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BEWARR q THR PHAeocYTR.
Lattis-KnoWa Bat Mueh-Drsaasa
Creature That Freaueats TIE
H@aa Body.

-The hope of mankind" says
AetsehnikOW, depends upon the
proper restriction of the phagoctyte."
Very few nOnprofessionaI men
know what q phRgOcyte is, and even
numerous physicians try to get along
without having made its acquaintance,
while most medical handbOoks ignore
the thing, and the few dictionaries
mentioning il describe is wrongly.
Here Is Prof. Metschnikow's defini-
tion; "PhagOeytes constitute the pO-
lice Of the human body. As q big
city cannot get along without officers
OF the law to keep crime and vice IN
der control and the moral atmos-
phere pure and wholesome, so health
Is impossible unless the phagoeytes
exercise their proper functions in the
streets and channels of our interior.
Phago means eat, devour, absorb;
eyte is the Greek for cell. The phagO-
eyte, then, is an absorbing OF eating
cell; one might term IL the scayenger
Of the human body. So much science
recognized long ago; also that its
main food consists of bacteria, the
elements of organs peculiar to the
larvae stage and other nOxiOus mat
tiers"
The author continues, according to
the Indianapolis Journal: THE
above, my biological and bacteriOlog-
ical Investigations and experiments
proved correct, but sciences further
argument, namely, that the phagO-
cyte, after performing this most i'm
Portant Office for the youthful body,
becomes itself food for the develop
ing organs of the adult is serious
mistake"
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GETTING HIs SEA LEGS.
Lifs On the ocean wave Has IT'S Draw
baeks Cor the YOuag navy
Recruit.

me Phrase acquiring the see hab-
Il, which Is frequently used in con-
neetion with the training of recruits
In the navy, carries 20 the lay mind
something Of an impression Of a
rolling gait, q chronic hitehing at the
Waistband of the trousers, a saline
vocabulary and & canny knowledge of
the brands of eating tobacco. The
navy department. knows the epoch as
one in which the recruit Is learning
to make himself comfortable aboard
ship, and during which he is liable
TO tts of depression, in which more
things than seE water look blue. 1t
Is the period in which the romance
of life on the rolling deep becomes
temporarily Obscured and life seems
hard.
During such q period the recruit Is
likely TO write to his family or his
congressman in such terms as seem to
warrant an abolition of the service,
and a considerable part of the work
Of the navy department lies in as
surfing inquiring friends that the re-
cruit will feel better when he gets
over it. If the investigation which is
made in each case of complaint hap
pens to cover some weeks, it is likely
to get to the recruit about the time
he is beginning to take notice and
enjoy himself, and he is quite willing
to admit that things look different"
The present conditions of the serv-
ice which seem likely to be perma-
nent, says the Washington Times,
make it absolutely essential that the
enlistment contract shall be enforced
as strictly as II has been enforced
since the date of the executive order
which abolished the former privilege
of discharge by purchase.
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WILL STUDY OLD RUINS.
pIOre Remains of Civilization
IN Russian Turkestan.

Raphael PumPelly, who has been
charged by the Carnegie institution
with the exploration of Russian Turk
estan has arrived at ST. Petersburg
with his son, r. w. Pumpelly, to pro-
cure the necessary permission. They
will join Prof. w. II. Davis and Ellis
worth Huntington, Of Harvard, and
Prof. Richard Norton, director of the
American school of classical studies Of
Rome, at Baku.
The party will search for remnants
of the once fiOurishing civilization Of
the basin of the Sea Of Aral, will in
vestigate the climatic changes that
have taken place there in historical
times, and will seek to discover wheth-
er such changes have been sufficient TO
cause the present decline Of this. re-
gion, and whether equal If not great
er importance should not be attributed
TO economic and political changes, such
as the interruption Of the-old caravan
route by the Arabs and Turks the
devastation Of the country, the settle
ment of a population unused TO agri-
culture and the discovery of the Cape
of Good Hope route TO India.
The party viii remain several
months. some Of the members perhaps
longer, future work being determined
by the results Of the present recon
Nuisance.
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Nm d 80 81 3 Peer.

