CATARACT OF THE EYE. It May Come at Any Time of Life, and Its Goal Is Blindness. Cataract is an opacity of the crystal line lens caused by interference with its nutrition. As the rays of light can not penetrate this opaque matter it re suits in blindness. A cataract may come at any time of life, but is most apt to come in old age. when senile changes take place in all parts of the body. A cataract may be caused by changes in the eye before birth. Children are born with a cataract. It may be caused by changes during childhood, by disease or injury, by excessive and persistent light and heat and by many other causes. Glassblowers are sub ject to it, X ray workers, sufferers from diabetes and many others. It may be a primary disease or it may be secondary to other diseases. It is often very successfully treated by operation, particularly in the aged, the lens or lens and its capsule being removed. The development of cataract Is sometimes very rapid, especially aft er injury, but in the aged it takes place slowly, sometimes requiring years before blindness results. The operation is not usually done until the cataract is mature or ripe. An earlier operation frequently militates against a successful result.—Philadelphia Rec ord. DEGREES CF COOKING. What Is Meant by Rare, Medium and Well Done Meat. Perhaps a word may be said about the degree of cooking, as indicated by the words rare, medium and well done, used in reference to the cooking of meat. Some people interpret "rare" as mean ing meat seared a little on the outside, but with the whole interior raw. This is far from a correct interpretation. The albumen should be coagulated, the • fibers really cooked, but the juice may be yet red or piuk. In "medium" there is still some piuk left in the meat, though the red color has left the juice, while well done means no pink color in either juice or fiber, but not the stringy. ov< .-cooked, tasteless product so often served as "well done" meat. The quantity and kind of meat used by any family depend upon its living habits, its appreciation of food values and the money available for food. The excessive use of meat means an un wise expenditure of money as well as an unnecessary tax upon the kidneys and liver, but in any case the prepara tion of it is a most important factor.— Woman's World. A Shot That Made Trouble. An odd incident happened in the then Danish West Indies in the last century that nearly caused serious internation al complications. An American marks man,. paying a visit to Charlotte Aina lia, amused the governor by an exhibi tion of his skill with the rifle. Sitting on the veranda of the government house, he s.iit! thai he could cut Willi a bullet the signal halyards on the flagstaff of the fort and lower the Dan ish standard to the ground. As the lines were almost invisible in the dis tance the governor was willing to bet that he could not do it. The shot rang j out, and the flag fell. Presently a i horseman dashed up. informing the | governor that, some one had ti re J on A Stormy Trip. "Good gracious! How in the world did you happen to get lost?" "Oh, after we had been on the road about five hours we found that the chauffeur was trying to find his way with a weather map."—Puck. NO GIRLS ON WARSHIPS IS NEW BRITISH EDICT. Order Due to Torpedo Being Fired In Dock During Visit. "No more girls on warships," Is the edict of the British admiralty. The ordnr is the result of a torpedo run ning amuck at Newport, Isle of Wight, j The British destroyers put in at New port frequently and the officers have become popular with the inhabitants, une evening a prominent citizen of Newport, his niece and another young woman were aboard a destroyer, and one of the gunners was explaining the working of a torpedo tube. The charge of high explosive had been removed and placed to one side, when the gunner was temporarily call ed away. Meanwhile another gunner came along and, thinking the explana tion had been concluded, replaced the charge and went away. The first gunner returned and, una ware that the charge had been replac ed, proceeded with his dem oust ration, saying. "This is how tne torpedo is dis charged." With that he pressed the button. There was a report, and the amazed little party saw the deadly torpedo leave its tube and travel under water right across the stretch between the ; pier where the destroyer was tied up and the next pier. It was makins? straight for a large Italian steamship. But for some unexplained reason the torpedo's course was