A MIRACLE IN MISSOURI. THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MEDICAI SCIENCE FAR MORE WONDER. FL'L THAN THE MAGIC OF TUB EAST. Tho Remnrkablo Experience of Po Cluster Woodson, of Panamn, Mo.— For Ten Years a C rlpple-To-Day A Well and Hearty Man. (PYom the Kansas City Times.) Tho people of Rioh Hill, Mo.,and vlcinitj have recently beon startled by a seeming miracle of healing. For years ono of the best known men in Bates and Vernon coun tierf has been Mark M. Woodson, now post master of Panama, and brolhor of ex-Slat a Inspector ot Mines, C. C. Woodson, of thii city. Tho peoplo of Rich Hill, where hs formerly resided, and of his present home, remember well tho bent form, misshapen almost from tho semblance of man, which bas painfully bowed Its head half to earth and labored snail-like across the walks season after season, and when ono day last month it straightened to its full height, threw away tho heavy butt of cano which for years had been its only support from total helplessness, and walked erect, firmly, unhesitatingly about the two cities, people looked and wondered. The story of the re markable case has become the marvel of the two counties. Exactly as Mr. Woodson told it to a Times reporter, it is here published : "For ten years I have suffered the tor ments of the damned and have beon a use less invalid ; to-day I am a well and hearty man, freo from almost every touoh of pain. I don't think man over suffered moro acute and constant agony than I have since 1881 Tho rheumatism started then in my right knee, and after weeks of suffering in bed I was ut last relieved sufficiently to arise, but It was only to get about on crutches for five fears, the ailment having settled in the olnt. Despite constant treatment of the most eminent physicians the rheumatism Erew worso, and for tho last four years I ave been compelled to go about bent halt toward the ground. In the winter of 1890- 91, after tho rheumatism had settled into its most chronic form, I went to Kansas City upon advice of my brother, and for six weeks I was treated in one of tho largest and beet known dlsponsaries of that city, but without tho slightest improvement. Before I came home I received a strong gal vanic battery, this I usod for months with tho same result. In August, 1592, I went to St. Louis, and there conferred with the widely known Dr. Mudd of hospital prac tice fame, nnd Dr. Kale of tho city hospital. None of them would take my case with any hope of affording me more than temporary relief, and so I came home, weak. doubleJ with pain, helpless und despondent. "About this time my attention was called lo tho account of a remarkable CUM by Dr. Will lan Pink Pills for Pale People ol locomotor ataxia, rheumatism and pural pds. I ordered eomo of tho pills as an experiment. When I began to take them, the rheumatism had developed Into a phase of paralysis ; my leg from tho thigh down was cold all tho time and could not bo kept warm. In a short time the pills were gone, an 1 BO wus the cane. I was able to attend to tho duties of my office, to get about as a well and strong man. I was free from pain and I could enjoy a sound und restful night's sleep, something I had not known for ten years. To-day am practically, und, I firmly believe, permanently cured of my terrible and agonizing ailment. No ma gician of the Far East ever wrought tho miracle with his wand that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills did for me." To verify the story beyond all question of doubt Mr. Woodson made the following affidavit: STATS OFMISBOURI, COUNTY OF BATES, F I, M. M. Woodeou, being duly sworu on my oath, state that tho followlug statements are truo and correct as I verily believe. M. M. WOODBON. Subscribed nnd sworn to before mo thls3J day of March, 1894. JOHN I). MoonE, Notary Public. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People %ro manufactured by tho Dr. Williams' Modlcluo Company, Schenectady, N. Y., and uro sold only in boxes beuriug the firm's trade mark and wrapper, ut 50 cents a box or six boxes for $'2.50. Bear iu mind that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are never sold In bulk or by tho dozen or hun dred, nnd any dealer who offer* substitutes In this form is trying lo defraud you and should be nvoideJ. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills may be had or all druggists or direct by mail troin Dr. Williams' Mediclue Co. TIIK surest way to be wretched is to stop and think huw happy yuu ex loeied to be. THE seeds ""hi It valuable for a floristre pro-ceeda. Dr. Kilmer's HWAMP-BOOT euros all Kidney and Bladder troubles. Pamphlet and < 'onsultation frn>. Labratory Bingham pton,N. Y. Thf ro are yet •*17(1,000,000 of national bnn'.c notes to bo retired, Hliiloli'n Care In sold on a gun ran tee. It cures Incipient Con sumption; it is the Best Cough Cure; 200., Goc., $1 A Pliiladelphian has invented a four-wing ed Hying machine. " I Could Not Walk Because of a running sore on my ankle, I was not ablo oven to do anything. After the f-fOOd'S Sarsa- JL parilla flrsc bottle of Hood's /T . * M/k/ . HiirMiipsrllln I felt 11 ■ 11 great flt'iil hotter, nnd now after takinir I am well. The sore has healed, and lam able to walk several miles without feeling tired " MRS. BENUM, BOXBB, Willsboro, N. Y. Hood's Pills euro all liver ills. 25c. P N U 23 _ 'O4 FLVBHRIFRAAREAWC WILL MAIL POSTPAID Hr * 0,10 I,,inel Picture, entitled "MEDITATION •• Mi bL^wx*KUCH'K cut from I.lon Colt*) i ~ i""'i 'a. TIQ^UROULST.,TULSDO, OHIO. MINORCHORD. The flowers have their bold boos tc woo them ; The brooks have their fre9h rains to feed them , Tho nights have their stars to o'erstrew them , The dawns have their pure dews to bead them; Y't my steps go darkling, With but tho dim sparkling Of memory's lamp, love, to lead them. The soa hath its waves to make sheen with ; Tho winds have their music to sigh with ; The groves have their boughs to be green with; Tho birds have their floet wings to fly with ; But I, in my lonely Allegiance, have only This deop-wouuded heart, love, to die with! —Edgar Fawcott, in tho Centurj". UNCLE TEDDY'S MAVERICK. BY LESTER KETCHITM. AGEBKUSH ami M - sand—sand and H sagebrush—sage brush and sand aguin, before, lie hind, on cither vVA h ' l ' 0 ' as far as I ' ill °.v i! could reach. V, JJJJjjM All the afternoon the "overland" had been creep ing across tho sand plains of the Great American Desert, and to the passengers in the Pullman cars—especially to those who disliked cards, were too nervous to read, or who didn't care to drink -the journey was growing very tiresome* It really seemed to tho more imagina tive ones, that the refrain of tho eur wheels was, "Sagebrush and sand, sagebrush nnd sand—" The weary afternoon dragged slow ly by, and the conductor of the din ing-car came through to announce dinner—a diversion, at least. "Ah 1" remarked onetourist, sudden ly, in a gratified tone; "there's a' typical scene for you, me boy." Against the rod background made by the rays of tho setting sun, a short distance from the track sat a solitary horseman, motionless, one hand rest ing on the pommel of his saddle, the other iu tho act of pushing back from his forehead his wide-brimined white hat. Then, just as the rear cars of the train approached, ho suddenly took off the hut, waved it, jammed his spurs into his wiry little bronco, and started to race with tho train, yelling at tho top of his lungs. At tho end of a quarter-mile or so, he slowed up, drew his revolver, and fired a parting salute into tho air, accompanying the volley with more wild howls. Ibo occupants of the Pullmans were amused ; they had not seen anvthing so interesting for a long time" The tourist who had first observed the horeman sighed, and declared he on vied the cowboy—he really did. "How they must enjoy it, this wild, froe life of the plains, without a worry or a care—nothing to do but com mune with nature—when they feel rest less, to bo able to indulge in a wild, reckless gallop suitable to tho mood —and—and—er--all that, don't you know?" But it did not strike Teddy Mac* Lennan, cowboy, that—or—way at all, don't you know? He was just think ing how oppressively tiresome that wild, free life of his was getting