Lord Monson and Mrs. Turnure,
daughter Of Gen. Roy Stone, U. S. A,
win be married soon, according to an
nouneement made at London. Lord
Monsoon Is the nephew Of Sir Edmund
Mopson, The British ambassador to
Paris, and was at one time intended
for the diplomatic service. he was APP
pointed 20 the household Of the late
duke Of saxe-Coburg. but BY the death
Of his father in 1900 he found himself
a peer Of the realm, the owner Of the
sountry seats and entailed estates. He
= "a years Of age.
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housewives hand, with as little NOV
ing as possible. 1t is the conStanthur-
rying from one point to another TO
get this article here and that there
that makes homework hard. 1t is well
therefore to have the pantry as nearly
square as possible.
A square pantry gives the shortest
distance from any point to that point
where the kneading board is located
In one of the four sides win be located
the doorway. The best arrangement
for the other three sides, TO my mind,
is suggested in the accompanying IL
Illustrations.
The kneadiRg board should be To-
Gated in front of the window. Almost
convenient device for securing the full
advantage of this location is shown in
Fig. 1.
On the right of the window is a set
of drawers, the uses of which viii be
obvious to any hOusekeeper. To the
left of the window is a cabinet into
which two barrels Of fourcan be rolled
for bread and for pastry. The top of
the cabinet is movable to give access to
the -four.
The cover of the barrel next the
window is made Of just the right
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CHARTS HER FIGURE.
Statistics Play an Important Part In
the Beauty Hunt Of the Modern
Society Woman.

An anthropometric chart Is q nee
essary possession for the young
woman who is striving for classic
proportions in her figure. The WON
an who does not number such q
chart among her possessions is quite
behind the tunes, says the Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The height, the breadth, the depth,
the girth Of the anatomy, each must
come in for a share of attention.
Calpers, q breadth stick, q height
stick, and q steel tape measure are
needed.
In making inventories Of ones
inches, it is necessary. TO take each
measurement with the body in the
same position and in the same way.
The following are founded on the
classic ideal: Height, feet 5
inches; weight, 15s pounds; waist,
"a inches; bust, 81 inches; arm, 81
the shoulder, 70 inches; wrist 8
inches; ankle. inches: calf Of leg,
l4h inches; thigh, IS inches.
The arms extended should measure
the height from the tips Of the third
fingers. The hand IN length should
measure one-tenth Of the height
The length from TIE elbow 20 the
middle finger should Be the same as
from the elbow % the middle Of the
chest.
From the top o. tie head TO the
chin should Be tie length Of the
foot.
The height Of TIE head should be
just four times the length Of the
nose.
From temple 20 temple the meas
urements should equal the length Of
The stretch q the thumb and ser
ond finger ahoald Just measure the
face.
The stretch q fhunbs and first an
gers should exactly circle the threat.
.Meaunrsa ~ heads the eight paris
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Wall OF A DEPosED KING.
atty Tells OF the Good
Old Days.

Casimir, the chef Of the Maison
DOree, in Paris, which closed its doors
some months ago, now describes him
self as a king without kingdom, says
the Detroit Free Press. He has been
lamenting to a correspondent that the
beaux jours have gone forever. He
says:
"In the olden days-in the days of
Rosini and the duke of Hamilton and
others, or during the empire-the peO-
pie knew how to dine. NJ. lie BardOn
would come and consult me five hours
in advance and Nine. La Marquise two
days ahead. They came down to the
kitchens, and We consulted, and a din
ner in those days was a poem, not
meal. The kings, alas, have changed
all this; ah, they have much response
bility, the kings.
'Your King Edward was a customer
Of mine; but what do you think he
preferred? The simplest dishes. And
Leopold of Belgium''-Casimir's dark
eyes blazed with seOrn-"soup, and a
slice of beef. Alas, is that a dinner
for a king? The king of Portugal is
the only one who knows in these de-
generate days how to eat. The last
time he dined with me he sent for me
and pressed both my hands Tears
were in his eyes. He kissed me on both
cheeks and assured me that it was not
dinner, but a creation"
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DuMB-wATTER AND sHELvEs.

