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 '[I I- m I ^:. I m 'M: HOUSEHOLD. GHS^TMAS GHEEB. Tbere'd tnap in the all There ia ice on dtebraoks. And wild with excitement Are honjewires and cooks. The seasonin^r U r ady To make the mince pie, The torke; is strengthened â€" Christmas is nlgb. The older honsekeepers who have roasted a regiment of turkeys and served them equipped with sauces, vegetables, puddings and pies may not take special interest in any directions for preparing the yearly feast. Yet there are new and inexperienced cooks who, this Christmas, will undertake to prepare a dinner which "bis folks" shall partake of with aatiafac.ion, even the much dreaded mother-in-law, but it is more thiin likely that the latter will sympathize with the nervous young wife in any failure and praise her successes. The young folks who " go home " on this day â€" and there is but one earthly home so long as father or mother are living â€" should bear in mind that the mother who thought nothing of cooking daily for a dozen when they were all children, now feels over- weighted with the riispousibility of prepar- ing for their home coming with sons and daughters in-law. The lively little grand- children, though she loves them as her own, take her mind from her plans of work and delay every step. ' The grandmother needs help as much as the young wife and all should make it a point to help a little and make the day one of general enjoyment. It is not now considered the right thing to overload a plate with more food than can be eaten and too many good things are usually set before us on this day to allow of little more than tasting of each. It is noticeable that few people suffer from in- digestion after their Caridtmas dinner. Deliberation in eating combined with laugh- ter andfmerriment give the dyspeptic for the time a c;ood digestion. It was the old cus- tom to place all the viands upon the table, and to begin the dinner with the turkey and the accoinpanying vegetables. I c is ap- propriate to follow the old way leaving the modem style of serving a dinner in courses to every-day occasion if we like. In many homes the Christmas break- fast is of as much account as the dinner although the dishes are less in number. 'Chicken is usually served in a pie or boiled; 'baked sweet or white potatoes, cider apple sauce, white and brown bread, with coffee and real cream, form a good and sufficient bill of fare. The following is a good way to make the chicken pie :â€" Chicken Pie. â€" Boil the chickens in just water enough to cover them, and when ten- der take out and carve as if for the table. Remove the skin if it is very thick. Have ready a deep baking dish lined with a thick paste, rolling it about twice as thick as for commpn fruit pies.' Sprinkle each layer of chicken with a little s:Jt and pepper and flour. Fill the dish nearly full with the liquor in which the chickens were boiled, adding a little butter if liked. Cover with an upper crust closing the edges very care- fully and ornamenting the top with leaves cut from the paste. Do not omit to cut a piece from the upper 3ru8t as severe sickness frequently follows eating a pie which had no opening in the crust or had become closed by the rising of the paste in cooking. A good crust for chicken pies is made by taking the propor- tions of one quart of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, one of soda, two of cream- tarter, one pint of sweet milk add a cap of butter. Mix as for short cake. Bbown Bbead. â€" Two caps of Indian meal, two cups of rye meal, one cup of flour, one- half cup of molasses, one and one half pints of sweet milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one tablespoonful of vinegar. Add the vinegar the last thing. Pour into a mold and steam three hours. Remove the lid and set in the oven ten minutes. For the dinner any or all of the fpUowinc; list are timely Roast turkey, cranberry sauce glazed ham, apple jelly -baked spare- rib, apple sauce mashed potatoes and turnips, canned tomatoes and com, sweet