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The following- letter to Mrs Pink
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Pa is a remarkable statement of re
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I never can find words with which
to thank you for what L ydia E Pink
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Some 3ears ago I had womb trouble
and doctored for a long time not see
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times was miserable So it went on
until last October I felt something
terrible creeping over me I knew not
what but kept getting worse I can
hardly explain my feelings at that
time I was so depressed in spirits
that I did not wish to live although I
had everything to live for Ilad Hys
teria was very nervous could not
sleep and was not safe to be left
alone
Indeed I thought I would lose my
mind- No one knows what 1 endured
1 continued this way until the last
of February when I saw in a paper a
testimonial of a lady whose case was
similar to mine and who had been
cured by Lydia E Pinkhams Vegeta
ble Compound I determined to try it
and felt better after the first dose I
continued taking it and to day am a
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The Vessels of Our Navy
The splendid work of our ships has set
many persons not heretofore interesleiriiv
naval matters to making more or less of u
study of hhips armaments armor project
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She Ycit is the province of woman
to suffer id silence
HeIn silence That must be suffer
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Bread Makinjr
Save one pint of yeast from the last
baking The day before baking cook
six large potatoes put them in a gallon
jar and mash Then put the water the
potatoes were boiled in into a jar also
one tablespoonful of salt and two of
sugar and cool to 75 degrees Fahren
heit Then put in the pint of yeast
This should nearly fill the jar let this
ferment over night The next morning
sift the bread pan two thirds full of
flour hollow out the center pour in
one quart of boiling water stirring all
the while and cool with one quart of
cold water After taking out the pint
of yeast for next baking pour the re
mainder Into the prepared flour and
beat to a stiff batter cover with flour
and set in a warm place wrapping the
whole in a blanket to keep a uniform
temperature Let rise and knead four
times using more flour if needed Then
put tlie loaves in well greased tin let
rise until quite light bake for one hour
This should make eight large loaves
Denver Field and Farm
Delicious Strawberry DnmpHnjrs
Tut one pint of flour into bowl add
to it half a teaspoonful of salt and a
teaspoonful of baking powder rub in
carefully a tablespoonful of butter and
addsufficient milk to just moisten
Knead lightly and roll out into a sheet
about a sixteenth of an inch in thick
ness Cut with a large round cutter
put three strawberries in the center of
each round fold over the dough roll
ing It carefully so that you can not see
the opening stand in a greased baking
pan brush the top with milk and bake
in a quick oven for fifteen minutes
Serve with strawberry butter which
may be made by beating two table
spoonfuls of butter to a cream and add
ing gradually one cup of powdered
sugar Add one mashed berry beat
thoroughly then another and another
until you have added at least four
good sized berries Dish and stand
aside to harden as you would any hard
sauce Ladies Home Journal
Aftparac5 Faucc
Take one bunch of green asparagus
salt one ounce of fresh butter one
small bunch of parsley three or four
green onions one large lump of sugar
four tablespoonfuls of white stock
Break the asparagus in the tender part
wash well and put them into boiling
salt and water to render them green
When they are tender take them out
and put them into cold water drain
them on a cloth till all the moisture
is absorbed from them Put the butter
in a stewpan with the paisley and
onions lay in the aspartgus and fry
the whole over a sharp fire for five
minutes Add salt the sugar and
white stock and simmer for another
five minutes Rub all through a tam
my and if not a very good color use
a little spinach geen This sauce
should be rather sweet This Is suita
ble for garnish American Cultivator
Take Care of the Old Newspapers
Old newspapers form an important
item in domestic economy and are use
ful for polishing window glasses for
cleaning lamp chimneys for testing
and cleaning flat irons and for a dozen
other things You will also need heaps
of them when you come to pack away
the winter clothing The clothes moth
like other evil doers has an aversion
to printers ink An excellent moth
proof bag may be made of two thick
nesses of newspaper with the edges
folded as if for an inch wide hem and
securely pasted Bags of the same kind
are about the best thing you can can
use for keeping seeds ancLdried herbs
They are dust and insect proof and
can be labeled and hung in the store
room until needed
Baked Stuffed Onions
Select large onions as near of a size
as possible peel them cover with boil
ing salted water and simmer for ten
minutes Drain scoop out the center
of each onion and fill the cavity with
cold minced meat of any kind highly
seasoned and moistened with beaten
egg and a very little melted butter
Place the onions closely together in a
baking pan baste with a little butter
and bake in a moderate oven until ten
der and browned basting occasionally
with butter Prepare separately one
half of a cupful of nice brown sauce
add the scooped out centers after chop
ping very fine season highly and pour
round the onions before serving
Cod Tomato Pickle
To one half peck ripe tomatoes
pared chopped fine and drained two
hours add one quart vinegar and al
low it to stand until the rest of the ingredients-
are made ready Measure
out one cupful onion chopped line one
cup sugar one cup white mustard seed
two tablespoonfuls black pepper one
tablespoonful cinnamon one of cloves
one teaspoonful mace two or three
heads of chopped celery one small red
pepper one cupful grated horseradish
one cupful nasturtium seed and one
half cup of salt Stir together and bot
tle without cooking
Cruet for Raise- Pies
This crust may be usd for all pies
with jelly Boil lard good and line in
water add as much excellent dripping
as there is lard there must not b2
much of either When still hot mix it
with as much flour as you have calcu
lated will do for your purpose Make
