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By SARAH ORNE JEWETT.
Copyright itU, by Bacheller,
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little Miss Debby Gaines was count
ing the days to Christmas; there were
only three, and the weather was bright
and warm for the time of year.
"I've got to step fast to carry out all
my plans," she said to herself. "It
seems to me as if It were Koine to be
a beautiful Christmas; it won't be like
any I've spent lately, either. I shouldn't
wonder if it turned out for the best, my
losing that money I always call my
Christmas money; anyway I'll do the
best I can to make up for it."
Miss Debby was sitting by the win
dow sewing as fast as she could, while
the light of the short winter day was
going, mending; a warm old petticoat
and humming a Psalmtuno. Suddenly
she heard a knock at the door; she
lived in two upstairs rooms, and could
not see the street.
"Come In!" she said, cheerfully, and
dropped her lapful of work.
"Why. If It Isn't Mrs. Rivers!" she
said, with much pleasure.
The guest was a large woman, fash
ionably dressed.' You would have
thought that a ver elegant blue-Jay
had come to make a late afternoon
call upon such a brown, chippy-sparrow
as Miss Debby Guinea. Miss Deb
by felt much honored, and brought her
best rockine-chair; and Mrs. Rivera
rated herself and began to rock. Her
stiff silk gown creaked as if she were
a ship at sea.
"What are you doing something
pretty for Christmas?" she aBked.
"It may bo for Christmas, but It Isn't
very prftty," answered Miss Debby,
with a little laugh and shake of t.ie
head. "Tell you the truth. I was mend
ing up a nice warm petticoat that I
don't have much use for; I thought I'd
Blva it to old Mrs. Ban. at the poor
hout:e. She's a complaining, cold, old
creatur', an" she's got poor eyesight an'
can't sew, and I thought this would
mal:-) her real comfortable. It's rather
mors heavy than I need to wear."
"I've born downtown all the after
norn. and It's so tiresome trying to get
at anything In the stores," said Mrs.
Rivers. "They push you right away
from what you want time to look over.
I like to consider what I buy. It's a
great burden to me Vying to get ready
for Christmas, and I thought I
shouldn't do anything this year on ac
count of my health. I've had large ex
penses this autumn. I had to have new
carpets and a new outside garment. I
do like to see the pretty things In the
stores, but they were so full of people
and so hot and disagreeable this after
noon." Miss Debby had picked up her petti
coat and was holding It close to the
window while she sewed On the button
With firm linen stitches.
"I haven't been down the street for
two or three days," she said. "You'll
excuse me for goln' on with my work;
it's most dark, and I'll be done in a mo
ment, and we can sit an' talk."
"It does me good to come and see you
once In awhile," said Mrs. Rivers,
plaintively. "I thought I'd stop on my
way home. Last year you had so many
making."
"There aren't any at all this year."
answered Miss Debby, bravely. "It
wasn't convenient, so I thought I'd Just
try having another kind of a merry
Christmas."
"Sometimes I wish I had no more re
sponsibilities than you have. My large
house Is such a care. Mr. Rivers Is very
particular about everything, and so am
I." She gave a great sigh and creaked
louder than before, but Miss Dbby did,
not have the right sort of consolation
to offer, and kept silence. "You enjoy
having your pretty house," she ventured
to say after a few moments, "you
wouldn't like to do with as little as
Borne" and Mrs. Rivers shook her
head In the dusk and went on rocking.
"Presents aren't nothing unless the
heart goes with them," said Miss Debby
boldly, at last, "and I thinkk we can
show good feelln' In other ways than In
bestowing little pincushions. Anyway,
I've got to find those ways this year.
TIs a day when we New Kngland folks
can seem to speak right out to each
other, and that does Beem good. Some
thin' gets In the air. I expect now to
enjoy this Christmas myself, though I
felt dreadful bad last week, snyln' to
myself 'twas the first time I couldn't
make my presents. I didn't know how
interested I was roln' to get; you see
I've made my little plans."
Then they talked about other things,
and Mrs. Rivers grew more cheerful
and at last went away. She always
found Christmas a melancholy season.
She did not like the trouble of giving
then, or. In fact, at pny other time; but
she had her good points, as Miss Debby
Gaines always Insisted,
II.
