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The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-11-13
Faint Heart.


There are men who could walk up to a cannon's
mouth with perfect composure, but who subside
into speachless embarrassment in the society of a
woman. Just why she proves formidable. they
would probably find it difficult to state, but the
fact remains. Doctor Haldane, a professor of
Saint Andrews University, was most estimable
man, possessed of pleasing person and hand
some competency, but he we'll advanced in
life before he could make up his mind to marry.
He would fain have had wife, but was to bash.
full to seek one.
Finally. however, he fitted up his house afresh,
and rumor reported that he about to change
his state. The popular voice was right, for on a
certain day, the good doctor seen at the house
of lady for whom he had long been supposed
to entertain a liking; he new coat, and in
great agitation, was wiping his "weel- pouthered
head" with snowy handkerchief, when the door
opened.
AS soon as he was shown in. and saw his hostess
calmly knitting his courage oozed out at the tips
of his fingers, and he sat down upon the edge Of
his chair in such state of confusion as to rouse
the compassion of his friend.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1890-11-13
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diseases of Head. Throat. Heart and Respiratory
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HIGil-TRIcED SEEDS.

AS rule high-priced seeds arc the
-raeepest, because more care has beer
AIKEN in selection of stocks TO produce
hem, which incurs additional expense.
lere are many instances, however, whc.c
farmers are paying high prices from the
mistaken idea that they are getting a
better quality fog their purpose. This is
particularly true il regard to seed-pota-
ices, an article which the farmer thinks
necessary to change occasionally, if
no. annually, because Of the liability of
the s:stoc!i ru1nipG ci!t. )" This is
costly error that no farmer should cont
init. The facts in the case arc. that if
the farmer wisely selects from his own
stock Tor seed purposes, it will improve
rather than degenerate. I.e: him first
lind ont what varieties do best with him
and some varieties 10 far better in
riveu sol! and situation than others.
From these scc.:-potatocs should be
selected before any are sold or consumed.
Every farmer has notices; that some hills
Weld more than Others; that some vines
are stronger. more branching; arc short
and stocky. From these tiic best should
be saved for seed, AMI the best are those
= of medium 70 ;r.c sin, o. uniform shape.
and smooth, ard where there are TIE
most in hill Follow this practice UP,
and in . few years there will be a marked
Improvement III the type.-4mericaa
Aer:eGNpr;st.
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Her ResOlutin-s

In looking over q woman's list OF
good resolutions for the new year, We
fail to find the following;
l. Never to stop o horse-car on q
curve or on an inclination.
Q. Always to signify to the driver or
conductor in some way save by Oh up.
lifted eyebrow that she wants the car
to stop.
8. Never to get into deep converse.
ton with friend, and forgetting her
street till she is block farther, blame
the conductor for not stopping more
quickly.
A. Never to lay her wet umbrella
down on the silkgoods counter in u
store.
>. 70 carry the same umbrella up
and down and not in and out.
6. 70 buy more than two postage
stamps at q time.
T. 10 mend her old clothes before
she gives them to the poor.
s. 10 refrain from joining any more
committees.
9. To refrain from telling every ore
she meets what her grippe symptoms
were and what she did for them.
10. 70 refrain from writing 1889 any
farther than into March, 1S90.-BoS-
ton SATURDAY. Euepino Gazette.
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GRADING u THE HERD.

II is in regard 10 this matter Of extra
feeding that the superior value of some
OF the pure breeds of cows become i'm.
portant. A race of COWS thai has been
bred 10 high feeding and an excessive
disposition to digest and assimilate food
rich in fat. which is physiological func-
lion that may be pcrpetuated and even
increased by breeding, may be made
much more profitable than the native
COWS which have never been cultivated in
this way breeding Of the two
races may develop this faculty in the
progeny; hence the frequent recomrlen-
ilatiou made TO dairymen 10 graie up
ihcir herds b. the use OF nurc-bred bulls
ci good family is worthy OF adoption.
40 other breeds thau the jersey, the
AYRSHIRE, or the Dutch have bseu SO well
bred in this direction, aud, so snr as en-
pertinent has proved, nose has c@eelled
tbsfJersey in this respect and the Dutch
Tor so-cqllcd Holsieiu. or Holstein-
Frisian) has cqualcd the jersey. y few
native COWS have exhibited this pecuh-
arity, and when any of these are found
with this valuable proclivity they would
pay we'll Tor breeding TO y pure Jersey
buli for the product;sn of butter COWS
--Ns's lor;; T'ias:S
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4 Brave Marshal,