the paste stiff and smooth by kneading
and also by beating it with a rolling
pin When perfectly smoothpntvabaU
of it by In a cloth till cold then use i
A GUARDSMANS TROUBLE
From the Detroit Journal
The promptness with which the Nation
al Guard of the different States respond
h1 to President McKinleys call for
troops at the beginning of the war with
Spain made the whole country proud of
its citizen soldiers In Detroit there aro
few guardsmen more
popular and efficient
than Max R Davies
first sergeant of Co
B He has been a res
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the past six years
and his home is at
41 G Third avenue
For four years he
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of Farrand Williams
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I think dyspepsia is one of the most
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ly a clerk or office man but what is more
or less a victim Some days I could eat
anything while at other times I would
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I tried the hot water treatment thor
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have tried many advertised remedies but
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1 finally was induced to try the pills
and commenced using them After taking
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The Emperor of Germany Converses
Fluently iu the Languages
It is a singular fact that Emperor
Wiliiain II who is hated with a ven
omous hatred by every normally con
stituted Briton is nevertheless per
sonally quite fond of the English of
their language and literature of En
glish ways of British sports manners
clothes even of some of the very Brit
ish prejudices The Emperor too
speaks English not only with perfect
fluoncy but without any German ac
cent and he has mastered every nicety
and every peculiarity of the tongue
evtn to American slang Of this latter
proficiency he has given many proofs
In conversation for example with the
American ambassador Mr White as
well as the American attaches Allen
and Niblack in the course of last win
ters entertainments he used many
times in a jocular manner such term
and expressions as getting ones back
up guy fake etc terms rather
forcible than elegant but certainly ex
pressive and thoroughly American
just to show that he knows all abou it
and duly appreciates it as an original
vehicle of expression
It was quite like his own self which
is singularly free from prejudice of
every description that he took up with
characteristic vim the books of Capt
Mahan U S N to which he accorded
much more enthusiastic praise than did
the- English naval men Among tho
volumes given by the Emperor as prize
gifts to talented pupils of the public
schools In Prussia the books of the
American naval officer form a large
percentage
Delude Themselves
It is a fact little known but it is the
truth nevertheless that though Eng
land obtained possession of Gibraltar
as far back as 170 1 the Spaniards to
this day contend that they still have
their proprietary interest in that
mighty fortification and are not yet
conquered With this idea ever in their
mind they have appointed since that
date and still appoint with regularity
and persevering conscientiousness n
Spansh governor general of Gibraltar
as often as the office falls vacant Of
course the British governor is the gen
uine governor and the Spanish official
never sets foot in Gibraltar but that
little anomaly does not in the least af
fect the prevailing idea and consequent
action of the Spaniards When about
two years ago the then Spanish gov
ernor of Gibraltar died in Spain he
was buiied with all the pomp befitting
his tank and with due solemnity his
successor was appointed All of which
evidences the density of the dons to
grasp the logic of events and proves
that though they may persevere in
their claims the perseverance is not
much to be dreaded Probably when
they lose Cuba fiction of acaptain
general may obtain in like manner It
will be amusing not dangerous
Gomez the Cuban Commander
With numerous sights and scenes con
nojtcd with naval service the vessels
of the American fleet and many other
interesting war views is represented in
that valuable Look of illustrations
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Navy together with colored maps show
ing the thoater of war in the West Indies
and the Philippines Send twenty five
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Spells Employed by Negroes
There are numerous harmless
spells which are regular observances
In the lives of the average Southern ne
groes Besides the root chewing the
track lifting etc they have a love
philter of frogs legs cooked In still
water and the ashes of a bat are pow
erful enough to keep away a rival or
an enemy To make a dog stay at
home they cut off the tip of his tail
and bury it under the doorstep To
make a wife obedient they draw her
pictur and hide it In the shingles
Thus waking or sleeping there is a
constant forcing or counteracting of
destloy
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The Dancer
2o said the confident youth I
shall not trudge along in the beaten
track I shall not devote my mind to
hum drum duty
What are you going to do asked
Senator Sorghum
I am going to strike away from the
beaten path Im going to leave foot
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Well you want to be careful
I have energy and ability
Yos but you want to be careful
tco Trying to leave footprints on the
sands of time has been the cause of a
lot of people getting stuck in the mud
Washington Star
Womans Way
He was telling her the latest scandal
Stop she cried just as he reached
the end of the story I wont listen to
another word New York Evening
Journal
Blood -Cleaning
House cleaning is a duty in every well
regulated household People dont wait
until the filth becomes painfully apparent
but it stands to reason that in every day
use more or less dust or dirt accumulate
It is so with the human blood From the
enormous variety of eatables takn into
the stomach a quantity of useless mate
rial is bound to accumulate in the blood
and clog the free and wholesome iow in
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We should never make enemies if for
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Palmer
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As the conflict progresses and new
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