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cis,,) Prune Smile. --Wa.sh one pound prunes thoroughly in several waters and soak over night in warm water to cover. Place over fire in morning with one-half cup sugar and simmer lowly until they are soft and tender. Stone and pass through sieve. Crack pits, chop kornels fine and add to prun" pulp. Beat whites of three, rags very "iff and fold in. Place in baking dish and bake about t.wenty, minutes, until pulled up and whites or urn": Net. Have oven at moderate) n mm earni.,h by pressing mashed potatoes through pastry tube in little nests Mound steak. Fill nests with butter- 7d peas. Onion Soup With Cheese.--; medium sized onions, three table-, ipoons butter. one quart stock, Arm ricun cheese, toast. Slice onions thin and conk them gently in butter until psvrfectly tender, but not brown- ed. Add to stock and let simmer five minutes. Cut slices of cheese one- fourth inch thin and lay on toast. Bet in oven until cheese melts, put; slice of hunt in each soup plate and pour soup over it. ! h to mke celery and welnut mixture of right salad consistency. Fill pay per cups and set on ice. Garnish with nut meats and celery. Apple cream is a tasty dessert. Peel and core tart apples; slice and weigh them and to three pounds take one eupful of sugar; put in a granite kittle with the grated rind and the juice of one lemon, two cloves and one in eh of stick cinnamon, simmer clowly until the apples are very: tender, then rub through I colander scum one pint of fresh cream, mix. with it the apple pulp and serve eold., Phutked Steak, Potatires.--Heat l plank through before placing meat on; it. Brush meat over with olive oil,'; it t with pepper and salt and lay plank in hroiling oven for fifteen or I twcnty minutes. When steak is near- ' ly (ionu, take plank from own and . at. .lo-llkd Chicken Salad make, a flue whoon dish. Cut up into small 'rc.., t-utf'tricrit cold "oolel chicken make 3 quart. b'ea..on well with t and pepper, add two mpfuls ot ' 1y cut fine, and moisten thoruuulh with main genuine dissnl'mtl in nl Pepper and Celery "lad.-Three cups chopped celery, one cup broken wnlnut meats, pepper cups for individ- ual service and mayonnaise sufficient lu. depth nf about half Ptt t In a "ool place until firm 1 time, cut the jelliwl (-h pi, arrange on a bed of let 'ht In " Ipt huh, clean leave; 'rroiidrfv -irrGi7iriUrsiiiiieii." "Salada” in the sealed aiutninuAuidiG," Gr; that WA','. get‘it, it you want that unique flavour and possibly you will not detect this imitation until the tea-pot reveals it. Demand always the genuine "gn'nt'a" " AL- -A-I-.I -I“_!A,A,W a . - "SAMBA? You may be deceived -Tri7" , -- Some day by an imitation of About the House J 'tt tern , the eml uv' that tuady for serving PM: nin- dish arr "f. " the ink rid " " Dainty Dishes. ieh-lmlls shred "nu 'ish and press into and one-fourth runs in " saucepan. add uith hailing water. "tttiowa are tender. walnuts, rem: . blarwh them plat-v them 0n an bid nnvoixhth Ms tuck salad h W h Juice or with suit elm-d rim-kw ted of lettuce '.r h one pound several waters n warm water ire in morning " 1 arrange: juice ol f obtained the lemor Sham “I" [94: itoi ."' in (LT!) . .. all :v-r::ln?o--~:! " A; :vi-vncwl. an]. if , “"h“‘.‘ll“v' post L“ t, irt'ry" Eamon: "ml hut-ring: Pram cold uniforms total with A special VI of assistants, I important sect] robe. Apart amount. of can aw montslhcnch m on military m lit' " the W the up ful " " ttt " into inch At um- nu! " IH. I: M th o ruumg. This will put a new mime "P. the scissors and talas in: " mn- mvnt's time. Tha. Kaiser Will Never Again “var a British I'nifnrm. '"lT;eetltcr. with the keys, I give you an unis;- bestowed on me hv your "t,vvreigu, tin: Order of the R03 Eagle - whivh I could never wear again.” WM: than? sud wads Jean Imllfus, Miryoc of Mulhauwn, the pioneer of kh- pram-sharing system for en- nhgm ' hunded over the kc.ss of that U c.ticn city to tlr, Pruwiz'n cummin- lm' in 1A"ift. Wlu-n scissors become dull, pur a pin between the blades and ml) it pp and down, working the btadcs as in cutting. This will put a new Mm: A way to use the end of the boiled ham is to put it through the chopper, add