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err utes ; add when cold. flavoring and spread HQU5EHOLP DAINTY DISHES. Corn Omelet Four eggs, one tea- spoon salt, one cup canned corn, one-quarter teaspoon pepper, one tablespoon our, one tablespoon but- ter. Heat corn ; thicken with but- ter and flour creamed together and season. Separate eggs; beat whites till dry and yolks till lemon color- ed. Add corn to yolks and gradu- ally f&ki mixture into whites. Turn into warm, well-oiled omelet pan and cook gently, lifting mixture from time to Hire to let the un- cooked portion precipitate. When brown on the bottom, set in the oven to become firm on the top. Cut at right angles to the handle, fold and turn on a hot platter. Spaghetti Italian Two cups spa- ghetti (in inch lengths), three-quar- ters strained tomatoes, two table- spoons butter, one-quarter tea- spoon minced onions, one-half tea- spoon salt, two tablespoons dried mushrooms, soaked in one-quarter cup cold water, a few grains cay- enne, one tablespoon flour, one- quarter cup Romano or'parmesan cheese. Cook spaghetti till tender in plenty of boiling salted water, drain and rinse in cold water. Melt butter ; add onions and mushrooms and saute three minutes. Then add flour, mushroom liquor and toma- toes. Let boil ; season and stir in spaghetti ; sprinkle over chftese and let stand to become very hot. Brown Olive Sauce One and one- half cups brown stock, three table- spoons butter, three tablespoons flour, one-half teaspoon Worcester- shire sauce, salt and pepper to taste, one-half cup sliced, stuffed olives. Melt butter. When brown- ed, stir in flour, cook until it also browns ; then add stock gradually. Let boil ; add Worcestershire, sea- sonings and olives and serve very hot. Peach Meringues Six good-sized rounds of sponge or plain cake, six halves of peaches, meringue made . of two egg whites and one-third ' cup powdered sugar, two and a half i tablespoons candied fruits and nuts, chopped together. Bake sponge or plain cake in a thin sheet. Cut out ; i rounds and place on each slice a peach half, filling in the cav ity with the fruit. Cover with meringue nil bake eight to ten minutes in a slow oven. Serve with peach or. fruit sauce or boiled custard. Creamed Tongue Two and a half cups diced-oooked tongue, one- fourth teaspoon onion juice, two t ii)l sjMo'is minced pimentos, one i ti'aspuori lemon juice, two table-' spoons paltry flour, two cups milk. t--j tablespoons butter, one-half teaspoon salt, one-eighth teaspoon p<>pper. Melt butter, add pimen- - tot, and. when softened, the flour, j eisonings and gradually the milk. Add moat : let stand over hot water till verv hut, then serve in a bonier of boiled rice. Onion Soup -- One-quarter cup carrot, diced ; one stalk celerv, one cup sliced onion, one and one-half! quarts white stock, eight table- spoons butter, ono cup rich milk or I cream, two brani-hos parsley, two ?g yolks, toasted croutons, par- [ mesan cheese, salt and pepper to tstitc, one tablespoon flour. Conk * ccrrol, celery, parsley and onion in butter until softened, then add flour nd stuck and simmer twenty min- 1 ut-es. Heat cream, combine with! *gg yolks, add to s.uup and cook two j minutes, stirring vigorously. Strain! nd serve with the croutons, but-j tered lightly and sprinkled with parmosan cheese. Canned Pear and Orange Salad One and a half cups dried canned pears, three oranges separated in- to sections, lettuce, currant and French dressing. Marinate pears thirty minutes in currant dressing: Jet oranges stand an 'qual length of time in tho French dressing. Ar- range orange sections on lettuce, with ;i generous spoonful of the pear in the biddle. Currant DressingTwo table- spoons currant jelly, one table- spoon lemon juice, two tablespoons olive oil, one-quarter teaspoon salt. MIt jelly, add lemon, o.il and salt and boat thoroughly. Chocolate Roll Pudding. Three eggs separated, three teaspoons baking powder, one cup sugar, one- 1 quarter teaspoon salt, one cup! flour, three tablespoons boiling water, one-half teaspoon vanilla. Separate eggs, beat yolks until ! thick, whip the whites stiff and add , the sugar, beaten egg yolks and \ flour sifted with baking powder, th-on add the water and spread in buttered lined pan and bake in moderate oven. When done, turn on to a cloth, wrung out of hot water, spread with chocolate filling and roll like jelly roll. Serve with bob vanilla sauce. Chocolate Jelly Filling Two quarts chocolate, one teaspoon b<ter, one cup boiling water, two tablespoons cornstarch dissolved in on* half cup cold water, three-quar- trs cup sugar, one teaspoon vanil- 1. Melt chocolate: add boiling water, sugar and butter, then the. corn starch. T?"il at least five min- HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A cloth dipped in ammonia will often remove stains from the collar of an overcoat. Insist upon the washerwoman sprinkling the clothes with hot water. They will iron more easily and have a smoother finish. Poached eggs on toast are much easier to eat