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SUPPLEMENT TO TBI NOTTINGHAMSHIRE GUAKDIAN FRIDAY. JANUARY 8 1686. StlllSfi0 twa-ty groans of sulphate of magnesia, aad grain o( child who is to receive one of these wa4taau. lata, keen-witted boy or gtri of to-der finds as maseTn be addreaaeiU toe Oaem dmmTSSm 0Qe OUR LADIES' COLUMN. BY A LAPY.

By the time these lines are real, a Hew Year will have began, and I suppose we are all more or less impressed with the feelibg that a new epoch of time has commenced, and we whisper the words Let the dead past bury its dead with something Mke relief, and an impression that whatever may have befallen us in the year that is gone there is a future before us, of which we may hope all things and we greet it on its advent with smiles and good wishes for these aroaad us, and wise resolutions for ourselves. "Years following rears steal something everyday. At Last tea? a veal lis from ourselves away On no topic have poets been more eloquent than the death ef the old and the birth of the new year. Aad CHATS WITH HOUSEKEEPERS. By PHYLLIS BROWNE, Author of "A Team Csekery' (Oasse), The Girl's Own Cookery Book" Tract Society).

Monday morning may be prosaic, bat the first few days which must elapse after the Christmas festivities are over, are very much more so, It is indeed a weary business to have to go into rooms where the lights are fled, and the garlands dead," to clear away the rubbish, count up the losses, and then face the dull dark days of January and February. Fortunate is the housekeeper who in thinking matters Over, can quietly congratulate herself on the fact that the efforts she has made, and the expense she has iaearred, have been worth while, aad that the pleasure given has more than compensated for the trouble and money expended in obtaining it. One of the disagreeables which the housekeeper has to deal with the day after a Christmas dinner, ball, or supper party, is thai the house' appears to have been made exceedingly dusty aad untidy thereby, while the maids whose business it is to restore things to their proper order, do not eater into the work with the same spirit and alacrity with which they prepared for the fray. Yet clearing away is a business which must be gone through, and there will be no comfort until it is accomplished. It loauires a little management to prevent waste on occasions of this sort.

The odds end ends which are left on the various dishes quickly deteriorate, and lose their delicious taste after being out into. It is meat desirable, therefore, that they should be disposed of aft oaee. In the country districts it used to be quite customary for the giver of a feast to send round the fragments which were left, to friends who were not present, so that they might obtain an idea of the delights they had missed. Old fashioned Ways of this sort are now becoming obsolete, however. Yet I can remember that in my young days it was considered quite the correct thing when a noted housekeeper of the neighbourhood gave a party," that, early the aext morning a neat looking maid servant should pay a visit to friendly housekeepers of the district with a glass dish covered with a snowy napkin for each, aad the message If you please ma'am, Mrs.

So-and-so sends her compliments, and would you honour her by tasting her game pie, or her jelly," aad then the sweet or savoury in question was subjected to a far severer criticism than had been bestowed uppa it by the guests for whose enjoyment it Was mauafao ured. We may be sure that no failures were ever bestowed thus, but if there was any dish that was a signal success it was sure to be fixed on for the purpose. If the delicacy were appreciated, the dish which WMtwiifi1 it was speedily sent back with the re swage Mrs. So-and-so thanks you kindly, and would you favour her with your recipe for making the pie," or whatever it was, and then the housekeeper's bosom would swell with pride sad satisfaction as she gave others the benefit of her superior skill. I am afraid that in these days there are few delicate exchanges of courtesy cf this sort.

Parties are too frequent, and are too maofa a matter of coarse, aad instead of seeding round portions of what remains of a feast to friends, We read horrible letters in the Times at farmers contracting for fragments, and of moulds of jelly which are scarcely touched, halt legs of mutton, and delicious pastry being thrown to the pigs. Surely the old fashioned way was' the better cf the two. Creams ere very elegant; and superior preparation wneu iresn, not taey are very unsatisfactory when stale, because they quickly lone their delicacy and soon turn sour, aad except when at their beet are both unwholesome and unwelcome. Been when fresh they are so rich that they are liable to upset the But jelHfs will keep much longer, aad they may be re. moulded or broken up into pieces and served in glasses, and will be as acceptable the second day as they were the first, if only they can be made to look appetising.

When two or three sorts of jelly ef various sizes and shapes remain from a party, it is well to deal with them at once, and convert them into what hi called Marbled Jetty. To make this, collect the pieces and put them together into a mould. Shake them into position, and if of different colours try to arrange them so that they shall make a pretty oontrast. Have ready a small quantity of well-flavoured cclonrless jelly, and when this is so cold that it is on the point of firming, though still liquid, pour it in the momd to fill up the empty spaces. Turn upon a glass dish when set.

The remains of turkey, fowl, can be easily eon-verted into excellent dishes for breakfast or luncheon. If the meat remains on the bones in any quantity it may be taken off jn nieces and hashed or made into kromeskies (aa excellent mode of serving it), but if it is very much Broken aad ragged it may be minced or made into croquettes. I give recipes for various modes of preparation Hash of Poultry. Gut the meat off the bones in neat slices, and put these between two plates to keep them from getting dry, till wanted. Break up the bones, bits of gristle, skin, fcc, and put them into a stewpan, cover them with stock or water, and add a small onion, a slice of turnip, ah inch Or more of very thin lemon rind, half a blade of ameer, and a little pepper and salt Stew gently for about an hour, or till the gravy is good, then strain it through muslin, and thicken it with dour and butter in the usual way, that is, melt the butter in a clean stewpan, mix in the flour to make a smooth pasts, add gradually the warm stock, and stir till the sauce boils.

Ad ounce of batter and a tablespoonful of flour will be required for three-quarters of a pint of liquor. Let the aaaee cool, flavour it with a little ketchup, put in the slices of meat, and simmer gently by the side of the fire till hot through. Serve on a hot dish, and garnish with sippets. If there is any bacon rind in the house it may be scalded and scraped and stewed down with the bones, and it will have magical effect wanting this a little lean ham may be taken. If approved, a gill of cream may be substituted for the ketchup, and to enrich the sauce the yolk of an egg may be added the last thing.

It must be stirred in off the fire when the sauce has cooled a moment, aad it mast not be allowed to bail in the sauce, for fear of curdling. Minced Chicken, or Cat the meat off the bones, break up and stew the latter with stock and flavourings to make good sauce, as in the last recipe. Thicken it as before with flour and butter, strain and skim it well then put in the mince, and let it get hot through without boiling. It may be served in two or three ways. If liked cream (or milk, if cream is not to be bad), may be put into the sauce, and the mince may be turned upon a dam, aad garnished with rolls of bacon.

To prepare the bacon, eat it into very thin rashers, about two inches wide, and four inches long. Boll these loosely, run them on a skewer to keep them in position, place tile skewer containing them in a baking tin, and set it in the oven for six minutes, Or, the mince can be put upon a dish, and poached eggs can be placed upon them. Or a very good dish for breakfast may be made by mixing the mince with a little chopped fat bacon aad forcemeat, flavouring it with a few drops of port or eiaret, aad potting it into the oven to get hot through in small souffle eases made of white paper and lightly oiled all over. These souffle eases may, of course, -be bought at the fancy stationers. They will cost about 6L per dozen, bat for a purpose of this sort, for dishing meat which has been served before, and is to do duty a second time, they may quite satisfactorily be twisted into shape at home.

To make them it would be necessary only to out rounds of paper about four inches in diameter, and push them into a small Liebig's extract of meat jar, then force in a paper case or some other wooden wedge which will fit tightly, or if this is not to be had, press the sides closely with the fingers to make the paper take the form of a round ease, the edges of which can be plaited round with the edge of a knife. When slices of white meat are left from the breast or wings of a bud, they may be made into a good mayonnaise salad, and tins, if prettily garnished, will be sure to be approved by those who are partial to mayonnaise. Usually, however, it is the brown meat which is left, the more delicate portions are quickly disposed of. For the true gourmand, ae more excellent way of treating the legs of a turkey or a fowl dan be found than to devil them, for devised drumsticks are always acceptable. Ia order that the flesh may be thoroughly impregnated with the flavour of the devilled mixture, the skin should be removed, the meat snored, and the savoury compound inserted in the gashes overnight if they are wanted for breakfast Then ia the atoruing, all that will he nr waanaj wil be to rub them over with butter, put them on a gridiron over a clear hot fire, and turn them frequently to keep them bom burning.

