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Table and Kitchen.
Because a Dish Seems HOmely 1t Need
Not Be UnsavOry.

Whatever may be the reason it Is fact
that rabbit meat is undervalued as food by
most housekeepers. And yet it is unques-
tionably good food and when in prime con-
dition it is quite as appetizing as other
game, and the cheapneSs of this meat rem
ders it desirable for many dishes and sup
plies many poor people with good fresh
meat of better and more wholesome quality
than they would otherwise get.
Young rabbit compares very favorably
with chicken and may well do duty for this
more expensive kind of meat, for it can be
so dressed and prepared that the differ
ence is scarcely noticeable, and frequently
the flavor is in favor of the rabbit.
Easily Digested.
The flesh of rabbit is loose in texture
and has little fat distributed through the
lean parts. 1t is easily digested, and on
account of it's delicacy of flavor and di-
gestibility it may be eaten by the GONZALES
cent as we'll as the healthy. AS with
chicken the constant use of this meat would
soon provoke society, ard it is therefore
to be enjoyed rather q change than q
staple article of food. While the Jews
were prohibited from eating rabbit and mare,
i. is not clear that the reason was sani-
tary one, as they, in their wild state, are
certainly a cleaner meat than almost any
other we eat, and certainly much purer
flesh than that of fowls, which are
weIl-known scavengerS. History also in
forms us that our British ancestors object
ed to eating rabbits and hares for religious
reasons. 1t is possible that some faint trace
of these teachings may still influence the
taste of many OF the present day, but
more likely the reason is to be attributed
to the fact that rabbits are not regarded
as luxury, the same false idea that in
fluences us in regard to other foods con-
trolling us in this respect as well. We hX
our standard of quality too often by the
available supply of our foods, not the actual
value of their substance.
Many people who imagine they have
never tasted rabbit enjoy this meat with
out question in many supposed chicken
dishes, and especially in canned and pottei
chicken 90 soups and meat pies, ana they
are certainly none the less benehted III
spite of any unreasonable prejudice or un-
defined objection they may have.
Choosing Rabbits.
Careful selection has much to do with
ones liking for this meat if he or she is
unaccustomed to regard it in the light of
desirable food.
Choose young rabbits; these may be
known by their smooth, soft claws and the
cleft in the lip not being much spread. EX-
anime the ears; they should tear easily II
the animal is young, and the body must be
stiff to be in a good condition; never buy
limp rabbit or hare. They are considered
much finer eating if allowed to hang few
days. Do not skin them until ready to cook
they will become very dry. Some do
not ''paunch'' them until they are skinned,
but it is better that they be drawn, and II
allowed to hang rub the inside every day
with little pepper and ginger to prevent
the musty taste which may be occasioned
by long keeping or damp, unreasonable
weather.
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Panned Rabbit.

Skin, clean and wash fat young rabbit
lay it on a board and with a cleaver f1atten
it out; lay it in baking pan with the back
uppermost; spread well with butter; season
with pepper and salt, and bake for an hour
in quick oven, basting every ten minutes
When it is done take it up on a heated
dish. Serve with brown gravy made from
dripping in the pan and sliced tomatoes
dreaded and fried
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Rabbit a la Creole.

Skin, wash and joint young rabbit; put
it into a saucepan with two slices of white
onion, a root of celery, blade of mace,
eight peppercorns and chilli. Cover with
good stock and set it over the fire and let it
come to a boil. Skin carefully and set it
where it will cook gently until the meat is
done. Then arrange the pieces on heated
dish, cover each piece with sauce supreme.
Around the meat arrange border of fried
celery and parSley.
Evening star., 1901-11-23

An excellent stufing for ducks is made
by adding a half cupful of peanuts rolled
fine to the ordinary bread dressing.
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Gateau of Rabbit,