to be —with "Nothing to do but work, Nothing to out but food—' and "Nowhere to go but out, Nowhere to come but iu—" And, for the rest, nothing to do but atr.uso one'sself likeu howling maniac, as he had just been doing for tho de lectation of the "tenderfoet." "Hit'H sho' tiresome," he reflected, as ho continued boside the track, giv ing the "brone" a "breather"—"hit sho' is, an' I'm good 'n' tired, I am; but what t' do? Seems like weall gits shif'less, hit does; jes'pluggin'along an' workin' hard an' jilayin' hard like wise (ontell the stuff gives out), an' no airthly reason f'r beiu' alive— "Great sacrificed Wash'n't'n 1" ho ejaculated suddenly, jerking up his horse, "I'll swaller a snake, I will 1" I heard tho story from Jerry Mad den, Teddy's present partner in the cattle business, a couple of years ago, as we sat in tho shade of tho ranch house one afternoon. "Why, Teddy don't drink, an' like wise swours quite fow?" ho nsked, in response to a query of mine. "That! Sho', he hain't tuk nothin' f'r most twelvo 'r thirteen year, 'count o' his kid. 'Married?' Oh, no, none what ever. They hain't no gal gits Toddy, not much. 'Why?' Give it up. Mobbo you c'n tell me? "Ted was ridin' nlong ono day—'tis thirteen year ago—ridin' clost by th' railroad track one eveniu', feelin' kind o' sore an' disgusted-like, when, all of a suddeut, he sees somethin' funny trottin' along th' track. Ted stops 'n' wijies 'is eyes an' gazes a hull lot moro, 'cause what he seen wa'n't nothin' like what ho findH 'round this yere patch o' hresh; none whatever. Moreover more, Ted 'd be'n taukin' up quite pleutv that day, ho had, an' was dead leary o' what might be th' matter of 'is peeps. But 'e rubs 'em quite a lot more, an' I hope I may straddle tli' 'ghost bron' ef there wa'n't th' purti est little maverick ye ever see—little girl 'bout five year old, browsin' along th' track, lookin' lost. "Course Ted rides up an' asts who she is an' what sho's doin' there, all alone, with 'er purty face 'n' ban's ■an' elegant clo'es; hut sho couldn't tell 'im. Jes' bu st out cryin' an' kop' a cryin', an' 'twa'n't f'r a day 'r so we c'd even gueso at 'er bein' there, 'cause she was tongue tied 'r some thin' an' couldn't say but a few words, pore little tiling. But we gits at it th't 'er name's Norali, we does, an* th't she drapß of! atrain jes' b'fore she sights Ted ('r him, her). "That little heifer was a beant\ she sho' WRP, an' twa'n't niore'n two days 'fore we-all was ready t' do 'most any thing f'r her—me 'n'Ted, ; n ? ol' lady Parry (th* boss's wife), an' all th' rest; an', 'f I don't b'lievo we wa'n't real glad, 'stead o' sorry, when we iin'sout they don't seem t' be no ono lookin' f'r such a maverick—'cause we adver tised, o' course, 't git 'er folks. But we gits no word, not a bloomin'shout, so Ted jes' bran's th' kid t'r his'n, an' pr'ceeds t' raise 'er (think o' Ted, which th' same never raised nothin' but rows b'fore raisin that little, ten der gyurl!), Mrs. Parry takin' care of 'er f'r a while. "Well, Ted was jestth' funniestcow hand I over bucks up ag'in. Ye wouldn't 'a' knowed 'im. Ted was a bowlin' wolf, a reg'lar o' hyena b'fore that, but alter th' kid comes, he braces right up an' gits good, none o' th' gang objectin', 'cause they savvies why he does it. "After th' kid was 'bout nine 'r ten years old, we-all don't get t' see much of 'er, 'cause Ted, bavin' laid up some dough, sends 'or off t' school. 'She's a sho' 'nough thor'ughbred, she is,' says Teddy, 'an' she gits no scrub trainiu'. Sabe?' "That goes, o' course, an' th' kid likewise goes t' school, comin' back onct a year, lookin' sweeter 'n' purfcier 'n ever, an' we-all, mostly Ted, willin' t' lay right down an' let 'er tromp on our measly ol' frames. Ob, she was jes like Ted prognosticates on th' jump—a sho' 'nough thor-'uglibred. "Tell ye what she does one time 'bout two year ago. They was livin' 't th' station, her, 'n' Ted, 'n' Mrs. Bell, th' woman th't give th' gyurl les sons, an' one day some Eastern folks gits off th' train, lookin' f'r Mister MacLennan, which is Ted senco he gits intuh business for 'isseif. They was a real nicc-lookin', fat ol' girl with spectacles with handles to 'em, an' a dood with one o' these yere foolish lit tle caps ye sees through th' winduhs o' th' sleepiu'-cars. "Ted au' Norah was at th' deepo lookin' f'r some school-fron's o' the gyurl's, wheu these folks gits off. an' some one points Ted out, an' th' dood braces 'im. "'Aw, mo good man,' says he, takin' sight at Ted over th' end of 'is nose—'aw, are you Mister MacLen nan ?' 