They will be ready when hot through. The devilled mixture may be made by working to a paste an ounce of butter, a teaspoonful of mustard, two or three drops of anchovy, aad a little salt aad cayenne. Croquette are very ooavoniaut and moat deheious preparations, whoa properly made, bat they require a little trouble. They are convenient, because they can be made of almost snythmg, uU aorta of odds and ends can be used, so that we may say about them what someone once said about sausage, all that is needed for their thorough enjoyment is confidence in the housekeeper who orders them, and the cook who prepares them. Ia English kitchens croquettes are very often nonfoneasj with rissoles, and many housekeepers have an idea that croquettes and etlee ate the same thing under a different' name, etly speaking, however, taw two are distinctly different The beats of both is a savoury mince, but whereat in the eroqaette tins mince is turned into the shape of a cork or ball, dipped into egg and rolled in bread crumbs before frying, in the rissole it is wrawned in thin paste, while in a further variety, the kromeeky.

it is wrapped a tarn asses of bacon fat or caul and dipped in batter before frying. The great mistake which inexperienced cooks an apt to fail into concerning ii, is that they make it too dry. It ought to be quite moist, aad when oat into should be a thick rich savoury substance, parts stag more of the nature of the contents of a patty than of chips of dry wood, which is the form in which it it usually presented. And aa I should like to eater at length into the subject, I will speak further of it next week. Ma, Gbobsb Auovvtm Saba The innumerable friends and admhrer of Mr.

ila wfll learn this morning With the jKofoundest rofrow the Bows of the of his amiable aad most excellent wife. A telegram despatched from Melbourne on Thureday conveys the sad mtell-genco of Mrs. Sala'a decaase in that city. Ail Who knew the lamented lady will immediate understand the terrible nature of the trouble wbcn ha fallen upon the accomplished author and journalist. Completely devoted to haw, to bis Work, and to his interests, she possessed an onf ailing sweetness of dia- nnaiftmt mmi a tAAfc an A siiuiiti- mhiitk desred her tc a 1 who Messed the privilege ot her frianrfltrtnaaih TWsjw SWt the stems wift aa wwmd ia clearing bsioni ttoSi begin to iwL ThTlnSl hoaidabobo washed over with hot lime rLCWBROAaDKH AND PLEASURE GBOtTSBB.

i nnante Ptosis matt now be thought of, quantities of the jnadg determined, aim hotbeds made up xor BUrtoBg old plants for catting, and for the first "wen or plants required early, Stock plants of the Hmnul aula -1- 4k. I Mi nDjacti may be pat into a steady heat at onoe to furnish young shoots for propagating. (ttnut Bon, Mdieborm ntger, finally show its first fiowers at the end of November, and oontinues flowering until February. It requires a deep, moist, loamy anil, sad a somewhat shaded position, but does not thrive in deep shade. The plants should never be disturbed except for a special reason for old dumps that have stood for years uoteuehed flower more freely than those thai bees only one or two season? planted.

They may, however, he lifted in October, and potted in large pots to Sower in a cool greenhouse, and most be planted out Again in February, and allowed to stand two years before they are disturbed again. II boat a third of the psMsatsai is lifted every autumn a beautiful display may be ensured in the depth of winter in the conservatory or alpine house. Haanr Fbowns nr Bloom will comprise, if the weather is mild, Pianola vulgaris, HeUeborus niger, Fifanthie hyemalis, BeUis perenais, triloba, Cheiraathns alpina, Tuaailago farfara, and T. fregrans, nd Ornithogslum fimbriatom. Bosks to bloom early should be pruned now, but the general collection must not be primed for a couple of months at least.

FRUIT GARDES ARD ORCHARD. Ockbas? tso GoofiicBUBBT. Bushxs should be pruned at ones, and fresh plsntariong made where necessary. Thin out all the old andfieeayed branches, leaving young healthy shoots in their places. Oat away the young Sowtha that cross each other, and keep the centre of tree open to admit light aad air.

The fruit will be larger in size and of a better quality than that from trees which are a mass of small spray. Fnurr Tanas not yet pruned should be speedily attended to. Save any scions wanted for grafting by heeling them in at the foot of the tree they are taken from. They Will take all the better for being cut some time before grafting. Fruit quarters that have been neglected hitherto must be dressed, cleaned, trained, and put in order at once, EUaPBaaai Pxahtixiohb can be made now.

The ground should be either very deeply dug or trenched trenching is the hem' end a moderate dressing of man are should be applied; heavy dressings of manure are not required, for that tends to promote a gross growth with but little fruit. Never disturb the soil of a thriving plantation of raspberries, but top-dress with good manure, and during the keep down weed with the hoe. Susanna wis Fbotw include Wyken Pippin, Golden Pippin, Adams's Pearmain, Old Nonpareil. Golden Harvey, BtonltohTr Pippin, King of Pippins, Cornish GUlifiower Apples, Beurre Arembarg, Raster Beurre, Knight's MonareW, Ne Pins Mauris, Gioa Moreesu. Hnyehe's Victoria, Zephirm Gregoirc Pears, ktMv Gros Oolmar, Mrs.

Piece, and Lady Downee Grapes. KITCHEN GARDEN AND FRAME GROUND. GcBSaon of all kinds may be sown on a Warm border. The meet useful to sow now are EUam's Early Spring and Rosette Cole wort. OafiUFLOwmm are apt to die off now unless kept dry; a little peat dost will be useful to apyinHa amongst them where they are suffering from damp.

Dry saud and wood-ashes amy be used for tee game object. If the plants are crowded they Will only kill each other so thin at onoe if necessary. Give plenty of sir in mild weather. Cccuwbebe to be bedded oat as soon as large enough.1 They should be kept in the house till they hare filled fire-inch pots with roots, and then be planted. If kept any lengtn of time starving in pot-bound state they wil become infested with red-spider and weakened in constitution.

When ready to plant out, the bed should be in a sweet condition through occasionally forking over the dung. The bed is to be made by laying Boms' strips of turf grass -side downwards in the centre of each light on this put two barrowf uls of soil in a heap, consisting of loam from rotted turfs one part, leaf-mould one part, aad dung rotted to powder oae part. The third day after putting on the soil pot the bulb of a thermometer into the hillock, and if it registers 70 deg. to 80 deg. plant at once if higher than 80 deg.

wait a few days longer. A fair average to start with is 76 deg. Dbjjjuoe operations must have attention where necessary. This is a good time to make and repair drains. Drains four feet deep and twenty feet apart will serve almost anywhere to carry off excess of rainfall quickly and the best drain-tiles are those made tunnel-fashion that is, a half pipe aad fiat sole.

The drains should be Out by a man skilled in earthwork, to make sure of a hard bottom and a regular fall to the Outlet if anywhere cut with holes or depressions, it will be no easy metier to level these solid again, to prevent a sinking of the drains at those places in fact, not a crumb too much should be taken out anywhere. When thejpipes are laid, place six inches of hard rubbish, each as brickbat, broken crooks, tiles, chalk, fec, over them, aad fill in. Mexbe in the forcing pit to be kept carefully trained about nine Inches from the glass, to be regularly stopped, and at a temperature of 70 deg. by day and 60 deg. by night.

Sow now for plants to bed out in frames and pits for early main exope, and for succession in the early forcing boost. Saan Beds for Peas, Beans, Bound Spinach, Parsnip, Horn Carrot, ftalading, and a few sorts of cabbage to be marked out and made ready. Sow in heat Tomatoes, Capsicums, Egg Plants, Cockscombs, Amaranthus, and Intermediate stock. YaoxxkBias or Saxsos include Asparagus, Beet, Brussels Sprouts, tops of Scotch aad Cottager Kale, Carrots, ale worts, Celery, Kadi re, Jerusalem Artichokes, Lettuces, Mushrooma, Parsnips, Rhubarb, tsifieli, and Turnips. MESSRS.

WEBBS' SPRING CATALOGUE. We have received from Messrs. Webb and Sons, Wordaley, Stourbridge, their spring catalogue for 1886, which is, as usual, got up in an attractive and excellent manner. In peas, Messrs. Webb, we notice, put forward a valuable novelty in The a mfifai crop pea which is very highly spoken of by those who have tried it.