On Christmas morning early Miss
Debby waked up with a feeling of
happy expectation, and could hardly
wait to make her cup of tea and eat
her little breakfast on the corner of
the table before she got out her best
bonnet and Sunday cloak to begin her
Christmas errands. It was misty and
dark, but the sunlight came at last,
pale and radiant. Into the little brown
room; and Miss Debbie's face matched
it with a quiet smile and happy look of
eagerness.
"Take neither purse nor scrop," she
said to herself, as she went downstairs
to the street. There was- nobody else
stirring In the house, but she knew
that the poorhouie would be open and
its early breakfast past by the time she
could get there. It was a mile or so
out of town. She hugged a large pack
age under her shawl, and shivered a
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little at the beginning of her walk.
There was no snow, but the heavy hoar
frost glistened on the sidewalks, and
the air was sharp.
Old Mrs. Bean was coming out of
the great kitchen, and when her friend
wished her a merry Christmas, she
shook her head.
"There ain't nobody to make It merry
for me," she said.
"I wish you a happy Christmas!"
said Miss Debby again. "I've come on
purpose to be your first caller, an' I
am goln' to make you the only present
I shall give this year. 'TIs somethln'
useful. Mis' Bean; a warm petticoat
I've fixed up nice, so's you can put it
right on an" feel the comfort of It."
The old woman's face brightened.
"Why, you are real kind," she said,
eagerly. "It l the one thing I've been
waintln. Oh, yes, dear sakes! ain't it
a beautiful warm one? one o' the real,
old-fashioned quilted kind. I always
used to have 'em when I was better off.
Well, that Is a present!"
"Now I'm goln', because I can coma
an' set an' talk with you any day, and
today I've got Christmas work," and
off Miss Debby went to the heart of
the town again.
Christmas was on Tuesday that year,
and she opened the door of a little
house, where a tlred-luoking young
woman stood by an Ironing-table, and
looked at her with surprise. "Why,
Miss Gaines!" she exclaimed, "where
are you going so early?"
"I wish you a happy Christmas!"
said Miss Debby. "I've come to spend
'I Wish You a Happy Christmas," Said
Miss Dibby.
the day with you. Just through break
fast? No; the little girls are eat
In away yet. Why. you're late!"
"I didn't mean to be," said the young
mother; "but I felt so tired this morn
ing, and pretty sad, too, thinking of
last year an' all. So 1 Just let the chil
dren sleep. Nelly's got cold and was
coughing most all night, and I couldn't
bear to get up and begin the day.
Mothev sent for me to come over to
spend Christmas, but I couldn't get the
ecu: age to start. She said she'd have
come little presents ready for the lit
tle girlu, and now I'm most sorry I dis
appointed her."
"Tha;'s Just why I'm here," said Miss
Debby, gayly, and with double her
usual decision. "No, Nelly's not fit to
go out, I can see, but you leave her here
with me, an' you Just get ready and
take Susy and go. Your mother'll think
everything of It. and I'll see to things
here. Ironin"? Why, 't will do me good.
I feel a little chilly, and Nelly and I
can have a grand time. Now you go
right off an' get ready, and catch the
quarter-to-nine train, I won't hear no
words about It."
So presently the pale, hard-worked
young mother in her widow's bonnet
started off down the street, leading
bright-faced little Susy by the hand;
and Miss Debby and her favorite Nelly
watched them go, from the window.
The breakfast dishes were washed and
put away In such fashion that Nelly
thought It quite as good as doll's house
keeping; and then, while Miss Debby
Ironed, she nt In a warm corner by the
stove and listened to stories and to
Miss Debby's old-fashioned ballads,
which, though sung in a slightly
cracked voice, were most delightful to
childish ears. What a Christmas morn
ing It was! And after the small ironing
was done what pleasant things there
seemed to be to do! Miss Debby rum
maged until she found some little
aprons cut for the children; and first
she basted one for Nelly to sew, and
then she took the other herself, and
they sat down together and sewed until
dinner time. The aprons were, pink
and added to the gayety'of the occa
sion; and they were ready at last to sur
prise Nelly's mother by being put back
in their place m the same roll all
done even to the buottons and button
holes, for Miss Debby found time to fin
ish Nelly's as well as her own. And
they had bread and milk for dinner,
and Miss Debby told stories of when
she was a little girl. Altogether there
never was a happier Christmas day, and
the spirit of Christmas, of peace and
good will shone bright in Miss Debby's
face. Her quick eye saw many chances
to lend a helping hand to the poor, de
fenseless household. When Nelly's
mother came home at night, heartened
and cheered by her visit, she found the
Ironing and mending done; and a day
or two later the pink aprons turned up
all ready to be put on. And Nelly's
tiresome cough, which sounded like the
whooping-cough, was quite stilled by
some good old-fashioned dose which
Miss Debby mixed agreeably with mo
lasses and put to simmer on the stove.
