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such as J oods. Etc. Dullm rtment, LEDBEB my Ill ll at W II ll no amount of talking will convince them differently. Only the rich can at- !ord to be ltYiSh and wasteful, regard- lcaa of tho trifles which hero and. there count for much; but they. too, in their waypractioe economy to afar greater extent than: the poor to whom it should DOMESTIC ECONOMY . .SOI‘ne women look upon economy and bundling as one and the same. and be slaw. True economy issomething of which every housewife should be Proud to be mistress. There shouldbe a. pleasant satisfaction in turning ev- erything to the best account and mak- ing the most of one’s resources; It certainly is not economy to stint in one thing and waste in another. The thouuhtlul housewife does not spend either time money or strength on any- thing until she has given sufficient thought to whether she wants it or not. She keeps her expenditures le‘ 10" her income. yet lives well and as comfortably as her resources willper- mit. “at“. 55K; um ‘IVCU auxllcxcuv “nus thought to whether she wants it or not. She keeps her expenditures lev low her income, yet lives well and as comfortably as her resources willper- mit. , ‘ . . you like. blash the top and insert bhe knows Just how much she can blocks of pork an inch square, leav- afford to spend upon her table, and ing them high over the beef. Put a the quality of the fuod and the luxur- pint of cold water in a rather small ies with whii'h it is supplied are gaug- kettle, and put in the meat. Let it stew slowly three or four hours, add- ed..of course. by the number of people ’ ing more water if it boils away, and she must prepare food for. She always i keeping well covered. After stewing aims to supply wholesome, well cooked . set the meat in a hot oven to brown food of as good a quality as she can l the dressing. Thicken the gravy afford, and then, it‘ there is anything- ; which is in the kettle. and if alittle over luxuries may be indulged in. The Isweetness is relished add a glass of wise housewife knows that true econ- I i-urrant jelly. or any kind that you omy does not mean poor food and little . may have. of it. for she is responsible then for A Delicious and Decorative Saladâ€"â€" weak minds and bodies resultin from . . . a lack of nutritious elements.8 It is Pm ”“0 a small b0“'1 the yolk 0f one surprising what some women can do ’ egg, one saltSpoonful of salt and half with small funds: but then. they are ‘ a teaspoonful of powdered sugar. Stir Stewed Meatâ€"Cut from the round as heavy a piece as you would like. Remove the bone and fill the place with bread crumbs, seasoned with pep- per and salt, also sage and onion if It is not alone on the table and its supplies where economy can be prae- ticed. Where possible cash should be paid for everything either at the time of purchasing or at stated intervals. as at the end of every week or month when all bills should be settled. Beâ€" fore anything is bought it is examined and well selected. When supplies are ordered in quantities, it is alu ays Well to weigh, measure. or inspect in order to ascertain that one receives just what was spemlied. Such articles as are apt to be damaged by either heat. cold or dampness are put into suitable places and well looked after to avoid waste. The meaning of true economy is to know just what one wants-â€"need9.and then purchasing that to the lest ad~ vantage. (‘ertainly it requires con- siderahle planning and thinking. but it is the duty of every housewife to help her husband in laying by for a rainy day. the women who think and plan; who have the art of cooking down to a fine point, and who knows how to utilize leftovers. .A CUP 01“ TBA. The timeâ€"honored rule for tea-mak- ing is. “a teaspoonful for each per- son and one fur the pot.” but when the best of tea. is used a. smaller quan- tity will suffice. Cheap