Ross Gazette 25th June 1914 - Page 8
Ross Gazette 25th June 1914 - Page 8
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| Date | 25/06/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 25th June 1914 |
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Costumes Fit , that are New , that will Please . Largest Stock in the County ERE IS NO BETTER VALUE . AKEFIELD KNICHT , HEREFORD . CHIPS OF NEWS . the birthday honours are an Earl- Lord Kitchener , Peerages for the of the Rolls , Sir Edgar Vincent , and eneral J. F. Brocklehurst , and Earl Beauchamp . . ustrian army dirigible balloon ex- on being struck by an aeroplane which empting to pass over it near Vienna es were lost , and both machines were d . revolver shote were fired in Paris st Henri de Rothschild , who Was d in the leg . An aged dairyman , who hat he has been ruined by the " Roths- nesp milk supply . " was his assailant . death is announced of Baroness Bertha ttner , the famous apostle of peace . Asquith received a deputation from the London Federation of gette on ay , and promised that their arguments hare his " careful and mature con- on . " Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke at ral demonstration at Denmark Hill on sy , dealing with the Ulster question Badget . e opening on Saturday of the Wembley Garden Suburb Mr. Long , M.P. , re- to the diffenities of the " black coat of the lower middle classes on whom rden was heavier than on the work- n . Admiralty have decided to abandon the of the stranded hospital ship Maine . ediator , now fitting out as an additional ship . is to take her name . air race from London to Manchester ack was won by the American airman , Brock , who also won the air Derby in the month . King has appointed Mr. Frederick e Barrington Ward to be Recorder of in place of Mr. Beaumont Morice , who ed on his appointment as stipendiary rate at Bradford , n - Thomas Black . an overseer of Anstey , has been found drowned in a ster . oir . German Emperor visited a wireless near Hanover . and exchanged wireless ges with President Wilson at Washing- n Saturday . er striking the last chord of a piece he blaying at the piano . Dr. A. B. Plant . gh organist of Burton - on - Trent , fell as the resu !: of a heart attack . ands to the north of British New Guinea been devastated by a thunderstorm and arthquake . Hundreds of houses collapsed , a number of natives were drowned . and Mrs. Walter Douglas Graham , who their lives in the Empress of Ireland , buried at Paddington Cemetery оп rday . The aged widowed mother of Mr. am resides at Acton , where the family well known . e Bishop of London dedicated the ern addition and chancel of St. Augus- Church . Highgate , on Saturday . In of the declared intention of local Suffra- church members acted as special ds , but nothing occurred to mar the service . hn Howard , of Nottingham . was drowned st bathing with three companions in a near Sheffield on Saturday . Midland Railway engine driver , Fred- Blakelock , of Sheffield . was cut to s by an express train while stepping off engine . cart A number horse attached to a heavily laden . ed at Llandilo on Saturday . eople fled for safety to a stationer's shop corner . but the horse leaped into the door . bringing down a large window injuring several persons . ae death took place in Clonmel on Satur- of one of the oldest Crimean veterans , eph Perridge , who served in the Burmah 3. the Crimean War . and the Indian tiny , and retired after twenty one years ' ice . He was at the storming of the Redan . Thile a Sunday school was being de- ished in Hornby street , Heywood , twenty s of bricks and mortar fell , barying a named Peters , who was instantly killed . ther had his ankle broken . and eral other workmen had miraculous escapes . man named Claude Burfield , of Cooper's- et , Leicester , threw himself from a pas- man ger train approaching Leicester on Satur and was killed . he - Guardians of the City of London pro- e to aller card playing during certain rs by the pants at the Bow institution .. he true of Earl De La Warr's estate e offer to sell the Bexhill Golf Links to tow and it is said that the price asked € 14.000 t an inquest at Barryport on Saturday on brothers hamed Pritchard , drowned in Harbour whilst bathing , a verdict of acci tally drowned was returned . astbourne on Saturday celebrated Queen xandra Day . Flags and streamers of roses g from sine and private houses , while army of ladies , dressed in white , did a dy trade with roses . he purchase of the Crystal Palace and and from Lord Plymouth by the new stees on behalf of the public is now prac lly complete , says the City Press . The nal contract for the purchase was signed week . a deposit of £ 20,000 being paid . he Great Northern Railway Station at dpoeth . four miles from Wrexham , was troyed by fire Surday . es were barn : All the build- except the signal- Book par and tickets were en- darism is suspected . Irs . Mary K. will be 100 years old Christled in Letchworth for ety - t and for the whole time in members Letchworth when score of houses . Arabout a the len City houses 10,000 persons . Does baby talk yet ? " asked a friend of family of the little brother . " No , " re- " He the little brother , disgustedly . t need to talk . All he has to do is yell , he gets everything in the house worth ng . " indignant letter dictated by a clever old thus : " Sir , my typist , being eman ran By cannot take down what I think of I. being a gentleman , cannot express but you , being neither , can readily di- it . " old woman in Sussex was severely re- ed by the parson for curtseying whenever name of Satan was mentioned . Asked she did so , she replied : " Well , civility nothing , and you never know what'll en ! " rton's BENEDICT PILLS Free to Ladies . a few days correct all irregularities and ve all obstructions ; also cure Anemia , and no injury ; to the married or single are able . From most chemists , or by post , cover , 1/1 or 2/9 , from Horton & Co. , iste ( Chief Dispenser from the late ingham Lying - in Hospital ) , Dept. 10 , Aston