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FSy '-,.T.fc -. o c if- ! o p fl .-? o , ? o If ? P 9 IF.!-. o If O O P . En . hi . Uf KS r 1 o ii K - il a o o e S O a 3 l;-?. lXL Id- 3.' o S 1 o O o O o 9 o f o f o i o t 3 o o 'I o I o - .4 . o , : - o O o O a 3 O O o ? VERY LITTLE MOCHA. They t It, st They Da. People ar coatlBBally calling oa tha grocers for Mocha coffee, and many trill take ao ether, cays an Importer. As a matter of fact there -are probably not fire handred people In the United States who have ever tested real Mocha, and I do not believe that there is a single pound of It tor be fonnd between the At lantic and the Pacific. The Arabs, of Arabia, not those of Africa, are the most fastidious coffee drinkers in the world, and the crop of Mocha is' not large. The governors and sheiks get the pick, the fipest and plumpest berries be ing chosen fcr them. The rich Arabs get the second choice. Tbe rest 19 sold throughout the country, and a very lit tle, consisting of the shriveled and bro ken berries, finds its way to Constanti nople. Not a hundred-weight a year gets west of that city. What Is called 'Mocha consists of inferior Arabian growths, at least a little of it does, and coffee from Ceylon at d Java, a most in ferior kind. Americans never see the best tea None of the finest growth ever leaves China, and the best of the export goes overland to Bussia, being known as "caravan tea." Some of this retails as high as $50 a pound. True caravan tea Is novcr brought to this country, as It is believed that a scfr voy "age afreets its flavor. Some of the Cey lon tea ranks as high as tbe best Chi ncse growth. A pound of what is known as -golden tip, " grown on a fa mous estate In Ceylon, was recently said la London for $135 a pound. ffaeaBahy was ,' Croat WbemftewMaChua, tbe cried for Castaria, Wbea -fee became Kaa, she dung to Csatoria, hthrff-n-,oi.rfcocrn-1' "-"- MISSING LINKS. There are 74,000 Germans in London. Ax English peer cannot resign his peerage. Ci.iwe is very rare among women in In Scotland. O.VI.Y ono Englishman in twenty-seven 'pays income tav. Tirr.Bnare thirteen 'eglmentsof heavy cavalry in the British army. TmtouaiiorT the entire world about 5,000,000 people die every year. A mas in Missouri has twenty-seven pot rattlesnakes which come when he calls thorn. About 8,500 women are employed In the British Postoffice, or ono to every eight men omplovcd. Ax equivocal compliment Is perplex ing a young man of Hallowell, Me. A fascinating girl to whom he has been paving considerable attention has named a pet calf after him. TVno srriTRS with his liver, constipation, bilious Ills poor blood or d zziness take Beecham's Pills. Of druggists. 25 cents. -Wiior the gods love die young." Keats, Chatterton, Byron, Shelley, and Mozart all died before they reached the .meridian of life. Like On. Upon Thoobled Waters Is tfce in- fluenee of Ualk's Honey of Hobehoc-sd and Taoi u on a cold. Tike's Toothache Dnors Core In one Minute. , gIt takes very pretty books these days to look as prettily as the catalogues 'which describe them. FITS'. All nts stopped free oy Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Bestorer. No fit s after lirst day's use. Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial I ottle tree t o Fit cases. Send to Dr. Kline. 931 Arch St.. Phila. Pa. A new man can "be made, out of one that's "used-up," bilious and dyspeptic It's done by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It starts the torpid liver into healthful action, purifies -and enriches the blood,, cleanses, repairs, and strengthens the system, and restores health and vigor. As an appetizing, restora tive tonic, it sets at work all the processes of digestion and nutri tion, and builds up 2csh and strength. It's the only Blood and "Liver Remedy thsjjfe guaranteed, in every case, to benefit or cure. If it doesn't do all that's claimed for it, the money is promptly refunded. But it keeps its promises that's the reason it can be sold in this "way. " Discovery " strengthens "Weak Lnngsj and cores Spitting of Blood, Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis, (Severe Coughs, and kindred aff co itions. Don't bo fooled into taking something else, said to be "just as .good," that the dealer may make a 'largyr profit. 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' umvuE. a. mew roan. .r. 9aCV KaJtV aaaaaV OSTO flat a paa m an.hjj-is .---, II u km iiirf.nti-s aiH Mil IV .aaa JlLLO 3 CHRISTMAS DAY. GOOD old - fashioned Chrls'tnas, with the logs upon the hearth, The table filled with fcasters, an' the room a-roar 'Ith mirth, With the stock in's crammed to bu'st In an' tueniedders piled 'Ith snow A good old- fashioned Chrls'tnas like we had so long ago! Now that's the thing Td like to see ag'In afore I die. But Chris'mas in the city here It's differ ent, oh my! With the crowded hustle-bustle of the slushy, noisy street. An the scowl upon the faces of the stran gers that you meet Oh, there's buy in', plenty of it, of a lot o' gorgeous toys; An it takes a mint o" money to please modern girls and boys. Why, I mind the time a Jack-knife an a toffy-lump for me Hade my little heart an' atockin' Jus chock-full of Chris'mas glee. An there's feastin'. Think o' feedin with the stuck-up city folk! Why, ye have to speak in whispers, an ye tiar'sn't crach a Joko. Then i member how the table j looked all crowded with your klu. When yoa couldn't hear a whistle blow across the merry din! You see I'm so old-fashloned-llke I don't care much for style. An to eat your Chris'mas banquets here I wouldn't go a mile; I'd rather have, like Solomon, a good yarb- dinner set With real old friends, than turkle soup with all the nobs you'd get. There's my next-door neighbor Gurley fancy how his brows 'u'd lift If I'd holler "Merry Christmas! Caught, old fellow, Chris'mas gift!" Lordy-Lord, I'd like to try It! Guess he'd nearly have a fit. Hang this