Abergavenny Chronicle

The "Russkove SIovo" states that along nearly the whole Russian Front all the Austro'German aviates have been ordered to use explosive bullets in their aeroplane machine guns, as "when explosive bullets strike the benzine tanks of aeroplanes they almost inevitably cause an (explosion." The German authorities have imposed martial law on such tradesmen at Zittau as "are conspicuously impolite to their cus- tomers." If they refuse to sell provisions at fixed prices and "seek to vent their anger at the regulations" on purchasers;, they will l)e forbidden to carry on business at all for the du ratio:i of the war.

Surbiton District Council has informed the Government Committ&e on national work for conscientious objectors that it has no vacancies it desires to fill with such per- sons. In four months, from December to April last, 130,137 munition workers were suppH-l through. labour exchanges, said Dr. Addi eon. After losing' her four sons who had sup- ported her, in the war, Norah Spencer, Beventy-cdx, of Hanwe! took to singing in the streets for a living. She was charged at Brentford with 'begging. The magis- trate said It ws a most painful &a6c, and sent accused to the union intirmary \atil something' could be done for her.

IN THE POULTRY YARD. I Br COCKCROW. I REARING TURKEYS. I M:tly poultry-keepers restrain from keep- ing turkeys because they are of the opinion shared by so many that the birds cannot be made prontable- Such a notion is a very fa,ise one, for turkey-rearing carried on in a sensible manner can be mad e to yield quite as handsome profits as fowls. Un- doubtedly the death rate in turkey chicks is high, and it is through this that many poultry-keepers believe they cannot be made pron.table. But with very careful attention the mortality among the young' one8 can be greatly reduced. Some keepers, indeed, for years rear almost every chick, and under these circu.metancps good prints are yielded. The nrst two months of a turkey chick's life is the time to be most careful, for during this period the birds are very delicate as regards wet. The very slightest shower, even in warm weather, will often carry off half of a. large brood. When about two months old, however, the red na.ked pro- tuberances about the neck and throat begin to appear, and as eoon as these are fairly developed, or the birds "shoot the red," as it is called, the chicks become poults, and are hardier than most other fowls. OTte point so many turkey-rearers seem to lose <iight of is the fact that birds still re- A WILD BIRD. tain in a large degree their character and constitution of a wild bird. This fact should be remembered, for I I I turkeys are verv sensitive w oom tainieu ground and complaints caused by overfeed- ing and inactivity. Rear the birds on a wide range, over fre.3h, high ground that must be dry, and they will be hardy and able to get through bad -weather; restricted liberty puts them out of condition from want of exercise, and iull feeding also causes disease; whereas wide range on clean ground, scanty food, and i>leeping out-of- 4'oors will 'beaMTi for the birds and ultimately maKe 't'he birds bigger. Us- less the soil on whicTi the birds are reared is dry and high uT), y<yti cannot hope to meet with success. a'nd people "who are thinking of keeping turlceys should eee that 1'hese two things are complied with. If the ground is damp and low., do Tiot attempt to take up the rearing of the birds. Take great care 'not to m-breed, and the breeding stock must never be allowed to get MATING THE BIRDS. over-fat. Do not put too many hens with one gobbler. One uniom is sunicient to fertilise all the eggs of a. turkey hens sittjng, ana hence the number of hens to each turkey- <-ock may be almost unlimited. The usual number, however, is one male to about twelve hens. It is the ;ru;ual practice to use a turkey cock for breeding purposes at two years of age, and a hen at one year. but no turkey cock reaches its prime until it is tkree years old, and a turkey hen at two years. They will be nrst-clase breeding stock for at least two years following this, and often for longer than this. Here a very common mistake ? made, even by the Nor- folk breeders, who are apt to sell their larger and older birds, and breed from voung stock, in order to save the keep of large birds through the winter and secure a better price. Repeated experiments have been made on this point, and the following is a verT typical case: A raiser bred from an unusually large and strong gobbler, hrcd the preceding sea-son, but weighing 251'b., and v<-ry fine yearling hens. All were from a good-<<izcd strain, and gave a fine Sock, several pairs weighing as much as 35ib. when thev were only seven months old. The birdri were kept over, and next year the cock weighed over 301b., and the hens 18tb.; there were that season more pairs weighing 40F.