John Henry Edgar, famous moon
sinner of eastern Arkansas, has been run
down and captured near his fastness-
an islet in the heart of an almost i'm
penetrable swamp--by Deputy Marshal
Faulkenberry. "The location of the
still, says correspondent, twas found
three months through the trcachery OF
his partner, but Edgar escaped and has
since been fugitive. He showed fight
when arrested and struggle ensued, but
Faulkenberry disarmed and handcuffed
him. He had Winchester rifle and a
brace of. six-shooters. When the cap
ture was effected the officer found him.
self surrounded by Gordon of stavo
men, who vehemcntly demanded that
Edgar be set free. A fight seemed i'm.
minent, but Faulkenberry told the crowd
they would have to kill him before Ed
gar was turned. loose, and after spirited
parley he got the prisoner away from
them. Edgar is well connected and very
Intelligent" = -
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PRUNING TREES.

The growth OF different varieties Of
apple trees is mostly so distinct that any
rule for pruning which fits one may ba
inapplicable to another. Much depends
also upon the thrift Of tree. If vigcr-
Gus, and making few limbs, common
sense teaches that these ought to ha
headed back. to induce denser growth.
On the other hand, unthrifty trees, as 4
rule, incline to form numerous twiggy
branches, and these should be judiciously
thinned out, although a good coat OF
manure and wood ashes at the root might
answer better purpose. So. also, much
depends upon thu direction OF the limbs.
Varieties Of spreading habit may be in
ducel TO take more compact form by
selecting an inside bud as the terminal
point when pruning; and tree with up
right formal habit. should invariably be
cut TO an outside bud. Pruning orchards
In their younger years is preferable to
permitting the branches to become
large; the drain on the tree in the latter
.ass is more on less injurious. Regular
annual pruning is al orchard duty
Nsn York Tribune.
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HARD PEA soup.

Many persons keep the bones OF their
roastS in order to convert them into stock
for pea soup, which is, to my taste, one
of the most relishable, OF all soups, aud a
famous dish for cold weather, with this
advantage in its favor, that it may be
made from almost anything. Capital
stock for pea soup can be made from a
knuckle of ham or from piece OF picked
pork. Surprising that some such stock
is at hand to the extent of about two
quarts, procure say, two pounds of split
peas, wash them WELL and then soak for
night in water (the floating peas should
be all thrown away, strain out the peas
and place them in the stock, adding
head of celery, a cut-down carrot, and an
onion, season with half an eggspoonful of
cayenne pepper. Boil with a lid on the
pot till all is soft, sllimming off the scum
occasionally, and then carefully strain
into we'll warmed tureen, beating the
pulp through the strainer with spoon.
Serve as hot as possible, placing cupful
OF crumbled bread toast into the tureen
before the soup is dishcd. Much of the
success in preparing this soup lies in the
"straining,n which ought to be carefully
attended to. When knuckle of ham
has been used to make the stock it should
form part of the dinner, with potatoes;
or it may be used as breakfast or sup
per relish. -Americat 4gricu7turiSt.
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a Deer a Foot Long.

