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WORK IN THE KITCHEN. How the I.abor of Wnsliliiw Poth fiiid Fans May i»e LiKhieni ti. Take a new whisk broom ami cleanse It thoroughly iu a hot suds; dry it and bang it ou a nail over the sink where !t Is within easy reach. At mealtime, as you dish the food for the table, set the kettle in which it was cooked im mediately in the sink and draw it full of water, so that every part which the food lias touched will be in soak. Ket tles that are left to stand unwashed without any water in them during the mealtime hour are ten times the trou ble to clean afterward. It takes only a moment to turn the faucet, and the kettle will be full probably by the time you Lave emptied the next one. Treat the frying pans—everything iu which you have cooked—in ttie same way Hot water is the best. If you Lave n good sized boiler, you can easily spare enough from it. When you are ready to begin wash ing the utensils, take the whisk broom and ruo it around the kettle removing all the bits of food tLat cling to the edge of it; then around the sides and bottom in the same way. You will llnd tbe broom to be far more useful than a cloth or than the arrangement of metal rings which does duty in tUe same way. The metal rings are an im provement on the cloth, but not so good as the broom After yuu have emptied the rinsing water draw fresh hot wa ter from the faucet into the kettle, make a suds with the soap shaker and with the broom wash the kettle al! over, rinse off the soap under the faucet and dry. Hotv to Whiten Clothed. Into a large saucepan—porcelain Is best—put four pounds of bicarbonate of soda and four quarts of hot water. Stir frequently with a wooden stick until the soda is dissolved Then add one pound of chloride of lime. Stir occasionally until i! si,lids are dis solved. Then let the liquid cooi in a kettle Strain the clear part through cheesecloth Into wide mouthed bottles. Put the steppers in and set away until used. Any part that is not clear can be put Into separate bottles and used for cleaning white floors and the ta bles. It is also good for cleaniug tbe sink, traps, etc. ?- THE WRITERS. James Wliitcomb Itiley, the poet, now rarely wears the buttonhole bouquet which he used never to be without. He dresses very simply and wears the flow ers but seldom. Pnuch announces the immediate publi cation of a three part serial by Frank It. Stockton. It is entitled "The Gilded Idol and the Conch Shell" and deals with American life on the side of politics. Miss Beatrice Harraden, the novelist, who was recently severely injured while mountaineering iu Norway, has returned to England and is rapidly recovering. She found while in Norway that the Nor wegian translator of her first novel had omitted its last chapter, saving that thus the story was much improved. Mme. Sarah Grand will make her de but uoon the lecture platform in the United States, ller lectures, it is said, will not consist of mere readings from her novels or essays, with anecdotes in terpolated, but will comprise a series of carefidly prepared addresses upon liter ary. artistic and sociological subjects. Radyard Kipling says his second trip to South Africa is made simply for rest. "I hope," he said, "to return with my wife and two daughters early in May. I propose traveling extensively in ail phases of the closing scenes of the war, but as a spectator only. I have no in tention of writing a hook on what I may see. I am going out simply for a. good loafing spell." Car* of Pit I ma. Once every week the surface of the leaves should be sponged off. Gloves should be worn when this operation is performed, as contact with the hand turns the edges of the leaves yellow. Palms should not be watered from above unless they are immediately wiped off, as each drop of moisture al lowed to stand on the leaf causes it to turn yellow. When a room is swept or dusted, the plants should be covered, as the dust will otherwise settle on the leaves and clog the pores, through which the plant breathes. Most palms and ferns do not like gaslight and often when left in an atmosphere charged with it will droop. The windows should be opened and the room well aired twice a day. The plants should be turned around each day, so that one side after another is exposed to the light, as the leaves w ill naturally grow out toward the sunlight How to Conquer or Die. "I wa* just about, gone," writes Mrs. Rosa Ric.hard-on, of Laurel Springs. N. C., "I had Consumption so bad that the best doctors said I could not live more than a mouth, but I began to use Dr. King « New Discovery and was wholly cured by seven bottles and am well now and stout. " It's av unrivaled life aver in Consumption. Pneumonia. La Oripi»e and Bronchiti infallible for Coughs, •Colds, Asthnrj. Hay Fever, Croup or Whooping Cough Guaranteed bottles oOc. and $l.O >. Trial booties free at Paujes <fe Cj's drug st^»re : iiil liil to*®; By Hattie E. Bursts. g.» i|i 'l' ••• ■» '"Harry Walling, I don't believe one word you say about fairy godmothers," cried Vira Stephenson excitedly. "It is just one of his wicked stories to fright n us and make us unhappy, isn't it, J.s eie?" And Vira only