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THE HIDDLKBUR01I IX)ST.
T. H. IIARTER, Eon
MIDIH.KKfJta. I'.A. A Kit. I. Wl.
n strike of rhiladelp1;l;i com.
.tors serves to remind tho world
at there arc newspapers published
rs.
' r. admission of .I;iy Gould to tho
ffiurfctindri'd seems to put watered
tock on a p;irit with aristocratic
family stocks.
Ff.vknty 1;iM'S nri lrn every
minute. Oh, M.illhus, where I thy
etlrg? Oli, I'r:i'l!aiii;li and lksanL
whore is thy victory'!'
MK!lfl. St.AVIS ASH MlTCIIF.t.t
evidently belong to tin ifripatciic
fchool of pugilist, h'tause thy do
tiotblng hut walk around and talk.
A owi many artiste who make
money In art and spend it In whisky
think the man who mule. h' money
In whisky and spent il in art a vulval
Philistine.
Yn occasionally hear nf a young
girl who Is too proud to wear patehei
on her shoes, but did you e ver h'Vtr
of one, who was i o proud to wem
patches on her face?
Wiifm It l.s rrniemlnTed that 37,
000,000 bahles are horn every year th
extraordinary discrimination of tin
Astor baby in Its choice of parents b
tonus mure, awe-inspiring.'
Nf.w postal cards for ladles' us? are
to b a delicate shade of pearl-gray.
Mon of ti'sthetic tastes must content
themselves with the seal-brown lasts
cf the mucilage on the stamps.
And now all the work of the antt
rsrt people has to be-doneovei
i,'aln. A Philadelphia woman wm
6.ivcd from the bullet of her crazy
buaband by 1it trudy corset steel.
Wnr.v your family skeleton gets
out and dances for the amusement of
four nelghliors, you will always find
It was )our Itit I mate friend who un
locked the door and Is pulling the
string.
Tub case, of JMw.ird M. Field,
diagnosed at this distance, seems to
te one that will yield readily to thfl
proper treatment. Ho Is Just about
Insaae, enough to be sent to the peni
tents ry.
Miss Fiuknck St. John, the act-
? f ess, may have been roughly bandied
1 by the Knirllsh rlivorco courts, but au
'nit.tte.mrrt to comouto tho value of th"
alroiulv oie'i. n'" '-IT : ' '
to ii.p(j'ln0 nH:"e a.syluu.ns.
Il'oill l'' ,on ln wa 'yn,',,,', a Swede nc
ilsod of murder. Tho Sheriff of the
'0 .... .... , , ...
rounij lec.ciuiy men, imu nn ins
ileath-bed confessed liimself the tnur
rlerer. "The bi'st citizens," who com
mitted this crime, should bo brought
to book.
It remained for a New York paper
to discover a direct bucy road from
Ix trolt to Windsor. It tells of a
medical student who dressed a skele.
t m in female attire and drove riht
ucros.4 the line with the customs oftl
ct rs look inc on.
Vk are not so sure about tli, (,-.
rectness of the coile of ctliies which
forbids lawyers and doctors to s .1 i i t
business or toadvert i-e themselves as
specially well ualited to ban lie a
certain class of eas s. If ;i man In
tends to build a lions,- and lets it be
known, contractors and builders can
rail on him by tin score and solicit
J lie Job and uothiin; Is thought of it.
Aud yet "they are all honorable men."
Merchants are, as a class, men of
m-ss i brains and intellii.n.v and stand
TI10 atmut as well iu the community as do
their fellows who practice law and
medicine. Imagine, if you can, the
absurdity of merchants haUm; a code
f ethics which forbade them to insert
anything in the newspapers save the
simple announcement of name and
1 lilaco of business. At this point, too,
It might be well enough to pause and
reflect on the effect such a code, would
have upon the newspapers themselves.
