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chinese Execution Ground.

This Is & small, open court about forty
feet long and twenty five wide, writes g
correspondent from Canton Is is used
q i notterv when not needed for execu-
tions. and as ] strolled in the ground,
covered with earthen Jars and vessels, Il
seemed ID give the place az aif Of peace
i'll industry rather than q bloody exeeu-
tons. stepping carefully among the
nota and lars, / stood on q spotcolored n
deer. dark red by the blood Of prisoners
recently decapitated. Turning with q
shudder from this spot, / gazed along the
walls of the court, and my eyes rested oll
5 nile of cage-Iike boxes stacked up On.
rne side. Jill eacla Of these q ggllastly
haad nf i GhinaEaan showed through the
bars looking distorted and horrible.
Maap these cases were the crossed beams
ii which persons are tiea aecaplIa=
fion. There are two modes for deeaplfas
zion Dractised. One II % make fne prl-
aoner kneeI, and the head Is struck from
INA bedg while Id this position. Ihls y
fhe usual mode of decapitalion. an
afslar Il by tying the prisoner up 70 =
sa1S 81 cross and then striking of the
head 81 this position the women are
aI,ga4a executed. Onesentence of capital
n,,nsslament Is I'd Il Into the eyebrows,
checks. ana aeshy parts of the arms aa.a
breasts ID such i way fhat che hesn VII
hanu down Id strips, md then the head
isSseruck of. The sentence y usslaias an-
Hicted on women committing adai1erys
and 0n parricides
iii the hair III The ~condeHnea nan Z
n9acea 1 psper 81 which ii written ils
nature IL fhe crime for which ~ 8 benz
executed.
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A Cowboys Revenge.

Thousands even of humane citizens
will rejoice at this tale of retributive
justice from. the wild Southwest. the
chronicles relate that a Las Vegas, New
Meyico, cowboy, Clar Allison by name,
sold a lot of steers at Cheyenne the other
day, at a good profit, and then went to a
dentist to get an aching tooth attended
to. The dentist, seeing a chance to make
something, bored a hole in a sound tooth
of Clay's and attempted to Ill it, but,
being q bIngIer, broke the tooth. ALI
ron got mad and went to another dentist,
who told him that he had been the victim
Of 4 quack. The bowman went back to
the first dentist, picked up a pair Of his
forceps, knocked him down, yanked his
mouth open, jerked out q sound double
tooth, grabbed for another. caught q
front tooth and q piece of the upper
lips, and was tugging away ut these
when the shrieks Of the qnacs drew >
crowd, who took the enraged eattleman
III and ended the performance.-Neao
York Commercial.
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Sizing Up His Colleagues.

John Ell. Oberly is an entertaining
talker, and tells some funny'stories. He
says hat many years ago, when a young
man, he was elected an Assemablyman in
Illinois. He was frightened when the
time came for him to go to the Capitol at
Springfield. He feared that he-would be
paled by the flashing of bright intellects
all around him. He took his seat IN the
FIRST day in fear and trembling, but in five
minutes he was put perfectly at'ease and
made to think that perhaps hesmight be
one of those who would shine. This is
what wrought the change in hismind.
"Mr. Speaker" said one Assemblyman,
'tthere are no ink in the ink-stands."
Young Oberly was amazed. "By
gracious" he thought, "w this he'kind
Of timber they send heres"
Up rose another Assemblyman, since
famous as "Long Jones" and known to
all Hlinoisans.
"Mr. Speaker" said he, "thereare ink,
but it are froze in the bottles"
That was all young Oberly needed to
put him at ease in the Legislature.
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How Wars Begin.

ssPapa, how do nations g%ettinto war
with each otherG inquired Tommy
Seasonby.
"sometimes one way, sometimes
another" replied his father. "Now there
are Germany and Spain-they came near
getting into wal because a Spanish mob
took down the German flag.
"No, my DEAR" put in Mrs. seasonby.
"that wasn't the reason"
"But, my darling, said Mr.: seasouby,
"don't you suppose I know? You are
mistaken-that was the reason"
"No, dearie, you are mistaken. 1t was
because the Germans"
"Mrs. seasonby, / sayit was because"
"Peleg, you know better! You are
only trying to"
''Madam. I an not aware that your
! opinion was asked in the MASTER"
"Well Idon't want my boy instructed
by an old ignoramus."
''see here, you impudent2
"Don't you dare bristle upnto me, you
old
"Never mind" interrupted Tommys
IT fancy L know how wars begin"
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Can Imagination KiIl?"