There seemed to be no end to the kind
and thoughtful things Miss Debby did
that day in a neighbor's house.
She had started for home at dusk,
Just before It was time for young Mrs.
Preller to get back, and was walking
along the street, a little tired, but very
happy.
"Why, It's only half past four o'clock
now!" she exclaimed, as she passed the
watchmaker's window. . "I mean to go
and see Mrs. Wallls a little while," and
she quickened her steps.
Presently Miss Debby Gaines came to
a fine, large house, very different from
the one she had Just left, and took pains
to straighten her little black bonnet as
she went up the long flight of handsome
stone steps. An elderly man-servant
opened the door.
"I wish you a happy Christmas!" said
Miss Debby. "Can I see Mrs. Willis,
do you suppose, Mr. Johnson?' . x.
"Oh. yes'm.V said Johnson, with, feel
ing, "I was wishing somebody'd come
in. Miss Qalloes, now it's beginning to
get dark, ThA young ladles was here
this morning, (and brought their pres
ents, but theyYl made a promise to go
out into the country with some young
friends, so they aren't coming to din
ner, and Mrs. Wallls has been alone all
day. She was pleased to have 'e,m go;
though." ' -'
By this time Miss Debby had crossed
the wide hall to the library, where the
lonely old mistress of the house usually
sat She hesitated a moment before she
could apeak.
."I wish you a happy Christmas!" she
said. "It's me, Mrs. Wallls Debby
Gaines."
"Why Miss Debby!" and there was
something in the tone of this hostess
which told at once that she was glad to
see a friend. "Why, Miss Debby!
Come and sit down In the chair by me!
I don't doubt you have been trotting
about all day," and Mrs. Wallls held out
a warm, affectionate hand.
"No, I've been keepln' house for Mis'
Preller, so she could go and see her
mother," explained Miss Debby, quite
simply. "I had a nice time with her
little girl that's Just getting over a cold
and couldn't go with the others. I was
Just on my way home. I thought I'd
stop and see tf there was anything I
could do for you."
"Nothing, except to stay a little while
and keep me company," said Mrs.
Wallls. "My granddaughters are
usually here, but they had a very pleas
ant plan made for them, and I was very
glad to have them go. A Bkatlng party
and dinner at the Ashtons' country
house, and a dance.
"Young folks will be young folks."
said Miss Debby. "I should like to hear
all about it when they come and tell.
Everybody seemed to be goln' some
where to-day; 'twas the nice clear
weather."
"There are all my pretty presents on
the table." said Mrs. Wallls. "Some
how they haven't been very good com
pany; this Is the first Christmas In all
my life that I have happened to spend
quite alone."
Miss Debby might not have done it
without thinking, by daylight, but Bhe
drew a little nearer and took hold of
Mrs. Wallls's hand.
"You must have had a great many
lovely things to remember," she said
softly. "But anybody can't help feel
ing lonesome; I know how 'tis. Every
body misses somebody the world over.
There was all of us together once at
home, and I'm a kind of sparrow on the
housetops. But I've had beautiful
day so far, I own I was afraid you'd
have a sight of company an' I should
have to miss seeing you."
"I'm glad somebody wanted to see
me," said Mrs. Wallls, more cheerfully,
"and one of the friends I've known
longest; and they went on with much
pleasant talk of both the old days and
the present time, and Mrs. Wallls gave
Miss Debby a cup of tea, and they had
a happy little feast together there In the
library before the humble, loving
hearted guest went away, leaving peace
and good-will once more In a lonely and
troubled heart.
She stopped here and there at the
houses of other friends, forgetting In
her happiness that she was empty
handed on ChrlHtmas day, and every
where she left a new feeling of friend
liness and pleasant kindness. At one
house she comforted a crying child by
mending his Christmas top, and at an-
"Everybody Misses Somebody the World
Over." '
other she knew Just how to help a pret
ty girl to dress for her Christmas party,
and sat down and took off her big wool
en gloves to alter the refractory dress,
which It had seemed lmpossstble to
wear. She was like a good angel as she
sat there, sewing and smiling and mak
ing everybody's mind at ease.