r , Birmingham . Sold over 50 years . All e should send penny stamp for a free sample le , also Improved Sanitary Towel , and in-- ing booklet post free . Newton Linen Note A FASHIONABLE NOTE PAPER , AT A POPULAR PRICE . The New Size in several Delicate Tints , with very Dainty Wallet - shaped Envelopes to match . Our Price 7¹td . per lb. box . Private Address Embossed or Printed to order . Large variety of Note Paper to select from at THE ROSS GAZETTE OFFICE , 44 , High - street & Church - street , ROSS . FACTS AND FANCIES . A MILLER'S STRANGE WHIM . Upon the summit of Highdown Hill , a few miles from Worthing , there may be seen the tomb of an eccentric miller named John Oliver , who not only selected this spot on the Sussex hills for his place of sepulture , but also anticipated his demise by erecting a mausoleum there some thirty years before he was destined to occupy it . Dying on May 27th , 1793 , the miller's funeral was perhaps one of the most remark- able ever witnessed in the Southern county , the obsequies being attended by nearly 3,000 persons , all of whom were enjoined to wear nothing but gay clothes , while the sermon for the occasion was read by a little girl of twelve . Adjoining the tomb itself is a wooden sum- mer - house in which the miller was wont to sit and admire the delightful prospect which its position on the Downs afforded , and doubtless erstwhile contemplating on his future state . Notwithstanding that the worthy miller ap- pears to have left the sum of twenty pounds per annum for the keeping up of his tomb and summer retreat , both of them have now fallen into a somewhat neglected state , though the fame of the spot itself is still an attraction to Worthing visitors . WHAT A MAN EATS . A scientist with a passion for statistics , says Science Siftings , has been computing the amount of food that the average man eats in a lifetime . He asserts that in the pro- cess of attaining his three score years and ten he takes about fifty - four tons of solid food and fifty - three tons of liquid . He will have eaten 12,000 eggs , 400lb . of cheese , about four tons of fish , and , could it have been all baked at once , a loaf of bread equal in size to an ordinary family hotel . But think of the Our seientist says a vegetables devoured train three miles long would be required to bring a life's supply to the average man . PRESERVING THE BUFFALO . The famous Dominion Buffalo Park , situ- ated at Wainwright , Alberta , is an enormous enclosure , containing , all told , over 100,000 acres of land , and is surrounded and cross- fenced by seventy - five miles of strong fencing at a cost of £ 200 a mile . It is a fine grazing ground , partly wooded and containing many sand dunes , providing wallows , which the buffaloes enjoy . It is the home of the largest herd of wild buffalo in the world . The Cana- dian Dominion Government , fearing that the buffalo , the original denizen of Western Canada , was in danger of becoming extinct , purchased a few years ago , in Montana , the only large buffalo herd ( 850 in number ) in existence . Fifty more were obtained from various parts of Canada , Oklahoma , and There has since been a natural in- Texas . crease , until there are now over 1,400 animals in the herd . A large number of men are em- ployed in connection with the park fence riders to report on the condition of the case of deep snow , others to put up hay in gate keepers , game wardens , a park governor , and superintendent quite & commissioner , small , well - organised army . fences , men to plough fire guards annually , of FLOWERS AS FOOD . Candied violets are now a product of some commercial importance . At Grasse , France , in which neighbourhood immense quantities of these flowers are grown , all the old and stale violets are sold to manufacturers of con- fectionery . In Roumania , violets , roses , and lime flowers are utilised largely for flavouring The most different kinds . preserves esteemed sherbet in Egypt is prepared by pounding violets and boiling them in sugar . This violet sherbet is of a green colour , and is Rose- called the " Grand Signor's Sherbet . " buds boiled in sugar and made into a preserve In China dried are eaten by Arabian women . rosebuds are used as a condiment . Rose petals are candied like violets , and so , likewise , are jasmines . The yellow pond - lilies make delightful preserves , and from them the Turks prepare a cociing drink . These flowers have a perfume like that of brandy , and hence . are sometimes called " brandy bottles . " as Thun- species of lily known to botanists bergi is one of the choicest delicacies of the Chinese kitchen . common WESLEY'S CHAPEL . aware 80 How many or few Londoners are that facing Bunhill - fields is Wesley's Chapel , in the graveyard of which Wesley has his last resting - place . And at the corner of Old- street ( which opens left and right of us ) , Mr. St. John Adcock reminds us in " A Book- lover's London " ( Methuen ) , is that Hoxton ( then Hogsden ) where Ben Jonson's Master Knowell and his son lived ; all about there was Hoxton Fields , to which there are in " Every Man in His many references Humour , " and once in Hoxton Fields Ben Jonson fought a duel with Gabriel Spencer , the player , and killed him . Curtain - road is along there , commemorating the old Curtain Theatre , with which Shakespeare was asso- ciated when he first came to London , and at the far end of Old - street is Shoreditch Church , in whose churchyard lie some of the Curtain's famous actors . SMALLEST BRITISH BIRD . The chief distinctive mark of the gold- crested wren is its diminutive size . It is the smallest British bird , about five of them making an ounce . In body - colour they ap- proach the willow wren , but are not quite so elongated in appearance , and are more tit- like in their habits and attitudes . Both male and female have the yellow crown , but it is not developed in the young until after the first month . Gold - crests frequently choose the spruce - fir as a nesting site , but where un- clipped yews abound