This is, perhaps, hardly the correct
form of question that the British no
GolonsaI Druggist uts TO itself in dis.
eussing the death Of the young woman at
Hackney under circumstances in which
Keating's insect powder largely figured.
AS The powder appears by DR.. Tidy's ex-
per:ment5 to be perfectly harmless, the
suggest on is not unnaturally made that
the deceased, who WIS possibly Of a hys-
f%erical, highly imaginative turn of mind,
took the powder in the full belief that by
its means her death might be accom-
plished. The writer of the article in our
contemporary, we think wrongly, brings
forward two remarkable instances OF
what may be regarded as practical jokes
with melancholy examinations. In the
case Of the convict delivered up to the
scientist for the purpose of a psyche
logical experiment 1.-THE man was strapped
to- d table and blindfolded, ostensibly to
be bled to death; d siphon containing
water was placed near his head, aud the
fluid was allowed to trickle audlbly into
4 vessel below, at the same time that a
tr.fling scratch with a needle was inflicted
on the culprit's neck; It is said that
death occurred at theend of six mlnufesl,
fear must have played no in~eonsiderable
share ID the fatal result, and We do not
know whether all the vital organs were
III a sound condition, though they were
presumably so. The old story Of the
case Of d college porter is also one in
point. The students e%ntrapped him into
4 room at night, a mock inquiry was
| held, and the punishment of death by
deeapitation deereed for his want of con-
| sideration 10 the students. It is small
wonder that, under the dominion Of fear
| and belief in the earnestness of his tor
mentors. the sight of an ak and block,
with subsequent blindfolding and neees-
sarv g~enufexien, d smart rap with q wet
towel on the. back Of. his neck should
| have been followed BY the picking up OF
Z norf.sa - Lancet. Il
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How to Write.

It is my firm belief that a child could
learn to write much more easily if,
after being once enabled to make and
recognize written letters, it were let
alone, and praised or chided not for its
method, but for the result. Let the boy
hold the pen as he likes, and make his
strokes as he likes-hurry, Of course,
being discouraged-but insist that his
copy shall be legible, clean and shall
approach the good copy set before him,
namely, a well-written letter, not
rubbishy text on a single line, written as
nobody but a writting-master ever did OF
ever will write until the worlds end.
He will make a middle at first, but will
soon make a passible imitation of his
copy, and ultimately deye.ope a charac.
teristic and strong hand, which may be
bad OF good, but will not be either
meaningless, undecided or illegible.
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A Father Surprised.

A gentleman recently -opened a letter
addressed to his son, containing sugges-
tons from a friend to the latter for a
noye1 which he (thc sony was privately
writing. The father was exceedingly
surprised and frightened upon reading
the following words
"DEAR BoB:-You really must show
more caution in constructingsyour plots,
OF the governor viii be sure to discover
the dead body of Geraldine in the cellar,
and then your secret will be out. You
consulted me about the strychnine. I
certainly think you are giving it to him
in rather large doses. Let Emily put her
mother in a madhouse. 1t will answer
your purpose well to have the old girl
out of the way. / think~your forgery is
for too small a sum-. Make it three
thousand. Leave the rest of your
particularly nice family circle to me.
will finish them off, and send back the
fatal dagger afterward by book post.
JACK
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The Puzzle OF the Egg.