potatoes, boiled onions and squash brown bread and white rolls boiled tongue, press- ed corned beef celery and cold slaw sweet and sour pickels mince, pumpkin and apple pies with cheese plum and ooiled Indian pudding fruit cake apples, raisins and nuts tea and coffee. Cbanberbt Sauce. â€" To one quart of berries add one pint of sugar, and one-half pint of water. Cook together about fifteen minutes then rub thronsh a sieve and pour into small cups to motud. By adding the sugar at first the berries retain their color better than if cooked without Boast Titbkbt. â€" After drawing and rin- sing the turkey' in several waters prepare a drains; by using to three gills of oread crumbs from the soft portion of a loaf, one teaspoonful of salt, one uf sage, a little pep- per and a piece of butter half as large as an eg^ then add a spoonful or two of milk to moisten it. If liked an egg may be added. Roast slowly and baste often. Be sore to give it plenty of time to cook without need of hastening the fire and burning it at the last. Glazbd Ham. â€" Soak the ham about twelve hours then trim any uneven edges, wipe dry and cover the cut portion wiui a paste made of flour and hot water, lay it skin down in the dripping pan and add water enough to keep it from bnming. Bake five hours or aboat twen^-five minntM to a Soond. Baste now and then to prevent che oar craat from peeling cC When done peel off the skin and remove the omat; Glaze by bnuhing well over witii beaten agg then make a parte by allowing to each cap of powdered onoker vaoujA milk to tiuoken ai^^teaapoonfol of moued batter, ^nad thiseMnly over the ham a qoarter M an inch ti^K uid aet to brown in a mod- erate ovcoo/'^Qamiah with dioed pickled KoASi Spabb Rib.â€" Covered with a greewd paper ontil itii about 1^ done, HMD remove it and dredge with flmir barta often trith Iti own graTy. Jut befon tak- nig it ap sprinUe tldokly overiiie eoifaoe b read craaAe iff oned with powdered I onion mineedfine. iMlt eo« five ti^ l(U[(* MoemMW ' SUm tint in* from Ibe gnivy, MautmS oap of hot wiA TUe ii after a Hariaad nd ie an Vtm m e th edby [•â- eeeoiniik Mrs. Oliver Ames' recipe for making mbuse meat will be joat as popular this yeelu aslast. The reeipe readi ' Order the ehoioest'nimp stsiJt â- Â» a F«o«^ weighing four and one-half pounm. Two pounds of meit chopped fine, four and noB^, halfpoands (tf apple choked, fine, thiee- quarcers pound of soet, wo chopped fine- four and une-half heaping tablespoonfuls of powdered cinnamon, one heaping tablespoon- lul of powdered clove, three and one-half pounds of sagar, three nutmegs grated fine, three pounds of raisins, boiled until very tender. Mix the mince well, adding a oof- fee cup or more of the raisin liquor and peawh-pickle vinegar or any dioice sweet i pickle juice until the meat is sufficiently moist. Reserve a few of the boiled raisins to lay over the pies with sntall bits of bat- ter before patting on the upper crust. More spice can be added to suit the taste if required. Steamed Indian Pudding.â€" One pint of sifted Indian meal, one-half pint of unsifted rye meal, one pint of sour milk, three table- spoonfuls of molasses, one teaspoonful of salt and one laree teaspoonful of soda. Mix- all the ingredients together excepting the soda which is to be dissolved in a little boiling water and stirred well into the mixture. Add one half cup of raisins rolled in flour. Steam in a tin mould about four hours. Sauce FOR the Pudding. â€" Onecup of mol- lasses, one-half cup of water, one table- spoonful of butter, a scant half teaspoonful of cinnamon or ' nutmegs, one-quarter tea- spoonful of' salt, thee tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Boil altogether twenty minutes. Lemon Sauce. â€" Cream one heaping cup of sugar with a scant half cap of butter add one egg beaten light, a teaspoonful of nutmeg and the juice with half the grated peel of one lemon. Beat hard five minutes then add three tablespoons of he water one at a time. Pour into a small liu pail and set in the top of the teakettl' -^'hich