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HousEHoLD sREvITIEs.

"A nice dessert dish OF chocolate h
made BY dreaming together two ounces
Of butter with two ounces OF sugar. the
yollxs Of three eggs and three ounces Of
grated chocolate, adding last the well
beaten whites Of the eggs Bake in q
battered molds-N. y. World.
To test the purity Of linen
goods. wet your finger and touch It to
the under side Of the linen. II it IS pure
and unmixed with cotton it will show
through at once; 1t mixed it will take
longer to become damp, and II it con-
tains no linen at all 1t will not show
through at all. i
To take iron rust outof white goods
pour teacupful Of boiling water, stretch
the goods tightly across the top Of it,
then pour on a little Of the solution Of
oxalic acid dissolved in water and rub
it with the end of a spoon or anything
If it does not come out at once dip it
down into the hot water again. --old
Homestead.
Spiced Cookies. Two eggs, two
cups sugar. one cup seeded raisins or
currants, three-fcurths cup butter, one
teaspoon each Of cinnamon, cloves, nut
meg, mace and allspice, three table,
spoons water, two tablespoons. baking
powder. Use flour to make soft dough-
Roll it thin and bake in quick oven =
Housekeeper
--Potpourri. Fry slightly piece of
veal, then mince it very fine, mix then
some egg plant few Lima beans, a
little corn finely cut, little onion,
mushroom, tomato, potato and parsely
chopped fine. Mince all together with
a lump of -butter,put it-in n pan.and
/ fry=iitSs=s7 All the vegetables must be pre-
viously cooked If you have cold
chicken, lobster, crab, etc, mince and
add to the dish Detroit Free Press.
Indian Light Cake. One pint Of In
dian meal, one pint of milk, two eggs,
one teaspoonful OF butter, salt to taste,
one teaspoonful of dissolved saleratus.
Mix the butter and salt with the meal;
boil half the milk, add the dissolved
saleratus and the eggs, after they have
been well beaten, to the remaining
half of cold milk. Pour the boiling
milk over the meal and let it cool
Then add the cold milk and saleratus,
Bake it in shallow pan.-Boston
Budget.
in dwelling houses lighted by gas
= frequent renewing of the air is of
great importance. A single gas burner
will consume far more oxygen and pro-
duce more carbonic acid to deteriorate
the atmosphere of room than six or
eight candles. If, therefore, when sew
eral burners are used, no provision is
made for the escape of the corrupted
air and for the introduction of pure air
from without, the health of those in
habiting such an apartment must nee
essarily suffer
| Boiled Rice. Wash half a pound Of
rice. owitintoone quart Of boiling wa
ter containing two teaspoonfuls Of salt
and boil it fast ten minutes; drain it in
a colander, saving the water to use with
broth next day; meantime, grease the
pot with sweet drippings, put the rice
back in it, cover it and set it on brick
on the top of the stove, or in cool
oven and let it stand ten minutes to
swell; be careful not to burn it The
addition of very little butter, sugar,
molasses. nutmeg, lemon juice, or salt
and pepper, will give it different fiavors,
and vary the taste. Springfield Repub-
licau
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-HE LOOKED STRANGE OBJECT.
lie became delirious, and feared ne
would die. l must say the native For
mosans, for all their savage look
they were all but naked in this part OF
tho island-were very kind. They
brought me various juices and simples,
which they urged me to use upon the
invalid. But was afraid to do that.
! preferred to rely upon cold sponging
and the quinine in our medicine chest.
On the seventh night Of his illness,
when he was so quiet and improved in
tone that thought could leave him
in charge of Wan Tan, our little native
aide-de-camp, and get a good sleep my
self, | was suddenly awakened by the
boy with the worcs: He has gomez
True enough. Hammond bad evaded his
guard and run off into the woods in his
"pyjamas. was dreadfully alarmed;
Without loss Of time, however, the boy
and set out IN pursuit; and after about
half an hour we caught him up as he
was returning with bent head and
puckered brow, but looking as free
from delirium as man could.
"Why, my dear fellow, said, what
in the world led you to do 30 mad a
thing2.
Hammond gazed at me indifferently
for moment. 1t was just as if he had
not yet got his senses fully after a bad
night Then. with good deal of OK
element, he babe me congratulate him.
Upon what?" l asked.
"Do you not remember" he replied.
''how we two have talked about the
possible existence Of plants tnat move
from one spot to another with ehe same
freedom as we conceited bipeds? Well
I've solved that problem. They 4,
exist But can't-I really can't
make out satisfactorily whe thor they
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AT $40 2. N.