The ordinary notion of deer is proba-
bly, of an animal of considerable bulk, but
this group of mammals, like many others,
includes representatives Of most varied
sizes. One of the very smallest members
of the group-a little creature not much !
more than a foot in lengths at present
t to be seen in the Marsupial House. Apart
from its cloven hoofs, this animal looks
less like a deer than small rodent or even
marsupial; it never possesses horns, and
the male has pair of very long curved
canine teeth in the upper jaw, which may
perhaps be used for fighting. A much
more remarkable use has been assigned to
these extraordinary developed teeth. 1t
has been said that the deer, when too
hotly pursued, springs into tree, and re-
mains suspended by its teeth until the
pursuers have passed by. This is, how
ever, one of those statements which hardly
seem to need refutation.-I London News.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-03-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Suet should be used instead of butter
Cor making sauces, gravies, etc.
Ammonia will frequently restore colors
that have been spoiled by acids.
Nothing is better than glass fruit
jar for keeping cooking raisins moist.
Very finely sifted coal ashes are ex.
cellent for cleaning brass. Rub welland
polish with q wooden rag.
Keep nickel, silver ornaments and
mounts bright by rubbing with wooden
cloth saturated in spirits of ammonia.
For frying eggs. have plenty of fat, and
dip it up over them with a s1oon, in
stead of turning, also placing them in the
pan from saucer, one at a time.
To fasten steel blade which has come
out of the handle. fill the cavity with
rosin, then warm the part to be adjusted,
and insert slowly, pressing 1t IN firmly.
Hold till it gets cold.
Water should only come to the boiling
point for making tea or coffee, and not be
allowed to boil for even five minutes. If
you are doubter, try it, and convince
yourself of the difference in flavor.
An old recommendation often given
young housekeepers is to use tea leaves
in sweeping carpets, but their use on
delicate colors should be avoided, as
they will surely stain light carpets.
Ask your hardware man to make you
cake tin having two divisions. Then
plain cake can be made for one size, and
by adding fruit or almonds you eau easily
have richer cake for the other side.
To clean lace haste your lace nicely
on piece of muslin Rub it freely with
cold starch unit! it forms paste on it.
Put it in the sun to dry. and when thor
oughly dry rub off. Your lace will then
be clean and need no ironing.
Papier mache for filing cracks in
floors can be prepared by heating to
paste cuttings of White OF brown paper
boiled in water aud then mixing the
paste with solution of gum arabic.
Make the solution hot in which you mix
the paper paste, and apply directly thus
making it adhere more firmly.
To leave the soup-kettle uncovered
while the soup is boiling is to sacrifice
much of its most delicate favor and
aroma, and to lose shat peculiar nutritive
and digestible property present in dishes
cooked with all their steam tightly closed
in upon them. Cover the soup-kettle
team-tight and boil it gently from one
side, if you want goot; soup.
One of the best methods of cleaning
hair brushes is to put full teaspoonfui
of household ammonia into a basin of
warm water. Dip the bristles in and
rub briskly with the hand, or, better
still, with another brush. When thor
oughly cleansed put in the sun to dry,
bristle side up. Two brushes may be
thus readily cleansed at once.
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aMY WIFE rs A TERROR,

said mild-tempered man in our hearing.
"She snaps and snarls and spanks her
children, and finds fault continually. I
can't bear it any longer" Don't be too
severe on her, my friend you little reslize
her sulYerings. She has lost her former
sweet disposition, and i'll health is the cause
of it all. Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
will make her well.
As powerful, invigorating tonic, it i'm
parts strength to the whole system, and
to the womb and its appendages in par
ticular. For overworked, "worn out, +"
rundown" debilitated teachers, miliners,
dressnakers, seanstresses, shop girls, +"
housekeepers, nursing mothers, and feeble
women generally, DR.. Piercc's Favorite Pre-
scription is the greatest earthly boon, being
unequaled as an appetizing cordial and re-
storative tonic.
As a soothing and strengthening nerv-
inc, ''Tavoritc Prescription" is unequaled
and is invaluable in aliaying and suDd:l-
ing nervous excitability, irritability, ex-
haustion, prostration, hysteria, spasnls and
other distressing, nervous symptoms, COM
monty attendant upon functional and
organic disease of the womb. 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxi-
ETY. and dependency.
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SEASONING FOOD.

