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CONVENIECE IN THE PANTRY The proper location for a pantry is e sear the kitchen range, and near also I to the dining-room; but, beyond the a waere matter of location, the interior arrangement is an important factor in lessening or increasing the labor of housework. The point to be especially aimed at is f such an arrangement of the pantry fit tings as shall bring every article need ed is cooking within easy reach of the KNEADING BOARD ON HINGES. Bousewife's hand, with as little mov ing as possible. It is the constanthur rying from one point to another to get this article here and that there that makes housework hard. It is well therefore to have the pantry as nearly square as possible. A square pantry gives the shortest udistance from any point to that point where the kneading board is located. In one of the four sides wi!: be located the door av. The best arrangement for the other three sides, toany mind, is suggested in the accompanying il lustrations. The kneading board should be lo cated in front of the window. A most convenient device for securing the full advantage of this location is shown in Fig. 1. On the right of the window is a set of drawers, the uses of which will be obvious to any housekeeper. To the left of the window is a cabinet into which two barrels of flourcan be rolled for bread and for pastry. The top of the cabinet is movable to give access to the flour. The ccver of the barrel next the .window is made of just the right ]lITCH.lN CAB.E. *. i eerves as a kneading board. hen rwhich will keep it wholly from the * 0 * * u board cannot be hnged, but must bet a lifted and placed in position. s al ti KITCHEN CABINET. a length so that it will span the space in 11 front of the window, and upside down a it serves as a kneading board. When dl replaced in position over the barrel, the kneading surface will be underneath, s nd which will keep it wholly from the dust. If shelves over the position of a the barrels are desired, the kneading b board cannot be hinged but must be ti lifted and placed in position. ii At right angles to this arrangement v tor ogir barrels, kneading board and t drawers, may well be placed a cabinet r for holding all kinds of groceries need- s CHARTS HER FIGURE. a it es nelacessary to tat Part ch mthe Beauat with the body in theer Seeety Weman. An anthrbpomatric chart is a nee-. essary possession for the young woman who is striving for classicn the proportions in her figupore The wom-t, an who does not number such a 1 chart ashongulder possessions is quite behind the tumes, says the Chicagof le, inter Ocean. The height, the breadth, the depth,ird the girth o thqand atmy, each must come in for a share of attention. Calipers, a breadth stick, a height etick, and a steel tape measure are needed. In making inventories of one's inches, it is necessary to take each measmremet with the body in the same positibu and in the same way. The following are founded on the classic Ideal: Hieight. 5 feet 5 inches; weight, 138 pounds; waist, 2? inches; bust, 34 Inches; arm, at the shoulder, 13 inches; wrist. 8 inches; ankle, 8 inches; calf of leg, 14% inches; thigh, 25 inches. The arms extended should bineasure the height faom the tips of the th ird Ingers. The hand in length should meemure one-tenth of the height. The length from the elbow to the middle finger should be the same as frs the elbow to the middle of the chest. From the top of the bead to the chin should be the length of the foot. The height of the head should be js four times the length of the Frmin temple to temple the mess ure nts should e-ual the length of aee tao . The stretch of e the mb and see gj w AMA ~mdJinMsimsus 14 ed in cooking. Ordinarily such grocer ies are kept in bags, or in paper, tin p and wooden boxes, upon open shelves, G pne behind another, entailing much s] trouble and occasional spilling when I getting one receptacle outfrom behind a another. With such a cabinet as that o shown in Fig. 2, everything is by itself h and instantly available, without the u disturbance of any other article. The large closets in the lower part of this h cabinet accommodate iron and large tin utensils, and jugs containing mo lasses, vinegar, etc. ii On the side of the pantry opposite the window is the dumb-waiter, and E also open shelves for dishes (Fig. 3). If c the pantry is in a city home, where ice , is a necessity, the space occupied by the 1 dumb-waiter may be used for the re frigerator; but in the country home, 1 