Abergavenny Chronicle

0118 CHII MEN'S CORKER. I I JAMES'S HOLIDAY. i I James had a holiday. At first Sarah and Mary were Very glad I they thoug-ht they would have a lot of fun together—Jaanes would play- with them, all day long, and they would be very happy. But then James had different ideas. When he took Sarah's best doll away from her and insisted 0.11 g-iving it a ride in Uncle WíWs hat, and when he teased' the kitten so that it scratched Mary's fi er, and dug up the gardens of the two girls, which they had just ?• own seeds, and smashed the dolls' perambulator, and ate up all their ehoeo- late. and dropped worms into the 410ris, beds,, they did not thiak it was quite such a .goro plan fer. him to have a holiday. Indeed, when the day was over, the only person, in who was sorry it v zs done was Jaanes himself. I JUST IN TIME. t erIt does come down, doe-sn't if; 1, Donald, looking sadly out of the window at t b i "Well, you didn't expect to see it go up, did you?" asked Eric crossly. Samuel giggled, and Donald went very red. "I don't think that's very kind," he said. "a»d "besides, it's not your own 1?'e he&rd ,.)I'd '6,esides, it's zot Tour own; I've hear-d Samuel giggled again, and .Eric locked crosser than ever. "You're offended at everything," he said; "I never knew such a cry-baby I" "I'm not a cry-babv," said Donald, though his e'yes filled with tears as he spoke. "Youre a cross-patoh S" Things were getting very warm; Samuel sat. in the "middle ajad did nothing but giggle in the most annoying way. It looked fcs if there would be a very nasty quarrel; both beys were' tired ar.d cross, and ,311gryat 1.x-jug kept indoors, end they both had very little patience left. But just as it seemed as if t1;ey were going to come to fighting", a sunh'^i-rr: darted through the rain-drops on to the lfoor bet-ween them. They both .looked -out of the window. Yee, j it was stopping: there was a patch of blue sky they both forgot altogether about their quarrel, and run Eagerly to the door. Samuel followed; ho was glad that tie rain was over, too. The sunbeam danced m?rri!y on the. £ oor— it felt very pleased, for it knew-it had only just beeji in time. [ SUNDAY SCHOOL. The chilclirn in the Sunday school f Are ahvays good as gold; Th< y never talk or look" about (A't leant, so I've Leen told !) Tho children in the Sunday school Ard (lbt as can be, They mrrst be changed when they go there. Or so it seeras to me. For when they're not at Sunday school They shout and talk and play, J They won't keep still one minute—no, you may say. j Whatever you may say. PUSS+E AND SAXCHO. Pussie. and Sancho r1 great friends. They are the SAllie age and have been together [ nearly all their lives. [ Pussie is a dear little girl. Her name is- not Pussie st ll, but .Brother Jack calls her that because she is so little, he says. l Sancho is a big setter. He seems to think [ there is no one like Pussio. They play to- | get her all day loug. At night he sleeps at [ the foot cf her bed, and he often wakes her up in tbo morning by jHmpiog ?p to lick her bee.. Pussie cal} it. Sa.ncho's, mbTn;l.i: They were pJaymg 1U:the garden one^duy, when P?sie c? -d lip some s?L'ps fell ofL She hurt herself bily apd' was stu'!mM. [ Saucho ian into the house and caught'hold J of Mitmrsa's dress, and