tea is a poor article; letter have none. for the manner of drying it. is not the cleanest in the world and it is nice subject to adulâ€" teration. After much experimenting I find that two, parts good black tea. one part tea buds and one part. good green leaves. makes a delicious drink. Mix them thoroughly in the cannin- ter or jar. Never boil tea. it extracts the tannin which is almost a prison. An earthen. china or silver teapot is better than a tin. copper or hritannia pot. Rinse out the pot with boiling water, then put in the tea and pour over it the boiling water; set back upon the range upon the farthest covers, \\ here it can- not pusaihly simmer, or if you use a tea cosy. cover it and Ming it to the table. After pouring but a cup for each person more boiling water may be poured upon the leaves, making more tee of lesser strength, it will be ready when the first cups are (in-- ished. Waste tea should never be thrown out in the summer. but turned into an earthen vessel or glass, and flavor- ed with slices ut‘ lemon and sugar, then set on the ivo. As Russian tea, it is a capital warm weather beverage. midi-ones. Pressed Chicken.~â€"Couk a.- large chic- ken in as little water as will keep it ‘ran wrninc, \Vhen the meat {31187 the bones. take it out re- .movwgz 33m b01108. skin and undone, chop it a. little. won with salt, pepper and m r. then put into a. deep, 03)- ignite pour over it. the liquor In ‘33... it Ina cooked. [lift on a cover THE HOME. DOME. STlC RECIPES. and weight. it. When perfectly cold. slice with a sharp knife. Chocolate Filling for Cakeâ€"Dissolve half a cake of sweet chocolate in a halt-pint of boiling water. Keep on the stove till it is all melted. then add show] y one teaspoonful of cornstarch wet with a little milk. and one tea- Spoonful of granulated sugar. Let it boil up. set off and let cool a few min- utes, then spread between the layers of your cake. Apple and Rice Dessert.-â€"Pare and quarter three moderately large tart apples. and lay them loosely in adeep well-buttered pudding-dish. Sprinkle over them a cup of sugar, three ta- blespoonfuls of rice. and a. little grat- ed nutmeg. Pour over all a quart of rich milk and bake slowly for four hours. Serve with cream and sugar or a. butter sauce. Cookies. -â€"Break ’eggs in a teacup, fill the cup with buttermilk, add two cups sugar, granulated, one cup hut- ter. one teaswonful saleratus, season \xith vanilla. Flour to roll A Delicious and Decorative Salad.â€"â€"-â€" ”1‘3 “”10“" “”1” I“ w" ““1““ - . syrup. P l . , , m m o a. small bowl the ~V011: of one Ialzmlchem says: “Documents of no egg. one saltspoonful of salt, and half ,, . im rtance are never mislaid. We in- 3. teaspoonful of powdered sugar. bur p0 . . . variabl meet the 0 1e whom we are m "'1 Slow” tnll one cupful has beenI anxious, to avoid MEL): £3188 those we es- used, adding two tablespoonfuls of Ipez‘ially_wish‘to meet. _ A wqman gen- lemon juice as needed to thin it. Col- or a teastioonful of the dressing With a tiny bit of prepared green color paste and then stir this into the whole. using only enough to give a pale tint of green. Just before serving add two tablespoonst of thick whipped cream. Put two small lettuce leaves together. lay several pieces of ban- rina on the lettuce and cover with the dressing. Arrange a. number of these portions on a large platter and garnish with the tiny bentre lettuce leaves. Roast Gooseâ€"«Make a potato dress- Ing by boiling and mashing six pota- toes fine andlight; add one tablespoon- ful of salt, one teaspoonful of pep- per, one heaping teaspoonful of sage. two tablespoonfuvls of onion juice and two uf butter. Fill the geese withthe dressing and with a skewer fasten the legs 1ogether at the juint. where the feet were cut off. Dredge well with salt, pepper and flour. Allow an hour and a half fur baking a guose weigh- Ing about eight pounds if the oven is kept at a steady heat during that time. ' eyes You 1min me; deeply, Mr. .llighrnoru, she said. . 