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Sunny Bank Farm FLOYD LIVINGSTON J. (CHAITEU IV. (Continued.1 "Never mind, sis," said one of tin- nine. ''You know moat everything else, and have done bravely." . I wan an mire of mj certificate then as I wki fifteen minute afterward, when little slip of paper tfiveu me, de claring me competent to teach a common school. I thought it wan all over, mid via aiijunti: mother' shawl and '.viiiK on Juliet's veil, when they 3!:ed me to write sonietliin;;, that they might a specimen of m.v penmanship. Tnki:iu the pen, I dashed off with a tlnin-h "HriFi I.c" Ht which I thoiicht ihi.v Ieereil more curiously than need he; am! one ol liiem Dr. Clayton, a ynuti .aim. nd a handsome one. too "fid sonieil.ing about it being "very poetical." The shadows of evening had lone since fallen whet we stopped at. our door, where we found mother anxiously aw, lit lug us. Very wistfully she looked in my V -e ere she asked the important question. "Yen, I've got one," said 1. bounding rom the buggy, "and I'd like to be x audited every day. it's such fun." i "Didn't you miss a word?" asked Ju- jliet. "Oh, I'm so Kind!" cried I.uzie, I "IVel bit, don't too?" snazented Chnr 'lie, while Anna inquired "if I'd lost her pocket handkerchief!" CHAPTER V. Ere long, exaggerated rumors reached Sunny Hnnk of the very creditable mmi Der in wtiieh I bad acquitted myself at the examination, whereupon Aunt Sally Wright was quite taken aback. Soon rallying, however, she had recourse to lier second prediction, which was that "1 should not teach more thau half the sum mer out." Perhaps I wrong the old lady, but I cannot help thinking that the ill natured stories concerning myself, which be set afloat at Pine Hill, were in a great measure the cause of her prophecy being fulfilled. Never before, to my knowledge, had she visited at Captain Thompson's, but now she spent an entire lay there, bringing back to us the Intel ligence that John Thompson, a boy just one year my senior, was going to stay at home that summer, as "Miss Cap'n Thampson hadn't no idee I could teach him." Added to this was the comforting as aurance that "Cap'n Thompson was hop ,pln' mad because Mr. Randall had hir.-d m in preference to his sister Dell, who ftad herself applied for the school." . This las I afterward learned, was the secret of fthe dislike which, from the first, the iThompsons entertained for me. They ;had no daughter, but the captain's half aister Dell had lived with him ever tince hi marriage, and between her and their' hopeful son John the affections of him selt and wife were nearly equally divid ed. Dell Thompson was a proud, overbear ing girl, about eighteen years of age, who esteemed herself far better than her neighbors, with whom she seldom asso ciated, her acquaintances living mostly at what was called "the center" of the town. It seems that she had applied for the summer school, but remembering that die had once called him a "country clown and bin wife ignorant and vulgar,." Mr. Kaudall had refused her and accepted me. Notwithstanding that the people of Pine Hill generally disliked the Thomp sons, there was among them a feeling of dissatisfaction when it became known that I was preferred to Dell, for "it wasn't every 'big bug' who would stoop to teach." ! Of this state of affairB I was fortu nately ignorant, and never do I remem ber a happier morning than that on which I first took upon myself the re ponsibilities of a teacher. By sunrise the little hair trnnk, which grandma lent tin, was packed and stood waiting on the doorstep. Grandma had suggested the propriety of letting down my dresses a movement which I warmly seconded but mother said "No," she didn't like to see little girla dressed like grown-up R'Cfncn;" so, ;n say new plaid gingham I waited impatiently until the clock . truck seven, at which time father an nounced himself ready. "When will yon come home?" asked mother, as she followed me to the gate. "In three weeks," waa my reply, aa I bounded into the buggy, which anon moved