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, POVERTY CROQUETTES.
' "I know it is not quite the proper
thing to ask," I said respeotfully to
My hostess, ';but might I know how
those oroquettes are made?"
1 had "dropped in'" for luncheon at
, a friend's house, where it is quite like
homer/ writes Mrs. Curtis, and the cro-
quette question was a sheer accident,
for nothing I had ever eaten in the
line of chopped, breaded, fried things
tasted like these. The man of the
house looked across the table quizzi-
cally at his wife. She smiled and said,
"These are poverty croquettes."
"Poverty croquettes," I repeated
wonderingly, "Somehow that does not
seem quite the right sort of a name
for them; they are quite the best I
ever ate. They do not taste like chic-
ken, veal or sweetbread and I should
be very glad to know how to make
;them.'
"I'll tell you later," she said smil-
ingly, "only you ought to hear my hus-
band discuss poverty croquettes."
' "You can't help it, you know," said
the good man amiably, as he stuck his
fork in a fourth croquette. "I eat this
sort of thing about once a week and
I've got to oonfess I like them - you
never found any euchre party cro-
quettes that could touch these. Yet 1
should dread horribly to wateh 'them
made. I don't believe I could eat them
if I were to see the things that go in-
to them." And between remarks he
speared a fifth croquette.
"Ever hear of my Grandmother
Wheeler?" he queried.
"I don't think so."
"Well, the madame is just like my
Grandmother Wheeler, When I was
a little boy I used to hate to go to
grandmother's. She never threw any-
thing away. It was a sort of hobby of
hers. She could cook cold potatoes 17
different ways. She made vegetable
hash I hated that, though I did not
mind the potatoes so much. She fried
cold oatmeal' and tried to make us be-
lieve it was pancakes. She manufactur-
ed Dutch cheese from sour milk. The
things she could make from stale bread
were a marvel. She even evolved soup
from water, and there was not an ani-
mal that walked, flew or swam which
comes to our table Grandmother
Wheeler allowed to he buried unless
its hones were picked bare. My wife
• Is like Mary Elen Wheeler only - a
trifle more artistic as a cook."
She smiled indulgently. I3el' husband
was demolishing' his sixth croquette.
The granddaughter or the frugal dame
of a farm is a rarely intelligent woman
and the chat we had in her cozy sitting
room, after leaving the dinner t -able,
taught me afew lessons about house-
keeping that have, since, helped me not
a little. Her lecture upon "poverty
croquettes" is all I shall, repeat at
present.
"You know I do my own housekeep-
ing," she said. "I have survived so
,ma:nytrials in the shape of hired girls,
Olt at last I engaged a maid, who con-
Jessed she knew nothing of cooking.
She can scrub, do dish -washing, prepare
vegetables, and all that sort of work,
but I do my own cooking."
"With eight in the family," I inter-
rupted.
Yes, and straightway I reduced
household expenses $8 a week," It is
not. the wages cue pnys a ,girl that
counts, it is what she contributes to
the garbage barrel. The pigs fare
poorly that dine •from. our garbage can
these days. But about poverty cro-
quettes. They say any fool can cook
a pieico of meat the first time, but it
takes a wise woman to make it palat-
able the second day. That is the sort
of wisdom I had to learn when I was
a young It:luee-keeper. It has come gra-
dually, I mastered the mysteries of
good hash„scalloped dishes, meat pies,
ragouts, casseroles, souffles, stew and
hlanquettes, but after all of these were
made there were always scraps of meat
left that seemed an impossibility, not
much good for the soup pot and too
varied to classify into one dish. I in-
vested in one of these litt1e kitchen
hen
table sausage machines and experi-
mented. My first poverty croquettes
were asuccess. The smell machine has
proved itself a wonder and the old
chopping bowl is relegated to the
highest; shelf In the pantry.