-i. than there had been 35!b. the year before: and thpy were hardier and reared with less trouble. Weed out birds which have a short keel or breastbone, for thin is a great fault in BiRDa TO WEED OUT. a turkey, t:nd affects the prices obtained for them. A house where turkeys arc bred should not face cold winds, and, having seen that thia point is satisfactory. let the house be entirely open in front, and, if possihle, let the front of the shed be higher 'ban the back. May, June, and July are generally considered the beat months for the hatching of turkey eggs. A turkey ben gives very little trouble while sitting. It is a constant sitter, so constant that it is necessary to lift her off her nest-box to feed her. otherwise she would starve. Don't let her keep off very long, for turkeys are very forgetful when .absent from their eggs. Besides her daily feed, a water vessel and some soft food should always be within her reach. No one should visit -the hatching-house but the regu- lar attendant, or the hen will get startied, and probably break many of her eggs. In CMU" damp climate it is very desirable to have suNicient, but open, shedding or COOPB FOR TURKEYS. roofed coops, under which turkey chicks can be cooped for about the first ten days of their lives. With Norfolk or Cambridge birds, such shelter should always be near at hand, and the hen, at least, kept out of wet grass. But the more liberty these young ones can have almost from the first, on short dry grass, or on dry soil. the better; and with the semi- wild American bronze strains of turkeys that are now reared in this country this is even more important, and such may have freer range and exposure, if that ranp;e is wide and dry enough to keep the ground pure. In that case these strains win do much better kept away from the house and yard, provided foxe. are not preserved in the neighbourhood. But more domesticated breads will do best, on the whole, kept care- fully out of the wet till cine or ben weeke old, when they begin to "put out the red." When this growth of the red on the neck is complete they will be pretty fully Sedged, and, as regards the weather, may be con- sidered hardy. When a fowl is said to be crop-bound its crop is distended with hard grain, which be- CBor-BouND. comes moi.stcncd and swollen by moist excretions, in- tended to promote diges- I tion, to eueh an extent that entrance into the gizzard is utterly prevented by the pres- sure. Cases that are not very bad will yield to warm water poured down the throat and gentle pressure or kneading with the handa, ;Which should be continued for some time. After the crop is softened, half a teaspoon- ful of Epsom sa lt. should be given, and the bird isolated. Feed it moderately for some time, to allow the crop to contract, and thus prevent permanent diatcntions. Some- times it will be found necessary to open the crop, which is indicated by a stench of most unpleasant character emanating from the bird's beak. Thp incision should be made near top of the crop, avoiding the Lirge blood-vessels. Make the cut about an inch in length, and the contents of the crop re- move with a very email teaspoon. The nnger, carefully greased, should then be parsed into the crop and the outlet felt. After this sew the opening up with a very fine needle threaded with horsehair, and the fowl shoutd be fed on bread, slightly mois- tened with warm water. ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. I Dick.—No, it is not cheap to give your birds maize. It makes them too fat. Of course, if you go in for table birds, it can be given a week or two to get them into killing condition.

