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Dalkeith District DirectoryAND
HOUSEHOLDm
'S^r-s'V?'
FOR
£ j| ig| oPontains a Complete J)irectqry fop
DALKEITH, BONNYRIGG, LASSWADE,
LOANHEAD, POLTON, ROSEWELL, ROSLIN,
GOREBRIDGE, HERIOT,
FORD, BLACKSHIELS, AND UPPER KEITH;i
WITH
!
Notices of Dalfceitb, its Societies ano 3-n*titutkm$-
Civilt ^Ecclesiastical, ano Social.
PRICE TV^OPEISTCE.
DALKEITH
:
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY P. & D. LYLE, 45 HIGH STP«EETi
^established 182 4.
CAPITAL SIX MILLIONS STERLING.Invested Funds, £3,600,000. Annual Income, £800,000.
SCOTTISH UNION AND NATIONALINSURANCE COMPANY.LONDON. GLASGOW.
3 King William Street, E.G. 150 West George Strbbt.
HEAD OFFICE: 35 ST ANDREW SQUARE, EDINBURGH.
DIRECTORS.—Messrs T. Hector Smith, A. D. M. Black, John Kennedy, JohnM. Crabbie, John Mackenzie, Wm. S. "Davidson, Daniel Ainslie, AndrewJameson, Hon. James W. Moncreiff, Andrew Thomson, James Taylor,and J. A. Crichton.
Secretary—J. K. Macdonald. Assistant Secretary—H. D. Prain.
General Manager and Actuary—John M. M'Candlish.
LIFE INSURANCE.EARLY BONUS SCHEME (E. B.)
The following among other special advantages apply to ordinary Policies issued
under this Scheme. Besides being payable immediately on proof of death and title,
they are, at the end of three years from their date,
ENTITLED TO RANK FOR BONUS ADDITIONS;
INDISPUTABLE ON THE GROUND OF ERRORS OR OMMISSIONS;
WORLD-WIDE WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE; AND KEPT IN FORCE,
WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY EVEN IN CASE OF NON-PAYMENT OF THE PREMIUMS.
SPECIAL BONUS SCHEME (D.B.)
Under this Scheme Profit Policies are issued at Non-Profit Bates and share in
the profits when the premiums received, accumulated at 4 per cent, compoundinterest, amount to the Sum Assured. Policies issued at these Cheap Rates practically
receive a Large Bonus at the outset. At age 30, £1200 can be insured for the samePremium as would be charged for £1000 under the usual Profit Schemes of mostOffices.
FIRE INSURANCE.Almost all descriptions of Property insured on the most favourable conditions.
Duncan Mrs, Gallowdean house, NewbattleDuncan Wm., plasterer, Buccleuch st
Duncan Wm. F., ironmonger, GlebeDunlop David, Roberton's close
Dunlop John, shoemaker, White Hart st
Dun Mrs, Gilston Lodge, Eskbank road
Dunn M. , Dalkeith Park gardens, LugtonDurie Mrs H., BridgendDurie James, surfaceman, BridgendDyer Miss, Broomfield cottage, Glebe
Edgar George, coachman, Lothian st
Edington G.,potato merchant, North wynd
Edwards Miss A., dressmaker, Edinburghroad
Elder Charles, labourer, 35 High st
English Peter, tailor, Buccleuch st
Erskine David, Blackcot, NewbattleEwart William, carter, LugtonEwing James, weaver, 46 Westfield parkExelby William T., Buccleuch st
Fairbairn Jas.,gardener, 6 Westfield park
Fairbairn Mrs Jessie, 19 Back st
Fairley Wm. , 4 Westfield parkFalconer Miss Jane, 23 Mitchell st
FALCONER JOHN T., cabinetmaker,upholsterer and undertaker, Bu ccleuchst— (see advt.)
Falconer Richard, tinsmith, Buccleuch st
FALCONER WILLIAM & SON, tin-
smiths, Buccleuch st
—
(see advt.)
Farrell Edward, gasman, Back close, Northwynd
Farquhar Rev. Henry, M.A., B.D., WestParish, 8 Lothian bank
Ferguson Thomas, merchant (Leith), 7Lothian Bank
Ferguson Wm.,painter, 35 High st
Findlay Miss, Newton house, Millerhill
Finlay George, 27 South st
Fleming Rev. Archibald, Newton ManseFleming James, missionary, 32 MuirparkFlockhart James, currier, Lothian st
Foreman Frederick, seedsman and florist,
Eskbank post office
Forrest James, ironmonger, 1 High st
Forrest Mrs A., 3 Westfield place
Forrester Ebenezer, grocer, 55 High st
;
house, Abbey roadForsyth James, flesher, 1 Elmfield place
Forsyth Mrs M., 6 High st
Forsyth Mrs Jane, Parkside place
Fraser Mrs, lodgings, 6 Mitchell st
G
FRASER JOHN, insurance agent, WhiteHart st
—
(see advt.)
Fraser Rev. James, Harford House, Wav-erley road
Freeland Matthew, weaver, Donaldson's cl.
Frowd Miss Jane, 11 Jane placeFulton John, vanman, 8 Westwynd
GaffneyMrs J., 16 WestwyndGair James, forester, 93 Back st
Galloway John, 39 MuirparkGalloway Robert, paper maker, 24 Lothian
bridgeGarvie Hugh, coachman, Edinburgh roadGibson George, photographer and frame
maker, Buccleuch placeGibson & Mercer, Cousland LimeworksGibson Miss A. P., 108 High st
Gibson William, joiner, WestfieldGilbert Joseph M., joiner, ThornybankGillespie Robt. , weaver, 57 Westfield parkGillies Mrs Hugh, BridgendGillnn Edward, fish merchant, 134 High st
Tait Wm., labourer, 37 MuirparkTaylor Andrew, hairdresser, Tait st
Taylor George, weaver, 21 MuirparkTaylor John, Leith carrier, Lothian cottageTaylor R. T., Woodbrae, Park RoadTaylor Robert, postman, 26 Esk placeTaylor Thomas, iron merchant and seeds-
man, Midfield, Park roadTaylor Tbomas, carter, Lothian st
Taylor Thomas, spirit merchant, 117High st
Telephone Company's (National) CallOffice, 90 High Street
Telfer Samuel, boot and shoemaker, 49High st ; house, Lothian bank
Telford George, gardener, Edinburgh roadTemple Rev. Alex., 3 Fairhaven villa
Tenant Mrs, grocer, Buccleuch st
Tervet Robert, postman, 25 Esk placeThomson Adam, draper, Viewcamp, Park
roadThomson Alex., public washing greenThomson Alex., tailor, Iron millThomson Alex., agent, Dalkeith station
Thomson And., gardener, Back st
Thomson David, brushmaker, 8 Esk placeThomson Dav., lamplighter, Leyden's close
Thomson George, gardener, Viewfield
cottage '
Thomson George, coach painter, Buccleuchstreet
Thomson Dr J. Stitt, Belmont, EskbankThomson James, 33 Mitchell st
Thomson James, dairy, 168 High st
Thomson John, vanman, 24 Back st
Thomson John G., butcher, King's Parkcottage
Thomson John, carter, Lothian st
Thomson Miss, dressmaker, White Hart st
Thomson Miss Ann, Elliot's close
Thomson Miss, Orwell bank, EskbankThomson Mrs, 56 Westfield parkThomson Mrs, fishmonger, 32 High st
Thomson Mrs, ladies' nurse, 15 Back st
Thomson Mrs Marion, Vint's close
Thomson Thomas, grocer, Buccleuch st
Thomson Thomas, gardener, WoodburnThomson Thos., porter, 14 Jane place
Thomson Wm., dresser, 49 Westfield parkThomson William, silk mercer and general
draper, 26 & 28 High st
Thomson Wm., seed merchant, (W. T. &Co., Edinburgh,) Bellevue place
Wilson James, guard, 13 Westfieid ParkWilson John, joiner, Smithy greenWilson Misses H. & C, dressmakers, Aah-
vale, 15 Muirpark place
Wilson Mrs, 11 Esk place
Wilson Major John, 21 Muirpark placeWilson Robert, brushmaker, 16 Esk placeWilson Mrs, Fairfield place
Wilson Thomas, saddler, 29 South st
;
house, Parkside placeWilson Thomas, miller, Buccleuch st
Wishart Mrs, Thornton, Park roadWood Miss Elizabeth, dairy, 106 High st
WOOLLEY CHARLES & SON, wine andspirit merchants, and lemonade manu-facturers, 113 High st.
—
(see advt.)
Woolley James, Back close, North wyndWoolley Robt., spirit merchant, 43 High st
Woolley Robert, Glebe LodgeWoolley Mrs C, 113 High st
Wright John, blacksmith, ThornybankWright George, cartel", NewmillsWright John, M.B., CM., Parkend HouseWright John, Back st cottagesWright Miss Janet, Buccleuch st
Wright Rev. John, 9 Lothian bankWright Samuel, roadman, Lothian st
Wylie Mrs E., 41 Westfieid park
Yates Mrs E., ladies' school, Lothian bankYoung Adam, smith, GalloAvshall
Young David P., manager, Gas worksYoung Duncan, oversman, 53 MuirparkYoung Francis, moulder, White's cl. east
Young George, gardener, Glenesk cottageYoung James, bookseller and stationer, 58
High st
Young Jas.,papermaker, 25 Lothian bridge
Young James L., tobacconist and stationer,
103tj High st ; house, Brunton's close
Young James, bricklayer, Tait st
Young Lewis, shoemaker, Edinburgh roadYoung Lewis, moulder, Wilson's close westYoung Mrs, Gordon's close
Young Richard W., draper, 71 High st
Young Robert, moulder, Berrie's courtYoung Walter, saddler, 5 South st
Young William, rector, High school
Young William, refreshment rooms, Westwynd
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BONNYRIGG.Commissioners op Police—Burgh of Bonnyrigg.
Mr James Stoddart, chief magistrate ; Messrs R. Leithhead and D. McLaren, juniormagistrates; Messrs George Brown, George Bryce, Andrew Knowles, William Paterson,William Morrison, John Boag.
Robert M'Bey, clerk. James Craig, treasurer and collectorD. M'Donald, sanitary inspector.
Committee op Cockpen Parochial Board.
Mr William Stewart, Cockpen, chairman ; Messrs Peter Mitchell, Stair Dickson,Charles Wolstenholm, William Kay, Joseph Mason, Robert Ketchen, James Hutchison,and James Stoddart.
Peter Forbes, inspector and collector. Dr Allan, medical officer.
Cockpen School Board.Mr John Tod, St Leonards, chairman ; Dr Allan, Rev. R. T. Loudon, Messrs
William Craig, Dundas Street; John Henderson, Union Park; and Rev. W. P.Rodgerson. Peter Forbes, treasurer and clerk.
Medical Practitioners.C. J. Allan, Oakmount ; Charles M. Maxwell, Broomieknowe ; and
J. H. Aytoun, Durham Bank House.
Sbb-Post Office, Bonnyrigg— Miss Buchanan, postmistress.
Box closes at 9.50, 11.45 a.m., 2.45, 6.30, and 7.45 p.m.
Registrar—Mr P. Mitchell, Union Park, Bonnyrigg.
Bonnyrigg Water Company (Limited).
Mr William Stewart, chairman; Mr David B. Tod, S.S.C., secretary.
Dundas Lodge of Free Gardeners, Polton Hall.Instituted 24tb October 1885. Membership, 140.
Joseph Knox, R.W.M. ; Ingram Annan, treasurer ; George Davie, secretary.
Independent Order of Good Templars—Eskvale Lodge, No. 155, Bonnyrigg.W.C.T., Bro. David Robertson ; W.V.T., Bro. William Goldie; S., Sis. Helen Robertson.
Meets on Monday nights at half-past 7. Membership, 44.
Masonic Lodge, Bonnyrigg Dalhousie, No. 720.
Chas. Bertie, R.W.M,; H. M'Gowan, S.W.; John Paton, treasurer; James Grant, secretary.
Bonnyrigg Bowling Club.Mr John Clark, president ; Mr George Clark, secretary.
Dundas Cricket Club.Captain, James Pringle ; secretary and treasurer, John Paterson.
Bohnyrigg Rosa Football Club.Captain, "W. A. Paterson ; vice-captain, A. Hill ; secretary and treasurer,
Wm. Johnstone, 57 Muirpark.
Public Holidays.—Last Mondays of April and September.
Shopkeepers Holiday.—Last Wednesday of every month.
Places of Worship.Established Church—Rev. D. W. L. Wallace, Cockpen,
Free Church—Rev. Robert T. Loudon, Cockpen.Episcopal Mission—Rev. John Strachan, M.A.
Aikman Mrs, Lothian st
Alexander James, millworker, Polton st
Alexander James, joiner, 13 Union parkAlexander John J., 25 Lothian st
Alexander Robt., dairyman, 13 Polton st
Alexander Robt., confectioner, Polton st
Allan Colin, licensed grocer, 48 High st
Anderson David, weaver, Lothian st
Anderson John, blacksmith, Polton st
Anderson Joseph, clerk, 14 Union parkAnderson Mrs M., 33 Lothian st
Andslow Daniel, 15 Union parkAytoun Dr J. H., Durham Bank houseAytoun Wm., millworker, 46 Polton st
Brown Mrs George, WadingburnBrown Robert, contractor, WadingburnBrown Thomas, labourer, NewtonloanBruce John, shoemakerBrunton Mrs, smallwaresBurdon Rev. J. A., The Manse
Millar Wm. Whyte, S.S.C., DuneskMillar Mrs James, SpringbankMilne John K., Kevock TowerMilne Peter, inspector of poorMoffat Henry, of EldinMorrison & Hume, plumbers and gasfitters
Pendreigh George, farmer, Upper DalhousiePotts G. H.
,painter, Fettesmount
Porteous Geo., grocer and wine merchantPorteous John, DunscroftPorter Stewart, plumberPringle John, draperProudfoot George, labourer, WadingburnProvan David, St Clair's cottagePnrves, A. P., W.S., Esk Tower
Rae James, gamekeeper, HawthorndenRae John, market gardener, WhitelumsRamage Miss Joan, Eckford cottage
Reid Mrs, Eldin placeRenwick John, paper maker, Elm rowRintoul Miss I., teacher, Elm rowRobertson John H., BeechleighRobertson Walter, hairdresser, Elm rowRobson, Mrs C, Broomieknowe cottage
Thomson Geo., smith, Elm rowThomson Thomas, sexton, Elm rowThomson Wm., gardener, WadingburnTod Jn., paper manufacturer, St LeonardsTod Wm. & Son,papermakers, St Leonai'ds
Woodbridge Henry, gardener, Elm rowWright Mrs Helen, Myrtle grove
Young Henry, papermaker, Eldin place
LOANHEAD.Police Commissioners.
John Younff, chief magistrate ; Charles K. Brown and J. G. Douglas, junior magis-trates; John Fowler, H. Downie, W. Fowler, W. K. Spence, Wm. Davie, and MatthewTwiss, commissioners; John Young, treasurer; Wm. Macfarlane, clerk.
Medical Officer, Dr Allison. Sanitary Inspector, Sergeant Russell.
For Parochial and School Boards, see Lasswade.
Loanhead Water Association.Peter Brown, chairman; Robt. Robson, clerk and treasurer; T. Melville, collector.
Post Office—John Stephen, postmaster.Deliveries—7.30 a.m., 12 noon (called for), 2.30 and 5.30 p.m.
Sundays, 9 to 10 a.m. (called for).
Despatches—8.40 and 11.50 a.m, 2.20 and 7.45 p.m. Sundays, 3.45 p.m.
Total Abstinence Society.—Rev. J. C. Grant, president ; Wm. Robson, secretary.
Loanhead Bowling Club.—John Stephen, president ; James Kemp, secretary.
Lodge St. Leonard, No. 580
—
Loanhead and Lasswade.Meets alternately on first Thursday of every month at 8.30 p.m., in Mason's Arms,
Loanhead, and Inn, Lasswade. Office-bearers—R.W.M., Wm. Henderson; P.M.,C. K. Brown ; D.M., John C. Purdie ; S.W., Wm. Hall ; J.W., M. Currie; secretary,Thomas Couston ; treasurer, William Connor.
Olive Lodge of Gardeners.John Coutts, R.W.M.; J. Flockhart, D.M.; John M'Queen, jun., S.W.; Robert
Court Flower of Mid-Lothian, A.O.F., No. 919.Meets on alternate Tuesdays. Thomas King, C.R. ; John Porteous, S.CR. ; Wm.
Hunter, High Street, treasurer ; Wm. Hunter, 13 Church Street, secretary.
Loanhead Benevolent Society (instituted 1877).William Hunter, sen., High Street, president; Alfred Smith, West End Cottages,
secretary ; Abraham Jack, treasurer.
Medical Practitioners.—Alex. Allison, BilstonBank; John T. Dickie, The Fountain.
British Linen Company Bank.—George Johnston, agent.
Places of Worship.Established Church (quoad sacra)—Rev. Alex. Stewart, M.A.
Free Church—Rev. John C. Grant, M.A.Reformed Presbyterian Church—Rev. A. P. Gillespie, M.A., B.D.
Roman Catholic Church (St Margaret's)—Rev. John Lee.
Adams James, shoemaker, Fountain placeAffleck Miss G., 30 Clerk st
Ainslie John, farmer, Hillend,LothianburnAitchison C. & Co., engineers, millwrights
and founders, 20 Linden placeAitchison C, engineer, ElmswoodAitchison Miss, BelmontAitken Miss Joan, Academy laneAlexander Charles, butcher, 48 Clerk st
Alexander James, butcher, LoanAllison Alex., M.D., Bilston BankAllison John, bootmaker, 97 Clerk st
Allan George, miner, 55 Fountain placeAllan Mrs Janet, Elm bankAnderson M., labourer, 37 High st
Anderson Miss Mary, Hawthorn cottageArthur John, grocer, 85 Clerk st
Cunningham, Mrs C, 8 Linden placeCurran James, labourer, 1 Station roadCurrie, Michael, coachman, 9 Church st
Cushnie Mrs Jane, draper, 20 High st
Dalgleish Charles, 41 High st
Davie Mrs Jane, 2 Linden place
Davie Wm., mason, 13 Fowler squareDeans William, railway porter, 79 High st
Denholm Alexander, carter, 7 High st
Denholm James, dairy, 26 High street
Denholm John, engineman, 26 High st
Dickie Dr Thomas, The FountainDickson Charles, Pine VillaDickson C. & Sons, tallow merchantsDickson John, HaAvthorn gardensDickson Miss Jane, LoanDickson Mrs Elizabeth, 5 Station roadDobson William, draper, 34 Fountain
placeDocherty Peter, grocer, 70 High st
DONALDSON JAS., watchmaker, Clerkst
—
(see advt.)
Donaghue Peter, miner, 8 Station roadDouglas Charles, miner, 38 Clerk st
Douglas John, joiner, Fount cottageDownie Hugh, shoemaker, Clerk st
Duncan Andrew, miner, 8 Station roadDuncan Daniel, weaver, Elm squareDuncan James, mason, Burghlee terrace
Henderson Thomas, gardenerHenderson Win., engineer, Polton bank
Houldsworth Arthur H., Springfield houseHutcheson Thomas, De Quincey VillaKirkpatrick George, gardener, PoltonMarshall Thomas, station agent, PoltonMavisbank Private Lunatic Asylum—Dr
Bernard John, minerBlackwood John R., Lee woodBonallo Thomas, Bilston innBruce Archibald, engineer
Bruce George, joiner, HowgateBryce George, millwright and postmasterBuchan Robert, farmer, Oatslea
Buchanan Thomas, dairyman, Roslinlee
Cairns William, blacksmithCalder Mrs ElizabethCampbell Jos., steward, District AsylumCarr Mrs A. P., The ThicketCharlton Peter, grocer and bakerCollins James, powder maker, Stanley pi.
Swan John, farmer, Easter BushThompson Rev. John, The ParsonageThomson Thomas, keeper of Roslin chapelTodd Alexander, labourerTodd George, cooperTodd Robert, cooperTolmie Wm., engineman, Nisbet place
Tolmie William, engineman, the GlenTorrance Mrs AgnesTrotter Colonel, R.A., of BushTurnbull William, masonTytler James W.S., WoodhouseleeWaldie Richard, gardenerWatson Wm., labourer, High st
Watson William, farmer, South MoatWhite Edward A., teacher, Public school
Widnell H. & Co., carpet manufacturersWilson Alexander, weaverWilson Miss HelenWood James, roadman, Bilston burnWood James, clerk, Roslinlee
Hay James, draperHenderson James, vandriverHenderson John, overseer, Tyne lodgeHenderson Mrs Ann, DewartonHenderson Wm., reservoir keeper, Glad-
houseHerdman Thos. A., farmer, SouthsideHiggins Miss Isabella, FushiebridgeHindes James, chemist and druggistHislop John D., clerk, HunterfieldHogg Thomas, painter
HERIOT.Aitchison John, farm steward, ShoestanesBennett John, farmer, Crookston, North
mamsBisset John, grieve, BrothershielsBorthwick John, of CrookstonBrown Rev.' John F., The ManseCheyne John, police constableCossar Charles, farmer, Heriot townDun John S., of Gilston
Dunn James, farmer, Falahill
Dunlop Ann, merchant HangingshawElder Thomas, station agent and post-
masterFullerton Richard, KilcoulterHogg Miss, farmer, HalltreeLinton John, joiner, Heriot house
Macfie David J., of BorthwickhallMair Andrew, station agent, Falahill
Tillie John, farmer, HangingshawTorrance Wm. , farmer, CarcantWalker Alex., smith, StagebankWallace Andrew, farmer, ShoestanesWeir William, inspector of poor and
registrar, Heriot schoolhouseWood James k Wm., farmers, Corshope
FORD.Local Authority—The Parochial Boards of Cranston and Crichton.
Established Gliurch Rev. G. S. Smith, MA., Cranston.
,, ,, Rev Henry Duncan, Crichton.
U.P. Church Rev. Andrew Gemmell, BD., Ford.
Court Crichton Castle, No. 7402, A.O.F. Meets every alternate Friday in GoodTemplar Hall, Pathhead, Ford, at 8 p.m. J. Walker, secretary ; D. Dickson, treasurer
The Committee of the Parochial Board meets on the first and third Tuesday of every
month. The real rental of lands and heritages within the parish for the year amounts to
£39,055 9s 8d. The assessments for the parish for the year ending 15th May 1889
amounted to: Poor rate, £1563, 10s lOd ; burgh school rate, £796, 19s lid; parish
school rate, £104, 18s 8Jd; burial ground rate, £180, 14s 8£d; registration and valuation
rate, £59, 18s 3d ; making a total of £2706, 2& 5d. The assessment for the poor for the
current year is at the rate of Is Id per pound ; burgh school rate, 7d per pound;parish
school rate, 5d per pound ; new burial ground rate, Id per pound; registration and valua-
tion rate, Id per pound. Walter J, Jones, Inspector and Collector.
COMMITTEE tor 1889-90.
Messrs Robt. Wight, chairman ; Thos. Alison, George Gray, William Dalgleish, JamesStewart, Andw. Somerville, John Davidson, Ebenezer Forrester, Geo. M'Dougal, StephenPotter, and John Martin. Representative Members—James M'Pherson, Robert Green-
field, James Brown, George Normington, Rev. Henry Farquhar, Adam Stewart, andJohn Maconochie.
Dr J. Stitt Thomson, Medical Officer.
DALKEITH : ITS SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS. 41
Clergy^inlDalkeith.Dalkeith Parish Church
Buccleuch or West Church
Free Church, Buccleuch Street ....United Presbyterian Church, Buccleuch Street
United Presbyterian Church, King's ParkUnited Presbyterian Church, Back Street
Congregational Church, High Street
Evangelical Union Church, Croft Street -
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Back Street and MuirBaptist Church, London Road,Episcopal Church, St Mary's, Dalkeith ParkRoman Catholic Church, St David's, Eskbank
{
park
Rev. Andrew Gray, M.A., D.D.James LamontHenry Farquhar, M.A., B.D.,
assistant and successor.
N. D. Maclachlan, M.A., B.D.James FraserA. Hunter, M.A., B.D.Duncan MacintoshA. F. Simpson, M.A.Robert D. Mitchell
Arthur HoyleMr A. B. WallaceRev. F. G. Montagu Powell, M.A.Revs. William Lea & Joseph Head
Clergy in Adjoining Parishes.
CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.
Borthwick Walter WaddellCarrington William G. Core, M.A.Cockpen D. W. L. WallaceCranston Geo. S. Smith, M.A.Crichton Henry DuncanFala and Soutra James HunterGlencorse W. B. Strong, B.D.Heriot John Francis BrownInveresk James Sharp, M.A,Northesk Chapel. ...H. M. Macgill
Lasswade J. A. Burdon.
Loanhead Alex. Stewart, M.A.Rosewell John Hunter, B.D.Roslin Joseph Loudon, M.A.Newbattle....John Charles Carrick, B.D.Stobhill D. W. Wilson, M.A.Newton Arch. Fleming, M.A.Ormiston Win. Johnstone, M.A.,B.D.Penicuik Rt. Thomson, M.A., B.D.Temple James W, Blake, M.A.New Craisrhall A. Prentice
FREE CHURCH.Cockenzie William Ogg, M.A.Cockpen Robt. T. Loudon, B.D.Carlops W. W. AitkenLoanhead J. C. Grant, M.A.Musselburgh Alex. Wright, M.A.Newbattle Alex. Hardie
Ormiston Thomas RobertsonPenicuik Samuel R. CrockettPrestonpans P. R. MackayRoslin D. BarnetsonGorebridge Hector M'Lean, B.D.Temple & Carrington...P. Yule
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.Fala William FraserFord Andrew Gemmell, B.D.Gorebridge Alex. B. Dykes, M.A.Lasswade W. P. Rodgerson, B.Sc.Penicuik J. M'Kerrow, B.A.
Musselburgh, Millhill,...David Gilchrist
Do. Bridge st., A.Scott, M.A.,B.D.Tranent Alex. G. BrotherstoneHowgate, D. Thomas, M.A.
Tract Society.
This Society was originated in 1837, since which time the tracts of the Scottish MonthlyTract Society have been regularly circulated in the town and neighbourhood. It is sup-
ported by voluntary contributions, and has at present thirty distributors, who circulate
1900 tracts monthly. Treasurer and Secretary—Robert Wight, 2 South Street.
Dalkeith Auxiliary of the National Bible Societyof Scotland.
This Society was instituted in November 1864. Its object is to circulate the Scripturesin the native tongue throughout the world, as its funds will permit. Amount raised last
year, about £26. James Gray, Treasurer; Alexander Mitchell, Secretary.
42 DALKEITH : ITS SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
The Union PoorhouseIs a large and commodious structure capable of accommodating 120 inmates, and waserected at a cost of upwards £4058. It was opened for the poor of four parishes in
1849, but there are now twelve parishes in combination. The number of paupers admittedor re-admitted during the year was 127, with 44 in the house at the beginning of the year;
and the average number of inmates during the past year has been 44. There have been15 deaths ; the average age of those who have died was 65. The average cost of
maintenance for each pauper is reckoned at £9 17s 10c! yearly, or 3s lOd per week.
MEMBERS OF POORHOUSE BOARD—1889-90.
1, Dallceith — William Porteous, Laurel Bank; Robert Wight, Rev. HenryFarquhar, and Thos. Alison. 2, Liberton—Captain Blyth, Craigmillar Park; Wm. Mein,Braefoot; John M'Gowan, Moredun Mill. 3, Lasswade—Thomas Archbald of View-bank ; Wm. Tod, Glenesk ; George Storie, Lasswade. 4, Newton—John Dobbie,Campend, chairman; Wm. Harper, Sheriffhall Mains. 5, Newbattle—John Romans,Newtongrange House; George Brotherston, Abbey Road. 6, Cockpen—WilliamStewart, Dalhousie ; Peter Mitchell, Union Park. 7, Cranston—Andrew Gow, Cranston-Riddell. 8, Temple—James Tait Burton of Toxside. 9, Borthioick—James Currie, East-wood. 10, Crichton—Robert M'Lean, Pathhead. 11, Fala and Soutra—Rev. JamesHunter,*Fala Manse. 12, Carrington—George Gardner, Carrington Barns.
James Gkay, Commercial Bank, Treasurer and Secretary.
George R. Hutton, Governor. Mrs Hutton, Matron.
Burgh School Board.Elected 21st March 1888.
William Watson, chairman; Rev. H. Farquhar, Rev, N. D. Maclachlan, Thomas Alison,Joseph Gray, David G reive, and Dr Lucas.
Warden, Wester Cowden ; John Dobbie, Campend; and R. L. Paterson, banker.George H. Gorrie, clerk and treasurer. H. J. Jones, officer.
Newbattle School Board.Elected 21st April, 1888.
Rev. J. C. Carrick, B.D., Newbattle, chairman; John Morison, Millhill ; John Caver-hill, factor, Jedneuk ; John Romans, Newtongrange; and Abram Douglas, Mayfield.
Newton School Board.Sir J. Don Wauchope, Bart., chairman ; J. D. Don Wauchope ; Wm. Harper, Sherifihall
Mains ; John Dobbie, Campend ; and George Paxton, Millerhill.
Scientific Association.
This Society was instituted in 1835 tor the purpose of providing a course of popularlectures during the winter months. The Society holds occasional meetings for readingessays or literary or scientific papers. Thei'e is a good library of books connected withthe Society. The library is open on Mondays and Fridays, from 6 to 7 o'clock. Theannual payment is 5s (magazine readers 6s), and the number of members is about 120.
Lewis Young, junr., Librarian.
Directors— Alex. Mitchell, Hon. President ; Dr Lucas, President; William Millar,
Vice-President, Walter J. Jones, Secretary; Thomas Kemp, Treasurer; MessrsGeorge Dcuglas, Thomas Alison, Robert Murdoch, John Craig, William Millar, DrBallantyne, W. F. Peebles, Robert Storie, James Dalgleish, George M'Dougal,Edward Ames, and James M'Pherson.
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7.30 a in.
9 a m.1.15 p in.
5 p ill.
7.30 a m.9.30 a m..1.45 a m.3.10 p m.6.10 p m.6.50 p ni.
9.30 p m.
Post Office.
Postmaster—J AMES M'Pherson.Deliveries.
First Delivery in Dalkeith,
Second do. (London Mail, called for),
Third do.,
Fourth do.,
Despatches.First—To Ford, Newtongrange, Cousland, and Millerhill,
Second—To Edinburgh,Third— To Edinburgh,
Fourth -To Edinburgh, London, and all parts,
Fifth—To Edinburgh, c C,Sixth—To Edinburgh, London, and East of England,
Seventh—To Edinburgh, &c,Parcel Post Despatches—11.30 a.m. 2.40, 6.15 p.m.
Agricultural Society.This Society has existed since 1805. It consists of 175 members, and is designed to
promote improvements in Agriculture and rearing of Stock. Three exhibitions are held
annually—one in March for oats, barley, and beans ; one in July or August for horses,
cattle, sheep, and swine; and one in October for seed wheat.
His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, President.
John Dobbie, Campend, Treasurer and Secretary.
Members of Committee—Walter Douglas, Mayfield; James Deans, Dalkeith Park;Jas. Stenhouse. South Gyle ; Geo. Gardner, Carrington Barns ; John Edgar, Kirkettle
;
Thomas Hutchison, Broomhills ; Thomas Proudfoot, Pinkie Hill ; George Pendreigh,
Upper Dalhousie ; William Park, Brunstane ; Ivie Warden, Wester Cowden ; WilliamHarper, Sherrffhall Mains ; David Kennaway, D'Arcy ; William Gemmill, Greendykes;
Robert Ainslie, Dodridge ; John M. Warden, Lawfield.
ment; Mrs Baldry, girls' departmentSt David's School— Miss M'PhersonLadies'
1 Schools— Miss J. W. Aitken, 51Back Street ; Mrs Baikie, Rosehill
;
Miss Hogg, Westfield
6th V.B. The Royal Scots Volunteers.