I'll try to analyze the croquettes
of to=day, There was a finger length
of colte fried ham, a thin slice of roast
beef, the pickings from achicken leg
a few morsels from a lamb -stew, a scrap
of tongue, a bit of calf's liver, the end
of a porter house steak (that nobody
eats) cooked till lender and a veal cut-
let. That represents the meats eaten
at various meals in this house during
the week. I always look over every
scrap of food thatleaves the table and
everything that is fit to save in the
way of meat goes in a small covered
stone jar, which is kept immaculately
clean and has a place in the coldest
corner of the refrigerator. First, I
prepare it for the chopping machine.
It is at:etched to a hone, worth a place
in the stunt kettle, I trim the meat off
cleanly and pare away every morsel
of fat or gristle. It generally takes
a week to save enough for a batch of
croquettes, but nothing is wasted, from
the pickings of a chicken skeleton to
a bit of dried beef. It comes from the
machine much more tasty than any one
meat, suck as chicken or veal croquet-
tes would be. And the name for them,
well, I christened them poverty cro-
quettes. One has to learn all sorts of
lessons during hard times, and I feel
quite complimented when my husband
calls me Grandmother Wheeler. She
made life worth living on a bleak old
farm and' she gave the world five sons
and daughters, whose education was
hard won by a mother's thrift and un-
selfishness. Dear old Grandmother
Wheeler, I'll warrant her Dutch cheese
was worth travelling miles to eat.”
OYSTERS, AND HOW TO EAT THEM,
Creamed on Toast. - Drain sixteen
large osyters in a sieve; melt half a
tablespoonful butter in the blazer, and
half tablespoonful flour, at.ir and cook
two minutes; add half cupful milk end
half cupful oyster liquor, season with
half teaspoonful salt, one-eighth tea-
spoonful of 'white pepper, stir and cook
till smooth, :add the oysters, cook a few
minutes and put on four slices of
buttered toast.
Oyster Stew. -For tWo stews, procure
one pint of oysters; remove 1 hem from
their liquor with a fork end place them
in the blazer; retrain the 'boor over
then!; add half a eupful cold water,
three tablespoonfuls rolled oraokers,
half tablespoonful butter, one-quarter
teaspoonful salt and one-eighth ten•
di'oonful white pepper; let it stand ten
DAMAO% then put tea blazelr ever the
'AMP and cook till the oyetera are
plump and the edges curl; take two
soup plates, and put into eaoh one
tablespoonful milk; pour in the oys-
ters, and serve with oyster oraokers
and butter; 'have oleo some fine shaved
cabbage, pepper, salt, vinegar and to-
mato catsup on the table.
Oyster Milk Stew. -Plane the blazer,
wit h half pint milk, over the lamp.;
when it boils, pour the milk into a bowl
and set aside; put one pint of solid
oysters, with their strained juice, in
the blazer; add oneteaspoonful
but-
ter, three tablespoonfuls finely rolled
oraokers, small half teaspoonful salt
and one-eighth teaspoonful while pep-
per; place the -blazer over the lamp,
and cook till the osyters plump and
the edges ruffle; add the hot milk, and
serve.
Oysters a La Carey. -Place, the blaz-
er, with half tablespoonful butter, ov-
er the hot water pan, add twelve large
oysters, without their liquor, season
with half teaspoonful salt, one-quarter
teaspoonful white pepper and one table-
spoonful lemon juice, cover and let the
oysters come to a boil, then take out
oysters and place them in a dish; leav-
ing the broth in the blazer; mix one
teaspoonful cornstarch in flour with
one teaspoonful butter; add to it the
oyster broth and cook two minutes,
mix the yelks of two eggs with half
cupful cream, add it to the blazer, stir
until nearly boiling, add the oysters
and serve.
An Engineer's Story,
SUFFERED THE PANGS OF RHEU-
MATISM FOR YEARS.
Was Reduced In Weight Froin 180 to 130
Tonnds - Ills Friends Feared That Re-
covery Was impossible -Nom Actively
Attending to ills Duties.
From the Midland Free Press.
