The Kington Times - April 1917
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Kington Times 7th April 1917 - Page 7
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| Date | 07/04/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 7th April 1917 |
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K. satis- with your ou to u are the eturn om , will price COUNTY RT . bers ( Chairman ) , G. E. Wright , R. -Hill . d , the temporary Docklow , to the various par- the excused lists which were ap- . DER . applied for an m Leake in res- er husband was . Lane , Orleton , Prior to January by notice . In g the cottage on ejectment notice Ty Defendant . GO TO- MARCHANT BROTHERS FOR the Best Selection of New MILLINERY AND Ready - to - Wear Ready to Wear Goods In All Departments . Children's and Millinery Baby Linen A Speciality . 1 , BROAD STREET , LEOMINSTER . Night Wings . BY MORICE GERARD . Author of " The Red Farm , ' " Love in the THE KINGTON TIMES , APRIL 7 , 1917 . At this moment Mrs. Howard - Vance , who had been detained by greeting a friend in the dressing - room , came forward to apologise to Sylvia . Don't Buy your Spring Suit or Costume Until you have seen our New Patterns , which comprise all the Newest Designs . Our work has an all - round excellence in style , good fit , good work and the best possible quality at the lowest possible prices . It is very important that early application should be made , as there will be a difficulty in obtaining materials when the present stocks are exhausted , J. WELSH , 3 West Street , LEOMINSTER . It was a moment of anticipation , of expec- FOOD , AND HOW TO SAVE tancy , a moment in which two beings concen- trated upon one another , singling each other out from the rest sense , that IT . By E. I. SPRIGGS , M.D. , F.R.C.P. VII . HOW TO SAVE BREAD . It was an experience , in one both of them had had before . Yet each knew ( Written at the request of the Food Controller ) at this moment that it was unique , something to be remembered and lived over again - one of those small hinges on which the doors of our lives turn for good or evil . Sometimes we only realise them afterwards , sometimes we see them at the time , sometimes beforehand . In the intensity of a subdued excitement they began dancing . seconds . came VICTORY INDUSTRIAL ARMY NATIONAL SERVICE ENROL TO - DAY AND RELIEVE A FIT MAN FOR THE FRONT Issued by the makers of PURITAN SOAP the Soap of National Service . MARKETS . CATTLE . 7 ITEMS FROM ALL PARTS . THEFT OF THREE BULLOCKS . At Durham Sessions , on Monday , Dora " Chaters , married woman , pleaded guilty to on the highway and drove them to Hexham stealing three bullocks at Ryton . It was stated that she met the three bullocks straying mart , where she sold them . accused was subject to mental aberration , and Counsel for the defence contended that the recovered . added that the bulk of the money had been her husband undertaking to make good the The accused was bound over upon difference . flour and bread . The first is just to eat less There are many ways of saving wheaten of them , thus reducing the total quantity of food consumed . This must not apply to child- It is astonishing how many phases the without harm by a good many folk . ren or muscular workers , but may be followed brain can pass through and assimilate almost Those simultaneously , while the body goes on acting will need less food if this is reduced to who take a great deal of excercise for recreation as if independent of the driving - power of the moderate limits . mind . At first the joy of motion predominated place some flour or bread by the foods contain- The second way is to re- the physical expression , the realisation of one ing protein or fat , or both , such as fish , beans , the most perfect combined actions possible lentils , margarine , nuts , cheese , eggs and milk . to the human frame , which dancing assuredly Less food will then be required in the form f is This was the primary record of those first carbohydrate , such as bread . This plan costs cattle , with improved trade , bulls realising up Worcester , Monday . Large entry of fat The music stimulated more , but should be followed by the well - to - do , to them , now urging including those earning good £ 54 154 , bullocks £ 47 15s . , cows £ 14 10s . , them on to more rapid evolutions , now lulling third way is to use other kinds of corn in mak - calves had an excellent demand , up to £ 42 , in- wages . The heifers £ 43 12s . 6d . , bevis £ 27 5s . Cows and them to a soft motion , almost languorous , as ing bread , so that the same amount of bread calvers £ 39 5s . the instruments took on a cadence bordering contains less wheat . This is an advantage so with good trade from £ 7 2s . 6d . to £ 17 2s . 6d . Fair number of fat calves , on the triste , almost the melancholy . long as other cereals are available and can be Store cattle trade good , two - year - old bullock's Then out of this physical condition impressions , more of the spirit , more of the second way the cost is greater , but if adopted 5s . , cow's £ 30 , yearlings £ 18 10s . Much better diverted from less essential uses , as with the making up to £ 28 12s . 