city stiffness, anyways, I can t get used to It. Then your heart It kept a-swellln' till it nearly bu'styour side. An' by night your Jaws were achin with jf)ur smile four inches wide. An your enemy, the wo'st ono, you'd just grab his hand and say: "Mabbe, both of us was wrong. John. Come, let's shake. It's Chris'mas day ! Mighty little Chris'mas spirit seems to dwell Where each snowflake brings a soot-flake for a brother as it falls; Mighty little Chris'mas spirit! An' I'm pinln. don't you know, For a good old-fashioned Chris'mas like we had so long ago. Alice Williams Brotherton, in Century. CHRISTMAS ROMANCE. WENTY-FIVE years ago this Christmas Dorothy Hope stood before a glass In iter own room at her father's bouse in 2Cow En gland dressing for her wedding. Sud denly she cried: "Oh, you wicked creatures! You, who were my school mates, willing to marry mo to that wretch!" "Pray, Dorothy, if you do not want to marry Mr. Pulsiver. why d d you go so far as to engage yourself to him?" in quired tho tallest of tho brid-maids, gravely. "My father bade me do It, Hester," aid Dorothy. "Oh, indeed, he did. but I did not care. I did not know what lovo was. and the wedding day was 5ft, and I met " "Go on. Whom did you meet?" "Charles Pulsiver," sobbed Dorothy. "But he is your bridegroom," broko in the other girls.' "No," said Dorothy. "It is old Mr. Charles Pulsiver I am to marry. It Is his young cousin I met and loved; but he promised to save me, and the hour Is almost here and he has not done so. Oh, what shall I do?" At this moment something struck the window. Dorothy started up, her cheeks all aglow, and drew aside the curtain and threw up tho sash. A piece of paper wrapped about a stone lay on the tilt She opened and read: "Your bridegroom will not come to night. Don't retire until you hear this signal once mora Ch'aiu.f.s. She thrust the note Into her pocket and turned to the bridesmaids. Time passed on and no bridegroom appeared to celebrate the pretty Christ mas wedding. At midnight tho brides maids kissed the bride, who had already changed her wedding dress for another, and departed. The girl waited patiently, and pres ently heard the signal repeated. Tho note read: "As soon as you can, come to me at ths side gate under tho sycamn. e. fC JArtLES." Tcrotby was not long in complying wit" i this request, and the soon joined her lover, who, with a sadd.ed horse in readiness, was waiting at tho place ap pointed. "It's two o'clock. What can they want out of a Christmas night in such weather?" said old John, vrbo kept the toll-gate, to bis wife. He stepped out and shouted: "Toll-gate, two pence." "Here, keep the change," said the horseman, who tossed him a coin and passed through the gate only to halt a little beyond. "There is some ono following us," he said to the girl who rode behind him and clasped her arms around him tightly, and we had better stand here under the trees until he goes by. " It was young Charles Pulsiver who spoke, and Dorothy Hope who answered. "It may be my father, Charles. If he finds me I am undone." Then they saw the toll-man hold out his lantern, and heard him cry: "Toll gate; tuppence." "Here it is, Mr. Tollman!" said an amiable voice, 'deop-toned but soft "Poor old co'in, he's tied to a big tree In his park," said Charley, "where a very fierce highwayman in a very fierce mus tache overtook him as he rode to his wedding. Meanwhile the mustache is Im my pocket. But then, 'all is fair,' and so forth." The tollman had discovered that the last arrival was the minister, who was Delated, and insisted that he alight and remain all night, which his reverence proceeded to do. The horse was led to the stable and then all was quiet. "Dorothy, heaven favors us. Here's a parson to marry us. Say nothing, but let mo tell him what I please," said Charles, la a whisper, as he helped Dorothy to alight, and taking her by' the hand led her to the tollman'sdoor. "Hello! have you seen a clergyman ride through here?" he asked, as John answered his summons. "The Bev. Timoth? Narroway would kave ridden through." replied the old man, "but the road is beset with high waymen to-night and I begged him to remain here. " "Sir," taia Charles to the Rev. Nar roway. as he appeared. -you went to marry a couple at tbe house of Mr. Hope, aad the bridegroom did not show mk JL aw WW " h m -ri himself. Have you ever seen Mr. Charles Pulsiver?" "Never," replied the clergyman Tho girl's father is my friend." "This is my card," said the young man, drawing one from his pocket "Mr. Charles Pulsiver," said Mr. Nar roway, roading. "I am glad to see you; and you, too, Miss Dorothy." "Sir," said Charles, "I am most un happy at having been delayed from being present at my wedding tonight. but I have brought my Christmas pres ent with me, hoping to overtake you, and desire that you should marry us. John and his wife will be our witnesses." "I shall be very happy to do so," said. Mr. Narroway, "and to turn our misad venture into a romance." The ceremony was performed in the little back parlor, and the bridegroc m had just saluted his bride, when clatter ing over the bridge and along the road, came two horses with riders who spurred them on in hot haste. "Tollman John," cried a voice they knew to be Mr. Hope's. "There is trouble at my home," said that gentle man, as he opened tho door a moment later, accompanied by the elder Mr. I u' siver. "Has any woman ridden through tho gate tonight? I am looking for my daughter," he went on excitedly. "My dear friend, " said Mr. If arroway advancing, "It is all right. Yourdaugh, tcr is here. I have just married her to that gallant little gentleman, -:r. Charles Pulsiver, who has brought good luck upon his married life by beginning it on Christmas. The elder Mr. Pulsiver soon under stood the situation, and at once made the best of it. "Let me bo the first to congratulate you," he said, and tho two men shook hands. CHRISTMAS