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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1904-6-16, Page 3IS AN INVINCIBLE ENID God's Purpose Linked With Man's Sur- rendered Will (Entered according to Act or elle 1 er- Iterneet, of Canada, m the year ota Thousead elit10 eneeireti and Peer, by Wm. Daily, of Toronto, at 'tee Depertmeat of Agee:Moire, Ottaw A. despatch from l'eos Angeles, Cale says.: Rev. Frank !De Witt Talmage preached frora the following text: ,"The Lord of Hosts is With us; the -God of Jacob is our reluge."-Psalia. thL 7. Tee words of our text, like the tri- ms -Pliant shout of a, returning army Proclaiming the prowess of the great general who has led it to victory, sound forth from the 46th Pealm, which was written supposedly in com- memoration of the great deliverance of Jerusalem from the mighty As- syrian army. It was during the reign of the godly :King Heeekiah that these remarkable events transpir- ed. They arelull of thrilling inter - Following the vigorous religi- ous and political reforms with which Hezeriah inaugurated his reign, he bodily threw off the yoke of the As- syrian king and refusedlonger to Pay him tribute. Later the northern tribes of Israel were taken captive and their country laid waste by the Assyrians, and this exposed Judah to fresh attack, Mealy of her strong- holds were taken and the vast Assyri- an army under Sennacherib came and encamped against ‘Jeruealem. The city was ordered to surrender in the most iesulting and blasphemous lan- guage. The God of Judah was de- fied as being unable to save them from the iron hand of the .rat con- ciliator. In. the hoer oflioril and des- perate need Hezekiah lays the matter before the Lord and, obtains word through the Prophet Isaiah that the Lord has heard his prayer and will deliver the city out of the hands of the .enemy. "And it came to pass that night that the angel of the Lord went out and smote in the camp of the AsetoMus an hundred four score and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold they were all dead corpses." • So much' for the historical facts which probably furnished some "(le- vant Jewish poet with his inspiration for the Psalm. In the eleven short verses of this Psalai of prsise the words of our text are repeated twice, echoing the thoeght ie the °peeing verse, an -1 furnishing the key to the whole.. The sound of the words .,COMOS with the reassaring calm of the "PEACE, I3E STTT,T,!" which hushed the raging sea, of Gali- lee to rest. It is a confident boast which swells and thrOba all through the Psalm and ree-eals the glory which comes from the linking -of the Divine power with human weakness, bringing victory in the face of a iniglity foe. What inust these words have meant to those helpless Jews Shut up in their city and unable of themselves to strike a single effective blow at the enemy which threatened their homes and their loved ones? To- day the Assyrians are seen to be drawing the lines closer about the city and preparing tb make the final assault upoa the city's walls. Dark - nest; closes in upon the city and the encamped enemy. What the morrow way bring forth fills the people with anxious dread. But Hezeklah and Isaiah have placed the matters at is- sue in the bands of a mighty ally, 'and, while the besieged city waits, God's angel goes forth and smites the Assyrian army with the scourge of death, The morning light as it breaks over that troubled and anxi- ous city reveals to the wondering eyes ot the people heaps of dead instead of an onrushing and conquering ariny and in the distance the remnant of . Sennacherib's army can be seen re- treating, leaving behind its lifeless warriors. It is no idle boast which t echoes throughout the city. They can r'say in truth: "The Lord of Hosts is with es; the God of Jacob is our refuge." But the Lord is more than a mili- tant Lord leading His hosts to Vier tory. He is a safe refuge into which His children may withdraw when the storm ie sweeping, doevn upon thena, and they may rest there nitil the danger is past. And it is the God of Jacob Who is our refuge. Why so? 'Why not the God of Abraham, or the Gocl of Isaac? We do not need to go itto the history of Jacob very far to discover the reason. Who was it who lie.,c1 to flee for his life to escape the *agar of a wronged brother and who found a resting place at the gateway of Reaven, where God met ' him and made. IIis covenant with him? Who was it who sojourned in the land of his jealous and avaricious father-in-law, who suffered wrong, Who Was " CHEATED AND LIEU/ TO and abused and threatetecl, and yet wbo found the. Lord was with hien and giving hina great substance and a numerous progeny? Who Was it who was troubled with the sins of his youth es he journeyed toward the land from which he had been 'forced to flee, and who when he heard his brother was coming to meet him with his life? Who was it -sought out a force of fighting men despaired of God alone that night and Wrestled with 1! -Tim all night and at last find in Him a. safe refuge, eVen though he baited on his hip through - Out the rest of his days? The fugitive Jacob whom God brought, back in honor to the land of promise; the oppreseed ,Ta.cob witem Clad delivered with much