. We are easething more than beggars." And the more we borrow DOW the more we shall have to pay some day," said Joan, who was but imperfectly acquainted with the ethic. of borrowing. "And the worst of it is that it will all fall shall have to pay tome day," said Joan, who was their only brother, a.sulroltern of Gunners moving about from one station to another in the Colony of Natal, "Yes, that's the worst of it." areniiewed Joan.
"We are only girls. What right have we to go on spending his money?" That was the question which these two nine- I teenth century girls put to themselves; feeling' that it was susceptible of one answer only. The reflection that they were sating and drinking and dressing at the of their brother was terrible to them. They felt that they had no rights an daughters of the house of Selwoodthat they had scarcely a right to sleep in two of the forty odd bedrooms at Selwood. Only by reducing themselves in thought to the level of caretakers could they reconcile themselves to the position which they occupied.
Let the severest euroors say what they pleurd, the house must have caretakers, to prevent its falling into ruin; and they knew that they discharged the duties of caretakers as well and as econoniically as the cheapest of housekeepers. They were hard on neither the coals nor the candles. It was sincere satisfaction to Muriel. on their return to after week of thoughtful depression in London. to read her book by the en dicker of the log in the grate.
in order to slue the expense of a lamp, and for Joan to blow out one of the two candles that had been lighted when she war going to play on her piano. This was real saving, each of them felt, and on moon. light nights they went to bed without the aid of any artificial illuminant. when they had sent away their maid a year and perquisite.) to her own room. The maid reed French novels in bed night by the assistance of couple of Colonel Selwood now and again became aware of those acts of genuine economy and was greatly annoyed at them, refusing to accept the false.
hoods, however plausible, which they invented to account for the things that he saw. Any cheeseparing was irritating to him, and he could only his wounded amour propre by spending neap upon something that was quite an. Then the girls looked at each other was so like man, they said, to resent Me saving. And then they began to plot things together, and to order thing. from the tradesmen by postcard instead of by letter.
They exhorted each other to be firm. We have let our hands to the plough, dear," said Muriel. "No matter what happens we shall not look lisek." I Never, never," Joan responded firmly. "We may only be girls, but we are no longer children. Our lives are oar own.
We shall do what wo know to be the poor boy's sake." They felt almost a happy as martyrs. Still when ono of them read in the household column of a ladies paper that excellent oyster sauce could be made out of tinned oysters, the aggregate boldness of the two was not sufficient to carry either of them into the presence of the housekeeper to make the suggestion that in future the cuisine of Bellwood should be conducted on soldered can system. Their courage had its limitations. And then one morning Muriel got a letter which Was signed "Chris," and she announced So hoe father and her sister that Chris Foscroft was coming down for Saturday to Monday visit to the Rectory, and hoped he might drop in for lunch at Selwood on Sunday. I shell be glad of a chat with him about this war said Colonel Selwood.
"I fear that the Government are going to bungle the matter, an usual." At that time President Kruger had not seat his ultimatum to her Majesty Governmentthat document which turned out to be the last articulate expression of his Republic. "Chris says about the likelihood of war," said Muriel, glancing down the letter. "Yes, he says its all settled, and we are grout to send fifty thousand Men to knock the tall hat of Mr. Kruger into the Tugela." "Fifty thousand men," growled Colonel Bel. wood.
What do they waist with fifty thousand rnen? Smeaton is iu luck. His battery is certain to be sent to the front. They'll need every available gun if they are to hold their own in Natal. I shouldn wonder those Trans. vaalers had some comparatively modern gnus, they are so infernally sly.
Oh, yea; Sweeten is in The girls were not quite so sure about the luck. The luck of being sent with a small force to hold in check a large force is not invariably apparent to the womenfolk of the men who are under such orders. And it was really only in very halfhearted way that Muriel said, "Oh, yes. ttmeaton is very "Yee: 1 hope he will be lucky, said Joan, enigmatically. She thought that her wish was about to be granted when in one of the newspapers which arrived she reed the opinion of au expert, which was to the effect that President Kruger would' crawl down at the first sight of military preparations on the part of England.
But this was the paper that irritated her father most because it contained the opinion which he felt to bo the most plausible. "They may as well fight now as again," he growled. "If there's to be a constant patching up of peaces South Africa will fall to pieces be. tween their peaces." This grim play upon the words his daughters interpreted as the result of nervousness. They wondered whether it was the poasibility of peace or the possibility of war that affected his They knew which of the two it was that affected their own nerves.
The healthy instinct of the woman to adore the fighting man has not yet, thank heaven, been crushed out by tion, but it is not the less healthy because it is accompanied by an abhorrence of a fight. "Chris will be able to toll on enough," said Joan. "Dear old Chris! Was there ever a time when he was unable to tell us everything?" We must pray that the pater does not capture him and keep him from us all day." said Muriel. We shall have to plot," said Joan sagely. They had been doing a good deal in this way already; but they had not yet become expert in the service.
When two girls have lived, the one to the age of twenty'four and the other to the age of twenty.two and half, without finding it necessary for their own protection to adopt course of dissimulation, it is not surprising that they should fail to thew any considerable del. testy when they begin to practise it all at once. But they had great hopes that Chris Folcroft would be able to put them up to a trick or two; their hopes being founded on the fact that Chris was in intimate association with a great. London daily newspaper. They did not know very much of the world, but they rather guessed that a hint or two on the Best Way of Not Being Found Out could be given to them by a man who had mastered the working of a London newspaper.
Their friend Chris Folcroft was the eldest sou of the Rector of Husbalidinan's Selwood, and having been brought up with the most lous rare he had naturally turned out a rebel. His father had told him at a very early age that his vocation in life was the Church, and he had at that early age accepted his father's decree without murmuring. The only time when he felt that the Church as a vocation was not enough for there was a larger and fuller life for a man than was to be found within its pre. upon the emulsion of a visit which he paid to London at the age of ten. On his rctorn to the Rectory he told his father that he had a eonviition that he was unfitted for the duties of the ministry.