Alexander McKenzie is one of the
well known residents of Brookholm,
Ont., where he has lived. for many
years. A few years ago it was thought
that an early grave would be his; on
the contrary, however, he is now stout.
and strong, and the story of his re-
covery is on the lips of almost all the
citizens of that burgh. The writer,
while visiting in the village could not
fail to hear of his recovery, and with
the reporter's proverbial nose for news
decided to put to the proof the gossip
of the village. The reporter visited
Mr. McKenzie's home and was intro-
duced to Mrs. McKenzie. Enquiry
elicited the information that Mr. Mc-
Kenzie was not at home, but when in-
formed as to his mission the lady
freely consented to tell the reporter of
her husband's case. Her story runs
like this: " Mr. McKenzie is 40 years.of
age, an engineer by profession, and is
now on a'boat on the lakes. About
five years ago he began to feel
twinges of rheumatism in different
parts of his (body. and limbs. For
a time he did not think much if it,
but it gradually got worse until the
pain was such that he was unable Lo
work, ;Incl could not get rest at nights.
I would have to get up two or three
times of a night." said Mrs. McKenzie
to try and, relieve this intense suffer-
ing. Of course he consulted a physi-
cian who pronounced his trouble scia-
tic rheumatism. The doctor did what
he could for him, but without giving
any permanent relicfi This went on
several years sometimes he would be
some better and try to work, then
the trouble would come on again and
be, as bad as ever.
He was pulled down from being a
stout man of 180 pounds to about 130,
and was so thin and miserable that
all w -ho knew him thoifght it would
he only a matter of a chert time until
be would be in his grave, For four
years did he thus drag along a mis-
erable exi,-„once, until in the beginning
of 1597 some one recommended Dr.
William's Pink Pills. Tired of medi-
cine, wi'h some reluctance he procured
a box and gave them a trial. Almost
at once a change was perceptible and
as he kept on taking them, the im-
provement continued, and he was scon
able to be about. By the time he
had taken about -.a dozen 'boxes ho
was free from th1' slightest twinge of,
rheumatism,and as stout and strong as
he had been before his affliction. .So
great is his 'faith in Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills 1 hat when' he left home re-
e,entl,y to go up the lake for the sum-
mer, he took three boxes with him as
a preventative against a possible re-
currence of the trouble. Mrs. Mc-
Kenzie was quite willing that this
story should he made public, and
be-
lieves
lieves that she owes her husband's
life to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People.
Rheumatism. &entice, neuralgia,
partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia,
nervous headache, nervous prostration,
and diseases depending upon humors
in the blood, such as scrofula, chronic
erysipelas, etc., all disappear before a
flair treatment with Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills. They give a healthy glow
to pale and sallow complexions. Sold
by all dealers and post paid at 50c a
box or six boxes for $2.50 by address-
ing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont. Do not be persuaded
to take some substitute.
PROUD OF IT.
Mrs. Booze -Aren't you ashamed?
People all over town are saying you
can drink enough for three or four
men.
Mr. Booze -That's envy,. my dear;
pure envy.
Hurnbefl 0�0 Mu��ciiro.
eye.. •
The royal family of Italy has inherit-
ed from the dynasties which once ruled
over the various sections of the penin-
sula more castles, palaces, villas, hunt-
ing and fishing grounds, forests and
lakes, mountains and islands, than it
can possibly enjoy or take care of the Be-
sides 1
Be-
sides old paternal estates in Savoy
and Piedmont, such as Rautecombe,
Valdieri, Racconigi, Aglie, La Ven -
aria, Monoalieri and the range of the
Gran Paradise, which soars to the
height of 13,000 feet and covers 100
square miles, there are the dueal pal-
aces in Geno Modena
a, Par Parma, and
Venicee he ex -imperial palace in Milan,
the park and castle of Monza, S. Mich-
ele in Bosco at Bologna, the Pitti and
the Boboli in Florence, the royal for-
est of San Rossore, with no end of
Mediceen villas on either side of the
beautiful Valdarno.
From the Bourbons of Naples they
have received the Palazzo lteale, the
park and casino of Capodimonte, and
then Caserta, Gli Astroni, Quisisana,
the forest of Persano, the Palace of
Palermo, etc, Fancy what it must
cost to keep these valuable properties
in proper repair! One-third of the "Lis-
ta Civile,” or national endowment of
the crown, is absorbed by this glorious
but burdensome task.
