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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
4 Christmas Plum Pudding.

Three-qurters of lb. of bread crumbs
1 lb. of beef suet IA lb. of flour; 10.
of currants: ib. of raisins; l Id. OF
sugar; l ounce of candied citron peel; l
ounce of candle | lemon peel; ounce Of
sweet almonds, blanched; / saltspoonful
salt; small nutmeg, grated; 1lemon; 6
eggs; pint milk.
Shred the suet finely; wash, pick and
dry the curants; stono the raisins, and
blanch and slice up the almonds. Mix
thee thoroughly with the other dry in
gradients, and t. en- beat and add the
eggs, afterward the milk adding only
enough of the milk to moisten the mix
ture into q stiff paste, too much will
make the pudding heavy. Put the mix
ture into a well-buttered mold, tie
fourcd pudding cloth over it, put it Tito
boiling water and keep it boiling for six
or seven hours. As the water boil' away
do not add cold water, but replenish the
pot from another vessel of water which
is kept boiling for the purpose. The
adding of cold water makes the pudding
heavy. When the pudding is done and
taken out of the boiling water it should
be plunged at once into vessel of cold
water. This will loosen the sides of the
pudding from the mold and render it
less likely to break in turning it out
Caterer.
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The Miser'S Kew.

Somebody told the story of Hugh NJ,
who did in Durham forty years ago. lie
was a determined man and very penu-
rious. He died at an advanced age:
On his death bed he kept his right hand
closely clutchcd. As he drew his last
breath he frightened his hold. Every
body there knew what he held. 1t was
the key to the chest in which he kept his
gold. As his nervele,s hand unclosed
the key dropped from it and clattered
against the bedside. AS if to hold it
even after his soul had passed away, the
miser had tied the key about his wrist
by strong cord and had grasped it as
long as life remained. He had wanted
to take his gold with him. They buried
him as he was, with the key to his money
chest dangling about his wrist, and to-
day the key is in his grave, turned to
rust probably. "And what became OF
the gold" "Oh, the heirs took care Of
that just the same. They split open the
chest with an ak and divided the gold
and let the miser sleep on with the key
about his wrist. ."-Le,oiston (Me.) Record.
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The Great Armies of Europe.

The Kreuz-ZeHung computes the mill
tary strength of the great Continental
Powers as follows: Germany, on peace
footing, 445, ,424 men, in war 1,5l9,OOC
men, the Iandsturm Qcvy en- masse),
900, 900, of whom, however. only one.
half could render effective aid, say in
manning fortresscs; Austria hungary,
sss. .42a and 1910 respectively, the
Landsturm being also computed at mil.
lion, although in reality composed OF
men without any military training
France, 52s, q land 1, $50, 600 men respec:
lively, the levy en- masse being supposed
to furnish 2,OoO, 900 more; Italy, 2l5,
900 and 2,4OO, 900 respectively, the latter
figure including reserves and citizens
organi ations of all kinds, Russia e07,.
gig and 2,OOO,O 900 men respectively, levy
en- masse 1000, 900, composed of irregu-
lar troops and soldiers mustered out OF
! the armV.
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Stale Bread.

