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quite forgot Miss Pigeon until her harsh
ings; with all its harshness there was
queer little quaver in il!
Hes come back and he's going to
stay" she said. 1T is he that belongs
here and not l. If you're born with al
cross-grained disposition you've got to
get over it when you're young or you'll
have TO have more'n a ten-foot fence be-
tween you and other people! I'm going
back to nursing people in hospital
YES. can. though you wouldn't think ii ::
aud they like me. There's a doctor [
know who has invented a new COZ
tri,ance ior--for making backs traight
her voice really broke now. but she re-
covered herself instantly; they're
easier to straighten than crooked dis
positions, I'm going to send one here,
and I want her to try it," She nodded
toward Christine. and then she turned
away suddenly. Little Rufus ran after
her--prudcntly keeping his hand on the
bcan-slinger in his pocket. Crhey had
discovered at an early stage OF the ac-
auaintance that If Miss Pigeon had a
weakness IL was a terror of the beam
slingers.D Are you really just the
same? Didn't a good fairy turn you
into something else?" he demanded.
breathlessly.
Miss Pigeon turned and looked down
upon min her strong features working.
"Yes. she did," she answered, gruffiy.
ibid she tap you with her wand p
pursued little Rufus. eagerly, delighted
with this confirmation of beliefs that
we're scorned IN his he me circle.
''She didn't tap me with a wand,n
said Miss Pigeon; "she sent me valen-
tine!"- Sophie SWEET, in n. Y. Inde-
pendent.
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edicine.t JoHNso Centrala,
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Baked Chicaen Pie.

Prepare two or three plump chickens.
by singeing, drawing, cleaning and cut
ting off their necks, wings and drum
sticks. Joint the breasts, sides and
backbones. and put them in an esrthen
stew pot, into which has been pre-
viously placed three slices of sweet,
fat. salt pork. Simmer till tender.
Take out the chickens, strain off the
liquor, and lay the chickens in layers
in a deep dish, alternating with oys-
tiers, cracker crumbs and butter and
seasoning to taste. Over the whole
pour the strained stock and cover with
a rich paste half an inch thick be-
fore baking. Make incisions in the
crust, and bake slowly for one hour.
The remainder OF the chicken will
make a nice soup with stock in which
veal bone has been cooked for q
base, with a little chopped celery for
fiavoring-Philadelp Press.
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hearts or cupids. she only wrote "the
Tom Tinker verse" which Kitty had
lovingly quoted to her brother:
Tom Tinkers my true love. and am his
dear,
III gang along WI him his bulge, 70
bear"
II certainly was a very queer valen-
tire. Christine thought il would prob
ably be returned, even more scornfully
than the Christmas wreath-if Miss
Pigeon should guess who sent it-and
she would be likely TO guess that il
came from the Belfry; for she knew that
her brother had given them many of
his belongings
She sent il with fear and trembling.
and she told none of The others, for the
older ones seemed, in their hearts. TO
share the feeling of Tom and little Ru-
fus, that the only form of approach 10
Miss Pigeon was bean-slinger in hand.
The valentine wasn't returned; but
nothing seemed to come of il. The Bells
Jane heard from Miss Pigeons Jane
that her mistress had neuralgia. One
dny after March had come, and blue
bird had been seen to alight upon the
high-top sweeting tree, as Christine
csme along the gar'len prth there come
a shr'll. imperative voice through the
knothole in the fence.
IF you have any more OF those
leaves, stuff them through the knot
hole; IL you have the whole diary throw
it over the fense."
OF course Christine wasn't going to
do that with the diary that seemed SO
precious; but she did send il around to
Miss Pigeons door by old Jeremy. the
gardener, for none of the boys would
so.
1t was about a week after that a man
made, under Miss Pigeons direction, a
new seat in the crotch of the apple tree
"a seat that was delightfully."- comfort
able for n back that wasn't straight.
Miss Pigeon seemed to know just how.
When il was finished she went up and
examined il and tried il. Then she
called to Christine, who was sitting on
the porch.
"I'm a cantankerous old woman.
was born cantankerous," she said. "But
there's your seat!"
