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Year: 1875

Sugar Snaps,-One cup Of butter
| two cups of sugar; -four cups Of flour
one egg; stir sugar and butter TO a
/ cream, add the egg well beaten, and q
small teacupful Of water with quarter
Of Z teacupful of soda dissolved in il;
stir half a spoonful of cream tartar into
the -four; roll out very thin and bake IN
a moderate oven


Rice Meringue--Rice, peach pre-
serve, whites Of two eggs, one-half
large cup of sugar Steam the rice.
Add milk and salt. Butter the dish in
which il is 10 be served. Put layer Of
rice in il, then a layer Of preserve Other
LAYERS OF rice and preserve until the dish
Is full smooth the top. Beat the whites
Of the eggs 10 = froth; stir in the sugar,
Put this on the rice. Place the dish in
the oven, 20 remain there until the frost
ing is handsome brown. To be served
warm, not hot.


Christmas Pudding.-TwO lOayes of
bakers bread, seven eggs, one pint bowl
Of suet, one pOuCd of raisins, one pound
of currants, one grated nutmeg, little
Glove. Soak the bread in cold water.
Then after getting il as dry as possible,
and the eggs well beaten, the suet
chopped fine. stoned raisins, currarts
(which have been rubbed in little dry
-four, nutmeg and Glove, boil tor two
hours To be eaten hot, with q rich
sauce


Method is necessary 10 a well-regu-
lated house Without il the work drags
heavily along from Monday morning un-
til Saturday night Begin the week
properly, keep everything in order az
YOU go along, and the chances are fair
that you viii find yourself in fine condi-
ton at the end of the week. 4 iudiciOus
manager will never suffer her dOmes-
tic affairs TO become dissrranged, be
cause such a contingency involves too
great an expenditure of good temper and
peace in family.


An Excellent Bread Pudding-Soak
two pounds of pieces of dry, stale bread
or toast all night in plenty of water, with
a plate laid on the top to keep them under
the water. Next morning pour of and
squeeze out all the superfluoHs water +;
then mash fine the pieces OF bread, mix
with half pound of cleaned currants, a
quarter of pound OF moist sugar, four
ounces of suet chopped fine, and two
teaspoonsful of fresh-ground allspice :;
grease the inside of baking dish with a
hi: of suet, put in the pudding and bake
for two hours.


"A Pan Dowdy.-Did you ever hear
of a pan dowdy? 1t is an old fashioned
New England dish, and has a flavor of
our grandmother's cookery. Make rich
srust-line deep earthen pot with it; I;
now slice some pie apples quite thin for
the first layer, stew the apples with mo-
laSSes and spice and q teaspoonful of
milk; cover with a thin crust and repeat
the process. Cover the top with crust
and your pan dowdy is made Bake in
slow oven. 4 brick one is made use of
in New England generally. When done,
turn il on a platter and serve hot


u eSterH Rural
Year: 1875

lN a recent Tribune appears q clipping
from the TuIJ, Fis,d and Farm giving an
account Of a party of Surveyors Saved
by Horse" As an evidence that such
intelligence is by no means confined 20
the Indian ponies" the following will
be interesting to lovers Of that noble
beast in general:


In the fall Of 1861 We were campaign
ing in Southwestern Missouri; and on a
very cold evening it became my duty TO
relieve the chain of pickets in our front
| started from camp with about seventy
mounted men about an hour before dark i;
made my circuit, dropping the new men
and taking up the old; and when all had
been relieved il had become quite dnrk
and a slight snow began to tall and the
wind 10 increase in force.


We were now about mile and a half
from camp if We were to follow the
picket-line till We struck the road, but in
a direct line not more than half TO three
quarters Of mile; and wishing TO get
into quarters before the storm became
severe concluded to take a short cut for
hOme-which, like many an attempted
short cut, proved very long one; for
after riding long enough 10 have gone
several times the distance it became ap-
parent that We did not know where We
were, and | was forced to acknowledge
that | was not very good leader


In turn, several of my men, who
thought they could do better, tried TO
lead US; but all to no purpose Ii was
now nearly eleven o'clock, showing and
blowing 3 gale, with a fair prospect of
our having to remain out all night.
had noticed an unusual frctfulness and
indisposition to submit TO my guidance
on the part of my mare; and il flashed
upon nv mind like an inspiration: Per
haps she can take US to Campi We had
dismGunted in a small ravine and built a
fire. | gave the order to mount and told
the boys that was going to try BctseY
and see if she did not know more than
all of us. We moved out of the ravine,
and after getting well out on the prairie
gave her the rein. As soon as she real
lied her freedom | found her bearing off
TO the left, and in about ten or fifteen
minutes We saw a fire which, on nearing
il, proved 10 be the one we had Just left
She showed no inclination TO go into the
rayine but sksted along the edge until
she reached Il narrow point. This she
leaped and soon struck into brisk trot 4:
and in twenty minutes more we were
safe in camp, much 10 the Joy Of all, for it
was feared that we had been bushed.


