A Directory of Tewkesbury

FORTY-SECOND YEAR OF PUBLICATION.

TDHE1 BUSHLEY, LONGDON, QUEENHILL, AND HOLDFAST i For the Year of (the 42nd Year of Our Lord its issue). THE FRONTISPIECE IS A FINE REPRODUCTION OF A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE fV)emorial Gross to late W. Oowdeswell, Esq., IN QUEENHILL CHURCHYARD Parishes near Tewkesbury, with Clergy, Population, Post Town, County Council Divisions, &c.; liist of VIIiliflGE POST OFFICES, ttifllili & PmiiflJ^ HETTEt* BOXES, and TlfllBS Op CliERl^HMG, And much useful Information relating to the Villages in the District; also A DIRECTORY OF TEWKESBURY, With PARTICULARS of the PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS and OFFICIALS, and the y' Name & Address of th,e Principal Inhabitants of the Borough, of Tewkesbury, 3s; ALSO DETAILS OF THE INSTITUTIONS AND |§ PUBLIC BODIES OF UPTON-ON-SEYERJ*; POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS, MONTHLY GARDENING INSTRUCTIONS, INTERESTING NOTES ON THE CALENDAR, &c., &c. NUMEROUS BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS.

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OUR FRONTISPIECE. f UR Frontispiece represents the Old Churchyard Cross at Queen- hill, which has been lately restored by Rev. B. R. Dowdeswell, in memory of his father, who in 1854 did so much for the restoration of the fabric of the Church. Churchyard Crosses were in the old days universal in England, and very beautiful and helpful is the lesson that they teach. There, in the midst of the faithful departed stands the very symbol of the Faith in which they died—" Christ crucified, the hope of glory." He who was faithful unto death—He who by death overcame death, and opened the kingdom of Heaven to all believers—He who from the grave rose again, and ascended up into Heaven, there to plead the merits of His death for us poor sinners—He stands there with open arms to speak to us of His Love, as we pass into the church to thank Him for that Love—with pierced hands and feet, to remind us of the sins that crucilied Him, as we go in to confess our sins. He pleads with His Father: "Father forgive them, they know not what they do." He pleads with us : " This have I done for thee; what hast thou done for Me?" The three steps and the lower half of the shaft are all that is left of the old XlVth Century Cross. The upper half and the sacred figure had been destroyed many centuries ago. God forgive those misguided men, " who broke down all the carved work thereof with axes and hammers." The new work has been designed by A. H. Prothero, Esq., of Chelten- ham, and the figure was carved by Mr. Bolton (also of Cheltenham), one of the best ecclesiastical sculptors in England. It seems to us that_the pro- portions and symmetry of the design are perfect, and the whole is a real addition to the artistic beauties of the neighbourhood. The following inscription is to be placed upon it, on plates of bronze: 1. On the plinth from which the shaft rises—" By Thy Cross and Passion," '' By Thy precious Death and Burial,'' " By Thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension," "Good Lord, deliver us ! " 2. On the face of the top step —" In pious memory of William Dowdcswell, of Pull Court, Esq. (who in 1854 restored the fabric of this Church), this symbol of our Faith (for many generations defaced and mutilated) was again set up by his sole surviving son, E. R. D. A.D. 1904." BUSHLEY.

BUSHLEY PARISH REGISTERS.—INTRODUCTION.

-N 1538 (30 Hen. VIII.), while Thomas Cromwell was acting as the King's vicegerent in Ecclesiastical matters, an injunction was issued ordering that every Curate should keep a Book in which should be written the names of all persons Baptized, Married, or Buried in his Parish. This was probably earned into effect generally throughcut England. The Registers were originally written on paper, but in 1597 (39 of Eliz.) it was ordered that the paper Registers should be transcribed on to Parchment, and that the names of the Curate and the Churchwar dens should be signed at the bottom of each page as a testimony to their accuracy. It so happens that in Bushley the old Paper Register for the years 1538- 1576 has been preserved, and not destroyed when the copy was made on Parch- ment, so that for that period we have both the Paper original and the Parchment copy, the latter continuing till 1599. This makes our Parish Register almost an unique Book, at least for this Diocese. For although it is true that a few (very few) Parishes began earlier—one at Rous Lench in 1513, and one at Chesterton in 15291,—these must have been the work of some individual curates, and not in consequence of the Order issued in 1538 for the whole Realm. Of the Registers which commenced in 1538, there are only 38 now extant, and if we allow for a little reasonable delay in putting the command into execution, we may add another 17 which begin in 1539 Thus, out of more than 400 Parishes in this Diocese only 55 Registers remain that began in obedience to the order of 1538. Of these Bushley is one ; but what makes our Book so remarkable is that, with one exception, it is the only one of these earliest Registers that has preserved both the Paper original and the Parchment copy of the first 40 years. The other example is that of Offenham, of which it is said that the Paper original is in a very bad state, whereas ours is in excellent condition. At South Littleton they have the original Paper in excellent condition, but they have not got the Parchment copy. The Bushley Registers are contained in 3 Volumes : VOL. I. -contains Baptisms and Marriages from 1538 - 1695. Burials from 1538 - 1680. It is written on 38 leaves of the original paper, and 90 of Parchment, or 128 leaves in all. It measures 12^ x 9 inches. It is in an excellent state of preser- vation, and is strongly bound in rough calf. VOL. II. contains Baptisms and Burials from 1696-1812, and Marriages Irom 1696- 1755, written on 4o| pages of Parchment. It measures 14^ by 8 inches, and is bound in rough calf. VOL. III. contains the Marriages from 1755-1812, on 22 pages of paper. It measures 15 x gj, and is bound in vellum. It will be observed that the Burials from 1680-1695 are not to be found in Vol. I. It seems probable that they were entered in another Book, which has been lost. But by order of Convocation, in 1597, and repeated in one of the Canons of 1603, a transcript of the Registers for each year was to be made for the past year and trans- mitted to the Bishop's Registry. In accordance with this order, transcripts of our Registers were made, with more or less regularity, between 1611 and 1700, and it happens that those for 1682-3-5-6-88-1700 are preserved at Worcester. A copy of these will be taken and placed in the Parish Church. We will now proceed to describe these Registers more in detail. VOL. I.—The outside page or flyleaf of the original paper book was evidently used by the Scribe for practising his penmanship. Entries were made in various styles, and then erased, so that it is almost wholly illegible. BUSHLEY. 3

The Book Legins on the next pa<;e in a formal but clear hand, with the following title :—" This Boke reportynge and declarynge the names of all pysons buryed, baptyzed, and married whn. the pynhe of Bushley wn. the Diocese of Worcest. and the County of the same takyth begynnyng from the Receipte of the ICyng's Comandmt comyng to my hands by the Bysshope in November ano DM". MCCCCC. xxxviii. et regni Regis Henrici Octavi xxx mo." The date 1535 is written here in a later hand, but it is clearly a mistake. We do not know for certain by whom this first part of the Register was kept. But we know that one William Kyngett was Curate here in 1553. Hi; signed an Inventory of the Church goods belonging to the Parish Church in that year, the last year of the reign of Edward VI. Queen Mary came to the Throne the s.ime year, and in 1554 she reconciled the Church of England to the Pope. It happens that from 1538, to July 23rd. 1554, all the entries are made in the same hand. It seems, therefore, safe to conclude that Wm. Kyngett, who had certainly been in charge during Edward's reign, either resigned or was made to retire, when the Church was brought back to the obedience of Rome. And as the hand-writing is the same all through—that it was he who wrote it. Probably, therefore, Win. Ryngett was the first Curate of Bushley after the Dissolution of Tewkesbury Abbey (in 1539;, and kept the Register till 1554. At the same time, it is to be noted that on page 10, for the year 1544, one Sir William Butler, " Curate of Boyseley,'' made a note that he had received a certain sum from a Mr. Coxe. But as liis handwriting is not the same as that immediate!) before or after it, we may conclude that he was the Priest-in-Charge at some later date, and only entered his account on this page because he found a vacant space there. The next thing to note is that no entry was made in the Register between July 23, 1554, and May 20, 1557. This comprises nearly the whole of Mary's reign, and seems to show that from the date of the re establishment of the Roman Catholic supremacy in 1554, till Mary's death in 1558, there was no resident Priest here. Sir Richard Cubley, who was butied here in 1560, seems to have written the Register from 1557 to the time of his death. He was probably appointed in the first year of Elizabeth, 1558. and wrote in the three or four entries for 1557 from information received from other?. After Sir R. Cubley's death the Register was kept by different people, and it is not possible now to say who were the Curates.ill-Charge during the first lew jears of Elizabeth's reiga. But in 1565 we are no longer in doubt. A new title is written for that year, by Sir John Wyett, who signs himself " Curat." He continued the'Register in the original paper book down to 1574, in his own handwriting, and no doubt to a much later date, for he did not die till 1603. The latter part of the paper book is Jost. But in 1597 the Order was issued that the paper Registers were to be transcribed on to parchment, and this parchment copy was entirely written by his hand, and each page is attested by his signature and that of the Churchwardens When the Copy was finished Wyett still made all the entries in the Register till Oct. 24, 1603. The next entry, on Nov. 16, following, records his death. So that, after 33 years of service here, he died in harness. We owe much to him for the care with which his book is written. There is hardly a blot or an erasure in the whole of it. The character of his handwriting is exqui - sitely clear. The parchment is still white and the ink black ; every word is legible. Moreover, the form in which it is drawn up is the best that could be devised for the purpose. In a broad margin on tne left hand, it is noted whether the entry opposite records a Baptism, a Funeral, or a Burial ; while the margin on the other side gives the Surname of the person referred to. Anyone who has had experience in searching Registers will appreciate the facility that is thus afforded for tracing names. The Title that Wyett prefixed to his part of the Paper Register is as follows : — " A Register boocke accordynge to th'order of the queue's Injunctyons declaring B 2 4 BUSHLEY. the Names and Surnames of all psons Buryed baptyzed and maryed within the pyshe of Boushley in the Conty and Dioc. of Worcester, made the first day of January in the seventh yere of the Reygn of our Sovarygn Lady Elizabeth by the gre of God of England ffrance and Ireland Queene defendr of the ffaith, etc. And in the1 yere of or Lorde God a thousand fyve hundred three score and fyve." per me Johem Wyett, Curat ibidem. At the end of 1567 there is an interesting entry by him : Si mea penna valet, Melior mea litera fiet. per me Johem Wyett, Clerum, Which may be Englished thus : If it can, every letter, My pen shall form better. At least I will tiy it, So says John Wyett, Clerk. The next two pages are not in his writing, so that we may suppose the verse expresses his intention to do better than that, and he certainly succeeded, especially in the Parchment copy. We have already observed that each page was certified as correct by his signature and that of the Churchwarden. But, in spite of their testimony, we find that the copy is not absolutely accurate. There are several omissions, but perhaps only one of any importance, namely, the death of Mr. Edward Tyndale. of the Pole (Pull Court). He was Steward for the Abbot of Tewkesbury, and had bought a 99 years' lease of Pull Court from the Abbot and Convent, in 1531. He was a brother of William Tyndale, who translated the Bible, and he died at his Manor of Slymbridge, in 15-18, and was buried there, which perhaps accounts for his name being omitted in the Copy of our Register. The other omissions are unimportant. On the other hand, it was a great advantage to us that the Transcriber of the paper Book was one who by his long connection with the Parish (he came of a Tew- kesbury family) gave him an intimate knowledge of Bushley people, which enabled him to make several additions, and add personal touches to many of the entries. His successor was Sir Richard Owen, whose marriage with Elizabeth Piffe, at Woolstone, in June, 1604, is recorded in our Register. He is described there as the Curate of Cleeve Episcopi. but in the same year he signed a Certificate of an extract from the Bushley Register of the death of one Augustine Willis, and styled himself Curate of Bushley. So that he must either have served both Curacies at the same time, or have resigned Bishop's Cleeve, on his marriage, to come here. The Register is kept in the same handwriting—which we presume to be his -from 1603 to 1612. He was succeeded by Richard Gardiner, who seems to have remained here till 1620. From 1620, till the last day of May, 1622, the Register was kept in Latin, and we have no clue to the name of the writer. In 1622, Sir Symon Jones signed himself Curate, and keeps the Register. A different hand begins in 1626, but no name appears till 1630, when Henry Spilsbury signs the Book for the first time. It is possible that he may have begun his charge earlier. These simple annals of the Poor have very little of general interest to the public. But we do find in them illustrations of the history of the Nation in times of change in Church and State. We have already noticed how Queen Mary's ecclesiastical policy affected this little Country Parish. We may also trace in our Register the state of confusion in the Church tnat was caused inline troublous times of Charles I. and the Commonwealth. From the beginning of the Civil War, in 1642, the Parliament showed a marked hostility to the Church. The Bishops were deprived of their seats in the House of BUSHLEY. 5

Lords. Archbishop Laud was beheaded in 1645, and the Clergy were required to take the covenant, and many were driven from their livings on refusing to do so. It is possible that as the Curacy of Bushley was a Donative (that is that the Curate was appointed by the Patron without reference to the Bishop), Mr. Spilsbury who was Curate here from 1626 was kept in his living by the influence of Mr. R. Dowdes- well, of Pull Court, who was a strong Royalist and Churchman. But, in 1645, the Parliament passed an Act making it unlawful to use the Book of Common Prayer either in public or private ; and, in 1646, they actually established the Presbyterian form of Church Government, so that it became impossible for a Priest any longer to conduct the Service in Church, or to hold the Living. Henry Spilsbury's last entry in the Register was in March, 1646, so that it seems clear that he was one of the Clergy who were then driven out to make room for some Presbyterian minister. From 1648 to 1650 there are many changes of handwriting, which suggests that there were many changes of ministers officiating here. The number of Baptisms and Burials fell slightly below the average : but, as might be expected, Marriages ceased altogether between 1643 and 1653. It was no time for marrying and giving in marriage while Civil War was raging. In 1653, an Act of Parliament was passed that after banns had been published either in the Church, or at the nearest Market Place, those wishing to be married were to come before a Justice of the Peace, who should declare them man and wife, and no other marriages should be accounted lawful in the Commonwealth. It is therefore interesting to note that in that very year no less than 18 marriages were registered. This is no doubt due to the fact that in 1652 was fought the decisive battle of Worcester ; so that after that the land had peace, and people could marry without fear of further Civil commotion. But the registering of Civil marriages in the Church Register needs explanation, which may be as follows. In 1653, the Act that made Civil Marriages lawful, also handed over the Parish Regis- ters to a Registrar appointed by the Parish. In it he was to record the Births,—not Baptisms, - the Funerals, and Marriages as they occurred, so that that the Registers might continue though the Registrar might be changed. These marriages, therefore, were not solemnized in Church, but before a Magistrate, and only recorded here. It is a little surprising, however, that Baptisms still continue to be registered rather than Births, as ordered by the Act. In the Longdon Register, Births only are recorded, not Baptisms. It is possible that the Ministers continued to baptize the children, but there is no doubt that, speaking generally, Baptism was not administered during the Puritan ascendancy. It is also possible that the Registrar may have continued to write the word Baptized when he should have written Born. It is diffi- cult to decide, but let us hope the Infants were baptized, as they had been any time for nearly 600 years in the Parish annals of Bushley. After 1653, the Presbyterians began to lose their power, and the Independents (who were nearly as much opposed to Presbyterianism as they were to Episcopacy) took the lead. ]n 1655, Oliver Cromwell, who was supported by them, passed an Act of tolera- tion for all forms of Religion except Popery and Prelacy,—i.e., the Church of Rome or the Church of England - and appointed a committee of 38 members who were empowered to examine all the Clergy, and exclude from any preferment all who were guilty, in their judgement, of any scandalous conduct, or of being opposed to the present Government, and appoint to every living one whom they judged to be worthy. At the same time the Church Clergy were not to be allowed to act either as private Chaplains or as Schoolmasters, and it was accounted criminal for more than two persons to read the Prayer Book together. As a result of the proceedings of this Committee of Triers (as they were called) a Mr. Francis Dunn was appointed to Bushley, whose urne appears in the Register in b BUSHLEy.

1656. The,same name continues till Feb. 28. 1661, so that Mr. Duhn retained his place fora full year after the Restoration of Charles II., in 1660. When the King came back to the Throne, the Clergy returned to their Parishes. The Act of Parliament which restored the old Clergy to their Livings, ejected the Puritan Ministers who had been intruded into their places. The Act came into operation on S. Bartholomew's Day, 1662. It is calculated that about 1800of these Ministers went out. But Mr. Francis Dunn did not wait to be turned out but resigned in 1661. He was succeeded by Mr. Thomas Holder, who died in April, 1666. We do not know by whom the Register was kept for 3 years after the death of Mr. Holder. There are several different handwritings. But in 1669 Rev. Robert Wriggen signs as Curate, and remains till 1194. During the latter years of his life he was also Vicar of Longdon. and by his will left £5 to the Poor of Bushley. He was succeeded by the Rev. Francis Welles. p"rom 1679 to 1695 lne burials were entered in a separate book, which has unfortunately been lost, but, as we have said above, the Transcripts for most of the missing years are in the Bishop's Registry at Worcester, and may be recovered. The last entry in this volume is that of the Baptism of William, the son of John and Mary Higgens, on March 19, 1696. Bound up with this Register is a record of the collections made in Bushley Church on special occasions between 1070 and 1692, an account of which will be given later. During the period contained in this book,—from 1538 to 1696, —nearly 160 years, the deaths averaged (> per annum ; the Births 8j ; and the Marriages 2. Our present rate of Deaths is 2-20 per cent, per annum, and of Births 8i. So that, on a rough calculation, we may say the population then was between 203 and 300 For about loo years after the commencement cf the Registers a large proportion of those whose names are mentioned are described as ' Of the Pole, a member of this Parish." The Pole (or Pull) is that part of the Parish which lies between Qucenhill Brook and Bushley Green. It was originally a part of the Parish of Longdon, but in William the Conqueror's time was thrown into Bushley, and during the Middle Ages was always treated as a Hamlet of Bushley, and separately taxed There were probably 20 houses in Pull, including Pull Court but not Hill House, which was in Longdon. These Houses stood in what is now called the Park, and Pull End, and were inhabited principally by labourers, but the families of Biddle, Hay ward, Hill, Hall. Brasy, Restell, and Wither, were all small Freeholders. The last who is mentioned in the Register, as of the Pulle, was a Biddle, in 1647, These properties were acquired at various dates by Mr. Dowdeswell, of Pull Court, and the houses were all eventually pulled down to form a Deer Paik. Mr. Dowdes- well, who died in 1727, provided in his will, that his widow should be supplied with venison from his Park. The site of the foundation of the houses may still be traced. The following names of other localities in Bushley are mentioned in this volume : Bushley Park, The Green, Wood end. Church end, Massey Fields, Freebarn's Well, The Galley Pleck, The Over Lode, The Oxehey, and The Worthens. Mr. Childes, " Millar I'1 or Miller, is mentioned, whose Mill stood on what is now called Windmill Tump. We shall give an account in an appendix, of some of the old Bushley Families mentioned here. There are very few direct references as to any National events in this Book. The death of Henry VIII ; the accession of Edward VI. ; and the proclamation of Mary as Queen, are the only ones LOCAL EVENTS, 1904. On Feb. 29, Mr. George Taylor died after a lingering illness of many years Jan. 7. — An entertainment was duration. He had been seized with given at Pull Court, to which the paralysis in Easter week, 1897, and parishioners of Bushley and Queen- although his friends took him out for hill were invited. Major Anne and drives as often as they could, he his brother, Mr. Ulrio Charlton, de- could neither walk nor stand, nor lighted their audience "with a very turn himself in bed. He has been clever and spirited rendering of the most tenderly nursed and cared for famous old farco, "No. 1 round the by his brother and sisters, his poor Corner," while the first part con- wife being almost equally incapaci- sisted of a concert, in which Miss tated by acute rheumatism. George Anne, Master Bobby, his little school- Taylor came into the parish in the fellow Master Panza, and Mr. Delbos early sixties as blacksmith at Pull took part, and Major Anne and Mr. Court. Ho was clever at his trade— Charlton gave some excellent comic as all his family are—and by his songs. genial disposition and kindness of Jan. 30.—The Bushley and Queen- heart, won friends among all his hill school children had their annual neighbours. Ho joined the choir in Christmas Tea at Pull Court. 1865, and was one of the original Feb. 26—Mar. 2.—At the general members of the Bushley Band, and election of County Councillors this until ho was stricken down, was year, Bushloy for the first time was most regular and faithful to his duties made a polling place. Major Grice- To the great sorrow of the whole Hutchinson, formerly M.P. for Aston, parish, his old friend and colleague, stood for election to the County Henry Starling, is now lying danger- Council in this division, in opposition ously ill, at a London Hospital. to the sitting member, Mr. Docker. These two good men are nearly the A meeting was held at Bushloy School- last of that really remarkable band room on Feb. 26, to support the Major. of men, who for more than 30 years The Rev. K. R. Dowdcswell presided, made our little country parish famous, but explained at the outset that he and proved what material there is in had pledged himself to vote for Mr. rural England, under careful train- Docker, and was only in the chair ing, for producing good choral sing- out of courtesy to his old friend, ing. Our old friend, Mr. Dan. Major Grice-Hutchinson, who had re- Wilkes, is the solo survivor of the quested him to preside although he old choir, though his son, Harry knew what his intention was. Major Wilkes, has been connected with the Grice-Hutchinson then spoke, and choir from his childhood. Mr. George was supported by Mr. Carmichael Taylor was buried in Bushloy Church- and Mr. \V. S. Lane, and the meeting, yard on March 4. which was a small one, dispersed. March 26.—At the annual meeting On Mar. 2 the election was held, of the Parish Council, the following and Major Grico-Hutchinson was de- members were elected : Ilev. B. R. clared elected by a substantial Dowdcswell, Mr. Yaughan, Mr. Alf. majority. At the first meeting of the Allard, Mr. Guilding, Mr. Rusling, County Council, Mr. Docker was Rev. R. D. Russell-Cowan (who also elected as an Alderman by the mem- acts as clerk), and Mr. Morgan bers of the Council. Dates of meetings — Dec. 19, 1903' 8 BUSHLEY.