The builder who seeks the Job of
building. your house points with pride
to such and such cdiitccs as samples o
his handiwork. Tiny staudast bxjucnt
witnesses to his assertions that In) is
u skilled and capable workman. oc
aora and lawyers, however, cannot do
this, at least not openly, and If dom?
at all subjects them to professional
shame and disgrace. Seriously, we
baTO no sort of sympathy with char
latans, quacks and pretenders In any
of tho callings of life; but we fail to
see wherein them is anything inher
ently wrong in either doctors or law.
pert advertising In a modest, sensible
way, nor ln their soliciting patronage
In the same manner. Tho mere an
tiquity of a custom more often coin
minds our respect and fealty than on
account of any inherent merit, tha
custom itself may possess.
m Revolutionary times butter sold!
a 11 r . .1 a.. . r
ii.:o jut jiouuu, uui us ueorgq 1
"ington truly remarked that wai I
"LOVE 13 ITHNAU
Ire la eternal! to she slng
Arvl the lute breathes forth a tight
Lightly her Angers touch the strings,
Softly the echoes die;
But Jut a long the wind Hm wing
Will the low plaint go where the breezes
blow,
AuJ banian the cares that the rude world
l-rnts.
Ive is eternal! nwt the strain,
Tender the worisof the mn;
Ait' the Tain, the graesy plain,
The twilight shadows throng;
An I jii-t n Unx a the stars ahull reign,
li.'ii fair ra-tlee. rise, in the suns-t skies,
W ill tin- w.uri'l of hor voice come back again,
l'lave. N'-ott Min-a, in Harper's bazar.
liOSIE'S CASE.
STACPFRH.
QUIKK BARLOW
was faat nsleep in
his olEce, hit bead
retting on hii desk.
ile was eleuulilu
'Cfor sleeping. II
was wen aivaoci
in life, the day wss
n hot ono, and ho
bad tired hia brain
in an effort to un
tangle the accouuta
of township ncaor.
'Hallo, Squire," some one ssld.
"Hallo, yourself," cried the Squire,
flinging tip hi head, rubbing hia eyes
iiml u i jut-tint; hit glasses.
His visitor was a aturdy, brown-faced
i ,,jr f fourteen, with Huffy, black hair,
bright yi:, and rauilute mouth. 8tie
ahs very aclf-coiitained in her manner,
and, while there waa no resentment in
her composition, it was evident that the
vim una who would stand up for her
rights.
"What do you wsntl" asked tU
pijiiite.
"Liw," was the criap reply, where
upon tho Squire itrugled to repress
miile.
"I wiint my pony!" the girl added.
" Vour pony !" repeated the Squire.
'I haven't trot voux DoliV. S'hl do
- --- I e -
1 you rotiie to nifl''
j "You're the Squire, arc you notf" the
I pirl uki'. "My pony w;is stolea Ia.it
I fall. The )ypies have her iu thirir
camp nt Cove Creek. I tn hot there
tliii niornitiK."
Sju:re Harlow piiddenly Itecame inter-
rted iu the fiiee, voice sud positive ways
ui hii vMini visitor.
"What is your nuine?" he a-kcl.
'l!oie Watson, sir," she said.
", you are the blacksmith's dau'h
t r," ob-ervi'd tlio Sipiiro. 'Yes, I re
member you now. Well, why didu't
your lather come?''
"It's my pony," the girl said. "And
my my case."
"Yes," admitted tho Squire. lie
lniii;he l softly to himself, spread sjit his
official docket, and made a few ei tries.
"Vou saw your pony this tnorulnjir he
"""own. I."4.,v Ctft VAtviPn tUo
covered bridge, just outside the pypsy
( amp. She was grazing on uie banks ol
the stream," stated Itosie.
"Ponies may look very much alike,"
suggt.Hled the Sipiire.
"Ah, but I'd know Dollio among a
thoustind ponies," de'lnred Itosie, her
brown face alow. Slie's a dark buy,
with black points, a star on her fore
head, white I el lock and a faint dusu of
white on her breast"
The Sipiire wa busy writing. lie
Moiij.rd and read lloud to her tho com
plaint and the description.
I "Can you adif nnythingt" asked Itosie.
I "Why, of course, little deir," replied
I the S'piiic, in his falhir'y way.
I "Then a li'," surest cd K sie, "that
the pony Ls t.n hands liili."
I Tliat wa promptly interlined, and
I then t .e S.juire gravely asked: "Hose
ran you swear that you know the pony
I to be your, and that you believo the
i: psles have tier I
"Y.s, sir, 1 can," Kosiu said detcr
lni'i("il, an I witluiilt u iiioineut's hesi
t.ition. " Take this book," the Squire said.
