I The Association of Collegiate Alumnae, composed of more than five thousand members in various cities. Is about to test the law of heredity by an investigation of its own membership and antecedents for three generations or more. The great North Sea fishing ground known as the Dogger Bank, is esti- ! v{a1/1 an nnniln 1 inPOITlft of I $3000 a square mile. There is no tide at New Orleans. At Eastport, Me., it is eighteen feet. Trial Bottle Free By Mail nraHHHHH w wv JbM. w ^JTrrih WBF Tj| yn| w (f yos Buffer from Epilepsy, Fits, Palling Sickness, Spasmi, or haTe children that do so, my New DlsroYery will rellere them, and all you are asked to io ie to aend for a Free Trial f 2 Bottle of Dr. May's Eplloptlolds Ours " It ha* cured thousands where everything elso J failed. Guaranteed by Hay Medical Laboratory Under Pure Food and Druga Act, June 30th, 1806 Gaaranty No. 16971. Please write for Special Pre? #2 Bottle and give AG S and complete address DR. W. H. MAY. 548 Pearl Strest, New York. The "Wall Street Lexicon. As soon as people become easy marks, the Trust magnates and politicians tell you public confidence is restored; and when the people get wise to themselves, and realize that they are being fooled, the same fellows call it a crisis.?Puck. Wasted a Fortune on Skin Trouble. "I began to have an itching over my whole body about seven years ago and this settled in my limb, from the ! knee to the toes. I went to see a ! great many physicians,a matter which cost me a fortune, and after 1 noticed that I did not get any relief that way, 1 went for three years to the hospital. But they were unable to help me there, i used all the medicines that 1 could see, but became worse and worse. I had an inflammation which made me almost, crazy with pain. When T showed my foot to my friends they would get really frightened. 1 did not know what to do. 1 was' so sick and had become so nervous that I positively lost all hope. "I had seen the advertisement of the Cuticura Remedies a great many times, but couldnot make up my mind to buy them, for 1 had already used so manv medicines. Finally 1 did decide ! to use the Cuticura Remedies, and I tell you that 1 was never so pleased as when I noticed that, after having used two sets of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills, the en- i tire inflammation had gone, i was j completely cured. 1 should he only i too glad if people with similar disease j would come to me and find out the ; truth. I would only recommend them i to use Cuticura. Mrs. Bertha Sachs, \ 1?21 Second Ave., New York, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1909." "Mrs. Bertha Sachs Is my sister-ln- : law and 1 know well how she suffered I and was cured hy the Cuticura Reme- ! dies after many other treatments failed. Morris Sachs, 321 E. 89th St., New York, N. Y., Secretary of DeutschOstrowoer Unt.-Verein, Kempner Hebrew Benevolent Society, etc." Cape to Cairo Railroad. The Cape to Cairo road is not yet completed, but it may be said that fits completion is fairly in sight. The finished part extends more than 2200 miles from Cape Town, and lines in course of construction will make the connecting links, so that within two of three years trains will be running through the heart of the Dark Continent from Alexandria to Cape Town. The "iridescent dream"' of Cecil Rhodes has become, or is about to become, a solid reality, and there are T>lon+-i7 nf nrnctiral hnrrt hpadpd tipo pie who are firmly of the opinion that it will not be many years before one can take a train anywhere in North America and be taken to stations in the remotest point3 of the African continent.?New York American. Old Maids' Beds. "This is our special old maids' bed," said the salesman. "We are selling it like hot cakes. I don't believe there's an old maid in the township sleeps on any other pattern. "What's its peculiar advantage to old maids? Why, of course, its lowness. Don't you see how low it is? It goes right down to the ground. No man on earth could crawl under it. "SO tnis IS me oeu Ulct(, uju uiaiua buy. No man could hide under it. So it doesn't have to be looked under uneasily the last thing before turning off the light."