'l‘hen ynu refuse my love? For :i moment she was silent. Then, with great gentleness, she spoke again: Mr. llighmuro, 1 can never marrv 2L man who walks pigeon-Load. As If struck by a. heavy and unex- };€('Le(l Now 1m the face he sunk hack Into a chair. Hut presently he recovered himself. Risuig frum the chair, he put. on his» overcoat and drew (in his gloves with great deliberation, took his hat and moved to the door. Then, with “[8 hand on' the knob, he turned and said: I («mid hour thn [min of the rejec- tion, Miss (Hyc-erim- McCurdy, for this is not the first time. There have been nihm's. But this is the deepest humil- iation that, has ever Lefaillen me. I shall rmm-mher this as the hitterest hour of my life. I have linen turned dfiwn by a. girl who pronounces it "prwrr’ml” His head sank till his ("hin rested on his shist bosom, and he upemed Hm door and faded out of her sight forever. NOTES FROM FAR LANDS. The Persians are great lovers of con- fectionery. Silence and expedition are the chief characteristics of a Turkish dinner. The Chinese show their courtesy by feeding their guests and visitors at any hour of the day. 7 Forks are unknowh in Turkey: buts. good Mussulman washes his fingers befors he begins to est._ _ _ _ A Japanese dinner of high preten- sions is eaten with chOpsticks ,to the accompaniment of music and dancing. The French peeple. it is said, now pay more attention to eating and drinking, and less to dancing, than (ormerly. ‘Fr. Dugan-l am afraid Bridget, that you are as much at fault in this quar- rel as Patrick. You must learn to exercise forbearance, and remember that a. soft answer turneth away wrath. ‘Bridget O’Hoolihan-Begorra, yer riv- orance, that's jiat wot stharted the trouble. Pat came home from his war. ruk arid axed: yrgt yus there for din- ner. He was mired un' hungry an’ cross as two sthicka, so he was. an’ I give him a soft. answer. Well, what. did' you' my! deld mush. TRAGEDY 01" THE HEART. 'J‘ears stun! in the young woman’s IT DIDN’T WORK. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. December 30. sculptured monuments of Thebes. Egypt. made 2. 300 years before Christ. More than 6.(I)0 species of plants are cultivated. and most of these have been brokpqup into varied forms by the hand of Some geographers have been. sur- prised by the recent census in Egypt. The population of 9,000,000 reported ex- ceeds that under the greatest of the Pharaohs. The following is the copy of a. sign in a. remote Georgia. county: “A Few Bright Scholards Takin to Lem. \Vritin. Spallin and Figerin.” A Dublin lawyer, writing of an estate he had just bought added: “There is a. chapel upon it. in which my wife and I wish to be buried it God spares our lives." There are no fewer than thirty-one Scottish societies in London. of which twelve are distinctly Highland. either in their constitutions or as associated With Highland countries. Never say too much. Manners go ‘ a great way. and delicate matters man- aged with tact can be carried out with- out the slightest blow to the sensi- tive feelings of the parties concerned. ‘ it is not tact to rush up to a person and say; “How ill you are looking." Anyone who is not feeling well gem- eraily knows all about it. and does l not like to be reminded of the fact. 0n the contrary. in meeting anybody who is looking particularly well or hand- some, then is the time to speak. To be able to keep people in good humor and never ruh them the wrong way 'shows a wonderful amount of tact. but ‘how many .people there are who are 1. always doing or saying the wrong thing. 