'It is tliu Holy lhlilo. Suppose you
swore to what is not true?"
"I would lie a perjurer," wud Itosie's
answer.
"And what would be tho coiuc
ijueiiee?" "My soul would be lost, unless God
forgave me the dreadful sin."
"Ye, child," the Souire said, with
moistened eyes. "Y'ou seem to kuow
what you are about."
He admintered the 011 th, and then said :
Kiss the book."
She looked at him with a wondering
y'.ance, aud then pressed her lips to the
book in au awed, reverential munuer.
"What will it costf" sho asked, iu
her malter-of-faet way
"Don't botlier your head ubout the
,'ost," the Squire said. "Wait a bit," he
adiied, seeing that she ws about to go.
He hurriedly tilled up a blank summons,
folded it, handed it to her and said "1
suppose you know where Constable Finn
lives?"
'(), yen," replied Itosio.
"Take that to him at once," the Squire
paid. "It is a warrant for tho head
gypsy's arrest. The hearing will lie held
ut 2 o'clock this afternoon. As you are
the complainant, you must be present at
that hour."
The time and circumstances of the
hearing were noised ubout the village,
and wluu o'clock came, the Squire's
t llieu was crowded. The gyp?y sut on a
rough bench, with an unlimited clay
pipe in his mouth. He was dirty, uu
tdiuvcn, Hulleu-lookiug. He did not
wear a vent, and his corduroy breeches
wcie fastened at the waist by a greasy
leathern belt, behind which the haft of u
knile was visible.
" The plaintill here, this little girl,
claims that you huve a pony wbioh be
longs to her," Squire liarlow said, bin
eyes ou the gypsy, w ho replied t
She husu't any claim cu"lt. It ',
uiuu."
BY FRANK II
MM
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"Where did you (ret tha pony t" asked
the Squire.
"I bought her in Michigan," said the
man.
'WhenP
"Three years ago."
It was such a bold lie that Rosie's face
flamed with iudignation.
"She gives a very minute description
of the pony," reminded the Squire.
"There are plenty of dark bay ponie,
ten hands high, and slashed with white,"
was the man's dogged reply. "Anybody
could look at her across a fence and then
describe her," he added with a grin.
"Tho girl must bring better proof before
I'll surrender the pony."
Itosie looked out of the rear window
of the Squire's office, and saw a siqall
pisture lot closo by. I lor face fairly
beamed with au idea that occurred to
her.
"Squire Ibirlow,'1 she asked, her
strong voice filling the room, "to whose
natisfaction must I rove that the pony
is mini;! To that man's satisfaction, or
to yours?"
"I'o the satisfaction of the court,"
decided the Squire with a broad smile.
"All right," Itosie exclaimed with a
quick, pleased gesture. "ilsko out
another warrant."
"for whom!" asked the Sqaire.
"For Dollie," replied Itosie.
"Oh, you want the pony arreeted.ehP'
asked the Squire, whereupon everybody
laughed.
"I want her brought here sad tamed
into this pasture lot," pointing out the
window. "I'll prove that sae is my poay
against all comers and goers."
Tho Squire caught a glimpse oi her
purpose.
"ConsUiblo Finn," bring the pony
here," be ordered.
itosie beckoned the constable to her
and whispered to him: "Mr. Finn, stop
at the hou and get raT riding whip.
We are going to have a circus. "
In half an hour Constable Finn ap
peared with the pony, and the court ad
journed to the pasture lot.
"Poor D.)lhe, how she has been
abused!" liosie said with a vibrating
voice, ber tears very near. "Mr. Finn,
hand uie my whip, aud then turn the
pony loose."
The pony scampered across the lot and
theu returned. Itosie stsod still, the
whip in her hand, all eyes rosting upon
her. "Here, Dollie," she cried. "Come
here, Djlliel"
The pouy flung up her head, looked at
Kotie, whinuied her delight, and then
walked up to her and poked her in the
ribs with her nose.
"Do you love me, Dolliof" she asked.
Tho pony nodded her head.
"How much do you love met" Kosio
asked.
The pony tnado no response.
"How much do you love me?" Uosie
sharply repeated, with a peculiar move
ment of her whip.