No one at the Belfry knew what to
think of Miss Pigeon; il was little Ru-
| fus' opinion that a good fairy had
1 tapped her with her wand and turned
her into something else. and he was
much disappointed to End, on peeping
/ through the knothole. that she looked
! Just the same.
ats delightful" Christine said, slow
! ly. 'But it isn't exactly what | meant
! by the valentine" she added. to her
/ self.
But few days after, what Christine
had meant by the valentine really did
| happenI Sometimes things that seen
/ too good to be true do come to pass in
this world. Miss Pigeon mounted tn,
high buggy in which she drove herseIi
ard went down to Pequanket; when she
came back Mr.. Pigeon was with her.
| Tommy discovered II first as they drove
into the yard and raised a shout. Al
the young Bells rushed pell-mell into
the apple tree and dropped from its
branches into Miss Pigeons orchard
even Peggy who was i6-shouting anc
l laughing and crying all together. They
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them are alike in their gustatory de-
sires and the qualification thereof. Put
knife to thy throat if thou be man
given to Appetite said Solomon. Some
of the people who live in this year of
grace do not think the advice good.
Neither suicide nor eating with knife
is good form in these days. 1t must be
evident even to the casual visitor at the
senate restaurant that the wise man was
not addressing his remarks to United
States senator's. No self-respecting SEN
ator ever allows his knife to get with
in a foot of his iuglar. Members of the
house may, perhaps, elevate their pork
md beans to the mouth level without the
assistance OF a fork, but the dignified
senator never permits the glitterirtg
steel greater altitude than the third
button on ais vest. The day for eating
With your knife was cut short by that
happy invention, the four-pronged
fork.
During the sessions of congress there
are thousaudso of people passing through
the capitol building every day, and they
manifest the popular interest in sena-
tors by seeking them, and prying into
their methods of living. They occupy
the senate floor until removed by the
opening of the session and the energy of
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Furs are not only combined but are
arranged with mousseline or ribbon
frills and even lace. A novelty, and
one that adds variety to the fur cape,
is a wide scarf of white lace, which is
passe dbeneaththeValois collar, and tied
in a fiaring bow. leaving the ends TO
fioat where they will. Knots of flowers
are tucked away in front. violets be-
ing the most favored. The immense
gra ndmother muffs are further aug
mented in size by frills of fur placed
cade OF satin. Entire animals, head,
tail, and all. are slung about the neck,
giving the idea that the wearer had
just returned from the chase.-Chicago
Tribune.
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All. how laughed until cried
Ger Billy'E Sentimental screeds
Tho well I knew the loyal pride
That lay behind its IL spelled creed
Had he not battled for me well.
When once spiteful 10Y had said
HE missed and I the word did SPELL
Ny golden Iocgs were fiery red2'
And had he not-true- hearted boy
Saved up his pence 10 buy treat.
And then with quaint. transparent 10Y.
Laid down the treasure at my feet:
IT'S true scorned his snubby' nose.
His freckles and his warty hands.
His odd. Old-fashiOned. homemade clothes
His servIle mien at my commands
Ard with a girls strange Maynard vhlrn
Behind my cheCkered plnafore,
Joined In making sport Of him,
Because myself he did adore.
Poor Bnlyi years have come and gone
Since last ] gazed into your eyes.
And saw. like some poor wounded fawn.
Your look OF anguish and surprise.
And have rOamed mid scenes afar,
Have Quaffed llfe's cup unto the lees:
And On my heart Is many a scar
OF woundings made by hates DEGREES.
And oft I wonder. after all.
II with that little blotted line
That lies beneath times sOmber pail.
did not lose My Valentine"
Rosa Pearle, IN Chicago Tribune.
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list statesman who spoke continuously
for Is hours on the silver purchase re-
peal bill. is man of giant frame. He
is splendid specimen of physical man
hood. His splendid physique requires
ample renewal of strength; so he is
hearty eater, but not given to indul-
gence i'm fancy dishes. a man may be
sensibly a consumer of much food, and
yet not be a gourmand.
Senator Hill is shamefully seclusive
in his habits. He is bachelor. All
bachelors are selfish. They never learn
to take off their shoes at night and
put them in their proper place, nor to
put their clothes on a particular chair
before they retire. Only the married
men learn the Scripture. which saith:
no man liveth unto himself" The
bachelors think only of themselves. The
married men must think Of Others, or be
compelled to think of others.
Senator Hill is a bachelor, lives in
his own private apartments and has his
meals served in his rooms. l lived with
him in a prominent hotel in Washing
ton for six months and never saw him
take a single meal. Everything that
he ate was served in his own private
dining-room. But shortly after one
o'clock every afternoon he walks brisk
ly into the senate restaurant, and
George, his regular colored waiter,
Iushes to the dumb waiter and shouts
to the cooks: "Half a dozen big raw
for Senator HILL" Almost instantly the
oysters are served, and then the waiter
goes and shouts: "Hot chicken SOUP,
quick. for Senator HILL" and by the
time the oysters are consumed the soup
is on the table. In jiffy the simple
meal is eaten, and very soon thereafter
Senator Hill is on the floor of the SEN
ate, defending the administration.
That is the way the statesmen eat
That is the way they are served. Pub
lie interest in them would be less but
for the fact that distance lends en-
chantment to the view" We who live
here in Washington care less about the
way these distinguished men eat, sleep
and drink than the way they legislate.
People at distance want to know how
they perform little acts of daily routine.
but we who watch them closely are con-
stantly wondering how they will vote
on certain bills of national importance.
No man is a great man to his valet. and
no man is great man TO the men of ex-
perience i'm the national capital: for,
after all, they are simply of the people,
from the people and like the people.
You are as good man as any member
of congress, and SO is your neighbor.
SMITH d. FRY.
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ing the past year these private roomA
have been invaded by members of the
house of representatives, thereby dis
the privacy of the senators. But these
representatives of the people cannot be
ordered out without public scandal,
and some time this session one of the
coinmittee-rooms will be set aside for
the senator's. They are seclusiye and
reciusive, are these senator's; and when
they are compelled to come into contact
with common people in public places
H. Washington, they do not like it. That
is a rather sweeping assertion, but ii
is fact that some senators, and many
of them, too, are senatorially sensitive
in Washington, although they may be
exceedingly affable to their neighbors
and friends in their Sc eral states.
Many people wonder what the SEN
ators eat. Well, they eat just as you and
| and all the rest of us eat, and they
take the same food. Only few of
them call for terrapin and champagne.
They want first-class roast beef, and
very rare, too. They want the best of
of fish and game; but the majority of
them take oysters in some form for
their lunch.
Senator Allison, of Iowa, likes pump
kin pie and glass of milk. Senator
Morrill,, of Vermont, now 81 years old,
likes crackers crumbled ilto bowl of
milk. The best feeders in the senate
used to be Senator'S Henderson and Pad
dock; but they are no longer IN public
life; Senator Joe blackburn, of Ken
lucky, is a royal entertainer, and his
term expires in March. Senator Davis,
OF Minnesota, to-day mixed up some
stewed potatoes and stewed goldfish and
ate a whole plate full, with the appe-
tite of a schoolboy. Senator Vest, of
Missouri, is fond of broiled lobster; and
SO is Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania.
Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota,
likes a hearty meal al midday here, just
as he does at home. The majority OF
the statesmen have only light lunches
between noon and two o'clock. The
principal meal in Washington is eaten
between five o'clock and seven in the
evening, and il is called dinner"
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, is very
light eater. lie likes rare oyster stew,
small cut of beef and piece of apple
pie. Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
whose life was despaired Of last spring,
is very large man, but he satisfies his
appetite with an apple or two.
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, the popu-
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A CHICAGO ROMANCE.
wherein Il q Moral Regarding Rapid
TRANSIT Tn That City.


CHAPTER l.
Miss Bloomingay, allow me to intro
duce Mr.. Noteworthy"
The conditions were favorable 10 the
forming of an acquaintance, the par
ties having met on a train that was
making rather longer stop than usual
at g station on the way 10 The city.
A shifting of the passengers later on
gave young Mr.. Hicksworthy an oppor-
tupity to take seat By the side OF Miss
Bloomingay, and he availed himself
of IL.
CHAPTER H.
THE length of time we have known
each other, Miss Bloomingay. justities
me. hope. in asking you TO tell me your
first name"
"My name Is Cora"
THANK you. Mine is Reginald"
CHAPTER III.