In 1888 the name of the 2nd Mid Lothian Battalion was changed to the 6th V.B.Royal Scots, and the uniform is changed to the doublet and tartan trews. Head-Quarters, Penicuik. At the end of the volunteer year the strength of the threeDalkeith companies (A. B and C) was 190 of all ranks. Of these 6 officers and 15 ser-
geants were proficient; 185, including the proficients, were efficient; 4 were non-efficient from being unable to attend drill through ill-health ; and only 1 was non-efficient
through negligence. The Capitation Grant for the year amounts to £426. The Staff-
Officers are:
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Lieutenant- Colonel, Sir George D. Clerk, Bart., late Lieutenant 2d Life
Guards. Majors, John A. Hay and P. G. W. Ramsay. Adjutant, E. R. Morgan Payler,
Captain Royal Scots. Quartermaster, E. Dawson, juu. Surgeons, Alexander Ballan-
t}me, M.D., and C. J. Allan. Acting Surgeon, Alexander Fergusson, M.D. ActingChaplains, Revs. Andrew Gray, M. A., J. A. Burdon, J. B. Lorraine, and J. Boyd.The Officers of the three Dalkeith Companies (A, B, C) are :
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Captains—WilliamYoung, (hon. Major) J. Dawson and Abram Douglas, jun. Lieutenants—T. A. R.Hutchinson, C. E. Hutchinson, and W. H. Gray.
Curling Club.
This Club was instituted in 1839, and in 1841 was admitted into the Royal CaledonianCurling Club. The Club celebrated its jubilee on the 18th December 1889, when be-tween 50 and 60 of the members and their friends met at dinner in the Cross Keys Hotel.His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.T., and the Marquess of Lothian, K.T., Patrons.
James Craig, Esq., Craigesk, President.
R. C. Menzies, and Wm. Millar, Vice-Presidents.
Ebenezer Dawson, sen., and Rev. A. Gray, Representative Members.Rev. Andrew Gray, D.D., Chaplain.
Dr. J. S. Thomson, Secretary and Treasurer.
Committee of Management.James Lamb, Robert Craig, jun., Geo. Pirrie, R. L. Paterson, Alex. M'Lennan, John
Dobbie, E. Dawson, jun., William Urquhart, Arch. Dods, James Craig, W. Millar, Wm.Steven, and the above Office-Bearers, ex- officio, except the Patrons and the RepresentativeMembers.
Skips for 1889-90 — James Craig, Rev. Andrew Gray, D.D., George Pirrie, E.Dawson, jun., and Dr A. L\ R. Thomson.
Dalkeith Angling Club.
Instituted 1884. Membership, 26.
Competitions are held at stated periods on open waters.President, Bailie Murdoch ; Vice-President, George Leyden; Secy, and Treas., G. Jack,S.S.C. Committee—Messrs Wm. Russell, W. K. Munro, J. Mathieson, and G. A. Miller.
Horticultural Society.
Holds an annual exhibition of fruit, flowers, and vegetables in the autumn.Provost Gray, President. Malcolm Dunn, Vice-President.
Robert Dodds, 85 High Street, Treas. Thomas Pringle, Lasswade Road, Stcy.
46 DALKEITH : ITS SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
Cricket Club.Foil the use of this Club, His Grace the Duke of BiiGcleuch has kindly turfed and railed
oft a portion of Dick's Park, near the Railway Station, and an elegant pavilion has beenerected on the ground, and presented to the Cluh hy R. Crai,^, Esq., president. Themembers meet there for practice every evening, and play matches on Saturdays duringthe summer season.
Patron—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.T., &c.Vice-Patron—The Most Noble the Marquis of Lothian, K.T.
President—Robert Craig, Esq., Craigesk.
Charles Craig, Captain
Charles Guild, Vice-Captain.
W. J. Newton, Secretary & TreasurerSecond Eleven—Stewart Cappell, Captain.
H. 0. Macgregor, J. Morton, C. Wilson,Members of Committee,.
Bowling Club.
This Club was formed in 1857, and has a membership of 65. It possesses a green oflarge dimensions, being 40 yards long by 45 broad, which is well kept, and situated at aconvenient distance from the town. The entry money—including first year's subscrip-
tion—is £1, and the annual subscription 12s 6d.
His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.T., Patron.Dr R. Lucas, President ; Thomas Jamieson, Vice-President; Hugh Watt, Secretary;
W. F. Peebles, Treasurer; A. H. Small, Ranger, Messrs Jas. Stevenson, G. A. Baird,
Robert Wilson, Robert J, Noble, Directors.
Golf Club.This Club was instituted in July 1880.
Captain—Rev. Andrew Gray, M. A. Vice- Captain— Charles Craig.
Chaplain— Rev. Andrew Gray, M.A. Treasurer—William Urquhart, brewer.Secretary— Charles Guild, Belle vue Place.
Committee of Management—Dr Ballantyne, Dr Lucas, Rev. A. Hunter, Arch. Dods,and the above Ofhce-Bearers.
Winner? of Gold Challenge Medal—18S0, Robert Craig, jun. ; 1881, Dr J. Stitt
Thomson ; 1882, Dr Ballantyne ; 1883, Robert Craig, jun ; 1884, Francis Gibson ; 1886,Charles Guild; 1887, Charles Guild; 1888, H. F. Caldwell; 1889, Robert Craig, jun.
Dalkeith Lawn Tennis Club (Limited).
Registered Office, - - White Hart Street.
John C. Chisholm, secretary. William Millar, treasurer.
Directors—Dr Ballantyne, J. C. Chisholm, A. Douglas, jun., Wm. Gray, R. Handy-side, Dr Lucas, A. McLennan, Wm. Millar, Dr Thomson, William Urquhart and JohnMorison.
Thistle Football Club (Association).
Captain, J. Shearer ; Matcli Secretary, J. Brown; Secretary and Treasurer, J. Fairbairn.
Dalkeith Harriers.Head Quarters
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Relief Hall.Rev. A. Gray, D.D., President; Charles Guild Vice-President; Stewart Cappell,
Captain; Alex. Forrest, Vice-captain; Wm. Main, jun., Secretary and Treasurer.
Educational Institute of Scotland—Dalkeith Branch.The members of this branch hold occasional meetings, at which papers on educationalmatters are read and discussed.
President— David Neilson, Rosewell.Secretary —John Donaldson, Bonnyrigg. Treasurer—Robert Marshall, Lasswade.
DALKEITH : ITS SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS. 47
Ancient Order of Foresters' Friendly Society.COURT PRIDE OF MID-LOTHIAN, No. 5323.
This Court was opened on 18th March 1863, and now forms an auxiliary branch ot the
Dalkeith District. It makes provision for its members in sickness and at death. It
admits members from 16 to 40 years of age. Capital about £345-:>. Number of Members,722. Honorary Members 15. There is a juvenile lodge attached to the Court.
John Montgomery, Chief Ranger; Robert Wilson, Secretary; Thomas Henry,
Treasurer ; Dr R. Lucas, Stirgeon.
Dalkeith District—A. O. Foresters.Comprises 8 Courts, with a membership of 2015. Total Funds £2608 2s 3d.
George M'Kay, D.C.R.; J. Stark, Dalkeith, Treasurer; Thomas Logan, Dalkeith, Secy.
A.O. Shepherds—Sanctuary of " Pride of Mid-Lothian."Instituted 4th March, 1871.
Alex Blair, Pastor; John M'Kemraie, Scribe; Thomas Henry, Treasurer.
Independent United Order of Scottish Mechanics.LOTHIAN LODGE, NEWTONGRANGE.
Membership, 409. Total Funds, £992, Is 8d.
National Independent Order of Oddfellows.LOYAL STAR OF MIDLOTHIAN LODGE, No. 929.
Was instituted 15th March 1877, and has a membership of 400. Capital, £900.Gives weekly aliment in case of sickness, and a funeral allowance on death. Holdsmeetings every second Friday evening in Masonic Hall. There is also a juvenile branch,which insures member from 3 years upwards.
William Liddle, CM. ; John Howie, N.Q.; William Johnson, V.G.; Dr J. S.
Thomson, Surgeon; R. Roy, Treasurer; Thomas Sim, Secretary.
Lodge Dalkeith Kilwinning, No, 10.
This Lodge was constituted in December 1724. It possesses a commodious Hall, andSir James Walker Drummond, Bart, of Hawthornden, who was R.W.M. in 1848, pre-
sented the Lodge with a handsome full-sized statue of St. Andrew, the tutelar saint ofScotland, which occupies a niche in the wall. The walls are adorned with portraits ofWhite Melville, Esq. of Bennochy and Strathkinness, P. M. W. Master Mason of Scot-land, Bailie Alves, Captain Crichton, and R. Jefferies, M.D., past R. W. Masters of theLodge, &c. The Inter-Masonic Trophy, which is annually competed for at the EdinburghRifle Meeting, was won by the shooting team ot the Lodge in 1883, and a large photo-graph of the trophy and team was presented to the Lodge, and now forms an honour-able addition to its adornment. Office-Bearers for 1890—It. W.M., Dr R. Lucas; S.M.,Robert Noble; S.W., Joseph Wallace; J.W., J. Robertson; Treasurer, James King
;
Secretary, Wm. J. Newton; S.D., S. Hair; J.D.,3. Sinclair; Architect, J. Kennedy;Jeweller, Archd. Chisholm ; Chaplain, F. Plain; B.B., James Morton; I.G., W. M'Gill,jun.; Tyler, W. Mi'Gifl, sen.
Dalkeith Friendly Funeral Society.
Was instituted in 1853. The object contemplated was the securing to members therite of proper interment. Males aud Females in possession of good health, betweenthe ages of seven and thirty five years, are admitted as members by paying according tothe scale of entry money, with a quarterly contribution of 6d. There is also a juvenileand children's section. The following are the office bearers for 1889-90:—John Thorburn,
and James Lindsay, Committee ; James Wilson, Officer
48 DALKEITH : ITS SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
Youths' Friendly Society.
The oldest permanent Benefit Society in Dalkeith making provision for its members in
sickness, in old age, and at death. It has existed for seventy-seven years, and had at July1889, an accumulated capital of £1,725 19s 4d. Number of members, 327. Its presentoffice-bearers and committee are—Mr James Lindsay, President; Messrs John Thorburn,and John M'Connachie, Vice-Presidents; Mr David Thomson, Treasurer; Mr Jas. Young,Secretary; Mr David Mackie, Check-clerk; Messrs John Hurry, William Hare, JohnWilson, G. T. Fairley, B. Sutherland, and Alex. Moffat, Committee ; Messrs JohnBiggins, Kobert Wilson, and W. A. M'Pherson, Auditors ; James M'Pherson and GeorgeLiddell, Trustees.
Indigent Sick Society.
This useful Society, instituted in 1808, bestows its benefactions in cases which do notproperly come within the scope of parochial aid. It is maintained by contributions madeannually, and affords valuable relief to the poorer classes when suffering from sickness.
Geo. Douglas, President. Thos. Porteous, Secretary. George Gray, Treasurer.
Royal Infirmary Auxiliary Society.
This Society was instituted in 1841, and raises an annual voluntary subscription, wbichlast year amounted to £59 16s 8d. When contributions from other parties are takeninto account, Dalkeith contributes annually to the Royal Infirmary nearly £100.
Thomas Alison, Secretary and Treasure!-
.
Dalkeith Philharmonic Society.
Instituted 1875.
Honorary President—His Grace the Duke of Buccleuck.
Honorary Vice-Presidents—The Marquis of Lothian, the Earl of Stair, Viscount Melville,
the Earl of Dalkeith, Robert Dundas, Esq., Robert Craig, Esq., Thomas M'Dougal, Esq.,and Henry Callander, Esq.
President—Dr Ballantyne. Vice-President—Dr Lucas. Librarian—Wm. C. Gray.Secretary—W. J. Newton. Treasurer—James A. Tod.
Members of committee—D. Dickson, James Donaldson, Wm. L. Foote, and S. Potter.
Conductor—Mr Charles Guild (Organist to his Grace tbe Duke of Buccleuch).
Orchestral Society.
Practisings weekly on Thursday evenings in the Douglas Hall. Tait Street.
Dr Thomson, president. John C. Chisbolm, vice-prmident.
Wm. Dobbie, secretary and treasurer.
Homing Pigeon Society.
Headquarters - - Scientific Hall.
Thomas Watson, president. John Thomson, King's Park Cottage, secretary andtreasurer. Dr Thomson, Belmont, hon. president.
Dalkeith Canary Club.
Instituted 1884, for the purpose of improving the breed of Canaries and other sangbirds. The society held a successtul exbibition of birds (confined to members) in October.
William Bain, president. William Vicars, secretary. Thos. Briggs, treasurer.
Dalkeith and District Ornithological Society.
Hon. President—James Falconer, Esq., Broombill.
President, John Watson; Treasurer, William Vicars; Secretary, James Young, 58High Street.
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Dalkeith District Conservative Association.
Inaugurated in 1879. President, Sir Charles Dalrymple, Bart., M.P.Vice-Presidents — Viscount Melville, Lord Ralph Kerr, T. Alison, Rosehill.
/Secretary and Treasurer—Hugh Watt, Dalkeith.
Hall Keeper—Hugh Reid.
The Reading and Recreation Rooms belonging to the Association are open every
lawful day from nine a.m. to ten p.m., and are furnished with the leading newspapers
and magazines of the day. There is also a billiard table and facilities for other games.
Members of Committee—W. J. Newton, Alex. Forrest, G. Anderson, J. Dick Main,and W. S. Dickson.
The Junior Conservative Club holds its meetings on the first Wednesday of every
month, at 8.15 p.m.
Dalkeith Liberal Unionist Association.Formed 1887. Hon. President — Ex-Provost Mitchell.
Vice-Presidents—Messrs Wm Milne ; A. Douglas, jun. ; David Grieve ; andGilbert S. Wildridge.
Secretary and Treasurer—Mr George Jack, S.S.C.
Irish National League—Proclamation Branch.Bernard J. Connolly, President ; Patrick Hughes, Vice-President ; Michael M'Cabe,
Treasurer ; Patrick Connolly, Secretary.
Dalkeith Liberal Association.This Association was formed in February 1878 for the promotion of Liberal pi-inciples
in the town and district. In connection with the Association there was opened in
December 1881 a Hall for a Reading Room, &c, and meetings. The Reading Room is
open every lawful day from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., and is provided with newspapers
and magazines, also bagatelle table, two billiard tables, and other amusements.Office-Bearers for 1889-90.
President—Provost Gray. Vice-President— James Stewart.
Treasurer—Thomas Taylor. Secretary—James A. Tod.
Junipr Liberal Association.This Association, which has for its object the promotion of Liberal principles, wasformed in October 1879, and meets fortnightly for the discussion of political subjects.
All young men of Liberal views in politics are eligible for membership.
Committee—Rev. J. C. Carrick, B.D., A. Thomson, C. Oliver, Major M'Leod, J.
Fleming, John Carment, John Tait, John Ramsay, George Gray, Peter B. Davidson,
W. C. Gray, Philip Cockburn, S. .Potter, Wm. Dods, W. Cameron, Geo. Brotherston,
W. Young, A. Laidlaw, John Bryson, R. Dodds, Wm. Shearer, R. Allan, R. T. Taylor,
and J. Davidson.
50 DALKEITH : ITS SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
Independent Order of Good Templars.City of Edinburgh District Lodge, No. 21.
Exercises supervision over suborninate and juvenile lodges in city of Edinburgh andcounties of Mid and East Lothian.
John Sutherland, I). C. T. ; William Linkie, 6 St. John Street, Edinburgh, D. Secy. ;Thomas Berne, 6 Glenogle Terrace, Edinburgh, D.S.J.T.
St. John's Lodge, No. 72.—Instituted 2d July 1870. Strength, 70 Members.James Ewing, Q.T.; Jessie Stewart, Secy.; John M'Kay, D.G.C.T.
Meets every Tuesday at 7.30 in the Scientific Hall.
Nktherby Lodge, Factory Hall, Westfield. Instituted September 1887.John Golder, C. T. ; Robert Thorburn, Secy. George Porteous, D. G. C. T.
Strength, 50 Members. Meets on Thursday night at 8.15.
"Daniel" Band of Hope.Instituted 1877.
Meets on alternate Thursdays at 7 30 p.m. in the Congregational Church.Office- Bearers— President, Robert Somerville. Vice-President, George Gray.
Treasurer and Secretary—E. G. Gray.
Buccleuch Street Band of Hope.Meets in U. P. Church every Friday evening at 7.15. Members, 240.
President, Rev. J. Eraser; Vice-President, R. Baxter; Treasurer, Mrs Kirk;Secretary, R. Hogg.
Buccleuch Street Literary Society.
President, Alfred F. Davidson ; Vice-President, Thomas Alison, jun.;
Secretary, Wm. R. Aitken ; Secretary, Alexander Neill.
Public Holidays in Dalkeith.
The Burgh Commissioners have fixed the second Wednesdays in August, April andOctober, and the usual Queen's Birthday and New Year's day holidays.
Pairs.
May. ..First Thursday after Rutherglen, for
horses, &c, 15th May.Octr.... Third Tuesday for cattle, horses, &c.
February.. Last Thursday, hinds hiring.
April First Thursday, servants hiring.
October. ..Second Thursday. do.
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and Mining Districts of Mid-
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Published evert/ Thursday.
Festivals, Eclipses, Postal Regulations, Savings Banks, &c.
PRINCIPAL ARTICLES ofTHE CALENDAR for 1890.
Golden Number, 10; Epact, 9;Solar Cycle, 23 ; Dominical Letter,P; Roman Indiction, 3; JulianPeriod, 6603.
FIXED AND MOVABLEFESTIVALS, ANNIVER-SARIES, &c. &c.
Epiphany - Jan. 6Septuagesima Sunday - Peb. 2
Quinquagesima — ShroveSunday - - - - „ 16
Ash Wednesday - - „ 19Quadragesima — 1st Sun-
day in Lent - - - „ 23St. David - Mar. 1
St. Patrick - - - „ 17Annunciation—Lady Day „ 25Palm Sunday - - - „ 30Good Friday - April 4
Easter Sunday „ 6Low Sunday „ 13St. George -
,, 23Rogation Sunday - - May 11
Ascension Day — HolyThursday - - - „ 15
Birth of Queen Victoria- ,. 24Pentecost—Whit Sunday ., 25
Trinity Sunday - June 1
Corpus Christi „ 5
Accession of Queen Vic-toria - - ,, 20
Proclamation - - - ,,21St. John the Baptist-
Midsummer Day - „ 24St. Michael—Michaelmas
Day .--- Sept. 29Birth of Prince of Wales Nov. 9
St. Andrew „ SO1st Sunday in Advent - „ 30St. Thomas ... Dec. 21
Christmas Day - - - „ 25The year 5651 of the Jewish Era
commences on September 15, 1890.
Ramadan (Month of Abstinenceobserved by the Turks) com-mences on April 21, 1890.
The year 1308 of the Moham-medan Era commences on August17, 1890.
ECLIPSES IN 1890.In the year 1890 there will be
two Eclipses of the Sun and oneof the Moon :
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June 17.—An Annular Eclipse ofthe Sun,visible as a Partial Eclipseat Greenwich.Nov. 26.—A Partial Eclipse of the
Moon, in visible at Greenwich.Dec. 12—A Total Eclipse of the
Sun, invisible at Greenwich.
LAW SITTINGS, 1890.Begin End
Hilary Sittings - Jan. 11 Apr. 2Easter „ - Apr. 15 May 23Trinity „ - June 3 Aug. 12Michaelmas „ - Oct. 24 Dec. 20
RATES OF POSTAGE.To and from all parts of the
United Kingdom, for prepaidletters :—Not exceeding 1 oz. - - id.Excdg.loz.butnotexcd.2oz. iKd.
.. 2 „ 4 2d.,, 4 .. „ 6 2^d.
and so on at the rate of %&. forevery additional 2 oz. A letterposted unpaid is chargeable ondelivery with double postage,and a letter posted insufficientlypaid is charged double the de-ficiency.
The penny stamp now issuedcan be used either as a postageor receipt stamp. Postage stampsof the value of 2d., 3d.,6d., 9d., Is.,
and 2s. 6d. are also now used forinland revenue purposes.
POST-CARDS.Post-cards, available for trans-
mission in the United Kingdomonly, are sold at 10 for ^d., orof liner quality 10 for 6d. Theycan also be had in smaller num-bers, or singly. Reply cards arenow sold. Foreign post-cards, Id.,l^d., and 2d..
INLAND BOOK POST.The Book Post rate is one
halfpenny for every 2 oz., orfraction of 2 oz. Every bookpacket must be posted eitherwithout a cover, or in a coverentirely open at the ends. Nobook packet may exceed 5 lbs. inweight, or one foot six inches inlength, nine inches in width, andsix inches in depth.
POSTAGE ON INLAND RE-GISTERED NEWSPAPERS.On each Registered Newspaper,
whether posted singly or in apacket, the postage when prepaidis one halfpenny; but a packetcontaining two or more Regis-tered Newspapers is not charge-able with a higher postage thanwould be chargeable on a bookpacket of the same weight.No packet of newspapers must
exceed 14 lbs. in weight, or 2ft. inlength, or 1 ft. in width or depth.Penny as well as halfpenny
wrappers can now be obtained.
POST-OFFICE TELE-GRAMS.
The charge for Telegramsthroughout the United Kingdomis 6d. for 12 words, and Jd. forevery additional word. Addressesare charged for. Postage stampsare used for payment, and mustbe affixed by the sender.
MONEY-ORDERS FOR THEUNITED KINGDOM.
Money-orders are granted in theUnited Kingdom at the followingrates :
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For sums not exceeding - £1, 2d.
„ ,, exc. £1 & not exc. £2, 3d.
„ „ „ £2 „ „ £4, 4d.
„ „ „ £4 „ „ £7, 5d.
„ „ „ £7 „ „ £10, 6d.
MONEY- ORDERS PAY-ABLE ABROAD.
If payable in France, Switzer-land, Belgium, Denmark, Norway,Germany, Hollaud, Italy, Con-stantinople, Smyrna, &c, and inthe Colonies and British Pos-sessions :
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On sums not exceeding £2, 6d.Above £2, and not exeg. £5, Is. od.
„ 5 „ „ 7, Is. 6d.
„ 7 „ „ 10, 2s. Od.
POSTAL ORDERS.A new form of postal order, for
tixed sums, is now issued: onthose for Is. and Is 6d. the chargeis Yzd.. ; for 2s. up to 10s. 6d. it is
Id.; for 15s. and 20s. it is l}£d.These notes can pass from handto hand like money.
INLAND PATTERN ANDSAMPLE POST.
This post is absolutely restricted to bond fide trade Pat-terns and Samples. 4 oz., Id. ; 4to 6 oz., l^d. ; and 6 to 8 oz., 2d.
PARCEL POST.Parcels up to 11 lbs. in weight
may be transmitted by the InlandParcels Post, prepaid with ordi-nary postage stamps, at thefollowing rates:
1 lb. and under - - 3d.and ljd. additional for every lb. upto 11 lbs., which is charged Is. 6d.No parcel may exceed 3 ft. 6 in. inlength, and the length and girthcombined must not exceed 6 ft.
A Parcel Post is now establishedbetween the United Kingdom andmany foreign countries, and theBritish possessions generally.
REGISTRATION.On the prepayment of a fee of
twopence, any letter, newspaper,or book packet may be registeredto any place in the United King-dom. Every letter, &c, to be re-gistered must be given to an agentof the Post Office, and a receiptobtained for it. Registered letterenvelopes are sold at all post-offices. The Postmaster-Geueralis not responsible for loss of re-gistered letters, but in certaincases he will refund any loss tothe value of £5. Payment of 2d.more secures £10 compensation.
POST-OFFICE SAVINGSBANKS.
No depositof less than ashillingis received, nor any pence, andnot more than £30 in one year.No further deposit is allowedwhen the amount standing indepositor's name exceeds £150,exclusive of interest. Interestis allowed at the rate of 2% percent, (or sixpence in the pound)per annum—that is, at the rateof one halfpenny per pound permonth. When the principal andinterest reach to £200 no furtherinterest is paid until the sum atthe depositor's credit is reducedbelow that amount. Separateaccounts may be opened in thenames of wife and children.
Any person can now invest atany Post Office Savings Banksmall sums in Government Stock.The amount of Stock which canbe purchased or sold at one timeis now reduced to the nominalsum of Is.
GOVERNMENT INSURANCEAND ANNUITIES.
The lives of persons of either sexbetween the ages of 14 and 05 maybe insured for not less than £5nor more than £100. The sumscharged for deferred annuities,or deferred monthly allowances,vary with the age and sex of theperson on whose life it is todepend, and with the conditionsof the contract.
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JANUARY,] Be wise to-day, 'tis madness to defer. [1890.
the boat, and it was tied up six weeks in port. When delivered, it was somuch damaged that after removing the handsome marble tops the furni-
ture was sent to a cabinet shop for repairs. Shortly afterwards the shoptook fire, and the furniture was burned.On my return home, after hearing of the loss of my furniture, I found
that one of the workmen had let something fall on one of the marble slabs
and broken it. He thought that he would finish the business, so he got asledge-hammer and smashed the whole lot of marble. His only son, a boythree years of age, stood by to see the fun, but stumbled and fell on a sharppiece of marble, receiving a dangerous wound on his temple. He has grownto manhood, but will carry to his grave an ugly scar.
STHAY HOTKS."J/ thou desire the time
should not passe too fast,"says a quaint old moralist," use not too much pastime :
thy life in jollity blazes likea taper in the wind; theblast of honour wastes, if theheat of pleasure melts it ; ifthou labour in a painfulcalling, thou shalt be lessesensible of the flux of time,and siveetlier satisfied at thetime of death."
1.—Thomas Naogeorgus,in "The Popish King-dome," a poem written in1553, after remarking ondays of the old year, urgesthis recollection :—
The next to this is Neweyea/res day whereon toevery frende,
They costly presents in dobring, and Newe ytaresgiftes do sende,
These giftes the husbandgives his wife, and fathereke the childe,
And maister on his men be-
stowes the like, withfavourmilde.
. An orange stuck with' cloves seems, by referenceto Mr. Fosbroke and ourearly authors, to have beena popular New Year's gift.Mr. Ellis suggests that theuse of this present may beascertained from a remarkby old Lupton, that theflavour of wine is im-proved, and the wine itselfpreserved from mouldi-ness, by an orange or lemonstuck with cloves beinghung within the vessel soas not to touch the liquor.
6.—The following linesare illustrative of Twelfth-night practices in theolden time :
—Noio Twelfth-day is coming,good housewife, Itrowe,
Get readie your churne, andyour milkfrom the cowe.
And fire your oven all readyto bake,
For Emma co7nes here witha bonnie Twelfth-cake.
The lads and the lasses atnight will be seen
Bound the wassaile-bowledraicing for king and forquccne
;
But could I possess theirthree kingdoms by lotte,
I would rather have Emmaand dwell in a cotte.
14.—It has long been cus-tomary in England to lookupon St. Hilary's Day, the14th of January, as thecoldest day in the year. Itis possible that this popu-lar belief dates as far backas the long and calamitousfrost of 1205. Eten tells usthat this frost lasted till
near the end of March, " sothat the ground could notbe tilled." In 1S20 the 14thof January w:is the coldestday of the year, and proba-bly of the century ; in more
It is foolish to fear what you cannot avoid.
than one locality the thermometerfell to four below zero. On a reviewof the hardest frosts chronicled inEngland, it is to be observed thatthey have generally occurred inJanuary, only occasionally diverg-ing a little into December on the onehand, and February on the other.
15.—The poetic gifts of Dr. Har-rington were much thought of inhis time, as maybe gathered fromthe following verses addressed tohim by a contemporary :—
~[Yhen people borrow, it should be theircare
To send things back again—it is butfair;To gratitude and manners this is
due.Therefore, good doctor, to the God of
SongReturn his lyre—you've really had it
long :
Othersmust be obliged as ivell as you.
17.—Dr. Franklin exhibited a strik-ing instance of the influence ofreading, writing, and conversation,in prolonging a sound and activestate of all the faculties of the mind.In his eighty-fourth year he dis-covered no one mark in any of themof the weakness of decay usuallyobserved in the minds of persons atthat advanced period of life.
31.—"Prince Charles," says Dr.King, " was a miser. I have knownhim, with two thousand louis-d'orin his strung box, pretend he was ingreat distress, and borrow moneyfrom a lady in Paris who was not inaffluent circumstances. His mostfaithful servants were ill-rewarded."
Thunder in January signifleth thesame year great winds, plentiful ofcorn and cattle, pcradventure.—Book of Knowledge.
" This diary is only ruled out forJanuary,'" said a. gentleman in abook shop." res," replied the stationer, "our
experience in the business has taughtus that no one ever gets beyond thefirst month."
Sow early mazagan and long-podbeans during the first and lastweeks of the month ; early peas inthe beginning of the month ; onionson very light soils
; parsley, ehort-topped radish, and hardy green andbrown Dutch lettuce. All kinds offruit-trees should be pruned ; washthose trees which are infested withinsects with soapsuds and flower ofsulphur and tobacco liquor. Pre-pare for making up hot-beds forearly cucumbers and melons. Sowsalads, carrots, and kidney-beans onBlijri.it hot-beds. Plant dried tubersand bulbs of bordered flowers if notdone in autumn. Transplant her-baceous plants, in light soils, if notdone in autumn ; also deciduoustrees, shrubs, and hedges. Lay edg-ings when the weather is fine. Sowmignonette, stocks, &c, in pots.Sow sweet-peas and a few hardyannuals on a warm border. The pro-tection of choice plants will nowrequire particular care. Waterplants in pots sparingly.
THE FINGER OF PROVIDENCE.
In man's most dark extremityOft succoicr dawns from Heaven.- -SCOTT.
S King William III. of England, the Stadtholderof the Netherlands, was besieging Nanmr in1695, sundry soldiers from his army, through
the want which reigned in the camp, went marauding,though such a transgression of the martial law hadbeen forbidden on pain of death. Most of thesemarauders were caught by the country people, andkilled ; only two of them reached the camp unscathed
;
but they were sentenced to death. They were bothbrave soldiers, and the general-in-chief wanted to saveone of them, and thus commuted the judgment in sofar, that they should have to throw at dice for theirlife, as was the custom in former times in such cases.
I
*TRUE LOVE.
*
*
True love 's the gift •which God has givenTo man alone beneath the heaven :
It is not fantasy s hot fire,Whose wishes, soon as granted, fly
;
It liveth not in fierce desire,
With dead desire it doth not die ;It is the secret sympathy,The silver link, the silken tie,
Which heart to heart, and mind to 7/iind,
In body and in sonl can bind. c^^-t,J bCOTT. *
On the morning appointed for the execution, both themarauders were led to a drum, in order thereupon tocast the decisive throw ; while, at a few paces further,the fatal pole already stood erect. Full of painfulexpectation, a group of officers, the regimental chap-lain, and the executioner, surrounded the poor fellows.With a trembling hand, one of the condemned took upthe dice ; he threw—two sixes ! In the next momenthe saw that his fellow had also thrown—two sixes !
The commanding officers were not a little stricken atthis strange occurrence : but their orders were precise,and so they commanded both the men to throw again.This was done ; the dice were cast, and in the throw ofboth there turned up—two fives ! The spectators nowloudly called out that both should be pardoned ; andthe officers, to ask for new directions, momentarily putoff the execution. They applied to the court-martial,which they found assembled ; and, after a long discus-sion, the disheartening reply was that the delinquentsshould decide their lot with new dice. Once more bothof them cast, and, lo —each threw two fours !
" This is the finger of God," said all present.The officers again submitted the strange case to the
court-martial. This time, even the members of thecourt shuddered : and they resolved to leave thedecision to the general-in-chief, who was momentarilyexpected.The Prince of Vaudemont came. He caused the two
Englishmen to appear before him : they related to himthe trying circumstances of their desertion. The Princelistened attentively, and relieved the poor culprits withthe welcome "Pardon," adding, "it is impossible insuch an uncommon case not to obey the voice of DivineProvidence."