6d . , barren heifers , £ 28 It was true , at any rate , of Charteris . by those who can afford it , more of the cheaper trade for fat sheep , tegs making £ 5 126. , ewes go . in his arms , her breath upon his face , the £ 5 6s . , lambs G4s . , store tegs_63s . 6d . , ewes and Oatmeal is scarce and the price has risen lambs £ 5 15s . a couple . sweet perfume of her gown inhaled by his greatly . It is , however , to be had more freely pigs , with improved demand ; bacons up to £ 17 Fair entry , of fat " Thank You . I was just having a look at nostrils , he could not aver ; but some instinct where outs are grown , and at less than the 7s Gd . , sows £ 24 , porks £ 5 18s . told him that , as their motion round the ball - market price . Oatmeal is the most nutritious FARMER'S ZEPPELIN RELICS . room was in sympathy and unison , so corn we have . One pound gives 1,732 calories , An Essex ploughman , was charged on , Satur- the " It is pretty , and has been much improved were physical conditions whereas a pound of flour gives 1,651 calories . day with being in possession of fragments of Ludlow , Monday . - Market , quiet , very little of late . The manager of the hotel , Mr. throngh which they passed . a Zeppelin that fell near his cottage last Sep- Charteris Sharples , is a capable man , and he is backed realised in Further , oatmeal contains 15 per cent . of the grain on market . Wheat dearer . Prices av - tember . that fairyland flesh - forming protein and 8 per cent . of fat , eraged English wheat , per bushel of 75 lbs . , men who cleared the airship away . He said they were given him by the done before , that here , close to him , breath - only 1 per cent . of fat . was dismissed , the Bench considering the man . wishes to make . " ing his breath , was the woman of all others ter ; beans , 72s . to 74s . per quarter ; black had no guilty knowledge . who had claimed , in the briefest possible time . not , alone , make good bread . The reason why to 62s . per quarter ; flour , per sack of 5 bushels of the Germans who called at his cottage was A request that he The disadvantage of oatmeal is that it does oats , 56s . to 60s per quarter ; white oats . 58. might keep some bits of aluminium in memory his attention , his intense interest ; nay , some- thing stronger than either of these , something it is mixed with water a sticky substance called wheat flour gives the best bread is that when ( 280 lbs . ) , best 70s . , seconds 67s . 6d . refused . that had been to him hitherto only as a tale gluten is made . The dough rises because little that is told . bubbles of gas are formed all through it ; when The coldness of his reason might have re- it is baked the sticky gluten holds these little " I am sorry , dear . I met Mrs. Carruthers gagement and I could not get away for a few minutes . " Purple , " " The Pursuer , " " The Heart of a she was congratulating me upon Rose's en- Whether true of his companion half resting wheat flour will be left for the needy . Hero , d him to do so . e allowed to stay the cottage and ys was granted . loughs stified . raise . sistants , including Hands , the Rev. bore and Mr. J. thers . Two em- who have distin- ploughmen are CTOR . econd tractor , a delivered and has utt plough which The new tractor line district , also Mr. Edwards . urteen tractors at heir control . INISTERS AND .. ERIENCES . have been learn- motor tractor H. S. Millward . minster Primitive " : esentative of the Millward at home of snow having of the question . o his experiences d said that in his he opinion of an revolutionise a re for it certainly ch the vagaries of the farmer and ished in a quarter etively if not more nary single - furrow ncidentally , added nake the positron cially worse but ce his labour will in the land than A farmer told me goner who could uld feel prepared ortion to the in- nipulate such an capability of the Ir . Millward said im most was its h power and con- erience with the where land to be nghed for Mr. W. Saturday morning appeared . Three- It the shelter of the motor plough work . On the to finish the field el running short , petrol , but by an contained water This had been Iso used to prime ter had found its .. he machine . Be- ted the water had plicate matters , the ter which was left be thawed before- d be attempted . the tractor was in ere the morning re field which was leted and another attacked . The er , considering the No trouble was . which is very easy levers , etc. , being are ent by horses ,. aight line to work etor leaves a head- hich is afterwards ving only the ex- by horse labour . d certainly reconi- a specific for a rday morning he it must be quite sed to find that it vas cold work but . and keen to make got the unfavour-- ter , the Rev. Geo . st fortnight been mount of time on brothers who are ughout life been ture , Mr. Lee has cal and practical assisting varions age seemed to be been learning to work deemed by In this connec- ut that voluntary able work in food ng some unskilled releasing for the and sowing some " The Unspoken Word , " etc. PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS : HON . FRANK CHARTERIS , R.E. , who is building in a secluded part of his estate a new aerial machine for the use of the Brit- ish Navy . the room I admire it immensely - you seen to do everything so well in England . " mental and also of CORN . CAPTAIN MARK GRENNAN , his close friend , by Mr. Charteris in any improvements he ecstasy , after a deeper fashion than he had against wheat flour 8 per cent . of protein and 13. to 13s . 