The Warwickshire Herald. — 1891-08-13 (Birmingham, West Midlands, England)

CLEAN WALL PAPER.  The value of stale bread for the purpose of cleaning wall papers is very generally known, and its service, more largely requisitioned than that of all other substances. It is splendid for the job, and deservedly in favour, but in many respects is not equal to the comparatively unknown "dough" procoos. This latter is cheaper, quicker, leaves no dust or crumbs about, and, with moderate care, will make an equally good job with a far less expenditure of labour.The dough for this purpose is simply a mixture of coarse flour and water, the coarser the flour the better,of rather stiffer consistency than for a pudding. About Ilb. or llb. of flodr will be sufficient to clean the walls of at least one goodsited room, even though the paper be very dirty. The loose dust on the walls should first be removed by a soft broom or brush, and then the lump of dough passed lightly over the paper, when it will be seen to remove the dirt in its path as effectively as an india-rubber squeegee removes liquid mud from an asphalte road. The dough in use works soft, and in consequence it will be found desirable to have some flour in a bowl to roll it in OCCII s i ona 1I y . If not intended to wash the ceiling, it may with advantage be treated the same as the walls, though, if thus done, it will not, of course, have the brilliant whiteness of a fresh-washed ceiling. By this means I have, in less than an hour, well cleaned the walls and ceiling of a room 14ft. by 12ft. by Bft. The walls and ceiling were very dirty and smoky when I began, and the walls chewed in very pronounced patches the parts that had been covered by pictures, pierglass, furniture, kc., but when finished they presented an evenly clean appearance, suggestive of new paper; Use ceiling also looked very clean and presentable, though previously blackened by smoke.—Casssll's TronE  - Smith : "Whom are you writing to now?" De Canto: "To the man who has invented this impel that won't burn. I want seveial reams of it. I intend to hoax several of these editors yet, or put them to some trouble; lam full of spring poems." - • -- - - • -- _  Minima Von Moltke's Memoirs seem likely to be the source of endless military polemics. The heirs of General Steinmetz already threaten to publish the volume of reminiscences which was suppressed, with considerable difficulty, at the special request of William I  At the ' Theatre, Whitechapel, on Saturday night, during the performance of a piece called "The World," in which a mimic ship is blown up, two men named Frederick Chappel, aged 22, and Ymncis Figgins, aged 39, scene-shifters, were shockingly burnt about their faces and hands by the explosion.  Much interest and excitement are manifested in New York in connection with a recent murder mystery. A girl was found in the woods of Glendale, strangled, with finger-marks on her throat. After a number of days she was identified as Hannah Itobinson,an English servant. The girl's father lives In Sunderland. and her mother in Doncaster. The Indian relief trooping season 1891-82 still start on September End with the departure from Portsmouth for Bombay of the Euphrates. The other vessels of the trooping fleet will leave every other Wednesday after that date for the first round of service. Each of the troopships during the forthcoming season will make three trips outward and homeward. A cyclone struck the town of Ashland. Ohio, en Saturday, destroyine a number of bui`dings and causing much injury to life and property. A circus performance was in progress at the time, and when the whirlwind reached the tents a panic ensued. In the rush two persons were killed, and the animals composing the menagerie escaped and took to the woods  A mysterious incident occurrea on rmay at ins Howrah Terminus of the East Indian Railway. A wine cue arrived from Patna, consigned to a Mohammedan in Calcutta. As it emitted a peculiar smell, it was opened and found to contain the body of a young Mohammedan woman in an ad. vanced state of decomposition. A post-mortem examination showed that death was due to arsenical poisoning. No clue to the mystery has yet been discovered.  The selbetvied stiwegyooyn rrince, an ammpra pretender, who last year headed a rebellion in the Chindwin district, has been tried at a Bastian held at Pococo, in Upper Bunnah, on a charge of rebellion and murder, and has been sentenced to be hanged. Several of his companions have been sentenced to transportation for life. This man, who was formerly employed as a Government vaccinator In Lower Burmali, has no claim to belong to the es-Royal family, and he was implicated in several murders. The Chief Commissioner recently referred to him as a wretched pretender. On Sunday morning about 2 o'clocn, two men knocked at the door of the King's Head Hotel. Ystrad, Rhondda, and asked for brandy for a woman who they said was seriously ill. Before their rt,• quest could be complied with, they threw a quantity of liquid into the landlord's face, which rendered him unconscious. The men then want to the various bedrooms of the house and served All the inmates in a similar manner. Tie whole building was ransacked and several valuables stolen before the injured persons regained ennscionmuss. The men made their escape, but the police are endeavouring to trace them. It is stated that this is the third midnight robbery committed at Ystrad during the week.  The community of Marylnti, a suburb of tiiasaow, were startled by an attempted murder and suicide on Sunday afternoon in the open street.. David limy, 50, a rivetter, whilst Nellie Murray or tiabriel, the wife of a travelling showman, was ermsing road, shot her in the back. Seeing her fall lie pie', the revolvn to his head and fired. !lath were cmiveyed to the Western Infirmary, where the noin two, expired. If the woman survives it is antiMpated that she will lose the use if her limbp, a. the wonad is near the spine. In the rioce.imm :11311.A pocket was a letter addressed to lii. family in British Columbia, stat int; that this was his lad day. The rio lee cannot ne"erain a rue:re ter the 4.,•11 • While being pursued after committing a burglary at Sir Edward Malet's Potadam villa, on Friday night, one of the thieves fell into a ditch and wounded himself severely in the abdomen with an open knife which he was carrying in his hand. The lieutenant of cossacks, If, Backmontoff, who has walked from Vladivostock to Bt. Petersburg in 13 months, has just set out on foot for Paris. The lieutenant is accompanied by a small grey da which has followed him all across Siberia.