FEBRUARY,] Every delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom. [1890.
LONDON. EDINBURGH DUBLIN.The Moon's Changes.
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r-jr;< HERE was of late advertised a parrot who could make original observa-0})$ turns—not mere slavish " copy," but the most apt remarks. A parrot*
fancier answered this advertisement, and the advertiser brought his
bird. He was not beautiful, and he did not look accomplished. He no sooneri pened his mouth, however, than his genius discovered itself.
" Supposing that this bird is all that you say of it," inquired the possiblepurchaser, " what do you want for it 1"' Fifty pounds," said the dealer."Make it guineas," exclaimed the parrot.The enraptured bird-fancier bought him at once.Weeks rolled on, and the bird never said another word. Not even that
solitary sentence, " Make it guineas."He sent for the dealer, and thus frankly addressed him—" Of course, I
have been taken in. This bird is dumb— can't even say ' What 's o'clock ?' or
' Pretty Poll."
"
" He only professes to make original observations," put in the dealer."Nonsense; he does nothing but scratch himself. You have got your
money : at least tell me how he contrived to say 'Make it guineas' at so ap-propriate a moment, I'll forgive you if you'll only tell me the truth.""Very good, sir; then he didn't say it at all. I'm a ventriloquist. My
pai rots all make original observations, but only 111 my press nee.
STHAY HOTHS.
Foul vjeather is no neivs
;
hail, ram, and snowAre noiD expected, and es-teemed no woe
;
Nay, 'tis an omen bad, theyeomen say,
If Phoebus shows his face thesecond day.
Country Almanac,¥eb., 1676.
2.—Bishop Hall, in a ser-mon on Candlemas Day, re-marks, that "it hath beenan old (1 say not how true)note, that hath been wontto be set on this day, thatif it be clear and sunshiny,it portends a hard weatherto come ; if cloudy andlouring, a mild and gentleseason ensuing." Thisagrees with one of Ray'sproverbs :—The hind had as lief see hiswife on the bier,
As that Candlemas Dayshould be pleasant andclear.
So also Browne, in his"Vulgar Errors," affirms,that "there is a generaltradition in most parts ofEurope, that inferreth thecoldness of succeedingwinters from the shiningof the sun on CandlemasDay, according to the pro-verbial distich :
—
' Si Sol svlendescat Mariapuriflcante.
Major erit glades post fes-tum quamfuit ante.'"
12.—Lady Jane Grey suf-fered through the tower-ing ambition of her pa-rents, who contrived tohavener proclaimed queen,and attempted thereby toset aside Mary's accession.The Lady Jane met herdestiny on a scaffold on agreen within the Tower,with fortitude and com-posure only equalled bythe unsullied innocence ofher life. Her executionwas preceded by that ofher ill-fated husband, onTower-hill; and, as if toconsummate her wretched-ness, she saw his headlesscorse being conveyed tothe chapel, its final resting-place, as she was approach-ing the block. The deathsof these unfortunates wasshortly succeeded by theexecutions of the Duke ofNorfolk, Lady Jane's rashand imprudent father, andLord Thomas Grey, heruncle.
14.—In sUme places, atthis time, the lad's valen-tine is the first lass he seesin the morning who is notan inmate of the house
;
the lass's valentine is thefirst youth she sees. Gaymentions this usage on St.Valentine's Day ; he makes
The poiccr of habit is very strong.
a rustic housewife remind her goodman :—
I early rose just at the break of day,Before the sun had chased the stars
away ;
Afield I went, amid the morning dewTo milk my kine {for so should house-
wives do),
Thee first I spied, and the first swaintee see
In spite of Fortune shall our true-love be'.'
1
18.—It is mentioned in the "Shep-herd's Almanack "of 1676, chat " somesay, thunder on Shrove Tuesdayforetelleth wind, store of fruit, andplenty. Others affirm that so muchas the sun suirieth on that day, thelike will shine every day in Lent."
19.—This is the first day of Lent,on which, in the Romisu Church,the priests heard the confessions ofthose who had neglected to conformto the established rules of worship,or who had committed any par-ticular sin. The priest, after con-fession, clothed them in sackcloth,laid ashes on their heads, thensprinkled them with holy water,and repeated the seven penitentialpsalms over them, as they lay pros-trate on the earth. They thenwalked in procession barefooted,and were not admitted into theChurch again till Maunday Thurs-day, when they received absolution.The practice of strewing ashes on
the heads of sinners was derived bythe Christians from the Jews ; andthe example of Job's friends is aproof that this was peculiar to thechildren of Israel. Tertullian's Trea-tise of Penance, and St. Cyprian'sBook'of those toho Fell clearly showsackcloth and ashes were in themost early times of Christianitymade use of as marks of penance,according to the established canonsof the Church.
" Busy yourself" says Horace, " notin looking forward to tlie events of to-
morrow, but whatever may be tliose ofthe days Providence may yet assignyou, neglect not to turn them to ad-vantage."
%$e <t&axbex\.
Sow heans and peas in the begin-ning and end of the month ; a fewearly cabbages, red cabbages, andsavoys in the last week. Sow alsoearly horn carrot, Dutch turnip,onions for a full crop in light soils,
with a few leeks. Sow chervil andfennel and lettuce, with radishesand round-leaved spinach, twice inthe course of the month; smallsalads every fortnight. Plant Jeru-salem artichokes, garlic, horse-radish, and early potatoes. Straw-berries may be planted about theend of the month. Transplant forseed, cabbage, cauliflower, turnip,&c. Transplant to the bottom of asouth wall a few of the peas sownin November for the first crop.Prune apricots, peaches, nectarines,and plums, before the buds be muchswelled ; also apples, pears, cherries,gooseberries, currants, and rasp-berries, before the end of the mouth.Continue the forcing of all kinds offruit. In the flower garden, in goodweather, plant dried roots.
CURING A DEAD MAN.
There is a pleasure sure in being mad.—Dryden.
VJcpHERE lived at Taunton a person of some propertyHJIk who had several times f."**> ) with credit. He was, unfortunately for him-
who had several times filled the office of mayor
self, a remarkably nervous and hypochondriacal subject.He would keep the house for weeks under the dread ofdanger in going abroad. Sometimes he fancied he wasa cat or a dog, and conducted himself much in the styleof one of these animals. But the most singular notionthat came into his head was to fancy himself dead andrefuse to be moved till his coffin came.Never having carried his " thick coming fancies" so
far before, his wife, seriously alarmed, sent for thedoctor, who, when he came, said, " Well, Mr. Jones,how do you do this morning?"
" Do," replied he in a low tone, " a pretty question toask a dead man."
l_*
IN MINIATURE.*
Though Ned is short, he doubtless standsA masterpiece from Nature's hands!His "words and actions, past dispute,
Exactly ivith his stature suit ."
In mind and body, all agree,A perfect miniature is he. Anon.
*
" Dead ! what do you mean 1"
" Yes, I died last Wednesday ; the coffin will be herepresently, the mourners are invited, and I shall beburied to-morrow."The doctor, a man of sense and skill, immediately
thought of a scheme that promised success ; with aserious, steady countenance, he felt his pulse, andshaking his head, said, " I find it is indeed too true ;
you are certainly defunct, and the sooner you are buriedthe better."The coffin arrived, he was carefully placed in it and
carried towards the church. The surgeon, perfectlyacquainted with his character, knew where he wasvulnerable, and, acting accordingly, had given instruc-
tions to several neighbours how to proceed. Theprocession had scarcely moved a dozen yards, when aperson stopped to inquire who they were carrying to
the grave 1 " Mr. Jones,our late worthy overseer.""What! is the old rogue gone at last? A good
release, for a greater villain, to my certain knowledge,never lived."The imaginary deceased no sooner heard this attack
on his character, than he jumped up, and in a threaten-ing posture said, " You lying scoundrel, if I was notdead, I'd make you sutler for what you say ; but as it is,
I am forced to submit." He then quietly lay downagain, but ere they had proceeded half-way to thechurch, another party stopped the procession with thesame inquiry, and added invective and abuse. Thiswas more than our supposed corpse could bear : he waswrought up to a degree of frenzy, and jumping from thecoffin, wras in the act of following his detainers, whenthe whole party burst into an immoderate fit of
laughter, and so far abashed this valetudinarian, that,
ashamed of the public exposure, and awakened to aproper sense of his folly, he fought against the weakness,and in the end conquered it.
IvZAIiOPI,] Every one is the artificer of his own fortune. [1890.
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{^e£ot^ay
While we have time let its do good.
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Pass it d9n.
TI7HE following short epistle was written from Paris by Benjamin Frank-O^S lin to an English gentleman, then there under pecuniary dillicultics,
who wished to return to his native country :—" I send you herewith a bill for ten Louis d'ors. I do not pretend to give
such a sum ; I only lend it to you. When you shall return to your country,you cannot fail of getting into some business that will in time enable youto pay all your debts. In that case, when you meet with another honestman in similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him, in-joining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able,and shall meet with such another opportunity; I hope it may thus gothrough many hands before it meets with a knave to stop its progress. Thisis a trick of mine for doing a deal of good with a little money. I am notrich enough to afford much in good works, and so am obliged to be cunning,and make the most of a little."
STHAY BfOTJKS,
Wliat hoots it to repeatHow time is slipping under-neath our feet?
Un-onrn To-morrow, anddead Yesterday,
Why fret about them if To-day be sweet?
1.—Mr. Brady, in the"Clavis Calendaria," af-firms that the custom ofwearing the leek on St.David's Day is derived fromSt. David; who, accordingto him, caused the Britonsunder King Cadwalladerto distinguish themselvesfrom their enemies duringa great battle, whereinthey conquered the Saxonsby virtue of his prayersand that regulation.
2.—Win. Murray, Earl ofMansfield, died in 1793. Bewas born on the 2nd trf
March, 1705, and duringthirty years, ami until hisdeath, presided as LordChief Justice of the Courtof King's Bench. Be waseminent as a lawyer, anddignified as a judge. It is
said that he altered thecommon law of Englandby ingrafting upon it thecivil law iu his decisions.As an elegant scholar, ofhighly cultivated a,nd vig-orous intellect, he shonein the constellation ofgreat men which arose inthe reign of Queen Anne.In eloquence and beauty ofdiction, he outrival led hispredecessors, and has notbeen excelled by any suc-cessor in the high office hefilled.
Lord Sandwich said ofMansfield, that " his talentswore more for commonuse, and more at his fingers'ends, than those of anyother person he hadknown."17.—Brand, in his "Ob-
servations upon PopularAntiquities," states that"the shamrock is said tobe worn by the Irish uponthe anniversary of thissaint, for the followingreason—When the saintpreached the gospel to thepagan Irish, he illustratedthe doctrine of the Trinityby showing them a trefoil,or three-leaved grass withone stalk, which operatingto their conviction, theshamrock, which is a bun-dle of this grass, was everafterwards worn upon thissaint's anniversary, to com-memorate the event.
21.—Lord Chesterfield is
described by Lord Berveyas " very short, dispropor-tioned, thick, and clumsilymade; having a broad,rough-featured, ugly face,with black teeth, and ahead big enough for aPolyphemus."
Wickedness is its own punishment.
27.—The state in which the ill-
fated Charles I. found the countryon his accession, is pithily describedby Howell, in his "Familiar Let-ters." "In the evening he was pro-claimed at the Whitehall Gate,Cheapside, and other places, in asad shower of rain ; and the weatherwas suitable to tin 1 condition where-in he finds the kingdom, which is
cloudy ; for he is left engaged in awar with a potent Prince, the peo-ple by long desuetude unapt forarms, the fleet-royal in quarter re-
pair, himself without a Queen, hissister without a country, the crownpitifully laden with debts, and thepurse of the State lightly ballasted,though it never had better opportu-nity to be rich than it had these last
twenty years."
30.—"The name Palm Sunday,"says Forster, " comes from the cus-tom of bearing palm boughs in pro-cession,in imitation of those strewedbefore our Saviour. In northernlatitudes, box, olive, and the blos-soming willow, are used as substi-tutes for real palm, which tree doesnot here, as in Judea, grow by thewaysides."Barnaby Googe, in allusion to the
ceremonies of this day, says :
—
Besides they candles up do light, ofvertue like in nil,
And willow branches hallow, that theyPalmes do use to call.
This done, they verily beleeve thetempest nor the storme
Can neither hurt themselves, nor yettheir cattell, nor their come.
Now- the hedge-sparrow sings, asdoes also the sky-lark in the morn-ing. And now may be heard shefield-lark enlivening the stubblefields.
The sun shines bright, the bees are out,Humming the early flowers about
:
Of crocus, yellow, striped, and blue.
Of hellebores of paler hue—And noble liverworts, that blowingIn crimson, white, and blue, are glow-ing.
1|f?e Qavben.Sow main crops of beans, peas, cab-bage.onions,leeks, carrots, parsnips,Brussels sprouts, borecoles, let-
tuces, and spinach. Sow turnips andsavoys in the beginning and end ofthe month. In. the last fortnightsow asparagus, cauliflower, sea-kale,celery, &c. Small salads should nowbe sown every ten days. Plant earlypotatoes in the first week, and amain crop during the last fortnight.Jerusalem artichokes, sea-kale, as-paragus, and peas, raised in frames,maynow be planted. Propagate, byslips, the various pot-herbs, as mint,sage, savory, tansy, &c. Finish thepruning of fruit-trees before themiddle of the month. Begin graft-ing it the third week. In the lastweek sow hardy annuals in the bor-ders with biennials that flower thefirst season. Thin out and plantsome of the autumn-sown annuals.This most important month forgetting in main crops of severalkinds is proverbial for boisterousweather, but take advantage of fineintervals.
THE WAYS OF A MISER.
Put money in thy purse.—Shakspeare.
f^HE eccentric French miser Dubois combined a love: of ostentatious display with intense covetousness.
"€> Mr Cyrus Redding, in his very interesting ac-count of misers, tells us that among Dubois's property,by inheritance, was much rich plate, and articles offurniture in excellent taste. His costly sideboard of
silver was every day placed in order, as if some splen-did entertainment were intended to be given ; and hewas flattered when any one, calling at his house, andbeing designedly led through his salle-a-manger aboutthe usual dinner-hour, applauded the splendour therelaid out. The silver dishes were borne on and off thetable, while he was at dinner, as if the covers concealedthe best meals, and being carried through a waiting-
I I
VIRTUE.
What one art thou, thus in torn weedy-clad ?
Virtue, in price whom ancient sages had.Why poorly 'rayed ? ForJadinggoods past care.
Why doublefaced ? I mark eachfortune'sfare.This bridle, what ? Mind's rages to restrain.
Tools why bearyou ? I love to take great pain.Why wings ? I teach above the stars tofly.Why treadyou death ? I only cannot die.
Nicholas Grimvald. .
room for strangers, on their way back to the pantry_ orkitchen, gave an idea of that kind of greatness of whichtheir owner was desirous of producing the impression.In the midst of all this empty show and secret mean-
ness, Dubois dined on a few cheap vegetables and a bit
of pork or mutton, brought on dishes and covers thatmocked the eye of the stranger. For a dinner or supperall was laid out with the same array of plate. Silverdishes contained a single egg or a few olives, accom-panied with a glass of poor weak wine. These composedhis meal, the miserable fragments of which he wouldhave saved or duly accounted for, and preservedtowards the next day's potage.Six noble silver candlesticks were brought into the
saloon every evening, and the lights were displayedduring the presence of a visitor, but extinguished atthe moment of his departure. Then the great manrepaired to his bed-room, which was lit with a miserablelittle taper that only served to throw a dingy light uponthe surrounding gloom.When going out, his servants, ill-fed ordinarily and
plainly dressed, attended their master to the seat ofjustice, or to the court, in fine liveries. These weretaken off on returning home, in order to preserve theirsplendid appearance and prevent them from beingsoiled.Dubois, fearing his nearest relation would squander
his wealth if he bequeathed it to him, preferred leavingit to a thrifty cousin, who won the niggard's heart bywriting to him on a quarter of a sheet of paper. "Iwill make him my heir," said he, " for he knows howto prevent waste. What would be th e use of a wholesheet of paper, when he can say all upon this slip?
This is no disrespect to me ; he is a good economist, andhe shall be my heir."
APRIL,] Fear is ever credulous of evil.
The Moon's Changes.F Moon, 5th, 9 24 m. I N. Moon, 19th, 8 5 m.l! Quar., 12th, 10 53 in.| 1st Quar.,27th, 4 52 m.
1 TllU U Fools' Bay. (See Stray Notes.)
2.W3 Tli
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Hilary Law Sittings end.
Abernethy, famous surgeon, born,1764. (See Stray Notes.)
Good Friday. (See Stray Notes.)
Life is the soul's nursery.
Easter Sunday.Easter Monday.—Bank Hoi.
8. Til King of Denmark born, 1818.
9 W King of the Belgians born, 1835.
Man fleeth as a shadow.
George Canning, statesman, born,1770. (See Stray Notes.)
(.See Stray Notes.)
Low Sunday.Princess Beatrice born, 1857.
Easter Law Sittings begin.
Battle of Culloden, 1746.
Benjamin Franklin died, 1790. (SeeStray Notes.)
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Frailty, thy name is woman.
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Killing tjje King.
3s> EACMONT and Fletcher having concerted the rough draft of a tragedyqE5 over a bottle of wine in a tavern, Fletcher said he would undertake to^" kill the Icing. These words being overheard by a waiter, he lodged aninformation of treason against them. But on their explanation, that theexpression meant only the murder of a stnge monarch, and their loyaltybeing unquestioned, the affair ended in a jest.A similar tale is told of a French dramatist, Nicolas de Pechantre. The
composition of his tragedy, La Mort du Neron, occupied him during nineyears. He one day left In a small inn, where he had been drinking, a piece ofpaper, on which several cyphers were scrawled, and the words, " Here letthe king lie slain !
" It is found by the innkeeper ; he carri> s it to the com-missary, who desires to be informed when the person who dropped it againappears. Pechantre re-visits the auberge ; the landlord hies to the commis-sary, and the poor playwright is taken prisoner. He produces the paperwhich he supposed to contain the plot of the conspiracy."Ah, Monsieur." cries Pechantre, " I am delighted to recover that paper;
it is the scene where I kill Nero in a tragedy which 1 am composing."
STJKAY HOTKS,
Fortune, men say, doth givetoo much to many :
But yet she never gaveenough to any.
1.—On the 1st of April,1810, Napoleon marriedMaria Louisa, Archduchessof Austria, on which occa-sion some of the waggishParisians called him " unpoissun d'Avril," a termwhich answers to onr Aprilfool. On the occasion ot hisnuptials Napoleon strucka medal, with Love hear-ing a thunderbolt for itsdevice.
3.—As Abernethy, thefamous surgeon, was oneday walking up Holborn,he overtook one of his pu-pils, and, as was his customwhen he had once noticedintrinsic talent, he enteredinto familiar conversationwiih him, observing thathe had missed him forsome time from the dis-secting-room. The youngman, with tears in his eyes,told him he was involvedin debt, and that his pa-rents, overtaken, like him-self, by the shafts of adver-sity, could not grant himthe necessary supplies."To what amount are youin debt?" "About £80,sir," answered the poorbankrupt. "Well," saidMr. A., "call at BedfordRow to-morrow morning ntten o'clock, and I will seewhat can be done for you."The young man was obedi-ent to the wishes of hiskind instructor, when aletter sealed up was putinto his hand, on openingwhich he discovered acheque for £90 1
4.—Good Friday, as every-one knows, is "hot-crossbun day ":—
Hot-cross buns! hot- crosshurts
!
Givethemto your daughters,give them to your sons
;
And if you have none ofthose pretty elves,
You cannot do belter thaneat them yourselves.
In old times, Good Fridaywas distinguished in Lon-don by a sermon preachedat Paul's Cross la woodenpulpit placed on stonesteps, and surmounted bya cross, whicli stood till
the time of the civil war,in the open air, near thenorth-east corner of St.Paul's Cathedral). The ser-mon was generally on thesubject of Christ's passion.
11.—Mr. Canning's fundof animal spirits, and theextreme excitability of histemperament (it is statedin the Quarterly Review),were such as invariably tohurry him nolentem volen-tem, into the full rush and
Hasty counsels are quickly followed by repentance.
flush of conviviality. At the latterperiod of his life, when his healthbegan to break, he would sit downwith an evident determination tobe abstinent, partake sparingly ofthe simplest soup, take no saucewith his fish, and mix water in hiswine ; but as the repartee began tosparkle, and the anecdote to circu-late, his assumed caution was in-sensibly relaxed, he gradually gaveway to temptation, and commonlyended by eating of everything, andtaking wine with everybody—thevery beau-ideal of an amphitryon.
12—On the 12th of April, 17<>0, thedeath took place in London of JohnSeddon.an eminent writing-master,who, in fancy, invention, and theornamental parts of penmanship,greatly excelled all his contempo-raries, more especially in the varietyof his flourished figures, for whichhe had a peculiar genius, hence thefollowing lines were made for hisepitaph :
—
Princes by birth, and politics, bearsivay,
Bat here lies one of more commandthan they
;
Fi/r they by steady councils rule aland,
But this is he, could men, birds, beasts,command,
Ev'n by the gentle motion of his hand.Then penmen weep, your mighty loss
deplore,Since the great Seddon can command
no more.
17.—"When Dr. Franklin applied tothe King of Prussia for his assist-ance to America: "Pray, Doctor,"said the monarch, "what is the ob-ject ac which you aim?"'"Liberty, sire," answered the phi-
losopher: "Liberty, the birthrightof man."
" I was horn a prince," said hisMajesty, "and am become a king:and I shall never conspire to ruinmy own trade."
e Qavben.Sow asparagus, sea-kale, heet, car-rocs, and onions, on heavy soils ; alsopeas, beans, turnips, spinach, celery,cab bages,savoys, andGerman greens,for succession. Sow broccoli andkidney-beans both in the second andin the last week. Plant cauliflower,cabbages, sea-kale, lettuces, andfinish the planting of the main cropof potatoes. Attend to the hoeingand thinning of spinach, onions, tur-nips, &c. Earth up cabbages, cauli-flowers, peas, beans, and early pota-toes ; stake peas. Blanch sea-kaleand rhubarb in the open air bycovering with straw or leaves. Sowmain or succession crops of annualsof all sorts: half-hardy annuals inwarm borders or in slight hot-beds.Biennials and perennials should besown before the middle of themonth. Plant Tigridia pavonia andline stocks. Finish the transplant-ing of herbaceous plants by the endof the first week. Plant out tenderdeciduous trees and shrubs raisedin pots. B.emove part of the cover-ings of all tender plants in the firstweek, and the remainder at the endof the month.
A ROMANCE OF THE NORTH.
In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice.—Shakspeare.
fHERE are few Arctic navigators better knownthan Willem Barents, and not many narratives
~*u of adventure in the frozen regions more familiarto seamen of every country than the annals of theexpedition of the Dutch mariner to Novai Zemlai in1596-1597. Every one has read the tale how he sailedfrom Texel, how he got frozen into the Ice Haven inNovai Zemlai in the autumn of 1596, and was compelledin great cold, poverty, misery, and griefe to stay all
the winter."Their adventures formed a stock romance of the
North, and, strange to say, in 1871 were destined to againcome before the world with a pendant to their tale. Inthat year Captain Elling Carlsen,the skipper of a Norse
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IVas thrown, alas ! and got a dreadfulfall
;
Under th' unruly beast's proudfeet he lies,
A 11 torn ; but yet with generous ardour cries," Behold, base envious world, now, now laugh on,For thus Ifall, and thusfell Phaeton."
uj Bishop Sprat.^
walrus sloop, was cruising about Novai Zemlai, and,the season being an open one, unexpectedly foundhimself in the Ice Haven. Drawing in shore, hediscovered an old house standing at the head of thebay. It was strongly built of materials that hadevidently belonged to a ship, and around it were stand-ing several large puncheons, and heaps of reindeer,seal, bear, and walrus bones. Inside were bed-places,seamen's chests, a clock on the wall, halberds andmuskets, and a host of other articles of ancient con-struction, and unknown use to the navigator.Though Carlsen suspected that this was a very old
encampment, yet it was not until his return to Norwaythat it was seen that he had found the identical housein which, nearly three centuries ago, Barents and hiscompanions had wintered. The Arctic cold had pre-served its timbers and contents from decay, and it wasevident that from the day Barents had deserted itin 1597 no human being had ever visited the spot.On comparing the drawing in the interior of the
house in De Veer's narrative, it was seen that every-thing had remained exactly as it was during the winterof 1596-97. The clock was on the wall, the halberdswere where the seamen had placed them, the ashes ofthe fire were still in the middle of the floor; the"bunks " were as they had been last slept in, a flutestill gave out a few notes, and doubtless was the sameinstrument on which the kindly captain played to hismen ; a few books of the period lay in the chests, andamong other interesting relics a quaintly curious copperdial, to work on an astrolabe. But perhaps the mostaffecting of all these strangely preserved relics werethe little shoes of the ship's boy, who died during thewinter.The collection was purchased by Mr. Lister Kay, an
Englishman, and by him made over to its rightfulcustodians—the Dutch Government.
MAY,] In humble fortune there is great repose. L1890.
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1850. (See Stray Notes.)
Youth is the season forimprovement.
4th Sunday aft. Easter.
Napoleon Bonaparte died, 1821.
General Andrew Massena born, 1758.
Lord Brougham died, 1868.
Better a little loss than a long sorrow.
Frederick Schiller died, 1805.
Dr. Ryle, Bishop of Liverpool, born
Rogation Sunday.11. Lord Granville born, 1815.
Avoid disputes as much as possible.
Henry Grattan died, 1820. (See StrayNotes.)
Ascens. Day.—Holy Thurs.
15. Scotch Term of Whit Sunday.
Prince Talleyrand died, 1838.
Sunday aft. Ascension.18. Disruption of Scottish Church,
1843.
Albert Diirer, artist, born, 1471.
A good memory is the best monument.
Henry VI. of England murdered,li/i.
Easter Law Sittings end.
Queen Victoria born, 1819.
Whit Sunday.—Pentecost.
Whit Monday.—Bank Hoi.
25. Princess Helena born, 1846.
A spark neglected makes a mightyfire.
Restoration of Charles IT., 1G5C.(See Stray Notes.)
Peter Paul Rubens died, 1640.
Joan of Arc burned, 1431.
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KWN his thirty-fifth year Disraeli married the widow of his colleague,*) Wyndham Lewis, member for Maidstone. Mrs. Lewis was more than
ten years his senior and had a large fortune. This apparently singularunion was well known to be an unusually happy one. They appear to haveadored each other. Mrs. Disraeli's devotion and strength of mind have beenillustrated by a well-known anecdote. One day, when setting off to drive tothe House of Commons, two of her fingers were crushed by the door of thecarriage, but in spite of intense pain, she concealed it from her husband ashe sat by her side, in order that he might not be disturbed in an importantspeech which he had to make. She kept up, so it is said, till the momentwhen he alighted, and then fell fainting on the cushions. When, in the year1S68, Disraeli declined a peerage for himself, he prayed the Queen to make hiswife Viscountess Beaconstield, and she bore the title until her death, in 1872.
STHAT HOTKS.Now the bright morning star,
day's harbinger,Comes dancing from, the
east, and leads with herThe flowery May, icho from
her green lap throwsTlie yellow cowslip and the
pale primrose.Hail,bounteous May ! that
dost inspireMirth, and youth, andwarm desire
;
Woods and groves are ofthy dressing,
Hill and dale both boastthy blessing I
Thus we salute thee with ourearly song,
And welcome thee, and ivishthee long. Milton.
1.—Time out of mind,May Day has been in thiscountry a festive holiday,and its customs havereached other countries
;
for in France we find, asearly as the middle of thefifteenth century, the fol-lowing ceremony was per-formed : "la 1449, somenotable personages, mastergoldsmiths of Paris,agreed,as an act of devotion, topresent annually on thefirst of May, at midnight,a May before the principaldoor of the church of NotreDame. They elected aprince for one year only,who was to settle the ex-penses of the said May.
" The May was placed ona pillar in the form of atabernacle, in the severalfaces of which were smallniches occupied by differ-ent figures of silk, gold,and silver, representingcertain histories, and be-low them were explana-tory inscriptions in Frenchverse. The May remainedat the great door from mid-night till after vespers thenext day, when it wastransported, together withthe pillar, before the imageof the Virgin, near thechoir, and the old May ofthe preceding year was re-moved into the chapel ofSt. Anne, to be kept therealso a yeai\ This ceremonywas regularly observed till
16U7, when the goldsmithspresented to the church atriangular tabernacle ofwood, very curiouslywrought, in which threepaintings were enclosed
;
these paintings werechanged annually, and theold ones hung up in thechapel of Saint Anne."
14.—The personal appear-ance and delivery of Mr.Grattan are brought vivid-ly before us in one of thelively sketches of CharlesPhillips. "He was shortin stature, and unprepos-sessing in appearance. Hisarms were disproportion-ately long. His walk was
Th&re is nothing better than silence.
a stride. With a person swinginglike a pendulum, and an abstractedair, he seemed always in thought,and each thought provoked an at-tendant gesticulation. How strangeit is, that a mind so replete withgrace, and symmetry, and power,and splendour, should have beenallotted such a dwelling for its re-sidence! Yet so it was; and so,also, was it one of his highest attri-butes that his genius, by its 'ex-cessive light.,' blinded his hearersto his physical imperfections. Itwas the victory- of mind over mat-ter." "The chief difficulty in thisgreat speaker's way was the firstfive minutes. During his exordiumlaughter was imminent. He benthis body almost to the ground,swung his arms over his head, up,and down, and around him, andadded to the grotesqueness of hismanner ahesitatins tone and drawl-ing emphasis. Still, there -was anearnestness about him that at firstbesought, and, as he warmed, en-forced, nay, commanded attention."
29.—This day is known as Restora-tion Day, from being the anniversaryof the day whereon King CharlesII. made his magnificent entry intoLondon.Bide of Health for May : The month
of May is called a "trying" month,to persons long ailing with criticalcomplaints. It is common to say,"Ah, he'll never get up May-hill!"or, " If he can climb over May-hillhe'll do." "As a rule of health forMay," says Dr. Forster, "we mayadvise early rising in particular, asbeing essentially conducive to thatblessing. Everything now invitesthe slusgard to leave his bed and goabroad."
The season now hath cast awayIts garb of cold and wind and rain,
And dons its bright and fair arrayOf smiling sunshine once again.
Once more do beast and bird assayTo wake the unforgotten strain,
Because the season casts aioayIts garb of cold and wind and rain,
Charles d'Orleans, b. 1391.
c &avbert.
Sow small salads every week; ra-dishes and lettuces thrice, spinachonce a fortnight ; carrots and onionsfor late drawing ; kidney-beans inthe first week and last fortnight
;
peas and beans, cauliflowers, cab-bages, Brussels sprouts, &c, forlate crops. Continue the variousoperations of hoeing and earthing-up the different crops. Pick cater-pillars from gooseberry bushes andwall-trees on their first appearance.Keni ove from raspberries and straw-berries all suckers and runners thatare not wanted. Sow annuals forsuccession. Propagate, by cutting,dahlias, pansies, double wall-flowers,rockets, scarlet lychnis, and lobelias,by dividing the roots. Plant out,during the last week, dahlias, hardypelargoniums, and stocks, protect-ing the dahlias from slight frosts.In dry weather water becomesnecessary to many plants in theopen ground, but it should not beused unless positively required.
A STRANGE STORY.
'Tis strange but true; for truth is always strange.—Byron.
tHERE were some extraordinary incidents con-nected with the death of the second Lord
~*cJ Lyttleton. His lordship, on Thursday, Novem-ber 5th, 1779, bad spoken in the Upper House. In theevening he set out for his house at Epsom.He sat up rather late after his arrival, and on retiring
to bed was suddenly awakened from brief slumber, alittle before midnight, by what appeared to be a dove,which, after fluttering for an instant near the bed-curtains, glided towards a casement window in theapartment, where it seemed to flutter for an instantlonger, and then vanished. At the same moment hiseye fell upon a female figure in white, standing at thebed foot, in which he at once recognised, says Warner,'"the spectre of the unfortunate lady that had hauntedhim so long." It solemnly warned him to prepare fordeath within three days.