This is a nice way to warm over cold
roast rabbit. Remove all the meat from
the bones, rejecting all skin and grstle.
Chop the meat fine, then pound it in a NOR
tar if you do not possess food chopper.
Also rub the liver to a smooth paste and
add to the meat. Take half the quantity
of meat in grated bread crumbs, soak these
for ten minutes in a little stock and then
mix with the meat; season with salt pep
per, little chopped sage, thyme, parsley
and mixed spices to taste. Add two beaten
eggs. Line mold with very thin slices of
fat bacon; put in the meat, cover with ba-
con and set in a moderate oven to bake for
half an hour. Then turn out on a hot dish.
remove the slices of bacon dredpe with
grated buttered crumbs and slip in the
oven few minutes to brown. Serve with
chewing the fruit
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Spiced Rabbit Hasenpfeffer),
Thoroughly clean a young rabbit and
soak in cold, salted water one hour: then
cut into joints. Pour vinegar over it and
let remain in this pickle over night Then
put two ounces of fresh butter into a stew
pan; add sliced onion, one bay leaf,
dozen pepper corns, a stalk of celery and
four cloves. Lay the pieces of rabbit on
this, add part of the vinegar the meat was
soaked in and enough water to cover. Stew
until tender. When done brown two table
spoonfuls of butter with two tablespoon
fuls OF flour and add to the gravy. Season
to taste with salt and add more spices if
desired. Each piece of meat should be
salted before it is cooked.
Cereal Mush.
The mush should be thick enough to
oblige the child to. chew it; otherwise it
will be swallowed without being mixed with
the saliva and less readily digested. When
fruit, like sliced ripe bananas, chopped
dates or stewed prunes are added to the
cereal it may be made thinner, for the
child VIII retain it in the mouth while
chewing the fruit.
Menus.
SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
Sliced Bananas
Grilled Sweetbreads, Olive Sauce,
MIX Toast. Coffee.
DINNER.
Soup Z la Julienne
Roast Duck, Cranberries
Sweet Potato Croquettes
Creamed Onions.
Waldorf Salad,
Whipped Apple, Boiled Custard.
Coffee
SUPPER
Nut and Date Sandwiches
Cottage Cheese, Cream.
Fruit Salad,
spiced Wafers, Tea.
MONDAY
BREAKFAST
Fruit,
Cereal, Cream
Poached Eggs, Bacon.
Toast, Coffee
Cold Roast Duck, Celery.
Baked Apples, Cream.
Toasted Cheese Waters,
Cereal, Coffee.
DINNER
Vermicelli Soup,
Rolled Steak, Braised,
Mashed Potatoes, Carrots,
Cabbage. Salad Dressing.
Stewed Fruit, Waters,
Coffee
TUESDAY.
BREAKFAST.
French Toast. stewed Prunes,
Crisp Bacon, Creamed Potatoes,
Coffee.
LUNCH
Salt Goldfish, Creamed,
Baked Tomatoes,
Spieed Melon, White Cake,
Tea.
DINNER.
Tapioca Soup,
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This leaves contingent fund of II cents
that may be used for bread or two or three
pretty chrySanthemums for the center OF
the table The estimated cost of the vari
GUS dishes has included the actual cost OF
seasonings, milk, &c, used in their prepara-
ton. Everything is homemade, even to
state cheese not imported, and the chickens
are fowls. The inferior pieces of the bunch
of celery are used for the soup. The cost
of the dinner may be reduced still further
by omitting the celery and celery soup and
substituting dried pea soup, which is not to
be despised.
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went in, and said to the mistress of
the house, "Can I leave my bag here
while I go to Squintum's?"
eyes," said the woman.
"Then be careful not to open the
bag" said the fox.
The woman was making cake, and
her children were around her teasing
for it.
ooh, ma, give me a piece 7" said
one, and "Oh, ma, give me a piece -
said the others.
And the smell of the cake came to
the little boy weeping and crying in
the bag, and he heard tho children
beg for the cake, and he said, "Oh,
nanny, give me a piece"
Then the woman opened the bag
and took the little boy out, and she
put the house dog in the bag in the
little boys place. And the little boy
stopped crying and joined the other
children.
After a while the fox came back.
He took up his bag, and saw that it
was tied fast, and he put it on his
back and travelled deep into the
woods. Then he sat down and un-
tied the bag, and if the little boy had
been in the bag things would have
gone badly with him.
But the little boy was safe at the
woman's house, and when the fox
united the bag the house dog jumped
out and caught the fox and killed
him.-The Outlook.
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How many women feel equal to a
dive below the watery deep? How
many of them have the nerve for it ?
Very few.
Almost every woman suffers from
a weakened condition of the mu-
Cous membrane that lines her body
and this sapsher vitality and energy.
IShe is filed with nervous terrors
and does not find life worth living.
She is told she has dyspepsia or
female weakness" when in reality
nothing ais her but catarrh or in
fammation of the delicate lining OF
her organs.
She needs Pe-ru-na and nothing
else. It is the only medicine nee
essary to restore her strength.
What's the use of dragging through
life half alive when Pe-ru-na will
bring back all its pleasure? This
medicine is a tonic for the whole
body, and there is no doubt at all
but that you need it, for it is the
one real cure for all troubles.
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Children's Column.
THE YOUNGEST SON.