-?Minneapolis Journal. ABANDONED IT For the Old Fashioned Coffee Was Killing. " "I always drank coffee with the rest of the family, for it seemed as if there was nothing for breakfast if we did not have it on the table. "I had been troubled some time with my heart, which did not feel right. This trouble grew worse steadily. "Sometimes it would beat fast and at other times very slowly, so that I would hardly be able to do work for an hour or two after breakfast. and if I walked up a hill, it gave me a severe pain. "I had no idea of what the trouble was until a friend suggested that perhaps it might be causel by coffee drinking. I tried leaving off the coffee and began drinking Postum. The change came quickly, I am now glad to say that I am entirely well of the heart trouble and attribute the relief to leaving off coffee and the use of Postum. "A number of my friends have abandoned the old fashioned coffee and have taken up with Postum, \ which they are using steadily. There ' are some people that make Postum very weak and tasteless, but if it is boiled long enough, according to directions, it is a very delicious bev- j erase. We have never used snv nf I the old fashioned coffee since Postum was first started in our house." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are' genuine, true, and full of barman interest. IliSS Bacon Hogs. It is generally understood that fc what is frequently called bacon in 111 American markets is not identical f1' with the article sold as bacon in 11 Great Britain. This will appear from Ul the following statement: A writer in U( an exchange states that bacon hogs in England weigh from 160 to 230 pounds, while bacon hogs in the Uniter States weigh from 155 to 195 01 pounds, and light mixed hogs weigh 0 150 to 220 pounds. It is very evident that the hog that furnishes such ba- r con as the English consumers want is ? a better grade animal than that which is used for bacon in the United States. r< Tho average weight for the former is q given as 190 pounds, whereas the av- ^ erage weight of the latter is only 175 ^ pounds. There is too much of an inclination a( In our markets to separate hogs that are unfinished and to classify them as d( bacon because of their leanness. a< This, of course, does not truly represent the bacon hog when put upon S( the market in finished form. The ba- a] con hog, though not what may be c, termed fat in the sense in which the g] lard hog is fat is not, on the other cj hand, lean, in a sense in which the a] unfinished hog is lean. It occupies (j, middle ground between the two. The fc flesh is firm; indeed, more so than p( that of the fat hog. In other words, w a lack of firmness is very objection- 0< able in first-class bacon. Because of c, the lack of proper discrimination in p. the application of the terras, the ba- S( con hog has suffered somewhat on tl our markets. The term bacon has Sj been applied in a careless sense as w pointed out above, consequently it sj has been applied to animals that do y< not bring top prices in the market, ci hence the idea has gone out that ba- ti con swine do not bring so high a mar- s? ket price relatively as other types. In o< time, no doubt, thi3 will be corrected, w out in the meantime it should be tak- m en into the account of those who are fc taking notes with reference to the relative market prices.?Weekly Witless. w Currant Culture. '1 ' C "rtie currant is a very hardy fruit, and as fair results are obtained with- .' out high culture, almost everyone who has a garden grows currants. . Like all other fruits, however, the a] currant becomes most profitable when it is given good care. p. The currant is a moisture-loving ... fruit, hence for profit it should be C{ planted in a cool, moist, but well Q1 drained soil. It also requires rich soil, hence as a rule the best is a good ^ :lay loam which is retentive of moist- ^ ure and cooler than sandy loam. The a1 soil should be thoroughly prepared sj for currants before planting. One jc year old plants from cuttings if atrnnir will srivfi 200d satisfaction, n, ? <=- - 1" although, two year old plants are not sj too old. They