stopped speaking from lack of breath and the immediate presence of tears. "I'm afraid so," sobbed Jessie, who never could endure either Harry's teas ing or Yira's censure of him without cry ing. "Well, of course, it is nothing particu lar to me," replied the boy. "Every body has a fairy godmother, and she sc. - to it that somebody is appointed to los.l. after us, take care of us when we are in trouble, and give us advice whenever v need it. Some have one kind of a friend and some another. Mine happens to 1 a man, an Indian chief, named Newargi lie told me that Yira's godmother is ai Indian woman—a celebrated squaw »' the Chippewa tribe. I also happen t know that she will be in High Banks thi afternoon. At 2 o'clock she will be ; the big elm back of the playhouse Would you like to see her?" "Yes; tell her I'll come," called Yi:: as Harry again started away with ;• ver's harness, "but Harry," she add severely, "don't you stay around. I del. want you to hear what she says." "Don't you worry," was the gruff n ply, "I'm not dying to hear any of your secrets." At 2 o'clock Jessie and Vira I their homes, casting furtive glances ol < to make sure that Harry was not w at. ing them. After waiting in the ph: house what seemed an interminali length of time, Yira's heart almost sto, ped beating, to see coming to her, slov. skirting the kitchen garden, a tall fig clothed in the garb of an Indian wonu.n Her bright blanket glittered in the light, and as she neared the appointed meeting place the girls saw that her face was of a dusky hue. Large beads hung about her neck, and her short hair was oiled so smoothly as to bring out every line of the bright penciling which adorned her features. Vira went carefully forward, fairly faint with awe and surprise; for in all her life she had never before seen a squaw, and that this one should be her god mother! "You Vira?" queried the squaw, taking a swift step forward and grasping the little girl's hand. "Yes," was the child's almost inaudible reply. "I am your godmother," the squaw went on, iu remarkably good English. "New argo is Harry's fairy—l am yours. You," seating herself on the ground and looking fixedly at Vira, "are a good girl, but not pretty. Too dark to be pretty," she mut tered. "Most brown enough to be my child." A flush came to Yira's cheek, for her dark little face had always been a sensi tive point with her. She mentally decid ed that Indian godmothers were not an unmixed blessing after all, if they would discuss facts so freely. "Y'ou have many faults, Vira," the woman continued, looking at her narrow ly, "which 1 hope you will correct before 1 visit you again. You don't like to get up in the morning, and you are never readj' togo to bed at night. You read too much when you should be at your music. And," she went on, "both you and Jessie are too selfish about things where Harry is concerned. He is a good boy, but it was only last night that you and his sis ter fairly quarreled with him because he ate your pieces of cake. A growing boy needs a great deal of cake." Jessie and Vira looked at each other in astonishment. How did the Indian wo man know so well what had happened? "And now, my child," she said, "before I leave you, is there anything you want to ask me?" "Tell me," the little girl stammered, "how—er—long have you been my god mother?" "Always, Vira. always," was the reply "You were given to me because of your dark skin, and it has often been a ques tion with us whether or not we better take you to live with us. Would you like to live with me?" she asked, looking eagerly into Yira's face. "Oil, no!" gasped the girl, clutching Jessie's baud. "Well," continued the squaw, "units;- you and your little playmate become less selfish you will be separated, ami now. till I see you again, remember these things: Ilise more cheerfully mornings pay more attention to your arithmetic . don't cry when your hair is combo! and"— "Why, Harry Walling!" screamed tin girls in unison, as a sudden gust of wind blew the gay blanket apart and roveahd the well known garmeuts of their play mate. "Oh, you mean, horrid thing!" wa.!«'d Jessie, while Vira flew at him in a sud den fury and stripped the blanket and trappings from him till nothing remained but the brilliant penciling which gave his face the appearance of beiug the most vicious Indian woman the Cbippewas ever saw. "Well, you need not kill a fellow," cried Harry, "because he has told you a few truths," as Yira's blows descended on his head. "I'll never speak to you again, Harry Walling!" screamed his assailant. "Nor I," echoed Jessie. "Yes, you both will," answered the boy, grabbing the blanket and running toward the house,"the very first time you want a drive after Silver." —Detroit Free Press. The Limp That Wouldn't Light. A dear old country parson and bis wife paid a visit to the seaside. While the simple pair were walking on the beach one evening they suddenly noticed the re volving light of a lightship. The old lady gazed at it with open eyes for some minutes, then she turned to her husband with a puzzled look: "Well," she exclaimed, "if the man in that ship hasn't lit that light this 40 times, and it has gone out every time."