In potatoes we have, as novelties for 1886, Kinver Hill," a splendid second early kidney, Discovery," a seedling from Woodstock kidney, and Benefactor," a new main crop variety, the result of a cross between Scotch Champion and Blanchard. All these come before the public with first-class testimonials, and will doubtless be found to merit them. The new broccoli, May Queen," is, from all accounts, a decided acquisition. In flowers we have a new primula, Modesty," which claims to be a decided advance on any existing variety. The flowers, on commencing to open, are pure white, bat when fully expanded are of a delicate pink or flesh colour.

It is said to have a strong habit of growth, and to be exceedingly floriferous." Two thoroughly practical treatises on The Cultivation of Vegetables" and The Cultivation of Flowers," are added to the catalogue, having been specially written for Messrs. Webb and Sons, while a moat valuable paper on Fairy Rmgs on Lawns and their Eradication," will be welcome to all who suffer from these pests, which folk-lore has made "romantic," but which common -sense people regard as unadnlterated nuisances. Other articles on Making and Renovating Lawns," aad on Making a Lawn Tennis will well repay perusal. (ALL RIGHTS RES KB VXD.) THE POULTRY YARD. SKIN DISEASES IN FOWLS.

There are several diseases of the akin to which fiomestie fowls are subject. Oae of these has been previously noted, namely, scary legs. Fowls are act, however, ae subject to this form of disease as are acme animals, for the reason doubtless that the skin is aot so exposed. The feathers act as a shield to it. Eczema.

This is oae of the moat ordinary forms of akin diseases in all duatsstii animals. It is not so much found in fowls as in doge, a reltobte authority of which says that in both England aad America not more than twenty -five per cent, escape an attack of it in the year. It has been described by Mr. Sewell, the well-known animal Vet." of London, as "an inflammatory condition of the skin, characterised by the formation of a number of papules, which soon burst, leaving an excoriated surface, the discharge soon dries, and hard dark cruets are formed. There is always a great deal of in, tetion present, the result of the inflammation." This disease is chiefly found in those fowls which are kept in close confined runs, and an very highly bred.

The disease generally declares itself in taw wattles, which are covered with a number of email scabs or crusts aad have very unpleasant appearance. There is a general dulnesa about the bird, which has neither spirit nor appetite. Ae the iisaasi is due to a vitiated condition of she mood, mere local tract meat Would act be enough. There must be an attempt made to put the whole system right, if a cure is to be tried. This is a question that can only be settled by each poultry-keeper for frim ll.

But we may here say that except in the ease very valuable fowls we should advise that they be It is by no meant certain that a cure can be i if the beat knows means are tried, aad if secured it will be at a great cost of both time and money. Birds that have been affected with Eesema should not be bred from until there is the fattest proof that every traceof the re an has been removed. We will, however, give the methods of treatment lor the benefit of ail who, in spite of tide warning, determine to attempt a cure, lb. Sewell recommends for dogs a dose of some cooling medicine first of all. This may be either Epsom aaHs or sulphate of magnesia, and to be followed by pills made of those ingredient: -calomel, 3gr.

barbadoes aaees, 6gr. gingerine, one-third gr. This should make tare pals large enough for fowls. The skin moat be washed with a lotion made of Idx. of carbolic arid and Cos.

of antoitod water, appned reonentiy with a sponge. His aavteraf that taw medieae should be ten prevented it ever becoming aa aastnto all. If I scold hear of the large fund these toys being diverted to soma aehei seesaw a natural ssaatry life to 10,000 lifttto wads and strays even far two weeks in the year I shook! be ml The flowers of the wayside, the stones in the road, aad the grass that grows in the fields, would be paaytatogs for them, whilst they got such a dose of pure air aad clean living as would be far bettor than any amount of elaborate devices for their amusement. If tins oaaji he done, aad the toy sbjsaoat ia the ssaeaas lini il to a number of the cheapest of dolls, and the strongest of tops, or even paper and pencils, surely the charitable gifts aad action of generous friends would be turned to better and more lasting account. I could enlarge on this subject to say extant, for the children I pity most are not the children in our hospitals, where taey are tended and eared for, bat the children out of our hospitals, ia the dens and courts of our great City, who are preparing to fill the little beds in any of our refuges as soon as they are vacated by those who return to their homes only to contract perhaps worse maladies, physical as wsll as mental.

A London child who has never had a run in a mesalew or seen a field of corn is a sadder sight to me than oae who hat never had a doll which opens and shafts its eyes, or aa elaborate moehaartoal toy of say sort. I have been much strusk this Christmas time wish the tendency there somas to be everywhere to over people, little and big. A few years ago Land my used to spend Christmas Day in the wards of ijonoon hospitals, and we always found the toys and crackers, sweetmeats and cards we took with us, moat welcome and gladly received. Often our httie jsataaw-tions warethe only ones from outriders to the fund of amusement for the patients. Baft it is not so now.

The contents of oar little hsndbagn on Gnriasmas Day counted as nothing in the ample supply which we found already covering the little bed, tables, and chairs in every ward of the larger hospitals, and we rnateiinl our offerings till such times ss they are likely to be move appreciated, or for neglected places not la favour with the general public, such as workhouse Maansssas aad some outlying institutions. We found the children almost surfeited with toys aad a fairy tele, or a little song, was the meat welcome contribution to the after noon's pleasure. Do ws not hi thai erase for amassment which pervades every class, and which so many good people are craving to extend to the poor, forget that there are Other things which come first, and that comfortable armchairs and warmth for the aged aad feeble, and fresh sir, good food aad careful training for the children, are of far mors importance than the temporary delight aad surprise of a new and costly toy I wousi on no account be understood to discountenance efforte for the good or enjoyment of other people, or the refinement and elevation of the soar, bat I fear we are nowadays apt to let ear smaller gifts flow all hi oae channel, forgetting the aid Scotch saying, that every miekle makes a mackie," and that the price ef a ateosao cow would send two smoke dried children into tha ana. light and fresh air of heaven for a weak, to their great and permanent benefit. Paasxora, THE CHILDREN'S HOUB, Between the dark and the daylight, Comae a oease in tbe aav oca That is known as theChlUresPi iHoor.

Ia a Qctst Coaxae. Txsrrrr's Gstfnwuscn. Bxrwr-awoa is a SaowzLaan. Snow Fuse. Aa Oub Fanua with a Haw Faca.

A Fxvoonrra Stout Waiiaa. Kao or rax Bxnna. ra-irr or ran Eiaonsaaa. Aaiaaasra. iSLunrc'a Saaamsr.

Aobostic Coatrsrmioa. Paiza Awaao. Paxsa Prjzzns, Ac. Christinas is gone, ww have watooxaod the baby 1886, who same ia wish a dull and somewhat tearful face, as though he did not come willingly at aU, and now we' are glad to sit down to a quiet corner aad take a good peep at the magazines. They ail promise as something new and defightfai hi the way of reading for the Hew Tear.

First comes my old favourite from Boston, C.3.A., Wide-Awake." One ef its many attractions ia a 'Troftty" story by Eliz, Stuart Pheip. Trotty is a tiny boy, of Whom I must give you oat one little ghvfr TBOTTTS CHRISTMAS. I cant tell just which Christmas it washout it was one of Trotty 'a rather small Ohriatuiaoos. On Christ mas ve ha began to talk, not that ho dldnt asanily talk, indeed it would be hard to find a time wane toe mildest rumour could report that he wss not talking, except when he was asleep or eating. Mamma, if Zheetts was a little." Mamma is writing tetters, Trotty sac oanH talk." Wall, I only wanter know ii Zaesos waa a little Mot just now, Trotty." Why, Mamma, I've get of great importance to say.

I should fink you'd raver hear me talk about Zhesufl van write letters, This, with such an air of superior religions character that mamma, for very smiling, writes no more, aad patiently puts down her pen. Very well, Trotty. What is it about Jesus If Zheeus was a little bey again, do you flak Had play with me Who put that question into your head, Trotty tn I put flags into my own head 1" said Trotty, with great sworn. "I don't wait far owar fnlrsss. It's been in my head a long time, ever since bwekfus.