He felt deeply that his vocation was to be the man who looks after the does outside the Army and Navy Stores. When his father pointed out to him that to attain to a position of so great distinction solved his taking part in many campaigns and wearing many medals on his breast, ho said ho had no objection to go through any number of fights if only he could be sure of so glorious a goal at the last. But he had an alternative iusherce in his mind, If could not become commissionaire in charge of the dogs he would like to become the man who ran after cabs with Luggage on the roof. His eyes sparkled as he spoke of those sprinters whom he had observed and envied, Tally when he became aware of the extent of their emoluments for what, after all, was more citing than a paper thee. When his father explained to him that the best training for the duties of this precarious pro.
feasion woe a count of athletics at a University, he consented to resume his studios with a view to fit himself for the calling which he had chosen. ffis father thought that he could not begin ten Anon to study the works of Demosthenes and Cicero. both masters in the art of vituperation. It was when he wee fifteen that he wanted to Ow a paJfessional cricketer. Could there be ideal in life than playing all day and drawing thirty shillings a week horn the club fm it? He thought not.
At sixteen he made up his mind to become a poet; and he became one. The man who becomes a poet at sixteen be. conies a prig at seventeen, and it was when he rearhed the prig stage that his father began to feel that his eon was a genius. He was not quite so confident on thin point when his son was sent down in his second year et the University, the offence tieing a Fteeary one. Most people aide the University and the Rectory bad no witty in perceiving that to be author of the verses published in the Undergraduates Magazine, dealing somewhat trenchantly wall the personal habits of the Heads of the College, was a far greater achievement than to obtain the highest degree possible to be conferred by the University.
The Rector of Husbandnisit's Selwood, how-1 ever, thought otherwise. lie tietus4 preached a 60.110111 on the text "0 Absalom, my eon, my son rallel to the He had no difficulty finding a pa strikiug incident its the history of the Jewish Sultan, and the two long-legged little girls sitting in the Selwood pew, felt an enormous admiration for Chris, the Rector's son, who was said to be as wicked a boy as Absalom, besides being twice as manly, for Chris's hair was closely cropped. They thought a boy with long hair must have been molly-coddled. 'they were sure that Absalorn's mother moUrooddied him, or was it his of his by dint of punting out the matter iu their uninformed brains, and in spite of the feminine tion of mysterious words and phrases, they came to the conclusion that Absalom must have had in average years between ten and twelve thoucaud And then, to their amazement, they found their was a captain on the staff of General Uppinghiun in those days, and only came to Selwood for a month now and the pert of the wicked Chris against his father; affirming that Chris hadn't much the matter with hint, and that he was white to the phrase which was enigntatical in its assertive of the obvious, but, on the whole, cowforthtg to them. They asked their governess many questions about Chris and his evtl ways, and she told them that she was afraid he was all infidel.
They demanded an explanation of what it was to be an infidel, and she gave them her definition of an infidel. The nest day her twoyoung charges came to her in tears. They it only right to make a clean breast of what was their trouble. Tho fact was that they tetra both infidels, they titp be eiseilesent.l WHAT "THE WORLD" SAYS. King Edward has neat to Elisabeth duch*ess of Wellington beautiful and as memento of the Queen.
It is a broad gold band profusely adorned with diamonds end with a diamond and turquoise pendant. The duch*ess of Wellington waa severe! tines Mistress of the Robes, under Lord l'almerston, Lord Russell, Lord Derby, and Lord Beaconsfield, and was for fifteen years 11843 to 18581 lady of the bedchamber. At that time she was a great deal at Court, and quite participated in the vie of the Queen and the Prince Consort, with both of edema she Was great favourite. The duch*ess is the last survivor of the Court set who were really the mends of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. iuterest will attach to the question the future sales of the Duke and Neches of Cornwall, which in to be asked in the Home of 01.4101111 on Sriday of this week.
doting that the matter involved is one that is wholly within the personal discretion of the Sovereign, the liovernment uuder no oblige. lion to divulge the decision, if any, which tray been arrived at ou the subject, and it is more than unlikely that any detinite answer will be forthcoming at thin moment. but, in the absence of all apparent reason for a departure from the traditional custom, it is very generally anticipated that the Duke and duch*ess of Cornwall will be created Pima) and Princess of Wales either within few days of their return from their Colonial tour--or, to be emcee precise, on the King's birthday. That the 1140 when it is taken, will be an extremely popular ono, it is hardly necessary to add. Whet a string of letters Sir George White eau now write after nis U.C.V.0..
and G.C.M.U.--tweasrpooel This beats Lord Roberts, who hes seventeenueuiely, V.C.„ K.P., Lord Wolseley is entitled to west four these of the K.P., ti.C.B., tLe.hLtiL, and at Clan of the Oanianieh. The Master of the Rolls has made muchneeded protest against the growing tendency of certain judges to permit the suppromion of names in public courts et There are occasionally cans in which the aotarests of justice require that the names of witnesses shall not be mentioned in open court, but the occasions are extremely rare. In the case in which Sir Archibald Smith made his protest the counsel who naked for leavu to appeal sought to suppress risen the naCIICA of the parties. Not ninny days before, in the Divorce Court, a doctor's wife obtained judicial separation from her husband, "on the ground of his adultery with a young lady of geed family, whom am quoting from ireport of the cue in the the President said need not be mentioned in open court." It is obviously most undesirable that women should gain the notion that they will escape the peulty of publicity for their wrongdoing or indiscretion notion which several cases in the courts of late must have done a good deal to encourage. It happened to Bishop Stubbs to hold four separate pieces of Crown preferment, to each of which he was appointed by different Prime Minister.
Lord Russell gave him the Regius Professorship of Modern History at Oxford, 111 succession to Mr. Smith. Lord Beaconsfield made him Canon of St Paul's, on the promotion of Dr. Lightfoot to the see of Durham. Mr.
Gladstone promoted him to the see of Chester, on the retirement of Bishop Jacobson. Lord Salisbury translated him to Oxford, on the retirement of Bishop Mackarness. The Bishop also held two college livings during his in and Cnolderton in Wiltshire. The former is in the gift of Trinity College, Oxford, and the latter of Oriel. The see of Oxford was worth only three thousand a year until the translation of Bishop Begot to Bath and Wellr, when be was succeeded by Bishop Wilberforce, and the new arrangements then came into force.
The income is now five thousand a year, and Cuddesdon is ono of the most agreeable of episcopal residences. The Bishop of Oxford is exolficie Chancellor of the Order of the Garter. It is expected at Oxford that Lord Salisbury will either translate Bishop Talbot from Rochester, or offer the see to the Dean of Christ Church, who is supposed to have already refused one bishopric. It is believed also that Bishop Wordsworth would be glad to leave Salisbury for Coddesdan. "ONE OF THE MOST MELANCHOLY SIGHTS IN THE WORLD." One of the most melancholy sights in the world (says an article in the Greenock is fine sailing boat going to ruin.