March 7, April 16, May 17, 1904. July 2.—On this day Thomas Ball, Under the amended Act, these hold the son of Christopher Ball, of the office for three years. Mr. Vaughan Upper Lode, age 13, was admitted to and Mr. Rusling were appointed as the Rural Hospital suffering from a Overseers, and Mr. Nash as Assistant severe injury, caused by falling over Overseer. Mr. R. Guilding under- some elevator clips lyiug on tho took to distribute the proceeds of ground, while playing amongst tho Mrs. Elizabeth Dowdeswell's charity, hay in one of Mr. Guilding's meadows. amounting to £6 12s., in sums of 5s. One of the spikes entered the lad's to 18 families, and 3s. to 14 families. body, and penetrated to the lung. At the Easter Vestry, Mr. John He was conveyed to the Hospital, Creese and Mr. Alfred Allard -were and we are happy to say that, by the appointed Churchwardens. skilful attention of the medical staff, May 3.—At the meeting of the he has now quite recovered from Madresfleld Musical Competition at what was a very dangerous wound. Worcester this year, Bushley School, June 25.—We have pleasure in re- for the first time, was not repre- cording that Mr. T. W. Morgan, son sented, owing to a serious epidemic of Mr. W. Morgan, of Hill House, of measles. Mr. F. Stone, however, was among those called to the Bar at sung his old song, "The Sluggard," Gray's Inn. in the Class for "Folk Songs." He Aug. 1.—The children of Bushley, sung in character, with all his old Queenhill, and Longdon Schools came spirit, and was much applauded. Mr. to Pull Court for their summer treat, Nash also sung the old Bushley carol, and were entertained by Professor " Lo the Eastern Magi rise," but in Ducaue with his clever ventriloquism the opinion of the judges they were and conjuring. not of sufficient antiquity to merit a Aug. 4.—On tho occasion of the prize in this Class. Patronal Festival of the Parish May 7.—The members of the Church Church, Rev. R. D. R. Cowan and School Managers' and Teachers' Asso- Mrs. Cowan gave a garden party, ciation (Tewkesbury Branch) met at which was largely attended and much Pull Court after service at Bushley appreciated. Church, at the invitation of Mr. Aug. 15.—We regret to have to re- Dowdeswell. cord the death of Mr. J. P. Morgan, May 18.—After tho May rent audit, second son of Mr. W. Morgan, of Hill at which Mr. Dowdeswell made a rc- House Farm. On Monday, Aug. 15, batement of 10 % on tho farm rents, he cycled with a friend to Weston- the principal tenants dined with him supor-Mare for a short holiday, and at Pull Court. seemed then in his u&ual health, but June 2.—Mr. Alfred Allard, of the on the Tuesday night he was taken Green Farm, married Miss Harriot | seriously ill, and a doctor being called Weston, at Ashton-under-Hill. The in, found ho was suffering from pneu- parents of both bride and bridegroom monia. In spite of every care and had been tenants on the Pull Court attention he gradually got weaker, estate, the late Mr. Henry Weston. and passed away on Tuesday morn- having held the Double Gates and ing, August 23rd. The interment Hill House in succession, and Mr. W. took place on August 26th, in Bushley Allard, Heath End Farm, Queenhill. Churchyard, and besides the imme- Both bride and bridegroom are there- diate relatives, a large number of fore well known in Bushley, and are friends attended to pay a last tribute heartily welcomed by all their neigh- of respect. The Rev. li. D. Russell- bours, with best wishes for a long Cowan officiated, and amongst those and happy married life. who sent wreaths were Mrs. Dowdes- BUSHLEY. well, Capt. and Mrs. Humphreys, BUSHLEY SCHOOL CLOTHING CLUB.— members of Wesley Guild, Tewkes- Dne object of this Club, started more bury, &c, the grave being completely than 50 years ago, was to help the covered with flowers. Always honest, parents of school children to provide straightforward, and unselfish, he od an! durable clothing for their was universally respected among a children while they were of school wide circle of friends, and his early age. Another object was to encou- death was greatly regretted. rage the Parents to send the children Dec. 9.—On the eve of our going to school with regularity. The pre- to press, we hear of the death of Mrs. sent average attendance is 90 per Frances Lydia Allen, the widow of cent, of children on the books, which the late Rev. Chas. Allen, who from might and ought to be greatly in- 1846 to 1880 was Vicar of Bushley. creased. With this object in view a There are very few among us now new scheme of Bonus for attendance who can remember the time, when and fine for absence has been devised, Mr. Allen brought his bride (a by whic'i, it is hoped, the attendance daughter of Mr. Joseph Longmore, of will be improved. But as the parents the Mythe House) home to Bushley. have received a circular fully ex- They were married in 1850. For plaining the new scheme, it is unne- the first two years of their mar- cessary to print it here. ried life they lived at Tunnel Hill, as the Parsonage was not ready BUSHLEY SCHOOL SAVINGS BANK, to receive them till 1852. It may bo /''or tfie i/ear endiny ])ec. 31, 1903. imagined that with a house newly £ s. d. built, to be furnished and made Amount standing to credit homely, and with all the cares of a of Depositors Dec. 81st, family, the young wife could find but 1902 185 4 8 little time for seeing much of her Withdrawn during the husband's parishioners, but Mrs. year 58 9 4 Allei found time for all, and while her kindness and her geniality and Now standing to credit of large-heartedness won the hearts of Depositors, Dec. 31st, all, she never forgot to her dying 1903 £126 15 4 day her dear old Bushley friends. It is with real sorrow that those who A NEIGHBOUR'S PROGRESS IN SOUTH had the privilege of knowing this AFRICA. — We have pleasure in re- good and loving lady, realise that porting the following notice, which they will never more in this world appeared in the "Natal Mercury." enjoy her company. She was laid to The subject of the sketch, Mr. H. rest beside her husband in the Church Wiltshire, is well known to many .of yard at Guarlford,on Wednesday, Dec our readers, who will be pleased to 14.—God grant her rest and peace. notice that one who \vas always THE VILLAGE CLUB ROOM.— The popular amongst them is recognised, membership has kept up during the in his true worth, by those with year—to an average of more than 20. whom he now makes his home. Mr. At the annual meeting, Nov. 9, the Wiltshire, who spent a lot of his members voted £1 as a donation to younger days in Bushley, was for the Tewkesbury Dispensary. some years the tenant of Merrivale SCHOOL INSPECTION.—His Majesty's Farm, Hinley Castle. He was one of Inspector gave an excellent Kepoi't the first members of the Upton-on- of the year's work. The Diocesan Severn Ritto Volunteers, and his Inspector placed the School in military training was of good stead Class A for Religious Instruction. during the time of the Boer War, BUSHLEY. when ho actively engaged himself featured, with parchment complexion for his Sovereign and his country. and wrinkled forehead, heavy grey He was guide to Lord Dundonald in moustache, and fairly abundant hair. his advance from Natal to the Trans- His short-sighted peering eyes call vaal, and received the special thanks for the aid of spectacles, which of that noble and distinguished enhance his serious, solemn delibera- officer for his services. About twelve tive air. Appearances are deceptive, years ago Mr. Wiltshire left England for he is possessed of a large amount to take up farming in Natal. Mr. of vitality, and his prim, precise, and Wiltshire is now Member of Parlia- business-like qualities command the ment for Newcastle, Natal. Ho is respect of his fellow-members. As a described by the local papers as speaker he is concise and sensible, if follows :— " The member for New- at times somewhat partisan in his castle belongs to the useful quiet attitude. He has a cultured, but order of legislators. He does not weak voice, which he appears to look npon the time which lie spends over-strain in the effort to be audible in the precincts of the House —and in all parts of the Chamber. He uses he is almost always in his seat —as a very good English, which betrays period for lounging, or to bj got unmistakable signs of a good educa- through as an unpleasant duty, but tion, and he is altogether a good, lie is attentive to the business in useful member, whose demeanour and hand, and takes himself au.l his behaviour as a legislator might with duties very seriously indeed. He is advantage be accepted as a pattern evidently desirous of promoting the by many other members of the House. affairs of the House, and there is The writer of an article upon the little doubt that the concerns of the Government of the Colony, in setting Colony would bonpfit if all the mem- down his choice of a Cabinet, selects bers were of the same cast. He is Mr. Wiltshire as Prime Minister and a quaint-looking little man, small- Minister of Justice."

extracts from Busblep ParisD Registers.

1904. BAPTISM. September—Ada Maud, daughter of William and Elizabeth Fowler.

1904. MAR rilAGES. April 5.—William Payne and Sarah Beatrice Mould. June 21.—Arthur Henry Bruorlon and Kliza Watts. August 12.—Arthur Charles Witliyman and Alice Nicholls.

1904. BUUIALS. March 4.—George Taylor, 68 years. August 26.—John Phillips Morgan, 25 years. BUSHL&Y. II extracts from Rtishicc CMirch Accounts, From Advent, 1901, to Advfnt, 1904.

RECKIPTS. EXPENDITURE. s. d. Balance in hand ... 7 0 Choir, <%c. 17 6 Subscriptions, Choir, &o. : Sick and Poor 8 0 Rev. E. R. Dowdeswoll... 12 10 0 Church Expenses 15 2 Vicar ... 10 7 6 Orphans 19 11 Prom Churchward ens 600 Bloemfontoin 11 9 General Offertories 11 2 2 Penitentiaries 16 11 For Orphans 3 19 11 Diocesan Bd. of Education 8 11 „ Bloomfontcin 10 11 9 A.C.S. ... 5 2 „ Penitentiaries 5 10 11 Hospital aiid Dispensary... IB 0 ,, Diocesan Board of Birmingham Bishopric Fd. 6 4 Education... 3 8 11 Balance in hand... 10 0 „ A.C.S 5 5 2 ,, Hospital & Dispensary C 15 6 Birmingham Bishopric Fd. 304 £81 15 2 £81 15 2

LOCAL EVENTS.

B>xmg-Day, 1903.—Mrs. Bagot and Mrs. Ford most kindly provided a School Treat for the children, with a lavish supply of good things, Christmas presents, &c., all keenly appreciated and enjoyed by the youngsters. Feb. 14.—Offertories were this day made in aid of the Birmingham Bishopric Fund. Amount, £2 Is. 3d. Feb. 10.—The children of the Sunday School were invited to the Vicarage, and tea and cakes, prizes and games, made the programme of a very happy evening. Feb. 25.—The Rev. C. A. Baker, Rector of Hinton, commenced a course of Lenten Thursday evening sermons, which we are sure were of much value and helpfulness, and earned the sincere thanks of the parishioners and Vicar. -Mar. 7.—Annual Parish Meeting.—The meeting elected the following gentlemen as Parish Councillors for the ensuing three years: Mr. \V. M. Child, Rev. A. Green, Messrs. H. J. Green, H. B. Guilding, F. G. Lane, J. M. Peart, and A. V. Trewin, all but the first being re-elections. 12 LONGDON.

Mar. 24.—The Rev. D. Wilson (C.M.S.) gave a most interesting lecture on "Palestine," to a well-filled room. Mr. W. S. Lane kindly gives the following as the year's collections for this Society: Boxes, 16s.; subscription, £1 ; collected after lecture, 12s. 2d. ; total, £2 8s. 2d. Mar. 26.—Tiie usual Collective Examination for labour certificates was held, candidates coming from several of the surrounding parishes. April 6.—Easter Vestry.—Messrs. H. B. Guilding and J. M. Peart were again re-elected Churchwardens. April 16.—Annual Parish Council Meeting.—Mr. Bagot was unanimously elected Chairman and Mr. H. B. Guilding Vice-Chairman, the Vicar continuing as Clerk. The Overseers appointed were Messrs. T. J. Long, P. Abel, A. Bruerton, and Mark Lane. , May 2.—May-day fell on Sunday, so the Children's May-day Service took place on the following day, and abundance of bright bouquets of flowers made the Church fragrant and beautiful. May 12.—Ascension Day was observed in our usual way, with 'celebra- tions at 8 a.m. and 11.80 a.m., School Party at the Vicarage in the afternoon for " tea and games," and a bright little Evensong Service before their dispersion. May 31.—The Diocesan Inspection of the School by the Rev. E. P. Rowland produced the usual satisfactory results. JuneS.—The annual sports at the "Plough" grounds to:>k place, and were in all ways a success. Mr. Child again secured Messrs. Scott's steam-circus, always popular, and the other attractions were not neglected—including a very excellent programme of foot-racing. July 21.—A party of nineteen young lads from the East-end of London came to the village for a fortnight, and were made welcome in the cottages, several of" them having visited us in previous summers. They had a very happy time, and v/ore, as usual, excellently behaved. One of their most enjoyable days was marked by a capital programme of sports, directed by the Rev. E. Weaie and Mr. A. W. V. Vine, who kindly came over from Tewkesbury. July 22.—Prizes had been offered for the best essays on the duty of " Kindness to Animals," and several young folk sent us some thoughtful and creditable papers, which were carefully examined and compared— before the promised prizes wore awarded. July 26.—The ringers, &c., went to Torquay, forming part of a large excursion party from Towkosbury. Alas for the weather ! Almost as much water on land as in the sea, some of us began to think. However, the day was not without its enjoyments. July 29.—The Longdon members of the Girls' Friendly Society went with the local branch to a pleasant gathering at the Moss Green (kindly lent by tlie Rev. E. R. Dowdeswell), a short service at the pretty little old church of Queenhill being first held. Aug. 2.—Mr. and M?s. Dowdeswell once more invited the United Schools to a most enjoyable treat at Pull Court. Best thanks were due to the kind host and hostess for "che ample hospitality of the day, and the general enjoyment was enhanced by most perfect weather. Aug. 15.—The choir lads and a few friends voyaged from Tewkesbury to Worcester and Holt on the "Jubilee." There is little to see at Holt, and a good part of the hour spent there was wisely occupied iu dining ou board. Worcester, however, with the Porcelain Works, the Cathedral, LONGDON. 13 and half-an-hour at the tea-tables, was a delight to all, and so were the journeys, both up-stream and return. Aug. 26. — Mrs. Bagot kindly entertained the members of our two Mothers' Meetings to tea, &c., at Chambers Court, and they received on all their purchases of the past season a bonus cf half-a-crown in the sovereign, made up of the draper's discount, a handsome donation from Mrs. Bagot, and the rest supplied by the Vicar. Aug. 31. — The Longdon Biennial Garden Fair and Fete was held. Chambers Court was most kindly thrown open for it, and though the weather at the outset was most dismally wet, it happily improved as the afternoon went on, and a large number were present by five or six o'clock. Mr. Ireson-Wood's clever entertainment, a capital bicycle-gymkhana, fortune-telling, stall-keeping, band-playing, dancing, &c., &c., all went on spiritedly, and the proceeds amounted to £14 before the National Anthem sounded for home. Sept. 4.—The Harvest Festival.—A day of bright and reverent services, the offertories, £2 15s. 5d., going to the A.C.S. and the Tewkesbury Rural Hospital. Sept. 6.—For three weeks the Rev. F. C. Wilson, Senior Curate of Streatham Parish Church, took charge of the parish while the Vicar went on holiday. Oct. 5.—A sad accident occurred by which little Willie Healing, of the Long Green, lost his life. He had mounted a horse for the pleasure of the ride, and was unfortunately thrown to the ground on his head, and lived only to the next day. All kindest sympathy was shown by all to the bereaved father and mother of the poor little lad. Oct. 17.—The Home Missions were, as always, well represented by the Rev. J. Jervis, who came to Longdon and gave one of his interesting Lantern Lectures, this time selecting the Church and recent work in the parish of 8. Andrew's, Bordesley, as his subject. Nov. 22.—A Clearance Sale and Sociable came off at the Schools. The sale part of the proceedings brought a sum of £6 to lie added to the profits of the recent Garden-Bazaar above mentioned. The sociable side of things included two short, bright musical entertainments, with songs by Miss Wilson and Miss Rumsey, singing quadrilles by some of the scholars, and a bright little duologue smartly acted by the Misses Bedford, who kindly gave a repetition of it by desire, when the evening audiencu had come. Nov. 24.—Thomas Bayliss, of the cottage at the corner of Marsh Lane, fell suddenly while out beating for Captain Steward and his party of shooters at Queenhill, and expired in a few seconds from heart failure. His usual bright and happy temperament had not failed him during the day, and the sad event came as a shock and a surprise to all. Much kindness was shown to Mrs. Bayliss in her sorrow by all her neighbours, we need hardly say. VILLAGE IMPROVEMENTS, 1904. A good many useful works have been carried out in the village in the past year, none of them perhaps very ambitious individually, but all com- bining for the seemliness of the place and the advantage of the people. SCHOOL.—Complete re-painting, colour-washing and white-washing inter- nally, with sundry external repairs. 14 LONGDON.

CHURCH OIIGAN.—Messrs. Nicholson have thoroughly overhauled the instrument, cleaning and repairing it, and rendering it far more worthy of its purpose—at cost of £10. CHURCH CLOCK.—The dials and hands were re-decorated and re-gilt at cost of £5, and £5 further liiis been laid out in necessary renewal of the mechanism. CHURCHYARD.—All the grrvo-stones that were by lapse of time out of perpendicular have been carefully re-fixed. POST Ol'FKiE.—The telegraph service has boon established, under the guarantee of the local gentry, much to the general convenience, and new arrangements made by which a larger assortment of postal orders are obtainable at the office, and orders can be cashed. The telegraph office was opened on April 20, and the first message dispatched by Mr. A. Trewin, Manor Farm, Longclon. We may add that the Moat and Badham's Pool have both been taken in hand, and we are glad to notice how carefully all in the village have abstained from disfiguring them or throwing broken or unsightly things into them.

THE LORD MAYOR Off BIRMINGHAM'S CONNECTION WITH LONGDON AND BUSHLEY.

The newly-elected Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Berkeley, is connected with Longdon by family ties. Mr. Rowland Hill Berkeley is described as the son of Mr. John Berkeley, of Longdon, Worcestershire. The Berkeley's were a well-known family ; for some generations they resided at Kastington Hall (now occupied by Mr. H. B. Guilding), first as tenants, but eventually tlu y bought it from the Lechmere family, and subsequently sold it to the late Mr. Stone. John Berkeley, of Eastington, as one of the Churchwardens, signed the contract for the building of Longdon Church in 1785. A branch of the family held property in Bushley ia 1703. Elizabeth, wife of William Berkeley, Gent., was buried in Bushley Churchyard in 1723, and John Berkeley, Gent, (probably son of the above- named), was also buried there in 1736. The Legend of the " Dark Lady of the Marsh " is connected with the family. LONGDON. 15 extracts from EongcJon ParisD Registers, 1903. BAPTISMS. Nov. 8.—Ernest, son of Richard and Agnes Jones. 1904. Jan. 15.—Alice Daisy, daughter of James and Emily Tainton. Jan. 17.—Emily Ann, daughter of Alfred and Prances Mary Nicholls. Jan. 20.—Joseph, son of Richard and Emily Pendry. Jan. 27.—George Clifford, son of Frederick George and Emily Gertrude Lane. Mar. "27.—Annie, daughter of Charles and Emma Jane Price. April 6.—Aubrey, son of Ansoii and Isabel Maria Prances St. Clair Pord. May 15.—Oliver, son of Charles and Janet Mary Bullock. June 26.—Edith Annie, daughter of John and Alice Maiid Cottrill. Aug. 21.—Vera Bockingham, daughter of Harry and Elizabeth Hampton. Oct. 23.—Beatrice Margaret, daughter of Frank and Annie Maria Tandy. 1903. MARRIAGKS. Dec. 24.—Arthur James and Kate Lydia Bartlett. 1904. Jan. 26.—Henry William Healing and Elizabeth Furry. June 30.—Alfred Tomkins and Minnie Jane Healing. Aug. 1.—Richard William Postings and Annie Catherine Bishop. Aug. 2.—Charles Thomas Peters and Kdith Maria Harris. Sept. 26.—Harry Boulton and Hannah Peters. Oct. 6.—Alfred Roberts and Mary Anne Powell. Nov. 23.—Albert Pritchard and Fanny Elizabeth Clarke. 1903. BURIALS. Dec. 31.—James Hughes, 70 years. 1904. Feb. 17.—Mark Newman, 67 years. Feb. 20.—Hannah Davies, 82 years. Feb. 27.—Florence Hester Bayliss, 19 years. May 31.—George Orlando George, 67 years Oct. 10.—William Healing, 12 years. Nov. 29.—Thomas Bayliss, 57 years.

EXTRACTS FROM THE REGISTERS. 1904. BAPTISMS. May 8.—Mary Ann, daughter of Henry Thomas-1 and Harriet Roberts, Queenhill. Sept. 25.—Eva Annie, daughter of William Henry and Annie Phoebe Griffiths, Quoenhill. BURIALS. Jan. 17.-James Mustow, Queenhill, 83 years. May 7.—Evelyn Charles Martin, Heath House, Upton-on-Sovern, 56 years. May 20.—Mark Prosser, Holdfast, 68 years. Aug. 20.—Thomas Morland, Richmond, Surrey, 60 years. i6

PARISHES IN TEWKESBURY DISTRICT, WITH POPULATION, INCUMBENT, AND POST TOWN.

Name of Parish. Population Incumbent or Curate- Post Town, in 1901. in- Charge* Rev. C R Covey Winchcombe R S O. Rev C Glynn ASHCHURCH 730 - Rev. B. H. Chambers Tewkesbury ASHTON-UNDER-HILL 315 - Kev. John Gough Tewkesbury Rev H E Casey Rev H E Bicknell Rev G A F Pearson BRECON'S NORTON 187 ... Rev. W. S. E. Saywell Tewkesbury 260 ... Rev R.D.R. Cowan . CASTI.KMORTON 795 ••• Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox Tewkesbury 228 .. DKERHURST AND APPKRLKY.. 70 c ... Rev. K. C. Parmenter Tewkesbury 526 ELMSTONE HARDWICK 222 .. Rev. G. B. Roberts ... Cheltenham Rev. C.Walters . .. Rev JAB. Mercier R C Cl 218 ... Rev F. S. Griffith UEENHILL AND HOLDFAST... 163 ... Rev.W.H.D.Lon^hurst Upton-on- Severn 8IPPLE 685 ... Rev. Canon Gell

'1 EWKESBURY 5420 ... Kev. Wardell-Yerburgh Tewkesbury 36°; ... Rev. G. E. Webster... 8^ Rev. W AV.Hoyland WALTON CARDIFF 5 S Rev. Wardell-Yerburgh Tewkcsbury WASHBOURNE, GREAT 85 - Rev. C. R. Covey Tewkesbury WASHBOURNE, LITTLE 21 Rev. ('. Glynn Tewkesbury WOOLSTONE 66 .. Tewkesbury

DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES ON THE COUNTY COUNCILS OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE. THE UP1ON-ON-SEVERN DIVISION (Worcestershire Councils represented by MAJOR GRICE-HUTCHINSON, comprises Upton-on-Severn, Welland, and Little Malvcrn. CASTLEMORTON DIVISION (Worcestershire Council), represented by Mr. WILLIAM ROBINSON, comprises the followi ig parishes. Herrow, Birtsmorton, Bushley, Castle- morton, Chaceley, Eldersfield, Hold ast, Longdon, Pcndock, Queenhill, Redmarlcy D'Abitot, and Staunton. THE ECKINGTON DIVISION (Worcestershire Council), represented by Mr. Fred Davis, Wollashill, comprises : Bied.tn, Rredon's Xorton, Hardwick-and-AIitton, Kinsham, Westmancote, Comberton (Great), Eckington, Besford, Birlinghara. DefFord, Pirton, and Strensham. THE ASHCHURCH DIVISION (Gloucestershire Council), represented by Mr. J. S. GIBBONS, J.P-, ot Boddington Manor, comprises: Ashchurch, Boddington, Deerhurat, Elmstone Hardwicke, Forthampton, Hasfield, Haw and Tirley, Knmerton, Leigh with Evington Oxenton, Stoke. Orchard, Tredington, Twyning, Walton Cardiff, and VVoolstone. Directory of Tewkesbury WITH DETAILS OF THB PRINCIPAL PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, PRINCIPAL RESIDENTS IN THE BOROUGH.

CLBRGY- Rev. 0. P.Wardell-Yerburgh, M.A., Abbey House, Vicar ; Key. E. Neale,M.A., Osborne Ilouse, East -st. ; Rev. F. R. L. L.angford- James, M.A., 1 1, Abbey Terrace. Churchwardens : Mr T. W. Moore (Southend House), and Mr. A. Baker (Old Bank). Sidesmen : Mr. F. J. Brown, Mr. R. Chandler, Mr. Darbyshire, Mr. C. C. Moore, Mr. S. Hnndley, Mr. H. A. Badham, Mr. Neville G. Moore, Dr. Turner, Mr. F. W. Godfrey, jnn., Mr. J. 5s. Sargeaunt, Mr. A. Boyoe, and Dr. "W. Devereux. Organist <5r" Choirmaster : Mr. A. W. V. Vine, F.R.C.O., A.R.C.M., L.R.A.M. Sacristan and Verger : Mr. W. G. Bannister. Sexton : Mr. W. Haines, The Cemetery. SUNDAY SERVICES. — Holy Communion : 8 a.m. every Sunday ; 1st, 3rd, and 6th Sundays, 7 a.m. ; 2nd and 4th Sundays, 11.45 (choral) ; 3rd Sunday, 12.15.— Matins, 11 a.m. — Children's Service, 3.15 p.m. — Evensong, 6.30 p.m. Weekday Services. — Holy Communion, Tuesday and Thursday 7.45 a.m., Wednesday 7 a.m. Matins, 10 a.m., with Litany on Wednesday and Friday. Evensong, 7.30 p.m. Thursdays : Intercession Service, 6 p.m. Holy Days. — Holy Communion, 7.45 a.m. ; Children's Service, 9.15 a.m. ; Matins, 10 a.m. ; Evensong, 7.30 p.m. Sunday Schools— 10 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Senior Sunday School — 3.15p.m. Ho fy Baptism — 1st & 3rd Sundays, 4p.m. Tuesdays, 3.30p.m. winter, 6 p.m. summer, Churchings— After any service. Marriages — After due notiee given to Verger. Ctiurch of England Temperance Society. — Meetings and Services as announced. Band of Hope alternate Tuesdays at 6.16. Parochial Magazine — Published on 1st each month by Mr. North, High-st. Price 2d.

RBV. 0. P. WARDBLL-YBRBURGH, M.A., Vicar. Churchwardens : Mr. F. P. Clift, Mr. Gravenell. - Clerk : Mr. Taylor. SERVICES : Holy Communion, 1st Sunday and Great Festivals, 9 a.m. Evenwng &• Sermon on Sundays at 3.15 p.m.