mashed potatoes, a raw ete, form into balls, dip in em: and cracker crumbs and fry brown in deep fat. Thin makes a good lunch my breakfast dish. l Breaded veal is delicious treated in the following way: Dredge with flour, dip it in egg and bread crumbs, brown it in hot fut, then cover with milk and cook in a wry slow oven until tender. There is [In dish more convenient to have for dinner on wash day than baked beans. Put into the oven in the morning. add a little water to prevent their vetting dry and at tl u'elnck they are ready to some. A way to use the end of the boiled If you want to peel oranges. pour boiling: water over them and let them stand for five minutes. They will peel easily and all the hitter white skin will comt " with the rind. When the whites of eggs are used without the yokes, put the yokes in a howl, cover them with water and keep them in the refrigerator. They can he used in Home way. When the spring of a window shade is run down, it is a good idea to wind it up with a Iruttonhook--put, ting the hook around the small metal end which is to he turned. In the hot season the occasional cool day should be seized to do a lot of 1rakintr--sueh as a batch of cook- ies, or pieerust shapes that can he filled am the need arises. To stew meat properly, be sure that the water is boiling when it is pour- ed over the meat, stand it where it will simmer and add salt when the meat is: half done. It i: said that if onion, are par- builwl for 10 minutes with a level teaspoonful of ginger in the water, they will cause no odor on the breath and no indigestion will follow. Paint brushes that are hard and dry will soften if put into vinegar and allowed to simmer for ten min- utes. Then wash them in soapsuds. When washing black silk stockings add a teaspoonful of vinegar to the rinsing water. This will keep them a good color. If the rollers of the wringer become yellow and stained, clean them by rubbing the rollers with a cloth sat- uratcd with paraffin. Black tights made from mother's old stockings, are good for the baby to wear when he creeps a great deal and washing must be saved. When a man's winter suit is put away for the summer, great care should be taken that there are no matches in the pockets. The vinegar in which pickles have been preserved can be used over and ovtatrain for the purpose. nt It is a good idea to keep one pint iar just for melting chocolate, then no chocolate is wasted. desired, they can be lined with shak- er funnel. DISHHNICI) "0NURS has no Useful Hints and General lntorma- tion for the Busy Housewife 'eai is delicious treated vine way: Dredge with in egg and bread crumbs, hot fat, than cover with the end of the boiled through thr chopper, cps when nulli- the "Yrs, that's his way. When he abuses you in metaphor, you know "He said you Wet been hugging in his borough, laughing. h-uw ," +3.51 il,v, .r “lint it 171'".wi vhdn l 1:}: in the mmfmny and Ser- vice of Val B. Montague! H"! here, a good sort, mind you." "Is he always like this?" ' "More or less, yes. The degree of absurdity varies, but he's never ordi- nary. During: the first six months We quarrelled. I daresay l was hit un- lick'l. and I didn't like his heetorine; ' I got to understand him; and for tho last year and a half I've been hi, right hand man. We had a row royal this morning. and you see how little he bnars malice. Vanwy nodded. "I think you're right," he said gravely. “It's one or the other." "it is m. sir. unless we want murder to he done. 'ihe clown is really the Worse. hit I can't replace him, so ttw rinumastur must ko. Unless," he add- ed, turning: sudenly to Sear'oorough, "hy Norms lucky chance 1 could fin" another clam“. Can you clown ch-‘W 1h gut down from the packing-ease ond opened the. door. As he was going um, he turned, and said in quite a dif- ferent tone- a tune in which there was a note of real worry. “By the way, varney, I've settled to tive out the ringmaster. It was that I "ttme to tell you." ' I "What has he been doing?" than.. dered Val B. Montague, in the same voice of excitement, and with the "utnt' placid manner and twinkling eye. heiyinu the vehomenee of h's words. "He has been fomentine re- bellion! He has bitten the hand that fed him! He has -well in short. you had hitter get him to tell you what he has hw-n doing. I am busy, and must "Not stu0icientl.v well to lw of u; , you." said Scucbmough, laughing "No. it's h-xl'der than it Yanks. That by gun] clowns are 'eUaliP---t1p. unl‘. very dcaw, let mo tell you. Con: 2y to you sir. Honored hy mtwth) "What have you been doing, Phil asked Scarborough, smiling. ---_. “u...