I didn't like my bwekfus. so I fought about Zheeus a good deal. If he was a little boy again, I'd tike to have Him play wiv me. I don't like 'e boys I play wiv a good deal, ftomeflngs 'c matter wiv em." Perhaps something is the matter with you Trotty. Sever thought of that, did you St Nicholas has a funny story about a little girl who wanted it to be Christmas every day in the year, bat when the fairies granted her wish she found that it was possible to have too much of a good tiling.

I cannot toll yoa tbe story, although I should like to do so, because well, I will not trouble you with morals just now, I think if yoa consider the subject, all you sensible children can propound a moral for yoOrsulsea. I want to tell you about LD7E IN A 8BOWFL4KB. Seme imaginative and wonderfully learned German scholars tell us that every saowflake is inhabited by happy little beings, who begin their existence, hold their revels, live long Uvea of happiness and deOghft, die and are buried, all during the descent of the snow-flake from the world of clouds to the solid tend. These scholars also tell us that every square font of air possesses from twelve to fifteen ntilhone, mors or less, of these happy lives. The sigh of a healthy lover is supposed to swallow up about fourteen millions.

They insist that the dust, which wfll, as all know, accumulate in the most secure end secret ptoses, is merely the remains of aaaaSaas and btihoas of these little beings who have died of old age. an tma, oi sssnma, is guess-work. Bat I do know that the snow in carta of the world is thickly inhabited. I have new snow la Idhao black with little insects. People there call them snow-fleas.

They are as lively as possible, and will darken year footprints, walk as mat as you may. They are found only on the high moan-tains, and only in fresh and deep snow. They, ef course, do not annoy you in any way. They are hi finitely smaller than the ordinary flea, bat they are net a whit less lively in their tooaatofttoa, Little Folks" comas to us with a aew face, all golden smites end snnshinft ia piece of the psta blue and red. I like the change, for the yellow and brown of the cover have a gladsome look that ia well borne out by the contents.

The first tarn of the leaf shows us a coloured frontispiece of two quaint little girls contemplating a new pet in the shape ef a tiny white kitten. This sew volume provides a groat attraction in the shape of a continued story by that old favourite of ours, Mrs. Moteeworth. We all know her charming stories, Carrots," Her Baby," Ac, and some of Us are just fresh from the stadv of little Mannadake aad PaaelOps ia Us An Old fashioned Story." It is not aa easy thing, as I think yea and I decided long ago, to write so ss to please the children themselves, but Mrs. Molea worth has the rare gift, and her tales of child-life are always child-like, and go straight to tne hearts of net youn readers, I think that I shall like tha stories of earth aad sky which era to be told by the robin, the eat, the sunbeam, aad the perch.

The robin has the first say this month, end I must give you two bite of information which drop from his beak TBS AS KING. My friends tail me that in every country in Europe, and I daresay elsewhere, the wren is known as The French call him reiteteft, the Spanish httie the Portuguese king of birds." the Bssaaaaa aad toe Poles and the Bohemians, tike the Spanish, call him "tittle king' the Germans and others ktog of the hedges." So you see the wren is, aa the old songs The king of all birds. On St. Stephen's day he Is caught la the fane. Fur oa that day, in Ireland, people go out to hunt the wren, instigated, no doubt, by the eagle, who is as jealous as aay bird can be hecaase he was not chosen king THE LEGEND 07 THE SIKGFISHBB.

Ones upon a time there was a khag named Oeyx, whose wife's name was Haleyone. The king and qaeen were very fond of one another, and when he was obftiged to go away, Halcyons cried bitterly, and watched the ship as long as she could see it. But the ship was wrecked, and one night she dreamed her us band was drowner1. The poor lady weat ail aloag the sea-shore wondering where ho waa, aad at test she got so anxious watching, that it is said a kind fairy changed her into a bird. 11100 she flew away, aad upon a rock far, far away she found her poor, dying husband.

She flattered about him and tried to amuse brm, but ooukl not. Star caught him fish, and did ail she could to revive htm, but he died. Then the kind faery, pitying tha tevtog bird-wife, suddenly changed the king into the hi beautiful plumes, and once again tbe Halcyons were happy together. I had space, I could give you many interesting extracts from this really excellent number, but you must got if yoa do not possess It already, aad find them out far yourselves. 11 Harper's Young People," though intensely American has yet a great charm for English readers.

Fall of pictures, and stories, and sketches, instructive aad humorous. Amongst many other things it suggests A GAME OF ANAGRAMS as a delightful amusement for winter evenings. This pastime a not new, Many centuries ago people tie of the hospital at HPM of water. Locally there sboald bo the ppttestion of benzoeted oxide of sine twice or thrtee a day, or in hwc otm, when Che scabs on hard end firmly attached, they may be removed, after first softenintr with hottish barley wetat. the da with nMMMtin rf nxida of zinc, and oliTe oil, half-en-ounoe oaeh tincture of arnica, 2dr spirits Of camphor, ldr.

pure carbolic asm, 10 fflmtme, Sd torn water, the whole to be applied with a feather or brush three or four times a day. Food should be good but not rich and the supply of vegetables or green food needs to be abundant. Scabies Tins might perhaps be termed mange, as it in really the same as the disease of that name found in various arrimaja. It is due to parasitical causes, and is therefore sdhed to the itch in tin human subject This insect burrows under the skin and sets up a severe inflammation, attended with intense itching. In fowls the parts chiefly affected are the head and the feet these being the bare places, and where the akin is exposed.

After a time the disease generally spreads to the body, and the feathers become loosened, often dropping out. No good can be done until the parasites are destroyed, which may be effected by any reliable mange lotion. Mercurial ointment, or vaseline are vary efficacious. The former must be carefully used, and we prefer the latter, as -there is leas risk of mood poteoaing from its use. Fowls affected with scabies should aot be allowed to mix with other fowls, as they would in that case be certainly affected.

Comb-diacase. The comb as one of the exposed parts of the body is often affected when the symptom is simply indicative of some other disease. For instance when a fowl is troubled with liver diimssn. one of the earnest signs is that the oomb becomes of a yellowish tinge at first, and afterwards, when the affection is more advanced, black. It would be impossible in this ease to attempt a merely local treatment with any degree of success.

The cause is deep seated, and mast be eradicated at the origin. In other ways, also, the comb is a sign of disease, many of which have bean previously mentioned. These it is not necessary to again repeat. But it is desirable to state that the comb may be regarded as the fowl's barometer. If the bird is in perfect health this organ is bright red, and firm.

But if the comb is flabby, or dull -looking, or yellow, or black, there is something wrong that needs attention. It may aot be anything else than a cold, or a slight stomachic derangement, but this is aa infallible sum that the system is not in a right state somewhere. The only exception to this rule that we know of is during moult, when the comb is shrivelled up. At that time it need not cause any concern. There is aa affectioa of the oomb which is known as white oomb." This is almost entirely due to over, crowding, bad feeding, or keeping fowls under bad conditions generally.

The first signs are that the comb becomes covered with I tin swarf. In process of time if not cheeked this extends down the neck, and the feathers fall eff. It then is called "baldness." It is really a form of scurvy, and may be due, as is that disease, to the want of proper green food, as well as the other influence already named. At first the affectioa does aot appear to trouble the bird much aa it eats quite heartily. But after a time it gradually pinee away.

Aa may be imagined, the most important treatment must be' internal. This will consist of a wholesome and liberal diet, clean conditions, pure water, grit for the assistance of digestion, and an abundance of green vegetables. It may be desirable to give a good dose of jalap, or castor oil at once, in order to clear the system. The external treatment will consist of a little oxide of sine and vaseline in very severe cases, bat in milder ones it will not be necessary to do more than rub the parts affected with eoeoannt oil and lard. As soon as the disease appears to be conquered, it will be neeeesary to get up the system by means of tonics, for which purpose capsules of cod-liver oil and quinine, or Farriab's Chemical Food will be found the best Sometimes actual sores break out on the oomb, from which there is generally a slight discharge.

Such a condition of things is not often found amongst healthy stock, and we do not remember to have seen it except on exhibition poultry. When first noted, green food should be given, and a little sulphur in the soft food. Each sore or spot should be tooehed With a little olive-oil in which there has been mixed a few drops of Joyce's disinfectant or carbolic acid. As a rule this treatment is speedily successful. BOOKABLE HINTS.