DRESS OF THE DAY. A CHARMING BLOUSE. WTia.t should we do without cotton voile? It seems impossible to realise that it is only a, few years since it was first placed upon the market, for nowadays all our Daintiest blouses, our most charming summer frocks, and our prettiest collars are made of this fascinating material. What could be more summery or attractive? It is cheap, sur- prisingly durable, and it washes beautif)il!y, so it is not surprising that an unusual vog-uc should be prophesied for this daiuty stu3 du"ing this eummer of 1916, v.-heu economy is such an important matter for cvcrv woman. For blouses it is an ideal fabric, for whilst quite as dainty as mu.-Im it d<x's not crush like the latter, and is far easier to launder. The very dainty :md delightful little blouse shown in our sketch is made of white cotton voile of the finest [Refer to X 701.] and most transparent weave. It fastens straight down the front, the invisible fa.-tcn- ingt) con&iatiug of pr<'ss etudf; set 'on. a little nap beneath the edge of the front. A deep hem wi.:i turned on each side of the front and was outlined by a tiny, plain beading. The lines of the front were broken by -six square motifs of Iri,li crochet, which wer<; inserted in pairs. Lace motifs might b<- substituted for the Irish medallions, if pre- ferred, or, if liked, scluares of ordinary crochet might be used. These last, of course, would cost nothing more than the crochet cotton is which they were worked- and, if une, would have a charming cfkct. The neck of the blouse is open in a tiny point and a pr-ettilvshaped collar' ia rolled back from the openmg. This colla-r is made of the voile and ic! edged by n&rrow lace set on with a, tiny beading. A small etr&p yoke is carried along each shoulder and is set in with the beading. All the fulness of the blouse is gathered into these strap yoke<= both back and front. The sleeves are fairly wide and are gathered a little at th< shoulder, where they are set into the blouse by beading. Thcsè sleeves are gathered again at the wrist and are finished by wide, loose, hanging cuffs of the voile, edged by lace and beading. I A DAINTY NIGHTGOWN. Our sketch showa a pretty .sumnw.: nightie øf speciaUy simple type for a young girt. It ia intended for carry<ag out m thin longcloth, mad7apola-n, mainsDO'k, ox tArantuMe, snd is tnmnMd wi\l1 narrow wa sh lace-ed,-ing and jmsertMm, tlN- [Refer to X 702.] I latter 'being used only on the collar. There is no garment in which fine hand-crochet looks so weJl as on a simple little nightie of this type; and the mother who ie fond of her crochet-needle will, perhaps, like 'to work a few yards of edging for at least one little gown. If trimming the collar in this way, it would be best nrst to work the in- sertion with corners, and afterwards to work the edging' mto the insertion, thus avoid- ing all fhe clumsmesa of a Tiandsewn seam. The sleeves are set into the gown in Raglan style, and the funnels of the material is gathered both back and front, and set into the shoulder seams in the usual -way. The collar is of singie. material. so that the in- seTtion may show to the full eSect, but the wristbands are made double; the single wristband being rather unserviceable for a little girl's wear. A set of plain little nighties of this type will wear for three summers at least, and it is well, therefore, when making them. to allow plenty of room for a little maid's natural growth. With this thought in mind. the arml}Ole, wriirtbands, and collar should all be cs-y- fittinz. A NEW BELT. I Some of the smartest new blouses and froeka are made with very narrow waist- bands of taKcta-s. soft satin, or faille, and are ornamented by elaborate designa most beautifully worked in tiny porcelaine beads in fully half-a-dozen different colours. Thp-se waistbands are usually finished by pretty buckle- whicn in some cases are em- broidered to match the belt, and in others are made of metal. Paper patterns can be supplied, price 61d. When ordering, please quote number, en- cloae remittance, and address to Miss Lisle, 8, La Belle Sauvage, London, B.C.

The President of the National Federation of Meat Traders states that butchers of the kingdom have already sent 90 per cent. of their ehsrible eiugfle men to the Army.

I WOMAN'S TWO ALLOWANCES, j A Paddington woman was sent to pad ou Tuesday for two months for defrauding, the Government by drawing two separation allow- ances in respect of a soldier at the Front. It appeared that she received an allowance as his "unmarried wife and a second as his real wife. By this means she had drawn .S53 more than was due to her. The magistrate said that these cases were becoming frequent, and had to be severely dealt with.

