A Recipe.
Double one small troublo
Which ien't worth a frown.
Fret tiuii worry over it
All uround the town;
Stew n bit and boil with rago,
As people do of twice your age
Then you'll find it isn't worth even
writing down.
—New York Mail and Express.
Boyliootl'a Ambitions.
Very early in the life of all normal
l»oys, they begin to think on what
they will do when they get to be men.
Not only do they tninlc of their fu
ture occupation, but in enthusiastic
boyish candor they proclaim to those
about them what they mean to do or
to be when they grow up.
The author of "A Boy's Town," Wil
liam Dean Howells, tells us that when
he was a boy he wished to become a
canal driver, then when he grew a
little oluer he felt sure his career was
to be that of a circus actor. With
manhood's years, however, came a
taste for the art of rhyming, and from
that time he has never wished to be
other than an author.
When Admiral Dewey was a boy his
"most ardent desire/' according to his
own statement, 'was to be an officer in
the army." Through the interposition
cf "late,"he has become the head of
the American navy.
John Philip Sousa has accomplished
that for which he longed while yet a
mere boy. Then his "absorbing am
bition was to become a composer."
Joseph Jefferson, the great inter
preter of "Rip Van Winkle," dreamed,
while yet a mere boy, of becoming a
great actor, and he tells us that he has
"never had a desire to become any
thing else."
Structure of a Fnake'i Ear.
The structure of a snake's ear is such
as to make its hearing very imperfect,
but it so readily feels vibrations that
its actions lead people to believe that
its hearing is very acute. A pet garter
snake was known to lie quietly on a
table and pay no attention to the re
port of a toy pistol fired beneath it,
but whenever the narrator of the story
placed a paper on the bare table and
began to write with a scratchy pen the
snake showed signs of interest and
excitement. In Popular Science there
is an account of snakes of the same
species that did not notice the striking
of an alarm clock standing on the ta
ble beside their cage so long as there
was a cloth on the table. When the
doth was removed, however, and both
the clock and snake box were placed on
the bare boards the vibrations would
pass readily tlfrougli tne wood and the
reptiles were startled whenever the
clock struck. This same writer says
of the familiar stories of cobras being
fascinated by the playing of a flute
and rising on their tails and keeping
time with the music, which are well
authenticated stories, that it has been
repeatedly demonstrated by experi
ment that it is not the sound of the
music but the movement of the player
which exerts an influence over the ser
pents. When a screen is held before
the musician to hide his movements
the cobra pays no attention to the mu
sic, no matter how loud it may be.
A liall for Foxy.
One day Elsie went down town and
when she came home she brought Fox
a ball. It wasn't a very big ball, just
big enough for Fox to carry in his
mouth, and too big for him to swal
low. And it was made of hard rubber
so Fox couldn't bite it to pieces, no
matter how hard he tried.
Fox had never seen a ball before
and he didn't Know what to make of it
now. He had often played with sticks
and bits of coal, but a ball was some
thing new.
Elsie sat down on the floor and
rolled the ball to Fox, and Fox's eyes
most popped out of his head as he
jumped about barking at this funny
rolling thing.
At last he picked it up and sat down
to chew it, just as he did the sticks,
but he found that was no use. Then
lie dropped it and the ball rolled a lit
tle ways. That was queer, it scared
I-'ox, and he was afraid to touch the
ball again. He would go up to it care
fully and take a sniff and then jump
away with a funny little bark that
said: "I wonder what this strange
thing can be?" Elsie and mother had
?reat fun watching him.
When he found the ball did not
move he carefully picked it up again
and ran around the room with it. Elsie
chased him and Fox dodged under
tables and chairs to get away from her.
Once he dropped the ball and it
bounced —that was another funny
hing. Fox tried dropping it again;
ae liked to see it jump up and down.
After he had played with it for a
ong time Fox found he could toss the
all up in the air and that he would
uake it bounce higher. Then there
vas fun. He tore around the room with
he ball, throwing it up and then run
ting after it again, and all the time
riving Tittle growls to frighten Elsie
nd make her keep away from him.
Ie was having a good time by him
elf; nobody must touch his ball. —
•rooklyn Eagle.
I.llla*f« Kxoitimr Ad venture.
"I know," said small Lilla, dellght
lly. "I know what the corn rows look
ke. They look like teenty-tinty, nar
)w fairy streets. And I'm going to
'n down the teentiest one of all."