away. Pine Kill ia not at all remarkable for Its beautiful scenery, and aa old Sorrel trotted leisurely along, down one steep bill ond np another, through a haunted warn p. and over a piece of road where the little grassy ridges said, as plain aa grassy ridges could aay, that the travel ers there were few and far between, my epirits lowered a little. But, anon, tea prospect brightened, and In the distance we saw the white walla of Captain Thompson's residence gleaming through the maws of evergreens which surrounded It.' Huddeuly turning a corner, we came to a bait before on of those slanting roofed bouses ao common in New Eng land. It waa tba home of Mr. Randall, lid it waa there that I waa to board the tret week. In the doorway, eating breid nd molasses, were hla three children, who, tba moment they saw us, .set np a boat of ."somebody's come. I guess ,it's the scboolms'am.'" and straightway tbey tauk to tbair beela. After a moment the largest of tbetn ventured to return, and hia example waa ' aeon followed by the other two, the yeoager of whom, after tying me aa kaaet, hVrpad mV"Doa ThHnpson theys 1st ain't afraid of you: be asm lick you." father inquired for Mrs. Randall, who, , tr learned, waa swooping the school ItsMsae. We sat forward, and soon reach -it aw place of destination, which, wltb- csjt (waste tree or ora assent of any hind, ' feed hahf way ap a lone, rainy hill. We , ty Uim. sUMall enveloped ia a cloud 1 1 Tit, MT afWVM KMC np, lad bar I by a Mack atife kaa4kr- i waaa't It far the flan," aha ta bat I sedy teeh 4 vJa i mm, asvl I'd hav a to " 'AH" " , vt - i taw 1 wvarw I uupleasantly, fur in them I saw a dim r.ku.vi,... ..t n ,u.., i i...u .".ohou'mhu i an mat ei'sueu. rauj er. who was va a hurry, soon left me. bidding me "be a good girl, and not et to romping with the scholars." Pr.m the window I watched him until be dis ap'ared over the sandy hill, half wish ing that 1 and the litt'e trunk were with hiui. I was roused from my reverie by Mrs. Uandall. who inquisitively said "Ain't you hut thini-ni" "No, itjn'am." 1 answered. " aul,' she returned, "it leats all how much older you look. I should s'pose you was full sixteen. Hut it's ull in your favor, and 1 gin you'll be more likely to suit the deestrict, though they're afraid you haven't any government, and they're terribly hard to suit. So, if I was you." she continued. "I'd hold a pretty tight rein at first. I give you full lib-rty to whip my young ones if they don't be have. They know better thau to com plain at home." .".Iter B:tti::g awsssr. si.s arose to go, telling me "she should expect me at night," and then 1 was alone, I looked at iny watch; it was half past eight, Kiid not a scholar yet. This was widely oif ferent from Sunny Hank, where, by sev en, the bouse wjs generally tilled with children, hallooing, quarreling fiver eats, and watching eagerly for the first olght of "the new schoolma'am." Here the tables were turned, and the "school- ma'am" was watching fur her scholar. Ten minutes of nine, and 1 began to grow fidgety. I should have lo'eti more so had I known how much is sometime said about teachers not keeping their hours. Five minutes of nine, and round the corner at the foot of the bill appear ed a group of children, while from anoth er direction came others, shouting for those in advance to "wail," which they did. and the w hole entered the hoiie to gether. A few of the girls made a slight obeisance, while the boys laughed, and throwing down their book in a very con sequential manner, looked distrustfully at me. My age had preceded me, and in many of these childish hearts there was already a spirit oT rebellion. On opening my desk I found inscribed upon the lid, in a bold schoolboy style, "Rosa Lee, aged 13," to which was appended, in a more delicate hand. "Ancient very!" Taking my India rubber, I erased it while my scholars were settling the mat ter of seats. Then there ensued a per fect silence, and the eyes of all present turned inquiringly upon me, while, with sundry flourishes with my silver