I FEWER BIRTHS IN WAR TIME. I Addressing the Royal Statistical Society on Tuesday on "War and National Vital Statis- tics," Mr. J. W. Nixon said the theory that the war was having the effect of increasing the proportion of male births had been found groundless. The serious effect which the war was having on the vital statistics of the nation was seen in the fact that the natural inerea-3 of population in 1913 was 377,000, but in 1915 had fallen to 252,000. This was exclusive of deaths of soldiers abroad.

I 200,000 GERMANS CAPTURED. German official li.-sts state that 137,79') German soldiers arc prisoners and lS7,09t arc missing According to the latest infor- mation, however, the number of Germans in the hands of the Allies is approximately 62,000 in excess of the German ngurc, c.r 1!Y,1,798.There is no means of testing the accuracy of the "missing" ngure. Mr. Tennant, in furnishing theae facts in parliamenta-ry papers, remarks that the German omcial ngures should be accepts! with the reserve which is their due.

PENSION REFORMS. Further pension reforms were announced in the House of Lords on Tuesday by Lord Sand- hurst. The loss of an arm and the lo¡.s of a, are to bo put on the t-amc leveL and a pension of 25s. a week will be awarded in each C:1;C. New arrangements have been made to keep iu touch with disabled and discharged soldiers. From the moment such men are dischfgcJ single men will receive 10e. and married men with dependents 20s. a week until their pen- sions arc settled.

I RAILWAY LIGHTS. I The Prfps Bureau makes the following announcement: As the result of recent experience and special experiments, the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, Home Forces, has issued, through the Railway Executive Com- mittee, special instructions v.'ith regard to the working lights which are to be normally m..intain-edonraHways. as well as to the further reduction of these lights and the action to be taken by railway companies on the occasion of raids by hostile aircraft. These instructions provide for the reduc- tion of raitway lights, other than signal lights, in districts threatened by hostile aircraft to the minimum necessary for the continuance of tramc, which in the national interest it is important to maintain under all conditions. Subject to the above necessity, railway establishments and trains actually running will be rendered as inconspicuous M pos- sible.

I SOMEWHERE AT SEA. I Em the Admiralty Court, an action by the Government was heard against the owners of a steamer for damage caused to a Gov- ernment trawler in the Channel in Decem- ber, 1914. The commander of the division of trawlers, of which this vessel was cne. -crosa-examined by Mr. Bateson, K.C., said he was going Hnowhere in particular." Counsel: And returning' to the sam& place?— Y es. Counsel: You have done a grpat deal of hard work simce the eoHision eighteen months ago? Witness smiled and made no answer. Counsel: Well, you won't even admit that. 1

LORD DERBY AND PRESS CRITICISM I Lord Derbv, who presided at the anniver- sary dinner of the Newspaper Preti6 Fund at the Hotel Cecil, London, W.C., said that personally he was not one of those who thought there should not be free communi- cation between Ministers ajod the principal pillars of the PreriS, so long as those commu- nications did not disclœe secrets. He did not think there wae any reason why Minis- ters should not be able to guide the opinions of the Press. Press criticism, he added, was the beat thing a public man could have, so long as it was conducted honestly and .etra.ig.htiorwa.rdly.

MR. HENRY JAMES' WILL I Mr. Henry James, the novelist, who died :m February at the age of seventy-three, left property worth .E8,961 5s. 2d., including personalty of the net value of .86,843 13s. 5d. Mr. Jamca bequeathed the portrait of himself by Sargent to the National Portrait Gallery and, if not accepted by them, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New I York. He kft the copyright and dramatic rights of all his works and publications to his sister-in-law, Alice James.

