The Rhos Herald

Mr. Henry Tresawna, who lately resigned the secretaryship of the Royal Cornwall Agricul- tural Association after fifty years' service, has received a letter conveying the regret of the Duke of Cornwall (the Prince of Wales), patron of the Association, at his retirement.

HOME HINTS. [ To clean real lace, place it between layers of white tissue paper, well sprinkled with calcined magnesia, and put between the leaves of a book under a heavy weight for three days. Shake off the powder, and the lace will be found quite clean. Before applying blacklead for polishing a greasy grate, make a pad of old cloth and rub soot from the back of the grate, or from the flues on all the greasy parts. The grate will then take the polish, and with much less labour than usual. Chapping of the lips in winter is fre- quently caused by the deposit of moisture on the veil, and if cheap veils are worn the poi- sonous dyes often produce a troublesome eruption of the face. If you can possibly manage it, have the walls of your bedroom papered or distem- pered in a light shade. Dark papers make dismal people, and there are few things more depressing than to wake up each morning in a dark or dingy-looking room. Tarragon vinegar is most useful in every kitchen. Those who grow tarragon in their gardens or who can buy it cheaply, can flavour vinegar with it in this way: Wash and nicely dry a handful of tarragon, pour some boiling vinegar on to it, stand a lew hours, strain and bottle. When using a gas stove have it placed where a ventilator can be put over the stove in the chimney. Never put the saucepans on the stove till the gas is lighted. Keep the top of the stove and the burners thoroughly clean. To bone herring, or similarly-shaped fish, cut off the head and clean it. Split it open from head to tail, lay it on a table inside downwards, and press the back flat, till the fish looks like a kipper. This loosens the bones. Next turn the fish over, and run the thumb under the backbone from head to tail. It will then be found that the backbone and most of the small bones will easily come away together. A simple way to get warm after exposure to cold is to take a long breath with the mouth firmly shut. Repeat this several times, until you begin to feel the heat returning. The long breath quickens the pulse, and thus causes the blood to circulate faster. The blood flows into all parts of the veins and arteries, and gives out a great deal of heat. DON'T DROP YOUR FRIBNDS. Don't drop your friends because you have married "the dearest boy in the world." No two people are "sufficent for themselves," and it is very narrowing and dwarfing to cut oneself off from intercourse with the outside world. Remember that love is rather lIkes. pair of boots. The latter last many times as long if worn alternately with others. And there is a chance that love may last indefi- nitely if it is not worn too threadbare at the beginning. ¡ I DELICATE HANDS. Those who wish to have delicate hands must never hold them over the fire nor expose them in strong wind or rain, while it will be fatal to your chance of beauty to attempt to dry them by the fire if they are at all damp. Fine hands that tan and freckle can be made white and spotless by first fomenting them with a white bran poultice and then washing them in lime water or in the juice of fresh lemons. Another very good way (for those who have the time) to keep the hands white | is to bathe them three times a day in hot I milk and water for several successive days, I' put pomade on them at night, and wear gloves during the day. THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH. The value of health to the individual- say, for example, to the father of a family who is the breadwinner for wife and children —is recognised by all, but it may not be so generally realised that the length of life of all active members of the community consti- tutes a national asset of great pecuniary value, as it directly affects the national earn- ings. Not only does the cost of educating and training a fresh generation of workers repre- sent an immense loss of money, but many years must elapse before the new recruits can take their places in the industrial army. It is, therefore, of the highest importance to the State that all its workers should continue to be efficient as long as possible. If one of them becomes an invalid or dies, the general stock of wealth produced will he less, and the burden of supporting a family may be cast upon the pubic. BLUSHING. Blushing is almost invariably a nervous affection, and it is most important that any- one who suffers in this way should attend to the general health. Plain, simple food, plenty of outdoor exercise, and well-ventilated rooms all help to tone up the nervous system, and so tend towards a cure. But it is neces- sary to exercise one's will power too. Try to remember that most people, will not even notice whether you blush or not, and make up your mind to ignore it yourself as much as possible. A great deal can be done by cultivating strength of will in this direction.