"a Reflection by one of his Brothers.
Now, when it comes to gettin' what
other folks can't get,
An when it comes to dOin' what
other folks amt let,
An takin' turns the longest, by rub
bin of your eyes,,
An scOopin' all the pennies an all
the s~aucer-pies,
An seein' some one bigger get licked
for what you've did
A Teller can't help wishin' he was the
littlest kid!
But when you think of taggin', an
findin' folks has run,
An bein' told it s bedtime, no mat
ter what g the fun,
An takin' mumps an measles, an
wearin' girls clothes,
An never goin' nowher excep' when
mother goes,
An learnin' all the lessons of what
us boys is rid
Then g when a chap s as willin' he
amt the littlest kid
Catherine Young Glen, in st.
Nicholas.
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WALKING ERECT.

To derive the greatest benefit from
walking, it is necessary to hold up
the head, keep the mouth closed,
and move briskly it is in these cir
cumstances that walking is really
good for Us. Walking erect not only
adds to the manliness of appearance,
but it develops the chest and pro-
notes the the general health in a
high degree, because the lungs, being
relieved of the pressure made by
leaning the head downward and
bending the chest in, admit the air
fully and freely. If an effort of the
mind is made to throw the shoulders
back, a feeling of fatigue and awk-
wardness is at first experienced, but
this is soon forgotten. To maintain
an erect position, or to recover it
when lost, in a manner which is at
once natural, easy, and efficient, it is
only necessary to walk habitually
with the eyes fixed on al object
ahead a little higher than your
own-the top of a mans hat, for
example-or simply keep the chin a
little above a horizontal line. 1t
either of these things is done, the
necessary, easy, and legitimate effect
effect is to relieve the chest from
pressure, the air gets in more easily,
develops it more fully, permeate the
lungs more exclusively, causing a
more perfect publication of She
blood, importing greater health und
more color to the cheek-New York
Ledger.
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Christian Life Column,
N THEN-ETERNITY
BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE.

BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE.
Men have won as weak as we,
Men have lost as strong as we,
Men have died as brave as we,
Three score years and ten
OF grief and jOy-and then
Eternity
Men have loved the same as we
Men have harbored hate as we,
Men have lOnged for rest as We
Three score years and ten
With hate and lOve-and then
Eternity!
Men have fought to win the prize,
Men have almost touched the skies.
But the wealth or grandeur cries:
"Ihree o years and ten
With wealth or fame and then
Eternity !"
Men have fought their base desires,
Men have quenched their passions
fires,
Men have called on what inspires.
Three score years and ten
With soul secure-and then
Eternity!
Commonwealth.
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FROM A TO z.

A Chicago minister of the gospel
believes he has solved the problem
of the cause of backsliding on the
part of protesting Christians. He
has compiled his reasons for luke
warmness of church members and
for the slowness of the spiritual prog
ress in the Christian churches in the
shape of an"Alphabet of Backsliders''
in this fashion:
A-Ambition to be on equal terms
with others in style of living and
dress and, if possible, outstrip them.
B-Blam1ng others for GOODNESS 4;
apathy after giving energies to out
side organizations.
C-Covetousness, card playing,
raz for pulpit novelties.
D-Debt, divisions among Chris
tians, dancing, dyspepsia of spirit,
so that neither the milk nor meat of
the word can be assimilated.
E-Erroneous views of Gods
word.
F-Frivolity, formality and false
teaching.
G-Gambling and gossip.
H-Haste to be rich and scarcity
OF homes.
I-Intemperance, Indifference and
inconsistency.
J-Jealousy in the ranks.
K-Knee drill neglected.
Love of gain, low moral tone
of politics.
M-Mistaking means of grace for
grace.
N-Negleot of family religion.
O-Ordinances irregularly at
tended.
P-Pleasure seeking, political cor
ruption and poverty.
Q-Quaok evangelists.
R-Rivalry between denomina-
tiOns.
S-Sabbath d~esecration, soepticism
and SANDER.
Trinity of evil-the world, the
flesh and the devil the theater.
observation-disclosures, universal
ism.
VANITY in inviduals and
churches.
W-WOrldliness.
X-Extravagance /; exodus of good
families.
Y-Young and old dominated by
the principles, enjoy yourself and
don't get hurt"
Zeal wanting for the glory of
God and the salvation of souls.
In presenting this to his congrega-
ton, the minister urged his hearers
to avoid the pitfalls enumerated in
his alphabet. He has undoubtedly
summed up a good deal in this alpha.
bet of his and it would not be a bad
idea for the churches to give it wide
circulation.-Atlanta Constitution.
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HOW TO TEST ADJUSTMENTS.