ran to the door and r barke-d. 1'h he -taiiie bac k, totik, her-dress in his mcuth, a-nd, tried to pull her to. the j door. I Ho acted so queerly that Mamma followed him. Se found Pussie lying white and still ("at the foot of the steps; she had. cut her head badly. The doctor was sent for* and Ilie said Pussie must be kept very quiet for i some time. Sancho would -not go out to play with thc", | other children, but stayed by Pussie all the [ time. When she criod with pain. he whirled pitifully; but whep she. was able to go out again he was almost crazy with joy. Hé brought her lines and whip and laid them i at her foet as if, to say*, "Come, let's play » herse." [..THE BABY. Rosalie and fVank and the baby sat on the doorstep. "It's very tiresome to have to*, sit and nurse her and not be able to, play with the others, isn't it, Rosalie?" said Frank. "Oh, no, Frank," said Rosalie. such a lovely baby, you know. I don't Sup- pose there ever was such a baby in all the world before." 'lDon't you really, Rosalie?" said Frank. "She's rather little, isn't she?" "She's very big for her age and sàê. said Rosalie. I Aid she hasn't got any toeth or hair," said Frank. "-They never have when they're (juite little/ said Rosalie. l"A.d 'i\ cau't talk," said* Frank. "No, but it can cry," said Rosalie, as the baby opened its mouth and began to howl. "Yes, I know it can." said Frank. -It needit't do it any more,, I've -heard it before." "I expect it didn't like, you to_ say such things about it;" said Hosalie, There, then, didduras?" J' "But it can't walk, either," said Prank. "Of course 330.t," sarid .Rosalie, "when: it .isn't a year old..You dont know mreh about babies.. Go and play with the others." "I suppose it's all right," s.aid Frank to. himself, aa he walked away, "but it seems rather strange." I ROVER AND THE CATS. I Rover was a large blaok. Newfoundland J dog. He "weighed one hundrbd and sixty pounds. But he knew more than he weighed. One day Thomas the gardener shot -a.. little an, t back of the house. animal oil the hill at the back of the house. He brought it do}vn the garden where the young oiiea were playing with Rover. The little ones flocked about -him, greatly pleased1 to sea the strange animal. Then Master ■ Clive spoke up and said he thought there5 ought to be a::gr..vå.'for the little tiling. He' would be captain; and they would all "did. I to the grave and bury it. And so they did. Then the children all scampered baqk to where they bad bean .playing "I spy." But I Rover sat by the'grave "a long time. At sup- per time he was nowhere to be seen. Deaj old Rover," Captain Ctive said "has he run ,away,?" The -firslj tÀjng, in ,th^, ..aaorjiing. ;t-h«. child- ren heard him barking ia_. the garden.' Ae soon as they could they rah down. What do" you-" think' they fouird? Why, Rover with" I a dear little pussy cat which he had killed Captain Clive- scolded Ito-v.er,' v<iu may", be. sure, the cruel dog that lie was. Bui Rovei did this for three or four nights. Then he I stopped, fpr- there,, were- no. more cats near I bY,!OU"SM, poor 'Rover loved to march after Captain Clivo,, and, he knew no better way t?tH?e him ma?ch th?n to bring him something to b?ry. -.This_waa.?eiy.. bright i fOT RoTer, but it was crueL and a 'had example icr other d-igg.