The pony kissed her by touching her
check with her nose.
Itosie was so overcome that she flung
her arms around the pony's neck and
laughed aud cried hysterically. More
than one sturdy man drew hia sleeve
across his eyes. The. gypsy started at
tha eapikraculS - Vii swittV.y facer'
growing darker.
"Kneel, Dollie," orJered Kosie as she
swayed her whip.
Down weut the pony on her knees.
"Sit up," cried Itosie.
In a moment more the pony was on
her haunches.
"Shake hands, my lady."
The pony thrust out one foot.
"Now pray."
In respouso to that, tho intelligent
unimsl folded her front logs, rested her
head upon them, and looked comically
demure.
' "tiot up," was the next order.
! When the pony w as on all fours aaln,
I U sio struck tier lightly on tho toot.
"Why, you poor child, you 1" she
I commiseratiugly said. "You are dread
1 fully lame!"
I The pony limped around, bobbed her
head and looked so dejected that every
' body laughed except the gypsy. Con
I i.tablc Finn grinned at him, aud said sar
castically ! "You must a spent a power o' time
I learniii' the pouy all that ure."
' The gypsy muttered something under
his breath, a baleful lo k iu his eye .
"Uo away!" Kosio angrily cnoj to
the pony, with a llit of the whip.
t Tho pouy ran to the rear of tho pas
ture lot, and theu came back at a fearful
I rate of speed, her nmne streiming, her
1 jaws apart, her teeth gleaming.
I, "Look out, girl!" sevcrul of tho spec-
1 tators eric 1 iu alarm.
' Kosio felt no dismay. Sho stood still,
I her anus folded, her whip iu bar hand.
j The pony did not run her down, but
stopped directly iu front of hor, aud
' whiunicd, aud thrust out ber head to be
I caressed.
".Mr. Finn," Kosio said, "please cov-
' er my pony's e)es, so
tnat sho cau t
bee."
Tho constable did so, while Rosio
walked to the fence ami dropped her
handkerchief. Theu sho caaio buck and
stroked tho pony's nose.
"Dollio," she said, iu a toi e of deep
couceru, aud she passed tho whip threo
times iu front of her, "1 have lost my
handkerchief." Tho pony suulled about
her dress. "It isn't iu my pocket,"
itosie said. "I mast have dropped it
somewhere, tio look for it."
The pouy went around the lot, found
tho handkerchief, picked it up, and
brought it to her young mistress.
"ls tho court satisfied," asked Kosie,
a quizzical look on her face.
"The court is satisfied," Squiro Bar.
low said. "In fact the court is over
whelmed. Kosie Watson, tho pouy be
longs to you. Take her borne, she is eu
tirely too smart."
"But ain't I to bo corapeuattd in any
way?" asked the gypsy, with a fierce
cowl.
"You are getting oil cheaply enough
.is it is," was tho Squire's comment.
You ought to be glad that she did not
ehargo you with stealiug the pony,"
"Well, I'm going to give the pony
40od-by, anyhow," the man said.
lie stepped quickly up to the pony,
grasped the halter and pressed close!)
to hor.
But Rose had her eyes about her. She
gave a loud scream, and dealt the pony
a stinging blow on the nose. The ani
mal sprang back and the gypsy fell flat
on his face. When he rose to his feet,
he hail an ugly knife ln his hand.
"The coward was going to kill my
pony," cried Itosie, in terror.
Stoutly built though the miscrear.t
wss, Constable Finn seized him by the
collar and sho.ik him until his teeth
chattered. The crow! surged down
upon the gypsy, to do him further harm,
but Squire Harlow interfered.
"Look bore, you scoundrel, he ssid
in a great rage, "if you are not out ot
the township iu half an hour, yourwholo
gang, bag and baggage, lock, stock and
barrel, you'll find yourself in the county
prison. Now be sharp!"
Thegypay sneaked sullenly sway, Con
stable Finn following closely at hit
heels.
The bysUnders con jratnlate 1 Rosie,
an i eheered her heartily as she vaulted
unaided upon the bare back of the pony
and rode home with it. For weeks
Kosie's ease before the 8 pjire was a topio
of conversation. Yankee Blade.
Spoiled Ills Pucker.