— London Answers. An I'nliiippy Medlnni. Mrs. Housekeep—Why don't you goto work ? Weary Walker—Well, lady, yer see I'm w'at yer might call an "unhappy , medium." , Mrs. Housekeep—lndeed? And what I do you mean by that? Weary Walker—Why, I'm too heavy fur light work and too light fur heavy work.—Exchange. Ilovr to Make Hickory fc'ut Cake. One and one tin!f cupfuls of sugar, one-half cupful of butter, three-quar ters of a cupful of sweet milk, two cup fuls of Hour, one-half cupful of chop ped nuts, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar, one-half teaspoonful of soda, the beaten whites of four eggs and one teaspoonful of vanilla. How to Cook Mutton a la Venlaon. Have a leg of mutton larded with salt pork and season with pepper, sweet basil and sweet marjoram. While roasting baste frequently with plenty of butter. About an hour before serving spread with currant jelly and brown in the oven. Will Boom His Business. S. Lavel, a merchant of Dallas. Tex , writes: I thought I would have to give up business, after two years of suffering from general debility brought ou by overwork and long hours, but four bot tles of Electric Bitters gave me new life I can now eat anything, sleep well and feel like working all the time. It's a ' wonderful tonic and health builder for ' tired, weak, sickly and run-down peo . pie. Try it. Satisfaction guaranteed, iOn 50c at Paules & Co'a drug ator*. >^bo jrg/y' ARE TEMPLES You believe that •tatement. But you only realize in part the obligations implied by lf)W] it. Do you keep that temple flnflfj j|| of the body clean? If not, the { ji i | defilement attaches to every ii j nl service of the temple. Dis- ji j j 11 ease of the stomach and other jj; j IJ organs of digestion and nutri- || jjI I ' tion, affects the mind as well | j 'as the body. The dull mind i I !| stupified by poisonous gasses, !: j J !|tj enters on its service without j j desire, and accomplishes it | j ! | without delight. A healthy j j j | ; ( | body and a clear mind result !j! I: from the use of Dr. Pierce's jjj !ji | Golden Medical Discovery. jjj !I j j It removes the clogging and j| i II j I poisonous impurities from the jjj I li stomach, stimulates the flow j| j j of the juices necessary to |j| I digestion and increases the |[j I jlj blood supply in quality and 1| !| quantity. The "Discovery" ||| ||| I j is strictly a temperance medi- ii J j ill, j cine and contains no alcohol j|j ij 11 or whisky, neither opium, j,L jljlf cocaine, nor other narcotic. [{j(jy[] , V •• I had suffered from indi- y gestion and only those who /r"" 1 I have suffered from it know [ what it really is." writes Mrs. M J. Fagan, of 161} Kast C.enesee Street, Syracuse, N. Y. " I had had severe attacks oi headache and dizziness with cold hands and feet everything I ate distressed me, bowels were constipated and X was growing very thin and nervous. I cannot half ex prers the bad I bad when 1 coin menced taking L/r. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I took nine bottles of the Dis covery.' T commenced feeling bitter with the first bottle and kept on improving. Now I am so greatly improved in health my frieuds ofien speak of it." ■ ■ii ■ i A SPOT BLEACHER. tt Will Clean the Piano Key* and Take Out Ink. Stains. To keep piano keys clean and prevent the discoloration of the ivory, dampen a piece of muslin with alcohol and with it rub the keys. The alcohol can do no sort of damage to the ivory, and if it is fre quently applied the keys will stand in want of no other treatment; but, if they have already begun to turn yellow, then try rubbing them with a piece of cotton flannel wet in cologne water. Even old and discolored ivory may be rejuvenated, no matter what the cause of the discol oration nor of how long standing. An acid, applied repeatedly, will usually re store the keys to their original whiteness. Cotton flannel cloths, wet with a saturat ed solution of oxalic acid and water and laid upon the keys, will remove all stains. Care should always be taken iu the use of such a bleacher as this that it does not touch anything from which the color is not to be removed, for it does its work with more certainty than discretion. This same solution of oxalic acid and water is sometimes used in removing ink spots, especially when the ink spot is on paper, as on the margin of a good book. One teaspoonful of the oxalic acid and water to make a saturated solution are the only needfuls. Dip a finger in tin solution and press it gently into the ink spot. If this is done repeatedly and with out rubbing the paper, the objectionable blot will eventually fade from view. An other method of removing ink marks from paper is to mix a teaspoonful of chloride of lime with water just suffi cient to cover it. Apply this with a soft cloth, merely patting the spot. As either intentional writing or mere blots will yield before this sort of treatment, care must be exercised in its use. Printing ink is, however, quite safe from the as saults of either lime or the acid. Thumb marks on the pages of books may be removed by first rubbing the spots with soft bits of stale bread. Whatever remains of the maVks after that treat ment may need a gentle touching up with a bit of cloth dampened in the oxalic acid and water solution. If by any mis chance a large and obnoxious grease spot should fall upon a page or some pages of a book, it may be removed. Put a piece of blotting paper under the spot and an other piece of blotting paper over it and then add the weight of a warm iron. Much of the grease will come out and b* absorbed by the paper. Heat a very lit tle essential oil of turpentine till it is very hot, then apply it to the still warm and greasy leaf of the book, spreading it on both sides with a clean brush. More clean blotting paper nnd a warm iron will complete the cure.