OIRiCT HITS AT MANNHEIM, j 1- I TbE following report of the Independent 1 Air Jarco was issued on Wednesday night: Tw< important chemical works and one aerojane works at Mannheim were attacked with good results last' night. Many airect bomli ye re obtained, and a large cun?r of bom? v?-rc dropped. Th- 1)1,aist furnaces at JBurbach, the rail- ways at Thionville and Offenburg, and a hostie aerodrome at Hageiiau were also attadced. Direct hits were obtained on all fclur.st1 targets. One of our raacBiiics is at pTQseit unlocated. Ttoo of the machines reported unlocatod yefltarday have now been Jocated. fn the scurte -elf fighting on that al two" enemy aeroplanes werts- destroyed and one enemy aeroplane was driven down out of control. RAILWAYS, FACTORIES, AND FUR- ] NACES BOMBED. .i The R.A.F. IiiQependeat Force m r ranee reports as follows:— On the night of the 29th-30th instant, ia addition to targets already reported as attacked, the chemical factories at Worms were bombed with good effect. On the afternoon of the 30th our machines ■ attacked a hostile aerodrome. Results could lot be observed. All cur machines returned. On the night of the 30th-31&t our ma.: cTiines attacked two hostile aerodromes, obtaining four direct hit. on, hangars and I ttarting 1\ fire. j [ The' railways at Baden, the chemical fac- tories at Karlrnhe, and the blast furnaces at Burbach were also successfully attacked. Mi"t and fog, which have prevailed through- out the past week, and have made long- J distance v,-grk- exceptionally. difficult, in prevented accurate observation of results. All our machines returned. On the 31st ult. weather conditions were [again bad for long-distance work, but, in gpite of this, our machines, flying through low clouds and rainstorms, reached Bonn, and attacked the railway stations in the centre of the towa. Other machines attacked the railway at Treves and Frescaty aerodrome. Two of our squadrons attacked Buhl aerodrome. obtaining direct hits on and near hangars. Al^ our machines returned'safely.

l MUNITIONS FACTORY FIRE. I •' Th« following" statement has been issued: The Secretary of the Ministry of Muni- regicts to announce that twelve work- people lost their lives, and that several injured in a fire which occurred at a We-st London munitions factory on Tburs- day eftetnoor..