must be kept boiling until the sauce .a iieat- ed, but it must not Doil. Stirconst^ i'Iy. Plum Pudding. â€" A pound of breau or six large crackers rolled fine, one quart of milk, six egars, a tablespoonful of flour, a cup of sugar, one nutmes;, a teaspoonful of cinnamon, ons-half teaspoonful of clove, a piece of batter the size of an egg, the same quantity of chopped suet and a pound of raisins. Boil the milk, soak the bred over night in it, then the other ingredients wil- mix with it readily. Boil four hours iu a pudding mould. Serve with a rich sauce. jf- Ivory Tusks FilJed With Lead for the Eng- lish Market. The London and Liverpool ivory sales have just been concluded. An interesting feature of the London sales was the uffer of six tons of what was termed ' Stanley's ivory." It was the first lot of ivory sent by Mr. H. M. Stanley from the Congo. It was forwarded to the Belgian Government, from from whom it came to London. The quality and weight were very good. One parcel of 4 cwt., knocked down tu Rodgers Sons, the Sheffield cutlery manufacturers, aver- aged about three teeth to the hundred weight. Ivory is now so freely used for so many purposes that there is some peril of the elephant being exterminated. Messrs. Rodgers' consumption is 25 tons per annum, and includes Gaboon, Angola and Niger, East Indian, Cape, and Egyptian. The large tusks weigh from 50 pounds to 100 pounds each middle from 25 pounds to 50 pounds each, and small from 3 pounds to 10 pottnds. The firm's average weight, are 35 pounds. Twenty-five tons contain 1,600 tusks of 35 pounds each, and as each ele- phant provides only one pair, it follows that at least 800 elephants per annum must suf- fer from Rodgers Sons alone in their cut- lery and other productions. V'ery little Egyptian ivory has recently come to hand. The Cairo merchants buried their treasures duriag the Soudan war to keep them out of the Mahdi's hands, and even now they are reluctant to send to mar- ket. 'What is sent is the result ot hoarding, not hunting. Eijyptian ivory, which is mainly sold in London, is largely used by cutlery manufacturers and in other Sheffield industries, as well as by pianofoite makers for keys. The paucity of Egyptian is large ly compnesated for by the increased weight of West Coast African, which is growing in favor for oaf ting the higher classes of table cutlery. The ivory dealers of Africa are very good hands at obtaining full value for their goods and some of the Sheffield firms find that they are not novices in fraudulent trading. They can load ivoiy quite as cleverly as Lancashire can load cottons. By pouring lead into the cavity of the task the weight u greatly increased and there is no possi- bility of discovering the deception until the ivory has passed throngh various hands to the cutlery or other manofactorer. Then the workman finds the saw grind ayrainst the lead, sometimes snapping t£e steel teeth. One Sheffield firm recently found lead em- bedded in several elephants' tasks, from 8 pounds to 12 pounds weight in each. As ivonris worth '12a. per pound, there is a profit in selling lead at that price. At London tiie prices of soft Indian and Eastern African tusks, soft E^gyptian, Cape, and West Coast AfriCTm were dearer but in the opinion of practical broken, ivory has not much altered for fifteen years, for while some qualities are now of greater value others have got cheaper. HalfBH^BsL Count Joachim Pfell, the German AMcan explorer, gives the toUowing account of a nmterions creature seen on the ooart of the Ulanga district: " We c^ten saw ui ani- mal m tiie water we fiirt beUeved to be a serpent, from its movements, and from the fault thi^ only now and then it appeared on theauioefor afewaeconds. Oaoe, when we ahot at it, we were aurpviMd to aee it rise out of the water and fly away. Aftn- -ward, we auo eae d e d in obtai^ng mie of tiie onriooa oreataree. It waa about the afae of a large tame'du witit Uadf ^umaoe and ametalUtthutn. Onlte%inga we notiaed afewTiryli^tyaDowfaatfMiak law naok WM wylng