if the toast is first cut in small squares and then but- tered, keeping the shape of the slice intact. A little peanut butter worked in- to the cream cheese makes a tasty filling for sandwiches, especially brown bread ones. A little salt and paprika add to the flavor. If, when making coffee, you run short of milk, a good substitute is to beat up an egg and put a little in each cup with a little milk. You will find this also greatly improves the coffee. Somebody has suggested the idea of painting the lower cellar step white if your cellar is dark, thereby preventing mishaps and also doing away with feeling for the last step as you go down. If the house is infested with ants, dip a sponge into sweetened water and lay it where they can get at it. They will soon cluster upon it and the sponge can then be drop- ped in hot water. Old hair-brushes which have be- come soft can be made quite hard and firm by dipping them in a strong solution of alum. Put a lit- tle .alum in some hot water. Five cents' worth of alum will last for months. To purify the air of a cellar and destroy parasitical growth place some roll brimstone in a pan, set fire to it, and close the doors and windows as tightly as possible for two or three hours. Repeat every throe months. Scalds or burns can be cured al- most immediately by applying a poultice made of oatmeal and '-old water. The cooling qualities of the meal help to draw out the fire from the burn, while its soothing proper- ties heal it. When meals must be kept warm, take a deep baking pan and half fill it with hot water, then put in it some covered bowls containing the various articles of food and put the pan in a moderately hot oven. The belated dinner will be fresh and hot a when first served. Always put a small piece of crust into a frying-pan before frying fish. This prevents the fat from splutter- ing and making the stove greasy, and shows by its brown color just when the fat is at the right heat for the fish to l>e put in. Buttermilk is the best thing to clean I'lioloum and oilcloth. Just mop it up with a soft cloth and see the dirt taken off bv the application. Milk well rubbed into the wood makes a good furniture polish also. keeping the shiny surface in good condition. K Tiiornirrs The Hale is 114 Keel a Sceond. Sys a Writer. As a result of scientific tests, with an elaborate apparatus, it is declare..! that the speed of thought in man is at the rate of 114 feet a second. This measurement has re- ference to the rate at which mes- sages of the bodily telegraph sys- tem aro sent from nerve centres along motor nerves or those des- tined to bring muscles into play. But. explains a writer in Har- per's Wec!<l\, a second class of nerves exists in the body called "sensory." whose duty is to convey messages from the body to nerve centres. The rate of impulse in the sen- eory nerves is quicker than in the motor nerves. Investigators give varying rates from about 168 feet to t>7."> Feet per second, an average rate being ^s-j feet. Physiologists have made careful calculations regarding what is called our reaction tune. Here we endeavor to calculate the interval which dapsos between the infpres sion ninde on our organ of sense and the giving of the signal which registers the impression as received by the brain and translated into terms of consciousness. Different results, due, no duobt, to the varying nervous capacities of the individuals, have been ob- tained. In one series the interval averaged .1087 of a second, and in another .1911. Signalling to the eye by means of a light demanded for its reception and demonstration .1139 of a sec- ond. In the case of a sound the in- terval was .1360. An electric spark used to stimulate the eye gave as reduction time .1377 of a second whe.il the signal wns given by the lower jaw and .1810 when given by the foot. PICES GO m BUSINESS TWO GERMAN NOBLEMEN FOIMI A COMPANY. Friends of (he Kaiser Laiineh a Scheme, to Develop Their Mines. The German aristocracy has be- gun an unexpected experiment. Many of its wealthiest and most dis- tinguished members desire to be- come business men. The way was led by Prince Fucatenberg and Prince Hohenlohe, who entered tho business world a year ago, and now the German public is eagerly dis- cussing the marked effect their cx- arnplu has had in diverting the ef- forts of other noblemen into new channels. For anyone acquainted with the habits and conceptions of the Ger- man aristocracy such a step as that taken by the two princes mentioned is almost incredible, says the Lon- don Express. German noblemen are probably the richest people in the Kaiser's dominions, despite the gigantic for- tunes accumulated during the last 5C years by such industrial families as the Krupps, the Bleichroeders, the Ballins, and the Wiegands. But the fortunes of the noblemen are for the most part tied up in great estates. Sentiment does not permit them to mortgage their es- tates, for they cling to the old Prussian belief that land inherited from ancestors is sacred. Consequently, many of them