Lilla was 6 years old last April, and
June her mother took ber to the
ntry to visit her Aunt iieien, who
lives 011 a (arm. From the very mo
ment when she left home Lllla has had
the loveliest time you can think of, but
it wasn't until last week that she was
allowed togo down across the pasture
all alone and visit the cornfield. She
wouldn't have been allowed to do BO
then only her Aunt Helen was so very
sure she couldn't get into any trouble.
"Let her run wild a little, Eliza
beth," she said to Lilla's mamma.
"There isn't a bit of harm that she
could get into down there, right in our
fields. And she doesn't have a chance
to play in green fields every day in
the year, you know."
So off Lilla trotted, just as pleased
as you or I would be if we knew we
could spend a whole, long, lovely af
ternoon in a pasture and a cornfield,
and it was when she stood at the edge
of the cornfield, looking down between
the long rows of tall corn, about three
times as tall as she was, that she made
the remark about the "teenty-tinty,
narrow l'airy streets." Then she picked
out the very "teentiest" row of all, and
walked straight down it —until she
came to the fence at the side of the
road. Then she turned back and
walked straight into the mid-die of the
field again.
It was the loveliest place you can
think of, down there among the tall
corn. The long, silky leaves rustled
over her head like music; the sunlight
made beautiful patches of gold here
and there on the ground. And it was
so cool and beautiful and lovely alto
gether that it made Lilla think of
fairyland, or the heavenly kingdom.
She was wondering whether she should
play she was an enchanted princess,
with the beautiful corn arches for the
roof of her palace, and the tall corn
stalks for ner servants, or that she
was a sky angel, with the corn leaves
for harps and the yellow, dangling corn
silks for a halo, when she heard a
great sound as of some big animal
tearing and snapping along on the
edge of the field. She ran in the di
rection of the sound as fast as possi
ble, and there, just at the edge of the
pasture was a great, strange dog, with
dripping jaws and wild eyes and a
rumpled coat, and he was making
strange noises as he went.
"Here, doggie! Poor uoggie!" called
Lilla. who loves all animals dearly,
hut the dog didn't seem to hear her.
Panting and dripping he rushed on,
madly, going in the direction of the
farmhouse. Lilla, when he paid no at
tention to her calling, went back
among the tall corn rows quite con
tentedly.
"Maybe he wouldn't have played he
was the ogre or the guardian lion, any
way," she told herself, smiling. "And
if I'd wanted to play angel I wouldn't
have known what in the world to do
with him."
Then she sat down cn the soft earth
between tne tall cornstalks and fell to
watching the yellow sunlight and the
purple shadows play a sort of flicker
ing hide-and-go-seek on the dull,brown
ground before her. By and by she
leaned back against a specially big
cornstalk and looked up at the sky—
so bright and blue where it shone
through the beautiful green roof above
her head. Then she began fitting queer
little nursery words to the queer little
tunes the wind sang. And then —
It sounded like a fairy trumpet, but
when Lilla woke up she found it was
only the horn which Aunt Helen used
to call the ni n home to supper. She
had been asleep actually, and here it
was supper time. The sunlight had
grown paler, and the purple of the
shadows had become very deep and
bronze-like. The fleecy white clouds
in the blue sky were all turning to
gold and scarlet and crimson. And
the corn leaves were rustling and sing
ing in the soft, gentle way which they
keep especially for sundown. Lilla
sang, too, just because she was so
very glad to be alive and to be in the
country, as she ran across the pasture
and up to the house.
"Where have you been all after
noon?" asked her Uncle Albert, kissing
her gently. "I was a little anxious
about you just after nooning."
"A mad dog got lose in the village
somehow," he explained to the grown
people, "and came tearing up the road
and along through our pasture. I
was a little afraid Lilla might get in
his way, for he dashed right through
the barnyard. I was watching from
the hayfleld and I saw him."
"I saw him, too," cried Lilla, all ex
citement and wonder. "He was so hot
and tired looking, poor thing, and I
called him to come and play with me,
but he never seemed to hear me. And
I guess the corn was so tall he couldn't
sea But I didn't know he was mad
poor doggie!"
And then Lilla wondered why all
the grown folk made such a fuss about
her, because even if a poor dog was
mad and had to be killed afterward,
he hadn't even seen her. But by and
by she began to smile a little, all to
herself, and when they got up from
supper she caught hold of her Aunt
Helen and drew her outside the door
to whisper a little secret.
"I 'spect. Aunt Helen." she said,
very softly, "that I had a real 'citing
adventure with tlfit mad dog this af
ternoon. But I was having such a love
ly time down there in the torn palace
that I almost never came to know a
word about it. I think it's just lovely
that I found out, don't you?"