TREES. How People In the Country Hay Trim Then at Little Expense. Ult nearest store of any size is some fif teen miles away; and a crowd of lit tle people in the house, who are ex pecting to sco a most wonderful tree. Our gifts had been bought during visit to a North ern city, and were laid asido awaiting the happy day. Wo also bought a box of wax candles and some holders for them. Tho prettiest are those with colored balls at the bottom, but in case of emer gency the candles can be wired to the twigs of the tree with very fine hair wire, and will do nicely. There were nearly 303 ornaments on our tree before any of tbo presents went on. They wore nearly all home-made, and of the following varieties: First, we cut out of rather stiff bristol board some five-pointed stars, little boots, Mr.ltoto crosses, butterflies, shields, arrows and horseshoss. Several of each kind were made, a large bowl of boiled pato prepared, and ca;-l was covered on both siacs with colored paper, mostly silver and gilt, aud some with red and blu'. The arrows, shields ami butterflies were voted tbe prettiest. The latter wero made flat, one side cov ered with plain gilt paper, tho other .with all kinds of brilliant colors, and littlo round black spots pasted on, to look like nature; the wings were then bent up as if the insects wore llyim;, and with tho prettiest sides out; some wero wired ou to the branches and others hung by threads of dark green, which could not be seen; and they looked as if poised in the air. We next found a piece of broken looking-glass in the attic, and had it cut up into many littlo pieces; bound each ono with lute-string ribbon pasted on, and when dry furnished each with strings by which to hang them up. They reflected all the lights, and mado the effect very brilliant Cornucopias we were able to make very easily, for we had a carpenter to prepare us a slender wooden cone, just the shape of one, and it is very pleasant work to paste them together over thte model; put a pretty embossed picture on. each, and thon slip off to dry. The prettiest of all trinkets we mado as follows: Taking a quantity of English walnuts, we split them (ono at a time) into halves, tiled one half with littlo "caraway comfits," glued on tho other half, lir-t slipping in a little loop of rib bon at tho top, and laid each one aside till dry. Then each was gilded with liquid gilding. These litt'o "rattlo boxos" are lovely, and everybody will want one. A lot of tiny, rosy-cheeked apples were polished up end furnished with strings; also some red balls from a plant called the "Solanum," which grows wild here; they look very much like small, round tomatoes. Not having these, festoons of strung cranberries Iook very pretty. Owls wero made out of peanuts by putting in two black pins for eyes, tho pins projecting below the feet, so they could be stuck on the branches. Perhaps you could succeed with pop corn balls hotter than I did; ours would not stick together, and we were much disappointed. We had some little tiny Japanese parasols among our knick knacks and some small pictures, and there were also fastened on to this re markable tree some little bits of flags; you can get quite a roll of them for ten cents, and they were very showy. But the prettiest of ail were the "crystallized ornament'." First I made some small baskets of annealed wire, and wound them very profusely with bright-colored zephyr; the rose-colored and light green proved to be the pretti est, also ono that I wound in shaded green, with little dots of red but the light blue and lemon-colored wore not to be despised. Then I procured five pounds of alum and a large stone crock, and made a hot solution of aium and put in the crock laid a stick across tho top and suspended my baskets, one at a time, in the hot alum water, leaving them about twelve hours undisturbed. Sometimes I bad better success than others, but generally they looked like the most luscious French candy when taken out, as the color o! the zephyr showed through tho frostintr. Then I hung the basket up to dry, reheated the solution, sometimes making it.sironger. and started again. I also crystallized grasses and branches with lovely efl cct? some of which are on our mantel-Jfrfeco to-day; I made a fringe of bright zephyr, and crystallized that, 'and, in fact, everything that bid fair to? be pretty, I put into the alum bath. When the candles were lighted, how everything did sparkle! And so we had our "frost work and icicles," even though we livo in a Southern climate. Our way of mounting tho tree proved very substantial and strong: Two piece of scantling, six feet long and two inches by four, were morticed an J put together in the form of a cross. At the point where they crossed, the tree was fastened upright by being nailed on with long spikes Four braces were then added, making t'to whole very strong. ' Laying stout brown paper un derneath we covered the boards from sight with quantities of gray moss and trailing vines, and sprinkled all well with tbe watering-pot,- as a precaution against fire, should any ornament blaze up and fall. When tho curtains were puJlcd. sside. and "our tree" stood revf a eJ to all t' i-ager and exiectant !itt!c .co;jIe, it was truly a beautiful sight. Axcl-J homesteal, so'.l lately at He" ford, Mass , had been in one fain, y fo. a period of 227. years. . .H'i ffc-Jl i AGRICroTURAL TOPICS, A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. Cotmw Jtara -Yard Impntuvem et Metked la Bars BrMdlig-Plu of m Home-Mad Hoc Water 8bd tor Dairy Cow Heaaefcotd aad Klteaea Jtotea, Fepalattoa Chaacaa. HE last census shows that the t cities have in- nf's . creased thnir population ut a faster rate dur ing the last de aide than during any former. The urban population is fast gaining on the rural, and may soon equal it. Ther,e seems to have been a strong drift of the population away from the farms to the cities. It has Ikjcu