6d .; barley , 76s . to 80s . per quar- commander of the cruiser which is patrol- boat in the North Sea , living in anxious days in the knowledge that the most rible war of modern times might be declared at any moment . ter- ROSE HOWARD - VANCE , his fiancée . SYLBIA VAN ANNAN , her friend and guest , " Does Mr. Charteris own his too ? " " Yes - all Corford beongs to him . It would be difficult to find a better landlord anywhere . " The object of the eulogy came up as the last words were said . He caught enough of the sentence to understand its reference . " You must not credit all Mrs. Howard- per ib .: The case . a lovely girl , belonging to a wealthy Dutch Vance says about me , Miss van Annan , " he jected such a Tossibility ; but the beating of cavities open , so that they do not collapse as 4d . per lb .; walnuts , 5d . per lb .; grapes , 1s . Quarter Sessions on Monday for obtaining by She captivates Charteris at first remarked , as he held out his hand to greet his pulses , the glow in his heart , told another the bread cools , but keep it spongy . family . sight , and a hunting accident is the instru- ment of her first visit to Corford Hall , Mr. Charteris's beautiful home by the sea . As of they are passing the aerial shed the new machine rises in the air , and Miss Van An- nan displays an emotion which greatly be- wilders her host . Next morning , footprints are found around the aerial shed , one them that of a lady . Charteris is disturbed by this , and the strange agitation of the girl with whom he has fallen in love , when a line of battleships appears off the coast . CHAPTER IX . The ballroom , built as an annexe to the Cor- ford Hotel , was a spacious apartment , roofed . in glass nearly the whole length . At the end On one side at this end nearer the hotel the floor was raised some ten or twelve inches . were were the dressing - roooms for the ladies ; lounge chairs and settees ranged along the sides of the walls , and a rich Eastern carpet The polished was laid over the whole daïs . floor on the lower level was set apart for danc- ing , except at the sides , where there were al- coves and sitting - out nooks and corners . When the annexe was not required for the purpose for which it was built it could be utilised as an additional lounge for the guests tion . " . them . " She sees all life through rose - coloured story - a story the purport of which could not glasses ; she is that refreshing contrast - an op- be mistaken . timist in a pessimistic world . Even I become It might have been thought that such a state would have brought with it only joy something almost worthy in her kindly estima- or joy tempered by a doubt , which all true men are assailed with , as to whether they can be worthy of the love and devotion of the In this case there was something more com- plex , something which sent a chill through the heat of his emotion ; some message of the fates seemed to tell him that bound up with this girl whom he held in his arms was a strand of doubt , of difficulty - a something which might come in and thrust them apart . Mrs. Howard - Vance shool : her finger at him . " I shall not " You are fishing , " she said . rise to your bait . I shall say nothing now but unkind things of you for the rest of the evening . " " Impossible , " he laughed , as he greeted Sylvia . " You know that , don't you ? " he said , appealing for the girl . On the lower level they were able to look down upon him , his head being only up to their shoulders . Was Sylvia consious of his admira- tion ? She certainly blushed . Had her glass already told her that she was looking her very best on that evening of her début in Corford Society ? Mrs. Howard - Vance is kindness itself , " Sylvia responded . " Who could be anything else to you ? " Mrs. Howard - Vance queried . " I am sure Mr. Charteris agrees with me . " " I agree with everything you say , exept when you describe my virtues ; I really concede those of other people . " She shook her head at him . " Incorrigible ! " By this time the daïs was filling rapidly , hard at work initialling the dance programmes . Charteris had taken the opportunity of being early in the field to secure four items on Miss van Annan's card . Captain Grennan had al- ready arranged with Rose the share he was to be allowed of her attention in public . one woman . Did Sylvia feel aught of this ? He looked into the depths of her eyes for a response , as in the act of reversing he seemed to be pur- suing her , she stepping backward , he advanc- ing , but so slowly that they might be said to be at a standstill . What did she feel for him ? What had she to give him in response for all he might offer her , all a man can give and lay at the feet of a woman ? Sylvia van Annan read the questioning look in his eyes ; her own glance took on a depth of brilliancy in place of the languorous satis- faction which had shone in them before . Afterwards Charteris remembered what he The music seemed to them to FRUIT AND VEGETABLES . cabbages , 2s . per dozen ; Brussel sprouts , 3 . Ludlow , Monday . - Potatoes 1d . per lb .; leeks , 3d . per bundle ; apples , 3d . to which do not contain gluten will make biscuits , per lb .; onions , 3d . per lb. Flours Gd . per lb .; carrots , parsnips , turnips , 2d . but not spongy bread . flour , we get the double advantage of the glu- If , however , oatmeal is mixed with wheat POULTRY AND PROVISIONS . meal . Half oatmeal and half flour will make dressed chickens , 8s . to 10s . per couple ; ducks , ten in the wheat and tlie protein in the oat - couple ; chickens , 6s . 6d . to 9s . 6d . per couple ; Landlow , Monday . - Fowls , 5s . to 6s . 6d . per bread ,, but one - third is recommended for daily 8s , to 9s per couple ; rabbits , 2s . 9d . to 3s . use , as flour alady contains , by order , a per couple !; geese , 7s . 6d . to 9s . each ; turkeys , small proportion of other meals . The ordinary 10s . to 12s . each ; butter , 1s . 10d . per b .; method of baking gives excellent loaves , s follows : - hen eggs , 8 to 9 for 1s .; duck eggs , 6 to 7 for 9 lbs . of flour , 4 lts of oatmeal , and 3 Guinea fowls , 8s . to 9s . per couple . 1st pigeons , 1s . 2d . to 1s . 4d . per couple ; ozs . of salt are put in a bowl . Make a hole in the middle and add water . little sugar upon 4 ozs . of yeast and stand it in a pint of water before the fire till it froths to the top of the water . Mix it in with the flour and water . Knead thoroughly for half an hour . Set in front of the fire to rise for one hour . Divide into loaves of 2 lbs . each , knead each loaf a little , put into a tin and set before the fire for another half Bake in a fairly brisk oven for an hour . hour . Sprinkle a The 13 pounds of flour and meal gives about 171 pounds of a nice bread which is of higher food value than ordinary bread and contains more of the body building protein . If WOMAN SENT TO PRISON FOR FRAUD . Mary Price ( 53 ) , domestic servant , belonging to Worcestershire , was indicted at Hereford false pretences 10s . from Eva Mary Morris , at Eromyard , on February 22nd , and 5s . from Richard Lewis , also at Bromyard , on the same date . It was stated that there were three other warrants against prisoner for similar offences . Prisoner pleaded guilty , saying she com- of mitted the offences under the influence drink . Worcester and Malvern , but denied that she She also admitted similar offences ab obtained 10s . from Albert O. Shaw , of Led- bury , fraudulently , as she intended to pay the back . The police said there numerous convictions against her . She was sentenced to twenty months ' hard money labour . were TOWN HALL AS SHOP . COUNCILLORS ACT AS POTATO 2100 RING SOLD FOR £ 12 . SALESMAN . Arrested at his hotel on returning from a Potatoes are 1d . lb. today . ride on horseback in Rotten Row , Frank Another fortnight at the most will see the Adams , aged 18 , was remanded at Marylebone , last of the old crop of potatoes , said a London on Monday , on a charge of stealing a diamond merchant on Saturday . After that , he platinum ring , valued at £ 100 , from the flat- of a lady to whom he had been introduced . of well - to - do He was stated to be thad be people at Brighton . He admitted selling the ring for £ 12 . reckoned , there will be a potatoless interval for two or three weeks before the new potatoes come in . On Saturday , the pot toes on sale at 1'd were one person eats 4 lbs . a week of this It was the last chance of buying at that figure , for the most part very small and uninviting about 1 lb. for cooking , a good deal of which If the whole of the allowance can be saved . of flour is used for making this bread it will yield , with the oatmeal , 6 lbs . of bread per week for each person . few more clamps . at the hotel - an accommodation of great ser- fresh parties every instant joining those who had seen in that brief moment . It comforted bread , just over 2 lbs . of wheat flour will be for on Monday there was an advance of a far- Ivice in the summer , when visitors were numer- had arrived before them , and pencils were him to think that among other things which used out of the allowance of 3 lbs . , leaving thing - which the optimists say may open a ous : It was sometimes called the Palm Court because of the staple and permanent decora- tion . Besides handsome palms , large ferns in pots helped to make the alcoves more secluded , while to - night , being the first ball of the season , trailing greenery , smilax , and small variegated ivy was tastefully draped round the pillars which supported a gallery , the centre of which was occupied by the musicians , the sides being open to visitors at the hotel , ' who came in to see the dancing without taking part in it . When Charteris entered by a side door ad- mitting to the dancing floor , the raised end was to his left . He turned and looked in that < direction . A stately palm close to the door of hid nim to a great ertent from general ocser- vation , while he had every opportunity Poting the room and its occupants . A buzz of conversation was going on , laugh- ing and talking , while the arrangements were being made . Soon all cards were filled , the two girls from Shale Castle being in great re- quest When an opportunity occurred , Grennan drew Charteris