To impart relish to the food we eat
seasoning is necessary addition. Red
pepper is sometimes called the summer
season, because it is dry and hot, though
it is seldom used during that heated
term. Now is the time for fish and game,
which require strong favoring. The
taste of wild meats can be disguised by
seasoning well with pepper and salt, lay
ing in vinegar with or without sliced
onions, and spriukled with crushed
thyme or bay leaves. A substitute for
celery is ce.cry seed, which can be pro-
cured at any apothecary shop, and when
used, is crushed and sprinkled in the
dish.
Slaw, potato, chicken and tomato
salads, are delectable with the celery
seed tiavoring IN addition to the other
seasoning. Oysters, which are of delicate
flavor, do not require any seasoning but
pepper and salt and little tomato sauce.
During winter horseradish, mustard
and other strong seasoning are more
relished, and as they have the good effect
of stirring and warming sluggish food,
and Frightening lusterless eyes, are con-
sidered healthful. -blooded people
should partake sparirgly of highly sea-
soned food at all times. Detroit Free
Press.
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DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription IS 9
legitimate medicine, carefully compounded
by an experienced and slillful physician,
and adapted to woman's delicate organiza:
ton. It is purely vegetable in its compost
ton and perfectly harmless in any condition
Of the system.
Favorite Prescription" is a positive
cure for the most complicated and obsti
nate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing,
painful nenstruation, unnatural suppress
sions, prolapsus, or falling of the womb
weak back, female weakness" anteTer
sion, retroversion, bcaringdown sensationsi
chronic congestion, inflammation and ulcer:
alton of the womb, Inflammation, pain and
tenderness in oyaries, accompanied with
internal heat"
1t is the only medicine for woman's pecii-
liar weaknesses and ailments, sold by drug
gists under positive guarantee from the
manufacturers, to give satisfaction IN erery
case, or money paid for it viii be promptly
refunded. See guarantee printed on bottle
wrapper and faithfully carried out for
many years.
For an Illustrated Treatise on Diseases
of Women, LOO pages, sent sealed in plain
cnvelope,) enclose ten cents, in stamps,
TO WORLDS DIspENsAEY MEDICAL AsSo-
CITATION, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo,
N. Y.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
UNDERGROUND STABLES.

1t is not every farmer who can afford a
basement barn, but the next best substi-
tutc is stable partly underground, or at
least banked up with earth to exclude
cold. Out West the settlers dig holes in
the banks, which are protected by TIM
bers from falling in, for their own dwell
ings. These arc called "dugouts, !" aud
arc better projections against billiards
and cyclones than are dwellings above
ground. 1t is only natural that the samc
style of underground protection should
be devised for stock. 1t is comparatively
inexpensive to build such dugouts, es7c-
cially if sawed lumber is scarce or dear.
A few poles cut from the woods will
hold up the walls aud roof, which may
be constructed OF equally inexpensive
material. Cultirdt9r.
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ll,lt,-lrDISl:S.

There arc 50 may different plans OF
hn.. houses that Any one which is pre-
sentcti to farmers who wish to build, is
sur. t. ind some one who thinks it just
meets his waits TIC writer saw IL house
bnit something like the one described III
this article yeats ago, aa,l Tor economy
of space and general usefulness it is sell
lom improved upon.
1t is not necessary and indeed is often
Improbable, to construct large, eSpen-
sivc houses. A dry, warm shelter for
winter. and cool retreat for summer is
Iii that is needed.
This house is twenty feet vide by
twenty-five feet long. making room ior
eight pens six feet wide by eight feet
In length, Or four pens twelve by eigdt,
making s!ccping-pen aud feediug.pcn
adjoining. The sides are but four feet
above the floor. the ceutre-posts eight
feet high, and placed eigdt feet apart.
Under the upper roof az. small windows
wllici, admit light aud air directly into
the pens. The partitions arc movable,
like gates, and can be al taken OFT aftcl
Tie spring breeding season IS o"er. giving
gooa, large feeling foor lo:' little pigs
Each pen has u six-root panel for its
front, ,::l:ich can be opened directly
across tac alley 10 guide oac Of the brood
soVs iato the pen ,lcsiGnc;i Tor it.
The yards outside extend beyond the
ends Of the building sixteen feet high, SO
rs to give all The room possible for exer-
risc. The doors into these yards are
situated at cath end, aue! Tor the TWO
middle pens are placed one 90 each side
OF the middle.
!vlicu fall comes the wide center can
be converted iuto corn-crib, holding at
lees: live hundred bushels OF corn. cncngh
TO fastcn fifty pig, TIC number the house
is supposed 10 accommodate. One hun
dred dollars will put thus house MP IL
good shape, al shingled and painted. Il
the farmer doc; his OWN w2rl; and uses
common boards for the sides and ends,
Il need net cost rs mucl: rs shis sum.
But We wan. - building which ii
windnroof in March, 50 use shceting and
drop.siJiae for the outside, and make
the roof wa.al also. The large doors at
sac!, end r,maiu closed NEST OF the time,
a smoll door on the north and double
door on tie scnth furnish access for feed
inn and care. Water is pumped into
the r.illl-tank and conducted into tho
hoq-!lorzc IN pipes, into tank which
relna:as full, being governed by float
valve. Ills makes feeding quite easy.
The oats, s!.alicil corn aud meal for feed
is storct; in granary near by, SO no pro-
vision is made for roopN for sncl! feed.--s
I7rairis Farmer.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
PIES THAT WILL NOT LEAK.