Cora, dear"
Don't speak so loud, Rcg-Mr. Hicks
worthy. Somebody will hear your
well, I'll whisper it. Cora, shall |
ever forget when first met you"
"Yet IL has been so long!"
"Yes, il has been long time now. but
II has not seemed long to me. Dear
girl. L"
The rest was spoken in too low a
whisper TO be heard by any ear save that
intended.
CHAPTER ".
lie was no longer in the prime OF
young manhood. His hair was streaked
with gray, and time had begun TO fur
row his cheek and brow, but in his eye
there still burned the fire of un
quenchable devotion.
Time. likewise, had left its impress,
on the fair fare of the maiden. but ka6
not dimmed the lovelight that shon.
through her soft brown eyes.
He spoke:
"Cora, dearest, when shall we be mar.
ried?"
"You are sure you will never regret
it?"
81 am sure"
"You care for me as when we first
metz"
81 do"
''Then we will be married. Reginald.
as soon as we reach our destination"
CHAPTER V.
Theirs was a deathless love.
II had stood the test of time.
1t had passed triumphantly through
the ordeal of journey on a milk train
from Seventy-second street to Dearborn
station.
THE END.
Chicago Tribune.
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TIL. Finest Train In the World

Is the 'New NORTHWESTERN Limited, (which
leaves Minneapolis $50 and st. Paul 8. 10
every night for Chicago, via the North
Western Line.
From the mammoth engine to last car In
the train everything is brand new and rep
resents latest and best ideas for absolute
comfort and luxury while travelling. Be
sizes the splendid buffet-library coach,
really club room on wheels, there is a
magnificent private compartment sleeping
car. just the thing for ladies, families or
those who desire privacy; luxuriously ap-
pointed standard sleeping cars and the most
comfortable and well equipped day coaches
ever offered the travelling public.
This New Limited" train IS admitted by
the press as well as by thousands of people
of St Paul and Minneapolis who have in
spected il and also by many others of North
Dakota, Montana, Washington and Oregon,
who have recently rode on 1t, as being with
out any question the finest train in the
world, and no extra charge is made any
class of passengers for its superior accom-
modations.
Tickets via ''The North Western Line
for the Northwestern Limited" train TO
Chicago and the East, may be secured from
agents OF all railways leading TO st. Paul,
who will also make sleeping car reserva-
,ions, or apply TO T. w. TEAsDALE, General
Passenger Agent, st Paul.
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She complained that Beckv's peacock
Z squawked and Dicky's guinea pigs
squeaked. and the vane OF their stable
I had "a rusty squeak" that kept her
awake nights; and il one - the little
Bells mounted the fence she came out
and "shooed" him OF AS if be we're a
chicken.
Christine, who was inclined 10 look on
the bright side and to think well Of every
oAe, said that she would probably grow
better when they got better aeq uainied,
and she gave Tommy and little Rufus
fi-c cents each not TO use their bean
singers over the fence or make faces
through the knOthole.
But instead of growing better their
new neigbbOr grew worse. She had the
mutual fence built up ten feet high, she
had the branches of the sweeting tree
Topped of where they interfered with
the fence, and Christine's seat thrown
I down to the ground so roughly that it
" as broken. She said she had let peo-
pie impose upon her all her life, and she
vasn't going 10 any more.
Papa Bell, who was an easy man and
absorbed in his business, said he sup
posed that so many children and squeak
ing things did make them troublesome
neighbors; but he thought they should
have to demonstrate with Miss Pigeon
about the fence, because il took away so
much of their sunshine. Christine begged
him TO wait; she always would believe
5lIat people were going 10 be better, and
81 fhara h.ae
about Miss Pigeon because she looked
I like her brother-"only the twist
seemed TO he in her mird. poor thingi"
IL was November Wien Christmas
seat was thrown out of the tree, 50 she
could not have used IL any more that sea-
son any way; and when anyone asked her
how she was going to do without il In
The spring. she always answered: "Per-
I haPs Miss IIitty will be good by that
time" But that transformation didn't
seem in the least likely TO anyone else.
/ She never forgot that Mr.. Pigeon bad
said she was Htty, though how she
could ever be Kitty 10 anybody was more
than the other young Bells could under
stand.