“ u. uuc packing-ease and chewed a straw re- ilectively. He did not look excited, and there was a humorous twinkle in his eyes which suggested that he was not so angry as he pretended. Varney laughed and continued the process of settling the angles of his tie before u frugmwnt of mirror. "And the worst of it is, sir," contin- ued the self-styled master of meta- phur to Scarlmruugh. "that I have been hugging a serpent to my bosom. Your friend there-Pampas Joe, the Em:- lish Revolver. King-i, no longer loyal to his salt." Im,' th flow ' int sir! The canker in the rosebud is , working its way to the outer leaves, [ and is beginning to be visible to the public; the malignant boil is becoming acute, and developing a head, which will have to burst; the hidden rotten- ness is refusing to remain hidden any longer, and the fair flower of our cor- _ porate amity is withering, sir, wither- ing.' Before we leave this place I ex- Peet to witness the premature decay and death of an orgauizm which I have nursed like u futher-yes, sir, like a Gther--fov two long years Val 8.1 Montugue's, American Circus Com-i hination is breaking up, sir! Excuse my metaphors," he added, without a pause, turning to Scarborough. "When I am excited the snnguineness of my j temperament invariably clothes my 1 utterances in poetic imagery, as Mr. I Vatmey will be good enough to tell you. I And, by heaven, sir, I am excited s p, "Anything fresh? Or the same row continued P' "The same row coming to a head, sir! The canker in the rosebud is "Proud to meet yt than usual, d'ye ask Well, may be no; bu proaching a crisis." He sat down on Is our proprietor, Mr. Van B. Mon.. tague--Montturue, Mr. Horace Scar.. borough; old friend of mine." "Proud to meet you, sir. More so than usual, d'ye ask, Mr. Varney? Well, may be no; but things are ap- "..-.1.r., -- ___, . .. The English Cowboy divested him- self of the leathern jacket and fringed trousers, in which custom decreed that the character which he represented should be dressed, and was donning in its place the mufti of plain blue serge, then there was a sharp bang on the door, and the manager entered. i "Mr. Varney, sir."' said Val B. Mom. tague, as he held out his hand to Scarborough, without waiting for the formality of an introduction-HU, show is going to the devil!" "Oh? More so than usual? asked Phil Varney carelessly. "Hovaee, this is our proprietor, Mr. Van B. Mon- ttwuts-Montague, Mr. Horace Scar- Miss Page the daughter of Rich- mond Carrington, the notorious fin. ancial manipulator, whose name was accursed in thousands of the poorer homes of England-the idea was ab. surd! Scarborough was not even an- gry at the suggestion; it 'as to ridi- culous for that. He went with Varney to his dressing room, and waited for him to change. _ Mam l "Steady, Phil;" said Scarborough, 'iitytredulousuv. "Don't fling accusa- itions about in that reckless way. It's (rot, you know." l "I can prove it," said Varney. ( "That Miss Page is the daughter of "he man who ruined your father? Oh. come! you don't know her, or you would see that it's nonlense. Here, hurry up and get into ordinary clothes, and we'll have dinner somewhere. I want to hear what you’ve been dointr, for the last two years." you I THE cABLiiri/ij"si"i"ii' n u roar of Fought flaw! m.“ 32M ha'v.’ h hut tun years.” sai 't .vrut've mat the time ho'went nut 'fin:: turned with n rum were u serpent he had bosom," said Seats ‘an you clown, sir " EXCITING PRESENT-DAV ROMANCE BY WEATHERBY CHESNEY CHAPTER V. the edge of the man, .' Scarborough wns crumbling a piece of broad with nervous fingers. He knew what his friend wan going to my, and he could not feel the same certain- nt'tcr' r". mnath; gun i., ', itit Vul 'l. M nt'iu'm’ at Rh); juinv! hp. vvd 'so, cause I found that he was honed. 