should he planted In ^ rows about sit feet apart, and from w four to five feet apart in the rows, j! the wide distance being more satis- ni factory for the strong growing varieties, and especially currants. tt Fall planting is best for currants, is es the buds start very early in the tl spring, and should these develop be- tc fore they can be planted their future tl growth will be checked. They can, n however, be planted in .the spring with success. The plants should be r( set a little deeper than they were in it the nursery and the soil well pressed bi against the roots. Thorough cultiva- ir tion should follow to promote as C much growth as ' possible, but it T should be shallow, as the currant lj roots are near the surface. The fol- r< lowing spring the currants will need T some pruning to give them a shapely. s< open head, the bush when well shaped li having from f^'e to seven main o branches well distributed to avoid crowding. The fruit of red currants K is formed from spurs on wood two years old, while the fruit of black s< currants is borne on wood of the pre- K vious year. Currants should be ri pruned annually to get the best re- C1 suits. f< After the bushes are in full bear- s' lng, the pruning should be done with f1 the object of removing some of the older wood from the ground each 81 year. There should be no wood more p than three years old left on black ]? currant bushes, as the object is to ( keep up a strong growth of young ? '3 T+ in ulsft nftt fn let the w U U U. it 13 aioy jiu u ugu vv * ^ v wood of red currants get very old, as the finest fruit is produced on the g, two and three year old wood. The currant plantation will begin ^ to give some fruit the third season. ^ but a full crop will not lie obtained ^ until the fourth. As the currant is a t] great feeder, drawing heavily on the ^ fertility of the soil, the plantation t] should receive an annual dressing of ]( barnyard manure or some other fer- n tilizer. Rotten manure applied in the 0 autumn and critivaled in the next ^ spring gives very good results. Ap- s" plications of wood ashes or muriate ^ of potash and ground bones are also beneficial.?Prof. H. L. Hutt, Canada a Experiment Station. t f: Keeping the Soil Fertile. b According to Professor Whitney, of f the Bureau oi' Soil, United Slates De- fl partment oI Agriculture, a soil to 1; be fertile must contain a sufficient f< quantity of the ash ingredients of the plants to be cultivated, and these must be in such soluble condition as to be talcen up by the growing plants. Y Soils once fertils are said to be ex- b bausted when deprived of such food as is required for plant nutrition, but c rest and meliorating treatment will, y in lime, restore such soils to a fertile ? condition. Until pas^the year 1750 no jusi ideas upon ^ e rotation of crops p seemed to have been formed in any f part of England. e 1 The rotation of crops affords time ir tbe disintegrating action of the at- ' losphere, rain and frost to prepare < ew material from the rock particles i the soil and get it in a form to be sed by the plant. One plant may i se up the available food for a parcular kind faster than it can be preared by these natural agencies, fhen properly managed it enables i ne plant to prepare food for an:her. All plants exhaust the soil, though j ] i an unequal degree; plants of dif'rent kinds do not exhaust the soil in le same manner; all plants do not ;store to the soil a like quantity or aality of manure, and all plants are i Dt equally favorable to the growth I weeds. Upon the above principles based a regular succession of crops. Though the system of rotation is ! lapted to every soil, no particular )tation can be assigned to any one < ascription of soil which will answer t all times, and on the demand for ifferent kinds of produce. On clayey )ils. beans and clover, with rye grass re generally alternated with grain i -ops, and on dry loams or sandy round turnips, beets, potatoes and over. On rich soils this system of ; Iternate husbandry is most con- ; ucive to the plentiful production of j >od, both for men and animals. One j artion of a farm would thus be al- j ! ays under grain