their lovely , somewhat chaffinch - like nest is more usually suspended from the end of the branches of the last- named . It is marvellous how these tiny specks of birds can effect a sea - passage . MAN AND HIS SUPERSTITIONS . However strenuously we may deny any THE ROSS AGRICULTURAL NOTES . BY A PRACTICAL FARMER GAZETTE THURSDAY , JUNE 25 , 1914 . whole milk . THE WEEK'S GARDENING . The Burning Bush ( Dictamnus fraxinella ) is one of the most striking and interesting her . baceous planta in flower at the present time te stately , erect spikes of either white oz purplish Howers are not in the least affected by hot , dry weather , and they will remain fresh for some time either growing or cut . The plant does not grow to any great size , which is an advantage for small gardens , and the wild garden . It derives its common name from the fact that in the evening , after a very hot day , fumes are given off , which will some times ignite when a lighted match is held just over the plant . alleged in this case ) he would call half - meal cheese , or skimmed - milk cheese . He added that cheese made in Cheshire from Cheshire milk would not be Cheshire cheese if only 17 cent . of fat was contained . He agreed there could be various qualities of Cheshire cheese , SMALL HOLDINGS . but he did not think it could be Cheshire Up to the end of last year the Small Hold . cheese if 17 per cent . cheese was made from inge Act had been the means of providing The Bench , in fining the defendant £ 1 and small holdings for 17,005 applicants in the costs , stated that from the evidence they were six years since it came into operation , and it of the opinion that Cheshire cheese must be is of interest to learn that at the present time made from practically whole milk , and it the unsatisfied demand , from applicants who could not be produced from practically whole is an excellent subject for naturalising in have been approved as suitable by County milk with a less percentage of fat than 24 per Councils is less than it has been at any time cent . This judgment will no doubt be followed since the Act was passed . There has been in the case of other kinds of cheese . much discussion as to whether these holdings would pay , and if the punctual payment of rents is any guide we may take it that the majority of them are being worked at a profit . Inquiries have shown that , with a few exceptions , the rents charged for the small holdings have been paid punctually . Many of the Councils now have a very considerable area of land under their management , and it is not unnatural that there should be some arrears , especially in view of the fact that it is customary with agricultural tenancies to allow one or two months ' grace , and not re- quire payments on the actual dates when rents are due . Official information shows , in- deed ; that the position as regards arrears of rent from the statutory small holdings com pares very favourably with the position on most large estates . Judging by the number of tenancies determined by notices to quit , which représente a proportion of less than 1 per cent . , unsatisfactory tenants are very few indeed . LEDBURY HUNT HEDGING COMPETITIONS . PRIZE - WINNERS FOR 1914 . The following are the awards in the Led- bury Hunt hedging competitons , the prizes for which are given by Sir George Bullough , Master of the Hunt . Failure to grow plants on a roof may generally be traced to insufficiently - drained subs , boxes , barrels , and pots , to insufficient water , or to cultivating unsuitable subjects . Barrels should have several round holes bored in their sides , a foot or more from the ground , as well as plenty of holes in their placed against the side holes , for the water to bases ; fibrous masses of loam should be Alter through , and the basal holes should each have a concave piece of crock laid over . Over the crocks there should be four inches Class 1. - For farmers occupying not more than 50 acres of land - 1 , £ 5 , J. H. Houldey , Kingstanding , Asshleworth ; 2 , £ 3 , J. Bay depth of pebble stones in barrels , two inches Vine Farm , Staunton ; 3. £ 2 , W. H. Stalin lower tubs , and an inch at least in big pots lad , Boulsdon House . Newent . The soil used should be portion is necessary to provide an abundanee of it . Driblets which only wet the surface do more harm than good . Class 2. - For farmers occupying between or shallow boxes . 50 and 150 acres of land . - 1 , £ 5 , G. Jones , sweet turf loam , with some leaf - mould and Merrimans Farm , Tibberton ; 2. £ 3 , Q. M. old manure , mixed with a fourth Morgan , Woolpits , Ledbury ; 3. £ 2 , F. J.water that is given will readily filter away , it made up of sand and brick rubble . As the Chapman , Darnells Farm . Linton . Class 3. - For farmers occupying over 150 acres of land - 1 , £ 5 , A. R. Ebborn , Boseley Court , Westbury - on - Severn ; 2 , £ 8 . C. E. Ireland , The Hill , Staunton ; 3 , £ 2 , J. L. The flowering season of many plants is much prolonged if fading blooms and seed Cotblshiey , Eccleswall Court , Linton . pods are carefully and regularly removed . This is especially so in the case of sweet peas and violas , both of which are apt to ease flowering if allowed to go to seed . If the first display of bloom is taken off pyre- thrums as soon as it has passed its prime a second crop will be produced towards the end of the summer , In awarding these prizes the judge has taken into consideration the number of yards of fence cut and laid since May 1st , 1913 , the workmanship of such fences , and the general condition of the fences and gates on the farm . I A NEW TILLING MACHINE . The introduction of machinery has effected such remarkable changes in agriculture in the past few years that we have good reason to suppose that further great developments are in store in the near future . Those who have had an opportunity of seeing it in trials have been astonished by the work performed by new soil tilling machine of Swiss invention . The machine , which is driven by a petrol motor , and weighs about two tons , has four rows