'Ted's a good man—no discount on that—but 'o does sho' hate t' be called one, moreover, by a dood, which crit ter' is quite rousin' t' Ted's killin' iu instinc's—but 'e gives it out th't 'is brand is seek, an' th' dood springs 'is game on 'im, which is th't he 'n' th' cl' lady is lookin' f'r Norah ►Somethin'- 'r-other, which is th' name o' th' kid th't falls oil a train one day teu years 'r so b'fore —our Norah, sho' 'nough. "They was a su'prise all 'round, they was. Then Norah takes a hand an' flies 't tli' ol' girl an' asts why sho didn't find 'er then, an' tboy gives it out th't they never saw Ted's adver tisement, an' all that, an' novor learns where sho is ontell they lately runs ontuh Mrs. Parry somewheres out West. They likewise makes a play th't Ted had stole th' kid. Th' ol' lady was goin* t' fall ou Norah's nock an' weep a lot, but Norah don't like that style o' play, so she gives 'era chill, an' moreover gives it out cold th't sho don't move a step—th't she stays with Ted, th't's be'n a reg'lar dad to 'er. "An' she stayed, you bet, an' Ted was th' tickledest ol' stiff in th' coun try, t' think she'd rather flock with him th'n t' train w' them howlin' swells. They makes no further play, thinkin', mobbe, th't Norah's temper's pretty high up. "Ev'rythiug's real lovely ontoll a a little while ago—last year it was. Things got a little excitiu* 'round yore —real excitin' f'r some folks, I may say. They was a few gents in those parts was gettin' quite frisky with brandiu'-irous, an' was real careless 'bout drivin' oft' beef-critters. They was real retirin', modest kind o* peo ple, they was, evenef they was talented in th' brandin' line, an' we was quite anxious t' meet up with 'ein, but tlioy lays pretty low ; we gits two 'r three of 'em stray in' 'round ; but they keeps sawin' wood an' makin' us real tired, so we goes t' work an' organizes a vigi lance c'mmittee, with Tod as chair man. "They was a young feller't th' sta tion then, named Harwood. He'd come fr'm somewheres, an' give it out 'e was a doctor, a little out o' health 'isseif—he didn't look it, though, be in' a big, dusky sort o' chap. He hangs out 'is shingle an' gits a leetle acquainted, an' then makes a dead play f'r Norah, w'ich seems t' go all right; Norah lettin' on t' like th' duck quite plenty. Oh, but ho was sho' spoony on her. Th' wust was, we was thinkin' th' gyurl was stuck on him, too, au' it did sho' give us a pain, 'cause wo didn't waut no bloomin' chump friskin' 'round Ted's corral cut tin' out Norah. Au' still, this yere feller seems white au' decent, an' 'twas square oupossible t' hato 'im, none whatever. So, wheu ho offers t' join th' c'mmittee, we says yes, o' course. He wa'n't a real tenderfoot, yo know, and actod like 'e hail sand. "Well, we keeps up th' good work an' ropes a few gents, an' they gits quite a lot careful, but keeps on work in'. Then, ono night, when Ted was out yere, an' wo was settin' up late, we hears a noise among th' homo hosses in th' corral, an' I says : 'O-iio ! they're goin' intuh th' boss business, too, are they V' an' me'u Ted breaks f'r tho corral. "They was live of 'em ; but wo was out f'r business an' cuts loose, au' they don't wait t' pick up th' cuss we drapped, an' I'll cat a rawhite of it wa'n't Harwood! "I was f'r killin' of 'im clean, right there; but Ted wouldn't have it, he wouldn't, so wo takes 'im intuh th' house an' brings 'm 'round, not so bad hurt, after all. Ho wants us t' finish th' job, 'fraid, mcbbe, we're savin' of 'im t' string up some; but Ted only grins a little, sort o' sour, an' tells him t' keep quiet. "Next day me'u Ted hoi's a mcetin', wo does, an' settles th' case, an' that night we goes t' th' c'mitteo rneetin' at Jeb Barlow's, where Ted gets up an' makes a game o' talk. Says he: " "Gents, I an* my pardner, Mr. Madden, has made a real techin' dis covery. I hain't no great talker, but I jest wants t' say th'twe find th't Doe Harwood, a member o' this yore hon 'r'ble body, is one o' th' gents wo wants mostest, an'—' "Right yere they gits excited, but Ted calls 'em down an' goes on, tellin' 'em how ho gits Doc an' so on. Thee, says he: " 'I wants t' add, right ycre, ta't Doc Harwood is at my house, hurt bad, an' as long as he's there I stands over 'im an' keeps 'im fr'm harm. An' I adds further th't I don't do this b' cause I'm stuck on Doc, but b'cause him'n my little girl is stuck on each other. Now, gents, I want t' make a offer. Ye can't have Doc 'thout gittin' me an'breakin' little Norah's heart; but I agrees t' pack th' galoot off t' th' States an' guarantee he stays there, of you all let's 'im go. Does that go?' "It went O. K. after Rome rag-chaw in'; so, in a few days, Doc glides back t' th' States. "Nope. Norah didn't go—not any. Ted goes t' her an' gives it out th't Doc's be'n hurt by koss-tkioves an' lias got t' slide home—does she want t' go? "Right yero Norah gives *im th' merry 'ha-ha!' Not much, she don't wan't t' go. 'Not with no hoss-tkief, anyway, Uncle Teddy,' she says. " 'Hoss-tkief?' says Ted. 'What d'ye mean b' that?' "'Mean what I say,' says Norah. 'Never mind, Uncle Teddy, I knows what I'm 'lludic' at.' "Ted sees she's on, au' it sort o' razzlcs 'im. 'But, look yere, says he, 'I bo'n thinkin' you—you sort o'— well, liked th' cuss a hull lot.' " 'None at all, Undo Teddy,' says Norah, real promp'; 'I was jes' only kavin' a leetle fun with 'im—it's dull out yere sometimes, ye know.' "This yere makes Ted feel a bull lot hotter, 'cause—well, 'cause, ye see, th' ol' fool was (he tells me all about it) sort o' kavin' aspirations 'isself.' "About a week after Doc left, Norah comes t' Teddy one mornin', smiliu', and blushin', aud kerryin' a letter. Ted was settiu' lookin' out th' winder, real solemn an' sad, wonder in', jes' that minute, ef 'twas a squar' deal, an' right an' straight, f'r t' ask that leetle gyurl t' marry him. That there proposition was what'd be'n keepin' pore ol' Ted awake f'r nights 'n' nights, an' ho was sko' puzzled. 'Bout ycre Norah bounces in on 'im au' makes 'im jump. " 'Oh, Undo Teddy,' says she, 'I wants yo t' do sometkin' f'r Norah.' "Ted looks at 'er real solemn a minute, and then says, more solemn : " 'Ye know they hain't nothin't' ask for th't I won't do f'r ye," he says. 'VV'y, see yere, Norah, darliu', can't ye understand th't I—' " 'Oh, I know, ye dear ol' goose,' says Norab, breakin' of 'is talk off short, 'but hain't this great? I've just got a letter fr'm Alec—' " 'Who's Alec?' says Ted, 'most broke up, an' gittin' out o' th' chair, tremblin'. " 'W'y, Aiec's—you know—Kale Clark's brother, an' I met 'im at New York when I was stay in' with Kate, an' ho says ho loves me an' wants me t' marry 'im, an', oh, Uncle Toddy, yo hain't cross, bo ye?' And she fails on Ted's neck 'n' weeps a lot. "Ted stan's an' lets 'er weep quito plenty, him chokin' down a big swell in' in 'is throat all th' tune. Then, says he, very quiet: " 'Didn't I tell ye, darlin', they hain't nothin' yo can't have? I don't kuow this yere Alec chap, but ef yo wants 'im, yo sho' gits 'im, ef I has t' rope 'im myself.' " 'An' so sho does. Oh, tliey's nothin' Ted wouldn't do f'r that thero gyurl."—Argonaut. Economical Use ol Artificial Ice. One of the newest plans for the economical use of artificial ice has re cently been pateuted by Van der Weyde, of Holland. The invention is based on the fact that two smooth sur faces of freshly cut ice when brought into contact at a temperaturo below thirty-two degrees will unite firmly. At a higher temperature the junction yields to a blow, and the ice breaks into the original parts. Van dor Weyde casts blocks of ice into small cubes, which are stamped with a trado mark. These cubes are joined into a larger cube of auy desired weight and sent out for use. The mark is a guar antee