The music Of tho distant sea
Now murmurs through the ba1my aif,
No longer butterfly and bee
Fit round the flowers here and there.
The FIRST white star Is in the sky,
The hoptosd rests beneath tho weed.
And in heap
- The cows asleep
Upon the bosom Of the mead
The bat il circling wild and free,
The frog 10 croaking loud and long
Mine ear, methinks, discovers ths
Mosquitoes rude, unhallowcd song.
hear the sbrieking whip-poor-will
That keeps It up with Spartan spunk.
While on yon pane,
A wild refrain,
The June bug goes s'kerplunk kerplunk r.
The banner Of the mellow corn
Now rippies like . silver lake
Beneath the rising moon. whose horn
Keeps your Internal dog awake.
The dewdrop's on the lily bell,
The hollyhocks asleep, and hence
I'll tilt my chair
In comfort rare,
And rosts my heels upon the fence
The night Is grand. no cloudlets sail
Across the star besprinkled sky;
The turkey roosting on the rail- .
Is not ono eighth rs glad Is l.
oh. golden rapture brims my cup,
Idream on Pleasures peariy Shore
Now there squalls Joe.
Which means GO
As-you-please all night upon the floor.
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my heart. We crossed from Annoy to
Taiwan, big town on the west coast
of Formosa, and made our preparations
for getting we'll into the wilds. You
see, we had both been in China mat
ter Of ten years, and could pass muster
very we'll with our knowledge of two
or three dialects Of the dreadfully pro-
fuse language Of the empire. And SO
we expected to get along all right to
shoot variety Of strange quadrupeds
and feathered creatures, and Hammond
to enlarge his already very copious col
lection of plants and grasses.
never knew a man more enthusiasts
tic about his hobby than was Ham
mond about his specimens. 1t cost him
many a groan TO leave them on the
mainland. But for the infinite annoy
ance they would have cost us both, he
would have carried them with him to
Formosa. They filled eight boxes as
big as American travelling trunks
what with their layers of wood and
thick plotting paper, and the camphor
wood cases in which the different
species reposed apart from each other.
roor old chapl he might have pleased
himself in the matter. / wish he had,
-forhis interest inlthe@ things might
have kept him from the craze that
killed him.
For week we had very agreeable
time in the bungalow, of a certain
Scotch missionary whose name will be
a familiar memory to every European
who has stayed awhile in the island.
lie was-indeed is--a very remarkable
man, and credit to the Anglo-Saxon
race.@If every man had his due. he
ought to be appointed governor gen
eral of Formosa; though doubt not he
would refuse the dignity. This by the
way. And yet ought to mention him
If only for the earnest warning he gave
lis about the vermin and reptiles of the
interior. We spent two days in jour
neying from his house TO the woods in
which we proposed to camp for fort
night, as happy as Adam and Eve be-
fore the fall
The forest scenery was magnificent,
but the brake of bramblcs and flower
ing creepers which matted themselves
between the tree trunks made progress
very slow. We did not stick to the
tracks; otherwise, of course, it would
have been different And we were re-
paid for our labor by the strange
creatures shot, and by many a grass
and flower which Hammond was as
elated over as n mother with her first
child.
Two more days passed, and we pro-
nounced our holiday success. Then
Hammond sickened of fever or sun
stroke, could not determine which.
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smoking Chimneyis.

