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fine crushed cracker crumbs-either
soda or butter crackers-put layer in
the bottom of a buttered pudding dish,
wet slightly with oyster liquor and milk
mixed, next layer of oysters, season
with salt and pepper and small bits of
butter, then more crumbs and oysters
alternately until the dish is full. Let
the top layer be of crumbs. Beat an
over the top, place little Jumps of butter
all over the top, cover the dish and bake
half an hour. Remove the cover few
minutes before taking frem the oven, to
let brown.
A LADY who had Just received an ad-
dition to her help" in the shape of an
intelligence-ofice girl, instructed her
how to make coffee. " Now, then," says
the lady, "pour the ground coffee into a
pot, then pour in the hot water, and after
few minutes boiling put in one half an
egg or So" and the lady illustrated each
description by demonstration. "You
understand, don't your" continued the
lady. Indade I do, num-" was the
response; "bile the coffee, grind the
water, and dhrop the half Of an egg.
Isn't that it. mumT' "All right" re-
piled the lady. "Now, then, tomorrow
morning we'll see how we'll you remem-
Der it. Tomorrow morning came, and
the coffee was as good as could be ex-
pected. The third morning came, and,
to the establishment of the wife, the
coffee was undrinkable and nauseating
even the odor of it was sickening.
Bridget was called, and questioned as
follows: Bridget, did you first put
the ground coffee in the pot?'' Indade
l did, num-" "Did you then pour in
the hot watcr??'' Sure, did" How
long did you let it boil?'' Five
minutes, num-" What did you dc
then?'' az put in the egg, mum
"Just as showed you the other morn
ingP' Well, to tell the TRUTH" say
Bridget, "I would have put in the hal
egg, as ye towled me, but the egg was ;
bad one, and | thought ye wouldn'
mind kaping the half of it, so
dhropped the critter as it was" TIL,
lady no longer wondered that the eofe'
was not drinkable.
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The COnfiding Man.

A solitary lady was going up town on
horse-car, recently, smiling as if she
believed ali the world at peace, when
man with handkerchief bound around
his head got aboard and sat opposite
her. He doubtless felt that some ex-
PLANTATION should be made for his ap-
pearance, and he suddenly said:
Madam, 1 was not run over by a
butcher-cart."
She made no reply, and he presently
continued:
"And l didn't fall down stairs"
She looked out of the window as if
she didn't care whether he had gone
down through a bridge or been blown
up. He moved around uneasily, and
then whispered:
"Twas family fght-worst conflict
you ever saw-most beat tornado
You look thin and weak and pale, and I
don't mind telling you how the old
woman always"
Will you mind your businessT'
called the driver, as he opened the
door.
al willE' was the soft reply, "but /
want to tell this lady how she can wallop
the old man every time he gets sassy and
sighs for a terrible conflict, you see.
When one O these family fights occurs
there is always some pre-"
want you to stop" shouted the
driver.
II will-I will; but first let me say
that there is always some preliminary
jawing and sassing around. If the
woman is sharp, she will keep jawing as
she backs for the fre-shovel-keepj Jaw
ing and backing and backing
"Pll put you off the carp exclaimed
| the driver, as he looped his lines over the
brake.
Keep jawing back till you get hole
of the fre-shovelI" said the stranger
"Ihen carefully sneak along and sneal
hyenaess and you are calling him 1
savage, you want to"
"Off with you-right off n this car ?
said the driver, as he grappled him.
will-Pll go; out madam, dom
forget to sneak along and sneak along
He was off the car by that time. HI
stood in the middle of the street, and a
the car started, he turned his head in
and hoarsely shouted:
Strike for all you're worth whel
you hit him! It's the first blow tina
counts. If you can stun him on tn
start, the victory is"
The driver made for him, and he re
treated to the curbstone. When the ca
started again, he leaned forward an
called out:
"Sh! Say nothing! What I hav
told you is in strict confidence! Hi
him over the ear, and the scalp wi
peel clear roundw
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ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOUSE.