claimed that improved agricultural machinery has driven laborers from the farm to the city. But such is not the case. The scarcity of farm labor has largely increased the sale and use of improved farm implements. On this account many farmers were obliged to purchase labor-saving im plements long before they would have done so, if the number of farm labor ers had been equal to ttic demand. The drift from farm to town has greatly stimulated the manufacture of agricultural machinery. Farm and Fireside. RooIihI Barn-Xards. It is in my opinion a successful way of making manure to make it in a covered yard; good manure can be made without question by heaping in open space and forking over occasion ally, but with less care a better pro duct is likely to be the average result when made under cover, whether enough better to pay the cost of the shelter is perhaps an open question; if the shelter were only for the ma nure, the balance might be struck against it; and if no coarse stuff goes into the manure pile (it is singular advice of one writer that it should not) the balance would certainly be against it. But the cattle may enjoy this shelter and prolit by it. since it gives to them a large freedom to move about without exposure to storms or cold; and with the aid of their tramp ing a very considerable addition may be made to the value of the manure of the yard by working into the ex crements the straw or other coarse stuff which, under conditions that may often prevail, cannot be profit ably fed; there must, of course, be so much of such material that the ani mals will not be injured by too much wetness under foot. This coarse stuff put directly on the land is worth very little for fertilizing; when more or less decomposed in a well-aired mix ture with animal excrements, it is worth much more. New York Trib une. A Hamly Tool Tray. It often happens, says a writer in the Practical Farmer, that repairs are to be made to a binder, mower or other implements, something around stables, barn, fences or gates, things that cannot conveniently, if at all, be brought to work- shop, .uid it' is found ncc- css'i r y to take tools, also materials, nails, screws, bolts, washers, rivets, wire, or whatever is needed to make repairs, from the work-shop. To carry them loose by hand, necessitates perhaps, the going or returning several times, risk of los ing some of them with having no place to put them when making re pairs, and neglect in returning them, when in a huny, to the shop, when one trip will not answer. Even if in a hurry, with having a traj-, all can be put in, set in some safe place where they can be taken home at quitting time, and even if you had to-drive you could carry tray with one hand. The writer has a tray of which the accompanying cut shows pattern. Any one can easily make one. Pro cure a bottom 24x18 inches, better if in one piece, nail a rim around it, 3 inches wide; divide by putting a par tition lengthwise making it 6 inches wide at center, tapering level with rim; cut a hole for hand to carry by. You may put a cross partition on one side for small bolts, nails and screws. Make out of planed, inch lumber and you will have a handv. little, eco nomical, labor-saving dwicc for the farm. LIVE STOCK. Method in HorMt-nrreulnr. The importance of method of hors'j brccding is so 'little understood by most farmers that it is no to Lie won dered at that in ma ly sections of our country "scrubs" are numerous and complaints many that horsc-brccding docs not pay. Witli a population that is increasing, both in city and country, the demand for horses is sure to increase in like projwrtion. All kinds pf horses always have been, and all kinds always will be raised, conse quently there will always be a wide range in prices. Those who breed for an object and attend well to the de tails, wih find horse-breeding a source of profit as long as horses arc wanted. It is not possible for all to own first-class marcs, but this should not deter them from using the very best stallion obtainable, and thus take the first step toward improvement. The introduction of imported sires, and the popularity they have won when ever introduced, is termed by many a "craze' that would soon die out if let alone. They have let it alone, but it does not die out, for the reason that in all the countries from which these horses are brought, method is used in breeding. A horse is no bet ter from the mere fact of his having been imported, but years of breeding in a direct line, and from sires whose purity of breeding can be traced back for generations, is of incalculable value in a sire, especially one that is o be used in a locality where the marcs arc of mixed or no particular breeding, because he has received many infusions of blood from one and the same source, every one of which adds to his ability to transmit this same blood to his progeny. For this reason a sire should be chosen, but not because of some one point in which he excels, but because he aver ages best in all points, for prepotency and the laws 'that govern it may be applied both ways, and any'defect in the sire is very liable to be trans mitted to the foal. In this particular locality the Percherons have done much toward giving us better and more sizable horses. More eeoiitiv the French coachers nave oeen introduced, and have become very popular. .'i.