at all. A rectangular closet is con-
structed, the floor being cut out be-
meath it. On either side, within, a strip
of pine board is fastened. These strips
extend down through the floor to the
bottom of the cellar. A little space is
left behind each strip for the pulley
cord TO run, and on the inner surface of
each strip there is a groove running
from top 60 bottom for the projections
on the side Of the dumb-waiteT to slide
up and down in.
At the top of each strip are inserted
stout window pulleys, over which the
cord passes and is attached to the sides
Of the dumb-waiter. This is simply a
set of shelves with side pieces firmly
attached. Four shelves in the dumb
waiter viii be sufficient, and above
them may be two stationary shelves
at the top Of the closet. Glass doors
may be provided for these fixed shelves,
and two narrow wooden doors for the
lower part. All the woodwork should
be thoroughly oiled, to prevent SWELL
ing.
When one is building or remOdeling
a house, the pantry should, if possible,
be placed upon the northern side of
the house. If it is necessary to locate
It upon the northeast or the north
west corner, let the window be upon
the northern side, so that the room
may be kept as cool as possible in sum-
Gentleman.
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either public or private. Hitherto this
business has been conducted in a FIRE
trap-a ramshaekle white brick build
ing that is in constant danger Of going
up in smoke or cOllapsing under its
own weight. Four years ago congress
after many trials appropriated $780,
600 to construct a new building which
should be somewhat more nearly ade-
ouate to the demands. That building
Is now ready to receive the machinery
which is being installed as rapidly as
possible.
The new office will have floor space
of IA acres, divided into seven stories
with very few partitions. The build
ing will be lighted with 800 windows,
utilizing One-third Of the entire wall
space. The walls cf the rooms are
lined with white enameled bricks which
makes absolute cleanliness achieyable-
The building is fire proof. The outer
walls are three feet thick. The floors
are constructed according to the en-
gineers' estimates to bear q load OF
S5.OOO, 900 pOunds-4O,OOO tons. 1t took
IO,OOO. 900 brick to construct the outer
walls and the steel frame work weighs
10000 900 pounds. All the machinery
will be run by electricity. Three dy-
namos Of 300 horse power each viii run
800 presses, 1000 electric lights, IL ele-
vators and all the other devices.
There b a system Of ventilation
which is a marvel. Fans, placed in q
loft, driven by electricity draw the air
through shafts from the floors, ex-
polling it through the roof with such
velocity that the atmosphere of the
immense building will be changed once
every seven minutes, and each en-
plOye will have 5000 cubic feet Of pure
air every hour.
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WHERE ASPHALT IS CHEAP.
Indian Territory Contains an Exten-
siVe Mine That Il Being
Utilized.

