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Cocoanut Macaroons-Tw o-tbirds
OF cup of powdered sugar, one-third
of cup of water. Boil rs for cream
candy, remove from the fire and stir
In half pound of shredded cocoa.
nut, then add by degrees the beaten
whites OF three eggs, mix thoroughly
and, with spoon, drop and spread
into small cakes upon buttered tins
Bake until slightly Drowned.
Fig Pudding -One-quarter of "A
pound of iigs chopped fine, two cups
oil bread crumbs, one cup OF brown
sugar, one-fourth OF pound
of suet chopped fine, two eggs.
the grated rind aud Juice Of one lem.
ON, one dcssert-spoonru Of molasses.
half OF IL grated nutmeg, one ten
spoonful Hour. Steam three hours and
serve with boiled sauce, favored with
lemon.
Walnut Waters -Onc-half pound of
brown sugar, one-half pound of wal.
mt meats slightly broken but not
cnoPpcd, three even tnb,espoonluls of
hour and Oue-iourth tcaspOunlul Of
bHking powder, one.third teaspoonrul
OF baking powder, onc-tuird teIsJoJu.
iuI OF salt, two eggs. Beat the eggs.
add the sugar, salt, flour and lastly
meats, Drop small spoouGuls ON bu !.
tered peus and bake until brown.
Buttcruut meats IRE also nice
Sweet Potato Pie Purboil two rood
sweet potatoes, without pcelIno.
When cold, peel md CRATE thcm.
Beat together one ounce OF butter and
q cup OF powdered sugar until LIGHT.
add the yolks of three eggs and beat
thoroughly, then gradually adj the
potatoes, half pint OF milk and n
little powdered cinnamon. Bake with
under crust only, for about thirty
minutes Whip mp tho egg whites.
add two toblespOon.uls SUGAR, put over
the pie. Brown in oven. Serve cold.
EycrJon Cake-Ouc cup and half
OF graduated SUGAR, two-thirds OF n
cup OBJ butter, six egg whites, one cup
oil sweet milk, two aud Oue-half cups
oil Hour two tcaspooufuls of baking
powder. Flavor with lemon. Two.
tnIrds of this mNture 60 be baked ns
Two layers ot jelly cake the remainder
to br baked lu snme sbnpe after adding
two tunlespo of molnsses half "a
cup OF seeded ruisius. three chopped
.i2s one tcuspuouu of cinnamon.
hoii 20 tea pooutul OF nutmeg and ali.
spice md $50 taDlespooufuls of -four
Layers 10 he put together with frost-
inS, with the dark cake IN the center.
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GINSENG CULTURE.

Considerable interest has been felt
OF late III ginseng, owing to the fact
that the supply is said To be diminish
ing IN the face of steady demand
Tor the root. Ginseng is found in
hardwood forests in most of the States
east of the Ro ky Mountains. 1t re-
qulres shady, moist soil. which is
rich In vegetable mould. 1t makes its
appearance about the middle of sprinr
and develops rapidly. The small white
blossoms appear in July, aud the tiny,
scarlet berries, about an eighth of an
inch N diameter, ripen in September
All the plant above ground dies after
the first sharp frost.
Ginseng seed is quite valuable, as it
cannot be handled in bulk like other
seeds. 1T must not be allowed TO ret
dry. For this reason 1T should be
planted the same season that it is
grown. 1t requires eighteen months
to germinGte. The easiest and most
certain way to get II start is by trans
planting the wild roots This should
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resulting from the cross are blockv
and can be got into good shape for
selling ut four or five months old. The
coarser breeds require longer to fit for
market, ms the lambs are conrser and
larger bonel. This early maturity of
the Shropshire cross is II matter of i'm
portancc for profit. Our illustration
represents the English ram, Downton
Emblem, tirst-prize xinner Mt the
Royal Show last summer and Zone Of
the best two-sheNr Shropshire rams
that has been exhibited during the last
ten years. New York World.
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TO ROAST A YOUNG CHICKEN.

Take young roasting ch icken, two
tablespooufuls of butter, one level
tablespoonful of salt, one-third of a
tablespoonful of pepper and one gill
OF dried bread crumbs. Use n chicken
weighing about three or four pounds
and have it split down the back. SINCE
and wipe 1t. Let the tips remain on
the wings. Turn the wings back and
skewer them into place. Fasten the
neck under the body Press the
chicken out fiat and press the legs
back on the body, skewering them into
position. Season with the salt and
pepper, and place in dripping pan.
Rub the soft butter over the breast
and legs and then sprinkle the crumbs
over the chicken. Place the pan in
hot oven and cook for forty-five
minutes. Reduce the heat after the
first fifteen minutes. Remember that
the chicken is put in the bottom of
the pan split side down, and that there
is no water or basting of any kind
used.-New York Telegram.
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SHROPSHIRES.

