Household Matters.
Work For Educated Women.
The demand for employment by
educated women la greater propor
tionately here than In any other
country. - Nowhere in the world Is
the dilemma of a woman accustomed
to luxury and suddenly thrown on her
own resources so distressing aa in
England. This problem was dis
cussed yesterday at a great confer
ence In London where representative
women of England, Ireland and Scot
land met to decide on the best means
to help educated women to earn a liv
ing wage.
Lady Bectlve pleaded for the for
mation of a London trades school for
women where education on special
studies could be combined with trade
training. Alice Woods, of the Maria
Grey Training School, gave some re
sults of inquiries Into the subject of
coeducation in America. She said
the custom had originated as a mat
ter of convenience, and it was an ex
cellent training for girls. Regarding
the statements as to the effeminacy
of American boys she attributed more
to the great predominance of woman
teachers than to the presence of girls
in the schoolrooms. New York Sun,
' Duchess Seeks Retirement.
The Duchess of Marlborough, born
Consuelo Vanderbrlt, has not realized
the hopes of her early girlhood, says
the Delineator. She has recently
made her first visit back to this coun
try since her separation from the
duke. London society Is very sym
pathetic toward the young duchess,
who is not only a general favorite,
but a personal friend of the Queen as
well. Life has not dealt as well with
her as it promised. Ten years ago
Bhe was full of enjoyment of every
thing; now she is saddened and not
strong, and she seeks a retirement
that her deafness almost enforces.
By arrangement with her husband
she has her two sons for half the
year, and she has many interests;
her embroideries, her books and her
spaniels, but it is all very different
from what seemed before her. Ru
mor has it that she was greatly dis
appointed at her husband's failure to
achieve distinction in politics, and
that she hated to see the untitled
husband of Mary Leiter, of Chicago,
go ahead to honor after-honor, while
her own duke achieved nothing. How
ever, though much has gone against
her, she Is still greatly admired in
London society, and when she enters
drawing room wearing her famous
peans mai once oeiongea to Lamar
Mont-Bean Tie. Getting a"hurry meal" one day, I found
I had a few cooked beans, a couple of slices of boiled beet
heart and a bowl of mashed potatoes, also a cupful of the nice,
rich gravy from the heart, writes a woman correspondent of
The Epitomist. I trimmed and minced the meat, mashed the
beans and put them through the colander to take out the skins,
mixed these and the gravy together and put Into a baking dish.
The mashed potato was softened with a little hot water and
when beaten smooth, spread evenly over the top of the "pie,"
.and the whole put into the oven. When hot through, I spread
a little butter orer the "crust," and put it on the grate to
brown. This dish was pronounced good and eaten every bit.
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ine of Russia, her ill health and her
cares cannot Altogether dim her state
ly beauty.
"Ain't It Awful, Mabel!"
What is an unfortunate judge to
do when a lady refuses to pay for a
supply of "chemises" specially made
(or her, on the ground that they do
not fit? In the case of other and
more exterior garments there are
plenty of legal precedents. The lady
retires to the Judge's private room
alone, and presently emerges clad in
the disputed garment, in order that
His Honor may Judge for himself as
to its approximation to the human
form divine that is underneath it.
Eut chemises!
Such was the problem before an
Eastern Judge the other day. Well
might he exclaim "What am I to do
in such a case as this? I can try a
jacket on and say if it fits, but how
can I fit on these things?" And then
his feelings got the better of him and
he groaned, "Really, you ladies, this
Is too awful for words. I am very
much afraid I shall have to refer this
case to ome one who is older and
.wiser than I am. It is far too deli
cate for me." Eventually the irate
ladles were persuaded to talk the
matter over among themselves and
try to reach some agreement. Other
wises the court would have to appoint
a Uuy arbitrator and abide by. her
decision. The Argonaut
V
r' Women and Their Money.
An English Judge has refused to
recognize that a woman's stocking is
the proper place for her purse. A
similar opinion was handed down by
a Judge in Iowa not so long ago, when
a plaintiff failed to get damages from
a railway company for injuries re
ceived through falling down stairs on
the company's premises while trying
to extract her purse from her stock
ing. Without wishing to carp at the de
cisions of these wise tribunals, we
would respectfully submut that there
Is a good deal to be said on the other
side. Mere man, we admit, does Apt
and would not carry his purse. If he
ever had a purse, in his sock. But
then mers man is reasonably proTid-
ed with pockets, whereas it is noto
rious that the feminine pocket is
either absolutely non-existent or ah
surdly non-practical a standing
temptation to the thief and exposed
to perpetual risk of the accidental
loss of its contents.
Albeit, the failure of a woman to
provide herself with a rational pock
et is one of the strongest arguments
against her claim for the franchise.
A sex which cannot take care of its
purse and has only the most elemen
tary notion of a pocket of its own
ought not to be permitted to assume
the control of the public's purse and
pocket. New York World.
For the Home Seamstress.
Many of the new cotton goods have
the colors and markings of the best
silks.
For shirt waists, the wash fabrics
In mercerized cotton are fine. The
colored goods have a silky smooth'
ness, and launder beautifully.
Linen crash is always a good ma
terial for spring dresses, as it wears
well, does not fade if laundered care
fully, and always looks fresh.
In making up linens, remember
that the material shrinks very much
when washed, and it should always
be well damped and ironed before
cutting. The lustre of the goods will
be dimmed by this process, but it
will be lost at the first washing, any.
way, and it is very hard to supply
the shrinkage to the finished gar
ment in any other way.
Many shirt waists are made with
broad shoulder effects by the use of
triple pleats over the shoulders, back
and front, and they are easy to laun
der. Bishop sleeves, with small cuffs
and circular stock collars go with
these.
A good pattern for the skirt of a
shirt waist suit is one with no pleats
about the hips a plain, flaring pat
tern, and only an inverted pleat be
hind. The bottom should be
hemmed, and the trimming at the
foot should be folds of the dress ma
terial, with or without piping.
Challls, silk, Chinese crepe, nun's
veiling, cashmere, voile or henrletta
cloth may be used for dressy house
dresses, but the work dresses should
be of wash materials for hygienics
reasons.
For elderly women the shawl col
lar is seen on semi-dressy street
dresses. The collar should fit snug
ly over the shoulders, crossing on
the front of the waist in surplice
fashion.
The surplice waist is particularly
kind to the stout woman. Most eld
erly ladles wear black, which should
be softened by something white
against the neck and face, and with
the surplice waist, a front of some
soft white material can be filled in
the opening, giving it Just the needed
toning down. The Commoner.
Ideas From Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
Mrs. Humphrey Ward, for whom a
dinner was given at the Waldorf
Astoria, told some 600 members and
guests that the evening use of the
grade schools in this country had
solved a problem at which England
was still tamely fumbling.
Mrs. Ward said also that our
parks and playgrounds were beyond
anything that England had at pres
ent, particularly the playgrounds, be
cause Americans, through organiza
tion, had discovered how to get the
most good out of them. The guest
of the evening declared, however,
that England was showing the way
in the proper use of the school build
ings, in that buildings never stood
empty, save in the early morning
hours. The English people, men,
women and children, were using them
for both study, relief and recreation.
. Richard Watson Gilder
master. Other speakers were: Jacob
Rlls, Robert W. de Forest, William
H. Maxwell, superintendent, of
schools; Miss Jane Addams, of the
Hull House Association of Chicago;
the Duchess of Marlborough, Kate
Douglas Wiggln and Dr. Luther Hal
Bey Gullck. head of the Pnhiin
Schools Atlantic Leacue. New Ynrfr
Evening Post
Waterproofing Moccasins.
For keeping oil-tanned moccasins
and .boots waterproof use two parts
of beeswax, with three of tallow and
about six parts of kerosene, to make
a sort paste. Melt the beeswax and
tailow and when melted add the kero
sene and let cool. AddIv satae na tal.
lw. W. F. Purchase, in Recreation.
An Acre to Support Four Persons.
Vegetarians assert that one acre of
land will comfortably support lour
persona on a vegetable diet
Fcrniture Polish,
Have your druggist prepare for
ypu five cents' worth of turpentine
with five cents' worth of parafftne oil
Shake well and apply to furniture
with a soft cloth, after which rub dry
with another cloth. This is especially
effective for a piano. New York
World.
To Clean Carpets.
Use two ounces each of salsoda and
borax, one cake of white soap dis
solved in a large bucketful of boiling;
sou water. L.et stand until cooi;
then add two ounces of sulphuric
ether. Scrub the -dusted carpet on
the floor with the warm fluid and
wipe dry with a clean cloth. This
will destroy moths and clean and
brighten the carpet beautifully. New
York World.
To Remove Spots.
Fill a small cheese cloth bag with
cornmeal and rub the soiled surface
as you would with a plain cloth;
sometimes a large grease stain on the
wall above a couch where members of
the family have rested their heads
can best be removed by the use of
blotting paper and a hot iron; the
heat draws the grease through the
blotting paper, then rub with the
meal bag. Boston Post
Soap Bubbles.
Children always delight in soap
bubbles, but often there would-be en
joyment is marred because of the
seeming Impossibility of making suds
that will lend themselves to "blow
ing." One who knows gives this re
cipe for a successful suds: '
An inch cube of yellow soap should
be dissolved In a pint of warm water,
Add a tablespoonful of gum arable
to give elasticity, and when thorough
ly Incorporated add a quart of cold
water and a teaspoonful of glycerine,
this last for the sake of brilliancy.
If one wishes to make the suds
elaborate, add strawberry Juice or
currant Juice to give a pinkish hue.
Grape juice will tinge the bubbles
violet or purple, and yet prove harm
less to the little folks. New Haven
Register.
Rnth Tub For Baby.
Get some strips of wood about one
and one-half Inches wide and three
eighth of an inch thick for the frame
work, four strips thirty inches long
for the lees, which are nlvoted nnon
the ends of a central bar twenty-eight
incnes long. I used an old broom
handle for the central bar and Inlnert
the legs to It with alongscrew. There
are four strips twenty-eight Inches
for the side bars: two are elued And
nailed at the top for rubber bag to be
tacked to; the other two strips are
used for braces and are nailed about
four inches from the bottom of the
legs. The tub itself is made of a sin
gle piece of rubber cloth thirty inches
wide and one and one-elehth yards
long. I used a lining of the coarsest
drilling to strengthen it. There is a
hem at each end, and broad tanes
nineteen inches long are passed
through the hems and firmly fast
ened to the side bars; the sides of
the rubber cloth are tacked to the
side bars with brass headed tacks. A
small pleat in each corner gives the
tub a better shane. This tub win
serve as a bed for a small baby, and
when a little older it makes a safe
place to put the baby with its tovs.
Boston Post.
Apple Muffins. One eee beaten.
one cun chonned annlea. two tahla.
spoonfuls sugar, one of melted but
ter, two and one-half cups of sifted
flour, one-half cup milk.
Currant Cud Cakes. One and one.
quarter cups sugar, four eggs, one
level teaspoonful mace, one cup flour,
one and one-quarter cups ct pastry
flour, two-thirds cup of cleaned cur
rants. Bake in moderate oven.
Boston Brown Bread. Mix nnn
cup yellow cornmeal, one cup graham
flour, one-half teaspoon salt, one cup
rye meal and two teasDOona of hair.
ing powder well together; then add
one-nan cup oi molasses, then a well
beaten eee. into which nut nnn nint
of milk. Mix thoroughly to form a
natter. Four into well greased molds
and steam four hours.
Snowball Cake One and onn-half
cups sugar; three tablespoonfuls but
ter; two-tnirds cup milk; two cups
flour: three eees whites: twn ctvpn
teaspoonfuls baking powder; one tea
spoonful extract of almond. Cream
the butter and suzar. add th
whites, milk, flour and baking powder
sutea together, and then the flavor
ing. Bake in a square cake nan. and
frost
Stewed Lettuce. Wash the desired
number of heads of lettuce, cutting
off the stalks at the roots, and put
Into a saucepan with ah onion sliced,
a little parsley and salt and pepper,
with a very little water, to cook slow
ly for two hours. By this time the
water should bare pretty well cooked
away, leaving the lettuce fairly dry.
Remove from it the onion and pars
ley, put into a dish, dress well wild
melted butter and send to table hot
Preserving Eggs With Lnrd.