suddenly deflect ed. Instead of striking the steamer it crashed into the wall of the pier twen ty feet from the vessel's stern. Tons *©f water were thrown into the air. drenching many persons who happened to be nearby. The pier suffered con siderably. There will be no more little parties. POLAR POSTAGE. Special Stamps Used by Some of the Exploring Expeditions. Many arctic and antarctic explorers have taken with them a special sup ply of postage stamps for special uses. Yv hen the Terra Nova left New Zea : land on Nov. 20, 1010, she had ou I board £lOO worth of New Zealand | penny stamps bearing the words "Vic toria Land." Captain Scott was made postmastei if Lritish Antarctica, an appointmeni first held by Sir Ernest Shackleton ir 1907. The stamps carried by the Shackle ton expedition were the ordinary New Zealand stamps, marked "King Ed ward VII. Land." Twenty-three thou sand of these stamps were issued, and though of only a penny value they are now quoted at 2G shillings each, un used. The Australian antarctic expedition, under the leadership of Dr. Mawson, used the stamps of Tasmania, cancel ed with a special postmark showing in the center the figure of a penguin. The stamps used by the Terra Nova expedition were also canceled by a de sign noticeable for the figure of a penguin. The German antarctic expedition of 1911 had a stamp of special manufac ture showing a design of the expedi tion's ship, the Deutschlnnd.—Minne apolis Journal. frapping Baboons. Hagenbeck in his book says that bab oons are caught in traps made much like the huts of savages. Food Is put Into the huts, and once the baboons go Inside a trapdoor closes behind them. Outside baboons make a great to do and urge the prisoners to escape. "When the trappers come the captured baboons are terror stricken and try to force their heads through the walls of the huts. One baboon was caught three times in the same trap, and sev eral when turned loose got back into the same trap a second time. When the baboons are carried away all their comrades thereabout climb Into trees and scream out to the prisoners, who answer in sad, mournful voices. On one occasion some big Arabian baboons were trapped, when 2,000 or 3,000 bab oons hurled themselves upon the trap pers, who had hard work to save them selves with firearms and clubs. As the trappers were forced back.the victori ous baboons tore up the trap and turn ed loose the captured baboons. EDISON'S NEW INVENTION. 3,000,000 Candle Power Searchlight Fed by Storage Batteries. Profiting by an experience of firemen In fighting the $3,000,000 fire at the Edison works in West Orange, N. J... on Dec. 9, 1914, Thomas A. Edison has perfected another invention, which he took to his home in Llewellyn Park. A few minutes after Charles Edison began operating the device for the edi fication of his father people living in the valley east of Llewellyn Park tele phoned police headquarters and asked. "What is that terrible light shooting out of the park?" A policeman found Mr. Edison and bis family enjoying the wonders pro duced by a new 3,000,0u:> candle power ; searchlight, capable of throwing a raj , several miles, the most powerful port able searchlight yet invented. It is rery small, and the power Is supplied oy storage batteries. In the fire at the Erlison plant the /ards were thrown into darkness whan the power was shut off. Mr. Edison | conceived the idea of a portable search light, and two days after the blaze he had designed a working model. Now he has announced the perfection of his Id eu Ji was said at the Edison laboratory that the lamp will be very useful 1 r. mine rescue work, at fires and on The Czarina. "Do try and get the empress to smile. Eulalia," said one of the grand duchesses to me at some court func tion. But that was sooner said than done. There is not a trace of artificiality In the empress' character. She seem ed unable to pretend she was enjoy ing herself when, in point of fact. Bhe was fatigued and bored. Moving as the central figure of a splendid pageant, I think she was always wish ing the ceremony to be at an end and to find herself free to be with her chil dren again.—H. R. H. the Infanta Eu lalia in Century. Alphabetical. Willis—Won't you dine with me? Gillis—Thank you. I just dined. I was home and had my regular meal of ap ples, apricots and asparagus. Willis— Isn't that a rather odd combination? Gillis—Well, you see, my wife went to o domestic science school and had to leave after the first week.