crops, while the : ther portion was growing roots or , lltivated grasses; but, as the major' ' art of arable lands can not be pre?rved in a state of fertility with even lis kind of management, it is requi- j te that the portion of the farm j hich is under cultivated grasses | lould be pastured for two or three 2ars, in order to give it time to re- , uit. The following is a good rotaon of crops: First year, clover; ;cond, clover; third, corn; fourth, , its; fifth, wheat. The clover does i ell with oats, and after an early lowing can very Veil be prepared >r wheat. California Privet Hedges. Throughout the city?and the | hole of the State, for that matter? iere is general complaint that the alifornia privet hedges were killed 7 the severe winter. That this shrub , really too tender for Indiana plantig has been said repeatedly in the idianapolis News. Long acquaintnce with it by those who are thorughly familiar with its demands has roved conclusively that the plant winter-kills," so far as the tops are )ncerned, even if the roots survive iir colder temperatures. The California privet gained ltB Dpularity primarily because it is the iain shrub used for hedge purposes t Newport and other summer resorts milarly situated. For seaside plantig, no shrub surpasses it, but it must j , b remembered that the water tem- I srs the atmosphere and that many lrubs will succeed splendidly at ewport that will not survive our j inters here. In Indianapolis a/id ' idiana, California privet should ever be planted. The Araoor River privet resembles 1: le California variety very much and j perfectly hardy. Some notes on le subject of hedge plants adapted > Indiana follow. They are from le pen of E. Y. Teas, a well-known urseryman of Centerville, Ind. j . The Amoor River privet, from Asia, j jserables California privet very iuch and has never been known to a ihjured by our severest cold, even i the tips of the branches, where the alifornia was killed to the ground, he Amoor River is not quite so near- i r evergreen as California, though it j itains its foliage until mid-winter, i here is a Southern form, grown and | )ld ci3 Amoor River that, it is beeved, does not possess the hardiness f plant nor beauty of foliage that is baracteristic of the genuine Amoor iver. Regelianum privet ceems to pos3ss the hardiness of the Amoor iver, and, in habit of growth, irmgement of the branches, and ^euliar shape and conformation of t'*> >liage is one of the most striking of hrubs. The Japanese privet is a trong grower, with remarkably irge, glossy foliage, that is more peristently evergreen than any other rivet. ^Ve think this will become opular either as a hedge plant or j jr ornamental planting. The Japan berberis (B. Thunberii) is justly very popular as an oramental hedge plant. It is of rather lender, compact, bushy habit, with mall, glossy, bright green leaves sat attain a brir.iant crimson color l autumn. The plant is loaded with erries that assume a bright red color 'hen ripe and remain on the plant irough the winter. We have never eard of this plant being injured by ie cold anywhere. Last, but not jast, for ornamental hedge, we will ame Spiraea Van Houttei, a plant f extraordinary hardiness, and beauy in habit of growth, as well as of pecial beauty when loaded with its rreaths of white flowers, as. easily ransplanted as a tomato, as. hardy s an oak. We have hedges of it wenty years old, of perfect form, rom the ground up which, when in loom in June, are strikingly beautiu 1. By cutting back, just after the owering season, the hedge may be ept at a height of two, three or four cet, as may be desired. As the Country Cried. "Johnny, can you tell us why Washington is called the Father of is Country?" " 'Cause he walked the floor a ood many nights when it was still oung, I guess."