King Humbert hays done his best to
get rid of Ouch places as Stand lowest
in the scale of artistic or historical
interest. S. Michele in Bosco, for in-
stance, has been turned into an ortho-
pedic institute; the Palazzo Ducale at
Modena into the Italian West Point;
that of Parma into a smaller military
college; the farm of Belladonna near
Rome, and the Villa Mirafiori in Rome
itself have been sold; yet what is left
in his hands -would be enough to satis-
fy tho wants of all the European royal
households put together.
In the routine life of King Humbert
and Queen Margherita there are two
distinct yearly periods - the "State"
period, which is spent in Rome, from
the opening of Parliament, about the
15th of November, to its closing by the
end of June, and the "home" period,
which is passed mostly in the Villa
Reale at Monza. The long term of city
or official life is made lighter to these
sovereigns by their respective passion
for sport and fur music. The King is
very proud of his shooting grounds of
Castel Porzia.no and Castel Fusano,
to which' he rides or drives about once
a week.
These two farms, ,adjoining eaoh oth-
er, and inclosed all around either by
a wall or by wire nettings, cover an
. area of about 30,000 acres, and extend
from the chain of hills of Decimo to
the seashore. Their oak and pine•for-
este are stocked with wild boar, deer,
i stag, and pheasants, while the downs
along the coast afford excellent sport
during the quail season. I think there
is also a herd of fifty or sixty Amerl-
can elks, which are allowed to live and
multiply unmolested. The gamekeep-
I ers and the other officers live near the
"castle in a cozy little village, where
there are an infirmary, an attending
physician, a school, a church, and a
small convent. of Capuchin friars. The
game r shot by the King and by the
gentlemen who are occasionally invit-
ed to take a share in the royal sport
is sent as a rule to hospitals and char-
itable institutions.
Queen Marrrherita's love for music
is a great source of enjoyment,' both
to herself and to those whom she pri-
vileges wit h an invitation to the court
special performances. Foreigners are
not aware of the fact that Rome is
a great music centre in the modern
not, in the old Italian, sense of Om
word. The royal academy: of music,
called Di Santa Cecilia, stands at the
head of the muvelne t
n under the direct
inspiration of the Queen. The four
leading orchestral performers have or-
ganized themselves into a "quartette
della Regina," the Queen's quartet.
This quartet., at her special request,
played for her every week during the
winter of 1895 thecompositions
of
Beethoven, commencing. with the pro-
ductions of his early youth, and con-
tinuing on to his great symphonies.
Every performance of Sgambati's Quin-
tuor or Pinelli's Society Orchestrale
Romana is graced by the presence of
her Majesty. Whenever illustrious
maestri aecept the hospitality of the
Royal Academy of Music and give a
recital we are sure to see Queen Mar-
gherita give the sign of applause from
her seat, or from her balcony.
I was present ttt the Paderewsltei con-
certs, says awriter in Youth's Com-'
panion,for instance,and it was evident
that the Queen was deriving exquisite
pleasure from them, She did not try
to he sure, to check or to conceal her,
The Fall
ie alit Time WhenT the Health Meet Be
Gat'etully Guarded.
With its sudden changes, its hot
days and chilly nights, dampness and
decaying vegetation, this season is
peculiarly trying to the health. A
good Fall Medicine is as important and
beeefiolal as Spring Medicine. Flood's
Sarsaparilla is just what is needed
when the leaves begin to fall ; it keeps
the blood pure,vards off malaria,
a
ore:ates a good appetite, gives refresh-
ing sleep, and !maintains the • health
tone through this trying season.
9 azrsa-
HO®d S pa'riila
is Canada's Greate t Medicine. $1; six for $5.
i1rr'repered by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass,
Hood's Pills take,easy 10 op(;Irate.25oo.
feelings in the Anglo-Saxon style.
Paderewski was at once invited to
court, and on his leaving Rome the
insignia of Knight Commander of one
of the royal orders was conferred on
him by the Minister of Public Instruc-
tion, who, by the way, is an enthusias-
tic musician himself.
