FRUNDS.
Mot he that counts my errors.
Not he that hnkis me back
With doubling uiiiog tu show me
Wberein and how I lack;
Hot he that sees my failings;
And, seeing th-m, la free
To take my mtasure by them;
He's not the friend for me.
But he that learn's my virtues.
Who takes me at my best;
Who nous my greatest failing
And overlooks the rest;
Who after I have striven
And have not failed, is free
With words of commendation
He is the friend for me.
He that forever warns me
Of dangers in my way.
Who doubts my strength to met them
And ever bids me stay.
May truly seek to shield me.
May wish me well, but he
Whose faith is inspiration
He is the friend for me.
i Chicago Dally News,
J
JULIA'S LETTERS.
Susan Teal Perry, in Christian In
telligencer: "Did you hear from Julia
today, Minervy?" asked Mr. Ford, as
he sat down in the west porch in the
September sunshine.
"Yes, father," replied the daughter,
a she took a letter out of her apron
Backet. "Jack Collins brought It this
afternoon, when he came home from
trading down at Elmvllle."
"Well, let's hear it. I haven't got
say glasses here. Hope they are all
wall."
The daughter read the letter from her
fester, which, as usual, was full of com
fcssJnts and apprehensions of coming
iters. When she had finished, Mr.
leaned back in the old porch
seeker and said:
"It does beat all how much trouble
Mia always has. How good it would
he if for once she would write a real
(Bod, cheerful letter, instead of an up
setting, worrying sort of one."
"Sometimes I'm afraid Julia is not
patting along as well as she might be.
ft does not seem as if she would write
a if things were going on right. 1
daa't know but I ought to go out there j
this fall and see what the situation is,"
Mi daughter rejoined.
"Perhaps you had, Minervy, but it
sdU be terribly lonesome for me. I
appose Aunt Sally will come and keep
bb company; but she always goes tc
Bleep in her chair when she sits down,
aa she isn't very entertaining. How-
I guess I can stand it a couple of
iks."
"Yes; hut, father, it costs a good deal
i go out to Julia's. I could not make
trip there and back for less than
a I would have to draw it out of the
and that would leave me only $50
Interest; but if she is in trouble, I
not mind that."
sir. Ford took the letter in his hand,
ad. looking over it, said: "It seems
hat Albert has a good place in the of
9jb of the iron works, but Julia says
fee may lose it any time; and the little
Say is well now, but the scarlet fever
fej fes the neighborhood and he is quite
Bare to get it; and if he does, it will go
hard with him. because be is se dell
fete. The little girl's eyes trouble her;
is afraid she will be blind. And
time she does have with the
help! I should think she would
Bather do her own work than te be
fathered so. She doesn't seem te be
sjsS herself, either, does she? What is
feats she says about her lungs being
weak? There never was any lung
saaaplalnt on my side of the house, nor
ea jour mother's side."
Mr. Ford got up and went inte the
sane. It was supper time, and his
aaghter followed him. He was la his
sleeves, and she got his coat and
1 him to put it on. His arms were
lame, as he had been cutting corn
I day; but he did not speak of it. He
the usual blessing at the table
aatd added a petition that the Father ia
heaven would bless Julia and her fam.
By, and keep them from sickness and
laager. A wall of the father's prayers
kasi been about Julia's "goings In and
awnings out" ever since she left the
M home.
long after Minerva went to bed that
aaght did she turn over and over in her
bbbbsT the troubles and cares of her
aajsjager sister in the west. Every let-
lull ol mem. But notnmg uui
letters went from the old home
fe fear. Father's growing weakness
tram age, the hard times they had In
rng their farm produce at a profit,
close economy she had to practice
fee Bake ends meet, and the lonely
hears she herself had many time, were
' mentioned In letters to Julia. Ml-
, could carry her own burdens, and
ray add to Julia's? Letters art se ag.
rating when they are full of the
reviles of those so very dear te us, be.
mm we cannot sit and talk face to
fMa with those who seem to need help
fress ns so much. It did not seem pos-
that Julia would write such corn-
letters unless she had real
fere bits, and before Minerva went te
she bad made up her mind to
Annt Sally with her father and
Mt west and And out for herself
ajar things were going with Julia. Had
2te Mt promised the dying mother te
a Mcond mother to her younger sis.
tT. JaUaT
And ao Minerva went, and the father
MMksd each day for a letter, that
MaM caw as soon as she arrived.
tTkm It cam and he read It, he gave
afgh f relief. "Julia and her folks
gj epttis n first rate." he said te
EtCa8r.