on one side . " I have not had a chance of speaking to you all day . Will you go back with me to the Swift ? " " Anything urgent ? " " We start before dawn . " might have seemed all - important he read a certainty , to be recorded later on the sensi- tive plate of his brain , and that was truth . cease almost , abruptly . Charteris led his partner , as she were dazed , to join Mrs. Howard - Vance , who , with her dowager friend , Mrs. Carru- comfortable quarters thers , had taken up if no near the edge of the daïs , where she could see the dancing to the greatest advantage . It seemed impossible to say anything ; words could be adequate to the experience of those moments they had spent together . Some talk was out of place , while to put into language anything of those impressions of the immediate past was inconceivable . Only when they had reached the side of Then Sylvia's hostess did Charteris speak . A rather moister , filling , but palatable loaf may be made as follows : Sprinkle 2 lbs . of oatmeal into a pan con- taining 4 quarts of boiling water , and boil , stirring , for half an hour , to make a stiff porridge . When the porridge is cool enough mix it into 6 lbs . of wheat flour with 1 oz . of yeast , prepared as above , using more water required . Knead thoroughly for 20 minutes . Set in front of the fire to rise for half an hour , and again for 20 minutes after dividing into loaves . Bake an hour and a Thalf as Unusual scenes were witnessed outside Edmon- ton Town Hall , the building being besieged by crowds clamouring for potatoes . The district council , having obtained 50 tons of seed pota toes , were retailing them to inhabitants at cost Inside the public hall , where the pota- toes were stored , was the chairman of the coun- price . cil ( Mr. M. A. Cull ) and several colleagues , at- tired in the blue uniforms of the municipal local fire brigade was called out to assist in workmen , busily supplying the crowd . The the distribution of the potatoes . MARGARINE RUNNING LOW . Margarine is to be added to the list of foods now in short supply . Many shops are without At one suburban establishment the crush was so it , having exhausted their stocks days ago . great that the doors had to be locked when Middle prices remained " Daily About twenty people were gathered on the lull in the conversation near to them . Sylvia from the buffet , which was not in the dancing ridge and oatcake , and may also replace wheat there was a full house . he asked her if he could bring her something 4 lbs . of this bread takes 2 lbs . of wheat flour . Oatmeal should be used daily as por re- Just as Grennan said the words there was a was standing with her back to them . Char teris , while paying full attention to Grennan's communication , was at the same time conscious of Sylvia - of the stately column of her neck , of the graceful poise of her head . As he looked he became aware that she had- daïs . It did not require much imagination to understand what was going on . Captain Grennan and Rose Howard - Vance were ceiving congratulations from their friends . the announcement that the engagement , long looked for , was a fait accompli , had spread . This was the first opportunity accorded to heard what Grennan had said last . This was the many friends of both parties to express due not to it having been said louder than the their pleasure . rest , but to the cessation of other sounds . Charteris smiled ; he knew his friend so How he knew it Charteris could not have well , he had no difficulty in interpreting his said . Sylvia had not turned her head . She feelings . The Captain of the Swift , like all had remained stationary ; but there intrepid warriors , was of a retiring , modest rigidity about her attitude , as if all her facul- disposition , disliking all fuss and pubilcity . was a He was trying now to appear gratified , and ties were concentrated in that of hearing . only succeeded in looking horribly uncomfort : able , which a forced smile accentuated instead of concealed For the moment the humour of the situation . demanded Charteris's attention . the event .. Miss Howard - Vance had withdrawn her left glove , at the behest of a few intimate friends . to show the handsome ring which marked She was perfectly content and happy ; congratulations did not disturb her in the least ; on the contrary , they brought a sparkle to her eyes , a flush of animation and pleasure to her cheeks . Charteris soon exhausted all that this pair had to impart . At that moment another figure , to him much more interesting , some what diffidently entered by door leading a Suddenly the doubts which had troubled Charteris's mind earlier in the day came over him . Aloud he said : " You will let me know when you are leaving to - night ? " " Of course , " Grennan replied . The musicians , began to tune their instru- ments . The sides , of the gallery at the far end were occupied by a few of the guests stay- ing in the hotel , but not taking part in the dance . Standing at the back of the gallery , so as to be hardly perceptible owing to those in front , and to the evergreens interlaced in the iron scrollwork which ran from one side of the hall to the other , was a man . saloon , but a smaller apartment on the