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PERFECT WOMAN FORTY
AND HAS FIVE CHILDREN
She 10 Athletic, Mechanical, Pious, Pa
triotie and Politician.

Liverpool-'Thep perfect woman" has
just been defined by a conference here
Of teachers from girls schools through.
out England. Here is the result of
their united efforts:
The perfect woman Is forty, is mar
ned and is the mother Of five children.
She is In happy circumstances, living
In a beautiful part Of the country a
few miles from a big town. She is the
center OF a good home, in which there
Is a high standard of cleanliness and
comfort and where good taste is every
where visible in furniture, carpets, cur
ta1ns, wall paper, ornaments, clothes.
The ideal woman is sensible and
bus1nesslike, and her home is a place
OF peace. She is patriotic and inter
ested In politics and does all she can to
remove the causes Of suffering among
the poor. She is a delightful compan-
lon and has gift for friendship. She
Is religious and tries to fulfill her duty
toward God and toward other peo-
pie. She takes walks, rides bicycles,
climbs, swims, dances, skates, rows
and plays games. She can ride a horse
and drive motorcar. She is proficient
In many branches of practical learning.
She can do anything and everything
about the house. She has some knowI-
edge of the law, knows how to invest
money, can use typewriter. She is a
great reader; every day she reads some
serious book as well as a newspaper
and a novel. She speaks three lam
guages beside her own and reads for
eign books. She is fond of gardening
and has learned several crafts-wood-
carving, metal work, bookbinding and
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Bumps on the Head.

The lump raised by a blow on the
head is due to the resistance offered
by the hard skull and its close connec-
ton with the movable elastic scalp by
many circumscribed bands of connec-
tive tissue. The result of blow when
the scalp is not cut is the bruising and
laceration of many Of the small blood
vessels or capillaries. Blood or its
fluid constituent, serum, is poured into
the meshes of the surrounding con-
nective tissue, which is delicate,
spongy, distensible and cellular, and
the well known bump or lump is quick
ly formed. This cannot push inward
at all and naturally takes the line of
least resistance Similar bumps may
be formed on the shin in exactly the
same way, for the shin bone also Is
covered only by skin and simultaneous
connective tissue.
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Glenqarry's Treason"

How startling was the difference in
the customs Of the English and the
Scots even less than a century ago is
shown in the story Of the way in which
the famous highland chief, Alastir
Macdonell, of Glengarry frightened
George ". out of his wits. In 1922
Glengarry was one of a party Of Scot
fish mobiles and gentlemen who BAN
quoted 'the first gentleman Of Europe"
In Hollywood palace. Colonel Macdonell
was the last chief to wear the full
highland costume, and when the COM
pany sat down to dinner he, according
to custom, placed a brace of loaded
pistols by his plate The king started
up in alarm and was persuaded to re-
main In the room only on the assurance
that Glengarry meant no treason.-I.on-
don Spectator.
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Emperor and Gar.

The Car Ferdinand of Bulgaria, not
withstanding his numerous visits to
Vienna. never succeeded In making
himself welcome to the Austrian arts.
tocracy. For long time the aged EN-.
peror refused to receive him. After
much useless scheming to get the ear
OF Francis Joseph he was advised to
obtain the aid of Nine. Schratt, who
held at Schoenbrun an influential DO
sition.
Ferdinand sent to this favorite a
jewel box with a note: II desire to
offer to you the earrings that my moth
er wore until her death. Deign to &C.
cept them and intercede in my favor
with the emperor
Nine. Schratt used her kindly Of
fees. and Francis Joseph consented to
receive the king of the Bulgars. Fer
dinand had brought a napkin filed
with papers that he wished to show to
the emperor. After Ferdinand's de-
parture the emperor, turning to his
grand chamberlain, said: 1T is curious
that king should be so lacking In
manners. This fellow has spoken to
me as though | were a mere notaryr'
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Neeessitie. of War.

When Lloyd George In England In
dertook to organize the ministry of
munitions a glazier began to stamp
out cartridge clips: manufacturer Of
music rolls used his equipment to make
gauges; a concern engaged before the
war In preparing infants food began
delivering plugs for shells; an adver-
Using agency manufactured shell ad-
apters; watchmakers began adjusting
fuses; manufacturer Of baking ma
chinery became a contractor for six
inch high explosive shells; a jewelry
house devoted itself exclusively to
periscopes; a phonograph concern sent
millions Of delicate shell parts to the
assembling stations; a firm which
made nothing but sheep shearing ma
chinery started turning out shell cases:
q cream separator factory manufacture
ed shell primers. Among other pro-
ducers OF finished shells were candle
makers, flour mills, tobacco manufac-
turers, syphonmakers and the manu-
facturers Of sporting goods.-World's
Work
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Welding Glass.