ar. Mafthieu Williams, IN n Of his
lectures, says: EVERY one who eats his
matfatinaI egg. eats d fmo and q mira.
cIs Inside 81 that smooth, symmetrical,
beautiful she'll turks a question which has
bern the Troy town for all the philan-
fhropists and scientists since Adam.
Armed with the engines Of Nar-Ghe MI
eroscope, thescales, the offensive weapons
Of chemistry and reason-theT have
nrobcd aud weighed and experimental;
and still the question is unsolyed, the
citadel nm acked. Professor Bokorny
can tell YOU that aIbulnen is composed
81 ii many molecules OF carbon and NJ
freoen and hydrogen, and al persuade
you of tie difference between active and
nassiye aIpulne1, and can show BY wen
aerfullg deli ate experiments what the
a1dahvdes haFeto do in the separation OF
aold. from bis complicated solutions put
&c cant tell you why from one egg eomes
1 little rid hin, ! and from another 9 pan
an. You leave yotlr little silver spoon
al hour iii d egg-cup, and y e coated
viii, i compound of sulphur. why IS
lint suIplltr fhere2 Wonderful that
evolution should provide forthe bonesof
fl,a future heali There IS phosphorus
aIso ii That mieroeosm and the oxygen
al the iii, passing through the shell,
mites with Il and The acid dissolves the
sheI. thus making good, strong bones
m lie chick. and 1t the same time thin
nin.r fhs prison walls. Chemists know =
grad deal now about albalinen. and Il
fhev cannot tell lis why life diIeren.
;alas Itself therein and thereby, they gag
saIl you how not to spoil your break
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PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE.
lsIf I were only richr' she said,

"If / were only rich!' she said,
SID crown tie golden days with deeds
That angels would rejoice to see,
I'd scatter far and wide the seeds
OF hope and cheer and charity;
And they who fatltered near my door,
Athirst and hungry, sad and sore,
Should solace find to roam nc more;
IT'S painful to be poor" she said.
sfIf I were only rich" she said,
Then, welded to a nabob great,
The world assumed a roseate hue:
Enthroned a queen in nigh estate,
No troublous thoughts her moments
knew.
Want staggered past her castle-gate;
The starving found a wretched fate;
IIer lap-dog supped off silver plate3
"'Tis tiresome to be rich!" She said.
.-Herbert HaU Winsloe,
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Restfui Nights, Days Free From Torture,

HA6sEENA NIEREss UHyB Free From TOFEWF0j
Await the rheumatic sufferer who resorts to
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. That this be-
nignant cordial and depurent is a far more re-
liable remedy than eolchicum and other poi
sons used to expedite rheumatic virus from the
blood, is a factthat experience has satisfactori.
sy demonstrated. 1t also enjoys the advantage
Of ~being-unlike Unexpectedly safe. With
matism exists, which renders them liable to
Its attacks after exposure in wet weather, to
currents of air, changes of temperature, or to
should take a wine glass or two of the Bitters
rs soon as possible after mourning risk from
she above causes, as this superb protective
effectually utilities the hurtful influence. For
the functional arrangements which accom-
pany rheumatism, such as collie, spasms in the
stomach, palpitation of the heart, imperfect
digestion, &c, the Bitters is also a most useful
.emedy. 1t is only necessary i'll obstinate cases
10 use it with persistency.
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Insured at The Age 0f1O2.

& correspondent states that he has just
conducted an insurance upon the life
81 d man aged I0a years. This cente-
narian enjoys good health and appears TO.
be in the possession. of his faculties. He
states that his father lived to the age Of
10. and met his death from IN injury
due TO tho breaking Of q milestone. His
grandfather was, he asserts, accidentally
killed in his mill at theage Of 1876. His
great-graadfather lived TO the age of
1873 The man hi question distinctly TO
members his great-father, and has now
living q great-greatniece, . d that he has
seen seven generations af his family
Laacet.
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PITH AND POINT.