?Chicago Recordlerald. Last year over seventeen munou .ounds of tobacco and snuff manuactured in the United Kingdom were xported. i BRITISH LA Some Union W Figures on the Special Agent Henry Studniczkz wlin has been making an investiga tion of wages, cost of living and th general condition of the laboring por alation in the London district, sut mits the following report, in part: Following are the scales ol th wages paid the various trades an glasses of labor in the London distric the number of working hours pe week without overtime also bain given: Building Trades?Working hour per week, 50 in summer and 44 i winter. Wages per hour: Stone mz sons, 21 cents; bricklayers, 21 cents plasterers, 22 cents; bricklayers' an plasterers' assistants, 14 cents; cai penters, 21 cents; plumbers, 22 cents painters, 18 cents. Furniture Trades?Working how per week, 52. Wages per hour: Cat inetmakers, 21 cents; polishers, 1 cents; upholsterers, 20 to 24 cents machinists, 20 to 28 cents; carveri 19 to 22 cents; chairmakers, 20 c?nti Boilermakers and Steel Shipbuilc Ing Trades?Working hours pe week, in shop, 54; for repair wor outside, 45. Wages per week in shop Boilermakers, sheet iron workers an angle iron smiths, $10.94; riveter! $6.32; calkers, $8.49; holdersuj o r n wflW.cj r $0.00. JTUI about $1.21 more per week. Lithographers?Working hours p? week, 54. Wages per week: Lithe grapher, $9.73 (minimum); lithe grapher, tin printing, $10.94; lithe grapher, rotary machine, $13.38. Bookbinders and Rulers?Workin hours per week, 48. Wages per wee for bookbinders and rulers, $8.50. Compositors?Working hours p? week, 52%. Wages per week in jol bing trade and on weekly newspaper $9.49. Electrical Workers?Working houi per week, 54. Wages per hour: Fi' ters and wiremen, 19 cents; armatur winders, 18 cents; cable joiners, 1 cents. Shoe Trade?Working hours pf week, 52%. Wages per week Clickers (foremen), lasters and fii Ishers, $7.29; pressmen, $4.86. Bakers?Working hours per weel 55. Wages per week: Foremei $8.51; first-class hands, $7.29; se< ond-class hands, $ 6.G 1; helper $6.56.. Engineering Trades ? Workin hours per week, 54. Wage's p( week: Turners, fitters, coppersmith brass finishers, borers, Blotters, mil ers, die sinkers and press tool maker $7.73; smiths, $9.73 to $11.92; mil wrights, $10.33; iron founders. 19.7 to $10.46; patternmakers, $10.70. ShiD Service?Wages per mont with board: Chief steamship enginee $68 to $83; second engineer, $48 1 $58; third engineer, $36.49 1 $43.79; fourth engineer, $30.40 t $36.49; firemen, $21.89 to $24.32 trimmers, $19.46 to $21.89; able se; men, $19.46 to $21.89; able seame (sailing vessels), $14.60. Doc stevedores receive 16 to 24 cents p( hour for loading and unloading vei sels. London City Police?These polic< men worlc in the heart of the city c exacting duty and their pay Is $6.5 (minimum) to $10.33 (maximum per week. The London Metropolita police, taking in all the duties 1 greater London, receive $6.19 (min mum) to $8.51 (maximum) per wee! and the reserve class receive $9.3 per week. Twelve cents addition; is paid for each five years' servic with good conduct. These men ri ceive an extra allowance for coal i winter and their uniforms are fu: nished. , Motor Omnibus Drivers and Cai ductors?There are about 2000 mctc omnibuses in London and the moio: men receive from $1.70 to $1.94 p< day of 15 to 16 hours, according 1 the trips they have to make, ti length of service for the compan also being considered. The conduc ors who collect the fares receive froi $1.46 to $1.70 per day. Horse Omnibus Drivers and Coi ductors?The drivers and conductoi of the 2500 horse omnibuses receh from $1.4(5 to $1.70 per day of 1 hours. Length of service for tt company is a factor in determinin the wages. Coal Porters?Almost all houses i London are heated by grate fire The dailj* coal delivery therefoi takes a large force of men. Coal delivered in 112 and 5G pound sack each wagon having a driver and helper. They receive 14 to 16 cenl per ton for loading the coal on th wagons, delivering and unloading i the houses. On exceptionally thick] settled routes they can make aboi $7 per week each. In poor neighbo hoods the coa! porters pay for th coal as they take it out and collei whatever price they may be able 1 get for the coal. This difference i price is their compensation for the: work. City Street Cleaners?Each stre< cleaning wagon has one driver an one loader, each of whom receive $1.13 per day, 56 hours constitutin a week. Delivery Wagon Drivers?The