We are now a week advanced into the new year, and if there are any stock birds required for mating up the breeding peas, or for filling up vacancies therein, these should be procured forthwith, as it is important that they be made up at early aa possible. Birds for thai purpose are somewhat in demand just now, though there are enough of them to prevent very high prions ruling, and it wifl aot be difficult to obtain what is required, at least in the more popular breeds. As surplus birds will only be in the road when chickens begin to appear, aa well as eating tneir heads off now, tneir room will be much better than their company. Par chaser a and sellers may be brought together through the advertising columns of The Guardian, KOTICE. In order to help readers of the Noitmghamthire Guardian over any difficulties they may meet with, the writer of the above article will be pleased to answer any questions that may be put to him upon matters relating to poultry, pigeons, and pet stock generally.

As a guide to others both the question and answer will be printed but in order to do mis it is necessary that the question be concise, and yet give all particulars bearing upon the case, so that a right opinion amy be formed. The questions mast be accompanied by the name and address of the correspondent, aot necessarily for publication, as a nam de ptiunt may be used, aad addressed to Weston," care ot the Editor, Nottingham kirs Guardian, Rottiagham. Tides wkll Poultry Show. Oq Friday he seventh annual exhibition of the Tideswell Poultry, Pigeon, and Cage Bird Society was held in the Rising Sun Factory, Ttdesweil. The following were the local prise winners POULTBT (OpenX Uams, black ooek Onp, f.

Carrinrten, Derby 1, 3. H. Clew, Spondou John Snaw, Ilkeston. Ditto, hen 8 J. H.

Clewes. Any variety, cock T. Camne-ton. Ditto, hen J. EL ttewes 8, T.

W. Handley. Tides-well, nratrmaa, any variety 1, G. Eastwood, Cbester-fiela 2, Archdeacon BaJston, fiakeweil 8. i.

Whitehead, Bonsai. Cochins, ditto Butler Smiih, Crop well Grote. Plymouth rock variety R. Willmott, Ambermte. Ham-barn, ansaaad or pencilled CrJteblow, Bate well; a.

M. LaidlaW, BakewetL Hembutcs, black 1 A Taylor. Moor-green, Notts. Stadmore, DakewelL Itedeaps Joslah Cirter, BssaaB tttdwey, Lone gioa. Any dis-tinct breed not named 1 Botier Dock aad drake E.

Bkidniere, Jan. BaiUaa eaaaa Rev. R. Fieioeao, Mug, ington, Derby 8, J. H.

Ciewa. Bantamn. same, black, or brown red OeHarHa, Haanor. Ditto, any variety 2 T. Carrrnxton.

Poultry (Local game cock aad bee 1 Jan. Walker, Payee sad BtU, a M. Laldlaw. Game, any variety ditaa i Jean PemuSky. 8 W.

Jtotnton, S'T. W. Handley. Bramnaa aad eocMna-z S. G.

Carrington. R. BraaweU, 3 Radford. Humbert 1 Skid more, 2 J. Bockiev, 8 S.

T. Wrdtahead. Kedcape 1 -Skidmore, Clayton and Barker, 8 Bradley. Lerbama 1 Gibton aad Cartledre, 2 G. Hill, J.

Heedham. Any variety net named 1 and iipanial, Jonn M1U, 3 John BCatta, H. Byte. Crossbred barndoor (owls 1 i. Backley, 2 J.

Ponmoby, W. Radford Fin bosk (Gpen, Carrier Oliver Upton, Burtoa-oa-Trent. Antwerp 2, 3. GUI. Bakewell.

Ditto.tbred in 1 aad apeeiaL Tbomaa Hntton, Onestertield. Homers 1. W. Ooodall, Derby. Setim Cisss 8, W.

H. and A. Ii. Georre, jsjwMsj NotU. Rannrrs (Open, Lopa, any colour 1, special, and 2, P.

Raaford, Darby 8 3. Red fern, Ripley. Silvers 1, J. Redfern; 8, Tnoma Walker, TidewwaU. Dotcb George 3.

Hudgoo; Derby 3, R. Skidmore. Any variety, not named 2. W. Clayton, Tideswell; 3, F.

Radford. SftUmg Class 1, P. Radford, 3. Redfern; S. WItttam Boaworih, Heanor.

Rabbin (local classes). -Beit cMwebreda-l and 3, Pemwnby. Tideswell W. Yabaa, Creaebrook. AOt Bmofl(Opop).

Ncwtua.riaaryeltow R- Broorahead. Ditto, dear buff-2, J. H. Scotberu, Bine Ball-bill, -Nottingham. Ditto, evenly marked or variegated 2, T.

Hall, Tideswell 3, 3. H. SCO there. Ditto, unevenly marked ditto 1, J. aVaeaiaaf J.

oUy. Riwey 8, J. H. Scot hern. Norwich any variety 1, 2, and special, 3.

H. Beothern 8, A. W. Naykw, Reiser. Beak patr of stock birds, any variety A.

W. Hi lasm, 3. SoUey. Canary, any variety except Belgian 1 3. Anthony, 8 3.

Alderaoq. Finch, any variety 1 and J. H. Beothern 8, W. BooJaover, Bakewell.

Selling daw 1 3. Aldaraon. The Qaeen, through (he medium of the vicar of St Mary, Peterborough, has forwarded a cheque for 2 to the woman Brown, who was recently delivered there of three children at a birth. The letter conveyed an intimation that, aa all the aahutts now dead, the euafrmary bounty wooid not be aeeorded. Aa William Brown, rivet maker, Greenock, and his wife, who bad been at the marriage of tiisir gftaddangbtar, were walking home cn Friday in the darkness along the east side of the Victoria Harbour, tb.ey.feii into the river.

Cries of distress were heard, bat on a Burp's watchman pr 'weeding to the spot neither of them wot be seen. Boatmen have since trawled without ivsuit. Both the persons were over 60 years of age. At the London Bankruptcy Court or Friday, an adjudication of bankruptcy Waa made against Sidney Oronnure, lately carry ins on tha boatoeea -f a stock and share broker, at 18, Terapb-stroet, City, in she name of Herbert Unison. Tue bankrupt, who ib known at the "Infant Stockbroker," absconded, but baa been arregM on the borders of Spain, and wdl be brought (o England as won as the farms rendered necftSKary by the extradition treaty are complied with.

Chicago una hitherto been content to build iis repoiatmn up pock and anon, be1: now it is coming rWrd aa the grant centre of cabbage culture. In us neigbDcmrheod the htrfCst cabbage farm in the world, arid ihs whohj eibbage district cover 600 aCrea. Ab ut thirty mrfhona of pvaaria art retyum i stock tats large are, and trains of cabbage despatched to the Southern States arte the woo in the warm Latitudes is asbn eased "yr." reeavaaaatnaat of the lottersof a Word, dean such a manner that eaesher li2M55 made. Thus canoe becomes oocaasndastronomcrs, nioootaraw. Aboxofpaste-haaaltofftai such as are mid in all toy end staftwaarv Wo rnatarntiTuS orm'sspelhag a lefieton4, then a good dictionary is I nmka apeesel mention of tins, because leave spent hours hi trying to unravel a knotty ana-gram, onlyto And oat attest that its spelling was in-SSL pssk oat use letters frf bare yoa oa the tabic without regard they may suggest one or more wards.

sach words fail bo appear at onoe, keen letters till they d7nd year anagram will base a point, and be something mora sail a mere btok at letters if any of the words so made oaa M- uutLi wtth tne anginal word. Than mm year anagram to another player, who moat re-terararpoae tbw letters to make the word you fixed upon. The touovrmg are exaeitont 'Tampans nf annpanis with Qm Charles James Stuart gives the anagram, faairaoa fold seeltinirl Arihnrt Wi Homdm ahtingaie, "Ftit on, eboerins aaaal:" Presbyterian Seat In nraver Obim Lo 1 1 read it Christianity, Tie in charity Mir ary. stay, i repent ietegrapa, 1- nans grSv yoa. from the amn mmxinA.

two ureas 1 i waa you would ail take- to heart A BORROWED SERMOff. ajaek Mammy bends over bar tub Has afc-emia. rtasea and wrteaa, Aad matiHv suite to tbac gay rnb-a-dnO Tbe wards of tbe scaur that she staffs A little leea routing bay past, a little lm rnbbuu may do. Bat if oay taaa ocd'oaxy pains to to' work, tV werkswitt be ard'aary too." Abu for the work that one Ibe tanaasSj aad speeches, aodaoBga, The abests aoa daeeita in (be shop end the Where Una little sermon boioaaal To Thia. than, bar mm ay eeaeasn (My tew and my sdrlTis it yea 1) If you only take ocd'nar? nJns with year work, Yoar waft wdl be deary.

tee. ACROSTIC COMPETITION. I have been sreatiy paneled again how to the prise for tbe sanpftare Aerostat twenty-seven nrwnpsswers have out of it quite correctly. After much aninhtoisliiiii I pat the answers sans by four of the competitors aside, because in addition to being neatly aad etoariy written, tend loAwancei are given in support of every light I hope that by giving the price to the youngest of these four (Ethel Mary Whitehead), that all tne rest will aonstoer that I have done the best I under the oircumstaneea. Florence Emily Browne, A March Hare, Wishers T.