—New York Sun. PAIN WITHOUT SUFFERING. A I'hyalclan'a View of a I'henomenon of the I He of An«»th«tlci. "Pain is a great mystery," remarked a physician of th is city who has a fondness for the recondite side of his profession. "It is claimed by certain theorists that people who are placed under the influence of an ansesthetic for surgical operations really suffer everything they would other wise, but forget about it when they re turn to consciousness, and a good many ingenious arguments are advanced to support the proposition. It is rather a ghastly idea, and I am glad to say that the real evidence is all the other way, but it is a pretty well established fact that certain ana?sthetics —ether, for instauce, and nitrous oxide gas—will sometimes prevent suffering without destroying con sciousness of pain. "That sounds like a paradox and is somewhat difficult to explain without he coming more paradoxical still. The ef fect of the aniesthetic in the strange cases to which I refer is to render pain pleasant. While apparently insensible, the patient is fully conscious of every thing that is going on, and the nerves re spond as readily as ever, but instead of producing physical discomfort the effect is exactly the reverse. "I have encountered several anomalies of that kind and one quite recently. The subject was a middle aged man whose foot had been injured in an accident. I had to amputate the two last toes, and the operation, which was under ether, lasted about 20 minute*. When the man recovered from iiie influence of the drug, he tried to tell me about his sensations but although he struggled hard he could find no words in whi< h i<> express them 'I felt all the pain.' be said, 'but some how it didn't hurt me.' *Tb< nit wasn't pain,' said 1. endeavoring t" draw him out. *Oh. yes t was.' lie replied earnest ly, 'but 1 iiked it; I didn't want vou t<j stop.' 110 repeated a number «>f things that had been s>:iid during the operation and it was evident that he had been conscious all the while—at least conscious of his surroundings. "The other patients seemed to have had practically the same experience and en countered the same difficulties in making themselves understood. They were try ing to express the inexpressible. Such instances are, of course, rare, but they are familiar to almost every surgeon ilf general practice. Explain them? I don't attempt to."—New Orleans Times-Demo crat. How to Coo k f'otntoea Southern Styl*"- Take a large tablespoon of lard and butter and let beat In a stewpan or .small kettle. When hot, stir In a large tablespoon of flour. Stir until smooth, then add a medium sized on ion cut small. Cook for one minute or until brown. Then stir in a quart of potato dice previously prepared. Add sufficient boiling water to cook the po tatoes, not quite enough to cover them. Put a lid on the kettle and let cook until the potatoes are dope through /and the water has boiled quite away. Tor Shattered Nerves. A remedy that will soothe, build up the wasted tissues and enrich the blood is indispensable. Lichty's Celery Nerve Compound has been wonderfuly suc cessful in oases of nervousness, as thous ands of grateful people will testify. Sold bv. Roysman & Son's Pharmacy. THREEODJ) NUMBERS, PECULIARITIES THAT HEDGE ABOUT ' THREE, SEVEN AND NINE. They Have Been Favorite Numeral* at All Tlmeii All the World Over ■ and Disclose Some Queer llesnlt* Wlien Twisted About n illt. Nobody has ever satisfactorily account ed for the popular partiality for odd num bers. "This is the third time!" exclaims Falstaff, on the occasion of a crisis in his relations with one of the merry wives I of Windsor. "I hope good luck lies in I odd numbers; they say there's a divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance or death." And it is scarcely necessary to say that the belief is much older than Sir John Falstaff. Three, seven and nine appear to have been the favorite numbers all the world over. The ancients had three fates, three furies and three graces; Neptune's trident had three prongs, Jupiter's thunderbolt three forks, and Cerberus three heads. We have three estates of the realm, a man who accepts a bill has three days' grace, and three persons congregated together may I make a riot. Shakespeare was well aware ' that he must have neither more nor less than three witches in "Macbeth" and that the brindled cat must mew thrice, and our popular folklore insists upou three merry men, three blind mice and three wise men of Gotham. Three meals a day is the usual scale of feeding. Of a