where ice is not used, a dumb-waiter c is of the greatest importance. Articles that must be kept cool in warm weath er can be placed upon its shelves, run down into the cellar with the motion of a hand, or drawn up as easily from that cool place, without the repeated and fatiguing ascending and descend o ing of cellar stairs, which is one of the e most distressing factors in many I housekeepers' daily lives during the V hot days of summer. The building of such a dumb-waiter t as that figured is not a difficult matter ,d DUMB-WAITER AND SHELVES f at all. A rectangular closet is con 0 structed, the floor being cut out be neath it. On either side, within, a strip 1e of pine board is fastened. These strips t extend down through the floor to the bottom of the cellar. A little space is left behind each strip for the pulley cord to run, andon the inner surface of each strip there is a groove running from top to bottom for the projections on the side of the dumb-waiter to slide up and down in. At the top of each strip are inserted stout window pulleys, over which the cord passes and is attached to the sides of the dumb-waiter. This is simply a set of shelves with side pieces firmly attached. Four shelves in the dumb waiter will be sufficient, and above them may be two stationary shelves at the top of the closet. Glass doors in may be provided for these fixed shelves, 'n and two narrow wooden doors for the en lower part. All the woodwork should he be thoroughly oiled, to prevent swell bh, ing. he When one is building or remodeling of a house, the pantry should, if possible, ng be placed upon the northern side of be the house. If it is necessary to locate it upon the northeast or the north tnt west corner, let the window be upon ad the northern side, so that the room set may be k.pt as cool as possible in sum ed- mer.--Country Gentleman. which Wake the height of the clas sic figure divide up in this fashion: Height. one head from crown of head to bottom of chin to breastbone; one-half head from top to bottom of breastbone to the middle of ab domen; one head from the middle of abdomen to beginning of lower limbs; one head from beginning of lower limbs to middle of thighs; one half head from middle of thigh to top of knee; one-half head from top of knee to bottom of knee; one and one-half heads from bottom of knee to small of ankle; one-half head from small of ankle to soles of feet. Two Ways ef Servlag Eggs. Here are two good ways of serv ing eggs. For creamed eggs, boll four or fire eggs hard, cut them lengthwise and pour over them a white sauce made of one pint of milk, one tablespoonful of flour and one tablespoonful of butter. For baked creamed eggs, poach six eggs, put them on a deep platter, grate over them a little cheese and cover with a white sauce made of one pint of milk, two tablespoonfuls of butter and two tablespoonfuls of flour. Bake for fire minutes in a quick oven. Exeelleat Puartarue Pelish. To make a cheap and excellent fur niture polish take one ounce of white wax,ane ounce of castile soap, half a pint of turpentine, two ounces of beeswax, half a pint of soft water. Dissolve the white wax and soap. t which must both previously be cut D into fine sharings, in the water on the store and dissolve the beeswax in Ithe turpentine. When nearly cold Samix these ingredints together sad the polish will be aeady for use. Oldest DrsweIsaker luL Among the many tablets found It Chaldea is what has been termed s "the oldest dressmaker's bill." It d alst from Me L C, and is an item lMisa.t of karmat gin, by the NEWS PER WIRELESS Unique Journalistic Enterprise on Santa Catalina Island. System Has Worked Well in Most Ad verse Clrcumstances and Is Ca pable of Almost Unlimited Expansion. The island of Santa Catalina is a part of Los Angeles county, souuhern Lalifornia, lying about 20 miles off shore, parallel with the mainland. The principal settlement or town is at Avalon, on the southeast, where one of the quaintest hamlets of the toast has grow n up, having a summer pop ulation of 6,000 or more and a rapidly growing one in winter. The locality has much to recommend it-an almost perfect climate the year around, and sports ant pastimes which have gieen it a world-wide reputation. There has been one dranback to Santa Catalina, and that was the lack of telegraphic communication. In summer there are from two to three boats daily; but in winter only one, the steamer arriving at noon. For 24 hours the island was virtually without communication with the mainland. To