It was late in the evening when this
was done, and she had had a long day;
but she stopped.wlth great bravery, and
asked to see the minister, and told him
how thankful she was for his sermon
on Sunday and wished him a happy
Christmas. The minister had been a
little discouraged for some reasons, as
ministers often are In spue of every
thing, and even some great kindnesses
In the shape of welcome presents from
his friends did not cheer him half so
much as the sincerity and affection of
Miss Debby's visit. And he watched
the little figure go down the street with
tears in his eyes. So few people could
forget themselves to remember others
as this dear parishioner could; It was
worth living for. If one could some
times help and refresh those who are
the true helpers; and so he went back to
his work In the study, feeling like a
better and busier man than when he
had left It.
So Miss Debby came back to her little
home again. The fire was out and it
was all dark, but she went straight to
her small rocklng-chalr by the window
and sat down to rest, and to thank the
Ixrd for such a happy day. And though
her purse was empty her heart was full,
and she had left a little pleasure behind
her all along the way. ,
Presently she lighted her lamp, and
then she saw on the table a great pack
age and a note beside it; and the note
was from Mrs. Rivers. .
"Something you said the other day,"
Miss lbby read, "made me feel differ
ently about Christmas from what I ever
have before, and I am going to try to
make as many people happy as I can.
And you must believe that my heart
goes with these presents that I send to
you. They are some of my own things
that I liked, and wanted to share with
you, and I send them with love."
Miss Debby's face shone with Joy.
She had always liked Mrs. Rivers, but
she had pitied her a little; and now the
note made her feel as if she had found
a new friend and made her happy with
out knowing It. And so Miss Debby's
Christmas came to a happy end.
The End.
Horohonnd sad Elecampane Cordial.
Each of the component parts of Aunt
Rachael's Cordial, vis: Horehound and
Elecampane Root and Speer's Grape
Juice is a cure for pulmonary com
plaints. The grape Juice and Hore
hound are "combined with Elecampane
In the proportions recommended by the
best physicians for throat and lung
diseases, public speakers and singers.
For sale by druggists, or at Aunt
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Facts of Interest
To Women Readers.
Symposium of
Partly Gossipy
Chicago's noted woman lawyer, Ada
C. Sweet, wields a sarcastic pen. In
proof of which witness this discrlptlon
of a new profession which she contri
butes to the Times-Herald: "Philan
thropy as an occupation Is growing in
favor among the people who are seek
ing a field of effort and the mighty dol
lar In one quest. Religion, law, medi
cine and the other ordinary lines of
business have a dangerous rival in the
new profession. Men and women of a
certain grade of Intelligence, Joined to
sharp wits and a smooth tongue, have
found out a new way of getting on in
the world, ami they are proceeding to
get on with swift and sure progress,
through the kind olllces of the rest of
creation. It Is easy to start In trade as
a philanthropist. All that Is necessary
is to organize a society ofone or more
for the prevention or promotion of
something or other, and then as soon as
possible force upon an unwilling world
an Institution, charitable or reforma
tory, but always to be written with a
big I. In fact not to be partial, the
philanthropist of the type here consid
ered so writes himself. His start once
made, all Is simple and secure.. With his
society and institution at his back the
philanthropist can face a frowning
world undismayed. He considers cor
rugation of the brows as nothing. The
pocket of mankind is his oyster, which
he with his tongue will open.
"Prospectus in hand, its front page
duly garnished with the names of good
natured figureheads, the philanthropist
is fully equipped for business. But a
little while and for him the land flows
with milk and honey. He lives in comfort
and dignity in the well-appointed ad
ministration buildings or rooms of his
Institution waited upon cap and knee by
inmates.' the quick growth of institu
tions. They come of themselves, like
weeds In a garden. An asylum for tne
seventh three-toed sons of the seventh
six-toed son would doubtless be filled with
duly qualified 'Inmates' within a month
after Its doors were open. The philan
thropist at home or abroad lives on the
fat of the land. His clothes are well
made, he wears a new hat, he la re
ceived In comfortable homes and re
galed with chicken pie. The evening
service at church Is his especial func
tion, and after his talk the chink of
silver is heard in the aisles. For all
these benefits and blessings he talks.