PIES THAT WILL NOT LEAK.
After putting the under crust on the
plate and trimming it, cut a strip of
pastry of the thickness of the under crust,
half an inch wide and long enough to
reach around the plate, dip this in cool
water and lay it on the under crust close
to the edge, pressing it into place with
the fingers. In filling the pie be careful
not to spill sugar or anything else on this
rim. II it becomes dry before you are
ready to put the upper crust on moistcn
it again. Put on the upper crust, press
it close to the rim until it adhercs, and
trim smoothly with knife. Dip the
fingers in water and rub the edge OF the
pie until it seems like one piece. Then
with a dull knife lift the edge of the pie
from the middle Of the upper crust for
the steam to escape while cooking, and
the pie is ready for the oven ard WAL
rauted not to leak.
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There is moro Catarrh in thiss ction Of the
country than II othcrdiscascs put fo-ctEcr'
and until the last few y,Hr- was supposed I"
be incurab e. For great many years DEC
tors pronounced ii n ocai disease, AMI pre-
scrbcd local remedies, al d by constantly
failing to cure with 10 n treatment, pr
nounced it incurabie. Science has provcI
cat. rrh TO DO n constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutions treaim 1t
Halls CatarrI Cure, manufa cturod by +. >
Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is The on con-
stituiional cure on I he market: rs taken
spoonful. it nets directly upon the blood
and mucus surface of the system. They OIL r
one hund dollars for any case it fails tn
cure. Send for circulars and testimonial s.
Address, F. u. CHENEY & CO., To edo, O.
e:Ef- Sold by Druggists. nc
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AxLEs, carriages, twisted wire
cables, the ends of boilers, wagon
tires, and hoops for barrels are among
the articles for which electric-welding
is already employed. Bars of metal
may be joined at angles, finger rings
made steel Joined to iron 10 tools, rods
of bars heightened or shortened, and
cast-iron pieces for machinery united,
by the new method. The process is
very rapid, and so effective that chain
links made By it, unlike those welded
in the old way, never break at the
weld. A complete revolution in riyet-
ing metal plates is anticipated, as tho
riveting may be done by electricity so
as to avoid MI leaking.
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MOrsels OF Gastr0n0my.

Since the prodigal banquet to Che
Kaiser Wilhelm economy is believed to
have reigned in the Sultan's house
hold.
It is more and more the fashionable
affectation to profess not to like ice
cream; possibly this IS owing to the
paragraphers' pun.
So much talk about horseAesh in
sausages has in some fastidious locali-
ties affected the sale of the breakfast
articles.
There is not Queen all over Eu-
rope who will acknowledge that she
knows anything about the queen frit-
tiers" enumerated on the hotel bill Of
fare.-New York Mail and Cypress.
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STANDARD FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY

Cure Indigestion, Sour Stomach, Heart
burn, FIatulency, Collie, aai all Diseases Of
the Stomach; Cosiiveness, Inflammation,
Diarrhra, Piles, and Diseases Of the Bowels;
Congestion, Biliousness, Jaundice, Nausea,
Headache, Giddincss, Nervousness, Wan
dcring Pains, Malaria, Liver Complaint,
and all Discusses arising from Gorged and
Sluggish Liver. They clean the mucous
coats, reduce gorged or congested condi-
tions, break up stubborn complications, re.
store free, healthy action to the organs, and
and strength. They are
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The Pride of Lis Class.

sunny. empcred, brilliant Ind engaging, the
delight of Ills parents, the Joy OF his home, and
the pride OF his class. BIT a shadow. fell
across his bright prospects. 1t began with a
trininy cough: soon came premoniti ms OF con.
hollow, and he seemed doomed to al carly
grave. Then friend advised Dr.. Pierce $
iiol len Medical Discovery. He tried it anil
was saved. Health and strength returned. hi;
cheerful vaice rang ont aga II across the scho ,!
playground, his cheeks again grey rosy, his
eyes bright. He is still The pride of his class
and he graduates this year with h!ghcs. hon