This breed, though long and favor
bly, known abroad, is comparatively
new to the United States. The first
importations were made forty yenrs
ago, bus it is only within the last fiji
teen years that sheep breeders have
learned its proliicacy and it's peculiar
value for crossing purposes-two
characteristics which have pushed the
breed rapidly to the front and made it
the farmers choice in many sections.
The Shropshire is said 10 be the
most prolific of all breeds, while il
stands mt the head Of the English NUT
ton breeds for crossing upon the com
mon sheep of this country. The lambs
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a greed with His Cross-F,xomiper.

y Efecu WIN Ills NrOgg- Examiner.
James Hyde, once a lawyer I'm small
town ON Long Island. tells a good story
about himself. He says:
at was when ! used to practice law
I'm little town near the center Of the
state. 4 farmer had one Of his neigh.
bors arrested for stealing ducks. and J
was employed 10y the accused TO endea.
vor 10 convince the court that such was
not the case. The plaintiff was posi-.
tive that his ncighbor was guilty be.
cause ho had seen the ducks i'm the de.
fcndnuts yard.
How do you know that they are
your ducksT / asked
oh. ] should know my own duck.
anywhere said the farmer. AMI Inc
gave "a description of their various 10,
cuIiaritics whereby me- could readily
distinguish them from the others.
Why said I, those ducks can't bo
Of such rare breed. ! have some just
like them iu my own yard
That's not nt all unlikely replied
the farmer. FOR they are not the only
ducks I have had stolen lately. I'm.
diangpolis Sentinel
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solved aud made diffusible by mois-
ture ere they can be carried up in the
form of sap. Tue water not only con-
veys this food, but is necessary in it
self to fill out the tissues and 10 give
necessary Auidity to the sap.
Too little moisture means n shrink
ing and hardening of plant fiber, and
cutting off of nutrition, and the
plant dies OF water starvation. Too
much water means IA continuous flood
ing of the soil that drives out the air
In the soil with its life-giving oxygen,
] and produces n codden, sour state of
the earth that produces in it's turn
chemical changes that are poisonous
to the tender feeding roots of plants,
and the plant dies of water dys-
pesia.
The true secret of successful water.
ing can be summed up in this rule of
twenty words: Whenever plants are
thirsty give water to reach the bottom
OF the pct, then wait until they are
thirsty again. A drop of water to o
thirsty plant is n tantalization, but &
u plant already standing in moist
earth an added flood is an aggravation,
quite enough to send most plants into
fit of sulks, for pants can be sulky
and contrary quite rs well as humans.
III water is needed at all the whole
plant Graves it, and not the top roots
alone. To facilitate the water reach.
ing the bottom of the pot at each
watering, nearly an inch OF space
(more if the pot be large one) should
he left between the top of the soil an
the rim Of the pot; otherwise, the
water will run off the top before
enough moisture has been soaked in
to reach the lower part of the pot Do
not be afraid of using plenty of water.
Water that is promptly absorbed or
that drains readily off will hurt no
growing plant. 1t is the stagnant
water and soured soil that iniure
plants, to avoid which plants once
watered should have no more given
them until that is absorbed and tho
soil commences to get dry, when the
same liberal watering should be re.
paated.
There is no indexible rule as TO how
| often to water. In Wy cold weather
plants need much clearwater than at
any other time, and in warm room
pots dry out much faster than in one
kept at moderate temperature aud
lastly, some plants require and some
absorb water faster than others. The
most scn>eless floral rule on curth is to
water every plant in the window every
morning. whether they need it or not,
a though they were Iun by hydra ulic
clock work. The next most senselesy
rule is to give taste OF water and no
more to n plant, rs though what is
food for tue upper roots would be poi
son to the lower ones. The sensible
rule is to water plants when they want
water, whether it be one pot or twenty
that demand it, and give enough t.
satisfy them. Chicago Record.
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they besoUght him to ignore the chal-
lenge. They said the gambler was in
vinciblc. both with the sword and pis.
tol, and to attempt to meet him was
simply to throw his life away.
''Sce here, Chatterton." they said.
''you are Il man of family, wife ana
children depending upon you. This
gambler is sure shot and desperate
man, and will stoop to anything. Stick
that challenge in the fire. and get out
Of town as soon rs you can No one
viii be the wiser" Chatterton listened
quietly to every word that was said,
and then asked for pen and ink. His
friends saw that further words would
he waste, so they were brought to
him.
He wrote for a few moments and
then handed this note to the friend
nearest to him: "Sir, l will meet YOU to-
night on the plaza with my second.
who is an honorable gentleman. He
will bear two revolvcrs. one Of which
You may select. We will stand toe to
toe. While the revolvcrs are still un.
cooked, each shall place his between
the others teeth At the word FIRE
the hammers shall bc pulled back ana
the shells exploded. The pistols may
hc discharged until one or the other OF
us is dead"
The man who read the note looked
startled. and again tried to persuade
his friend to think better of his condi.
tions. which would certainly compass
the death of both. No words could dis.
sunde Chnttcrton. however. and the
note was sent down.
I'm half an hour this answer came
back: II never fight ducls with fools"
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Silver Fox Fur Comes Higb.