One thing I cannot understated is
why her Majesty never leaves Rome
for short excursions during the eight
months of official life, but I think this
seeming indifference to the points of
attraction and curiosity around Rome
is probably due to the Queen's kind-
ness of heart; she knows that the vil-
lagers and farmers of the Campagna
could not be prevented from express-
ing iu a more or Tess costly and ela-
borate form their feelings of loyalty
and she knows also that such excur-
sions must be preceded, attended, and
followed by certain police precautions,
which are not always calculated to fos-
ter the feeling of freedom and deliv-
'eranee from state life.
A visit or a private presentation to
Queen Margherita is a delightful ex-
perience, indeed. Arrivin, g at the
Quirinal palace at the hour named in
your card, you are shown into await-
ing room, simply, but tastefully orna-
mented with rare specimens of tapes-
tries and china, where one of the gen-
tlemen in waiLinR welcomes you, and
converses with you until the door of
her,Majesty's "cabinet de reception" is
opened. This reception room strikes
the visitor more for the magnificent
view which it commands through its
six great windows, opening on eter-
nize, than for any display of showy
decb•rasien. ' Dense masses of ever-
greens occupy the foreground, while
the Janiculum and the Monte Mario
shut the horizon beyond the roofs and
the domes of the city, with St. Peter's
and the Vatican towering between the
two hills.
As I have remarked in a previous
paper, there is a certain fascination
for thoughtful minds in gazing at
these two palaces, the Quirinal and the
Vatican facing each other much more
amiably than the respective situations
of their tenants would lead us to be-
lieve. Perhaps it is one of the good
characteristics of the Italian nation to
make difficult positions bearable by
mutual kindness and toleration.
The Queen speaks the four great
European languages to perfection and
as she keeps herself au courant with
modern literature, and with the con-
tents of the latest literary or scien-
tific magazines, her conversation is
delightfully easy and full of interest.
No stranger of distinction leaves Rome
without carrying away with him an
ideal remembrance of this lady, equal-
ly perfect as a wife, as a mether, as a
Queen.
Italians dot not make as much of
Christmas as the Anglo-Saxons do.
Until late years gifts were made or
exoharged at the Befania (Epiphany)
Christmas eve being celebrated only by
a family gal hexing and a souper mai-
gre. But the Queen follows and bas
made popular the Anglo-Saxon style,
ani: the good old-fashioned "Merry
Christmas" is fast hemming a national
institution. The Christmas tree at
court is a welcome celebration to
the members of the royal household
and to 'the ladies and gentlemen of the
inner circle. The gifts consist mainly
of admirable piece.; of jewelry.
The closing of the parliamentary sea-
son at the end of. June or at the be-
ginning of July is the signal for rtgen-
eral stampede from Rome. The court
the diplomatic body, Senators and De-
puties, and even some of the Ministers
of State, not , to speak .of minor offici-
als, emigrate en masse in the old ap-
proved Roman fashion. It is not the
degree of the heat that makes July,
August and part. of September ember ver
Y
disagreeable in Rome, but its depress-
ing quality. .'These months bring with
hem an almost complete cessation of
public life. Sixty thousand persons
left the capital in the summer of 1895
for an average period of forty days.
The
King
and Queen's
headquar-
ters
uar-
!ers
in summer are at Monza, thirteen
miles north of Milan. Here they own
a comfortable residence, surrounded by
a park many leagues in circumference,
crossed, watered and made cool by the
river Lambro. I have had frequent oc-
casions to converse with ladies and
gentlemen who had just enjoyed the
royal hospitality at Monza, and they all
concur in declaring that their Majes-
ties are just as amiable and fascinat-
ing in their intimate family life as they
are admirable on the steps of the
throne in the state rooms at the Quiri-
nal,
The King rides out early in the
morning, visiting his tenants, survey-
ing the works of improvement on the
THE CHARGE Ob' THE 21ST LANCERS.