Cait asaetly what 1 expected." Annt
f- nM' "J0 always com
( -fn aad ttrrlatr fotka a, aspect.
I 1m imM tMasjs ta aappea.
Ct;;j CI ham aay patten with
' 'in Cry at $3a tfia rtare
ttrttPCsaffc TfWfr.
m ta tn a ese
foolish to go down the road looking tor
H
Julia's husband had a good position,
and there was no rrason to think he
would lose it. The scarlet fever had
moved out of the neighborhood, and
the little boy did not pet it. His sister's
eyes were better, and the doctor said
there was nothing serious about the
case. Julia had had a severe cold,
brought on by her own imprudence,
but was entirely over it, and Minerva
wrote that Julia never looked so well
in her life.
The father thanked God for his good
ness to his child, and wondered why
Julia did not appreciate her blessings
and thank God for them, and stop such
complainings.
After Minerva had been at her sister's
a few days, a telegram came to her.
Her father was very ill and wished her
to come home on the first train. Aunt
Sally had sent it. Julia wondered how
her sister could be so calm. She "had
gone all to pieces," she said, hearing
such terrible news. If anything had
happened to father. It must kilt her, she
knew. She could not help her sister to
get ready for the return Journey. She
annoyed and hindered her by the dread
ful forebodings she kept telling.
"Could Aunt Sally have been over
anxious in the matter?" ahe asked. But
Minerva quietly said: "Aunt Sally is
not an alarmist. Julia. She never sent
that telegram unless It was a necessity
Whatever comes the Lord will give me
strength te meet It- I trust Him.'
Minerva made the return Journey
and found her father very lit Just
she thought, he had not remembered to
put on heavy clothing when the weath
er became colder. He had been used to
bis daughter's quiet ways of getting
the things he needed at hand far him at
the proper time.
It was a long and trying Illness, and
when the father got about again, he
knew it had been a hard pull, and he
would never be as strong again. Tet
Minerva's letters were always hopeful
ones to her sister. She made ne men
tion of her weariness from the long,
anxious watching and waiting, neither
did she tell how trying the shiftless boy
she had hired to de the farm chores was
nor that the potato crop was almost a
failure. Why should she worry Julia
with things that she could not mend?
There is a bright side te everything, If
we will only look for rt Minerva was
one of the elect, of whom some one
says: "The elect are those who put life
Into one who give courage to the faint
hearted, hope eut of their own con
stancy." "If I were only calm and
trustful like Minerva," thought Julia,
"how much easier life would be for me
and all those whe are dear to me. I
must try and see the bright side of
things, as Minerva does, and learn not
to put burdens on other people's should
ers." Aunt Bally remarked, when
Julia's letters were read aloud In the
family after Minerva's retura home,
that Julia did not write such upsetting
things as she used to, and really seemed
to have learned te see a better way of
looking at life and its dally cares and
duties
HOW THOUGH CURES.
Incipient Disease Readily Relieved
By Action of the Mind.
The fact that thought may affect the
growth and functions of the body is
coming to be regarded as a possibility
by even the most conservative and ma
terial of scientists. The more advanced
and speculative members of the dem
Ical profession have experimented on
:hat line for a number of years with
very Interesting results.
In speaking of the effect of thought
on the body I am not exploiting Chris
tian science, faith cure or anything of
that kind, but am merely giving my
individual opinion, which is based on
rather a wide experience as a general
practitioner of medicine.
In order to understand how a thought
can influence the physical organs It is
necessary to have some conception of
what Is called the subconscious mind,
which Is that part of the mentality
that carries on such Involuntary ac
tions as the circulation of the blood,
the digestion of the food, etc. If these
obscure functions were dependent upon
the exercise of the conscious will the
very necessity of drawing the breath
in and out several times a minute dur
ing one's lifetime would be such a stu
pendous effort as to appall the bravest
and most energetic of creatures. But
these matters have all been simplified
by a beneficent creator htrough the
action of the subconscious mind. This
mind, while distinct from the thought,
er Intellectual faculties, may, however,
be affected by them, and that sympa
thetic relationship Is the foundation of
all the phenomena of the faith curist
and the mental healer.