On several occasions subsequently
tested Betsey's intelligence and always
with the best Of results. Once, having
returned at evening from a long scout,
found camp had been moved and l could
get information only as 10 the direction
the regiment had taken After about
three hours brisk ride Betsey brought
me not only TO camp but to nv own
company, and never stopped till she
stood in front of my tent.-COr- Chicago
Tribune
Year: 1875

THERE Is No DEATH-If it be true
that Nature abhOrs a vacuum, il is
equally true that the Great Creator ab-
hors death and glories in iifs. There is
really no such thing as death-the term
is misnomer, used to designate the
changes which occur in life Life, eter-
nal life, is created by the laws Of Al
mighty will-power, which are as immuta-
bic in their application as isthe existence
OF the Creator himself When God made
life He made everything necessary 10
sustain II, but left it for mans progress
i've intelligence 10 discover, convert and
utilize Good medicine is TO the ailing
physique what good fuel is 10 the expiring
flame; the better the fuel the quicker
the fire-the better the medicine the
quicker comes relief from pain. CALI
FoRNIA VINEGAR BTTTEEs is life's elixir
;or Old or young Use this medicine
properly and you Will live to good old


age without those physical ailments
which make seventy years q burden =
Year: 1875

1A0fT1o10 8usck00-~Whtoky 1NSa0ttY


The New York Herald relates the fol-
lowing horrible incident: "A most ghast-
" sig ht was presented yesterday after
noon in the squalid ten ment house, No.
$50 Third street. Frederick Alderman.
living at the above place, committed sui.
eide by shooting himself with a musket.
About O'Clock the people Of the neigh
borhood were startled by the report Of a
gun coming from small room in the
rear house, and on going to ascertain the
cause, found Ackcrman's body reclining
against the door leading to an adjoining
room. The head was entirely gone. and
brains, pieces Of bone, and Acsh lay scat.
tered all over the apartment. The un.
fortunate man had taken an old army
musket, loaded it with q quadruple
charge Of powder and two leaden bullets,
placed the ,muzzle in his mouth, and with
his toes pulled the trigger. He was sit.
ting at the time on pillow and was
leaning against the door above alluded
to. Nothing whatever was left
Of his head save portion
Of the lower jaw. Part of the skull was
driven entirely through the door, the nose
and the upper lip were found on the bed
at distance of six or eight feet from the
body, and handful of brains lay on the
floor beside the BODY in as perfect state
az though they had been taken out by
the most skillful surgeon. Portions Of
the skull and scalp were found in every
part Of the room, and an ear hung sus-
pended from nail in the wall over the
bed. The charge with which the gun
had been loaded was SO great that the
stock was broken off and the hammer re-
cooked by the explosion. The right hand
was also terribly lacerated by the action
of the pusket in recoiling. Alderman
has been hard drinker for the last three
years, and has several times had the de-
lirium tremens. 1t is supposed that he
committed self destruction while laboring
under one Of these attacks. He leaves q
wife and four children, the eldest II and
the youngest three years Of age.
Year: 1875