1t is curious to note how often simply
opening the window in front Of the
stove will stop smoking chimney.
This shows that the smoking was
caused by an insufficient supply of air.
sometimes simply tanning the fire
vigorously will stop the smoking.
Nothing is more annoying than a
smoking chimney. Two openings in
the same fiues-will cause this. trouble,
therefore it is necessary to make
separate flues for every fire. A tree
above the level Of the chimney-opening
may stop the draft; this can be remedied
only by euttingsdown the tree.-N Y.
Tribune,
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to make it tight. We suppose the
building to-be twelve feet at bottom on
all three sides, narrowing at the top.
which is twelve feet high. A loft can
be put in, if desired. The glass in this
shape of building and position gives
full force of heat all day in winter, and
it is the best and cheapest house l
could build. 1t will accommodate
twelve to eighteen fowls-enough to
nut together"
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A LAZY MANS PARADISE.


| The Slothfui Lives OF the peasants oi
Paraguay.
Butter is very rare in the Paraguayan
capital, because the peasants will not
attend to their cows lead them to good
pasture and work churn. At Asun-
cion we have seen the cows turned out
into the street to Craze, where there is
next to nothing to eat. At Villa Con-
cepcion the case is the same, whereas
if the cows were led half mile to the
edge of the town they would find
abundant pasture and give good milk.
fThis is only one instance out of a thou
sand aTake,.again,L those ldLand
young women we saw squattiDg in the
market with little scraps of produce
spread out before them. Suppose they
sell this for ten cents. they have
enough to buy mate, tobacco and
mani ioca, which are their chief ali
ments; and thus they keep the houses
hold going, with the help of oranges,
that lie in many places foot deep on
| the ground. A caustic observer has
! said that the -Paraguayan peasant lives
on mate and the smell of a creased
rag. The creased rag is an exaggera-
| ton. Mate, mandioca, tobacco, sugar
cane, oranges and cana rum as
luxury. such are the ordinary
and extraordinary articles of con-
sumption. With poor food such as
this, the men are naturally weak
and indolcnt; and being at the same
! time the lords of creation, they pass
their lives in meditative laziness, and
leave the women to do what little work
is absolutely required to keep roof
over their heads. These Paraguayans,
poor and ignorant as they may be, are
proud and susceptible; they never say
thank you except as formula of re-
fusal: tits useless to order them about;
they must be treated with gentleness
and persuasion, as equals, and even
then not much can be got out of them.
So was told by dozen men who have
had varied experience in that country.
| The educated Paraguayans themselves
admit this much, but without notable
disapproval; and with an impatient
click of the tongue against the teeth,
and much writhing and struggling of
neck and shoulders, they will protest
against Americanism, progress, and
doing things quickly. ut is not in the
character of the nation" they will say.
ut is in our nature to go on slowly,
quietly, without effort; and fortune
comes to us almost while we are Sleep
Ling. - Theodore Child. in Harper's
/ Magazine
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That the Germans are the most mu-
steal people in the world any one would
be quite willing to believe after read
ing certain cook book which was pub
lished recently in Berlin, and which
contained the following very explicit
directions for cooking eggs ito turn"
Take the required number of eggs,
put them into boiling water then place
yourself at the piano and play a polka
allegro moderate. At the end of the
last movement the eggs will be done"
To cook last years spring chicken,
nothing less than symphony of Beeth-
ovens would be necessary. probably
Youths Companion.
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inch plank, a foot wide. This is NOR
tised and bolted to a, and has two legs
at the back end, which are eighteen
and one-half inches long. The holes
through which they are inserted into
the plank. seat from below should be
bored nearly but not quite through.
Upon the plank seat, next to the stand
ard, is little tin box, made of an
old oyster can. for receiving nails. |
am well pleased with. thisR DEVICE
-Pop,,4ar Gardening. 7z =7#
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Sensible women.

One of our lady readers handed us the
following, with the request that we
publish 1t: s'rhe ladies of St Helena
have resolved they will not wear the
new style of demi-traif skirt, consider
ing it inconvenient, dirty and un-
healthy. Any lady found sweeping the
,treets with her skirt will be tabooed
oy the intelligent women of this com.
munity. In these days of the enlighten
ment and progress OF women any fash
ion in dress that tends to prevent The
healthful motions of the body should be
considered as mark of retrogation in
the wearcr. st Helena MONTY Star.
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what Scale Shall RuY.