of tines or teeth on a cylinder , which revolves at the rate of 150 revolutions per minute , and can cultivate to a depth of from 2in . to 12in . at a cost of 12s . to 18s . per acre . It is claimed to be equally able to deal with hard and soft land of all kinds , and trials which have been carried out on hard , stony land in Kent showed that it was reduced to a condition of fineness that could only have been otherwise obtained by spade work . As earth is broken up and left loose , so that the tines follow the wheels the compressed there is no possibility of anything like take their chance the foliage on large num - sold , even if they do not show it . It is wisest plough pan . The machine works in widths of ft . , 5ft . , or 7ft . , and is capable of dealing with from seven to fifteen acres in a day , while it can be made to draw a seed drill so that the land may be , if desirable , tilled and sown in a single operation . CROP PROSPECTS . EFFECT OF APHIS BLIGHT AND FROST . Fruit growers along the Ridgeway border ing South Worcestershire and Warwickshire are somewhat concerned about the attacks of the aphis blight upon the crops . Where pre- cautions were taken earlier in the season by been done , but where trees have heen left to spraying the trees very little damage has bers is shrivelling up , and the fruit is falling in a half - developed stage . Apples and plums are suffering the worst . Large growers are spraying their trees with sulphate of lead , which is harmless to the fruit and fatal to the insects , but , it is feared , without hope of successful result . It is to be hoped that demonstrations of this machine will be arranged for in all parts . There are excellent crops in certain parts of the country , so that it may be subjected to of the district . while in others the severe every variety of practical test , and if found frost on May 2 practically ruined the pros to satisfy them may be brought into exten - pects of anything like a favourable season . sive use as quickly as possible . The demand Some of the plum trees are heavily laden on for labour - saving devices was never keener , one side and without any fruit at all on the and when they can do better work than is side exposed to the north and east winds . done at present their employment needs no Victoria plums are somewhat scarce , but advocacy . Early Prolifics , Greengages , Pershores , Monarche , Magnum Bonums promise plenti- ful supplies . Apples are an unever crop , being plentiful in the sheltered plantations . Damsons and damascenes are heavy crops , and cherries are also plentiful . Pears are ex- Dected to yield a fair average crop . Straw- berries are rapidly ripening . and very good results are anticipated . Bush fruits are plentiful , in good condition , and realising satisfactory prices . . Palms and other room plants are often bought at the door , and though not always obtained at a cheap price frequently fail within a day or two of being taken in . The reason is that they have probably been raised and grown in a tropical temperature to get them on quickly for sale , and are then often without any preliminary hardening off brought out and hawked about the streets in all sorts of weather . The unfortunate plants are therefore half - killed by the time they are and cheapest to buy only from a reliable nursery , which will furnish plants that have been grown and gradually inured to . a cooler temperature . A sowing of forget - me - nots may be made Dow or soon on a shady and sheltered bor- der , where the soil is moderately rich and light . Mix the seed with sand before scatter- ing it to ensure it being sown thinly . The bed , after sowing , may be lightly pressed down with the back of the rake . As soon as the forget - me - not seedlings can be handled , prick them out into a moist and partly - shaded position . A few good plants to bloom indoors at Christmas ' and during the winter may be obtained by sowing seed now in pots of light soil . When the seedlings are of sufficient size they will have to be thinned out and grown steadily . The Very Best THE & REGR 18 PER LB. AFTERNOON DIGESTIVE TEA LOCAL AGENTS THE INDIA CHINA TEA CO . GROCERS & PROVISION MERCHANTS ; WINE , SPITS , & BEER DEALER . Local Branch - 83 , HIGH STREET , ROSS . ( Orders sent by Post receive special attention . ) ESTABLISHED NEARLY A OHITURY . Alton Court Brewery Co. ROSS , BREWERS , MALTSTERS , AND WATER ( LIMITED ) MINERAL , MANUFACTURERS . FAMILY ALES ALES AND STOUT BREWED FROM LOCAL BARLEY MALT AND HOPS . Detailed Price List on application . HINTS FOR THE HOME . VALUE OF LIQUID . The amount of liquid consumed in the twenty - four hours is one of the most import ant questions in connection with diet , especi- ally for anyone suffering from headaches , rheumatic pains , malaise , undue fatigue , and a variety of suchlike complaints , " minor ail- ments , " as they are called , says Dr. Mus- Nervous Breakdowns . " These ail- grove in ments are anything but minor , we may ob- SELLING BY LIVE WEIGHT . This is a question that has been discussed for a good many years past , without much being done to give it practical effect in more Rosebudding is a useful method of propaga- than a few districts ; bnt farmers have not in which tion which should be attended to at an early overlooked the remarkable way opinion divided itself when the Board of opportunity . Buds for the purpose should be conference plump and firm , and are usually found on the Agriculture for Scotland held a shoots that have bloomed . Standard stocks recently on the question of compulsorily The early vegetable crops have produced are generally planted in rows , and supported weighing store cattle and fat cattle in markets and auction marts . Speaking gener satisfactory results , good crops of cabbages by stakes and rods ; they are Budded on the ally , farmers showed themselves to be in having realised record prices . Early pota- young lateral shoots at the top of the main toes and peas are fairly good crops , but stem , and should be got in as near to the favour of the