BUDGET BULL'S-EYES. (FROM THE BUDGET LEAGUE.) In view of the crisis with which the | ,.eolmtl'Y is now faced, it is interesting to jreoaU a similar crisis in the Colony of New Zral:1u.d in the early nineties. It is some- times good for the Mother Country to learn from her daughters, and it may be in- jStTUietive, therefore, to know how the New Ott J&alanders settled their crisis. The Liberals in New Zealand had a at victory at the polls in December, 11890, and ejected a Tory Government (Pthidl had practically dominated New Zea- land politics for twenty years. The Tory •jrader resigned on the day of the meeting 49 Parliament, but before he gave up the Seals of office he appointed seven members ai the Legislative Council, of whom he ;hi m.!5tolf, the defeated Premier, was one. Tlie. Prime Minister of the new Ministry I -wa.s John Ballance afterwards Sir John j&ali&iice—the famous New Zealand Liberal 1.e-ader who preceded Sir John Seddon. He h,ut a large majority in the popular Cham- I ifter, and was able easily to pass a series of tibt,ral measures. But whenever these mea- •#tarr-s were sent up to the Legislative Coun- oil, which corresponds to our House of Ixwds, the vital /provisions of them were I ,de.f,e,ited by large majorities—as much as (ftighWen to five. The members being ap- for life up to 1891 could not be re- sjliaved. Yet, as the majority included six dRf the seven members wlut had been nomi- nated by the Tories after they had been de- bated at. the polls, these defeats amounted ,t& a defiance of the popular will. Jt was impossible that Ballance should | if" qp, with this state of affairs if Liberal- :16m was to survive at all. Ballance was not all the sort of man to acquiesce. During | •ihe recess, after a series of defeats, he ad- J «?i#ed the Governor to appoint twelve inem- \rs to the Legislative Council as the least jBttmber thought necessary to allow the ,Ctwer-nriieyit to be fairly represented in ,the Stg-qjid Chamber. # But the Governor at that time was Lord 1Onølowf whom we in this country now htiow as among the most reactionary of the of the Budget. Lord Onslow re- SttSfrd to take the democratic line. There iliad been six deaths and one or two vacan- cies in the Chamber, and he was willing to .appoint eight substitutes. But he would •jiof appoint any more. The deadlock con- r&IUted. Shortly afterwards Lord Onslow retired -froiii his post, but he left a confidential l»etaw;j#d,um to his successor, Lord Glas- flow, ^plaining the reasons for his action, and tite resul was that Lord Glasgow took the same attitude. In other words, the "lor"? Peers tried to force on New Zealand -the' #?3jne form of .Government that they J •IPRISt to try to force on the British people jfct the present time. i • But, happily, there was a more enlight- ened man at the head of affairs in Eng- land. The Conservative Government was I Still in power, although it was in its last ..Stages, and Lord Knutsford was Colonial Mitiifiter. But this is what T.{!¡.d Knuts- ford wrote to the New Zealand Prime .Jdinist,er The existence of an Upper House largely cKsproportionate to what appears to be the present political feeling of the Colony may be imperilled unless a more even balance of parties is secured. That was the view of the Conservative Colo- nial Minister at the time, and it shows luwr far the Conservative Party has tra- iled since. A month later a Liberal Government -tarne into power, and one of its first .Actions was to give Ballance the necessary leave for the creation of Councillors. Lord I Glasgow was instructed by Lord ^ipon, the new Colonial Minister, that he must .Accede to Ballance's request. The despatch which Lord Ripon sent on •September 26th is so good that it is worth •^Botiftg. It lays down the lines on which a represelltative of the Monarchy in the "Colonies ought to act in such cases-and the lines on which, by the same argument, I the Monarch himself may be expected to Ut if a similar situation occurs in this I I had no hesitation in advising you by telegraph on the 24th inst. to accept the JWCoujroendation of your Lordship's Mini- sters, I think it is right to add that a quostion of this kind, though in itself of purely local importance, presents also a Constitutional aspect which should be con- sidered on broad principles of general ap- plication. When questions of a Constitu- tional character are involved it is especi- ally, I conceive, the right of the Governor I Ittlly to discuss with Ministers the desir- ability of any particular course that may be Pressed upon him for his adoption. The Constitutional duty of the Governor J c fiualIJ accept the advice of his on this as on other Constitu- tional questions: H6 should frankly state the objections, if any, which may occur to him, but if, after full <Jteeu$Bion, Ministers determine to press ftpon him the advice which they have al- ready tendered the Governor should, as a I general rule, and when Imperial interests •ra pot affected, accept that advice, bear- tog in mind that the responsibility rests Jfith the Ministers; who arte answerable to the Legislature, and, in the last resort, to to* country. Glasgow then, of course, waived his 'Objections, and made the appointments, the Liberal reform policy was **Bttched. The New Zealand crisis was in precisely the same way as the of the British Reform, Bill ia 1832. O S aiid Kecorde, any make, If. per week.— 1 pMMculara, Mnreco, Bridpe-fttreet, Manchester.