Next to the sea otter, for clothing
purposes, the fur of the silver fox
brings the highest price and in this
case the Russians are the principal buy
crs. The silver fox is one of the most
precious denizens of the Hudson BAY
territory. and as much as f12O has been
paid for single fine skin The silver
fox, however, is really not silvcry, aud
has only a few white hairs mixed with
his black ones indeed, the most highly
priced skins are entirely black. The
principal use of these skins is for tho
collars OF cIoaka OF Rmssinn indies.
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FOOD SHOULD BE WE'LL COOKED.

The digestibility of n substance has
no relation to its nutritiousness as IL
tissue former. Many very indigesti-
bic things, such as cheese, beans, etc,
are exceedingly nutritious, whereas
boiled rice, tapioca, and other sub.
stances, which are readily digested,
are very poor tissue formers, as they
contain no nitrogen. Cooking has
the effect of breaking the indigestible
cellulose walls of vegetable cells, and
exposing the cell contents to the action
Of the digestive fluids. In the case of
the starch grains of potatoes, boiling
causes them to swell mn l burst, and
thus weakens their resistance to the
attacks of the saliva and pancreatic
Juice. Raw and very underdone meats
are indigestible because of the cell
walls or sheaths of the indigestiblo
connective tissue, which encloses and
protects the muscular and fatty sub.
stances of which flesh is composed.
On cooking, the protective sheaths be.
come converted into jelly and dis.
solved, and the nutriment they enclose
is exposed to the solvent action of the
digestive juices. The Christian at
Work.
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on INC 5VN. why Us nc
so many women owe their beauty 10 DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription? Because
beauty of form and face radiatc from the
common center-health. The best bodily
condition results from good food. fresh air
and exercise coupled with the judicious use
of the Prescription"
If there be headache, pain in the back.
bearing down sensations, or general de
oility, or II there be nervous disturbance.
nervous prostration. and sleeplossncss. the
y Prescription reaches the origin of the
trouble and corrccts it. II dispels aches
and pains, corrccts displacemeuts and cures
catarrhal Inflammation of the lining mem
oranes, falling Of the womb, ulcctatiOn, ir.
regularities and kindred malddics.
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rAnE on nnr.r rnA.ra

Probably more than one-h1lf OF the
failures with window gnrIoniue arise
from mistakes 100 watering lu theory
watering is simple operation. All
that We are supposed to- do Us to give
Co our pottI plant. the requisite
moisture Tor their needs 100 lieu off tine
rain- and dcws they enjoy ont oi doors
and arc deprived of va practice.
however, this requisite amount calls
for " good dcol OF Judgment. Aside
from certain elements absorbed from
thc MR. nil plants nro fed and then
growth provided for by various chemi.
cai substances found in the soil and
appropriated by the plants Tissues.
These substances must be first dis.
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To BE a succcssrul Minister.

, 1t was Martin Luther who gave the
following ten qualifications as making
n good preacher of the Gospel: /. lie
should be able to teach plainly and in
order. 2. He should have good head.
3. Good power of language. /. good
voice. .. A good memory. 6. He should
know when to stop. I. He should he
sure of what he means to say. 8. And
be ready to stake body and soul. goods
and reputation. on its truth. o. He
should study diligently. 10. And suffer
himself to be veXrd and criticised by
everyone
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A BRIGHT STAR.
SKETCH OF TUE MAN WHO LED
MARY ANDERSON To FAME.
Also Played Leading Roles With Booth,
Barrett End Thorne.

