The Household

Apple Dumplings.- Pare and core ine, juicy apples ttiat will cook quicky; then take light bread dough, cut nto round pieces half au inch thick and fold round each apple until we!l covered. Put thetn into a steamer, let hem rise, then set tlie steamer over a p )t of boiling water, and steam until lone. Try them with a tork. Eat witla cream and sugar, or butter and sugar, or maple syrup. The latter is very nice. A dog inside a house is worth two ratchmen on the outside, for while the atter may be bribed or surprised, the dog cannot be reached, except by some one entering the house, and befcre the ame could be done, the animal would ïave alarmed those inside. and giren ;hem an opportunity to defend their own. A lively dog, and the smaller ie is the more satisfactory he will be !or !iou.-,ehold purposes, will scare a burglar away as soon as he raises his voice; for uo matter how brave a thief may be he sees no proflt in entering a ïouse where the people are aroused in ;ime to flre on him from the dark. If nstead of cherishing huge brutes to ie out of doors after dark, raake night hideous and go visiting while they are upposed to be on duty, the houseïolder would devote his attention to a Skye terrier and give him freo range of the house at night, he might conider his property safe from molestation by thieves. Delicious Muffins.- Take two cups of flour and work into it thoroughly two teaypoonfuls of baking powder; wet the flour with tnilk until it is about the consistency of pane tke batter ; then add three well beaten eggs the last thing; mix well and drop quickly into muffin rings, well buttered, and bake in a quick, hot oven. Celluloid is being used in Paris for making stereotype plates. The mould is takea in a special cement, which quickly hardens after recciving the impression. The sheet of celluloid is then used to obtain the impression to be employed in printing. This substance has also been sed for giving typographical representations of lace, the impressions being taken from the lace itself. A failure in a good cauee is better than a triumph in a. bad one. Toledo is building an 800,000 bushei elevator.