—Life. Not Guilty. It was 4 a. m., and Bilkins crept soft ly into the house and removed his shoes, but as he tiptoed up the stairs one of the treads gave a loud creak. "Is that you. John?" demanded Mrs. Bilkins from above. "No, my love." replied Bilkins; "it's the stairs."—lllustrated Bits. Learning About Women. "The only way for a man to learn all about a woman is to get married." "And study the ways of his wife, eh?" "No! Listen to what she tells him about other women."—Boston Tran script Two of a Kind. "My dear Mrs. Gadsby, I'm so glad to see you. What is the latest gossip?" "My dear, that is just what I called to find out"—St. Louis Post-Dispatch MIGHTY MAUNA LOA. This Gigantic Volcano Is a Worthy Ri val to Vesuvius. The lofty volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands, rising above the ocean from 5,000 to nearly 14.000 feet, are only the summits of gigantic mountain masses that rise abruptly from the bottom of tbe Pacific. Mauua Loa, ou the island of Hawaii, stands 13.675 feet above sea level, but its slopes descend be neath the sea. as shown by deep sea soundings, with a grade fully equal to if not greater than that of the visible slopes. The same is generally true of the submarine slopes of other islands, and the depths attained by these con tinuous slopes, within thirty to fifty miles of the shores, vary from 14.000 to 19,000 feet. Ma una Loa and Mauna Kea, If their true bases are considered to be at the bottom of the Pacific, are therefore mountains of as great an alti tude as Mount Everest or approxi mately 30,000 feet In general the Hawaiian Island group consists of summits of a gigantic submarine mountain chain which projects only its loftier peaks and domes above the water. On the island of Hawaii the I volcanic forces are still in operation. The one continuously active volcanic vent of the island ic Kilauea. far down on the eastern flank of Mauna Loa— ! "the great mountain." No other vol cano in the world approaches Mauua Loa in the vastness of its mass or in the magnitude of its eruptive activity. There are many volcanic peaks higher in the air, but most of them are plant ed upon elevated platforms, where they appear as mere cones of greater or less size. It is not yet known at what level the base of Mauna Loa is situated, but it is below the sea, probably far below. Mauna Kea—"the white mountain" —is also a colossus among volcanoes. Its summit, 13,825 feet, is a trifle high er than that of Mauna Loa, but its slopes are steeper, and its base Is there fore much smaller. The magnitude of Mauna Loa is due chiefly to the great area of its base, which is nearly ellip tical in shape, with a major diameter of seventy-four miles and a minor di ameter of_ttfty-three miles, measured How to Throw the Spitball. A spitball is thrown just opposite to an ordinary curve. Instead of giving the rotary motion with the fingers, it Is given with the thumb. The thumb is placed firmly against a seam, and the saliva is applied to the ball be neath the fingers. The ball is thrown overhanded, and slipping easily from beneath the moistened fingers, bu*. gripped firmly by the thumb against the seam, a sharp rotary motion is giv en to the ball. When properly thrown a sharp break is secured, the direction of the break depending upon the angle at which the ball is released. The ball Is controlled by the thumb.—American Boy. Lots of Vowels. In the Hawaiian language every word ends in a vowel. A Hawaiian finds it almost impossible to pronounce two consonants together, and in Eng lish he has the greatest difficulty in pronouncing any \.ord ending with a consonant. Mr. Hale in his Polynesian grammar says: "In all the Polynesian dialects every syllable must terminate In a vowel, and two consonants are never heard without a vowel between them. It is chiefly to this peculiarity that the softness of these languages is to be attributed. The longest syllable! l have only three letters, and many syl lables consist of a single vowel." Again, no syllable, as a general rule. In the Bantu family of African speech can end In a consonant but only in vowels. Protected. Gmbbs— I hear that old Skinem has given the committee his views on tbe proposed new charter. Stubbs—That must be a mistake. Skinem never gave anybody auything. If the committee had his views he has the committee's note providing for the return of the views with something more than legal Interest. Richmond Times-Dispatch. — An Element of Difficulty. "What is the hardest part of your work as a lecturer?" asked the man designated as toastmaster. "As a rule." replied Mr. Speekins. "the hardest part of my work is wak ing the audience up after the man who introduces me has concluded his remarks."