Not far from the town Of Ardmore,
in Indian territory, and partly with
in the corporation limits is an asphalt
mine which is thought to be extensive
enough 10 pave all the streets in In
dian and Oklahoma territories. Ard
more proposes to build her streets Of
native asphalt, says a report from
that place. She viii be prOdigal in
the use of asphaltum, for the reason
that Ii is more economical than
crushed rock and cement. The plan
is to take the asphaltum as it comes
from the mine and make foundation
six inches thick. This will be pound
ed and rolled until compact. Upon this
will be spread a coating Of the same
material crushed into coarse gravel
size, mixed with the powdered material
that results from the crushing.
This also is thoroughly tamped and
rolled. The last coat is made of the
same material ground to a powder
and then heated. No wagon ways have
been made, but many sidewalks have
been built in this manner and they are
giving most satisfactory results. The
crude asphaltum can be laid upon the
streets at about half the cost of
crushed stone.
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they declare would disfgure them and
would subject the owners to a certain
amount Of humiliation. The most
strenuous objection, however, was to
the rule requiring the showing Of IL
eenses. It happens that q large pro-
portion Of the automobiles of Wash
ingtOn are young women who have
hitherto enjoyed unhampered the free
dom Of the asphalt. A good many OF
them have never thought Of such q
thing as applying for q license or in
deed Of taking any other steps to re-
eognize the rights and susceptibilitieS
Of timid pedestrians. The indignant
autOmobilists now declare that the
only object Of the new regulation il to
aftord fresh and cheeky policemen an
opportunity to stop any pretty girl
they see with an automobile and under
pretense Of inspecting her license en-
gage her in agreeable conversation.
Suits are to be brought in the courts
to test the Legality Of the new regu-
lations and all sorts of denunciation
has been heaped on the unfortunate
commissioners; but public sentiment
is with them and would ike TO see even
more stringent regulations adopted.
The asphalt streets of Washington
AFFORD peculiar temptation for the
speeding of machines, especially for
cutting fancy circles and executing
short turns to the decentralization Of
man and beast.
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60 IN cooking. Ordinarily such grocer
les are kept in bags, or in paper. Tin
and wooden boxes, upon open shelves,
one behind another, entaiIin9 much
trouble and occasional spilHng when
getting one receptacle outfrom behind
another. With such a cabinet as that
shown in Fig. 2, everything is by itself
and instantly available, without the
disturbance Of any other article. The
large closets in the lower part Of this
cabinet accommodate iron and large
tin utensils, and jugs containing mo-
lasses, vinegar, etc.
On the side Of the pantry opposite
the window is the dumb-waiter, and
also open shelves for dishes Gig. 81. II
the pantry is in a city home, where ice
is necessity, the space occupied by the
dumb-waiter may be used for the re-
frigeratOr; but in the country home,
where ice is not used, a dumb-waiter
Is Of the greatest Importance. Articles
that must be kept cool in warm wealth
er can be placed upon its shelves, run
down into the cellar with the motion
OF hand, or drawn up as easily from
that cool place, without the repeated
and fatiguing- ascending and descend
ing Of cellar stairs, which is one Of the
most distressing factors in many
housekeepers' daily lives during the
hot days of summer.
The building of such a dumb-Waiter
as that figured is not a difficult matter
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which make the height of the clas-
sic figure divide up in this fashion:
Height, one head from crown of head
to bottom Of chin TO breastbone;
one-half head from top to bottom Of
breastbone to the middle of abb
domen; one head from the middle of
abdomen to beginning of lower
limbs; one head from beginning Of
lower limbs to middle of thighs; one
half head from middle of thigh to
top Of knee; one-half head from top
of knee to bottom of knee; one and
one-half heads from bottom Of knee
70 small of ankle; one-half head
from small Of ankle to soles of feet.
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the post Office department authorized
such issues for Chicago and Buffalo;
and st. Louis will hardly allow her
self to be ignored.
The proposition is to place the head
Of Napoleon on one Of the stamps
probably that Of the ive-cent denom-
nation.
This is not the first time that the
likeness of foreign POtentate has ap-
Peared on an American stamp. Isabel
la of Spain was celebrated thus in the
Columbian series at the Chicago fair.
Not much attention was paid TO the
fact, however, because the royal fea-
lures appeared on the fOur-dOllar
stamp, which never went into general
circulation and which was hardly seen
except by collectors. Columbus was
also celebrated in the same way, but
he was on the ive-dollar stamp. These
are the only historical characters ex-
cept American citizens who have been
hOnored in such a way.
II Napoleon goes on the fye-cent
stamp, which really goes out into gen
eral circulation, il will amount Prac-
tically to a precedent. The other
stamps of the new Issue will bear the
pictures of Jefferson, Mckinley and
some other, not yet determined. JET
Persons will go on the two-cent stamps,
which is purely domestic affair, while
McKinley's will go on the ten-cent
stamp, probably.
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- Wnrr 81 serrInr 20.

Here are two good ways Of serv-
ing eggs. For creamed eggs, boil
four or i've eggs hard, cut them
lengthwise and pour over them a
white sauce made Of one pint Of milk,
one tablespoonful of -four and one
tablespoonful Of butter. For baked
ereamed eggs, poach SIX eggs, put
them on q deep platter, Crate over
them a little cheese and cover with
q white sauce made OF one pint Of
milk. two tablespoonfuls of butter
and two tablespoonful Of -four Bake
for i've minutes in 3 quick oven;
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JAPAN A CURIOUS LAND.
Almost EverythIRE Seems to. Go By
COntraries In the MikadO's
KINGDOM

''There is no land that I have ever
seen so curious as Japan" said Robert
w. Brinkley, of Yokohama, TO a Wash
ington Star reporter recently. HIhaye
lived IN Japan for the past % years
and it is to me still a sort Of wonder
land.
zone of the strange features of the
country is that all crops and fruits are
almost certain TO deteriOrate. have
seen beautiful peaches grown the first
year from stock imported from the
United States. The second year they
were still fairly good; the third season
poor and after that unfit to eat. Moth
ing in the vegetable world would seem
to retain its excellence for any length
Of time. 1t is a bamboo country and
everything reverts to the bamboo.
Beautiful lush grass covered many q
plain and yet it gives no nutriment to
cattle. Garden vegetables look as fine
as any grown in the United States, but
when cooked they have no taste. The
flowers are of gorgeous hues, but
they are without perfume.
"But even with these imperfections
it is a very interesting corner OF the
earth and many things recommend IL
Its inhabitants are in their way a fine
people. In the rural districts particu-
larry the natives are the most honor
able beings / ever met. In the cities
they are sharper mentally, but not
nearly so scrupuIous
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much greater than at any other
time, for there is an immense
number Of bills, reports and dOcn-
ments Of every kind which have
10 be printed solely for the use Of con-
Rress. But there is no time during the
year when the presses are not rumb-
ling and when publications. sometimes
in sets Of many volumes and frequent
y with superb illustrations, are not
being thrown on.
There Is no establishment In the
world where finer work can be done IN
spite Of the great mass Of It. and the
beauty of It Is that the work can be
done with Astounding raPidity. An
extraordinary instance Of this was the
publication Of the report Of the Samp-
son court Of inquiry on thedestruetion
Of the Maine. That report contained
300 pages and was illustrated with q
great many hah-tone cuts. II was
brought into the senate on the after
noon Of March rs, 1895. u manuscript.
The next morning il was on the desks
Of every senator and representa- tive.
priated and bound, and Thousands OF
copies had already been struck on.
Since that time the government print
ing once has given many other exhi-
billions Of speed and skill
LOUIS A. COOLIDGE
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n-.-IIe.t Furnifurs Polfsh.