And her Aunt Helen, who loves to
hear little girls' secrets, smiled as she
answered "Yes." —Chicago Record-Her
ald.
Her Comment.
"I never gossip," said the woman
with the uncompromising eyes. "I
never say anything about anybody un
less I am sure it can be shown to be
true."
"Dear me." murmured Miss Cayenne.
"How utterly relentless." —Washington
Star.
To Clean Cut Glass.
Experts in cut glass advocate the
following' as the best means of clean
ing. Wash the glass thoroughly with
warm soap sud3 and cover with saw
dust. As soon as the sawdust is dry,
brush the article very carefully with
a soft brush, reaching all the crev
ices. It wiil come out as clear and
sparkling an a bubble fresh from the
pipe.
Prolonging the Use of Velvet.
The use of velvet that has been
marred beyond restoration by the usu
al steaming process may be prolonged
for ordinary wear by "mirroring" it.
Place the velvet on an ironing board,
and with a flatiron that is not hot
enough to burn the fabric press it
carefully in the direction of the nap.
As long strokes as possible should bo
taken with the Iron to avoid leaving
marks. It is a good idea to sew a
piece of cloth on each end of the vel
vet in order to have something to hold
while the work is being done.
Care in denning Oil Paintings.
No one who does not understand al)
about colors should attempt to clean
an oil painting, for it is easy to r&
move with it part of the painting it
self. The inexperienced person can,
however, clean an oil painting safely
in the following manner. Remove the
picture from its frame, lay it flat and
cover with a cloth moistened with rain
water. Repeat until the dirt on the
picture has been removed by the
cloth, or till it is so softened by moist
ure that it may be wiped off easily
with a soft sponge. Then let the pic
ture dry, when it should be gone ovei
carefully with a piece of cotton wool
saturated in pure linseed oil. The paint
will then look fresh and new. On no
account must soap be used, and an
oil painting should never be touched
with anything harder than a piece of
lint or cotton wool. For dusting there
is nothing better than an old silk
handkerchief.
Tlie Uaeftil In Tableware.
In many of the largest silverware
manufactories the principal designers
are women. Among the many useful
and attractive things recently de
signed by women is a pie dish which
may also be used for an entree dish
or for fruit. A breakfast set, consist
ing of tray, egg cup, butter dish, toast
rack and salt and pepper bottles rep
resent a new design in silver by a
woman, as does an egg boiler fitted
with an alcohol lamp lor cooking eggs
at the breakfast table. A sand glass
attached marks tlje three, five or ten
minute limit for boiling. One of the
most useful feminine inventions in the
form of culinary devices is a frying
pan with asbestos lining and supplied
with a basket attachment for the
cooking of special articles. Honey
pots of glass and silver, available also
for jam unique and pretty table gongs
and bells, silver stands for smoked
beef and tongue, bread forks of odd
pattern, china or silver stands with
compartments for butter, cheese and
crackers and supplemented by silver
knives to match are a few of the re
cent designs by women in the line of
household conveniences.—New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Russian Cream —Soak one ounce of
gelatin in one-half pint of water for
half an hour, then add one-half pint of
boiling water; stir until well dis
solved one quart sweet milk, one cup
of sugar and four eggs. Cook sugar,
milk and yolk of eggs together; when
ready to take from stove add gelatin
and whites of eggs, well beaten; flavor
with vanilla: pour in a wet mold to
cool and serve With whipped cream
and macaroons.
Date Muffins—Yolks of two eggs
beaten until light: add two cups of
milk. Sift three cups of flour, add one
half teaspoon of sa»L and three of bak
ing powder (level). Stir the milk
and eggs into the flour and a table
spoon of softened butter, then add one
half cupful of chopped dates (floured).
Beat until smooth, then carefully put
in the whites of the eggs beaten to a
stiff froth. Turn into warm gem pans
and bake in a moderate oven 25 min
utes.
Oyster kuortcakes —Make a good
shortcake and bake on pie tins. Wash
one and one-half pints of oysters.
Strain, scald and s.nm their liquor.
Melt two teaspoons of butter, stir in a
tablespoonful of flour, add the oyster
liquor, one-half cupful of milk, two
thirds of a teaspoonful of salt, a salt
spoonful of pepper and the drained
oysters. Cook until they begin to ruffle
and seem plump. As soon as short
cakes are baked split, butter, spread
with the oysters and serve at once.