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IN HIGH STATION.
*
When men ofinfamy to grandeur soarTJiey light a torch to show their shame the more.
I
In the morning his lordship seemed greatly dis-composed, and complained of a violent headache. " Hehad had an extraordinary dream," he said, " suited,did he possess even a particle of superstition, to make adeep impression on his mind," and in afterwards com-municating the particulars of the vision, he remarked,rather, however, in joke than earnest, that the warningwas somewhat of the shortest, and that really, after acourse of life so disorderly as his, three days formedbut a brief period for preparation.On Saturday he began to recover his spirits, and told
a lady of his acquaintance at Epsom that as it was nowthe third and last day, he would, if he escaped but afew hours longer, fairly "jockey the ghost." Hebecame greatly depressed, however, as the eveningwore on : and one of his companions, as the criticalhour of midnight approached, set forward the houseclock, in the hope of dissipating his fears, by misleadinghim into the belief that he had entered on the fourthday, and was of course safe. The hour of twelveaccordingly struck ; the company, who had sat withhim till now, broke up immediately after, laughing atthe prediction ; and his lordship retired to his bed-room, apparently much relieved.His valet, who had mixed up at his desire a dose of
rhubarb, followed him a few minutes after, and he satup in bed," in apparent health, to take the medicine
;
but being in want of a tea-spoon, he despatched theservant, with an expression of impatience, to bringhim one. The man was scarce a minute absent. Whenhe returned, however, his master was a corpse. Hehad fallen backwards on the pillow, and his outstretchedhand still grasped his watch, which exactly indicatedthe fatal hour of twelve. It has been conjectured thathis dissolution may have been an effect of the shock hehad received on ascertaining that the dreadful hourhad not yet gone by : at all events, explain the fact aswe may, ere the fourth day had arrived, Lyttletonwas dead.
JUNE,] An honest heart possesses a kingdom. [1890.
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Trinity Law Sittings begin.
General Viscount Wolseley !>., 1833.
Corpus Christi. {( Q
Notes.)U
Gordon Riots, 17S0. (See StrayNotes.)
First Reform Bill passed, 1832.
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leant.
St. Margaret of Scotland.
St. Barnabas.
Dr. Arnold, of Rugby, died, 1842.
Battle of Naseby, 1645.
(See Stray Notes.)
2nd Sunday aft. Trinity.
]\I 15. Fresh-water Close Season ends.
15. Emperor Frederick William ofGermany died, 18S8.
LADY overheard her nurse-girl talking to the little child she was<£)'£ putting to sleep, and saying—^^~ "If you don't go right to sleep this minute, a big, awful blackbear, with eyes like coals of lire, and sharp, white, cruel teeth, will comeout from under the bed and e-a-t y-0-11 a-1-1 u-p !
"
The poor little thing huddled up under the clothes in terror.That night, when the nurse had composed herself in her own bed, and put
the light out, there came a sudden rap at the door
—
" Maggie ! Maggie ! " cried her mistress, " for mercy's sake get up as quickas you can ! There's a fearful burglar under your bed, and as soon as youget to sleep he's coming out to rob and murder you !
"
At the word burglar the girl sprang screaming from the bed and rushedinto the hall. When the girl's fears were calmed, her mistress said to her—
" You did not hesitate to tell my little delicate child, who could not possi-bly know that it was a lie, a cruel story of a bear under her bed ; now, when1 treat you to the same kind of story you are frightened to death."
STBAT KOTJGS.
Life is most enjoyedWhen courted least; mostworth when disesteemed.
Young.
1.—"The general charac-ter of June," says Howitt,"in the happiest seasons,is fine, clear, and glowing,without reaching the in-tense heats of July. Itscommencement is the onlyperiod of the year in whichwe could possibly forgetthat we are in a world ofperpetual change and de-cay. The earth is coveredwith flowers, and the airis saturated with theirodours. It is true thatmany have vanished fromour path, but they haveslid away so quietly, andtheir places have been oc-cupied by so many fragrantand beautiful successors,that we have scarcely beensensible of their depar-ture. Everything is full oflife, greenness. and vigour.Families of young birdsare abroad, and give theirparents a busy life of it,
till they can pick for them-selves. Rooks have desert-ed the rookery, and arefeeding their vociferousyoung in every pasture,and under every green tree.The swallow and swift arecareering in the clear skies,andTen thousand insects in theair abound,
Flitting on glancing icings,
that yield a summersound."
5.—In the Middle Agesanimals formed as promi-nent a part in the worshipof the time as they haddone in the old religion ofEgypt. The cat was a veryimportant personage in re-ligious festivals. At Aix,in Provence, on the festi-val of Corpus Christi, trie
finest Tom cat of the coun-try, wrapt in swaddlingclothes like a child, wasexhibited in a magnificentshrine to public admira-tion. Every knee was bent,every hand strewed flowersor poured incense, andGrimalkin was treated inall respects as the god ofthe day. But on the festi-val of St. John, poor Tom'sfate was reversed. A num-ber of the tabby tribe wereput into a wicker-basketand thrown alive into themidst of an immense fire,
kindled in the public squareby the bishop and hisClergy. Hymns and an-thems were sung, and pro-cessions were made by thepriests and people in ho-nour of the sacrifice.
6.—On the evening of thisday, in 17S0, during the
There is no power greater than true affection.
Gordon riots, the dwelling of LordMansfield, in .Bloomsbury Square,was forcibly entered by the enragedmob, and all his furniture, exten-sive library, and other property of
great value, were consigned to theflames, his lordship and family es-
caping with difficulty through aback door. A party of guards ar-
rived during the act of demolition,and fired upon the mob, when severalwere killed and wounded.
14.—On the afternoon of the 14thof June, 1727, two horsemen mighthave been perceived galloping alongthe road from Chelsea to Richmond.The foremost, cased in jackboots ofthe period, was a broad-faced, jolly-
looking, and very corpulent cava-lier, but, by the manner in which heurged his horse, you might see thathe was a bold as well as skilfulrider. He speedily reached Rich-mond Lodge, and asked to see theowner of the mansion. The mistressof the house and her ladies said hecould not be introduced to themaster however pressing the busi-ness mitrht be. The master wasasleep after his dinner; he alwaysslept after his dinner, and woe be tothe person who disturbed him!Nevertheless, our stout friend ofthe jackboots put the affrightedladies aside, opened the forbiddendoor of the bed-room, wherein uponthe bed lay a little gentleman ; andhere theeasrer messenger knelt downin his jackboots. He on the bedstarted huddled up, and with manyonths and a strong German accentasked who was there, and who daredto disturb him? "lam Sir RobertWalpole," said the messenger. Theawakened sleeper hated Sir Robert"Walpole. " I have the honour toannounce to your Majesty that yourroyal father, King George the First,died at Osnaburg on Saturday last,
the 10th instant. "Bat is one biglie ! " roared out his sacred MajestyKing George the Second, but SirRobert "Walpole stated the fact.
1t£e Qavben.Sow peas and beans for late crops.The kinds used for early crops arelikewise best for this purpose. Sowsalading every ten days ; also carrotsand onions for drawing young. Inthe beginning of the month sowendive for an early crop. In thefirst week sow turnips for succes-sion, and in the third week for a fullautumn crop. Pull and store winteronions if ripe. Train and prune thesummer shoots of all descriptionsof wall and trellis trees. Net overcherry trees to protect the fruitfrom birds. Destroy insects by re-peated washings and directing to-bacco smoke against them, or bystrewing snuff (or the line powderof tobacco) upon them. Take up allbulbs and dry them in the shadebefore removing them. Remove allkinds of decaying crops. Sow pe-rennials, if neglected last month,to be planted out in the spring.Watering out of doors is more orless necessary during this monthfor newly -planted vegetables andflowers, and from drought. Afterwatering, loosen the ground roundplants with the hoe.
A NARROW ESCAPE.
These are the times that try men's soicls.—Paine.
MONGST the many exciting adventures whichbetel the late Laurence Oliphant, one of themost thrilling is the following, which he ex-
perienced during his visit to Ceylon. We give it in hisown words :
—
" On our way to Adam's Peak in Ceylon," he says,"we passed the night at a native house in one of thehigher villages, and leaving our horses there, on thefollowing morning pursued our way on foot amidscenery which at every step became more grand andrugged, the path in places skirting the edge of dizzyprecipices, at the base of which foamed brawling
*RETIREMENT.
The statesman, lawyer, merchant, man oftrade,Pantsfor the reficge ofsome rural shade,Where, all his long anxietiesforgotAinid the charms ofa seqjeestered spot,
Or recollected only to gild derAnd add a smile to what was siveet before,
He may possess the joys he thinks he sees,
Lay his old age upon the lap of ease,
Improve the remnant of his wasted span,And, having lived a trifier, die a man.
Cowper.,* *
torrents. The way was often rendered dangerous bythe roots of large trees, which, having become slipperyby the morning mist, stretched across the narrow path,and one of these nearly cost me my life. The path atthe spot was scarped on the precipitous hillside : atleast three hundred feet below roared a torrent ofboiling water—when my foot slipped on a root, and Ipitched over the sheer cliff.
"I heard the cry of my companion as I disappeared,and had quite time to realise that all was over, when I
was brought up suddenly by the spreading branches of
a bush which was growing upon a projecting rock.There was no standing-ground anywhere, except therock the bush grew upon. For some time I dared notmove, fearing that something might give wray, as thebush seemed scarcely able to bear my weight.
" Looking up, I saw my companion and the nativeswrho were with us peering over the edge above, and, totheir intense relief, shouted that so far I was all right,
but dared not move for fear the bush would give way.They, however, strongly urged my scrambling on tothe rock, and this, with a heart thumping so loudlythat I seemed to hear its palpitations, and a dizzy brain,I succeeded in doing.
" The natives, of whom there were five or six, thenundid their long waistcloths, and tying them to eachother, and to a piece of cord, consisting of the unitedcontributions of all the string of the parties and thepackages they were carrying, made a rope just longenough to reach me. Fastening this under my arm-pits, and holding on to it with the energy of despair, orperhaps, I should rather say of hope, I was safelyhauled to the top ; but my nerve was so shaken that,although not in the least hurt, it was some momentsbefore I could go on."
JULY,] There is no day without sorrow. [1890.
The Moon's Changes.V. Moon, 2nd, 2 23 aft. I N. Moon, 17th, 50 m.L. Quar., 9th, 4 43 in. | 1st Quar., 25th, 2 44 in.
F. Moon, 31st, 9 21 aft.
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Admiral Duncan horn, 1731. (SeeStray Notes.)
Sir Robert Peel died, 1850.
Emulation begets emulation.
Independence Lay, United States.
Sir Thomas More beheaded, 1535.
5th Sunday aft. Trinity.Edward I. of England died, 1307.
A man may buy gold too dear.
Edmund Burke died, 1797. (SeeStray Notes.)
John Calvin born, 1509.
Alexandria bombarded, 1882.
Erasmus, celebrated scholar, died,1536. (See Stray Notes.)
6th Sunday aft. Trinity.Storming of the Bastille, 1789.
St. James Bay.25. Charles Dibdin died, 1814. (SeeStray Notes.)
8th Sunday aft. Trinity.Pope Innocent VIII. died, 1492.
The used key is always bright.
Relief of Deny, 1689.
Richard Savage, poet, died, 1718.
LONDON. EDINBURGH
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3 52 8 16 3 38 8 55 4 6 8 52
3 53 8 16 3 39 8 54 4 78 51
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4 18 7 54 4 icy8 26 4 35 8 27
4 19 7 53 4 11 8 25 4 36 8 25
4 21 7 52 4 13,8 23 4 38.3 23
4 22 7 5o 4 15 8 21 4 40 8 22
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DUBLIN.
(JTIje Portrait of ait Ancestor.
"j|j?HE famous Quarterly reviewer, Mr. Abraham Hayward, once thoughtwjjp that he should like to have some ancestors. So he walked to Wardour
Street, wliere one can generally pick up an ancestor or two of theCromwellian, Queen Anne, or early Georgian period. Selecting a portrait ofa cavalier in half-armour, with features not quite unlike his own, Mr. Hny-ward made a bid for it ; but, deeming the price asked too high, he went hisway. A fortnight after, the ancestral fever coming strongly npon him, hewent again to Wardour Street, prepared to pay the dealer his price. Thepicture was sold.A few days later Mr. Hayward went to dine with Lord Houghton, and was
astonished to find the picture in the dining-room. Seeing that it attractedhis guest's attention. Lord Houghton said—
" Very good picture that I Come into my hands in a curious way. Portraitof a Milnes of the Commonwealth period—an ancestor of mine."
" Indeed !
" said Mr. Hayward. " He was near being an ancestor of mine."
STRAY HOT3KS,July, the month of summer'sprime,
Again resumes his busytime,
Scythes tinkle in each grassydell,
Where solitude was icont todwell
;
And meadows, they are madwith noise
Of laughing maids andshouting boys,
Making up the witheringhay
With merry hearts as lightas play. Claue.Speaking of this month,
C Lamb says: "At lastsummer is come among us,and her whole world ofwealth is spread out beforeus in prodigal array. Thewoods and groves havedarkened and thickenedinto one impervious massof sober uniform green, andhaving for a while ceasedto exercise themore activefunctions of the spring,are resting from their la-bours in that state of ' wisepassiveness,' which we, invirtue of our so infinitelygreater wisdom, know 60little how to enjoy."
1.—Admiral Duncan's ad-dress to the officers of hisfleet, when they came onboard his ship for his finalinstructions, previous tothe memorable engage-ment with Admiral de Win-ter, was couched in the fol-lowing laconic and humor-ous manner: "Gentlemenof my fleet, you see a verysevere Winter fast ap-proaching, and I have onlyto advise you to keep agood fire."
9.—Burke's colleague forBristol was not remarkableas an orator. It isreportedthat after Burke had de-livered one of his bestspeeches at Bristol, Crugerrose up and exclaimed, " Isay ditto to Mr. Burke—
I
say ditto to Mr. Burke."Burke, however, was not
always appreciated. Onone occasion he had justrisen in the House of Com-mons, with some papers inhis hand, on the subject ofwhich he intended to makea motion, when a rough-hewn member, who had noear for the charms of elo-quence, rudely started up,and said, "Mr. Speaker, 1hope the honourable gen-tlcmau does not mean toread that large bundle ofpapers, and to bore us witha long speech into the bar-gain." Burke was so swol-len with rage, as to be in-capable of utterance, andabsolutely ran out of theHouse. On this occasion,George Selwyn remarked,that it was the only time
The fortune of war is always doubtful.
be ever saw the fable realised—
a
lion put to flight by the braying of anass.
12.—The person of Erasmus is thusdescribed by Beatus Rhenanus :
" Inperson not tall, but not noticeablyshort ; in figure well built and grace-ful ; of an extremely delicate con-stitution : sensitive to the slightestchanges of climate, food, or drink.. . . His complexion was fair, lightblue eyes, and yellowish hair.Though his voice was weak, hisenunciation was distinct ; the ex-pression of his face cheerful ; hismanner and conversation polished,affable, even charming."15.—In Poor Robin's Almanack for
1G97 are the following lines, allusiveto this day;In this month is fit. Swiihin's Day ;On which, if that it rain, they say.Full forty days after it willOr more or less, some rain distill.
This Swithin loas a saint, I trow,And Winchester's bishop also,Who in his time did many a feat,As Popish legends do repeat.A woman having broke her eggs.By stumbling at another's legs,
For which she made a woefiil cry,St. Swithin chanced for to come by,Who made them all as sound, or more,Than ever that they ivere before.Better it is to rise by time,And to make hay' when the sun do
shine,Than to believe in tales and lies,
Which idle monks and friars devise.
25.—In 1803 the British Govern-ment bestowed a pension of twohundred pounds a year upon CharlesDibdin, "whose lyric muse had somuch contributed to arouse thevalour of our seamen and soldiersin the day of battle, to warm theirhearts in the hours of merriment,and to console their nights in ihegloom of a dungeon when prisonersin the hands of an implacableenemy."
The man who will live above his pre-sent circumstances is in great dancerof living in a little time much beneaththem.—Addison.
e g>ar6m.Sow peas in the first week for thelast crop of the season. In the lastweek sow yellow turnips for a fullwinter crop, and spinach for an earlywinter supply. Plant full crops ofcelery, celeriac, and endive, aboutthe middle and end of the month
;
late crops of broccoli, cauliflower,and coleworts in the last week.Gather and dry medicinal and pot-herbs ; also propagate such by slipsand cuttings. Continue the summerpruning and training of all wall-trees, with the destruction of in-
sects. Plant strawberries in potsfor forcing next winter. Take upthe remainder of tuberous roots,such as anemone and ranunculus,and finish by the end of the first
week. Propagate herbaceous andother plants, that have gone out offlower, by means of slips and cut-tings. Advantage should be takenof rainy weather for planting, other-wise copious watering will benecessary. In dry weather, dip theroots in puddle before watering.
TRAVELLING IN THE OLDEN TIME.
The world is better noiv than then.—Leigh Hunt.
GENTLEMAN whose veracity may be depended£ on, slept, or rather should have slept, at the^ York Hotel, in the city of York, one morning in
the month of May, 1822. He did not retire till mid-night. Having taken his place by the HighflierSheffield coach, which was to leave at half-past eightnext morning, he gave orders to be called at half-pastseven. He straightway composed himself ; but at oneo'clock, he was roused by a knocking at the door.
" Who 's there ? " said the sleepy traveller." Pray, sir, don't you go by the mail ?"" No, I go by the Highflier."" Beg your pardon, sir, it 's another gentleman."
*THE COUNTRY INN.
*
Of this establishment how can we speak ?
Its cheese is mity, and its ale is weak.
* *I
After many twistings and twinings he slumberedagain, but scarcely had Morpheus taken him into hisservice ere a second voice said : "Two o'clock, sir, theExpress will be off in half an hour.""What have I to do with the Express 1
? I wish youwould express yourself elsewhere."" Laws, sir, I was towd you went by the Express."" I told your master I was to go by the Highflier, and
I hope I shall hear no more of you till half-past seven."" I ax your pardon, sir."
Again he tumbled and tossed, and again he becamesubject to the son of Erebus ; but he was doomed to behaunted. At half-past three he heard a loud thunderingat the door, " Sir, I've brong your boots, you mun beup in a moment, the coach is at the door."Out bounced the astonished guest, and quickly re-
joined, "Why did you not speak before? Why didyour master say the coach went at half-past eight ?
"
"Bless me, sir, is it you as goes by the Highflier?They towd me as how you went by the Nelson. Begyour pardon, sir, am sure."In any other place but York, this would have been
the last customer, but the fates conspired. At five heheard another knocking, and his patience being ex-hausted, he exclaims, " What do you want?"A faltering female replies, "Don't you go by the
Highflier, sir ?
"
"To be sure I do."" Well, sir, I'll be sure to call you at half-past seven."Half-past seven arrived, and the gentleman made his
appearance amidst a numerous assemblage of menials,all laden with petitions and apologies. "Please toremember the porter, sir." " Please to remember thewaiter, sir." "Remember boots, sir." "Rememberme, sir, if you please ; I'm the chamber-maid, I calledyou, sir." Omnes, " I beg pardon, sir, for disturbingyou ."
" Yes, I'll pardon and remember you too, when I ammany miles hence."
" But don't you mean to gee us nothing, sir ?"
"Yes, I do mean to give you nothing; and I'll re-member you all as long as I live, you may rely upon it."
AUGUST,] Time often, heals what reason cannot. [1890.
The Moon's Changes.L.Quar.,7th, 2 19 aft.N. Moon. 15th, 4 20 a.
1st Quar., ?3rd', 1 20 a.
P. Moon, 30th, 4 35 ni.
1 F Lammas—Scotch Term.o q , [(See Stray Notes.)£ o 3. Mr. Speaker Peel born, 1829.
MTuWThF
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9th Sunday aft. TrinityBank Holiday.
Admiral Lord Howe died, 1799.
Duke of Edinburgh born, 1844.
A good life keeps off wrinkles.
George Canning died, 1827.
John Dryden, poet, born, 1631.
10th Sun. aft. Trinity10. Rt. Hon. G. J. Goschen horn, 1831
Trinity Law Sittings end.
12. Grouse Shooting begins.
Fortune favours the brave.
Napoleon I. born at Ajaccio, 1769.
15. Sir Walter Scott born, 1771.
Uth Sun. aft. TrinityBattle of Gravelotte, 1870.
9 Tu Henry V. of England died, 1422. (See
W Stray Notes.)Wlackcncle Shooting begins.20
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Be just, but trust not every one.
Battle of Bosworth, 1485.
Sir William Wallace executed, 1305.
12th Sun. aft. Trinity.
24. St.Bartholomew.{%e^y
Landing of Julius Cresar, B.C. 55.Hop-picking begins: latest date,17th Sept.
MDNGST the frequenters of Vauxhall Gardens in the beginning of(gjv this century was the eccentric baronet, Sir John Diuely, one of the
first to make use of the matrimonial advertisement. He used to beseen there parading up and down in a cloak with long flowing folds and abroad hat, which looked as if it had started out of a picture by Vandvke. Inspite of all his advertising efforts to gain a rich wife, he died a bachelor.Here is an extract from one of his advertisements, taken from the Ipswich
Journal of August 21st, 1802. It will be observed that he speaks of his " for-tune, but that is to be taken with a grain of salt. "To the angelic fair.'
"iiw°rtu.y notice. Sir John Dinely, of Windsor Castle, recommends him-
self and his ample fortune to any angelic btauty. . . . Ladies at a certainPeriod of life need not apply. Fortune favours the bold. Such ladies asthis advertisement may induce to apply or send their agents (but no ser-vants or matrons) may direct to me at the Castle, Windsor."
STBAY HOTELS,Myrtilla, rising %oith thedawn,
Steals roses from the blush-ing morn;
But when Myrtilla sleepstill ten,
Aurora steals them backagain.
August is the eighthmonth of the year. It wascalled Sextilis by the lio-mans, from its being thesixth month in their calen-dar, until the Senate com-plimented the EmperorAugustus by naming itafter him, and throughthem it is by us denomi-nated August.Our
_ Saxon ancestorscalled it "Amynonat (morerightly barv-moneth), in-tending thereby the thenfilling of their barnes withcome." Am is the Saxonword for harvest. Accord-ing to some they also calledi t Woedm-onath, as they like-wise called June.The sign of the zodiac
entered by the sun thismonth is Virgo, the Virgin.
1.—"Antiquaries," says
Brand, "are divided intheir opinions concerningthe origin of Lammas Day ;
some derive it from Lamb-Mass, because on that daythe tenants who held landsunder the cathedral churchin York, which is dedicatedto St. Peter ad Vincula,were bound by their tenureto bring a live lamb intothe church at High Mass
;
others derive it from asupposed offering or ty th-ing of lambs at this time."Various other derivationshave been imagined.Blount, the glossographer,says that Lammas is calledHlaf-Mass, that is Loaf-Mass, or Bread-Mass, whichsignifies a feast of thanks-giving for the first fruitsof the corn. It was ob-served with bread of newwheat, and in some placestenants are bound to bringnew wheat to their lord,on or before the 1st ofAugust. New wheat iscalled Lammas - Wheat.Vallancey affirms thnt thisday was dedicated, in Ire-land, to the sacrifice of thefruits of the soil ; thatLaith-mas the day of theobligation of grain, is pro-nounced La-ee-mas, a wordreadily corrupted to Lam-mas; that ith signifies allkinds of grain, particularlywheat, and that mas signi-fies fruit of all kinds, espe-cially the acorn, whencethe word mast. Prom theseexplications may easily bederived the reasonablemeaning of the word Lam-mas.19.—Henry V. of England
was a monarch whose
He ivho begs timorously courts a denial.
cnreer -^as singularly brilliant. Al-
most every historian has dwelt withpleasure on the beauties of his per-
son and character. His mind wasfirm and well-informed ; his courageinvincible; and his disposition gene-rous and humane. An author, con-temporary -with Henry, says, "Hewas very stronsr, and so swift, thatwithout either dogs or missive wea-pons, he could catch a doe, one ofthe fleetest animals."
24.—If the twenty-fourth of August be
fair and clear,
Then hope for a prosperous harvestthat year.
St. Bartholemew brings the cold dew.
Ray's Proverbs.
This is about the time when thewatery spellof a weeping St. Swithinh:is nearly ceased to draw down thetears of Cceluin, the forty days oflamentation ending yesterday. Thefirst-quoted proverb, therefore, re-
lates to the speedy clearing up andsettling of the weather to-day. An-other saying:—
All the tears that St. Swiihin can cry,
St. Barthemy's dusty mantle wipesdry.
26.—In his first expedition toBritain Ciesar was led partly bycuriosity and partly by a desire todetach from the Celtic confederacya land which was a sure asylum ofpolitical refugees. The islandersmade a brave resistance, and Cajsarwas compelled to retreat.
29 —Louis IX. was an odious kins-
.
To this monarch the fear of de.'ith
was so dreadful, that every follythat fancy could invent, or supersti-tion suggest, were tried in vain toward off the terrors of his approach-ing dissolution. During the reignof this sanguinary tyrant upwardsof 4,000 persons were put to deathwithout form of law. Some werethrown down precipices, some tor-tured to death, and many starved orstifled in deep damp dungeons.
Dry August and warm does harvestno harm.
THE SHEPHERD'S CHILD.
^^e Qaxben.
Sow winter and spring spinach inthe beginning and about the endof the month ; parsley and winteronions for a full crop in the first
week ; cabbages,cauliflowers, savoys,and German greens,about the middleof the month, for planting out inspring ; lettuces in the first and lastweek ; small salads occasionally.Plant and earth up celery and en-dive. A few coleworts may still beplanted. Net up, in dry weather,gooseberry and currant bushes, topreserve the fruit till late in theautumn. Every exertion should nowbe made to preserve the ripeningfruit- on the walls from insects, andto destroy wasps' nests. Sow auri-cula and primula seeds in pots andboxes. During this month the huesof autumn will begin to make theirappearance ; but its approaches inthe flower borders may be deferredfor a considerable time by regularlyremoving decayed flowers of suchplants as throw out a succession.
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
Shakespeare.
SHEPHERD who inhabited a valley in the
cM\±- Grampian Mountains, when one day lookingvi7^D after his flock, took with him one of his child-ren, a little boy of three years old.After going some distance, attended by his dog, the
shepherd found that he needed to ascend a hill at somedistance. As the ascent was too fatiguing for thechild, he left him on a small plain at the bottom, withstrict injunctions not to stir from it till his return.Scarcely, however, had he gained the summit, when
the horizon was darkened by one of those impenetrablemists which frequently descend so rapidly amidst thesemountains as in the space of a few minutes almost toturn day to night. The anxious father instantly hast-ened back to find his child ; but, owing to the unusualdarkness, he missed his way. After a fruitless searchof many hours, he discovered that he had reached the
I I
*KNOW THYSELF."
I've not said so to you, ?uy friend, and I amnot goi?i° ;
As you ^iiay find so many folks better worth theknowing.
bottom of the valley, and was near his own cottage. Torenew the search that night was fruitless.
Next morning, by break of day, the shepherd, ac-companied by a band of his neighbours, set out in searchof his child ; but, after a day spent in fruitless fatigue,he was at last compelled by the approach of night todescend from the mountain. On returning to hiscottage, he found that the dog he had lost the daybefore had been home, and, on receiving a piece ofcake, had instantly gone off again. For several succes-sive days, the shepherd renewed the search for hischild, and still on returning home disappointed in theevening, he found that the dog had been home, and onreceiving his allowance of cake, had disappeared.Struck with this singular circumstance, he remained
at home one day ; and when the dog, as usual, departedwith his piece of cake, he resolved to follow him, andfind out the cause of this strange procedure. The dogled the way to a cataract at some distance from thespot where the shepherd had left his child. The banksof the cataract were almost joined at the top, yet sepa-rated by an abyss of immense depth. Down the ruggedand almost perpendicular descent the dog began, with-out hesitation, to make his way, and at last disappearedby entering into a cave.The shepherd, with difficulty, followed ; but, on
entering the cave, what were his emotions, when hebeheld his infant eating with much satisfaction thecake which the dog had just brought him ; while thefaithful animal stood by, eyeing his young charge withthe utmost complacence ! From the situation in whichthe child was found, it appeared that he had wanderedto the brink of the precipice, and then either fallen orscrambled down till he reached the cave. The dog bymeans of his scent had traced him to the spot, andafterwards prevented him from starving by giving upto him his own daily allowance. He appears never tohave quitted the child by night or day, except when it
was necessary to go for food.
SEPTEMBER,] Men have been born to assist each other. [1890.
The Moon's Changes.L. Quar., 6th, 3 29 m. 1 1st Quar., 21st, 10 5 a.N. Moon, 14th, 7 53 in. | F. Moon, 28th, 1 aft.
1 M2 Tu3 W4 Th5 F6 S
7 §8 M9 Tu
10 W11 Th12 F13 S
14 §9
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21 S22 M23 Tu24 W25 Th26 F27 S
28 §29 M30 Tu
Partridge Sliooting begins.
Fire of London began, 1666. (SeeStray Notes.)
Oliver Cromwell died, 1658.
French Republic proclaimed, 1870.
Louis XIV. of France born, 1638.
September is the May ofAutumn.
14th Sun. aft. Trinity.
Great Storm, 1741. (See Stray Notes.)
Battle of Flodden, 1513.
Francois Guizot died, 1874.
Forethought spares afterthought.
Francis I. of France born, 1494.
Charles James Fox died, 1806.
15th Sun. aft. Trinity.14. Duke of "Wellington died, 1852.
Charles V. of France died, 1380.
Mont Cenis Tunnel opened, 1871.
Dr. Samuel Johnson born, 1709.
Battle of Poictiers, 1356.
Battle of the Alma, 1S54.
16th Sun. aft. Trinity.
21. Sir Walter Scott died, 1832.
(See Stray Notes.)
Behind bad luck comes good luck.
Siege of Paris commenced, 1870.
Lucknow relieved, 1857.
Louis XIII. of France born, 1601.
17th Sun. aft. Trinity.
Michaelmas Day.
Little and often fills the purse.
LONDON.
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^ Jloto of ^peccl).
V^EAN PA'UL RICHTER observed that if a lady officer wanted to givetMt the word " Halt," she would do it in the following strain :
" Vou^ soldiers, all of you, now mind what I say, I order you, as soon as Ihave done speaking, to stand still, every one of you, on the spot where youhappen to be. Don't you hear me? Halt 1 I say, all of you."Upon this a strong-minded woman, in an American paper, makes the fol-
lowing comment :—"Now, Monsieur Jean, it was an unlucky day on which you
wrote that sentence. M:iy you never hear anything hut that little conciseword ' No ' from every rosy pair of lips you meet. May you halt wifelessthrough life. May your buttons lie snappish, your strings knotty, and yourstockings full of holes. May your bootjack be missing, your feet corny, andyour shaving water cold ; your razor dull, your hair stand up, your collar liedown. May your coffee be muddy, your toast smoky, and your tea (?) waterbewitched ; and, with a never-dying desire for affection, may you crawlthrough creation a meek, miserable, nasty, forlorn, fidgety, fussy, ridicu-lous, ruined, dejected old bachelor."
STHAY HOTEIS,
AUTUMN.Laden with richest productsof the earth ;
Its choicest fruits, enchant-ing to the eye,
Grateful to taste, and court-ing appetite.
This is the ninth monthof the year ; anciently itwas the seventh, as itsname imports, which iscompounded of septem,seven, and imber, a showerof rain, from the rainy sea-son usually commencing atthis period of the year.Our Saxon ancestors
called this month " Gerst-monat, for that barleywhich that moneth com-monly yeelded was antient-ly called gerst, the name ofbarley being given unto it
by reason of the drinketherewith made, calledbeere, and from beerlegh it
come to be berleah, andfrom berleg to barley. Soin like manner beereheym,to wit, the overdecking orcovering of beere, came tobe called berham, and after-wards barme, having sincegotten I wot not how manynamesbesides. Thisexcel-lent and healthsome liquor,beere, antiently also calledael, as of the Danes it yetis i beere and ale being: ineffect all one), was first ofthe Germans invented, andbrought in use."