Valkyrie 111., former challenger for the America Cup, lies off Oonrceik with seaweed two feet long growing from her sides. After Valkyrie's uneuciailisful she was brought to tiourock Hay, dismantled, and from that day to this is apparently uncarod for. Within sight of thin beautiful bay and the dismantled yacht, lives Mrs. Agee. Turner lireivu, of 14, Hopeton.atreet, Oeurock, thirtysix years of age, end therefore in the prime of Bbe was.
not so very long ago, lamest mei lege and wreck of tier former self. To reporter of the Greenock who had the privilege of interviewing this lady as recent occasion, Mrs. Drown gave the following simount .1 nor unhappy state of existence. "My troubles were atinoet insignificant at expleioed. "but they became more and more serious, until life wee an utter misery to me.
I was always ailing and out of sorts, and quite unfit for my daily work in the louse. My appetite left me, and what food I did force myself to take remained undigesMd in We apatite, cawing me meth distress through flatulency. I had severe pains in the stomach after taking any food, and though I would bare given anything to tot doors to a meal, yet every thing gave even to 100 at it. My friends tnew how really I suffered on this account, end one day I wee rowromondud to take Dr. iVillittuss' piiik pills for pale people.
I bought a hoe of the pillsousd was not dieappointed. One box gore en great relief, and by continuing regularly with Dr. Williams' pink pills my strength came back to me, and I was able to derive nourishment from food. Very soon I teas busy with my household affairs again, finding work no burden. As for the indigestion, I have forgotten it, and can rat whit I fancy and enjoy it, without dreading great deal of pain and discomfort." Brown, it may bo mentioned.
bee a bright little daughter of thirteen, who, poor Child. wan a little martyr to biliousness and lindigestion. lint after a course of Dr. Williams it pink pills she is quite well and free from bilious- there is no more depressing or uncomfortable ailment than indigestion. Disordered digestion gives rise to bilious attacks.
inability to relish food, a sallow skin, sunken eyes, and intense weariness. Illany people make themaelves worse by attempting to relieve the symptoms with purgatives and aperient pills Urn Brown chose the wiser couise, by using the medicine which goes to the root of the disease and cures its symptoms by petnianeotly removing their came. Dr. Williams pink pills for pale people have been proved to core permanently what purgatives only relieve for a time and in the end aggravate. Not only therm but other effects of impoverished blood and exhausted nerves have been thus curedsuch as anemia, consumption, rhenuiatisais, paralysis.
locome.ter ataxy, rickets, scrofula, fit. Vitus fits, hysteria, and feminine discomforts. The only genuine pills are Dr. Williams' and boar the full name, Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people: they can be obtained post trio from Dr.
Williams' medicine company, Holborn Viaduct. London. at two shillings and nisepence per boxes, thirtassi and nine. The Liverpool police. on Saturday caught red-headed a man who.
after throwing pepper in the eyes of a lady in the public robbed het of her purse. OBSERVER, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1901. ATHLETIC NEWS. CRICKET NOTES PROSPITTS. A proposition was under discussion at the annual mesitiag of the isrykbone Club on Wednesshy which, if pseud, would have led to something I iike a revolution in the cricket world, and the! decision of the was naturally awaited with Lein ausiity by votaries of the summed pastime.
The point to be decided was the oftdisputed I.b.w. rule, and the proposal, briefly, was to give a batsman out in the event of hi. leg stopping a ball which, in the opinion of the umpire, would have hit the wickets, whether it be pitched straight or breaking." The new rule, if passed, would have unquestionably have increseed the resiousibilities of the umpire, not at any time a sinroure, and in small matches, where tieutrel umgstres are not employed, would have been found most unsatisfactory. The question which first arises ie the one as to hew the umpire is to kno whether the ball would have broken into the wickets. If a break bowler is clever enough to puzzle a batsman, surely he should have no difficulty in deceiving the umpire as to which way the ball was intended to break.
Many disputes have anaets in our own district owing to an umpire's giving a bataman out when in his opinion, he had his leg befom straight ball, and a batman has often been sent hack for I.b.w. when half of the opposing club have that the umpire had made a mistake. How, then. would it have been if he was also allowed theprivilege of deciding whether broaking ball would have bit the wickets? The matter was put to the vote, and the op p.e nemel was supported by 258 members and by 188. The nmiority in its favour was thin 71, but as this did nut reach the two.thirde majority necessary for an alteration the law remains unchanged.
In our opinion the M.C.C. have done a wise thing in adhering to the old rule. The weather on Saturday could not by any means be described as ideal cricket weather, and was in direct contrast to the previous Saturday. The light was bad, and piercing wind blew throughout the afternoon, inciting it uncomforte able both for players and spectators alike. Thew was only one match of importance in the city, vied Hoole v.
Gwersyllt, our premier team being. engaged at hswestry, but today (Saturday) I etart will be nude by the majority of clubs in this district. At where an old Szture was revived with Boughton Hall, the weather was of the vilest description. The visitors took lint and sent in P. XL Morn.
Davies and the Rev. J. C. Trampleasure to face the bowling of Pitchford and The game opened quintl), three overt being sent down without any runs being knocked off them. Davies then got nicely away for couple and a single, but after adding another single to his score bet the of Trampkasure, who was clean bowled by Pitchford for ill ileglass.
Davies did not add to In. score, being caught off Sheather, but the succeeding four batsmen improved matters considerably. lienshall, Lutener, Barrett and Cameo each securest double Barrett's score of 30 being a prettily-played and welcome item. With. onto estrus the innings closed for K.
total which at ace time did not seem at all probable. Pitchford took sem*n wickets for 43 runs, and Moldier two for Z. Oswestry commend their innings with Mintier and klinahnll, the attack being shared by Hack and Davis Only 13 runs had appeared cm the board when Hack found his way to Mumps. The next two batsmen were disposed of tee same trundler without any alteration to the score. and Whitfield was sent back after troubling the scorers with one run.
Four wickets for 14 runs was not at all rosy for thwestry, sad up to now only one batamau, nfinshall, played that bowling with any degree of lie and hi. neat portlier. Dough, succeeded in taking the store to additiou of the latter was dismissed by Hack, who was bowling in me style. Six more runs were added, making the total 39 for five wickets, when time was called, the match drawn much in favour of Houghton Hall. W.