more mystical character than three is the figure seven, or, at any rate, it has a larger number of religious appli cations. Noah had seven days' warning of the coming of the flood, and when it came he took fowls by sevens and clean beasts by sevens into the ark; the ark touched on Mount Ararat in the seventh month, and after seven days n dove was sent out, followed seven days afterward by another. In Pharaoh's dream there were seven fat and seven lean kine, which Joseph interpreted to mean seven years of plenty and seven years of fam ine. At the destruction of Jericho sev en priests bore seven trumpets seven days, and on the seventh day they walked round the city seven times, after which the walls fell. In the apocalypse almost everything is seven, except the number of the beasts. There are seven churches, sev en golden candlesticks, seven lamps be fore seven spirits, the book with seven seals, the lamb with seven horns and sev en eyes, seven angels with seven seals, seven kings, seven thunders, seven thou sand slain, the dragon with seven heads and seven crowns, seven angels bring seven plagues, and there are seven vials of wrath. In merely secular matters seven occurs frequently enough. We have seven won ders of the world, seven champions of Christendom, seven sleepers, seven wise men, seven planets, seven deadly sins, seven ages of man. ami our ordinary leases are made for seven or a multiple of seven years. But however mystically significant three and seven may be. they cannot lay claim to any such peculiarities as are the property of the figure nine. That ihe ancients had nine muses, nine rivers in the infernal regions, a hydra with nine heads and nine gods for Lars Porsena to swear by, or that in modern times a cat has nine lives, that it takes nine tailors to make a man. or that possession is nine points of the law, are facts that pale into Insignificance after one has once sat down with pencil and paper to Investigate some of the special peculiarities of the figure nine. For instance, if you mul tiply nine by any other number you will find that the figures composing the prod uct when added together will always amount to nine. Thus: Dxi "IS and ! + !»(, 9 X 3 « 27 and 2 + 7 = 9, B X 4 - S8 and 3 + C = 9. and so onto any extent. On arriving at 11 times 9 we find what appears to be an exception, for the digits of 99 equal 18. But it will be observed that IS is a mul tiple of 5) and. moreover, that the figures composing it add up to 9. A nut her pe culiarity of this figure is discovered by taking any number of two figures of which the first figure is of greater value than the second, reversing these figures and then subtracting the number thus ob tained from the original number. What ever figures we may take, the result will always be 9or some multiple of 9. The smallest possible number of two figures of which the first figure is larger than the second is 21. Iteverse the figures, and we get 12. Subtract 12 from 21. and the remainder is 9. The largest similar number is 98. Iteverse these, and we get 89. Subtract 89 from 98, and again the remainder is found to be 9. Or let us take a case in which 9 com bines with the mystic 7. The number <>."> is not divisible by 9. But if we add 7to it, either in front, when it makes 7(5.1. or in the middle, when it makes 075. or at the end, when it makes 057. we shall find that every one of these numbers is divis ible by 9. It is not every number which can thus be dealt with, aud the reader may find an evening's entertainment in trying to puzzle out the reason why An example of a higher number may be giv en by way of a little assistance: Syr».. r t73 is not divisible by 9, but if the mystic 7 be added to it, either in front, where it raises the amount by 7,OOO,tNM>. or io any other position, each one of the eight rarious amounts which may thus be ob twined becomes divisible by 9. "J'he fact can be verified by any child who has mastered the first four rules of arithmetic, but the explanation of it is another matter. To Senior Wranglers or even to Junior Optimes there may be nothing very mysterious about all this. And it may be that if any of us would only put himself through a course of the higher algebra, digest the integral calm lus and master a few amusing treat'ses on the theory of differences all that n >w seems so perplexiug in the matter would become as plain as the multiplication ta ble. —London Olobe. Order! Orderl The dignity of the house of commons consists in inventing all sorts of childish excuses for shouting "Order!" After a few years of it the average member teems to become a sort of automatic ma chine wound up to shout "Order!" The house would shout "Order!" if the place were struck with lightning, just as me chanically as it shouts "Order!" if n meuiliei putv nn nwkwnrd question to a cabinet miit.*t«r.- London Echo. Wrrnch For Mason Jars. A Cleveland inventor has patented a wrench which he claims will tighten or loosen the covers of Mason fruit Jars In a perfect and easy manner and without bruising the operator's Hands or upsetting her good nature. It Is claimed that the wrench will remove covers no matter how tightly stuck, and that without prying under and damaging the covers aud spoiling the rubbers. . Among women friends: ''Now I am sure that Ernesto wants to marry me." "What ground have you for saying that?" "I've noted that Ernesto begins to be unable to staud mamma."