Md Ibin, and ended ia akag «oint!ad beak, at thee4geof wUoh wen twS nwiofdiaipteetlh. Ju ibat nbtfatno head WMVbdble, aadihe nack prepiaed to ted edTfai a boric 7he ^riMil» body e the biid la nndar water lABe ' «^lMcneekbriaigeeaik •Bod it dtmfumSi we*«or fiw^Sdfir toW^. Ai*»lir #•. o^rity we aotiewl wee tha* whod^Sa """h vini iiulalieliibeil wfaaatD eaa d»* Tbefleahofthe â€" vT?f» *» •* *y^ «ay flame" ;^;:^-^' am May ei tbf fMm. B^d4r%^ HEALTH. " JMioatioiu of Disease in L^its-^- The Ibllowine are some of the moremarked aympteto by which the intelligent and watchful parent or nurse may obtain a fair idea citbe condition of a sick infaatf, as to diseases that are common with children. 1. Deep redness or congestion of the cheeks, except in cases of morbid weakness and chronic disease, jndicate a febrile Con- dition. 2. Congestion of the face, ears and fore- head, of short duration, crossed eyes with febrile reaction, oscillation of the iris, irre- gularity of the pupil, with falling of the up- per lip, indicate cerebral disturbance. 3. A marked degree of emaciation which progresses gradually, indicates a sub-acute or chronic affection of a grave character, 4. Bulbar enlargement of the fingers and curving of the nai are signs of cyanosis, or a defective heart. ' 5. Hypertrophy Si the spongy portion of the bones, indicates rickets. 6. The presence between the eyelids of a thick and purulent secretion from the gland may indicate great prostration of the gener' al powers. 7. Passive congestion of the vessels of the conjunctiva indicates approaching death. 8. Lbng-continaed lividity as well as liv- idity produced by emotion and excitement, the respiration continuing normal are indices of a fault in the formation of the heart or the great vessels. 9. A temporary lividity indicates the ex- istence of grave acute disease, especially of the re^iratory organs. 10. The absence of tears in children four months old or more suggests a form of dis- ease which is usually fatal. 11. Piercing and acute cries indicate sev- ere cerebro-spinal trouble 12. Irregular muscular movements which are partly under the control of the will dur- ing the hours when the child is awake, in- dicate the existence of chorea or St. Vitas' dance. 13. The contraction of the eyebrows, to- gether with turning of the head and eyes to avoid the light, is a sign of inflammation of the brain. 14. When the child holds his hand upon his head, or strives to rest the head upon the bosom of bis mother or nurse, he may be suffering from an ear disease. 1-5 When the firgers are carried to the nioutb, auid there is' also much' agitation, tf!=rf IP, rr-M-ViK e-ojie abnornuu condition ..I r- S V lO bo.acuiHug or pinching of the nose in cliildren, usually in 'icates the presence of worms or some intestinal trouble. 17. When a child 'hirns his head constant- ly from one side to another, there is a sug- gestion of some obstruction in the larynx or diaphragm. 18. A hoarse and indistinct voice is sugges- tive of laryngitis. 19. A feebfe and plaintive voice indicates trouble in the abdominal organs. 20. A slow and intermittent respiration, accompanied with sighs, suggests the pres- ence of cerebral disease. 21. If the respiration is intermittent, but rapid, there u capillary bronchitis. 22. If it is superficial and accelerated, there is some inflammatory trouble of the larynx and trachea. 23. A strong Tand aonoroua cough sug- gests spasmodic croup. 24. A hoarse and rough cough is an indi- cation of true croup. 25. TVhen the cough is clear and distinct, there is bronchitis. 26. When it is suppressed and painful, there is pneumonia and pleurisy. 