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l fiHHH+HHH+HHfiw BREAD PUD‘DING. In the preparation of bread puddings the housekeeper should remember that. white bread it. some form is used as the foundation, the other ingredients such as milk, cream, butter. eggs, and spices must be added with a generous hand; for in this alone lies the differ- cure between the insipid, watery bread pudding, studded with a few lonesome currants. and the delicious cabinet pud- ding, which is considered the acme of delicacy. Ginger Bread l‘iiddiiig.â€"â€"Upoii two cupfuls of Cl‘tllllllltd bread crumbs pour sufficient hot syrup drained from a pint of preserved Canton ginger to moisten, thoroughly beating with a \vot‘iden spoon to a paste; then add one well beaten egg. the yolk and while beaten separ- ately. a sallsj:oon of grated nutmeg. two l0l)l0\]')()(lllflll5 of powdered maca- roons, and half a cupful of the ginger cut in dice. Turn at once into an orna- mental pudding mold that has been but- tcred and steam for two hours; at serv- ting timc unfold on a hot platter and Serve with a hot. foamy sauce. Chocolate Bread l‘uddlng.â€"~To a quart. 0‘ boiling milk allow one pint of grated bread, beating well before adding the other ingredients. Then stir in one small cupful of sugar, three eggs, and two squares of unsweetened chocolate, flavoring with a scant half teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of vanilla ex- tract, and a little ground cinnamon; pour into small custard cups and bake. Set in a panful of hot water for thirty- f‘ive minutes in a moderate oven: allow them to cool. and then place directly on the ice until ready to serve, turning them out on individual dessert plates, resting on a lace paper doily. Garnish with a star of sweetened whipped cream. Fruit. Bread Puddingâ€"Moisten half a loaf of state graham bread. finely grated, with a cupful of hot molasses, adding half a cupful of melted butter, a tea- spoonful of powdered cinnamon, half a teaspoonful each of powdered allspice and grated nutmeg, half a cupful of brown sugar, and a salt-spoonful of ground cloves. Mix thoroughly and then stir in a teaspoonful of baking soda, dissolved in a scant tcacupful of sour cream, with sufficient flour to form a stiff batter. adding by degrees half a cupful of seeded raisins, two tablespoon- fuls of currants, a quarter of a pound 0‘ _shredded citron. and two ounces of candied orange peel. Pour into a large round pan and bake for forty-five min- utes in a moderate oven; serve with a hard sauce, flavored as desired. Cocoanut Puddingâ€"To two cupfulsof freshly grated breadcrumbs add a cup- fu' of flour, a cupful of desiccated cocoa- nut, a teaspoonful of orange juice, a few drops of lemon juice, half a cupful of confectioner‘s sugar. and three eggs, the yolks and Whites beaten separately. Turn into a battered pudding mold and steam for an hour and a half, serv- ing unmolded and garnished with squares of bright tinted jelly. NOVEL DESSERTS. French Gingerbread. â€" Blanch and chop fine a quarter of a pound of sweet almonds. Add a quarter of a teaspoon- tul of grated nutmeg, the same amount of aniseed, half a cupful of sugar, and half a pound of strained honey. Mix well together, then add the flour, four cupfuls, and knead the mixture thor- oughly for thirty minutes. Work into a ball, cover with a napkin and set. aside for twenty-four hours. Roll out in a thin sheet, cut. into fancy shapes. and bake in a moderate oven. When cool ‘glazc with a glaze a l'cau. Cherry (Zakc.â€"â€"Pour hot water over a pound of candied cherries. let stand a moment, drain. dry in a cloth, and set in the oven opening to become dry. Take half a pound of crustlcss bread slices in as much milk as they will absorb. Add four beaten eggs. tour fuls of sugar. four of warm buffer, a quarter of a pound of boiled and grated chestnuts, a dusting of cinnamon. When these. ingredients are mixed well add the cherries. Pour into a buffered shallow pan, brush the top generously with butâ€" fer. strew with Sugar and cinnamon, and bake slowly in a moderate oven. This is delicious served with chocolate. Prince de Condc (2ake.