Flinders, Katie Niren, Maeton, Acute M. Batter ftokt, Oawaip, May B. rtosafriaf, aad Maggie Smith deserve especial oomatendattoa tor neatly written solutions. Other competitors are W. B.

Gesrail, Edith Seal, Baste Brwaby W. F. Gammer, Baaayaa, R. Ethel Raper, Bessie Morris, M. A.

Mntinsanr Wrong in one tight: Edgar W. Sbaw, lb rranote Dewabury, Harry Swallow, S. atoptord, Gertrude M. D. Bom nam, Tom Patch, Mary Aume Wiihama.

1 Kings 10 1 Joshua 19 4 Generis 2 37-31 2 Kings 2d 8 Numbers 16 27-33 Mate. 2 23 Dsntor. 14 1 6 15 17 19 Bzaktel 45 2 PRIZE HISTORICAL PUZZLE No. 3. It waa the naiddte of the night.

Down the beak stairs of a tiwavton came-a lady with a friend, aad two female attendants. Wnaa may arrived at tne they got into a carriage which was waiting for and drove to tan residence of a prelate, where they psased the sagas. The next morning they drove on through a wild track of land, until they came to aa old house, where they made a short stay. The neat pro seeding was to go towards a part of tbe country where were some insurgente, and take refuge with Una. They therefore moved forwards, a prelate laying aside sis saeredoftal character and going before the oarriaaa dressed in tne way wsnca were Lang before they reached a large town wham their way taey were joined by a numoer of who fanned a oodyguarn, and volunteered to the lady to the place she wished to go.

The initials of the following give the title aad name ef the lady. 1. A bookseller, who, baring circulated a oetehrated patriotic pamphlet, was taken before a tribunal of the people against whom it was written, and refusing to tell the name of toe author, was aaaaaaaaai to be shot. 2. One oi the leaders of the party oalted the Feaillante, 3.

A German dramatic poet. A A small public laaatitoj which was jnsntoj after some wars with Persia, by' a Grecian sculptor under the anaptces oi a patron of arts. 5. The name of the prelate who aceomanted the lady. 8.

A aaa who having been nonsuited by some men Who had risen against their rasstar for being very camel to them, pretended to have the gift of prtmheey, and appeared to breathe flames of fire. 7. A lady who bravely held out against an enemy who besieged the town where she was and took her husband prisoner. They induced her to yieidat-last by threatening to behead her haahami. 8.

A Grecian sculptor. 9. Aa early bishop of Mete. 10. A professor of civil law with another young man, in order to carry eat a king 'a wiafaaa, passed rabo-anwtber oountry, and having came to a town, forced the gates of a pmee where an aged man lived and, going in, overwhelmed him with reproaches oae of them tasntnasl the old men bead and would have totted haw had he not been prevented, 11.

A man who was confessor to a Queen. The King often tried to extort from him the secrete of the oon-fsssintial, but the priest said he wonkldte than so deadly a tin. Accordingly, he was bound hand and foot and thrown into a riser. 12. The chief work of a party called tha Haw Oain.

Hilda M. Knight. Thanks, my darlings, for all the presty oaraaandood tani nave rsaenoa me iraaa so-many of you. Address all communications to A CSV Maoora (Symington), Hunstanton St. Kdmaada, OatAU or A Losaxfc.

On Tuuraxtey naassasa between one and two a'cteok, toe nnaiiy antetmaiawAnw beed of Ooauntinry was txaaawd bw a oeaae attar-a man wie was tlaspiieiriyoMcangad. The person n-owMtvon a gntleaaau front KisrS Lynn was on a rait to Mr. B-ba, of 61, CnoBoory road, and retired to mat aboat 13 Mock at abzht. Aa bear fatter ha goSun, and to bis aerbt dreaa, ran downstair-, evened tbe back pariour window, aad jamned out into tbe area basseaJi. This aroused use otaer inmates, bat the etojaajaat ef toe night to ay were unable to discever whither their gneat had gone.

The ssaistaaoB of tbe oolfc- was ntsinod, when the fugitive waa aeon coma from bte hirimg place and ran off in the drraetten of Spring-etreea, wbete, to tlte garden eft No. 2, be chwtoari up a tree, sod for socaeteme refused to come down. The nahoa. however, ssanaged to get him from bis o.d oartera, and be was banded ever to ilia txmoda, wbo and. rtook to tak care of ana.

Sax Bon Tana. The boy Bdward Laths who waa fooad in tae hollow ot a tree oa Cnriataaa five, after being careful nourished with boniaa for s- vrrai dava, is bow able to t-dra solid food, and be ie oa a bur way to r-oovery, tboneh bra legs an stall very sweeten, aad be teat, wb-cu wen froat-btten, ace suit bad teat he wHl not regain the use of nam for a oo idorahle time. He adheres to his a element that, he was in the trea on tne Aabton Court Bate from Friday, tbe 18ta, till Cbrietmae Sea, when his criee wwr beard. Tbe BSwt day ate some otange-peel wnich be bad iu hrn jmnhnt. Whenever he beard carte passing on toe nearest road he sheeted, bus tee were net heard.

t- gt worms and worse, aad seftVad sreatiy tenm tbrrau He va able to lie down in tbe hollow of the tne trunk, bat brs bands and fast during tne hard frost had got so ntrmoed atoft be eewJd ant ae them. He feft wore whan tne frost came, and becrted nil nigbt, and tzmtd aet ateen. When 1 hasha id weattter broke on be Wednesday and Thureday ha fait a little better, and then bis cries ww-at late heard by the cbisarett to tha adtomiag Lwc. He baa been tinted by his pace aba, bat be eaenet yet be removed from the B-daainster Workbeuea fiiasisaij. Boaswp to DaaxH.

It ia not leas byntifnuing than terrible to tenth that for toe wank of vbevoaa measures oi safety Udma of poaivieu and refinement tfttoaftd anoomab to "accident" by burning from tne simple fact at a dreaa taton are from a fatten BBBaTla. or in soma shatter aabton. Mtoated with tne vury deep sympathy we teal for tbe victims of the Ut calamity of this sort that which haa teat occurred at Stoke, near Devnapias fham moat aaeda be a darn Bsnse frtewona mmtems atraneefy aaade by aven the mate enfiyaiened ami well-tniermed am-uiug to have dresses of the tiftbt aaatertel worn at bell -o townarsd as to reader them aananj friramahln The inuiai rau.t. at cenree. ilea with rhoennba oLtbeir ownaSewShonabtayb taey not, should be compelled by Act of 1 toe faarica of wbwsfa bail areaeei are 4 kbav sbatt he free rma tha 1 of fire.

That there ne insapiretta ddfioa ty In this process we ail knew, and it is one which ought te be senaraUy adopted, It kite to preaerbe eaierelnem ia tae act ef dresateg er wait wearing ototbaa of these Basatettf bVbt matsdais. Jaeudeote will hacmen is an adnrm which none oan gAiamy. Eur ts it poasioie to pan owe word, esoept of r-gret, for the fate ef toe vtento, wheae imeoi, mUl iJ jewvld! was te ran to tbe asd of Mm brat latTm 1. It ae use now te arwae that tbe wearer ef a simatarry inaVmmable dsem ought te have kept away inatead -kio to tend asswtenee. What weald the world hwes tootmhc ef the poor lady If ttse bad dona the rssat and prwdent The vietem of her own ireod but impolitic impulse must be mourned by 1 1 uetvns hearts wiA respest rather than censure.