—Washington Star. No Postmortem Touch. "Loan me $5 until Thursday, old man. If I live till then I'll surely pay you." "All right. But if you succumb don't send anybody around to touch me for the funeral expenses."—Seattle Post- Intelligencer. Modus Vivendi. The term modus vivendi is a mutual arrangement whereby persons not at the time being on friendly terms can be induced to lire together in harmony. The term may be applied to individuals, to societies or to peoples It signifies a mode of living Wood cohol. The greatest fh" 1 r in inhaling the fumes of wood a.cohol is their effect on the optic nerve, which ofteu results in total and Incurable blindness. Strange. "Strange things happen in life." "Indeed 1 I even know a man who actually thinks his landlord is a fine fellow."— E rchange. ..The Indiana Macaroni Company.. OUR MACARONI Can he Bought at the Following Stores: The Cunningham Department Store, Steveson A: Myers. Plotzer Meat Market. | They are FRESH. Made in Indiana . Odd Happenings In the Day's News Beer gardens in Munich, the greatest beer drinking center in Germany, serve lemonade because of shortage in beer. Aurora borealis on rampage inter rupted telegraph service and stopped trains in northwest United States and Canada. He didn't hit the frog, but Peter Banks, colored, must spend thirty days in jail for shooting at one, because he had no license to shoot a gun in New Jersey. Man who must appear in supreme court in alimony case inspected Lud low stret jail. New York city headquar ters of the Alimony club, and said it suited him. Haircut didn't suit Walter Eddy, so he has sued Colgate fellow students for $5,000, charging that they forcibly clipped a head of hair it took him four years to grow. Thereby Hangs a Tale. Nature Faker—Why do the leaves turn red in autumn? Freshman—lt's the established law of creation. Na ture Faker—You're wrong. They have to blush when they think how green they've been.—Brunonian. Aluminium. Since the Centennial exposition an entirely new industry in mining and metallurgy has been developed through the production of aluminium. No alu minium was produced ou a commercial scale in 1876. Clevsr Schema. "Blink's wife seems to be quite a mu sician." "Yes, she is a fine pianist" "How does she keep in practice when she is away from home?" "She carries a large muff." "What for?" "Just to keep her hand in! w—Pear son's Weekly. What After Safety? Everybody from Dan to Beorshoba is now thoroughly convinced that "safety first" is the proper thing. It may not always be possible to agree upon Whose safety it shall be, but considered wholly in the abstract anybody caught putting anything ahead of safety in these enlightened days of peace and good will would have to dodge anath ema the rest of his life. Indeed, so amicably and universally settled Is this problem of "safety first" that many are wondering if we shouldn't now stop talking about it and commence to consider \vh:it shall come after safety. Safety, although the thing, is not the only thing. What shall we have for second? Any sug gestion, however fooolish, will be wel come.—Life. Inner Life In Constantinople. Constantinople has a deleterious ef* feet upon Europeans. So at least de clared a "great and highly gifted lady," mentioned by Grant Duff. She had the honor of being received by the sultan. "I hope you like Constantinople?" in quired the monarch. "Yes," said she, "but I find great difficulty in leading my inner life here." The sultan start ed, but, recovering himself, said suave ly, "Ah, no one should drink water here without having It previously boil ed."—London Chronicle. This Player "Quick Study." For remarkable memory it would be hard to outdo a strolling player of the eighteenth century, of whom Sir Wil liam Robertson Nicoll has written. For a wager he once undertook to memorize the whole of the next day's Daily Ad vertiser and accomplished his task by repeating every line In the Journal, news, headings, advertisements and ah in perfect order and without a slip.— London Tatler. Gentlemen Didn't Answer. "Will the gentlemen please move up forward a little?" called out the polite conductor of the trolley car. "I won't," growled Mr. Grouch, who hung to a strap near the door. "Oh, I didn't ask you," said the con ductor.