Though these effects are generally
unconscious on the part of the subject,
there is no reason why this should be
necessarily so, and a few simple ex
periments will convince almost any one
that the mind may have a conscious
effect on the body. One of the sim
plest, though one which is of no use In
a practical way, Is to fix the mind In-
tenly on a certain part of the skin-
say the Inside of the wrist. If the mind J all the evll wh)ch curses the world.
strangest part of it Is that they
hlbit many of the minor symptoms of
the real affection. This notion some
times becomes a monomania, and a wo
man's suffering from nothing more seri
ous than Indigestion will go into a
sinking spell and summon a physician,
imagining herself at the point of death.
To tell such a woman that her pulse is
fell and regular and her attack of heart
failure a figment of the imagination
would be quite useless, for she would
not believe it. Hypochondria is a com.
plaint which should receive very much
more attention than H does at the hands
of medical practitioners, and the wis
dom of encouraging its victims in their
delusions is a nice question of ethics
and expediency.
It is very amusing to an old practi
tioner to receive the confidences of
young medical students who fancy they
have discovered in themselves symp
toms of obscure and terrible diseases
which they are studying. This experi
ence Is universal among medical men
and has given rise to many practical
Jokes. A well known medical scientist
is quoted as saying that every first
year's student Is suffering In silent
agony from four diseases, one of which
Is heart disease, and another cancer of
the paratold, both diseases, of course,
being purely Imaginary.
If people, especially woman, would
realize the absolute uselessness of
worrying over either real or fancied
complaints the general health and hap
piness of the human race would be
very much Improved. I have known
nursing mothers to worry so persistent
ly over crying babes that the poor
little mortals were very nearly poisoned
through drawing In the Impulses of
fear and nervousness with every drop
of the mother's milk. If those overanx
ious mothers could only understand
that crying Is one of nature's ways of
expanding the infant's lungs their chil
dren would stand a much better chance
of becoming healthy men and women.
Nothing so enervates and demoralizes
the whole nature as fear. In one form
or another It Is responsible for nearly
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
ii you nave no flour box in your
kitchen buy an empty coffee cht-st
paint it nicely, put on castors, and
there is your flour bin.
milk, and bake la a hot oven. Barak A
Homer, Garrison. N. T.
Celery leaves that are not quite nice
enough for the table may be dried and
powdered and used as a seasoning for
roasts, dressings and soups.
To clean the nickel plate on stoves
polish with air-slacked lime. It will
shine like a mirror. If any spots are
obstinate use a piece of fine sand paper.
Powdered rosin Is the best thing to
stop bleeding from cuts. Put on the
powder and wrap a soft cloth about the
injured member. If the wound becomes
feverish, moisten the cloth with water.
Freshen salt pork In some milk over
night. In the morning rinse it off, dip
the slices In flour and fry to a light
brown. Do not pour the fat over the
meat, but serve It on a plate by Itself.
Did you know cake would be im
proved ever so much If you placed
something in the oven while baking It
to create steam? If you have cold
beans, warm them in the oven while
your cake Is baking.
PRESIDENT'S PUDDING.
Tie closely In a small piece of thia
muslin a vanlla bean cut up and a
stick of broken cinnamon; boil the bag
and Its contents In a quart of rich
cream until the cream Is highly fla
voied; remove the bag and pour the hot
cream over half a pound of sponge or
almond cake sliced thin and laid in a
deep dish; cover the dish and let the
cake dissolve In the cream; have ready
four ounces of sweet almonds, two
ounces bitter almonds that have been
blanched and pounded to a paste, with
sufficient rosewater to keep them from
oiling In the mortar. Beat eight eggs
very light; when the cream and cake
are cold stir alternately with them the
eggs, the almonds and half a pound of
powdered sugar, butter a deep dish and
put in the mixture; have ready a star
cut from citron and several smaller
ones, with which garnish the pudding.