l. Do they rest and strengthen, or
weary and weaken the body?
2. Do they strengthen and rest or
weary and weaken the brain?
3, Do they make resistance to
temptation easier or harder?
4. Do they increase or lessen love
for virtue, purity, temperance, and
Justice?
5. Do they give inspiration and
quicken enthusiasm, or stupefy the
intellectual and harden the moral
nature?
s. Do they increase or diminish
respect for manhood and woman
hood?
:. Do they draw one nearer to, or
remove one further from, the Christ?
Christian Commonwealth.
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Miscellaneous
HOW TO STUDY.

NJ"
Study is an exercise of all the pow
ers of the mind and consists in find
ing ont all the facts possible relative
+ n subject and thinking them
+ogotber in all their relations.
I There must be order and COM
fort One cannot study to advantage
IN Tho midst of noise and confusion,
nor when hunger, cold, or anything
o1so interferes with bodily comfort.
> There should be a definite and
~rogn1ar time for study. The best
students and thinkers are those that
.urs7e their studies in a systematic
ardor Time is an important ele-
uont in all business, and it is not
onough that a thing be done we'll,
INIT il should also be done in the
shortest possible period of time.
2 Concentration of mind Is essen
tia1 We must become lost to all sur
roundings. Horace Greeley wrote
some of his greatest editorials while
sitting on a doorstep in the crowded
streets of New York city.
3. The best study is done alone.
Every life should be we'll checkered
nv periods of solitude. Pupils who
study in groups seldom have much
power of concentration and but little
seIf-reliance. 1t is in solitude that
the best study is done.
5. Rest the mind by a change OF
subjects. After mathematics, the
student may change to bookkeeping,
from bookkeeping to banking, and
from banking to shorthand.
6. Master each point as you pro-
coed. Accuracy and thOrOughness
are largely matters of habit. Go
slowly, consult the dictionary, the
oyclopedia, and other books of re-
ference, but master every detail as
you go.
z. Study to retain what you learn.
Every subject thoroughly mastered
will aid IN mastering something else.
Most students get their lessons
simply for recitation and as a result,
get but little benefit from their
work.
s. Study to express what you learn.
1t is persons who can speak and
write we'll that influence people and
make most out of their education.
Learn to speak and write the Eng
Iish language correctly and to ex-
press your thoughts clearly and your
study of all other subjects can be
made most effective.
.. Be careful of the scraps of
time" The person who carries a
good book in his pocket to read
while waiting at the station always
rises in our estimation. 1t is wonder
full how much reading and study n
can do by simply using the bits of
spare time that are usually wasted.
From an address by Prof. G. S.
Coler, of Concord, N. c., delivered
in Charlotte, June 20, 1901.
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ADJUSTABLE H

The most cheerful author-Samuel
Smiles.
The noisiest-Howells.
The tallest-Longfellow.
The most fowery-Hawthorne.
The holiest-Pope.
The happiest-Gay.
The most amusing-Thomas Tick
ell.
The most fery-Burns.
The most Observation-Disclosures.
The most distressed-Akenside.-
Chicago Times-Herald.
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Prayer is a piteous will of herte
that setteth it right in God, and ex-
presseth it by word outward TO re-
move harms, and to have things
spirituel and durable and sometyme
temporal things.-Chauoer.
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GUIDE ME, o THOU GREAT JEHOVAH

Rev. William Williams, called
.'the sweet singer of Wales, wrote
this hymn in Welsh in 1845. The
earliest translation Of it into Eng
Iish was made twenty six years later.
DR.. Williams accepted u portion OF
this version, added anew stanza and
printed the whole on a leafet. This
had a heading: ga FavOrite Hymn
Of Lady HuntingdOn's Young Col
legians printed by the desire of
Many Christian friends. Lord, give
it Thy blessing-Ledger Monthly.
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THE TRAVELS OF A FOX.