'stuck to him. Thad been with him a year when the news of the governor's death reached me; but I didn't go back. There was nothing to go hack fhr, ond-well, that's about all." "What became of Carrington?" For a moment Vnrney did not an- "wer. Then he said slowly: I "Till to-our I heard nothing uhnuU him, Ttr-day two thinws have ham-1' pened that make mo suspect that he is in thls island of San Michel. Shall,I I tell you what they are?" t ?" th, Hr aft urn-trust prtvtevtin wath'n’: ‘11 Inwyers.' fingérs un l'ft hid pmtnu‘ as poor old 'otvcarv.orl 3 "You remember the smash?” he asked. "Yes" said Scarborough. "Carrintt- ton and Varncy, _stockltrokevs---evetv- body knew about it; but t never under- stood it." "Few did, and I think the pour old {Invernor least of all. He had trusted Carrington in everything, and ('ar- Hugh-n used him as a toul. The man was tt thorousrh paced blacktuarrl. "So J cndorstund, Why warrv.'t bs, Lmuy'ht to bark?" -'".' -"""'Pt"""'. The other man's explanation of his position was equally simple. Scar. borough was what he was because he had failed in an examination. Var- my had never sat for the examina- tion hm'nusos the misfortune ur crime of others had thrown him suddenly on his own resources, and had chang- od his destiny from that of spending an allowance to that of earning a liv, ing. These two causes between them account for many a curious choice of profession. _ "Wait a bit," said Varney. "What made you choose the cable service?" "For one thing the exam. was easy; for another, I'm rather keen on elec- tricity and electrical machines; for a third, it seemed a good way of seeing a little bit of the world. Curiously enough the service is rather crowdev' with men who originally intended to be something else. Somebody has dubbed us the ‘legion of the ploughed'; hut on the whole I think we're rather good sorts. I'm quite satisfied with my life and with my colleagues." "No, a very good one for me. Thu dear old man is by way of being veli.. gious, but he contrives to preach the gospel of Mammon too and in a way that makes converts. He'd be hon- estly surprised, though. if anyone pointed that out to him. Now how about you, Phil r' "Not n bad ar exclaimed Varney. i "And then?" "Well, then, as I didn't take what he offered, he told me to do the best I could without him. The only thing he stipulated was that it should be something in which I could earn a deft. nite salary, and he promised to add three sovereigns to every one that l, saved at the end of the year." 5 131 ' t (I f . I 1.cv cl man that I had brains, if I cared to use them; and he didn't think the army was a useful held for their exercise. He is a self-made man, you see, and has a prejudice against what he calls a butterfly life. That was before the war. He's a bit more ready to admit that a soldier may be a man now. He, wanted me to go into the city." I "You struck at that'." , "Yes." I -e---tV ...... uv u; nasal“. "I don't think he was really sorry," said Scarborough. "He had the no- tjon that I had brains, if I cared to use In Scarborough's case the explana- tion was easy and ordinary. He had failed in the examination, and the un- cle who was paying for his education refused to allow him to try again. - -_e_- -""'-"" now-for the entrance exam. at Sand- hurst; and now one was a telegraph man and the other was a circus per- former. There were things in this which called for explanation, for nei- ther knew wholly the reason., why the other had given up his earlier ambi- tion. rule, but this Wis "reef" "Fizz it shall be. Come along." Over dinner Varney told his tale, picking up a thread where he and Scarborough had been pupils together at an army crammer's near Henley. Both had been working-with no great earnestness, they admitted mutually an... t_., AI, . "Then lead the way to your restaur~ ant! And if you‘re in funds, let it be tizz! "I see,” said Scarborough, "that you are an interesting crew, and I want to hear more." "A bit inconsiderate of the lady, isn’t it?" said Scarborough. "Oh, very," agreed Varnty, but the point’was that Montague couldn't be allowed to bluster to a lady. We have to treat him on a system, you Bee. We allow him to was: a free tonmm an a bu: "I h rum h had