have embarked in business. They have entered a new sphere exceptionally equipped. Their substantial back- ing and their influential connec- tions give them a standing not en- joyed by the average business man in Germany. "TRUST OF PRINCES." Prince Max Egon zu Furstenberg is regarded as the leader of the new movement, which is referred to pop- ularly as the "trust of princes." He is a young man who enjoys the distinction of being the Kaiser's best. and. in fact, his only intunate friend. He is the only man allowed to call the Emperor Wilhelm in private, except the members of tho Imperial family. Prince Furstenberg was an officer ally are considered the symptoms of almost superhuman greed. On the other hand, the princes maintain an almost regal attitude in their transactions. Both are knights of tho Black Eagle, the greatest order in Germany, and no familiarity even when it inight.be advisable in dealing with certain business associates, is allowed. A campaign has been started in Berlin to check the schemes of this "trust of princes," but thus far Prince Hohenlohe's great wealth has been the means of keeping them well to the front. It is a curious example of the battle between mod- ern Germany as represented by tho middle-class business man and the old aristocracy. TRAINING A CAT. Requires Knowledge of Ils Charac- ter and Constitution. It is generally accepted now that at the- age of six a cat comes to the use of reason that is the age given by the present Duchess of Bedford, who is an authority on cats and their ways. Before that, said Mr. Louis Wain to a Pall Mall Gazette interviewer the other day, you can model its character, and it will feel the benefit of all the love that is bestowed upon it. Most of the mis- takes which are made in training cats arise from an absence of know- ledge of the cat's character and constitution. To punish a cat you should not strike it a blow merely numbs it, and when the spine (its most sen- sitive part) is struck, particularly when the cat is old, it is likely to spring at the striker. The best way when a cat does anything wrong is to frighten it by striking a. stick on the ground. It is most sensitive to noise, and it will connect this new noise with what it has done. It fools more intensely than most ani- mals, hence its supposed savagery in cases. The culprit is the st riker, the real savage. "And," went on Mr. Wain, "if those who call the cat cruel and ungrateful knew how much the cat lias to give him in tin- way of electricity they might be less harsh in their judgments. Cats are highly electrical, and it is very good for one to have a cat perch on one's shoulder u COSE OP THE CORSET. [ Problem One of the Host Serious of Modern Women. In a lecture at the Harvard Medi- cal School on the evils of the cor- set, Dr. E. H. Bradford declared that the corset problem is one of the most serious confronting the woman of, to-day. Moreover, he pointed out that the, injury worked by the corset falls most heavily on the working woman. He suggests that for women who have to earn their livelihood some special costume be devised, .such as nurses now wear. "The principle of distinctive clothing." he says, "can be gained from foreign countries, where each class has a costume of its own. Here, all women follow the same fashion, and as a result they are slaves to a fe,vv fashion makers of Germany and France." A hundred years ago men changed from the stays they had worn up to that time to freer cloth- ing, but the women kept on in the old way. The costume of the an- cient Grecian women was ideal. but even that worn Indian was sensible by our native compared to the dress of the women of to-day. In the time of Louis XVI. the cor THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY' INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 26. Lpsson VIII. Truthfulness, Malt. 5. 33-37; .lamps 3. 1-12; 5. 12. (.oliloii Text, Kpli. -4. 25. MATT. 5. 33-37. Verse 33. Again Jesus has al- ready compared the old law with the new in regard to two points, that of their respective require- ments touching the respect for life, and touching chastity. He now proceeds to a comparison of the two ill their requirements as tu truthfulness. 34. .Swca.r not at all Among the Jews as among other Orientals <ho common method of emphasizing a .statement of any kind was bv means of an oath. The object by which one swore determined the degree of confidence to be placed in tho statement made. light and often ineiit of solemn It is against this insincere employ - adjuration that Jesus directs his teaching. His set frightfully disfigured the bodies words arc not to be interpreted as of the nobility. Nearly all its de,- an absolute prohibition of the use votees perished under the guilk tine, but the corset unfortunately survived to inflict its miseries on generations of complacent women. The modern corset, like con- science, seems to make cowards of! its wearers, in that they value a so- called fashionable figure at a higher rate than perfect health. IRON VESSELS LIGHTEST. After many experiments and very interesting tests, experts infroin us of oath forms, as for example in courts of law, though the universal establishment of his principles would in itself make unnecessary any assurance of the integrity of one's speech beyond the simple af- firmative- or negative. 