that the ice is pure, and the small cubes, weighing au ounce each, are easily separated into a shape con venient for use. —New York Tribune. Hypnotism. "There has been a great deal of stuff and nonsense written about liypuo tism, as if it were something very ab struse," said au Arch street physician. "In fact, it is an every-day pkase of mental abstraction. Any one may hypnotize himself in a few minutes by closing his eyes, directing them in ward aud downward, and then, imag ining his breath to lie vapor, watch ing its inhalation and expulsion from the nostrils. Babies invariably look cross-eyed before going to sleep, in this way producing what hypnotists (Mill 'transfixion.' Fishermen often livpnotizo themselves watching a cork on a surface of shining water. An hour passes as if it were a few minutes. Pkiladelnliia Record. .i ** HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. rOLISHINC! STEEIi AND BRASS. Fine emery paper and sweet oil are all that are necessary to keep steel bright; while a cloth saturated iD ker osene and dipped in whiting will bo found best for cleaning tinware. Strong ammonia should be poured over old brass to clean it, then thoroughly scrub with a scrubbing brush, and presently the brass will shine like new metal. Stair rods should bo cleaned with a soft woolen cloth dipped in water, and then in finoly sifted coal ashes. Then rub them with a dry flannel until they shine and every particle of ash has disappeared. TO PUT AWAY WOODEN OABMENT3. If tho housewife is a good hygienist, sho has a great deal of wool in her domain, because sho knows better thau tongue can toll how nocessary all wool garments are to the preserva tion of health in cold weather. She religiously superintends the making, washing and mending of theee gar ments in all sizes, from those worn by paterfamilias to the minaturo ones af fected by tho baby, and when the time of year comes to put them away, she neatly darns even tho very tiniest holes, folds the garments smoothly, and envelops them entirely in cotton cloth which she snugly ties with string. Thoso tidy rolls or bundles aro then laid iu a trunk or chest, which is care fully closed away from dust. Two or three times during the summer the wools aro taken out and hung out in tho air, after whioh they are carefully rcturuod to their cotton wrappings again.—Detroit Free Press. TO STIR OR TO BEAT. Every young housekeeper should thoroughly understand tho difference betwoon stirring and beating. Many dishes are spoiled becauso these things are not clearly understood. Iu stirring the object is to combine the ingredients or to make a substance smooth. Tho spoon is kept rather close to tho bottom and sides of the bowl and is worked around aud around in tho mixture until the object is at tained. Beating is employed for two pur poses: First, to break up a substance, as iu beating eggs for breading or for custards; second, for making a sub stance light by imprisoning air iu it. This is the caso wlien wo beat the whites of eggs, cake batter, etc. The movement, is very different from stir ring. The spoou or whisk at every stroke is partially lifted from tho bowl and brings with it a portion of the materials that aro being beaten, which carries air with it iu falling back. It is not the number of strokes that make substances light, but rather the vigor aud rapidity with which the beating is done. When using a spoon or whisk for beating take long up , ward strokes, tlio more rapid the bet i tor. The spoon should touch tho bot tom of the bowl eacli time aud the mo tion must be regular. Another way to boat is to use tho circular motion, iu caso the side of tho I spoon is kept close to the side of tho bowl. Tho spoon is moved rapidly iu a circle, carrying with it a portion of tho ingredients. —Now York World. RECIPES. Checso Cako Pic—Three eggs, ono cupful of sugar, ono quart of soft smoarkaso. Mix well and pour into a rich pie crust. Bako without au up per crust. This makes two pies. Applo Tapioca Pudping—Pare and coro enough apples to till a dish. Put into each applo a little lemon peol. Soak one-half pint of tapioca in one quart of lukewarm water four hours, add a little salt, flavor with lemon, pour over apples. Bake until apples are touder. Eat whou cold with croaui and sugar. Spiced Rolls for Luncheons—Take a piece from your bread dough and roll it out half au inch thick, brush tho top with melted butter, aud cover thick with ciuuanion and fine white sugar; commence at one side aud roll up as jolly cake; thou cut it au inou thick, and lay in a pan as biscuit, close together, and let them riso and bako twenty minutes. Ckftiitilly Basket—This basket is pretty, but skill is roquiredto make it successfully. Make a cement of sugar boiled to crackling height. Dip the edges of some macaroons into it, aud line a mould shaped like a basket with them, taking caro that the edges of tho macaroons toueli each other. When wanted, tako it out of the mould, fill it with whipped croatn, and it is then ready for tho table. Time, two or three hours to set. Bermuda Onions Stowed—Boil the onions whole for half an hour iu water with plenty of salt. Drain and re turn theui to the stew pan, with a small piece of butter or dripping and a little pepper and salt. Cover the pan as closely as possiblo to keep iu the steam, aud lot tho onious stow gently for two or throe hoars, accord ing to their size and quality. Baste them with their own liquor occasion ally, and take care they do not cook so fast as to cause this to dry up aud get burut. Prince of Wales Charlotte Lay thick slices of any kind of delicate ! cake in a deep pudding dish ; over this fiour hot, boiled custard, made from the yokes of three eggs aud a pint of milk, sweetened aud llavorod to taste. Do this several hours beforo the dish is to be served; just before serving, put a layer of sliced peaches or oranges over the cake ; have the whites of the eggs beaten to a stiff froth, with a little sugar, and put over the fruit. Put it in the oveu a few min utes to brown. December is the most fatal mouth in the year for asthma. (L k Jl np H °SE who could not cat cake, hot a V 1 biscuit, bread and pastry because I of indigestion have found that by rais- J) ing them with Royal Baking Powder & % they are enabled to cat them with per- feet comfort. J y Royal Baking Powder is composed of chemically pure cream of tartar and it bicarbonate of soda, and is an actual \ 9\ preventive of dyspepsia. jT \ 1 \ ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW-YORK. A \ ThlrLy-four Year Old Lottor. "It is an exceedingly rare thins nowadays in any civilized country for a letter, properly stamped, sealed and addressed, to fail to reach its destination," said a Government official. "Sometimes letters arc written which are never received, but the preat number of letters which go to the dead letter officer bo cause they are not properly ad dressed, or not addressed at all, serve to explain the greater part of these rare disappearances. Mow and then, however, some one somewhere in this country is astonished to receive a let ter that was written and posted years before. Not long ago a lady in Vermont rereived a letter which was written and bore evidence of having been mailed in 18(50. The stamp on the letter was obsolete, but the post office department forwarded it to it; destination, as the stamp was good at the time it was first mailed. Where the letter had been all these years was never explained, but it may be surmised that it had slipped into some crack or c.cvice in the course of transmission, and remained there until the making of certain re pairs revealed it. It was then put In the mail anew and nothing said tbout it"—St Louis Globe-Demo crat. Ix Japan a man can live like a [cntleman on $520 a year. This sum vill employ two servants, pay tho •ent of tho house and supply plenty if food Brings comfort and improvement and tends to personal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who live bet ter than others and enjoy life more, with less expenditure, by moro promptly adapting tho world's best products to the needs of physical being, will attest the valuo to health of tho puro liquid laxativo principles embraced in tho remedy, Svrup of Figs. Its excellence is due to its presenting in tho form most acceptable and pleas ant to tho taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial properties of a perfect lax ative; effectually cleansing tho system, dispelling colds, headaches and fevers nnu permanently curing constipation. It has given satisfaction to millions and met with tho approval of the medical profession, because it acts on the Kid neys, Liver and Bowels without weak ening them and it is perfectly free from every objectionable substance. Syrup of Fip is for sale by all drug gists in 50c and $1 bottles, but it is man ufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, whose name is printed oil every package, also the name, Syrup of Figs, and beiug well informed, you will net accept any substitute if ollercd. | SEBell on SSAasltaL't* | i High Grade in Uvory Partloular. i I LATEST IMPROVEMENTS, LISHTtST WEIGHTS. } \ Jl'e stake our business reputation of over fifty years that there \ f is no better wheel made in the world than the LOVVLL It IA MOM I), V A XVAII BANTED IN EVERY RESPECT. 6 t " V ' | A Ladtea' IJght Roadster, H t. 3u lbs, A J BICYCLE CATAEOOI'E FREE. AI4ENTS WANTED. \ HIGH GRADE BICYCLE FOR $43.75 iiiiv. w lil. il wo Y are closing out at 1 a,lr -•' ,s .lur :i>i • v. u ninr- w \ gain. 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Priest, Dnitririsf, Shelbrville, Ind., snys : " Hull's Catarrh Cure gives the best of satisfaction. Can get plenty of testimonial*, as it cures every one who lakes it." Druggist* sell it, lie. TnE DCW apparatus for feeding the fires of tho electric light plants doei away entirely with the necessity ol handling coal after it has been dumped in tho fuel room. WQMEW WHO SUFFER each month, can find relief SkV/ ftru * curo in Dr ' p,erce ' s / efeuu Favorite Prescription. vS& iw/ H" 1 It regulates and restoroa tHarWV tho monthly function, jW, braces up tho exhausted, run-down, overworked |WC and delicutc; alluys and Wpq * J \ banishes all Nervous \ I Weakness, Spasms, tfja \ \ i i \V Banco; cures Weak- M I\iics;soß, Boariug * Sensations, Backnche, Catarrhal Inflammation, Ulcera tion and kindred maladies. For those about to beenme mothers, it is a priceless boon, for it lessens tho pain and perils of childbirth, shortens "luhor" and tho period of confinement, and promotes the secretion of an abundance of nourishment for tho child. THOMAS THIRLWEM., of Bobcrtidalt, Pa. says: *'l ounnot sufficiently express to you my pratltude for the benefit your ' Favorita Prescription * has conferred upon my daugh ter. of late she ho 6 suffered no pain whatever. It is simply marvelous." P N U 23 'O4 EARN II Jill Pi SilUßlUj You cannot do this unless you understand THEM and kuow how to eater to their REQUIREMENTS; AND you eaunot spend YEARS nnd dollars learuttiß by ex porieuee, so you must btiv the knowledge acquired by others. We offer this' to you tor only 25 cent*. YOU WANT THEM TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY, even If you merely keep them OA a diversion. In ar dor to handle Fowls Judiciously, you must kuow SOMETHING altoin tin-in. To meet litis want wear* IK (Only 250. iweiity-flve years. It was written by a man who put ail his min L, and time, and money to making a suo cess OR Chicken raising—not a* a Jastlme. but AS * business— Hl,'l if you will prollt by his twenty-nva Fl'iKl mak" > OUR Fowls earn dollars Tor you. Th* point is. that you must lie able to detect trouble In 11O Poultry Yard us soon AS It appears, and know i how to remedy it. Tula book will teach you. IL tells bow to detect an. l cure disease; to feed for er.K's nnd also for I'attenlug; which fowls M save fot FCHOUH'/'KNOwVin'ilns silV.Jeet to make'lt proffUblel bent postpaid Tor tweniv-ttvo cents In stamps. Book Publishing House. I:M I.EoNAitn ST.. N. Y. City. 6#Successfully Prosecutes Clajrna. j B Jyrs'lU'luat IWII, att\ BLUE*! R 4 R N; V TC TKADEMAHICB. Examination \ A I LI.N I>. and advice A-to patentability of Invention. Send for I uvontors I.ulde.or ' A patent. I'ATULOLI U'L-AHKELL. WASHWOTOS, D.C
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