A CONNECTICUT farmer turned down
a rank growth of clover and sowed win
ter wheat, which yielded twenty-seven
and half bushels per acre. A neigh
Dor sowed the same kind of seed in an
adjoining field, not fertilized with clo-
yer, and harvested-a fair crop of straw
that contained no grain.
ANALYSES of leaves and wood show
that of earthly matter or ashes, the ma
nure foliage of the elm contains II per
cent, the solid wood less than 2; the
leaves of the willow more than per
cent, its wood only o.44; those of the the
beech 6.67 per cent, the wood only O.35; /;
those of the European oak LOG per cent,
the wood only 0.22; those of the pitch
pine 3.13 per cent, the wood only 0.37.
THE Western Farmer says: Zone of
the first things to be taught boy upon
farm is the use of tools He should
be good carpenter and blacksmith, in
fact able to make or mend most any inn
plement upon the farm. A few tools
are always necessary, and the proper use
of them can soon be acquired, so that
the farmer can shoe his own horse, make
his sheds, build his barns, and thus turn
every day to account"
STOCK, when having suitable shelter
and protection during cold and inclem-
ent weather, gain in condition on less
food than would keep similar stock,
when unprotected, from actually losing
condition. In seeking to protect our
stock in stables, ETC., we must see that
we provide for good ventilation, without
which little comfort is realized by the
stock, and the beneficial effects of good
feed and warmth are defeated.
THE Scientific american gives the fol-
lowing receipt for preserving eggs: Mix
half a pint of unslaked lime with the
same quantity of salt and a couple of
gallons of boiling water. When cold
put in the eggs; see that they are we'll
covered with water and the vessel con-
tanning them kept in cool place. The
eggs should be fresh when put in, as one
bad one will spoil all.
PROBABLY the plough in Egypt is of
the same form as in the days of the Pha-
raohs, if not, indeed, of still ruder con-
struction. The fellah has to procure
the animals of draught whence he may.
The Egyptian oxen, which have some
thing of the character of the bison or
buffalo, are sturdy beasts, but they are
not plentl1uI. 80 the patent camel,
with all the gear for being ridden, is
also put to the plough. They are an
assorted pair; it may not be easy to
drive and direct them, yet they appear
to work tolerably well together.
For oyster patties, put the oysters in
saucepan with enough of the liquor to
cover them; let them come to boil
skim we'll; add two tablespoonfuls of
butter for one quart of oysters; season
with pepper and little salt; two or
three spoonfuls of cream will add to the
richness; have ready small tins lined
with puff-paste, put three or four oysters
in each, according to the size of the
patty; cover with paste and bake in a
quick oven twenty minutes; when done
wash over the top with beaten egg and
set in oven for two minutes to glaze.
For scalloped oysters, have plenty OF
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A Talk with Stanley.

[Cairo Correspondence of the Philadelphia Bulletin
On New Years day I had the pleasure
Of an hour s conversation with him in his
room, when he gave the following sum-
mary of his work. Leaving England on
August Is, 1874, he went to Zanzibar, on
the east coast, to organize the expedi-
ton. Starting from that city with a
total force of 347 men, he commenced
the first allotted task of settling the
problem of the sources of the Nile,
which was satisfactorily accomplished.
Secondly, he was to finish the explora-
tions of either Baker or Burton, and he
chose the route of Burton. He, how
ever, followed the other sufficiently far
to sight Bakers lake and add to the dis
coveries around that body of water.
Lastly, he undertook to determine
whether the river Lualaba was a tribu-
tary of the Nile or of the Congo, and it
proved to be of the latter, as the voyage
down the Lualaba brought the explorer
out on the Congo. Stanley emerged on
the western coast of Africa on August IL d,
1877, with but lis men. Thence he
sailed around the Cape of Good Hope
back to Zanzabar, nine more men dying
on the voyage. At Zanzabar he dis
charged his little army, made presents
to the relatives of his dead followers,
and returned to Cairo by the way OF
Suez. During his three years in the in
terror 400 miles were accomplished, of
which 6, 400 were over country never
before trodden by explorers. The con-
tinual reduction in the number of his
force was caused by conflicts with hostile
tribes and by fevers. Stanley himself
suffered more or less from fever, but
after having become thoroughly accli.
mated the attacks were not of serious
nature.
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GLEANzNaS FROM TIE MUSE.
THE COQUETTE's PLEA.