Welded glass suitable for certain op-
teal instruments and other apparatus
Is novel material that is stated to be
Of great practical value as well as
much interest. AS the welding proc
ess is described by Parker and Dalla-
Gay to the Faraday Society Of Lon
don. the glass surfaces to be Joined
are placed in good optical contact
under pressure and are heated to a
carefully predetermined temperature.
which, to avoid distortion of OFFICIALLY
worked surfaces, must not approach
too near what is defined as the IAN
healing point" This point Of appreci-
able softening is determined for any
kind Of glass by noting the tempera-
ture at which the internal heat stresses
seen in the glass with polarized light
quite suddenly disappear. Similar
glasses unite perfectly we'll below this
point. but with very unlike kinds the
softer becomes distorted before the
harder is hot enough to make a good
weld
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Stewed Apples.

TO stew apples so each quarter is un-
arOken and so clear one can almost see
Trough it is an art, and yet it is SIM
pie thing to do If one only knows how.
Peel tart apples very thin, cut them in
quarters and remove the cores and
seeds. As fast as you can peel and
quarter them drop the apples In q
saucepan in which you have already
placed cold water to the depth Of two
inches. When the apples are all in put
the saucepan over a slow fire, cover it
till the water reaches the boiling point,
then remove the cover and let the ap-
pies simmer almost imperceptibly till
you can pierce them easily with a
toothpick; then sprinkle the sugar
over them and let them just simmer
until it is all melted. Remove the
saucepan from the fire and let it stand
where the apples will get cold before
turning them into dish for the table.
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Love and Marriage.

First love is very apt not to be the
lasting love-" said DR.. Antoinette Koni-
kow, speaking at the Boston School Of
Social Science.
Young lovers try to excuse all the
faults Of the loved one because they
are not In love with the individual, but
with love. Hence they may not choose
the partner with whom they will find
their happiness in later years. Many a
man and woman is glad by middle age
that the first love was frustrated.
Marriage should be based on love
alone or it is immoral, and some change
Is necessary if marriage is to be saved
from degradation. Real love always
makes people better. Romantic love is
the source Of all the best things In life
the foundation Of all the arts. And
individual happiness makes up the hap.
piness Of the race."-Boston Post.
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TRAINING FLEET FOR LAKES.
Eastland, From Which Many Lives
Were Lost, Will Be Flagship.

Eastland, From Which Many Lives
Were Lost, Will Be Flagship.
Great Lakes, In-A fleet Of training
ships shortly will be sailing the great
lakes, it was announced at the United
States naval. training station here.
Captain w. A Moffett, commandant,
has planned the mobilization of num-
Der Of vessels mounting guns ranging
from one Founders to six inch pieces
The fleet will serve to train recruits
passing through the training station
here, which has been greatly expanded
since the outbreak Of war, in addition
to protecting lake cities.
The steamer Eastland, which turned
over In the Chicago river In 1915 with
a loss Of S12 lives and which Is now
being rebuilt as a gunboat, will be the
flagship. Other vessels In the fleet
viii be two of the former Spanish gun
boats which were captured by Dewey
at Manila bay. 49, ;:-'
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OLD MAN TRIED TO ENLIST.
Wanted to "HeIp Out" In Any Way,
but Was Refused,

but Was Refused.
Topeka, Kan.-The fact that the Unit
ed States government does not admit a
man over thirty-fve years Of age to en-
list In the army prevented the officers
In charge Of the local recruiting station
from passing on S. l. Palmer, a pros
porous Pawnee county farmer, the 9TH
er afternoon. e.
MIR. Palmer is sixty-two years of age.
but appears to be man of about forty.
He appeared very much grieved when
he was told he was too old for the serv-
ice.
Neither money nor the desire for ex-
perience had anything to do with Mr..
Palmer's applying for service in the
ranks. He owns 700 acres of good
Pawnee county land.
His only reason was his desire to
help out" he told the officers. He
wanted to be admitted as a telegra-
pher, craftsman or a mechanic He
said he had fifteen years experience
as telegrapher.
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FOR DRY FARMING
Can Be Practiced Where Water
Is Not Available.
REQUIRES MUCH PATIENCE.