A great deal of bread is thrown away
by those who can i'll afford it, from lack
of knowledge how to utilize it. On the
farm, in most instances, of course, stale
bread is not wholly lost, for if wet
little it makes good food for the poultry,
or may be given to the pigs, but this is
not the best way to make use Of it even
by those who have poultry and pigs.
There are many ways to utilize stale
bread. 1t makes delicious griddle-cakes
when soaked in cold water. Three small
slices with water enough to cover them
should be sufficient, when the milk and
flour are added, to make two quarts OF
batter. Some prefer to put in one egg,
while others like them fully Is well with
out. When the bread is soaked soft,
make 1t fine with spoon, add the milk
and sufficient flour to stitfen enough 80
that the cakes can be easily turned. II
sour milk is used add to the batter one
even tablespoonful of soda. If you do
not use sour milk use twice as much
cream of tartar as soda. Trench toast,
always a favorate dish with children,
can be made OF thin slices cut from q
stale loaf and moistened in milk
and eggs-two eggs to pint OF
milk-and then fried on griddle
with q mixture of butter and lard or
butter and beef drippings, and may be
eaten with sugar or syrup, like griddle-
lkes. Pieces of bread which are not too
hard can be made into resemblance OF
turkev dressinp Cut the bread into
dice, and if you have quantity of gravy
from which fat can be taken, left from
any kind of roast-though piece OF
butter will do as well-tho. oughly grease
the bottom of o sp' der, put in the lead, 4,
with some little chunks of butter and
plenty of seasoning; then pour enough
boiling water on to moistcn it. cover
TIGHTLY, and, in moment, it will steam
through and you can stir it, and either
brown little or have it moist like dress
ing. 1t should be eaten with gravy over
it, and is good substitute for potatoes.
The little dry, hard pieces and crusts
which always accumulate can be put on
a pie.tin in an oven that is just hot enough
to dry and make them light brown,
then roll them fine and put away to use
in making croquettes, frying, fish, etc.
Even these straightforward crumbs
make excellent griddle- cakes with the
addition OF one egg and handful OF
flour and milk to batter. stale bread
may be utilized in making custard pud-
ding also. The fact is, that where econ
on,y is the RUE bread will not be thrown
away.
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Abuse Of Tea.

All drugs, h:ch In small doses sli9 ht.
ly stimulate, or tranquilize, are harmful
in large doses. Paregoric is q mild seda-
tive, but the terrible condition of the
opium eater is we'll known. Chloral
when introduced was gratefully well
coined by physician and patient, but the
excessive use of it has changed it to o
curse Even cocaine. the youngest and
seemingly the most innocent of all, has
already its victims.
A law that holds good of all such
drugs is the following, viz: that the de.
sired effect does not continue to be de-
rived from the quantity which was at
first used, but that the system, becoming
partially habituated to its use, re luircs
that the quantity be steadily increased,
while the injurious results increase III
the same ratio. Hence, all use tends to
abuse.
The above is true of that beverage
which "cheers but not inebriates." We
should expect it to be true of tea from
its nature, and facts prove it to be so.
| The abuse of tea in multitude of cases,
and the consequent injurious effects, are
vastly beyond what is generally sup
POSED.
When tea is analyzed, it is found to
contain two powerful principles, or char.
acteristic substances tannic acid and
theme. The former is the astringent ia
miliarly known a. tannn 1t is this, OBJ
tanned from bark, which hardens skin
into leather. Theme is violent poison.
Probably both the tannic aid and the
theme concur in producing the effect
which comes from excessive tea drink
ing.
This is twofold. It is partly on the
digestive and partly on the nervous sys-
tem--in the first case giving rise to
atcnic dyspepsia, and in the second to
irritability, palpitation of the heart,
wakefulness, and blain fatigue. Says
the British Ne;licat Journal: The suf-
fcrers from excessive tea-drinking may
be grouped into three classes:
"uD The large class of pure brain
wo kers, who speedily discover that
while ale hol is lernicious to them, tea
affords the stimulus they desire. They
indulge in it without fear of mischief,
and often to an unlimited extent. After
time, the neurotic symptoms make
their appearance, and, in many cases, do
much to impair temper, and to limit the
capacity for sustained usefulness.
"(9) The large lass of women of the
better classes who begin with afternoon
tea often end by using their favorite
stimulant in the intervals between all
meals of the day. The result is that ap-
petite is impaired, and the prostration
due to insufficient nourishment is COM
bated with more potations.
"(0 Factory operatives, especially
women who, finding it difficult to pro-
vide cheap and appctizing mid day
meal, fly to the teapot, and do large
amount of physical labor on this misera-
bic dietary."- Youths Companion.
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Useful Hints.