Cover a fresh egg with a thtn coat
fng of lard, and it will keep perfectly
good for an Indefinite period, accord
ing to a report of a new method of
preserving eggs made to the State
Department by Consul Murphy at
Bordeaux. The discovery Is of Ital
ian origin, and la regarded as impor
tant, as it is claimed that 100 eggs
can thus be preserved with four cents'
worth of lard and an hour of time.
Weekly Witness.
nenvy Feeding of Dnlry Cows.
An Eastern dairyman with a herd
of Guernseys feeds considerably more
than the average fed over the country
nearly all the cows will clean up
both winter and summer. He says:
"My preference of grain feed for win
ter, prices admitting, is four parts of
cottonseed meal, two of linseed meal
and six of hominy meal, twelve
pounds of the mliture with thirty
pounds of silage and six pounds of
mixed hay for the average cow. The
larger milkers receiving more grain,
It narrows their ration to some ex
tent" Weekly Witness.
Anti-Spill Milk Stool.
"B" Is made of lumber 1x10 In
ches and 16 inches long, with a
piece of 2x4 for legs to go through
nailed on the under side, the back
piece going crossways and the front
one lengthways. Bore holes for legs
"A" Swings the Bucket
so they will stand well apart at the
bottom. "A" is a ball for holding
milk pail and is made from tooth of
an old rake. It Is bolted on Just far
enough away from stool so the pall
will not strike when swinging either
way. When cow goes to step, soys
the Missouri Valley Farmer, just
swing pail out of the way and save
the milk and your temper.
Feeding Turkeys.
A turkey eats no more and prob
ably costs less to keep for a year
than the chicken hen. Watch the
flock at feeding time, as the grain is
scattered, and if turkeys and chick
ens eat together it will be seen that
the turkeys pick up no more, and
probably much less, grain than their
smaller and quicker neighbors. They
are invariably better foragers. Even
In winter they find something here,
there and everywhere, while the
chickens stay in their snug quarters
and wait for food to be brought to
them. Farmers' Homo Journal,
F.ntlon For Sheep.
As to tie most desirable kinds of
feed to be uBed for a grpin ration va
riety is the best. We know this from
our own experience, as we soon tire
of a sameness of diet; I; is also true
of our farm animals. Wben a va
riety is supplied, more food is con
sumed and the better the digestion.
I have found, says a farmer in writ
ing to Farmers' Review, that an equal
amount of crushed corn, oats, wheat,
bran and oil cake best suits the taste
and requirements of the lambs and
gives good results as to tho growth
and gain in flesh and fat; the latter
quality Is especially demanded in the
early market lamb. I would then in
crease the crushed corn to the limit
that it would be relished, for a fat
lamb is far preferable to a lean one
of much larger size. But where the
lambs are to be carried through the
summer, for feeding the folbwing
winter, then good size, growth and
stamina are required. In that .went
I would cut out the corn from their
ration for best results. But they
should be fed this grain ration, as
there is no time in an animal's life
when as great returns will be given
for food consumed as when suckling
Its dam.
Value of Rye as a Green Crop.
While nitrogen Is the fertilizing
element most easily lost from mat
ures and soils, it is the mo3t expen
sive, costing almost three times an
much per pound as potash and phos-
pnono acid. The readiness with
Which nitrates are washed out of the
soil during heavy rains when the
ground is thawed, suggests that dur
ing the period of such rains it should
be covered with some catch crop.
which will feed upon the nitrates
formed and store nitrogen in its tis
sues. For this purpose rye is an ex
cellent crop and is much used. While
It adds no nitrogen to tho soli which
Is not already found therein, as crim
son clover does, it is a much surer
catch' than the former and is thor
oughly hardy. It forms quite a root
system during the fall, starts oil
early in the spring and by ordinary
planting time forms a heavy coat of
manure to be plowed under. One
office which rye performs la to absorb
great quantities, while the ground is
reeking with moisture In the early
spring, so that when it is turned
down in the furrow it carries under
with it tons of water per acre and
holds it in such shape that it will not
be readily evaporated. Farmers'
Home Journal.
Making Butter on the Farm. .