Leading hotes with Booth,
barrett end Thorne.
(From he St Louis Chronicle
One oft most conspicuous figures in the
Stageland of America to-day Is John w. Nor
ton. Born in the seventh ward of New York
CITY forty-s years ago, the friends OF his
youth were Thomas w. Keene and Frank
Chanirau. We lnd Keene n star at the age
OF % and Norton in the flower of early man
hood the leading man for Edwin Booth at
tho famous Winter Garden Theatre. He
was Starred with Lawrence Barrett early in
the 70s, and alternated tho leading roles
with Charles Thorne at the Variety Theatre
in New Orleans. Early in the Centennial
year, in Louisville, Norton met our Mary
Anderson, then a fair young girl who aspred
for stage tame, took her under his guidance
and, as everybody knows, led her to fame.
Mr.. Norton is now the proprietor of tho
Grand Opera House in S.. Louis. tho Du
Quesne Theatre, Pittsburg. AMI one OF tho
stockholders in the American Extravaganza
Company.
into his New York Office on Broadway and
encountered his business manager, George
McMnuus, who had also been n rheumati c suf-
ierer Tor two years Norton was surprised
NH"e -hShltiuu7 istu Nlscdrutl MS cane. VINO
cured you2 he ashed. 81 cured myself" re
piled McManus, N.Tith DIR. Williams Pink
Pills
81 WAS encouraged by Mr.. McSIunus' euro
and as last resort tried the Pink Pills my
sell, said MIR. Norton to Chronicle re-
porter. You have known mo for five years
ana know how i have suffered. WHY, dur
Ing the summer of 1893 was on my back nj
tho Mullanphy Hospital, in this city, four
weeks. was put on the old system OF dict
ing, with view 10 clearing those acidulous
properties in my blool that medical theorists
say IS the cause OF my rheumatism / left
the Hospital feeling stronger, hut the first
damp weather brought with il those cxcru-
cluting pains in tho legs and back Ii was
the same old trouble. After sitting down
Tor stretch Of five minutes the pains
screwed my legs into a knot when arose.
ana hobbed AZ painfully rs ever After |
had taken my first box OF Pink Pills il struck
me that the pains were less troublesome. |
triei another hoN, and | began almost un-
consciously TO have faith in tho Pink Pills.
Improved so rapidly That / could rise aft er
sitting at my desk for an hour and the
twinges OF rheumatism that accompanied my
rising wcro SO mild that | scarcely noticed
thum. During the past two wcrks We havo
had much rainy weather in 81. Louis. Rut
the damPnesS has not had the slightest effect
IN bringing back the rheumatism which I
consider sufficient and reliable test of the
tWcacy OF Pink Pills. | may also say that
tho Pink Pills have acted as a tonic on my
stomach, which thought WAS we'll nigh de-
s;royed by tine thousand AMI one alleged
remedies consumed in the past five years
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
WHEAT GOOD FOR HORSES.

Wheat is good for horses as well as
excellent for the production of pork,
beef and mutton. When used as food
for animals, it should be coarsely
ground or crushed. If no crusher is
is available, soak the wheat in water
one day and two nights. For work
horses no feed is more satisfactory
than wheat ground with oats. One
bushel of wheat to four of oats,
ground, makes n satisfactory feed. =
American Agriculturist.
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Cengrc.. cnn,r naIt

There is a general hope and belief through
out the country that Congress will do some
thing finally for the dis ress and suffering OF
so many hapless people. 1t Is 10 BE- hopet
business will start up and give employment
10 thousands. But there are certain kinds
OF suffering which Congress can do nothing
10 relieve. There is pain and misery always
which no legislation can cure. Just think
OF men crippled for lie with the tortures OF
sciatica. Aud such should know that 81.
Jacobs OIL is certain cure. which can be
brought about promptly without any aid
from Congress.
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PlOn Reward. SIM