pencil, I proceeded to take down upon a big sheet of foolscap the names, ages and "what studies do you intend to pursue?" of my pupiles. After much talking and arranging, the school was organized; but the first morning dragg-d heavily, and when twelve o clock came, and 1 drew from my satchel the nice ginger snaps which my mother had made, they chok ed me so much that I was obliged to wink hard, and count the rows of tree in the orchard opposite twice, ere 1 could answer the question addressed to nie by one of the little girls. In the rear of the house was a long strip of dense woods, and wishing to be alone, I tok my bonnet and wondered thither. .Seating myself upon a mossy log, I tried to fancy that 1 was at home beneath the dear old grapevine. But it could not be. I was a school mistress. Miss Iee they called me, and on my brow the shadows of life were thus early making their impress. Slowly to me dragged the hour which always before had been so short, and when at last I took my way back to school, It seemed that in that short space I had lived an age. As I approached the school house I saw that something was the matter, fvr the scholars were greatly excited. 1 hastened forward; but it was with diffi culty that I could learn the cause of the commotion. George Randall w as cry ing, while a little apart from him stood two boys, one of them apparently four teen and the other twelve. They were strangers to me, and instinctively I felt that they Trcre is some way connected with the disturbance, and that the larger and more important looking was John Thompson a surmise which proved to be correct. It seemed that Isaac Ross, one of the new-comers, had some weeks before se lected for himself a corner seat, which, as he was not present in the morning, had been taken by George Randall, who knew nothing of Isaac's Intentions, and who now refused to give it up. A fight was the result, the mwt of the scholars taking aidea with George, while Isaac was urged on and encouraged by John Thompson, who, though not a pupil, had come up "to see how he liked the new schoolma'am." Aa a matter of course, an appeal was made to me, to know "if George hadn't the beat right to the sent." Perhaps I waa wrong; but I decided that he had, at the same time asking Uanc "if he were coming to school." "I ain't goin' to do anything else," said he, glancing toward John, who, with a wicked leer at me. knocked off one of the little boys' bats and threw it up in the air. What would have ensued next I do not know, for at that moment Captain Thompson rode round the corner and called to bis ion, who, with mock defer ence, bowed volitely to me and walked away. Iigreeable as Isaac Ross ap peared in the presence of John Thomp son, I found that when left to himself he was quite a different boy; and though he at first manifested some reluctance to taking another aeat, he at last yielded the point, and for the, remainder of the day conducted himself with perfect propriety. On the whole, the afternoon pawed away rather pleaaantly, and at uuht, when school waa out, I started for my boarding place quite contented. In pass ing the different houaea which stood tix n tba roadside, I demeaned myself with the atmoaC dignity.' swinging my short dreaa from aide to aide In Imitation of a Boat lady who had once taught iu an dtocrVtt, aatd whoa manner of walk tag I graandy adaairod. from tba window af Caytata Tboaapana'a dwelling I ea right a g&9$ af fa.fj, which were hast ily witastrawa, bat I fait aara that from waand tba nsruiaatWy wawjwaaniag k g'rlrm KactTscTta tasKaliwi tbem. But when at last I was over the bill and out of sight, oh, bow glad I whs to be Rosa I.ee again, free to pluck the sweet wiid Sowers, to watch the little fishes in the running brook, or even to chase a bumblebee if I liked. About fifty rods from Mr. Randall's stands one of those old-fashioned gable roofed houses so common in some parts of New England, and here, at the time of which 1 am speaking, lived Mrs. Ito. the mother of Isaac or Ike, as he was familiarly called. I had