37. The evil one Or simply, evil. JAMES 3. 1-12. Verse 1. Be not many teachers The words of you are, in the ori- ginal, left .to be supplied. In this that an iron vessel" weighs -2~ ,,.,- 1 cha])ter and the first twelve verses cent, less than a vessel of the same <)f the noxt chapter the apostle ex- size, constructed of wood. This is P allds ;l "' expounds the teaching due. of coure, to the fact that the IIK "' < ' concisely stated in 1. 19, 20. wooden vessel has to be built BO! Knowing that we We who aro much thicker, and contains so much! teachers. more material that Us weight is| Heavier judgment The responsi- greator than a vessel built ol iron. bilitv which one assumes in under Sand dunes in the Sahara Desert, Africa, move about fifty feet a year. The iron ship will carry about 15 '"king to lead others was then, as percent, more cargo, with the two; '* ' s llow > frequently undeivsti- vessels loaded to the same depth. ' mated. Iron vessels are much cheaper.! - ^' e all stumble Xone are froo more quickly built, and will last 'from mistakes and errors of judg- niuch longer; and navigators de-! n 'ent, not even those who are tho dare less fuel is required to run anj recognized teachers of others. a given distance, all iron vessel things being equal IJAIiSIIOT IVVKK. St'UKKY, ENGLISH IKMIi: OF III K DIKE AM) Dl'CHESS OF CONN U GUT. in the Gorman army when he aban- doned military life in 1H9U. He in- herited the- estate of Donaucsch- ingen, in H.-idon. which made him the richest man in the country. The death duties amounted to $1,000,- 000, which sum the prince refused to pay until compelled by a lengthy lawsuit. Realizing the dispropor- tion between his income and his landed properly. Prince Fursten- berg decided to go into business. 1MMKNSK CAPITAL. -*- SAVE ON 2% CENTS A DAY. la these days of pressing wage problems it is cheering to read the news from Egypt. The natives at work in the. fields along the Nile receive 2/., cents a day and are able to save n part of their earnings. Their food costs them practically nothing, as they eat little besides onions and sugar cane, and these they take from the fields, without having to pay for them. Prince Hohenlohe, an intimate friend of Prince Furstonbcrg, owns ii great estate in Silesia, and the richest /inc mine in Europe. He I u rued the mine into, a lrmieil com- pany, and is personally supervising its management. His fortune is estimated at $75,000.000. These two princes were forced hy the disparity between their large estates and the limited income therefrom, to fight for the actual maintenance of their wealth. They; combined their fortunes, and, with the assistance of two other men, ] they formed a syndicate with a; throe f ol<! purpose the purchase of land for speculative purposes, the exploitation of salt mines, and the development of the Hohenlohe zinc f mine. The land company, which devoted its energies principally to Berlin, \ lias been handicapped during the ' vear of its existence by the great crisis in the German building trade, 1 duo to reckless overbuilding. The Hohenloho mine, however, yields a dividend of eleven per cent. STOCK EXCHANGE OPPOSING. Prince Hohenlohe and Prince I Furstenberg are encountering j steady opposition from, the Berlin' stock exchange, as well as from the j newspapers and the public. It is inconceivable to the average Ger- 1 man mind why two great noblemen i who enjoy the favor of the Emper- I or and the ownership of enormous estates should attempt to establish ' themselves in tho business world. They arc treated with conspiou- ( ous coldness by members of the Bourse, where thoy are seen fre- . quontly, and their schemes gcncr- WHICll WAS FIRST. German Scientists Will Ascertain Our Kinship to Monkeys. An attempt is to be made at the Imperial research laboratory at Munich, Germany, to determine by blood precipitating experiments, which of the living races of men bears the closest blood relationship to the ape. As the case now stands tbere is general agreement among scien- tists that man and the ape are de- scended from a common ancestor, but a.s to whether the black, the white, the red or the yellow man, the pigmy, the giant, or the me- diuni-sizeil man, was the original human type there are. strung differ- ences of opinion. One body of the- orists holds that the negro is a de- generated white type, while another insists that the white man is evolved from an ancient black type. It is evident, say the investiga- tors, that if the mixture of the blood of the white man and the chimpanzee produces a stronger precipitate, than does the mixture of the blood of the black man and the chimpanzee, then the white type of man is of greater antiquity than tho black. Similarly the ox periinents