arrangeineG either!" I? y woundh 1 th ppcd through tt tr-rhviqutv. a Scapcgn'ul. wag a free tongue as a th outsidt the limits. HI TORONTO H haul Karim) and Russian t dithrencr, of roughly Awarding to French takes 111%me ani this annually. The /otal mum uni Iu-lligercnt Sums , mun“. “It awragc normal meat consumption of the nmiuns at war, ranging: from no to 150 pounds per capita, and the (-onzaumption oCmeat by same 25,000,000 men under arms. running from 220 to 2co pounds a man in the [HEN] and Plonfll armies, ti- sncclivd). and reaching 45:; pomult: a man in thr Gama". Austro-Hun. Marian and Russian arming there in a dithrww,, of rourrhlc :1.!:.'num 4...“ _ l, ul'rx rr I"; [wed about 3,491.6),000 rc.. , rim-.4 imm the occupied Jcpvryotent, :. " E31 155mm. Rus,r.. has to (are similarly for 01,000,000 refugees. Bctween the awn-ago normal meat consumption of the nmiuns at war, ranging; from HI) to 150 pounds per capita, and the consumption oCmeat by some 25,000,000 men under arms. running from 220 to 2co pounds a man in the l'vltttn and Plunnll mun-w »- e'inerease altogether of the Central Sen practically clear sr,Powcrs' food supply. In the terri- submarines. and in tl , tories from which this livestock comes can thousunds of otlttus l ' lives a population of about 35,000,000, init the same, 'whose wants must be met, of course. "His Majesty has it ,.li/e1reitiGcii', the meat production of t'valir.e the size of m. ..lthe territories occupied by the Gets the warm strip they c. l man and Austro-Hungarian troops Mr. Wing. "Oneburly I being sonic 38,218,000,o00 pounds :tn- had received a decorati . nunlly, which is 1,092 pounds per wards that he could in nt‘upita, a large surplus is left for. the he was uetuall.s in lint /oecupyine troops. A daily meat ru- ace and was to he der ' iion of eight ounces for each inhabit. King; he thouv:ltt it Wu: ; ant of the districts held, would place til the King Amok hm . at. the disposal of the Germans and And when he found tl Austro-llungurians 20,7tm,otm,ooo ping his great fist he " pounds a year. Even in view of the to make sun that it l fart that the meat consumption of he took tirm hold with h the Central l'oWet-s' armies is .154; also, and really 'help pounds tor each man a. year. thi, for the time." quantity would go far 10mm! muin- -- A... _ ptaininu the men in the tie“. Sure Thin". That pork and pork tats: on hard . F . to get ut hrvsent in the Ceni-ul l'ow- "Monry doom! '""Y' err? countiOs may be hard to undo-r- "Muyi" '"'.t. Itut ".' stand in the light of thew conditions. rweutly In ("my aitet. It, But. the following explanation of this e""""""-""""--- tact is given here. Pnrl. has been the fuvorite meu’: of the men at the front. i...“.l owing. to its hcnv-producinrr qualitim, . ' ' ' 'HHHHH and in addition, last. year. when tho I grain and potato-crops of the (‘entrnl l Empires Were decidedly poor, too I _ many pigs were butchered in order to I ‘ leswn the demand for feed. I "TP, l-Intente States Vliit'll are lvust ‘ _ t'axomhly sitlratul in their tnr:".. MID- n ply coming" from hon):- tv,urisitior, mn- '1 A A lly) Commenting on the Situation, the ld-’Paris Revue des Deux Mondes points ph I out that France lost 20 per cent. of t. I its meat animal stock by the Occupa- iisltion of ten departments by the Ger- ei- mans. France lost through this 1,- he 1 510,000 horned cattle, 14,804,310 sheep i/tind 814.919 pigs. This means, says Ithe periodical, that France is depriv- a- ed of an annual meat production of ui 411,000 tons. n- The livestock of Belgium also was m lost by the Entente, this being esti- ( mated to amount to about 2,000,000 ,'"head of cattle, 18,000,000 sheep and " 2,000,000 pigs. Germany gained thus [ e_the meat production of roundly 89,-' y'000,000 animals in the western thea- b. I tre alone. . d, Though the Russians saved much of {their livestock in Poland and the in- e'vaded Russian provinces, nearly 40,- t 000,000 meat animals fell into the i 5 hands of the Germans and Austro- I Illungarians. Against this must be vcharged the losses sustained by the I ICentral Powers in Galicia and East t £Prussia, said to amount to about 8,- ;‘000,000 head, because in East Prussia ' ) much of the Mock was