To Polish TINs.-First rub them with
a damp cloth; then take dry flour and
rub it on with the hands; afterward take
an old newspaper and rub the flour Oh,
and the tins will shine as we'll as If half
an hour had been spent in rubbing them
with brick-dust or powder. which spoils
the hands.
CLEANING WHITE KID GLovEs.--Taka
q piece of white flannel, moisten with
sweet milk, rub on little white soap
and wipe the gloves. Then go over
them again with the flannel dipped in
milk, without the soap. Wrap them
loosely in towel and let them remain
until dry; then stretch them.
SECURING KNIvEs.-Place quantity
of brick-dust on board, and having the
knife perfectly dry, press it down hard
and rub it back and for,h, crosswlse OF
the blade. When bright, turn and scour
the other side. Then wipe of with q
chamois leather. Knives thus treated
will retain their brightness much Longer:
ard have a new look after years OF
usage.
FURNITURE PoL1sH.-One ounce OF
white wax, one ounce of yellow wax,
one-half ounce of white soap and one
pint of boiling water. Melt all together
in saucepan over the fire, and pour
into bottle. Apply it by rubbing a
little on small space with a cloth OF
any kind, rub with second cloth and
polish with third. The economical
housekeeper may have her furniture
nicely polished for the holidays at
trihing expense.
To PRESERVE STEEL GOODS FROM
RusT.-After bright CRATES have been
thoroughly cleaned, they should De
busted over with unslacked lime, and
thus left until wanted. All the coils OF
piano wires are thus sprinkled, aud Will
keep from rust for many years. Table
knives which are not in constant use
ought to be put in case in which quick
lime is placed, eight inches deep. They
should be plunged to the top of the
blades, but the lime should not touch
the handles.
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Cold and Tobacco Smoking.

DR.. Chudnovski publishes in the
RussEaya Medi.sina an account of series
of observations made on twelve soldiers
in military hospital, who were perfectly
healthy with the exception of slight in
iuries, with the object of determining
the effect of cold applications to the
epigastrium upon the rapidity Of diges-
tion. The stomach tube was of course
freely used, and the completion of diges-
ton was taken to be marked by the dis
appearance of solid particles in the gastric
contents, as revealed by drawing them
up through the tube. The author found
that when ice badd:rs were applied next
the skin over the region of the stomach
digestion was retarded in nine out OF
the twelve cases. Six OF the men were
smokers and six non-smokers. In the
former the time required for digestion
averaged seven hours. while in tho case
of the non smokers the mean period OF
digestion was only six hours.
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Christmas in the Frigid Zone.