proposal , while auctioneers winter - sown onions have proved a complete latter as possible , of course on the upper side and salesmen were against it . Their chief reasons , of course , were those of practical failure , the greater part of the crops having of the shoots . Dwarfs should be budded as difficulties , but some of them were indiscreet run to seed early in the season , and are now low down as possible , some even scraping enough not to confine their arguments within prematurely ripening . Corn crops are mak - away a little soil and inserting the bud on the Budding is best these limits , and suggested that the use of ing good progress , wheat and beans promis- stem just above the roots . the weighbridge reflects upon the sound judging the Fest results . Oats are rather poor , done in dull or rather showery weather . ment of those who have stock to sell . This and barley is not much cultivated in the dis- When hydrangeas have finished flowering in trict . Haymaking will shortly be in full seems to suggest that they are confident of swing , and the harvest is expected to be small pots they may be cut back fairly low , belief in superstition , there are very few of us having advantages over farmers , and think about the average . The land generally is in and stood outdoors on a bed of ashes in who will deliberately defy time - honoured it best not to let them slip . sunny position . Here they will commence The selling of cattle by weight has really excellent condition for a good orop of winter making fresh growth , and when the shoots are superstitions when it comes to the point , and the most avowedly sceptical will nervously everything to recommend it , and this applies Sin . long the plants may be put into 6in . or Sin . pois , in a good compost of loam , with half laugh if you warn them against taking a nearly , if not quite , as much to stores as to house numbered 13 , or of starting an enter- fat stock . It is a more scientific way of SHEEP DIPPING SEASON . - We carry a part of leaf - mould and old manure com- prise of any kind on the 18th of the month . arriving at a proper basis of value than any the following dips in stock , all of which have bined . The latter should be rubbed up finely . serve , in regard to the amount of suffering Men are even more superstitious than women . rule - of - thumb method . To be good at weight porous , for hydrangeas like . a large supply of diseases to which they lead . Without a suffi- Offer to tell a man his fortune , and you will guessing or judging , whichever you call it , been approved by the Board of Agriculture : Add sufficient sharp sand to make the soil they cause , and the train of symptoms and find that , swearing it is all " a pack of non- requires years of practice and experience , Little's water when growing freely . These will make cient quantity of liquids the waste matter in sense , " he will nevertheless consent . There and even then mistakes are bound to arise , Matthews ' , McDougall's ( liquid , paste , or nice flowering plants for next year in the the tissues is apt to become too condensed , never was the man yet , who was not made and we may be sure that dealers take good cake ) , in packages , to do from 5 to 600 greenhouse . and on this account less able to reach the supremely miserable if by some act he caused care to allow a sufficient margin to cover any sheep . If you prefer , we can supply you eliminatory organs , whose function it is to a woman to say , " There , now , you've spoilt they may make . It is only by the use of the with the ingredients to make your own.-J. the present time are the rose - coloured O. form , hot or cold , or in tea , coffee , icon Two kinds of oxalis which are in Bower at throw it off . The liquid may be taken in any my luck . " . But there are ways even of being weighbridge that accurate records can be H. HART , Chemist , late Matthews , Ross . floribunda ( roses ) and O. cernua , with rich water , or any other beverage the person may superstitious , and while some men command kept of the progress of animals during fat- our respect for their simple faith , others tening , and the extensive provision of weigh- yellow blossoms , sometimes called the Ber- prefer . It does not matter how it is taken , make one instantly want to defy every super bridges throughout the country would do muda buttercup . Though they are very suit so long as it gets into the system . able for cultivation on the stage in pots , their stition as a kind of protest against their much to encourage a stricter watch over the downright silliness .. economics of feeding . natural semi - drooping habit makes them also suitable for suspending the pots with wires from roofs , or , better still , cultivating in wire moss - lined hanging baskets . Increase is by division of the tubers or of offeeta in autumn , which is also the best time to make up the baskets . Both sorte increase freely in light sandy soil . MAN AND NATURE . Man has emerged out of the darkness of nature and remains afflicted with the afflio- tions of nature , yet at the same time , with his appearance upon the earth the darkness be- gins to illuminate , and nature kindles within him a light ; he who is a mere speck on the face of a boundless expanse can yet aspire to a participation in the whole of infinity ; he who stands in the midst of the flux of time , yet possesses aspirations after infinite truth ; he who forme but a mere place of nature , con- structs at the same time a new world within the spiritual life over against it all ; he who finds himself confined by contradictions of all kinds , contradictions which immediate exist ence in no way can solve , yet struggles after a further depth of reality and after the " nar- row gate which opens into religion . Through and beyond all individual problems of life and world , it behoves us to raise the spiritual life to a level of full independence , to make it simultaneously superior to man as an indivi- dual and to bring it back into his soul.