2.—There is a descriptionof the Great Fire of Lon-don in a rare tract, pub-lished in the year 1667, en-titled, "Vincent's God'sTerrible Voice in the City,"which begins as follows :—
" It was the 2nd of Sep-tember, 1666, that the an-ger of the Lord was kin-dled against London, andthe fire began : it began ina baker's house, in PuddingLane, by Fish Street Hill;and now the Lord is mak-ing London like a fieryoven in the time of hisanger, and in his wrathdoth devour and swallowup our habitations. It wasin the depth and dead ofthe night, when most doorsand fences were locked upin the city, that the fire
did break forth, and appearabroad like a mighty giantrefreshed with wine."
5.—Two Irish gentlemenwalking in the Place Ven-dome, stopped before acelebrated statue of Vic-tory holding the crown oflaurel over the head ofLouis XIV. A Frenchofficer was enumeratingthe splendid deeds of thatheroic king, and called par-ticular attention to the at-titude of Victory. "Pray,sir," said one of the Irish-men, "may I take the
Truth hates any delay in its disclosure.
liberty of asking a question ? Is
Victory putting the laurel on hismajesty's head, or taking it oft?
"
8—On the 8th of September, 1741,
a terrible storm did considerabledamage on the river Thames, andmany trees were torn up by theroots; at Newcastle great damagewas done to the shipping; at
Canterbury, by the fall of chim-neys, and the untiling of houses,several parts of the city lookedas if they had been bombarded
;
at Huntingdon, several windmillswere overthrown, and in one themiller was killed; but St. Ives pre-
sented a scene of complete desola-
tion, many houses being stripped,some thrown down, and the line
spire of the steeple totally demo-lished; a little boy, who had runinto the church porch, and stayed till
it was full of stones, endeavouredto get out at a window in the side,
and was carried away by the wind,and thus his life was miraculouslypreserved; at Biggleswade the stormdid not last twenty minutes.
23.—About this period of the yearthe walnut, which dates its originfrom the warm vales of Persia, is in
general plentiful. Anciently, manycurious ceremonies were practisedwith nuts and walnuts, and thelatter were commonly strewed at theRoman weddings, especially in all
the avenues leading to the nuptialapartment, and before the feet ofthe bride on her way to the altar.
This ceremony, says Dr. Hunter,k was to show that the bridegroomhad left off all boyish amusements.To this nuptial sport allusions arefrequently made by the poets ; wefind it mentioned by Catullus, whospeaks of it thus :
—
Let the air with Hymen ring!Hymen, Io Hymen, sing !
Soon the nuts will now be flung ;Soon the wanton verses sung
;
Soon the bridegroom will be told
Of the tricks he played of old.
Sow a few small salads for latecrops ; lettuce and spinach, if notdone last month, for spring crops.Plant endive and lettuce. If broc-coli be too strong or tall to with-stand the winter, lift them and laythem nearly up to the neck in theearth. Lift onions, and lay themout on a dry border or gravel walk.Lift potatoes and store them. Finishthe autumn pruning and training offruit-trees. Gather and store care-fully the autumnal sorts of applesand pears. Plant strawberries fora main crop. Sow in the beginningof the month all half-hardy annuals,if not done last month ; also thedifferent species of primula, and theseeds of all such plants as, if sownin spring, come up the same season,but, if sown in September or Octo-ber, vegetate readily the succeedingspring. Continue the propagationof herbaceous plants, and plantevergreens. If a bed is preparedexpressly to sow pinks as showflowers, it should be done now.The soil should lie good loam, abouta foot and a half deep. Keep walksand borders as neat as possible.
THE JEWELS.
The poetry of earth is never dead.— Keats.
fuTpHE celebrated teacher, Rabid Meir, sat during theHfjN whole of one Sabbath day in the public school,*eJ instructing the people. During his absencefrom the house his two sons died, both of them ofuncommon beauty, and enlightened in the law. Hiswife bore them to her bed-chamber, laid them upon themarriage bed, and spread a white covering over, theirbodies. In the evening the Rabbi Meir came home.
" Where are my two sons," he asked, " that I maygive them my blessing ? I repeatedly looked round theschool, and I did not see them there."She reached him a goblet. He praised the Lord at
the going out of the Sabbath, drank, and again asked—
*OUTSIDE SHOW.
'Tis the mind that makes the body rich ;
And as the sun breaks throiigh the darkest clouds,
So houotir pecreth in the meanest habit.
What, is the jay more preciotis than the larkBecause hisfeathers are more beatttiful ?
Or is the adder better than the eel
Because his painted skin contents the eye ?
. Shakespeare.^
II
" Where are my sons, that they, too, may drink of thecup of blessing^"
" They will not be far off," she said, and placed foodbefore him that he might eat.
He was in a gladsome and genial mood ; and whenhe had said grace after the meal, she thus addressedhim :
—
" Rabbi, with thy permission, I would fain propose tothee one question.""Ask it, then, my love," he replied." A few days ago, a person entrusted some jewels to
my custody, and now he demands them again : shouldI give them back again 1
"
"This is a question," said Rabbi Meir, "which mywife should not have thought it necessary to ask.What ! wouldst thou hesitate or be reluctant to restoreto every one his own ?
"
"No," she replied, "but yet I thought it best not torestore them without acquainting you therewith."She then led him to the chamber, and stepping to the
bed, took the white covering from the dead bodies."Ah ! my sons, my sons !" thus loudly lamented the
father ; "my sons ! the light of my eyes and the light ofmy understanding !—I was your father, but ye were myteachers in the law."The mother turned away and wept bitterly. At
length she took her husband by the hand and said
—
" Rabbi, didst thou not teach me that we must not bereluctant to restore that which was entrusted to ourkeeping? See, the Lord gave, the Lord has takenaway, and blessed be the name of the Lord?""Blessed be the name of the Lord!" echoed Rabbi
Meir; "and blessed be His name for thy sake too, forwell it is written, ' Whoso hath found a virtuous wife,hath a greater treasure than costly pearls : she openethher mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the lawof kindness.' "—Traditions of the Rabbins.
30 Th George II. horn, 1683. 6 524 35 7 19 4 34 7 23 4 54
31 F \AU Hallows' Eve. 6 54 4 34 71
21:4 32 7 25 4 5 2
Che ^txitt Cms Of iorifion »
CI? HE street cries of London have their irritating as well as their amusingOiA^P side. A correspondent writes :—
At 7.30 a.m. my street, near Bedford Square, is awakened from itsslumbers by a brazen-throated woman, who would shake the walls of Jeri-cho, with " Crash ! vvaddie greases !
" and she is but one of five, less power-ful, but quite as lasting. Then follow men, most mournful, with coals, fish,
vegetables; one broad-chested coster, with a mouth like the entrance to aquart pot and a roar like an angry lion, " Make her all, foresherlin ! fore-snerling! foresherlin!" a morose monomaniac, with two long-drawn, mel-ancholy, maddening notes, " Yack—Yowe !
" meaning milk : three men, witha small donkey-load of lettuce, " Five at pegs, all 'ot 'ere, yah." " Soo dak adaddy rum broo-o !" and so on, without fifteen minutes' cessation at a time.When I complain of these things, 1 am told, " These people must live." Sohe it ; but have I and countless others no share in that general heritage?
STHAT HOY&S,
The velocity with whichtime flies is .infinite, as is
most apparent to those wholook back.—Seneca.
October is a month as va-rious as April—clear skiesand fogs, drought and rain,sunshine and storm, green-ness and nakedness—it hasthem all, and often in arapid succession. In theearly part of the month thehardy yarrow and a fewother flowers remain, andthe meadow-saffron andthe autumnal crocus springup, and give a last gleamof floral beauty to the year.The grass, if the weatherbe mild, is vividly greenand luxuriant as in Spring.Fine clear days occasion-ally come out, affording inthe perfect repose of thelandscape, the blueness ofthe waters, and the strongshadows cast by the treesupon the sunny ground, thehighest pictorial beauty
;
but they are speedily past,and rains and mist wrapthe face of the earth ingloom. Yet the gloomsand obscurity of autumnalfogs, however dreary tothe common eye, are notunwelcome to the lover ofNature. They give an airof wildness to the mostordinary scenery ; hut tomountains, to forests, tosolitary sea-coasts, theyadd a sombre sublimitythat at once soothes andexcites the imagination
;
and even when not plea-sant themselves, they min-ister to our pleasures byturning the heart to ourbright firesides — to thewarmth and perpetual sum-mer of home.4.—In his first speech to
his Parliament, ltichardCromwell thus beautifullytouches upon his father'sdeath:—"He died full ofdays spent in sore andgreat travail, yet his eyeswere not waxed dim,neither was his naturalstrength abated; as it wassaid of Moses, he was ser-viceable even unto thelast. As to these nations,he left them in great hon-our abroad, and iu fullpeace at home : all Eng-land, Scotland, and Irelanddwelling safely, every manunder his vine and his fig-
tree, from Dan, even toBeersheba."Richard Cromwell was
an amiable man, but whollydestitute of force or energyof character. His last wordswere highly characteristic.When dying, he said to hisdaughters, "Live in love.
I am going to the God oflove."
None can with safety attack the powerful.
9—St. Dionvsius, whose name is
abbreviated into Deny?, was Bishopof Paris. He is said to have diedAD. 272. Tradition informs us thathe was martyred on Mont St. Mar-tvr ; and an absurd distich has beenfounded on his legendary end ; it
runs thus :—
St. Denis had his head cut off—he didnot care for that,
He took it up, and carried it a milewithout his hat.
10.—On the 10th of October, 1791,
the brave Polish general ThaddeusKosciusko fell into the hands of theRussians, covered with wounds,whilst rallying his countrymen torepel the ferocious invaders of hiscountry. It is but just to say thatthe barbarity exercised upon thePoles by the soldiers of the Empressof Russia was not extended to this
gallant man; for, during his cai>-
tivity, he was treated with greatrespect, and the Emperor Paul be-stowed upon him an estate.
15.—Hume, in summing up thecharacter of James II., says, "Indomestic life, his conduct was irre-
proachable; severe, but open in hisenmities: steady in his councils;diligent in his schemes; brave in
his enterprises; faithful, sincere,and honourable in his dealings withall men." If his good qualities hadnot been swallowed up in bigotryand arbitrary principles, there is
every reason to believe he wouldhave made an excellent sovereign,his middling talents were aided byso many virtues.
17—St. Etheldreda was a Saxonprincess of distinguished piety, andwas born about 630 in Suffolk. Inthe year 673 she founded the con-ventual Church of Ely with the ad-joining convent. Of this monasteryshe was constituted abbess. It
flourished for nearly two hundredyears.
A wise man is never less alone thanwhen he is alone.
Swift.
^e Qaxbexx.
Plaxt small salads and radishes in
the first week ; mazagan beans andearly frame peas in the last week.If the winter prove mild they will
be somewhat earlier than thosesown next month or in January.Plant cabbages in beds or closerows till wanted in spring. Storepotatoes, beet, carrots, parsnips,&c., by the end of the month. Thisis the best season for transplantingfruit-trees. Store and lay up verycarefully during the month all sortsof apples and pears, the longest-keeping sorts not before the end ofthe month, if the weather be mild.A great part of them may be placedin a close cellar. Plant the greaterpart of the common bulbs about theend of the month, with a few ane-mones for early flowering. Put in
cuttings of all sorts of evergreens.The garden kinds of roses may nowbe pruned and the suckers removed.Thrift and other edgings may still
be planted. Destroy weeds and keepthe walks and other parts of thegarden neat and clean. Protect anychoice flowers from heavy rains.
ARTISTIC ABSURDITIES.
Variety's the very spice of life.—Cowper.
-AjFN looking over some collections of old pictures, it
"^th is surprising what extraordinary anachronisms,"-J blunders, and absurdities, are often discoverable.In the gallery of the convent of Jesuits at Lisbon,
there is a picture representing Adam in Paradise,dressed in blue breeches with silver buckles, and Evewith a striped petticoat. In the distance appears a pro-cession of Capuchin monks engaged in bearing the cross.
In a country church in Holland there is a paintingrepresenting the sacrifice of Isaac, in which the painterhas depicted Abraham with a blunderbuss in his hand,
THE GENERAL LOVER.
I n ver knew a sprightly fairThat was not dear to 7ne ',
And freely I my heart could shareWith every one I see.
It is not this or that aloneOn whom my choice would fall ,'
/ do no more incline to oneThan I incline to all.
The circle's bounding line are they,
Its centre is my heart
:
My ready love, the equal rayThat flows to every part.
I I
ready to shoot his son. A similar edifice in Spain has apicture of the same incident, in which the patriarch is
armed with a pistol.
At Windsor there is a painting by Antonio Verrio, in
which the artist has introduced the portraits of himself,
Sir Godfrey Kneller, and May, the surveyor of theworks of that period, all in long periwigs, as spectators
of Christ healing the sick.
A painter of Toledo, having to represent the threewise men of the East coming to worship on the nativity
of Christ, depicted three Arabian or Indian kings, twoof them white and one black, and all of them in theposture of kneeling. The position of the legs of eachfigure not beina: very distinct, he inadvertently paintedthree black feet for the negro king, and three also
between the two white kings ; and he did not discoverhis error until the picture had passed out of his hands,and was hung up in the cathedral, and subjected to thecriticism of his fellow citizens.
In another picture of the Adoration of the Magi,which was in the Houghton Hall collection, the painter,
Brughel, had introduced a multitude of little figures,
finished off with true Dutch exactitude, but one wasaccoutred in boots and spurs, and another of the wisemen was handing in, as a present, a little model of aDutch ship.The same collection contained a painting of the
stoning of Stephen the martyr, by Le Soeur, in whichthe saint was attired in the habit of a Roman Catholicpriest at high mass.A picture by Rubens, in the Luxembourg, represents
the Virgin Mary seated in council, in company with twocardinals and the god Mercury, who were assisting in
her deliberations.
NOVEMBER,] Time discovers truth. [1890.
The Moon's Changes.L. Guar., 4th, 4 13 a. I 1st Qiiar., 19th, 45 a.
N. Moon, 12th, 1 3S a. | F. Moon, 20fh, 1 23 a.
l'S -4W Saints' Day
2 S j22nd Sun. aft. Trinity.
M |The " Long Parliament" met, 1640.
Til George Peabody died, 1869.
W Gunpowder Plot, 1605. (See StrayI Notes.)
I ll Holborn Viaduct opened, 1839.
F Every mile is two in winter.
S 'John Milton, poet, died, 1074.
$ :23rd Sun. aft. Trinity.
M jft Prince of "Wales horn, 1841.
Tu Martinmas—Scotch Term.,tt I (See Strai/ Notes.)W jRichard Baxter horn, 1815. (Seerp-i I
Stray Notes.)Ill Edward III. of England horn, 1312.
;Great Earthquake in England, 1318.
Domesday Book completed, 1086.
F
I~J24th Sun. aft. Trinity.
M 16. John Bright horn, 1811, d. 1889.
Til The proper study of mankind is man
W Ferdinand de Lesscpshorn, 1S05.
Th Quick at meat, quick at ivork.
F Princess Royal horn, 1840.
Cj 21. Purcell, famous musician, died| 1695. (See Stray Notes.)
23,$ 25th Sun. aft. Trinity,
24 M 23. John Knox, reformer, died, 1572.
25 Til Dr. Isaac Watts died, 1748.
26 W Time is life's best counsellor.
27
1
Til Duchess of Teck horn, 1833.
28 F29 S
Baron von Bunsen died, 1860.
Oliver Goldsmith horn, 1728.
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Cf)e (Eiit&ufitasttc JBaturalist.
N extraordinary instance of the power of enthusiasm to surmount the
rx)A-" most disheartening obstacles is met with in the life of Audubon, the^=^- famous naturalist. Going on a journey he left a collection of twohundred of his original drawings—the work of many years—in the hands of
a relative residing in Kentucky. On his return he called for the box whichcontained them. "The box," he says, "was produced and opened, hut-reader, feel for me !—a pair of Norway rats had taken possession of thewhole, and had reared a young family amongst the gnawed hits of paperwhich, but a few months before, represented nearly a thousand inhabitantsof air! I slept not for several nights, and the days and nightspassed like days of oblivion, until, the animal power being recalled intoaction through the strength of my constitution, I took up my gun, my note-book, and my pencils, and went forth to the woods as gaily as if nothing hadhappened. I felt pleased that I might now make better drawings than be-fore, and ere three years had elapsed I had my portfolio fllled again."
STBAY HOTELS.The dusky night rides down
the sky,And ushers in the morn.
The hounds all make a jovialcry,
And the huntsman windshis horn.
The month of Novemberwas said by the ancients tobe under the tutelary pro-tection of Diana, and thismight possibly be on ac-count of the prevalence ofhunting and lield sports ingeneral during this month.In the calm, dark, warmdays which now often oc-cur, when sounds are hoardat a distance, this notionhas often suggested itselfto us when we have heardthe cheerful and livelymusic of several packs ofharriers and of beagles atone time, in full cry, in dif-ferent directions, as used tobe often heard in Sussex;and on hearing which womight well say with Shaks-peare
—
Thy hounds shall make thewelkin answer them,
And fetch shrill echoes fromthe hollow earth.
5.—Poor Robin's Alma-nack for 1677 contains thefollowing lines on the ever-to-be-remembered 5th ofNovember
—
Now boys ivith squibs andcrackers play,
And bonfires blaze turnsnight to day.
This day is still kept tocommemorate the *:*
tempts of certain mis-creants to blow up the Par-liament House.11.—The festival of St.
Martin, first institutedabout the year 650, was an-ciently a day of great feast-ing and revelry, as willappear by the fol lowing ex-tract from an ancient bal-lad, entitled "MartilmasseDay :"-
Some do the Citie now fre-quent,
Where costlie shoics andmerriemente
Do iveare the vapourishevening out,
With interlude and revel-lingo rout
;
Such as did pleasure Eng-Iancle's Queene,
When here her Royal G-raceteas seen ;
Yet ivill they not this day let
passe,The mcrrie day of Martil-masse.
12.—Richard Baxterpreached a sermon beforeCharles II., which is sup-posed to have occupied anhour and a half in the de-livery; and, though thetitle-page states it to havebeen preached " contract-ed ly," certain " enlarge-
It is difficult to change nature.
ments" are stated to have beenmade. He is said to have oncepreached three hour8 and a half.
21.—Purcell, the famous musician,died on the 2ist of November, 1695,
at the age of thirty-seven. Hisdeath is commonly ascribed to acold, occasioned by being kept toolong at his own door, one evening,when he came home. It is said thathis wife, provoked at his habit ofkeeping late hours, had ordered theservants not to admit him aftermidnight. Unfortunately, he camehome from a tavern heated withwine, beyond the prescribed hour,•was kept for some time at the doorin a cold night, and contracted thedisease of which he died.This story, 60 shocking to the
memory of his widow, does notseem to be authenticated, and weare not inclined to believe it. If
she could have treated her husbandwith such harshness as to cause hisdeath, the expressions of grief andtenderness, in her dedication to
Lady Elizabeth Howard, prefixed tothe posthumous publication of hisworks, must have been a piece ofhypocrisyrevolting to every body, ata time when, if there was any found-ation for the story, it must havebeen well known. Besides, Purcell,in his will, made on his death-bed,and dated on the 1st of November,after reciting that he was in soundmind, though very ill in constitu-tion, leaves all his effects to his lov-ing wife Frances, and appoints herhis sole executrix; a mark of hislove and affection which he wouldhardly have shown had he felt him-self dying in consequence of herunkind treatment. It may be addedthat his phrase, ill in constitution,corroborates the opinion that hisdeath was occasioned by a consump-tion or decline, probably produced,or at least aggravated, by intem-perance and irregular hours.
iBc Qaxbert.
Sow early frame peas and mazaga'nbeans in the second week, for anearly crop. Protect endive, celery,artichoke, and sea-kale with stablelitter or ferns ; mulch asparaguswith hot-bed manure ; take up en-dive, late cauliflower, early broccoliand lettuces, and lay them in anopen shed or in old cucumber ormelon pits, which will protect themfrom frost and afford a supply duringwinter. Plant all sorts of fruit-trees in fine weather—the earlier inthe month the better. Commenceand carry on the various operationsof pruning and nailing when theweather permits. Plant dried tubersof border flowers, but the finer sortshad better be deferred till spring.Protect such half-hardy plants aswere not sheltered last month.Plant deciduous trees and shrubsas long as the weather continuesfavom-able, and before the soil hasparted with the solar heat absorbedduring summer. This is the reasonwhy early autumn planting is sostrongly recommended. Tulips mustbe planted in the first week if theweather permits. They are usuallyplanted in rows six inches apart,along a four-foot bed.
A TALE OF A PICTURE.
There is a tale in everything.—Coleridge.
M STRANGER came recommended to a merchant's..^ house at Lubeck. He was hospitably received,
cr^ but the house being full, he was lodged at nightin an apartment handsomely furnished but not oftenused. There was nothing that struck him particularlyin the room when left alone till he happened to cast his
eye on a picture. It was a single head, but there wassomething so frightful, so unearthly, in its expression,that he found himself irresistibly attracted to look at it.
His imagination was filled by it, and his rest broken.In the morning his host saw that he had slept ill,
and inquired the cause, which was told. The masterof the house was much vexed, and said that the pictureought to have been removed, that it was an oversight,and that it always was removed when the chamber wasused. The picture, he said, was indeed terrible to everyone. The story of it was this :—
I
THE BALD PHILOSOPHER.
My hair and I are quits, d'ye see ?
I first cut him, he now cuts me.
" My father," said he, "was at Hamburg on business,and, whilst dining at a coffee-house, he observed ayoung man enter, seat himself alone in a corner, andcommence a solitary meal. His countenance bespokethe extreme of mental distress, and every now andthen he turned his head quickly round as if he heardsomething, then shuddered and grew pale." My father saw this same man at the same place for
two or three successive days, and at length became somuch interested about him, that he spoke to him. Heproved to be an Italian, well informed, poor but notdestitute, and living economically upon the profits ofhis art as a painter. Their intimacy increased, andat length the Italian, seeing my father's involuntaryemotion at his convulsive turnings and shudderings,told him his story." He was a native of Rome, and had lived in some
familiarity with a young nobleman ; but upon someslight occasion they had fallen out, and his patron hadstruck him. The painter brooded over the disgrace ofthe blow. He could not challenge the nobleman, onaccount of his rank ; he therefore watched for anopportunity, and assassinated him. Of course he hadfled from his country, and finally had reached Ham-burg. He had not, however, passed many weeksfrom the night of the murder, before, one day in thecrowded street, he heard his name called ; he turnedshort round, and saw the face of his victim looking athim. From that moment he had no peace ; at all
hours, in all places, and amidst all companies, he heardthe voice, and could never help looking round ; andwhenever he so looked round, he always encounteredthe same face staring close upon him. At last, in amood of desperation, he had fixed himself face to face,and eye to eye, and deliberately drawn the phantomvisage as it glared upon him ; and this was the pictureso drawn. He gave the finished picture to my father,in return for the kindness which he had shown."
DECEMBER,] Time is the greatest remedy for anger. [1890.
The Moon's Changes.L. Quar., 4th, 1 27 a. [1st Qnar.. 18th, 8 36 a.
N. Moon, 12th, 3 11 m. | F.Moon, 26th, 5 57 m.
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Princess of Wales born, 1844.
1. Ebenezer Elliot, the Corn-Lawrhymer, d., 1849. (See Stray Notes.)
Robert Bloomfield, poet, died 1706.
Royal Courts of Justice opened, 1882.
Alexandre Dumas died, 1870.
Tlie day brings with it many things.
2nd Sunday in Advent.Christina of Sweden born, 1623.
Like master, like man.
Black Game and Grouse Shootingends.
Llewellyn, Prince of "Wales, killed,1282. tSee Stray Notes.)
Colley Cibber died, 1757.
St. Lucy.
3rd Sunday in Advent.14. Prince Albert died, 1861.
(Sec Stray Notes).
Henry IT. of England crowned, 1154.(See Stray Notes.)
Pity melts the mind to love.
Michael. Laio -Sittings end.
4th Sunday in Advent.2 1 St. Thomas.—ShortestDay.
The noblest motive is the publicgood.
Christmas Day.
Bk.Uol. BoxingDay.
28. Innocents' Day,\®fjjj$»Sunday aft. Christmas.Rt. Hon. W. E.Gladstone born, 1809.
TjT"? HE Caliph Abu Jaaffar Almansor sent for a man who was celebrated asc^y an astrologer, and ordered him to take his horoscope. After accurate
calculations, the sage told the Caliph that all pretenders to his thronewould die before him. The astrologer was dismissed without a present.Another was introduced, who, after the usual ceremonies of casting a
nativity, declared, that he would outlive all who could have any pretensionto the Caliphate. This man was handsomely rewarded.The meaning of each prophecy was the same; the terms differed. The
former astrologer had mentioned death ; the latter had softened his speechby another expression. The term death or dying is unpleasant to many
;
among the Romans the idea was held in abhorrence, and on their tombstonesa word signifying that such a one had lived was substituted for another,that would have proclaimed that he died.
STRAY KOTOS.
Roast beef, ivise m irth , brigh t
fires, are now three thingsWhich this cold season withcontentment brings.
1.—When a statue waserected to the memory ofEbenezer Elliot by theworking men of Sheffield,a poetical tribute was writ-ten by Walter SavageLandor. Two lines mLandor's verses, designat-ing Elliot as one—whom strong genius tookfrom poverty,
And said, Rise, mother, andbehold thy child
!
constitute, probably, thehighest tribute the Corn-Law rhymer has obtained,or is likely to obtain.
11.—Llewellyn, Prince ofWales, whilst retreatingbefore the victorious armyof Edward I., was killedby a warrior named AdamFranckton. The Welsh-men, upon the death oftheir leader, were dis-persed, and the country re-duced, after having pre-served its liberty for 8'i0
years against the efforts ofthe English monarchy. Thehead of the ill-fated Lle-wellyn, with that of hisbrother David (.who wastaken in arms), were placed,crowned with ivy, on theTower of London.
16.—A man is infinitelymistaken who thinks thereis nothing worth seeing inwinter-time out of doors,because the sun is notwarm, and the streets aremuddy. " Let him get, bydint of good exercise, outof the streets, and he shallfind enough. In the warmneighbourhood of townshe may still watch thefield-fares, thrushes, andblackbirds ; the titmouseseeking its food throughthe straw-thatch ; the red-wings, field-fares, skylarks,and titlarks, upon the sameerrand, over wet meadows ;
the sparrows and yellow-hammers, and chaffinches,still beautiful thoughmute, gleaning from thestraw and chaff in farm-yards; and the ring-dove,always poetical, coming forher meal to the ivy-berries.About rapid streams hemay see tlie various habitsand movements of herons,woodcocks, wild ducks, andother water-fowl, who areobliged to quit the frozenmarshes to seek their foodthere. The redbreast comesto the windows, and ofteninto the house itself, to berewarded for its song, andfor its far-famed ' painful
'
obsequies to the Childrenin the Wood."
Everything comes to an end which has a beginning.
17.—On the 17th of December, 1154,
Henry II. was crowned King ofEngland. One of this prince's bio-graphers says he was " brave, just,anxious to preserve the prosperityof his subjects, and unwilling tooppress them : as a father, affec-tionate and forgiving ; and as a manfriendly and generous." A curiouscircumstance is related as havingoccurred to the king whilst stop-ping to view St. David's Cathedral,on his return from Ireland, wherehe had been to receive the submis-sion of his subjects. Whilst viewingthe sncred pile, he was molested bythe screaming execrations of an oldWelsh woman, who vociferated inher own tongue, " Oh Lech-laver,deliver us!" This Lech-laver, atthe King's inquiry, was found to bea huge flat stone, then used as abridge in the churchyard, but pro-bably once an object of Druid wor-ship. It had been, it seems, foretoldby Merlin, that on that stone, anEnglish king should die, on hiscoming back from the conquest ofIreland. Henry, whose mind soaredabove vulgar superstition, smiledat the hag's scurrility; gazed with-out emotion at the stone, and withbitter taunts derided the reveriesof the British prophet.
27.—The festival of the Holy In-nocents, or Childermas Day, wasinstituted to commemorate theslaughter of the Jewish children byHerod at the Nativity of our Saviour.
| WINTER.Tliere 's not a flower upon the hill,
'I'll ere 's not a leaf upon the tree ;The summer-bird hath left its bough,Briijht child of sunshine, singing
now,In spicy lands beyond the sea.
There 's silence in the harvest-field ;
And blackness in the mountain-glen,
And cloud that will not pass awayFrom, Vie hill-tops for many a day :
And stillness round the homes ofmen.
^fye g>ar6en.
Sow a few peas and beans, as inNovember. Very few operations canbe carried on this month with theexception of trenching and diggingin dry weather—operations whichshould by all means be attended to.The ground should be thoroughlywell turned up for exposure to thefrost and snow. Plant all sorts offruit-trees in mild weather. Mulchover the roots of tender trees suchas apricot and peach, as they are
Ioften so far affected by frost as tobe barren in the coming year. Pro-ceed with pruning and nailing wall-trees whenever an opportunity oc-curs. Examine the fruit that is inthe store-room every week, and re-move all that is found to be in astate of decay. As to the flower-garden, the directions for lastmonth will be found equally appli-cable to this. The store plants inthe pit must be kept dry, and havefull exposure whenever the weatheris fair and not frosty; keep themfree from dead leaves or damp litter.
SOUNDS HEARD BY NIGHT.
The day is done and the darkness
Falls from the wings of night.
_______ Longfellow.
fHE great audibility of sounds during the night is aphenomenon of considerable interest and one
"*Q-J which had been observed even by the ancients.In crowded cities, or in their vicinity, the effect wasgenerally ascribed to the rest of animated beings, whilein localities where such an explanation was inap-plicable, it was supposed to arise from a favourabledirection of the prevailing wind. Baron Humboldtwas particularly struck with this phenomenon when he
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THE WINTER ROBIN.*
A suppliant to your window comes,Who trusts your faith, andfears no guile;
He claims ad7iiittince for your crtcmbs,And reads his passport hi your smile.
For cold and cheerless is the day,And he has sought the hedges roundI
No berry hangs upon the spray,Nor worm, nor ant-egg can be foimd.
Secu>e his sicit will be preferred,No fears his slender feet deter,
For sacred is the household birdThat wears the scarlet stomacher.
I . I
first heard the rushing 'of the great cataracts of theOrinoco in the plain which surrounds the mission ofthe Apures. These sounds he regarded as three timeslouder during the night than during the day.Some authors ascribed this fact to the cessation of
the humming of insects, the singing of birds, and theaction of the wind on the leaves of the trees ; butBaron Humboldt justly maintains that this cannot bethe cause of it on the Orinoco, where the buzz of insectsis much louder in the night than in the day, and wherethe breeze never rises till after sunset. Hence he wasled to ascribe the phenomenon to the perfect trans-parency and uniform density of the air, which canexist only at night after the heat of the ground hasbeen uniformly diffused through the atmosphere. Whenthe rays of the sun have been beating on the groundduring the day, currents of hot air of different tem-peratures, and consequently of different densities, areconstantly ascending from the ground and mixingwith the cold air above. The air thus ceases to be auniform medium, and objects seen through it whichare very indistinctly visible have a tremulous motion,as if they were "dancing in the air." The very sameeffect is perceived when we look at objects throughspirits and water that are not perfectly mixed, or whenwe view distant objects over a red-hot poker or over aflame. In all these cases the light suffers refraction inpassing from a medium of one density into a mediumof a different density, and the refracted rays areconstantly changing their direction, as the differentcurrents rise in succession. Analogous effects areproduced when sound passes through a mixed medium.—Sir David Brewster.