drien " be- l ' forehand, while the Galician Iivostock l _ had already been drawn on heavily by n the Austro-Hungarian troops. ,a The livestock found in Serbia is eg- h timated at about 8,000,000 head of " inn-at animals, so that the Central d 'Powers have in their favor a balance n ,ur about 78,000,ooo" animals. Thin tt rerun Sinu- at, the start 1 I None too plentiful before the wsr, meat is likely to become s real luxury in Europe after peace is declared 1nd remain so for s considersble time un- til stock breeding hss progressed on an immense scale. l The Central Power group believes (it will find itself better off than the Entente group in this respect, but 'both groups will certainly find it a iserious problem. At the expiration ’of two years of warfare-which per-, iod will soon be reached-it is esti-, mated the Entente Powers will be' short 7,575,000 head of meat animals, while the Central group, owing to the territories occupied by their armies, would in that time lose only 2,000,000 head through overconsumption due, to the war. ' Stock Breeding on a Great Scale Needed to Replenish Supply. ltr " he. had felt an h.ottrr ttttt dug qr, SERIOUS PROBLEM FACES EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, MEAT IO BE SCARCE ABROAD AFTER WAR "One is that Elsa Carrington was with you to-day," said Varney. "Can you prove that to met" (To be Continued.) suggestion wss absurd. Elsa had told him that she felt I rush of shuns when she heard the name of Pugs on his lips. Might this, after all, be the reason? ”ma 'd ol' '/'. ht. said_guietly. " man a .war. thi go far toward main in the field. on th In PC . dcmands on its t hoe-:1 mude. To Hal at 8.000,wu in thy first war 'ttvo,Wru,trot, hrud ,-vu.uuu pounds un- ,092 pounds per olus is left for the A daily meat ra- wa mlf of m 4.rrt', pound Austro-Hun IS, there is : 50.000 tons nmmists, i1 wil' mm‘v sup production mu un to produc Mcrn tlu thr, Th 'Viftu,00'o The ex- animals ' annual Great Of this. ltul‘un Italy it TH E _ “His Majesty has had occasion to realize the size of their hands and the warm grip they can give." said Mr. Wine. "One burly fisherman who had received a decoration said after. wards that he could not believe that he was actually in Buckingham Pal- ace and was to be decorated by the King; he thought it was a drum) urr) til the King shook hands with rim. And when he found the king urin- ping his great fist he Wtt.s so msiou., to make sure that it was real that he took firm hold with his other hand also, and really 'help up' tho King for the time." i " a . 'l'i'et, t;t"iiTtiltitss Fo illstamper - I "Pl"""" li,:,"':.)'-"-'.'",-':',""-')'."-),)) 'rm""mmiiuranouoirimocira .- 'if-sr-' Mr. Wing said that if at the last great navel review It Spithead there had been, my, 2,000 truwlers. people would have complained that it was making the spectacle ridiculous. If at the last army manoeuvres there had been a quarter of million min- ors, people would have said, 'Well, it doesn't add color.' Yet fishermen and many mines the German had placed but he was prepared to risk the cute- ment that there were very many thou- sands. , Theatre by Mr. Tom Wine, Md'., who formerly represented Grimsby. Lord Selborne, president of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, who presided, told of one young trawler skipper who had had two boats blown up under him while "11me for mines, und was now in the hospital for the second time re-i covering from his injuries. "And his' one great hope," added the Minister.; "is to get on to the third and even, better boat which he has had pro-' "nised him when he gets well attain." I i "A most potent auxiliary to the navy." Lord Selborne described the trawling fleet. It was almost entirely5 due to the trawlers that the tieet and the merchant ships were able to pans to and fro on our seas with r0 few; etbtatrtrophiea. He did not know how TI A racy account of the part the trawlermen have played in the war was given in London at His Majesty's Theatre by Mr. Tom Wine, M.P., who formerlv renrmmnnul (Erin-ah" British Mine Sweepers P Ctatstrophies. era, and a few years’ chance to multi- ply will nuke them " plentiful as ever. With horned cattle a quick re- habilitation