- DR . EUCKEN . A GREAT CHARITY . annuitants to £ 26,271 . CHESHIRE CHEESE POOR IN FAT . roots . -Bigg's , Cooper's , Hayward's , Bournville By test the best . Cocoa MARKETS . POULTRY . CATTLE . . t and acorching remove old gloves . Begin your work by carrying from the room all small objects that cannot be covered ; next move out of the room all small pieces of furniture , which can be taken from the room easily , dusting them first . Cover closely with your sweeping sheets all which the furniture . cannot be removed , using smaller cloths for draping pictures and other waloraments which he like will of Rugs and be taken down . " course . have to be taken out . Have ready your damp tealeaves or damp shredded paper for sweeping . Never do dry sweeping . The dust flies no matter what care you exercise . When you use the damp tealeaves it does not . have the chance to blow about the room and fill every niche or crevice which supplies room for it . " Sweep from the corners , and aides of the room to the centre . Go into every recess with your broom . wipe it dry , and then rub it with a cloth To thoroughly clean an enamelled bathtub , dipped in turpentine and salt . Afterwards wash it with clean warm water . Then wipe it dry . to NICE DISHES . TAPIOCA CREAM SOUP . - Wash half a cupful of tapioca , and soak it all night in sufficient water Cover it Boil it very gently in one quart of white stock for one hour , stirring frequently to prevent it sticking . Peel , blanch , and slice one medium - sized onion , and boil it for twenty minutes in one pint of milk with a blade of mace and half a teaspoonful of celery aalt . Strain this into the soup , stir in a piece of Hand grated Parmesan cheese or fried bread dice with the soup . REMOVING STAINS FROM LINEN . Fruit stains must be removed before the fabric touches soapsuds , which renders them The report presented at the recent annual indelible . Those of grapes and berries bid a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Benevolent hasty farewell . if subjected to a pouring of Institution showed that there are now on the boiling hot rain water through the point of books of the Institution 281 male pensioners , offence . Stains of pears , cherries , & c . , are 665 female pen- Manurial waterings will afford great assist- more difficult to remove , but usually yield costing £ 6,242 ; 208 married pensioners ( 104 couples ) , costing £ 4,095 ; sioners , costing £ 12,994 . At the meeting ance to growing plants about to bloom , but their vantage ground if , after me butter the size of a walnut , and a gill of area , with hot water , the fumes of a burning sul- there were added 20 males , 18 married they must be in healthy condition , with pots phur match or two are . held directly under couples , and 60 females , at an increased fairly full of roots . Abutilons , chimney cam- annual charge of £ 2,440 . These , with the pro- . panulas , oleanders , agapanthus , hydran - neath and just far enough away to prevent The bleaching is accomplished A GOOD LUNCHEON DISH . - Take half a pound posed admission of the whole of the octo- Ross , Thursday . Trade was fairly brisk ross , and fuchsias much appreciate such by the action of the sulphuric acid gas which of cold minced lamb , two ounces of bread- genarian candidates at a further charge of at this market , and with a good company of treatment , and it greatly invigorates crumbs , a few chopped mushrooms , one sill of is liberated during the process , and the fabric brown sauce or good gravy , one teaspoonful of £ 500 per annum , would increase the total buyers and dealers present the supply , which lengthens the blooming capacities of zonal should then be rinsed in clear water . If the finely chopped parsley , one teaspoonful of liability of the Institution under the head of was fairly large , was soon cleared at the and ivy - leaved pelargoniums . stains are very obstinate , one or two repeti- anchovy essence , two eggs , salt and pepper . This year again , following prices : -Dressed ducks , from 76 . tions of the operation may be necessary . Some bedding plants are able to endure a It Put the meat , crumbs , mushrooms , parsley , and therefore , half the number of applicants on to 7s . 6d . per couple ; Dressed chicken , from is very essential that rain water be used , as seasoning into a basin , add the beaten eggs and the list would be relieved either by pensions 58. 6d . to be . 6d . per couple ; live fowl , from great deal of hot sunshine and drought , but hard water ( containing lime ) , and that which the sauce , and mix thoroughly . Put the mixture or by grants . In order that the Council may 36. to 4s . 6d . per couple ; butter ( wholesale ) others which are of a moisture - loving charac has been softened by the addition of chemi- into well - buttered dariole moulds , cover with be enabled to maintain this high standard , 1s . 1d . per lb. butter ( retail ) 1s . 2d . per lb. ; ter , such as calceolarias , violas , heliotropes , cals , will set the discoloration . Stains of tea buttered paper , and steam gently for thirty ageratums , and lobelias , are much benefited still greater efforts will have to be made to minutes . Serve with good gravy or tomato sauce . by mulching . This should always be applied very easily if soft water has been employed Spanish onion , and cut it into fairly thick and coffee will yield to hot soft water , and RICE LA ESPAGNOL . - Peel and blanch one augment the income of the Institution , especi- eggs ( wholesale and retail ) 12 for le . as soon as possible after planting , before the in steeping the beverage . ally in the direction of annual subscriptions . rings . Wash a quarter of a pound of Patna Ross , Thursday - There was only a medium un dries and cracks the soil ; and for flower- Many of those who have benefited by the good The following is an excellent preparation rice , and throw it with the onion into three pinta work of this Institution have in their time supply of cattle , sheep , and pigs , while the garden work there is nothing better for the for removing old stains - will even been farmers in a big way , and