never met the lady; but as 1 approached the house and saw a tall, square-shouldered woman leaning on the gate. I naturally thought that it might be she; and on this point I was not long left in doubt, for the mo ment I came within -speaking dUifince she called out: "How dy do. Miss Lee I a' pose 'tis? You pretty well? I'm Miss Ross, Isick's mother. He telled me that he had some fuss about a seat that he picked cut n ore'n a month ago. and thinks he orto have. I don't never calkerlate to take side with my children, 'cause I've kept school myself, and 1 know how bud 'tis; but i do hate to have Isick git a miff i.gin the scoholiua'am on the first start, and if I's you I'd let him have the sent in stead of George Randall, for uichhy folks'll say you're partial to George, bein' that his father's committeeman." As well as 1 could, I explained the matter to her. telling her I wished to do ri'ht, and meant to as far as I Knew bow. "1 presume you do," said she, "or I shouldn't 'a taken the liberty to pck to you. I knew you's young, and I felt afearcd you didn't know what an un-d--rtakin' it was to teach the young idee how to 'sHute.' The si hoolina'ams have always thought a sight o' me, and gen erally tell me all-their troubles, so know jest how to take their part when the rest of the folks are ag'iu 'em. V.s Sufan Hrown to school? I!ut she wasn't, though, I know she wasn't." I replied that there waa a little girl present of that name, and my companion continued: "Now I'll give up, if Miss Hrown has come round enough to send, when she was so dreadfully opposed to your teach in'. You've heerd about it. I s'pose?" I answered that "1 didn't know that any one bad opposed me except Mr. Thompson." "Oh, yes," said she, assuming' an in jured look and tone. "Everybody knows about that, and there's some sense in their bein' tread, for 'twas plaguey morti fyin' to I)ell to offer to teach and be re jected by Mr. Randall, a man that none o' the Thompsons would wipe their old shoes on, and then, 'tisu't every big bug that will stoop to teach for you know 'tain't considered fust cut." "No, I didn't know it," and so I said; but she assured me of the fact, quoting as authority both Mrs. Thompson and Dell, who, I found, were her oracles in everything. After a time I brought her back to Mrs. Brown, wbose husband, she said, was gone to sea, and who had her self applied for the school. "But between you and me," she added, speaking in a whisper, "it's a jnighty good thing that she didn't get It, for she ain't the likeliest person that ever was, and nobody under the sun would have sent to her. Isick shouldn't a gone a single day. But, land sakes! how I'm talkiu'! You must not breathe a word I say, for I make it a p'int not to slander my neighbors, and if everybody minded their business as welt as I do, there wouldn't be o much back-bitlo' as there is. And that makes me think I've hud a mind to caution you; but no, I guess 1 won't mebby you'll tell on't." t Of course my curiosity was roused, and of course I said I wouldn't tell; where upon she proceeded to inform me 'hat Mrs. Randall was a Tery talkiu' woman, and I must be pretty careful in her pres ence. "You can tell rnc anything you wish to." said she, "for I'm a muster hand to keep a secret; but Miss Raud.'ill is forever in hot water. She an' Mis Brown are band in glove, and both on 'em turn up their noses at Miss Thompson and Dell, who never pretend to make anything of 'em. I'm considerable inti mate at the captain's, and I know all about it. Dell is smart as a steel trap, and it's a pity she's took such a ditlike to you. "I don't think she ought to blame me," said I, "for I didu't know as she wanted the school " 'Tain't that altogether," resumed Mrs. Ross, sgain speaking in a whisper. Tain't that altogether; and If you'll never lisp a word, on't, I'll tell you the hull story." I gave the required promise, and then Mrs. Ross proceeded to inform me that Dell waa jealous of me. 