This question is asked by many. Certain
II Is that of all articles q scale should be
honestly made and accurate A low price,
or what seems to be low, il it means an in
fertor implement, Is a bad bargain.
Thereis a scale-maker who has had long
and honorable career in the business. HE
pays the freight" You probably have
heard OF him. He says OF his scale: 1--WE
offer it on trial, guaranteeing 1t TO be bette,
than any cheap. Scale, and that no Scale,
high priced or low-priced, is better than it.
With no travelling men, no high rents or nc
bribing of public weighers to throw out
some other Scale, our expenses are SO low
that we can afford to sell a frst-class Scale
at fair price %
This is the way Jones of Binghamton On.
Y y talks, and it sounds square. Ii you are
interested, better write for full information
on the subject, which will be sent free. -
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the life that is fighting agains
Consumption.

SOuSuuuptiOH-
Only promptly.
Put it off, ana nothing can save
you. But, if taken in time, DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
will certainly cure.
It must be done through the
blood and the Discovery" is
the most potent blood cleanser,
strength restorer, and flesh builder
that's known to medical science.
The scrofulous affection of the
lungs that's called Consumption,
and every form Of Scrofula and
blood-taints, AL yield to it. For
Weak Lungs, Splitting Of Blood,
Bronchitis, Asthma, and all severe,
lingering Coughs, it's an unequaled
remedy. It's the only one that's
guaranteed, IF it doesn't benefit
or cure, in every case, you have
your money back.
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BASKET MAILING BENCH.

A Device lyhicIi Has More Than Satisfied
Its Inventor.
md q bench, such as shown in ac-
eompanying sketch, quite convenient
for mailing berry boxes. Upon a
standard a, which is piece of scant-
ling two and one-half feet long,
another piece nine inches long b is
mortised and bolted. An iron plate c,
one-quarter inch thick, screwed upon
b, serves a good purpose in clinching
nails The seat d is two and three
quarter feet long, and made of two
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~.The DI.obcdIent Hosband.

Mrs. Rural (angrily)-Y promised
me when you went up to the city last
winter that you wouldn't go near
Cousin Maggie's.
Mr.. Rural-Y-e-s, my dear.
"But you did,
81 only took one meal there, my
dear" ,dt----------r.->s-.
II knew it'll knew you had taken a
meal there or something. Murder will
out"
whats happened, my dear?"
"She writes that she is coming hero
with her six children to stay all sum-
mer. IN. Y. Weekly.
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eve promise to euro your Ca
tarrh, perfectly and permanently,
no matter how bad your case or
of how long standing or we'll
pay you $780," That's what the
proprietors of DR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy say to every sufferer from
Catarrh. And they mean it.
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From factory. Avoid middlemcn's proflts.
90 top buggy only -; 900 four passenger
top carriage only S47.b0; 80 buggy harness
only t<.s5. Send for No. 3 fREx catalogue rs
advertised in this paper BY the o. 8. Buggy a
Cart Co, Cincinnati, o., leaders OF low
prices. and who belong TO no pool or com
bination which charges double prices.
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The Burlington Route, c., B. & Q. R R.
operates 1909 miles of road, with tcrmini in
Chicago, St. Louis, st. Paul, Omaha, Kansas
City and Denver. For speed, safety, com
It has no equal The Burlington gains new
patrons, but loses none.
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wrongly Censured.

"Ase you aware sir" said the man In
the rear, fiercely, that your umbrella
is pplSipg me in, the eye?'
| 1T isn't my umbrella" replied the
manin front, with equal herceness; its
borrowed one, sir. "-Jury
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A letter has just been discovered
among the archives Of the British mu-
scum dated as far back as the year 1850,
and which gives the origin of the game
of billiards as now played. The game,
it appears, was invented in 1860 by a
pawnbroker by the name Of William
Kew. in London, who was in the habit
Of taking down every night the three
balls which hung before his shop, and
to push them about with his wooden
yard measure on his counter. Hence
the name billiards, which is a corrup-
ton Of Bills yard.
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TRIANGULAR IN FORM.