K. Ifinaliall earned off the batting honours. carrying out his bat for a wellplayed 20. lie undoubtedly saved his side from a lwatiug. 11.
took four wickets for 20 and is to be complimented on the admirable manner in which he has started the season. Days took the remaining wicket at coat of 19 rout. The Mole club commenced the season on Battu day, when they had etwersynt. as opponents. The.
Miele captain, having won the toss, elected to bat first, and Laird and Green faced the bowling of Thomas and Joon. Unfortunately the first ball of the Nagel was answerable for serious accident to No Gerenyllt wicket-keeper. Thomss took the Ent avec and sent down ball which the wicket-keeper failed to bold. and he was struck very severely on the face. The bridge of his non was broken, and it will be some timo before be will be able to take the field again.
The batting of the Hook men was very tame, uo doubt owing to want of practice, and Thomas, the Gwersyllt trundler, carried everything before hint nee good men were dismissed for only 12 runs. and it appeaiod so if lloole would be got rid of for a ridiculously low score. indeed this would have been eke case had it not been for a capital item of 16 from Mr. Extras. as the whole eleven were got rid of for 17 runs.
The innings thus terminated for Si, Thomas. the visiting bowler, bring responsible for the dismissal of eight coma a very small cod. He bowled capitally throughout, and is deserving of congratulation. The Hoole club have always held the reputation of bring much stronger in bowling than inlastting, and this was once again demonstrated on the present occasion. H.
Hill and T. Fenna, who came out with such splendid aversive in the bowling department last season, were again in good form, and, together with Owen, succeeded in dismissing their opponents for 28 runs. Gwersett at one time possessed an excellent chance at win. niog the game, but faded to take advantage of it. At the fall of the sixth wicket 23 runs were registered, but the remaining batsmen were all dismissed for an addition of five rune.
Hoole were thus left winners of a very poor game by tlw row margin of five runs. Owen took two wickets for two runs, Hill three for nine, and Tom Penns' three for M. The former made his Get appearance for Boole, and ou his performance of dater. day will undoubtedly prove an acquisition to the club. A votesl meeting of the club was held on Thursday evening to elect officers for the corning season.
The chair was occupied by Mr. J. T. Whaley, and there was a large attendance. The Chairman read the last balancesheet, which was considered sere satisfactory.
The wow as last Scar has been secured, and a num-1 Er of i'd good matches hove been arranged. and a successful 200 is confidently anticipated. The following officers were captain; Arthur Shepherd, rue-captain; Gee, Griffiths, treasurer; Herbert Shepherd, secretary; with a committee conarsting of Messes. W. Newell, W.
Jones, J. Bowden, J. Jones, Geo. Pugh, Geo. Woods, J.
Woods, F. Woods, T. Griffith. T. Vickers and Geo.
Venables. A cycle club has also been formed with the name officer. in chore, slid it is purposed to hare the cycle rune to the cricket matches when the latter are played away from home. The annual meet of the Haloes Cricket Club was held in the Jubilee Hall on Saturday evening, when the Hon. G.
Ormshy.Csom presided. here was an avenge attendame of those ested in tho guise present. The statement of Cie put year's accounts was preseand, and it spewed a very satisfactory balance on the right side amounting to ES ils. id. The president, the Hots.
G. tirmsby-Gore. was re-elected preaident, and Captain R. W. Ethelston was unanimously elected yin-president.
The hon. monetary aid joint treasurers were reappointed, as wen- also the whole of the committee. A hot of houseamd.boase matches was submitted and approved. TO SECRETARIES OF CRICKET CLUBS. fiereretariee who irierh to knee their ettibfiadoores for the cussing season inserted its our reekty tut aro requested to funeard owed.
cards. The mutts of should be sent in as 'arty as possible, at lotest by first rust on noinneday planting, other. wise ire e.t.a gnaraostee their insertion. A few roles or. the game shovad acrearspany the 'Cora.
FIXTURES. The following fixtures will be played on the ground of the firat.nained eels today 'Battu day): 'Seaton and District v. Boughton Hall Baton Park v. Net too Extra XI.) Birkenhead St. Mary's Boole Chester Victoria: Captain Vice-Captain's side Tattenhall Club game Mold 2nd v.
Penyfordd Barron v. Cheater St. Mary's lasporley v. Alveuley Oarratrrar T. Bouowros HALL.
Played at Oeusetry on Saturday. Score HALL. Morris Darien I Hock Ilkinither lo 3 Stwstber 4 lifinaltali not oat 4 JCTlsinplaitaate Dr Morrie Hack rood Wombat, Pitoblord -13 Hack 0 Lateadw itchford 14 Tram. Barrett Pitchford JO parson 1 Batson bWU Goischlo (Jonah Hack 9 I Hodkineop IrPitchford. aI MU.
not oat Hack 7 Kartrn not It Darla Pitchford 0 Pitchford Lair. 9 Total BOOLE V. OWLIIISTI.L Score Scott 17 Dle ird hlt names 0 Omen 401399044 1 11 HilloOrinne WJ 3, MED Kowa 1 A 1 Par 4D 91 Owe. 114 man 41 lifiehlentom ran oat 1 1 Thom. I Joanwas 004 tent Total Total (toe a .55.) al Playsd at Hook as UN Nsier.
ram. 110TIvnuno Jos. Annals O.mao Or ea 4 1W1 8 Los P.m lablube TH Blaskyoll HUI PlarretNot cot I Jo Fouss 5 Jaws nu oat 3 1W Willis. Dm Wynn 0 0 Wilbur 0 i TRIMS ALL. For over 50 years Tiewift's Boot.
bare stool the tort of time, sod are 0.01 nosurpAttod And curcoalled. Abbey Otttiray tad Deg to biotic FOOTBALL NOTES. SFSNaI. Now that the football season bas medically drawn to a doer, one cannot help wondering whether Chester will have a premier team next mama. Some time ago strenuous efforts were made to secure a ground for the purposes of firstclass team.
but there is still no prospects of that object being atMined. Them is no reason, however, why their efforts should not be renewed, because ev-ryone will agree with me that Chester is sully in need of club similar to the oco which existed tw or th we years ago. Nothing would please loose more than to know that senior club esiMed in the city. But it will be as well So wait in patience 141 next COMO mend. The football season was brought to close at Heithy on Saturday with the retinas match, under the auspices of We Closter and District League (senior division), between the local Ard, eleven bed Flint.
The locals were Me int to become aggressive, the Flint custodian baying to save twice from Evans and then from Doyle. Several determined attacks by rilpi were repulsed by Sutton and Ina and Wen Evaw missed frees grand centre by Hughes, Doyle Wowing over in the next. minute. Tee defence on both sides maintained the upper hand. Ilekby then attecked atrongly, and from a free kick Boyle M.dtd peel.
the 'tutors' eaatodut, seonng the km goal. Riot retehated, but the home team mem took up the attack, and after Boyle bad Pot Marled over Cooke hi the poet Inth bard grounder. Cive.and•take play fol. loutd, but at half.tdoe the some Mood et 1-0 to the borne team's favour. Fielaby rertartcd, sod Evans.
for the hoarders, mired chance from amnia. by Boehm, A couple of free kicks to the locals wen followed by a fruitier corner. The visitors had a turn, but were drives back, and Bibby with a splendid individual effort eared the home tears second god. The boarders still had the best of matters, and sots visitors' custodian was also conspicuous with some excellent saves At length the visitors gained a corer, from which the ball was rushed through. Shortly afterwards they again managed to rush the ball past Sumer from free kick, thus equalising the dons.
The hotnesters afterwards made several determined at. tempte to notch the wohniug goal, lout fouled to agoutt get past the waiters' defence. and when time was called the score remained at two goals doh. The Helsby Rnrerveo 6.irhed their ..100 friendly guns with Dunham Hill cie the latter's ground, sod nun io ems faslnoci by 9 gosh to 2. Teams repearotiii the Newton Rangers.
the and Liverpool and (lob met on the ground at Hoot. on Saturday afternoon in friendly fixture. In striking contrast to the week before, the tors at this encounter wee. very few. The match was oat important, nor was it exciting, but the Rangers upheld their rrputation by besting the visitors to the tune of two Foals to nil.
The Liverpool men playid well on the and several times they hard lines not scoring. Tottenham Ilotapor achieved the vomseit of their ambition on Saturday, defeating Sheffield United at Bolton by three goals to one, and by securing weeswion of the Association Cup. They played rphindid football throughout. wad thoroughly deserved their triumph. Thanks to their bnlhant work the national trophy goes back to the South after a lapse of nearly twenty years, and the Tottenham olub way he heartily congratislated upon haring cot together a side towable of wotrUng the natiooal trophy.
All through the torapetiton the train hare worked with an amount of plink and which has sehlom been surpassed during the whole thirty years the Cup has born struggled fur. A DI STICRT FOOTBALL LEAGUE 1 1 Dittoing 1. ULT UP TO (Legal 191.1fisaVot.Dea.fie.•eikTia 111emegit Pork 2., 1 42 32 21 Wroxiism 14... 9... 4 1..
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GAME TRF.SYABB AT WAVERIIA3I. EXCITING SCENE. Two labourers named Geo. Flitches, Wincham, sad Leonard Groves. Northwich, were charged at iddisbary Petty Sessions.
on Monday, with assaulting (Heave. farmer validate at Weaverhatn, and 111C4.1 elarke, Mortherich, was summoned for aiding sad abetting the others to commit the Tims Gloms said he was employed in setting mete kap as land oocupieJ by Mr. Ellis at on Good Friday, whoa he saw live NM crossing the field with a lurcher dog. Witness knew three of the men and went to intercept them with the view of ascertaining the mamas and addresses of the others. When he was within 50 yards of them he heard the Now we have got the Let's give it him." Witness told the men that they bed ao tight on the field.
and Whathy, one of, the molt, said." lam going to my work." Wit, I aeon reminded Whitley and the others of the feet that they had no necessity to the field with hitcher dog, and mid I "It's different 1U2113111 then thee" Witness replied I am quite as good as you," whereupon Clarke exclaimed, hat 1.1 challenge, go into him." Hitches then started to go for bon, but Groves Lame up and struck witness with his fist, knocking him to the ground. Witness gut up immediately and said something to the effect that Groves had done quite sufficient, and that he would have to pay for what he did. Groves then replied," 1 will do something to pay fur," and again saanniad threatening attitude. Acting in If-defend, however, witmes knocked Groves down this time, a nd endeavoured to keep him on the grated to prevent him from being more violent. Eventually.
Groves got up, but coon afusrwards Hitches' came at him with all his might, and knocked withers backwards for eight or ten 7ards. Groves again 'wet's, sad seated the dog to bite him, but although the animal tore his cloths" he was act otherwise injured. Groves got hold ot witem by the throat, and said be would Choko the life out of witnesem were called to prove that was Smith said that soon site. the assault he examined com- plainest and found a large wound on the foreheed, about an inch long. Two other wounde he found on the left eye and on the left side of the nose.
Complainant was bleeding very much. There was an abrasion near each era, and large aweiliag on the sign' side of the lower jaw. Complainant was in a dared condi' don dike time, and blood war flawing yeur opinion bad gnat violence bees used Smith 'Mere is no doubt that complainant hid been violently assanitael. I may also say that thenit were some marks on Mr. tileare's throat which were visible for there mid the brumes might have been tamed by his end complainant'.
rolling over together. likens struck the drat In reply to the Chairmen, Dr. Smith said he thought some hard substance had been used in the assault upon complainant, but be could out exactly said that when be arrested the three prienners 07 made no reply to the who was with the other men on the land referred ti deposed to seeing Groves and complainant stnig(beg together en the ground. He repented gave evidence to the elect that be did not strike the complainant and that be was bit on the hoed by W. llancrott (Northwioh), who appeared for Hitches.
arid the latter tore a very good character, and he had never been before for an offence of this or any other kind. Hs eriatearled that complainant had esaggerated the cask and hoped the magistrates would bear It Naiad that bad a spotless cheractea, end was. moreover, a stranger to the district. is coseidering their imegistrake retired, and upon their return the chairmen announced that Grover, who baJ, undoubtedly. committed an unprovoked 11411Atlit, would sent to prison for two months, Hitchen for one mouth.
and Clarke for fourtera three roamers, together with Joke Johnson and tittles, both labourers of Weaverham, were then charged with in pursuit of game on lend its he occupation of Mr. Wis. Kilts, at Weeverbsai, on April sth. rheum' 4.illeare repeated his evidence and said he did not wish to press the case against Wtitley. Had it not been for the assistance of Whitley.
the assault might bare been more serious. Ilitchen, Orme, sad Clarke were fined Johnson war' laid Ws. sad omits, and bitley se. and amts. Noise, FOS Till POGIMIL Londondorry on Monday presided at a meeting hold in support of an appeal for the sndowitiont of Queou Vsctoria's Jubilee Institute for 'The sttondanoe included Countess etruevenor and Lady Peurbyn.
Lady Londonderry plaimol that this was intended as a Memorial in remembrance of the late Veman's deep sympathy with sneering and sorrow. The duch*ess of Portland propoevel a resolution approving of the movement, and it was seesonJoil by the duch*ess of Kozburgho, and pt tie the motion of I.r.tly lrar dowse, F. committer, included I he thichroe of Woettniabter, war ap to can out the proposal AG RI CU LTURI. tit* espikl carnage la Obs sprissaassd ea airs during the past Isinsighhi-and sipsolaily WI west Waft all alines 1110 Moan sad besaty of bad and liesses. has buss a matter of asailssentli Thu recent damp.
dull and dismiss trawler. 001 0 so asses keen as isialses sts ass Innis trying to missal life. bat She whale aims is diansed now as with lb. bash et instriousn's mai Nat Nat aim la laws 11011111 with imptimielas sanatisas, as we are iris minded am firerratti We we wimps owe tor by Mks told is oast wird. abash with than soarthinst 'lna to sharp nips trait.
icy traiiihar has carticaly bean helpful to amble fasatiag. lomat that ear backward to be asaitht up; but the cry sow la for amen spring tatan Barley has WWI aissost diwartkel ductal' tie sissein waists oa account of the latearac al lb. Moos. Was; by nate. Winter wheat is everywhere a capital plant, and early spring scielags ire shorriud up favourably.
Low-Mug are full of 'butt gram. but warms: weather is needed to till in a good bite foe dairy rattle it cloy are to be turned out by the proverbial 12th of Aay. The donuJedstacs yards are beginning to tell plainly the nemssity foe this. Our sit Mead lb. oldieit inhabitant" coalmen to warmly being able to tali to mind midi a Isle spring, lasting is fact up to the time of pew potations for marigold mums.
kleansinele stook prospects onatinne rtaeloator Mk the improved outlook for keep. Loom is nothing of druskild this week in consection with Ile markets. We hare now arrived at Mai Illma St year when the old stock, IS Colonial. is vanishing quaatity, sal chutes as sought after. 'dim demand ileedinsien steady and lautatirtts are ins WV tally Mae values, and is toes eases Mee Wray is salted.
biases wait. Casadiaa. whli Is saili Use primalst foreign quality. Map Me sad ooloassii 2s. lois.
lias mosey. New Zeataail manias steady at last wellies quoteduris, ma 44a. to 411 e. TliE MILK STANDARD. Writing es We satigert: cornitipundesst prr tinently is great mimeo so me that us fling stendard for the solids and fat.
is milk no attruticia seeing to be paid to matters which are falsely to affect and are entirely beyond the control of the farmer producer. Take the weather, for Ktery tanner must be awarst.that when the rattle are us Um Meld a agecestiote of cold, wet Moroi. and wend will greatly talleenos both the walk and butter Meld, is winter a spell of Letter cold weather will mot only reduce the quentsy of mat. bet a rob that winch is misled of tennis! of MOM that little or no boner ran be gathered. How, than, under the.
seentnitatioro is Ike stairisid el nulls to be toatitlanied! lIIPORTATION UK 1 40104 ibetwuvulof the Scatty an ronsodering a matter sot great us. potence to the horse breeders std owners of the country. Mr. lierustui has brougot beton them the hussy anuses lor caused to England by the tree end uurestneted importation of dioceses, such as levers, innueusa, and pink eye, to our ports by toreugu horses. At preont tot statutory regulatutuo are in torte with regard to tto importatton of horses into (Croat Betted, It ti, indeed, extraordivary that such should be the Cabe, and it ts time that own a matter dcl*tate attention horn tto board ut Airrtrunure.
It to wittstactory, to boon that cie hunter: bonety contn.uni eating with otter bona breeding beelellet WI the ststitect, and OW opossum wd: watt not kir. itcuttury. din Minister fur with stew to Ma steps being taken to Ittwiert the horses to tau country front unported ut-eate. WAILBLktg. The Irish Department cl Agriculture placed on ties at toe Outitin Show a stilton ilissAratom ail the miscnte tat as wrougat In cattle by Ine warble tly.
There were ude by side wended and woad hoies, sod the suo.parison was indeed and ccuul naNty have failed to terribly the usual ui the hitch, gent stock owner. The warlord hide. were rtr.died to degree that rendered them rally melees. let the injury to the hide does not welly represent the whole of the damage that results Crum neglect of this common pees; in tact. tins the smelter part of use modiable lass.
The torture which the affected annuls endure retards their progress to en extent which, if it could be correctly seduced to figures, would tar outweigh the depreciation in the sane oh the hides. FAVUS IN POULTRY. The board of Agriculture hate issued a leaflet toss ecvurge to ponitry and poultry raisers. the disordet, It is stated. 1.
due to a minute fungus which attacks the comb, wattle, and mock at lords, and causes the of use latter to fall off; sometimes ono only lit the meek may be affected. becoming guite deplumed. whale the other chews no sign of ins anon. As rule it is the comb that when first and most from the attack. Being Muhl' easitagsniis.
fetus often spreads with great rapidity, and care should be token inn handling patients, as tie diume can be transmitted to nun, on whom st is not emenable to treatment as in birds. It is probable, however. that the disease can only be planted either naturally or artikially on an abraded rurfare. The treatment COMILIOU to tattling the invaded pane with warm water sad soft soap, and then applying some ointment to destroy the parasite. Nitrate of silver well Tabbed into the comb and wattles has been found of great beoebt; an ointment of 5 per cent.
of the nitrate of silver i lard may be wed for the. purpose. Red oxide mercury one part, to lard ergot parts, has posed an euellent remedy if used for several dam It is most essential to well foment the diseased pert. previously to applying the ointment, and to remove as far as poeiule ail the facie crusts with a blunt knife. Lis.