what, give up nirting7 The ideal
I'D like 10 know, indeed,
What sacrifice you'll next require
There IL no real need
OF eating thus three times a day:
ri give that up, II 20 you say.
why. Tom, iirt when other girls
Would have cry, and find
II IL more soothing 10 the nerves
And cheering 10 the mind.
A damp, unpleasant Niobe
No man shall ever make Of me.
No nirt7 Then what's the use Of eyes,
Or lips, or golden hair?
Did Harry kiss me7 Yes, he did:
You need not stand and stare
Like any Gorgon. He's my own
Dear cousin, and 50 handsome grown.
Not hirt7 Why is II sunbeams play,
Birds sing or mount afar?
like TO be the hope, the life
The very guiding star"
OF every handsome man see:
Iwant them 20 make love TO me.
Not hirt? Why, cen the staidest flower
Mods In coquettish glee
To every naughty zephyr that
Comes whispering DER the lea.
They say I'm Ike the flowers, and 50
I do just as l see them do.
I'd Air with grandpa, dear old man.
II he were still alive;
oft rehearse with little Ben,
Who's only Just turned five.
Aud still, TO keep my hand in, make
Sweet eyes at Bruno and old Jake.
Grow old7 Well all the men / know
VIII grow old too. I'll wear
The sweetest caps and daintiest ties,
And crimp my snowy hair.
i'll hang my walls with pictured beahx,
To cheer my heart while knitting hose.
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They don't know II.
Some people don't know that they are be-
ing swindIed every time they buy an in
ferior, short-weight, baking powder. It
would be far better to buy and use the old
reliable DooLEY's YEAST POWDER. Every
package of the Dooley Powder is warranted
absolutely pure, and strictly full weight.
Sold by grocers.
DIR. PIERcE's Golden Medical Discovery
will cure a cough in one-half the time ne
cessary to cure it with any other medicine
and it does it, not by drying it up, but by
removing the cause, subduing the irritation,
and healing the affected parts. Sold by
druggists.
THE editor of an agricultural paper says
there is absolutely no cure for hog cholera,
but that Sheridan's Condition Powders
given occasionally will certainly prevent it.
Be sure to get Sheridan's. The other kinds
in large packages are trash.
"BI-METALLIC currency" eh? But
suppose fellow hasn't got the cashtoe
do it with?
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THE coal production of the world has
increased enormously since 1845. In
that year Great Britain produced 3D.
500, 900 tons; in 1874, 125,O43, 900. Bel
gium, 1845, 4,960,077: in 1874, 1862
600. France, 1845, 4,141 ,617; 1874, 49,
$4,000. Prussia, 1845, $500, 900; 1874,
Al, ,754,600. In the United States the
production in 1874 was nearly ten times
that in 1845.
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Fight With a Wounded Bear.

A New York World correspondent at
Goskenny says: The bear hunters have
enjoyed fine sport in Ulster County for
the past two weeks. 1t has been many
years since bears were SO numerous.
Jack Ackert and three companions from
the Bull Run region startled large bear
from its nest a few days ago, and fol-
lowed it several miles. Jack came up
with it where the dogs had brought it to
bay, on ledge overlooking laurel
swamp. The ledge was a perpendicular
one, ten feet high, on the summit of a
barren ridge that extended in an abrupt
slope to the edge of the swamp, a dis
tance of over three hundred feet, and
the ground was covered with several
inches of snow, upon which stiff crust
as smooth as ice had formed. Ackert
shot the bear as it was fighting with the
dogs. 1t fell, to all appearances, dead.
The other hunters were scattered about
in the woods. Ackert approached near
the PROSTATE animal, and shouted for
his comrades to come up.
The bear, however, was not dead, and,
to the hunters surprise, arose to its feet
and rushed toward him in spite of the
dogs. Ackert fired his other barrel, but
did not kill the bear, and in another
second was defending himself In hand
to hand fight with the enraged brute.
The crust WAS so slippery that the bear
had the advantage of the hunter. as the
latter could not keep his feet, while the
sharp claws of the former permitted
him to maintain his position. Ackert
slipped and fell, and the bear had him
in his embrace in moment The move
ments of the contestants had brought
them nearer to the edge of the rocks.
As the bear threw his paws about the
half PROSTATE form of the hunter, the
latter dealt it a fearful blow with his
hunting ak, which felled the animal.
The ground was sloping, and as the
smooth fur of the bear came in contact
with the CLASSY surface of the snow the
animal, maintaining its hold of Ackert
slid towards the edge of the ledge, and
before it could get hold in the crust
with its claws both hunter and bear fell
over the rocks, and striking the icy
slope below shot like cannon-ball dowr
the mountain. Two of Ackert's com
panions came out upon the rocks just al
he and the bear went crashing into thu
tangled laurels at the foot of the ridge
and disappeared in the swamp.
The hunters were compelled to make /.
detour Of half a mile to reach thu
swamp. They found Ackert sittin,
with his back against hemlock tree
He was covered with blood, and hi
clothing hung in tatters. He was alive
but it was half an hour before he wa
able to realize where he was and how h
got there. He remembered falling OF
the rocks, starting down the mountain
being hugged by the bear, and crashin,
into the swamps-and that was all
The bear laid ten or fifteen feet away
covered with blood, and dead. Both o
Ackert's shots had reached vital spots
but there is no doubt that, but for tn
fortunate ride down the mountain, tn
bear would have crushed the hunter be
fore the wounds proved fatal. The bea
weighed over two hundred pounds.
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CHEW
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Dysentery Collie, and Spasms. taken internally and
Group, Chronic rheumatism, Sore Throats, Cuts,
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PLATE sin with gold, and the strong
lance of justice harmless breaks; arm it
in rags, a pigmy straw will pierce it.
Thus Shakespeare steps out of his marble
sarcophagus, and talks of the Modern
Age.
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FNz81IIiS3IlE

