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Before cleaning a fireplace, sprinkle damp leaves over the ashes. This prevents the dutt from rising and keeps the room clean. Take an ordinary brick and heat it in tho oven. Then use for an iron stand. It will keep the iron hot much longer than an ordinary stand. 0 To insure well-baked cake, have two cake tins of the s?.me size. Put the cake into one and turn the other over the top so that the rims meet. This also effects .a Raving in gas. Rub the etove over while hot with a news- paper dipped in a little soot, and polish with another newspaper. This removes all grease and saves blacklcad. To keep epoons and forks bright, after washing them put them to stand a minute or two in a jugful of very hot, clean, soapy water with a dash of ammonia in it. To stop a hole in a bucket temporarily, make a stout knot in a double piece of string, pass both ends through the hole, and tie a big knot on the other side. Cut off the ends. A clothes line may be conveniently cleaned by wrapping it around a washboard and thoroughly "scrubbing in soapsuds. The finger marks on a door can be re- moved by a clean flannel cloth dipped in kerosene-oil; afterwards wipe with a cloth wrung out of hot water in order to take the smell away. When flannels have become hard and shrunken, they may be restored to their former softness by soaking them in petrol. Beef or mutton dripping, slightly warmed and beaten up with a little baking powder and a teaspoonful of lemon-juice to each half-pound of fat, is as good ac; Ltti-ar for- cakes. To freshen the colour of a carpet, free it from dust, then rub it with a flannel wrung out in .soa psuds and turpentine, a table-, j spoonful of turpcntine to a gallcii of suds. Wash only a small piece at a time and rub dry with a clean cloth. Save all candle er Js, put them in an empty jam jar, melt, and add sufficient turpentine to make the mixture rather thin, This will polish linos or any description of floorcloth. To preserve rubber heels, scrape all grit and mud out of them when cleaning the boots. Grit .and small stones wear out the rubber as it revolves on the screw, making it fall off long before the heel is really worn j out. —— —— t

POLISH FOR COPPER. 1 The following makes an excellent polish for copper articles, bringing them up like burnished o,old:-Take half a pound of silver sand, half a pound of salt, and a little orch- nary flour, and mix th?m well together with vinegar until a smooth paste is obtained. Fir.st wash the copper articles in hot, soapy water, and then rub ou a little of the mix- ture. Rinse in clean hot water, and well dry before putting away. CARE OF A MANGLE. Each time after use the mangle must be wiped down with dry cloths, special care being given to the rollers. Loosen the ten- ?ion_. leaving half an inch space between each leaving Oil the works which are at the left-hand side every ten days, but take care not to grease the rolierg. Duot the mangle every day, and keep it covered when not in use. 1 FRESH VEGETABLES. 1 All vegetables, when cut, may be kept j fresh by putting the stalks into water. Ser- j vanta generally insist on immersing them, which favours decomposition. Parsley in particular can seldom be guarded from a watery grave. Carrots, turnips, and the turni t?. of sand, like, if placed in layers in a box of sand, will keep for many weeks. I j A SUBSTITUTE FOR SUET. Get a pound of butcher's fat trimmings, I put it into the oven to melt, and pour off the fat as it melts. When cold, chop and use as shredded suet. This will keep good for weeks, and lees is needed for cooking than when suet is used. SALT ECONOMY. Dry a block of kitchen salt tnorougniy in the oven, then cut in half and rub the twa- pieces together over a sheet of kitchen paper Then add a dessertspoonful of cornflour to .prevent the salt from forming crystals again, and place in an air-tight tin. This will be as good as the most expensive tin of table salt. A SAVING IN COAT,. After dinner, when you have finished cooking, put a few old papers into cold water to soak. When the kitchen is tidied up put a few pieces of small coal on the fire, on the top put all the cinders which have been raked from underneath the grate, squeeze the paper and make into balls, and place them on the cinders. Make fairly flat and push well down. In an hour the fire will have drawn through beautifully, and will last a long time without being made up. This makes a difference in the coal bill. j and is very useful if you are going out in the afternooii. —— ——

SOME USEFUL RECIPES. STRUP SCONES.—Take one pound of self- raising flour, add four ounces of buttv-r or dripping, two ounces of sugar, an ounce of I sultanas, one half-pint of milk, and a taole- 6poonful of golden syrup. Mix all togetner thoroughly, cut into shapes, and bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes. STALE BREAD FRITTERS.—Cut the bread in slices, about the third of an inch thick, fry in fat, from which a faint bluish smoke is rising, and when each piece is fried on one side turn it over and spread the browned side with marmalade or jam. When cooked, lift out and sprinkle with caster F.ugar mixed with a little cinnamon. FISH CAKI:S.—Carefully remove bones and skin from any fish left over frc,m dinner, put it Into warm water for a short tune. Then press it dry and beat, it to a paste with an equal quantity of mashed potato: season to taste. Make the mixture into round flat cakes, and fry them a golden brov,n in Oct fat. See it is at the right heat, cr it vil soak into the cakes and make them gr?sy and indigestible. Do not put many (.;?l- together into the fry, or the fat wr! be cooled, with the uude.-irable re?t'? Vi^t named. The cakes sbonld be crisp and ":l;V II browned. Drain them on paper befor< <hc fire after removing them from the frying I pau-thia to ensure freedom from grease,