To make q cheap and excellent fur
niture polish take one ounce Of white
wax, one ounce Of CASTLE soap. half =
pint of turpentine, two ounces OF
beeswax, half a pint Of soft water.
Dissolve the white wax and soap,
which must both previously be cut
into fine shavings. IN the water on
the stove and dissolve the beeswax in
the turpentine. When nearly cold
nix these ingredients together and
the polish win Be ready for use.
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C0lNVEI nee
gSSSs'SSS Lll Tie PANTRY Isss&Ss{s8

The proper location for . pantry IL
NEAR the kitchen range, and near also
to the dining-room; but, beyond the
mere matter Of location, the interior
arrangement is an important factor In
Iessening or increasing the labor Of
,housewOrk.
The point to be especially aimed atis
such an arrangement Of the pantry TT
tings as shall bring every article need
ed in cooking within easy reach Of the
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Projeetnes IN Nav1.

Four classes Of projectiles are
used in the Uniteu States navy
ormor-Piereing projectiles, for use
against armOr; common shell, for
use against unarmOred. or very thin
ly-armored parts; Ehrapnel, for serv-
lee against exposed detachments Of
men a considerable distance away,
and canister, which Is employed
against detachments Of men lacking
protection within close range.
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Of President Lou
bet, Of France, on
one Of the St.
Louis series. The
plan which com
mends itself to the
exposition boomers
is toplace upon the
four stamps Of the
newissue portraits
of the four repre-
sentative persons
of the two cOun-
tries involved in
thepurchaseand
the celebration of
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KITCHEN CABINET.

length so that it win span the space in
front Of the window, and upside down
it serves as kneading board. When
replaced in position over the barrel, the
kneading surface viii be underneath,
which viii keep il wholly from the
dust. If shelves over the position Of
the barrels are desired, the kneading
board cannot be hinged, but must be
lifted and placed in position.
At right angles to this arrangement
for -four barrels. gneading board and
drawers, may well be placed cabinet
for holding all kinds of groceries need
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It n claimed by the Draft-Williams
method Of locating ores By the de-
Fiction Of electrical currents that not
only can deposits be located. but
that the extent and depth Of the lode
can be determined with an accuracy
that Il quite impossible with any ex-
lsting system Of proposing.
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gained from the
statement that
there are 3,957 en-
ployes on the pay
roll and that these
operatives are at
work all the year
round printing
and binding the
tremendous mass
Of publications is
sued by the United
States govern
ment.
OF course when
congress is in ses-
~ - =
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tice-farand away
the largest estab-
lishment Of its
kind in the world
will be occupied
and in operation.
1t is not gener-
ally known that
the United States,
amidst its other
activities, con-
ducts a printing
business which is
more than twice
as extensive as any
other carried on
n Nha world
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Among the many tablets found p
Chaldea Il what has been termed
ssfbe Oldest drezsmaker's bill." II
dater from $500 B. c. aud Is an item.
ed HSt 81 garments !siyen BY the
king 20 the priests and priestesse1
81 one q the temples
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- - Anlnal -.

A dealer IN Wild animals in Ham
burg collected and sold last year 7s
lions. tigers and panthers, - bears.
Sc elephants, 90 eamels and drome-
daries, $50 monkeys and a large num-
Der Of smaller ANNALS and birdA
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on q united states
government post
age stamp. If it
should il will be in
connection wi IL b
the new issue Of
stamps to c m
memOrate the Lou
isiana purchase.
1t has not yet
been definitely de-
cided thatan expo
sitiOn issue will be
authorized, b u I
there is lit tie
doubt about Il, for