cannot be too careful in miming a fresh bird before turning it into the niu, which, it is scarcely sensory to add, should 1104 be duns it any signs of fame are noticed upon it. BACTERIA IN MILK. Whether or sot we ought to be thankful to the iuduatrious fur rerwiliag the horrors sad risks connected with oar dillareat articles of fool supply in their raw statism with some people moot point. Tame folk--mestly aid we sear had anthing of this sort in old times, when we got alma es well and ewes better then now. 'luny are liable to Wyk however, tae diminution of epthavalas la thew days am compared with what the bees aptly termed the nasty old la tide ocaussetion is due to a certata Ramey Deckhouse.
a Continental who has taken pain. to ascertain the Rumbas of those organisms premiss is milk, is the sir of the cowhouse, in litter, food to, and though it does not follow that therm matermle sustain even approziniatidy the same anesher at germs under all mandltiMalt, the agates we amertheleas of interest. la the ether matt. (1 Conlanwarr ...30.100 IL), 6,600 bacterla lIIIMP discovered, and It! milk ahem had pawed threes It sin weasels 97,620. Wilk from a welt.
elethed cow 33,000 per mho centimetres from another, 170,00) In smother ewe Wilma milk drawn was found to contain MOO pee ethic centimetre while the Wet was therthe Wilk en the farm onntmetd 25,000 bacteria per cubist centimetre, bat that ois too market no fewer thou 2.000,000. Is the open air Proieleur kleakheare booed 7.900 seatinereth that of is Mama cos. 29,000 i nod in that of a werineted cow. boom, 690(. the the earhaes of metal waist he found 710 per square emitiatetre.
'safest 279,000 in the ease of woodea one. Noes litter embalmed 20t40 per (mime) centigram and good straw, 75.000.! Pungent. ootitoioyd .122 per 7 and poet water 228.000. BOW THE EARNED OFTEN DONE" correspondent aho i in nasal A naiyot." writing in the ray. I hews often heard complawats amide iu heart by milk and farmers that their milk.hasie ate tampered with in transit.
owing to so lecke being allowed on them. The legitimacy of this mateation was forcibly impremod us my salad twin At a little country statics I watched the atatinwmaster deliberately go to the of the milk-cane, stitch was standing on the platform. sad transfer from it to his of his owe about quarts of milk. It is quite possible that the otatiownamiter had the permission of the farmer for hie action, but at the thane time such an example to the potryi must hares very bad Aka, and might probthly suggest to them similar litho( action, and the possibility ni the addition of water to restore the original of milk an great stretch of the imagination. finch an actich.
I method, ought not to be 1NP 1111 4 or DAIRY a of the council of the British Dairy Association on Wirdnerdsy, attestioa draws to the pieataties of forego sad cram now being imported into the Uaited Kingdom, the total tor the four weeks ewdlng April 27th being 640 est. (4 fink milli in n.s I or drums. 341 cwt. of cram, 397 cwt. of preescreed and 86.050.•.
t. of condensed milk.l The imports of the named article in 19031 WWII of the Wei of £1,743,475. With ireferuscel to the prepeeete the Board of Agriculture Dopartiesindal Osinnittee en Milk and Crests Regulations. the meting peered a rusoletiou doeierinn that le view of the different and it. elhpitible eteditions under which milk is pro.
duord it is inadvisable to de a legal standard. POSTA a Slkket, before the Royal Arreniod Commission on Saturday, Dr. Nathan Raw stated that one cane of acute arsenical poisoning under his ears at Liverpool was that of a men who bad been a teetotaller for sin months. and on breaking out bad drank 42 pinta of hei in two days. Th.
symptom. pulped off rapidly. and in a toitnigbt complain can star TURNIID OUT TO DIE. TREATMENT uP RHYL At the Rhyl Petty on Tuesday. Jane Davao.
donkey driver. was wennanned by Um R.R.P.C.•. for a donkey by taming it oat on the where thrtr 111111 TOOT bttla gram, while the 1.411710 1.4 In Wag an underfed and ethaisted rovoldnin at to he onside to pet oven a sooty meal from the pram on the modbins Mr. Joseph I.loyd. minder.
who appeared for the sottety. $1 was the practice of drivers to pet all they wit of their entombs, and whets they pen aged to turn them adnft to starve and dw Mary Ann Welimptemecod. Ethyl. MA the found the mums! lyetg us a Sad of mreiholls end little rank unable, ow nag to its in end aswd ton. damn eats to get water or quoit Although the as, alive 111 Is Mk were elnady peek.
nip at to logo, RlVrr A. remotion aid as to the of the animal. which ate food ravenously 7M re am little dunk that the animal had had hide or no food for several day. Pt'. Tromso.
said he was told of the donkejs and whin lie went to the plate he found that the birds were peeking at the amosal's eyes arid ran A veterinary sampan noted that the animal mold not stand The defendant said that persona to lemma the 4110141 Into lb. she had glees It toms pre. parsed food. mid must have row. to Ito i rho Remelt said $1 was ow ivinsed treaumesa, but milliard a fire of b.
het and norm (winch es. needed or one hard labour. EDDIsItUltl PI TTY sktiSIONS. DNDAT. 7 lb4are Mr Wilbraham (Irak.
ma). Col Los.4h. 0,. rooltb. Kr.
V- C. H.M.* osp4 raw. LICENSEE F.V.IOES THE LAW SERI MB Jauter Donut Barked, lin-twee of a beertioure in Chrstermtd. flawkwas, was charged with allotting deflating cis In. to Imam (hark.
Langford, groom, was claterd with Adam and abettitg. Ih. P. 11. (Norton wed on b.
half of the poike. while Ur. Barer tl (North. wichi represented Borland --Mr. Cheraw.
wed that the proceeditizr were taken out wader the itb sootiest of the Lit-easing Act. 167 and the penalty was £lO for the first can and MO he thr aceoud. Defendant was the roamer of as of licence and groorly butanes. at Wasattiwia. and the prettuate adywned each other.
I. of numerous consplautasi P.C. Baba was we the lookout on ilhk. and at 10.11 wins the shop should been elated. he taw Isar IMLIOII.
out of 111" pr. 1110,11, but there evidence to thew that thew nee were Nerved oak drink. The constable era. a sky' thataose soy at the but when he arre-ed at a honor he looked through the and caw another doom named Watford ant of a rat it.H. ques tio ne oe saga 1.1 ha sewwowed em her pewee, earl the aril to the effect that Ike beer was eat weed hoe knowlecke or consent.