27. If the cough is convulsive, it indicates whooping cough. How to Lie When Asleep. It would seem on the first blush of the matter that the posture for â€" that is, to favorâ€" sleep must be ^neraUy the same as that voluntarily or instinctively assumed during sleep but a little consideration will make it apparent that this is not correct. It may be granted that, supposing a person to be sleeping lightly and uncomfortably, the posture wUl be changed half -conscious- ly to one of comfort. It would be more cor- rect to say that it is changed in the endea- vor to avoid distress or discomfort but even the fact that sleep is quieter in the new position will not suffice to prove that this is a better one, because the sleep may mean- while have become deeper. It is, on the whole, impossible to ascertain, either^ experience or observation, which is the posture most conducive to sleep, and at- tempts to lay down rules for the guidance of bcMl sleepers are always arbitrary, gener- ally empirical, and rarely of any practical value. Those who think "anaemia ot the cere- brum " is the cause of sleep, and those who think that, though not the cause, a diminu- tion in the quantity of blood in the vessels of the encephalon is a necessary concomi- tant of sleep, prefer and recommend that the^ head should be higher than the feet while those who adopt the opposite view and think paasive congestion causes or promotes somnolence, would have the feet raised and the head lowered. The oon- founding of stupor witii sleep may and pro- bably has aomething to do with theae differ- enoea of opinion. MeanwhQe a common- aenae view of the anbjeot would conclude that, aa there is evidently some ohanoe in the blood atate when the biain f alia adieep, .tlmbert plan mwt aeem to be to place the body in auoh poeition that the flow of blood throngh .the veaaela of the head and neek may be especially easy and free. The way to secure tills is to allow the head to lie in a poature and on a level that cannot offer any obatade to the free return ot Uood throngh the veins of tiie neok. and doea not tend to make the blood flow meoially in any partioalar direotion, but leaves natare at liberty to act ae ahe win. Mild Rod. V 'v -:,â- :;â-  Have iaaieadi^; for tiMmbid to feed apoa •nma«lilag to look forward to and live to. beridaa the driU, mnd of bbor or tiie fls-iimtlna of nnflt p^ loea. H we have and household science, and,t(»ke advantage of the new and Jm^^ fhlii||a, that are «very littie while teming to li^^ " .. F' 0*Kotothii~A» Boi^ 'U^--' Wliifle there are many who nsi^ect te.anp- ply theoeelveB iiftha 8«(Q|ciant amo^ipl of clothitag during t^ cold montfa^ thenrare those who overdo the matter, and on the first approach of cold weather surroand themselves with woolens and furs and extra wraps to such aQ ext^t that th^ ax9 Jj^^pJi in a state bordering upon perspiration tiie whole winter through. Such imprudence as regards clothing occasions a relaxed condi- tion of the skin and of th» body in general, and renders the individual exceedingly sus- ceptible to colds and hence should be avoid- ed. CHISTtfAS of ta!!?*^Â¥ "Only a cold" is a common expression when one having a slight indisposition from having taken cold, is interrogated respecting the state of his health. This popular no- tion, that a cold is a matter of trivial im- portance, is often productive of most serious consequences. A cold is a disease, really a fever rather than a cold, and is a dangeroua disease. From colds occur numerous chronic diseases, some of which are not easy to era- dicate. Many a consumptive has gone down to the grave the viodm of a neglected cold. Neuralgias, rheumatisms, asthmas, pleu- risies, pneumonias, to say nothing about caturrhs of the nose, throat, at d larynx, injuries to the eyes and ears, and other local disorders, owe their beginnings to ex- posures, and result in difficulties which at the beginning are commonly regarded the most trifling of ailments. Before you reck- lesslyrexpose yourself to the danger of tak- ing cold, reflect that the cold which may re- sult may b' the first of a series of steps downward, the last of which may lead you into an open grave. Colds, with their subsequent sneezing, coughing, hemming, nose-blowing, and throat-clearing, begin to be the order of the day, with the ushering in of cold and damp days. Persons who are subject to chronic catarrh of the nose or throat are the first victims. From the beginning of cold weather until the full re-establishment of warm weather in late spring or early sum- mer, large numbers of persons are rarely free from colds of some sort. Sach persons should understand that an ounce of preven- tion is worth a pound of cure, and should cure their colds in advance by taking such precautions as will prevent their catching cold, or rather, their being caught by a cold. deUare, t almost wish a^ Oiristm^," said our EjxZr*!