â€"Itoll half a potuid of puff paste, well chilled, into 8 strip eighteen inches long by three wide and oneâ€"eighth of an inch in thick- ness. Cut into six pieces and moisten the surfaces with beaten egg, fold each piece in triangular shape, place on a baking sheet, and bake for thirty-flve minutes. When cool make an incision in each with the thickest. part of the Iarding needle and fill the cake interior with almond paste. using a pastry bag' and tube for the purpose. Almond paste -â€"Pcel and crush a quarter of a pound tablespoon- . cf blanched sweet. almonds, place in a bowl, add flvc ounces of sugar, the white of an egg, {1 flavoring of rum if de- sired, and of anise. Stir until a sniOoth paste is obtained. Berlingots~ Cquuants.â€"Beat together until thick and smooth three»quartcrs if a pound of sugar and five eggs. Add threequfiarters of a pound of flour, stirring it in by the spoonful. Then add one-quarter of a pound of butter beaten to a cream, a pinch of salt, and the juice of a lemon. Bake on a but- tered baking sheet, placing the, paste with a tiny spoon, that the. croquants when baked will be no largrn than inacuroons. When removed from the oven put together in pairs with chocolate icmg. -â€"-â€"'+â€"â€"â€" CRYINV- “ARIES. Rabies do not cry for the fun of it, nor is it. always because they are hunr gry as so many young mothers think. Nine times out of ten baby's cry indi- 'ratcs that his little stomach is out of order. Mothers will find instant relief for their suffering little ones in Baby's lOwn Tablets. A few doses will cure the most obstinate cases of constipa. ‘fion, indigestion or vomiting and :1 Tab lrl given now and then to the well child will keep it. well. Mrs. Mary Poll lock, Gawas, Ont., says: “Baby‘s Own Tablets have been a great benefit to my ,baby. They haVe made him happy, peaceful and contented, when before he used to cry all the time. I have more comfort with him since giving him the Tablets than I ever had before. Ile now :sits and plays and laughs while I do 'my work. What greater praise can I ,give Baby‘s Own Tablets.” For sale at tdruggists or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine (10.. Brockville, Ont. *â€" HOME-MADE RUG. Having collected about 25 pounds of flannel rags, and having dyed them the desired shades, they must now be torn into strips about. an inch wide, and these must be neatly sewn together, overlap- ping about half an inch, so that the joining is strong. Now procure a length of clothes-line rope, and commence to crochet the flannel strips over the rope. |'I'hls is begun in the centre, like any crochet wheel for a chair back. A large wooden crochet book may be ob- tained from a needlework shop. The lstitch of double crochet is used to cover the rope with the crocheted flannel. As you go along, the crochet is inserted in- to the previous row, 50 that the circle grows with every pull of the needle. In using two colors, the paler shade should be used until the circle is about a foot across. Then use the darker shade un- 'ti‘ you have gone five times around the rug. Return again to the paler color. repeating the alternative colors until the lflannel is all used up, or the rug is the desired size, leaving the darker shade at the edge of the rug. These are very economical to maks, and are very quickly done, and are iamong the most durable of any of the home-made rugs, as the rope makes such a hard, strong surface before it shows any signs of wear. A friend of mine had one in her hall, and as yet it. shows no signs of wear. USEFUL HINTS. Lemons which have dried and hard- ened again will become quite soft if allowed to soak in cold water. Damp boots or shoes are difficult to polish. By adding a drop or two of paraan to the blocking they will pol- ist. up at once. After slicing or peeling onions place lthe knife at once in a jug of cold water [lot a short while. This takes away the 'unpleasant odor. Match marks on a polished or var- nished surface may be removed by first ,rubbing them with a cut lemon and then with a cloth dipped in