—Mexican P^rold. Bucklen's Aruipa Salve Has worldwide famp f <?r marvellous {•urea. It surpasses any other sajve, lo tion, ointment or balm for Cuts, (Jori)s, Burns, Boils, Bores, Felons, lJloers, fat ter, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Chapped Hands, Skin Eruptions; infallible for Piles Cnre guaranteed. Only 25c. at Paulw & Co's drug store Saving Lives. Doctors declare that cancerous growths cannot be cured. Surgeons say they can cut them out, but that it only postpones the in- I it from the out ' fsl side. Make the blood "■* pure and rich, then the disease can't thrive. That is exactly what Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is good for. Rev. I. W. Hill, pastor of the M. E. Church at West Almond, N.Y., some years ago suffered with a cancer of long standing on the lip and concluded to have it removed. About three weeks before the operation he purchased Dr. David Kennedy's Favor ite Remedy, and continued taking it for some time after the cancer was removed. Ten long years have passed since then, and no trace of the ugly thing has returned. This wonderful medicine acts as a nerve and blood food. It makes permanent cures of Nervous Debility, Sleeplessness, Dyspepsia, Rheumatism and all Women's Weaknesses. It restores the disordered liver to a healthy condition and cures constipation. $1 a bottle at druggists'. POULTRY EXHIBITIONS. What Thej- Tench aud Hon- They Advance the Industry, The purpose of poultry exhibitions Is to educate those interested In blood ed fowls, and apart from educating their chief concern is to let the people who are interested know where and of whom they may find excellent stock. The exhibition is au open advertise ment, and every lover of standard bred fowls should aid in making it a suc cess. The poultry exhibition awakens enthusiasm. Not taste nor skill nor knowledge can be a substitute for en thusiasm, earnestness and zeal. The earnest men and women are so few in the world that their very earnestness is a badge of their nobility. The zeal ous and earnest work of our leading fanciers has made the breeding of fancy or standard bred fowls a noble vocation and one of the leading indus tries, if not the leading industry, of the United States. It Is not easy to produce an ideal specimen, and a true fancier feels keenly the loss of his best birds, yet there are many ignorant or inexperi enced people who seem to think we should be willing to part with such specimens for almost a song to give them something to win with in a big show. Such birds cannot be purchased at a price within the limited figure of a good breeding bird if the fancier knows bis business and the bird has blood back of him that will reproduce Itself. I am just beginning to realize how much 1 have lost by helping cus tomers to win who did not understand the value of a blooded bird. The zeal, earnestness and enthusiasm of a breeder may stir another to make the most use of the blood obtained, while a premium won in a big show 'may Induce another to understand the value of one, but I find it is often the case that the premiums offered at our poultry shows will stir one to ambition and enthusiasm as nothing else can. For some fanciers the charm lies in heralding to the world the simple sum of money there is in the premium won. The true fancier finds poetry and song in the measure that brings his special and favorite to a point reaching near to perfection and near to his own ideal. The honor of having attained nearly perfection by his own handiwork is the premium be is seeking, and he wants the world to know it. because he believes the world will be better by knowing it. The exhibits of pure breeds In their most typical fofrn can but win the hearts of the visitors, many of whom will become fanciers if for no other reason than the pleasure of hav ing them in their own homes. There are many who are timid in re gard to putting birds on exhibition lest their entries should be found not what is desirable In all respects. To such let us kindly suggest the possibility of your birds being better than you may think. Again, they may be more defec tive than you are aware, and how are you to find out their qualities unless you show them in good company? Bring your birds and ascertain their compar ative worth. It is well to remember there is always somebody who has just as fine as yours and maybe better. None of us have the "best." There should be no jealousy In these matters —rather a spirit of emulation to rival the best and still do better should pre vail. Our shows should be for the en couragement and protection of the standard bred, the bird that is to sup plant the mongrels, even by those who do not care to become fanciers and showmen, but by common poulterers. So In order "to be up to date" it is es sential that every one who Is breeding feathers attends some exhibition. Take the children and let them see what study and care will produce in the feathered realms.