The presence of mind toewa bv the stent uhev whu bapntty for at least of Ibe snff arer waa at hand ia also to to burhry 00m mended bat it is beertreodina to think Mtak aot only aright death and xrta 9 have been nn-veased, bat that tbe aseideat weu.d act bnVe iceaaVed it oa the pcfnaaaoo bed been taken to reauar the tenalaof which their drna rmrammaoie, oy ma mauaneturer in th uuu fleet ha A latote- ah ehaah- A A bar bx- I aaa 0 at SecnachnTfti Aitnisimfilecb TO OOlfifcggPON iwania Proteose So. lat Omct ratotxma G. Wehter (Booth Sbiatost, W. D. 8 H.

B. tt. and Dnfeyntere, Problem No. HA Correct tokauon reoarvad a A Waiter (Semi, Shields), H. B.

BL, G. WW J. a. M. Parkinson (Notbagbam).

Too tB rfttawa to hie eeigsiBl quaes after 1 gig; B6, (ftob. PROBLEM, ST. toners' CkromeU. BLACK. WHJTK.

White to ptey aad mate in two PROBLEM No. 137 -By O. Cwchcbu. bl.au a. WHITE.

White to ptey aad mate in three raovea. SOLUTIONS TO faOBLBMSL-No. 1SZ. White. Bteea.

Maw. Kt4ft 1 takeS i Stea, i a tax a i I tatea IS takes 1 St Sabao 4 RQo wac i B0 3Kt Kteaa i rat No. 133. Slaca. a Kt A9 (x) White.

I a PCM i a Kts Black baa tear sbter moves, aanwly, S3, Bft aad P-Q6. but in each case be is mated ay SQ B5, GAME Ho, Mm 'tle game played reoantr in Noon A iatwty husa. eJUJeigR CteJfaTT. Mr. items.

1 ES i it a as Ki PQl 7 tabes (B) Mr. a. Brown Mr. Uarrav Mr. BL ttrowi PBU taawaP gKKM PK as It Kit FKM 3 Qt () Ktteb.

Si 81 QtakesK Steed. to a tesaefft as as 4ca. takes Ki aaa V. 7-30 at a i op 9 takes Kt at (e) te tenea (CI NOTES. A.

Mr. Btowuc latreo acxi all sad has own- re bet b-wad himself te be its ornrinaien IS a of oar correspondents now farms task be am sssa Una book pa 0 Mabel a aotnry before. An oawwasd attaca. The after-play bewa that Black can fiord to give ap bw rook. Fk litem stte BteoW Itttn move tabes P.

SLACK. WHITE We are kod wbesuus White can do more than draw te thia pradt'oa, baa i is mat -iasry te me hew he is to do so much aa draw. If nlaya 11 B3 Bteck should a with 5, 12 Q3, B4. 11 Kk Q3 then 11 5. 12 a.

take P. 0 tekee Et tabwa P. If 11 JtA tae (4 oe KA ami iiv- dare aot 12 Esq 00 account 12 (IKK bob. Tbe actual x-me proves that 11 K2 aad 11 Q3 ira not torn disutrow. D.

He has no better way starrae; off the mate. E. Newmarv to prevent mate. ukaa Kt ttese would lee the gtenVv i Waste, inatead of re-takiufc would sneck with tbe on Btt U. Thia allows Black to mtc a three The brst defence 30 K3, sk Pob, si K3, ten Buck wooid stdl win tr? 21.

Kt takes R. CHESS NOTES The solution tourney tor toe championship nf the world baa lately been the eaoae of conasderabla in shew e-retea Tbe peb'ems are pablisaud originally in the kvrw American -Sparta, and they axe all reurnanaad by tbe Xesda Jarenrv tor tee eeo-veoienoe of Enirttah wdvers. Tne attar paper rtvea tbe following aa the latest scores mde by tbe Botntsh com petitor a B. Q. Lawa It Planck 30 P.

a. rtpertsina at W. Ivee aa Jaoabaa M. Brown 3. Rayeer a Batesa a) saw a C.

0, Bckem.ll.ll.... Wisnboree Avon a 3. a. Mites 80 Isaniie IS Beit U) I Sa. fcad.ee a The only emslmh noirar woo naa scored tbe full uunoer of paints sir.

B. G. Lawa, and level th aim ace Grmau 00m uetitoca and three ansrmm With the exeopticn ot Mr. Lawa every Uuglisb Competitor baa failea a victim te an artful trick wbioh la eoaneated ia th) following pewbtem Whftte oa 06, Kts an K3 ana nA. Pa ca B3, Q2, 6 Kss, 1 and BI ck oa -u B3, Pt KtA, EX B2, B3, QB, sod DA.

WUlW HUM ID ur. i for tne tamraey oy Ma. S. Loyd, who aenait te tbe Mirror under tbe amsruai Wbsa aending it to tbe napes he wrotu a letter to tbe atef. in which he ntwJ i "lis anxiona te have It rmtenbed aa aoon as poasiblr, as there is good joke aOoat it which wi I leak our, and I wooid Ike the boys to taks a not li before it gats aaewo.

I maste it yesterdaa and save it te Staian bettiag stea teat he wenbi solve it. in aahf be sntved rt. I teat ban to write orrt the aatokiort, wb-cu be did. I ubea toad aha te evamine bia soiatio o-re ul et be wooid Lee ae bat if be made aay matak ja an he uk ava miaatiri mora, and tbea said ht wooid stand by has aolntiua. Be g.tva the following, which I aspsct mus at roe solver to send 1 Bft, ny 3 B6, any 1 tekee St any 4 takes mate." Mr.

L-oy i preeeede to bow in what ceem-ct stat "irtfn wuj wrons, and he oaneJaons by nggeauag bat tbe problem bo oabliabed onder tae matt "S.3." "Stuck Sia.u a Ne Urns tbea 7T ef the competitor nave teben sw the same error as Mr. Steteita, and tbua lost one pawl in tbew wore, wnich will douoUue urove fatal to toast chaeoMi for tne premrer prs. We' maty assasteo thai Sleinits was meat in hie key avve Bt; hw intke waa in fteteg Ban Wbinra eeouad move after ay reply of Black. We leave our readers to diseov the variation which baa made snob havoc among the aapir-mte to tbe solving cbamutoushtp of tbe world. The apparent easiness of tbe problem menu to have led to careless analysis.

Lord Brougham and Vaux died enodov raorn-ing bm seat. Brougham Ha.i, Wtm iaiiA Ml Wis 5)lt ymmt His brvetehiu, up to wenk sgn, was abfta 10 kike daily enrnmra X-rc bat dnrinx tht ueat tw days be haa been eonfln-d to bu room, ad rraduUr auaV Bte rdsTAp was broCtor of ted Brougham, and is wajjtosww tbe title by bia soa, Henry Brongtmaa, mem in 1838. ordan gave a verdict for SHu sfaiaat Earl Graai' i 'wner as! tb Saartoa Ctebersea, an aation broorbl auder tne Empteyers' Liability Act, by tbe widow George Hall, collier, who wm ki led in tbe auaea ti-' Honour, lelerrmn te motion tegh by tee Earl againrt pirnot ffS "toy Whweae tee natfary, beb now needing, remarked that Do ounstoered tbe asstoa meet is toons. At Sflildleaex Sessiona, on Monday, Thomas Smith, bk baviag ytssisud gartty to stealing, it proved teat be bad mat neerty a 3 server ,4 a aeeesrv mgauL asnong his mabsanas being one of sight and another seven years' penal -ervitud--. Prisoner, wte seed he ad apaat ae tossy psar ia prisna th ha mateltatiaa waa ewne tonaan up, waa ew wamaul to 3U years' nasai anmyaaaW and tasta years' panto Si.