Silence is wisdom when speaking is folly.
MUSICAL NOTES.
... *HE government of a country is easy,"Hjjv says a musician, "compared with«-**J the government of a choir."The attitude of great composers towards
other great composers is usually that ofcontempt.One of Paganini's pretended discoveries
was to remove the second and third stringsof his violin and simulate a dialoguebetween the first and fourth.Luther possessed a fine deep voice, and
played both the flute and the lute so wellas to attract the notice of passers-by as hejourneyed to Worms.Would to heaven that a race of mon-
strosities could arise in the world ofartists, players with six fingers oneach hand : then the day of virtuosodomwould be at end.
—
Schumann.In the thirteenth |
century the use ofthe organ inDivine Servicewas deemed pro-fane and scandal-ous by the Greekand Latin clergy,just as in the seven-teenth century theinstrument wascalled a squeakingabomination bythe Puritans.Mozart used to
prophesy that his
.
youngest child,Wolfgang, would be a genuine Mozart,because when he cried he always did so inthe precise key in which his father hap-pened to be playing at the moment.Pope, after listening to Handel's exquisite
harpsichord playing, declared that it gavehim no pleasure, that his ears were of thatuntoward make and reprobate cast to re-ceive his music with as much indifferenceas a common ballad.There is a caricature of Handel repre-
senting him at the orgfin, with a boar'shead and enormous tusks (a hit at hispassionate temper). The room in whichhe plays is strewn with horns, trumpets,and kettle-drums ; farther off there is adonkey braying, and a battery of artillerywhich is fired by the blazing music of theorganist.When the " Messiah" of Handel was first
performed in London, on the 23rd of March,17A3, it is related that the audience was ex-ceedingly struck and affected by the musicin general, but that when that part of theHallelujah Chorus began "For the LordGod omnipotent reigneth," they were sotransported that they all, with the King,who was present, started at once to theirfeet, and remained standing till the chorusended. The custom of standing during theperformance of the Halleluiah Chorusoriginated from this circumstance.
LOVE ASLEEP.
Hush ! hush ! the God of Love here sleepinglies
:
His hands disarmed, and closed his wantoneyes.
The bozv, unstrung, awhileforgets to wound,His us°less shafts lie scattered on the ground.Sleep on, sweet babe, and smiling promise
peace,For should?st thou wake, we know 'twill
quickly cease. Frqm the Latin _
In singing, a good and distinct articula-tion is a great charm.Notes gradually ascending are intro-
duced to describe the rising of the moonin Haydn's " Creation."The man that hath no music in himself
.
. .
Is Jit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.Shakspeare.
When Dragonetti, the famous double-bass player, appeared in the orchestra hewas always accompanied by his dog Carlo.The best words for music are those which
contain the fewest number of thoughtsand the greatest number of emotions.
—
Haweis.A good example of laughter in music is
to be found in Handel's setting of Milton's"L'Allegro," in which is the line "Andlaughter holding both his sides."
A weak point in"the clarinet is thecouac (the Frenchfor quack) or"goose," a suddenhorrible noisewhich it indulgesin when the reedis out of order andthe wind is notquite under con-trol.
The social posi-tion of musicianswas at one time
. .—2ii_ very differentI from what it is
now. Mozart dined at the same table asthe cooks in the archbishop's establish-ment to which he was attached.
" Yes." said George ;" I take up my violin
for my own amusement occasionally, butI never play before company." "Thankyou," said Tom, " thank you, my dear fel-
low, thank you."All who object to street music, and find
words but thrown away upon organ-grinders, should make themselves familiarwith the provisions of 27 & 28 Vic. c. 55.
This statute enacts that any householder,personally, or by his servant, or by anypolice-constable, may require any streetmusician or street singer to depart fromthe neighbourhood of the house of suchhouseholder, on account of the illness oron account of the interruption of theordinary occupations or pursuits of anyinmate of such house, or for other reason-able or sufficient cause, and every personwho shall sound or play upon any musicalinstrument or shall sing in any thorough-fare or public place near any such houseafter being so required to depart is liableto a penalty not exceeding forty shillings,or to imprisonment up to three days. Apolice-constable may take the offender intocustody without warrant if the personmaking the charge thinks fit to give himinto custody.
Slander flings stones at itself.
WOOING AND MARRYING.Choose a wife rather by your ear than your eye.
Jfj?E that takes a wife takes care.—Franklin.The reason why so few marriages
are happy is because young ladies spendtheir time in making nets, not in makingcages.
—
Swift.it goes far towards reconciling me to
being a woman when I reflect that I amthus in no danger of marrying one.—LadyTVortley Montagu.A woman who marries a man poorer
than herself is rarely willing to be guidedby him. She will not adopt his ideas andhabits, but will impose her own upon him.—Michclet.A boating man recently asked a pretty
but somewhat strong-minded young ladyto "row in the same boat" with him forlife. "On one condition," she promptlyanswered; "and
|
that is—I steer !
"
He that hath ahandsome wife byother men isthought happy ; it
is a pleasure to lookupon her and be inher company ; butthe husband is
cloyed with her.We are never con-
Take the daughter of a good mother.—Fuller.The fate of the child is always the work
of his mother.—Napoleon.In marriage it is all very well to say
that " the two are made one "—the questionis tvhich one ?
A gentleman in Nottingham lookingfrom his window one day, saw a lady passwho seemed very much like his late wife.He made haste after her, and having suc-ceeded in obtaining all necessary informa-tion, she was married to him, because ofthe likeness which she bore to one whomhe had tenderly loved.No trait of character is more valuable in
a "woman than a sweet temper. Homecan never be made happy without it. Itis like the flowers that spring up in our
HAPPINESS.
What is there in the vale of life
Half so delightful as a wife,When friendship, love, and peace combineTo stamp the marriage-bond divine ?
L, COWPER. *
tent with what we have.—Seidell.A good wife is Heaven's last best gift to
man—his angel and minister of graces in-numerable, his gem of many virtues, hiscasket of jewels ; her voice is sweet music,her smiles his brightest day, her kiss theguardian of his innocence, her arms thepale of his safety, the balm of his health,the balsam of his life; her industry hissurest wealth, her economy his safeststeward, her lips his faithful counsellors,her bosom the softest pillow of his cares,and her prayers the ablest advocates ofHeaven's blessing on his head.—JeremyTaylor.A Yorkshireman's wife was dying. She
was long ill, and during her sickness wasalways exclaiming " Eh ! I'm boun'to dee
!
It win't be long afore I dee ! I shan't be longhere!" and the like. Her husband heardthese exclamations day after day, and saidnothing. At last he got a little impatientover them, and said one day, as she wasexclaiming as usual "Oh, dear! I'm goin'to dee!" " Why, lass, thou'stsaid that owerand ower again a mony times. Why doan'tthou set a time and stick to it 1 " On an-other occasion his wife slightly varied thetune to " Eh ! the poor bairns ! What willbecome o' t' bairns when I dee? Who willmind t' bairns when their mother is dead?"I Never thee trouble thy head about that,"said her husband; "go on wi' thy deein'.I'll mind t' bairns."—$. Baring-Gould.
pathway, revivingand cheering us.Let a man go homeat night weariedand worn by thetoils of the day, andhow soothing is aword dictated by agood disposition
!
It is sunshine fall-
ing on his heart.) He is happy, and
the cares of life are forgotten.A clergyman travelling through the
village of Kettle, in Fife, was called intoan inn to officiate at a marriage instead ofthe parish minister, who, from some acci-
dent, was unable to attend, and had causedthe company to wait for a considerabletime. While the reverend gentleman waspronouncing the admonition, and just ashe had told the bridegroom to love andhonour his wife, the said bridegroom inter-
jected the words "and obey," which hethought had been omitted from oversight,though that is part of the ride laid downsolely to the wife. The minister, surprisedto find a husband willing to be henpeckedby anticipation, did not take advantage ofthe proposed amendment ; on which thebridegroom again reminded him of theomission—"Ay, and obey, sir—love, honour,and obey, ye ken !
" and he seemed seriouslydiscomposed at finding that his hint wasnot taken. Some years after the sameclergyman was riding through this villageof the culinary name, when the same mancame out and stopped him, addressing himin the following remarkable words:—" D'yemind, sir, yon day when ye married me,and when I wad insist upon vowing toobey my wife ! Weel, ye may now see thatI was in the richt. Whether ye wad orno, I hae obeyed my wife ; and behold, Iam now the only man that has a twa-storeyhouse in the hale toun !
"
IN GOOD AND BAD HEALTH.Man wants but little here below.—Goldsmith.
'\JEpHE employment Of an apothecary,Hjjf^ says Voltaire, is to pour drugs, of<^J which he knows little, into a bodyof which he knows less.
Disease is a blessing, for it is Nature'seffort to preserve the body—her method ofthrowing poisons out of the system, andwhatever of discomfort there is in it weare called to pay rational attention, and toco-operate with Nature in promoting theprocess of cure.A bad painter, notorious for his want of
skill in his vocation, left the town wherehe resided and went to dwell at anothersome distance off, at which place hecommenced physician. Being asked by aperson who had known him formerly thereason of his changing professions, heanswered, "If I now commit faults theearth co vers them."
" Your unchris-tian virulence a-gainst me," said aHuguenot,whohadbeen persecuted forpreaching, " shallcost hundreds ofpeople their lives."This menacebrought the authorinto trouble : hewas cited to a courtof justice, and was
CHEERFULNESS*
To die is due by all: no mortal knowsWhether to-morrow 's dawn his life may close.
Knowing this well, O man, let cheering wine,That sweetforgetfulness ofdeath, be thine.
Give way to love too: livefrom day to day,Atidyield tofate der all things else the sway.
jj Palladas. o.
charged with harbouring the most bloodydesigns against his fellow-subjects. "Iam innocent," said he, " of all you lay tomy account. My only meaning was that Iintended (since I could not act as a minis-ter) to practise as a physician."Simple diet is best, for many dishes
bring many diseases.
—
Pliny.The illness of the body usually brings
out a latent power and philosophy of thesoul, which health never knows ; and Godhas mercifully ordained it as the custom-ary lot of Nature, that in proportion as wedecline into the grave, the sloping path is
made easy and smooth to our feet ; andevery day, as the films of clay are removedfrom our eyes, Death loses the false aspectof the spectre, and we fall at last into its
arms as a wearied child upon the bosomof its mother.
—
Lord Lytton.Theodoric, Archbishop of Cologne, was
illustrious in his time for his talents, eru-dition, and morals. One day the EmperorSigismund asked of him instructions toobtain happiness. "We cannot, sire, ex-pect it in this world." " Which then is
the way to happiness hereafter ? " " Youmust act virtuously." " What do youmean by that expression?" "I mean,"says Theodoric, " that you should alwayspursue that plan of conduct which youpromise to do whilst you are labouringunder a fit of the gravel, gout, or stone."
A fool or a physician at forty is an adagecontaining more truth than is commonlybelieved. He who has not by that timelearned to observe the causes of self-dis-order shows little signs of wisdom.Each death involves an average of
twenty-eight days of sickness ; that is, forevery person dying twenty-eight personsare sick one day.A certain quack used always to carry
with him a large box full of* medicines
;
and whenever he was consulted by apatient put his hand into the box anddrew out the first that came, exclaimingat the same time, "May heaven be pleasedto send the right one !
"
Physicians are often said to have verylittle religion. It was remarked, as asingular fact, that during the massacre of
St. Bartholomew,although all theCalvinists whowere attached totheir religion, andknown to be so,
were marked outas victims, therewas not a physicianon the list, and, inpoint of fact, not aphysician perishedin that dreadful
1 butchery.The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr.
Quiet, and Mr. Merryman.Nature is fighting with disease. A blind
man, armed with a club—that is the phy-sician—comes to settle the difference. Hefirst tries to make peace ; when he cannotaccomplish this he lifts his club and strikesat random. If he strikes the disease hekills the disease, if he strikes Nature hekills the patient.A cheery, hopeful doctor will do his
patients far more good than mere medicine.All clear-sighted physicians now agreethat where chronic or mortal maladies arein question little benefit can be derivedfrom the orthodox method of drugging,and this is why our best doctors lay suchstress on " hygiene," diet, climate, andlast, but not least, an untroubled mind.An able medical writer thus frankly ex-
poses his opinion of his own craft and ofmedicine-taking generally :—" I declare,"says Dr. James Johnson," my conscientiousopinion, founded on long observation andreflection, that if there was not a singlephysician, surgeon, apothecary, man-mid-wife, chemist, druggist, or drug, on the faceof the earth " there would be less sicknessand less mortality than now obtains."'My dart " cried Death, " i" cannot find,
zb'o noiv I'm quite at sea."Quoth Dr. Bolus, "Never mind;Here, take this recipe."
The bough that bears most hangs lowest.
WOODS AND FORESTS,Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.—Wordsworth.
PalmElmCypressIvyMapleLarchLemonPlaneCedar
250
355
516
57664072J8co
/.OODS are of very different'/ strength. Taking the strength
of the oak as 1,000, that of thepoplar will be 583 ;
pine, 565 ; fir, 585 ; birch,
672 ; sycamore, 711 ; and ash, 983.
An American, fresh from magnificentwoods and rough clearings, was one dayvisiting the owner of a beautiful seat inBrooklyn ; and, walking with him througha little grove, out of which all the under-brush had been cleared, paths had beennicely cut and gravelled, and the rockscovered with woodbine, suddenly stopped,and, admiring the beauty of the scene,lifted up his hands and exclaimed: "ThisI like ! This is Nature—with her haircombed!" I
Of the forest treesthe sycamore, theash, the lime, andthe chestnut, first
lose their foliage ;
the elm retains its
verdure a little
while longer ; thebeech and the oakare the last to yield>to the driving show-er and the rudewind ; and whenthese display theirnaked branches thebeauty of the wood-lands is completelypassed, and theyremain in their barrenness till the springagain calls forth the buds into life.
Ttie elm was considered by the ancientsof Eastern nations as a funeral tree as wellas the cypress. It is celebrated in the "Iliad"for having formed a hasty bridge by whichAchilles escaped the Xanthus, when thatriver, by its overflowing, placed him indanger of being carried away. It has beensuggested that the Romans probably in-troduced it into Britain.The willow in Cambridgeshire is called
the Cambridge oak. Old Fuller calls it " asad tree, whereof such who have lost theirlove make their mourning garlands ; andwe know what exiles hung up their harpsupon such doleful supporters. The twigshereof are physick to drive out the folly ofchildren. This tree delighteth in moistplaces, and is triumphant in the Isle of Ely,where the roots strengthen their banks,and top affords fuell for their fire. It grow-eth incredibly fast, it being a by-word inthis county that the profit by willows willbuy the owner a horse before that by othertrees will pay for his saddle. Let me addthat if green ashe may burne before aqueen,^withered ivillows maybe allowed to burne(before a lady." The old saying, " She is inher willows " is here illustrated ; it impliesmourning for a lost mate.
The vine ceases to grow at about 2,300feet above the level of the sea, Indian cornat 2,800 feet, oak at 3,350 feet, walnut at3,600 feet, ash at 4,800 feet, yellow pine at6,200 feet, and fir at 6,700 feet.Dwarf trees are amongst the curiosities
of Japan. By examining closely the speci-mens in Japanese gardens one may seetraces of the dwarfing process. Thelead-ing shoots have been clipped or bent down-ward ; the lateral branches turned in andtied back ; lusty limbs twisted andwrenched into quaint postures ; marks ofthe torturing pins, and bands, and cuts arestill observable ; it is a crippled dwarf ofa tree, made quaint and picturesque by
HOW LONG DO TREES LIVE?*
The following table shows the maximumage attained by different trees :
—Years.
ChestnutWalnutLime .
.
SpruceOak . .
Olive . .
Yew .
.
BaobabDrag-on
Years.
&60900
1,0761,200i,6co
2.000
2,880
5, ico
5,9co
years of struggle.Among conifersmay be noted youngplants of that Ja-panese species seenunder the wings ofJapanese buildings—quaint pigmiesnot three feet high,yet over seventyyears old. Theyare gnarled andtwisted as if theyhad fought thewinds, and caughttheir picturesque-ness of form—as oldoaks catch theirs—
1 by battling withtempests and wintry storms upon the hills.
And yet, is there a compensating beautyin them? Not, surely, as we reckon thebeauty of plant growth. But consider thatthe Japanese, in their horticultural system,have offices for such dwarf trees. Withthem no homestead is complete withoutits garden ; a few square rods may be all
at command, but this area must have its
garden treatment, and the gardens aremodelled after Nature. " San-sui " (mount-ain and water) is the term which in theJapanese describes the cultivator's work.The aim is—within, however, a limitedarea—to present a complete landscape,with rock, valley, plain, water, and mount-ain. Under such miniature presentment,trees and plants must be dwarfed to bearproper relations to the dwarfed valleysand rocks. To such an extent is this copy-ing of Nature in miniature carried, that arocky landscape, with its heights, and levelspaces, and trees, is wrought out, withclose attention to proportions, within thelimits of a great bronze basin. I doubt if
cultivators of the West will emulate themin their mimicry of Nature, but they maywell emulate the painstaking skill whichmakes such small successes possible, andthe assiduous care and the close study ofplant life which are enforced by such arts.
The least boy carries the biggest fiddle.
THE LION'S DEN.The lion is not so fierce as painted.—Fuller.
yi NDER the reign of Augustus, king(JojJ) of Poland and. elector of Saxony, a
<-> lion was kept in the menagerie atDresden, between whom and his attendantsuch a good understanding subsisted thatthe latter used not to lay the food whichhe brought to him before the grate, butcarried it into his cage. Generally theman wore a green jacket, and a consider-able time had elapsed, during which thelion had always appeared very friendlyand grateful whenever he received a visitfrom him. Once the keeper, having beento church to receive the sacrament, hadput on a black coat, as is usual in thatcountry upon .
*
*
such occasions,and he still woreit when he gavethe lion his din-ner. The un-usual appearanceof the black coatexcited the lion'srage ; he leaped athis keeper, andstruck his claw3into his shoulder.The man spoketo him gently,when the well-known tone of hisvoice brought thelion in some de-gree to recollec-tion. Doubt ap- '
peared expressed in his terrific features ;
however, he did not quit his hold. Analarm was raised ; the wife and childrenran to the place with shrieks of terror.Soon some grenadiers of the guard arrived,and offered to shoot the animal, as thereseemed, in this critical moment, to be noother means of extricating the man fromhim. But the keeper, who was attachedto the lion, begged them not to do it, as hehoped he should be able to extricate him-self at a less expense. For nearly a quarterof an hour he capitulated with his enragedfriend, who still would not let go his hold,but shook his mane, lashed his sides withhis tail, and rolled his fiery eyes. At lengththe man felt himself unable to sustain theweight of the lion, and yet any seriouseffort to extricate himself would have beenat the immediate hazard of his life. He,therefore, desired the grenadiers to fire,
which they did through the grate, andkilled the lion on the spot ; but in the samemoment, perhaps only by a convulsivedying grasp, he squeezed the keeperbetween his powerful claws with suchforce that he broke his arms, ribs, andspine; and, to the horror of the crowdof onlookers, they both fell down deadtogether in the bottom of the cage.
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
In the beginning of the last century therewas in the menagerie at Cassel a lion that I
showed an astonishing degree of tamenesstowards the woman that had the care of i
him. This went so far that the woman, inii
order to amuse the company that came toisee the animal, would often rashly place i'
not only her hand but even her headbetween his tremendous jaws. She had-jfrequently performed this experimentwithout suffering any injury; but having,once introduced her head into the lion'smouth the animal made a sudden snap,and killed her on the spot. Undoubtedlythis catastrophe was unintentional on the
part of the lion ;
for, probably, atjthe fatal momentthe hair of thewoman's headirritated the lion'sthroat, and com-pelled him tosneeze or cough
;
at least, this sup-position seems tobe confirmed bywhat followed
:
for as soon as thelion perceivedthat he had killedhis attendant thegood - tempered,grateful anima!
!
exhibited signsof the deepest
melancholy, laid himself down by the sideof the dead body, which he would nolsuffer to be taken from him, refused tc
take any food, and in a few days pinedhimself to death.When a lion seizes or strikes its victim,
by some merciful and most marvellousprovision, the mode of whose working is
at present unknown, the sense of pain is
driven out of the victim. The first personwho seems to have noticed this was.;Livingstone, the well-known traveller, whelearned the lesson by practical experienceAfter describing' an attack upon a lion.j
he proceeds: "Starting and looking hall;round, I saw the lion just in the act oJ
springing on me. I was upon a little
height ; he caught my shoulder as hosprang, and we both came to the groundbelow together. Growling horribly close;
to my car he shook me as a terrier doesrat. The shock produced a stupor similaito that which seem3 to be felt by a mouse:after the first shake of a cat. It causes Nsort of dreaminess in which there was ne:
sense of pain or feeling of terror, though|was quite conscious of all that was hap
pening. It was like what patients partiallyunder chloroform describe, who see all theoperation but feel not the knife."
Some thought to raise themselves to high degreeBy riches and unrighteous reward;
Some by close-should'ring, some by Jlatteree
;
Others through friends, others for bare re-
gird;And by wrong waies for themselves pre-
pared ;
More that were up themselves kept others low;More that were low themselves held others
hard ;
Nor suffered them to ryse or greater grow ;
But every one did strive his fellow down to
throw. o > !<t- r\ »Spenser s Faery Queene. j^
An honest 7nan's the noblest work of God.—Pope.
*
^WT is related of one of the French kingsKjT) that on being told the people made^-^ free with his character in their
songs, he answered, "It would be very-hard if they were not allowed to sing fortheir money."Alphonso, King of Naples and Sicily, so
celebrated in history for his clemency,was once asked why he was so favourableto all men, even to those most notoriouslywicked ? " Because," answered he, " goodmen are won by justice, the bad byclemency." Whensome of his Minis-ters complained tohim on another oc-casion of his lenity,
which they Averepleased to say wasmore than becamea prince, " What,then," exclaimedhe, "would youhave lions andtigers to reign overus ? Know you notthat cruelty is the
[attribute of wildbeasts — clemencythat of man?"One day, at Pots-
dam, Frederick theGreat heard fromhis cabinet a con-siderable tumult inthe street ; he calledan officer, and toldhim to go and as-certain the cause. The officer went, andcame back to tell his majesty that a veryscurrilous placard against his majesty wasfixed on the wall, but that it was placedso high that a great crowd pressed forward,and were pushing each other to read it.
"But the guards," he added, "will sooncome and disperse them." " Do nothingof the kind," replied the king; "fix theplacard lower down, that they may readit at their ease."The last words of Charles V. of France,
surnamed "The Wise," are memorable forthe noble moral for kings which they con-tain—and, indeed, they are applicable toall, as every man has the power to do goodor evil. "I have aimed at justice," saidhe to those around him ;
" but what kingcan be certain that he has always followedit? Perhaps I have done much evil ofwhich Iam ignorant. Frenchmen, who nowhear me, I address myself to the SupremeBeing and to you. I find that kings arehappy but in this — that they have thepower of doing good." This distinguishedmonarch reigned in France from 1365 till
1380. He was the son of John " the Good,"who died in captivity in England.
The Emperor Sigismund was reproachedfor rewarding instead of destroying hisenemies, as by that means he gave theman opportunity to injure him. " What,"said the noble-minded monarch, " do not Idestroy my enemies when I make themmy friends ?
"
Louis XIV. was told that Lord Stair wasone of the best bred men in Europe. " Ishall soon put that to the test," said theking; and, asking Lord Stair to take anairing with him, as soon as the door of the
Icoach was opened,
UNREST.
*
All day upon the garden brightThe sun shines strong,
But i?c my heart there is no light,
Nor any song.
Voices of merry life go byAdown the street,
But I am weary of the cry,
And drift offeet.
With all dear things that ought topleaseThe hours are blest,
And yet my soul is ill at ease,
And cannot rest.
Strange spirit, leave me not too long,
Nor s tint to give ;For if my soul have no sweet songIt cannot live. American Author
*
he bade him pass,and go in. Theother bowed andobeyed. The kingsaid, " The world 's
in the right in thecharacter it gives
;
another personv.- o u 1 d havetroubled me withceremony."When his Minis-
ter presented a cat-alogue of his at-tendants to Alfonso,King of Castile, tomark the names ofsuch as he deemedsuperfluous andburdensome to theprince, reservingsome who mightbe useful and ne-cessary, the king,
' on examining thelist, made the following generous andwitty answer: "Some of them I must re-tain, because I cannot do without them
;
and the rest I must keep, because theycannot do without me."George III., in his walks about his farms,
was often alone, and many pleasant little
incidents occurred on meeting with rustics,to whom he was sometimes unknown.One day he had to pass through a narrowhedge-gate, on which sat a young clown,who snowed no readiness in moving." Who are you, boy?" said the King. "Ibe a pig-boy," answered he. "Where doyou come from? Who do you work forhere?" "I be from the low country ; outof work at present." "Don't they wantlads here?" said the King. "I doan'tknow," rejoined the boy; "all belongshereabouts to Gcorgy." "Pray," said hismajesty, "who is Georgy?" "He be theking, and lives at the Castle, but hedoes no good for me." His Majesty im-mediately gave orders at his farm hardby to have the boy employed ; and whenhe saw him he told him to be a steadylad, and "Georgy" might do some goodfor him.
So many countries, so many customs.
PROVERBS OF PERSIA.
The proper study of mankind is man.—Pope.
ctXt! E who seeks will find.
Q%±) One rival knows another.
Silence is the test reply
for the ignorant.
A judge ought to be all ears.
When fate arrives, the physi-
cian is a fool.
Do not search for what is not to
be found.
The arrow once shot, returnsnot to the bow.
If you wish for future reward,act virtuously.
Accounts between friends are
kept in their hearts.
Should an ass put on a satin
cover, still he is an ass.
Whatever is saved from a houseon fire is so much gain.
A grain of good luck is betterthan an ass-load of skill.
You who are so fond of .
sleep why don't you die at I
once?An ignorant man gaily
attired, is like a camelwith a gown on.
People in health are un-acquainted with the painof a wound.One stone is enough to
destroy a house which is
made, of glass.
What a pity that a wiseman should die and an ignorantone. live.
Alas ! what a number of desireshave come to nothing.
It is losing one's time to keepcompany with the mean.
Enjoy the present time, anddon't grieve for to-morrow.
That becomes easy which youhave firmly resolved on.
What occasion is there to trythat which has been tried already ?
If you have God as your protec-tor what 'affliction have you?
Why should a wise man do thatwhich brings repentance in its
train ?
As long as there are foolsin theworld beggars will never be in
want.
A family goes to destructionwhen a boy becomes the headof it.
The mule was asked, Who is
your father?—He said the horseis my maternal uncle.
In the place of roses do you bea rose, and where there are thornsdo you be a thorn.
Even the dust lying at the doorof friends is pleasing to the eyesof those who wish to visit them.
Many small sums make a greatone, as one barleycorn added toanother at last becomes a heap.
The house of the generous is
soon ruined—i.e.; A generous manalways suffers, or is ill-used bythe world.
nj? HE last arrow hits the mark.G4- An enemy is never to be
despised.
You cannot make a hole in thesky.
Tbe earth is hard and the skyfar off.
It is unprofitable to hammercold iron.
• That which is slowly done is
well done.
To listen to advice is the rootof prosperity.
A grateful dog is better than athankless man.
An ass cannot be made a horseby beating.
A wise enemy is better than afoolish friend.
A good year begins from itsspring.
THE MASTER.
The herd of scribes, by what they tell
Show all in which their wits excel us
But the True Master we behold,
In what his art leaves—just untold.
Sciiille
He lives at ease who has no wife.
Be civil that you may becomegreat.
Whatever the ass says the assbelieves.
Don't ask the loan of moneyfrom an upstart.
A little beauty is better thanmuch wealth.
Distress gives to a lion the dis-
position of a fox.
Friendship with the tutor lasts
as long as the lesson.
The man of experience is proofagainst deception.
That is not a misfortune whichcomes from heaven.
Two hearts united will breakdown a mountain.
The lamp gives no light in thepresence of the sun.
In the ant's house a little dewmakes a deluge.
In a good work there is no oc-casion to look for omens.Everything in the house de-
pends on the master of it.
What fear has he of a reckon-ing whose accounts are clear ?
Those who desire others to re-pent, why don't they repent them-selves.
Let the clown alone and he willconvict himself by his ownspeech.
I strolled over the world, butalas ! in no city did I ever seethat luck was sold in the market.
TOHE lover is blind.G^ The first word is the best.
Praise is pleasing to fools.
Mankind are liable to error.
Politeness is the life of friend-ship.
Old age involves a hundredailments.
The excuse is worse than thefault.
Every perfection is subject todecay.
Whatever the prince does is
sweet.
Do not throw away your honourfor bread.
Every dog is bold in his ownhouse.They asked the crab, why do you
go crooked ?—He said it is theplayfulness and vigour of youth.
. No one is vexed at theI complaint of an ass.
May God preserve all
men from bad neighbours.
It is no disgrace to aus, man to express his desires.
If your friend be faith-ful, your business is easy.Whatever goes out of
sifiht goes out of mind.The wrath of the poor
man falls upon himself.He that is bitten by a
cnake is terrified by a cord.
Hope is preferable to food.
Every day is followed by a to-morrow.A man of noble birth cannot
stand disgrace.
Suspense is worse than thetoothache and the pangs of deaih.
What occasion is there to ex-plain what is self-evident?
You ought to be kind to yourfriends and polite to your enemies.
If inferiors offend, it becomesthe great to forgive.
From bravery to cowardicethere is only one step.
Love comes spontaneously, andis not to be taught.
To effect your purpose you musteven caress a fool.
A dispute about ground mustbe settled on the spot.
If you have money you have nooccasion to use force.
One mouthful in the morningis worth ten in the evening.
A sparrow in hand is better thana peacock in expectation.
One fish devours another, butthe kingfisher devours both.
Sometimes aD ignorant childaccidentally hits the mark.
The painter draws the secondpicture better than the first.
Do not be inattentive to theconsequence of your actions; aswheat is produced from wheat,and barley from barley
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENTAND THEIR CONSTITUENCIES.
THE General Election of 1886 began on the. 1st of July and ended on the 27th. It tookplace under the Reform Acts of 1884 and 1885, which dealt with representation and re-
distribution of seats, giving to householders and lodgers in counties the same franchises whichwere conferred upon the corresponding classes in boroughs by the Reform Act of 1867, andproviding for a new division of the United Kingdom into county and borough constituencies.
By the legislation o/18S4-S5 the number of members of the House of Commons was increased from652 to 670, and of the IS new members thus created 6 were given to England and 12 to Scotland. Inthe following table we give a summary of the constitution of the House of Commons
:
—
England & Wales. Members.53 Counties in 253 Divi- v
sions . . .253143 Cities,Boroughs,&c. >495
in 215 Divisions . 237 I
3 Universities . . 5'
HOUSE OF COMMONS.Scotland. Members.34 Counties in 39 Divi- ..
sions . . . 39
1
7 Cities and Towns . 18 > 7213 Districts of Burghs 13 I
4 Universities . . 2'
Ireland.32 Counties
Members.. 851
9 Cities and Boroughs 16>103l University. . .2)
Total . . .670
In the following pages we have first a complete list in alphabetical order of the constituenciesof the three Kingdoms with the respective members elected to Parliament at the last GeneralElection and subsequent Bye-Elections ; showing also the political party to which each memberbelongs, the number of votes polled in his favour, and, wherever a contest occurred, themajority by which his return was secured. This is followed by an alphabetical list of mem-bers, succeeded in each case by the name of the place represented.
Names of Constituencies andMembers.
ENGLAND & WALES(495 Members).
A nglesey—T. P. Lewis . G LAshton-under-Lyne—
*J. E. W. Addison . . CAston Manor—G. Kynoch CBarrow-in-Furness—*W. S. Came . . . UL
Bath (2)—*E. R. "Wodehouse . ULColonel R. P. Laurie . C
Bordesley—*J. Collings ULCentral—J. A. Bright ULEast—H. Matthews . . CEdgbaston—*G. Dixon UL
VotesPolled.