Simply Stunnlng-A Sl1ngshot.
stCome to the scratch" as the cat said
to the lap-dog.
1t is the bootblack who improves the
shining hour.-Ju1ge.
Those who toll and spin-the bicycle
riders.--Harttord Times.
An old-fashioned board of investiga-
tion-The Single Wilmington Star.
Congressional garden seeds are dis
tributed for raising votes, not vegetables.
Boston Herald.
When doctors give a man up his chance
for life has gone. When lawyers give II
up his money is gone.-Plcayune.
Those men! Think I'll run down to
Hastings for a change" ''Take the mis-
sus?" II said, for a change. '"-'Judy.
Two stupid hunters shot q woman,
mistaking her for a bear. A N
should never be mistaken for anything
but q dear.
Policeman-"You have been standing
here for a hour. Move on" Absent
minded chess-player-''Beg pardon, sir,
it's your ve."-Judge.
Student in want of money sold his
books and wrote home: "Father, re-
ioice; for I now derive my support from
literature. '-NeW York NeHs.
A philosophical young man said that
he had made a good match, for the
slightest domestic friction made his
spouse ''fare up."-Siftings.
First young buck-Helloo, Bob! Heard
you had some of Mumm's extra dry last
night. Was it fine? Second young
buck-Yes, S. and costs.-Burlington
Free Press.
"Bees unquestionably possess the
power of memory" says q scientific wri-
fer. So does the man on whose neck the
bees happen to hold a caucus.-Neto
HGUen Neaos.
There is not SO much difference be-
tween a restaurant and a cattle barn as
one would at first suppose. The former
has many tables, and the latter has its
stables, too.-Chica3o Neaos.
Smith, saw you carrying home a
couple of n~iee-looking watermelons last
night, Brown. How muchd did they cost
you?' BroWn@"I don't know yet. The
l;+tIe GIRL If two and . half wears
h,rned be5 fnaar for the first tims the
otha. ~ GIG niaood hor fnaer an ).
bat ,o Toy ana lndden,r = drew VT i hack ;.
n noo pvois 90 aoh der,s > min in It w.
60 l -. oh' W. PA =
Doseo" o00.se'
since She rst,,rned from E,,roneia ..sey,
anal t;aaos y ssT1o voa th;ni sbe hoe inn.
nroved as every much y sfn what
part,nai.r2n stsba doesn't s;nc 40 much
f. she ,sl i 10 ), M,s;sol .1a,la5a1
Us = I:NIkNA.1s !.
Iney nave son MI pl.sne papl - ~ .ns
lyn3spo,ousn seIoois. ene eAail
ination tue osiiei uaJ . uoy Mas aeN 20,
N@ nraaaa -. ona
his Iepfy was Cayenne peppoi aiv
Jamaica glnger.-Leeotst0n eMe. J01fn0t.
An EXCHANGE, in sneakipo of a certain
49, 60. ssua nil snond eoma t;mf
lia,, saye. - WI spona soao .1 =
looking a1ter MS business interests III
this vicinity This comes OF careless
ness. He should have kept his business
;,toreste t;ad nm In some safe MACE and
- IaSas - - .saa5 m.4aahIe
t1en ne Woulun nase ~ spuha .eauao =,
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Satisfactory Evidence.

]. ", Graham, Wholesale Druggist, Of Aus
tin. Texas, writes: II have been handling
DR.. WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR THE for
the past year, and have found it one OF the
most salable medicines | have ever had In my
house for Coughs, Colds, and even consump-
ton. always giving entire satisfaction. Please
send me another gross"
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ADVICE to ~consamptivcs.