CLERGY. — Vicar: Rev. E. H. F. Cosens, MA., Trinity Vicarage, Barton Road. Curate: Rev. D. G. Douglas, B.A., Mr. Croft's, High Street. Churchwardens: Mr. J. W. Coleman and Mr. J. T. Brolheridge. Sidesmen : Mr. \V. North and Mr. A.Enoch. Choirmaster: Mr. Henry Jones. Organist: Mr. Arthur Coleman. SERVICES. — Sunday: Morning Service, 11 a.m. Evening Service, 6.30 p.m. Wednesday : Evening Service with Sermon, 7-30 p.m. Holy Communion : First Sunday in each month at the 11 o'clock Service : Third Sunday in the month at Evening Service ; also on the great Festival days. Baptisms : First Sunday in each month, with Litany, 3.30 p.m., and on Wednesday evenings at 7 o'clock. TRINITY MISSION HALL, Barton Street. <8tlgn $I»ag 0f SHJotsfcip in Sfofokeafcttrg. WESLEYAN CHAPEL (the Cross) —J/z«irfirr, Rev. A. Norman, the Manse, adjoining Chapel Service Hours : Sunday, 10.30 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Tuesday, 7 p.m. ; Friday, 7 p.m. BAPTIST CHAPEL (Barton-Street.)— Pastor: Kev. H. J. Preece. Service Hours: Sunday, 10.30 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Monday, 7 p.m. CONGREGATIONAL CHAPEL (Barton-Street). — Pastor : Rev. W. Davies, Barton Road. Service Hours : Sunday, 11 a.m., 6.30 p.m. ; Tuesday, 7.15 p m. OATHOLIC CHAPEL (The Mythe). — Priest : Rev. Thomas William Fenn, SALTATION ARMY BARRACKS (Nelson Street). i8 TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury Rate Collector: Mr. Alfred Roberts. Clerk: Mr. H. A. Badham (Municipal Divisiop of Gloucestershire. Offices, 22, High-street). Sir JOHN EDWARD DORINGTON, Bart. BURIAL BOARD. Lypiatt Park, Stroud. The Mayor, with the Aldermen, and Coun- cillors of the Borough, under the adoptive The Corporation and its Officials. powers of the Local Government Act, 1894. Meetings of the Council are usually held Clerk: Mr. N. G. Moore. on Nov. 9th (Mayor's Day) and on the 3rd Cemetery Superintendent: Mr. B. C. Gray. Monday in each of the other months. Caretaker and Sexton : Mr. W. flaines. High Steward: Lord Coventry. Mayor: Mr. Lemuel Jones, Gwynfa, Meetings held 2nd Tuesdays in alternate Gloucester Road. months, commencing January. Aldermen: Mr. A. Baker (High-street), Mr. P. A. Pike (High-street), Mr. N. B. TEWKESBVRY COMMONS. Stephens (High-street), Mr. John Willis (Church-street). Clerk : Mr. N. G. Moore. Councillors : Messrs. W. T. Boughton, Trustees : The whole of the Council. Matthew Elder, H. Godfrey, W. J. Gardner, G. P. Howell, W. Jackson, Magisterial. Lemuel Jones, Humphrey Kin?, T. W. Moore, C. C. Moore, G. M. Rice, and COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR TEWKESBUBY ,0. E. Smith. Borough Representative on the County PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. Council: Mr. W. JACKSON. (New Elec- J. R. Yprke, Esq., Forthamplon Court. tion in March, 1907.) J. S. Gibbons, Esq., Boddington Manor. Recorder: Mr. F. Stroud, 2, New Court, VV. Meath-Baker, Esq., Hasneld Court. Carey Street, London, W.C. J. S. Sargeaunt, Esq., Tewkesbury Park. Clerk of the Peace : Mr. F. J. Brown. N. P. Milne, Esq., Ashchurch House. Coroner: Mr, N. G. Moore. Vincent W.Yorke, Esq., Forthampton Court. Town Clerk : Mr. H. A. Badham, High-st. R. B. Martin, Esq., M.P., Overbury Court. Treasurer and Borough Accountant: Mr. F. K. Healing, Esq., Feme Grove. G. Watson (draper). Lemuel Jones, Etq. (Mayor), Gwynfa, Burgesses' Auditors : Mr. G. R. Barlow Gloucester Road. and Mr. Geo. Clifford. Petty Sessions are held at the Town Hall, Town Crier: Mr. E. W. Newman, Back of Tewkaabury, on alternate Thursdays, commenc- Mount Pleasant. ing (far 1905) on January 5th. Hall Keeper: Mr. F. Neale, (hair-dresser). Magistrates' Office: High-street. Mace Beaters : Messrs. C. Hampton anc Clerk : Mr. T. Weldon Thomson. W, Hartin. Inspector under the Contagious Diseases MAGISTRATES rou THE BOROUGH. (Animals') Act: Mr. W. J. Malvern, Veterinary surgeon, High-street. The Mayor (Mr. Lemuel Jones). Mr. A. Baker. Mr. G. Hone. URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. Mr. R. Fluck. Mr. W. Jackson. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors Mr. F. K. Healing. Mr. C. C. Moore. form the Urban District Council. Mr. J. Holder. Mr. T. W. Moore. Medical Officer of Health: Dr. A. F. Turner, Mr. C. Harris. Mr. J. S. Sargeaunt. ' Church-street. Dr. A. F. Turner. Surveyor and Inspector of Nuisances ; Mr. The Recorder (Mr. Fredk. Stroud). Walter Ridler (Borough Surveyor's The Judge of the County Court for the Offices, Sun-street). time being sitting at Tewkesbury. TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

Magistrates' Office: 22, High-street. RUKAL DISTRICT COUNCIL. Clerk : Mr. H. A. Badham. Comprising the Guardians of all the above Petty Sessions are held at the Town Hall, on parishes, except the parish of Tewkesbury. Friday, at 11 a.m. The Borough Quarter Sessions are held in Clerk: Mr. H. A. Badham. January, April, July, and October. Medical Officer of Health: 'Dr. Turner. The Borough is supplied with an Inspector and 5 Inspector of Nuisances : Mr. Walker. constables of the Gloucestershire Force. Iwpector-in-charge : Mr. Edward Selwood. RURAL HOSPITAL.

TEWKESBURY UNION. Patron : The Right Hon. Lord Sudeley. (Guardians' Meetings every alternate Wednesday, at 11 a.m.) President: J. Reginald Yorke, Esq. ELECTED GUARDIAVS. Chaplain: Rev. 0. I'. Wardell-Yerburgh. Ashchurch: Mr.Greeninii & Mr.W.Hopton. Consulting Physician : R. M. Simon, M.A., Boddington : Mrs. Harriet Mcllquham. M.D. Bredon : Messrs. N. Dyer and Geo. Cook. Consulting Surgeons: Gilbert Ba rling, M.B., Chaceley : Air. John Lord. F.H.C.S., T. S. Ellis, M.n.c.s. Conderton : Mr. S. H. Greaves. Surgeon ; W. C. Devereux, M.A , M.B., B.C., Deerhurst: M.E.C.S. Elmstone Hardwick : Mr. C. "W. Stuokey. Honorary Medical Officers : W. L. Listen, Forthampton : Mr. J. It. Yorke. M.D., M.R.c.8., L.K.C.P., A. F. Turner, Hasfield : Mr. W. M. Baker. L.H.C p.. L.K.C.S. Kemerton : Mr. E. H. C. Hipkins. Assistant Surgeon: Norman Devereux, M. A., Leigh : Mr. Sidney Chandler. M.R.O.g., L.H.C.P. Norton-by-Bredon : Mr. F. C. Candey. Treasurer &• Secretary : Mr. R. Chandler. Overbury: Mr. T. Acton. Matron : Miss Whytlaw. Oxenton : Mr. John .Roberts. Ordinary In-patients are admitted (upon a Peudook: jrinted letter of recommendation from a Strke Orchard : Mr. Mead. Subscriber) between 11 and 12 on Thursday ; Teddington: Mr. Vv'illiam Creese. cases of sudden accident or severe illness at any time. Tewkesburv : Messrs. W. J. Gardner, J. OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT.—Ont-Patients are Holder, 'j. Horton, G. P. Howell, A. admitted upon payment of One Shilling and pre- Mayall, J. Purser, C. Smith, & J. Willis. senting a ticket, signed by Subscriber, on Tirley : Mr. John Fowler. Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday, at Nine o clock, and on Wednesday at Twelve at Tredington : Rev. G. E. Webster. the Hospital only. They must be provided with Twyning : Mr. E. Musioe & Mr. T. Walker. a pint bottle for medicine, Walton-CardiS: Mr. J. W. Gravenell. Woolstone : Mr. H. B. Yerburgh. COUNTY COURT OFFICE. (New Elections in April, 1907). THE CRESCENT, CHUHCH-ST. Clerk: Mr. H. A. Badham. (Open from 10 to 4 ; Saturdays, 10 to 1). Master and Matron: Mr. & Mrs. Hopkins. Judge: His Honour J udge Arthur Beoher Porter $ Asst, Matron: Mr. & Mjs. Morris. Ellicott, Rodborough Manor, Stroud. Relieving Officer, and Collector of Guar- Registrar & High-Bailiff; Mr. F. J. dians: Mr. A. Rix. Brown. Medical Officers : Dr. W. C. Devereux, Sub-Baili/: Mr. W. J. Vere, Barton Road. Dr. A. F. Turner, Dr. A. de Wiuton, Courts are held at the Town-hall, Tewkesbury, about every 6 weeks.—Dates of Court may be and Dr. J. E. St. G. Johnstone. seen on Notice Board at the Hall, and at the Registrar of Births, Deaths &c.\ Mr. Rix.Registrar's Office. The Registrar sits at 11 Superintendent Registrar: Mr. Badham. o'clock, and the Judge at a quarter before 12., Deputy—Mr. Goorfte Rodgerson. Tewkesbury County Court District comprises ihe following parishes: Ashchurch,Boddiugton, Overseers (till April, 1005) : Messrs. G. R. Bredou, Bushley, Chaceley, Deerhurst, Elders- Barlow, G. S. Railton, H. Norman, and neld, Elmstone Hardwick, Forthampton, Has- It. Chandler. field, Kemerton, Leigh, Longdon, Overburv Oxenton, Pendock, Bipple, Stoke Orchard, Assistant Overseer and Collector of Poor Tewkesbury. Tirley, Tredington, Twyning, Rates: Walton-Cardiff and Woolstone. C 2 20 TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

TEWKESBTTBY POST OFFICE. Annuity, and Assurance and Express Letter business is transacted daily (except Sundays; from 8.0 a.m, till 8 p.m.; for the sal* and pay- Postmaster : Mr. T. Williams. ment of Postal Orders and other miscellaneous DESPATCHES—Weekday. Box London, Birmingham, Worcester, and closes at business the Office is open from 7 a .m. till 8.30 p.m. the North 2. Oa.m, Branch Letter Boxes—Hours of Collection. (Not on Monday mornings). High Street—Weekdays, 12.30 a.m., 8.20 n.m., From Tuesday to Saturday inclusive corres 10.45a.m., 11.50 a.m.,12.50 p.m., 2.45 p.m.,& 7.30 pondence for Blockley, Broadway, Bourton-on p.m. Sundays, 12.30 a.m., 5.30 p.m. Water, Campden, Evesham, Lower Slaughter Barton Street-Weekdays, 12.30a.m., 8.15a.m., Perahore, and Stow-on-the-Wold sent by this 10.40a.m., 11.55a.m., 1.0p.m., 2.40 p.m., & 7.25 despatch are delivered by first post. p.m. Sundays, 12.30 a.m., 5.25 p.m. Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and Church Street—Weekdays, 12.30a.m., 8.10am., the South-Vest and London 3. 0 a.m 10.36 a.m., 12.0 noon, 12.55 p.m., 8.38 p.m., 7.20 Letters, Ao., for the Eural Districts may be p.m. Sundays, 12.30 a.m., 5.20 Pj.ni. posted until 5.45 a.m. Town Letters, &c., till Tewkesbury Railway Station — 11.40 a.m., 6.50 a.m. 12.45 p.m., 7.5p.m. Birmingham, "Worcester, and the North 8.85 a.m Cotteswold Road Box—8.15 a.m., 10.40 a.m., London, East and South-East ... 9,35 a.m 11.45 a.m., 12.45p.m., 2.40 p.m., and 7.25 p.m. London, the South-east, Bristol, Chel- Sundays, 12.30 a.m., 5.25 p.m. tenham, Gloucester & South Wales... 11.15 a.m, PARCEL POST. Birmingham and Worcester 12.15 p.m Parcels are despatched from the Head Office London, and places East & South-East 1.25 p.m as follows : London, Birmingham, Worcester, at Gloucester, Cheltenham, Worcester, 8.30 a.m. ; Bristol, Gloucester, and Cheltenham, andMalvern 3.10 p.m at 11 a.m.; Worcester and Birmingham, at London and all parts 7.55 p.m 12.10 p.m. ; Gloucester and all parts, at 3 p.m , DESPATCHES—Sunday. Gloucester and all parts, ac 7.45 p.m. London and all parts ... box closes at 5.55 p.m There are four Parcel deliveries in the Town, London, Birmingham, Worcester, and two at Bredon, Kemurton, Beckford, Overbury, the North 2. 0 a.m Couderton, Twyning, Ripple, and the Mythe. Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the South-west and London 3. Oa.m Carriers by Road, to and from Letters for the Rural Districts, i.e., Tewkesbury. Bredon, Kemerton, Overbury, Long- Apperley : Dunn (from Plough), Wednesday*. don, Bushley, Twyning, Eipple, Birtsmorton: G. Shaw(frnm Plough).Wednesdays. Bredon'a Norton, Northway, Conder- Bredon : Mustoe (from Plough) and White, Wed. ton, and Beckford, may be posted and Sat. until 5.45 a.m Bredon'i Norton-. W. Miles (from The George), Town Letters, &c 6.50a.m. Wednesday and Saturday. MAILS AEB RECEIVED Btuhley: D. Wilkes, Wednesday and Saturday. From London and all parts 7.0a,m. Cheltenham : Green (Nelson-street), on Thursday. From Birmingham, Cheltenham, Glou- Conderton : Mustoe (from Plough), Wednesday cester, Bristol, and the West ]. Op.m. and Saturday. From London, Birmingham, Worcester, Coise Lawn : Castle (from Wheatsheaf), and Gloucester and Cheltenham ... 1.50 p.m. Messenger (from King's Head), Wednesdays. „ Birmingham and Worcester •) Eldersfldd •. Bbaw 'from Plougb), and Castle ,, Malvern, Upton-on-Severn, | 7.30p.m. (from Wheatsheaf), Wednesdays. Gloucester, and Bristol J Glouceiter: Green (Nelson-street) on Wed. & Sat. The above hours of arrival are those at which Kemerton : Mustoe (from Plough), and Barnett, the delivery to callers begins. There are four W> dneed»\s and Saturdays. deliveries daily—on Weekdays—by letter carriers Overturn •. Mnstoe (from Plough), Wed. & Sat. in Tewkesbury, commencing respectively at 7 a.m., and Booth, Sat. 1.0 p.m., 4.60 p.m., & 7.30 p m. Sundays—only Penduch : G. Shaw (from Plough), Wednesday. one delivery, at 7.30a.m.. to callers up to 10 a m. ToMington: Lucke (King's Head) Wednesday. There is no Town Delivery at 4.50 p.m. on Twyning : Savory, Wednesday and Saturday. Thursdays. There is a Day Mail to Bredon, Kemertont Inland Revenue Office, Condertont Overbury <5r* Beckford, and Twymng, Femdale Villas, Barton Koad. Ripple, &• The Mythe, for which Lettets and Collector : J. Orchard, B.Sc., Worcester. Parcels may be posted at Tewkesbuiy till 1 p.m, Letters and Parcels are received for Express Supervisor: W. K. Andrews. Office : Delivery. Foregate, Worcester. The Office is closed for all Public business at Excise Officer: Mr. (J. T. Drury, 8.80 p.m. on Weekdays, and at 10 a.m. Sundays, The Telegraph, Honey Order, Savings Bank, Barton Itoad, Tewkesbury. Annuity, and Assurance Departments. Clerk to Commissioners : Mr. C. A. Roberts. The Telegraph department is open on Weekdays Collector of Income Tax, &c. : Mr. A. from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.— Sundays from 8 a.m. to Roberts, Church Street. 10 a.m. only. The Money Order, Savings Bank, Issue of Stamp Office—138, High-Street. Licenses, Sale ol Inland Revenue Stamps, Distributor : Mr. North, 'Bookseller. TEWKESBURV DIRECTORY. 21 CATTLE MARKETS. Sales of Fat and Store Stock—Oattle, Sheep, and Pigs—are held in the Sheep INDEPENDENT ENGLISHMAN'S SOCIETY. Market an_dthe respective Sale Yards of the Meetings for the receipt of contributions and th« local Auctioneers on alternate Wednesdays admission of new members are heldmonthlyt every throughout the year. !ourth Monday) throughout the year, at 4, Gloucester Bow, between 10 a.m. ind 6 p.m. Banks. The Club nights for 1905 are—Jan. 9, Feb. 6, OLD BANK (Lechmere & Co.), adjoining the Corn March 6, April 3, May 1, May 29, June 26, Exchange. Business Hours : 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 24, August 21, Sent. 18, Oct. 16, NOT. 13, Wednesdays, 10 to 5 ; Thursdays, 10 to 1. Dec. 11. Manager : Mr. A. Baker. Secretary: Mr. H. Jones, Gloucester Row. CAPITAL AND Cousins BAHK, Church-street. Business Hours same as Old Bank. Treasurer: Mr. C. R. Creese. Manager: Mr. E. F. Grantham. ANCIENT ORDER OP FORESTERS. Philharmonic Hall and Theatre. COURT ROOM—At the EOTAL OAK IKK. Meetings are held at the Court Room monthly, Let on hire for Meetings, Lectures, Con- on every fourth Monday; the dates for 1905 are th« certs, and other purposes of a public room ; same as for the Club nights of the Independent also for Dramatic representations. Englishman's Friendly Society, given above. The attendant, Mr. G. Hewitt, resides at the Secretary -. Bro. A. Macdonald, 69, Barton-st. Cottage ailjoininsr the door of the Hall. Court Treasurer: Bro. C. Mellor. Treasurer (Juv. Branch): Bro. J. E. Lewis. (ALL FREE). INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. ABBEY NATIONAL SCHOOLS—Open week- LODGE ROOM—AT THE KING'S HEAD INN. Lodge Meetings are held monthly (every fourth days (except Saturday) from 9 a.m. to Monday) throughout the year, at the Lodge Room, 12 noon, and from 2 p.m. to 4.15 p.m. commencing, for 1905, on January 23. Master: Mr. J. J. Legg. Secretary : Bro. F. Gregory, Barton Road. Girls' Mistress : Miss Janet Kendall. Treasurer: Bro. H. Green. Infants' Mistress : Miss Rushton. School Managers : The Vioar, Mr. A. Baker, Mr. CITY OP GLOUCESTER (Tewkesbury Branch) T. W. Moore, Mr. P. J. Brown (Foundation CONSERVATIVE BENEFIT SOCIETY. Managers), Eev. £. Neale, & Mi. W. Jackson President: Mr. A. Baker, Old Bank. Hon. Sec.: Mr. W. Darbyshire. TRINITY NATIONAL SCHOOLS : School hours Meet at the Town Hall, Jan. 7th, and every 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and 2p.m. to 4.16 p.m fourth Saturday. Master: Mr. G. Dyson, the Sohoolhouse. Infants' Mistress : Miss Burns. GLOUCESTER LIBERAL BENEFIT SOCIETY. School Managers : Rev. E. H. F. Cosens (Official Meet at the Victoria Coffee Tavern. Correspondent), Mrs. Buddie, Mra. Cosens Secretary: Mr. S. J. Osborne, High St. Mr. J. W. Coleman, Mr. W. Jackson. Freemasons' Lodge. BRITISH SCHOOLS (top of Barton-street). (Si. GEORGE'S LODOE, No. 900). Lodge Room: Swan Hotel. Meetings held on School hours 9 a m. to 12 noon, i nd 2 p.m. the third Monday in each month except May, to 4.15 p.m. June, July, & August. W.M., Bro. A. W. Boyce; Master: Mr. Railton, Church Street. Treasurer, Bro. Kalph Chandler; Secretary, Infants' Mistress : Miss Haffner. Bro. A. F. Turner. School Managers: Mr. J.Willis (Chairman), Mr. W. J. Gardner, Mr. L. Jones, Mr. G. Watson Tewkesbury Consolidated Mr. W. Jackson (C. Council), EOT. W. Davies Charities. Grammar School. Secretary : Miss Morgan. Trustees : The (Abbey House School). Head Master : iMr. J. E. Priestlay, B.A. Rers. 0. P. Wardell-Yerburgh, E. U. F. Cosens, Messrs. F. J. Brown, J. Uorton, Art ana Science Classes. C. C. Moore, W. Jackson, C. Harris, In connection with South Kensington Depart J. Holder, W. J. Gardner, G. Watson, meat, are held during the season extending from October to May. The ART CLASSES meet at the A. Bak»r, T. W. Moore, and fl. King. Town Hall, and the SCIENCE CUSSES at th« Meetings held 1st Tuesday in Jan., April, Hall at the top of the Oldbury. July, and Oct. TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

Tewkesbury Football Club. Captain 1st Eleven : Mr. J. Willis. Captain 2nd Eleven : Mr. D. Priestlay. The Town Club Captain yd Eleven: Mr. U. Wathen. (Church Street). Committee : Messrs, tl. W. Brown, W. President: The Key. A. J. Maclean. Dean, H.Godfrey, T.W. \Voodyatt, E.G. rice-President: Mr. Alfred Baker. Son. Stc. &• Treasurer: Mr. W. G. Bannister. Forty, G. E. Smith, T. Williams, J. E. .Librarian : Mr. W. H. Weaving. I'riestlay, and C. Davis. The Club is open daily (except Sundays), from Hon. Sec. <&• Treas. : Mr.W. G. Bannister. 10 a.m. to 10.50 p.m. It has a Beading Boom, and Smoking and Recreation Booms; and is Assist. Hon. Sees. : Messrs. H. Charles and well supplied with London Dailv and Weekly C. F. Burrows. Papers, and the Local Papers. Head-Quarters : Bell Hole]. There is a Library, and also a Billiard Boom (or tho u»e of Members. 'l ewkesbury Hockey Club. Subscription: 8/-per annum, payable in advance Captain: Mr. C. L. Davey. Sub-Captain : Mr. W. W. Jac'-son. The Working Men's Club. Hon. Sec. &* Treasurer: Mr. U. llolloway. (Old Bailwnv xtntion, High-at.) President: Mr. Alfred Baker. Assist Hun. Sec. : Mr. K. W. E. King. Hon. Treasurer: Mr. C. L. Davey. Tewkesbury Cricket Club. Han. Sees, : Mr. F. Smith. Season—from early part of May to Sept. Open daily (Sundays excepted)from 9 a.m. to Uon. Sees., Mr. J. E. Priestluy and Mr. Heath. 10p.m. Subscription 2d. a week. Ground: Swilgate Meadow. This Institution has ti Heading Room (well supplied with paptrs), Becreation ind Ducu-sioi. Tewkesbury bowing Club. Booms, and othei conveniences. Befreshments. Captain : Mr. C. llolloway. Hon. Sec. : Mr. T. \V. Maxwell. Tewkesbury Philharmonic Society The Club is open to the membership of any persons admitted in the prescribed form, but President: Bev. P. F. Wigan. those who are also members of the Working Honorary Officers : Men's Club pay a reduced Subscription to the Conductor: Mr. George Watson. Bowing Club. Hon. Secretary: Mr. W. Ridler. The Rifle Corps, The Society meets for practice w6ekly during the season, which extends from October to April. 2nd V.B. Gloucester ilegiment, Concerts are given at intervals by the members, TEWKESBTJRY UK '• D " COMPANY. usually in December, February, and April. Head Quarters : Volunteer Drill Hall and Subscription: 10/0 for Hon. Members, which Aimoury, Back of Avon. entitles each honorary member to receive two Stall tickets for each Subscription Concert given OFFICERS. by the Society 2/6 for Effective Members. OFFICER COMMANDING. — Caplain W. C. Devereux, KorihHouse. Lieut. H. Moore. Branch of the Young Men's NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS. Christian Association. Color-Sergt. : G. 1'earton. Rooms : Tolzey Hall, Tolzey Jjane. Sergeants: W. E. llawley, W. II. Hayward, President: Mr. W. Creese, Teddington. H. J. Gough, and \V. tiimms. Booms open daily from 6 to 10p.m., Thursdayi. and Saturdays excepted, whan they are open Lance-Sergts. : U. Cook and J. Need. from 4. Sundays 12 to 5 p.m. Corpls.: W. Heath, Stephens, & Sherwood. Lance Corpls.: Forth, Anderson, & Dyson. Tewkesbury and District Building Instructor: Color-Kergt. Instr. Garbutt, Society. Park View. Secretary: Mr. W. T. Boughton, Barton Hon. Sec. and Treasurer: Mr. Alfred Street, of whom all particulars may Baker, Old Bank. be obtained. Bankers : Lechmere & Co. Those wishing to join the Company may Tewkesbury Gas Company. obtain every information fiom Captain Works : The Oldbury. Devereux, or any of the Non-Commissioned Gas Manager: Mr. Oliver. Officers. Secretary : Mr. K. Chandler, Warwick Strength of Company, 1st Nov., 1904, Jlouse, Church Street. 121 all ranks. TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY. 23 Tawkesbury Dispensary. Tewkesbury Popular Angling (Supported by voluntary subscriptions.) Association. Hon. Sec. &• Treasurer: Mr. "W. North. Hold periodical social meetings on Angling Subscribers are allowed 3 Patients' Recommend ations lor each 10/8 subscribed; 7 for £1 la, Ther matters, and Angling Competitions in Avon is no fixed Dispensary ; Surgeons see the Patient and Severn in the season. at their respective Surgeries, and the prescription! President: Mr. L. Jones. are dispensed by the subscribing Druggists. Hon. Sees. : Messrs. W. Browett an.d B. C. Surgeons: Dr. Devereuxand Dr. Vt. Elder Gray. Nursing Institute. Head- Quarters : Plough Hotel. _ For providing the help of a trainee Fire Brigade. Nurse to attend on the sick poor in Tewkes- Engine House : Sun Street. Keys kept at bury. Application to the Committee is Police Station, alao by the Borough Surveyor, requisite when the Nurse's services are and Mr. G. Hewett, at the Philharmonic- Hall. Superintendent: Mr. Bidler. Engineers : Messrs. required. }. Hewett and Q. Bedford. Firemen: A. President: Mrs. Ruddle, Mythe. Wagstaffe, J. Moss, E. White, W. Newman, Q. Vice President: Mrs. Sargeaunt, The Park. Green, W. J. Cresswell, J. Jeynes, B. Linnell, Hon. Sec.: Miss M. Healing. nd A Hon. Treasurer: Mrs. 0. It. Creese. Railway Station. Nurses : iMiss Capper (General) and Miss E. Uation Master: Mr. Pepper. Hitchcock (Maternity), Barton Koad. A Bus from the Swan Hotel attends the arrival nd departure of all trains, and parcels for The Committee meet fortnightly at 12 n03n onveyance by passenger trains are also re- on Tuesday, at the Victoria Coffee Tavern. eivodatthe "Swan." NOTICE. All rights connected with the re-publication of the Local News & Articles appearing in this Almanack are reserved.

Bookseller $ Stationer, 139, HIGH STREET, TEWKESBURY, AKES A POINT of always having his Stock well furnished with a LARGE M SELECTION OF THOROUGHLY GOOD ARTICLES for Gifts. BOOKS FOR PRESENTS. BOOKS FOR CHILDREN, AND BOOKS FOR ADULTS. Books in Elegant Bindings for the Table or Library Case; Books of Poetry, Science, History, Travel, Adventure, & Sport. USEFUL ARTICLES FOR PRESENTS. PHOTO. ALBUMS, FOUNTAIN PENS, CARVED BONE GOODS ALBUMS, LETTER RACKS, HERALDIC CHINA, WRITING CASES, STATIONERY CASES, CARDS and GAMES, PURSES, FRAMED PHOTO'S, INKSTANDS, POCKET BOOKS, PHOTO. FRAMES, LADIES' HAND BAGS, POCKET PENCILS, SCRAP BOOKS, WORKBOXES, &c. PICTORIAL POST CARDS in Immense Variety. A VERY LARGE SELECTION OF LOCAL PICTURES-Coloured « Plain. Residential & Trade Directory ol Tewkesbury, (Arranged in consecutive order an tht Homes occur}. OTE.—Where the premises are occupied as a Business Establishment the principal line of tradi with the name of the person or title of the firm, is given ; but where the premises are tenanted simply as Private Residences the name of tha occupant alone is given.—Where the name ii printed in more prominent type the person or firm has a special advertisement in the Almanack, and to this the particular attention of the reader is directed. [CORRECTED TO CHUISTMAS, 1904.]

HIGH STREET. High Street-West Side. Healing & Sons, Offices and ordan, H. Preece, Hev. II. J. (Haplist) Flour Mills -'rifp, H., shopkeeper Morton, J., Clothier Rice & Co., corndealera rtantle, W. Milner & Co., ironmongers High. St. -West side -contd. )ickenson, J. Walton, E., Anchor Hotel )r. Liston,' Hereford House Coleman and Brad- Finnigan, D. H., grocer, &c. tfalvern, W., vet'y. surgeoa ford, Outfitters flail, J., Foresters? Arm* Acton, T, baker Robert*, C. A., stationer Moore & Sons, Auction Offices iiahop, G., shopkeeper King.H. ironmonger Webb, W., hairdresser ^ond, W. Pike, P. A., Swan llotet Giiffiths, K, shopkeeper iVilkins, G. A. Bradley, Messrs., Outfitters Handley, S., ironmonger Jedford, U., shopkeeper Hunter's Grocery Stores Reynolds, S. J., saddler Taylor,E.T .sculptor Dobell & Co., Wine Uadham, II. A., jun. Jreen, H. Merchants Thomson, T. W., solicitor Thompson, J., fishmonger Jelleyman, Miss, Rice, Miss, ladies' school Tones, Mrs., shopkeeper Tobacconist Harrington, C. Bedford, G., house painter Harris, C., plumber, &o. Smith, 0., George Inn \Vouds, F., Happy Hetum Bishop, H. butcher Clifton, F., innkeeper KOTO' Surveyor, Sun Street Mellows, C., saddler Mann, J. Sheward, J., Coach Baker, A., Old Bank Jeynes, J. Builder Dyer, Mrs. James, J., boot maker Martin, F. C., Corn Stores Hone, G., auction offices Moore, Miss, ' Hill View' Jroft, J. J. Merrell, Mrs. — ' Trentishoe' Douglas, Kev. D. G. Brookes & Badham, solicitors Uealing, A. E., ' Avonside ' Saunders, grocer Milner, P., iionmonger Allard, Mrs. Rice & Co., corn dealers Lear, G., tobacconist Moody, F. R., " Trafalgar Whittaker, Mrs., milliner Moore, 0. B., grocer House " Wilkes, C. J., hosier Beale, Mrs , shopkeeper Scott, Mrs., ' Moffat House Moulsdale, Mrs., innkeeper Frost, The Misses I BayHss, G. C. Smith, W., pork butcher Newman, G., The Neto Inn Smith, F., Slack Hear Inn Roberts, Bros., bakers Raynsford, T., greengrocer j Bayliss & Merrell, Distillery Pearman, A., Dobell & Co., retail dep't Bat hurst, C., Boat Decorator Arnold, Perrett&Co. Builder Co-Operative Go's. Stores Boycs, A. W. Taylor, G. Durrant, T., boot maker James, J. B., Barrel Inn Wakefield, Joseph Clarke, Miss, milliner Crouch,C., baker,&c. Daffurn, Mrs. Stretton & Co., cycle agentt Moulder, W., confectioner Wallis, W. II., 'Lilycroft' Parker, W. M , Povey, W., pork butcher High Street-East side. Hairdresser Fluck, Miss Devereux, Dr., North Housi Moss, D., Star Coffee Tactn Stephens, N. B., corn dealer Moore, N. G., solicitor Trinity Street. Stroud, L. L. Wilkes, E. Quay Lane. Bishop, Miss Styles, F. Holder & Co., corn dealers Creese, C. R. Mileham ,W., insurance agent Thornbury, Mrs., Roytl Oak\ Grubb, Miss Price, W. T., coal dealer Perry, Mrs., Coach & Horses Davis, Mrs. Crockett, W., shoeing smith TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY.

8t.— East side.-contd. Stroud, L., Chemist Paxman, F., Jones, L. D., Wheat Sheaf Watchmaker Jones, L., draper Watson, Q., Draper Preston, J., tailor Fowler and Sons, Papps, J. H., draper Jonea, Miss Grocers Jones, W., Chemist Sweet, A. Clarke, Miss, confectioner International Tea Co. Osborne, S., cycle agent White, F., chemist Lawler, Miss, stationer Enoch, A , Chemist Clinch, Miss, milliner Brooke?, S. M., confectioner Hayward, Messrs., North, W., Printer, Morton, Hatter Ironmongers and Bookseller, and Clothier China Warehouse Stationer, Briginshaw, J., fruiterer and Bookbinder— Neale, F., hair dresser and Bishop and Co., ladies' Depot for S. P. ('. K., tobacconist outfitter Religious Tract Society, Parker, Mrs., fish Hale, J., innkeeper B. & F. Hihle Society, &e. and game dealer Heath, W., haker & confect'r Hopkins,C.E. draper Frisby's boot and shoe shop BARTON STREET. Barton Street -florth side Morris, G., White Lion Inn Dimes, Rev. W. (Congl.) Minetl, G. Moore, N. G. deal, R., greengrocer Aldridge, F. Edwards, S. Edwards, S., toy dealer Pullin, F., Kiny's Head Inn Gregory, F. Eastmans, Limited, butchers Pready, W. Harris, W. C. Adams, W., Tracy Arrtts Inn Hewlett, W., shopkeeper Wilkinson, Mrs. Qreaves, G., Grocer Hancock, Mrs. Nurses Capper & Hitchcock Yarnill, G., furniture dealer Spring, T. B. Drury, C. T. Gardner, W. J., stationer Carpenter, F. Papps, H. Jami s, R , Duke of 1'ocA Clay, Mrs. Cosens, Rev.E.H.F.,Trinity Harrey, S. Vicarage Hopkins, F., bootmaker Rickford, Mrs. Potter, W., fancy dealer Barter) Road. Tolley, T. Rogers, G., baker Papps, J. H. Cull, A., Orchard Court Riehurds<>n & Co., grocers Young, J. Pullin, E., butcher Stephens, Mrs. B. Barton Street-South, side. Hancock, Mrs., clothier Goss, Mies Mcllor, J., wheelwright Young, Mrs. Mayall, Alfred, tailor Driscoll, Miss, baker, &c. Browett, Misses Macdonald, Mrs. Mount Brokenbrow, J., Kelson Inn Rodgerson, G. Pleasant Hopkins, W., shoe maker Wood, T. "Wimsett, J. Wilkins, W. II., baker Martin, J. C. Watts, W. H. Whi'e, Miss, dressmaker Ball, D. Nelson St. Brotheridge, J. Brooks, Edwin, shoe maker Yarnall, S. Woodard, W. Folly Mellor, C,, jun. Collins, L. llowell, F. Gardens Lane, F., greengrocer Healey, Mrs., greengrocer Williams, T. Hewett, 11., picture framer Coutts & Howell, Hayward, G.,Watlege House Bassett, Mrs., shopkeeper builders, &c. Jaivis, W. Graham, Mrs. Mayall, S. ('. Green, Miss Newland Wocdyutt, Mrs. Coutts,F.,house decorator.&o Wilkes, Airs. Place Goodwin, Miss, china dealer Mellor, C., china dealer, &c. Hatch, Miss Rogers, J., whitesmith Chesshire, J., shopkeeper Darbyshire, W. Cox, Miss, dressmaker Watts, H., greengrocer Healing, Mrs., < Oldfield ' Macdonald, A., fishmonger Biooks, W. Howell, II. and fruiterer Lane, W. Jones, Mrs. Moss, D. Morris, J., greengrocer Heriing, H. Davis, W. Healey, S. Bradford, W.J. White, W., Penny Bazaar TEWJCESBURY DIRfecTORV.

King, A. Compton, T., furniture dealr Haines, W., fishmonger Birchley, W., hairdresser Darke, G., butcher Askwith, E. B., watchmaker. Watson, G., shopkeeper Vosper, Mrs. Boughton, W. T., clothier Eyland, G., shoeing smith Heath, S. Sheppard, G., Plough Hotel

CHURCH STREET. ) Street- East side. Railton, G. S. Bedford, Jesse Peacey, Eayner Moore, W., postman Harvey, W. E. Clifford, G., grocer Townley, N. T., hosier Whale, A. Allen & Co., grocers White, II. Rice, Mrs. Norman,Kev. A. J.,Wesleyan Piicbwood, H. Dr. M. Elder Manse Wathen, John Croome, E. R. II., surveyor Pi ice, Jesse Bishop, W. Haines, G., bootmaker Matthew*, C., hutcher Knight, C., saddler Boroughs, Mrs. Rowley, G , baker Stephens, R.,"Abbey View" Dee, W., Uerkeley Arms Inn Hovey,G., Masons' Anns Inn Davies, Thomas, tailor Barsanti, 1'., confectioner Yerburgh. Rev. 0. P. W., Meadows, W. Alder, W. H., grocer The Abbey House Turner, Mrs. Maingay, Wissl The Old Jones, E., shopkeeper Palmer, Miss Sister Frances J Vicarage Smith, J., boot maker Chandler,R.,Warwick House Bridge, W. J., Farriers Armt Godfrey, F. W. — Abbey Cottage Saunders, C., watchmaker Dowswell, Mrs. Solli?, W. E. Betleridge, W. Moody, Mrs. •- Jones, D. Huphes, —., SherforJ House Peartun, G. Tozer, F. Bloxham, W., Heath, W. butcher Rix, A., relievg.offlcer Hawley, W. E., grocer Tysoe, Mrs. Procter, Miss Moore, Mrs., "Riverside" Parker, A.\V.,picture framer Bayliss. Mrs. Martin, L., Hop-Pole Hotel Owen, Mrs. Allen, T. Bloxha i), F., greengrocer Koberts, A., milliner Jones, H. Jackson, W., '• Avonbank " Handley, S. Styles, D. The Post Office Lewis, John E. Collins, S. Grantham, E. F., Capital Avonbrook House School- Bowers, T. S. J and Counties Bank Principal : Miss Hunt Priestlay, J. E.,The Grammar Williams, J., draper Cook, B., florist and gardener School Willis & Son, bakers Dr. Turner Charles, U., Hell Hotel Palmer, A., jeweller Vine, A. \V. V. Harris, W., postman Gray, Mrs. Browett, W. Allen, Mr. Chandler, D. Coffee Tavern Chandler, Mrs. Gwynne, Mrs., Abbey Studio Reeves, Misses, fancy dealers Durham, Mrs. Goode, S., bootmaker Morgan, Mrs. Coates, E. H., insurance Hone, Miss Godfrey, F. W., jun. agent, Perry Hill Gardens Hone, G. Brown, F. J., Abbey Lawn Wilkinson, C. Mills, T. Moody, Mrs. Tolsey Laqe & Back of /\von. Taylor, John Cosens, The Misses Brick, W. Manning, Mrs., shopkeeper llayward, C. (iarvey, D. Moore, T.W., SouthendHouse Collins & Godfrey, builders Insall, Mrs. Peacey, H. Mayall, G., haulier Crisp, Mrs., Aurora Inn Chandler, Miss, shopkeeper \Valker, Joseph, coal dealer Barsanti, P., Tea Gardens Kendall, B. Walker, T., coal dealer TEWKESBURY DIRECTORY CHANCE-ST.. EAST-ST., & cOL.DBURY. Chance Strett— East side. Attwood, C. 1 Mi.rilon, E., • Victoria Villu' •Westfleld, H. Gannaway, S. f fotswold Young, E., builder, &c. Garfield. G. Morris, C. 1 Buildings. Collins, R. Moule, F. Lofis, Misses } Anderson, Mrs. Tasker, E. Jones, C. W. Anderson, C., coal dealer Mellor, W. Ridler, W. Barnett, Alfred Cooper, G, M. Kice, E. C. Crockett, Mrs* • Oldbury Road. Hathaway, Mrs. Chance Street— West side. ^url, Mrs. Bedford, W. \ Walker, .T., coal dealer Day, R. 1 Blenheim Fle'cher, J. 1 Grayne Green, H., carrier Gregson, J. / Villas. \ndiews, W. i Cottages. Walker, T., engineer Fouracre, Mrs. Jones, E. ) Vick, 1).. coal dealer Parry, T. Harris, G. Osborne, J. Crockett, W. Goagh, H. Cottrell, Mis. Wilkinson, •-. ay, r. i gurmyview I'aisons, 11. Evans, W J. ) J Compton,W.,01dbury TTouse Sweet and Son, H. Ider, Mrs. ( Stanley Clark, F., Spring Gardens Builders, &c. Parker, Mrs. f Villas. Knight, J. Edwards, G., Railway Inn isheppard, C. 1 SeUley Liiwson, 1'. Walker, G. Haines, IJ. ) Villas. .Harriot', F. Price, S., shopkeeper James, II. D. Soulhview Cook, F. B. Maynaid, Mis., Albion Inn Reeves, J. j Deverfux, A. Compton, J., shopkeeper > Fairfield Dee, Henry Jordan, '!'., shopkeeper Attwood, A. j Vilias. Walker, W. W. Kitchin}:, U. Wright, J., "Glenthorne" Williams, G. Stokes, W., hairdresser J. Godfrey, Cotswold Villa Haywaid, Miss Edgwick. E. F., coal dealer Pepper, S., station-master. Cross, W. Tallis, W. Jones, A. ' Young, Mrs. Howell, T., nurseryman Crump, Mrs. Newbury, W. Walker, A. Hale, i. King, C. Jones, A. Taylor, S. Taylor, A. Ward, A. Page, C. Liddell, F. Smith, J. Collins, Mrs. Cotswold Gyngell, William Fitton, H. East Street. Simmc, Harry Jones, Mrs. Cottajjes. Denley & .-on, masons Green, John Cox, £.. Chandler, Mrs. Mavail, H. Parrott, T. King, II. 1 Gvborne Dalfurn, H. Poison, li. Neale, Rev. E. / House. Oliver, T. Hooper, J. Mellor, 'J'. Roberts, W., White Sear Inn Perks, A. / Uowell, J., buildet, &c. Denley, Miss THE MYTHE. Fenn, Rer. T. (R.C.) Robinson,—.. Mythe House Andrews, W., basket maker iiadhum, H. A. Healing, F. K., Feme Grove Parker, C., New Inn Moore, C. C., Mythe>Villa Bishop, H., Myihe Farm Kuddle, Mrs., Tute llouse Smiih, E. T., ritalls Farm GLOUCESTER ROAD A SOUTHWICK. Hopkins, W., Union House : Spieis, F. Sargeaunt, J. S., The Park Lambert,Mis.,IheUeimi'age [ Shorland, A. \V. Keeno, Hoger i Park .Haines, W., (Jemetery Lodge Heywood, F. Keene, Edward / Farm Bannister, W., Gubshill Villa ' Jone?, Lemuel, " Gwynfa " Perawno, Mis., iSouthwiok Knight, W. Creese, J. W., farmer Park Cook, Herbert Rymer, Mrs., Gubshill Farm Bosley,*J., Southwick Farm Garbutt, T. M. Dudley, J. ( Lincoln Lane, H., Red-house Farm .Roberts, A. Dudley, J. H. / Green. Stallard, J., Odessa, Inn U^TON-ON-SEYSfiN.

ECCLESIASTICAL ARRANGEMENTS.

CLERGY.—Rector: Bev. Arthur Beal, M.A. Assistant Curate: Eev. II. W. Wood. B.A. Churchwardens—General Sir C. C. Johnson, Q.C.B., Mr. J. Pratt. Sidesmen—Messrs. G. E. Clarke, J. Gibbs, W. Stevens, T. Hill, John Smith, Henry Cowley, W. S. Lane, F. E. "Wilcox, J. Preeoe, A. G. Sam«>, J. Qolbrook, W. H. Farr, '\V. Crump, and C. A. Pode. Parish Clerk and Sexton—Mr. E. 0. Herbert. CHURCH or ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL (Parish Church).—Holy Communion every Sunday at 8 a.m. ; on first Sunday in Month at 7 a.m. and mid-day ; Easter Day, 6, 7, 8, and mid-day ; Whitsun Day and Christmas Day, 6, 7, 8, and mid-day; on other Holy Days at 7 and 10 a.m.—Morning Prayer, with Sermon, at 11 a.m. ; Children's Service, at 2.30 p.m , Szensong and Sermon, at 6.30 p.m.—WEEKDAYS : Daily Prayer, 10 a.m.— Special Services in Advent and Lent: Churching, 10.30, Week- days ; Baptisms, 10.30 on Tuesdays and 3.30 on Sundays. CHAPEL OP THE GOOD SHEPHERD. — Wardens, Capt. Grice-Hutchinson, and Mr. W. Woodward.—Holy Communion on third Sunday in month at S a.m., on second Sunday in month at mid-day. At greater Festivals at H a.m. and mid-day.— Morning and Afternoon Service alternate Sundays, at 11 a.m. and 0.30 p.m.— Evening Services in Advent and Lent, and at other times.

PARLIAMENTARY EEPRESENTATIVE POR Upton Petty Sessional Division : THB SOUTHERN ou EVESHAM DIVISION Borrow, Bushley, Birtsmortou, Chaceley, Castlemorton, Hill Croome, Earl's Croome, or WORCESTERSHIRE. Croome d'Abitot, Eldersfield, Holdfast, Member: Lieut.-CoL Charles Wigram Hanley Castle, Longdon, Pendock, Queen- hill, Ripple, Redmarleyd'Abitot, SevernStoke Losg, Severn Bank, Severn Stoke. Staunton, Upton-on-Severn, andWelland. UPTON UNION. MAGISTERIAL. Guardians : The Eev. A. Beal and Messrs. F. W. Holland & Walter Woodward. COUNTY MAGISTRATES SITTING AT UPTON. Parochial Committee under Public Health Et. Hon.'Earl of Coventry, Croome Court. Act: Tho Parish Council, and the Hon Captain Charles Coventry. District Councillors lor Upton parish. Et. Hon. Viscount Deerhurst, Birlingham. Clerk to the Guardians. Mr. G H. T. Foster. Duke Gandolfi, Blackmore Park. Medical Officers and public Vaccinators : S. G. T. Scobell, Esq., Eedmarley. Mr. J. J. Cowan, Malvern Link ; Mr. H. General SirC. C. Johnson, o.c »., The Hill, Tanner, Kempsey; Mr. J. S. Cowley, and Upton-on-Severn. Mr. James Montford, Upton; Dr. John- Eev. H. W. Coventry, Eectory, Severn Stoke slone, Corse; and Mr. J. C. Baines, Capt. Grice-Hutchinson, Ujrton-on-Severn. The Chase, Great Malvern. Edmund William Tennant, Esq.,The Eades, Relieving Officers : Mr. Wilcox, Upton-on- Uptos-on-Severn. Sevein District, and Mr. Doughty, Gt. Col. Charles Wigram Long, Severn Stoke. Malvern District. Richard Samuel Bagnall, Esq., Hyall Bank, Assistant Overseer: Mr. Herbert, Old >t. Earl's Uroome. Superintendent Registrar : Mr. G. 1J. T. H. G. Farrand, Esq., Wellaad. J'oiler. F. W. Holland, Esq., Upton-on-Severn. Registrars of Marriages : Mr. Chas/ Ernest A. W. Prothero, Eeq.,,Berrow, Ledbury. Farr, Upton-on-Severn; Mr. T. C. Harper, Clerk: Mr. George Coventry, Court House. Malvern; Mr. G. Gough, Little Malvern. UPTON-ON-SEVERN.