—Buffalo News. Talking. Talking Is like playing on the harp. There is as mnch in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music.—Holmes. As the Twig Is Bent. Knicber—What became of the *oy ' who was kept in at school? Booker- Grew up to be the man who v-aa de tained at the office.—New York Sun. Man is only miserable so far as thinks himself ol— ! Sanaza.ro. CULLOOEN MOOR. The Last Battle Fought on the Soil of Great Britain. The last battle fought on the soil of Great Britain took place in the middle of the eighteenth century. While George 11. of England was en gaged in the war of the Austrian suc cession Charles Edward, who was call ed the Young Pretender, a grand son of King James 11. of England, landed in Scotland and made two at tempts to obtain the throne of his ancestors. He was victorious in the battle of Falkirk, but the Duke of Cumberland, son of George 11., having been recalled from the continent to take command of the king's forces, the Pretender was entirely defeated at Culloden moor, a plain in Scotland, four miles from Inverness. This was the last battle fought on the island of Great Britain and took place April 16, 1746, and it was also the last attempt on the part of the Stuart family to recover the throne of Great Britain. Charles Edward Stuart escaped to France after he had wandered for five months in the highlands, pursued by his enemies. He died in Rome Jan. 30, 1788. The Duke of Cumberland gave no quarter. The wounded were all slain, and the jails of England were filled with prisoners, many of whom were executed. Among the latter number were Lords Balmerino Kilmarnock and Lovat—Lovat being the last person who was beheaded in England.—Philadelphia Press Women Who Make Living Dearer. Woman's abuse of a shopping privi lege adds tremendously to the cost o( operating department stores, ami places a needless burden upon ever' buyer. One of the large merchants o: New York city is authority for th> statement that 25 per cent of the sr tides sent out to charge patrons are returned, not occasionally, but habit oally. We are not thinking of the w > man who returns garments that have been worn and declares they have never been used. She belongs in a clasv by herself and demands special treat ment- But the woman who orders goods sent home without considering whether she needs them or not oughi to ie amenable to reason.—Franib Frear in Leslie's. Suffocated. To the grouchy looking person whe had boarded his car the conductor said as he returned him his transfer: "This transfer expired ten minutef ago." Whereupon, with a growl, the mat dug for a nickel and as he handed ii to the conductor observed: "No wonder, with not a single ven tilator open in the whole car."—liar par's Magazine. Nicely Graded. It is still a tradition that the people of Manchester, England, should gibe at Liverpool with the proverb, "A Manchester man, a Liverpool gentle man;" but, it is said, classification is not so strongly marked In Lancashire as in the old days. When stagecoach es were running a guard was once ask ed, "Who has tha' getten inside, Billy?" Billy Consulted his list and replied, "A gentlemon fra Liverpool, a mon fra Manchester, a chap fra Owdham and a fellow fra Wigan." His Occupation. "What does your father do?" "Whatever mother tells him." "I mean what's hts occupation?" "Oh, his occupation! Pa's a confla gration ejector; puts out fires, you know."—Boston Transcript LAKE SHIPPING HARD HIT Seamen's Bill Will Kill Excursion Traffic, Say Ship Men. Cleveland, July 21. —Steamship men operating on the Great Lakes declare that the seamen's bfcil which will be come effective on Nov. 4, 1915, will operate against American merchant marine on the Great Lakes in as dead ly a manner as it is already operating on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The direct effect on the Great Lakes caused by the bill's impossible in crease in cost of operation, they say, will be sure to drive from the Great Lakes low cost passenger-package freight steamships, which, because of their present low cost of operation and high efficiency, are able to render the shipping and traveling public max imum service at minimum price. Officials of passenger lines plyirz in the lak?s say they ho"e tha chaos which they belie will f the operation of the r w, w II i _ | suit In the establish -- a burc of marine, to be cr c mg.es. < the head of v.hich .- becon . j member of the presiden ibiny. Another Gusher at Evans City. Evans City, Pa., July 21. —An A oil well v >.s brought in hero !>- a group of F"UAurgh men. The