—Mrs. Ella Thomas In Reliable Poultry Journal. Ilovr to Make Frlcndellos. One pound beef chopped fine, a half pound veal, a half pound pork, three eggs, a tablespoonful butter, a tea spoonful suit, a little pepper, grated rind of ene-quarter lemon, a pinch of nutmeg, two tablespooufuls water, two ounces of crackers, rolled fine. Mix all together, form into a ball, cov ering it with cracker crumbs, and roast in a tablespoonful of butter for 45 minutes. (low to Care White Pimples. gcrub the face every uigbt with hot water and white castlle soap, using a flue face brush. Avoid all greasy or rich foods, rare desserts and pastry. After meals take one teaspoonful of mixture of rhubarb aud soda. After each scrubbing dry the face with a soft damask towel nud rub the skin briskly with the baud. It is a notorious fact that the average government clerk is the most improvi dent person found in any class of em ployment. In proportion to the amount of pay he receives he has more debts that he is unable to meet than tb« n>an who gets 35 per cent less inouey. Working Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tjreless. little workers- Dr. King's New Life Pills Millions are always at work night and day. curing Indigestion, Bil iousness. Constipation, Sick Headache and all Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Onlv -50. at Paulw & Co's drug store. THE HOUSEHOLD. The New Style of (iliulng-A Wreieh Lv) r Muaoii .1 a rn—Stori«*M In Collected Ornauie atM. Lead grooved to slip over the edges of bits of stained glass can be bought end not only makes possible the home- j making of art glass, but introduces amateur glass tinkering as a fad. Have you an unsightly window, one with ! ugly outlook? Buy a lot of the little j squares of colored glass. The vitreous varieties aud bottle glass come very j cheap. Only a couple of simple tools \ are needed to adjust the squares into j the lead strips, to cut the lead as may j be needed and to make the necessary perforations. Through these last will pass the wires, cords or ribbons by j which the squares are fastened togeth-1 er so that tLey hang in a long ribbon, j Several of these "ribbons" are allowed to fall from a strip of molding that is fastened to the top of the window frame, and, behold, the ugly window Is hidden by a glass curtain for the like of which you can give hundreds of dollars. Of course the bought one won't be homemade, and it may be made of glass that is more choice, though for that matter one can get kiass as nne as one chooses to Dav for THE BOERS. The Boers have at least ruade it cer tain that England will think long and well before attempting the conquest of any other country inhabited by white men. By their stubborn valor and their fortitude in suffering they may have pre vented great wars and terrible slaughter. —Cleveland Leader. The Boers cau't be bothered with pris oners, so when they have caught them they let them go again. It is rather lucky for the captured men that they are not soldiers of two or three centuries ago, when a different, but effective, plan to the same end might have been pursued— one precluding the chance of catching the same men twice.—San l''iauciseo Bulle tin. EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH Better than a Piano, Orjran, or Music Box, for it eing3 and talks as well as plays, and don't cost as much. 1t reproduces the music of any instrument —band or orchestra—tells stories and sings—the old familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it is always ready. See that Mr. Edison's signature is on every machine. Cata logues of ail dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., 135 Fifth Ave., New York. I ■ —. _ IF YOU EAT OR DRINK _ ' THIS WILL MAKE YOU Bright. THINK. Breezy. i | Sensible. Practical. The Publication Women Have Wanted. A Genuine Help to the Housewife. 10 Cents sent to CULINARY TOPICS, 14 Oliver St., Boston, Mass., will bring you a copy of this beautiful high-class household magazine. Be sides timely articles, illustrations, stories, recipes, etc., it announces prize competitions—one for sm, one for $35, and one for five beautiful silver tea and coffee sets. Any practical housewife has a chance of winning these prizes. 25 Cents will bring you three ! copies. They contain household hints worth many times the money, SI.OO will bring these three copies, and also CULINARY TOPICS for the 12 coming months—ls months in all. Address, 14 Oliver St., Boston, Mass. Ten ® ne Cents Dollar a Copy. # PLANING MILL ? HOOVER BROTHERS MANUFACTURERS OP Doors, Sash, Shutters, Verandas, Brackets, Frames and Turned Work of all Kinds. Also Shingles, Roofing Slate, Planed and Rough Lumber. RIVERSIDE, NORT'D COUNT\. .1 - 1 . 1 1 1' " "... ■ J FOR FIRS! CLASS WORK OUT 111 TO ejge. - Good Work. Special atten tion given La- //};■:. : v if Prompt (lies Suits and l|| 4 J"' %| [g* Delivery. Waists, I Right Prices. wri N 1> » f/1.-.i White I'anta- tk Jfti .. All packages loons and Vests. /XT'/** elal(i for and Repairing done A .. „ „ 1 j delivered ree - , Give usacall « Danville Steam Laundry, No. 20 Cana St Lore and Kase, Prop* One Too Jinny. ID Washington one day Henry Walter sou of Kentucky sat in a retired corner in Charuberliu's, drinking high balls, so ' I they say. when Senator Thuiston walked | over to his table. "What is the matter. 