Registrars of Births & Deaths &• Vaccin- COUNTY COURT. ation Officers: Mr.W. H. Wilcox, Upton- Jpton is in the Malvern County Court Dis- on-Sevem; MissLinton, Severn Stoke; and trict, of which sittings are held at the Mr. J. Doughty, The Chase, Gt. Malvern. Maivern Police Station every mouth. Master of Union House : Mr. Handy. Judge : Sir Richard Harrington. Matron : Mrs. Handy. Registrar: Mi. W. E. P. Hardwicke. Chaplain: Rev. H. Wood. High Bailiff: M r. "Wat. Dyer. PARISH COUNCIL,. VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE. G. E. Martin, Esq. (Chairman), J. S. Captain : Joseph Oakley, Depot; and Cowley, Esq. (Vice-Chairman), Messrs. G, Lieut. H. II. Edwards; and George R. Clarke, J. Montford, f, Guilding, F. W. Eil ward Johnson, >ecretary. Holland, A. Thomas, W. Woodward, W. VOLUNTEER RIFLE CORPS. Gurney, B. Allcott, W. H. Karr, C. Pumfrey, Jicer Commanding: Capt. Rigden. T. Home, and J. Preece. Sergt. -Instructor : Sergt.-Major Gilbey. Clerk : Edwd. 0. Herbert. Offices, Old St. Armourer Sergt.: J. Pratt. Sergts.: J. Stokes, W. U. Farr, and Lance- PUBLIC OFFICERS. Sergt. W. J. Thould. District Coroner: G. H. T. Foster, Esq. Clerk to the Commissioners of Land, Proper WORKING MEN'S CLUB.- OLD-ST, ty, and Income Taxes : Mr. G. Coventry. President : The Rev. A. Beal. Collector of ditto : Mr. Kdvrard Herbert. Hon. Secretary : 0. B. Cowley,Esq., New-st, Sub-Inspectorunder the Contagious Diseases Hon. Treasurer : Mr. J. Pratt. (Animals) Act: Sup'. Mule, Gt. Malvern. PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. Sanitary Inspector: Mr. Price, Ferndule, TOWN SCHOOLS. Upton-on-Severn. Master: Mr. C. C rich ton ; Mistress, Miss Clerk to the Burial Board and to Lighting Thompson; Infants' Mistress: Mrs.Crichton. Inspectors: Mr. G. Coventry, Court-house. HOOK >CHOOL—Mistress : Mrs. Hattin. Inspector of Weights and Measures: Mr. E. Poulson, Evesham. THE CEMETERY. Inspector of Lodging Houses : Supt. Male. Burial Acts Committee: Messrs. T. Home, Inland Revenue Officer: Mr. Harry Banks. J. S. Cowley, V. W. Holland, A. Thomas, Stamp Distributor : Mrs. W. Patey. W. H. Farr, J. Montford, G. 1(. Clarke, Clerk to Assessment Committee, and Rural C. Pumfrey, and the Rev. A. Beal. District Council : Mr. G. H. T. Foster. Clerk : Mr. G. Coventry. Officea. Court-st Surveyor under Rural District Council: Mr. HALL'S CHARITY. Sams, Longdon Heath, Upton-on-Severn, About £150 por annum, arising from rents of lands and houses granted by Edward Hall in POST OFFICE. —NEW STREET. 1676, is divided into three funds; which are ap- Sub-Postmistress: Mrs. PATKY. plicable, one to the repairs of the Parish Church, one to the repair of TJpton Bridge, one to POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. necessary purposes in the parish. DESPATCH AND ARRIVAL OF MAILS. Feoffees: G. E. Martin, Esq., Lieut.- Letters are received from all parts at 6 a.m., General Sir C, C. Johnson, O.C.B., 12 noon, and 3.25 p.m. Capt. Grice-Hutchinson, Messrs. J. S. General despatch at 8.25 and 9.45 a.m., Cowley, Walter Woodward, G. R. Clarke, 6 p.m. and 7.25 p.m. For Tewkesbury H. Hudson, and the Hector. and district only at 6.30 p.m. BRANCH LETTER BOXES.—Newbridge Green CATTLE MARKET. box is cleared at 4.45 p.m.week-days only, (Back of the WHITE LION HOTEL). and Tunnel Hill at 5.10 p.m. week-days Auction Sales of Fat and Store Stock are only. held in the Sale Yard on Jan. 12th, 1905, The business of the Telegraph, Saving's and every alternate Thursday. Bank, Insuiance, and oiher miscellaneous BANKING ESTABLISHMENTS. departments is transacted during theusua LEQKMBBB & Co., High-street — Business hour?, 10 to 3 ; Wednesdays, 10 to 1; Thursday, 10 to 4 office hours. —Agent: Mr. J. Hargraves. CAPITAL ft OOUNTIBS, Old-gtreet—Business hoars, PARISH NUHSB : Miaa White. same as above.—Agtnt Mr. Harry Osborne. 3° SUB-POST OFFICES AND WALL BOXES IN THE VILLAGES OF THE TEWKESBURY POSTAL DISTRICT.

Y the kindness of the Postmaster of the Tewkosbury District (Mr. T. B Williams), we are this year enabled to add to our local contents the following Postal Information, which will prove most useful to the many residents in the area of the circulation of the Year-Book :—

VILLAGE SUB-OFFICES IN TEWKESBURY POSTAL DISTRICT (Times of Clearance). Name of Office. Week-days. Sundays, Name of Office. Hfeek-days. Sundays. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A. ff. P.M. A.M. P.M. Apperley 3.55 Deerhurst .... 4.15 Ashton-under- Forthampton.. 6. 0 Hill 5.40 (12. 0 11.45 Aston Cross . . 6.20 Kemerton .... 1 6.30 Beckford .... 11. 0 6. 5 10. 0 Longdon .... 5.45 10.25 Birta Street . . 5.55 Overbury .... 11 35 6.20 11.35 j 12.40 12. 5 (2.30 Bredon 1 6.45 \ 4.45 10.55 Bredon's (6.50 Norton. . . 5.35 10. 0 (4. 0 Bushley . . . 6.35 11.15 Shuthonger . . 1 5.45 11.55 Chaceley . . . 4.55 Tirley . 4.15 Conderton 11.25 6.15 11.30 (3.35 Corse Lawn . 5.10 Twyning Green t 5.20 10.20

COUNTRY WALL BOXES (Times of Clearance). Name of Box Week-days Sundays Name of Box Week-days Sundays P.M. A.M. P M. Alstone Chapel .. 5. 0 Grafton ...... 6. 0 AshchurchBoad.. 7.10 11.20 Hillend ...... 4.45 9.15 Ditto Station 6.35 Homedowns ...... 6.20 Aston-on-Carrant 6. 5 Kings-lea ...... 6.30 11 45 Beckford Station.. 5.50 Kinsham ...... 5.50 10. 0 Birtsmorton Lime Street ...... 4.35 Eectory .. 4.45 Long Green ...... 6. 0 Ditto Court 5.15 Little Beckford . . 5.50 Bredon's Northway ...... 6.40 10.35 Hardwick.. 7. 0 12.15 Pamington ...... 5.45 Bredon's Norton Pendock ...... 5.30 School 5.45 10. 5 Teddington ...... 5.20 Bushley Green .. 6.30 11.10 Tredington ...... 5.50 Churchend, Uckinghall ...... 4.30 Castlemorton.. 4.30 Walton Cardiff . . 6.40 Churchend, Walton Hill .... 5. 0 Twyning.. 5.45 10.45 Corse Lawn 4.55 Waterloo ...... 12. 0 Cromer Green 3.30 Westmanoote ---- 6. 5 10.30 Eldersficld 4. 0 31 POPULATION (at April 1st, 1901) of Parishes it) TEWKESBURY UNION •a 9 POPULATION s| mJS$3 in 1901. PARISHES.

w 1 i n 1891 . I Male Female Total i 1 Populatio n Tewkesbury ... 1226 69 2560 2860 6420 6269 207 6 403 452 H65 889 Ashchurch 176 14 361 378 739 729 Wnlton Cardiff. H 1 24 31 65 60 Tirley 88 2 173 192 .165 E93 Hai-fleld 51 1 89 117 aoe 225 63 6 108 120 :.'28 255 Forthampton... 85 6 178 173 351 402 51 106 113 218 221 Deerhurst 174 337 864 701 712 Stoke Orchard 32 •I 67 69 136 10 Tredington 23 54 49 103 104 Elmstono ) Hard wick \ '" 44 ; 119 103 ,222 197 Boddington ... 61 141 148 289 294 77 151 164 S15 337 254 633 636 1069 1099 Bredon'sNorton 48 j 187 222 2 97 90 Kemerton 116 5 224 269 •193 469 Overbury 85 8 157 177 :;34 417 Conderton 41 2 85 80 165 176 Teddington ... 25 1 49 63 102 99 25 1 45 46 91 120 "Woolstone 16 4 32 34 66 72

POPULATION arid ACREAGE of Parishes irj UPTON-ON-SEVER.N UNION.

PARISHES. POPULATION. ACREAGE. 2080

Croome d'Abitot ... 1 80 1148 Croome, Earl's 187 920 198 Sj.6 "Pldersfield C26 819 Hanley Castle Holdfast go

872 Malvern, Great 8669 1816 Malvenx Link 4814 733 Malvern, Little loS 732 Malvern Wells 1559 I95S

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befeat of INDIGESTION, HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, BILIOUSNESS, And similar complaints. INVALUABLE TO LADIES.

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ASK FOR WHELPTON'S, AND SEE THAT YOU GET THEM. [4413 Tinno DOMINI. 1905.

OUR.- r UTURc A'o price is good enough for good counsel. The Gatherer. Something to everyone is good division. Take this remark from Richard, poorund lame, From small profits and many expenses What is begun in anger, ends in shame. Come a whole life of sad consequences. FRANKLIN. CHINESE SAYING. FORCEMEAT is a corruption of farce-meat, NEGRO children are never glossy black un- from the French frace, stuffing—i.e., meat for til quite six years old. stuffing. INSURANCE companies claim that cycling PARSLEY is said to have come from Egypt, is more dangerous than travelling either by and mythology tells us that it was used to railway or by ship. adorn the head of Hercules. THE Germans are, in a homely way, the THE biggest edible oysters in the world are most sentimental race on the face of the earth. found in Australia. They measure some- " His bark is worse than his bite " is as old times more than a foot across the shell. as Quintus Cnrtius, who himself cites it as a ALTHOUGH the Suez Canal is only 99 miles proverb. long it reduces the distance from England to To ensure cleanliness in the handling of India by sea nearly 4,000 miles. bread, the bakers of Berlin put each loaf in a IT is a curious fact that the countries of the paper bag just after it is baked. tallest and shortest people of Europe—the THE making of lucifer matches is a State Norwegians and the Lapps — adjoin each monopoly in France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, other. Greece, Roumania, and Servia. A MODERATE wind moves at the rate of MACARONI is taken from a Greek derivation, seven miles per which means "the hour; a storm blessed dead," at the rate of in allusion to the thirty-six miles ; ancient custom of and a hurricane Good Manners Wanted. eating it at feasts at the rate of for the dead. eighty miles. What's a-fine person, or a beauteous face, You can never " NEVER read Unless deportment gives them decent grace ? read bad litera- a book," says the Bless'd with all other requisites to please, ture too little, nor late Professor Some want the striking elegance of ease; good literature Jowett, " because The curious eye their awkward movement tires, too much. Bad everyone is talk- They seem like puppets led about by wires: books are intellec- ing about it; wait Others like statues, in one posture still, tual poison—they till it blows over. Give great ideas of the workman's skill. destroy the mind. L,et the world do Wond'ring his art, we praise the more we view, METHOD is es- your selection for And only grieve he gave not motion too. sential, and en- you." ables a larger a- "FAMILIARITY CHURCHILL. mount of work to breeds con- be got through tempt " is taken with satisfaction. literally from a Method is like sentence in Plutarch's " Morals." packing things in a box; a good packer wHl WHAT English word is there the first two get in half as much again as a bad one. letters of which signify a man, the first three THE women who believe themselves per- a woman, the first four a great man and the fect because they are economical, and con- whole a great woman? " Heroine." sider the spring cleaning of their house the THOUSANDS of unreflecting persons still greatest event of the year, grow old before confer a cruel and spurious " charity " upon their time, and are never good companions. tramps. A beggar at Wandsworth lately re- IN some theatres in America a notice is marked : " I never intend to work while I fixed to the curtain : " The play will not com- can get i6s. a day and my skin full. It is only mence until those hats come off." If mana- fools and horses that work." gers here would adopt some idea of the same BETWEEN Dickens and his imitators of to- sort, theatre-goers might have a chance of day there is a difference as vast as that which seeing something for their money. separates a genuine Strad. from a White- A KING mourned for th'e loss of his wife, chapel fiddle made to look like one. and a philosopher promised to raise her "HE is a wise child that knows his own up provided there could be found three father," is from a passage in the " Odyssey," thoroughly happy persons whose names might where Telemachus says, " My mother indeed be engraved on the tomb of the queen. But says that I am his (child) ; for myself I know these three persons could never be found. not, for never man yet knew his own father.'' OUR atmosphere extends five hundred A SMALL fruiterer in Paris recently adver- miles upwards, according to the most recent tised in the papers that he would give a prize theories. It was formerly held that there of gf. for the largest apple that was sent him. was no air above sixty miles, but astronomers In less than a fortnight he received altogether observe that meteors, which are bright -only 15 sacks full of apples, and gladly paid gf. for when travelling through our atmosphere, the largest in the lot—keeping, of course, the are sometimes apparently as high above our unsuccessful specimens for sale. heads as five hundred miles. Credit is dead, bad pay killed it.

The Merry Companion. Life is a jest, and all things show it.—GAY. Gerald: "Can you give me no hope?" She: " Do you believe in long engage- Gerald tne: "None whatever; I'm going to ments ? " He: '' Well, no—not if one wants marry you." to have enough money to set up housekeep- Dolly: "Fred called me an angel last ing with." night." Molly: " Yes; he told me he Ethel: " Are you sure that all his thoughts thought you were rather flighty." are of you?" Edith: "Oh, yes! Why he Minnie : " Oh, I say, Winnie, what do they has just lost his position on account of inat- mean by a dead letter?" Winnie: "I ex- tention to business !" pect it's a letter that mother gives dad to Idealist: " True happiness is found in pur- post." suing something, not catching it.'1 Ordinary George: "Don't you think a girl should Man : " The man who pursues the last omni- marry an economical man ? " Dolly : "I sup- bus at night knows better." pose so; but it's just awful being engaged to Inmate of Asylum (to new one): " And how one." is it you're here, dear boy?" The New In- Maud: " And you believe all fields are mate: "Well, y'see, the guv'nor hadn't in- open to women now?" Bob : "Yes; but fluence enough to get me into the War she doesn't care to go into the ones where Office." the cows are.'1 " WAS your elopement with Miss Gold- Joker (in tramway car): "Anybody drop- iberg a success ? " " Hardly." " What went ped a sovereign ? " Nine men and two wrong ? " " Her father, the millionaire, sent women ( hu r - us a telegram say- riedly): "Yes." ing, " Do not re- Joker: "Well, turn and all Will here's a half- ) The Best Name. be forgiven ! " penny of it, any- (• Farmer H ay- way." ditch(to his neigh- The Fiancee : $ I asked my fair one happy day bour, Farmer " I'm sure that j What I should call her in my lay; T urn i p t o.p): you would b e I By wfuit sweet name from Rome Of Greece. 11 Hallo ! Going cool in the pres- I Lalage, Nea:ra, Chloris, in for barbed-wire ence of danger." $ Sappho, Lesbia, or Doris, fencing, eh ? Isn't T he Fiance: \ Arethusa or Lucrece. it rather dear." "Well, I don't * " Ah ! " replied my gentle fair, Turniptop: "Yes, like to boast, but £ "Beloved, what are names but air? but then yon see you should have ? Choose thou whatever suits the line; my men don't seen the way I 3_ Call me Sappho, call me Chloris, waste time sitting kept my nerve | Call me Lalagc or Doris, on it." when I called on " How about 1 Only, only call me thine." your father. ' COLERIDGE. references?" in- Mamma: "Now quired the mis- then, Charlie, tress. "Oh, I don't you admire loike yer looks, my new silk dress?" Charlie (with em- mum," said the applicant for the position of phasis): "Yes, mamma." Mamma: "And, housemaid, " an1 I won't ask yer for^refer- Charlie, all the silk is provided by a poor ences." worm." Charlie : " Do you mean dad ? " On the honeymoon.—Rose: " I think, Clar- HUMAN nature's a queer thing. For in- ence, we had better move to another hotel." stance, if a young mail tells a girl—any gir-1— Clarence: "Why, Rose, we are delightfully that she's altogether different from her sisters situated." Rose : "I know, Clarence; but she always takes it as a compliment, the people here have seen all my new Bobby: " Oh, Mr. Bristles, I wish I had a dresses.'1 moustache just like yours." Mr. B.: " Ah ! " T.HAT new man of yours," said the Then you think it's becoming, Bobby ? " director of the co-operative store to the man- B.obby : " No ; but if I had that thing on my ager, "seems to be a hard worker." "Yes," face none of these old ladies 'd be always try- replied the latter, "that is his speciality." ing to kiss me ! " " What—working ? " " No- seeming to." Teacher.- " Tommy Brown, tell me the Smythe : " I dropped a halfpenny in front shape of the earth." Tommy: "Round." of a blind beggar to-day to see if he'd pick Teacher: " How do you know?" Tommy it up." Tomhins : " Well, did he ?-"• Smy'fiie: Broicn : " You told me." Teacher: "Well, " Not a bit of it. He said, 'Make it a six- how do you suppose I know ?" Tommy pence, governor, and I'll forget myself.' " Broun: " Oh ! I s'pose somebody told you." Customer: '' What sort of a chicken do you " HoRATius,;' said the indignant wife, " I call this ? " Waiter : " That, sir,is., I believe, don't believe you've heard a word I've said, a Plymouth Rock." Customer: "Ah, :I'm and here I've been talking for half-an-hour." glad it has some historic interest. I never "Well," said the husband, "who could believe thought it was anything else than an ordinary it? You seem just as fresh as when you star ted." cobblestone." JANUARY) IT-)S-A-GREAT JOURNEy-TO-UFES-END

LONDON. || N. Moon, 5th, 6 17 aft. F. Moon, 2ist, 7 14 m. *i istQuar.,i3th,8naft L. Quar., 28th, 020 m. W M 2 ""* i S 1 Sun. aft. Xma.8. New Year's Day.R 8 "o 2 M i. Bank Holiday in Scotland. 8 8 4 I 3 Tu Gretna Marriages abolished, 1857. 8 8 4 2 4 W Suit yourself to the times. 8 8 43 5 Th Dividends on Consols, etc., due. 8 7 4 4 II 6 F Epiphany— Twelfth Day. 8 745 Calais lost by the English, 1558. 8 7 4 6 8 S 1 Sunday after Epiphany. 8 6 4 8 f 9 M Christmas Fire Insurance ceases. R fi 4 9 r 10 Tu g. Ex-Emp. Napoleon III. d., 1873. 8 5 4 10 f) ii W Hilary Law Sittings begin. 8 14 12 L! 12 Th 13. Lord BalfourofBurleighb., 1849. 8 4 1 n .T 13 K 14. Marquis of Lansdowne b. , 1845, 8 14 15 1 14 S Russian New Year : Greek Calendar. 8 2 416

15 S 2 Sunday after Epiphany. 8 2 4 18 16 M Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton born, 1853. 8 ii4 IQ 1 17 Tu Store is no sore. S o 4 21 18 W German Empire proclaimed, 1871. 7 W 4 22 [ *9 Th Jules Favre, Fr. statesman, d., 1880. 7 V< 4 24 20 F John Ruskin died, 1900. 7 57 4 25 21 S Kg. of Sweden and Norway b. , 1829. 7 5*) 4 27

22 S 3 Sunday after Epiphany. 7 55 4 ?9 23 M [Accession of King Ed. Vll., 1901. 7 54 4 3i 24 Tu Proclamation Day. 7 53 4 32 25 W Conversion of St. Paul. 7 5i'4 34 v 26 Th Bishop of London born, 1858. 7 5°4 36 27 F German Emp. (William II.) b., 1859. 7 494 38 1 28 S Early ripe, early rotten. 7 47 4 39 J 29 S 4 Sunday after Epiphany. 7 464 41 ] 30 M Charles I. beheaded, 1649. 7 44 4 43 31 Tu 30. Anglo-Japan. Treaty signed, 1902. 7 42 4 45

GARDENING FOR THE MONTH. THE work to be done in January depends snow-water. Should the weather be favour- greatly on the state of the weather. If frost able, sow early peas in the beginning of the and snow prevail, the chief thing to be at- month, and on slight hotbeds sow salads, tended to is the protection of plants with carrots, and kidney beans. Lay edgings in litter, dry leaves, cinder ashes, Russia mats, fine weather. Mignonette, etc., may be sown etc. After each fall shake the snow off in pots, and a few hardy annuals on a warm evergreens, as they are often much harmed border. In houses, cinerarias, primulas, by the alternate thawing and freezing of camellias, etc., will now be in flower. 1st Month.] A man of courage never wants weapons. [3J Days.

SANDRINGHAM CHURCH.

PRINCE EDWARD OF YORK. WHEN STAYING IN A HOTEL. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales THERE are eight cardinal rules, says a was married on the 6th of July, 1893, to globe-trotter, to be observed by the hotel- Princess Victoria Mary of Teck. A son, guest. They are as follows :— Prince Edward Albert Christian George Never arrive at a hotel famishing; it Andrew Patrick David, was born to the puts you at a disadvantage. royal pair on the 23rd of June, 1894, who Never stay at a terminus-hotel, unless will, in the course of nature, succeed to you have positive information about it. the throne of the British Empire. We Never dismiss the cabman, nor allow give the portrait of our future monarch your luggage to be carried upstairs, till on a preceding page. you have taken your rooms. Never accept the first rooms offered. ALCOHOLIC EFFECTS. Never agree to any terms which do not SPEAKING about the different effects pro- include attendance and lighting. duced by stimulants on different people, Never omit to ascertain the prices of Dr. Norman Kerr says that he found a meals. glass of spirits will make one man vio- Never, if you contemplate staying for 'lent, another drowsy, a third merry, a more than a week, omit to demand your fourth melancholy, and so on. bill at the end 6f the first two days. He had known a landed proprietor who never had family prayer in his house except when he returned home from a drink- THE FORBIDDEN BOOK. ing bout; and then, no matter the hour A little maid upon my knee of the morning—be it one, three, four, Sighs wearily, sighs wearily ; or five—he awakened the whole household '' Fm tired of dressin' dolls and in-sisted on their coming downstairs And having stories read," says she. for prayers. " There is a book, if I could see, I should be happy puffickly.' My Mamma, keeps it on a shelf— ' But that you cannot have,' says she!" " But here's your * Old Man of the Sea,' A nd 'Tack the Giant' I" (Lovingly I tried the little maid to soothe). " The interestin' one," says she, '' Is that high up one!—seems to me Thefingsyou want just has to be Somt/ing you hasn't got; and that's The tnterestin' one!" says she. ANNIE F. BURNHAM. FRUGALITY-WHE^-TlLL-l5-5PENT-C5MES-Tes-LSTE

LONDON. THE MOON CHANGES. N. Moon, 4th, n6m. F.Moon.igth, 6 52 aft IStQuar.,i2th,4 20aft. L.Quar.,26th, 10 4 jli. m.|h. m Partridge & Pheasant Shooting ends.fi 4114 47 Candlemas.—Scottish Term. 7 404 2. Funeral of Queen Victoria, 1901. J7 3&4 50 Be careful of the main chance. [7 37)4 52 5th Sunday after Epiphany. J7 :354 54 Sir Henry Irving born, 1838. J7 ;3^4 56 Q. Wilhelmina of Holland m., 1901. ;7 31• 4 58 John Ruskin b., 1819 ; d., 1900. 305 o Sir Evelyn Wood born', 1838. 285 i Lord Charles Beresford b.,. 1846. . . 265 3 T. A. Edison, electrician, b., 1847. 7 24 5 5 6th Sunday after Epiphany. 7 Richard Wagner,composcr, d.,1883.[7 St. Valentine's Day. 7 U.S. Maine, dest. at Havana, i8g8.j7 Every life has ils ebb. 17 Duchess of Albany born, 1861. |7 M. Loubetelec. P. of France, 1899/7 Septuagesima Sunday. 7 Duchess of Fife bora, 1867. \'; Trinidad taken, 1797. 7 George Washington born, 1732. '7 Order of the Star of India inst., 1861.7 St. Matthias, Apostle and Martyr. ;6 26. Earl of Cromer born, 1841. |6 Sexagesima Sunday. Majuba, 1881. Paardeberg, 1900. 6 52 HareHntg. ends. Rlf. Ldysmth, 1900/650 The'tendency of this month to wet, and its uncer- tain temperature, are expressed proverbially:— " February fills the dyke [ditch] Either with black or white."