Christine would bow to her. too, and
smile. shyly. although Miss Pigeon only
scowIed dreadfully in response. Far
more difficult 10 forgive than their cwn
wrongs was the injury she had inflicted
upon her brother. He wrote to them
dolcfuI letters which showed plainly
how homesick he was for the good air
and the gOodfellOwship of Pippin Hill
One of the neighbors who saw him at
Pequanket said one would hardly know
him-he had "pined away" 50.
After that little Rufus (honorably)
returned the five cents to Christine. be
cause he knew he should yield to the
temptation to make faces through the
knothole again.
Christine turned little pale when she
heard this about Mr.. Pigeon. and che
pat on her thinking cap. She couldn't
&c to school like the others, she ccnldn't
90 skating; IN fact, there were so many
things she couldn't do that il would
have been very discouraging to one y nc
believes less firmly than Christine die
That things as well as people were going
20 be better; but that gave her all the
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~ don't like a friend to domineer over
me-" said the young man with the pa
tient disposition.
'Who has been doing that?"
"My roommate. He borrowed my
evening clothes"
That's good deal of liberty"
Il didn't mind ii. But when he asked
for my umbrella. I told him l might
want to use it myself. But he got it just
the same"
"How?'
HE simply stood on his dignity and
said: All right; have your own way
about it, They're your clothes that I'm
trying to keep from getting spoiled;
lot mine Washington Star.
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BIG RAws FOR SENATOR HILL

several employees; they survey senators
from the galleries and crlticise their re-
spective and generally respectable APP
pearance; they peep through half
opened committee-room doors and
reach the apex of the tourists bliss
when they behold senator engaged
In the consumption of food.
Hes eatin' raw OYSTERS" said a
stranger to his wife the other day. The
couple had, from afar, followed one Of
the senators who represent their state
to the senate restaurant The male
tourist watched The alleged legislator
commerce feeding AND then reported to
the waiting but equally curious fe-
male
The senate restaurant is an interest
ing place. Men sometimes succeed in
concealing their characters behind
screens of reputation, but they cannot
continually and successfully disguise
their appetites. The man who loves TO
eai must fail to hide his affection, Just
as he who cares but little for the good
things of life must surely display his
disdain for matters stonachic.
If there is such thing as a lobby
list outside of the senate ne car be found
In the restaurant somewhere between
u O'Clock meridian and four p. m; a
clever argument has no snch support
as that which springs from a cleverly
cooked and artistically served meal, and
tie average human tongue ways more
freely in response TO the gurgling ca
resses of free liquor than il would i'm
direct return for hard cosh-besides,
many man will uuconsciously swallow
such bait who would spurn the largest
bride ever offered outside of a New
York board of aldermen.
For three hours every afternoon the
walters IL the senate restaurant are
kept very Dusy, and it is almost i'm
possible for tive cooks in the basement
to keep pace with the orders which
are shouted to them.
One large room is given up to the
public, but two small rooms are reserved
for the senator's and their families. Dur
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Hot milk is the newest panacea for
all complexion ills. III the face be
wrinkled, sallow, freckled or otherwise
afflicted, hot milk, say the enthusi-
asts over this ncw remedy, will pro-
duce cure. Converts declare that
the face, after being washed with milk
at night. feels wonderfully refreshed,
while the skin soon becomes very
white and soft. Some even go so far
as to pour a generous quantity of milk
into the water for the bath, and claim
that il is positively magical in remoy-
ing fatigue-N. v Ledger.
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Frozen fruit salad

Peel and slice four bananas; add a
quarter of pound of candied cherries
cut into quarters. the pulp from one
shaddock, two conceived green Cages
cut in small bits. and half pound of
white grapes. Sprinkle all with half
cupful of graduated sugar, a table
spoonful of Jamaica rum and half a
pint of champagne; let il stand half an
hour, add half pint of cold water,
turn into freezer and turn the freezer
until the mixture is partially chilled.
Serve at once in punch glasses
Budget
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Mr.. Bickers-The newspapers to-day
tell the story of man who charges
another man with running away with
his wife and s25 of his money.
Mrs. Biekers-I suppose the injured
husband wants tne man arrested and
punished.
Mr.. Bickers-No; he only wants his
money back.-Town Topics.