HARROW MASTERS KILLED. Offieial news has been Teceived that two Harrow masters, Captain R. 0. LagdpH and Capta'n C. A. Werner, Teported onssing at St. Eloi, have bfen killed in action. Captain Lagden was the weTI-known athlete, Oxford Blue, and Rugby international, and Captain We-rnei was a wen-known swimmer, being at one time president of the Cambridge UnivcTf-itr Swimming Club. ————— a

JUDICIAL CALM. I When asked to grant a summons êlajnBÍ hoys for throwing stoRps on the raU'way, Mr. S vrioii, at WoolTVich Police-court OR Monday wmplî-ed, and added: "I ehaH en- (le,iN-oiir to preserve a ivdicial calm on the subject. aQd not to Temfmbcr that a stone was thrown yesterday and broke the window of n carriag e in which I was

I WOUNDS ANO INFECTION. I The professional healer, like the piofcs- !ional fighter, ha-s found that many of the things he leamt in South Africa he has had bo unlearn in Flanders. Wounds seldom proved troublesome in the Boer War, because the South African veldt was almost virgin; but in Belgium and France, where the land has been cultivated for centuries, the gent!e germ is always ready to enter the smallest wound and bring about tetanus and other diseases. At nrat the surgeons were in des- pair, fearing that our much-vaunted anti- septics were of no a-vail. It required long search and experiment before methods of over- coming new difficulties could be di6covfr«!. Then, owing to the lavish use of high-explo- sive shells, wounds are more complicated and more dimeult to keep clean, while the pointed bullet works more harm than the blunt one of the "good old days." Plenty of fresh air is found to work marvels, so ther< is at least one hospital in which the patient live practically in the open. It has also been found that wounds remain clean if water continually flows over them, so the clever surgeon has constructed little baths which fit over the wound, a- supply of warm water impregnated with oxygen continually Rowing through.

The rural district council of Retinrd (Notts) is employing' women in the work <f tarring and repairing roads, ali. the coun- cil's male employees having joined thf Army. Small commitieps of experts are bei:r: forrrK'd in India, to organise and superh.- tend the cultivation of plants from wlihu such drugs as Ind; ;.), has beeBL deprived of Ly the war can he produced.

NOT TO BE PUT "IN FACE OF THE ENEMY." The case of the conscientious objector waf: discussed on the report stage of the Military Serviee Bill in the Ho.use of Commons ou Monday. Sir F. Banbury moved a new clause pro- viding that exemption should not be giYe;> on the ground of cont-cientious objection un- less prior to June 1, 1814, the objector was a member of a recognised' religious denomina- tion one of \'ho:e tenets was opposition to combatant military service. The amend- ment, he contended, would simplify th:. work of the tribunals and secure uniformity of decision. Mr. Barnes thought the ideal would be a separate tribunal for con&cientiouB objectors. That, however, was impracticable because cf the shoal of fraudulent claims for conscien- tious objection. Mr. Long said the Government could not accept the clause. The real difficulty wae to sif:j the rC<1l objector from the sham, and the amendement would not do that. Lord Hugh Cecil thought there ought to be some power to order a re-hearing of a caRe where it was manifc&t that a mistake had been made. -L1.- ine amenameut was wiumrawa. Mr. E. Harvey moved an amendment pro- viding that where a conscientious objector rcfu.s<\s to obey an order and is tried by ccurt-mnrtiai, the court be given power to refer the matter for trial to a civil court, which may order the man to engage in a work of national importance as an alterna- tive to military service. Sir George 'Cave (Solicitor-General) said nothing could be more subversive to disci- pline than the proposal. When men were drafted info the Army they must be sub- jected to military law. Mr. Long stated that these conscientious objectors were not put in face of the enemy. It \y;¡" only if a man were guilty of cowardice or desertion in the face of the enemy that he was .subjected to the death penalty. Mr. Snowden declared there was a grow- ing volume of indignation in the country against the persecution and torture to which the objectors were being subjected. If One of these meu were shot the ring of the rifle might inaugurate a more horrible state of an'aira than Iiad arisen in Ireland. ¡ The amendment was rejected by 154 to 52.