GARDENING FOR THE MONTH. IN the kitchen garden in the beginning and month. Before the buds are much swelled end of the month sow peas and beans, and prune apricots, peaches, nectarines and transplant to the bottom of a soiith wall a plums, and al?o apple?, pears, cherries, few of the peas sown in November for a gooseberries, currants and raspberries be- firstcrop. Plant chives, shallots, and horse- fore the end of the month. In the last radish, and early ash-leaved potatoes. In week sow mignonette and hardy annuals the last week sow red cabbages and savoys. in a warm border for tra* splanting. Plant strawberries about the end of this Protect wall-trees from east wind. 2nd Month*] Drive thy business, let not that drive thee. [28

THE TRIAL OF WHITAKER WRIGHT

THE TRIAL OF WHITAKER FEET AT HOME AND ABROAD. WRIGHT. THE French foot is narrow and long. The Spanish foot is small and THE career of Whitaker Wright, who for elegantly curved—thanks to its Moorish some years played a leading part as the blood—corresponding to the Castilian's King of Stock Exchange gambling, came pride of being " high in the instep." to a tragic close on the 26th of January, The Arab's foot is proverbial for its 1004. After a careful trial in the King's high arch. The Koran says that a stream Bench Court he was convicted and sen- of water can run under the true Arab's tenced to seven years' penal servitude. foot without touching it. In less than an hour after hearing his The foot of the Scot is high and thick ; sentence he expired, a post-mortem ex- that of the Irishman flat and square; the amination showing that he had term- Englishman's short and fleshy. inated his career by taking cyanide of When Athens was in her zenith the potassium, Grecian foot was the most perfectly formed and exactly proportioned of that THE MAKING OF MATCHES of any of the human race. THE story is told ^against the Scotsman Swedes, Norwegians, and Germans that he only uses his own matches when have the largest feet; Americans the he has ascertained that all his fellow- smallest. travellers have none ; but when it is noted Tartarian toes are all the same length. that one hundred gross of boxes of matches can be made for a labour cost MUSIC. of 135. 6d., it seems remarkable that any THERE is music in alLthings if men had1 English fellow-traveller should not have a ears.—Byron, box! Music is the medicine of the breaking Here the introduction of machine heart.—Sir A. Hunt. methods has decreased the cost of manu- Let me have music dying and I seek no facture to one-eighth the cost in 1844. more delight.—Keats. In the machine process machines are u^ed Music washes away from the soul the to cut the wood into splints, to place them dust of everyday life.—Auerbach, in the dipping frame, to dip them iii the Music is the child of prayer, the com- sulphur and composition, and to remove panion of religion.—Chateaubriand. them from the frame, and even to put them Sweet melodies are those that are by into boxes. This marvellous series of opera- distance made more sweet.— Words- tions is done for 1,440,coo matches in less worth. than eight hours, and ihen the packing, Music is the only sensual gratification done by six women, takes 21 hours 42 which mankind may indulge in to excess minutes. The chief expense lies in" the without injury to their moral or religious packing. feelings.—A ddison. M3RCH) FORTUNE • SELDOM -COMES -TH-ONE.

IONDON. THE MOON'S CHANGES. z» N. Moon, 6th, 5 19 m. F. Moon, 2ist, 4 56 m. §| istQuar., I4th, gom. L. Quar., 27th, 935 aft. MC/j i. m. i W St. David's Day. \6 48 5 38 2 Th First American Congress, 1781. 6 46 5 40 3 F Forth Bridge opened, 1890. 644 5 41 4 S Wake not sleeping dogs. 642 5 43 S Quinquagesima.- Shrove Sun. 6 40 5 45 i M Rev. ]. R. Green, historian, d., 1883. 6 37 5 46 ^ Tu Shrove Tuesday. 6 35 5 48 8 W Ash Wednesday. [Era commences. 6 33 5 50 9 Th 8. The year 1323 of the Mohammedan 6 31 5 53 10 F King Edward VII. married, 1863. 6 28 5 53 ii S Turn about is fair play. 6 26 5 55 12 S Quadragesima.—! Sun. in Lent. <> 24 5 57 13 M Alexanderll.of Russia assassinated, 6 22 5 58 14 Tu As the tree so the fruit. [1881. 6 19 6 o 15 W Freshwater Pish close season begins. 6 176 3 16 Th Close time for Wild Birds till i A ug. 6 15 6 4 17 F St. Patrick's Day. Bk. Hoi. Ireland. 6 12 6 6 18 S D. of Argyll (Pr'c'ss Louise) b., 1848. 6 10 6 7 '9 S 2 Sunday in Lent. 6 8 6 9 20 M Robert Southey, poet, died, 1843. 6 6 6 II 21 Tu Spring commences. 6 36 12 22 W Dean Farrar died, 1903. 6 i 6 14 23 Th Viscount Milner born, 1854. 5 596 16 24 F Queen Elizabeth died, 1603. S 566 17 25 S Annunciation. — Lady Day. 5 546 19 26 S 3 Sunday in Lent. 5 52 *) 20 27 M 26. C. ]. Rhodes died, 1902. 5 50 6 22 28 Tu Strive not against the stream. ,, 5 47 624 29 W Charles Wesley died, 1788. t 5 *j 6 25 30 Th 31. Andrew Lang born, 1844. 5 4j 6 27 3i F Prince Henry of Wales born, 1900. 5 4- 6 29 _ .^\

GARDENING FOR THE MONTH. THE main crop of all vegetables—peas, trees and shrubs may be transplanted, but beans, cabbages, onions, leeks, carrots, etc. that work should have been done in No- ^-should now be sown. Sow asparagus, vember. The operation of grafting is to cauliflower, sea-kale and celery in the last be begun in the third week of the month. fortnight, and plant the main crop of pota- In the last week sow hardy annuals in the toes ; these last should be set in rows two borders. Autumn-planted bulbs and spring feet apart and ten inches between the sets. flowers will now be making some show in Finish the pruning of fruit trees. Fruit the garden. Sow borage for bees. 3rd Month.] No magpie hatches a chic&en. [3J Days,

FISHERMEN S HOSPITAL, GREAT YARMOUTH,

CURIOUS SALT DEPOSITS. FOUR GREAT POETS. ONE of the unique sights of California Tir? four greatest names in English poetry is the remarkable salt deposits at Salton. are almost the first we come to: Chaucer, This region lies in a depression, some Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. There 300 feet below sea-level, and is thought are no others that can really be put in com- at one time to have been the bed of an petition with these. In comparing these ancient sea or lake. The tract of land four writers together, it might be said that looks like a vast snowfield. Chaucer excels as the poet of manners or of The rock salt deposits cover about i,oco real life; Spenser as the poet of romance; acres, and are now worked for commer- Shakespeare as the poet of nature (in the cial purposes. The output from this largest use of the term); and Milton as the place is about 2,000 tons of salt annually, poet of morality. Chaucer most frequently valued at from 6 to 34 dollars per ton. describes things as they are; Spenser as we The labour i3 done chiefly by Indians. wish them to be; Shakespeare as they would be ; and Milton as they ought to be. AT GREAT YARMOUTH. THE seaport, watering-place, and impor- THE GIRLS THAT ARE WANTED. tant fishing station known as Great Yar- The girls that are wanted are good girls- mouth is a place well worth visiting. Its Good from the heart to the lips ; chief features are the north and south Pure, as the lily is white and pure quays, and the straight narrow lanes, From its heart to its sw-et leaf-tips. over a hundred and forty in number, The girls that are wanted are home girls- called " rows " running at right angles to Girls that are mother's right hand. them. The market-place is one of the That fathers and mothers can trust in, largest in the Kingdom, having p.n area A nd the little ones understand — of about three acres. There are not Girls that are fair on the hearthstone, many buildings of importance, but there And pleasant when nobody sees ; are several admirable charitable and Kind and sweet to their own folks, benevolent institutions, amongst them Ready and anxious to please. being the Fishermen's Hospital, shown in The girls that are wanted are wise girls, our engraving. This hospital is now in That know what to do and say ; the third century of its existence, having That drive with a smile and a loving word been founded in 1702. The gloom of the household away. 7-IPR11—) NO-71UTUNN-FRUIT-WITHOUT- SPRINC;BL955?^

LONDON. THE MOON' N.Moon,4th,n 23aft. F. Moon, igth,! 38aft. Z $ Z uj lstQuar.,i2th,94iaft. L.Quar. ,26th, ii 14 m. 1. m h. m. I S All Fools' Day. 5 386 31 f ~* S 4 Sunday in Lent. 5 366 32 3 ivl A. Orton, "The Claimant," d., 1898. 5 34,6 34 4 Tu Time is money. 5 32 6 36 5 W Dividends on Consols, etc., due. 5 296 37 6 Th Duchess of Cambridge died, 1889. 5 27 6 39 8. King of Denmark born, 1818. 5 25 6 41 8JS 9. Lady Day Fife Insurance ceases. 5 226 42 9 S 5 Sunday in Lent. 5 20' 6 44 10 M "General" Booth born, 1829. 5 18,6 46 II Tu American Civil War began, 1861. 5 166 47 12 W li. Brigham Young, Mor.Prt.d., 1903. 5 14 6 49 13 Th Better poor than wicked. 5 126 51 14 F Princess Beatrice born, 1857. 5 10 6 52 15 ^ Matthew Arnold died, 1888. 5 76 54 16 S Palm Sunday. 5 5j6 55 17 M Warde.bn.Greece andTurkey,i8g7. 5 3' 6 57 18 Tu 19. Ld.Becnsfiedd.,i88i. Prim.Day. 5 I 6 59 19 W Hilary Law Sittings end. 4 59.7 i 20 Th The mind is the man. 4 577 2 21 F Good Friday. 4 557 4 22 S 21. Baroness Burdett Couttsb., 1814. 4 537 6 ^"sT Easter Sun. St. George's Day. 4 517 7 24 M Easter Monday — Bank Holiday. 4 491 7 9 25 Tu St. Mark, Evangelist and Martyr. 4 477 10 26 W Oliver Cromwell born, 1599. 4 45,7 12 27 Th Or. St. Michael & St. George inst, 4 43 7 H 28 F Easy won, easy lost. [1818. 4 4ii7 15 29' S *30. Lord Avebury born, 1834 4 39,7 17

30' S Low Sunday. 4 37>7 19 f

GARDENING FOR THE MONTH. THIS is a busy month in the kitchen garden. Early Dutch turnips may be sown. In the Asparagus, sea-kale, ' beet, carrots and fruit garden disbudding—that is to say, onior.s, etc., should now be sown on heavy relieving the shoots of wall-trees of some of soils. Sow cauliflower, cabbages and lettuce, i their buds just when they begin growing — and finish the planting of the main crop of j is to be attended to. 'Sow all sorts of potatoes. Hoe and thin-spinach, onions, j annuals. Plant and prune roses. Plant turnips, etc., and earth-up cabbages, cauli- . out tender deciduous trees and shrubs. flower, peas, beans, and early potatoes. ! Transplant hardy Kennials, 4th Month.] Jack of all trades w of no trade.

A RELIC OF OLD LONDON. STAPLE INN, HOLBORN, AT THE PRESENT DAY. HE-WttS'rflS-fftNY-FRIENDS-roiS-NS-FRl'tNDS.

LONDON. THE MOON'S CHANGES. N. Moon, 4th, 3 50 aft. F. Moon, i8th, 9 36 aft. o 1 §J2 1st Quar., i2th, 646m. L. Quar., 26th, 2 50 m. h. m h. in. i M Bank Holiday in Scotland. 4 35 7 20 2 Tu Easter Law Sittings begin.] 4 33 7 22 3 W Jamaica discovered, 1494. 4 3' 7 23 4 Th Many servants, little service 4 29 7 25 F Empress Eugenie born, 1826. 4 28 S Phoenix Park murders, 1882. 426 [3 7 S 2 Sunday after Easter. 4 24 7 30 1 8 M 7. Earl of Rosebery born, 1847. 4 22 7 32 9 Tu Schiller, German poet, died, 1805. 4 20 7 33 10 W Indian Mutiny commenced, 1857. 4 19 7 35 ii Th Nobody calls himself rogue. 4 17 7 36 12 F Earl Cadogan born, 1840. [1670. 4 15 7 3» 13 S Hudson's Bay Company founded, 4 14 7 39

J 14 S 3 Sunday after Easter. 4 3 7 41 15 M Whitsunday— Scottish Term. 4 Ii 7 42 16 Tu Sir H. H. Fowler born, 1830. 4 107 44 17 W King of Spain born, 1886. 4 87 45 IS Th Emperor of Russia born, 1868. 4 77 47 IQ F W. E. Gladstone died, 1898. 4 57 49 20 S Kew Bridge opened by the King, 1903 4 4J7 50 ~ S 4 Sunday after Easter. 4 3 7 51 22 M Victor Hugo died, 1885. 4 I 7 53 23 Tu Little pots soon boil over. 4 o 7 54 24 W Queen Victoria born, 1819. 3 59 7 55 25 Th Princess Christian born, 1846. 3 58 756 26 F Princess of Wales born, 1867. 3 57 7 58 27 S Paganini, violinist, died, 1840. 356 7 59 28 S Rogation Sunday. 3 55 8 0 29 M Restoration Day, 1660. 3 54 8 i 3° Tu A. Austin, Poet Laureate, b., 1835. 3 53 8 2 31 W 1 Peace in South Africa, 1902. 3 52 8 4

GARDENING FOB THE MONTH. THE work of hoeing and earthing-up the Plant out annuals raised different crops is to be gone on with. Cab- and sow annuals for succession. bages, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, peas, Herbaceous border plants should now be beans, etc., should now be sown for late thinned out and staked. crops. The peas that are in progress must and double wallflowers should now be propa be staked. Keep on the look-out for weeds, gated by dividing the roots. If heartsease be and destroy them whenever seen. Make now propagated in cuttings and placed m war on caterpillars on gooseberry bushes a shady border it will flower in autumn. 5th Month.] Draw not your bow till your arrow is fixed. [31 Days.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF PORT ARTHUR.

IN LIVERY. STAPLE INN. THE word " Jivery " is of French origin, THE handsome timbered front of Staple derived from the verb livrer, to " de- Inn in High Holborn, London, as it liver." The custom of clothing servants exists at the present time, is shown in in livery probably originated in France. our engraving on a preceding page. This At the plenary courts under the first two quaint and picturesque old inn of Chan- races of monarchs the king made a cery was made famous, like many other custom of delivering to liis servants par- Londo'n buildings, by Charles Dickens. ticular clothes, which were called livrtes, The hall of Staple Inn has been re- because given at the King's expense. cently restored. It was here that Dr. In like manner the nobility and gentry Samuel Johnson wrote " Rasselas." gave their dependents liveries, and various colours were adopted by different THE BOMBARDMENT OF PORT masters to distinguish one another's servants. Sometimes the livery consisted ARTHUR. only of a particular mark or badge. PORT ARTHUR, the scene of such exciting The term " livery " formerly had a events during the war between Russia wider significance, and sometimes de- and Japan, and whose bombardment by the noted both the food and clothes of the Japanese is represented in the above engrav- servants, and also the meat and drink ing, is a fortress situated at the extreme that were served to guests. south of the peninsula of Liao-tung, which stretches down between the Gulf of Pechili EASY SLAVERY IN PERSIA. and the Yellow Sea. It was at one time a SLAVERY in Persia is as little of an evil Chinese naval arsenal and fortress, but was . as such an infringement of natural rights captured by the Japanese in 1894, who can be. The serfs are regarded as con- destroyed the defensive works. In 1898 it fidential servants, and often married to was leased to Russia, who made it again a their masters' children. Well and respect- stronghold. fully treated, they seldom abuse the confidence placed in them, and should they THE JUVENILE PARTY. err the greatest punishment that can be Miss Nelly M'Carty gave a grand party, inflicted on them is to set them free. A A nd who do you think were there ? Persian may give a slave to a friend, but he Marigold Mary and Viscount Canary, will not sell one till he has parted with the Red Tiger Lily and Joe Daffodity, shirt from his back. A nd Violet fragrant and fair; Slaves being so fortunate, it follows Saucy Miss Buttercup and Johnny Jump-up— that free servants are the same. A wet A boatload from over the bay. nurse is regarded as a second mother, They danced to a fiddle with " hands down the and usually pensioned forHife. Indeed, a middle," rich person has usually a host of pen- Ate oysters and ices, rich sauces and spices, sioners—relations and old servants. And went to bed sick the next day > hIGH REGIONS ARE NEVER VITtieUT 5T9RM

THE MOON'S CHANGES. LONDON^ L N. Moon, 3rd, 5 57 m. F. Moon, 17111,5 51 m. £ c/j

ijTh Ascension Dav -Holy Thursday. 3518 5 2 F Garibaldi died, 1882. ;3 5': 8 6 3'.s Prince of Wales born, 1865. 3 50 1 7 4 S Sunday after Ascension. 3 498 8 5; M 4. Viscount Wolseley born, 1833. 13 48 8 9 6 Ta Count Cavour died, 1861. 3 48 8 9 7 W J First Reform Bill passed, 1832. 3 47 8 10 8 Th^ Success alters our manners. 3 47 8 ii 9 F j Easter Law Sittings end. [1832. "3 46 8 12 , 10 S Sir Edn. Arnold, " Lightof Asia," b., 3 46 8 13 f

ii S Pentecost-Whit Sunday. 3 46 8.4 12 M Whit Monday— Bank Holiday. 3 4< 8 14 S 13 Tu Dr. Arnold (Rugby) born, 1795. 3 45 r 8 15 14 W A o wisdom like silence. 3 45 8 15 iS'Th Magna Charta signed, 1215. 3 45 8 16 I 16 F Duke of Marlborough died, 1722. 3 44 8 16 17 S St. Alban — First English Martvr. 3 44 8 17 18 S Trinity Sunday. 3 44 8 17 ig1 M 18. Battle of Waterloo, 1815. 13 44 8 17 20: Tu Trinity Law Sittings begin. 3 45 8 18 21 W 22. Rt. Hn. R. J. Seddou born, 1845. 3 45^8 18 22; Th Corpus Christi — Summer commences. 3 45J8 18 231 F Prince Edward of Wales born, 1894. 13 458 18 24 S St. John Baptist— Midsummer Day. '3 ^( 8 19 i 25. S 1 Sunday after Trinity. 3 of 8 19 26! M 24. Viscount Kitchener born, 1850. 3 4(>!8 19 27, Tu Stolen fiuit is sweetest. [3 478 19 28' W Coronation of Queen Victoria, 1838. !3 47,8 18 29. Th St. Peter— Apostle and Martyr. 3 488 18 30' F Gt.Westrn.Rly.opnd.toBristol,i84i.3 488 18 " Calm weather in June Sets corn in tune." — Oi.n SAYING.

GARDENING FOK THE MONTH. luKNips are to be sown for the first week of this month, and for a full pi i shed by frequent washing and by direct- autumn crop in the third week. Peas and ing tobacco smoke against them, or by beans should be sown for late crops. strewing snuff or the fine; powder of tobacco Early in the month vegetable marrows upon them. All planting out in beds and !should be got out. Birds now begin to borders should now be attack cherry trees, so the protection of the nials for planting out in the spring should fruit should be attended to. Continue the now be sown if neglected last month. 6th Month,.] Years know more than books. [30 Days*

DRAMATIC AUTHORSHIP. THE GHOST WAS COLD. THIS is a true ghost story of an unconven- THK remuneration of dramatists was simply tional kind. A young lady arrived late at scandalous at the commencement, and up till night on a visit to a friend. She awoke in the middle of the nineteenth century. It is the darkness to find a white figure at the foot said that because Benjamin Webster declined of the bed. While she watched, the bed to give Dion Boucicault the regulation re- clothes were suddenly whisked off, and the muneration- -£ioo an act—for " The Colleen apparition vanished. Bawn," the playwright made his fortune. After an anxious, not to say chilly, night, Dion accepted a percentage on the receipts the visitor went down with little appetite for in lieu of a sum down, and cleared £20,000 breakfast. At the table she was introduced by the alteration. to a gentleman, a very old friend of the family, who had, she learned, also been WOMEN IN MANY LANDS. sleeping In the house. He complained of the cold. A WONDERFUL similarity exists in the sayings "I hope you will excuse me,"1 he said to about women current in various nations. his hostess, "but I found it so cold during An old English saying: " If a man lose a the night that, knowing the room nest mine woman and a farthing, he will be sorry he was unoccupied, I took the liberty of going lost the farthing." in and carrying off the bed clothes to supple- A Scottish one: "The next best thing to ment my own." no wife is a good wife." The room, as it happened, was not unoccu- The French adage : "A man of straw is pied, but he never learned his mistake. worth a woman of gold." The Spanish rhyme has it : " Were a SECRETS OF SUCCESS. woman as little as she is good, a pea pod " WHAT is the secret of success?" asked would make her a gown and a hood." the Sphinx. The German : "There are only two good " Push," said the Button. women in the world -one is dead and the " Never be led," said the Pencil. other can't be found." " Take pains," said the Window. The Arabian declares : " Words are " Always keep cool," said the Ice. women; deeds arc men." " Be up to date," said the Calendar. The Persian asserts that women and " Never lose your head," said the dragons are best out of the world. Barrel. " Make light of everything," said the Fire. NERVOUS BEFORE A PHONO- " Do a driving business," said the GRAPH. Hammer. IT is not every vocalist who can sing so "Aspire to greater things," said the as to produce A good phonograph record. Nutmeg. Many singers are subject to what may " Be sharp in all your dealings," said be called phonograph fright. the Knife. " When a singer," says Mr. Edison, " Find a good thing and stick to it," " is up before an audience, he or she can said the Glue. tell whether the effect of the voice is " Do the work you are suited for," said the pleasing or not by watching the coun- Chimney. tenances of the listeners. When, however, one sings into a dead instrument THE ESSENCE OF SKIRMISHING. like the phonograph, without the slightest IN the following maxims we have the recognition as to whether the voice is essence of skirmishing as laid down by an properly tuned and pitched, the singer expert in that art. They are well worthy becomes rather nervous. of attention not only from those in the " I know some very capable singers, who regular army, but from our Vqlunteer can sing splendidly before an audience, forces, on whose intelligence and training but when it comes to getting their voice our safety as a nation may one of these into the phonograph, they are dumb. I days depend :— have brought people of great note out to S ight your rifle always carefully the works, and paid them handsomely for K ee.p your eyes open ami your mouth shut, but their vocal efforts, only to find, when I your came to reproduce these attempts on the I nforaiation must be trustworthy. phonograph, that the records were utterly R epcat all signals, &c., quietly. worthless. M usketry — Remember, all you have been " One must have, indeed, a regular taught in fire discipline. phonograph voice in order to make a I nrariably take advantage of all cover. good record. Some people can sing well S ee without being seen. into a phonograph who could not get up Hoax your enemy. before an audience to save their lives; E xplore every copse, hollow and building. and, again, as I have said, some can R emember that on you, your own life, your sing before persons, but they cannot perform comrades, and the good name of your before a phonograph." regiment depend. A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse.

THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT. Plants off removed never thrive.

THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, rJULY) f LSWERS *RE THE PSCTRV ?F EARTI

THE MOON'S CHANGES. LONDON. N. Moon, 2nd, 5 50 aft. F. Moon, i6th, 3 32 aft. ? £ z £ 1st Quar., gth, 5 46 aft. L. Quar., 24th., i gaft. "3 C/3W h. m. Ii. m. I S Dominion Day (1867). 3 49 8 18 2 S 2 Sunday after Trinity. 3 5° 8 18 3 M Dog Days begin; end Aug. II 3 50 8 17 4 Tu Time reveals all things. 3 5i 8 17 5 W Dividends on Consols, &c. , due. 3 52 8 16 6 Th Sir George White, V.C., born, iSsv 3 53 8 16 ' 7 F 8. Rt. Hon. J. Chamberlain b., iSjfi. 3 54 8 15 ' 8 S 9. Midsummer Fire Insurance ceases. 3 55 8 15 9 3 Sunday after Trinity. 3 55 8 14 10 M John Calvin, reformer, born, 1509. 3 56 8 13 ii Tu Without thorns no roses. 3 57 8 12 12 W Evacuation of the Crimea, 1856. 3 58 8 12 13 Th Ballot Act began, 1872. \ o8 IV 14 F The Khedive born, 1874. 4 i 8 16 15 S St. Suiitliin's Day. 4 2 8 g 16 S~ 4 Sunday after Trinity. 4 3 8 8 17 M Franco-Prussian War commenced, 4 4 8 7 18 Tu Dr. W. G. Grace born, 1848. (.1870. 4 5 8 6 19 W 20. Pope Leo XIII. died, 1903. 4 7 8 5 20 Th Army Purchase abolished, 1871. 4 8 8 4 21 F Robert Burns, Scottish j,oet, d., 1796. 4 9 8 3 22 S All things have their uses. 4 ii 8 I 23 IT 5 Sunday after Trinity. 4 12 8 o 2J M 23. Duke of Devonshire born, 1833. 4 !3 7 59 Tu St. James's Day. 25 4 *5 7 5f7 26 W 25. Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour born, 1848. 4 16 7 56 27 Th Bank of England founded, 1694. 4 18 7 54 28 F Of suffering comes ease. 4 19 7 53 29 S Spanish Armada dispersed, 1588. 4 20 7 52 30 6 Sunday after Trinity. 4 22 7 50 31 M 30. Prince Bismarck died, 1898. 4 23 748

GARDENING FOR THE MONTH. ABOUT the middle and end of the month and cuttings. Plant strawberries in pots full crops of celery, celeriac, and endive for forcing next winter. Prime and train are to be planted. Early in the month wall-trees, and destroy insects. Budding French beans should be sown, and in the —of use in the case of many fruit trees, and last week late crops of broccoli, colewort, j the chief means of propagating roses—is and cauliflower. Medicinal and potherbs the chief operation of the month. Hedges should now be gathered and dried, and and evergreens require cutting at this such herbs should be propagated by slips < season. Take up spring bulbs. 7th Month.] Never cross a bridge until you come to it. [31 Days.