drr ers of delivery wagons of wholesa] and retail houses work from 12 to 1 hours per day. Many of them colle< for the goods, and they receive $7.2 to $8.50 per week. Those that d< liver only and make no collectior receive $G to $7.25 per week. London Letter Carriers?This i part of the Government civil servic* The apprentice letter carrier starts i $5.10 per week. When old soldiei nro omii!ovptI thp>i* start at S5.83 an are gradually advanced to $S.51 p? week, according to time of service an record. This is the maximum pa: Their uniforms are supplied by th Government, and a pension is pai when they reach the old age limit. Common Laborers?Common da laborers receive various work froi 10 to 14 cents an hour. Gaa work 6tokers get $1.39 to SI.40 for hours' work, double time being give for Sunday work. A trip was made to Godalming 1 the County of Surrey; Swanley, Cour ty of Kent, and Haslemier in th ROR. age Scales and a Few Cost of Living. t, County of Surrey. The wages paid in i- these counties are almost the same e and have been averaged in one gen) eral figure for each class of worky men. None of these places is over thirty miles distant from London, e Common laborers receive $4.38 d weekly, or estimating the value of t, supplies furnished by the land owner, ir $4.98 per week. g Hostlers and cattlemen receive $4.50 cash weekly, or with the addis tion of cash value of supplies, $5.46. d. Shepherds receive $4.86 cash, or with i- the addition of cash value for supi; plies, $5.34 weekly. The married d men are supplied with cottages and r- receive in many cases ground for gar;; dens or potatoes, straw for pigs and free cartage of fuel and other minor s benefits which the land owner wishes )- to grant them. 8 All single hired men on farms in i; these counties receive lodging and 3, board in farm houses and $4.3S cash 3. compensation weekly. It is generally -- -* ?5 man wnrlr I- j unaersiooa mat mcac :r longer hours. * From all my interviews I am constrained to arrive at one conclusion, ^ that the unskilled laborer in this dis3? trlct cannot make over 20 shilling* 3> (4.86) per week at steady employ' e ment and that even some of the mechanical workers, such as those In the ir building trades, are not earning over >" 25 shillings ($6.07) weekly on a general average the year round. The prices of living supplies furnished In this statement wern obS tained in the three most prominent k laboring districts in the city, Islington, Hackney and Whitechapel. From !r ten to fifteen stores in each district >- were visited, and from two to three s? of the articles were priced in each store; and the figures given below s are the average obtained in the three t- districts on each article named, e No effort was made to obtain the 9 prices in the higher resident districts or round the habitations of the mid;r die classes, as 25 to 50 per cent, more :: is charged in these distriqts for the i- articles sold by the same name, the quality, however, being superior, r, My aim was to get the cheapest posi, sible way of living for the men who > do not earn over 25 shillings ($6.07) *- a fonro. 1 s, per wees aim ies?, iuio amuuuv .vV.v senting tbe greatest army of laborers g in the City of London. ;r Special attention has been given to 3 the cost of bread. Over twenty large retail bakeries were visited, and the s same class of bread that can be purchased in Chicago, St. Louis and New 3 Orleans at five cents per pound costs here four cents per pound in all the k retail stores. In the laboring dis>r tricts, however, a four-pound loaf is 0 sold for 12 cents. This bread com"0 pares well with the second day's stale 0 bread which wholesale bakers in American cities sell for two and a ^ half cents per pound. It is a good, n substantial food, but not the best k obtainable. ;r Following is a list of prices asked s? for various articles in the three districts visited: ?. Price " Articles. Cents. ? Apples, second and third quality, 6 pound 4 to 6 ) Bread, four pounds 12 n Butter, dairy, pound 24 to 32 Cheese, Canadian, pound 14 to 16 n Cocoa, pound 16 to 36 i- Coffee, pound 16 to 36 ? Currants, pound 4 to 8 ; Eges, 12 to 16 24 4, Fish: Cod, pound S to 12 :e Salmon, pound 6 to 8 o. Various kinds, pound 4 to 12 "1 Flour, second quality, 3Va pounds.. 