Ten years have proven their efficacy in all hillary
disorders. They restore the liver, stomach and
kidneys to heathful action; give Appetite good di
gestion and vigor to body and mind.
Rev. r. L. Simpson, Louisville, KY, sayss
I" TUFTS Pills are aCOrth their tcei0tt in
g0Id.'
Sayre & Co., Druggists say: 80 We sell fifty
boEes TUFTS Pills to fire of alt 0thers.'
Price. Is cents Office IS Murray ST.. New York
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CRUMBS OF CoMFoRT.-Earache, tooth
ache, headache, neuralgia and deafness can
be instantly relieved and finally cured by
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. Get bottle
and read directions.
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SAkDkL-WOOD,

positive remedy for all diseases Of the Kidneys,
Bladder and Urinary Organs; also good in
DropsicaI Complaints. It never produces sick
ness, certain and speedy in its action. 1t is fast
in six eight days. No other medicine do this.
Beware ofInaifafions, for, owing to its great
success. many have been offered; some are mos
dangerous, causing piles, etc.
DUNDAS DICK q CO.'S Genuine Soft Capsules.
containing OIL of Sandalscood, sold all drug store.
Ass for Circular send fo~.one to 85 asd ~ Wooster
Street Nes1 York
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The Markets.,

CINCINNATI.-Flour-Ex "a 65@5; spring,
s5@5 SO; patent. 81 25@S Is: family. s5 2596 rs;
superfns, Ss so@s So; low grade, 50 so@s Is. Rye
Grain-Wheat, prime to choice red, 81 15@1 20; /;
prime to choice amber hill and white, s, 2GGsI 27.
sS@45. Hay, prime timothy, ssa1O. Mess pork,
Cotton, sN@121Sc. ' 'S-7a'
lily, s5 25@5 rs. Wheat. No. red winter, 81 15e
11S. Corn, new Western mixed, 36@37c On track
Rye, 54@55c. Oats mixed, 25@21c. Bulk Meats
sides, 5X@5.s0c green clear rib sides. 500 Sweet
pTi%s 0s,se8 steam, rj Mogs, $ soes q -
q 5o@4 IS: No !, IS 25@5 50; fancy, IS s71a@
4sc.; mixed. Ale. Oats, white ssc.; mixed, Sic.
Rye, 60c. Hay, S9912 per ton. Mefs pork, $11 20.
Lard choice leaf, in tierce 7sSasAc; do; in kegs,
sa@ss4c. Blu meats. ss4@szse:: 51a@s54c., $40
&C. B,con, &C., $500, 6549b5se. sugar-cured
NEW AYoRK.-Flom- No. 2, 81 1894; super
fine, Western and State, $4@4 So; common to
choice Western and State, IS 30@6; common to
choice white wheat Western extra, Sc Os@6 rs; do;
fancy, Us soss 2s; oS%oa to s0S extra Ohio sSg
Flour, s. 25@9. drain-Wheat 81 S4S1 IS; barley,
Mess pork new, si1 Is Lard, prime steam, S5sG
7.6ce. Cotton 10 1s-16@1O 1S-16c.
s4 Western extras IS; Minnesota extra family,
$F@6; high grades and Minnesota patent process,
S6@S; extra family, State, IS 1896 25. Wheat
Pennsylvania amber, 81 "a 81 81; Pennsylvania
winter red, 81 S1@1 "a; Pennsylvania white, 81 S5
@1 40. Corn, yellow Western, Sc. mixed West
ern, 631a@53s4c. Oats white Western, 36@S715c.;
Western mixed. 35@35Hc. Rye, Pennsylvania, 81
@7Oc. Mess pork, $12@12 25. Petroleum, refined,
u1ac.; crude in barrels, 9ss99s@c.
STOCK MARKETS.
CINCINNATIIBee Cattle-;Common, 2A92Ic.;
grades, 354@41ac.; fair to good shippers, Ha@5c.;
fair to good heavy oxen, 3Z@414c.; fair to good