-a Ai rl . I IT . ViiJ 13 in l . . VMSWa 2j 7" dar M Heavy horses are id demand m a A iirge cities, where heavy loads inusfc heccssarily. be moved througH Ihe crowded streets slowly; so, from mv tivesof economy, heavy loads must be drawn, and heavy horses used to draw them. The custom prevails in some local ities where a pure-bred stallion has been kept for several years, for farm ers to keep some of their grades as stallions, and by offering their serv ices at low figures, they sometimes1 succeed in getting considerable cus tom. This practice should not be em couraged where the services of a pure5 bred horse are obtainable; for, al though a well-bred grade stallion may, and occasionally does, get very good colts the mixed breeding in both sire and- dam renders the result very uncertain, and you are breeding without method, which in the end is almost certain to prove unsatisfac tory. F. IL, in Country Gentleman: A. Hoc Water. This is the plan of a home-made hog water which costs little or nothing, says Farm and Home. It is to run the water from a tank or artesian well. Take a strong bar rel (a kero sene barrel is the best) and bore a hole below the middle. cms Then put a .-IJ!-aA' one-inch gas 1 r . ' HF pipe, A, intc A as into it, letting it project into t h c barrel about 5 inches. Put in an elbow and a piece of pipe 0 inches long, B. Take a piece of 2x4, C, 8 inches long and bore 21 inch holes 2J inches apart In one insert a piece of 2x2, D, 5 inches long. In the top of this make a slot 11 inches long and i inch wide. Next take a stick 16 inches long, E, A inch thick and 1 inch wide. Bore two holes in this, one in the end and the other 2A inches back. Put this in the slot in the 2x2 piece. Bore a hole through this and put a pin through them both, leaving the short end next to the other hole in the 2x4. Drive the 2x4 on the pipe and then take a piece 2x2 and make a slot 2 inches deep. Bore a hole in the slot and put a pin through it and the hole in the end of the lever. Fasten a round piece of rubber, F, on the block, 2 inches in diameter, to lit over the top of the pipe. Fix the other lever to the barrel as shown in the cut and fasten the two together with a good leather string, G. The float is a large board. When the hogs drink the water down the lever falls and the water runs in. This raises the float ami the lever shuts off the water. The top of the band is covered with lwards and the holes made just large enough for the hogs to get their noses' in. THE DAIRY. Comfort at J'aftture. Many dairymen with big herds which they have to drive to distant pastures would do well to follow the example of a successful 2Cew York farmer. localizing the force ex pended by a dairy herd traveling to and from tho pasture nearly a mile (he keeps fifty cows,) a stout hoard shed has been erected at the home end of the lot, large enough to shelter the entire herd and make a tight room for the spring house. Here also .stools, bran, elc, are kept. "When milking time arrives, tiio milkers drive to the pasture with pails and cans. The cows, being messed regu larly, are at the shed, the stanchions are opened and no time is lost. Each cow quietly takes her place and no dog is required. The niyht's milk is left in cans to be carried to the factory with that drawn next morning. The milkers are always housed if it rains, and during the heat of the day the cows lfnd the shelter of the shed a grateful one, the stanchions being locked. The overflow from the spring finds its way into a trough on the north side of the shed away from the sun where the cows help them selves. There is no platform nor floor to the siied. Manure that accumu lates is scraped up and spread on the pasture. Is'o time is lost bringing up and turning away the cows, no manure is wasted, and the cows lead lives of unbroken quiet, paying their owner handsomely. Another thing seldom considered: Tiic noise, bustle and stir about the homo which milking time always causes, where such a large herd is brought up morning and evening, arc entirely obviated, and the invasion of flies is unheard of. -Farm and Home. THE HOUSEHOLD". Old Thine Woith Sav:n;. An old shade hat, if the straw be good, may be twisted, turned up at the side or behind, and rctrimmed, and come out as good as new. It is poor economy to throw away any arti ficial flowers, unless very shabby, and old ribbons are always coming into play. Old gloves have "many uses. Large sizes may be worn in dusting, or in garden work. The un dressed kid may serve many useful purposes; the long wrists sewed up into bags make excellent cases for silver forks, spoons, and jewelry: the shorter pieces may be cut into pretty shapes and fastened together for pen wipers, or small decorated bags. Of course no good housekeeper throws away old soft handkerchiefs, napkins, or towels, but puts them carefully into the drawer where she has old sheets and pillow cases saved for a time when there is sickness in the house. THE KITCHEN. OI!-T-".Iiio:ietl Pumpkin fir. If pumpkin is peeled, cut up and stewed rapidly, it-makes coarse pies which - have very little cf the native sweetness of the vegetable. If it is cooked in a very small amount of water, in a thick, porcelain-lined kettle, where it will gradually steam for six or eight hours, it requires a richness and sweetness that can't be obtained by any other process of cook ing it. A half pumpkin will not re quire more than a pint of water, and by ihe time it is thoroughly cooked by this method, all the water will have been absorbed. The old-fashioned rule for pumpkin pie is about two cups of pumpkin to five of milk, or four of milk and one of cream, four or five eggs, sweetening and spices to taste. Do not forget to add half a teaspoonful of salt to every quart of milk s:scd iu the pies. Host men are anxious for long life, the lawyer enjoys a brief existence. bat' i i'nt r FOREIGNERS. . AKAiLBOADifl thd Argtftit'ao Bepnb ic haft dne. stretch of 211 miles withoal a curve cf bridge'. t The Italians are the sw'artHie'si re In the United States with tho exception of the Indians and the Africans. As a country rich In Judges New Zea land is far ahead of tho United' States. About one man in fifty is a Justice of the Peace. Tms smallest church in the world Is at St Lawrence, near Ventnor. Isle of Wfcht It has a seating capacity of twelve persons. The attorney of Iho Great Noriherfl feailroad htatcd recently in court that ST.COO persons were actuary detccte 1 in attempts to defraud his company