TUEMlDDLKiJUUOUroST. T. H. HAUTF.n, Liinca ajiu 1'i.o'n. itwui.r.i.rni;. r.t., u xm nu, a 1 Tho Indian oflko in Washington liM decided to introduces kindergarten train ing and muter-mis a a part of iU school jstcm. "Iu the hint ten yeiirs," says the Cin cinnati Coiumrrciil-UitbtU, "Georgia ha nearly doubled the vnluo of it taxable property. Who says the South is not going ahead 1 None of tlie older North era States can niako ns fine a showing." A curious feature of the Inst two years, muse the AtliinU Vont'ltutUm, whs tlio emigration of colored people from the Carolina to Missis? ijijji, Louisiana and Arkansas. In the two years it is esti mated thnt not lew thiin 100,000 colored people w re shifted from tho Piedmont region to the lower Mississippi valley. The Kims vi City (Mo.) fit.ir sends frtk this warning: That is a rather absurd Story, telegraphed from Indiiiuii, that Kunsns tin 'ii arc Fending to that State for wives. Kansas is nut lacking in fine, , robust specimi'iis of Intellectual woman hood, enough to go around. If a Kan sas man sends Eut for a wife the girls may well bewi.re of him, for depend upon it he has been weighed and fuuud wunt iug by the girls at home. i A complete list of imbc77.lc.ncut, in ' ' , the year ISiOd is published by the Chica- ! go rP'Uiit, filling two newspaper col- ( umns. The moU notable month for : events of this nature was November, the misappropriations revealed then amount- ' ing to $l,5ri(,S:l(. The total amount ' for the year is sS.G'.'J.'JM'.. IVntisyl vania leads in the greati st amount of funds ctubc..led 5 ,.'IJi',s:J7. Ni'W York comes second, with tl, '.'20,270; Missouri is next, with !?.V.hi,CS 1, whilo Illinois ranks fourth, with a total of fl0G,93S. The treaty uboli: hing tlio Iotni:iion as a harbor i f refuge for c:u bcz.lcit and other defaulter was ratified : last March, yet the total of $S,5i;.VJ.l for lS'JO is greater than in any one of tho many pat years, the single exception being IMS i, when the aggregate exceeded $'.'2,000 000. The last census bulletin issued con- valuing statistics of the areas of States und counties exhibits some Interesting facta. ,i . .. i , gns urea Tcxis is at largo us all the Gulf Statei combined, with Arkansas thrown iu for good measure. Tho area of Louisiana, IS, 720 square miles, is only a little over otic-fifth the di menHions of Texas. Fiurida has a greater water surface, till f.piare miles, than any other State in the I'uion, Miu uoota being net in order, then North Curolina, Tex. is and Louisiana, the water surface of the latter State being .'l.'lOO. Tho largest county iu Alabam i is llald win, with 1020 square miles, and in Ar kan.siis L'i'lou County, which has ll.'JS. Perry County, with an urea of 1110, is the largest in Mississippi, the smallest being Adams and (uitman, which have 400 each. CuleaMeu h.u thu grcuteit area of any parish i:i Loiii.-ianu, thai is 3110 square Utiles of land surface, anil is larger than the States of Delaware and Hhode Island, whose eoiiibiue l area is n!y .'lor. square mile. . 1'rofeHsor llodney AWlch declares in thy Fvr'ti.t that ''the rural districts have not shared with towns the recent great improvements iu the postal service. Iu the countiy the postal faeilitus are hardly any better than they were a century ago. There are no money-order postolliei's, ex cept in large commercial and manufac turing towns, and no free collection or distribution of mail maUer. If a farmer wishes to mail a letter he mut f;o to the postolliee, perhaps ten miles away, to do it. No go.bl reason can bo assigned w hy money orders should nut be issued and rushed at every pu'UtHce iu the country. As to the' free coliei tiu.i and free delivery of postal matter, the jn-ople in the rural districts lire us much entitled to it its town people are, although the service could not from the na'uie of things be performed so often iu a sparsely-settled region as iu u thickly populated one. Tho general intelligence of uny class largely depends oil tho facilities for leurning w hat is going ou iu tho world. Furoring one class gives it a special ad vantage, which in time will produco marked results. Depriving country people of the postal facilities that are enjoyed by thoso who live iu lurgo towns, tends to lower their