Majority.
3727 307
30503495
1
782*
3212 1330
33093244
721656
36833S161399
18646923
4853 482
4275 673
3899 1985
227825515255
372550
1169
447556213341
34353060789
Names of Constituencies andMembers.
GL. C
GL
Birmingham (cont.)(7divs.)
:
—North—*W. Kenrick. ULSouth—*?. J. Williams ULWest—*J. Chamberlain UL
Blackburn (2)
—
*W. Coddington . .
W.H.Hornby. . .
Bolton (2>—*H. Shepherd-Cross .
*Col. Bridgeman . .
Boston—H. J. AtkinsonBradford (three divisions) :
—
Central—*Rt. Hon. J. G,
Shaw-LefevreEast—H. B. ReidWest—*A. Illingworth GL
Brecknockshire—*W. Fuller-Maitland
.
Brighton (2)
—
Gerald Loder . . . . C*Sir W. T. Marriott . . C
Bristol (four divisions) :
—
East—*H. Cossham . GLNorth—*L. Fry . . ULSouth—Lieut. - Col. E. S.
Hill CWest (including Clifton)—
*Sir M. Hicks-Beach . CBuckingh'7nshire (three div.):
—
Mid, or Aylesbury—*BaronF. J. de Rothschild UL
North, or Buckingham—Capt. E. H. Yerney GL
South—*Viscount Curzon CBurnley—J. S. Balfour GLBury, Lancashire—
*Sir H. James . . . UL
VotesPolled.
Majority.
777976691192
1319120948
441045193975
453296
1352
71325875
25073242
36723587
1736850
4447 1024
3819 20i
«
4723 2943
48554620
2081083
Abbreviations.—C, Conservative; UL, Liberal Unionist ; (?i,Gladstonian Liberal ; P, Parnellite. Anasterisk (*) signifies a member of the late Parliament ; a dagger (t) indicates a Metropolitan constituency.Uncontested elections are shown by two dashes ( ) in the columns of " Votes " and " Majorities."
Names of Constituencies andMembers.
VotesPolled.
Majority. Names of Constituencies andMembers.
VotesPolled.
Majority.
Bury St. Edmunds— Coventry—*Lord F. Hervey ... (7 1135 335 W. H. W. Ballantine GL 4229 16
\Gamberwell (three divs.) :
—
iCroydon—Dulwich—J. B. Maple . C 4021 1412 *Hon. S. Herbert . . CNorth—J. R. Kelly . . C 2717 365 Cumberland (four divisions) :
—
Peckham— Cockermouth—*A. A. Baumann . . C 3439 751 Sir W. Lawson . . GL 4130 1004
Cambridge Borough— Mid—J. W. Lowther . C 3676 644
*R. U. Penrose-Fitzgerald C 2937 45S North—*R. A. Allison GL 4112 886
Cambridgeshire (three divs.) :
—
West—*Lord Muncaster C 3583 434Eastern, or Newmarket— Darlington—*T. Fry . GL 2620 57
*G. Newnes . . . GL 3405 300 Denbigh District—North, or Wisbech *Hon. G. T. Kenyon . . C 1657 211
Capt. C. W. Selwyn . C 4169 1087 Denbighshire (two divs.) :
—
West~*G. Hall . . . C 4248 976 East, or Bromfield—Cambridge University (2)
—
*Rt.Hon.G.O.Morgan GL 3536 26
Sir George G. Stokes . C Vale o/Clwyd, or Western—*H. C. Raikes . . . . C — *Col.Cornwallis West UL
Canterbury—*J. H. Heaton C j-Deptford—Chas. J. Darling C 4345 275
Cardiff—*Sir E. J. Reed GL 5307 342 Derby (2)—*T. Roe . . GL 6571 2125
Cardiganshire— *Sir W. V. Harcourt . GL 6431 1985
W. B. Rowlands . . GL 4252 9 Derbyshire (seven divisions) :
—
Carlisle—W. G. Gully . GL 2448 293 Chesterfield—*A.Barnes UL 3567 114Carmarthen District—Sir A. High Peak—K. Stepney-Cowell, Bt. GL 2120 223 *W. Sidebottom . . C 4162 161
Carmarthenshire (two divs.) :
—
Ilkeston—SirB.W.Foster£L 5512 1332East—*D. Pugh . . GL Mid—*J. A. Jacoby . GL 4569 863West— North-east—T.D.Bolton G
L
3879 721
J. Lloyd Morgan . G L 4252 1719 South—*H. Wardle . G L 5102 1153Carnarvon District— Western—E. Swetenham . . . C 1820 136 *Lord E. Cavendish UL
Carnarvonshire (two divs.) :
—
Devonport (2)
—
Nortli—*V?. Rathbone GL 4072 1122 *Sir J. H. Puleston . . C 2954 991
South—*J. B. Roberts G L 4244 2977 *Capt. G. E. Price . . C 2943 9S0Chatham—*Sir J. E. Gorst C 3187 765 Devonshire (eight divisions) :
—
+ Chelsea—C. A. Whitinore C 4304 176 Eastern, or Honiton—Cheltenham— *Sir J. H. Kennaway . C
*J. T. Agg-Gardner . . C 3323 1063 Mid, or AshburtonCheshire (eight divs.) :
—
*C. Seale-Hayne . GL 3413 406Altrincham— North-east, or Tiverton—
*Sir W. C. Brooks . . C *Sir W. H. Walrond . CCrewe— North, or South Molton—W. S. B. M'Laren . GL 4690 645 *Vist. Lymington . UL 4041 1689
Eddisbury— North-west, or Barnstaple—*H. J. Tollemache . C 4357 679 *G. Pitt-Lewis . . UL 4222 1262
Macclesfield— South, or Totnes—W. Bromley-Davenport C 3283 527 *F. B. Mildmay UL 4652 3511
Hyde— Torquay—R. Mallock . C 3135 80J. W. Sidebottom . . C 4328 443 West, or Tavistock—
Knufsford— Tiscount Ebrington UL 3917 1195*Hon. A. de T. Egerton C Dewsbury—
Northwich— Mark Oldroyd ... GL 6071 2102J. T. Brunner . . GL 5112 1129 Dorsetshire (four divisions) :
—
Wirral— East—G. H. Bond . . C 4317 655*Capt. E. T. D. Cotton C North—
Chester—R. A. Yerburgh . C 2549 66 *Hon. E. B. Portman GL 3571 235Christchurch— South—C. J. T. Hambro C 3477 991
*C. E, B. Young . . . C 2072 219 West—*H.R.Farquharson C 3672 1205Colchester—Lord Brooke . C 2126 439 Dover—G. Wyndham . . C .
Cornwall (six divisions) :
—
Dudley—Brooke Robinson C 6475 1930Mid, or St. Austell— Durham—*T. Milvain . . C 1129 274*W. A. McArthur . GL 3540 211 Durham County (eight divs.) :
—
North-east, or Launceston— Barnard Castle—*C. T. D. Acland . GL *Sir J. W. Pease . G L
North-west, or Camborne— Bishop Auckland—*C. A. V. Conybeare GL 3056 10S7 *J. M. Paulton . . GL
South-east, or Bodmin— Chester-le-Street—*L. H. Courtney . UL 3763 1662 *J. Joicey. . . . GL
Truro— Houghton-le-Spring—*W. Bickford-Smith UL 3522 1976 N. Wood C 5S71 812
West, or St. Ives— Jarrow—Thos. B. Bolitho . UL *Sir C. M. Palmer . GL
Names of Constituencies andMembers.
Durham County (cont.)(8 div.)
:
Mid—*W. Crawford . GLNorth-west—
*L. A. Atherley-JonesGLSouth-east—*8ir H. M.Havelock-Allan . UL
Essex (eight divisions) :
—
East—G. W. Gray . . . CMidr—*W. J. Bead el . . CNorth—*H. Gardner . G LNorth-east—*J. Round . CSouth, or Romford—
J. Theobald . . . . CS.E.—Major F. C. Rasch CSouth-west,or Walthamstow—
*Col. W. T. Makins . CWest, or Epping—*SirH.Selwin-Ibbetson C
Exctcv '~
*Hon. H. S. Northcote . C\Finsbury (three divisions) :
—
Central—Capt. Penton . CEast—J. Rowlands . G LHolborn—G. Bruce . . G
Flint District—*J.Roberts GLFlintshire—*S. Smith . GL\Fulham—*Vt. H. Fisher . CGateshead—
*Hon. W. H. James . G LGlamorganshire (five divs.) :
—
East—*A. Thomas . GLMid—*G. R. M. Talbot ULRhondda—*W.Abraham GLSouth—*A. J. Williams G LWest—David Randell GL
Gloucester City—*T. Robinson . . . GL
Gloucestershire (five divs.) :
—
Eastern, or Cirencester—*A. B. Winterbotham GL
Forest of Dean—G. B. Samuelson . GL
Mid—G. Holloway . . CNorthern, or Tewkesbury—
Sir J. E. Dorington . CSouth, or Thornbury—Lord Dunsany . . . C
Grantham—M. Low. . . CGravesend—*5. B. White . CGreat Grimsby—
Stretford—J. W. Maclure C 4750 739 Merionethshire—West Houghton— T. E. Ellis GL 4127 1267
*F. Hardcastle . C Merthyr Tydvil (2) :
—
South-West— P. Morgan . . . . GL 7149 2193
Booth—*Col. T. M. Sandys C D. A. Thomas . . . GLInce—*Col. H. Blundell C 4308 1080 Middlesbrough—Leigh—*C. Wright . GL 3297 163 *I. Wilson . . . . GLNewton—T. W. Legh . C 4062 707 Middlesex (seven divisions) :
—
Grmskirk— Brentford—J. Bigwood . C 2572 1256
*A. B. Forwood . . C Ealing—*Ld.G.Hamilton CSouthport— Enfield—Capt. H. F. BowlesC 5124 1512
Hon. G. N. Curzon . C 3723 461 Harrow—*W. Ambrose . CWidnes— Hornsey—
*T. C. Edwards-Moss C 3719 792 H. C. Stephens . . . C 4476 1988
Leeds (five divisions) :
—
Tottenham—*J. Howard C 3941 1SS0
Centred—*G. W. Balfour C 4225 13 Uxbridqe—East—J. L. Gane . . GL 3920 1100 *F. Dixon-Hartland . CNorth—*W. L. Jackson. C 4301 619 Monmouth District—South—*Sir L. Playfair G L 6665 1736 Sir G. Elliot . . . . C 3033 465
West—*H. J. Gladstone G L 5226 2256 Monmoxdhshire (three divs.) :
—
Leicester (2)—*J. A. Picton GL 9914 4228 North— *T. P. Price . G L 4688 2304
Oxford—*A. W. Hall . . COxfordshire (three divisions) :
—
Mid—*F. W. Maclean ULN.—*Sir B. Samuelson GLSouth—-Hon. F. Parker . C
Oxford University (2)
—
*Rt. Hon. Sir J. Mowbray C*J. G. Talbot . . . . C
fPaddington (two divisions) :
—
North—J. Aird. . . . CSouth—*Ld. R. Churchill C
Pembroke and Haverfordivest—Admiral Mayne . . . C
Pembrokeshire—*W. Davies . . . . GL
Penrhyn and Falmouth—W. G. C. Bentinck . . C
Peterborough—A. C. Morton . . . GL
Plymouth (2)—*SirE. Clarke C*SirE. Bates . . . . C
Pontefract—*B.on. R. Winn QPortsmouth (2)
—
*Sir. W. Crossman . ULSir S. Wilson . . . . C
Preston (2)
—
*W. E. M. Tomlinson . C*R. W. Hanbury . . . C
Radnorshire—*Hon. A. H. J. Walsh . C
Reading—*C. T. Murdoch CRochdale—*T. B. Potter GLRochester—Hon. E.Knatchbull-Hugessen G L
Rutlandshire—*G. H. Finch C]St. George, Hanover Square—*Rt. Hon.G. J. Goschen UL
St. Helen's—*H. Seton-Karr C^St. Pancras (four divs.) :
—
East^-R. G. Webster . CN—C.W.Cochrane-BaillieGSouth—*Sir J.Goldsmid ULWest—*H. L. W. Lawson G L
Salford (three divisions) :
—
North—*E. Hardcastle . CSouth—H. H. Howorth . CWest—L. Knowles . . C
Salisbury—E. H. Hulse . CScarborough—J.Rowntree GL
VotesPolled.
Majority.
41314177
422957
41125235
1223525
62956156
17637
45S445865458
166269849
4876 2044
47S41160611484
1447685563
36773674
4931074
22302576
41
S
1807
2305 272
4099 116
1088 90
1893413741331156
251882878209
84828325
12861129
74917276
25092294
191033784738
242116
1257
1655 75
57023621
4157217
232720741915
501261
101S
2563 60
33273645339912592122
159157116349102
Names of Constituencies andMembers.
Sheffield (five divisions) :
—
Attercliffe—*Hon. B. Coleridge GL
Brightside—*Rt. Hon. A.J. Mundella . . . GL
Central—*H. Vincent . CEccleshall—
*E. Ashmead-Bartlett CHallam—
*C. B. Stuart-Wortley CfShoreditch (two divisions) :
—
Haggerston—*W. R. Cremer . . GL
Hoxton—*J. Stuart . GLShrewsbury—*J. Watson . CShropshire (four divisions) :
—
Wellington—*A. H. Brown . . UL
N.—W. Kenyon-Slaney COswestry—*S. Leighton. CS.—*R. J. More . . UL
Somersetshire (seven divs.) :
—
Bridgwater—*E. J. Stanley CEastern—*H.Hobhouse ULFrame—Lord Weymouth CJVortfi—*E. H. Llewellyn CSouth—Earl of Cavan GLWells—*Sir R. H. Paget CWest—C. I. Elton . . . C
Southavipton (2)—*A. Giles CF. H. Evans . . . GL
South Shields—*J. C. Stevenson . . GL
\Southivark (three divisions)
:
Bermondsey—-A. Lafone CRotherhithe—
*Col. Hamilton . . . CWest—R. K. Causton GL
Staffordr—T. Salt . . . . CStaffordshire (seven divs.) :
—
Burton—S. Evershed GLHandsworth—*H.Wiggin ULKingswinford—*A. S. Hill CLeek—H. T. Davenport. CLichfield—
*Sir J. Swinburne .
North-west—Capt.Edwards-Heathcote
Western—*H. A. BassStalybridge—
*T. H. Sidebottom .
Stockport (2)—*L. J.Jennings C
S. Gedge CStockton—Sir H. Davey GLStoke-upon- Trent—*W. L. Bright . . . GL
fStrand—*Rt. Hon. W. H. Smith Q
Suffolk (five divisions) :
—
N—*Sir S. B. Crossley ULN.E.—*F. S. Stevenson GLN. W.—E. Greene . . . CS.—*W. C. Quilter . ULS.E.—Gol. Anstruther . C
Sunderland (2)—*S.Storey GL*E. T. Gourley . . . GL
Surrey (six divisions) :
—
Kingston—*Sir J. W. Ellis . . . C
Mid—*R,t. Hon. G. Cubitt CNorth-east—*H. C. Bonsor CN.W.—*F. A. Hankey . C
GL. CUL
C
VotesPolled.
4305
42804522
3930
3581
205423241S26
4460
434942523739
411750235151
3356
3202363S1528
4792
4324
3398
5252
3221470244953SS9
3255
5034
45443906
485469706839
Majority.
1407
8761196
1242
1469
377245557
1576
7042165157
897639885
358
10S71194
93
2473
655
633
793
539518311395
1162
3526
1606543
313943812
Names of Constituencies andMember*.
Surrey (cont.) (6 divs.) :
—
S.E.—*SirJ.J.T. Lawrence CSouth-west, or Guildford—*Hon. St. J. Brodrick C
Sussex (six divisions) :
—
East—*A. M. Brookfield CMid—*Sir H. Fletcher . CNorth, or E. Grinstead—Hon.A. E. Gathorne-Hardy C
South—*Admiral Field . CNorth-western, or Horsham—
*Sir W. Barttelot . . CS.W.—Jjd. W. G. Lennox C
Swansea District—*Sir H. H. Vivian . G L
Swansea Town—*L. L. Dillwyn . . GL
Taunton—Hon. A. P. Allsopp . . C
\Toiver Hamlets (seven div.) :
—
Bow and Bromley—Sir J. C. R. Colomb . C
Limehouse—*E. S. Norris CMile-End—
*S. Charrington . . CPoplar—S. C. Buxton GLSt. George's—
*C. T. Ritchie . . . CStepncj—F. W. Isaacson CWhitechapel—
*S. Montagu . . . GLTynemouth—*R. S. Donkin QWakefield—*8\r E. Green . CWalsall—*Sir C. Forster G Lt Wandsworth—*H. Kimber CWarrington—*Sir G. Greenall . . . C
Warwick and Leamington—*Rt. Hon. A. W. Peel UL
Warwickshire (four divs.) :
—
N.E.—J. S. Dugdale . . CS.E.—*H. P. Cobb . GLS. W.—F. Townsend . . CTamworth—*P. A. Muntz C
Wednesbury—Hon. P. J. Stanhope G L
West Bromwich—J. E. Spencer . . . . C
t West Ham (two divisions) :
—
North—J. F. Fulton . . CSouth—Major Banes . . C
t Westminster—*W. A. B. Burdett-Coutts C
Westmoreland (two divs.) :—Kendal—*Lord Bective
.
North, or Appleby—*Hon. W. Lowther .
Whitehaven—*G. A. C. Bentinck . .
Wigan—*F. S. Powell . .
Wiltshire (five divisions) :
—
East—*W. H. Long . . CNorth, or Cricklade—*M H.Story-Maskelyne . UL
N.W.—Lord H. Bruce . CSouth—*SirT. F. Grove GLWest—*Q. P. Fuller . GL
Winchester—Richard Moss . . . . Q
Windsor—*Col. R. Richardson-Gardner C
VotesPolled.
Majority.
4592 1498
32898700
14121259
3040 1300
1426 536
29672230
571802
21102903
82976
15612237
485502
217927952253
587518307
3717 501
462240063S33
1014478489
48S3 662
3634 547
39202878
727306
2748 186
12163371
106591
4123 1726
34013657
1718537
4663 993
1364 515
Names of Constituencies and. Members.
Wolverhampton (three divs.):
—
East—*H. H. Fowler GLSouth—*C. P. Villiers ULWest—SirW.C.Plowden GL
fWoolwich—*Co\. E.Hughes CWorcester—*Hon. G. H. All-
sopp CWorcestershire (five divs.) :
—
East—*G. W. Hastings ULMid—*J. Corbett . . ULNorth—*B. Hingley . GLSouth—*Sir R. Temple . CWest—*Sir E. Lechmere C
Yarmouth, Great—Sir H. W. Tyler . . . C
York (2)—*A. E. Pease. GL*F. Lockwood . . . GL
Yorkshire (twenty-six divs.) :
—
East Riding—Buckrose—*C. Sykes . . CHolderness—*G.R. Bethell CHowdenshire—
*A. Duncombe . . . CNorth Riding—
Cleveland—*H. F. Pease GLRichmond—G. W. Elliot CThirsk and Malton—
*Col. Hon. L. Dawnay CWhitby— *E. W. Beckett C
West Riding, E.—Barkston Ash—
*Col. R. Gunter . . COsgoldcross—J. Austin G LOtley—J. Barran . . GLPudsey—*B. Priestley GLRipon—J. L. Wharton . CSpen Valley—
pool, KirkdaleBailey, Sir J. B.... Hereford*Baird, J. G. A. Glasgow, Central
*Balfour, Bt. Hon. A. J....Man-chester, E.
Balfour, G. "W. ...Leeds, Central
Banes, Major G. E. West Ham, SBaring, T. C City of LondonBarry, A. H. Smith..Hunts., S.
Bartley, G. C. T. ..Islington, N.Barttelot, SirW. Sussex, N. W.*Bates, Sir E Plymouth
I *Baumann, A. A. ...Camberwell,Peckham
IBazley-White, J GravesendBeach, Bt. Hon. Sir M. H.
Bristol, W.*Beach, W. "W. B. ...Hampshire,
Andover*Beadel, W. J Essex, Mid, or
ChelmsfordBeckett, E.W. Yorksh., N.Rid.,
WhitbyBeckett, W Notts, Bassetlaiu
Bective, Lord ...Westmoreland,Kendal
Bentinck, G. A. C. WhitehavenBentinck, Ld. H. Norfolk, N.W.Bentinck, W. G. C. Penrhynand
FalmouthBethell, Comr. Yorkshire, E.B.,
HoldernessBigwood, J. Middlesex,Brentford
\*Birkbeck, Sir E Norfolk, E.Blundell, Col. H. Lanes., S.W.,
InceBond, G. H Dorset, East*Bonsor, H.C.Surrey, Wimbledon*Boord, T. W GreenwichBorthwick, Sir A. Kensington,
SouthBoulnois, E Marylebone, E.Bowles, Capt. H. F..Middlesex,
EnfieldBridgemamCol.Hon.F.C.Ijo/fomBristowe, T. L Lambeth,
NorwoodBrodrick, Hon. St. J. ..Surrey,
GuildfordBromley-Davenport, W.
Cheshire, MacclesfieldBrooke, Lord Colchester
Brookfleld, A. M Sussex, E.Brooks, SirW. C Cheshire,
AltrinchamBruce, G Finslmry, HolbornBruce, Lord H. Wiltshire,N.W.,
or ChippenhamBurdett-Coutts,W. WestminsterBurghley,Ld. Northmptnsh.,N.Campbell, Sir A. Renfrew., W.*Campbell, J. A.... Glasgow and
Aberdeen UniversitiesCarmarthen, Marquis of ...Lam-
beth, BrixtonChaplin, 'Rt.'E.on.H.Lincolnsh.,
SleafordCharrington, S. Tower Hamlets,
Mile-endChurchill, Ld.R. Paddingtn.,S.Clarke, Sir E Plymouth
Cochrane-Baillie, Hon. C.W. St.
Pancras, N.Coddington, W BlackburnColomb, Sir J. C. B Tower
Hamlets, Bow and BromleyCompton, F...Hampsh., New F.Cooke, C. W. B. Newington,W.Cornwallis, F. S. Maidstone,W.Corry, Sir J. P.... Armagh, MidCotton, Lt.-Col. E. T. D.
Cheshire, WirralCranborne, ~Ld..Lancash.,N.E.,
Barwen*Cross, H. Sheplierd BoltonCross, W. H Liverpool, West
DerbyCubitt, Bt. Hon. G Surrey,
Mid, or EjisomCurzon, Hon. G. N. Lancashire,
S.W., SouthportCurzon, Lord... Bucks, WycombeDalrymple, Sir C IpswichDarling, C. J DeptfordDarling, M. T. S. ...Edin. & St.
Andrew's UniversityDavenport, H. T. Staffordsh. , LeekDawnay, Col Yorkshire, N.
Riding, Thirsk and Malton*De Cobain, E. S.W.. Belfast, E.
De Lisle, E... Leicestershire, MidDeWorms,BaronH... Liverpool,
East ToxtethDimsdale,Baron . Herts, HitchinDixon-Hartland, ¥.. Middlesex,
Uxbridge*Donkin, B. S TynemouthDorington,Sir J.'E.Gloucestersh.
,
1'ewkesburyDouglas, A. Akers Kent, St.
Augustine'sDugdale, J. S Warwickshire,
NuneatonDuncombe, A... Yorkshire, East
Riding, HowdenshireDunsany, Ld. Glouc, Thornbu,ryDyke, Sir W. H. Kent, DartfordEdwards-Moss, T. C, Lancash.,
S.W., WidnesEgerton,Hon.A. deT. Cheshire,
KnutsfordEgerton,Hon.A. J. F Lanca-
shire, S.E.,Eccles
Elcho, Lord Ipsivich
Elliot, Sir G..Monmouth District
Elliot, G. "W.... Yorkshire, N R.,
RichmondEllis, Sir J. W. Stcrrey,KingstonElton, C. I. Somerset., WellingtonEwing, Sir A. Orr Dumbartonsh.Eyre, Col. H.. Lincolnshire, West
Lindsey, or GainsboroughFarquharson, H. B.. Dorset, W.Feilden, Gen.... Lancashire, N.,
Charley
Fellowes, Ailwyn E.. .Hunting-donshire, Ramsey
Fergusson, Sir J. ...Manchester,
N.E.Field, Admiral Sussex, S.
Fielden, T Lancashire, S.E.,
MiddletonFinch, G. H Rutlandshire
Fisher, W. H FulhamFitzgerald, R. U. P... CambridgeFitzWygram,Sir F.W. J. Hants,
FarehamFletcher, Sir H. ....Sussex, MidForwood, A. B. Lancash.,S.W.,
OrmskirkFowler, Sir R. N. City ofLondonFraser, Gen. C. C... Lambeth, N.Fulton, J. F West Ham, N.Gardner, R. R WindsorGathorne-Hardy, Hon. A. E.
Sussex, N.Gathorne-Hardy, Hon. J. S.
Kent, Mid, or MedwayGedge, S Stockport
Giles, A SouthamptonGilliat, J. S ClaphanvGodson, A. F KidderminsterGoldsworthy, Gen Hammer-
smithGorst, Sir J. E ChathamGranby, Marquis of ...Leicester-
shire, MeltonGray, C.W.. Essex, E., or MaldonGreen, Sir E WakefieldGreenall, Sir G WarringtonGreene, E. ..Suffolk, StowmarketGrimston, Ld Herts, MidGrotrian, F. B Hull, EastGunter, Col. R. . . . Yorks. ,W.R.,
East, Barkston AshHall, A. W Oxford CityHall, C. Cambridgeshire, W., or
Chesterton
*Halsey, T. F Herts, WatfordHambro, C. J. T... Dorset, SouthHamilton,.Col Soutlnvark,
RotherhitheHamilton, Ld. E. W. Tyrone,N.Hamilton, Lord G...Middlesex,
EalingHamley, Gen. Sir E. BirkenheadHanbury, R. W PrestonHankey, F. A. Surrey, Chertsey
WesthoughtonHarland, Sir E. J. Belfast, NorthHeath, A. R. Lincolnshire, LouthHeathcote, Capt. E. Staffordsh.,
N.W.Heaton, J. H CanterburyHerbert, Hon. S CroydonHermon-Hodge, R. T. Lancash.
,
N.E., AeeringtonHervey, LordF. Bury St. Edms.Hill, A. S Staffordshire,
KingswiiifordHill, Col. E. S Bristol, South*Hill, Lord A.W. ...Down, WestHoare, E. B HampsteadHoare, S NorwichHolloway, G Gloucestershire,
Mid, or StroudHornby, W. H Blackburn*Houldsworth, Sir W. H..Man-
chest., North-WestHoward, J. Midlsex. , TottenhamHoworth, H. H...Salford, SouthHozier, J. H. C. Lanarlcshire, S.
Hughes, Col. E Woolwich
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Hulse, E. H Salisbury*Hunt, F. S Marylebone, W.*Hunter, Sir W. G...Hackney, C.
*Isa,a.cs,l>.H.Newingtn, WalwrthIsaacson, F. W.. Tower Hamlets,
Stepney*Jackson, W. L Leeds, NorthJarvis, A. W King's LynnJeffreys, A. F. ...Hampshire, N.*Jennings, L. J StockportJohnston, W Belfast, SouthKelly, J. ~R...Camberwell, North*Kennaway, Sir J. H. Devonsh.,
HonitonKenyon,Hon.G.T.Denbigh Dis.
Kenyon-Slaney,Col.S/irops7i. ,N.*Ker, Capt. R.W. B....Down, E.Kerans, F. H Lincoln*Kimber, H Wandsworth*King, H. S Hidl, CentralKnatchbull-Hugessen, H. T.
Kent, N.E., or Faversham*Kmghtley,SiTB,.Northampts.,S.Knowles, L Salford, WestKynoch, G Aston ManorLafone,A. Southwark,Bermonds.Lambert, C Islington, EastLaurie, Col. R. P Bath*Lawrance, J,C.Lncln.,StamfordLawrence,Sir J. T.Surrey, Reigt.*Lawrence, W. F Liverpool,
Abercromby*Lechmere, Sir E. Worcestersh.,
BewdleyLees, Elliott OldhamLegh, T.W. Lancas.,S. W.,Newton*Leighton,S. Shropshr., OswestryLennox, Lord W. G Sussex,
Chichester
*L,ethbridge,Sir~R.Kensingtn,N.*Lewis, Sir C. E. Antrim, NorthLewisham, Lord LewlshamLlewellyPjE. H. Somersetsh.,N.Loder, Gerald Brighton*Long, W. H. Wiltshire, DevizesLow, Malcolm GranthamLowther,Rt. Hon. J. Kent,ThanetLowtlier,J.W. Cumberland, Mid*Lowther, Hon.W. Westmlnd.,N.Macartney, W. 'E.... Antrim, S.
*Maclean, J. M OldhamMaclure, J. W. Lancashire,N.E.,
StretfordMadden,D.H. Dublin University*Makins, Col Essex, S.W.Malcolm, J. W ArgyllshireMallock, R. Devonshire, TorquayMaple, J. B. Camberwcll,Dulwich
Marriott, Sir W. T. ...BrightonM'Calmont, Capt. J.Antrim,E.Matthews, H...Birmingham, E.Mattinson, M. "W Liverpool,
WaltonMaxwell, Sir H... WigtownshireMayne, Admiral Pembroke Dist.
Mills, Hon. O.W Kent, W.Milvain, T Durham City*Morgan, Col. Hon. F. G....Mon-
mouthshire, S.
Moss, R WinchesterMount, W. G Berkshire, S.
Mowbray, R. G. C. ..Lancashire,
S.E., Prestwich*Mowbray, Sir J., Oxford Univ.Mulholland,H.L.,Lon.cfrmcfa/,2V.*Muncaster, Ld. Cumberland, W.Muntz, P. A Warwickshire,
TamworthMurdoch, C. T Reading*Newark, Lord....A
Toite, Newark
Noble, W HastingsNorris, E. S. ...Toiver Hamlets,
Limehouse*Northcote, Hon. H. S.... ExeterNorton, R Kent, S.W.O'Neill, Hon. R. T.Antrim, M.Paget, Sir R. H. Somersetshire,
WellsParker,Hon.F. Oxfordsh. , HenleyPelly, Sir L Hackney, NorthPenton, Capt. F. T...Finsbury,C.*Plunket, Rt. Hon. D. R.
Dublin Univer.Pomfret, W. F...Kent AshfordPowell, F. S WiganPrice, Capt. G. E DevonportPuleston, Sir J. H...DevonportRaikes,Rt. Hon.C. Camb. Univ.Rankin, J Herefordshire, N.Rasch, Major F. C...Essex, S.E.Reed, H. B Bradford, East*Ridley, Sir M. W...Lancashire,
N., BlackpoolRitchie, C. T. ..Tower Hamlets,
St. George's
Robertson, J. P. B. ..Buteshire
Robinson, Brooke DudleyRollit, Sir A. K.. Islington, SouthRound, J Essex, N.E.Royden, T. B Liverpool, W.
Toxteth
Russell,SirG.-Berfcs, Wokinghm.Salt, T StaffordSandys, Col. T. M. Lancashire,
S.W.,BootleSaunderson, Col....Armagh, N.
Selwin-Ibbetson,SirH. ..Essex,
W. , or EppingSelwyn,Capt.C."W. Cambridgsh.,
Wisbech*Seton-Karr, H St. Helen'sShaw-Stewart,M.H. Renfrewsh.,
EastSidebotham, J. W. C... Cheshire,
Hyde DivisionSidebottom, T. H...StalybridgeSidebottom, W Derbyshire,
High Peak*Smith, A Herts, Hertford*Smith, Rt. Hon. W. H..StrandSpencer, J. TZ....West BromwichStanhope, Rt. Hon. E. Lincoln-
shire, HorncastleStanley, E. J. Somerstsh.,Bridg.Stephens, H.C.Middlsx. ,HornseyStewart, M.J. Kirkcudbrightsh.Stokes, Sir G. G Cambridge
UniversitySwetenham, E.. Carnarvon Dist.