In Missouri, In Drought of 1914, Use of
Dry Farming Methods by Only Part
of Farmers Largely Increased Yield
of Corn Per Acre as Compared With
That Of 1901.
Washington.-With the burden of
supplying the worlds wartime crop
facing this country, the committee on
statistics and standards of the Chamber
Of Commerce Of the United States has
called attention to the possibilities
Of dry farming. Such methods, it is
declared, can be made to fit the re-
quirements for raising many Of our
most important products. Dry farm
ing is said to be the only form of agri-
culture which can be successfully prac-
ticed in any region where water is not
available for irrigation and where
rainfall is not sufficient for humid
farming.
The inherent purpose Of dry farming,
it is pointed out, is to conserve mois-
ture in the soil until needed for grow
ing plants. The dry farmer resorts to
methods Of timely and proper cultiva-
ton, narrowing, disking and blowing,
to increase the penetration Of water,
prevent evaporation and store mois-
ture In the soil for the benefit Of the
plants.
'Dry farming is not an easy job, nor
Is the lot Of the farmer in the semi
arid regions any happier at times than
that of the policemen in the Pirates
Of Penzance,'" says Archer Wall Doug
las Of st. Louis, chairman Of the ma
tfOnal commerce committee. at Is a
business requiring much industry, pa
thence, fortitude and intelligent under
standing Of the surrounding conditions
Likewise in the beginning it needs
some reserve capital against emergen-
cies. For there are years when, through
weeks, even months, of rainless heat,
the sky is as brass and the earth as
iron underneath, and rainfall only q
distant memory.
"Yet persevered In and intelligently
stuck to, it is apt to record a success
and to furnish a great need for the
utilization Of the vast area Of semi
arid country. Once exploited as
panacea, then denounced as a fad, it
has at last come into its own as an In
telligent scientific form Of agriculture,
absolutely essential to the development
Of large section of our country"
OF particular interest in meeting war
time conditions is the argument that
dry farming methods are applicable
not only to farming in the semiarid,
but likewise humid regions in times Of
drought. In Missouri in the drought
Of 1914 the use Of dry farming methods
by only a part of the farmers largely
increased the yield Of corn per acre, as
compared with similar conditions In
1901.
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Grass on the Lawn.

Grass seeds terminate in from four
teen to eighteen days. A quart Of seeds
Is sufficient to cover 300 square feet
Is by 20 feet. Five to six bushels are
required per acre.
Do not sow grass seeds in hot, dry
weather, particularly in July or Au-
gust
Poa trivalis is good for shady lawns
under trees.
Festuca rubra is most suitable for
hard wear and for dry or sandy soils.
Sharp sea sand applied lightly over
lawns In the autumn-that Is, over
lawns on clay or loam-encourages the
growth Of fine grasses.
Lawns that are frequently watered
need more fertilizers than those that
are not, as the water washes away
much plant food.-New York Sun.
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nay COACHES FOR TROOPS.
CLEANERS Not to Be Provided Under
War Conditions.

UashingtoD.-It is announced by the
,.cretary of war that standard Pull
ION and tourist sleepers will not be
cod for the transportation Of troops
rnder ordinary conditions during the
cor Day coaches hereafter will be
rspd on the basis Of one officer to each
souble seat and three men to each two
sonbIe seats. The new order applies to
al cases except journeys Of unusual
iongth, covering more than one night
and one day, which cases will be sep
.rately considered when they arise.
It is explained that the new regula-
aon is necessary owing to the limited
number of sleeping cars available for
noon movements and to the congestion
that would arise on transportation
lines if sleepers had to be collected for
every large movement Of troops. More
over. by doing away with sleepers. it
q declared, the number of cars neces-
cary to handle the movement Is de-
creased by one-quarter.
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stoekine the National Parks.

The United States Is carrying on q
very interesting work In exchanging
the wild animals Of one region for those
Of Notwithstanding elk and deer
and Rocky mountain hghorns from
regions In the United States where
they are plentiful to others where, so
far as known, they have not lived.
Some Of the animals are being shipped
long distances, says the Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Wyoming is full OF elk The herds
in the Jackson Hole country are the
largest Of any of North American wild
animals since the days of the countless
buffaloes. But the big Yosemite Ma
donal park Of California, with it's
three-quarters Of a million acres, IN
til recently had no elk, or at least only
q very few scattered specimens. But
the elk shipped in from Wyoming have
become very much at home and are
breeding and multiplying rapidly, add
ing to the charm and picturesqueness
Of this popular national playground
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Stevenson's Wife.