Lord Bolingbroke, in his Reflections
upon Exile, " says -" Our natural and
real wants are confined to narrow bounds,
while those which fancy and custom
create are limited to nome" Young men
who are just entering upon life, and
forming the habits which are likely to
adhere to them to its close, will do well
to treasure up in memory these true and
instructive words of one of England's
finest writers and most philosophic states
men "Our natural and real wants are
confined to narrow bounds" 1t is sur
prising how little it is that is absolutely
essential to mans existence, and, if he
will take an intelligent and considerate
view of life, to bis comfort and happiness.
Intellectual enjoyments are comparative
ly cheap. The cultivation of the mind
which affords the highest and the only
enduring satisfaction, can be pursued on
an income quite Insignificant for the sup
ply of luxuries Our physical wants are
very few, if we preserve our tastes sim
pie, as they are by nature. To eat, to
drink, to exercise, to sleep to keep warm
and to be sheltered : small sum will
supply all these necessities. The pleas
ures which are pure and which tend to
our improvement, are within the reach
Of almost every one. But the wants
which fancy and custom create, as Lord
Bolingbroke well says are confined TO no
bounds. 1t is against these that young
men ON the threshold of life should sed-
ulously guard. Beware of luxuries and
expensive habits. The qualification OF
them may cost you much of the labor
and time. which, if given to intellectual
cultivation, would be far more conduc-
i've to happiness. 1t is easy to do with
out that which you have never INDUCED
in. II is hard to leave off habits, how.
ever extravagant and absurd. When
you are to decide about adopting a mode
or style of living, consider well whether
it is certain that, without inconvenience,
you will be able to preserved il. The only
safe rule Is, to keep your wants within
narrow bounds.
Year: 1875

LIFE.-Live for something Yes, and
for something worthy of life and its ca
pabilities and opportunities for noble
deeds and achievements. Every man
and every woman has his or her assign
ment in the duties and responsibilities of
daily life We are in the world to make
the world better; to lift it up to higher
levels of enjoyment and progress, to
make its hearts and homes brighter and
happier by devoting to our fellows our
best thoughts, activities and influences.
1t is the motto of every true heart and
the genius ofe very noble life that "no
man liveth to himself lives chiefly for
his own selfish good. 1t is law of our
intellectual and moral being that we
promote our own happiness in the exact
proportion we contribute to the comfort
and enjoyment of Others Nothing
worthy of the name of happiness is pos
sible in the experience of those who live
only for themselves, all oblivious of the
welfare of their fellows.


There is good story of a certain Bos-
ton Doctor of Divinity, whose name they
spell with a "P." A man of the same
name died, and Jealous newspaper fel-
low, seeing the death in the paper and
thinking only of DIR. p, wrote a most
enthusiastic obituary. A wag met DR..
P. the next day. "What, you are moi
dead " he said "Well. then, you ought
to be. No man can ever live up to that
obituary.
Year: 1875

How TO BREAK OFF BAD HABITS
Understand the reason, and all the rea-
sons, why the habit is injurious. Study
the subject until there is no lingering
doubt in your mind Avoid the places,
the persons and the thoughts that lead
to the temptation. Frequent the places,
associate with the persons, indulge in the
thoughts that lead away from temptation.
Keep busy; idleness is the strength of
bad habits. Do not give up the strug-
gle when you have broken your resolu-
ton once, twice-a thousand times. That
only shows how much need there is for
you to strive, When you have broken
your resolution, just think the matter
over, and endeavor to understand why
it is you failed, SO that you may be on
your guard against recurrence of
the same circumstances. Do not think
it is an easy thing that you have
undertaken. 1t is folly to expect to
break off a habit in day which may
have been gathering long.
Year: 1875

PRoFANIry.-We are emphatically in
the age of profanity, and it seems to US
that we are on the topmost current. One
cannot go on the street anywhere without
having his ears offended with the vilest
of words, and his reverence shocked by
the most profane use of sacred names.
Nor does it come from the old or middle
aged alone, for it is fact, as alarming
as true, that the younger portion of the
community are most proficient in the de-
grading language. Boys have an idea
that it is smart to swear; that it makes
them manly but there never was a great
er mistake in the world. Men. even
those who swear themselves, are disgust
ed with profanity in a young man be-
cause they know how, of all bad habits.
this elings the most closely, and increases
with years. 1t is the most insiduous of
habits, growing on so invisibly that al
most before one is aware he becomes an
accomplished cursor.
Year: 1875

The remarkable prevalence Of pneumonia in
various parts of the Uuited States during the
past winter has occasioned very general dis
cussion with regard to the character of the dis
ease and the remedies. The statistics show q
very large increase in the disease for the past
few years. Iu New York city the register of
vital statistics shows the number OF deaths
from pneumonia and bronchitis during the past
nine wears To be as follows
Year: 1875

AS per notice given through the
press an assessment was called In on
the capital stock of the Farmers and
Merchants, bank of Los Angeles, pay
able on the 18th instant. 1t was met
forthwith by the resident and nom
resident stockholders, in gold coin, so
that on the day fixed for payment
there was not one delinquent. This
is the way to meet emergencies, and
speaks volumes for the business stand
Ing of the managers and stockholders.
The stock of the bank Is as good as
any In the United States, and We can
safely say that there Is no institution
In the Union safer or better protected.