" And through everything clean out the other side they came—those that kept up or got up in timet The
others were on the ground -,-In pieces by now, for the cruel swords shore through shoulder and thigh, and
carved the stead into fillets. 'pwentyafour of thosie, and of those; that came out seventy-four had felt sword,
ballet or spear. Few horse§ liitayed behind among the swords) but nearly I30 were wounded."
estate, or shooting in the royal pre-
serves. After breakfast be devotes
himself to affairs of state, which in-
volve a pretty lively correspondence
betwee 1 !tome and Monza, and a con-
stant running up and down of Cabinet
couriers. The doogments which re-
quire the royal signature are brought
up once a week by one of the Minis-
ters.
Then comes the season of the grand
manoeuvres, in which two army oorps
take a share - something like 60,000
men, including artillery and cavalry
and the Alpine regiments, The King's
headquarters
are generally taken up
in some gentleman's villa in the neigh-
borhood of the field where the last
sham battle and the olosing review
are expected to take place. The army
manoeuvres are followed by those of
the fleet. Th'e theme is much the same
every year. A hostile squadron tries
to force its way through the coast de-
fencesP
o Genoa, Spezia, La Maddalena
or some such harbor, and a national
squadron tries to prevent it from do-
ing so, The King watches the naval
review on board his yacht Savoie.
The last and most pleasant part, 1
suppose, of the royal holidays is the one
spent in the shooting of the bouquetin
or ibex, among the crags and the
serums of the Gran Paradise. One of
the most thrilling episodes in the
Queen's summer Alpine, life, was the
death of Baron Peccoz, of Grossoney
while crossing the Lysjoch, tied to
the same rope which held her Majesty
and the Marchese di Villamarina. Since
then -that is, since the 25th of August
1894 -we have heard np more of royal
excursions in the high Alps, although
the Queen continuos to repair to
Grossoney and to the Peccoz villa for
six or seven weeks every summer.
The pension of the house of Savoy
for i be ice -clad giants lining the bor-
derland between France, Switzerland
and Italy brings to my recollection one
of the latest achievements in the line
of winter Alpine sport, ip which the
Queen's nephew, Prince Louis, Duke of
Abruzzi, has taken a prominent share.
The episode shows onee more to what
a manly and noble race these Savoy
princes belong, and what singular
ways they. follow in the celebration of
their Christmas holidays.
The Duca degli Abruzzi, son of the
•late Duke Amadeu d'Aosta, is not un-
known in the United States, having
spent the last weeks of his three -years'
cruise round the world in visiting Phil-
adelphia, New York and Roston. No
sooner had he landed on the shores of
his native country than he hurried to
England to enter his yacht in the
next contest with the Meteor, Brit-
annia and such other famous craft,
Once hack athis place in Turin, do
you think the youth willing to enjoy
at rest after bis peregrinations to
China,the South Pole, Alaska and New-
foundland?
No, Tie could see from his window
looming up some 12,000 feet in the sky,
1 he pyramid of Monte Viso, with the
sun just disappearing behind its icy
pinnacles, in the midst of a glimmering
range of lesser mountains, all clad in
:heir winter garb. The temptation to
climb Monte Viso was ton powerful to
he resisted. The Vice -President of the
Alpine Club, Signor Gonnet.ta, saw
at once that the best policy, in fact
the only alternative left, was to follow
the youth up the mountain and share
wit h him the risks of such a Glaring
enterprise.
The party reached Crissolo in a rag-
ing snow storm on the night of March
3. At 2 o'clock in the morning of
March 5, the party started on its peril-
ous journey, led hy three clonal guides
eaoh carrying a lantern to make clear
t he path. The rifugio, or shelter hut,
was reached at 2.40 in the afternoon.
t heir progress being bit terly opposed
hy wind and blinding snow. The mer-
cury stood at 22 degrees Fahrenheit.
\Vhat with the roaring hurricane out-
side, the chill and the insufficient ac-
commodations inside, the climbers had
a dreary night to pass -all except
Prince Louis. His Highness had
brought with him an Alpine sack of
the Conway pattern and a light cov-
er of eiderdown; and no sooner had be
laid himself to rest, than he fell sound
asleep, never to wake up until the
morning call of the guides. The diffi-
culties which attended the ascent the
next. day may be judged by
the fact that it took the
party one hour to scale the last.
sixty^ facet. The top was reached al
1.55 o'clock in the afternoon, and was
left at 2.15. After passing another
dismal night. at the rifugio, the Prince
reached Turin in triumph on the even-
ing of the. 7th.