last yeai- A Fkencjt poet has discovered that "Cronstodt" lias just enough letters in it to spoil -Tsar Carnot. " "Ths behln th" case," adds a critic, "nobody need be surprised at the fall of the German Em peror." The way in which tho Eng'lsh lan guage is spoken bore by the Italian; who learn it differs widely from tho way in which it is spoken by foreigLers of other raves from tho" European conti nent The Italians aJd unnecessary vo'.vo!s to many English words. A British Consul in Japan, who has watchod sal'ors carofu'iy, says that Jack is much better mannered sine:; Steamers have rop'acei sal ing vessels. Tho steamers provido bettor and less monot onous food, entail less hardship, and have dul'ed the adventurous, independ ent, and eternally ttnsatisfiod spirit with which tho sailors used to roam atout the world. Tbe Only One Rrer ITtatert Caa Voa Find tbe Word? There Is a 3-incli "display advertisement In this paper this week, which has no two words aKko except one word. The satno is true of each now one appearing each week from Tho Dr. narter Bledlcino Co. This house places a "Crescent" on everything they make and publish. Look for it, send them the nnme ol the word, and they will return you book, beautitoi. iaxnocKArns, or SAMPI.KS HtEK. Traffic In WHes. A Chinaman, living In Australia, when anxious to have a wife of his own na tion, sends a letter to an agent in Hong Kong, written in some such terms as these: "I want a wife She must he a maiden under 20 years of ago, and must not have left her father's house, bho must also have never read a book, ind her eyelashes must 1 e half a:- inch in length- Her teeth must he as sparkling as tho pearls of Ccy on. Her breath must be like unto the scents of the mag nificent odorous jrro.es of Java, and her attire must be from the silken weaters of Ka la Ching, which aro on the banks of the greatest river in the world lha everflowing Yang-tse-Kiang " Tho price of a Chinese woman, deliv ered In Sydney, is 33, but two C bineso women only cost 52; therefore, tho Chinese Import tho women in couples. Tho importer never sees his womeu ho foio they arrive, aud thon he generally selects tho best looking ona Tho other is shown around to a number of well-to-do C hincso, and after they have inspector her, sho is submitted to what may bo cal'cd public auction. Tho writer happened to bo present at one of these sales A young girl aged about 10 was o:Tcrcd, and, after toma tiiiritnri hifldinfr nureha eJ hv a woalthv i i.;an ci.nt.i.-,.onn wlm n n!?ii- nf hil- ncss Is in one of the leading towns in New South Wales. Ibr lliiO. Tho mo. ancho.y a poet of the girl as shu wont away in com; any of the man who had purchased her was deplorable in tho ex treme. Coughing Lead to Consumption. " Kemp's Italsuru will stop tho Cou-ili at once. Co to your Druggist to-day and get airesauiplo bottle. Largo bottles 50 cts. and SI. A Fleet Capturo by CaviUry. During the reisn of terror In France, tho defenders of the new republic wero sending thoir armios to protect their threatened frontio s. In ITiU t'arnot. who organized the military forces had r.00,000 men in tho field. led to continued succoss by tho Republican generals Fichogru, ftocho, Jourdain and others. No such armies had ever bofore trodilon tho soil of Europe: they carried with thorn tho spirit of the revolution. Even winter did not check their progress. Many places surrendered without resist ance on their approach. I lchegru led the van into Amsterdam. At that timo tho Dutch fleet was ice-bound in ihi Zuyder Zee, which is tlte harbor of Amsterdam. Piclicgrii surrounded it with his cava'ry and compelled it to sur render. Ti.us history brines betoro us tho stranro specta lo of the French hussars gal'oplnc across the Zuyder Zco i nnil acanitincr tbo tro.nntidnns lint im- I movable ships of tbo Dutch, and of a-i entire fleet b.'lng captured hy a charge of cavalry. Tho result was that tho government of tbe country co'lapsed and Holland was forcibly alliod to Frauce 1TJZ). You Can Hkeak Ur a Bad Colo hy tho timely use of Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant, an old and popular medicine for Sore Lungs and Throats, and tho best of all Cough remedies. Advice to Girls. Don't conclude that a man is a gentlo mai becauso he has the manners of ono. Don't think becauso a man is a grace ful and interesting talker that he Is everything else. Don't fall to take a man at his word when ho sjys he is poor. Don't be familiar with men, and don't permit familiarities from them. Don't think because a mau Itkea you that he wants to marry you. Don't think that a man is not In love with you because ho has not proposed to yon. Don't bo silly about tho men. Don't be rudo to a man in order to show your independence. Don't let a man impose upon you, simply becauso be is a man. Don't bo'ieve everything a man tells on. either about nimself or yourself. MANY room was mut-ht r-ri In 1S31 sprained my arm clubbing chestnnts ; conld not lift my arm : constant paia until 1SS0, when BL Jacobs Oil cured mc JACOB ETZEXSPERGEIL "ALL RIGHT! ST. JACOBS OIL DID IT." TT THE SMALLEST PILL IN THEWOBLP! TUTT'S Z TINY IJVER P1XLS liavealltlie-rlrtaesof tfce larger oim-h; equally effective: prtrelr True table. J Exact alzeahowa lathis border. IYORY SOAP 99 Pure. THE KSTfOI EVERY PURPOSE Eatoglitaa- tonUlaaa Fatrietlna. W. S. Parkerson, of New Orleans, who acquired international fame by balng One of tha originators of the law and order movement, which culminated in iho killing' of several members of tho Mafia" somo months ago In a spee.