remedy this, the Ianning company, who own the island established a pi geon route. Large nocks of these birds were trained, and telegrams or im portant news were sent in this man ner with success, the birds taking a message from Avalon to Los Angeles, a distance of 55 miles, in about an hour. The pigeon houses were so arranged that when a bird arrived with a mes sage it rang an electric alarm in the receiver's home or office, thus calling him up. But there was an element of uncer tainty in this. Sportsmen who did not know that the birds were tame shot them en route. Others died of over exertion. In the main the service was satisfactory, but so many prominent men visited the island that the need of adequate means of communication became more and more urgent. Final ly Gen. A. L. New, vice president of the Pacific Wireless Telegraph company. i ci j< h b O v WIRELESS TELEGRAPH STATION. (It Supplies the Island of Santa Cat:line with News.) suggested the installment of a wireless telegraphic plant. A point was selected i north of Avalon bay on the conspicuous headland that culminates in Sugar i Loaf rock and is reached by a well- I built stage road. Here the mast was 1 erected and the office built, the latter being connected' with a main office on I Ocean avenue, Avalon. The instru- e ments used, notably the receiver, were designed by Mr. Swenson, says the Sci entific American. The nearest mainland point is at San Pedro, about 30 miles distant, and from the time the office opened for business to date, about 6,000 messages have been sent without a single error or a mo ment's delay. The plat has been sub jected to some severe tests. During the last of March a terrific storm of , wind and rain very nearly cut off boat communication with the island; yet the messages were sent across the channel with directness and precision. It is interesting to note that while the London Times is experimenting with "marconigraplhs," endeavoring to test the accuracy of the system, the Pacific Wireless Telegraph company has been for several weeks in business, supplying Santa Catalina through a daily paper, the Wireless, with all its news. The Wireless is a small news paper containing the condensed news of the day-a perfect busy man's pa per. The Avalon Wireless publishes every morning the news of Santa Cata lina, the latest catches of great game fishes on the Isle of Summer, as well d as the telegraphic news of the world, sent across the channel during the r night me n, ulet in His Heart. The surgeons at Leipzig hospital have been treating a young man who was brought to them with a bullet in his heart. The bullet, however, caused no bleeding, and did not in lure the heart in a vital part, for after 12 hours the patient recovered, and remained well for three weeks. Then dangerous symptoms appeared, and an examination with Rontgen rays showed that the bullet was be. lug tossed about inside the heart like a ball bouncing off the sides of a room. After six months, however, the bullet became imbedded firmly in the flesh of the heart, and once set ,led in an immovable position, the pa dthnt's condition rapidly improved for the better. The young man has now left the hospital, and the doctors be lieve that the bullet in his heart will give him no further trouble. The wfeephant's auryem. A full grown elephant can carry a wvegkt of Shre tos on its back. GEN. HARRISON'S HOME. The Old Structure, Also Intended eto a Fort, Still Stands Ia the City of Vincennes, Ind. The old house in Vincennes, :nd., where William lcnry Ilarrion lived is perhaps the best pres.ered relic of the earlier years of Indiana's history, says the Indianapolis News. Follow ing the de.-truction of the tirdt post. or Fort Sackville, it was decided to build a permanent fort, which might be u-ed as a home for thego~ernor. Just when it was erected is in doubt. Some say it was built by William Henry Hlarri son, who was governor of the terri tory from 1501 to 1813, while others say it was built some years before. The house is standing to-day and is 150 feet from the banks of the Wabash ii"'I THE HARRISON HOUSE. I (One of the Many Historic Spots in the City of Vincennes, lad.) river, with which its basement is con nected by a large, brick-lined tunnel. The house is good for years to come. The walls are two feet thick, of hand mt olded brick and show little sign of t deterioration. The shutters, up to a year or so ago, were the ones first s hung. They were of hard-shaved oak slats, rigidly fixed in the solid frames and were half an