may show the relativo antiquity of the different existing races, with the chance of recasting human history in entirely new moulds. _C- NEW BLUE ROSE. One of the most interesting of the recent discoveries as related by the nurseryman is introduced as the violet blue rambler, "hailed by the German rose growers as the fore- runner pE a genuinely cornflower blue rose." It has something of the characteristics of the chame- leon, for the color is at first either reclish pink or purplish pink, then amethyst and at last steel blue. The blossoms are of a medium size, in large clusters. The Violet Blue Rambler is a chjld of the Crimson Rambler. INGENIOUS CONTRIVANCE. Slops Woolen Fabrics From Losing If any stumbleth not in word, the .same is Perhaps better, if any man were not to stumble the same would be. The sentence contains a sup- position contrary to the fact stated in the pereceding sentence. A perfect man Perfect in self- control. 3, . Bridles . . . rudder Two small instruments of control, upon the correct use of which in each ease depend important issues. 5. How much wood Or. how great a forest. (i. The tongue is a lire : the world of iniquity among our members ia the tongue. which -lelileth the | whole body -Or. the iongun is n fire, that world of iniquity : thn toimue is among our members thai which defiletb the whole body. In Mark 7. 22, '23 we read, "eovetings, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousnosH, an evil eye, rdllinu;, nrido. foolish- ness; all these evil thines proceed from within, and d'Tile the man.'" The point that the apostle .lames makes is that the toiiuno is not only a eh'ef instrument of Ils iv\ ner. which thes Their Color. Woolen fabrics appear to under go a change after they have boon! The wheel made up into clothing, and even'cycle of life, of which fabrics of the best quality, and once admitted, lakes their appearance and texture be- come modified. This seems to be duo to atmospheric effects, and the stuffs lose their good appearance. I vices in but also the means by arc induced bv him in of nature The \\holo wickedness, full po.-^'s- becoming streaked or swelled up in places. For the best qualities e\ periinents were made by stretching the fabrics upon frames up to 150 feet length in covered .shells, so as to expose them to the air before- hand, but without avail. A new method is devised by Otto Huckeu bach in Germany. He noticed that when the stuffs had been stretched on the frames while the weather was cold and damp the effect wns better and the fabrics kept a good aspect. Then he used an artificial cooling chamber, but found that a bettor way was to treat the newly- made fabric when rolling out hori- zontally by sending up a blast of cooled anil damp air from an air- box placed underneath and pro- H. The tongue van no man tamo - It is more unruly and venomous than arc the beasts, birds, .mil creeping things .just mentioned. tency in life, and cursing Consis- in speech in action. vidcd "with a long slit. the lower part of the box for the purpose. As this proved expen- sive, he made, a new apparatus, and now tho fabric passes through a long closed cooling chamber The cold air sheet from a cooling-box am! even in purpose and motive it exceedingly hard to achieve. It is fir such consistency in the inter- ests of the higher anil better lifn that the apostle is pleading. 12. The lig tree . . olives, . . . vine The material for the apostle's figurative language is taken from his own environment. Figs, olivos, and irrapes are slill among tho principal fruits of Svria. Veil her can salt water yield sweet -That is. no given sj>i ing can yield both salt water and sweet at. the same time: the point, of thn apostle s argument is that oven as but .01 Ice is put in! ;l tvi ' (1 '-"' v ""' ( ">" lliv "' of fruit, and a spring can yield but one kind of water, so a life can have but one ultimate trejd. whatever the ouiwird impression made by woi i.l of mouth mav be. ">. 12. In this verse we have a con- strikes the fabric at the bottom as before, but now the used air is col- lected from tho main chamber, and goes back in a closed path to the cise summary of the \crses taken from the fifth chapter of Matthew. Lot your yen bo yea. and your nay, na.v -Or. let yours be the yea. cooling-box so as to be sent onti yea, and the nay. nay. again. A. worm tube wilji a refri- gerating brine occupies the bottom of the cooling box, and the air is moistened by a water spray within the box. i BEGINNING RIGHT AT HOME. 'She (flattering with eyes and | voice) '-Arthur, dear. I find that j we still need a few things to make. For tired eyes try lying down for .our YiillS household more service- a half hour and putting cool com-] able." He, "What is it now?" ' She "Well. for instance, wrt presses of boracic acid solution over them. Make the compresses bv dip- ping pieces of sterile gauxe into a pint of filtered water that has had n third of an ounce of boracic ftcid thoroughly mixed in it. need a new hat for me!' London is the banking centre of the. world.