Onions Stuffed With Sausage—Par
boil a dozen mild smver skin onions
about on hour, changing the water
twice, and replenishing with boiling
water. Drain and remove tl'o centres,
leaving a thin shell of onion. Fill
these cups with pork sausage, round
ing the top. Bake about an hour,
basting occasionally with drippings
from the turkey. Those with whom
sausage does not agree may solace
themselves with turkey and giblet
sauce. In making the cranberry jelly
use loaf sugar and mold the jelly in
CUBS or forms
DEER AS SMALL GAME.
INTERESTING DISOOVERY MADE IN
NEW YORK STATE.
Bones found Prove the Animal Coold
Not llave Jleen More Than Six Inches
High—fcore Let; and Foot of the
Skeleton Remain Intact.
Bones of a tiny deer, five and one
half inches high at the shoulder, and
small enough to be stowed away in a
coat pocket, have been found In a
ploughed field in Iten3salear county,
near Troy, N. Y.
A fore foot and leg of the skeleton
remain intact. From these it Is possi
ble to determine the exact proportions
of the remarkable creature, and to
know, beyond question, that the skele
ton is that of a deer.
The bones prove that the deer had
matured, but whether it belonged to a
diminutive species, or was a dwarf,
is not known.
The epiphyses, or ends of the bones,
are firmly united to the shaft by os
seus tissue, showing that the leg found
belonged to an adult deer.
This tiny deer doubtless lived In
that middle age of animal life when
evw the horse was represented in a
species of little creatures with five
toes. It was an age in which the ani
mal kingdom ran to extremes. The
groat Irish deer, which was probably
contemporaneous with the little deer
of New York, was even larger than
the largest deer of this day. On the
other hand, there were the little horses
and the diminutive creatures of many
other species, one of which is probably
represented by the extraordinary deer
Deer Ciuler a Foot Rule.
whose remains have been found In
New York.
The oculist says business is out of sight,
Cunningham's Changeable reach Tree
James Cunningham, a farmer In the
vicinity of Pleasant Grove, has a poach
tree on his place that puzzles the hor
ticultural world. Last year the tree
had several bushels of plum peaches;
this year the tree had several bushels
of free stone poaches. Last year is the
first it has borne fruit of consequence.
—Nashville (Tenn.) Banner.
FTJTNAM FADELESS DYES are fast to min
light, washing and rubbing. Hold by all drug
gie tB.
In Newfoundland and Labrador cramps
are said to be guarded against by carry
ing a cod's head or a bone from a haddock
caught without touching the boat.
I am sure Pieo's Cure for Consumption navel
my life three years ago.—Mas. THOMAS ROB
BINS, Maple rtt., Norwich, N.Y., Feb. 17, I'JOO.
It is better to give than to receive what
you don't want.
G&r\i\y;
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•y '\ y '' ,T ~/ ' 7 / Syrup of Figs appeals to the cultured and the
/'r *•/'**' " Jl®/ / well-informed and to the healthy, because its com
>ir ."• ,- ""' - | JgSlPi\ j ponent parts are simple and wholesome and be
.> V' cause '* acts without disturbing the natural func
tions, as it is wholly free from every objectionable
/ jr* V .; N >ui\i-v- manufacturing figs are used, as they are
/
- virtues of Syrup of Figs are obtained
l^gH 11iapkx from an excellent combination of plants
\MI /y / .. known to be medicinally laxative and to
J To get its beneficial effects—buy the
14 genuine—manufactured by the .
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The Luxury of Modern Railway Travel
to Florida and the South.
The gratitude of tourists who appreciate
luxury in railway travel is due in no small
measure to the Southern Railway (System.
Their line of opeiation is the great highway
thatleads by Washington, D.C., to and through
th" Houthern States. Year by year they have
adopted every improvement that could add in
any way to tlie comfort of that army of visit
ors who make their home in the vast territory
covered by itß network of lines.
An eiample of the superb trains operated
by the company is the "Southern's l'alm Lim
ited," whi n runs between New York and St.