A Poultry House Of Unique Design suita-
BILE for Fifteen Fowls.
The following communication, which,
with the illustration, is from the Poul-
try World, explains the construction of
an original poultry house: "rhe north
side is to stand up straight, the other
sides, fitting back edges to it and front
edges to each other, come together at
the top. The three corners can be
neatly fitted and covered with a board
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THE CREEPING PLANT.
A Botanist's Sad Death in the
Wilds of China.

D o r II A M :
M o N D man
aged to get a
months leave
at the same
time as myself.
That was how
we came to join
hands and ar
range for the
tripto Formosa,
Hwish had
worked on for &.
y 9 ar longer
no. w with all
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signed a new
form of racks,
of which Ii c
sends us the ac-
% nj p n v | ng
S k e t chcs: BY
packing the hay
down into the
w @ q Ve-shaped
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TELEGRAPT operators rarely come To
blows, although they haven great many
words together Texas Siftings.
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4 One Of the comparatively unknown
branches Of business in the metropolis
is the repairer of jewelry. lie has a
retired and unpretcntions shop somc-
where near the retail centers- He may
employ from two to dozen skilled
worl<mcn and do an extensive trade;
hut he is not known to his customers
and has no dealing with them For the
retail jeweler is the middle man, who
takes in the work, sends it to the repair
crs shop, and when it Is returned and
delivered to the owner scoopsin profit
on the transaction. m. X. Herald.
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A COOK as well as ship has to stem
currents occasionally. -Binghanton Rcpub
lican.
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THE scholar who takes the first prize in
arithmetic Is only flgure-head.
Courier
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ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con
stipated Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you well. Dose, onepill,
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RED, angry eruptions yield to the action
of Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whistler Dye, % cents.
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Tho Only One Ever Printed. Can You Find
the Word?

Each week. different inch display is
published in this paper. There are no two
This word will be found in the ad. for Dr.
Harter's Iron Tonic, Little Liver Pills and
Wild Cherry Bitters Look for " Crescent
trade mark Read the ad carefully and
when you find the word, send it to them and
they will retufE you a book, beautiful3i
graphs and sample free. -.
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In casting about fora national flower, the
wall-fiower, as usual, Is quite forgotten.
Boston Transcript.
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BRONCHITIS is cured by frequent sma
doses of Piso's euro for Consumption.
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THouan not catchy, the song Of the back
fence warbler Is undoubtedly cat-chin.- In
dianapolis journal
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Sim the Theater. -Laertes-"Wl

I'm the Theater. WHATS
that queer noise in the fies?" Mer
cutio-"It's the flies folding their
wings for the season, dear boy" In
the deep. dark silence that ensues you
can hear the chestnuts patt-r on the
boxes, "a gum drop in the candy store, q
bed tick upstairs, a crocus in the yard
and an ice cream in the street. - Brook
lyn Eagle.
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"THEY tell me the large game in the Adri-
ondacks is pretty well killed off, Yep.
Tho lost to sight, tomemory, deer. PUCK.
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.THERE arc some unpleasant features In
this business mtttercd the photographer
Us he surveyed row. Of his patrons -Balti
more American
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sDnRK's millions in it. said the old darby,
a. he gazed over the fence ut the water
melon patch. -Binghamton Republican.
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PRESERVATION has the drop ON the public
ut large.-W ashington Post.
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MISTAKEN. $40 they Miss me at homcg'
No; they call me Jane plain Jane. Brook,
lyn Eagle,
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TIE minister who prepares the poorest
sermon is generally the best composer
-Binghamton Leader.
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Good Man sadly -..Ah, my son,
you have been to the circus. 1t pains
me greatly to think that one so young
should have crossed the threshold OF
iniquity." Bad Small Boy didn't
cress any threshold. ] crawled under
the tent"
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A Model Railway.

.sTHoueH speak but one language, l am
familiar with many tongues" said the ply
aician.-Buffalo ENQUIRER
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ALLithe watering places-soda watering
places-in the city are well patronizod N
D. Picayunc
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ARE unlike all other pills. No purging or
pain. Act specially on the liver and bile
Carters Little Liver Pills. One pill dose.