Sykes, C. Yorks.,E.R.,Buckrose*Talbot, J. G. .Oxford UniversityTapling, T. K... Leicestershire, S.
Temple, Sir R... Worcestersh., S.
Theobald, J. Essex, S.,ov RomfordTollemache, H. J Cheshire,
Eddisbury*Tomlinson, W. E. M... .Preston
Townsend, F Warwickshire,Stratford-on-Avon
Tyler, SirH. W. ..Gt. YarmouthVincent, H. SheJfield,Centr.Div.
Walrond, Sir W. H. ..Devonsh.,
TivertonWalsh,Hon. A. H. J. Radnorsh.Waring, Col. Thos. Down,North*Watson, J ShrewsburyWebster, R. G. St. Pancras, EastWebster, Sir R. E. ...I. of WightWeymouth, Ld. Somerset.,FromeWharton, J. L.. Yorkshire, W.R.,
East, RiponWhitley, E... Liverpool, EvertonWhitmore, C. A Chelsea
Wilson, Sir S PortsmouthWinn, Hon. R PontefractWood, N. Durham, Houghton-le-
Spring*Wortley, C. B. Stuart Sheffield,
HallamWright, H. S. Nottingham, SouthWroughton, P. ...Berkshire, N.Wyndham, G DoverYerburgh, R. A Chester
Young, C. E. B Christchurch
AnstrutheT,H.T.S.Andrew's Dis.Barclay, J. W ForfarshireBaring, Lord... Bedfordshire, N.Barnes, A. Derbysh., ChesterfieldBass, H. A.. Staffordshire, WestBeaumont, H. F. ..Yorksh., W.
ifc *Asher, A Elgin District" Asquith, H. H. ...Fifeshire, East
*Atherley-Jones, L. A. Durham,N.W.
Austin, J. Yorkshire, W.Rid., E.,
Osgoldcross
*Balfour, Sir G.Kincardineshire*Balfour, Rt. Hon. J. B. Gladkm.
and Kinross Shires
Balfour, J. S BurnleyBallantine, W. H. W... Coventry*Barboivr, W. B Paisley
Barran, J. Yorksh.,W.R.,E.OtleyBeaufoy, M.H.Lambth,KeningtnBeaumont,\Y.B.Northum.,Tyne.Birrell, A Fifeshire, W.*Bolton, J. C Stirlingshire
Bolton, T. D. ..Derbyshire, N.E.*Bradlaugh, C NorthamptonBright, Jacob..Manchester, S. W.*Bright, W. L. Stoke-iqJon-Trent
*Broadhurst, H.Nottingham, W.Brown, A. L. ...Hawick District
Bvmmer,J.T.Cheshire,NortMuch.*Bryce, J Aberdeen, SouthBuchanan, T. R. Edinburgh, W.*Burt, T MorpethBuxton, S.C. TowerHam., Poplar*Cameron, Dr. C. Glasgow, Coll.
Cameron, J. M Wick*Campbell,Sir G.Kirkcaldy Dist.
*Campbell-Bannerman,Rt.Hon.H Stirling Burghs
Causton, R. K. ..Southwark, W.Cavan, Earl of, Somersetshire, S.
*Channing,F.A. Northmptns.,E.Childers, Rt. Hon. H. C. E.
Edinburgh, South*Clark, Dr. G. B. Caithness-shire
*Cobb, H. P. Warwicksh., RugbyColeridge, Hon. B Sheffield,
Attercliff
e
Colman, J. J NorwichCompton, Earl .. Yorksh., W.R.,
BarnsleyConybeare, C. A. V. .Cornwall,
N.W.Cossham, H Bristol, East*Cozens-Hardy, H. H. Norfolk,
North SldpleyCrawford, D. Lanarkshire, N.E.Crawford, W Durham, MidCremer,,W.Tl.Shoreditch,Hgger.Crossley, E Yorkshire, West
Rid., N., Soiuerby
Davey, Sir H Stockton
Davies, W PembrokeshireDillwyu, L. IA..Swan sea, TownDuff, R. W Banffshire*EUis, J Leicestershire, WestEllis, J. E. Nottinghms.,Rushclf.Ellis, T. E Merionethshire
Esslemont, F...Aberdeensh., E.
Evans, F. H SouthamptonEvershed, Sydney Staffords.,
Burton*Farquharson,R. Aberdeensh. , W.*F&iiwick,C.Northum.JVansbecJcFerguson, R. C. M. ...Leith, <&c.
Flower,C. Bedfords.,S.,or LutonFoljambe, C. G. S.. Nottingham-
shire, MansfieldForster, Sir C Walsall
Foster,SirB.W.DerbysTi . JlkestonFowler, Rt. Hou. H. H. Wolver-
hampton, E.
Fry, T DarlingtonFuller, G. P Wiltshire, WestGane, J. L Leeds, East
Gardner, H Essex, NorthGaskell, C. G. Milnes Yorksh.,
W.R., Morley
Gladstone, H. J Leeds, W.*Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E.
MidlothianGourley, E. T SunderlandGraham, R. C. Lanarksh., N.W.*Grey,8>ir~E.Northumber.,Bewick*Grove, Sir T. F... Wilts., SouthGully, W. C Carlisle
Haldane, R. B...Haddingto7ish.
Hanbury-Tracy, Hon. F. Mont-gomery District
*Harcourt, Sir W. V DerbyHingley, B Worcestershire, N.*Holden, I., Yorksh., W. Riding,
North, KeighleyHowell, G. Bethnal Green,N.E.Hoyle, I. Lancashire, HeywoodHunter, W. A Aberdeen, N.Illingworth, A Bradford, W.Jacoby, J. A. .Derbyshire, MidJames, Hon.W. H. ...Gateshead
*Joicey, J. Durham, Chester-le-St.
*Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir U. J.
Lancashire, N.E., Clitheroe
Keay, S. Elgin and Nairn Shires
Kinloch, Sir J. G. S. ..Perth, E.
Knatchbull-Hugessen, Hon. E.Rochester
Labouchere, H. . . . Northampton*Lawson,H.L.W. St.P"ncras,W.Lawson, Sir W Cumberland,
CockermouthLeake, R. Lane, S.E., Radcliffe
Leng, John DundeeLewis, T. P Anglesey*Lockwood, F. A. C YorkLyell, L Orkney & ShetlandMacdonald, Dr. R Ross and
CromartyMacInnes,M..A7b rthumberlnd.
,
Hexham DivisionMaitland, W. Fuller BrecknockMappin, Sir F. T.... Yorkshire,
W.Rid., S., HallamshireMarjoribanks, Rt. Hon. E.
Berwickshire
MEMBERS OP THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Mather,W. Lancas., S.E., GortonMArthur, A Leicester
M'Arthur,W. A.... Cornwall, St.
AustellM'Ewan, W. Edinburgh, Central*M'Lagan, P Linlithgowshire*M'Laren, W. S. B. Chesh.,Creice
*Montagu, S Tower Hamlets,Whitechapel
*Morgan,Rt.Hon.G.O. Denbigh-shire, E., or Bromfield
Morgan, J. L. ..Carmarthen., W.*Morgan, 0. V Battersea and
Clapham, BatterseaMorgan, P Merlhyr Tidvil*Morley, A Nottingham, E.*Morley, Rt. Hon. J. Newcastle-
on-TyneMorton, A. C Peterboro\*Mundella, Rt. Hon. A. J., Shef-
field, BrightsideNeville, R ..Liverpool, Exchange*Newnes, G. Cambridgeshire, E.Oldroyd, M Dewsbury*Palmer,Sir G.M.Durham,Jarw.*Parker, C. S Perth City*Paulton, J. M. Durham, Bishop
Auckland*Pease, A. E York*Pease,B..F.York.,N.R.,Clevel'nd*Pease, Sir J. W Durham,
Barnard Castle
Philipps, J. W Lanark, MidPickard, B. . Yorks. , W.Rid., S.,
NormantonPickersgill, E. H Bethnal-
Green, South-West*Picton, J. A Leicester
*Playfair, Sir L Leeds, South
Plowden.SirW. C. Wolverhtn. ,W.Portman,Hon. E.B. Dorsets.,N.*Potter, T. B Rochdale*Price, T. P..Monmouthshire, N.Priestley, B. .Yorkshire, W.R.,
E., PudseyProvand, A. D.. Glasgow, Black-
friars, and HutchesontownPugh, D. ..Carmarthenshire, E.Randell, D. Glamorgan., Gower*Rathbone,W.Carnarvonshr. ,N.Reed, Sir E. J CardiffReid, R. T Dumfries District
*Rendel, S MontgomeryshireRoberts, J Flint District
Roberts, J. B. Carnarvonshire,S., or Eifion
Robertson, E DundeeRobinson, T Gloucester
Roe, T DerbyRoscoe, Sir H. ..Manchester, S.
Rowlands, J Finsbury, EastRowlands, W. B.. CardiganshireRowntree, J ScarboroughRussell, Sir C. .Hackney, SouthSamuelson, SirB.Oxfordshire,N.Samuelson, G. B. Gloucestershire,
Forest of DeanSchwann, C. E. ..Manchester, N.*$>eale-TLa.yne,C.Devon,Ashburtn*Shaw, T HalifaxShaw-Lefevre, Rt. Hon. J. G.
Bradford, CentralSinclair, J Ayr, &c.
Smith, S Flintshire*Spencer, Hon. C. ^..Northamp-
tonshire, MidStanhope.Hon.P. J. Wednesbury*Stansfeld, Rt. Hon. J. ..Halifax
Stepney-Cowell, Sir A. K. Car-marthen Dis.
Stevenson, F. S... Suffolk, N.E.*Stevenson, J. C...South Shields
Stewart, H. Lincolnsh.,SpaldinjStorey, S SunderlandStuart, J Shoreditch, HoxtonSummers, W HuddersfieldSutherland, A...SutherlandshireSwinburne, Sir J. Staffordshire,
Lichfield
Thomas, A. Glamorganshire, E.
Thomas, D. A. ..Merthyr TydvilTrevelyan,Sir G.Glasgw,Brg'tonVerney, Capt. E. H. .Bucks., N.Vivian, Sir H. H. Swansea Dist.
Waddy,S. D. Lincolnshire,BriggWallace, R Edinburgh, EastWardle, H Derbyshire, SouthWarmington, C. M...Mon., W.Watt, H Glasgow, CamlachieWayman, T...Yorksh.,W. Rid.,
N., Elland*Whitbread, S BedfordWill, J. S Montrose GroupWilliams,A. J. Glamorgansh.,S.Williamson, J. Lancash.,N.,Lanc.Williamson, S. Kilmarnock Dist.
Wilson, C. H Hull, WestWilson, H. J. Yorksh., W. Rid.,
S., HolmfirthWilson, I MiddlesbroughWilson, J Lanark., GovanWinterbotham,A.B. Gloucester-
^shire, Cirencester
Woodall, W HanleyWoodhead, J.. Yorlcsh., W.Rid.,
E., Spen ValleyWright, C. Lancas., S.W., Leigh
Abraham, W Limerick, WestBarry, J Wexford, SouthBiggar, J. G Cavan, WestBlane, A Armagh, SouthByrne, G. M Wicklow, WestCampbell, H. ...Fermanagh, S.
Carew, J. L Kildare, NorthChance, P. A Kilkenny, S.
Clancy, J. J Dublin, N.Commins, A Roscommon, S.
Condon, T. J. .Tipperary, EastConway, M Leitrim, N.Corbet, W. J Wicklow, EastCox, J. R Clare, EastCrilly, D Mayo, NorthDeasy, J Mayo, WestT>ivkson,T.A.Dublin,St.Steph'sG.Dillon, J Mayo, EastEsmonde, SirT. ..DublinCo., S.
Finucane, J Limerick, EastFitzgerald, J. G Longford, S.
Flynn, J. C Cork, N.Foley.P. J. Galway, Connemara*Fox,I>r.J.F. Kg's.Co.,TullamoreGilhooly, J Cork, WestGill, T. P Louth, South^Harrington, E Kerry, West*R.a,mngton,T.D'blinCity,Harb.Harris, M Galway, East
PARNELLITES.Hayden, L. P Leitrim, S.
Healy, M Cork City
*Healy, T. M. ..Longford, NorthJordan, J Clare, WestKenny, J. E Cork, S.
Kenny, M. J Tyrone, Mid.Kilbride, Denis Kerry, SouthLalor, R Queen's Co., LeixLane, W. J Cork, EastLeahy, J Kildare, SouthLeamy, E Sligo, SouthMacNeil, J. G. Swift Donegal, S.
Mahony, P Meath, NorthMarum, E. M Kilkenny, N.McCartan, M Down, SouthMcCarthy, J LondonderryM'Carthy, J. H Newry*M "Donald, P Sligo, NorthM'Donald,W.A.Queen'sCo.fissoryM'Kenna, Sir J...Monaghan, S.
Mayne, T Tipperary, Mid.*Molloy, B. C. .King's Co., BirrMorrogh, J Cork, S.E.
Murphy, W. M. Dublin, St. Pat.
*Nolan, Col Galway, NorthNolan, J Louth, N.O'Brien, J. F. X Mayo, S.
O'Brien, P. ..Monaghan, NorthO'Brien, P. J. ...Tipperary, N.
O'Brien, Wm... Cork, North EastO'Connor, A Donegal, E.
O'Connor, J Tipperary, S.
*0'Connor, T. V... Liverpi., Scot.
O'Doherty, J. E. ..Donegal, N.O'Gorman Mahon, The. .Carloio
O'Hanlon, T Cavan, EastO'Hea, P Donegal, WestO'Keefe, Francis A Limerick*0'Kelly, J Roscommon, N.*Parnell, C. S ..Cork City
Pinkerton, J Galway CityPower, P. J Waterford, E.
Power, R Waterford CityQuinn, T Kilkenny City
Redmond, J. E Wexford, N.Redmond,W.H.K. Fermanagh,
NorthReynolds, W. J... Tyrone, EastSexton, T Belfast, West*Sheehan, J. D Kerry, E.
Sheehy, D Galway, South*Sheil, E Meath, SouthStack, J Kerry, North*Sullivan, D Westmeath, S.
*Sullivan, T. D Dublin City,
College GreenTanner, Dr. C. K. D. Cork, MidTuite, J Westmeath, N.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
%tr
!K
IRational IRegisterefc plumber,
GASFITTER & SANITARY ENGINEER,
97 HIGH STREET, DALKEITH.
Member of District Council of National Registration of Plumbers.
°3°3°
Dwelling-Houses in Town or Country Fitted up in a Superior Style.
Repairs and Alterations Promptly and Carefully Executed.
Machinery for Obtaining, Storing, Pumping, and UtilisingWater for all Purposes, including Lifts, Fire Hydrants,Baths, Lavatories, &c.
Warming, Ventilating, and Hot Water ApparatusSupplied and Fixed.
Plans, Reports and Estimates Supplied, and the Work carried outby Contract or as arranged.
HOUSE DRAINS AND SOIL PIPES TESTED.
fias Fittings Furnished, Fitted up, op Repaired.
All Repairs Carefully Executed under PersonalSupervision, and Estimates given.
Special Attention given to all Sanitary Arrangementsof Dwelling Houses.
PLEASE ADDRESS ALL LETTERS-
$r mm STREET, 5House Address—BRIDGEND.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
91 HIGH STREET, DALKEITH.
t H'0That we are upholding our reputation in this Department, the steady
increasing Sale is the best proof that can be given.
OUR BLEND AT
PEE
IS UNAPPROACHABLE.
SSIin z M i
M
_p#er. x i 2 an.
WHISKIES-all from famed Distillers.
BURTON and EDINBURGH ALE,LONDON and DUBLIN STOUT,
ALL IN PRIME CONDITION.
GEORGE LEYDEN,
4^ Pans,
Fenders,
dec., &c,
Made to
Order.
IS MA
Boilers and
Ovens
put into
Kitchen
Ranges.
TIEIf, ii^EEITi.Stair Railings Fitted Up. Repairs Neatly and Promptly Executed.
HORSE SHOEING, and CART and VAN WHEELS RUNG, on the Shortest Notice.
l=J AVING enlarged their Premises with New Show-Rooms, Mantlic1 and Millinery Saloons, Fitting-on Rooms, and Work-Rooms,they are now prepared to show the undermentioned Goods to the entiresatisfaction of every Purchaser.
The Most Spacious Drapery Warehouse in Town.
A Splendid Selection of Black and Coloured Dress Materials, in Tweeds,Cords, French Twills and Merinoes, Satins, Plushes, Velvets, Velveteens,Mantle and Ulster Cloths, Thibet Skirts, Shawls, Umbrellas, &c.
\/^Lu.lln.e.e:i£. 0) E/LCLiitrn.£.n.t.
Always on hand a Large Variety of the Latest Novelties in this Depart-ment, including Hats and Bonnets, trimmed or untrimmed ; Flowers,Feathers, Ribbons, Laces, Fancy Trimmings, Beads, Ornaments, &c.
^/ILcuitLe. <Z1) £[iLCL£±mLe.n±.
A Replete Stock of Ladies' and Misses' Jackets and Ulsters, Ladies'Dolmans, Paletots, Ulsters, Fur Capes, Boas, Fichues, Muffs, WaterproofMantles and Cloaks.
flLiT-cLe.£Lclatli.'LrLg- 0)EfzcLt±m.e.n±.Ladies', Misses', and Infants' Woollen and Linen Underclothing of every
description. These Goods are all specially manufactured for our trade.
English and Scotch Tweeds, Trouserings, Coatings, Felt Hats, Caps, Shirtsand Pants, Scarfs, Braces, Umbrellas, Linen, Drugget and Serge Polkas, &c.
0LecLcLyi- - ^/fiLcLcLe. 0)h/t.clidim.(Ln.t
.
Men's, Youths', and Boys' Suits and Overcoats in great variety ; Men'sCord, Moleskin, and Print Trousers ; Boys' Overcoats, Cord and TweedTrousers. This Department having been lately introduced, special attentionis directed to its various requirements.
EXPERIENCED DRESSMAKERS.MOURNING ORDERS PUNCTUALLY ATTENDED TO.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
AT LOWEST CASH PRICES.
Orders for New or Second Hand Furniture carefully attended to.
FURNITURE and OTHER EFFECTS Exposed by Public Sale or Boughtand Sold Privately.
011>
AUCTIONEER AND VALUATOR,tgtmmreM TECK^rei from,
DALKEITH,fTm&W®& ttOTEt, tOftWttEAD.
Cabinetmaking, Upholstery and House JobbingExecuted by Practical Tradesmen.
FUNERAL UNDERTAKING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
Furniture Stores in North Wynd.
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION CARFULLY EXECUTED BY
MRS GRAY,LUGTON LAUNDRY
Terms Moderate.
WALTER DEAS,Wholesale and Retail Fisft and loe .Mepetoant,
50 HIGH STREET, DALKEITH.
SUPPLIES OF FISH DAILY IN THEIR SEASON.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
JAMES SOMERVILLE,BOOT AND SHOE MAKES,
88 HIGH STREET, DALKEITH,INVITES INSPECTION OF HIS LARGE AND VARIED STOCK
OF
BOOTO AM& 8HOSS,
UAWTI MhTW BY FIRST-CLASS WORKMEN,niLll U"llLiiJJI!l OF THE BEST MATERIAL.
Plunge, Spray, and Shower Baths.Wash-Hand Basins, and Sinks.
YELLOW AND WHITE ENAMELLED WASHING TUBS.
BRAMAH AND WASH-OUT WATER CLOSETS.
Cisterns, Pumps, &c. Galvanised Cylinders.
COLD and HOT WATER TANKS fitted up on the mostimproved principles.
MALLEABLE and CAST IRON PIPES for WATER or GAS.
Gasfittings of every description fitted up or repaired.
House Drains and Soil Pipes tested, altered, or repaired.
Material and Workmanship of first quality.
All orders promptly and carefully executed underpersonal supervision.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED.
* F0HSE—J v WHITE v HTl^JF •:• jS^EET. *•
ADVERTISEMENTS.
j^jf ^fLyf5
jTv^ TPiP jl^jf TrYTf*&$ !)/f«l?
'
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PLASTERER,
BRIDGEND, DALKEITH
Minton's Tiles for Pavements.| Wall Linings and Hearths.
Designs on Application.
Every Description of Cement Work Done.
@»$
SADDLERAND
13 SOUTH STREET,DALKEITH,
AND
)2 DUltW$ JS^EE^F, BONN^IGG.
Every Article in the Trade supplied of First-Class Quality.
WILLIAM FALCONER & SON,(Sasfittere anf> ftinplate Morfcers,
BUCOLEUCH STREET, DALKEITH.
Lamps, Brackets, Reading Lights, &c,all of the Newest Designs.
Umbrellas Covered and Repaired on the Premises.
ORDERS PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT MODERATE CHARGES.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.
ADVERTISEMENTS,
rational jwmiiig lamnjs frank of fl
Established 1839.
Office—55 BACK STREET, DALKEITH.R. HANDYSIDE, Actuary.
Open on THURSDAYS from 11 till 3 o'clock.
Open on SATURDAYS from 1 till 4 o'clock.
AND ON
SATURDAY EVENINGS from 6 till 8 o'clock.
alfteitL
The Buik receives sums of One Shilling and upwards. The Interestallowed is at the rate of £2 7s 6d per cent. Pass Books free.
DEPOSITORS !—Ask your acquaintances to follow your example andjoin the Savings Bank.
PARENTS !— Teach your Children to Save, and bring them with youto the Bank.
When you enter the Savings Bank you are on the road which leads
to self-respect, comfort, and independence.
fiegi&tercb fUnmbcr, fesfitter, anb Zinc iHatkcr,
GORE BRIDGE,{Next Door to Post Office)
Begs respectfully to thank his numerous Patrons for their support duringthe past, and hopes, by careful and personal attention to his business, tomerit a continuance of their favours.
BOOTS and SHOES from the Best Manufacturers, at Moderate Prices.OUR OWN MAKE, of the Best Quality, either Ready-Made or to Order
LADIES' GUSSET BOOTS at all Prices.
GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS from 7s per pair upwards.ABERDEEN GIRTH SHOES, 2s 3d per pair.
PATENT BOOT PROTECTORS, Id, 2d, and 3d per set.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
HARDEMREEN, SAWMILLS. DALKEITH.
ALL KINDS OF WOOD KEPT IN STOCK, AND CUT TO ORDER.
Wood Sawn to Order by Time or Measurement.
ORDERS EXECUTED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
Edinburgh and Dalkeitty Gamer.
EDINBURGH QUARTERS, - 122 High Street and 100 Grassmarket.
Leaves Grassmarket at 3 p.m., and High Street at 4 p.m.
DALKEITH QUARTERS, Elmfield Place,
Where Parcels and Orders may be left.
AGENTS FOR JOHN NIMMO & SONS'
BROADRIGG BLACKBAND PATENT FUEL BRIQUETTES.Large and Small Sizes for Household Use.
Durable, Cleanly, and Economical.
SLATERS AND PLASTERERS,
THE LOAN, MUSSELBURGH ROAD, DALKEITH.
All kinds of CHIMNEY CANS and SMOKE MACHINESFURNISHED AND PUT UP.
ROOFS REPAIRED OR UPHELD BY CONTRACT.
Orders promptly attended to in town or country.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
*** IRONFOUNDERS, **<
HORTICULTURAL ENGINEERS,
AND
1 HIGH STREET.<sS5j!
Stephen potter & Son,PAINTERS, * DECORATERS, 4 AND * PAPERHANGERS.
WINDOWS
CLEANED
and
GLAZED.
OILS and
COLOURS,PAPER-
HANGINGS,
25 & 27 HIGH STREET, DALKEITH.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
36 HIGH STREET, DALKEITH,RESPECTFULLY thanks his Friends and the Public for the large-
share of encouragement he has received since commencingbusiness, and he trusts, by strict personal attention to all orders,
and supplying goods of the best quality to merit a continuance of their
support.
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WEST OF ENGLAND COATINGS AND TROUSERINGS.
SCOTCH TWEED SUITINGS.
Dress, French, Regatta, Oxford,
Cambridge, and Wool Shirts,
In Stock or Made to Order,
Any Shape or Size.
Collars, Scarfe, toanbkercbiefo, Braces, &c, &c.
UJIDERCLOTcHIcNS for Winter and Summer Wear.
SATIN & FELT HATS IN ALL THE NEWEST SHAPES.
•* ajaB^EMiflJS v IN v JSIIiK >MV *®WW : CMJFfljS. *
Gloves from the best Makers.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
JUSTINLEES INN, ESKBANK(NEAR RAILWAY STATION).
Tourists and Travellers will find Good and ComfortableRefreshments at the above Inn.
FAMILIES IN TOWN AND COUNTRY SUPPLIED WITH
Wines, Malt Liquors, Sweet and Bitter Ales, and London Porter
OF THE FINEST QUALITY.o
ROBERT J. NOBLE, Proprietor.
Dalfcettb Brass Works,GLEBE BANK, DALKEITH.
O • O • 0-
m ij\
BRASSFOUNDER AND ENGINEER,d&anufaturer of Engineers', Colliers, dftill, & 3factorg 3furntebings,
Patent-Welded Iron Staffordshire Tubing and Fittingsfor Steam and Gas.
Mills, Factories, Public Buildings, &c, Fitted forSteam, Water, and Gas.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED.
WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANT,
-o
WINES, BRANDIES, AND MALT LIQUORS
Specially Selected to meet the requirements of a First-Class Family Trade.
Agent for WILLIAM YOUNGER & CO. (LIMITED),
ABBEY AND HOLYROOD BREWERIES.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
CHARLES K BROWN,FAMILY GROCER,
Zca Dealer, Mine anb Spirit flbercbantI WEST WYND, DALKEITH,
And 17 High Street, Loanhead,Established 1817.
Proprietor of the Famed "GLENESK" WHISKIES and TEAS.Highest Award, Paris Exhibition, 1889.
C. K. B., having registered the name of "Glenesk" as applying to hisTeas and Whiskies, would call the attention of the public to his largeStock of these goods, which are justly famed for their quality and cheapness.Having made these branches of the trade, along with Wines, his specialstudy, he is able to offer the public the genuine article at the lowest possibleprices.
All Kinds of Grocery Goods at Lowest Prices.Sole Agent for Kinloch's Catalan Wine.
Agent for Raggett's Nourishing Stouts and Golden Hop Alb*.SOLE AGENT FOR EQUITABLE FIRE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE.SHIPPING AGENT.—Passengers Booked to all Parts at Lowest Rates.
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1 West Wynd, Dalkeith, and 17 High Street, Loanhead.
A1I1M1IS WE lit,JOINER, UNDERTAKER, AND HOUSE AGENT,
BACK STREET, DALKEITH.
all kinds of house jobbing pbomptly and tastbfully executed.A LARGE STOCK OF SEASONED TIMBER ALWAYS ON HAND.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED.
ET
ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PILLSIs warranted to cure all Discharges from the Urinary Organs in either Sex,acquired or constitutional, Gravel and Pains in the Back. Guaranteed free
from Mercury. Sold in Boxes 4s 6d each.
BY ALL CHEMISTS AND PATENT MEDICINE VENDORSThroughout the World
:
Or sent to any address for 60 Stamps by the Makers,
The Lincoln and Midland Counties Drug Company, Lincoln.
For cleansing and clearing the blood from all impurities, it cannot be too highly
recommended. For Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Skin and Blood Diseases and sores of all
kinds, it is a never-failing and permanent cure.
Cures Ulcers.
Cures Glandular Swellings.
Cures Pimples on the Face.
Cures Blood& Skin Diseases.
It is the only specific for GOUT and RHEUMATIC Pains.
the blood and bones.
As this mixture is pleasant to the taste, and warranted free from anything injurious to
the most delicate constitution of either sex, the Proprietors solicit sufferers to give it a
trial to test its value.
Thousands of Testimonials from all Parts of the World.83 Great Georges Street, Leeds, May 13, 1889.
u I am a missionary, and go about a great deal. Some time ago a man asked me to be-
come surety tor him to a chemist, at Darlington, for some of your ' Clarke's Blood Mix-
ture.' He obtained what he wanted, and it completely cured him. He had blotches on
his skin, was generally debilitated, and could not attend to his work. I saw him every
day during the time he went through the course of your Mixture, and I never saw such
a change in a man in my life. He was as clear and as ligbt as a feather, so to speak, in
three weeks. 1 think I ought to let you know that ' Clarke's Blood Mixture,' and nothing
else, cured him. You can make what use you like of this. Henry Welfare."11 Wood Street, Kidderminster, April 13, 1889.
" I write to tell you of the great benefit my boy, aged 17, has received from the use of
vour Blood Mixture. Nine months ago he was taken with severe pains all over the body,
and in a few weeks there, came dreadful eruptions all over the body, about the size of a
shirt button, and of course he could not go to work in such a state. I took him to the
Infirmary, and the doctor said his blood was in a fearful state, and he was in there nearly
three months, and they could not do him a bit of good. And one day reading in the ' Kidder-
minster Sun ' of your Blood Mixture, 1 got him out and got a small bottle to try it.
After he had used one bottle he seemed so much better I got him another. He has nownsed five small bottles, and the eruptions are all gone, and everybody is astonished at
the wonderful cure. Emma Tomlinson."4 Pleasant Place, Bond Street, Vauxhall, London, S.W., March 16, 1889.
" I have suffered from a virulent form of Eczema for the past fourteen months, and
have been attended by different doctors during the whole of that time without any good
result. I also attended a hospital for a time, but received very little benefit. About
eight weeks ago, however, I was persuaded to try Clarke's Blood Mixture, the effect of
which was truly marvellous. The unsightly and painful spots commenced at once to
disappear. I cannot speak too highly of this medicine and its blood-cleansing properties.
You may make what use you like of this letter, and I shall be happy to answer any
questions on the subject at any time. Francis Hbmell."" Messrs The Midland Counties Drug Company, Lincoln."
Sold in Bottles 2s 9d eaoh, and in eases containing six times the quantity, lis—sufficient to effect a permanent
eure in the great majority of long-standing cases.
Bv all CHEMISTS and PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS throughout the world, or sent to any address on
receipt of 33or 132 stamps by the Proprietors, THE LINCOLN and MIDLAND COUNTIES DRUG COM-PANY, LINCOLN. TRADE MARK—'' BLOOD MIXTURE."
Ask for CLARKE'S World-Famed BLOOD MIXTURE,And do not be persuaded to take an Imitation.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Brick anfc ifurnace Butl&er,
5 RELIEF PLACE, DALKEITH,
Ta>ESPECTFULLY intimates that he executes every description of
^ Plain and Ornamental BRICK WORK; CHIMNEYSTALKS, GAS TANKS, and BOILERS BUILT, at Moderate
Terms, and that he furnishes Estimates for the same.
T. C. begs to assure his patrons that all work entrusted to him
will have his personal attention, and will be executed by practical
workmen.
All Jobbing punctually attended to at equally-
Moderate Rates.
JAMES D. DEN HAM,COACHBUILDER,
3 BACK STREET, DALKEITH,fAKES this opportunity of thanking the Nobility and public in general
of Dalkeith and surrounding district for the liberal support he hasreceived since commencing business at the above address, as successor toMr Cqlin Cochrane.
Carriagesof every
description
Built to
Order.
ESTIMATESFURNISHED.
A selection
ofNew andSecond-hand
Carriagesalways
on hand.
J. D., being a practical Coachbuilder, is confident of giving every satis
-
action to all kinds of New Work and Repairs that may be entrusted to him.
CARRIAGES SOLD ON COMMISSION.A Trial Solicited.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. MATHIESON,Strtfia 3Rtt66ejF atrtf <SHW&m iHamtfortttptp,
jnilTJ] W*1HT ST., n^LWJMtJEITM,And 21 SOUTH BRIDGE, EDINBURGH.
GENERAL LIST OF ARTICLES MANUFACTURED :-
INDIA RUBBER and LEATHER BELTING.HOSE for FIRE ENGINES, BREWERS, &c, with Brass Unions