TTORNTWI« SAUSAGE SEASOWINO. K rark Butelier -will Sea I his two valuable recipe*, Pork> with which he did a very lwjja '3BS8- 7 ^orth pounds.—Burt, 32, Kinmel-street, V >■$.

I TAILOR'S LOVE LETTERS. Said t. be the son of a gentleman of some position in Cambridge, Marshall Jefferson Neal, aged twuty-ix, was the defendant in an action for breach of promise which came before the Westminster Sheriff's Court for the assessment of damages on Monday. The plaintiff was Miss Julia Anna Collen, aged twenty-six, of St. Bernards-road, East Ham, a forewoman in a warehouse in the City. Plaintiff's counsel said when defendant was ill with scarlet fever in his lodgings in Lon- don the plaintiff attended to him and acted almost as his nurse. On his recovery he pro- posed marriage. In a previous love affair, said counsel, defendant, in order to stave off breach of promise proceedings, had had 14 find £50. 0 In November, 1908, the defendant- ob- tained a position as tailor's cutter at Brad- ford. At the following Wliitsun the plaintiff and her sister visited the defendant, and the wedding was fixed for the following Christ- mas. "I look up to you as a sort of goddess," defendant wrote, "and on you all, my thoughts are centred," but in' a letter of September 16 the defendant coldly declared "You show no signs of attaining the stan- dard I want you to come up to, and I feel that you have -dropped back to the old routine. I am sorry to say I feel that my love for you has gone on this account." The defendant addressed the jiiry, declar- ing that his position was only certain from week to week. The jury assessed the damages at E75.

MILLIONAIRE'S DIVORCED WfFE. Holding prominently in her hand a cross inset with precious stones, Agnes Sarah Wakefield, aged forty-two, a lady richly dressed, giving her address as Queen's-gate, Kensington, appeared at the Marylebone Prlwe-court, on Monday, charged with being found drunk and disorderly in Camden Town. A constable stated that defendant refused to go away, and said she wished to be locked up. "I am a divorced woman, "she declared, and wish to bring my case before the magi- ,strate and the Public Prosecutor." The accused, holding up the cross and using it to emphasise her remarks, said: "I was not drunk. I want to protest against the injus- tice of my divorce from my husband. He is a millionaire, and I have been divorced un- justly, and I want the King's Proctor to take action." "I want my case to go to the House of Lords," she added. The magistrate said he should not convict her of being drunk, but she must pay the doctor's fee." The Accused: I protest a hundred thou- sand times I was not drunk I got excited because my husband got a divorce, which was a miscarriage of justice. The magistrate advised her to write to the King's Proctor, and she then left the Court saying she should do so.

