NOTES AND QUERIES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 51

NOTES AND QUERIES.

Qut*l\ons for reptff in coming iuut to U r4«4iv*d not laUr than MONDAY night. E.N.— The coach leaves Cromwell for Pembroke on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; leaves Queenstown ou Tuesdays and! Saturdays in summer months. Rose Ls*.Vßß.— The usual way to make pot pourri is to collect roses, lavender, and other sweet-scented flowers as they blow; put them into a large jar, mixed with salt, until a sufficient quantity has been collected; then add to these such other odorous substances as may be. required to form an agreeable perfume. ' ' - R.T.— The best answers were published from time to time during the progress of the competitions. ' , - Wages.— The steamer Coptic, of 4356 tons, built by Messrs Harland and , Wolff, of Belfast, in 18c?l, was rigged as a four-masted barque. Subscriber ask? how to clean a panama hat. Make a paste of the juice of a lemon ana a little sulphur; spread over the hat; let dry, and then brush off lightly. Africa. — (1) Yes, when the renunciation has been complete and long enough to restore confidence in him. (2) There are cases 'where a man inclined to intemperance in -youth laae been able to overcome the habit. (8) There is no dtfubt that «, girl risks her own happiness entirely in marrying a man. -who at any time or from any cause has been addicted to intemperance. It is .always regarded as a dangerous experiment. It is impossible to lay down a general rule, however, as everything depends on the strength of mind of .the individual. v Thtestt.— Mr D. Maxwell (Cave) kindly supplied the following recipe for lemon beer: — To make 20 gallons boil 6oz of ginger root, bruised, Jib cream of tartar, for 20 or 30 minutes; then strain into 13lb of coffee sugar, into which you have put Joz oil of lemon and the juice of six good lemons; add sufficient warm water to make 20 gallons. Let the water be about or when you can hold your hand in witHout burning. Put in 1| pints of hop or brewer's yeast, worked into a paste with soz or 6oz' of flour. Let it work overnight, then strain and bottle for use. Quartz.— Th*e samples were sent to Mr G>. M. Thomson, analytical chemist, Moray -place, who supplies the following information:—No. 1: Quartz and siliceous country rock, containing pnly silicates of iron, alumina, and lime. • No. 2 : A mixture of oxide and silicate oi iron, evidently an infiltration. No. 8: A fragment also apparently of infiltration, and partially coated witn manganese oxide. No. 4: Washdirt.^ con-. taining water-worn gravel, "Maoris, and black ironeand. None of -these samples is of ajy commercial value.