oppo- site side of the long passage which ran from one end of the ground floor of the hotel to the other . " May I bring you some refreshment ? " She had to come back from her reverie- from dreamland . Had they been walking in it hand in hand , or was she picturing her with which self alone in some environment Charteris was unfamiliar , and in which he had no part ? He asked himself the question doubtfully before she replied to his spoken query . a little iced " Thank you , I should like lemonade . " " Do you find the room hot ? " Mrs. Howard- Vance asked . I had not flour in thickening sauces and gravies . Barleymeal . It is an error to suppose that barley is only fit for feeding animals and max ing beer . It is good human food . Its fuel value is close to that of wheat flour . With one - third barleymeal and two - thirds flour a spongy , nutty - tasting loaf may be obtained 4 lbs . of this bread a week will use 2 lbs . of flour out of the allowance . Barleymeal makes good porridge which can often be taken by those with whom oatmeal porridge does not agree . Barley scones may be made of half flour and half barley meal Pancakes of the same proportion of flour and mehl are excellent . should like is a stood " Hot ? No , I don't think so . thought of it until now ; but I some iced lemonade very much . " Charteris brought it for her , and before her while she drank it . most valuable food . It does not save unchanged . " For weeks , " a merchant told a Chronicle " representative , " traders have been living from hand to mouth , so immensely has the demand grown . Imports and home pro- duction combined cannot keep pace with this expansion . " The Food Controller is giving attention to the matter . men to spare to send out with it . THE SIZE OF ST . QUENTIN . St. Quentin , the Manchester of France , has a history dating from Roman times , and was the seat of a bishopric in the sixth century . The church dates from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries and the Hotel , de Ville was built 1331-1509 . Quentin before the war was nearly 45,000 , and The population of St. the town is therefore roughly about the size of Worcester , the population of which is about 48,000 . GOVERNMENT HAY BUYERS . A Southend - on - Sea forage merchant , with 40 years ' experience , states that when he applied for a position at the War Office to buy hay he was told that he could follow the traction- engine from farm to farm and write labels and tie them on the bales . The men selected to shoemaker , a buy the hay included a solicitor , a boot and blanket maker , and a " mar- garine man . ' TOOK NO RISKS . At Reading , Mr. Morris , an architect and a special constable , finding a soldier named Thomas Stokes on his premises , called to him , " Stop of I. shall fire . " Stokes muttered some- thing and continued to come forward , where- upon Mr Morris , who , according to his state- ment in the police court , was taking no risks , fired , wounding Stokes in the chest . The man had his injuries dressed in hospital , and was AND remanded , charged with being on premises for an unlawful purpose . none in THE PLOUCH LADY . WOMEN WHO WORK TRACTOR , TRAIN DRIVERS . Two ladies began last January to drive a Rice is not grown in this country , but it is tractor plough , which was lying idle because PRISON FOR DRUNKEN DRIVER . imported from other parts of our Empire , and the ironmonger to whom it belonged had no Sentence of a month's imprisonment was shipping to use rice , but so long as stocks are experience in motor driving , but They had passed by the Lord Mayor at London Mansion House on Monday on Harold Baker , thirty - five , available it should be caten . One third rice ploughing . One day last month a letter was ard two - thirds flour make good bread . A spon motor - cab driver , for being drunk and driving giert loaf is made if the whole rice is boiled received from one of them in which she said : to the common danger in Queen Victoria- " We have just done 33 acres , and have come street , when his cab collided with an omnibus . first , then strained , and mixed in with the flour , using in the mixing the water in which inch of snow , but we mean to go out and try weeks . to do 20 acres , and this morning there is an Baker admitted a previous sentence of three it was boiled . Unpolished rice , such as was to work Now either of us formerly given to fowls , should always be tractor and plough , and can can work the The Lord Mayor said it was a most serious . used . It is more nutritious and makes nicer out of the furrow without slowing up very turn into and thing for a man in charge of a motor - cab tó If rice be drunk and incapable and driving about . food whether in bread or puddings much . Screws and bolts are always working quite oblivious to the damage he might do . flour or ground rice is used , it is mixed with loose , and pliers and wire are often needed . He also ordered- Baker's hackney - carriage . the wheat flour in the usual way . The loaves Railway passengers need no longer pull down will be closer and whiter than the loaves made to be filled twice a day , and paraffin lifted to suspended for six months . " It is very dirty work , as the engine has license to be cancelled and his motor