**«tfc| «ari^ldoking upfroSr^^jad pie to be remembered «! ^Jl " Why no.r asked brother Jol, down his paper in surprise '"â- â- iJi " Oh i am so tired and k haven't much money to snenH are so many people to be ilm,.il^ 1 must make things, and it tak "*^ tl time, and I get so confused t^^ " what to get for each one-1" ^^^ to t " What do you trv • tn »«» "Why, John," answered Kitty ifftd. body for " Why fuUy. " if that isn't justlikt'l^H cause I doâ€" because I like th.-. „" k "Alloftiiemr'Noanmr now and say because yon thin, because they give you thiasa " "WeU, perhaps so," relnctaoi, "For my part," burst out Joh' ly^_ 'l^_?""^l».^«i of thi An Air Line Across Maine- Work on the Canadian Pacific Railroad through Main is now drawing to a close, save that about the bridges and ledges. As there b much of the latter work to do, a force ot men will be employed through the winter months, probably 1,200, along the entire line in cuttiog out. Some idea of the obstacles met with in building an air line across Maine can be gained by consid- ering the fact that at on« place, not far from the point, 100 men and fifty horses will be employed the next four months on one cut alone. This cut is of loose slate aad stone, and is to be thirty feet in depth and one quarter of a mile long. The cost of this will be over $14,000 for grading alone. All the masonry work for the bridge acrosshe Penobscot at this point is complete. It is of the highest grade of work and is said to the most expensive and best of the kind east or south of MontreaL 1 he bridge itself will be of wood, the Canadian Pacific having recently concluded this to be a safer and better material than iron, and are now removing iron bridges which, in some cases, are only five years old. Specifications call for abridge of the best possible character, and in the construction of this one single sticks of seventy feet length and eighteen in jhes square, of the best Southern pine, will be used, making the actual cost con- siderably more than an iron bridge. The whole Uine, so far as graded, is in splendid condition, and is so straight that there will be many places where the engineer can look along the track twenty miles ahead. A single track of steel rails will be laid, and contractors say that next fall the Canadians will show the natives of Maine what railroading is. The Maine Cen- tral will, as soon as spring opens, put on a larjge crew, and place their Uae between this point and 'Vanceboro, fifty-six mileB, in con- dition to meet the requirements of the Cana- dian people. " S"^^I*lt^^'!!":/«l°«tly. ihn ri Christmas giving. When^onuL,^" enta because they loved someb(5dv!ij' ed to show it, or because they £ power to give lovely thinm to a had less. It was beautiful^ St v" taken all the heart and spo'nSL^ H the whole thing with your MuS o^ "" and aunts and rich relations, yotirnl^ and your shoppings. You are so tm cross with alfthe extra work and "** life is_ a burden to you and to every] hnrryt] Adyanoing Giyilisation- A gentieman, who has recently visited the new town of Great Falls, Montana, writes as follows :â€" |This is m^ eleventh trip acroaa the plains, and it is impossible for me yet to fully comprehend the magnitude, the grandeur and the incalculable wealth of the great West. Here I am in the centre of a country as large as New York or New Eng- land, and the second stage in the advance of dviUsation haa jnat begun. The fint atep waa when the cattie kings and their herda took the place ofthelndiana and the buffaloea, and the aecond ia the inevit- able diviaion of the broad stook-rangea into small farms and the advent of railroads and towns. The noble buffaloes are things of the past, and the poor Indiana muat f oUow. They are pre-eminentiy camivoroua, and smco they have bten unable to get buffalo meat to eat they have fallen viotims to oon- snmption and other wasting diseases. Witii bodUy decay has come moral depravity, and the "noble red man " and lomantic Indian maWon of Cooper^ novels have given plaoe to theweakeet and moat viciona of brntea. They retain aome of their oharaoteriatica. however, and the aun dances and other fes- tive oooaaiona aometimea beoome wdrd and SSS*- _S?