water. In peeling apples if a silver knife is used instead of a steel one the fingers will not become black. as acid from the apple unites with iron, but not. with -silver. When you have a few tablespmnfuls of jam or jelly left over try what a de~ ‘licious addition it makes to baked ap« Iplcs. dropping a teaspoonful into the {Core of each apple. before they go into 1the oven. The proper way to dry woollens is to hang the garments on the line dripping wet without wringing out at all. If ‘(tried in this way the. shrinking will be so slight. as to be almost unnoticeablc. Wall-papers that have become soiled may be much improved by first remov- ing,r all loose dust with a feather dus- tcr, then rubbing all over, in circular sweeps. with thick slices of state bread. beginning at the ceiling and working downwards. “\\'hat," asked the sweet. girl, “was the happiest moment of your life?“ “The happiest moment of my life," answered the old bachelor. “was when the jewel- trr took back an engagement ring and tgavc me sleevl links in exchange." AN AVALANCHE OF FIRE. (By a flanker). Amongst the most awe-inspiring spectacles ever witnessed upon this earth a great forest of heath tire takes a foremost place. Originating perhaps from a carelessly thrown lighted match, a strong wind fans the flame, and in an incredibly short space. of time. a broad stretch of heath is blazing furi- ously. Ever broadening out, the. con- flagration is soon a very deluge of fire, curling hillows of Wild-lire savagely haping and bounding onwardts; now, (is a wide breadth of gorse is reached. with a fierce roar the. livid flames mounting high in air, forked, bloodâ€"red tongues of palpilaling fire quivering and vibrating half concealed midst the roll- ing gyrating wreaths of blindingsmoke; row. as a clump of fall firs is gripped by the devouring torrent, a very infer- no, a whirlwind of eddying flames, surg- ing madly in a frenzied spasm of lurid rage with a hoarse stridor as though it, were the blast of a Wild, infuriute hurriâ€" cane; and now. the gate moderating, stealing along with diminished fury, though still a hissing sea of tossing fiery rollers; until at. length the dc- sti‘oymg blast subsides, the convulsive mar is stifled, and the wild, raging or- ganiznn is qucllcd. Rut. what a terrible metamorphosis! “here once was a smiling landscape '9 now but. a black ruin. a ravaged devas- tated wilderness. \Vherc once all was gay in floral beauty, tufts of bell-heather a'l aglow in a brilliant pink. tassels and garlands of traveller‘s joy hanging in luxuriant profusion from the boughs of a tall thorn or hazel, erect spikes of purple foxglovc, cr pendent drupes of the graceful bitter-sweet, all now are swept away and reduced to ashes. and in their place is but a dcsolated waste. Where once the fork carollcd forth his love-song on high. or the yellow- hammcr warbled its harmonious chaunt, er the blackcap trilled out its melodi- ous strophcs, all is now silent as the grave; not a songster of the wood ven- tures near that charred and gruesome desolation, nor enlivens its dismal me- lancholy with its tuneful harmony; not a squirrel will caper on those lifeless, blackened trees; not an animal will gam- bol on that stricken waste. For now the blithcsome scene is but a dreary lugu- brious wreck. the gay, flowery prospect a lifeless, withered ruin. And we too, if the faint of sin, inheri» ted or committed, is washed away and blotted out from the l‘CCtll‘d through faith in the atonement made for us by the Saviour of the world, then is our lot. in this life an existence enlivened with buoyant, exultaut joys; and in the life to come, an inheritance of ecstatic gladness and of ravishing cnehantmcnts. But if we forget our Creator and reject His plan of salvation, then the fires of retribution pass over us, our heart beâ€" comes hut a scared and aching void, and the world to come but a dread vision « f blackness and ruin. .