I NO NEED FOR ALARM. I i D-scrders are often the Cause of Distress. I j ')( n think that because your j stomach is easily upset you are a vic- tim to same serious malady. One of llC most common predisposing causes of indigestion is anemia, or thin j biood. in tact it has become generally recognised that the healthy activity of the stomach is impossible without well- oxydised blood. I Dr. Williams' pink pills have been found most valuable in cases of in- digestion, nervous dyspepsia and Stomach .i-ea k nes, stomach weakness, just because they are a blood builder and a nerve tonic. Thi rich red blood that thev make not on), imparts a healthy digestion, but carries colour to the cheeks and lips, an gives vigour to the muscles. Also, thi-, new red blood revitalises the ex- hausted nerves and quiets the pains of 1 neuralgia. Before you begin worrying un- necessarily over your state of health, thereby increasing your distress, try the tonic treatment of Dr. Williams pir k pills. You will be surprised to see how rapidly your appetite returns and your whole debilitated system re- vives, as the new rich blood courses through your body. Here 's thr re- cord of one person among fhousands who have used Dr. Williams' j ink pills to their own great advantage. I For a long time my health was in a precarious state," said Mrs. Dean, of 78, Glen Street, Colne, Lancashire. One of the chief causes of the trouble was indigestion: everything I ate turned sour in my stomach. Flatulence distressed me terribiy and affected my heart a great deal. I went as thin as a skeleton, and became so weak that I could hardly walk about. I suffered from fainting attacks f could not sleep at night, and often my husband had to jit up for hours with me. I felt that life was not worth living, and often wished that I could go to sleep and not wake again, Doctors could give me no relief, an l the medicine might just as well 1 have been thrown away for what good it did me. One doctor said I was anaemic, and another stated I was likely to become consumptive, and wanted me to go to a sanatorium. I was in this state for months, and like a walking ghost, being so white. Then I was advised to take Dr Williams' pink pills. I did so, and derived benefit from the very be- j ginning. My appetite picked up, and food did not cause anv distressing aftei-effeels. I persevered with Dr. Williams' pink pills, and my health continued to improve. The colour re- turned to my cheeks and I put on weight. "l never felt better in my life than I do now," concluded Mrs. Dean, and I have to thank Dr. Williams' pink pills for giving me my health." Begin Dr. Williams' pink pills now. You can obtain them of anv dealer, but be careful to ask for Dr. Williams'. Then you will avoid substitutes. FREE. What to Eat" is a use- ful free book on diet. Send a postcard for it to Offer Dept.. 36. Fitzroy Square, London, W. 1.

BARRY AND CADOXTOX PRO- PERTIES OFFERED FOR SALE. At the Windsor Hotel, Barry Docks, on Thursday evening last, Mr. Ben Thomas, auctioneer and estate agent, conducted a sale of leasehold dwelling houses in Barry Docks and Cadoxton. Lot 1, a dwelling house, 7, Everard- street, Barry Docks, with front room, middle room, kitchen, scullery, and three bedrooms, let at 8 per week, held for a term of 98 years from March, 1898, at a ground rent of £ 3, was pur- chased by Mr. Francis Sullivan. Barry Docks, for £ 175. Lot 2, No. 11, Everard-street, held under similar conditions. Bidding commenced at £ 130, and went up to JE175, at which figure it was purchased by Mr. G. H. Lewis, Barry Docks. Lot 3. No. 13, Everard-street, also under like conditions, was sold to Mr. T. C. McOuire. Cadoxton Palace, at C170. Lot 4. house and shop, 50. Lower Pyke-Street, with double frontage, let at 12/- per week, held for 99 years from January. 1890. at a ground rent of S5 2s. was withdrawn at £ 220. offers open- ing at £ 200. Lot 5, 58. Maesycwm-street, with front nd middle rooms, kitchen and scullerv, three bedrooms, hot and cold water bath, let at 9 per week. ground rent £ 'i lls. per annum, on 99 years' lease from January, 18 £ 0 This lot was withdrawn at £160. Lot 6, 60. Maesvcwm-reet, like conditions, let at 9/6 per week. ground rent knocked down to Mr. F. Butler, Cadoxton, for £ 225. Lot 77, 48 to 68. Church-road. Cad- oxton. compact neat property, each let at 6 wr week held for 99 \ears at a ground rent of £ 2 per house. There beinp no higher bid thiii E530 for the ten houses, this loi was also with- drawn. The solicitors to the vendor were Messrs. Jones, Pu.gh'% Davev. and Co..