A Christmas dinner in Es luimau-land,
like all other dinners there, depends as
to quality entirly on what you have to
eat. have felt perfectly contented and
prouder than IN Alderman with a first
course of sea- -blubber and frozen weeds,
followed by frozen, rancid walrus meat,
and afterward walrus-hide, cut INTO small
pieces that could be swallowed without
chewing. At other tim 8, when in win
ter qnarters and access could be had to
our supply of canned provisions, our
Christmas menu would not have dis
graced frst-class restaurant il any CIV
ilized city.
MY first Arctic Christmas was in 1878,
Mt Camp DAILY, North Hudson Bay, and
that dinner, seasoned with such an appe-
tite as one gains only with exe.cse and
fresh air. still haunts me with pleasant
memories. We had q most delicious
bo led salmon from neighboring lake,
fried reindeer. steaks. and lob.skowse-
all cooked over seal-oil lamps. The food
was delightful, but the snowhut which
scrvel us for dining room was so cold
that the rivets in the knife. handles blis-
tered our fingers, and, though our meal
was not shared with relatives around the
family board, we had no end of friends.
All the Esquimaux in the village crowded
into our tent, their mouths watering
with the aroma of the fragrant skowsc.
One circumstance | recollect concern
ing IN lasses under conditions Of extreme
cold that was quite remarkable. After
it had become too firmly CONCEALED to
run into vessel held for that purpose,
it would overrun the cup if you at
tempted to occupy the time while wait
ing for it otherwise than by watching
The head of the barrel was then removed
and the mo a>scd obtained with ham,
mer and chisel. Before Henry. our cook,
knew that even when the molasses was
brittle, like candy, a weighty oh. ..ect
would sink and disappear below the SUI
face, he laid his hammer and chisel on
top of the hard mola ses and so lost
them. He accused IN Esquimau assist
ant of having stolen them, but he vigor-
ously denied the accusation. So strong,
however, was the suspicion against the
poor fellow that he was disgraced by being
thenceforth forbidden to enter the cook
tent. Inthe following summer his character
was restored when Henry found his lost
tools at the bottom of the empty mo-
lasses barrel. w II. Glider.
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FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Tho Boston Latin School is the oldest
institution of the kind in America. It
originated in 1884.
An oyster weighing 81 pounds and
measuring ten inches by six, was taken
at Huntington. L. l., the other day.
It was anciently one of the customs of
the chase for all the huntsmen to- stain
their hands in the blood of the deer as q
trophy.
Instead of the few simple varieties Of
lettuce forme ly grown, not less than
sixty-fve varieties are now known to
horticulturists.
One of the best profile rocks in Colo
RADIO, is near the summit of Longs peak.
It points its nose heavenward. Where
the eyes should be is a pile of snow.
The nose, lips, and. chin are very dis.
tinct.
The choice of an ancient Athenian
citizen was limited to Athcnian women.
Only when thus married could his chill
dren possess the right of citizens. An
Athenian woman was likew sc not al
lowed to marry foreigner. The penal
ties for seeking spouse beyond i. the
national boun laries were severe.
In the rotunda of the Richmond, Va,
capitol there is an old stove made OF
iron, which is said to be one of the old
est stoves in istcnce: It was. made
present to the colo y o. Virginia in 17;0,
and was spoken of at that time as q
warming machine. 1t is seven feet high,
and has as much ornamentation as
Queen Anne house.
In climates having difference of
seventy degrees in temperature between
! the hot and cod SEASONS, a railway track
of 400 miles is 3>S yards longer in sum-
mer than in whit. Ct course the length
of road remains the same, but expansion
forces the lengths of metal closer to-
gether, making an aggregate closing
up OF space between the rails Of nearly
yard in each mile.
Edward I, on the day of his corona
ton was welcomed with the greatest joy
and honor. The streets were hung with
rich cloths of silk, and arms and tapes
try; the aldermen Of the city threw out
of their windows handfuls of gold and
silver; the condu:ts ran plentifully with
white wine and rcd, that each might
drink his fill. Besides the aldermen's
gold and silver 500 great horses, on some
Of which Fdwarl had ridden to the
banquet, were let loose among the crowd,
any ono being at liberty to take one for
his own if he could.
The first silk stockings made in Eng
land were knitted by Queen Elizabeth's
silk woman, Mistl ess Montague, who
presented her ma:esty with a pair OF
black silk ones, which she liked so well
that she kept the donor knitting silk
stockings as long as she lived. Before
the end of her reign stockings were made
of silk, jarnsey, worsted, crewel, or the
finest yarn and thread that could be had,
and Stubs remarks that the ladies were
mot ashamed to wear hose of all kinds
of changeable colors, as green, red,
white, russet, tawney, and else what
not, cunningly knit and curiously IN
dented in every point with auirks, clocks,
open seams and everything else sc-
cordingly." -.
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Wished She Was.

'T want your mother to let my affairs
alcne," said Brown to Mrs. B. ii
won't have any more of her dictation.' y
"You're always finding fault with
mother," rctortcd Mrs. B. "l,!l have
you understand, Mr.. Brown, that my
mother is an angel"
II wish she was,' groaned Brown
Neu York Sun.
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A Prudent Suggestion.

Young Artist lts fa-mer)-"Havc you
any objection to my painting the old
mill across the way. sir2'
Farmcr-"No, haint no objections
eff you want to paint it, but it strikes
me, stranger, it would look we'll 'nough
whitewashed, an would come cheaper. "
-Nep York Sun.
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THE TRUE AND TENDER HEART

The world can give us gold,
A pr ,ud and honored name,
Can make us warriors bold
And cover us with fame;
But can it e'er inpart
A true and tender heart?
All, no! In Him asove
That wondrous power lies.
From Him, the source Of love
And all the good we prize,
From Him, who knows all things,
That priceless treasure springs.
Michael j. Adams, in Current.
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General Washin gton was not humor
ist, but once at least he let himself write
like paragrapher. In a lately-publishcd
letter to his brother Samuel he speaks,
for instance, of an agent of the British
who ssgot exalted up a gallows at Phila-
dclphia the other day."
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A correspondent of the New York
Christian Aduocate calls attention to
Catharine Rood, of Hinesburg, VT, aged
1O3, as the oldest Methodist in America.
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The Californian Sheep.