A half caste sailor once said, "Mr
Stevenson is good to me, like my IA.
ther, and his wife Is the same kind OF
man."
King Tembinoke said Of Mrs. Steven.
son, "She good; look pretty plenty
chench" (sense).
Perhaps they both meant what the
poet Edmund Gosse so well expressed
when he wrote of her as being $50
dark and rich hearted, like some won
derful wine-red jewel"
But the best tribute In Mrs. Steven
sons praise came from the pen Of her
husband.-Critic
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The Ultimate


He-Do you know what I am COINS
30 say to you? Drop it!
NJu-Drop what?
He-Everything- and love
ana work and God knows what elsel
1t Is all so provincial Even our dreams,
let them be what they will, are provin-
cfal-yes, even our sufferings.
Nju-And what is there that isn't
provincial?
He-What! Art and death? No; art
Is too! Only death.
NJu-Yes: understand.
He-You don't love me, Nju.
Null love you very much Really
/ do love you, only there is something
that Is more than love-something still
higher.
He-What's that-life?
Null don't know.
He-Or-or death?
Nju-No; there is something still
higher.
He-Than life, death and love?
NJu-Than all combined. There must
surely be something; otherwise the
whole thing would be so meaningless.
From the Russian Play "Nju."
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BOY FARMER A PATRIOT;
SAVES MOTHER A fine
Gennaro Didn't Go to School, but
Cultivated Twenty Acres
In Westminster.

New York.-Mrs. Rosa de Rosa, a
widow, missed being fined in the mu-
nicipal term court for keeping her son
Gennaro home from school by Just
twenty acres. These acres are part of
her home at Mill Lane, Westchester,
and for the last month they have been
plowed and narrowed and fortified
and planted and cultivated by Gennaro
alone, and he is only fifteen.
1t was his age that got Gennaro into
trouble, for the compulsory education
law compels parents to keep their chill
dren In school until their sixteenth
year. That is why Mrs. De Rosa ap-
peared in court, very much frightened
and escorted by Attendance Officers
Puglieri and Carney.
Magistrate Appleton looked sternly
at the little Italian woman until she
had explained that she was a widow,
that there was mortgage on her home
and that Gennaro was her only sup
port. Then he smiled, and after Publ
eri and Carney had testified that the
twenty acres were under intensive cul-
tiVation and that one fifteen-year-old
lad was doing all this work the magis-
trate announced his decision.
Sentence suspended" he said. Your
son, Mrs. De Rosa. is doing a patriotic
duty. He is a real benefit to the COM
munity-more so than if he went to
school, as the law requires
Gennaro did not hear this praise. He
was up in Westchester. cultivating the
twenty acres.
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Use of Bacon Drippinqs.

Bacon drippings make splendid short
ening for light, fiaky pie crust. 1t
takes Just little less of the drippings
than Of ordinary lard or vegetable
shortening. Use it for shortening In
spice cake, gingerbread or any dark
cake and note the delicious flavor.
Spread rye bread with thin layer
Of the pure drippings and sprinkle q
little salt on it. Add to this a thin
slice Of any salt meat and you will
have q delicious and highly nutritious
sandwich. The European housewife
has long made use of such sandwiches
for the between meal snack for grow
ing boys and girls.
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DE POTESTAD OFFERS SWORD
Son of Ex-Spanish Diplomat Seeks
limited States Officers Commission.

BaItimore.-R. E. l. de Potestad, son
of the late Marquis de Potestad-F For
mari, formerly Spanish diplomat in the
United States, has applied for a COM
mission in the officers reserve corps
from Maryland and has virtually been
accepted by the my examining board
at Johns Hopkins university.
Lieutenant Elliott, chief examining
officer, said that although Mr.. de Pote-
stad is past fifty-two he is the finest
specimen of manhood that has been
examined here and has the physique of
q man of thirty. Mr.. de Potestad's IA
Their represented the Spanish govern
ment during the settlement of the Gu
ban claims after the Spanish-American
war. He died in Switzerland several
months ago. His son has a large estate
near this city and is an American
citizen.
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The Pygmy Hippopotamus.