"A FICTITIOUS CHARACTER." The appeal of Messrs. E. Hulton and Co., Limited, against a judgment of Mr. Justice Channel at the Manchester Assizes in the libel action brought by Mr. Thomas Art-emus Jones, a, barr-Fter,, was, decided before the Lord Chancellor, Lord Gorell, Lord Atkin- sou, and Lord Shaw in the House of Lords on Monday. The alleged libel was contained in an article written by the Paris correspondent of the "Sunday Chronicle." In this article the writer stated that at a motor race was Artemus Jones with a woman who was not his wife, and, further, that Mr. Jones was a churchwarden at Peckham. Mr. Jones submitted that these words con- stituted a libel upon him. The company in- serted. a paragraph in their paper stating that it was an imaginary Artemus Jones, and not Mr. Thomas Artemus Jones. After hearing arguments the House of Lords dismissed the appeal.

HONOURING A BRAVE BOY. On Monday night Charles Spooner, a thirteen-year-old schoolboy of Surbiton, who recently 0' saved Charles Austin, aged eleven, from drowning in the Hoggs Mill River, was presented witn the certificate of the Royal Humane Society and afterwards accorded the honour of a serenade from the town band., who played outside the building in which Mr. George Cave, K.C., M.P., who was accompanied by Mrs. Cave, made the presentation.. The case was notable not only for Spooner's bravery, but for the gratitude of Austin, who presehted his rescuer with all his worldly possessions, comprising a fishing rod, a pair of bathing shorts, a, stick of toffee, a quantity of monkey-nuts, and three farthings in cash. Local working men have presented Spooner with a silver watch and chain, with a mitdal attached.

DEATH OF LIBERAL M.P. Mr. Felix Thornley Cobbold, junior Liberal M.P. for Ipswich, died in London on Monday. He was one of the first M.P.'s re- turned to Parliament in 1906. Son and brother of former members for Ipswich, he sat in the Parliament of 1885-(i, "nd unsuc- cessfully fpught Captain Pretyman in Weodbridge in 1900. A barrister and banker, Mr. Cobbold was the Diamond Jubilee Mayor of Ipswich, to which he gave public baths. There are now three seats in Parliament vacant by death—Portsmouth, Uxbridge, and Ipswich. In all seventy-seven M.P.'s have died of the 670 elected in 1906.

■■ — — BANNED RELIGIONS. In his will Mr. A. D. Southgate, of Croy don, formerly a liveryman of the Salters' Company, made a proviso that "should any child join the Roman Catholic Church or be- come associated with the Peculiar People, j Paith Healers, or Christian Scientists, or any similar religious or quasi-religious body (I. well knowing the harm, trouble, and misery caused in homes thereby), such child shall forfeit his or her share and receive in lieu thereof £ 52 per annum, so as not to be entirely without means of subsistence." TTHTT IH»WmnTlWiuim»« ■ '"■*MT*^l*W>MWrTCWlTllpwt1ajoll^w