I "THE RATCATCHER KING." I Known as the "Ratcatcher King," M". Dalton, of Blackfriars-road, London, S.E., applied at Pouthwark on Monday for the excmptlou from military service of his sole assistant. He said that he caught the rats alive, from 600 to 700 a month. Last year he caught 28,714 rats alive. If the tribunal liked he could bring 500 Hve rat.s to show them outride the Town Hall. r,i t .,? ',0s l ioiv t b ?eiii oiit. L¡-t."t week he was etigag-cd by the Mayor of Islington to catch ratr,, and in five nights captured 162. which were eating a sack of nour a week. The <I&;istant was granted three month,' extension. A professional r,t--catcher, of Tottenham, made a successful appearance at the Middle- sex Appeal Tribunal on Monday. It was stated that lie was rat catcher by contract to the Bank of England and the Board of Agriculture. His father and grandfather had been rat catchers before him. Six months' exemption was granted, condition- ally upon the man contmuing in his present occupation

I BOY HOUSEBREAKERS. I At the Surrey Quarter Se6sion-s on Tuesday, three bovs, all aged fifteen years, who had been employed at Woolwich Arsenal, were charged with hreaking into a dwelling'-houee and eteat- iug- 5. with .some hrend and cheese. The boys, w ho v.crc on their way home from Brighton, where they had gone with .E4 among them, <?aid when they were arrested they had had no food for two days. A barrister present re- marked that he worked at Woolwich on Sun- davs and received only 41,d. per hour. One boy [ was nent to Bc.rstal 'and the others were put on probation.

I AEROPLANE CRASHES INTO TREE. A verd ict of Accidental death" was returned at a Norwich inque.t ou Tuesday on Lieu- tenant Ormond George Hake, aged nineteen, (, f Bournemouth. tnd son of Mr. E. D. Hake, ot Bournemouth, and Frederick George Sumner, aged twenty-t3even, of Alton, Hampshire, who were killed in a Hying accident on Sunday 'Licutenaut Hake rad lx-ell visiting Major Perners, and. v.ith Mr. Sumner a6 passenger, if] the ,.fternoon with a new machine and made circling flight. over Major Bernera' hou.w. While ascending the machine crashed into a tree and feH.

I BRIGADIER GENERAL KILLED. Brigadier General F. J. Heyworth, C.B., D.S.O., is officially reported to have been killed in action. Brigadier-General Heyworth, who formerly commanded a battalion of the Scots Gnarde, entered the Army in 1883, and served in the Sondan in 1885. He gained the D.S.O. in South Africa, and was made a C.B. last year.

GERMAN FUGITIVE CAUGHT. ChrisHicb, a German prisoner, who was rcpo rt:xl missing' from the internment camp at Alexandra. Palace, was recaptured on Tuesday morning- hy the Thames Police as he was about to board a steamer at Wa.ppino'.

GALLIPOLI NAVAL AWARDS. A supplement to the "London Gazette" issued or. Monday contains a list of awards in rec'og'nitiou of services rendered by petty oniccM and men of the Eastern Mediterra- nean Squadron between the time of landing iti the GaUipoli Peninsula, in April, 1915. and the evacuation in December, 1915- January, 191C. The fotlowing receive the Conspicuous Gallantry Mooal:- Stoker, First Class, Arthur James Ad<, O.N. K.14283. His picket boat was struck by a shrapnel shell on August 9, 1915, and the steam-pipe perforated. Stoker Ade—though the engine- room was full of steam—went down, shut off eteam, and brought up the leading stoker, who was severely wounded and scalded. Chief Petty Officer Henry Hill, O.N. 173927. On April 25, 1915, this petty officer, while a,t the wheel during the landing operations at Amzac, under heavy nre, was struck in HM mouth by a bullet, which removed all hij front t-eeth. He was taken below, and after washing out his mouth he insisted on returning to his duty at the wheel, where he remained during the landing trips of April 25 and 2€, on both days under nre.