intellectual standing nnd to keep it below that of those who live in citiej. In nearly all European coun tries tho postal facilities are as good in the rural districts as in tho lurgo towns. In several of them country peoplo have 4ho advantage of tho parcel post and of peV" savings banks. They ore not ""'"V f 1C0RU they cultivate farms a id vV junk, or ruLe cattle, sheep uud I TRANS FIG OREO, lwe night was dark and cold, and as I paced The open, to my heart there cam a chill. Life hath but sorrows, brother, to bo faced It nothing bold, though I, that is not 111. Then through theclouristhe morn's fnlr light Came forth to hatha tho sward whereon I trod. And thfn all things were changed; surpass ing bright They aocuiod beneath the kludly eye of Uod. Juhn K.llnngt, in Analog an SJnijazin. A G OSPEL CHILD. liV IlOE TEIUlY COORR. Hope was not tho name at all; it was really Huldah Elizabeth Ann; hut the child was from her birth such a spark of gnycty and brightness, such an indomit ohlo bit of fun and cheer that she earned her nickname. Her father died before she could remember; her mother lay dy ing for years ; poverty beset tho house ; Charity, with cold half-fllled hands.kcpt Clsriinhi Ames ami her baby alive; but nothing (hum ted the laughing child; she grew up in nn atmosphere of cloud nnd, but she drank in every scarce sunbeam. "I haven't a hope in this wuld but my baby!" said tho rmnciatcd woman to I 'arson 1'ltcher, on ono of his profession ul visit h of consolation. 'If twitMi't for her I'd ha' died long ngo; she's turned of sU now, and it isn't 1 til mifilr t atwiulil livn tuiifli ltmiop ntirt r.. I)t . ,..., ,,, ., v,'i,. there isn't another li in' soul that's kin to her and me." "W 11, well, my friend, try and be thankful for that resource. The Lord is good to the fatherless; little Hope will lie prospered no doubt. You mu-.t have J faith. Vm, yes; according to your faith it shall lie." . A11 tl,is ft:11 1!ko hnU '0n,l, on th nrk woman s ear; sue was worn nnl nNi(Mls to the last decree; her faith had failed her, for the fh'sh was exceedingly weak ; she made no assent to the Parson's ofiii tal remarks; a few slow tears trickled out of her eyes and a sallow despair in vaded her tired .'m e, bui just then Hope's Hear laugh mine in through the window, find she smiled. liro:i l'iteher wa a? a loss what to d'i. o he took up hi hat and came and f.al.1 on 1 be. "I'.e'n to see Mis' Ames, heve ye?" n-ke I Ih'acon Tucker, w hom he met as he ttirnel from the green yard where Hope was hulhli'ii! an oven of stones and mud, with shouts of laughter every time the edillee fell to the ground. 'Hope you found her spiritual state satisfaet'ry '" i "Well, Mi-con, she is in straits, no uouih; yes, in sirans; s:ie is in Hie depths, the spirit, may bo willing. I can't say but the .flesh is weak, exceed ing weak. I do not think she is struck with death, however, and she will bo more leconciled iu time; tho Lord doth t not frivit us ilvlmr crni'it in livn liv f ; trllst gllu wiu bu kHi through tho valley I in peace" - T7triW.i:ireT7cr was riehT Aimoslfour 1 years went by before Mrs. Ames slid die; . force of will, and her chief help was Hope's ! unfailing gnyetyhiid sweetness. I "Her pa hadn't any wuldly goods to l leave her," said tho nuxious mother to , Mrs. Tucker, who had called to bring her "Mme blue mange nnd lemou jell." "No, Charlev, hadn't a cent, anil this liouce i.'ii't much; it's mine, but I've had ! u ''"-' nioney on't but he left Hope his own MiiiMuuev niitur ami that s wuth i everything to her; f.he'11 always see tho j bright side. My I don't I remember , when he was fetched in nil broke tip after ! that sealliildin' iriv' way; how he was ! whiler'ti writiu' paper, but he looked ri''ht up iu my face and smiled as pleas ! lint; he died a Knilin', and Hope is : 'xaetly like him." I "Well, Mrs. Arem, it's a proper good thing that kind of disposition; ye know what Scripturysay 'A merry heart docth i good like a i:n ilieir.e'; and 'tis so. Kf she'd been ii peaked, pinin', whinin' child ( like Mis' l.arabee's Jnlii t, I don't know j what you would have done." I , "Y,H- rvc n " Hwnkful j for; she .1 get along a bight better with- j out me when ,l:e hius that sort o' spirit. , I'm afraid she'll need it all tj Melindy's." Hut tears and licf overtojk Ilopo one day, as iho.,e hunters of men overtake us till sooner or later; sh:i cried herself ill win n her mother li ft her forever, and she knew that the dear tender face would never fleet her again. Still her iudomitahla courage and Fwcetncss helped her, and when her clothes were packed iu the old hair trunk, nnd nil the furniture that would sell sept to its various purchasi rs, when the house was desolato to her eyes, and thu was just about to pull herself up into Deaeoii Tin ker's old wagon, she turned to say one more good bye to Mrs. Tucker, with r.s bright a smile on her rosy, dimpling face ns had ever shoue on her dear, lo-.t mother. "Keep up your heart, dear.'" cackled the kindly old woman. "Hemeiuber me to Melindy ; I dassay you'll be a real com fort to her." "I'll try," said Hope, with a gay little laugh. It was a long journey that brought this small tnaidcu nt last to Aunt Mel indy, and her welcome was vnguo enough; sho had not been expected till the next day, und sho opened tho kitchen door on a most lugubrious twain. A mi-laudioly woman sat at the north window leaning her head on her rough, bony hutid with an expression of distress uud disgust all over her wrinkled face; beside her, on an up turned butter-tub, sot an equally forlorn child leaning against her mother, who took no notice of her, though tho poor little hand feebly grasped her dross as II to call her uttcntion, and the great sorrowful light eyea, under a neglected fringo of tan-coloreil hair, aeemod to implore ono look or word of kindness. Hope stopped on tho door-till. Could this bo Aunt Melindaf She had always beeu spoken of us an old maid living by herself. Who theu was this child? Suddenly a door opened and out step ped t thin; wiry, tallow female, who did cot tee Hope, but proacedod at once to exhort the melancholy woman in the window. i "I wisht you'd kind of tpunk tip, Mrs. Nichols. Thla wuld't a wuld of 'fliction, and you've always aaid 'twas, and tort of lotted on it, to to speak, and now you don't bear up a mite. Why I Who'i thisf Who bo you, childl" tud dcnly Catching tight of Ilopo. The rosy faco laughed all over. "Well. I'm Hope Ames. I guest you'ro Aunt Melindy, ain't you V "I expect I be. I nover did 1 I didn't think you'd como to-day. Come by tho Mcddyhcmp'a stage, didn't yef Look a-hcro Loriny Nichols, hero't a mate for ye 1 Stop a clawin' of your ma's gownd an' look at ray gal 1" Hojh;, with her happy Instinct, held out her band to tho forlorn child; Lorcna let go of her mother, lookod up at tho newcomer's tweet, sunshiny face nnd faintly smiled. Hope's unconscious mis sion in Slabtown had begun. It was a queer place; just on tho edgo of tho great Maine forests; a place al most snowed under in winter, and all barren fields in summer, for tho men were lumberers and farmed their cold clay laud only enough to raise hay and corn to feed their cattle though tho short summer. They had hard lives, these men; but tho women's lives were harder; left nil the long winters to caro for themselves and the two or thrco old and infirm men who were useless for lumbering; forced by poverty and Himato to labor for daily bread, nnd do the work of men in and about their houses; always lonely and nuxious through thoso long winters about the husbands and brothers who were far away engaged in the dangerous nnd severe tod of chopping nnd logging, it was small wonder that the women were sad and severe in manner aud.os pict. "Lay ofl your things, child," said Aunt Melindn, without a word of wel come or an attempt to cmhruco tho new comer. But Hope, nothing daunted, rushed at Mclindu, threw her arms ubout tho spinster's neck, and gave her n hearty kissing that brought a strange new light Into thoso faded eyes, nnd a tinge of color to the deep-lined cheek. M'Tcy me!" cried Aunt Mclindu, "if you ain't ! well; take oh your bonnet and I'll help ye lug that trunk up charmber. You set still Mm. Nichols, till I come down." Mrs. Nichols wns looking hard nt Hope, instead of staring sullenly inio space. That "w asn't Slabtown manners," as she afterward said ; a spark kindled in her hopeless eyes, sho had a vague fueling that it must bo pleasant to be hugged uud kisse l liko that, but Lorcny wouldn't do it ! Miss Meliudu stopped