Set In a quick oven and bake well;
cover with paper If it becomes too
brown. Serve cold with whipped cream
flavored with a little sherry. M. C. H.
CROP FACTS.
Just an Ordinary Old Coin.
"Say," said the street car conductor
te a mild-mannered man who was
deeply engrossed la his newspaper.
"Say. young feller, I don't want this
quarter. I can't use It." The mild man
continued te hold eut his hand for the
change, but paid a ether attentloa to
the conductor.
"See here!" yelled the conductor, get
ting red la the face, "you can't pass no
quarter tike that ea me. It's slick. I
can't take It for mere thaa It cents."
The mild man looked up and said:
"I'm sorry, because yen gave me that
very quarter yourself last night, and
I've been laying fer yeu since. Well,
give It here." He took the quarter and
gave the conductor a nlckeL As he
took the quarter from the conductor be
suddenly dropped his newspaper and
gave a chuckle.
"Well, well he exclaimed, "here's
luck. Bless me. If that Isn't an 132
quarter with fourteen stars and an
arrow. It's worth $182." He slipped it
Inte his pocket with evidence of much
satisfaction.
A bungry-7d man la the corner,
who had overheard the conversation,
jumped up and said te the conductor:
"Isn't that the quarter I gave you
yesterday morning? I missed that quar
ter. It was a pocket-piece and a valu
able cola. I remember now that I
gave It te yeu! I demand It!" be said,
looking fiercely at the mild men. "If
you are a geatlemaa yeu will give It
te me."
"It Isn't yours. Ten aever gave It to
me. My wife gave It te me by mis
take; It's part of collection that's
been In the family since 1827 T yelled
the conductor.
"I tell you It's mlae ,? said the hungry
eyed man. Thus they wrangled and
quarreled all the way down town.
"No," said the mild man to a neigh.
bor, as he stepped from the csr, "It i
only a Plata, ordinary old shiny quar
ter that I've been trying to pass off
for a week. We were all lying. Ifa
worth about tl centa."
Is not allowed to waver from the point
In a few minutes the surface of the
wrist will be suffused by a warm glow
and an Itching, burning sensation will
appear. One of the most general ef
fects of this concentration of thought
on some part of the body Is the restless
ness which ensues and the consequent
difficulty of holding the part still for
any length of time. It Is, therefore,
easy to understand how the constant
dwelling of the mind upon some slight
or imaginary 111 may aggravate the
condition If existent of even cause It
to appear If Imaginary.
EVIL. EFFECTS OF FEAR,
A curious case of this kind came un
der my observation not long ago. A
young woman patient of mine consulted
me about a hard lump In her throat,
which had been gradually getting larger
for some time. She seemed very much
troubled about It, and confessed to me
that there were few moments In the
day in which the fear of Its developing
Into a malignant growth was absent
from her mind. On examination 1
found In her throat the purple conges
tion which Is frequently encountered In
connection with cancer. After consult
ing another physician I decided that, on
account of her fear of cancer, it would
be not only useless but cruel to en
lighten her as to the real condition of
her throat. So we constantly referred
to the swelling as a simple and com
mon enlargement of a gland. The pa
tient, thus reassured, ceased thinking
about her throat, and in a few weeks
the swelling actually began to diminish
In size, and at last completely disap
peared. Hers was doubtless an excep
tional case, but it goes to show that
such fear-thoughts may have tangible
effects on the physical plane.
There Is an old superstition, which
doubtless originated among people who
understood the principles of mental
therapeutics, that if a child of stunted
growth Is placed beside a young sapling
and a peg driven Into the sapling on a
level with the top of the child's head,
as the young tree grows and the dis
tance between the ground and the peg
increases the child will also begin to
grow. If the child really were to be
come Interested In the procedure and
should earnestly watch the growth of
the sapling, I can understand how such
attention on its part might Impress its
subconscious mind with the idea of
growth so strongly that Its body would
respond to the Impulse and actually be
gin to grow.
I think that the rapid growth of a
child has often been augmented by the
constant exclamations of Its relatives
and friends of: "Why, how that child
Is growing." Nervous children become
more nervous when their attention Is
called to their condition by doctors'
consultations with anxious parents In
T. W. Topham, M. D.
Weights of Wild Animals.
"What does a Hon weigh?" Ask that
question of any acquaintance and see
what he will say. Those who know
the lock of the king of beasts best and
know how small his lithe body really
Is will probably come farthest from the
truth. About 300 to 3M pounds Is a
usual estimate. But this Is below the
mark. A full grown lion will tip the
scale at no less than 500 pounds. Five
hundred and forty pounds is the record
for an African Hon. His bone la solid
and heavy as Ivory.
The tiger runs the lion very close.
A Bengal tiger killed two years ago by
an English officer scaled 620 pounds.
A tiger of this size, however, has con
siderably more muscular strength than
the biggest ' Hon. Few people know
that a grizzly bear weighing Just 400
has been watched carrying a heifer ot
more than two-thirds It own weight fot
two miles up the most steep and rugged
mountainside, and this without pausing
for one InBtant for reft. The grizzly
bear is the largest and moit powerful
of all the bear tribe, but his cousin,
the cln,namon bear, runs him very close
and the big white polar bear, though
not really so dangerous a customer, Is
capable of performing the most extra
ordinary feats of strength. A polar
bear has been seen to move with his
paws a bowlder six men had with diffi
culty put In position to guard a cache
of provisions. Boston Traveler.
Sapolio is our favorite scouring pow
der for tinware, slacked lime.flnely pow
dered, for silverware, and baking soda
for china. Rubbing nickel stove trim
mings with kerosene and whiting, then
rubbing with a dry cloth, gives a fine
bolish. Our kitchen broom Is scalded
every morning, and is always, when
not In use, hung by a screw eye screwed
Into the end ol the handle. A broom
will last twice as long when treated In
this way, besides being cleaner. If
you have "eaten onions for supper,"
and want to go out for the evening
dtlnk a cup of strong coffee.
Return of the Cradle.
When physical culture came Into
vague and was applied to the up-bringing
of babies, the first act of the re
formers was to discard the old-fashioned
cradle. It was said not to be
healthy for the baby to be subjected
to the see-sawing motion of the cradle.
Now, a Chicago woman physician has
come out with the Idea that the baby
needs a cradle to get a IKtle exercise
and a healthy circulation of the blood
She discarded the cradle for her own
children, but for her grandchildren she
has grown wiser. She declares the
cradle Is not an addler of infantile
brains, but only sends the necessary
amount of blood to all parts of the
body.
Something of this theory has made Its
way Into a big babies' hoppltal in this
city, where a doctor is arranging some
thing In the way of a baby exerciser,
and we may hear before long of the
baby gymnasium, in which every day
the baby will be properly exercised.
New Tork Herald.
The keeping of the kitchen clean is
not one of the Insignificant tasks of
a housekeeper. Just keeping the sink
and slop pail clean and bright means
many an hour of hard labor during the
course of a year. We find kerosene oil
the very best thing to clean and shine
the zinc sink. We pour a few drops In
and then rub with a cloth until It lath
ers, washing out Immediately after In
a hot suds. Two or three of the latter
may be necessary. We do not, how
ever, throw the water Into our galvan
ized Iron slop pall. Any one having
tried the combination, kerosene and
galvanized iron, knows what an odor
results. We would like any one know,
ing a better way, than by means of hot
soap suds, to clean galvanized iron palls
to tell us. We find this way satisfac
tory save that they lose their shine
in time. This Is a ware we like In the
capacity of slop palls, mop bucket or
soft water receptacle. For drinking
water we use granite iron. We have
had our "run" on fiber palls, and are
done with the "rotten" things.
HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.
SOUTHERN BUTTERMILK BISCUIT.
Sift two quarts of flour, to which has
been added a dessertspoonful of salt.
Into the tray. Chop In lard and butter
in equal proportion, the size of an egg,
each. To a pint of good, tart butter
milk add a level teanpoonful of cook
ing soda. Knead thoroughly with the
hands. Mold with the handB into parts
the size of a lemon. Bake quickly until
a golden brown. Delicious and flaky.
Lottie B. Wyle, Atlanta, Ga.
Way of the World.