One of the animals least known to
the outside world is the pygmy hippo
potamus Of West Africa
This animal IS just what it's name
implies, a pygmy hippopotamus. 1t is
much smaller than the common hippo
potamus, being no larger than an ordi-
nary or fair sized hog. 1t differs some
what from the common hippo In the
character Of its teeth, and instead of
spending its time in the rivers and
lakes in large herds it wanders about
through the jungles singly or in pairs,
much after the manner of swine In
search OF mast.-London Spectator.
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Wisdom of Persia,

Purity is for man, next to life, the
greatest good. That purity is procured
by the law Of Mazda to him who
cleanses his own self with good
thoughts, words and deeds.
Thou shouldst not become presump-
tuous through any happiness of the
world, for the happiness of the world
is such like as a cloud that comes on q
rainy day, which one does not ward
Off by any hill.-From the Zend-Avesta,
Ancient Persian Scriptures.
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Our Coal Supply.

The United States coal supply is near
ly one-half that Of the entire world.
Estimates put the available coal supply
Of the United States at 8, 1888, 500, OO0, 900
tons out of world total estimated at
1881, $50, 100000 tons. China ranks next
to the United States in available sup
ply, estimated at 1,5OO,OO0,O00OOO tons;
Great Britain, 1S0,000OO0O0O; Ger
many, 164.OOOOO0OOO. and Canada,
100000, 100000 tons.
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CURED BY LIGHTNING.

Sufferer From Rheumatism Says He 10
Well Now.
Indiana, PA sufferer from rheu-
matism each winter for the past fifteen
years, Walter Loring Of Rayne town
ship believes that he was permanently
cured Of the disease by a stroke Of
lightning. While sitting in his home
during a severe electric storm, the
house was struck by lightning, and
both he and his wife were rendered un-
conscious. 1t was with difficulty that
they were revived.
Lately he has not been troubled, and
he believes the rheumatism was burned
out of his system by the electricity
which passed through his body.
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POMEROY CONSENTS TO WORK
Notorious Life Convict at Last MingIes
With Other Inmates.

Boston.-JesSe Pomeroy, the states
notorious life prisoner, abandoned his
objections to the revised terms of his
sentence and for the first time in forty
years mingled with his fellow inmates
He has been put to work.
When Governor Mccall and his coun-
ell last January committed that pro-
vision Of POmeroy's sentence which
stipulated that he should spend his
days in solitary confinement Pomeroy
objected to the change that made him
liable to labor. His refusal to work
was punished with twenty-four hours
in a dark cell and a diet of bread and
water, but he declined to yield until
recently.
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Continental CONGRESS.

The first session Of the continental
congress was held in Carpenters hall,
Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774, with forty
four members present. All the colonies
were represented except Georgia and
North Carolina. PeytOn Randolph of
Virginia was president and Charles
Thomson was secretary.
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Dad Gets Back.

$50 you are going to marry a chorus
girl, bsy'"
'Now, don't kick up fuss, dad. Two
can live as cheaply as one"
I'll give you a chance to prove that.
Not cent increase Of allowance do
you get"-Louisville Courier-J Journal
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LONDON HONORS GEN. SHUTS.
6oer Leader Likely to Be Offered High
British Command.

SSGT I0a0CT GtNSty " oS SHeTco
British Command.
London. - Lieutenant General Jan
SHUTS, who was relieved Of the COM
mand Of the British forces operating
against the Germans in German East
Africa to attend the imperial confer
ence here, received the freedom Of the
city Of London. General SHUTS In an
address said:
'The United States entered the strug-
gle because, like US, she recognized
that universal liberty was at stake.
The end Of the struggle Is coming near
or. I have learned the spirit Of our
armies and know that It is magnif-
cent In its confidence to carry ths
struggle through to a victorious end"
General SHUTS win be offered high
military command, and It Is expected
10 win accept It
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All Wronu,

"Now, look here, Alice, know every
thing. You've been carrying on with
another man. / even know that his
name is Rupert"
How ridiculous you are! First Of
all, l haven't flirted with any one, and,
secondly, his name isn't Rupert. Pass
ing Show.
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PROTECTS ENLISTED MEN.
Bill Will Prevent Slight to Uniforms
Anywhere In United States.

Washington. - Representative John
Jacob Rogers Of Lowell, Mass, intro
duced a bill in the house to prevent
discrimination against enlisted men
wearing the uniforms of. the military
or naval forces Of the United States I'm
places Of public entertainment.
A similar law enacted in 1906 pre-
vents such discrimination in the Dis
Tict Of Columbia and in the territorial
possessions of the United States. The
Rogers proposal would make this law
effective in all states as well. The
Measure will have the support of the
administration, it is stated.