It was awertained that gad named Emily Platt had soppard the beer. hut he (Mr. Chartoni contended out Borland was the per.o2 borated Ihm Watenient. When he quest ioned Mr. Borland she nossonstrated with girl named Iraletr in 1606 and mud the latter uo4Lt to have wade the grown take his beer outran-.
Langford was sating with ho back the partition mode. and th. girl was only about teen yards away. H. understood that the lag clad net belong to Harland.
Langford must hare take. it Irak. Boe laud had been prevaautly Beseech contended itot his client was ant wren at. the base that Ltogford drank the haw an Ira A C.ot in lavoar of Mr. ealland an.
the hot that jag tivl not baked to him that th-(or was hiuteint into the shop by Bench 4 1 101, and costa on and let Of Langford as minima of costa Barked rut alto cedes.vl to pay IiPP fee. which amenoted to Ws. C.U3BAGE PL INTN Dykes. Kintsicy. was charged with stes out tee rid cob bur ptants, vo at 81.
rood she was ordered to tome op for jitil-rn wsitu called wpm. Phe also bad to pav the 42.. UNLAWFUL aIENItiVAL OF Hall, Kinlialey, was cliarc with wrenches piss foam him which were infected with some Gnfiths raid I haaded to ilderdwat in the latter cad of Fel nary a entice rogaldlog the twine fever reguktsona. bat when he called at the poetises short tone 30M111d11 b. sawseined that nine pits be'wsiging to dedsaboat been takoa away and told.
He (the sorgoaatt repeeled the smatter to headquarters, Nat Wag thee this 21i20.11 discovered that drienekant bad removed. or WWII ILO be removed. taw from his was food sachiding coda attoletle LICENSINif Etta haws at the Home Jokey lan, was MOW to James Jackson. of tiolaby. BUOrTuN 1 11.1T1 bESSIONS.
11r. J. 11. Lathe (chair mato, Lord Arthur Gm senor, the Rev. C.
Us DIODWD S. H. gesidheck, Jobe Howard, and Hugh Ahleney, A EIGHT AT labourer mused Samuel Coessorth, Malmo. wu charged with committing Mears of the peace by Aglituag at Maims on the 2nd ad Maros. iegoorlory deposed to seeing defendant lighting with another young man at dilative.
shortly after tea p.m.- Oefendant. who he oaly attest to ealldefence. was butme over in LS to keep the poem for sea CHESTER YOUNG LADY FAILS TO young lady named Beatrice Owen. residing at Bentu, failed to appear is answer to a charge of oboe' bicycle without light one hour titer lightingap Bench geed her Ss. and rot'.
MR. LECII.E AND'Slit. POLICE BER Turnti, 'Mesmer. was charged with being drunk as boomed Bowden said that at 210 p.m. so rtunday afternoon.
the 31st of last month, be sae on duty in Eirendon and saw the fondant going along the road is an intakscated condition. lie entered she Nag's Head, accepted by Mr. Jones, and ordered a guns of beer. The licensee. hammer, refused to term ham.
swing his condition. mod requested hint to go oat of the house. Witness reminded lure that he had no right to be on heeneed but Turner mod he was not so bad and could do with glere of Chairman: Seem( defeodanCe new why did you not iulinuon hint for being drunk before he entered the publichome? Too saw that he was drunk on tne pubm highway. and I am at to uuder-end why you did not take proceeding. against him before put allowed Min to enter the Head.
We know that the licensee. Mr. Jouvi, refund to iene Turner with any liquor, but under other stances it inignt, have appeared a. if Mr. Jones had permitted drunkenness on hi.
premien. Them hat not been a single complaint about the way in which Mr. Joues has conducted hi. S. I should not se ported the matter had defeudant oat gum IWO the Tee Imo was not The Chairman: 1 Bare sty you base acted eery but I think the Bench will agree with me that you should have take.
another 00111110 and cautioned the landlord at once before Timer was allowed to go into the peberbonies. The titmice, as I have already stated, might bate been surpeeted cf pertaittiog There has never been charge egaiust the liceseee before, and it it tether unpleamat to Mr. Jame for a summon. of this Lod to be takes gee of St. and 'too was imposed ea Turner.
CRUELTY TO A emaiet gardener named John Thomas. residing at Holt. cent ehargeJ with working a hone while is au unfit JOhololl sad that at 4 p.m. on Mare'l liSth he was oe duty at Cherton when he saw defendant in charge of brown gelding to market cart. in which Thomas vas riding.
The bore. seemed to walk cub extveire pain, and when eirrotioned eM fondant admitted that the animal was lame. He allo told wither that Ito hone had been to Choler and hack, a disteme of abort eighteen mile. altogether. Thomas raid he had hammed the hone from Thome.
of J. HadlehL iretannary vormion. Chester. said he tad exanneed the tuainsal, and found both fore feet eery lame. The hens ma ale wilerior from ia4med tendon.
It um certainly not ft to work. -Thomas Rowlai.d. was alm charged will. musing the gelding to be worked white in an sulk Fluted that Mies ho called at the farm of Mr. the latter admitted that the animal va.
Isom to extent. but thought it ea. S. reply to the Chairman. Mr.
Ilaiifivld raid in the hone had brru hme for tense bttle defendikets este 11,04 10.. and costa. CLAIM FOR George Windsor, lad aged 14 years. claimed LI 3. (nun Mr.
Hall. lloothry. for tens January fad to April 131 h. 1901, )Irs Hall 11 ,...,4 of her said he wag en gaged for twelve months at the annual wage it Et. He had beet.
away for a few days with bed a nds, but sort bark to work on the Ist .1 -Complamanes mother gave 111 support of the claim. -The Chairman ordered the auao.ey to be paid to Windsor. A Kier ud we Friday th irrepreerible Mr. Side Wesel, a plural eisieriero by rifle( to plain of order arid interreptier several speakers. Healy, wham Col.
Coverrallie.Weet. is marine the adoptioe of the report of the Art Committee. was waking fee perfectly justifiable remarks. Mr. Lumley.
rimier to another point of order. asked whether Col. Wert erre le order is speller whoa Uwe was nothier before the westing produced the retort fawn (01. West As Mr. Lumley is is all prehthality to bear Wessel, eprothier, 'hall sit down.
Amid tie loud laughter elicited by We Mr. Leak 7 looked abeeltad. to Diamond For Dv cri es Ikea Um. wey Ogd Clothes i k. 116 2.1fma Met.