as she set down Hope's trunk in tho bare clean loft, beside a cot spread with homespun blankets and n patchwork quilt, to say, in a lowered voice: "You no need to mind Mis' Nichols; she's hecred from tho woods that her Jim has be'n on a drctful spree and come nigh to break his neck. U d jost as good havo did it, for bo ain't no use to her, but tho seems to set by him quito a littlo. Thank the Lord, I hain't never been no man's fool!" With which plou aspiration Melinda turned buck and wcut down tho stairs, leuviug Ilopo to arrange her possessions as best she could. A call to supper toon put an end to her work, and she wcut down smiling and hungry, finding Lorcna and her mother hud stayed to tea. Ilopo was so merry and tho food so savory that Mrs. Nichols really smiled once, and when Hope insisted on clearing the table and washing the dishes Lorcna volun teered her help, und her shrill little laugh came back from the sink-room now and theu to her mother's great sur prise. "Well!" exclaimed Mrs. Nichols, "if Loreny uiu't a laughiu'I That girl o' y mini is us chipper us u robin, now uin't she? I wish't mine was that muko up; but she ain't, not u mite." "Maybe she would bo if you was more chi rk," unswered Melinda, dryly. So Hope began her new life; she soou m ide nequaiiitaucc w ith the village peo ple, and was like a ray of sunshine among them. To bo happy had not entered into their scheme of life; to work, nnd wait, and endure wus uil they tried to do; that life could be easier and better for merriment and kindliness had not oc curred to them, but this happy, unselfish little creature was a real social gospel to tlio dreary folks of Slabtown. Sho taught the children games, sho sang tho cheerful hymns her mother had loved to the old and sick people; she gathered the uy blossoms of tho woods uud hills, nnd showed her playmates how to brighten up their dull houses with tho vivid or delicate colors of the tlowers they had always disregarded; and iu tho school, that even Slabtown children wero blessed with m summer, Ilopo was like a perpetual Juuo day. There was umong the scholars a great stupid boy of eight een, a cousin of Lorcua Nichols--, c&so lirown;ouo of those boys whom other children cannot assimilato with; a growu-un boy with a child's sic w compre hension. All tho girls shrank from ,Jessj, god considered him a fool; while all tho boys derided him, sure that his strength would never be used In revenge. Hope pitied the great dull fe'low with all her heart ; he, too, wot aa orphan, without a homo; in winter, tho drudgo of the lumber camps, in summer tho uu welcomed guest of drunken Jim Nichols, his uncle, who was not quite uuwiliing, however, to givo him his board for the chores ho aid about tho house. Kind ness had nover como near Jesse till Hope showed It to him in a hundred littlo ways. She helped him with bit lessons, she coaxed him to join in tho garnet at "noon-spoil, tho asked him to go after wild flowers with the rest, and to join their berrying parties. Jesse knew whero all tbeso wild things grew, and the children, following Hope't lead, toon began to respect him for such scr viceauio Knowledge. Hit palo eyet grew lighter; uu heavy face began to light up too. Three yeart went by, and Hope grew tall and pretty in their night. Je&M wai no longer called the Slabtown fool. lie worked winter with bettor will, for ha wanted to earn more money, having a purpose la hie mind that be told no one. Slabtown too was changed this "lit tie candle" of Hope had indeed thrown Its bcamt far and wide. Kindliness, cheerfulness, friendly words and dcedt made life brighter to the women of the illage. The fourth winter of Hope's life with Aunt Melinda aet in, but Jesse did not go to tho woods with the loggers. He appeared at Miss Melinda's door one morning in a new suit of rough clothtt, having tho rest of his goods tied up in a silk hnndkerchief twinging at tho end ot a ttlck over his shoulder. "I como to say fare-yo-wcll Miss Me lindy," he explained, staring past her at Hope't dimpling face. "I'm goin' for to seek my fortun' down the country. I feel in my mind that I'm wuth more for somethln' else than lumberlnV "Ain't you rnthcr ventcrsomel" asked Melinda, sharply. "NothhV venter nothin heV te an swercd. Hope smiled