Tho readers Of this paper will be pleased TO
learn that there IL at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
Cure Is the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fr tternity. Catarrh being a con-
sutuNonai disease, requires n constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ter1aily' acting directly upon the blood and
stroying the foundation of tho disease, aud
giving the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing its
WORK. The proprietors have SO much faith In
It's curative powers that they offer One Hun
ureu Dollefs for any case that IL fails To cure.
send Tor l. { OF testimonials. Address
j j. CHENEY * Co, Toledo, O.
" Sold 10y Druggists, 75c.
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Hens relish bit of charred corn
once or twice week and it is health.
ful.
Sorghum seed is nearly as good as
corn, pound for pound, and it is
healthful.
The best results arc obtained when
not more than 100 fowls are kept on
an acre of ground.
Do not throw waste water or Stops
near the well, as it will surely affect
the drinking water.
The Oregon experiment station sent
out thousand one-pound packages of
potatoes for trial by the farmers Of
that State.
Take the chill off of water for the
poultry during the wintry days, but
| do not overdo the matter and give
them hot water.
Well fattened stock nicely dressed
and neatly packed brings n much bet
ter price on the market than scnlawaq
stock, and pleases the buyers much
more, too.
Manure which is not under shelter
is constantly losing fertilizing ele.
ments, and the SO oner it is hauled ont
to the field the more fertility will be
preserved for future crops.
Warm quarters are essential for
winter eggs, but it is also important
that the fowls have sunlight-a south.
ern exposure and an opportunity to
get out in the sun on days when the
weather is not too severe.
If you have not n patch of rye near
the winter quarters of your fowls you
cannot imagine how easy it is to 90
out and gather greens" for them in
the dead OF winter. To our mind It
beats the silo or cabbage head.
According to good authority on
food values, the value of Il pound
of eggs as fool for sustaining II ac
tive forces of the body is to the value
OF pound of lean beef as 1884 to 300.
As flesh producer, one pound OF
eggs is ABOUT equal to one pound OF
beef
To kill moles, soa, some grains OF
corn, sweet corn prefcrre |. until soft:
then split the germ end with n pen.
knife and insert small quantity OF
strychnine. Then close the split nm
drop five or six grains in the freshly
made run of the moles. Spring is the
best season for tins work.
An authority draws attention TO tn,
fact that want OF water alone is no
why house plants often fade and die
Regular and sufficient voting is nee
essarv, but equally to be insisted mn
ON rs freedom from dust. Plant
breathe through their leaves, and
these are clogged by dust, the needed
air cauuot be got. Wipe off the leaves
frequently, and the result will DO ap.
parent
Unless extra pains are taken with
the breeding stock in the winter sea.
sou oil the year the percentage of fer.
tile eggs will he very small. The
fowls should be perfect specimens OF
the breed kept After selection thov
should have warm quarters Mt NIGHT
"nd nave as full liberty rs possible
during tho day. Fresh air, exercise
and some green food arc absolutely
essential to secure gooi results
If q contagious disease makes its mn.
pcarance iu the Hook, it, is as difficult
To- arrest 1T as when smallpox, yellow
fever or cholera opidemics occur
among human. The first duty is to
separate the sick from the well. or
destroy those that show the lest sign
of disease. Medicines arc of but little
value, as they cannot be administered
properly Prevention is more inn
portont Dlsinlect the promises and
aim to destroy the germs OF the dis.
cnse.
A cI,,,. a..I
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
HOMEMADE Rua.

A rug made of old ingram carpet,
cut bias, and sewed on to ticking or
denim with carpet thread, is said to
last ten years, and grow softer and
prettier every year. The preferred
width of the bias strips is one inch.
aud they should be sewed by the mid
dle-on the foundation, at spaces OF u
quarter of an inch.-St. Louis Star
Savings
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saIyationists I'm Finland

The Salvation army in Finland now
consists OF eighteen corps ffty-rou
officers. and eighty-seven under-o,ncrrs.
The soldiers and recruits number nm,
ward OF 5000.
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"FALLING OF WOMB"

Mrs. FRANK CAM
FIELD. of East DickiH-
son, FtdHRIiH Co., ~.
j.. writes 7 deem IL
my duty 90 express my
deep, HEARTFELT graft
tudc to you for having
been the means. under
Providence. Of rcstor-
ing INC 20 htEltli. for I
have been by spclls uu
able to walk. NV
troubles were of the
womb in1aumatory
and bearing down sen
satiOns and the doctors
al said they could not
cure me.
Twelve bottles of Dr..
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retention OF Air in the f,upps.

The human lungs retain the air in
their substance with such obstinacy
that it cannot be expelled by any com
preston short of absolutely dlsinte.
grating the tissue.