feeders, 3@4c for light and heavy qua tiles Sheep
S4c HosslCom@on IS sosS IS fair iss, to GOOD I'd
light So s0@3 95 fair to good packing grades, So 30
O. 05; selected batcbers', S405@i is.
BUFFALO.-Beef Cattle There is little doing in
the market now. Sheep Market firm for good
made of fair to ood Western sheep at 81 75a5 per
1C0 lbs. and choice sheep at IS 25 Hogs--Good to
choice Workers, S0@4 35 per 100 lbs. fair grades
81 20; good to choice heavy, IS 509S 80; common
NEW YoRK.-Beef Cattle Common to good
steers and oxen, SIC per lb to dress IS lbs to gro
cwt., and 1014c to dress 81 lbs extra an premium
steers 10c. to dress 81 lbs, aad 1lc. to dress 5s
lbs, which were taken for export alive to London.
About 800 head of fat steers were taken for export
at 9L2011hc. Sheep-Poor to choice, 81 256l6 SO.
HesswLiye 81; sold At 81 5o94 50, with quiet market
S5 25 per 1to lbs; medium 81 1895; common, 81 25
Hogs-Yorkers, "a 1904 20 per leo lbs; Philadel-
as SO per 100 lbs.
WOoL,--In Cincinnati prices are as follows:
Unwashed--Fine merino, @22c; coarse clothing,
2S@25c; medium do, 25@26c.; long combing, So9
c3c Fleece-washed---Fine merino, 3563Sc. coarse
clothing, S0@3ic.; medium clothing, Ss@3sc. long
good to choice, 85@s7c. Pulied-superhne, 25@27c
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GOOD OLD
STANDBY.
MEXICAN MUSTANG LINlMEN1.
For MAN and BEAST.

ESTABLISHED 81 YEARS. Always cures. Always
ready. Always handy. Hos never yet failed. thirty
millions hare tested il. The hole world approves the
glorious old Mustang-the Best q nd Cheapest Lini-
ment in existence. Is cents a bottle. The MI Ta7-
Liniment cures when nothing else will.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE vENDERS.
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PONDS
EXTRACT

CATARRB.-POnd'sE Extract is nearly Spe-
cific for this disease. 1t can hardly be ex-
celled, even in old and obstinate cases.
Ths relief is so prompt that no one who has
ever tried it will be without it.
CHAPPED HANDS AND FACE. Ponds
Extract should be in every family this
rough weather. 1t removes the soreness and
roughness, and SOFTENS and HEALS the
Skin promptly.
RHEUMATISM.- During severe and changeable
weather, no subject to Rheumatic Pains
should be day without Ponds Elk.
tract, which ALWAYS RELIEVES.
SORE LUNGS, CONSUMPTION, COUGHS,
COLDS.-This cold weather tries the
LUNGS sorely. Have Ponds Extract
on hand always. 1t relieves the pain and
cures the disease.
CHILBLAINS will be promptly relieved and ulti-
matery cured by bathing the afflicted parts
with Ponds Extract.
FROSTED LIMBS.-POud's Extract invaria-
biy relieres the pain and finally CURES.
SORE THROAT, QUINSY, INFLAWED
TONSIL AND AIR PASSAGES are
promptly cured by the of Ponds EX-
tract. 1t NEVER FAILS.
HISTORY and Uses Of Ponds Extract, in
pamphlet form, sent free on application to
PONDS EXTRACT CO, 9S Maiden Lane,
New York. Sold by Druggists.
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quality, only plain seams to finish, for 81.
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RED FLANNEL UNDERWEAR.
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