A fox digging behind a stump
found a bumblebee. The fox put the
bumblebee in his bag and travelled.
The first house he came to he went
in, and said to the mistress, "Can I
leave my bag here while I go to
Squintum's?"
eyes," said the woman.
"Then be careful not to open the
bag" said the fox.
But as soon as the fox was out of
sight the woman just took a little
peep into the bag, and out flew the
bumblebee, and the rooster caught
him and ate him all up.
After a while the fox came back.
He took up his bag, and he saw that
his bumblebee was gone, and he said
to the woman, "Where is my bum
blebee?"
And the woman said, "I just I'M
tied the string, and the bumblebee
flew out and the rooster ate him up"
every we'll" said the fox, 81 must
have the rooster then"
So he caught the rooster, and put
him in his bag, and travelled.
And the next house he came to he
went in, and said to the mistress of
the house, "Can I leave my bag here
while I go to Squintum's?"
eyes," said the woman.
"Then be careful not to open the
bag" said the fox.
But as soon as the fox was out of
sight the oma just took a little
peep into the bag, and the rooster
flew out, and the pig caught him and
ate him all up.
After a while the fox came back.
He took up his bag, and he saw that
his rooster was gone, and.he said to
the woman, "Where is my rooster?"
And the woman said, 81 just IN
tied the string, and the rooster flew
out, and the pig ate him up"
every WE'LL" said the fox ~ must
have the pig, then
So he caught the pig and put him
in his bag, and travelled.
And the next house he came to he
went in, and said to the mistress of
the house, "Can I leave my bag here
while l go to Squintum's?"
Eyes" said the woman.
'EThen be careful not to open the
bag" said the fox.
But as o as the fox was out of
sight the woman just took a little
peep into the bag, and the pig jumped
out, and the Ok gored him.
After awhile the fox came back.
He took up his bag, and he saw that
his pig was gone, and he said to the
woman, "Whereis my pig?"
And the woman said, 81 just IN
tied the string, and the pig jumped
out, and the OK gored him"
Every WE'LL" said the fox, 81 must
have the OK, then"
OO 10 CduSu6 Iu0 OA dAu pun A1u1
in his bag and travelled.
And the next house he came to he
went in, and said to the mistress of
the house, "Can l leave my bag here
while I go to Squintum's?"
eyes" said the woman.
"Then be careful not to open the
bag, " said the fox.
But as o as the fox was out of
sight the woman just took a little
peep, and the OK got out and the
woman's little boy broke off his
horns, and killed him.
After awhile the fox came back.
He took up his bag and he saw that
his OK was gone, and he said to the
woman, "Where is my Ox?"
And the woman said, 81 just IN
tied the string and the OK got out,
and my little boy broke off his horns
and killed him"
every WE'LL" said the fox, 81 must
have the little boy, then"
So he caught the little boy and
put him in his bag, and travelled.
And the next house he came to he
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Private charities, as we'll as con-
trlbutions to public purposes in pro-
portion to every one circumstances,
are certainly among the debts we
owe to society.-Thomas Jefferson.
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AGRICULTURAL DIRECTORY.


N. C. Cotton Planters Association.
President-W. A. Graham, Machpelah, N. {.
S~ecretary-Jno. P. Allison, Concord, N G.
n. C. Tobacco Growers Association.
President-John s. Cunningham, Cunning
hams, N. Q.
Vice-President-J. B. Phillips, Battleboro
N. Q.
Secretary-T. B. Parker, HiIlsboro, N. {.
Treasurer-W. B. Upchurch, MorrisviIle, N. @.
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Finding readers eObO hGUe
purchased copies so enthusiastic IN its
praise, and that there are get bos-
dTed8 anxious to sec~re copies, zoe
haze again made arrangements for
handling for q fen e0eeks longer the
41OTZd- tnY2O7Ls hook
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To Make Cows Pay, use Sharples Cream Separa-
tors. Book Business Dairying'' & Cat. 285 free
w. Chester, Pa.
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COMMITTEE.

Col. r. w. Wharton, Washington, N. c.; DR..
r. II. Speight, WrendaIe, N. c.; r. n. Kicks,
Rocky Mount, N. c.; h. H. Knight, Eagle
Rock, N. c.; W. L. Kennedy, Falling Creek,
N. c.; Gen. T. F. Toon, Lumberton, N. c.; DIR.
Elias Fulp, Fulp, N. c.; W. L. BOuldin.
Archdale, n. G.
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North Carolina Department of Agriculture

OFFICERS.
commissioners. l.. Patterson.
Secretary-T. K. Bruner.
Assistant, in Charge of Immigration-J. w.
Thompson.
State Veterinarian -
State Chemist-B. w. KilgOre.
EntOmOlOgist and .BOtanist-Franklin Sher-
man.
Postonce address of all officers, Raleigh,
NC
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