I GENERALS SON'S WILL Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane on Monday heard the evidence of Brigadier General Albert Edward Ommanney and his daugh- ter, Geraldine, t)<s to their knowledge of any testamentary document of Albert Larpent Ommannpy, son of General Ommanney, who dk'd at Colombo in November, 1914. The sou had previously informed his nancee, Mi.ss Phff.-bc CoHin. ;o sti-c! ,.Iiat he had left her ail his property, and his father and sister knew where the will wa.s. The Gene- ral admitted that he advised his son to make a will before he went abroad. He was not satisfied with his eon's engagement, and the later never spoke to him about a will in favour of Miss Collin. His Lordship said he thought the General and his daughter had no knowledge of the will alleged, and dis- missed the summons.

The Postmaster-General reminds the public that the only officially recognised method of sending remittances to prisoners of war in Turkey.M by means. (If poet Office money orders, which arc ior-waided free of postal or comini-ISien. Thoe-c who send money in any other way do so at their own risk.

If a. little ammonia jS added to the water in which silver of glassware is waahedt it brightens it wonderfully. If curtains are allowed to dry thoroughly before being starched, they will keep clean. I longer. When washing windows, always use luke- warm water and a little starch, and you will get good results with little labour. Brooms will last mush longer if a loose cover of holland or drill is made for ench one to fit over the head. After use remove all the fluff from the bristles, button the- cover on, and hang the broom head up- wards in a cupboard. The disagreeable smell of onions which clings to pots and pans so stubbornly can: quickly be removed by washing and dryings the pans, scouring with common salt, and placing on the stove until the salt is br..rwn.. Shake often, then wash the pan aa usual. Enamelled saucepans should always be hardened when new by being put into cold water in a larger vessel, brought slowly to. the boil, and boiled fast for a few minutes. Don't put cold water into a boiling-hot enamelled pan. It is impossible to keep the sink from get- ting greasy at times. When this is the, case, scour it down with some paraffin oil,. and then wash it well with hot soda v.atcr. Finally rinse the sink down with plenty of cold water. Soak brooms and brushes occasionally; so treated, they will last very much longer.: Hot WHtcr cans should be turned upside down after use. Otherwise, the little drop. of water left in the can causes rust, and so a hole follows. —— I BEFORE UsiKG LEMOXS. Before noSing lemons, ocrub them tho- roughly, then grate off the yellow rind. Mix with an equa! quantity of sugar, and keep. in air-tight tin. The grated rind can 00 U(-ed for flavouring cakes, custards, and any- thing for Y.-hich lemon extract would be used. This is economical, and the flavour ia- much more delicate. I To MEND A CRACKED PAN. Do not throw away a cracked pan; mea<i it in the following way: Take two part<s by weight of su]phur and one of nno hiacklead. Melt the sulphur gently, for if much heated it will take tire and ftir in the black-lead. mix thoroughly, and allow to cool. Brpa.k' this cement into smalt pieces, lay it over the crack on the outside of the pan, and rub- well in with a hot iron-a poker will do. A GOOD CARPET SOAP. To make a good carpet soap mix tho. roughly the following ingredients :-One- ounce of pipeclay, four ounces of fuller's earth, four ounces of carbonate of ammonia, and one pint of ox gall. Apply with 3, sponge after the carpet has been well brushed. This will not only cleanse ther carpet, but will also revive the colours. A: second way is sbs follows: Turpentine, one ounce, whiting two ounces, fuller's earth- three ounces, pearl six ounces. Rub tho, three powders smooth with the turpentine,. then make into a paste with soft soap. ) STARCH ECONOMY. Make a. thin pa-ste with flour and cold- water, then pour on enough boiling water to make it turn. Add a pinch of any sort of gr{'<se to prevent the iron from etic'king'. This is far more economical than ordinary starch, as the clothes stinen better and last clean longer; also it does not rot them. It is specially good for curtains and lace- things. I BOILING MILK. To prevent milk boiling over put a pi& chimney in the saucepan. To prevent skim forming on boiled milk, pour the milk immediately into a jug' and stand the jug in cold water, allowing it to reach to the top of jug\ The milk cools quickly and no skin3,, forms. { USE FOR OLD STOCKINGS. 