inch thick. B IBullet marks on them, as well as in the frames themselves, are said to be due to skulking Indians. The floors were of hand-planed oak, and are as good as the day they were laid, having grown rough and worn in places. The wainscoting is of hand-planed oak, walnut and poplar-all of the finest clear lumber, and on which the piane marks are vet visible. The rafters and joists are of hard wood, beach and maple-adzed smooth on two sides. but heavy enough for bridge timbers. The roof has been replaced, but was, up to a few years ago, of hand-split oak clap boards, half an inch in thickness. The frames of the doors were all of oak and walnut, and plain, but very solid and substantial. The nails and screws in this historic structure, as well as the door locks and window catches. are all hand-forged. and heavy enough for a battleship. It is in the basement that the mysteries of the house multiply. for it is divided into many dark rooms by massive brick walls, and in one corner was the pow der magazine, oval covered and with a massive door, yet creaking on rusty hinges. Another compartment had a few grated windows near the outside windows. and is said to have been a ss prison in which minor offenders and ed runaway slaves were imprisoned. us In another corner is a door opening ar into a tunnel, which leads away toward tl- the Wabash river, under whose wa 'as ters it. at one time terminated. This tr is said to have been so arranged that on Indians. in case of a siege. could not ru- cut off the fort's water supply. QUEER HOLLOW TREE. Cavity Was Caused by a Bolt of Light. sins. Aeeordila to Veraeloua Old Residents. A unique tree on Long Island is about 60 feet high and about two feet in diameter at the base. It is nearly straight, being only slightly bent near THE HOLLOW TREE. I (Strange Cavity Does Not Seem to Inter fere with Its Life.) the bottom. A hollow in it is about one and one-half feet wide at the bottom: and runs up to the height of about 2C ! feet, where it is only about one-half a foot wide. Seventeen or eighteen feet up, on the opposite side, there is a small aperture just large enough for a man to stick his fist through and to make it possible for a person standing withlnthe hollow to see the sky. The ends ofthe bark around the hol low are very rough and there aawhite substance which covers the tree on the inside. Many persons would sup pose this tree was dead. In the sum mer it is just as much alive as any of s the trees, though it is not so thickly covered with leaves. It has very few U limbs, and they are thin and very crooked. None of them are below the hollow. Many of the old residents of athe viciity say- that a bolt light atg caused the cavity. The Ills of Women Act upon the Nerves like a Firebrand. The relation of woman's nerves and generative organs is close; consequently nine tenths of the nerv.ous prostration, nerd despondency, "the blues," sleeplessness, and nervous irritabiity I wcmen arise from some derangement of the organism which her a woman. Herein.we prove onclusively t hat Lydia E. P Vegetable Compound will quickly relicve all this trouble. Details of a Severe Case Cured in Eau Claire, Wis. * DtA Mss. PINrHAM: - I have been ailing from female troobnl the past five year. About a month ago I was taken with nervous tion, aeeompanied at certain times before menstruation with fet ache. I read one of your books, and fndin man tcstimonials of the rcial effects of Lydia E. Pinkham'. Vegetable Compound, enced by lady sufferers, I commenced its use and am happy to state that using a few bottles I feel like a new woman, aches and pains all gone. I am recommending your medicine to many of my friends, and I yo that you are my hearty thanks for your valuable preparation w doe so much good. I trust all suffering women will use yir Vegetable pound."-Ms. Mazm Tirs, 8o First Ave., Ean Claire, is. (tMay 2 Nothing will relieve this distressing conditie surely as Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compo soothes, strengthens, heals and tones up the de female organism. It is a positive cure for all kl female complaints; that bearing down feeling, ache, displacement of the womb, inflammation of ovaries, and is invaluable during the change of If4 of which may help to cause nervous prostration. Read what Mrs. Day says: "Dnai Mae. PLznAM :--I will write you a few lines to let you the benefit I have received from taking your remedies. I suffered fra time with nervouS prostration, backache, sick headache, painful ation, pain in