'Jealous!" I exclaimed. "How can that be?" "You remember Doctor Clayton, don't you? said she. "Dell's kinder settlu' her cap for him. and I guesa he's a anick- ertn' notion after her. Anyway, he somes there pretty often. Well, he waa there the week after the examination, and told 'em about j ou. He said you waa bright aa a new i'uinea, and had better lamin' than h! the teachers, and then you had Such a sweet name Rosa be liked It. You orto have seen how mad Dell was at you after ha waa gone." Here Ike called out that "the Johnny cake was burned blacker than his hat," snd forthwith Mrs. Ross started for the house, first bidding me "keep dark," and telling me she hoped "I wouldn't be par tial to Mr. Randall's children, for they needed llrkin' if ever young ones did tbey warn't brought up like Iaick,' who waa governed ao well at home that he didn't need It at school." I waa learning to read the world's great book fast, very fast; and with a lightly heavy heart I turned away, paus ing once while Mrs. Ross, from the door step, called to me, saying that "she guess ed I'd better give Isick the aeat to-morrow, aeein' hia heart was set ou'L" I found Mrs. Randall waiting to re ceive me in a clean gingham dress and apron, with her round, good-humored face shining as if it had been through the same process with the long line of now-white linen which was swinging it the clothes yard. The little hair trunk bad been removed to the "beat room,'' which waa to be mine. The big rocking chair waa brought out for me; the round tea table, nicely presd, stood ia the cen ter of the floor, and Mrs. Randall hop-Mi I would make myself at home. Without any Intention of revealing what Mrs. Bona had imparted to ma, I still felt a great curioelty to know Mr. Randall's opinion of bar; ao, aftor a time, I ventared to speak of mj baring seen her, and to aak wboa and where aha taught school. With a Barry ianga, Mrs. Randall replied: "Her kaaptac school aanowta la tMai 1 When she was girt, a friend of hera w ho a teaching wanted to go away fot two days, and got Miss Ross, then Nancy Smedley, to take her place, and that's the long and short of her experience. She's a meddlesome woman, and lnak 'S more trouble In the district than Any body else. She tried to make Miss Brown think she was misused because she tt-itiililn'r tit,., Itu inutuuil j.f vim u-Iia I applied first, and for a spell I guess Miss Brown was a little sideways: but she's a sensible woman and has ijot all over it." (To be continued.) ORIENTAL BULLS. Siufiidltr of the Kurds ia Well Knows la the Orient. The Kurds In Kastcrn Asia Micor are retarded by the Arabs as stupid people, wont to make the sort of bull that in the West la jxmliui aw-rilied to Irishmen. There Is a collection vif stories which the Arabs tell about them of which these are fair exam ples: Once a detaebnieut of Kurds waa crossing a xtrcam, which w as mi mud dy that I hey could not ice their feet under the water. "We have lost our legs," they said, and stsd helpless, because without leg" ln y could li"t wa!k. r a while the pasha came by. ual are you sianding in that wa ter for?" he dciiinU'lcd. "We have lost our legs nnd cannot walk." The pnsba got some of his ntlcndanis to apply thongs to the backs of tho legless Kurds and of course tiny jumped, thereby discovering their leg again. Whereupon they all fell ou their knees, and t bunked the pjitsha for having restored Iheir Ugs. Once Hume Kurds were standing un der a cliff. "No one knows bow high that cliff is," said one. "No." replied nuother, "unci a strang er might come by and ask us. It would be disgraceful not to know." "Then let us measure it." "But we have no line long enough." "Well, we can measure. It with our bodies. Let one hung by his hands to the edge anfl another bang to his feet, and so on until we know how many men It takes to hnng the whole dis tance." So they started to form a living plumb-line. Just as ibe last man was cllmblug down, the top man tried to change the position of his hands, aud they all fell and broke their legs. "Oh. well," said one. when lie carua to, "we didu't need to know the height of the