**»^ tnt hunger or groae tm^tiOB wiU ever again ON«te an nnrtiins e«Eunat the whites, and the time lea^fiw dJatut when thoae who are not dead irilTbe â- toek caiaera and hnmn like their pale- faoedneighbon. The older generation iriU no^ be very anooeaaful, but ^e yinuurar ttieo tm nmre popad to submit to theUSvitable 4md «haiw «i»aiendaUe wiUfaignen to loHiL Thejapodtimi ^t^mfSmmv be in-, feml fromtiia wild ambition ofui a«d 4Ma who waotod.^ trade flftynoniee f^a iKwoottiw, jp tiMrtJttoouW^Sae^ the prairie* BkeOiewi^^ ^^ The fatdtvidiial who trbd to ekar iVOi^g to tiUeitle lZd!SSb««t«lM UabcafaMwitkalMOowa aiad aiak eala^ If beiiif la itkn to nlew o«t elseâ€"" "John, you are too severe," gaid i coming to Kitty's rescue. " Kitty Km i ed as hard for you as for any one " " I l^°«'r. " *°^ I suppose I am a Bv, but I don t doubt she will give ^1 wonderful brush-holder, 'or sharag cm. blackmg-box which is twice a mlp to use, as it is to do without, andlâ„¢ patiently fuss over it for her dearwkey month and a day, and go back tive simplicity again with ^, reUef after the thing hopelessly 1» down. I don't want to hurt your feeliii Kitty dear, but don't wear your nerval me, better give me a stick of for a sweet remembrance. But who you got on this troublesome list of yoml " Why, you and mother and U began Kitty. " Weil, Aunt Easymoney and the] are the bete noir of this family. Bee they have plenty of money for inimi we have only just enough for comfort, Kitty is on the rack to keep up with in everything, from lawn-tennis andgi parties in summer to even Chriatnuii ents in the winter. Confess now, presents to them have cost you more not to say money than all yon haw f Oi.- mother, Laura and me, and yon lonl best if that is the standard." " That's so John," said Laora " She has haimted the bookand'diei stores to find something really nice i that would not cost all she had to i for everybody, finally tried to dosomei herself, and it looked so mean and i' besides the handsome things they bought, that the poor child had aruli ing spell over it, till mother came to J help with a five-dollar bill. Poor moll I knew that she had saved it tovitdi engraving of " Christus Consolator' Ai\ wanted so long. And it makes me m think of its being crowded into Anntl money's parlor so full now of brica-hncij things that you can't notice anythingiiij " Why, Kitty " began John. " Stop, John, don't say a word,! h»« taken the money yet' "Now see here, girls," said John edly, " why not skip Aunt EasynumQl together " "Oh, John," cried Kitty in " they always give us such el^ant and we would fieel so meanâ€"" " Oh, if it is a system of debt andi I haven't a word to say. I thoni;ht it] because you loved them and all thit, John's eyes twinkled roguishly. 'I you remember how Laura did lut continued he. " She skipped Cl»r»^ money entirely â€" Christmas card p«™ and put all she had to spare intothn' chair we gave mother." "Yes, I know, and Aunt E« said something hateful about hm' so queer and a little 'close,' Kitty rather pettishly. " Of coarse you have got couan Strug^lehard on your list?" m** changing the subject. ' â-  " Oh, yes," answered Kitty bmWJ; " What are you going to send W' "Well," hesitated Kitty. ' bought her a couple of pretty chiuB." T, "Two for a quarter?" queried J'l lentlessly. .im " Now, John, you are too bwi. ' "No, lam not," answeredheia " If ever anybody needed wmeUi^l and bright she does, shut pp " rl country town with her floc» _?'" dren, and not a cent for »iiy»J^;a olotiies and food. TW^kbowJ^,' plush banners or painted • „ j,. brighten her shabby H^'lJSijJ Easymoney's it is simply one hu«» many." t «.