I. CUIES UNDERGROUND, Few people realise how huge a coal mine 18. In the disaster at Senghenydd, inany of the rescued miners did not know there was a disaster uatil the rescuers came aloagv Those who were cut off and killed werre over a mile away from the nearest shaft which led to safety. In the case of ,the Whitehaven disaster in May, 1C10, the men who were killed were over four miles under the sea. It wouid take a miner an hour's fast walhirg to get < to his work, once lowered into the pit. To compare a coal mine with a big city is, ot at all far-fetched. The famous Mouk j.Wc-rraouth Colliery, near Sunderland, for F^exiymple, has works* so vast and so intri- cate Wt it, is practically a big city unaer the sea. It is 1,590 feet deep, or 'nearly five iini'ea as d'eep as St. Paul's is high! The miners in the Ashton Moss- -Colliery, at Ai-atoiiTUtiderrLyne,. have dug .co(il in places 3,1 CO feet; deert belpw the er^face'—that is to getting on for -three-quarters of a mile dec,) T'jere are many mines in England that have twenty to thirty miles of uudergrouad cileries. ':) .J.

SliAU. WE HAVE VVOMEN LAWYERS? I f dqv of the .)vpinan In-,v y er ? Is {he day of the .woman lawyer Mnjh?? .?ot.yet: though perhaps sooner than many p&opie think. In fact, a resolution w?s ? brought foraard at the an?uaJ meeting of 'the Bar to-the e?cct that anyone 3 bl 'to pss the ycq??rcd 'tcst? ch&uld be adm:tted to the profession, irrespective of sex. This resolution was defeated by five or six hun- I tired votes to- fifty; but, its* supporters re optimistic; and botft on hastening, forward the time when the British Courts of Law will he brightened by' the presence of many charming" bewlgged and begowned Portias. As Miss Lihd-af-IIageby proved in a law suit, a woman—whou :-air.c-d-is as com- petent to conduct legal cases as a mn. That this is so, many barristers aclnit; and they have formed a' committee, With L?rd Robert Cecil at the hc..?, to carry on propa- ?ganda work which they hope will strengthen the ?ands ?f Lord Wolmer, who proposes to introduce a Bill in the House of Commons next year. Women lawyers, of course, are extremely successful in other countries, notably; in France.

[ T ?. t INSURANCE ACT HUMOUR. I Since the introduction of the National Health Insurance Act some curious requests fn connection with' forms, etc., have been made at post-office counters. The other day au elderly b.dv presented f herself at a provincial post-ofnee counter and asked -for some insurance stamps. On. being requested to state of what dcnofinna- ftiou Site promptly replied "Church of Eng- land." At another time q yoimg lady applied for two 6<1, female insurance stamps, on being asked to amplify her request, became 1:ery nuch confused and stated that they .were required-.for maidservants. Post Office officials have'lieen called upon to pedorm many uew duties.of latû but at present they have not commenced to issue j- "Eternity Cards," although application has already been made for such a card. In this case, however, a. "maternity card" was re- quired.

I -1 GOLF RETRIEVER. j A now t-N-pe of dog" has .just been -dis- covered. It "is called a golf retriever, and is I to !,)e;, found, on th. Horsenucl1 Hill golf I course. He is one of the most familiar figures on the links, and takes an ahllost .human interest in the play. At the tee. he j I stands like a sentinel. If his master fooziel" ho barks diaa:nst?ly. If the shot is a good one he aft,-r .the. bull a? faso a? }Je.,cn'1 and sta? oa'?a'rd over 'H:?'M! untJJ, Iiis? ? master 'comes along for his next shot.  I

i • i | It was ilot A German; but Dr. GutJni.' a ( Scottish scientist, whoso relatives now re- I elde?a? B?n?or, w?o discover?'d m?et?rd g?s. This statement was made ''hy; "rProf«f3or i Oy?n, of University .CoUege, orth W ks, I at Banker. | -Ca?ia-?Sir F. E. Smith (the Attort?y- ??ucrat) Is gazetted Captam I T.F. Rcsenc' f?m. Je Yco?a?-y.

IN THE POULTRY YARD. I j ? I %,I PRACTICAL HINTS. j Many poultry-keepers who desire to take up bree<ling go about it "I a haphazard fashion, in a fond belief that Mother [ Nature looks after all these things, and that ev-erythingis bound to come right, Eggs frcm almost any. hens will do, accord- ing to their idea. They merely take e&ougb for a sitting from the eggs laid in a, day, | or a week, as the.case may be. It is otiiy lieginuers who do this, of couise. Thej very soon learn that .success cannot be. at- tained in sneh a As a matter of fact,. ,the wh?.le business of breeding calla • for the i.tmost care. Only the hicst suit- j able birds should be selected, and they should be separated from the others, and i allowed either free range or a run large enough to allow them plenty of room. The birds to go to the breeding pen should be in perfect health. Remember, I SELECTION OF I THE STGCK. You cannot raise Grade 1. cMckd ? from Gra& III. i &tcck. The birds must be entirely free from disease, and active and vigorous. Any poultry- 'I keeper who takes proper inter--t iii his fowls ought soon to able to make his selection. The appearance of the eye, the i Q tClIS itS '3tOr comb, the head, the plumage, tena its story I of health and strength. Active hirds? witk plenty of vigour, wiii be enterprising, will range freely and show pugnacity. So im- portant is the question of health that no bird known to have had disease should be chosen, even if its recorory may seem to have been complete. The male birds should always be p-are. hred, and it ia a gcod tip to choose one bred from a hen which was a good layer. Heredity has a great deal to say in these matters, and it has been shown by experiment that the makbird is largely responsible for. transmitting the capacity for egg production. Another point for consideration in the selection of suitable birds tor the breeding CKOOSE QUOD LA YEns. pen is that oi the egg re- cord. If you are gonjg to breed for" egg production/ i* "is only common sense to breed from the birds that hava dOlle- best in that way. This is where you will fcid the heudlt of Only if these have been used can you arrive at the records with any certainty. If trap nests have not been u&ed, you must do tha best you can, and you' may ;be able to iden- tify thoso birds wliich began to lay as pul- lets in October and November. These generally turn out to be pretty good layers. For the breeding pen you want either birds which have good laying records themselves or well matured pullets bred from good- laying hens. If the object is to breed chickens for the table, birds of a. recognised table breed should be cho.-t-n. They should hwe good breast development, white ?esh and legs? and s?i?H bones. For producing bbJc birds a ??ea sho1\}d" mated up in the I autumn, but for .production the best time is from the middle of February to the end of April. I Thd importance of keeping fcwl-hrmses thoroughly clean is still not sufficientlv ,11)- THIS WHITEWASH BRUSH. preciated, especially by those poultry-keepo-rs kno w n as backyarders: Seme of the houses are a di.-grace to their owners, inside a^d i outside. But so lclig as they are fairly, weatherproof • the fowii? probably, take uioie interest in the in fide. Many poult-ry- keppprs are oil nonn too friendly terms with the whi.tewash hrush., This should be used" for -the inside of the house at any rate three times a year. And the job should be done thorolighly. There should be no scamping, every corner and crevice should be properly treated..There should be a little paraffin added to the limewash it is death to lice. Also put in a little soft sodp, as thig will help to prevent the lime flaking off when jI it dries. j There is. a, preverb which -nys hat the There is. ?proverb which soys that the merMful man is merciful to his beast, but \j DEATH TO PAUASITBS. a great many people who would do anvthirg i?cy could to prevent their ?, from. being annoved bv !j parasites never have a moment's discomfort I at the thought of what their fowls may be [Suffering. It is, I suppose/ a case of, want of thought. I should, hesitate to say that they are like "the, man—-wa^ it David Harum ?-who "said A certain -■ amiousit. of fleas is good for a clawt; keeps liitn from broodin' over the fact that he is a dawg." No, it prob-ably never occurs; to them that fowls suffer from such a.nuc-)yaiices, or that, if they do, there is anything to-be done about it. But lfea-s, at any rate, can be cleared out if proper attention is paid to cleanliness. Lice, I grrnt you, are a More 'I' difficult problem but there ought not to be much trouble, even irem these, if the fowls. are carefuHy looked after and a dust-bath r provided. If lice are present they 'will bo under the wings or at the root of the tail, I and insect powder may be applied. A word about green ,:d: This is a highly [ necessary part of the diet in order to pn?re GREEN FOOD KBCESSAEY. 4-1- ? -P 4? 4 1 maximum egg production at this time of year. There to be less difficulty in obtaining a sufficient supply XI L ,1l. T \>x ii vv^LtZ Lilclll t3V<Ti AX tfVluy poultry-keeper is not an allotment holder, every one of them must surely know some- r one who is. It would be interesting to know just how many more cabbages have been grown this, year above. the previous record, I;There are rtainly vast (illantities of out- side cabbage leaves that will not be eaten .1 by human beings, and there is much = other greenstuff to which often enough a poultry- I keeper may have for 'the asking, and for the trouble of carting it away. < I had something to eay last week about autumn leaves. As we all know, thev are i LEAVES FQIR LITTER. part of. the stock-in -trade of poets. Verses; innumerable have been written ?,bout them. But they serve also utilitarian purposes. It was as a harbourage for worms and grubs that- I was suggesting their collection last week. But they may also be stored dry, in which case they 'Will come in very usefuL. as litter. To collect them dry is not always possible, as in this country of ours the time of the falling leaf is also frequently a rainy season. Sodden leaves are, of course, usejess for litter. But if there should be a period of dry weather this month it would pay poultry-keepers to collect a quantity of leaves. They may often be found welf dried in the hedgerows or among bushes if there has been any wind worth mentioning. If they are merely damp and not soaked, they may be dried in the sun and wind. They must be quite dry before they can be stored. Beeoh leaves are best for litter, though oak, chestnut, and sycamore ,are also ..useful, „ • .l T, r„