cliff." "No," said another, "so It doesn't matter." Thirsty Tor a Chord. The Duke of Saxe-Welmar once invit ed John Sebastian Bach, the Nestor of German music, to attend a dinner at the palace. Before the guests sat down to the feast Bach was requested to glva an Improvisation. The composer seated himself at tba harpsichord, and straightway forgot all about dinner and everything else, lie played so long that at last the duku touched him ou the shoulder, and said: 'We are very much obliged, master, but we must not let the soup get cold Bach started to his feet and followed the duke to the dining-room without uttering a word. But he was scarcely seated when he Rprang up, rushed back to the instrument like a madman, struck a few chords, and returned to the dining-room, evidently feeling much better. "I beg your highness' pardon," he ex plained, "but you Interrupted me In a series of chords and arpeggios on thu dominant seventh, aud I could not feel at ease until they were, resolved Into the tonic. It ! as If you snatched a glass of water from the lips of a man dying of thlrat. Now I have drunk the glass and I am content." Tne Chaplain's Deal. Ad army officer tella this story: "One. of my chaplain friends was ot an army transport going south with tome officers and men from various reg intent. The officer were playing cards in the cabin from morning to night. When Sunday came, the chap lain took a good supply of reading mat ter from hla cabin, and waa on hand with It a the breakfast tablu was cleared off and the officer were get ting ready to play cards aa usual. "Htepplng to the bead of the table, be aald good-naturedly; 'Gentlemen, tracta are trump to-day aud lt' uiy deal.' "All right, chaplain.' the officers re sponded, 'give us a band.' "The booka and prayera were given out. No cards were played that day. The chaplain bad hia opportunity un hindered, because be showed tact ID hla way of presenting hla case." Camela Trained to Hacn. The ordinary camel, which will nevel hurry under any circumstance, baa feen transformed In southern Algeria Into an animal ao different In sire, temper and appearance that it may al most he looked upon aa a different race. This la the racing camej, prized for Ita speed. The result of many gen. era t Ions of careful breeding, which baa been encourage!' by valuable prlzea. M can Is' decnded upon for nine or ten miles an hour, which it can keep up for alxtecn or seventeen hour, almot without a atop. Not Mwh of an Improvement. Tha Doted proaacntor general of Ruaala, PobladoDeataeff, baa loot bit Job." "Wtwwl I'm glad of that" "Aod ba la auceaadad by Oonal cbMwDMttatr." "Now I'm not aa glad at I thoafta I waa." Otaralaad Plata baalar. Waaamgtoo aad Ltaaola war aa Chat wa ai flraa af baatisat f 1PM (k ;l1 .1 a AT. angr m ! r vsan Bread. Sift a quart of flour with half a tea- spoonful each of salt and sugar luto i bowl. Scald a sup of milk and siir It luto a teaspoonful of butter, incited In a half pint of boiling wafer. When this Is lukewarm stir it into the sifted flour, then add a third of a yeast cake that hag been dissolved In a gill of blood-warm water, and -mix to a soft dough. Tuni'upon a floured pastry board nnd knead for ten minutes. Set (o rise In a bread pan with n performed top, set In a warm place for six hours. At the end of this time divide tie d tugh Into two loaves, knead each of these for five minute and put luto a greased pan. Cover with a light cloth nnd set to rise for an hour more befoie baking In a steady oven. Tomato Cutsnp, Boll together a peek of ripe tomatoes ond four large onions until they are soft. Pass through a colander and theu strain the liquid through a flue sieve. Put this over the fire with a dozen sprays of parsley, a couple of bay leaves, a teaspoonful each of ground cloves, mace, white pepper. sugar, salt and a very Utile cayenne. Tie up a teaspoonful of celery seed 111 u little muslin bag and drop In with the rest. Boll all together for five hours, stirring occaslmially. Wle-n polled down one-half, and quite thick, take out the bag of celery seed, add a pint of vinegar and take from the fire. When the catchup is stone cold bottle and cork, scaling the corks. Cheese Croo.nettc. Cut Into small dice one pound of American cheese. Have ready one ciii ful of hot cream sauceiu a saucepan; add the cheese and the yolks of two beaten eggs, diluted with a little cresm. Stir until well blended, and let tba inlxture remain on the stove for a mo Ineut until the cheese gets "steady." Season with salt, red and white pepper and a little nutmeg. Set ou the Ice un til cold, then form Into croquettes and roll lu line bread crumbs Dip In egg, then In crumbs again, and fry In deep, hot fat until a delicate brown. Good Housekeeping. Fansaore with Hnclcwheat Cakr. Prick the sausages well and fry In a little bacon fat. Put them on a hot platter In a circle on the outside, leav ing space for the cakes In the center. Cakes. Mix thoroughly two cupful of buckwheat flour, a little salt and three teaspooufuls of baking powder; then add tullk and water of equal parts to make the batter of the right consist ency. Add a little molasses, which will give them a better color. Fry on a soapstotie griddle and pile neatly in the center of the ring of sausage. Cream of Celery Foup. Cut the celery into inch bits, covet with a quart of water and boll tender. Rub through the colander and return the liquid to the Are. Make a roux of a tablesptionful of butter and ona of flour, and when It bubbles pour upon It a pint of rich milk part cream, If you have It Stir until smooth aud thick, then add gradually the celery puree. Season with salt and white pep per and serve. Oyster I'ie. Line a vegetable dish with mashed potato. Brush It over with the white of an egg, aud put It In the oven to brown lightly. Take two dozen oystera, half a pint of milk, one tablespoon ful of butter, pepper aud salt to taste. Let it come to a boll, aud thicken wltb a heaping teaspoonful of flour and put Into the apace left In the vegetable dish. What to Eat Kaa Uasaa. To one cup of One chopped meat add one cup of fine bread crumb, one apoonful of One chopped onion. Sea son with pepper and aalt and a spoon iful of melted butter; add enough milk to bind together. Have large gem pant well greased and nearly fill wltb the mixture; break an egg carefully on the top of each one; dust with aalt aod bake eight mluutea. Rolled Ha I ad Dreaalaa. Btlr together two lea ten eggs, a cup of vinegar, a heaping teaspoonful of grcnutated sugar, a little mustard, a flaib of salt aud a quarter teaspoonful of made mustard. Bring very slowly to a boll, atlrring frequently. When It ttollai add a teaspoonful of butter, beat until thla melts, then remove from the Ire. Baked Rasssit, Tear a narrow strip of peeling from 1-one aide of each banana. Lay the ba nanas, open aide up, Id a baking pan. cover closely and bake for balf ao hour, or until very tender, but not so tender aa to break when bandied. Peel and send to table and aerve as a vege table, or with bot cream aauca aa dessert. Potato Boaflea IChaBiif !Uh), Mil a pint of maahed potatoca wltb balf a cup of thick cream and tba whltea of two egga, beaten atlff. Put two tableipoonfuU of butter In the chafing dlab, aod when very bot put la the potato la large tableepoonfiila When brown on one aide, torn, browa tae other, and aenre Immediately, "P" baa developed a variety ot f taalie wltb leavea beautifully striped PMS W (eh Miss Gannon, Sec'y Detroit1 Amateur Art Association, tells young women what to do to avoid pain and suffering caused by female troubles. " I ca.n conscientiously recommend I.ydia K. Pinkliam's Vegetable Com pound to those, of my sisters sufferm; with female weakness and the troubles which so often befall women. I suffered for months witd general wasUrttess and felt so weary that I h4 hird work to keep up. I had shooting pains and was utterly miserable ! my diM.ro I ws ad vised to rrm I.yiliit V l'illkliain's Ygef.ll Co'inpoiifiri, and it was a red letter dy t m when I took the first dose, for t thut time my restora tion lgan. In six