On the appearance of the first symptoms, as
general debility, loss Of appetite, pallor, chilly
sansafians. foiIows4 by night-sweats and
ooa,gh1 nrompt measures OF relief should be
f@Eeen. Congurnption Is scrofulous disease OF
the lungs; therefore, use tho great anti-scrolu-
ious or hooR-pnrIBer and trengtn-ressoTer,
narior to cod l~iveroiI as q nntritive, and un-
snrDassed as a pastoral. For weak lungs,
splitting Of blood and kindred affections. 1t mas
ga sonsI. Sold by druggists. For DIR. PieTcess
~freatise on consumption, send ten cents IN
etamus. Worlds Dispensary Medical Assoei-
ation. Gg3 Main Street, Buffalo, N. K.
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FnATrER not myself in thy faith 70 God. +
th;nk NOT thou hast charity for thy neighbor
II thou wantest faith to God. When they are
not both together they are both wanting; q
ara both dead If once divided
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Tho proprietor Of the Great Western Poultry
Yard. Mr.. James NJ. Goodkey. st. Louis, Mo-,
il enthusiastic in his praise Of Red Star Cough
Cure, which cured him after all other reme-
dies failed. He says it Mother constipates the
bowels nor causes sick headache.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11

In permicious practices pursued in soulitude, is
4 most startling cause of nervous and general
IMPAIRED memory, dependency, and other at
tendants of wrecked manhood. Sufferers
should address, with ten cents in stamps, for
large illustrated treatise, pointing out unfail-
ing means of perfect cure. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main Street, Buffalo,
NV.
The longest life will seem short when we look
back upon it from the threshold of eternity,
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The Bilious,

dyspeptic, constipated, should address, with
ten cents in stamps for treatise, Worlds Dis
pensary Medical Association, 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, n. Y.
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The p-ain-banisher is q name applied to 81
Jacobs Oil, by the millions Who have been curea
of rheumatism and neuralgia by its use.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11

Nor q day passes, but men and women OF no
note dc great deeds, speak great words. suffer
noble gororws. OF these obscure heroes. ph1los-
ophers and martyrs the greater part Will
never be known till that hour when many that
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11
HOUSEHOLD
A Useful Table

A correspondent of the Housekesper
ave the following table showing the
required to cook different fruits for
aiming and the amount of sugar re-
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11
The Baby.

The baby's second SUMMER Every
mother knows what that means. The
poor little pilgrim has already found the
earth a place of tears and pain. Those
teeth, coming so fast, and as they come,
oecasloning SO much disturbance in the
fragile little frame, what a source of
peril and irritation they are to the baby
and of anxiety TO his parents! Keep the
baby In comfort. Dress him loosely and
simply, with soft, thin wooden garments
next the skin. Give him a sponge bath
when he cries uneasily and f~retfully.
See that here is no cEafng of the soft
flesh, ana that no pins are prieking him
in unsusN ectcd places. Let his food be
properlyscooked and given at regular in
t@eryals, sgd attend to it ether yourself,
or let itybe prepared by a trustworthy
person. Let the little one. be out of
doors much of the time, and if he is i'll
AMI a physician is to be had, send for
one promptly. Frail as the lie of an in
FAINT is, and quickly as the silver thread
may be snapped, yet a young child raj
lies in a way impossible to an adult. A
very sick child, indeed, to-day, may be
frisk;ng about merrily tomorrow. Never
despair of the recovery of a little one
while life lasts, but do not triie with the
beginnings Of disease Prompt measures
at first are often half the battle Chris
tiaD at Work. 3
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The nobIest spirits are these which turn to
heaven. not in the hour Of sorrow. but ID That
of Joy.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11

He who knowsthe world will not be too bash
'ul. He who knows himself will not be too
mpudent.
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Youthful INDULGENCE

The praise of others may be of use in teaching
IS, not what we are, but What we ought to be.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11

No on;ugs in Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Cures Where other remedies fail. 25c.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11

The Brown Cotton Gin is "A No A."
.rt is simnlv n~erfeet.n Has all the latest i'm
movements and is delivered free of all charges
It any accessible point. Send to COMPANY at
New London. CT, for catalogue OF ask your
merchant to order one for you.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11

IN 4 Tresne. CAL, barber shop they furnish
for sns BARRIERS to shave by.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11

PREVENT crooked boots and blistered heels
by wearing Lyons Patent Heel S%tiffeners.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11