In such ways do the Savoy Princes
pass their vacations. I may add that
the marriage of the Duke of Aosta
wit h Princess Helene d'Orleans and
I hatf Crown Prince with o ther i h TTelena
of DTxmtenegr•o have been greeted with
great satisfaction by the nation, as
both ladies come from good, healthy
stock, and are personally full of ch'u•m
and accomplishments. Crowned beads
have been of .late somewhat. restricted
in their choice: I think they must be
all cousins by this time, The nickname
of "mothier-in-law of Europe" has
been given to the old Queen of Den-
mark, not without reason. Such a.ili-
ances, following round the same small
circle, are not calculated to itnprnve
the race of rulers. Let. us be grateful
to Prince Victor Emanuel for having
chosen of his own free will, and not
without opposition, a bride from the
magnificent race of Montenegro.
THE BLUEJACKET'S REVENGE.
The unfailing good humor of the
British bluejacket was shown the
other day when a boat's load of A. I3,'s
from a man of war were landed for
shore leave in it Cornish village.
As they journeyed up the roadway
to the second pub., a gentleman's wag-
onette passed, driven by a surly look-
ing coachman, and one of the tars
jumped on the step behind.
Gil. orf there! shoutedt the coachman
and being a churlish sort of fellow, he
lashed the aailor viciously vecross the
face with his whip. That was enough!
In an instant the other eleven blues
had closed round and stepped the trap,
the bo'sun's mate in command, ' Ten-
lionl cried he, and 'tention there was
Dismounted the gun! he shouted, and
it seemed as if every hluejecket car-
ried n whole carpenter's outfit. In
three minutes they had taken the
wagonnettc into 172 pieces, and that
without so munh n.s sorn.tehing one bit
of paint or losing one wintery screw.
They laid them all out meetly on the
stony rood. and the ho'sun'a mate,
niter inapeeting the job, cried, Good!
Dinlniesl
SUSPICIOUS.
Mrs. llnyrix-Jim Peabody, cashier of
the bank wan down to -day, an' bought
Denoon bank,
fast colt: for $80.
I('armer flayrix-Huh 1 That's jilt the
amount I put in his bank yistidny, It
is mighty peculiar; mightily so
TO CURB A COLO IN UNH DAY.
Take LaxativeBromo Quinine Tablets. All Dnrg.,
slats refund the motley It it falls tonere. Rhe,
Rt4SENVOI
Look here, said Li Hung Chang to
the young Chinaman who thought he
knew 'everything, "am I not the rich-
est Manhi the world ?
Certainly, your excellency.
Well, 1 want you to bear in mind
and stop' referring' to this Rovernosont
as a p1B:yed-out monarchy. It'a3 e
guided, up-to-date pin:tooracy."
DRINK, --
Ludella Ceylon Tea
You are missing a great pleasure if you are not one of the many who enjoy thle ?ea,
LEAD P/.CKAGES • • 25, 4o, so and 6oc.
FLASHES OF FUN.
I like a modest man, said Uncle Eb-
en, excep' when he makes
his modesty
y
an excuse foh bein' too lazy to try.
Beverely, did you enjoy your Eu-
ropean trip? Yes; didn't meet a soul
who succeeded in borrowing money of
me.
Georgie, don't you see that Jane is
taking your candy ? I don't care. It's
the kind that always makes her sick.
Do you think Hoeckie, the tailor,
would give me credit on a suit of
clothes? Does he know you? No. Oh
in that case he would I
Algy-•You say she only partially re-
turned your affection? Clarenoe-
Yes, She returned all the love letters,
but retained all the jewelry.
Madeline -He proposed to her while
they were in the surf. Gladys -Did
she accept ? Madeline -She threw cold
water on him.
A Frank Opinion -Caddy - Dere's
only one good t'ing I kin see in play -
in' golf. Golfer -What's that? Caddy
-De folks what play don't have to
carry de sticks.