from behind her sunt. "Good-bye Jesso I" she said, slipping out to tho step. "I know you'll do well. You'ro goin' to bo a credit to Slabtown yet." This was Jesse's accolade; now he could do or dio ainco Hope believed in him. Ho wrung her hand and turned on his heel without one word to Aunt Molinda. "Weill I hopo thnt't manncrt 1" was her only comment. Hope wore a grave face nil day, but no ono asked why. Jesse had that Indomitable will thnt makes ita way; ho found work at first in a saw-mill, then learned hit trade in a cnrpcutcr't shop, and in five years had a good place in a builder's great work shop, and was earning steady wages. Now and then he was heard of in Slab town; ho sent a Christmas't card every year to Hope, and once in a great whllo wrote to his cousin Lorcna, who had grown into a stout, lively girl. Hope waa well past eighteen when Jesse camo bark to Slabtown; tho had found lovers already, for the tweet wild flowers in tho forest draw their bees even in its sunny solitude; but Ilopo did not care for lovers. Hut Jesse appeared onco more; a well looking, brisk fellow, but in Hope't pres ence as shy as n trapped partridge. Yet ho hung round her as one of tho afore said bees w ould hang ubout a comb of honey; gasping uow und then as if about to say something, but uever saying It. At last ho fairly waylaid and caught her ono soft August evening when sho hail stolen out of tho shed door to get a pail of water from the spring; ho Btood in her path us sho turned to go back with the dripping pail. "Hope," ho said, "I havo thought about old times every day senco I see you. I deno' whero I should hev landed if twant for you. I kep' a tkinkin' pa pctooral of tho old sayin', "If twosn't for Hope tho heart would break." He looked at her with his heart blaz ing in his eyes. Hope colored, choked, but rallied with a toss of her head and forced herself to speak, saying, of course, the wrong thing. "I spose you don t call back tho rest on 't: 'Ef twosn't for fear, the fool would speak.' " Jesse t face flushed and tho fool spoke. So now they live in a littlo white house in Fortland, and Slabtown is left with out its moral sunshine; but Mrs. Nichols has forgotten how to whino; Lorena laughs, and Miss Melinda is as "hullsomo at a Buld'in apple," Jim Nichols says, when be is sober; whilo Jesso still clings to his okl soyin,' nnd has written on his carpenter bench "If twasnt'tTor Ilopo tho heart would break. So much for tho child who como to Slabtown, filled with tho gospel ot love uud cheer ! Lalit' Home Journal. Cost of the Government Per Capita. Whilo our population in 1890 wot only sixteen times as great at in 1700, the ex penditures of tho National Government, excluding all payment! upon the interest nnd principal of tho public debt, were mora than 1 JO timet as great. Iu other words, tho population increased from 3.927,214 iu 1790 to 02,480,540 in 1890, whilo tho ordinary annual expen ditures roso from $1,919,572 to tho sum of 62(51,037,203. If wo tako tho year 1S10, twenty years after tho adoptiou of tho Constitution, wo (in J that the popu lation was 7,239. SSI, and that tho ex penditures were $5,311,082, or 73 cents per capita. lii 1890, eighty years after ward, the population was less than nine times us great as It was then, but the or dinary expenditures were more than 48 times as great, and amounted to 5.19 per capita. From 1S30 to 1840, includ ing tho period of tho Seminole war, tho population increased 32.67 per cent, and tho expenditures increased SO per cent.; from 1840 to 1850, during which timo tho war with Mexico was commenced nnd prosecuted to a successful termination, the population increased 35.87 per cent, and tho expenditures increased 53 per teui. , uui. jrom ioqu tu iovu, penou of profound peace, population incroasod 24.57 per cent, and expenditures in creased 65 per cent. The ordinary ex penditures for tho current fiscal year, 1891, will be at least 12 per cent, greater than in 1890, although the population, as shown by tho ntcont censut, it increas ing at a rale of less than 2 per cent. Senator CarlitU, in the Mrum. A recnllar Sort or Halibut. An "Albino" halibut is the latest curi osity of Fanueil Hall Market. It was caught on the edge of the Gulf Stream in 493 futboms of water and weighs