1t does not speculate in anything. 1t
is managed with "a view to the conven-
ience and credit of the place, and as a
Year: 1875

HOWEVER much wemay desire to
encourage habits of regularity among
artisans or tradesmen it is mani
festly beyond the power of the Com
mon Council to interfere with any
particular branch Of business as re-
quested by the petition of number
of BARRIERS Of Los Angeles. The city
authorities may declare thatal places
of business shall be closed on Sunday,
but cannot legally compel particular
individuals to cease work at certain
time on Sunday. Still less can they
interfere with the hours OF business
during the week.
Year: 1875

AT the last election the people of
this State were to vote for or against
the holding of constitutional conven-
tlon but 1t seems they did not all do so
and because they did not the legal
magnates decide that the proposition
for convention did not carry. 1t is
claimed we believe that a majority of
all the votes cast, not for or against
a convention, but majority of the
total vote was necessary to calling a
convention. We doubt the correct
ness of this conclusion. Suppose one
hundred thousand votes were polled
for Governor but from ten thousand
bal lots the names of candidates for
Lieutenant Governor had been omit
ted and neither of the candi dates for
that office received fifty thousand votes
would the fact that neither of the cam
dldates for Lieutenant Governor re.
ceived a majority of all the votes cast
warrant the assumption that no Lieut..
Governor was elected? On what APP
pears precisely this ground those
whose interest it is not have conven-
ton argue that the call for conven-
tion was defeated. 1t appears to us
that ifo official count 1t is found more
votes were cast for than against q
convention the convention was called
There is no law to compel people to
vote for man or measure, The law
gives men the right of suffrage but it
does not make their refusal to exercise
it an offense or misdemeanor. If the
refusal to vote may be used as an ele-
ment of defeat, fragment of the ag-
gregate vote may control the great
majority where it chances to be near
ly equally divided. We do not see
how We can compel all the voters of
the State to vote for or against con-
vention, and If u majority of all the
votes cast at the general election are
necessary to secure the call, We may
go on voting on this proposition for
the next decade and never succeed in
carrying 1t out. We should not be
surprised If the people are not being
trfied with In this convention matter.
Year: 1875

Republicans after 1t was stricken with
death and they now have the melan-
choly pleasure of reading radical re-
joicings over the death of their own
progeny the funeral expenses of which
were paid by the Democracy.
Year: 1875

KING ALFONSO is worthy son OF
the ex-queen. Already the most re-
voting stories of debauchery come to
us, even while the young monarch is
trembling upon his rickety throne,
and thousands are contending for HE


sovereign rights upon the field of bat
Year: 1875

source of secure profit to the stock
holders; the best proof of which is that
the holders of stock will not sell. We
know of no transactions in that line,
although there has been quite an in
quiry forit.
Year: 1875

AND now the Philadelphia North
american puts in a SLY word for
GRANT by stating that our most sue
cessful Presidents were taciturn IN en-,
not one of them a first class orator
and several of them unable to make a
public speech.
Year: 1875

THE spelling school fever is raising
to the dignity of an epidemic, and is
spreading all over the land. Like the
late epizootic, no section of the broad
land is likely to escape its ravage.
Year: 1875

EARLY in February there were rumors
of an epidemic raging in Mexico which
resembled cholera, and congress appro-
Priated $4,000 to defray the expenses of
a medical officer of the army to inves-
tigate it's extent and character. The
surgeon general has not thought it
worth while to detail anyone on this
errand, but the recent outbreak of yell
low fever at Key West is likely to
change his views of the sanitary situa-
ton.
Year: 1875

ARCHBISHOP MCCLosKEY having been
raised to the dignity of cardinal,
it will be etiquette for him always to
appear in a costume some portion of
which shall be scarlet. This is sup,
posed to symbolic the special readi,
ness of dignitaries of that class to shed
their blood for the good of the church,
The full dress of a cardinal is one OF
the most gorgeous and striking costumes
worn.
Year: 1875

TIE restoration of fogging to the
roll of British punishments for such
Offenses as wife-beating and gar
rotting is being seriously discussed. 1t
is argued that those who persist in
taking a physical view of humanity can
be best instructed by a vigorous ap-
plication of their own principles.
Year: 1875