0 When woollen stockings are quite beyond wearing, wash and thoroughly dry them, cut off the feet, draw one leg over the other, and then fold 'over, and tack down the sides,. so as to form a bag like a washing glove,. that vou can easily slip your hand in. You will nnd they make splendid polishers for shoes, stoves, or bright articles, and keep your hands clean at the same time. If stockings are split open and tacked together, they make excellent house flannels, or if several are split, cut into square piecea, and! a screw put through centre of same into a* broom-handle, it makes a good mop. —— —— I SOME USEFUL RECIPES. SUPPER DisH.—Take two onions, chop them into very smalt pieces, and fry till brown. Slice four tomatoes, and fry in the same pan till tender. Take a small teacu p" ful of cooked rice, place it in a basin, an<t add a teaspoonful of chopped parsley, haJf a teaspoonful of thyme, two ounces of bread- crumbe!, and salt and pepper to taste. Add the tomatoes and onions, mix well, turn on to a plate, and form into nngcrs. Roll in' egg and breadcrumbs, and fry till crisp.) Serve with tomato sauce. OAT CAKES.—Mix together in a basin one quarter of a pound of fine oatmeal, and the same quantity of coarse. Dissolve a piece of butter about half the size of a walnut im half a pint of hot water, add a good pinch of salt, and gradually moisten the mixe<t meal with this till it becomes a stiff mass. Duat a. board with fine oatmeal, and roll it out a<9 thinly as possible, cut into triangu- lar shaped pieces, and bake the oat cakes on a moderately hot griddle, which has been rubbed over with butter. Do not turn the cakes or they will break. ONION DuMPLiNGS.—Chop one quarter of & pound of suet very Enely, and add one quarter of a pound of onions, also finely chopped. Add one quarter of a n pound oC flour and a seasoning of salt and pepper. Mix all together with a little milk an<Z water, making very soft. Form into tiny balls and boil for one hour in stock or- water. These are for serving with baked rabbit. PERSIAN PuDDiNG.—Take one pound and at half of plume, two ounces of rice, sugar to- taste, a pint of milk, and one egg. Rinse' the rice thoroughly in two or more voters, and boil it in the milk until quite tender. If any milk remain it will not be needed. 8tew the plums in a little water till they will pulp. Remove stones. and mash the fruit. Mix the sugar with them, add rice and well- heaten egg. Butter a mouij, put in the mix- -Ire, and steam for one hour. Turn the pud- ding out and strew sugar over the top. Mav be eaten without custard, but for special occasions with custard. CREAMKD CODFISH ON TOAST.—To one cup of shredded codfish add two of water, boil bn.sk)y twenty minutes, pour off water, add. one cup and a half of sweet milk, one tea- spoonful of butter, ha!f a, ealtapoonful of pepper, one beaten egg. Allow thiR to simmer ten minutes. Serve on rounds of toasted bread. APPLE AND BANANA TRIPLE.—Take six bananas and slice them thinly, put them into a glass dish. Stew one pound of apples, sweetened to taste, and allow them to cool, then add to the bananas; crumble in three sta!o penny sponge cakes. Make a custard with one pint of milk and custard powder and pour over the whole. Decorato with preserved cherries and angelica.

Flight Sub-Lieutenant H. R. Simmg, R.N., who:e body was picked up at sea.. was a native of Chipping Norton, Oxford, and was ouly. twenty-four. T'he German papers say that the Ag-ri- cuttural Minister has ordered starHng-s, sparrows, and storks shr.Il be kiiicd and so'.d as f<xxl.