Felix Nickel, a French horn player,
valued his ability to pucker up his lips
at just 12000, and because his lips will
not pucker up as they used he has sued
Hies Brothers, grocers, of First avenue
and Eii'hth street, for that sum.
Of the 4000 musicians in New York
City there are only thirty-five French
horn players, as the French horn is a
particularly difficult instrument to play
well. Mr. Nickel until last November
was one of the best of the thirty-five.
He was employed at Amborg's Theatre,
and the sweet notes that ho would draw
from bis beloved born pleased Leader
Nathan Franko of the orchestra mightily,
sir. Prank paid Mr. Nickel 35 a week:
for bis services, and did not consider
that that he paid any too m ien for
them.
On November 24. as Nickel, with his
French horn under his arm, was crossing
Second avenue and Eighth street, Kies
Brothers' grocery ws'oa ran into him
and knocked him down, and he was in
jured severely. He was taken to Bellevue
Hospital, and the next day to his home,
where he was ill in bed for a week.
From being a strong, hearty man be
fore the accident, he became the very re
verse. When he went back and took his
seat in the orchestra at Amborg'a, he
foind that his old-time skill hsd de
parted from him. His lips would not
pucker as ho wished them to, aud tho
sweetoodS of his notes had gone. Try
as he would, he could not get the
melody out of his horn that he did be
fore the accident. Lender Frsnko found
fault with his playing, aud from being a
highly-prized member of the orchestra,
Nickel soon began to be considered as of
little value as a musician. Leader
Franko and several musicians examined
Nickel and his playing, and they said
unanimously that be did not play as me
(odiously as he did before the accident.
.Mr. Niclr,. then brought suit, out fit
the firm of Kies Brothers forflWOO. .
New York Sun.
Cnro of Country Roads la Germany.
The highways of Germany are built
to last forever, and their excellence is
not surpassed anywhere. In addition to
the main road there is a sidewalk for
foot passengers, and another path for
horseback riders. All along the sides
trees are planted as soon as the roads are
tluished. Usually the.su are fruit trues,
tho crops of which furnish a part of the
income of tho men who take care of the
roa l. or of tho toll gatherer. For every
vehicle, a small toll is collected for a
given distance, except farm wagons,
which are free. Heavily loaded trucks
have to have bros l tires on their wheels.
The cost of building and maintaining
these roads is not put on the rural popu
lation alone, but tho cities, dosiriug to
secure the rural traliic, assume tho
largest share of it. Tho principal high-
1 ways are macadamized aud are built by
j the State, which hits also the control
: of them. American Agriculturist.
II . w to Extinguish Oil Fires.
In an article from E dwar l Atkinsoa in
your paper, writes u correspondent of
the Scaeutil'.c American, he recommends
sand to extinguish oil lir.s. It is good,
if nothiug better is at hand; but sand is
too heavy aud settles to the bottom too
quick. Common wheat brau or any
kind of mill feed ls fur better, as it Is a
better absorbent and lighter and spreads
easier. Oil burning in a vessel or on tho
surface of water cannot bo extinguished
by saud, as it sinks too quickly; but if a
handful of bran be throwu on, it will
smother out the flame before it gets
saturated und sinks.
In mauufacturiug places, where the
floor is saturated with oil, there should
be kept handy a barrel or more of bran.
Kvcn wood ashes or bran dust is better
thau saud. I have had twenty years'
experieuco with carbou oils, aud I know
what is best with me.
Thoussuds of Frogs Shipped Abroad.
Some notion of the enormous quanti
ties of frogs consumed in Europe may ba
got from tho fact that they are fetched
continually to Yienna, Austria, from the
country in batches of 30,000 to 40,000.
At the Austrian capital they are sold to
great dealers, who have conservatories
for keeping them. These conservatories
are big holes in the ground four or fiv
feet deep, the mouth of each covered
with boards, or iu stormy weather with
straw. In these pits the frog never
becomes quite torpid, even during the
hardest frosts. As if by instict they got
together in heaps and thus keep them
selves wet by preventing evaporation, no
water being ever put with them. New
York City consumes 60,000 pounds ol
frogs' legs annually, which retail at
thirty cents a pound. Recently attempts
have been made to can the les lot
market.