in this manner is not possible, and beef is for this reason likely to remain a scarce article long after peace is declared. I For the time being the problem of. fecta the Central Powers mainly in the supply of pork. The man at the front prefers that meat to any other be- ceuse, in army terms, it "sticks to the ribs" better. Mutton is not a favor- ite, because the men think it too "light," and beef in enjoyed only if it baa been cooked in the field kitchen. Pigs, however, are prolific reproduc- cess consumption by the armies of Europe is, therefore, a little more than 41 per cent. of the sauna! sup- ply of meat, a serious nutter when it is considered that with these inroads on livestock the rate of reproduction is slso much decreased. POTENT HELP TO THE NAVY, brim: happlm-H and Cum." s,,), r.'." than.“ and will help you Prevent Many lhrusuuitoatca. Gating. lad. U 2.,5.,3 to "L". A. Ut last you showed a division of England "IO:.' [urge-us. or It l Little l‘uuperinu in Elwin“. _I' T he record for paupex‘iml for limp land and Wales during the past year is the lowest ever reached. Comrar- ine 1875 with 1915. the rum. .shous a decrease from 29.2! to 15.3 pm than.» and, a falling away of mm dually um half. Paupcriun in London crl'pkiiuMss.'.v has not declined in the namv pt'00ol'- tion, nevertheless the perm-Mag.- In: in this period been cut darn {mm The will of Charles Reed, a bar- her, filed in Cincinnati for mean disposes of a $500,000 astute. saved the money from his wages and lips and made wise investments. Maple sugar amps running full time at Petersburg, Ind., are seri- ously troubled by honey bees which have been called out of their hives by the mild spring weather. Frederick Stalforth. a young (in. man banker, was committed .to tho Tomb, prison in New York for tt'. fusinst to answer questions put to him by the special Federal Grand Jury which in investigating the activ vities in the United States "f Capt. Itintclen, friend of the Kaiser. Mlhlon D. Thatcher, Pueblo. Cot., banker, is dead. mu canoe is esti- mated to be worth from “0.000.000 to (20,000,000. The dnutthter of Captain J. l. Housman, a wealthy Staten Island. N. Y., oysterman, 77, halted his wed- ding with A nurse, and M. William H. Follette, of Totutwanda, N. Y., owner of the largest fleet of etety.t.rttatt in_the 'tate is dead. water rate- to mnnuaetiirG.irt7, iii ce.? ptr Moo canons. The 50nd of alder-men of St. Loni... Mo., him a bill reducing the Cod Co. toGsGuieG -iSpGriri'i “used I strike of 1,200 miners at Lylgena, Pa. ' David R. Fin-58;. former Governor of Missouri, has necepted the post of nttgyuumdor to Russia. K Baltimore mun escaped from the Hanover, P... jail, taking the lock In! key fit}: him. American brewers are taking steps to promote temperance and discour- Me prohibition by introducing into America the chum and snbriety of English inns. - In San Francisco three Bohn broth. ers have married three Gregson sis- tern. "Armmie rash,” a fashionable dis. ease of West Virginia women who wear neck furs. is due to the use of arsenic in pre ring the furs. A one-legged "il'tt,'i'el has made won- derful records in basketball, baseball 'et tennis at Butler College, Indiana. po is. Uncle Snnt's big Sandy Hook guns my close Corny Island schools, as tests have to era-sad the ceiling: that parents fear for children. _illl; Home Mellie. with the iruscrip- tion "Good for mu Ind beam" on the bottle, won tried by a Rhode 1. land man, whose funeral will be from the house. A Dakota farmer jumped from A treeortd-trtomy window and walked a mile in 20 below more weather, wear- ing only a nightahirt, without waking up; moss ma 30mm manuhcturer, ia; Edi 'o'vei5 And iii. odor In “Wile. T'he MfPui .irCi)Te fiysquehHtn. “(at Hippo-Inga In " napalm. Counsel foe In, WHAT " GOING " DVEII " THE STATES. Abraham G. MIR EYE. run» suntan. Palsy" and t'Ah'smattrii', , 't'r reunou. Compar. 'tli, the ratio ahows u 9.2 to li5..'tpvrthous. my of ptmciaslly one I in London sepurute.'y in the mm.- propor- h the perm-Maw has tun cut dam from u compared with 1914, I a doctvase in mm'y md and Wales of li'J,- " per com. Herman, a New Tore I l Ven. latte has 'n from ith I914, 1.: “or. Jo the for re- put to