fifty-six pounds. Its bock Is of an orango huo, against the usual black of its species. Otherwise its characteristics are the same. Tho oldest fishermen in the market do not remember baring seen anything like it before. It attracts a good deal of attention. Dotion Trantoript. Thirty-one persons who died In Eng land lost year left above 1,250,000 of personalty, " " " HOUSEHOLD HATTI1IIS. 4. SJOAF BAMV TJso sosn" bark for cleansing ' woolsa flross goods. Soak ten cents worth over' bight In a pail of worm -not hot water.' In tie morning strain and add two-third of It to the water in which the goods ass to bo washod, and, if very much soiled,' a teospoonful of ammonia, also. Four the rest of tho water in which the soap bark was soaked into tho rinsing water, wring well and bang out of doors whero they will dry rapidly. When nearly dry, Iron the wrong side. The soap bark not only cleanses, but gives a little bidy to material, such as new goods have. Ludiai1 Horn Journal. BOXEBKT tea Boncset tea Is one of the b?st specifies for headache. It la also a fine tonic. If made very strong it is a first-class emetic Tho proper proportion Is about one onnco of dried loaves to a pint of water. It should bo taken as hot as can bo swal lowed, and will in a very short time fetch tho perspiration out of any human being. Therefore it is excellent to break up a cold. It will drive away the worst head, ache known, for it acta 'both upon tho nerves and upon stomach. For ague nnd fevers it docs the work of quinine, with out any of tho pernicious after efTccts of tho hateful drug. If those who doso themselves with valerian, etc., would use boncset tea instead, they would bo in finitely tho better fot it. Detroit it JV'M. FOOD AND OOOD LOOKS. Food has almost everything to do with woman's good looks. I never saw a vegetariun yet who was comely in ap pearance, says Miss Allen. At best they look like badly cured invalids, gaunt, dull-eyed or with gutters below the eyes and faded complexions. Vegetarians al low and largely uso tho most difficult foods in tho world for sedentary people, milk and eggs. Tho yelks of eggs aro said by ono physiciuu to be hard to di gest and a promoter of rheumatism. I think ho can hardly be speaking of fresh laid eggs twclvo hours from tho nest and lightly conked. lint it is true that stalo eggs, or thoso heated by carry ing or kept in uuwholcsomo contact, de velop a poison ns deadly ns tho tyrotoxl con of impure milk, if not identical will it. Sew York AVirs. WASUISO HCTTER. Anew method of washing butter has becu patented in Germany. It is do scribed as follows : As toon ns gathered in tho churn in particles of about a tenth of an inch iu size, it la transferred to a ccntrifugxl machine, whose drum Is pierced with holes, and lined with a linen tack, that is finally taken out with tho butter. As soon as tho machino is set iu rapid motion, tho buttermilk be gins to escape; n spray of water thrown into the revolving drum washes out all foreign matters adhering to tho butter. This washing is kept up till tho wash water comes away clean, and tho revolu tion is then continued until the last drop ot water Is removed, as clothes aro dried in a centrifugal wringer. Tho dry but ter is then taken out, molded and packed. It is claimod that tho product thus so fully and quickly froed from all impuri ties, without any working or kneading, has a finer flavor, aroma and grain, and far better keeping qualities, than when prepared for market in tho ordinary sny. llodvn Cultiwtor. ItKtll'ES. Uanana Pudding Lay in n pudding dish slices of spongo cuke. Four over boiled custard with sliced bananas. Covor with soft frosting, which may bo made of tho whites of tho eggs used in the custard. Lnfayctto Cake Beat to a cream ono cup of butter with a cup of sugar and a cup of molasses ; udd a cup of milk, a small, even tcaspoonful of soda, a cup of raisins nnd spico to tho taste. 