Three tons of yarn are yearly used In
the manufacture Of baseballs.
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The buzz saw has an off-hand way with
new acquaintanceS.
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bore for your
I never knowed properly what 'ap-
pened after that. But remember get
tim on form and y ling "Ooray!" till
l were again chucked out. l remember
the Colonel springin' into the dock,
shakin 'Arry's and and callin' i'm Com
rade'' Then I remember i'm turnin' to
the three noses on the bench and sayin'; {;
This gallant fellows story is tr e.
tried in vain to find i'm after the dav
he's been telling of, but the fortune of
war parted u.s."
Then the Hangerlow Hinjin turned
and took 'Arry's and again, and s,ys:
"Comrade, I am ashamed of myself.
But it isn't because of bad 'eart that I
am the cru ty, fero o:ious fire-eater you
have seen me, but because I have no
liverm
Idon't know 'ow they squared it, but
know AIRY was discharged in triumph,
and ever since then I've kept the nice
knobbly stick that 1T Colonel lufus Pep
perton on the cokernut.
lie wanted to pension us both off, and
do all sorts of things for us; but AIRY
wouldn't take nothing except the free
grant of this ere pitch whenever we
want it. But I believe the Colonel is
do n somethink with the government
for AIRY and me, too, unbeknown to
AIRY; and tn. roarin' trade we do, sir,
whenever we visits this 'ere pitch makes
me .lieve as the Colonel bribes every
body about the place for to come and
throw.
'Ow much to pay, sir2 I amt reck-
cned up 'ow many SHES you went in for,
but I'll soon let yer know, sir. AIRY,
count the sticks .-"TAe Lamp"
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THE BIG WHEAT DEAL.
Some of the Gentlemen Who In
duIged i'm the Bull Movement.

A very interesting story is told of the re-
cent great wheat deal by Minneapolis cor
respondent of the st. LOUIS Globe Demo
crat, and it makes good reading i'm cOnnec-
ton with the snatches of gossip circulating
in the papers at home since the organiza-
ton of the bull movement first became
known. After characteristic sketches of c.
A. Pillsbury and II. w. Holmes. the Min
neapolis millerS, and e. S. Barnes, the
Fargo elevator man. the story proceeds:
These three men went to Chicago Just be-
fore Christmas and Induced Armour TO Join
them in an effort TO bull the market. When
it became known that these parties were all
one side and working in one direction. J. Il.
West, the millionaire hotel keeper of Mime
apohs, also came into the camp, and. it is
said, got under about 100000 bushels of
wheat the first day he took hold. He dropped
his load when the market struck S7s4c We'd
nesday, and his loss is said TO be about $685.
900. As he is reputed to be worth $4,000 600,
however, this little accident will not seri-
ously cripple him. Since that time other
smaller fry have Joined the procession and
the buying fever spread rapidly all over the
Northwest. Merchants, bankers, grain buy
ers, Office clerks, gamblers and everybody of
a speculative turn of mind. scraped up what
little money they had and put it into wheat.
The collapse of the past few days has
shaken out nearly all these smaller fry and
if any parties here are still long on wheat in
Chicago they are the men who started the
deal. and who are able to carry il through
even should prices drop 10 cents bushel
further. 1t is not generally believed how
ever, that these men hold as much wheat as
was supposed. They were shrewd enough
TO start the deal and get the crowd going in
the right direction, buying right and left and
then let them carry the bulk of the load. Sew
eral st. Paul parties. who Joined the move
ment after il had been started week. be-
came tired when the market hung around
Gle, and last Saturday sold out about 3O0O,-
600 bushels. p. II. Kelly, the Democratic
statesman. Jim Hill, the railroad magnate.
and Nike Doran were all in the deal. but got
scared and sold out without much loss.
With the failure of the present bull move
ment Chicago will have another scalp to
bangle at her belt She has cleaned out St.
Louis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and loosened
the hide ofthe big operators in Wall street.
and it only remains for her TO annhilate the
millionaire millers of the Northwest to en-
title her TO the reputation of being the irwin
chile Scalper of the entire country