Mrs. Russell, of Leamington, lias just re- eeived news that her youngest son has Wen killed- at .the front, so that abo ha:) lost 'all Ae* foiir sons in tho ivar. Her MA\aad d_ ied in April, and ',her iuclcumbca to shock on hearing that her Jover had been jj killed.

NOTES ON NEWS. r a ,1 I Four years ago Mr. Lloyd George de-, scribed Austria as a "rait-hackle I THE "RAM- SHACKLE EmriltE. 11 The phrase caught on. » Everybody now can see j what a true description it was Hamshackle truly was the word. Military defeat has snapped all the frail bonds that held it precariously together, and it has simply gone, to pieces; into inore pieces than most people knew it con- tahwd. Hungary declared its independ- ence, and seems to be having a revolution1 into the bargain. Bohemia has come into- being again after nearly fo!tr hundred. years. Croatia pröçlaims itself a. State. Bosnia and Herzegovina break away. German-Austria also, though it apparently would like to be joined to Germany. There are stories of a revolution in Vienna. Alt is chaos, a jumble of sensational, events which have followed so quickly on one another as to leave the looker-on breath- less. But the Austrian Empire is ended, and few people will regret its end. Some 1 statesman said once that if Austria did not exlst. it would have to be invented, 'but the artificial nature of the invention. is now so plain to everyone that it docs not seem likely ever to be re-constituted. Mr. ^rladstone's saying is being recalled '-to- day: "There is not a spot in the map of Europe where vou can lay your finger and say, There Austria did good.' And Mam.ini f.aitl: "-Austria's real crime' is Tiot I that dle defends herself, but that ishe exists. That crime, at any rate, :00 longer cries to Heaven. One of. the most delicate of after-war problems will be that concerning the re- PLEDGE TO TRADE UNIONS. storation of trade1 umon I practices and workshop I trules which have been f suspended for the dura- I tion. They were suspendeu owmg to Ml0 imperative necessity for increasing out- put itle, t,Ol- the employment- of women and youths in the shops. The Government gave a pledge on this matter, and that pledge will have to be kept. That the Government will do its best, to fulfil it there can be no doubt, but there will be great difficulties in consequence of changes in methods and conditions, and a ofcc§& ?'ty.fo/ the highest pcssibLe- outjiut in m?ny industries. The more 'closely k- In dtis4 v-1-ics. The niore tjI er I positicn is studied the more plainly seen that' a complete return to pre-war conditions is impossible, and uody realises this more fullv than the workers th emseVves. Mr. Clynoe had sorncthing to fiay on this question the other day. and suggested tha.t it is a case ivht, e the, Go% ernment and tho workers must conie to f terms and decide what stejis it will be best f to take in the national interest and in the interest of Labour itself. Only by an agreement of this nature will future trouble be avoided. Mr. Clynes pointed ont that war-time 1 epport unities of employment have created A GKKK-VENT NKCO--SAKY. new industrial interests I in thousands of iworkin'g- class homes, and the I "right to work musb not be denied to those who are in urgenv need of it. "It would be impossible to turn out of industrial occupations large jiuritei-s of w<),Wnn and • • semi-skilled "workers • whose fathers ót. brotm been hmid, abroqd and who emrld fiot again be breadwinners for the ftlillIT. Deji^h and difiablenient, as will be foilnct, when the poaccindusu-ies are once more getting into swing, have caused a great shortage of workers, whose places ■ for Some time at least will have to he filled by those who have become workers dttring- the war. On this point Mr. Clynes spoke with commendable plainness. A tradal union composed of even highly filled workmen would find that Labour and public opinion would not permit of tnou- ■ sands of willing "workers to be turned adrift in order to give. a definite illdus trial advantage to any one section of workers. Nor would it do for "y t.isd& union to force unemployment upon a sec- I tion of willin"g workers and then call upon [the State to support tlie unemployed by of itionev. "The ,are matiera upon which the Igtalte, the employers, and the trade unions should come 'to agree- .ment without delay. The Report of the Prison Commissioners contains an interesting note by die chap- I THE JUVENILE CRIMINAL. I- lain of a large prison on I the chajige in general character of the. youthful offender: The r jm-e- nile-adult. as we Know him nan", is a product of the tiiae. He belongs to the tteadity, increasing body of boy law-breakers. The old vagrant class of youth has gone. In his piace we have a boy 'of about 17—too young fctiv the Ari-ny-anI d big enough and strong" enough to do a man's work. He is bright and in- telligent, frequently up to Standard VI. eduedtionally, and puts a high value upon I himself. His head is turned by an ex- aggerated sense of independence, and by the high wages thrust hpoii" him, and he talks like a man -of 30. From a chaplain's point of view. he is harder to deal. with than the type of youth that preceded him. He listens politely enough to advice, yet you imagine he thinks you are behind the times and ventilating worn-out theories-. It is astonishing how he dislikes being re- minded of his school days, how touchy he often is when told of his duty to his parents." The Commissioners report that the number of convictions between the ages of 16 and 21 has increased-, and another chaplain, who has "shade a record of the casev of over 400 lads who have come under his care in. prisorr, says that so far as he has been able to discover the only principle that has been instilled into them is. You. must not be caught."

r | ■■-■IMITATION WHISKY. [ When Co,ptaip Torn Stanilpnd went down. into his wine cellar at TheLoàg Muston, Hear Filey, he" found that- liqueur livhi^y •had !>een tttkcu from seventeen bottles, worth, Xi eL, li, and that flic bottles had been re- filled with coloured water.. His butler, Franci.-t,; Henry Reeve?, was charged with having stoton the whiskv. "He said: "1 am sorry I lia. been such a fool. the 1.)O i tle -Pith Lud ut "I reS?d the bott'!e.?'T7ith water, <? put browning in to colour iL"' Rœv, w?o haa joined the R.A.F., was SiiM f5.

A Kingston-on-Thames waterman, William E. Bnss, was sent for trial on a charge of shooting his son-in-law, Hbrfcert Caulder, forty and -fifty t,hat wounds in his back. Mr.. Baldivtii (Joint Financial Secretary to the Treasury) informed Mr. Arnold in the House of Commons that the total amount of the yatianal Debt on Scpte-mber u6 wae apprbsixsat-ely X6,S7r>„0iG