An Atchison girl works so hard all
day that she is cross and surly at night
Cot Evan with tha Lawyers.
Thla happened la Worth county. A
well to da farmer asked a lawyer
friend to some day when at the court
house, look at the records a a te aome
little thing touching the title to a
piece of land which the farmer was
Interested In. The lawyer did se and
later sent In hi bill of fit for ao doing.
The granger paid It because he bad to.
Later on the lawyer met tha farmer In
towa and asked Mm to take a look at
onto stock which was being fed on
the awyefa farm, which the farmer
bad ta paa a fete way bam. The far
sar dM ao and reported, and later sent
tha attorney a Mil for tie tor services,
which tha attorney paid baeaaaa feo
their presence, while the little sufferers
from St Vitus' dance or chorea become
much worse on seeing that their antics
attract the pitying attention of their
eldera. Most doctors have found that a
child whose parents are terrified when
a caae of measles or scarlet fever
breaks out in the neighborhood are
much more apt to contract the disease
than te the little ragamuffin who comes
and goes when he pleases, without
thought or fear of measles.
Every physician will remember the
rest number of dysenteric and diarrheal
cases he was called upon to treat dur
ing the cholera scare a few years ago.
At that time there were about three
times as many cases of that kind as
are usual during the summer months
aad most of them were undoubtedly
caused by fear alone.
MANT IMAGINARY CASES.
Tha cases of Imaginary heart disease
are laaamerable. Many women whoa
hearts ara perfectly sound become poa
asaaed with tae fixed Mm that they art
vtolaa of heart disease, and tae
! and though an admirable girl she has
few friends. Her sister, who is some,
thing of a loafer, is very popular. The
hard-working girl is generally admired
for her energy, ability and goodness,
but if the neighbors hsve a pie to
share they generally Invite the loafing
girl In to eat It In preference to the
hard-working girl. The case has a par
allel In every neighborhood, and the
women who are protesting against the
injustice will find their arms full of
reform at the start. If they had a pie
to share they would Invite the best
compsny, and not the most deserving.
Everybody does It. The good company
to help eat It furnishes as much pleas
ure aa the pie, and no one can accuse
the ant of being what la known aa
"good company." Atchison Globe.
Comparing America's task to Eng.
land'a In Burmah. the Dally Mall Bays:
"Pluck and dogged ness will triumph la
the end. No true-hearted American will
rate his vole to recall the troops et
to refuse reinforcement. That would
fee cowsrdlos, and eoaftlnantaJ nation
would aevar caaai ta sneer."
ROLLED JELLT CAKE.
Beat three eggs well and add one cup
ful of pulverized sugar, three table-
spoonfuls of sweet cream, one cup sifted
flour, one heaping teaspoonful of bak
ing powder. Bake in a long dripping
pan In a quick oven. Sprinkle a clean
wrapping paper with pulverized sugar
and place the cake on it. Spread with
Jelly and roll, wrapping the paper
around to hold It in place. Mrs
Thompson, 772 Twenty-ninth
Milwaukee, Wis.
W. J.
street.
HOW TO GET A BIG POTATO CROP.
Prof. Roberts, of the agricultural col
lege of Cornell university, spoke at the
closing meeting the the Central New
York Farmers' club, which was held at
Utlca a few days since, and among
other things made some remarks about
potato culture which may be read with
profit by farmers everywhere. The
general principles enunciated with ref
erence to soil culture are everywhere
applicable. Prof. Roberts said:
"The first and most Important thing
for the farmer to learn Is the nature of
the soli he cultivates. The foil In this
section Is full of nitrate of potach. The
average farm land contains from 12,009
to 40,000 pounds of potash, and yet you
are buying potash. In the first elfflit
Inches there Is also often a great
amount amount of nitrogen and potash.
Your land Is worth from U.W0 to 11.000
per acre If you could only get out the
nitrogen and potash and sell It to the
potash maker. Don't be afraid of get
ting this out of the soli. I am a great
believer In hot plowshares. The nitro
gen goes down and comes up, rises and
falls. We are going to try from 300 to
400 farms this summer and 'e If we
can't get those wonderful results we
are getting up there on the hill nt
Ithaca."