license Sir George with boiled rice , and those who like white the top of the tank . or bread may prefer them . The food value of drum of paraffin up in slow stages . The final ( To be continued . ) CARRIAGE BLINDS UP . NO NEED TO PULL THEM DOWN AFTER DARK . Charteris happened to glance in that direc- tion and noticed the stranger , and set him down to be a foreign officer . For a moment it occurred to him that the man's attention the carriage blinds after dark . from one of the dressing - rooms . It was Sylvia van Annan , conscious for the had been concentrated upon himself and Gren- Cave , the Home Secretary , has issued an We pull a ten - gallon The moment that she was coming into view of a nan ; but as they were at opposite ends of the der dated March 22 revoking the previous the rice loaves is not inferior to the others bit is done by one being on top and lifting These provided that except in case of They contain , however , much less protein , and the rest only acquaintances of yesterday . Her teris was about to call Grennan's attention to necessity in a station carriage windows must fine eyes surveyed the assemblage with an ex- the stranger , when the latter disappeared . pression which struck Charteris as suggestive It was time now for the men to claim of a startled fawn in his park ; she seemed to their partners . Charteris had asked Sylvia be looking into that crowd of strangers for for the first dance ; Grennan , Rose . someofte whom she regarded as a friend . It " Miss Ivan Annan , our dance , " Charteris MURDERER'S LETTER When William James Robinson , an ex- be kept cowered from half an hour after sun - households , but only for homes where meat hesive , and our drill overhauls must be a sore on this account are not suitable for needy mixture of oil , paraffin , and soil is very ad- soldier , applied at the Criminal Appeal Court on Monday for leave to appeal against nis fish , cheese , milk and eggs form a good part of set till half an hour before sunrise . trial to washerwomen . " conviction at the Old Bailey for the wilful A press representative was officially informed the diet . These two women , we are told , now plough murder of Alfred Williams , a Canadian pri- on Friday night that guards in charge of pas- All of these breads may be made without 4-5 acres day with a three - furrow plough . vate , in St. Martin's - lane , the following letter yeast by kneading into a dough a teaspoonful senger trains have been instructed , should need arise , to cut off the supply of gas or electric of vinegar and a teaspoonful of soda to the They have a school for training drivers , and written by Robinson to a girl and copied at the Home Office was read : - two central figures without betraying that her Sylvia turned swiftly . " Dear Maggie , -Although I tell you that I It seemed as if her light . This can generally be done in a mom- pound of flour or meal . The bread is a little have already taught 12 other girls . closer and shorter than that made with yeast , am guilty of the crime I am quite satisfied Did the vanity of the thoughts were far away . She looked abstracted , ent . but quite good , with the sentence . I look for sympathy to no one ; I don't deserve it . I want to impress upon you and everybody else that it was not was not Rose , for her eye travelled over the said . quest was satisfied . onlooker under the shadow of the palm suggest anxious .. an answer to satisfy that inquiring glance ? " I beg your pardon . " she said . " I am Is As Sylvia passed , practically unnoticed , to afraid I was thinking of something else . the front of the daïs , below her were two dancing about to begin ? " As she put the question , Rose Howard - Vance steps leading to the dancing - room . She stood quite still , dangling her gloves , her profile linked her arm in hers . turned towards Charteris . He noted the " Come , we will show them the way , " and " A man likes big and heroic enterprises . " replied Mrs. " That's Corntossel . right , " Alexander wept because there were no more worlds to conquer .. But you never hear of a man sheddin ' a tear because there's no more beauty of her contour , her small ears , accen- laughing , she carried Sylvia off down the wood to chop nor water to carry . " Luated by ear - rings , a little gold circlet with steps of the daïs into the ball - room proper . a tiny diamond in the centre ; her hair was " You have the best of it now . Mr. Charteris almost unadorned , except for a diamond pin is a splendid dancer , while Mark has about which shone among the golden lustre . Her as much idea of dancing as he has of playing low dress indicated the perfection of her neck the violin . I have to do the piloting even , Charteris had thought her beautiful before , but it struck him afresh although he works hard to compensate for his disadvantage . " and shoulders . as she stood there , unconscious of his gaze , Grennan and Charteris followed the two girls . in her rose - tinted robe . Was she unconscious ? remained still , her head While her body turned , until at last her eyes rested on the palm , on the figure beneath it . Then Char " What is that you are saying , Rose ? " Gren- nan called out . " Nothing to do with you ; just a little private communication