Augustine every day, except Sun lay, during
the winter months. Thiß magnificent train
will be inaugurated January 14, ISIO2, leaving
New York 12.40 noon, the most luxurious in
the world, runs through solid from New York
to St. Augustine, excepting one drawing-room
sleeping-car, which is detached at Blaekville,
8. and runs to Augusta, for the accommo
dation of travelers to this popular resort, and
Aiken, S. C. The train is composed of Pull
man composite, compartment cars, drawing
room sleeping-cars, library, observation and
dining-cars. Two other last daily limited
trains are operated, carrying through Pull
man drawing-room slecping-carß.to New Y'ork,
Savannah, Jacksonville, 'lampa, Charleston,
Augusta, Asheville, Chattanooga, Nashville,
Atlanta, Birmingham, Memphis, New Orleans,
affording excellent service to Florida, Mexico
and the Pacific Coast. Dining-car service on
all through trains. The popular route to
Pinehurst, N. C., Pullman sleeping-car Wash
ington, Pinehurst, Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays. New York to Thomaeville, Ga.,
Pullman drawing-room sleeping-cars, every
Thursday, commencing January 9. For fur
ther information call or address New York
Officii, 271 and 1185 Broadway. Alex. S.
Thweatt, E. P. A., 1185 Broadway, New York.
Our own misfortunes are always the
greatest.
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, I
LCCAS COUNTY. ) ''
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY &
Co. .doing business inthe City ofToledo,County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pav
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my
. —•> presence, this 6th day of December,
■j SEAL [A. D., 1886. A. W. GLEASON.
' — Y— -' Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure iB taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood anil mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY <k Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills arothobest.
An ounce of gold was worth fifteen
ounces of silver in the year 1880. It would
buy twenty-one ounces in 1900.
FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. 11. H. KLINE, Ltd., 931 Arch St., l'hila. Pa.
With an umbrella it is always a case of
put up or shut up.
Coughing
■ I—■mil 1111 1118 IIIIMI I 111 ■ liallllll I SISOTTH
"I was given up to die with
quick consumption. I then began
to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I
, improved at once, and am now in
perfect health." —Chas. E. Hart
, man, Gibbstown, N. Y.
It's too risky, playing
with your cough.
The first thing you
know it will be down
deep in your lungs and
the play will be over. Be
gin early with Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral and stop
j the cough.
Three sizes: 2 f >c., enough for an ordinary
cold; 60c., Juat right for bronchitis, hoarse
ness. hard colds, etc.; ?1. most economical
for chronic case* and to keen on hand.
: J. C. AY £ll CO., Lov/oil, MASS.
■HI —a—■iiiw—l—
The skin.of the Canadian black bea*
brings from sls to SSO.
ANOTEDJHYSICIAN
Makes an Important Statement
of Interest to All Women.
" DEAR MRS. PXNKHAM :—The hon*
est, intelligent physician is above the
' School.' Whatever is best in each
case should be used, no matter to what
school a physician belongs. I, as •
matter of conscience, can only pre*
DR. WANATA, of Lansing, Mich,
soribe the best, and as I know and have
proven that there is nothing in Materia
Medica which equals Lydiii E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Coin pound In
severe cases of female disorders, I
unhesitatingly prescribe it, and hare
never yet been sorry. I know of noth
ing better for ovarian troubles and fo*
falling of the womb or ulcerations ; it
absolutely restores the affected parts
to their normal condition quicker and
better than anything else. I hare
known it to cure barrenness in wo
men, who to-day are happy mothers of
children, and while the medical pro
fession looks down upon ' patents,' I
have learned, instead, to look-up to
the healing potion, by whatever name
it be known. If my fellow physicians
dared tell the truth, hundreds of them
would voice my sentiments." — DR.
WANATA, Lansing, Mich.
SSOOO forfeit if about testimonial Is not genulnt.
The record of Lydia E. Pinkhain's
Vegetable Compound cannot be
equalled. Accept no substitute.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo
men free. Address Lynn, Mass*
Capsicum Vaseline
Put up in Collapsible Tubes.
A Substitute for and Superior to Mustard or any
other plaster, and will not blister the rnoßt delicat*
skin. The pain allaying and curative qualities of
this arti le are wonderful. It will stop the t otha>-h*
at once, and relieve headache and sciatica.
We recommend it as the best and safest external
counter-irritant known, also as un external remedy
for pains in the chest and stomach and alt
neuralgic and gouty complaints.
A trial will prove what we claim for it, and it will
be found to be invaluable in the household. Many
people say "It is the best of all your preparations."
Price, 15 cents, at all druggists, or other dealer*
or by sending this amount to us lu postage B;ampi
we will send you a tube by mail.
Mo article should be accepted by the public unless
the same carries our label* as otherwise it is not
genuine.
CHEESEBROUGH MANUFACTURING CO.,
17 State Street, Hew York City.
Medal at BufTalo Exposition.
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