___._+ A SPRING DANGER. l Many Peeple Weaken Their Systems by Dosing with Purgative Medicines. A spring medicine is a necessity. Nature demands it as an aid to enrich- ing the blood and carrying left the im- purities that have accumulated during the indoor life of the winter months. Thousands of people recognizing the ne- cessity for a spring medicine, dose themselves with harsh griping purga- tivcs. This is a mistake. Ask any doc- tor and he will tell you that the use of purgative medicines weakens the sys- tem and cannot possibly cure disease. In the spring the system needs build- ing upâ€"purgalives weaken. The blood should be made. rich, red and pure â€" purgalives cannot do this. What is needed is a tonic, and the best tonic medical science has yet. devised is Dr. \Villiams‘ Pink Pills. Every dose of this medicine actually makes new,rich blood, and this new blood strengthens every organ and every part of the. body. That is why these pills banish pimples 'and unsightly skin eruptions. That is why they cure headaches, backaches, rheumatism, neuralgia and a host of (.thcr troubles that come from poor watery blood. That is why the men and women who use Dr. Williams' l’ink ti"ills eat well and sleep well and fch active and strong. Miss Mabel Synnott, Lisle, Ont., suys:â€"â€"“l was pale and weak and suffered greatly from head- aches. and I found nothing to help me until I began taking Dr. \\'illiam~:‘ l’ink I’ills. These have completely restored my health and I blrss the day I began taking them.” llut he sure you get the genuine Pills with the full name. “Dr. Williams’ Pink I'ills for Pale People" on the wrapper around each boxâ€"all other so~called pink pills are fraudulent imitations. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail :1t 5t) cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 from The Dr. Williams" Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. - 'H "‘ _ ’4 Mr. Walker is a bright, welbpreserv- [all old gentleman. but to his little grand. idgmghtcr Mabel he seems very old iii- M dood- Sho hm] hm” Swing on his 1mm, ##Qé¢5¢¢¢#¢¢¢¢0¢¢¢¢¢¢¢5§¢§h Consumption is less deadly than it used to be. 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M”..â€" STURIES 0F MEAN PEOPLE. “'oman Returns Skewers to Butcherâ€"â€" Miser Paid for Delivering Own Letter. “There are some meannesscs which are too mean even for manâ€"woman, lovely woman, alone can commit them." We quote this sentence from “A Shab- by Genteel Story” not. as any reflection on our fair readers, but merely as a fitting introduction to an example of meanness on the part of a lady which we feel sure is quite exceptional among her sex. This lady was in a fairly good position and lived in one of the suburbs of a large town. One morning she went to her butcher with a basket filled with wooden skLwcrs. She told him she had saved themâ€"that they had been weigh- ed to her meat, and that. she had brought them to receive their weight back again in meat! Is there a man bold enough to carry economy so far? Perhaps the meannesscs of mean peo- ple are more often actuated by feelings of avarice rather than those of economy. It would be ditlicult, for instance, to find a worse case than the following. An old man one: wrote a letter to a friend, and wishing to save his stamp he ordered his servant to take it to its address. It was raining and the girl wore a new dress that she was afraid cf spoiling. She looked into the street, saw a boy she knew, and calling out to him she said, “Deliver this letter for me, and I will give you a penny." The iniser heard the offer and said, “Give me the penny, and I will carry the let- ter myself." What is more, he did so. “The meanest person of whom I ever heard," says a contributor to the Cap« tain, from which these stories are tak< en, “was the owner of a Certain sweet- shop in a Yorkshire village. One of my aLnts when she was a girl went to buy a pennyworth of sweets. After Care- fi‘lly placing a number of the required sweets in the scale pan the shopkeepcr,| finding that they did not quite make the necessary weight. carefully chose another sweet and added it to the pile; But unfortunately the sweet proving heavier than he had expected, the arm of the balance containing the sweets slowly descended. So