-h at BIoomfngtODv III, said: UI yield in iho' love" of my country to no man withiu tho fcofders of it My prid.j in this grand govcrnffcnt 1s not over-topped by any. In its greatness I glory, in Its unity I ro oi o And 1 bosi ta o not to assert that the most intensely AmerUan spirit and pride which I have evor seen can bo found in the IowIanJs ef Louis ana. bclfnd the levees of tho r.Ikf'is Ippi The iitars and Stripes hae no more faithful lo crs than the men of tho new South, no mord' earnest and do termined defenders of the beloved Hag can be fenud within the four corners of the nation, and iiorie will resent more quickly an insult of it The Voice or the People Reaches ns-ov fi'SuM uk go-through the bal-iot-tox. This is tho medium Chrffcpft which it onsht to spiak in clarion tones. But thcro afV other means by vhieh the peoilo voice their ieniinjenti, Irr.Bpoctivoot politics, concerning matters ol itid Jifijidtenec. Successful or un successful nro thoso popnte oviiuojjtions as they aro beard d utinctly or faintly. EH5 health, tbo grand desideratum, arpcals to us ulL Itte avenue Is only cleared when tho obstacles which bar its complete recovery aro swept aside. Kos tcttcr'a Stoaiach Bitters has for nearly a tbinl of a century occupied the first rank anions pro prietary remedies for debility, dyjepia, con stipation. disorder cf tho liver and kidneys, aad as an effectual means of conquering and pro venting malarial complaints. Since tho mlveut of la (.'rippe' it bus also signalized itself as a cure of tbucoiunUiut. lie Tullet t) the Monkey. One of tho kcopers In the monkey houso in Cc- tral I ark has been very much attracted of late by tho regular appearance of a short, thick-set man, who makes daily visits to tho monkcv hou e and stands for hours chattering with the beasts. Tho monkeys know him, for they always come to the front of the case when ho api ears and chirp and chatter and smile a if he were toll ing them funny stories. It is a strange fact, but ho is the only visitor who can get thdir nttontion. The noises he makes aro exactly like their chattering and his eyes seem to spark. o as the monkeys chatter back. Sometimes when they answer him he almost bursts with laugh t-r and wh n ho leases the railing they all bid him good-by with much feeling. TiiiuaiiiicorocatarrhiuthiSBueuon of th.j country than a!l othor disoasot put tosetlicr, ami until tho list few years was supposed to 1h incnrcblo. For a great manv yeara doctors pro i;ouiied it a lotl diseaf o, and pruKcribed local rcuudL'3. mill by constantly failing to euro withlooal treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science hit provo.i catarrh to be a constitu tional disease, aad tuurefora rcijnirn co;i3titu tkiual tnafuent. Hull's Citar.li Curo. manu factured tv 1'. .1. Chonay & Co., Toledo. Ohio, ia Iho only cans-tltu' ionafcure ou tlia market. It it la'.:cn interna. in tlso3 from ton drop to a. teaspoonful. It acta directly upon tha blood and IIIUCHI13 Bnrfiicca of tho sys.oiu. They offr ono hundred dollars for any cngo It foila to cVre. Send for circular and testimonials. Ad dress. F. .1. CHF.XKY & CO., Toledo. O. jOSclil by Druggists, 75c. A l-ctrllloil Horse. Tboro was roccntly taken from a small creek near Sfringtown, I. T, a ponuinc curiosity in tho shape of a petri fied horse, which hail, beyond doubt, been Iyin? in fie bed of the stream for many jear.5. The creek which is known as Mason's Fotd, has been dwindling away for somo time, owing t j tho failure 1 01 tho sprin s bv wuich it is led, and Is now but a shadow riulet, and a number ! of Indian relics, human booses, etc., have teen taken f ro.". :ts Led. USE BROWN'S BRONCHIAL TKOCHES for Coughs. Colds and all other Throat Trouble-.. '-Pre-eminently the best." Uee. Henry il'cnl Hccelier. Tui: following item tppcarol in a MlssiFsi'.pi japer. "l.Vv. A Cathy, a Mothoiist m nister. aged 70 years, iin? at Kurnsvil e, recently eloped w th Vii'-s M'llie Marlor, aced SI yeaxi The lady's parents objected." II:: who works in marble to make others endure often fades away from sight and memory when bis work is done. Two Thirij In Regard to Catarrh 1st, It is a Constitutional Iilxeasr; ant! 23, St Heqiiires a Constitutional Itemnhj. These t io fact ar now so -ve'.I t iown to bo med ical frat rclty thit local applications Uie smuT end inhalants. a:o tesardod as at les 1 kely to :iva on ytc-i.pjrar relief. To effect a per-naneatcuro of Citi r'.i required a. cons:itntionl Kcn-elr like Hoo.'a.. raapa-i'la, which b.- pari .vlnsr the blood. ra:a!rii tha diseased tit-sues, aad imparting j bealthy t no to tho aCucted can-r. doesK.io'lior- ouun aa i ixs;m, cure. "I wast to bay tint Hood's Saraparilla U arer manent corn for catj-rh. After mUeritf- with catarrh tcr-nanj-ye rs, I was Tenanted to take Hood's Sarsaparilla and aft-ru -rtf 'breerfour b tties Iain healed of the moot anuoyins di-ea'O the human system is heir to." V.U.SroCT. Sberidaa. Id. SMLOH'S CONSUMPTION CURE. The success of this Great Coegh Care u without a parallel m the history of medicina. All druggists are authorized to sell it on a pos itive guarantee, a test that no other cure can suc cessfully stand. That it may become known, the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are placing a Sample Bottle Free into every home in the United States and Canada. If you have a Coagh, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for tt will cure you. If your child has the Croup, or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and rebel It rare. -If you dread that insidious disease Consumption, cse it. Ask your Druggist fat SIIILOH'S CURE, Price io cts., 50 cts. ant $1.00. If your Longs are sore or Back laaa aw Shiloh's Porous Plaster, Price 25 eta. SUCH. A group or mccnantcswas seated in tne engine-oomwhenonesaidi-"-HowwaaitTom?" "I no. stormed 'eainst the ceilin: and whirled down to the floor. I lay.thcro liko one dead, and every muscle was sprained. I was I cured in one day." What cured hiin? wifh equal facility and certainty, has enred promptly and permanently worso cases. Here 13 one after suiTering half a lifetime. 14 Eumncr St., Cleveland, O., August 11, 18S8. GRIND YOCtt OWn (, Meal, (Meter sheila. Crkn t'l.nr ! Car, in ths !Nr- UAOJn Mil I UY-viw. ,TV-1 """ IWIfcfc I-att-ntJ. WW IOO per rent, more nadoln Al I'OlVFir. MILI.SnndVAIMI IrrcWfi,- 'iiirj. It.l' Jl It-!. 'irrnlirs nit trt:imntl3 nont cp .irikw.u WILSONDROS., SiSTOlT, PA. FAT FOLKS REDUCED "vfcy m Mrs. Ale llpl. Uregon. Mo.. writ. I Wi n,'MiTici'tht-o'!3)toan-!.n(v itiilKL retortion of li lbs." For circulars iwiiirua. with Ic, Ur.O.W.l-JNVlJi:i.McVickorThtr.C'bicaco.IU- It&lvSoON Wahliiiin, .. "Successfully Prosecutes Claims. "Late Principal Examiner U.S. Pension Bureau. 3 ln bkt war, 15-!juilicatiiisc!--i-a ally tOucc S-'Pakeri'. Di!ci. Entertlnrae-it. (tame.. Sports. Athletic. Char leu. T-.&.rsnz. Amnerue. it. Uvr.t.o--i-r t'SKX. eWltt I'ublisalnz Ilouse, Sow York. mmhwm I -IW I9m mm -vwo-.t la allouetC Ad-rice . Bock free. (UIE MTElV 16CT Wattl.a M disabled, fz tee for increate. at y farTex- aJLY1- Wm o -Law. A.W.MccoBmc lll TO INSTANT RELIEF. CureinUdan I? If fak Jt:er rii-ims. .ojurve. No balrc. No 3 II Ifa su pyo-itorr. KraKO-w t"4-L-XFCEZ.Arfdrea aaWj.KKJtVai.lxS-UcwYorkCaji.X, PAYgrMlSig l C-r.a-;e I, . , -re. I-. tUlZUEUAIJX Waa-aatt-tox, i. O. agtiraj 9 PLAYS I'SKX. li k "August Flower" - tinherit some tendency to 1 tepsia from my motlier. I satenA twd Tears id tlib way ; consulted a number of doctors. They did roe fiogood. I then used Roliovod In your August Flower. and it Wd just two days when I felt great relief. I soon got so that I could sleep and eat, ana I felt that I was well That was three years ago, and I am still first . class. I am never Two Days, without a bottle, and if I feel constipated the least particle a dose or two of Angust Flower does the work. 1 ne beauty of the medicine is, that you can stop the tfss of it without any bad effectson the system. Constipation While 1 was sick I felt sverytbnig it seemed to me a ma could feel. I was of all taea most -niserable. i can sav, iu conclusion, that I believe August Flower will cure anyone ol indigestion, if taken L1fof Misery with judgment. A. M. Weed, 229 Belle- tbntaine St., Indianapolis, Afld. It Tore CoM. Coo-rli. Sore Throiit. Croni IitfluiMiz-i. VliiM)ti; Co-iKh. JlronrhltiH and AMlim-i. ArerUtacureXjrC'oii'-uiiiptb-iilu first !i-haiilaMir-rellrt in ailvaneeilfct ;'. U at-m-e. Yon will ieo lliee-crelle teilectulter taking the lirst !se. So.. I l.y ilealen etci -rwucn. Large butte. 5J cent sail SUM. -X-S v?t j-.."aj---t-? aa v"- 4 1 . i w x SV .? M jmm x r iGfc1" Ti-lls- TTell. V Frrxwoiti:, Dubuqua Co., Ia., Sept., 1SS. ITfss K. Finnlj-an writes : My mother and sis ter usod Pattor Koenij'.-i Ifervo "Tonic for ncn raltpa. Thoy aro loth perfectly oU now anil never tiro of praiaia: the Tonic CinsSP, 1ot-. Cot. iu, 1SC3. For nineteen yeara my daughter sr.!Tj-ed from fits to thai sho couli not vwu drt-'j 'mr -elf. On tho 17th of March It;ri& eho coi--.i--e-.cvd uiii.T my child is cured. SlltS. TJIElilAA IO J-.U. S-orsi XitKZ, Iowa, July 0. 1S30. I W33 Bcfferias from nervousness, Bleeplo-ta-ocgo, tiim lo 1 01 memory ; cbout tup montha n-to X tocfc Pit3tur Koaiiiij's Nervo Tonic, aud I nt tnl.nte iny recovery' to thiaincdicrue; I I'-ra eel. iiQcd witU itu cUtcC J. A. LAAil'.. r-SKC- A ValuaM- I'mA fi'-i rcr-r.m i BaSmiM till- Mietliciiia tree of diare. This -vm-ds-has- 'Cn prepared by the l'f veren Jv-tnr Kcni-. of Fort Aavae. InJ, inco ls.6. aud ISMr? prepared under liis direcUon by tho KOENIC MED. CO.. Chicags, S. Sold by Drn-rsists at SI.perKottle. G for S3. T,rm Sie. St.75. C Kf.Ulei for SO. Mz& LITTLE i&'CaSSn-' gar n iw P5LLS SOT GRIPE 50K SICKEJ. Snr ftrrs lor SICK IIEAXJ- ACIli". trr.rilr-d il'r,e!Ion,coatI- Fs-'cr.totiitJ "innd. Tht7sro-i ." -rit-I orgasJ, r-i.)Otc r.i!. d.i- xines,. STir;l ffc-t o-i Kid- nt--:cni!b!jIler. Coiwjner sOO bilious nervous i- . mill 1M.IX.T ACTION. Tlonutlfr co-rnplexion bjr purifying blood, "-ckklt VE'-ETASLE. The do'e i rir-ly cOju-tnl to uit ccr, tt. or r!"t enn n-Tcrbstootiueh. Ka' vlronSains ,c&iTitiMn,frt pv'trt. like leid pri.cll. Unviat-.i uian's ! coartaltan. Tx'.tn esi;r tban iurst. "oMevny whm AH j-raulne pocii4 bc3r'Crrctct.' ead 2-ccnt rUrap . You ret C2 psJ bcok w-th tnpls BR. HARTcR MEDICINE CO.. St. Louis. Ma MENTION THIS PAPER mn wintwn Tmaraasa FANCY WEDDING AND BALL PRO CRAWS, VISITING CARDS, ETC., - -- - - May be had at tho office of this pa per. If not in stock, have the publish er order from his samples, sent cut by the 0 II 212 Pearl Street. Sioux City. Ia. Sib IT-met Tno-:rso:r, tha moat noted pbyiciaa of Co;, land, say that more tbsa balf o f all diseases come froaa errors la diet. Send for Free Sample of GsrSeld Tea to 319 West 5th Street, Jfcw York Citj-. If A cornea ut'bact -atlui;:currt -jlrlc !Iraitu'titr rMiorKVon-MlotiuniCcresicntiniiluii. SICNTIOiI THIS FArXR van mmmam w iiiimia BOR THE Uftii) U1ELL' DRILL .ii.it WELLS with onr fa: ::onnVcM .llnrhltif TU' only riertct eir.cwan'neaiia Is.3t-!roipir-R tuolstn u. LOGMIS & ftrf.7A.V, tufix. onto. grS-itaTeaa I'ltKK. FOR SALE PLAN1H8 A FAY QThat will plane sixteen Inches wide. Tbls machine Is in j-ood order and will be delivered on board the cars for Ka. For further partlcu- lars address V. II. HOGKItS. 1- I'earl St.. Sioux City. Iowa PRINTERS Should write for our new ine of STATION-PV saraples. The comtiletet ve- issued. Sioux City NewsDaoar Union. 212 Pearl Street. S.'our City, Iowa. $65; month an't boanJ, or Lightst rora" i.mon cd SO JT crd t to -r ita 1'. W. Ziesler A Co, br. Louis, ilo" S. C. X. U. riu i.is.K.v.Buii.a.acR-'! aari'ir-yl'ril -li Ti-n Conauain'lTca acd people i who ba-ro weak hints or Aj th ru-, tbouM use Plso's Care for Consumption. It hits cared thonaanda. It has notintilr- 1 one. It Is rot had to IoJls. It ts tha host cocgh syrup. f.olJ eTerrwherc aSe. m aaaMBafSaV-LAflBaeE&lvRf KTaaa52iB22i3sT! gpgjgS Ffiji? ? fetl9 V 3tOw-J S"1 D Vi'-';A liOX NE STATIONERY LD -L & .fts ' t K.1 -V "'Tti I 1 1 i Ca, IP- If - 1 , Coo a .0 falfc" ! ? ?.s--- c, t VT :&.-- . ,SvS4 - kr.-'? ' V-i- r SJ'--J .-".. . 1 ti r-js- af'-z2FJa33Bijifg tjnpyr ffrrv?sz&, g&?JsSBXf