11a ko this cako in a lurgo loaf for two hours und ice thickly. Excellent Gingcrbreid Ono-hnlf cup of butter filled up with warm water, ono cup of molasses, ouo-lialf tcaspoonful of salt, one-half tcaspoonful of ginger, ono heaping teaspoon best cinnamon, ono quarter teuspoonful clover, if liked, finely powdered, ono toaspaonful soda, dissolved in ono tublespoouful warm water, flour to niako a batter not stiller than for muffins. This quantity makes thrco thin jelly cako tin sheets. Ityo Muffins Ono pint of rye flour, one-half pint of corn-meal, one-half pint of flour, ono tcaspoonful ot sugar, one-half a tea-spoonful of salt, three toa spoonfuls of baking-powder, one tablo spoonful of lard, two eggs, ono pint of milk; sift tho meal uud flour together, mix in the sugar, salt and powder, rub iu the lurd cold, mix into a smooth, firm batter, two-thirds fill well greased muffin-pans and bako about fifteen minutes. 4 Chicken Fritters Chop cold chtckon, but not too fine, season with salt, pepper and a. littlo lemon juico, mix all together well and let it stand about ono hour, and make a batter of two eggs, one pint of milk, a littlo salt and llour enough to muke a good battor, stir the chicken into this and drop it by spoonfuls into boiling fat; fry brown, drain well and serve hot; cold veal can bo utilized in this way.and will be found nearly as nico as tho chicken. Sootch Pancakes Ono pint of milk, two tablospoonfuls of butter, four eggs, two-thirds of a cupful of flour.ono table, spooqful of baking powder, a littlo salt, sift tho flour, salt and baking powder to gether, add the milk and beaten eggs, then the buttor melted; mix well; well butter a small ' frying-jian and pour in one-half cupful of the batter; move the pan round so the batter shall cover it, and place over the fire to browny then romove from the heat and the pancake will rise up; spread each over with marmalade or jelly, roll them up and serve with sliced lemon and sugar. From 90,000 to 120,000 bain grow in a human scalp. FEKN8TLYAKXA LKOISLATUJUI Harrlsbnrjr. Feb. 2B. The following; bills wera panned finally in the (senate: Authoris ing; courts to transfer wholesale liquor license to executors or administrators of deceased persons; to provide for the extension of cor porate right of corporations pending pro ceedinR for renewal and extension of their charter; to permit grower of grapes to sell their wines to lieenswd dealers without pay ing a license. Nesh's bill to tax unnatural ized foreigner passed second reading. Ad journed until Monday evening. In ths Honse the following bills were re- Krted favorably: Kednclng the amounts to paid by retail Hqnor dealers In cities of the third class from 1300 to I3J0; fixing the minimum quantity to be sold by holders of wholesale licenses at one gallon of spirits and rWs gallons of malt liquors. The Senate amendment to ths resolution creating a com mission to revise the Anthracite Mining and Ventilation law was unanimously concurred in and the resolution ta ready for the Uovernor's action. The elght-hour-a-day bill, which applies to publio works in cities, boroughs, towns and townships, caused a irotracied discussion. A motion of Dona iue. of Philadelphia, to make the bill apply to ail work was overwhelmingly defeated. The House adjourned without taking action on the bill. Ilarrisbiirg, Pa., Feb. 27. In the House to-day biUa were introduced: Ily Marshall, Allegheny, requiring foreign building and loan associations to deposit with the State a guarantee indemnity bond of tion.oun. Leeds, Philadelphia, to prevent bond, Invest ment and other companies which promise enormna and unnatural profits to investors from doing business iu this State. Among the bills reported from committee were the following: The Maker act relating to ballot reform to establish an additonal Court of Common l'lma in counties bavlng ;oi),oiio population and lues than a niilliou; the Revenuo Commission bill; to provide fur uniformity of text-books in publio schools; to prevent others than thoso directly inter ested to pay poll-taxes and fees lor natural isation paerr with an amendment striking nut the provision relating to taxes; to prohibit the sale of tobacco to persons under 10 years of age, except on the written order of a parent, legal guardian or employer. Messages were received from the Governor announcing bis approval of the bill pro viding for the apointnient of a commis sion to revise the anthracite ventilation and mining, laws and resolutions thanking all people who contributed toward the relief of the Johnstown sutlercrs and asking the United States Government to detail two en