-1
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
riM wrrnouT in vretn crust.
When you make a pte without an up
per crust, it is always desirable to have
a very heavy edge j make this by wet.
ting the edge and laying on a narrow
stxip; pinch it up together, or when cut
ting the crust around the edge of the
pan, holding the knife well under the
outer edge of the pan and pinch it be
tween the thumb and finger right on lop
of the pan. New York Journal.
nrrrros box.
The best kind of button box we have
ever seen is msda as follows:
Paste together six pasteboard boxes,
ucu as druggiats use in preparing pro
scriptions for powders.
These boxes slide out like little draw,
era, and a button is sewed to the outside
to indicate its contents.
A white pearl, bono, fancy or shoo
button la placed on the drawor deilgnod
for holding these particular buttons,
while a hook and eye aud a safety pin
sewed to another will roa lily explain the
contents.
A yard and a quarter of SAtin ribbon
two inches wide is tied above the whole,
with a bow at tho tep, forming a neat
little case,whioh some people wLU prefer
to button bsgs. Home CJ wee.
oosomt is swiariNd.
The advisability of giving every apart
ment a vigorous "broom cleaning" at
least once a week has been so strenuously
insisted upon by some notable house
keepers that it has by many been con
verted into an imperative duty. Hut
lookiog at the otatur in an unprejudiced
light, one can sot clearly seo why a
drswiog-roosi, iahabited, perhaps, only
for a few hours of tho afternoon and
evening, or an unoccupied guest chamber
should requ re tho same amount of purl
flcation demanded by a sewing, sitting
or dining room. The dustpan and brush
are labor-saving machines that do not
recoive flue apprecistion. By their ai l
in removing a little dust here and a little
there, the busiuess of sweeping a whole
room may be deferred at times, when at
the first glance anything less than S
complete routing out of furniture and
dirt together would seem impossible.
New Yolk Recorder.
now TO LARD A. BIRD.
Not every one understands how to lard
a bird suecesirully. Two articles are
necessary, a good larding-noe lie of prop
er size and good larding pork. Tui
potk should be white and very firm, and
should bo cold when it is used. It is a
good plan to have a bowl of broken ici
at band aud to lay tho lardooas on il
after they are cut. Tut tho strip of pork
in the top of the neodle, pressing it in
firml. Thrust the Doint of the needle
through the flesh of the bird or in th
meat to be larded, upward. About halt
an inch of the lardoon should show oa
each side after it is put in. The larding
ahould be inserted at intervals ot about
n innh atiart and in even systematic
rows. When a bird is rich in fat like a
-rt,irk. It would bo absurd to lard it. Ons
would not think of larding a sirloin of
beef. A fillet of beef, however, is always
larded, because it has little natursl fat.
Game birds of all kinds, except duo Us,
are improved by larding. Domestio
fowls are not often treated this way. A
roast of veal is usuallv much better for
larding; and most braised moats are
larded because lean pieces of meat are
usually selected for this kind of cookluo
New York Tribune.
nKCIt'KS.
Peach Pie Lino pie dish with pastry;
fill with sliced peaches and half a cup of
sugar; cover with crust with opening in
the top. As canned peaches must no
be used, n Id a littie flour.
Slaw Chop half a head of cabbage,
put in a deep vegetable dish and sprinsle
with salt. Beat an egg, mix with hall s
teueupful of vinegar, a tsblusp.ionful of
melted butter, a teaspoon ful of mustard
and a little pepper; sot on the stove, stii
until thick, pour over the cabbage. Se'
aside to cool.
Sugar TalTy Three pounds of brown
sugar, oue pnuud of butter, enough
water to moisten tho sugar; boil uutil
crisp when dropped iuto cold water,
then pour in greased tius. This ofteu
requires from thirty tt forty-five minutes
to boil. It does uot require stirring uu
less there is dauger of boiling over.
Chicken Salad Boil a fat, well,
grown chickeu; when done and cold,
remove the skin and cut the meat fine
(do not chop). Wash and cut the white
stalks on celery in pieces; to every pint
of chicken allow two-thirds of a pint of
celery and a pint of mayonnaise dressing.
Mix well, set on ice and garnish with
white celery tips.