Progress -They say the Friday sup-
erstition has been exploded in Spain,
Indeed? Yes; they've come to think
that one day is just as unlucky as an-
other.
He says his soldier life reminded him
constantly of home and mother. Ilow
was that? They wouldn't let him
sleep late in the mornings.
Visitor, to sexton digging grave in
churchyard, -Who's dead? Sexton -
Squire Thornback. Visitor -What
r•,omplaint ? Sexton, without looking
up - No complaint ; everybody satis-
ifed.
This dog, madame, would be cheap
at one hundred. I would take him,
hut I am afraid my husband might ob-
iect. Madame, you can get another
husband much easier thane, dog like
that.
Aline -Isn't it s'ckcning the way
Miss Trp -to -Date cries to put on man-
nish airs? Anna -Perfectly! Pre-
tended to lose her collar -button this
morning when she knew all the lime
where it was.
Do you court en investigation? in-
quired the interviewer. Well,. said
Senator Sorghum slowly, I don't ex-
actly like the phrases I'm willin' to
meet an investigation if circumstances
make. it necessary. But 1 ain't makin'
love to it,
A Cruel Awakening -Miss Lovey-
.th, no, harry, it can never be, Jack
locked that brat -tele(' on forever and
kept the key, Mr. Hazard -If you
want to get nut of it, say so. Every
fellow in the cl•r• s a -ave a girl one, and
our keys are all alike.
Tam astonished, said the scoffer, to
hear you compare our glorious coun-
try to a small boy getting his face
washed. Me? said the oratorical pa-
triot. How ? When ? When you said
it was impcs;ihle for the nation to
stand still.
Mrs. Younglove-These women who
write about How Husbands Should he
Managed -do you suppose they manage
their husbands any better than we
do? Mrs. Elders -Do T--? Why,
oshawchild, don't you know they
haven't any husbands ?
True -What do -yob think of my hus-
band's poems, professor? i think they
will be read when those of 'Milton and
Longfellow are forgotten. How nice
of yon I But you are saying that only
tgplense me, I'm afraid. Nny, madam,
T do but speak the 'simple trul h.
DID PART I1IMSELF. -
Thc•n it. is not true, Mr. Gotrox, that
you are a self-educated man?
No; I have had I he advent ages of a
good common school training. But T
used to write my own excuses when
1 pinyed hookey.
Strictly True.
In every respect and attested by the
testimony of thousands that Putnam's
Painless Corn Extractor is a sure and
painless cure for corns. The claim
that it is lust as good made by those
e
endeavoring to palm off imitations for
the genuine only proves the superiority
of "Put nam's." Use only Putnam's
Painless Coro Extractor. Sure, safe,
painless. r--
MONOTONOUSLY EXPENSIVE. -
We hid to give our pet dog away.
Why? ,
Well -he ran away nine times, and
every time the same boy brought him
back and charged me twenty-five
cents."
r
There is more Catarrh in thir @action of the
• onntry than all rther di.ea•ee put together
nd until the last few years was supposed to
n incurable. For a great many years doctor.
mem-mimed It a local disease. and pre crlbc,
..,oa' remedies. and by constantly failing to
I ro with local t-oatment, pronounced it In
eurable, Solenoe her rroven c,.ta-rh in be r,
,i nstitut.:onel dit•oaso and therefore require
ronstituttonnl GeeImerit H ..'cCntnrrh aur,.
I•nanuf eturod by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toler!,
Ohio, la the only constitutional ruse on th
market. It is token Int, runny n doses fret
o drupe toa tea.ronnful, it net),, din'ctly Cl
he brood and mucous surf aro,) of the elite),
;They otter one h tndred doll„rs for any case I
;ails to cure. Sond for oar. ulnrs and tos
menials, Address,
F. ,3. c'fit(NEY & 00., Tolodo. 0
Sold h Dng
rw1•'t»,
Hairs Family PinI" n•,.tho heat.
A BAD SITUATION.
Travel In the Swiss Alps is danger -
008.
Yes, it is; I climbed all over t he
whole place once, and didn't meet n
man who could underatand that i
wanted to borrow a dollar,
li'sir�gkrlti r
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