he took the ofâ€" fending Sweet off the pile and actually hit it in two, placing one-half back in the bottle and the other in the paper bag into which he emptied the penny- worth. Then, without a word of com- ment. on this extraordinary perform- ance. he handed the bag to my aunt." The workmen's' compensation act 'should put an end to examples of mean- Less such as the following: liarly one morning a bricklayer was g-ing up a scaffolding with a bod of bricks when he fell to the ground. su- staininga broken leg and other injuries. "The master builder, who was notorious :Ifm‘ his closeflstcdness. visited the hos- .bital to which the poor fellow had been taken, and approaching the latter's bed- side observed, “flow on earth did you manage it. Jim?" “Sheer accident sirâ€" I slipped." replied the sufferer, faintly. “Oh, well. you know. you should have 'lyxcn more careful." said the iiiosier; builder. “livery bri-l: in the bod wasf broken. and I fiud by the time s'u-ot to tho tthal you htid not earned ":2 High to [my l1f~> at a I-jnht place. (‘mne to the other 53.19 of tin: them. lut as y ill at“ lllj‘ll't‘tl I wont ,“\\n'il room. .and I'll introduce you to ft lf'l‘i‘ss the matter furlh‘riyou may joy for them gradually when you l‘L‘CUVCI‘.";01'.” w SMUGGLING UP-TO-DATE. Efforts to invent new methods of smuggling never cease, and nearly every week brings to light, devices which have never been heard of before. One of the latest schemes worked well for a time at Antwerp. Three Germans landed there every week for several weeks, and it was noticed that one of them was al-' ways so intoxicated that the other two simply had to carry him ashore. Even- tuatly the Customs oflicers became sus- picious, and one nightâ€"the Germans in- variably arrived in the night-timcâ€"one of the revenue men gave the helpless figure a heavy punch in the ribs. The iiiebriated “man” was a dummy figure stuffed from head to foot with all kinds cf contraband! Some time ago a very fashionably-dressal lady landed in Lon‘ don carrying an invalid baby on a pit- low. The child was asleep and looked too ill to be anywhere but in a snug cot at home. The Customs officers insisted upon handling both the baby and the pillowâ€"~and found that the pillow was half full of valuable lace embedded in feathers. PEEPS lNTO WOMEN'S LETTERS If our readers could spend one morn‘ mg looking through the letters receiv- cd from all over Canada by the Zam- Buk C0., it would bring home to them with irresistible force the, healing vir- tues of this great household balm. Old women, young women, wives, mothers and even young igirls have something to say about how Zam-Buk did this or that good oflicc in their home. Many of these writers give permission to make extracts from their grateful tes- timony. From these the following were taken at random: “I was troubled for some weeks with salt rheum in hands and arms and was using a salve which did me little good. On receiving a supply of Zain-Buk I ap- plied it, and it really Scorned to act like magic! The itching and burning ceas- ed, and in a few days the skin was cleared and healthy." So writes Miss L‘. A. Butchard. of North lv’cppel. “Three boxes of lain-flak cured me of Eczema, from which I had suffered a long time." So says Mrs. Gladden, (-f Mansonville. Que. “Zainâ€"Buk cured a case of blood poi- son in my family, and I wish to thank you for the great. blessing it has proved," is the effect of a letter from Mrs. \Vebb, of Dovcrcourt. And so one could go on quoting ex- tract. after extract, showing how Zam- Buk cures chronic sores. ulcers. ab- scesses. bad leg, itch, and blood poi- son: takes the soreness out of cuts and burns. and grows new, healthy skin over injured or diseased places, All .storcs amt druggi<h sell of fifty Ct‘lltz‘ a box, or the Zaiii-lhik to, 'l‘orunlo, will mail for price. A Six per cent. of 21'] houses in liuglanit are lillllllltlllllxtl. “\\'h:tt do you kn’wv at. :11 lip. char mtcr of this than? ‘a'v-d of .i wilv ' ‘ ital-5 tli'i l lill'i‘.\ .. l-:nuw it. l-.- he uni "w::. , . ,- p,” he replied, with ii llv‘ll coping ' old.