1 Wattersou?" he inquired. "You look down in the mouth." I "I was thinking," said the great editor. « "of the decay of oratory in this country i Years ago we had many notable orators— i ; Clay, Calhoun, Webster and others but I today you can count them on the fingers i of one hand. Why, Thurston, I know of i | but three men in all the United Slates i j who are entitled to be called orators" i "Who are they?" inquired Thurston. •'Yourself, myself and (Jeorge U I'eck." The senator from Nebraska smiled and I remarked. "What in thunder is the use of dragging (Jeorge R. I'eck in'/ He is I uot here."—Argonaut. . A NOVEL IDEA. MRS HELEN ROOF, of Lima, Ohio, writeg that she has supplied herself and three daughters with shirt waists and earned a beautifully decorated, 100 piece dinner-set, also a 24 piece silver-service, in three months, by simply getting a few friends and neighbors to try DIAMOND DIGEST TABLETS for Dyspepsia and Constipation. The premiums are certainly beautiful, and Mrs. Roof says she is over SSO ahead in useful household articles and wearing ap parel. What makes it so easy to earn these lovely presents is that DIAMOND DIGEST TABLETS are warranted to cure any case of Dyspepsia and restore the bowels and liver to perfectly natural action in two weeks or the money is refunded. The tab lets do exactly what is claimed for them, and a few persons once started will use enough to secure you several lovely pre miums in a very short time. If you would like a beautiful shirt waist, very latest style, color and material, just send your name and address to the DIAMOND DRUQ Co., 84 West Broadway, N. Y., requesting them to send vou eight boxes of tablets to be sold at 25c. a box, and get your father, mother, brothers, uncles, cousins or your aunts to take them with the understanding that they pay you if found good. This they will do and want more every time. Collect | the $2 and send it in and receive your present. You can then get the 24 piece silver-service and 100 piece dinner-set in I a very short time and absolutely without cost. This firm requires no money in ad vance and will mail tablets with premium offers merely upon request. POWUEK AND BALL. Tlie military stores of I'aris are bonml los-<. 111 a t!av she could clothe and arm 450.000 t'ghtiiis; nun with "0,000,000 rounds of melinite cartridges. Nine ounct x of sugar is the extra al lowed in the r.riiish army; Russian sol diers get two trillions of beer; German, seven ounces of butter, aud Spanish, three pounds of salt fish. Until the middle of the eighteenth cen tury cavalry deployments were by two right angle turns, and when the diagonal march was adopted instead of making the diagonal 1 y a h:i!f turn of er.r-h hor.-.j the movement was by the whole troop or unit. THE CANAL. While the isthmian canal is going to be a short cut, they are not cutting short the preliminaries to building it.—Phila delphia Tillies. All Mexico :i--ks is that a ship canal lie built on some conditions, it would also move hr coast line far to the south.— Mexican Herald. I' rtentia >o Jiorp. "Is he a friend of yours?" "No, sir. I told my wife I had heen with him ihe other night when she wait ed up for trie. The next day she happen ed to meet him and Of course referred to wiial I hail said. The blmmd fool didn't have prestnie of mind enough to on and pretend that he knew what she was talking about."— Chicago Times-Her* aid. _ The Other One. "Is Pat O'Brien there?" "No." "Well, when he comes in. please tell him thai his s;,n in law is dead lam his son in law, but not the one thit's dead." New York Tribune. NSISSII CATARRH mm In all its stages there should be cleanliness. f-.? 1 rtvt « Ely's Cream Balm cleanses,soothes and heals the diseased membrane. 1 It cures catarrh and drives M vt>»^ away a cold in the head quickly. Cream Balm is placed Into the nostrils, spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—don not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents by mail. ELY BROTHERS, OG Warren Street, New York. J |Which is it? Is it the carpet, furniture or walls which give the key note most effec tively in a room? Without donht, it is the walls. There are four re in niber. K-i'lis the ceiling. Other tilings re iimportant, but you mus have \ on• walls ta-teful and appro priate, if ypn wish to get a good style. Our papers are the best. A. H. GRONE. tt& Mill St. imili! A Reliatole TIN' SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and Ceneral Job Work. Stoves, Heaters, Ranges, Furnaces, etc. PRICES THE LOW EST! QUALITY THE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E. FRONT ST. This season s most artistic ILLINER Y<T~ productions are here to interest and please, Exquisitely trimmed Hats, Toques and Bonnets, and uutrimmed shapes of the newest and most approved style. Call and see them. They will need but little praise from us to make them appreciated. Also a line of nn-> trimmed Hats in all the popular shapes at Reduced Prices. lllTilf. 122 Mill Street. 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