'l\vo old school riends who had not seen each other in years met again a short time ago. and almost im- mediately after the first words of greeting had been exchanged. the one exalaimed to the other ; “_\V by, you look Solomon's temple was 107 feet long. thirty-six feet broad and fifty four feet high. Though deemed a wonder of the world. it was not larger than many private houses of the present time. Bad temper has an injurious physical effect on the digestion. Bad temper tends to a disposition of blood to the brain. and this Leaves the stomach un- able to perform its functions properly. Last year the United States produced 15,465,000 bushels of buckwheat. most of which was consumed at home, There are about 4,600 cakes in one bushel making a. total of 70 billion cakes in the whole crop. Pass the maple syrup. erally loses her heart to the wrong man; a. man generally marriesthe wrong woman.’ Caricatures are found among the as if \eu had been (rying for years; vour face is so wrinkled. " Now that remark, to say the least. did not show tact. and in a measure it destro ed the old feeling of affection w ich ad existed for so many years. eople do V” “'3’"? assault Tkmfittz‘m-é‘tfi’ 55g 5555 5%,5 55555155501115 n r5. :55 r. ymt-AQI'TF‘. {‘53 MANHOOD ODDS AND ENDS. \VANT OF TACT. Home Hid Durham Tannery. N. B.-To ensures first-(ales: job the hides must be salted u soon u taken not like to be told disagreeable facts. but when an unpleasant truth must be mid, to use a. little tact. in the telling of it will make the hurt less deep. Say and do pleasant. things in this world whenever it. is possible, but if disa- agreeable ones come -to the surface handle them as gently as possible to spare the feelings of others. SATKSFAC l‘IUN H UARANTEED _. SKINS, Em. Tanned Suit-3M; orwRUBES and COATS by the ucd process, which for Finish an Soinuoas can't. he beta Robe Tanning. THBS SMITH. 1897. FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. Many have tried for years to discover 0 remedy suitable to their own case for the Constipation, Biliousnesa, Indigoflion. Headache, Kidney and Liver Compluinu srising from Poor Digestion, Weak Stomach, and Disordered Liver. To these wefiy : Try the new medicine-â€" Farmers Thrashers ; and Millmen Read what- penple say, Home it in. M185 8. LAWSON, Monoton. N. 8., “yo: “ They cured mo of oonstipflion and sick headache.” _. --. . . n . a n...:‘ “Cluwut . Mn. H. Jun-:3, St. Nichol“ Hatchlhmil- ton, (hm. says: “They are n. plenum. Inn and quick cure for constipuion, dyspepsia 3nd sick headache." "- u n“- n_;. M183 M. E. HICKS, South Buy. Out: “Lam-Liver Pills are excellent for sick- beadachc. causing no pain or griping." â€"â€" -- on- A “A- “Wuwvnuvo â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" "u w- ‘ , v . ‘â€" Mus.JoaN Toxuxsos, Hamilton, Ont: “ They are a perfect cure for even m severest headwhe.” Furnace Kettles, Power Seaw Cut. ters, Hot Air Furnaces, Shingle MMhinery, Band Saws, Emery Machines. hand or power ; Creating Famners’ Kettles, Columns, Church Seat End?“ Bed Fasteners, Fencing, Pu mgr M a]; vm’ :3 amp} ins, School‘ Desks. Fanning Mill Castingl Light. Castings and Builders’ Supâ€" plies, Sole Plates and Points (0! he dxfl‘erent ploughs in use. Castin repairs for Flour and Saw Mills. Tho Olin-[ole filth. no“ wid- Steam Engines, Horse Powers, Separators, MowersLReapfra. I" .Circularv and Closeâ€"Cut Saws- Gummed, Filed and Set. I am prepared to fill orders for 0 0d shingles. Dealers in Wat/then, Clocks, Jewelry and Spectacles, Silver and Flat Ware of all descriptions. Repairing . pecialty. Upper Town, Durham. THE lUXUflV 0F SEGUBIT' _ 18 10mm n: County of Grey. tncluding a valuable W Power. Brick dwellin . and many domino building lots. W21 be 80 d in one or man low. Also lot No. 60. on. 2. W. G. 3.. Township of Bontinck. 100 acres, adjoining Town plot. Durham. Mortgages taken for port. purohnse mono, Oct. 2nd. I. DURHAM FOUNDRYMA) IN TM TN“ 0F MIMI“, AT T3! BRIEK FOUND'R A. GORDON EDGE PROPERTY -- WE REPAIR -- CHARTER SMITH, -- WE MAKE -- Apply to JAMES EDGE. L u..”g.|MEdge Hill, I LADIES! FOR CLI‘H 0U.