Prof. Roberts said that Is Great Brit,
aln had expended one dollar In Investi
gating and preventing potato rot in Ire.
land for each 11,000 put Into battleships
there would have been no famine In the
green Isle. Great Britain has this year,
for the first time, made appropriation
for experiments In potato culture.
The average crop of potatoes In the
United States Is 100 bushels to the acre.
At Cornell they raise S40 to 3C0 bushels
to the acre. Mills Endurance Is a new
and very promising variety that they
planted last season. His advice was te
plow deep, plow In the fall and again in
the spring, plant In rows, cultivate close
to the roots and roll the surface flat.
Prof. Roberts said that agriculture Is
like religion. The preacher and the
professor can point the way, but every
man must work out his own salvation.
FRENCH CAKES.
Take four tablespoonfuls of brown
sugar, one tablespoonful of butter, one
egg, one teacup of chopped nuts, a
pinch of salt and black pepper. Grease
and heat a long pan, mix all In
gredients well and spread thinly on
heated pan. It bakea in a few minutes.
When done and while warm run knife
lengthwise In strips. Turn pan over
and when cool cakes should be crisp.
Violet, Kingston, N. T,
SOUR MILK DOUGHNUTS.
One cupful of sugar, two tablespoon
fuls of melted lard, one pint sour milk,
pinch of salt, one level teaspoonful of
soda, a little nutmeg if liked and flour
to roll out Do not handle more than
la necessary. Cut Into rounds or In
lengths and twist. I like the twisted
way best Fry In plenty of boiling lard.
Keep In stone Jar.-Mrs. M. F. C, 12
Park street, Northampton, Mas.
HARD CROP.
This Is a trouble that Is not peculiar
to any breed of fowls or liable to occur
any more at one season than another.'
It Is due to causes liable to come from
certain foods and conditions, and may
be averted by a close application to
business. It is caused by some sub-1
stance closing up the passage leading
from the crop to the gizzard, usually1
dried grass, long hny, or old rope which)
may have been picked up by the fowl.'
Turkeys are liable to this trouble aa
well as chickens. When the fermenta
tion of the substance sets In the fowl!
dies. The remedy requires a species
of surgery, and consists of an Incision!
made at the right plaee, and this wll
save the life of the fowl. Many do not
know how to do this, howexer, and te
fowl generally dies If not rellev In
some manner. This malady is not ry
common In flocks that are well ( .-d
for.
SOME LATE INVENTIONS.
VIENNA ROLLS.
Sift two or three tlmea one quart of
flour, two teaspoonfula of baking pow
der and half a teaspoonful of salt. Work
In one teaspoonful of butter, add one
pint of milk, stirring Into a dough of
tha usual consistency. Roll to the
thickness of half an Inch. Cut Into cir
cular forms and fold over once, mois
tening a little between the folda If nec
essary to make them Mick. Butter tha
baking pan wall, and do not let the
rolls touch each other. When placed
thereon, motstea tha taps of tba rails
with a UtU silk, or batter BMlted la
Nuts are securely locked In place by
a new device, having the nut out on)
one side to receive a lever, which is
pivoted in such a position that when
Its long end Is depressed the short end
bites the threads and prevents revolu
tion of the nut j
Druggists will appreciate a new bottla;
forcepa, formed of a alngte piece of wlra
bent Into double coll at the center,
the ends being covered with rubber and
curved to fit the neck of a bottle, thus
preventing the spilling of acids on the
handa In filling.
Glovea are made ta go on the band
easier by the use of a new stretcher,
which la of a similar shape to those
now in use, with the exception that on
finger la hollow and eontalna a powder
which la discharged Inside the glov
when the stretcher I In operation.
Wagona will run much easier If fitted
with a new running gear, the axle be
ing divided at the center and rigidly"
fixed to each wheel, with a sleeve at
ench end of the beam In which the
axle revolve, the Inner end being
formed Into a ball reatlng In a round
pocket
Two New Yorker have designed
kneading machine for mixing dough, a
paa being mounted at the end of a ver
tical abaft, with fluted ratters Inside tba
paa carried by tooas apt ad to ta revetva
with tha pan, tba oerrugatloaa
Ing tba buss at Uugk ta bus It