- » aii\ " £es, but you know, •°J^,^^i eagerly, " she often says «M wb-j would not send her handsome she can't make any in retam. ^1 " Give and take again, ^^,^ " but don't you suppose » F^^l own work done for loves ««• her pride less than the two cOTj chiJs given, as she know«» J- just to 'give her «?;«*"« .jrtli „ " I wish you wouldn t »J^ «il John," said Kitty diaconsoWJfJ Christmas presents are ^Tl^t and I shaU be ghwi whenit tt For Papa, of Cjo* t^lS'a^hilo^'l "Pot papa, ofoowf- tell when he's comiof' Tfc*" AddiiutlwmlttoIgJ .k|,XMdboyJb^rf»gl-"I Gnasy, my boy. m" â-  me." Ae C â- he eakl ahe would Of • "" l«t**^ jtni of Pawei ^;|irlegin«do " irtarv Aunt Lottice «'ltfl**^!ri'you have of t( ••*»?iS£-* Eve; only U «e«i^'?!l! rfeaee. Let me i i^^lam! It's really qi • •^U? -«n know. Auntie, Ii gK^Lfor I've been to see *^"^SceIcanrememl ^l^I shaU be somewhei â- ^SSak-right under 3 fr^^ a desert ulani _r£^ with Hilarj •*T il be thinking al â- ^itde rSmâ€" the prettiest, co SjSSTdothink 'Then it • Swsanshlne of ^your m fu^,I don't ^beUeve^tl to Lt ^i::utiM«you!The«- ^babbler That last re ^„-p^ to myself, Auntie." «?5Sdvery properly I Branchii rofyouTold aunt who, 3 S^, began to get ;«^ii J.I limff 8«o, niece Rosalmd. JkTthS it would be hard itt cosier nook, in winter 01 my littie home.' TiTt'i altogether charming! j"-|rL as ahe knelt on the ^k an admiring stirvey,-" paper with its birds and t I old china and the Indian c I your arm-chair quite black 1 tiie funny painted bookcase w Tighten me ao, and the flow tSall, your portrait-gallery â-  and photographs over the the summer, when I walk 8 under a blazing sun to cal nd myself at last in this cc wui, and smell the jessainine w! 1 at the window so inquisitivelj 00 sitting there, busy enough, t pg your mind cool,' I think it a g^ yet I almost like it better no finter evening â€" with the firelight 1 dancing to the tune of your 11 deâ€" though the outside world 1 enough to-night, and cool ec inntie Lettice, have you looked liie moon became bright " I Rosalind Langdale drew her ai Ivindow, and pulled back the curta Idle nibbed away the moisture l^ais that they might see the fair Itire beyond â€" the snow-covered lioe-boond river at their foot, an( Ittu cbnrch-tower and the whi liDofs dusterin? round it, the treei Imotioiiless in the moonlight, clo I ud there with snow, and their si laoit as black across the white I lawn. Nature seemed asleep â€" d â- little glimmering lights about t I told that there was yet warmtl I hidden away under the wintry sh "Ah 1 it is a very cold anc beaatyâ€" a sort of Medusa face w tD lay. Come, I ahall be delighte mry Ut of life out of you ' B tender-hearted Boaalind shiver 'And yet," said Aunt Lettic Toice, "I would have given e- possessed for such a Christmas I fir»4od-twenty years ago." BsMliad looked up surprised wt tone in which theae words m She waa atill more astonished »»»i generally so peaceful, co Jm. Bat ia a moment all wi »Bd she ventured to aay very gei I know why, Aunt Lettice ' 'I think you may, dear ch est Christmas Eve we expect t 8'»M,"wa8 the answer as thej "•fireplace. " That is to sa »™ed for a rather sombre co ^n I'll promise you it shal ^w Rosalind, with heart ' â- Wfcherown hi^i«nesB, wa â„¢Mi as othera in similar cal r^*f ti»at she would like f •^ .So die begg^ for JJ»fe aetfle herself at Bewwithmo, reader, if 1 1 S*«t of the facee of auif ^weranotat all alike. «» M^ and round and rosy! J*8Naa a breesy day 27 Pleaeant to look uponj r^*«^r. Pew peraons] S?«oad,andyetitwa8 fa 2»a«tte older, kaachanfi !2*Miaa Langdale'a hi 52^y white; the piu 2*i had faded, and eobo JJ2* furrow there bu ^JJ^^miqertain colour, 2fZ2?**£^' '""» ben( Ijjj"«" Bvery child in Z?***oo_feltthe power l^whom Miss 'By tiiem â€" encoi f ortable aa I tiian any ' to it the beauj «ui endure «nto of tiie vJ^i^whSiki^Ib!! •ndabhiel iHdoh B' iM: