HAS PLAN TO ABOLISH WIUNY SNUE SINECURES Attorney General Brown Would Wipe Out All Attorneys for State Bureaus. MOVE BACKED BY GOVERNOR Scheme Will Place All the State's Legal Work Under One Department. wit - i.™«"» »< "rvrr SbSS&TMBSX r am will .i--.h' I- "V •Jw— "" -tiswl untion of the Attorney . , {lartineut. Tins mL""^ 'S u otioI1 0f SSiJaZS G? «na tave the f»U backing of Governor Brum Thew sinecures have long served the <1 roiiWntion as dumping places for 7 . , . ...„rs who have thus heen assured steady incomes front too Witl, i„ render, lie ™ a at present has only tin tt .o-uvvi his payroll does not aggregate ¥^,0W I year. The special legal help, on 't'other hand, cost the State m •sioOOOO in the past two yet ■ ;,;S couusei attached to the Dahy at. l ood. Health, Mines, Msh, Game Lou Son, Insurance and other branches o the government. By creating a distinct local staff, from which uss.stauts can „e of assistance to work as it ,ua> veion it is planned to not only eliminate a number of soft political berths, but to also provide the Attorney General with a force which will devote its full time to the affairs of the State in all matters, instead of a few prescribed duties. .. The workingmeu-s compensation bill, drafted by Attorney General Brown, J expected to be made public the latter part of the present week. The measure is to be distributed in printed PamP"e^ throughout the length and breadth of the State and will present on its margin the general invitation: "Send your comments to the Governor. This reguest is expected to flood the Governor's mail for some time. Provisions of the measure pertaining to the rates of compensation are understood to meet with the opposition of the labor leaders, and Samuel Gompers, president of the American I-'ederatiou ot I,abor, is expected to personally prou-si against this phuse of the proposition at u public hearing. The bill now provides for a general 30 per cent, rate of compensation for the injured for a period of 400 weeks. This plan is Qualified, however by a minimum provision of $•> a week and a maximum of $10 a week. Mr. Gompers seeks a general provision of a 65 per cent rate. As a come-back at the repealer, now In the House, of the coal tax law of 1913, Attorney General Brown is preparing a new bill for early presentation, which is intended to remove the issue of constitutionality now being tested in the Dauphin county Court The 1913 bill provided for a special tax on all unthracite coal, half of the revenue to go to the State and the other half to the nine coal counties. The State's income from this source was estimated at $4,000,000. The effect of the legislation, however, has been that the State has been unable to collect any of this income so fax, on account of litigation over the act, while the dealers, to dodge paying the tax, have placed the burden in advance on the consumers by raising coal prices. . Mr. Brown conlends that the 1913 act is constitutional, but is preparing a new bill to overcome i the technical questions which are stated to be at issue in the present litigation. In the new bill, as in the old, it will be provided that the counties of Luzerne, Lackawanna, Schuylkill, Columbia, Carbon, Dauphin, Northumberland, Sullivan and Susquehanna share equally with the State in the income thus obtained. Attorney General Brown is also preparing a bill, wbieh will make direct provision for the succession of President Judge ol the Superior Court, along the lines of seniority similar to those which now prevail in the Supreme and Common Pleas Courts. When Judge Rice, who was named as president of the Superior Court upon its creation in 1895, announced last week that he would retire at the. end of this year, it was pointed out that no provision had been made for the succession mid that ii might be necessary for the Judges to draw lots. The new bill was then detided upon to end all controversy. With this legislation enacted, Judge George B. Orlady, in the event of his re-election this fall, would succeed President Judge Rice. CLEANING A COFFEE POT It May Be Done With Little Trouble and No Expense. Do we all know that a rank coffee pot may be sweetened by tilling two-thirds full of cold water? Then add a handful of wood ashes act bring slowly to tlie boll. Boll for Ave minutes nod stand aside to cool. Then wash and dry in the usual manner. In the absence of wood asbes washing soda will be found efficaeia'"

FARM NEWS AND VIEWS Italians as Experts in the Develop ment of the Tomato. The tome". wa» given to the world by America, out Ituly is today teaching the rest of the world by example iiow it should be raised and how it should be preserved. Italian canned tomatoes have practice"? pushed the American product out vt the English murkCt, and have gained an enormous market In the United States. The Italians raise a solid, meaty tomato of tine color and It Is so packed in the cans that the consumer Is not obliged to pay for a large percentage of

water, wanueu tomatoes, However, are put up principally for the export trade. The Italians themselves prefer their tomatoes in the form of sauce, or paste, which Is nothing more nor less than boiled-down tomato pulp, minus the skin and seeds, as set forth in an interesting manner in a report by Commercial Ageut J. Alexis Shriver, entitled "Canned-Tomato Industry in Italy," recently issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. This sauce is put up in cans and is used by the Italians in a great variety of dishes, of which spaghetti is perhaps the most familiar to Americans. According to fairly accurate statistics the -area plilutcirLl "toCiji Italy is ttuoui 22,000 acres, producing 383,00 tons. The exports to the United States amount to about 20,000,000 pounds of canned tomato and tomato sauce, and some 8,000,0uo pounds of the product go to South America. The total value of the tomato exports from Italy is well over go, 000,000, The sklus aud seeds that were formerly wasted are now utilized, the former as stock feed aud the latter as a source of oil. The crude oil is suitable for soapmaking and lor lamps, aud the retiued oil Shrlver's report, Special Agents Series No. 93, may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, at five cents a copy. Increasing the productivity of the herd is a slow process, but It can be done if the farmer is studious and persistent, says J. B. IJndsey, of the -Massachusetts Agricultural College. Breeding pure-bred bulls to the best-grade cows Is probably the most economical method to follow. Better care and more feed are needed by a herd averaging 7500 pounds of 4 per cent, milk per year than one averaging 5000. Nevertheless, tbe higher the yearly production the less will be tbe cost per quart of milk.

The ollowing is recommended for scours in calves: One to two tablespoons ef laundry starch is boiled, and into it >o four well-beaten raw eggs aud one pint to' two quarts of boiled sweet milk. Mix thoroughly and drench the calf. This is repented as the condition calls for it and will cure the cair. When the trouble lirst cornea io a strong, self-reeding sub ject It will drink the mixture without trouble. If the oat fields are infested with wild mustard next summer spray with IroD 'ulplnite wheu the plants have reached a Many say Ibat the bull is one-hulf the nerd, while others favor the cow. All In ill It may be the man that feeds and milks who Is the main spring of success "The grass would grow iu the city itrects If it were not for the tramp of base said it years ago. Raise the colts and heifers so that kicking and other faults will not crop out. Dangerous live stock on tbe furm have driven many a son from home and encouraged abuse and profanity in the hired man. A veterinarian gives this advice on tbe shoeing of young horses: Don't allow young horses to wear a set of shoes more than a month. Have them removed, tbe hoofs leveled and the shoes reset 'f they ' are worth vlt.

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A LOOK AT THE EXCHANGES . Varied Gleanings From the Columns ' of Our Contemporaries. Sense and Nonsense on Wheat. 1 From The Wall Street Jpurnal. There is more nonsense written about ' wheat nowadays than 011 any other timely 1 topic, and all because people will not I take pains to get at the bottom of the 1 situation. What Is the fact? Simply that the 230,000,000 bushels of I surplus^ from Eastern Europe-. l"tlcb--or dlnarily are depended on to tnt the demand of the deficit countries of Western Europe, cannot under existing conditions he made available. That quantity last year came from Russia and the Danubian district, .hut is out of the question for' tills season. Tbe result Is that stuce war shut off the Eastern European surplus, North of the persistent demand of 175,000,000 people who lust year took most of <(65,- ! 224,000 bushels, but who in the first half of this season have been able to lay their bauds on ouly 223,624,000 bushels. That amount was Imported by European counllulf of the season has gone, and Europe bus only one-third of the usual supply of foreign wheat. As war wastes and consumes far more rapidly thou peace, It is not difficult to see why price has become tion of European governments for our rapidly disappearing surplus. Tlie wonder But what of Argentina, India and AusDrougbt has made it necessary for Aus- ■ tralasla to import from 10,000,000 fo 15,000,000 bushels this year, against an

average export of 50,000.000 bushels in recent years. Australia has changed from giver to beggar. India and our west coast will have to take care not only of Australia, but of the Far East, and little of India's wheat this year will reach doin arrives freely In Western Europe until March if she has free shipping at command, which Is not the case now any means. India's free supply gets Into the West In June and July. Between now and then the Europeans have 200,000,01 HI bushels to draw upon from North a nd. South Au-.-Ica at thejate of lo.OOO.uOO Uushe:s a vcek. And Europe's normal overage takings are 12,750.000 bushels a week. That's why wheat is high, and that's all there Is to it. There's not enough to go around from the smallest world's crop In three years, with a third of the surplus not marketable. How Potash May Be Obtained. From The Springfield Itepub lean. ^ ^ sary for fertilizing, and which has come to this country exclusively from the German mines, promises to lead to Interesting developments and to possible independence of Germany wheu the war Is over. Tbe Idea of extracting potash from seaweed does not seem to be seriously entertained— It sounded u little like Rev. Dr. Jernegau, whose extraction of gold from salt water did not equal bis extraction of dollars from dupes. But C. II. MaeDowell, president of the Armour Fertilizing Company, of Chicago, lias declared to tlie American Institute of Mining Engineers tbat tlie waste in the manufacture' of beet sugar can be made to yield enough potash third as much is lost annually I11 scouring this, according to Mr. MaeDowell. can lie recovered. There are also deposits or potasb or Indications of deposits in several States. Hut capital is necessary tor the development of these and other possl unities. and to interest capital will take

' - ■ Gertrude Hayes with "Follies of the Day" at the Caaino Theatre werV March 'st _ — -i

MILLIONS GIVEN BY JOHN D. More Than Six Millions Given and Pledged by Foundation. New York, Feb. ..—The gifts and pledges made from the resources of the Rockefeller Foundation since its organization up to Jun. 1, 1915, approximate $0,400,000, according to a statement given by tlie Foundation to the United States Commission on Industrial Relations, at the request of the Commission and made public tonight. More than $1,0(10, U00 was given for •war-TCir' expended for the investigation of the hookworm disease • in tropical countries; 4-5292 in tlie investigation of industrial relations in this country; $39,270 for medical work in China, and $223,57-* for tlie purchase of a bird refuge in Louisiana. These expenditures, totaling $1,420,218, are listed under disbursements for activities under the immediate supervision of the Foundation. A list of other gifts and pledges totaling $1,703,040, includes $100,000 to the American Red Cross toward tlie erection of headquarters in Washington; $100,000 to tlie American Academy at Rome; $*50,000 for the American Foreign Mission Bourds; $200,000 to the New York Association for Improving the Condition of tlie Poor in its widows' pensions work, aud $45,000 to charity organizations in New York to relieve distress due to the war and tin .uduslrial depression. Listed us personul gifts of John D Rockefeller out of $2,000,000 of the unuual income of tlie Foundation reservei. for his individual charities, are $32,501. 10 tlie Young Men's Christian Associu.ion for its foreign work; $50,000 to .lie Amereun Baptist Union of Western Canada, with the stipulation that none of it be used in the foreign field; $5000 to the Boy Scouts of America; $GO,OOo

: to the Y. M. C. A. of the University of Michigan to erect a building; $300,000 to Brooklyn Y. M. C. A. for the same-purpose; $10,000 to the Salem 1 Relief Fund, and $2,550,000 to tlie | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. These personal gifts, described | as "founder's requisitions" number 50 ; and total $3,214,000. FOR THE INVALID , Some Tips That Will Help Both Sufferer and Caretakei. I A little leaf, or anything green, placed I beside a saucer on the tray affords a change for the eye, and perhaps will please the Invalid and even tempt the apDo not place an over-abundance before anyone who Is ailing, and never ask "if they are ready for nourishment." Simply '■ring the article, food or otherwise, when the proper time arrives. Perform yonr duties smilingly; let cheerfulness and neatness abound. Both! sides will feel the radiation and be helped ' accordingly. l. N. SUFFRAGE GAINS • Suffrage Is gaining. ■New York legislators favor the vote. -Massachusetts and Alabama are lu -Tennessee and Arkansas lead the South. —Pennsylvania is not behind In voting for suffrage. —New York State is In a great campaign for votes for women" in 1915." ' —New Jersey is expected to stand with New York and Pennsylvania by submitting suffrage this year. —Suffrage measures are under way Id Rhode Island. Michigan, Wisconsin, Ala-