to Sylvia . defence- teris knew her quest was satisfied , that she " I believe you were slandering a had been looking for him , for the glance in less man . If so , I shall bring an action and her eyes , the enhanced colour in her cheeks have heavy damages . ' 19 showed it . They were acquaintances of forty- Rose turned towards him , and gave him a " What eight hours , but an hour , under certain cir- glance half arch , wholly provocative . umstances , may be a month , a year . Frank kind of damages " she inquired . " I am not going to tell you now . Come , 1 Charteris knew she had taken a hold upon his being , a possession of his heart , in such a will take you away from temptation . " fashion that he had never dreamt of before . With that they took their places , while Sylvia began to draw on her gloves with Charteris feverish laste , while he advanced up coom towards her . and Sylvia likewise faced one the another , the music of a Viennese waltz already vibrating through the room . INOSTROLINE CLEANSES NOSE AND THROAT . A moment's reflection will convince su Terers that local infection in nose and throat can best be overcome by local treatment . When your nose and throat are obstructed with germ - laden . " Nostroline " instantly relieves the mucus . stuffiness and destroys the microbes . In Head Colds , Nasal Catarrh , and Influenza , it main- tains continual disinfection , clears obstructed . air passages , and softens and brings away crusts in the nostrils . Make - up your mind to use Nostroline . " Get it to - day . Tubes 1s.1 , and 2 , 9d ,, most Chemists , or post free from makers- H. E. Matthews & Co. , Chemists , Clifton , Bristol . Local Agents : Leominster : H. R. CHENEY , Pharmaceutical Chemist , 21 , High Street . Presteign : A. R. DAVIES , Chemist , 2 , High Street . Kington : J. W. CAUNT , Chemist . " FIEND IN HUMAN SHAPE . " A nourishing Maizemeal , also imported , is a food though its heat value is a little lower than that of the other meals . It contains BOY BRANDED ON LEGS AND TIED TO more fat than any corn except oats . A third of maize and two - thirds of flour make a nutri- tious loaf . The taste is a little more different from that of ordinary bread than is the case : with oatmeal , barleymeal , or rice . flours are prepared from maize , however , which i taste well , and are useful in cooking . Rye contains some gluten , though less than wheat . It makes a close bread , which was for- merly one of our staple foods . Various FISH IN PLENTY . OPPORTUNITY TO REDUCT MEAT AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FOOD . It will be welcome news for the London pub . done for robbery . It was simply unfortunate . I took him for somebody else I had a row with I had no intention to the day previously . kim . " . HOOK . Observing that she must be " a fiend in human shape , " Mr. Hay Halkett , at Woolwich , on Saturday , sentenced to three months ' hard The Lord Chief Justice said the letter was a labour a woman named Eliza Sammons , who clear admission of guilt . The application must was charged with acts of gross cruelty to her be refused . eight - year - old nephew , Frederick Hayhurst . It was stated that she branded the boy on the back of his legs with a hot poker , and Dr. Webley , divisional surgeon , stated that there were several burns on one leg and three on the other , which could only have been caused by deliberate branding . A further allegation was that the woman tied the boy by the hands to a hook in a cupboard , and left him there nearly all night . says : PRINCESS AS GERMAN SPY . Paris , April 2. - Claude Anet , telegraphing from Petrograd to the " Petit Parisien , " The papers have confused Princess Vas- iltchikof with the Grand Duchess Vladimir . The former lived at the palace of Prince Lichtenstein in Vienna , and she had relatives The in high places there and at Petrograd . German Government wished to employ her for secret business in Petrograd . She went to lic that the suppply of fish , for the next few In a certain village there was a physician Russia , but was disagreeably surprised to find days at least , will be more abundant , and noted for his reckless motor driving . One that most of her relatives turned their backs therefore somewhat cheaper . on her . I can assert , in fact , that the Grand Five shiploads , day when he answered the telephone a comprising some thousands of boxes of skate , woman's voice asked him if he were going out Duchess Vladimir and the Grand Duchess Eliza- haddock , cod , and plaice , have been received driving that afternoon . " No , I hardly think both absolutely refused to receive her . under the Restricted Home Supply scheme from I will have time this afternoon , " replied the Holland , and in these circumstances the Min- Patient " What does it cost to have a doctor . " But why do you ask ? " " Well , " istry of Food is hopeful that the demands for replied the anonymous questioner , " I want to Patient : " Then do you mind pulling it out tooth pulled out ? " Dentist : " Two - and - six . " send my little daughter down to town for halfway for one - and - three , and I'll finish the some thread , if you are not . " meat and other articles of diet will be corres- pondingly reduced . job myself ? " T |