He Just talks. He can say what seems
good to him, for he is accountable to no
body but to the pliant fiKUrehends of
his society or institution, and these, if
he is a philanthropist of the growing
school, he has well In hand. There Is
no one to molest or make him afraid. No
ship's captain on the high seas is more
independent and secure in his authority
and dealings than this autocrat in his
institution. Ilin rules and regulations,
his by-laws and his charter, have been
carefully drawn to make him supreme
In authority and responsible to no one.
He himself has chosen with a cunning
hand the persons making up his board
of directors and officers, and not one
of them by any chance, he well knows,
has energy or consclnece to oppose him.
Upon his charges he firmly binds the
crippling bands or lnstitutionallsm.
They are unfitted for life and Its respon
sibilities with sure success, and new un
fortunates, defectives, or Incorrlglbles
crowd around his gates. The people pay
the bills the good, easily coaxed,
warm-hearted people. And they never
ask an accounting. Great is the pro
fessional philanthropist, and great is
the system of society In which he nour
ishes." SEI.KCTED RECll'KS:
Teacakes. Rub tlx ounces of butter
Into one poung of flour, add six ounces of
caster sugar, two ounces of candled peel
finely shred, mix a quarter of a teaspoon
ful of carbonate of soda In a little less
than a gill of milk; pour 'this Into the
flour, sugar, and butter; drop In gradually
the yolks of four and the whites of two
well-beaten eggs; stir, grease a tin, put
the mixture on It In small lumps, and
bake them in a brisk oven.
lobster Cutlets. For every cup of boiled
lobster take one large 'tablespoon ful of
flour, one tablespoonful of butter, one
half of a table spoonful of cream or milk,
one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, the
yolk of one egg, salt and pepper to taste.
Scald the milk, rub the butter and flour
together until smooth, add to the milk
and stir until it thickens; add the beaten
yolks, stir for a moment and remove from
the tire. Add the seasoning to the lobster
and mix the custard. This must be done
very carefully, that the cutlets may not
be pastry. Put It away to cool, and when
cool form Into small cutlets; roll In egg
and bread crumbs and fry In smoking-hot
ftU. Garnish with lemon and parsley.
Jellied Cranberries. I'lck over and wash
two quarts of cranberries, put them Into
a porcelaln-llned saucepan with sufficient
cold water to cover them; place the sauce
pan over the fire and slowly stew the fruit
until It Is soft enough to be pressed
through a fine sieve with a potato mash
er; to each pint of the cranberry pulp
add a pound of fine white sugar; put the.
cranberry pulp and sugar over the fire
and boll them,, stirring them constantly
for about fifteen minutes, or until a little
of the Jelly cooled on a saucer thickens
to the desired consistency; when the Jelly
Is properly boiled pour It into molds wet
In cold water and let It cool until It Is
Arm. It Is then ready for use. Servo the
Jellied cranberries with the chicken pot
pie. A Nice Way to Warm Over Itjmnant of
Ham. Chop the meat fine, being careful
to remove any pieces of gristle and fat.
Put a tablespoonful of butter Into a sauce
pan, when hot add a tablespoonful of
flour, cook until smooth but not brown,
add gradually a cup of rich milk, stirring
constantly, add the chopped ham, sea
soned highly with red pepper and a little
salt. Let the meat get thoroughly hot and
serve. The beaten yolksof two eggs may
be added, and makes a pleasant variety.
Macaroni Without Cheese. A good dish
of macaroni can be made as follows: Stew
the macaroni in salt water; at the same
time stew half a can of tomatoes (of four
fresh ones) with a sliced onion, putting
them through a colander when they have
cooked about ten minutes. Then add but
ter about the stse of half an egg, a heap
ing teaspoonful of corn starch, salt and
pepper to taste (It is better if highly les
soned); when this mixture is cooked to
a thin paste, pour It over the macaroni
and bake It twenty minutes.
Macaroni with Tomato Sauce. Put one
half of a quart can of tomatoes on to boll,
with two sprigs of parsley and a small
piece of celery, or a little celery salt and
three whole cloves. Fry one tablespoon
ful of chopped onion In one heaping ten
spoonful of butter till yellow, then add
a heaping tablespoonful of flour and stir
all Into the tomatoes. Season with pep
per and salt and strain Into a clean sauce
pan. Bet where H will keep hot but not
boll. Put one-fourth of a pound of well
washed macaroni In plenty 'of boiling
salted water. Cover and boll rapidly from
twenty to twenty-five minutes, then drain
In colander. Place a layer of the maca
roni In a hot dish, then pour over It some
of the sauce, then another layer of maca
roni and a layer of sauce, having the
sauce last thing. Set In the oven for
JU BftMtts and serve very hot
Information, Partly Grave,
and Partly Gay.