9 to 10 n Jam, pound 6 to 8 r- Marmalade, pound S to 10 Meat: , Bacon, pound 16 to 24 Beef? ,r Frozen, pound 10 to 14 i"- Fresh, nound 16 to 20 ,r Pork, steak and ribs, pound 12 to 16 ' Milk, fresh, pint 4 Oatmeal, pound 4 to 6 te Onions, pound .. 2 ty Oranges, 2 to 3 2 * Potatoes, pound .. 1 to 2 Potatoes, Hundredweight 72 to 96 03 Prunes, pound 8 to 12 Raisins, pound 6 to 10 Rice, lowest quality, pound 4 Sirup, pound 6 Sugar: re White, pound 5 5 Yellow, pound 4 IA Tapioca, pound 8 Tea, pound 20 to GO ? Tomatoes, pound 8 Vegetables, general, pound 3 to 4 n Not less than seventy-five families s. were visited, and Irom all the infor e mation gathered from these interis views a family of man and wife and s, possibly two small children may suba sist on the following food per week: ts Quantity, ie lArtieles. Pounds. Cost. ,f Bacon 2 $0.48 , Bread 30 .90 V " , 4< '* liuiter a -i it Cheese 1 .14 r- Coffee % .1)0 Currants 1 .00 . Meat, frozen 6 .00 Milk 10 .40 ;o Potatoes 14 .24 n Rice, or equivalent 3 .12 . Sugar 5 .20 Tea .12 Vegetables 5 .10 j Total .... S3.00 j is The pence have been converted on g the basis of two cents, but the slight difference between this and the actual j r- value would make the total cost | e $3.68. 4 To this must be added the cost of ;t rental, which amounts in the poorest 5 districts for one room to not less than ?- two shillings (4S cents) per week, is and for a three-room flat from Ss. to 10s. ($1.94 to $2.43) per week. The is coal in these laboring districts is sold 2. at the rate of 32 to 36 cents per 112 it pounds. To this must be added the s possibility of a car fare, which (1 amounts to two cents to eight cents > - ~Tho man colrlnm n! d cars unless exceptional distance from j work necessitates this. Some of the e better paid workmen, such as engid ncers and others, who earn from $7.25 to $9.75 per week, are living y better in proportion. The only real ii cheap article I found is the workings man's clothing. One of the union 8 secretaries stated: "No workman with n wife and two children in London, in my opinion, can subsist and be housed n for less than 22s. ($5.34) per week." i- ?From W&fckly Consular and Trado e Reports. . I My MATTEft.5 Sr as GJ?jSJ ?>??> Oilcloth For Shelves. A busy housewife can save herself and her maids a great deal of labor by covering all the larder. cuDboard and scullery shelves -with oilcloth. This is very easily kept clean. My kitchen table is also covered in the same manner, while a few odd floor tiles on which saucepans can he put are equally useful, as they are so easily wiped clean.?Home Chat. Making a Paper Hat. In these days of fancy paper costumes a girl should know how to make an effective hat. Tear crepe paper into two-inch strips the length of the sheet. Take three strands and plait closely into a smooth and even braid. Cover a wire frame with these braids and face under part of brim with plain crepe paper or mull to match. Make a bunch of paper flowers?roses, poppies, or carnations? and arrange them on the hat with a band of dull green, brown, or black glazed paper to represent velvet.? New York Times. Cleaning Lace. Pure alcohol can be used with wonderful success as a means of cleaning black Spanish or chantilly lace. The alcohol should be poured into a clean basin and whipped with the hand until it is frothy, when the lace should be dipped into it and well worked about with tbe fingers until the dirl is removed. After gently squeezing out the spirit the lace should be laic on a folded cloth, the patterned edg( pulled out, each scollop or picol being fastened down with a pin When perfectly dry the lace shoulc be unpinned and pressed gently be^ tween the palms of the hands unti smooth in lieu of ironing it, as thii would flatten the pattern and spoi the color.?Indianapolis News. Household Science. At a recent meeting of the De partment of Household Science of th< Illinois Farmers' Institute, Miss Rutl Connibear, in the course of a tall on the problem of living economical!] and yet buying nutritive foods, said: "The State University School foi Housekeepers has broadened my hor izon in domestic work; It haB taugh' me to make tho household duties s pleasure when before I thought then drudgery. When I go into a hous< or store I cannot help but observe and take an interest in the thing'i that were taught to us at the shor course. There i3 a steadily growinj sentiment in favor of furnishing t< every girl, high or low, rich or poor somewhere in her regular education systematic instruction and drill ii housekeeping, and home making, ii food value and domestic economies.' Mrs. Jennie C. Barlaw in her re port said: "The housekeeper of to-day mus read more, think more, study mor< and know more in order to meet th< demands. There i9 no business ii which brain work is needed more t< 1 be able to apply principles underly ing right living. Let me urge mor< work to interest and Instruct th< girls. Teach them how to cook, no blanc mange and fruit cake, but th< i essential foods and to do it properly | Teach them how to make good brea< j and cook meats and vegetables prop i erly rather than angel food or float I ing island. Teach them, not poin I lace and embroidered pillows, but t< i make aprons, dresses, children': clothes, to cut economically and fl carefully. Teach them how to can for the home, to have it sanitary, ant to care for their bodies in health anc sickness. Teach them system ant J economy, how to keep accounts ant j spend money wisely. Then bette; j homes will be assured, hotter healtl and hanpiness." . ? Corn Chowder?Melt a small piecc of butter in the bottom of a kettl< and in it fry an onion. To this adc three potatoes cut in dice and one' half can of corn. Season well witt salt and pepper. Cover with watei | and cook until potatoes are sort, Then add one pint of milk. Rebeal and serve. Eggs in Nests.?Take the whites oi the eggs and whip to a stiff froth; pile it irregularly on a flat buttered baking dish and make hollows here and there; sprinkle with salt and pepper and drop into each the yolk of an egg; put a small piece of butter on each yolk; place the dish in the oven from five to eight minutes; serve at once. Corn Oysters?One cup of cold sweet corn, one-half cup of flour, one Hooton oftr nnp tablesnoonful of but ter, one-half teaspoonful of baking powder; seasoning. Malic a batter of the corn, flour, egg and baking powder. Melt the butter and drop j batter into it by the teaspoonful. Fry until brown. These are good , with maple syrup. Fish Chowder?Fry one-half pound of salt pork until brown. Then remove pork from kettle and to fat add one onion sliced, two pounds fresh fish cut in small pieces and six sliced tomatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper; cover with cold water and let cook about forty-five minutes. Then add two or three pints of milk and six- common crackers broken in halves. Ginger Cakes?Mix and sift together six cupfuls of flour, two tablespoonfuls of ginger, one tab'espoonful of cinnamon, and one tablespconful of soda. Heat one-half cupful of lard or butter, one cupiuj 01 i\ew Orleans molasses and one cupful of brown sugar until boiling. Tako froji tbe fire, add one cupful of sour cream and pour gradually into the flour mixture, beating until smooth. Pat and roll out, cut into small cakes and bake in a moderate oven. J C"ciiTid Ms been broken for <** ; gn a: 'ibrarj building at ths UnlTer- slty oT Chicago, which ts to serj?tt I ^ InU Dxnr4i).M>^ Illieiiiui in; iu luc iw j r i com^iu ' VJ vvlHIam Rainey Harpei. The con-* | tract prlcc is SGOO.OOO, and the buttd| Ing is to be completed by the summer ! of 1911. The structure will ba 31$ i by eighty feet, fronting on the ariB1 way plaisance. ' - . - ' % vy.5'1 Among all their palaces and castlaa ** . tt is Balmoral that the members of the British royal family have always looked upon as their home. I tdiai G IMRRnP.Mfl i NEW SINCE 1UU LLUMNfcU tiuuacy/ gl i GLAD I TOOK THAT PAW-V*^ . B >,v PAW PILL ' , I OR STOMACH LS OUT OF ORDERTTORW! : | PAWPAW LAXATIVE PUIS KEEP YOU WEILL . Kunyon'a Piw Paw Pill* coax the 11 Wf '' i -hM ' Into actl7lty by gentle methods. 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