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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. They a? . &?
t not scour, gripe or weaken. They are.* , ;.*&
tonic to the stomach, liver and nerves;
i invigorate Instead of weaken. They ear .-/p.
I rich the blood and enable the stomach to . . ^
get ali the nourishment from food that is
. put into It These pills contain no eala- r x,K
1 ; mel; they are soothing, healing and stto- \Vj,
3 ulntlng'. For sale by all druggists ip Wo
I and 25c sizes. If you need medical ad- -V4;
vice, write Munyonrs Doctors. They will :.>?%$
advise to the best of their ability ftbao- y
lutely free of Charge. MCNTOirg, tti '
and Jeffer?o* 8U- Philadelphia, Pa.
> Excellent |
Remedy P11 P rfXjfflH
! ^ Hale's = ;
, Honey
florehomri
1 All Drugyiits
* ? i Tar j: ;M
i When it - vVyflS
Aches aeain .t: ^SBi
| | ^ Try Pike's Toothache Drop* .
Huxley Knew the Tragedy. > '^1
j ] Huxley, the brilliant English scfr / rial
j i entist and man of letters, was unn?
j ually quick and subtle at repartee
> Once while dining with Herbert Spe??
. cer and another friend at the Atfc* ^ ^
naeum, thq conversation .flagging;
f Spencer remarked: <
3 "You would little think it, but
j once wrote a tragedy." ' .
] Huxley answered promptly:
3 | know the catastrophe."
Spencer aeciarea 11 wa? lmpuamuiat
a for lie had never spoken about it W _ ^
j fore then. Huxley insisted, ?Jtaf
\ Spencer asked what it was. JTiixley
" "A beautiful theory, kilted by a
j' nasty, ugly little fact." ? tonth'i :
. Coriapanion.
t Venezuela is establishing wireleM ' jgj
. stations and using American appar*, >'
a tus. N.Y.?15
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op mm
>1 vm V? V"J~M
! During Change of Life, I
; says Mrs. Chas. Barclay I
3 Graniteville, Vt. ? "I was passing I
] through the Change of Life andsofferecl
1 iy.'-a from nervousness
' li^ -5 andother annoying
i symptoms, and I 9
h wi can trulZ say tliat -
mf:. LvdiaE.Pinkham's
! Mf ^ 35^. ff|i Vegetable Com*
M <~*i iHN Poun<* ^as Prov?d - I
liM ~-"l MM worth mountains
f gjpjffk of gold to me, as it
restored my healft ' E,
I and strength. I
never forget to teD m
J ffaiHj&fziir my 'riends what fl
11 B Lyo E.Pinkham'a I
1 Vegetable Compound has done for ma fl
i during this trying period. Complete fl
t restoration to health means so modi fl
to me that for the sake of other suffer- fl
ing women I am willing to make mi fl
trouble public so you may publish fl
' this letter."?Mrs. Chas. Barclay, b
i R.F.D.,Graniteville, Vt. fl
No other Medicine for woman's ?11? fl
has received such wide .ad and nn? Bj
! qualified endorsement. ^.uothermecW Bj
icine we know of has such a record K
l of cures of female ills as has Lydia 2* H
1 Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. M
For more than 90 years it Las beea B
curing female complaints such aa B
inflammation, ulceration, local weak. B
nesses, fibroid tumors, irregularity* m
periodic pains, backache, indicesti<fo B
and nervous prostration, ana it iX B
unequalled for carrying women safely 9
through the period of change of Qtix
It costs but little to try Lydia E. -Bl
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, artd, H
asMrs.Barclaysays.it is "worth mow* B
" lins of gold' to suffering worsen.
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"I used Cascarets and feel like a mw H|
man. I have been a sufferer from <^*> S?j
pepsia and sour stomach for the last tw* H|
years. I have been taking medicine and HH
other drugs, but could find no relief only Bn
for a short time. I will recommend Hfl
Cascarets to my friends as the only thing |g|
for indigestion and sour stomach and to MM
keep the bowela in good condition. HH
They are very nice to eat." MS
Harry Stuckley, Mauch Chunk, Ps.
i>?iofahv Pnf/^nf. Taste Good. CBB
( D<yGood. Npver Sicken, Weaken or Grip*. |H
10c. 25c, 50c. Never solcNn bulk. The
nine tablet stampedC CC. uaaiaateetfto I
core or your money back. - *