weeks I was a changed woman, perfectly well in every respect. I felt n elated and happy that, I want all women who t.uter to get well ns I did." Miss Ol'ILA 0505 Jones St.. Itetroit, Corresponding .Sec'y Mich. Amateur A rt A ssoci t lOD. J WOO fnrftll If original of abwt Ivttir prat ftflti'ntrteM cannot frf produced. It I clenrly sliown In thn Tounjr Jit'lv letter that Lydla K. IMnkhntr.'s Vt ef!!e. Compound will surely cut e t lit suf furinpri of women ; utnl when one considers that Miss OnnuonN letter In only one of hundreds which we have, the preat virtue of Mr, I"inlbKra'a medi cine muat be. admitted by all. A Skin of Beauty Is Joy Fo revert 1) H. I. ril.ll. t.OI KAl Ir'H UHIPTAI CUE AM, UK M A ! I (. A L HEAl 1 it IKK. tti'l v',ry bJf-nstth ii. itu. Ji fit! uo.t ihm rt of m tsaffL ami (a l b.rnJ. w tsurtw l tsftMrt tt U proti JfiJ- . A?M-ll no rxjmirftt tmilT ttMunm. Inr. L A. Mid t j lUr-M!- "Ad J" lad tea wit i ttw U-m I reo-nitnt).l tro--.ii a u i n-ai rn ' tva tm rwi hm,fui 4 tht fkin tneoejr lion ' fOT tsaU; Ll ii UriarviM U4 C Afloat sud Auto, r AMD. T. MOPK1M. PropT. tJ (ml iuem U 1. . Trust Tho Who Have Tried. I SI." K KICK ED from cotnrrh of tha worst kind and never hoped for cure, but Kly's Cream Halm seems to do even that. Oscar Ostroin, 45 Warren avenue, Chi e.'ii'n. 111. I TRIED Ely s Crenm P.n!m and to all ppenriiiiees am cured of catarrh. Tba terrible headaches from which I loiijf. suffered are gone. V. J. Hitchcock, lulu Major U. S. Vol. and A. A. Gen., ljuffub, X. Y. MY SOX was afflicted with catnrrh. He used Ely's Cream Bslm nnd the dla airreeuhle catarrh nil left him. J. 0. Oliuslead. Areola, III. The liulm does not Irritate or causa sneezing. Sold by druKist at Ti cU. or tnniled by Ely Brothers, M Warreu St., New York. At an evening purty In a Stockholm residence the heat became almon intolerable. The window sanhci were found frozen and a pane ol glass was shattered. A current of cold rushed In and at the Hatue In stant flakes of snow were seen to fal' to the floor In all parts of the room. The atmosphere was so saturated with moisture that the sudden fall la temperature produced a snowfall in- '"And that young fellow Tongue has become a famous man, has he?" By no means." r'understood you to say be had become quite r.oted." " Ob no, I rueiley remarked that bis name was Id eveiybodys mouth," Kansas City Journal. Wbeo I wax 20 1 knew twice at much at I do now, and the way I 1411 going on. it I should live to be "5, I don't expect to know nothing. Ingratitude It the commonest and meanest lnstinkt ov tbe heait. BE INDEPENDENT. It'a Easy to Shak Off the Coffee Habit, There are many people who make tba humiliating- acknowledgment that they re dependent upon Coffee to "brace them up" every little while. Tbesa have never learned the truth about Poetum Cereal Coffee which makes leaving off coffee a simple matter and brings health' and strength in place of coffee ilia. A: lady of Davenport, Iowa, who haa used 1'ostum Food Coffee for five year ia competent to talk upon tbe subject She any s : "I am a school teacher and during extra work, when I thought I needed to be braced up, 1 used to indulge In rich, strong coffee, of which I waa very fond, and upon which I thought I waa depen dent. "I began to have serious heart palpita tion and at times had sharp pains around tbe heart and more or less stomach trouble, I read about I'ostntn and got some to try. I dnped coffee, took up the Post urn and It Worked such wonders for me that many of my friends took It up. "In a hort time I was well sgain. even able to attend evening socials. And I 4id not miss my coffee at all. Now I can truthfully say that I have been repaid fully for the thau I m.H.i 1 1,. indication of heart disease and not once In tba paat fear year have I had a alek aeeaarae or Wlloua spall. "Mr father. 71 eaM u 1. . i.- rotbuelaat and feel that hla good health ra a large measure is doe te tba cape el toed Peetaai which he enjoy mm JSj. NaaM faraiehed by Peetaaa Ce.. Batfia Creek, Hi. ' B"a I T f Y 1 f X. ' ' k hi J