Sally Lunn. 81ft Into a pan one anr
one-half pounds of flour. Put in twe
ounces of butter warmed In a pint o!
new milk, one saltapoonful of salt, thre
eggs well beaten and two tabUepoonfuh
of good yeast. Mix well together and
put the whole into a tin pan well greaser1
and let rise over night Serve with th
addition of two tablespoonful! of sugar.
Clam Stew. A well-made clam stew !
such a delicious dish and so cheap thai
It Is strange it is not oftener seen on ou
tables. Take fifty small clams of any goor.
variety and steam them In their shells tot
about five minutes. When the shells beglr
to open, remove them from the fire anr"
open them, saving all the Juice. Heat
three cups of milk over the fire. Mix tw
tablesuoonfuls of butter with two ever
ones of flour, and stir in the milk. Wher
It bolls, add the clam Juice. When It
bolls thoroughly again, add the clams
Season with a little pepper and let I' '
boil again for two minutes. Then re
move it at once from the Are and serv
In soup plates over well-browned slice'
of white bread. If It bolls any longo
after the clams are put in they will b '
toughened. It is as futile to attempt ti
boll clams tender by extra cooking as tc
boll eggs soft by the same method.
Pickled Oysters. Boil the liquor of
hundred oysters and pour It over them
When they have stood a few minute'
take them out and boll the liquor again
with a gill of vinegar, a few whole blacV
peppers and two or three blades of mace
When this is cold pour it over the oys
ters and cover them e1nly. This Is f
very good way to keep them,
HEALTH HINTS:"""
The fumes of turpentine are said to re
lieve the worst paroxyms of whooping
cough. A lump of sugar saturated with vinegar
is highly recommended as a remedy ioi
hiccough.
If you wake with a headache every
morning, try as a remedy the better venti
lation of your bedroom.
Lo not attempt to dye gray hair; all dyes
to darken the hair contain lead, and are
very hurtful to the health.
Neither milk nor water that has been
standing in a sickroom should be swal
lowed by the patient or by any one else.
There is no "safe medicine" to "make
one thin." Exercise dance. Eat no po
tatoes, rlcC corn starch, oatmeal and but
little bread. Eat no sweet foods, preserves
or candy. Let your diet consist of loan
meats, fish, oysters, all kinds of fresh
fruit and green vegetables. Eat an orange
before breakfast every morning.
Many persons are unable to bathe (sit)
in a tub of water; hot-water baths ar
very exhausting; two or three minuteu
Is quite long enough to remuin in the tub.
A sponge olT every day In a warm room
will not Injure any one. One should
bathe a portion of the body at a time; dry
the part and clothe It; in this Way it is
not possible to catch cold.
According to the authority of Dr. Thier
ry, If a burn is treated by the external
application of a saturated solution of
picric acid, the pain ceases at once no
blisters will form and it will heal In four
to five days; the yellow color which this
acid gives to the skin may be removed
with boric acid. He suggests that a small
quantity of picric acid should always be
kept on hand wherever workmen are sub
jected to the possibility of being burned.
Dr. Naegell, a Belgian physician, has
discovered that yawning has a salutary
effect In complaints of the pharynx and
eustachian tubes. According to his view,
yawning Is the most natural form of res
piratory exercise, bringing into action all
the resplratoy rmuscles of the chest and
neck. He recommends, therefore, ithat
every person should have a good yawn,
with stretching of the limbs, morning and
evenlg, for the purpose of ventilating the
lungs und tonifylng the muscles of res
piration. He claims that this sort of gym
nastics has a remarkable effect In reliev
ing throat and ear troubles, and says that
patients suffering from disorders of the
throat have derived great benefit from it.
Many persons of both sexes are troubled
with cramp in one or both of the legs. , it
usually comes on suddenly, and while It
lasts the pain Is acute. Most people jump
out of bed the cramp nearly always
comes on Just after going to bed or while
undressing and either rub their leg or get
some one to do it for them. There is
nothing easier than to overcome the
spasm, and the method suggested is as
follows: Provide a good strong cord
a long garter will do if nothing else Is
handy. When the cramp comes en take
the cord, wind it around the leg ever the
place in which the pain Is felt, and take
an end In each hand, and give It a sharp
pull, one that will hurt a little. The
cramp will cease instantly, and the suf
ferer ran go to bed assured that it will
not come again that night.