Apple Dumplings Take light bread
dough, and shorten with a little butter.
Roll and cut into balls the size of
dumplings. Drop these into boiling
water, with a little salt added. Boil
oue or 1 1 hours. Have ready a dish of
apple-sauoe, break open the dumplings
and spread with the sauce. Put the
dumpling together again, and servo
with sweeteued milk. In this case you
know that the apples are done.
Steamed Squash Select Hubbard ot
other good winter squash, wipe clean,
then with a hatchet cut iu pieces, scrape
out the seeds and inside, place in a
steamer over a kettle ot boiling water,
when done take oil steamer cover and let
the steam dry off. With a large iron
spoon scrape the squash out ot the rind
iuto a hot pan, mash and add plenty of
butter, a little salt, and it pretty dry, a
little sweet cream improves it.
Coffee Rolls One pint hot milk, one
half cup butter and lard mixed, ono
teaspoon salt, one half cup yeast, one
egg, flour to mix. Mix with a knife as
soft as can be handled, and cut it
thoroughly. In the morning knead well,
make into large balls, then roll each
ball between the hands into rolls six
inches long. Placr them so they will
not touch ia the ps. after rising. Whoa
light bake ia hot ovea.
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PENNSYLVANIA NOTBSL
A Few Oondsnsatlons of Evsnta Ooenr
rlne Throughout the State
Jacob Rels-al, ssrd 6. while working In a
sawmill at Kreinis, a small village near
Merer, was csuglit In a bell and drawn
between a flv-wheel and holler, where be
was crusliisl into a shapeless mass. He
lesves a wife and four children.
Miles ttradshaw. of n.-ar Heaver Falls, oa
Momlav niifht had 70 sheep, valued at 9100,
killed by d.ys.
Beforel'avlng for work Frldsv morning
an oil driller named Htoner, living at I'allery
Junction, turned oa the gas in the stove,
leavinit bis wi e and child sf-epin in bed.
Shortlv alter tire broke out, and before the
neighbors cml I subdue the flames, both
mother and babe were burned to death.
Tbev were found lying; In bed, with the child
clasped In its mother's arms.
The I'ain eriowi oil field, about nine
milea southwest of Oreeusbiirg, is being de
veloped sscce-sfally. It Is known now that
an eicei'tionally fine grade of lubricating
oil has been found on the Futon farm.
Indications fHiint to a good flow when the
well Is completed. Ureat secrecy is main
t lined by those ia rhaiye nf the premises.
The oil, In its crude condition, is valued at
tO a barr 1.
A lad named Michael VcHoskey, aged ft
years, residing in I'biladelphis, seen red a
Dot'. le containing about a quarter of a pint
of wlnskev and dra'ik the contents ile had
been a sutt'eer from valvular disease of the
heart, and tle whiSey so etimil'at-d the
action of that orjran as to cause death.
Alfred J si nes, a missing Washington boy,
Is supposed to have perished by freezing In
the woods.
License ooart convened st Clarion. Judge
Clark granted license to 3S out of 44 appli
cant, with an order that bars should be
closed by lu.W p. m.
A wire nail over an Inch In length was
found imheddel in the liver of a chicken
killeJ at Rochester.
Hort Hush, a young man living at Farm
Ington. Kayette county, was thrown from a
pjny Sunday and taU.y Injured.
John Wentted. of (Jreensburg, wsa
s tacked and fatally injured by a ferocious
dog.
John Watklns, of Ksmerer. Washington
county, accidentally shot himself through
the heart.
Tl 3 yearoli son of James Montgomery
of Washington fell iuto the fir aud wa
burned to death.
Oliver Ms -kin was killed while fe'llng a
tree within a m.le of Jo'iostowa, the tree
crushing his body.
Senator Cameron baa Introduced petition
In the U, W. Senate from over towns in
Pennsylvania favoring the passage of a bill
subjeciing o eouiurgarine to the laws of the
several Mates.
Daniel Wellerdied on his fsrm, where be
was born, near ( am.nsburg, atd 01. He
haves 11 children, 27 grandchildren and oue
great grandchild,
John McClymods and his daughter, of
Partington, were perhaps latallv injured in
a runaway accident at Heuvt-r f'alls.