A great deal Of the ordinary work
of life is done without any idea of the
or the results of labor. The
is that life to many, is
painfully bnrdensome and altogether
aimless. They look for nothing and
fail to achieve anything. If each one
would set before him some end to be
attained his life would bc more joy
ous and his success much greater
Many are poor or In want in old age
who might have had handsome COM
potency, II in their earlier years they
had set before them comfortable
home to be secured by industry and
prudent management. Not few en-
dowed with great capabilities and en-
joying peculiar advantages, have fail
ed in the struggle of life, because they
cherished no high aim and sought no
particular results. The lives of all
such can only be failures.
Year: 1875

Indianapolis .yovrres ee having raeaat-
ly made the following expression:


~ entertain but little apprehension
about the result OF the next Presiden-
tial election. The Democratic party is
under the control oi the old anti-war
politicians, who sy ympathi2cd with the
rebellion, and although these men are
trying to talk loyalty, yet the people
have not forgotten their record, and
will not trust them; and l believe the
Union soldiers and the people Of the
North who took an active part in put
ting down the rebellion, will be better
united against the Democracy than
they have been since 1866. The pres
ence of between eighty and ninety
Confederate officers in the next Con
gress is fact, tho Significance OF
which is not to be mistaken. Tho re-
cent demonstrations in the South in
favor of JEFF Davis and the heroes and
principles of the rebellion have no,
escaped the consideration of the peo-
pie Of the North. In short, | am sat
istied that the people of the United
States are not prepared to trust the
administration of tho Government, itf
finances, iis homer, and its prosperity
in the hands of its late enemies, who
have tor twenty years shown their in.
capacity for everything but crime and
blunders."
Year: 1875

New York, Nov. 9.-The Brooklyn
Mail says that recruits are being taken
in this city by secret agents in the
service of the Spanish Government,
from among the most INDECENT of our
Irish, Poles and
other European nationalities, at the
rate of 800 in gold and the promise
of land grant of fifty acres at the
close of the war in Cuba, for term
of one year from the date of being
into the army thither.
Year: 1875

THE temperance tick ct in the State
of New York, at the recent election.
received 1900 votes. These were
doubtless drawn largely from the Re-
publican party. Had these votes been
cast for the Republican party, the re-
suit would have been about drawn
battle in the Empire State on the state
ticket. 1t Is safe to say that a least
$1,000 of these votes will be given to
the Republican party in 1876, when
there will be no temperance issue in
the Presidential contest New York
may therefore be placed on the Re-
publican or Democratic sde in the
next Presidential race, as circumstan-
cea may incline few thousand votes
to one side or the other.
Year: 1875

TIE TRIBUNE force don't believe
in being selfish, and we could not
think of any folks in town better
entitled 20 share our Thanksgiving
turkey than the boys of the Demo-
crdt. It was with the kindest feel
ings therefore, that we allowed q
large share of it to assist in satisfy.
ing the appetites of our guests.
After dinner and pleasant visit,
they returned home with many
thanks, and whispering to each
other that the TRIBUNE boys were
not so bad after all. Now this is
what we like, and believe they can
act the part Of hosts just as well as
guess. When, therefore, VIZ return
the compliment on Christmas, there
Is no doubt that the time will be
equally as pleasant.
Year: 1875

"A LARGE number of ladies and
gentlemen of Mineral Point indu ged
In a pleasant skate on Spensley's
pond, on the afternoon of Thanks
giving day. Those participating,
had a pleasant time, and many while
gliding over the smooth crystal, had
occasion to fall back Oh their dex-
tsrity of youthful days, in order to
show their skill to good advan-
tage. The rain came on just in time
to warn that it was the hour to re-
turn home, which they did with the
greatest-of haste and pleasure.
Year: 1875

The latest sci sation and tie talk
of the town is at present the ex-
tremely low figures at which Deller
Is selling his carpets and oil cloths.
But De!!er is not satisfied with that,
be proposes to sell everything in
the line of dry goods and clothing
at prices which will absolutely beat
all competition.
Year: 1875

Don't forget the entertainment
tonight at the City Hall. 1t is the
beginning Of series that wils be
both agreeable and instructive, and
deserves the earnest patronage Of
those interested in the culture of
themselves and families.