A Gentle Corrective
is what you need when your
liver becomes inactive. It's
what you get when you take
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets;
they're free from the violence
ana tue griping mat
come with the ordinary
pill. The best medical
authorities agree that
in resulatiug the bowels
inild methods are pref
erable. For every de
rangement of the liver,
stomach and bowels,
these tiny, sugar conted
pills are most effective.
They go abotit their
work m an easy and
natural way, ana their
good lasts. Once ucd,
tucy nre always in lit"
Vor. Being composed
of the choicest, concen
trated vegetable ex
tracts, they cost much
more than other pills
found iu the market,
yet from forty to forty
tour are put up iu each
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v KftKU Kiusa viui, urn
sold through druggists, at the price of the
cheaper made puis.
" Pleasant Pellets " cure biliousness, sick
and bilious headache, dizziness, coslive
ness, or constipation, sour stomach, loss of
appetite, coated tongue, indigestion, or dys
pepsia, windy belching, " heart-burn,"
pain and distress after eating, and kindred
derangements of the liver, stomach and
bowels. Put up iu sealed glnss vials, there
fore always fresh and reliable. Whether
as a laxative, or in larger doses, as a gently
acting but searching cathartic, these little
" Pellets " are nneqnaled.
As a "dinner pill," to promote digestion,
take one each day after dinner. To relieve
the distress arising from over eating, noth
ing equals one of these little "Pellets."
They are tiny, sugar-coated, anti-bilious
granules. Any child readily takes them.
Accept no substitute that may be recom
mended to be 'Must as good." It may be
belter for the dealer, because of paying
hint a better profit, but he is not the one
who needs help.
A free sample (4 to 7 dotes) on trial, Is
mailed to any address, post-paid, ou receipt
of name and address on postal card.
Address World's Disprnsaev Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
FOR LADIES ONLY.
If you would be relieved of
periodical paint, beating-down
antatlont. organ la dUplaoe.
mint or deraniemests, or f
mile weak-nets; It you weald
enjoy good health, nt Boy's
SlMtorf rnmnnnna. Portal by
OHN H. PHELPS, Bcrantou.Pa
Roy's
Restorla
Compound
(AUTION
TO our patrons:
Washburn-Crosby Co. wish to assure thefr many cats
rons that they will this year hold to their usual cuatoia
pi milling STRICTLY OLD WHEAT until the newbrop
is fully cured. New wheat is now upon the market, and
owing to the excessively dry weather many millers ar
of the opinion that it is already cured, and in proper
condition for milling. Washburn-Crosby Co. will take
no risks, and will allow the new wheat fuljy three
months to mature before grinding.
This careful attention to every detail of milling has)
placed WtshburnCrosby Co.'s flour far above othof
brands.
LtJ
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Wholesale Agents.
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JEWELRY WATCHES
SILVERWARE CLOCKS
DIAMONDS, In rings, scarf pins, etc. OPERA GLASSES, Etc,
Also an exceptionally fine line of
GOLD-flEflDED CflNES AND UMBRELLAS
Our stock embraces everything in the way of
desirable and appropriate
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
for old and young.
NO GOODS MISREPRESENTED.
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DO NOT WAIT
FOR SNOW AND ICE.
Have your Horses' Shoes prepared with proper holes tot
"Hold Fast" Calks.
SIZES, 5-16, 3-8, 7-16, 9-16. ' , '
ASK YOUR SHOER ABOUT THEM
For further particulars address
TTENBENDER & W
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mington, DslewaM,
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AO dooe swftr with bjr the use ef HAMW
MAN'S PATENT PAINT. Whloh ooaslstS
el lnrradlents wdl-known to si). It oaa be
pplled to tin, sslvsnlied tin, sheet Irea
roofs, also to brick dwollags, which will
prevent sbsolutelr any erurabllig. ere
Ins or brasklns of the biiok. It will out
last tinning- of any kind by many tears,
and It's cost doss not exceed on-nxta thai
ef the cost of tlnnlnr Is sold y tie Jew
er pound. Contracts taken by
ANTONIO HARTMAKN. Ilf Wraft It,
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liiliT. Tiwii unriilto ate f or -todr, tdnM and a
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Stst, Wyoming ave. and Bpruce itrefta .
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