Last week two children of the family
John C'etz, a hi.telkeep.-r at bandis Valley,
died of diphtheria within hulf an hour of
each other. Friday two more of his children
died ol the same disease, the tint two
children who died were buried st the same
time and the two w ho died Friday also will
be buried at oue time.
Oeorg" H. Senter, employed at the c.isi
chute, was struck by an engine at Mcadville
and fatally hurt.
Mrs Davis, of Philadelphia, laid ber
sleeping iufaut on the 0111 folding bed the
other day, and weut about her duties in an
other part of the house. While absent, her
mil son loosen tne laien ana me Den closed.
He did not know baby was in the bed.
Later the mother returned and found ber
"baby dead, It having been sutlocatea.
Two dwellings on the Adair farm. Wash
Ing county, were totally des' roved by fire.
The occupants lost all their el eels. Total
loss, I a, OA).
John Harr, recently released from the
Riverside p 'iiitentiary, was frozen to death
near Kntcrprise Wednesday night. He had
been drinking heavily aud attempted to
walk to the house of his sister.
On account of business eugsgements, Can
tain John W. 'orrison, Slate-Treasurer-elect,
has decide 1 not to accept the cashier-
ship nf the treasury tendered him after him
election by State Treasurer Hoyer.
Robert F. P. TolliHik, of Marchard, killed
himself by the accidental discharge of a gun,
while hunting.
An insane man, -1. J. McFce, was strsn-
f:led to death by a fellow inmate, O. A. Wil
iams, at the Dixmont, I'd.) insane asylum.
I'eter Ityan, a prominent f rmer living
uear ' onnellsvi le, while crosi"g a bridge
on tho m nit h west I'.-nn r.ad, was struck by
a train and ius.untlv killed. He leaves a
wi e an I six children.
Viss Allie Horn, l' 'anonshurg, fell on the
slippery pavement :iei raciurod her skull.
aiie is not vxpecte 1 to live.
1'he handsome 'atno'io church at Con
ne'.lsvi le was d.-st '..' d by lire, Tlie build
inc including cou'cnts, was vain d at near It
f lOO.nuo, on which mere was on'y .,,,tK)
insurunee. 1 li church was built iu list;,
and the buil'liii,', which was the finest
church ediiice 111 the country, alone cost
15,000.
John Laffe'ty, sied 84 years, was fouad
frozeu to deaili in a field adjoining his
residence at East Nottingham.
Anthracite toal has been found in Berks
county.
Seymour Whito, a hrakemsn In the Al
toona yards, was run over and instantly
killed by a shifting engine.
Ceorge Leinbsch, of Lees port, aged 40,and
one of the wealthiest citizens iu Berks
county, was killed iu his stable by a vicious
horse. He was kicked ou the temple.
Mrs. Kdward Keuslnger, of Altoons, was
probably fatally burn ill Saturday evening by
Uie eipiosion of a lamp.
According to the first official report of
Hoakins & McCliiitock. assignees of the
easrs. Delamu'er, the geuerul creditors of
theinsolvent bankers will not receive more
than 8 or 10 cents on the dollar.
Near Erie, fire destroyed the Lone Fisher
man's inn, a widely known summer resort
located ou the bank of 1'reseque Isle bay.
Los, 110,000; insurance unknown.
An incendiary fire at A 1 toona destroyed
A. C. Mercer & I'o.'a brick works. Loss,
10,000; partially insured.
.
A Very Old Illble.
Trobably tho oldest Bible in Phlladel
phia lies upon tho bookshelf of Hugo
Koeger, of No. 25ti0 Geiser street. The
rare old tome was printed in Witten
berg, Germany, by HausSufft, In 1577,
just a little over thirty years after the
death of Martin Luther. Only the books
of the Old Testament havo been spared
by Father Time, but theso are set forth
tu good old German print, with elaborate
illustrations. The lecord ot its varied
fortunes is inscribed upon its pages,
where appear tho signatures of tho dif
ferent owueis through whose hands it
Has passed. As the first Rible printed in
Ihe Gennau language was issued only
ibout 1 510, this old script ls undoubtedly
ne of the earliest Hiblos. Philadelphia
Kecord.
Ik an Anti-Gambling League,
bets are declares! "off," Puck.
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