it must be attendance was not so large as usual , probab- purpose than good cocoanut fibre . old ink stains : To tox . of oxalic acid add two then strain it . Melt two ounces of butter ( or heat of boiling milk and water , and boil till tender : compensation now to some to remember that ly due to ey - making operations having com- fluid ounces of distilled water , or of rain Endive is a useful salad plant that does some oil ) in the saucepan , return the rice and in those days they were , subscribers . menced . The cattle were of good quality , and water which has not come in contact with onion , and stir it about till thoroughly hot and On heavy lime . these met with a ready sale at good market best in light , well - drained soil . When nearly dissolved add Joz . of well coated with the butter or oil . Season with prices . The cheep trade was slightly down , this if endive is particularly desired , some citric acid . Saturate the stain and lay in the salt and pepper , add two or three tablespoon Hitherto the law has been very vague about but some high prices were paid for lambs , thing may be done by making up a small bed the quality of cheese , and has permitted much which were in great demand . Pigs were of light material , such as old potting com- tion . This will also remove old grass stains . to be sold which was undoubtedly inferior . scarce , but there was a good trade transact - post , wood ashes , & c . , to a depth of 18in . Fresh ones may be washed out in alcohol . Sow in drills about 6in . asunder , and thin Turpentine or chloroform will remove traces This is robbing the long - suffering consumer , ed on calves . out gradually until the plants stand 1ft . of fresh paint . If rust spots are saturated of course , but it is also robbing , or unfairly Ross , Thursday - Fair attendance . Wheat part . All the thinnings may be used for with lemon - juice , a thick coating of fine salt making larger bed if desired . Blanching applied , and the fabric laid in the sun , they competing with , the honest cheesemaker , who The would not dream of extracting any of the firm at last week's prices . Oats unchanged may be accomplished in several ways ; simply frequently disappear on the first application , gredients until brown , and be careful not to cream from the milk before its conversion Quotations : Wheat , white , 4s . 5d . to 4s . 6d . tying the leaves together is an easy and always on the second , if a slight trace into a cheese intended to be sold as " full red , 4s . 5d . to 4s . 6d .; barley , grinding , 24s effectual method ; but if , in addition , each remains . 6d . to 258 .; oats , white , 20s . to 21s ; peas , plant is covered with a flower pot this will A contractor was recently summoned for da . 5d . to 4s . 6d .; beans , 4s . 5d . to 48. 6d .; be better still . was not Cheshire hay , 47s . 6d . to 50s .; clover , 50s . straw , supplying cheese which cheese , as it was deficient in milk fat to the 42s . 6d . to 458 . extent of 29 per cent . The prosecution alleged the cheese could not possibly be Cheshire cheese . The Board of Agriculture had not fixed any standard for cheese , but preferred that each county should fix its standard to protect its producers . ( It might have been added that the Board has recently decided that Cheshire cheese is not honestly described if not made of whole milk . ) Interesting evidence was given by Mr. Wil- Hobson , of Gonsley Farm , liam Henry Blackenhall , who stated that he had for twenty - five years made Cheshire cheese , and had probably won more prizes than any man in the world for cheese . Cheshire cheese was cheese made from whole milk . taining only 17 per cent . of butter fat ( as WITHOUT TURNING ASIDE . Vacillation is a deadly thief of time . Vacillation means turning from one side to the other , instead of going straight ahead . The cure for this is twofold : first , we must be quite clear what our goal is ; second , we move unwaveringly towards it . sounds easy to say this , but it is often Some of us would strangely difficult to do it . must It We be surprised to discover how destructively vacillation is entering into our whole life , By far the most remarkable of plants that wastefully reducing by half or more the time that we are spending in effective effort . produce edible flowers is the " butter tree " of India . Its blossoms during the hot months start to do a thing in a certain way ; then the thought comes to us , why not do it this of each year are the chief means of subsist- ence of the hill tribes of the interior . A good- other way ? The first way was a good way , and so is the second ; and thus we debate sized tree yields several hundredweight of the the between the two , and the seconds or There pulpy , bell - shaped flowers in a season . minutes slip by unused . It will help us if we are immense forests of these butter trees in insist with ourselves upon habitually doing Indis , and the flowers may some day become They are things in the way we set out to do them un- an important article of commerce . is seen for produced in vast quantities , affording drink less a really imperative reason as well as food to whole populations . They changing the plan . It may be well to run some risk even of doing a thing in a way not secrate more than half their weight in sugar , and yield a good deal of that substance for quite the best , rather than debating an alter- domestic use . A powerful alooholic beverage , native course , if we can thus cultivate the somewhat resembling Irish whisky in flavour , habit of wasteless , unwavering accomplish- ment . To press on towards the goal " by the most direct pathway is as good a prin ciple for temporal life as for spiritual . And no man's spiritual life can be at its best if the time that he spends on temporal duties is habitually wasted by wavering . is distilled from them . In India the young flowers of the banana plant are esten . The Chinese prepare them by pickling them in vinegar . In India the flowers of a kind of sorrel , which have a plea- sant acid taste , are made into tarts