THE MARRlAfJK OF I'RlNf KSS AI.ICK OK ALHANY.

A ROYAL MARRIAU.K. FABULOUS PRICKS FOR CLOTHKS. THE Prince-s Alice nf Albany was Y'>u tan pay ten shillings for a suit of married to Prince Alexander of Trek at clothes, or yon fan pay any tiling up to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, on the ten or twenty guineas ; while as for loth of February, UK^. There was a brilliant assemblage "I guests, includ ing eight ecu pence for a second-hand article many members of the Diplomatic Hotly, to two thousand pounds for a resplendent Ministers of the Crown, Peers and garment that is too precious even to be Peeresses, Members of the House of shown in a shop window. The latter Commons, and other distinguished people. sum was given a few years ago by the The Prelates who officiated at the cere- wii e of a reigning monarch for a dress irony were the Archbishop of Canterbury which is said never to have been matched and the Bishop of Peterborough. — a statement which one can quite be- Prince Alexander of Teelc is the lieve. In the construction of It numbers youngest of the three brothers of the of valuable sables were used. Princess of Wales and cousin of his It is not long since a bride who now bride, and was born in 1874. Princess bears a noble name went to the altar Alice of Albany was born on the 25th of wearing a dress which cost a thousand February, 1883. pounds. Very different, of course,' is the case with women in the humble walks of life, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF and the contrast is worth noting. In the COX NAUGHT. slums of Lambeth, in a street where the sun is seldom seen, there is a shop where His Royal Highness, Prince Arthur William a whole trousseau can be had for 255., Patrick Albert, the first Duke of Connaught every article, from the hat down to the and Strathearn, was born in 1850, and was boots, being second-hand. the third son of the late Queen, His career Few people of an economical turn of mind in the Army, during which he has won gre;*t have the remotest conception of the vast popularity, is well known. On the 6th of amount of money that wealthy men and May, 1904, he resigned the command of the women of fashion spend on their clothes. forces in Ireland, and left for England to Ten guineas is not considered by come undertake his new duties as Inspector- men an exorbitant sum to pay for a General. frock coat ; while 25*. is frequently paid On the 13th of Mar»h, 1870, his Royal for a shirt, Cos. for a pair of silk pants, Highness married Princess Louise Margaret and three guineas for a pair of trousers. Alexandra Victoria Agnes, daughter of Prince Half a guinea for a pair of socks or a Frc'derick Charles of Prussia. They havn tie is what many a gilded youth is pre- throe of a family, two daughters and a pared to pay. Walking boots run up to son. about £5 a pair. ifflUQUST.)

THE MOON'S CHANGES. LONDON. N. tfoon, ist, 4 3 m. F. Moon, i5th, 3 31 m. ISt Quar.,7th,ioi6af L. Quar., 23rd 6 10 m. 58 N. Moon soth, i 13 aft. "2 ^W h. m. \. m. i Tu Lammas Day— Scottish Term, $ 25 7 47 2 W Battle of Blenheim, 1704. 26 7 45 3 Th Earl of Aberdeen born, 1847. 28 7 43 4 F Car. Sartoelec. Pope — PiusX., 1903. 29 7 42 5 S 6. Duke of Argyll born, 1845. 31 7 4° 6 S l Sunday after Trinity. 32 738 M Bank Holiday. 4 34 7 37 8 Tu Pope Pius X., crowned, 1903. 4 35 7 35 9 W Coronation Day , 1902. 4 37 7 33 10 Th Lord Goschen born, 1831. 438 7 3i ii F 12. Grouse Shooting begins. 4 4° 7 29 12 S Trinity Law Sittings end. 4 42 7 27 I: S 8 Sunday after Trinity. 4 43 7 25 I* M 15. Relief of Pekinby the Allies, 1900. 4 45 7 23 I' Tu Sir Walter Scott born, 1771. 4 47 7 21 16 W Misfortune is a good teacher. 448 7 19 17 Th Frederick the Great died, 1786. 4 50 7 17 18 F Emperor of Austria born, 1830. 4 5i 7 15 19 S 20. Blackcock Shooting begins. 4 53 7 13 20 IT 9 Sunday after Trinity. 4 54 7 12 21 M Battle of Vimeira, 1808. 4 55 7 10 22 Tu Warren Hastings died, 1818. 4 57 7 7 23 W Lord Salisbury died, 1903. 4 59 7 5 2* Th St. Bartholomew : Massacre, 1572. 5 I 7 3 2; F James Watt died, 1819. 5 2 7 ! 26 S New things are most looked at. 5 4 659

27 S 10 Sunday after Trinity. 5 f 657 28 M Leigh Hunt, author, died, 1859. 5 / 654 29 Tu The Speaker born, 1835. 5 S 6 52 30 W Ill news travels fast. 5 « 6 50 3i Th Q. Wilhelmina of Holland b., 1880 5 « 6 48

GARDENING FOR THE MONTH. HOE and thin out parsnips. Sow winter and larly subject to their attacks, should be spring spinach in the beginning and end of sprinkled with lime on dewy mornings. In the month. Begin to earth-up first-planted dry weather gooseberry and currant bushes celery and leeks. Plant out broccoli, sa- should be netted over to save the ripening voys, curly kale, and Brussels sprouts. A fruit till late in the autumn. Destroy few coleworts may still be planted. Cater- wasps' nests, and take all necessary steps pillars should be looked for and destroyed. to save the ripening fruit on the walls from Savoys and cabbages, which are particu- insects. Pick off dead leaves. 8th Month.] Don't shiver for last year's snow. [31 Days.

HOW SILHOUETTES WERE SO FULL OF HIS SUBJECT. CALLED. Editor of the county newspaper: " I am ABOUT 1759 silhouettes were in fashion; and sorry to hear, Parson, that you are displeased some may not know that these black profiles with the church announcements in our last were named after a French Minister of issue." Parson: '' Displeased ! Read this, sir. Finance. Becau-e he was said to be stingy, 1 it was considered a good joke to speak of Next Sunday evening the Rev. Mr. Parsons cheap things as being d la Silhouette; and will speak upon the evils of strong drink. these black paper portraits being cheap, they The address should be well worth hearing, received the Minister's name. as Mr. Parsons is always full of his subject.'" THIS OFTEN HAPPENS. WHAT A CONTRAST IN INCOMES! Husband: " We'll be late. Get your THE incomes of the professional classe things on." Wife: " My dear, it's raining, and the wind is blowing a hurricane." Husband: " We have strong umbrel- las." no success like success in England." Wife: " My dress will be ruined." Every man — professional or otherwise — Husband: "Wear your waterproof." who gets to the top of his particular Wife: "And you know you have a ladder in England, is paid not only in cold." money, but in comforts, in homage, and in Husband: " I wouldn't miss that opera admiration, out of all proportion to those for " below him. The prizes are splendid, and Wife: " Opera? This is not opera the general average is paltry. This is night; it's a prayer-meeting night." shown by the following table :— Husband: " Oh! I wonder if our minis- per annum. ter thinks people are idiots enough to stir out of the house such a night as A nnuities to fourteen members of the this? " Royal family ...... £600,000 Living-wage miner with family (es- timated by one of them) ...... under £80 WORRY AS A SUCCESS-KILLER. Archbishop of Canterbury ...... £15,000 PERHAPS there is nothing else so utterly Average clerical income ...... £*2o foolish and unprofitable as a habit of Attorney -General ...... £13,000 worrying. It saps the nervous energy Average barrister making anything £240 and robs us of the strength and vitality necessary for the real work of life. It Sir Andrew Clark, physician £18,000 ^£20,000 makes existence a burden and weariness, Average medical man ...... £240 Head of great public school £6,000 to £8,000 instead of a perpetual joy and blessing, IQ as it should be. Sub-master in small school ...... £ o Poise and serenity are necessary to the Editor and part owner of great news- complete development of character and paper £5>°°o true success. The man who worries is Hack writer ...... £ 160 never self-centred, never perfectly balan- Macaulay, "History of England" £150,000 ced, never at his best; for every moment Scott's' novels, etc about of mental anxiety takes away vitality and Essayists, poets, majority of novelists push, and robs him of manhood and Practically nothing power. Dissenting minister (very popular) £i ,000 Worrying indicates a lack of confidence Dissenting minister of least'' drawing in our strength; it shows that we are Power" £9r~~0 unbalanced, that we do not lay hold of the universal energy which leaves no Judiciary (well paid)— doubt, no uncertainty. Lord Chief Justice £8,000 The man who does not worry, who be- Lord High Chancellor £10,000 lieves in himself, touches the wires of Judges i« county and city infinite power. Never doubting, never courts £1,000 to £2,000 hesitating, he is constantly reinforced Cabinet ministers £5.000 from the Omnipotence that creates planets and suns. MUCH TO BE DONE. The habit of worry is largely a The bell strikes one. We take no note of Time, physical infirmity; it is an evidence of But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, lack of harmony in the mental system. The Is wise in man. As if an Angel spoke, well-poised soul, the self-centred man, never I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, wobbles or hesitates. The infinite balance- It is the knell of my departed hours : wheel preserves him from all shocks, and all Where are they ? With the Years beyond the accident or uncertainty. Enough vital energy Flood. has been wasted in useless worry to run all It is the signal that demands dispatch; the affairs of the world. How much is to be done! YOUNG. [SEPTEMBER)

LONDON. THE MOON'S CHANGES. •j (/; l?t Qnar., f>th, 4 9 m. |L. Ouar.,2Ts(, 10 13 al't ^fy F . Moon, 1 3th, 6 10 aft.JN . Moon, 28th, 9 59 ait />'& •f.msi

F St. Giles, l^artridge Shooting begins. ^ 13 6 4'fi I 2 S Great Fire of London, 1666. 5 15 6 41 5 S 11 Sunday after Trinity. ',5 17 . 41 4 M : 3. E.of Ilalsburjd.d.Clian.)!)., 1825. |5 m <> 39 Tn; MaltasiUTcnderedtotheBrit!sh,i8oo. ]=, 20 5 r fi 37 W A rV n^ threateners fight. 5 2I fi 35 * Th Queen Elizabeth born, 1533. 5 23 s :» b I' : Fail of Sevastopol, i8si. 1 24 n 3o 9 S Battle of Flodden, 1513. 5 26 6 28

10 S 12 Sunday after Trinity. i aslfi 25 li M 10. Empress of Austria assass.. 1898. =5 29 f) 23 12 Tu Kt. Hon. H. H. Asquith b., 1852. 5 31 fi 21 13 W GeileralWolfekilled at Quebec, 1759. 5 32K> 19 14 Th Duke of Wellington died, 1852. i 34(6 16 15 1" Thrift is the philosopher's stone. ^( 6 14 If S P. O. Savings Bank opened, 1861. 37 6 12

17 S 13 Sunday after Trinity. 39 fi 9 18 M Commonwealth of Australia proch, 4> '9 Tu Pttv n. s von £0. 11900. 5 42 6 5 20 W Battle of the Alma, 1854. 5 44 6 2 21 Th Sir Walter Scott died, 1832. 5 45 r, o 22 F Sultan of Turkey born, 1842. 5 47 5 5» 23 S Autumn commences. 5 4» 5 5^

24 S 14 Sunday after Trinity. 5 5° 5 53 1 25 M Llicknow relieved, 1857. 5 52 5 5 26 Tu In peace prepare lor uar. 5 53 5 49 27 W Stockton and Darlington Ky. opened, 5 55 5 4'- 28 Till 30. Earl Roberts born. 1812. (1821. 5 57 5 44 29 F St. Michael. — Michaelmas Dav. 5 5» 5 42 30 S The year 5666 of the Jewish Km com. 5 59 5 39 •' September bloK' soft Till the fruit's in the loft."—Oi.n SAVINC,.

GARDENING FOR THE MONTH. IN the kitchen garden earth-up celery ; plant is the gathering and storing of the autumnal cauliflowers, cabbages, broccoli, and small sorts of apples and pears. The summer saladings. Sow lettuce and spinach, if not pruning and training of fruit trees should done in August, for spring crops. Lift now be finished. Plant strawberries for a onions and lay them on a dry shaded border main crop. In the flower garden remove at or gravel walk. About the end of the once all dead flowers and dead leaves, and month take up the most forward pota- keep down weeds—this is a livelnyy timi:nife oufi v^ toes. In the fruit garden the chief work the year with them. Sow hardy aannualsn , j jj 9th Month.] A KooA sailor may mistake in a dark night. [30

THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC, LONDON. THE MOON'S CHANGES. LONDON. istQuar. ,5th, 054 aft. L.Quar., 2151,051 aft. gs F.Moon, i3th, ii 3 m. N. Moon, 28th, 6 58 m. 05 2 11 i c 07 S 15 Sunday after Trinity. 5 i J Jf 2 M Pheasant Shooting commences. 5 3 5 35 3 Tu EliasHowe, Sewg. Mac. in., d., 1867. 6 s 4 W To preach well, live well. c -„ 6 6 5 3° 5 Th Dividends on Consols, etc., due. 6 8 c 28 6 F Lord Tennyson died, 1892. 6 10 526 7 S Oliver W. Holmes died, 1894. 6 II 5 24 8 S 16 Sunday after Trinity. 6 13 5 22 9 M 8-10. Chicago burned, 1871. 16 15 5 *9 o Tu Nansen born, 1861. 6 16 i W South African War begun, 1899. 6 18 5 *5 2 Th Any port in a storm. 6 20 3 F 14. ST W. V. Harcourt b., 1827. 6 21 5 Io 4 S Michaelmas Fire Insurance ceases. 6 23 5 8 1S 17 Sunday after Trinity. 625 5 6 M Rt. Hon. Aus. Chamberlain b., 1863. 6 27 5 4 7 Tu Earl of Selborne born, 1859. 6 28 b W St. Luke, Evangelist. 6 30 5 o 9 Th Never too late to repent. 632 458 0 F Alaska Boundary Award ann., 1903. 6 34 4 56 i S Trafalgar Day (1805), Nelson killed. 6 35 4 53 2 IT 18 Sunday after Trinity. 6 37 4 51 ^ M Sir M. Hicks-Beach born, 1837. 6 39 4 49 j Tu Michaelmas Law Sittings begin. 6 41 4 47 = W Agincourt, 1415. Balaclava, 1854. 6 43 4 45 26 Th Riches breed cares. 6 44 4 43 27 F President Roosevelt born, 1858. 6 46 4 41 28 S SS. Simon and Jude. 6 48 4 40

29 S 19 Sunday after Trinity. 649 4~l8 30 M Ramadan : observed by Turks, com. 6 51 4 36 31! Tu [ All Hallows' Eve—Nutcrack Night. 6 53 4 34

GARDENING FOR THE MONTH. DIG up and store carrots and potatoes. auriculas, etc., should be placed in Parsnips may be left in the ground till next their winter quarters. Propagation by cut- month. Sow small salads and radishes in tings should still be proceeded with, but it the first week, and mazagan beans and is to be observed that spring cuttings are early frame peas in the last week. Con- far better than those taken late in autumn. tinue to plant out cabbages for spring use. Gather hollyhock seed and dahlia seed if All kinds of apples and pears should now ripe, and prepare beds for tulips, hyacinths, be carefully stored. Pinks, carnations, etc. Take up scarlet lobelias. JOtn. JVTontn#] Nothing is good or bad but by comparison. [3* Days*

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR: THE BLOWING UP OF THE PETROPAVLOVSK.

HEALTH AND GOOD SPIRITS. TRAVEL WHEN YOU CAN. THE ancient physicians diagnosed their ONE lives quicker while travelling, each cases according to temperament, and hour counting for many of one's stay-at- held that he or she of a cheerful, saii- home days. And the rapid, sudden ac- guine spirit was much the more likely TO quaintance with localities, the brief recover from any attack of ill-health. A sojourns divested of responsibility, inno- cheerful mind induces good health, and cent of yesterday and to-morrow, bring good health induces a cheerful mind. with them a heightened possibility of human intercourse. There is a more rapid intuition of one another. And the stress of A BATTLESHIP BLOWN UP. time, the feeling of now or never, begets a AN appalling disaster befel the Russian quick, sufficient stretching out of hands and fleet at Port Arthur on the i3th of April, clasping of personalities. 1904. The great Russian battleship Petropavlovsk, as she was making for JACK AND I. the roadstead, struck a mine, which ex- / was so tired of Jack, poor boy, ploded, and caused the vessel to turn And Jack was tired of me! turtle and sink. Of her whole crew of Most longed-for sweets will soonest cloy ; close on eight hundred men, fewer than Fate had been kind, and we, fifty sa\ed themselves by swimming to the Two foolish spendthrift hearts, made waste shore. Admiral Makaroff went down with Of life's best gifts with eager haste. the ill-fated vessel, and another valuable life lost was that of M, Verestchagin, Oh! tired we were. Time seems so long the painter. When everything goes well! The Petropavlovsk was a ship of The walls of home rose grim and strong; 10,960 tons, and was built at St. Peters- Like prisoners in a cell burg at a cost of ;£ 1,098,000. We clanked our marriage chain, and pined For freedom we had left behind. THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC. Tired, tired of love and peace were we, THIS is one of the imposing buildings of Of every day's calm bliss .' modern London, and is situated in Prince We had no goal to win, since he Consort Road. The Royal College of Was mine and I was his; Music was incorporated by royal charter And so we sighed in mute despair, in 1883 for I he advancement of the science and art of music in the British And wished each other anywhere. Empire. The building, which is in the But sorrow came one day—the pain Renaissance style, was opened in May, Of Death's dark, awful fear ! 1894, by the Prince of Wales, now King Oh, then our hearts beat warm again, Edward VII. It was designed by Sir Then each to each was dear; Arthur Blomfield, A.R.A., and was built It seemed that life could nothing lack, at what was thought the very moderate cost While Jack had me, and I had Jack ! of about £50,000. MADELINE S. BRIDGES. M NQVEnBEl-0 TSERRIS HUMfiN.TOFSRCIVC DIVINt

• f.-x '/•-' />""> '.r^-'","^ LONDON. (f • • *HE MOON'S CHANGES. ., x » ist Qnar., 4th, i 39m.t L. Quar., 2oth, I34m. F. Moon, I2th, 5 ii m.| N. Moon, 26th, 4 47aft. ^5 1* i. in. i. in. i W All Saints' Day. 6 55 4 32 2 Th All Souls' Day. 6 57 4 30 3 F Mikado of Japan born, 1852. 6 58 4 29 4 S 5. The Gunpowder Plot, 1605. 7 e t 27 5 S 20 Sunday after Trinity. 7 2 4 25 6 M Princess Charlotte died, 1817. 7 4 ^ 23 7 Tu Self do, self have. [1902. 7 5 4 23 8 W Gordon Col. at Khartoum opened, 7 7 4 20 9 Th King Edward VII. born, 1841. 7 9 4 18 10 F Duke of Fife born, 1849. 7 ii 4 J7 ii S Martinmas. — Scottish Term. 7 13 4 15

12 S Zl Sunday after Trinity. 7 '4 4 r4 13 M II. King of Italy born, 1869. 7 16 4 12 Tu Leibnitz, philosopher, died, 1716. 7 18 4 " 15 W Silence has many advantages. 7 20 4 9 16 Th Pr. Edward of Saxe-Weiniar died, 7 21 4 8 17 F Suez Canal opened, 1869. [i9°2. 7 23 4 6 18 S 19. Rt. Hon.C.T Ritchie born, 1838. 7 25 4 5 19 S 22 Sunday after Trinity. 726 4 4 20 M Sir W. Laurier 1 orn, 1841. 7 28 4 3 21 Tu Mere wishes are silly fishes. 7 29 4 2 22 W St. Cecilia. 7 3' 4 I 23 Th Herr Krupp died, 1902. 7 33 4 0 24 F J. Knox, Scottish reformer, d., 1572. 7 35 3 58 25 S Sir Henry Ilavelock died, 1857. 7 36 5 57

26 S 23 Sunday after Trinity. 738 3 56 27 M 28. Dr. Joseph Parker died, 1902. 7 39 3 56 28 Tu Battle of Modder River, 1899. 7 4'|3 55 29 W Sir F. C. Burnand born, 1836. 7 42^3 54 30 Th St. Andrew's I) .1'. 7 44 3 53

GARDENING FOR THE MONTH. FINISH taking up potatoes, carrots, beet, week of the month. Strawberry beds and parsnips. Take up early broccoli, en- should have all runners and dead loaves dive, late cauliflowers and lettuce, and lay removed. In fine weather, and the earlier them in an open shed or in old cucumber in the month the better, plant all sorts of or melon pits, which will protect them from fruit trees. Generally speaking, November frost and afford a supply during the winter is the best lime for Inmsplantine trees and months. Sow early frame peas and ma/a- shrubs. When the weather is favourable gan beans for an early crop in the second •attend to the work of pruning and nailing. IVIonth.*] Keep no more cats than will catch mice. [30

THE KING'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

KING EDWARD IN IRELAND. " I CAN'T AFFORD THAT." A HIGHLY successful visit was paid to INTO a Melbourne daily newspaper office Ireland by King Edward and Queen one day walked a tall, lanky countryman, Alexandra in the spring of 1904. They who said he wanted an " In Memoriam " left London on the ssth of April, and the notice in the obituary column. following day arrived in the Green Isle " My ole guv'nor died a year ago," he and attended Punchestown Races. explained, " and I should like a bit o' A leading incident of the visit took poetry in the paper about him." place on the sSth of April, when the " All right," answered the clerk; King laid the foundation stone of the new " have you brought it with you? " building of the Royal College of Science at " No," said the rustic ; " can't you fix Dublin. me up a bit? " From Dublin they went to Kilkenny, from " Certainly," replied the clerk. " Our Kilkenny to Waterford, and afterwards to charge for ' In Memoriam ' notices is six Lismore Castle on a visit to the Duke and shillings an inch." Duchess of Devonshire. A look of intense dismay passed over Their Majesties embarked at Kings- the countryman's face. "Good gracious!" town for Holyhead on May 4th, and reached he cried. "I can't afford that; and my London on the following day. guv'nor was six feet high." AN ANGLER'S DODGE. THE IRONY OF LIFE. How unfair are our own judgments NOT long ago a smart member of a cer- sometimes, and how far out we sometimes tain angling club obtained a prize in a are in our inferences. In illustration of very questionable manner. which, take this poem by Mr. Thomas , In the course of the annual match he Hardy :— landed a fair-sized pike. The fish was only poorly fed, and in order to increase There is a house with ivied walls, its weight he crammed a couple of hard- A nd mullioned windows worn and old boiled eggs down the pike's throat. A nd the long dwellers in those halls This added weight just got the sharp Have souls that know but sordid culls, angler into the first prize, The fraud And daily dream of gold, might never have been discovered but for In blazing brick ami plated show the fact that it was resolved to give all the Not far away a " villa " gleams, fish caught to the poor of the village. A nd here a family few may know, Consequently, when the secretary of the With book and pencil, viol and bow angling club asked an old dame how she had Lead inner lives of dreams, enjoyed her fish, he received the astounding The philosophic passers say, reply: "Vary weel, mister! But it's sich a " See that old mansion mossed and fair, pity to kill the fish when they lay Rich eggs! " Poetic souls therein are they, The smart angler was made to disgorge the And O that gaudy box! Away, to hand in his card of membership. You vulgar people there." wnXr'5 DffiNt ONT BE HELPED.

t?X- Mn . "^ 0 THE MOON'S CHANGES. LONDON. lstQuar.,3rd,6 38 aft. L.Quar.,igth,o 9 aft. z $ SB F.Moon,nth,ii26aft. N. Moon, 26th, 4 4m. •"3 MOT m. i F Queen Alexandra born, 1844. 45 3 53 2 S Apt to promise, apt to forget. 47 3 52 3 S 1 Sunday in Advent. 48 3 52 4 M Treaty of Peace—Trky.-Grce. , 1897 7 49 3 51 Tu Alexander Dumas (pere), d., 1870. 7 51 3 51 6 W Anthony Trollope died, 1882. 7 52 3 5° 7 Th General Sir Redvers Bullerb., 1839 7 53 3 5° 8 F Work done expects money. 7 54 3 5° 9 S 10. Grouse & Blk. Gm. Shting. ends 7 55 3 49

10 S 2 Sunday in Advent. 756 3 49 ii M Charles Wesley, mus., b., 1757. 7 57 3 49 12 Tu Robert Browning, poet, died, 1889 7 59 3 49 | 13 W " Never " is a long day. 8 o3 49 Th Rt. Hon. St. J. Brodrick b., 1857. 8 i 3 49 15 F 14. Prince Albert died, 1861. 8 2 3 49 16 S Cromwell became Protector, 1653. 8 2 3 49 l ~ S 3 Sunday in Advent. 8 3 3J 4^y9 18 M 17. Lord G. Hamilton born, 1845. 8 4 3 5° -9 Tu J. M. W. Turner, artist, died, 1851 8 4 3 5° 20 W 21. Michaelmas Law Sittings end. 8 5 3 5° 21 Th St. Thomas's Day. 8 5 3 51 22 F Winter commences. 8 6 3 51 23 S 24. King of Greece born, 1845. 8 6 3 52

24 S 4 Sunday in Advent. 8 73 52 25 M Christmas Day. 8 73 53 26 Tu Boxing Day. Bank Holiday. 8 7 3 54 27 W St. John, Apostle and Evangelist. 8 8 3 54 28 Th Innocents' Day. —Childermas. 8 8 3 55 29 F Hour by hour time departs. 8 8 356 30 S Rudyard Kipling born, 1865. 8 8 3 57

31 ~g~ Sun. after Chris. New Yr's. Eve 8 8 3 58

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GARDENING FOB THE MONTH. MANY of the operations of last month, such The roots of tender trees, such as the as transplanting, altering and laying down apricot and peach, should be mulched lawns, may be continued this month if the over, as they are often so far affected by weather be open. In the kitchen garden a frost as to be barren during the ensuing few peas and beans may be sown. Turn year. Inspect the fruit in the store room up the ground thoroughly for exposure to at regular and frequent intervals, and re- the frost and snow. If the weather be move whatever is found to be in a state of mild attend to the operation of pruning. decay. Collect dead leaves and rubbish. J2th Month.] Want of care admits despair. [3J Days-

OPENING THE ST. LOUIS EXHIBITION.