gineers to examine the Luke Lrie and Ohio ship canal commission report. Adjourned until Monduy evening. Harrismirg, Feb. 2.V In the House bills were favorhly rciorted providing for recovery of damages done trevs along highways by telegraph, telephone and electric light com panies. j he bill to relieve clerks, laborers, etc., from prosecution for conspiracy passed second reading. Jiills were introduced ns follows: Hy Talbot, Chester, (by request), appropri ating 1'J.VUOO for the pur'He of determining the niinntity of the so-called hummer blow of a locomotive driving wheel. Itv Coruy, Luzerne, authorizing notaries public to erforiii the marriage ceremony. Uy brooks, Philadelphia, requiring bisec tion of u.suciiKr and freight elevulors for tho better protection of life and person against accident. Ilarrisbiirg, Feb. 2.r In the Senate the following bills were passed finally: Provid ing for the commitment of inebriates to IHJorhou-es; authorizing erection of morgues n counties containing over .'! ,( inhabi tants; to reimburse counti"S thnt have erron eously paid into tho Stale Treasury collateral inheritance tax. Senator Tlioinpson, of Dauphin, introduced a bill to regulate nat ural gas companies. It makes them liable to local taxation, as in the case of water com panies, and provides that if exhorbitant prices are charged the aggrieved person may appeal to the courts, which shall have power to tlx the price. PENNSYLVANIA NOTES. A terrific gas explosion occurred at olast furnace No. 5, of the Cambria Iron works, Johnstown. The top of the furnace was blown otTandthe metal was scattered In all directions, but fortunately the workmen had a moment's warning and all escaped serious fnjury. Tho molten metal was scattered over tho mill yard. O. H. Jessnp, conductor on the Sharps vllle railroad, was instantly killed at Lacka wannock, Mercer county. Ho was coupling a car to the engine at Buchanan shaft and In raising up he struck a coul chute, became overbalanced and fell on the track, n.il was ground to pieces under the engine. Judson Espy, aged 2, of Wgonior, orflked into the Loyalhanna river while recovering from an epileptic fit and was drowned. Michael Muly, a telegraph operator at Huntingdon, was struck by the Western Limited yesterday morning and instantly killed. He was ) yours old and engaged to he married shortly. An Altoona stable burned down and with it Max Seigel, who was sleeping in the bay. The heirs of the lute J. It. Andrews, of near Espyville, about a fortnight ago, dis covered papers wbich proved that he had 13,000 of bonds In the Treasury Department at Washington. A few days since they found fl7.0D0 of 4 per cent Government bonds in a small tin box on a brace in the .bursa burn, and they are now making a pretty thorough search in the hope of finding more valuable papers. The deceased left a farm of 800 acres, worth at least 10,000, and yet he was alwayscomplaiuing tha the was a poor man. Harry Fetzenger had a leg torn off in ths Cambria works at Johnstown. A 3-year-old son of Cliare TefTer, of Beaver Falls, swallowed a tin whistle and will prob ably die. A 11-year son of Robert P. Claybaugb, of Churleroi ,wua drowned by falling overboard from a skill. A JAIL DELIVERY AT DAYTON, Four Prisoners Saw IB Heavy Bars and Braces and Oet Away. Dayton, Feb. 28. Four prisoners overcame Turnkey McNeely and escued from juil at the break fust hour this morning. John (irubnuck, under ten years' sentence to the penitentuiry, and John MoCurthy, a desperado, under life sentence as a habitual criminal, both for street car robbery; Ed ward Lock, burglar, under u three years sen tence, and George Muxham, a United States prisoner, awaiting triul for counterfeiting, sawed 15 heavy burs and braces, making a hole through which they crawled. Qlven $3,000 Samag-ea. Unlontown, Pa., Feb. 27. About a yeai ago Louis L. Knott and John F. IUjt wese on a cage hoisting materials to charge the cupola at the Columbia Iron & Steel com pany's mill wbea the cable broke and they fell with the cage a distance of 00 feet, both sustaining serious injuries. They entered suits for $10,000 damages each. Knott's trial ended last night, and this Piornln the jury awarded him a verdict for $2,000, PT7
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