FUN AND FANCY. I say, old man, what's good for my com- plaint?" asked a sufferer from insomnia. "I haven't closed my eyes for five nights!" "GrO in for boxing," replied his friend. The first time I tried it my eyes were closed for a week! "Suppose," hissed the villain, "suppose? our plot should leak out?" "That's all right," said his accomplice, consolingly. "It can't. I Don't you remember tellin me five minutes ago that it had thickened? Jinks: "I am always embarrassed when I want to say the word v-a-s-e. I don't know whether to say vase, vaze, vahz, or vawse." JBinks: "You might take a hint from our ser- vant-girl. She simply speaks of all ornament* as 'them there. Husband (shaving): "Bother the razor!" Wife: "What's the matter now? You're dreadfully ill!-tempered." Husband: "The razor is so abominably dull!" Wife: "Dull? Why, I ripped up an old skirt with it yester- day, and it cut beautifully." Scene, a chemist's IShop.-Mother: #4 I want a bottle of castor oil, please." Chemist; "Yes, madam, it will be a shilling." Mother: "Can't you make it a little cheaper?" You see, 1 have to give my little boy threepence to take it." First Tramp: "After all, it pays to be polite, pardner." Second Tramp: "Not always. The other day I was actin' deaf and dumb when a man gave me a threepennybit. I says, Thank you, l8ir,' and he had me arrested." "I can't understand why my second hus- band is so fastidious," confessed a Glasgow lady to her bosom friend. "He scarcely ea.t8 anything. My first husband, who died, used to eat everything I cooked for him." "Have you told your present husband that?" "Yea." "Perhaps that's the reason." Boarder (on leaving): "Madame, yon are one of the most honest persons I have ever met." Landlady: "I'm glad to hear yon say that, sir." Boarder: Yes, your honesty is conspicuous on the very front of your estab- lishment. Your sign says, Boarders taken in 1, 11 "I heard that Ranter broke down in the middle of his speech the other night," said the man who was kept at home by illness. "Not exactly," replied the man who was there. "The meeting broke up right in the middle of his speech "Yes," said the fair maid, "my parent* want me to marry Mr. Oldgold, but I'm not going to do it. I shall marry whoever I please." "Then name the day," rejoined the young man, "for you certainly please Mo." "Excuse me," said the absent-minded pro- fessor, "but haven't we met before? Your face is strangely familiar." "Yes," answered the young lady, "our hostess introduced. uo just before dinner." "Ah, yes," rejoined the professor. I was positive I had seen you somewhere; I never forget a face." Mother: "There! You have a black eye, and your nose is bruised, and vonr eoat is torn to bits. How many times have I told you not to play with that bad Jenkins boy?" Bobby: "Goodness! Do I look as if we'd been playing? A gentleman had an Irishman in his em- ploy who was noted for having dirty boots. One day the gentleman asked him why he hadn't cleaned them. Well, sorr," said Pat, "Oi quite forgot. Ycr see, sorr, w&n's mimory is situated in wan's head, an' it's a powerful long way to, remember from yer head to yer feet." I was going to ask you, for a new bonnet, dear," said the loving wife, but I won't, because I see you can't afford it." How did you find out that, dear? asked her hus- band. "Well," the lady replied, "I took a look into your cheque-book this morning, and I saw you had only one cheque left." Could anything exceed the politeness of the Irish cabby? An old lady called for a cab, and said to the driver: "Help me to get in, my good man, for I'm a very old lady, you see." "Begorrah, ma'am," was his reply, no matter what age ye are, ye don't look it." A melodrama of the most stirring kind waft being given in a theatre in a small provincial town. In one of the critical scenes the hero suddenly became aware of the fact that he had come upon the stage minus his poniard. Without a moment's hesitation he made a dash at the traitor, exclaiming: Die, villain. I meant to strike thee with my dagger, but I left the weapon in my dressing- room, and will, therefore, strangle thee is the presence of this indulgent audience." An old millionaire refused point-blank to lend fifty pounds to a bosom friend. Well, I did not expect that of you," said the would- be borrower, rising and preparing to leave indignantly. "I will never forgive you for this refusal." Of course you won't, my dear fellow," replied the old screw, with the utmost calmness; but if I'd lent you the fifty pounds you wouldn't have paid me, and we. should h:;(ve quarreled about that, so it's as well to get the row over at once. Good morning." Bank Clerk: "You will have to be identi- fied, ma'am." Lady Customer: "My friend here will identify me." Bank Clerk: "But I don't know her." Lady Customer: "Oh, well, I'll introduce you." U Times are bad," desponded a garrulous commercial traveller to his train companion. Bad—very bad." Not been making many sales?" inquired the other. "Not made a sale for two weeks, bust it!" exclaimed the first. His companion stared vacantly, "Two weeks? Why I consider myself fortu- nate if I make a sale once in two years Jf This time the despondent one stared. "Well, I'm blowed! he exclaimed. What's your line? Lighthouses." | A good many stories are told about the mistakes of nervous brides and bridegrooms Here is an example of how a prospective bridegroom scored with the clergyman of his parish. When the' banns are put in it is cus- tomary to ask, "Do you sleep in this parish? One applicant replied: 11 Cer- tainly, sir; I've slept through scores of your sermons!"

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