There are two prime essentials in
making butter on the farm a profit
able business. In the first place, one
must have plenty of pure, cold water,
and then a good enough grade must
be turned out to make and hold cus
tomers. The trouble with nine out
of every ten farm homes is they are
not equipped to take care of milk and
cream.1 When one goes into this
work to make money, better put up a
milk room, where pure water may be
had from pumping or from a spring,
Concrete floor and walls may now be
built as cheaply as with lumber, and
it is a great deal better than lumber.
Don't stop here. A barrel churn and
a butter maker will be necessary in
turning out a uniform product. It
looks easy. simply separating the
cream, churning till the butter cornea
and Baiting and the trick is done.
That is where so many fall. The
cream must be churned at the right
temperature; it must be neither too
sweet nor . too sour. Working and
salting butter to secure uniform color
and flavor Is a very nice art. Don't
try to leaiu to do it Infallibly in two
or three weeks, but by all means
don t practice on your customers,
That means loss. It is better to wait
two or three months until you are
sure of your quality before you seek
customers. And before you ship, find
out how your commission man or pri
vate customers prefer to have their
butter put up. Sometimes the pack
age means a difference of two or
three cents a pound. Indiana
Farmer
Clover Disease.
The bulletin of the Tennessee sta
tion, just published, in reference to
the disease by which clover crops fails
Is as applicable here as there, and we
give its summary as follows:
1. The red clover crop of this
State has been very uncertain for a
umber of years.
2. The failure of the crop is due
In the great majority of Instances to
a new fungous disease caused by Col
letotrlchum trlfolil.
3. Tho disease belongs to a class
known as anthracnose, whose gen
eral character Is well known to plant
pathologists.
4. So far as known no cultural
methods of handling the clover will
prevent or even apnrecinblv diminish
the ravages of this disease, and it ap
pears to exist on every kind of soil
in Tennessee.
5. The same disease also attacks
alfalfa, but to what extent in this
State Is not yet known.
6. Alslke clover Is almost nhsn.
Iutely Immune to this disease.
7. Occasionally healthy olants nf
red clover in badly stricken fipiria in
different parts of Tennessee have pro-
aucea in tne second generation plants
which were strlklnelv resistant tn
the disease. Whether this resistance
win be maintained to future genera
tions can not be foretold with cer
tainty. 8. While the effort Is belne4 made
to secure a supply of seed from such
plants It must be distinctly under
stood that no such seed are as yet
ready for distribution, either by tho
Tennessee Experiment Station or the
U. S. Department of Agriculture.
A Barn Cabinet.
There is little excusn Mr nnv form.
er not having a sufficiency of home
made devices which are handy to
store various things and save labor.
Especially is this so when they can
be constructed out of dry goods or
grocery boxes, and that Is what may be
said of the cabinet shown in the cut.
It can be made any size desired, and
if put together right will be practi
cally mouse and rat proof. The draw
ers are convenient in which to put
robes, blankets and the like, and thw
shelves or compartments in the up
per arrangement for holding bruBhes,
nails, hammers, wrenches and other
small tools. It is a handy place to
store small seeds, condition pow
ders, liniments and medicines for
farm animals. Indeed, there are
many services that such an affair can
be made use of, all of which will
readily suggest themselves when It
has lxen built and set in place,
Fred O. Sibley, In Farm and Home.
Good Barn Cabinet.
BUSINESS CKRDS,
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JUSTICE OF THB PEACE,
Pension Attorney and Real.Estate Agent.
AYMOND E. BROWN, -attorney
at law,
Brookvillk, Pa. .
(j, m. Mcdonald,
attorney-at-law,
Real estate agent, patent secured, col
lections made promptly. Office In Syndicate
kulldlng, Keynoldsville, Pa.
SMITH M. McCREIGHT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Notary public and real estate at ens. Col
lections will receive prompt attention. Offloe
In tbe Reynoldsville Hardware Co. building,
Main street Reyaoldsvllle, Pa.
QR. B. E. HOOVER,
DENTIST,
Resident dentist. In tbe Hoover building
Mala street. Gentleness In operating.
DR. L. L, MEANS,
DENTIST;
Office on second floor of tbe First National
bank building, Main street.
DR. R- DEVEUE KINO,
' DENTIST,
office on second floor of tbe Syndicate balls
Ing, Main street, Keynoldsville, Pa.
HENRY PRIESTER
UNDERTAKER.
Black and wblte funeral cars. Main street,
ReynoldsTllle, Pa.
D. H. YOUNG, "
ARCHITECT .
Corner Grant and Flfta its., Reynolds
tllle. Pa.
LESS IDLE MACHINERY NOW
Progress Shown In Primary Dry
Goods Market Good Volume
of Contracts.
New York. R. G. Dun & Compa
ny's "Weekly Review of Trade" says:
"Improvement continues in com
mercial channels, Increased manufac
turing activity and seasonable weather
being the dominant influences of the
past week. In all leading industries
there Is less idle machinery and sta
ple lines of merchandise at retail
quickly respond to the larger pay
rolls. Mercantile collections are al
so more prompt. While the first
week in June compares favorably with
any previous week this year, there
still appears a large decrease In com
parison with the volume of business
in the same week of 1907.
A lower price for steel bars was the
most significant event of the week In
the Iron and steel Industry. It came
as a surprise because at the recent
meeting of . leading Interests It was
agreed that no reduction would be
made, and the trade is now waiting
for better terms In other depart
ments. Much pending business will
be deferred if there is any prospect
of a general cut in prices', although
special conditions existing In the bar
market do not prevail elsewhere, no
tably the competition of Iron bars for
the season's requirements for agri
cultural implement makers that must
soon be met.
"Primary dry goods markets have
made further progress, recent reduc
tions in prices bringing out a good
volume of contracts indicating that
no better terms are anticipated. " In
the jobbing trade the only noteworthy
activity comes from duplicated mail
orders. Woolen mills are somewhat
more active, but supplemented orders
are not liberal, and the season's trade
thus far Is- much below normal.
"Better buying of footwear con
tinues. Large buying of glazed kid
Indicates that morocco leather foot
wear is displacing patent and enamel
shoes to some extent."
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat No. rod $ 85 so
Kye No. 2 r.
Corn No 8 yellow, ear 00 81
No. 8 yel low, ahel led 79 80
Mlied ear ,.. 77 7-t
Oats No. 8 wblte 57 BS
No. 3 white . f,7
Flour Winter patent , 5 15 5 SO
Fanoy straight winters
Hay-No. 1 Timothy IS 00 15 51
Clorer No. I , 14 00 II 50
Feed No. 1 wblte mid. ton 8900 M
Brown middlings 9J0f 27 00
,...11. ' . 'Jl M A.
Straw Wheat."!'.'.". ........'..'.'..I S'O goo
Oat SS) a oo
Dairy Products.
Batter Elgin creamery t SO
unto creamery i zi
Fancy country roll 1 7 M
Cheese Ohio, new 1) 17
New York, new It 17
Poultry, Etc.
Hens ner lb S 17 11
Chickens dressed U 11
Eggs Pa. and Ohio, fresb 7 18
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes Fancy white per bu.... PI )
Cabbatte per ton Ill I i
Onions per barrel o 50 0 00
BALTIMORE.
Flour Winter Patent j t 5 J si
Wheat No. a red 1 08
Corn Mixed 71 71
Earn 17 14
Butter Ohio creamery Si 8J
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Winter Patent $ S it 5 75
Wheat No. red 1 00
Corn No. it mixed P0 Hi
Oats No. S white 54 51
Butter Creamery 04 Si
Eggs PennsflTaula first 17 IS
NEW YORK.
Flour Patents
15) 5 70
1 00
64 97
51 57
35
Wheat No. S red
Corn No. 8 ,
Oats No. 8 white ,
Butter Creamery ,
begs State and Pennsylvania. ...
IS
LIVE STOCK.
Union 8tock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Eitra. 1.450 to I.WJ ins I 6 SJ 7 10
Prime, 1.HU0 to 1.4JJ lb 6 i SO
Good, l.iuo to i,ju lb 6 41 CO
Tidy, 4,040 to 1,150 lbs 11
Common. 700 to lbs 5 i 0O
Oaeo, 4 5) 5 0
Bulls )) tui
Cows SI) 8'
Heifers, TOO to t KX). i it 5 JJ
Fresh Cows and Springer U ) U U