the stomach after eating, and constipation. I often would lose my mind. I began to take Lydia E. Pink-ham's Compound and was soon feeling like a new woman. I cannot pra m highly. it does all that it is recommended to do, and more. "I hope that every one who suffers as 1 did will give Lydia E. semedies a trial." - Ma. ManI DAT, Eleanora, Pa. (March 25, Free Medical Advice to Wo Mrs. Pinkham invites all women to write ti for advice. You need not be afraid to tell ear things you could not explain to the doctor-- y.r ter will be seen only by women and is absolutely fldentiaL Mrs. Pinkbam's vast experience with troubles enables her to tell you just what is Syou, and she will charge you nothing for her Another Case of Nervous Prostration y " Da3 MaN Pc'Ag : - Allow me to express to you the beaut Iderived from taking LydiaE. Plnkham's Vegetalle Compoued SI started to take it I was on the verge of nervous prostratis. notdeep nig hts, and I suffered dreadfully froa indigeston and heard o Lydia E. Pinkham's wonderful medicine, and began its 1, d immediately restored my health. "I can heartily recommend it to all suffering women."-r.. g C. Dm s, 253 Lapidge St., San Francisco, Cal. (May 21, 1901.) id 0 FORFEIT tiw m ortt i tht t.wa the oriitnal lettsi mca. -e awh ..at.. ..a.. rove r absolute -enailaenM is Lydia E. Nlakham Medisine ce. FIXING IT UP. Father Had to Do Somethtln to StavO OR Comeoquemees of Him Daughter' Seers. "Mr. SmiRki your daughter haseorned t lovl" r s the Houston -Post. "She hai!" "Funny irl, dain't she?" "Ye, she scorned me! scorned me! And, Mr. Smiflti--"0 "Well?" "About that $O I loaned you sometime I bark, I would like to have it immediately." "Huh, becamue she scorned you?" "Because she scorned me!" l"Wil femme tell you, I'm hard up right "go excusee! The money, please!" "If she hadn't scorned you, you wouldn't v t if rwould you.' '.tR --ei o, I suppose not." "Wd I'l tll you what I'll do. I'll talk to her and get her to take back her scorn till the irst of the month." Her Preference. Fashionable Doctor--My dear young lady, you are drinking unfiltered water, which swarms with animal organisms. You should have it boiled; that will kill them. Patient-Well, doctor, I think I'd eooner be an aquarium than a cemetery.-London Tit-lits. GRIPPE HURT KIDNEY e seaits ofr La GOrippe remala with the kidaeys The fromver ert the besy drua d e= s dcs. Do'n Kidney s ovvercome this oodta. AuomA, Maw ma co. -I receivred the free ample of Doan's Kidney PIts which I erdered for a girl nine years old that was suffering with bed wetting, and she lmp'ed verr fast. The pills acted dihe em the bladder in her case aad opped the trouble. J. C. Lucsa BArrrs CaZE, zce. -My husband received the ample of Doons Kidney Pills and has taken two more boxes and feels like anew man. He is a freman on the Grand Treak IL R. and the work is had on thekldneys. Mrs. Gno. Gmanam. PLnA. W. VA. - The free trial of Damn's Pills acted so well with me, I wrote Ho. the drug , at Point Pleasant, to send me three boxes, with the result I bave gained in weight, as well as entirely rd of my kidney trouble. My water had become very afeive and con tained a white sediment and cloudy. I would bare to etup si and seven times drin the ht, and then the rkding dribble and cae frequent at tempts, but thaaks to Doan's dney Pills thel rave gulted all hat, and I cannot S the toe m Jas A . Lanaxa . THE AUTOMATfIC A nlurI tratlve Ilatam.s tacetory Workiag *S 8Hiager's InteM . 1 believe that there i aU world that makes such as dos the buiness of waxits these 'quick lunch' eatiag business man. "The brains 4 seem to work like phonographs hear in the way of orders gais ingly registered and reprod i any apparent mental activit. of exactly what the order mass morning, for instance, I dialogue and monologue s a restaurant. Two men smated . table gave their orders to the relates the New York Ti . "Bring me a couple of and a cup of coffee, Mid the ""Same thing for mae, was1, second, adding in a jocbr sure the eggs are fresh.' " 'All rigat,' was the reply. "And a moment later his m, the back of the restaurantl two-mn' have two of 'em The fool sits down and wa. dinary opportunities to ceos the wise man grasps co°amo proceeds to make them Daily News. Aching backs are eased. loin pains overcome. imb. and dropsy signs They consect urinewlt meat, high colored, paInk bing& frequency. bed Kidney Pills remove &a Relieve heart palpitatiCs headache, nervousnes. KldnQ1 Pll.. &wteA " eafe rwnwaves N I. Imhes ne - MeaCal Advie Pne.-