THE ST. LOUIS EXHIBITION. BEGGARS IN IRELAND. THE St. Louis Exhibition or World's THE number of beggars in Ireland has Fair was held in 1904 at St. Louis to largely decreased within the last quarter celebrate the centenary of the Louisiana of a century. They are only to be found, Purchase, by which the territory of in any large numbers, at show places Louisiana, in all a million square miles, much frequented by tourists, such as Kil- was acquired from Napoleon in 1803-4. larney, and at large fair and race meet- It was opened on the 3oth of April, ings. But even in the streets of cities and was on a bigger scale than any pre- and towns begging is winked at by the vious affair of the kind. About four mil- aiithorities ; and there are many mendi- lion pounds was spent in making the cants who follow it, though they could grounds, building the exhibit palaces, do at least as well otherwise, as an easy inducing co-operation at home and abroad, rncan^ of making a livelihood. and in advertising the fair. " Could you help a poor fellow to-day and the Lord save yez ? " said a beggar GETTING ON IN THE WORLD. to a Dublin publican. IT is every man's, and every woman's, " Get away," cried the shopkeeper, ambition to get on in the world, and " I've had a dozen of your kind here here is some advice on the subject to be to-day already." thought OTer by those who in their eager- " Shure, and it's meself that sadly ness to make progress flit from one thing knows how the professhion is overrun," to another, always hoping that the next replied the beggar. thing will be better than the last. Recently the following was overheard be- "To get on in this world, you must be tween two old crones :—" Good morra to yet content to be always stopping where you Mrs. Fogarty," said one. are ; to advance, you must be station- " Good morra, kindly, Judy," replied ary ; to get up, you must keep down : the other ; " I hope I see you well! " following riches is like following wild " Oh, very well entirely. So, Mrs. geese, and you must crawl after both on Fogarty, ye married yer daughter Kate. your belly : the minute you pop up your Did she get a good match? " head, off they go whistling before the " Divil a better, praise be to God! She wind, and you see no more of them. got Blind Darby Driscal on the Dyke, "If you haven't the art of sticking by that makes more money than any three nature, you must acquire it by art: put a beggars in Cork." couple of pounds of bird-lime upon your " Ah, thin, but it's me that's glad to office stool, and sit down on it; get a hear yer news. And did ye give her chain round your leg, and tie yourself to anythin' ? " your counter like a pair of shop scissors ; " Faix, I did, thin! Didn't I give her nail yourself up against the wall of your the best side of Patrick Street, which, if place of business like a weasel on a barn- well begged, is worth siven and sixpence a door, or the sign of the spread eagle." week." $Jj«rtaI mUgttlHiion*, Sabings $Jmtb, Jesltbals, (Eclipses, #e. Principal Articles of the i| Letter Post. smaller numbers or singly. Reply Calendar for the Year 1905. 1 Cards are also sold. To and from all parts of the United Letter Cards are sold at 8 for gd. Golden Number, 6 ; Epact, 24 ; Kingdom, the prepaid rates are :— Not exceeding 4 oz. in weight, id. Smaller numbers in proportion. Solar Cycle, 10 ; Dominical Letter, Foreign Post Cards, id.;reply,2d. A ; Roman Indictfon, 3 ; Julian For every additional aoz,, jd. Period (Year cf), 6618. No letter may exceed 2 feet in length, i foot in width, or i foot in Money Orders for the depth, unless it be sent to or from United Kingdom. Fixed and Movable Festi- a Government office. vals, Anniversaries, &c. A letter posted unpaid is chargeable Money Orders are granted in the on delivery with double postage, and United Kingdom at the following Epiphany , . . . . Jan. 6 rates :— a letter posted insufficiently paid is For sums not exceeding ,£ i .. 2d Accession of King lid ward VII. ,, 22 chargeable with double the deficiency. Proclamation ,, ,, ,, 24 Foreign and Colonial Postage Rate Above £i, and not cxcdg. £3 y\. Septuagesima Sunday . . Feb. 19 St. David Mar. i '•'• £*o " £20 6d. Quinquagesima — Shrove Imperial Penny Postage. Sunday 5 A letter postage of id. per i oz. .. £3° ,. £40 iod. Ash Wednesday .. .. ,,8 is now established between theUnited Money may be sent by Telegraph Quadragesima — ist Sunday Kingdom, Canada, Cape Colony, Money Order at the same rates as for in Lent „ 12 Newfoundland, India, Natal, New ordinary Inland Money Qidertiplus St. Patrick ,.i? Zealand, and other British Posses- siipplementary fee of 2d. and cost of ' Annunciation — Lady Day ,, 25 sions and Protectorates. official telegram of advice. Palm Sunday .. .. Apiil 16 Good Friday .. .. ,,21 Half-penny Post (Inland). Money Orders payable Easter Sunday . . . . ,.23 This post is limited to packets not Abroad. St. George ,,23 exceeding 2 oz. in weight and covers Money Orders, payable abroad, Low Sunday ,,30 books, drawings, documents of are to be had at all Money Order Rogation Sunday . . . . May 28which particulars are given in the offices. For rates and conditions, Ascension Day — Holy Postal Guide, &c. Beyond 2 oz. he see the Postal Guide. Thursday June i letter post rate must be paid. Birth of Prince of Wales. . „ 3 Every half-penny Packet must be Postal Orders. Pentecost—Whit-Sunda y „ 1 1 posted either without a cover or in Trinity Sunday .. ,. „ 18 en unfastened envelope, or in an Many new postal orders are now Corpus Christi . . . . ,,22 easily removable cover. No half- issued: their number is now to be St. John Baptist— Midsum- penny Packet may exceed 2 feet in forty ; that is to say, there are to be mer Day ,, 24 length or i foot in breadth or depth. orders for every 6d. up to 195., St. Michael — Michaelmas and also for 2os. and 2is., the Day Sept. 29 charge being Jd. for orders from 6d. Birth of King Edward VII. Nov. 9 Parcel Post. to is. 6d, ; id for orders from ss. to St. Andrew .. 3J Parcels not exceeding n Ib. in IQS. 6d.; and i£d. for orders above ist Sunday in Advent • . Dec. 3 weight are received at any post that sum. Christmas Day . . . . ,, 25 in the United Kingdom. The rates of postage are :— Not exceeding ilb., 3d.; Registration and Compen- 2lb.,4d.;3lb.,5d.; 4lb.,6d.; 5lb.,7d.; Foreign Epochs. 61b., tfd.; 7 lb.,9d. ; 81b., icd. ; gib., By the prepayment of a fee of The year 5666 of the Jewish Era iid.; nib., is. twopence any postal packet (parcels commences on September 30, 1905. The dimensions allowed for an in- included) may be registered to any The year 1323 of the Mohammedan land postal parcel are :— place in the United Kingdom. Every Era commences on March 8. 1905. Greatest length . . sft. 6in. packet to be registered must be Ramadfln (Month of Abstinence Greatest length and given to an agent of the Post Office, observed by the Turks) commences girth combined . . 6ft. oin. and a receipt obtained for it. The on October 30, 1505. A Parcel Post has also been estab- Postmaster-General will give compen- lished between this country and 1 ' sation up to a inaxummriimit of £120 many foreign countries and the j- for the loss and damage of Inland Eclipses in 1905. British Colonies and possessions! Registered Postal Packets of all In the year 1905 there will be two generally. For rates and regulations, , kinds. The ordinary fee of ad. Eclipses of the Sun and two of the see the I'ost Office Guide. secures ,£5 ; the payment of 3d. ,£10 ; Moon : — 4d. £20 ; 5d. £30 ; 6d. £40 ; /d. £50; Feb. 19.— A Partial Eclipse of the Postage on Inland 8d. £60 ; gd. £70 ; md. £80 ; ud.£y>; Moon, partly visible at Greenwich. Registered Newspapers. is. 2,ioo ; is. id. £110 ; is. sd. £130. Mar. 6. — An Annular Kclipse of Prepaid Rate. — On each Registered the Sun, invisible at Greenwich. Newspaper, whether posted singly or Post Office Savings Banks. Aug. 15.— A Partial liclipse of the in a packet, the postage when pre- No deposit of less than a shilling is Moon, partly visible at Greenwich. paid is one halfpenny ; out a packet received, nor any pence, and not Aug. 30.— A Total Eclipse of the containing two or more Registered more than £50 in one year. No fur. Sun, visible (as a partial one) at Newspapers is not chargeable with a ther deposit is allowed when the Greenwich. higher rate of postage than would be amount standing in depositor's uame chargeable on a Book Packet or Letter amounts to £200 inclusive of interest. Law Sittings, 1905. of the same weight — viz. one half- Interest is allowed at the raterf2j£ penny for 2 oz. or fraction of 2 oz. per cent. '{or sixpence in the pound) Begin End per annum — that is, at the rate of one Hilary Sittings Jan. n. Apr. 19. Foreign and Colonial halfpenny per pound per month. Easter ,, May 3. June 9. Sample Post. At every Post Office in the United Trinity ,, June 20. Aug. iz. This post is absolutely restricted to Kingdom forms for making small Mich. .,, Oct. 24. Dec. 21. bond fide trade samples and scientific deposits are issued gratuitously. specimens. The rate of postage is Each form has twelve divisions, in id. for the first 4 oz. and Jd, per each of which a penny postage stamp Post Office Telegrams. 2 oz. thereafter. can be placed ; when the twelve are The charge for telegrams through- « «. j r =+«- .- e* ~Aa filled in, it is received at any Post out the United Kingdom is 6d. fo r PosD t and Letter Cardsn . Office Saving;, Bank as a shilling. the first twelve words, and !^d. for Post Cards, bearing a halfpenny i Any person can invest, at any every additional word. Addresses i; impressed stamp, are available for i Post Office Savings Batik, small sums are charged for. Figures are counted 'transmission between places in the in Government Stock. Not more at the rate of five figures to a word. United Kingdom only. They are than ~£zco can be invested in' any For the rates charged for foreign sold at 10 for s^d., or of finer quality, • one year. The amount held bythe telegrams see the Post Office Guide. 10 for 6d. They can also be had in investor must not exceed ,£500. . 3Famil|r, ***• THE ROYAL FAMILY. MINISTRY OF GREAT-BRITAIN AND IRELAND. His Majesty Edward VII., King of the United Kingdom Premier and First Lord of the Treasury.—Rt. Hon. of Great Britain and Ireland, Emperor of India, bom Arthur J. Balfour. November 9, 1841; married March 10,1863, to Princess Lord President pf the Countft.—'Rt. Hon. the Marquis Alexandra of Denmark (born ist December, 1844) ; suc- of Londonderry, • ceeded his mother; Queen1 Victoria, January 22, 1901. Lord Chancellor.—Rx. Hon. Earl of Halsbury, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. Lord Privy Seal.—Most Hon. Marquess of Salisbury, George Frederick Ernest Albert, Prince of Wales, Secretaries of State :•— born June 3, 1865. H.R, H. tnarrierl July 6, Home Department.—Rt. Hon. A. Akers-Douglas. 1893, H.R.H, Victoria Mary of Teck and has issue- Foreign Affairs.—Most Hon. Marquis of Lansdowne, Prince Edward Albert Christian George Andrew K.G. . . Patrick David, born June 23, 1894; Prince Albert Colonial..—Rt. Hon. Alfred Lyttelton. Frederick Arthur George, born December 14, 18951 Ifar.—'R.t. Hon. H. O. Arnold-Forster. Princess Victoria Alexandra Alice Mary, born April 25, India.—Rt. Hon. W. St. John Brodrick. 1897; Prince Henry William Frederick Albert, born Chancellor of the Exchequer;—R.t. Hon. J, Austen March 51, 1900: -Prince George Edward Alexander Chamberlain. -- Edmund, b6rn D*c. 20, 1902. First Lord of Admiralty.—-Rt. Hon. Earl of Selborne. Princess Louise Victoria Alexandra Dagmar (Duchess of Lord Chancellor of Ireland.—^A, Hon. Lord Ash- Fife), born February 20,1867 ; married July 27, 1889, the bourne. DukeofFife, K.T-.and has issue-Lady Alexandra Vic- Pres. of Board of Trade.— Rt. Hon. Gerald W. Balfour. toria Alberta Edwina Lduise Duff, born May 17, 1891; Sec. for Scotland.^-"Rt. Hon. A. Graham Murray. Lady Maud Alexandra Victoria Georgia Bertha Duff Pres. Loc. Gov. Board.- Rt. Hon. W. H. Long. . born April 3,1893. . Pres. Board of Agriculture.—Rt. Hon. Earl of Onslow. Princess Victoria Alexandra O. M. born July 6, i&Sa Postmaster-General.'— Rt. Hon. Lord Stanley. Princess Maud Charlotte Mary Victoria, born Novem- Pres. Board of /?dueation.~M.QSt Hon. Marquess of ber 26, 1869 ; married July 33, 1896, Prince Charles, and Londonderry. son of the Crowfa Prince of Denmark, and has issue son Chief Sec. for Ireland.—Rt, Hon. George Wyndham. born July 2, 1903. The abovs constitute the Cabinet. CHILDREN DECEASED. Albert V, C. E. (Duke of Clarence and Avoiidale), born Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,—Rt. Hon. the Earl of January 8, 1864; died January 14, 1892. Dudley. Alexander J. C. A., born April 6, 1871; died April 7,1871. Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster.—Rt. Hon. Sir W. H. Walrond. BROTHERS AND SISTERS. First Commissioner of Works,—Rt. Hon. Lord Duke of Connaught (Arthur William Patrick Albert), Windsor. born May i, 1850, LAW OFFICERS. Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (Helena Augusta Attorney-General of England.—Si* Robert B. Finlay. Victoria), born May 25, 1846. Solicitor-Generalof 'England.—.Rt. Hn. Sir E. H. Carson. Duchess of Argyll (Louise Caroline Alberta), born Lord Advocate of Scotland. — Rt. Hon. A. Scott March 18, 1848. Dickson. I'rincess Henry of Battenberg {Beatrice Mary Victoria Solicitor-General of Scotland.—David Dnndas, Esq. Feodora), born April 14, 1857. Attorney-General of Ireland.—Rt. Hon. John Atkinson. Xoliiitor-General of Ireland.—J. H. M. Campbell, Esq., REGISTERS OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND K.C. DEATHS. Copies of these are kept at Somerset House, and may ENGLISH QUARTER DAYS. be searched on payment of a fee of one shilling. If a Lady Day, March 25 ; Midsummer, June 24; Michael- certified copy of any entry be required, the charge for mas, Sept. 29; and Christmas, Dec. 25. that, in addition to the shilling for the search, is two Quarterly trade accounts are -made up to ihe end of shillings and sevenpence. which includes a penny tor the months of March, June, Sept., and Dec. stamp duty. The registers contain an entry of births, deaths, and marriages since ist July, 1837. Copies can SCOTTISH QUARTER DAYS OR TERMS. always be obtained from the Registrar tor the district, Candlemas, Feb. 2; Whitsunday, May 15; Lammas, or the Superintendent Registrar who has the custody of Aug. i; and Martinmas, Nov. n. the registers (including those of persons married at the 'Ihe Removal Terms in Scottish Burghs are May churches) when filled. 28, November 28. ____^_ MARRIAGES. In the case of marriage by banns, if the contracting BANK HOLIDAYS. parties reside in different parishes, the publication must England and Ireland,—Easter Monday, the Monday be made in the churches of each parish for three con- in Whitsun week, first Monday in August, the Twenty- secutive Sundays. If three months be permitted to sixth day of December (or the Twenty-seventh, should elapse after the third time of publication, the banns the Twenty-sixth be a Sunday; become useless, and the parties must either obtain a Siotland.—New Year's Day, Christmas Day (if either licence or submit to the republication of the banns. of the above days falls on a Sunday, the following Mon- Civil marriages can be performed before a duly licensed ti ly shall be a Bank Holiday) ; Good Friday, first Mon- Registrar. day in May, first Monday in August. PRIME MINISTERS OF THE VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS SINCE 1812. /~)ate. />!>«<• Minister. DiDuration, •mt Klin Year Days. June 9, 1812 Earl of Liverpool 14 319 Nov. 6. 1865 Earl Russell April A, 1827 George Canning "34 July 6, 1866 Earl of Derby Sept. 25, 1827 Viscount Goderich 0 Feb. 27, i?68 Benjamin Disraeli 25, 1828 Duke of Wellington ,. 2 Dec. 9, 1868 W. E. Gladstone 74 fc 22, 1830 Earl Grey 3 Benjamin Disraeli \ Feb. 21, 1874 6? July IS, 1834 Viscount Melbourne . . Earl Beaconsfield J *' Dec. 26, 1834 Sir Robert P^el April =3 1880 W. E. Gladstone . .. 57 April Iff, 1835 Viscount Melbourne.. 6 June n IS 5 Marquis of Salisbury 227 Sept. 6, 1841 Sir Kobe rt Peel 4 Feb. 6, 1881 W.E.Gladstone .... 178 6, 1846 Lord John Russell . . 5 Aug. 3, 18E6 Marquis of Salisbury IS reb 27, 1852 Earl of Derby Aug. 18,1893 W. E. Gladstone .... '97 Dec! 28, 1832 Earl of Aberdeen .... 2 March 3, 1894 Earl of Rosebery ... Feb. ro, iSsg Lord Palmerston .... 3 "5 July 2, 1893 Marquis of Salisbury Feb. 25, 185* Earl of Derby ...... "3 July 12, 1902 Arthur J. Balfour June 18, 1859 Lord Palmerston .... 6 MI , (Ease*, (Esctst gutics, Stamp Duties, &c. Various Licences and Duties AGREEMENT,or Memorandum of Agree- £ BEER RETAILERS :-— ment, under hand only, not otherwise Beer not drunk on the premises £ * d. charged o (England) 150 APPRAISEMENT, or VALUATION of any Beer drunk on the premises (U.K.) 3 10 O estate or effects where the amount of BREWERS brewing for sale (U.K.) .... I O O the appraisement shall not exceed ,£5 CARRIAGES, Anl. Lee. (Gt. Brit.) ;— Not excd. £10, .o Notexcd.^jo o 2 For every carriage with four or more 2 100 »> ii °* .o 50 wheels,:to be.drawn or adapted or it ,, 30.. O 200 10 O fitted to be drawn by two or more » Ji 40- -° 500 15 O horses or mules, or to b« drawn or Exceeding ,£500 ...... i o o propelled by mechanical power .. APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURES : — Ditto, with four or more wheels, to be f On each instrument ...... o 2 6 drawn or adapted or fitted to be ARMORIAL BEARINGS : Great Britain i drawn by one horse or mule only.. If used on any carriage do. ..2 With fewer than four wheels o 15 Arms, Grant of, stamp duty ...... 10 For every hackney carriage 015 ARTICLES of clerkship to solicitor in Motor ear& pay a further duty. England or Ireland ...... 80 Dogs of any kind, Great Britain , 7 6 In Superior Courts, in Scotland, or Ditto, Ireland, One dog .. Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Ireland—every additional dog Durham ...... 60 Game Licences (U.K.), if taken out after BILLS OF EXCHANGE on' demand ... - o , 3ist July and before ist Nov., to ex- BILLS OF EXCHANGE of any other kind, pire on 3ist July following and also PROMISSORY NOTES. Not After 3ist July/expire 3ist October exceeding £5 ...... o After 3ist October, expire 3ist July Exceeding ,£5 and not exceeding^ xo o Gamekeepers, Great Britain M 1° i) 25 o Game Dealer's Licence (U.K.) „ 25 „ 50 O Gun or Pistol (Licence to use or carry) O IO M 5° » 75 o Pedlars—Police Licence o 5 „ 75 ,, 100 Q Retailers of wine, England and Ireland 2 10 Every ,£100, and also for any frac- „ ,, (Grocers) Scotland.. 2 4 tional part of j£ioo, of such amount o Tea, Customs duty, per pound O O BILL OF LADING ...... : ---- o o 6 Tobacco and Snuff, Dealers in CERTIFICATE,— Of goods being duly entered inwards for drawback .... o Of birthj baptism, marriage, or burial Estate Duty. (certified, copy of) ...... o Where the principal value of the estate CHARTER PARTY ...... o exceeds ;£ioo and does not exceed CONVEYANCE :— ;£soo, i per cent. ; £500 to ,£1,000, 2 When the purchase money shall not per cent.; j£i,ooo to j£io,ooo, 3 per exceed £5 ...... o cent., and so on up to ;£i,o3o,ooo, Exceeding £5 and not exceeding £ 10 o which is charged 8 per cent. 15 20 o House Duty. 20 On inhabited houses, occupied as" For every additional ,£25 up to ,£300 0 farm-housej public-house, coffee- If exceeding ;£ 300, then for every £ 50 0 shop, shop, warehouse, or lodg- Any_ kind of conveyance not other- ing-house of the annual value of wise charged ...... o ^£20 and not exceeding ,£40 CONVEYANCE, OR TRANSFER : — Exceeding £40 and not exc. ;£6o.. Of Bank of England Stock ...... o Exceeding ;£6o Of any Colonial debenture stock or Other houses of the annual value of funded debt ; for every ;£ioo or ,£20 and not exceeding ,£40 .... fractional part of ;£ioo of nominal Exceeding/4o and not exc. amount transferred ...... o 2 6 Exceedinj CHEQUES or DRAFTS ...... o RECEIPTS, £,2 or upwards ...... '.. o LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES:— Patent for Inventions (Letters). On every ;£ioo of capital to be raised 0 Application for Patent i i MARRIAGE LICENCE, special, England Complete Specification 3 and Ireland .... 5 Before the expiration of fourth year ,, ,, Not special .... o from date of Patent 5 PASSPORT ...... o o 6 5th year 6 Income Tax. 6th Schedule C, D, and E, is. in the 7th pound. 1 'ncotnes under *i6o exempt ; 8th tinder .£400 allowed a, deduction &f 9th ;£i6o ; between ,£400 and ^500 a de- xoth duction of ^150; between ,6500 and nth ;£6oo a deduction of ,£120; between izth 13 o o ^600 and £700 a deduction 13th