GORN CAKES Aunt Moriah's Own Particular Way of Making Them. "Yes, Miss, people gits into ru:s with -lev coosm'. Ley has de sauie things 011 .to table day alter day an' week after week. De human constitution, male an' .elm. e, demands a change. Yo' mils' have one unusual dish every day, whether yo' .* ruiiuin' a bon'diu- house or Jes runnin' Aunt Moriub, "lrom de Eastern Sho' o' Mary bind," is quite a talker, but she finally 'arrives ut tbe point of her subject, this was ber way of introducing the subject <>. how 10 make corn cakes, aud she Hum coruuieul, und that ua a food it Is uui xuuicieutly appreciated. Moriub continued, "an' a teuspoonfui o' suit, mid yo' pours hiiiun' water over 'em an' beats 'em all de time till dey gits like mush, an' yo' lets 'em git cool. Den yo' adds de beaten yolks of four eggs, an' a handful o' Hour, with two teaspooDgful o' cream o' tartar. Yo' atlra in some milk till de mixture gits 'bout like de hatter fo' buckwheat cukes, an' den adds a teaspoonful o' soda in a little hot water; yo' adds de whites o' de eggs last. Den yo' bakes de corn cakes on a hot griddle, jes like yo' do xuckwheats. "Dey ain't so hard ter make. No, Miss. Of course, dey requires some skill, jes like all cookiu' does, hut ef yo' ain't got skill dese days yo' ain't got nothiu' very long, 'cause somebody comes along an' takes If away while yo' ain't lookin". Ain't dat so? Yes, iudeedy! Yo' got ter put de same thought on cookln' corn cukes at. yo" do on writln' editorials an' preucblii' sermons. In fact, some people preachin'. 1 don't know bow dat Is, but ef yo' don't think hefo' cookln' yo' thinks a heap afterwards. Yo' must stir yo' soul Iu with de meal. Yes, Miss, dat's de way. Cookln' is de most Important thing on earth outside o' religion, and ylt' yo' don't see many folks with brains tukin' up de work. "I hope yo' likes dem corn cakes when yo' tries 'em. Good mornlp'. Miss." Handbag Novelties. Leather Is now combined with fabrics In handbags.

SHAVING MUG EATS NECESSARY WATER Makes the User Quite Independent of the Capacity of Kitchen Boiler. SCISSORS IMPROVED ON Device by Which the Blades Work Automatically When Guided by User. <^?\NE of the tragedies of the board(lll ing-house life is Saturday night and no hot water. Everybody in V-U tbe bouse wants hot water at once and the capacity of the kitchen boiler is oit-rlaxed and 'ails to respond with anything hut aqua .it spigot temperature, refusing to be .empered tbe least particle by the heat•d remarks going up iu 11 great chorus i'roin all over the establishment. The fellow who is not demanding hot water for the bath wants it for a shave and while it does not require a great deal of water for a shave the shaver-elect wants it hot and he wants it when he wants it. The newest shaving mug independence as far us the hot water supply is concerned, for it is equipped with a flame for heating tlie water as desired. Persons compelled to make continue* use of scissors as In the dress. mtker.i calling and several oihe 3 of a s-imiar nature, an apparutus has recently patented which will save the muscles o. ins baud from tbe latlguiug .a nor .u opera t HEATS SHAVl.No ivAaEK. tomatically. The scissors are secured to a mounting frame, one end of whiou has a rest to hold the point 01 toe implement just above the surface ut tue cutting board and a wheel In the rear to which CUTTING FRAME FOR SCISSORS. Is seeured one of the bundles of the seiswhich has u slight vertical movement. A slight pressure on the handle drives the device ahead and actuutes the blades so as to cut their way through the material as the implement progresses. A TRIO OF TIPS Demure Colors, V-Shaped Neck and a Novel Embroidery Touch. One feature of the egrly models is the employment of colored worsted as trimming. There have been tentative grouplugs for an ornamgntatlon. ,pC- thia kind — but they have not resulted in anything definite or attractive. The V-shnped neck line is still In evidence. It is, when everything else Is left out of consideration, probably the most becoming neck line there Is. There seems little doubt tbat the entire world will follow the lead of France and garb Itself in demure colors, If o"' In black. ,

Daily Fashion Talks BY MAY M ANTON

A FASHIONABLE SHIRT WAIST THE simple, plain shirt waist has returned to its own. It is the smartest of all blouses for wear with the tailored suit and for simple occasions. It is offered in crepe de chine as well as in linen and in the cot-

ton stuffs, and it is fashionable in white, in sand and putty colors and in a color to match the suit. Here is a model that can be made either with high, turnedover collar or with soft open collar, it includes the regulation long sleeves, and it can be made either with or without the pocket that gives a mannish effect._ The tailored finish is the correct one whichever collar is chosen and crepe de chine blouses finished in tailored style make one of the most interesting features of the present fashions. Cotton crepe and cotton voile both are liked for waists of this sort, and both can be found in a variety of colors as well as in white. Madias always is a favorite, \ linen is handsome 1 and serviceable and I there _ are novelty 1 materials without number. I n the back view, the blouse is shown with V-shaped neck and three-quar-ter sleeves and that combination will be a desirable one for the coming warmer For the medium size will be required 3% yds. of material 27 in. wide, 2% yds. 36, 2 yds. 44 in. wide. The May Mantor pattern No. 8470 is cut in sizes from 34 to 44 in. bust measure. It will be mailed to any address by the Fashion Department of this paper, on receipt of ten cents.

Design by May Manlon. 8470 Plain Shirt Waist, 34 to 44 bust.