and jellies . The blossoms of the shaddock are the same used for flavouring sweetmeats in Cloves , so well known as an aro- country . matic spice , are the dried flower - buds of a tree . They get their name from the French word " clou , which means a nail , owing to their peculiar shape . They are collected by beating the tree with sticks , when the buds fall , and are caught on sheets . " Look here , you young Rip van Winkle , I only engaged you yesterday , and I believe you have been asleep ever since ! " New Office Boy : " That's what I thought you wanted , sir . Here's your advertisement , Wanted , an office boy , not over sixteen , must sleep on the premises . " cream . " YOU EVERYBODY'S WANT KNOCKABOUT CUN FOR THIS MIDLAND TH LONG - DISTANCE SHOOTING Cheese con- Various Bore , Single Barral Collectors Gun Rook , Pigeon , Rabbit , Wild - fowl and all Eng - distance work Carriage Paid to your de for 1- extra.Larger Bores same prios . Cartridges from 4/6 100 140 - pess door top version . Specially Cuitable for OORN . Gloucester , Saturday . - English wheat in small supply , prices unchanged , but with easier tendency . Foreign 3d , to 6d . lower . Other sereals unchanged . London , Monday - Market steady . Eng- lish wheat the turn easier . White quoted 35s . 6d . to 88s .; red , 358. to 87s . 6d . per qr .; foreign and American the turn easier . Town , country and American flour quiet and un- changed . Grinding barley 8d . lower on week ; malting barley Bd . lower on week . British and Russian gata 3d , lower on week . Maize , 14d . lower on week . Beans and peas quiet and steady . Lentile quiet . Arrivals : British wheat 1,197 , barley 878 , oat 414 , maize 8,620 , malt 19,195 , beans 272 , peas 115 , flour 24,594 . Foreign wheat 68,888 , barley 11,884 , oats 27,780 , maize 5,887 , malt nil , beans 266 , peas 1,786 , flour 25,330 sacks . THE WEEK'S WORK . Sow mignonette , candytuft , and other plants for autumn blooming . Feed flowering fuchsias with liquid manure . Plant out polyanthus seedlings Layer climbing roses . Sow seed of aquilegias . Take pipings of carnations and pinks . Bemove weakly growthe and suckers from lilacs . Bow lettuce for the autumn . Prepare trenches for leeks , Sow stump - rooted carrots for winter use . Stop side - shoote of red and white ourrants . sun ; if not wholly effaced repeat the opera- fuls of tomato sauce , again stirring it well , and serve very hot . VEAL AND TOMATOES . - One or two tender veal steaks , cut into pieces three or four inches square , fry until nearly done , then remove from the fire .. One tablespoonful of lard , one of Bour , and one large onion sliced fine . Cook these in- add half a pound of tomatoes , one half- pint of boiling water into the browned ingre- dients , then add the cooked veal ; cook slowly Blood stains should be washed in clear , for an hour and a - half . If the gravy should cold water , and then soaped freely with a thicken too much , thin it off with boiling water . soft soap , made by cutting up fine a pound STEAMED APPLE PUDDING . - For a pudding of bar of any good laundry soap into three good size , use two quarts and a - half of pared , quarts of boiling water , and allowing it to quartered , and cored apples , a pint and a - half simmer until the soap is entirely dissolved , of flour , three tablespoonfuls of baking powder , stirring to prevent sticking . Let cool before one of sugar , one of salt , one tablespoonful of using . butter , and about three gills of milk . Mix the Small left - over pieces of soap , care- sugar , salt , and baking powder with the flour , fully preserved , may be utilised for this pur pose . Rub the soap well into the fabric , fold , and press through a sieve . Rub the butter into and soak overnight in cold water . traces of the stains remain them well next day in lukewarm syds , they will disappear if araw paste of flour and water be applied and the artiole laid in the covering with another pan , which also has been sun . - Mark Lane Express . the dry ingredients , and then wet with the milk . Roll the dough into a sheet large enough after rubbing to cover the apples ; then spread it in a but HOW TO SWEEP A ROOM . tered baking dish , and put in the apples . Draw the edges of the dough together , and , after well buttered , put into the steamer , and cook for two hours . Turn out on a pudding dish , and serve , with a sweet sauce . APRICOT SPONGE . - Over a half - pound of dried In the first place supply yourself with apricots pour two teacupfuls of cold water , and sweeping sheets . How many of you have put them aside . Next day turn them into a them already ? A substitute is sometimes jar or basin , and cover with a lid or plate . supplied by using the soiled sheets from the Cook in a very slow oven for about an hour , bed for covering the furniture , but that is then press them through a sieve or strainer , and add sugar to make the pulp rather sweet . not exactly a clean method . Dress yourself In a teacupful of hot water dissolve eight Earnest Inquirer ( collecting statistics for a Now is the most economical time to use for your work before you begin it . A cotton sheets ( about one ounce ) of gelatine , mix with it work on temperance ) : " And how many glasses of beer would you or consume in a day our weed killer . Pathe done now last clean frook which fits easily in the waist and the juice of a lemon , and when it has cooled The Drayman : " Well , I can't say , guv nor the whole Summer . Cheaper and more effi - sleeves , so that your movements may not be little stir it well into the fruit pulp . Have ready Some days I ' as about twenty or thirty , ancient than labour . Prices , 158. to Is . J. H. hampered ; easy shoes , a sweeping cap , which two stifly - whipped whites of egg , add them , then , again , another day , perhaps , I might HART , Chemist ( late Matthews ) , Man of Ross will protect the hair entirely , and if you and whisk the whole until it is arm enough to ave quite a lot . " House . Advt , are careful of your hande - a pair of loose pile on a deep dish , |