Society is always trying in some way OF othel
20 grill d us down to a single fiat surface.
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The purest, sweetest and hest Cod Liver Oil
II the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
upon the seasllore. 1t is absolutely pure
nd sweet. Patients who have once taken it
refer it to al! others. Physicians have de-
it superior to any of the other oils in
Made by Caswell, Hazard d Co., New
The Opelousas courier., 1886-09-11

CHAPPED HANDS. face, pimples and rough
cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
5aswell. Hazard 4 Co. New York.
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pCppEl aIA sdlt, dlA pOui oA SAlaAi
quantity of vinegar. When serving lay
. small lump Of ice 0 n each dish.
GINGER ALE.-Two pounds brown
sugar or one quart molasses, two table
~spoonfuls cream Of tartar, two Of ginger,
two sliced Ismons. two gallons boiling
water. Stir well, and when milk warm
add half pint Of yeast Stir again and
Let it settle in a lightly covered vessel
twelve hours. Strain, bottle, and put
in a cod place. Il will be lit for use in
two or three days, and will only keep a
| week.
CoLD MEAT PUDDING.-For cold meat
pudding rub one-half pound Of beef
| dripping into one and d half pounds Of
| flour, with q little salt. Moisten the
paste with water and roll it out one=half
all inch thick. Mince any kind of cold
meat; season it and add a few spoons of
gravy. Spread the minced meat on the
paste and roll it up. Tie it up in a cloth
buttered and Toured and boil for an hour
and d half.
BoIIED PoTAToEs.-neel and put into
| boiling water, with q tablespoonful Of
salt. Let boil till q fork will piereeth them
readily; drain, cover with a towel to abb
serb the steam and render them meally.
Potatoes are really better if cooked with
| their 1siackets'' on-simply cutting of an
end or peeling q narrow strip around the
centre. II is perfectly proper to terve
them SO, if more convenient than to peel
them, and they are certainly more pal
atable.
CABBAGE SALAD.-Shave q hard, white
| cabbage into strips; take the yolks of
three well-beaten eggs, q cup and q half
OF good cider vinegar, two teaspoonfuls
Of thick cream, one ~teaspoonfui mustard
| mixed In d little boiling water, salt and
pepper to suit the taste. Mix all but the
| eggs together and let It boil; then stir
ID the eggs, rapidly turn the cabbage
into the mixture, and stir we'll. Make
enough for two days ut once, as II keeps
! perfectly, and is IN excellent relish for
all kinds Of meat.
FAMILY APPLE PUDDING.-AIake q
biscuit crust with one quart OF -four,
three small ~teaspoonfuls Of baking pow.
| der. butter or lard the size Of an egg,
t~easpeonful Of salt Aessif butter is used)
and milk enough to make d soft dough.
Fill 4 deep baking-dish with sliced
| apples, sweetened with molasses and
| favored with cinnamon, nutmeg and
pounded dried lemon peel. Cover with
| the crust and bake in q moderate oven.
| The oven door may be left open Q few
moments when the pudding i put n,
and closed az soon az the erusf rises
Serve with hard sauce, or il eggs ars
plenty, use egg sauce, to make which
rub d small cup of butter and two cupt
ST sugar TO d cream, til n stir n three
3 q beaten very light, and two tab.c-
spoonfuls boiling water and flavor witt
/ lemon.
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Recipes.

GREEN Corn PUDDING. Cut the corn
from six ears Of corn, add one quart of
milk and three o. four eggs. Season
with pepper and salt, bake as custard.
Nice either hot or cold.
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NAME QUICK for Prof Moodya New illustrated
49, HaN Id Book on Dress Making, New Doiman, and Maats
etc. Agents sell 10 adsy. Prsf.ao0pfs Csneinnats,0s
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SURE CURE E 4 zssH ]. ss zss; ! !s !! ! J:
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to Soldiers a Heirs. send stamp
PENSIONS & asa s,l aug. w. sum o ' 10: