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I liilliH 1HIIHHII I II I I 11 II HI I III I'll I I Some Heterod The liquor question tabes up more 6 newspaper space than belongs to it by z right of importance, and all the state- d . ments made on this subject are either t foolishly overfervent or radically u wrong. v Why can we not arrive at the truth r of this question and stop our senti- c mental gibberish and noisome non- r sense? c Of all hocus-pocus, side shooting, i devil stump-dancing editorials that t are served up to the people today the t whiskey question has everything skin- g ned a block. a When the average writer takes up I Illb ptru IU UISUU83 tLIIB DUUJCVl uu l throws away his cigar, groans iD spir- 8 it, draws the corners of his mouth a down at an angle Of forty-five degrees, j conjures up a mental picture of Beel- j zebub with a many tined pitchfork , and proceeds to write paragraphs \ which if personified would take the form of singing cherubs covered with ^ auroras and halos. He strikes out like a blind snake without knowing j what he is going to hit. Why? Be- ^ cause he is playing to the galleries. Do you know that nine-tenths of the people do not want annihilation of { uniritiious Liouors? Of course we all have heard, and many a time, too, that familiar sentence: "I'd blot out every drop of liquor in the world if I could?" And yet If the author of this pet phrase should tall into the experience of Robinson Crusoe, he would wade the waves op to his eyebrows to save the kegl This man is an altruist He would blot out liquor not on his own account but on account of his fellowman. He does not fear for himself, he fears for the other fellow. * What about this other fellow ? Here we find the keynote of the whole trouble. It is the red nosed sot and liyer-visaged weakling; it is the staggering toper and tippler tba' makes us squirm. We must forego wines, we must freeze out whiskey, we must preclude all beers, we must annihilate spirituous liquors on account of these weak, blear-eyed, blub- ' ber-faced drunkards which are ever in | our midst. On their account we must shut up shop and take to the bubbling j springs. We can't take a glass of pale ale for fear some bladder-eyed blellum may see us, whieh, of course, would set the example. Wines and liquors are thiDgs which we cannot well do without. They are put here for a use. The juice of the grape is a good thing. The product of the hop has its place. There are times when we need whiskey and ' need it bad, but on account of the ever present helpless sot we must perforce cut them all out. Look at every paper that falls into your hand. Listen at speeches of prohibitionists, hear the talks of the good templars, size up tbe question and see what a hill of trouble this sot in our midst has piled up for us. Because sugar gives Johnnie tbe toothache none of the kids must eat sugar?Johnnie is the sot. Because playing In the branch gives Johnnie a bad cold the kids must all keep away from tbe branch?Johnnie is the Bot. Because there are weaklings among us we must have co spirituous liquors? norAin it is the ant How doee this amiable sot view tbe question ? He thinks that tbe wbole prohibition ticket has a holy horror of auything that tastes like spiritus fermenti. He has heard that quotation about "blotting out every drop of it" many a time, and he, not by auy singular delusion, but because of our methods,of dealing with the question, thinks that we are speaking for ourselves! It is a fact that he docs not know that all we do and say are not meant for ourselves but for him ! He, poor fellow, thinks that we detest and abhor the stuff when we only detest and abhor his weakness. We do not, as a rule, despise liquor. It is the weakness and ungovernable appetites of certain of our fellows which we deplore, and if we could show < these men that we are foregoing spirituous liquors, not because we detest them but because of our feeling for mese men, many or tnem would see the question in an entirely different light. Listen at this: Yesterday a man was overheard to say : "It makes not a d bit of difference to me if they do vote out liquor, I can get all I want anyhow." Now, this man looks at the question this way: They all hate liquor, and hate me because I like it, and therefore they are goiog to spite me Dy Toung u out ot the land ; but before I will allow these supersensitive slicks to spite me in this way I'll buy me a barrel and stay drunk a month just to show 'em. That is the attitude of the majority of drinkers. They think that there is no sympathy and fellowship between the drinker and the abstainer, and look on the abstainer rather as an enemy than as a | friend. "There is so much bad in the beet of us, There is so much good in the worst of us, That it hardly becomes any of ua To talk about the lest of us." We are all frail. We, all of us, have our weaknesses, and, if we would only work on one another instead of trying i to formulate laws to do this work, how much more would we accomplish, j Public sentiment after all is law, and ' how quickly could we form public sen- i timent if we spent the time with our a fellowmen which we spend in discuss- ? ing and enacting laws. t "If ifs and ands were pots and pans p the tinker would have no trade," but nevertheless let us make a supposition. | ox (?) Views.!4 n !uppo8e a mass meeting of all the citiens of Abbeville was called for toQorrow and after the discussion of bis temperance subject each individlal be asked to help settle the much exed question. Some one would imnediately rise and move that we vote 11 ?ut liquor. Another would second the ^ notion, and when the motion was K tailed the ayes would sound almost m inanimous. Now, would that settle ri he question? Make another supposi- ^ ion. Suppose in that meeting a cru- g, ade was begun in behalf of humaDity ta ,nd each man was asked to rile.dae - _ ^ fcc limse/f to use uithout abusing himself ^ n the use / spirituous liquors, and M uppose that every soul in the city was n sked to join in this crusade. Now, * n your candid judgment, which of ^ hese two suppositions do you think od vould be indicative of the most good ^ "or humanity?which ? ^ In the one case the law is expected 1< o do the work; in the other case the ?j people who made the law would do a he work- Which is tb6. more potent, ic he law or the people who make the >1 law? " b We prohibition people sometimes q] shift our responsibility to the shoul- li jers of the law. We see the evil and * feel that we must do something and something comes and whisper, vote p prohibition, and we vote it. Thh ii ione, we interlock our fingers, and J vith a benign smile, mentally pat our ^ >wn backs in utmost satisfaction at w he good accomplished, when in realty we have done absolutely nothing " ;oward temperance. Like the ostrich, tj we stick our heads in tbe sands of the al prohibition bill, thinking that we are ^ unexposed to the attacks of intemper- m ince, when it would be much better $ for us if our heads were not in tbe sands at all! * The majority of us prohibitionists n ire Pharisees of the strictest sect. We II jay our Pharisaical prohibition pray srs and wear our purple robes of ab- J jtainanoe and pay all our votive offer- g ings according to the rule of the syna- P gogue; but when we meet with tbe " man who has fallen in with the rob- ? bers of intemperance, we bold up the li skirts of our silken garments and pass ri by on the other side. We are very willing to settle the | question by vote, but we are not will- k ing to go to the individual a?<I lift ? him up, the only way by which the ^ LjUCOtlUU UttU UC HtUlltfU. When does your minister impress ^ you as accomplishing the most; when from the pulpit he urges all his parishioners to v?te the prohibition ticket at the coming election ; or when he approaches some poor man who has fallen under the habit, who feels that his friends are gone and that be is an outcast, takes him by the hand, leads him up, supports him, and shows him that so long as he lives in him be has a friend. Which has done the mott for the sot, and temperance? You are at home. A little boy is playing with a vine Chat you know ta be poison ivy. Do you go and get the poison vine and throw it over the fence; or do you call tbe little boy to you and explain that a vine of this kind is dangerous, and show him examples of what it has done and reason with Mm that it is always best to Atv/vtil Sa ?\amAt*t? J ?# ? J ? ? O CITUIU I'UM |JdillUUIIU JklKJU til VI Lit? I | Unless the boy knows that it is dan- t gerous and for that reason yoa do not % want him to have it he is likely to wait until your back is turned and J seek it again. If he concludes that \ you threw it over the fence merely to v keep him from having it human na- 1 ture will drive him to go over the t fence after it. Teach him that it is | your feeling for him that causes the so- * licitude and he will not knowingly * touch it. J No, we are not teetolers and white \ ribboners because we hate spirituous liquors. We know that they have a J place among us and will continue to WaIH if Wft AonnAf - J UVAN* IM TT V VMUUUV UU TV IUJUUI lUCUl J * but, oh, you love pots, you sponges, you systematic soakers, you tuns and toes pots, you bibacious gin guzzlers, you groggy rum lushers, you are the cause of all this fight and flurry. Temperance people cannot see you ruin your families, your bodies, and your souls and stand idly by with folded hand*. They feel that they must do something to stop you! They must cut up the poison ivy vine and throw it over the ience. They must forego all ferments because of your bibulous dipsimonia and you, you are the cause of the white ribbon. It is uov ueuause mey aetesi wmsKey but because they cannot brook your pot- 4 valiant, sottish ways. Oh, that you would stop and give us peace ! 1 ? i Bit Beat- Old Moih*r. y "My dear old mother, who Is now J eighty three years old, thrives ob Eleo- * ific Bitters," writes W. B, Brunson, of 1 Dublin, Ga. "She baa taken them for about two years and enjoys an excel lent appetite, feels strong and sleeps VielU" That's the way Eleotrie Bitters affect the aged, and the same happy q results follow in all cases of female 1 Weakness and general debility. Weak, i (>uny children too, are greatly strength- I 6hed by them. Guaranteed also for i itomach, liver and kidney troubles, by P. B. Speed, druggist. 50c. If Jp o?ed *i a saddle, bridle ox breaching ttveosacaii. a J. Llok. g, ?< t< weak Stomach, caoatbg dyspepsia, a weak t 3 earl with patpUallaa or lataamlltool poWw, .t ways mraot weak Stomach nerves or weak: ^ ieart aerves. Strengthen these Inxlde or con- dl rolling nerves with Dr. Sboop's Restorative rj ind see bow quickly thaae ailments dlsap- . iear. Dr. Shoop ot Racine, Wis. will mall gi am pies free. Write Tor them. A test will en. lour neaiin u oertalniy worth Lbls aimle trial. Sold by C. A. Mllford. ] E BITTERS 8n18S8KlWB*a J Or! ? 1 * ?* * ~ * * . . v. iN INSATIATE RIVER. I OW THE MISSISSIPPI SOMETIMES EATS UP REAL ESTATE. '? <? *<? ?f flrmnTillt Ttlll Hon the Father of Water? Swallowed Several Thousand Dollar*' Worth of Ilia Property In One Night. "No use talking, the Mississippi river la ? most contrary thing on earth," rearkod Ohptaln 8. H. King of Greenville, lift. "During the civil war, It will be inembered, there was a double bend, ooh In tho shape of the letter S, of the ver at Vlokaburg. General Grant, yoa oow, wanted to ohange the course of the ver by cutting a channel through De sto peninsula, thus cutting off the upper snd and causing the river to llow straigni jroas below Vteksborg and leaving tbs iwn high and dry. Grant could then ?re sent bia gunboats by Vlcksburg and oeraed the shelling from the upper batties of tha Confederates north of the mn. Ha put General McClernand and iveral thousand men tb.work at outtlng lis ohanoel across the peninsula In front I the town, and they worked for some me, notwithstanding the harassment on: the lower batteries of the enemy, tut the contrary river wouldn't ahow the ast desire of aooeptlng such an artificial lane*) anyway. The plan was finally bandoned and Grant's gunboats had to take the run before both the upper and iwe* batteries. But In 1-876 ths Mlsslsppl river, of Its own aooord, out It* way jross De Boto peninsula below Vloks org. but farther up than Grant's artificial lannel was started. De Soto peninsula i now De Soto Island, and the body of rater 1afront of Vlcksburg is now known i Centennial lake, taking the name from >e year that the Centennial was held at hlladelphliw This Is only one of many istanoes showing how the Mississippi re isea to submit to the dictation of oItII aglneers and bow it follows its own stuborn course, winding and washing Its 'ay here and there at Its own will. "By the way, the Mississippi washed sreral thousand dollars out or my pocKei l one nlgl)t aboa? 15 year* ago. At that jne I owned ji row of nouses which began Luacwt three blocks sway from the river f Greenville, Miss. One day a governlent engineer said to me,4 The river win une time wash away Its bank here, and oor buildings will tumble In.' "Well, I laughed at him. The bank ras .Tfi feet high, and, besides, the river ras quite low. One rooming I awoke to tarn that there had been a big cave in of be river bank the night before, and that oonple of my buildings had been carried w?y. I joined the crowd of people that shed to the river bank to see this detraction, and, I. tell you, I never appelated the terrible power of the Father I Waters until I witnessed this scene. T vtu t>r>ri<nrr ill pro tAlklDGF with I rlends another big slloe oI land, a block a width, crumbled away and fell Into tha Ivtr, carrying with It several more of nay oildingc. Ton can Imagine bow I felt, eoause I had been drawing an Income of 1,000 a manth in rentals from my bulldog*. Now over half of them were a mass t debris floating down the rlvor, and my sal Mtate was only so much dirt In th* ottom of the channel. "All stood there watching my build Qg9 and grovnd slip away into thelrlver attlsen approached me and said, 'Captin, I'll give you 11,500 lor the remainer of Tour nropertv.1 " 'No, I'U no* take lew than $8,000,' I |UJ? "The worts had no more thaa left my ongue when there was anotner cave in, ad two more of my lots and building* ambled Into the greedy river. The citizen ben remarked to me, 'Captain, I'll give ou 91,000 for your property now.' "I refused to entertain this proposition, rfcioh, of oourse, was a pure speculation, a no human agenoy could atop the cava n. Pretty soon another one of my lota nd Its building went Into the river, and ay speoulatlve friend then offered me $800 or tbe.rpmalnder of my property. By this lme X bad eonoluded to trust to luck and tend all losses, and I refused to sell at ity price. I now had one lot and one tuildUisr left. Daring the excltcment an ild oolored woman came up and said to ao: " 4Shaah. oaD'n. will ye give me dem irtok what's In dat cellar under yer loqie?' "I told her *he could have the brlok. I tad a pile of sew brlok la. tbejcellar under ay enly remaining hoflse. The old col led woman gare her husband 25 cent* 0 hire a team and wagon to haul away he brick. Now, upon my word of honor, rhat I am now going to lay 1b truo. VhUe the old colored man was gon? (or a ragon another cave In ocenrred, and my ut bonae and lot* brlok and oellar and U, tumbled Into the river. She oave In ame so Wddenly that the crowd of people landing on the bank bad to flee for their Itm. After the excitement bad omewhat uheided the old colored woman oxclalmed: " 'Lawto' maBayl Don's my brick In Is bottom o' de rlbber, an I done lo*' my uatah.' ?1.11- .1 ^ ?,a. VI WUJTC) nunc liu* VIU nvwaa iQt OS eenta, X wm out another 91,000. taring this series of cave lea that day fforta were being made to place a long ram# stote bulldluH on toilers and move t to a place of saiety. But before the milding could be rtaised it began to tilt, nd Ae men were compelled to desert it. toon the store building slid Into the river t&d west kerchug to the bottom of the hannel, aa completely out of sight as If It tad been 'the only pebble on the beaoh.' "In my opinion the Mississippi river Is U right?when it doean't oome my way. 1 milt a nioe residence In Greenvlift several tears ago and had a beautiful flower beleoked lawn between the house and the tver, which was a block away. That lawn m long since been swallowed by the voaclous maw of the Mississippi and today ay resldenoe stands on the odge of a bank hat Is T5 feet high."?St. Louis GlobeJsmoorat. Htdtonl Lynch Laws la Banrtk II If curious to cote that in some parte 4 Bavaria a method of procedure which la lied flaberfeld treiben still prevails and I practiced by the people In case of ifftnses which do not come within the wla of the ordinary law. Neither person lor property is injured. People assemble v)th black or masked faces in front of the ifftnder'a boose and howl, fire rifles and Mtft pot* and kettle*. A mock sermon letting forth the offense of the person oonariiad is then reolted in the hearing oi he ttrtadenjeanani?Notes and Queries. The expenses at Great Britain are no* kfcaat #400,000,000 yearly, or nearly $1,00C MM- KUHOte, tral every ucje oi mo ciui;* MWMa la an Inflow of a little over |1 nto the British treasury, thos leaving as inooal rerpbw el about #20,00?,004 Out of sight. "Out of sight; out of nlind," is an old aying which applies with special force I 1 a ?i?rp. hum nr wound that's been rMted with Bucklen's Arnica Salve, t's out of sight, out of mind and out P extefenee. Pi lee too and chilblains laappear under its healing influence, uaranteed by P. B. Spee<l, drugflt. 25o. Beat soda water and the finest aoda fonnId In tipper Booth Carolina at Mllford'tj og Store. Xoyler'a oandy, always freab, at .Speed's] if ator*. J; V ^ : yssM# v ' . ....c ?filiiiWi?niJ~II"T^rTTgr'g'**'i=??iMWUtinWnl'MnMB ROMANS LIKE ?KCReCV. He Do Not Want Strangers to See Thmh Household Arrangements. It seems to be a part of the real sim q. pliclty of the Italian Latin to put on o ^ J quite useless look of mystery on all ocoa ^ *lons, and to assume the air of a conspir- 11131 ?tor when buying a cabbage, and mow ^ar than one great foreign writer has fallen yea. Into the error of believing the Italian an i character to be profoundly complicated. [ p0ij One Is apt to forgot that It noeds much g dfteDer dunliclty to maintain an appear I Rt ance of frankness under trying ciroum-l " etances than to make a mystery of one'i j B?B marketing and a profound secret of one's cookery. There are few things which the exe poor Italian more dislikes than to be a t watched when he is buying and preparing ' doe his food, though he will ask any one to ' BUb hare it with him when it i5_ready, but he ^ is almost as prone to hide everything else . . that goes on inside his house unless be has, _ fair warning of a visit and full time to prepare himself fcr it. j This is perhaps not entirely a race peoul- loni larity, but rathe;r a survival of mediaeval mei life as it was all over Europe. There are con pretty clear Indications In our own lltera- j ren ture that the ladles and gentlemen of two yer or three hundred years ago did not like to: be caught unprepared by Inquisitive visit- j ^ ore. The silks and satins in which they. cl0' are portrayed would not have lasted a life- -A time, as they did, if they had been worn wei every day. As for the cleanliness of those 1 Imi times, the less said about It the better. I pf j In Rome there was a long period during ^is whloh not a single aqueduct was in work- _ incr nrHpr and It was a trade to clear a sup- j ___ ply of water out of the Tiber from a por- j tlon of the yellow mad by letting it sottle er" In reservoirs, and to sell It in the streets Is t for all household purposes. Who washed Ban in those days? It is safer to ask the ques- wh tlon now than it would have been then. wo Probably those persons washed who were q the fortunate owners of a house well or a m rainwater cistern, and those who had . neither did not. Perhaps that was very much the same all over Europe. It is cer- P?1 talnly to the oredlt of Trastevere that it li not a dirty place today by Italian standards.?Marion Crawford in Century. C inc MARY ANDERSON'S WARDROBE. Utt Whn She Ha4 bat One State Costume For Five Five Act Plays. lnt Three months elapaed between Mary Anderson's first appearance on the stage an( and her second performance, "a heart ov< breaking Interval," writes Mrs. De Na- the varro in The Ladies' Home Journal. Man- for ager Macaulny of Louisville then offered fat her his theater again for a week, aDd eha presented the chief roles in five plays? H "Fazio," "The fiunohbaok," "Evadne," ? "The Lady of Lyons" and "Romeo abd Juliet." Of her first week's engagement CU) he writes: ''At the end of the week I was oy< in debt to the manager for the sum of f 1, bej the house having been large enough only suj to oover the running expenses. All I bad th( Sained by a weel; of bitrd work was a sad n eart and a very sore throat. Besides, aredltors became unpleasantly lmportu- .. ' rmta. for mv scanty wardrobe was not yet paid for. This consisted of a white satin BUI "dress, simply made, whioh did service for ex All the parts. It sparkled in silver trim- me ming for Juliet, was oovered with pink we roses for Julia, became gay in green and oft gold for Evadne and cloudy wltb white f0j lace for Pauline. The unfortunate gown owed its many ohanges to the nimble and willing fingers of my mother, who spent muoh time each day in its metamorphoses. 811 "A train of velveteen, a white muslin dross and a modern black silk gown, toj which, like Mrs. Toodles, we thought Be; *would be so useful,' but whioh had to be discarded after Its first appearance, completed my wardrobe?surely a meager one ( for five playsof five acts each, requiring at least IS gowns. We had built up flnanoial as well as artlstlo hopes for that week and were disappointed in both. But an it proved more successful than was at first *er thought, for shortly after, Ben De Bar, th( one of the greatest FalstafTs of his time, Sp engaged me for six nights at his St. Loula thi theater. At the end of that time U found th< myself In his debt for the sum of $600, but &Q the houses had steadily improved, and iht press was filled with long articles entbuslastio about the present and full of predictions about the future." ' ? on TIm Swlu Band*. tal The Swiss bands marched to the musla ye of fife and drum or of their own voloes, th< the notation of one of their marching Jn1 songs being still preserved. The forest g0 cantons also sent a horn with their companies, whioh instruments were known by nloknaraes, Bull of Uri, Cow of Unter- ? walden, and the like. Their sound w it *u long a note of terror to the men of Aus- gr< trla and Burgundy, and made a grand rcl rallying cry for tho Swiss in aotiou. But to apart from this, these horns appear to be ^ the origin of the bugle horns which still *?.( ? ? ? ? rvf nil* 1 \ Bppoor UU liiJU appuiuuuouto U4 wu? Infantry, and have displaced the drum as the distinctive instrument of the foot sol- ~( dl?r. Kaoh company of oourse had a flag of its own, which on maroh or in action was posted In the center under a guard of ] halberds. Whenoe the main body some- ' times was called by the name ?f tie pan- po ner (banner.) The Swiss were dlstinfuishod by the small size of their flags; ^ the landsknechts, on the oontrary, to ao- .. centuate the difference between themselves and their bated rivals, carried enormous ?* ensigns, and made great play with them. rU Other nations chose a happy mean between w< the two. yo Uniform was ?f course a thing virtually of unknown in tbe fourteenth and fifteenth oenturles, though the Swiss, If we are to e trust old woodouts, wore the white orou ] on a red ground even at Sempaoh.?Maomilian's Magazine. ^ Sad Cue. ch A little girl went with her mother to see a lady who was an assiduous oolleotor of 15 ohina, and In whose parlor were cabinet* ut filled with her trophies, besides odd plates [it and dishes, bearing indisputable marks of eg age, whlc.l hung in conspicuous places on the walls. . Tbe child sat quietly during the long ^ call, and while her mother and the ohina b? oollector talked of matters of mutual interest she looked about her with big, wondering eyes. ] " 0K0 aoM f ohfillll V AB flht fii iuauiiuo, ouo duiu ?w ?... 1u was getting isady for bed that night, ^ "don't you feel sorry for poor Mrs. Haskell without any kitchen?" " Without any kitchen, ohlldf What do *7 /ou mean?" asked her mother. "Why, didn't you see?" asked the little girl in a tone of great surprise. "She has tei lo keep all her dishes In the parlor."? to. Philadelphia Record. Cattish. Miss Passe?Dear me I One cannot iross the street without a lot of horrid men staring at one. Maud Ethel?They don't look mor? than ones, do they, dear??Cincinnati En bfl qulrer. Ia The pain in Ma's bead has gone, . She's as happy as ean be, Her health is right, her temper bright, ' 'Since taking Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea at night. C. A. Milford. ^ - tail FOLEYSHONEY^TAR lb f*r children; safe, sure. No opiate* IV I MJ. Come to us for bagging and tie*. L. W. White. f" , . , " GOL If yon want a nloe piece of tobacco, ohew- n* log or smoking, go to Hpeed's drag store. ?" '**' \'t? ... / )W TO ATTAIN OLD AGE, rice Prom an Authority on the Subject of Longevity. f the giving of recipes for longovlhere Is apparently no enrl. Every 1 or woman who has readied out beyond the allotted threescore rs?and tea Is made the subject of entertaining argument to prove the its of this or that contender. very abnormality In the 6hape of sngth of arm, of back, of general tem, la used as 'an illustration of virtues of this or that system ol rclsc or living. It is the opinion ol food many laymen that mankind s entirely too much thinking on th< Ject of how to live to a ripe old age is worry on this point might leac the desired result ut there never will be less worry ?n now the list of systems for pro gation of man's days Is being aug a ted. The very latest suggestioi les from a physician of credit an< own. He thinks that there is i y great deal of benefit or of Injur: the wearing of certain kinds o thing. ccording to this authority, tin uing of flannel next the skin 1: Densely injurious to the general nn men and women. Cotton is king, 1] opinion. For summer wear h ;gests a calico shirt, while balbrlg i cotton is his idea of winter cov ig. The main point of his theor; ie necessity of wearing always th ne kind of material next the skiu ether this be of linen, cotton o ol. lutdoor exercise is highly recom nded?that Is, if cycling be except Wheeling Is not considered a san forinance by this judge. How to Dake Tripe. !ut two pounds of boiled tripe Int h pieces. Peel, slice and fry in le butter four mild onions. Whe; a golden grown color, tuvn thcr 0 a deep baking dinh. lay on thcr 1 tripe, dust with popper and sal I on? tablespoonful of flour. Pou ir milk sufficient to cover, pit ovc \ dish a tightly fitting lid and Bak two hours. When done, skim off th , turn into a heated dish and serv< ow to Hake Poor Man's Pudding. 7ash two tablespoonfuls of rice thoi ?hly, put it in a puddlug dish, pot sr it a quart of rich milk, add fou iping tablespoonfuls of granulate jar and a saltspoonful of salt. Stac t dish on the back of the stove and t heats and the rice begins to swe r It often from the bottom to kee from sticking. When the rice is qull ft, add half a teaspoonful of vanlll tract and grate in quarter of a nu !g. Stir these flavorings throug II and put the dish in the oven. A :en as the^milk begins to wrinkle c ) after placing it in the oven stir ^roughly, not allowing a crust 1 m ob top till the milk becomes thic d creamy. Then do not stir it an >re. Let is get a delicate brown o ) and then take it from the ovei rve cold with currant jelly. How to Hake Saadeea. ;hop some beer or mutton very nm out two cupfuls. Add to it one sma ion chopped flne. Season with sa d pepper and add a little gravy. Bu escalop dishes or shells and fl jm two-thirds full with the mixtur read over them masbed potato* it have had milk or cream added < 2m. Brush over with melted butt< d brown In the oven. Hon to Make Koamlit. )ne quart of perfectly fresh mill e-fifth of a 2 cent cake of yeast, or alespoonful of sugar. Dissolve ti ast in a little water and mix it wit 2 sugar and milk. Put the mlxtui :o strong bottles?beer bottles ai od?cork them with tightly flttir Uppers and tie down securely wll jul lw uju. ouuac iuc uviki\.o II minute to mix thoroughly tbe I ?dlcnts, then place them on end In 'rlgerator or some equally cool pla< ferment slowly. At the end of thr< ys lay tbe bottles on their sides; tui em occasionally. Five days are r lred to perfect tbe fermentation, at eu tbe koumiss Is at Its best It wl ep Indefinitely In a refrigerator. Bow to Prepare Flab a la Relne. rp prepare fish a la relne pick und of boiled fish Into small piece ike a white sauce of one tablespoo 1 of flour and .one cupful of creai Id to It the fish, two tablespoonfu chopped mushrooms, salt and pa ;a, and heat It thoroughly over hi iter. At the last add the beau lk of one egg and one tablespoonf chopped parsley. low t?> Fry Clama Maryland Style Put one tablespoonful of butter in ping pan over the fire. When It t, add one tablespoonful of fine opped onion. Fry slowly for fl^ Inutes. Do not brown the onion. Ac soft shell clams. Cook for five ml es In a covered pan. Season with tie pepper. Beat the yolks of t^ gs, add to them one-half a cupful < earn, add this to the hot clams ar Ir until the sauce Is creamy, if lis, It will curdle. How to Devil Almonds. Blanch and shred two-thirds of a n. 1 of almonds. Heat ODe.tal>lc:<p > 1 of butter until It sizzles ami .-ae almonds, then add two tnMrsp-> Is of chutney, four opped cucumber pit !; sv.i* ;:ii oonfulh of worcc'sti'!::!::!-* sa . : < aspoonful of salt ami 1 of pepper. Serve hut. * Qotv to ninLe Spruce Drer. Mix together a pound and a half if sugar, two gallons and a half iter, a large piece of lemon peel, si lent essence of spruce to flavor ai Jf a cupful of yeast. When the be fermented, bottle It for use. f taken patiently and pprsisleutl ii relieve ine most ousunaic cai-cs t ligestioo, coiiBlipatiou, bad blooi J liver uo matter how long standinj at's what Holli?ter's Kooky Mour u T< a will do. 35 ceuls, Tea or Tal i. C. A. Milford. R. J. A. DICKSON SUKliLUN DtiNiiM. iD FILLINGS; CROWN AND BRIDOI WORK A SPECIALTY. TICE OVER BARKfil)ALE'S STORE. ' ?ws:-z ?; . ;-'<-V-". . * : . " ' - *. CHILMEN'S COLUMN. Johnny WMppen'a New Wafch. Johnny Whippen wanted a watch" on hi; birthday and wanted everybody to know he wunted It. For weeks in advance at breakfast, lunch and dinner he told hip | father, mother, sisters and broth(!rs how ho yearned for the timepiece. ! His persistent harping on the mattei finally became unbearable to the othei ! members of the family. When Johnny | mentioned the word "watch," they boi came severely silent. But Johnny kept , right on. j One evening he was sitting in the drawj Ing room with his father and concluded It ' was a good opportunity to do a little lobi bying for himself. ' "Say, pa" l "Db" l?u ilnnm KIo nnnal> nn t.llA fllhlA | JL ? 10.UUUPU and looked sternly at the boy over his spectacles. "Now, Johnny, I am going to put my foot down on any more of this watch Jk. " You are making life a burden fox* t. rest i of us. So, if you were intending to at k ' 1 mo about the watch, you had better not 1 say anything further. Don't let mo hear j the word again." f Johnny was repulsed, but not defeated. It was the custom in the Whippen family for each member to quote a verse of Scrip2 tare at family worship each morning. 3 The day following Mr. Whippcn's ulti3 matum the family met for worship. It d was Johnny's turn to quote a verse. Ha . o waited until ho was sure all present were attentive, and then ho 6lowly repeated !? with great emphasis the following verse: "What I ?ay unto you I say unto all, 7 Watch." 0 Johnny wears it in his top vest pocktl. > ?Buffalo News, r A Pc-Ment Patient. Flossie's doll was a very patient littk > thing. It never cried or screamed oi made any trouble. It was just as content a with a bed on the floor as in the crib. One day Flossie thought Dollie was sick, arid of course she felt very badly about it, arid a hardly knew what to do. A happy thought came to her. She dressed hawtily and took . Dollle to get some medicine. She found Dr. Guy in his office, but all ready to ride '8 out. He gave har some medicine and ID <*n!l anH ooa lioi? TTlAflfllo WAi P&ASUAA9C/VL WU V(N* Ouu ow uv* * .www.* ,.? it very glad for his cheering word* and the :o medicine. Dollle was soon better and fcaj k not needed any medicine since.?Our Lity tie Folks' Magazine. n A Straaare Pet. * L Perhaps the itrangest pet ever kept bjri man was a wasp which Sir John Lnbbook caught in the Pyrenees and resolved to tame. He began by teaching it to take lta a, meals on his hand, and in a very short L' space of time it grew to expect to be fed in It that way. Sir J?hn preserved this ]>et with the greateat care. True, it stung him ij once, but then it had every excuse for <loI* i log so. Sir John was examining it while on a railway Journey, and, the door being !8 opened by a ticket collector, he unceroo monlously stuffed It into a tiottle, and 1h? it outraged Spaniard, not feeling quite at home during the process, gave him a gentle reminder as to the proper way to treat a guest. It. A Great Hearted Little Man. 10 There 1e an 8-year-old boy in Emporia le with a heart in him as big as a man's, :b says a Kansas exchange. Observing for ?e successive tes another boy 0 years old re carrying big Bundles of clothes, which hi* mother washed in order to earn a support '* for him and her, an idea struok him that u a nico little red wagon would llgnten ma a burden. So he want among his friends d* and collected $1.00 in nldtels, and with a this he bought the little w.igon and gave ;e it to the washerwoman's boy for a Christje mas gift. D The Robin'* R?d Breui 6* To robin redbreast is ascribed a legend id that most of us are familiar with. He 1? 11) said to have plucked a thorn from the crown that our Lord wore on the cross, and the blood, running down, stained hit breast red. * a The Snowflake B&U. s. Wj3 3 ro 0? Frost on the window?stormy weather? The winds and the truant haves at play. And, dancing across the day together, i' The dainty snowflakes flit away. Light they are as an eider feather. White they are as an Easter lilyElves escaped from a misty tether, Romping away to a revel chilly. J rr>U~ m*> nfrnac AAA)* r lUUIB-UC-UOCi 1 JIC fei CLJ | A woodland tune to a gay quadrllla. Across the sides and up the middle The snow elves dance with a happy will Oho, for the snow and wintry pleaaurel Bright Is the sun In its robes of gray! Come, join in the snow elves' dancicg measure? The romping tune of a stormy day! ?Chicago Record. Of Conrae He Couldn't. Angry Father (to littlo Willie)?Why 0: *re your clothes soiled so frightfully? Little Willio (whimpering)?I fell In if the gutter. i,] "And with your new pants on?" ei "Yes, pa. I didn't have time tooooM home and ohange thorn." Trial Catarrh treatments are being mailed out free, on request, by Lr. Sboop, ltaolne, iv Wis. These tents are proving to the people? J. without a penny's cost?the great value oi 3' this scientific prescription known to drugj, gists everywhere as Dr. Hboop'6 Catarrh Remj j <dv. Hold by C. A. Mllford j Lots for Sale. I oiler live desirable residence lots f for sale, corner of Main and WardJaw streets. These lots adjoin the Graded School Building and are conveniently - iipar t.hfi churches and the Public 1 Square. Terms reasonable. I J. JR. BLAKE, j v-?- J ,-4v. !'>"5 - . . x ' ,1 ? * * * ,.;/r . _ ' ' " j GEMS IN VERSE Now and Then. All of us cemmlt mistakes, { Now and then; ' Some of us make serloua break* Now and then; We are apt to set the pace In the hustling worldly race X, With more recklessness than ffraMfc Now and then. We are fond of breaking wit. Now and then, And we-go too far, no doub{, , Now and then; Yea, Indeed, 'tis nothing new To be sorry, through and through. For the foolish things we do Now and then. ; 1 Well, we only really live, , < Now and then; } ' Others' faults we can forgive^ Now and then; At our own, then, let us wink; Of life's sea we'd tire, I think, , If we didn't sort of sink Now and then. ?Milwaukee ScntlneL Any 8oul to Any Body, h Bo we must part, my body, you and X, Who've spent so many pleasant year* M together! *i Tie sorry work to lose your company, Who clove to me so close, whatever tin Veather, j. ' From winter unto winter, wet or dry. But you have reached the limit of your tether, And I must Journey on my way alone And leave you quietly beneath a stone. They say that you are altogether badf; (Forgive me; 'tis not my experience]) , And think me very wicked to be sad At leaving you, a clod, a prison, whence To get quite free I should be very glad. Perhaps I may be so soma few day* hence, But now, methlnka, 'twere graceless not to spend A tear or two on my departing friend. Now our long partnership la near oompleted, And I look back upon its history, nI greatly fear I have not always treated Tou with the honesty you showed te me, And I must own that you have ofu defeated - Unworthy schemes by your sincerity And by a blush or stammering tongue ~ have tried ? To make me think again before I UeiL i *' *< Tls true you're not so handsome aas yoo, were, ./.* ?But that's not your fault, and la partly mine. , Tou might have lasted longer with more care j And still looked something like your first design. And even npw, with all your wear tod tear, 'Tls pitiful to think I must resign Tou to th# friendless grave, the pc.tlent 1??7 Of all the hungry legion* of decay. But you must stay, dear body, and Z go. And I was once so very proud of youl You made my mother's eyes to overflow When first she saw you, wonderful ud new. And now, with all your faults, 'twara' hard to find A slave more willing or a friend mora true. Aye, even they who say the worst iiboat you Can scarcely tell what I shall do without you. ?-Cosmo Monkhoose. ' / , v Within the Resoh of AIL The gift of beauty lies within tho reach Of all who seek It Tou who scan la vain v Tour candid mirrors, abowlng but ham plain Are the reflected features, I beseech To listen to the lesson I would teach. The best cosmetics In the heart ao4 ] brain t Their beauty bringing qualities obtain; Laboratories wonderful are each. k A noble Impulse In the cause of right,* With finer fairness, dowers the humblest face; Pure thoughts and self forgetting lova will light The homeliest features with a heavenly; grace. Lending a loveliness not age's night Nor even Death himself shall quits face. ?Edward A. Church. ' Plaint of the Plutocrat j 1 have bought everything I can buyj X have tried everything I can try; , I have eaten each eatable, ^ j * Beaten each beatable; ? Z have eyed everything I can ey* I have sold everything I can sent , I have told everything I can tell; I havte seized all the selzabl^ Squeezed all the squeezable TULjthey have shelled everything the* can shelL v 7 I have ridden each thing I tan ride; ' * I have hidden each thing. I can hide; J ' I have Joked all the jokahlst J Soaked all the soakabl* I have slid everything I could slid* I ? \ ! W I have walked everything I could walk| I have talked everything I could talk; Z have kissed all the klssablet Hissed alt the hlssable; I have balked everything X can banc X have crushed every one I could crash) I have hushed every one I could htuh) X have drunk everything drinkable^ Thought every thinkable;' X have rushed everywhere I could raah. I have been everything I could be, And the scheme of things will not Trim X have spent all that's spendable; Still It's not endable, J ind I mean It's a bother to me. 1 ?Chicago Yrttma* ' Life. little cry of fear through which Tour heart Is won; Two eyes with sudden wonder filled. And life's begun. The tears of childhood and the plajr That soon Is past; The triumph at the altar wh?a > The bond Is fast j The striving after things whereby Men measure worth; The wrinkles and the thinning hair, The growing girth. The rounded shoulders and thchopsj j That one by one Die off until the laat^oea out, ( And life is done. Discoveries. J , Little drops of knowledge, ;< Little grains of sense, Solve the mighty problem Of the home expense. Had the little leakage \ _Earller been checked. 'men in? migaiy vcmm .j Never had been wrecked. Thus the golden trifle* Make the sum of life, Making home an Eden Or an endless strife. , -Oood Housekeeping ' ? ?i Stomach troubles. Heart and Kidney ailments, can be quickly corrected with a prescription known to druggists everj where as Dr. Shoop's Restorative. The prompt and , surprising relief which this remedy lmmedl| ately brines Is entirely due to Its Restorative action upon the controlling nerves of the I Stomach, etc. C. A. MIKord. - * ! J? T 1 Dig bargain in Lanu. 115 acrcs, two miles of Abbeville. j i Plenty of good bottom laud, lot of productive cotton laud, and pasture laud to spare. Will sell cheap for cash. t L. R. WILSON, j . ; \ j - it . .. i .-J&g