Mi yet it is but an arbitrary division of time, aad I doubt whether anrone feels verv different on the first to the last day of the year. Almanacs of all sorts and kinds have been compiled according to an artificial regulation ef days and weeks and months, as long ago as the first century of the Christian era, and we know that tits Greeks in the time of the Ptolemy used them to record the courses of the stars, aad the progress of time. During the middle ages there were almanacs issued from Oxford, which was then the seat of learning, and I have seea one preserved as a curiosity, dates! 1460, in which wore many astroawatioal calculations and prophecies, and mack about the science aad practice of physio at that time. The two sciences of astronomy and medicine were closely linked together ia those days, aad doctors wore in the habit of consulting the stars before they prescribed a dose of medio inc. If they were aot propitious, all the skill ia the world was of no avail, for physio and astrology want hand in hand, and surely- the belief in drugs aad quack remedies, or the occult power of some magical Abracadabra hi not yet entirely exploded from the civilised world, but still lingers ia tin minds of toe credulous and hysterical.

Even in this year of grace 1866, there is still published Zadkiel's Almanac, containing predictions of the weather, voices of the stare, Ac, Ac," and I read terrible predictions far the Mew Year brought from tier many ay a daily newspaper, which were given by a famous astrologer, Nostradamus, ia 1520. He says that when Easter fans on St. Mark's Day, April 25th, and various other saints' days occur on certain other dates, all of which happen this year, then all "the world will cry woe io fact the and of the world will come. I wonder if anybody feels uneasy en reading this prophecy It seems to me to take the sting out of the prospect of such a disaster, that if it did occur we should all be Involved in it together, and no one would be left to mourn for the others. But these things have been said before, and some have believed them to their own discomfort, aad yet matters have gone on much es ever personal aad individual calamity, the lot of all, being not less bister to bear because unpredioted.

I have on my desk a woman's suffrage aH for this year, with remarkable little design on its cover. A spear and a spinning wheat stand oa the ground together, with this motto: Oa Soear aid. Or Spindle aide Let equal Law and Worm abide, with a Chart of the World's Progress ''unratted ia the foreground, giving the Age of Stone, as chaos Bronco, force; Iron, tyranny Steam, equal haw: concluding with the Sentence Bight gives might." Whatever may be the differences of opinion on the poittieal views of this subject of woman's righto, I vent ore to endorse the sentimeat expressed by Mrs. Jameses Whatsoever things are good, whatsoever things are wise, whatsoever things are holy must be accomplished by communion between brave i4 brave women," and a relieve una is tne true sonttma of the whole question. But then I think though the thought may be one, the spheres of action must not be oonfasod.

aad that work and positions which are right and fitting to a man, are not necessarily so to a woman, though the motive may be entirely Let men still came to the front, end bravely fight the world's battles, whilst women unseen and unheard are aaflng and advancing the cause they have mutually at heart by silent bat all-powerful infiuenecand by the quiet, unobtrusive means, which are open to them, and which can effect so much, now perhaps more than ever, because intelligently used. This little almanac is a earoniele of all great events ia teres ting to modern women, not only such as are past, bat those which eabot all who aspire to take advantage of positions now possible to them, such as educational examinations for Jajaasg in Universities and Colleges, dates relating to the elections of Poor Law Guardians, Women's Protective League, Parliamentary Acta affecting women, and so on, aa Weil as the birthdays of distinguished ev rassni kelila women and we find a good list of seoiotiee for promoting the general welfare ef women in every department, which is very useful. A good list of occupations for women and the numbers employed is also given, and some special information which, considering the small limits of space and the very email price of threepence which is charged for the little book, reflects great credit on the compiler, Miss Helen Blackburn. It is published in Bristol by Arrowsuuth, and in London by Simpkin and Marshall. Those who admired the career of Miss Helen Prideaux, M.

ef whose premature death I wrote a week or two since, will be glad to know that it is proposed to raise a sum of money to endow a saaeAwaaia in her memory hearing her name, for the nmpiv and benefit of other women. The Dowager Lady Stanley, of Aldsrley, who is always interested in women's work and higher education, especially ia tbe admission of women to University degrees, writes of Miss Prideaux 'a elevation of character, good judgment, and personal grace," as claims on all women to help to perpetuate the name and memory of one who reflected so much credit oa her sex. Lady Stanley will receive subscriptions herself at 40, Dover-street, or Mrs. Garrett Anderson, 4, Upper Berkeley street, is happy to do so. Since tne latter lady waa herself a junior in the medical profession, there baa been no lady medical student who has achieved such brilliant successes or devoted herself so thoroughly to her chosen profession as the lamented Miss Prideaux.

Before the large picture galleries open afresh, and divert ones mind from all the smaller collections, I must just refer to a second visit I paid to the Goapil galleries in Bond-street again to examine some of Carl Haag's fine water colour paintings, and ajjao to look at some large specimens of photogravure by the Goupii process, which are there to be seen. Many of the reproductions of well-known and fine pictures are quite wonderful in their beauty, and are equal to good engravings, at a very moderate prise. The process was explained to ma by which such excellent results are secured. It begins with photography, and appears to be combination of that art with the rrAWnma skill of an engraver superadded. It is available for the reproduction of any paintings whatever, with an accuracy and beauty which is very remarkable.

In this gallery of varieties I was struck with a full-length painting of a lady which seemed to me to be exactly what a portrait should be. The attitude is natural aad graceful, aad the pose altogether well arranged. I waa told that the original is a lady well known in literature; aa American, I believe, and the painter is a young Ttaltsn. as yet unknown, named Gordigiani. The background ef the picture ia of light, arm oat white, flowered tapestry, the figure is clothed in black, and the effect of the contrast is excellent.

I have seldom seen a portrait which has pleased me so well, and though I never saw the lady, I feel sure it is a good lifc-Anoea A little further up Bond I trees is a small collection of Herkomer's works ia the Bavarian Alps, bis own native moun terns, whose features Ae has thus perpetuated at a time when railways aad tourists threaten to destroy its ohacaesaristtes. Many cf the sketches aad finished pahktingv though small, are extremely interesting, as showing act only the natural features of the oountry bat the habits, occupations, and physiognomy of the people, amongst whom this great painter was born and lived in his early years. The Dead Poacher's Father fa a stadv of facial expression, and The Little Housewife shows us the typical little Bavarian child. It was a pleasant hour I spent there, I went before Christmas to Limmer's Hotel to toe the annual display of toys ooitoeted by Truth for poor children in the hospitals and wOrthouses. There were the 8,000 shilling sixpences, piled up under a glass ease, to behold, and before aew 8,000 little sufferers have rejoiced in the possession of a pretty stiver coin.

Dolls of the moat elaborate load, mewbaaieal toys of all sorts, cows which a moo" when their heads are turned, bears which growl and sheep which "bad," lions which roar and elephants which raise their trunks to be fed, numerous and various enough to stock 4 zoological collection, were I thought scarcely so suitable for the intended recipients aa the manai of commoner toys, so considerable as only to be represented in the show. The undisputed possession of aa ordinary iofi or box of soldiers seems more likely to give pleasure to a little child than the distant view of the mote magnificent works of art which, are now called children's toys aad which on ne account must be touched or roughly handled. It is a great pleasure to do what one will with one's own, and 1 fancy a doll whose ragged locks may be combed and pnt into paper, er even toes oat occasionally, and a strong wooden cart, which may be upset with impunity, are the best sort ef presents for a tittle child, whose natural playthings are oyster shells and mud pies, aad to whom the wards of an hospital are aa the state apartments ef a pswee, too aajsjat and plana and orderly to be thoroughly reitehad aft first until the contrast between a squalid borne aad perfectly aaaitary surroundings and disci phrie is less felt. One great difficulty experienced by all who have to do with the children of the poor, in schools or hospitals, is their utter want of self-control. The majority of poor people's children have never been taught by example or precept this most necessary element in social life, aad the first thing the poor little creatures hereto learn is sabmis sion to rtue and order, aad consideration for other people.

It is cartoon however, to observe how soon they fall into the right way, and how ia almost a few days nurses and others who base to do with them find the difference, and yet when admitted a second time tor treatment, aavatg been in their own houses in the interval, all the old habits ere resatned, and the same process of teaching the like reAaemente Of a higher life has to be gone through again. As I looked at all the beautiful toys collected for such little creatures as these by the kindly efforts of Truth I felt that if all who contributed could see the pale and wretched faces of those with whom I am familiar amongst the East Bad poor, Who help to swell the numbers to oar hospitals, they Would feel with me in my oft-quoted motto that Prevewtmais better then care." and thai week or two in titeJrwh sir Us oaca kTSnt umu Brains rayar taw aaa ay mm I sanaKHamo-.