wealth and levee family; .the threatened and hated Jacob en whom' God reconciled to hia brother -this is the one who can flpeak of God as 0, God of refuge, Tlia God Of Jaceb.is the God Who never feile 1118 children When they ate. hi distress and. tielable, To speak of God as the C4.1 or Jacob, to elaire Iflm fee Out' refuge, instantly inspives canfidence, for despite all of Jacob' s meanness, awl .sin and wrong -delete-, his faith reaehed up by way of the covenant promises of God and obtained the needed protection and To be able to claim the God of Jacob as our refuge is to put confidence M God Who has net every human need and given protection in Ulnas cd greatest darkness and danger, Thie is the kind of.a God we- need! This Is the,kind of a God we have! But not every one cm claim that "the Lord 01 Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge," Even Christians oftentimes cannot make this proud boast, because sin has drawn Venn from GI od's side, and be- cause, when in difficulty ancl distress, they have turned to human aid M- ethod of looking to God; Not all churches that are founded in the name of the Lord of Hosts can claim in truth that He is with them, Many churches in their methods and practices, in their worldly -minded ac- tivities, aro not in the blessed .com- Pany of the One WHOSE NAME THEY: BEAR. They may feel that they are further- ing the cause Of Christ's kingdom, but they are seeking to perfect in the flesh that which has begun :i the spirit, and are walking with the world and not with God. It means much: 'to say, "the Lord of Hosts is with us.'Who may make that Oahu ? How may one know that the Lord of Heats is with him? Let as consider . these all-important ques- tions. - First, who may claim that the !Lord of Hosts is standing with them, that the omnipotent power is linked with human weakness in in- vincible union? Fle who by a three- fold ant of will and heart has turned towards God, has accepted Him and is walking with Rini. It is a mat- ter of - attitude towards GO, of choice between self or God, and of conduct following the choice. Right Ilditude towards God will always discover His dwelling place; right choice will always place human feet on the pathway along which God moves, and right conduct will keep the soul in step ,evitli the Divine will, so that it can confidently claim, "the Lord of Hosts is with me; the God of Jacob is my refuge." This three-runged ladder must be used by saint and sinner alike In gaining the realm in which God moves. The shiner cannot share in the tri- umphant strain of our -text entil his heart has turned towards God, until his will has been surrendered and a new motive rules in his ,life. attitude is the light which shows where God is; choice is the step which, if taken, places the soul at the side of God, and conduct is the music of the life which' enables it to keep its step with the Divine will. The Christian cannot stand in the temple of God and sing with 'the Hezekialis and Isaiahs that "the Lord of Hosts is with us," unless he quits his ,worldliness and turns to- wards God; unless he "seeks first the Kingdom of God and His right- eousness," and unless lie lives in his life the religion which he PROFESSES WITH HIS LIPS. The church cannot claim its right to these words if its attitude is not steadfastly towards. Clod and away from the allurements and enticements of the world; if it chooses fairs, and suppers ,and entertainments, and eggs, whites and yolks separated. n. then take up raise money and interest the people a little of the whites and beat i catcli-penny affairs of every- kind to Beat whites very stiff, it seeks to reach, instead of preach- with , the yolks..' Two cups sugar ing the Gospel of repentance and sal- added graduallyeto beaten yolks, one- vation, and keeping itself unspotted half cup cold water, one teaspoonful from the world. The words maw be of vanilla, one heaping teaspoonful beautifully inscribed upon the t*Valls baking powder. This makes two loaves, Take pieces of this cake *.ligleiledv,VgatetakasegetaeR,aegata* the nine and mey thee be colleeted, eivieA eft )11,ep, wet the cracks leen), which they come with cerroeive oubliinate, 1-101VIE„ -oe moving, grease spots from, silk, cot- ton der woolen is to pielverae fine An wen, find elfective way of ro- e new piPe Stems or pipes,lay the powder on tlx spot, put a. piece of Z3:1i D obnroolvonveirtatiz ptionwelexcie' tahned csi:tth,ot1 iatn.,(11. warm iron. It will -extract all the Strawberry Sponge,!e-Soak half an Ounce of gelatine in a qUarter of a, cup of cold Water for half 'an hour; thee dissolve in a quarter Of a cup oe boiling' Water, add a. cep of sugar and stir natil dissolved. Strain in- to a, bowl and set in iceWatera When Gaol add a cup of strawberry juice and PIIIP and beat until mixture will held shape. Out sono large,' ripe berries in half, and dip in a little melted gelatine, and line a plaits round mould or bowl. Then Ulan in the sponge mixture and set in a cool place. When ready to serve, turn out of mold and decorate with whin - ped dream and strawberrles. Strawberry Flummery -Hull Ek quart of strawberries, eat them in halves. Boiletwo cupfuls of tvatee and olio cupful of granulated sugar, together until came; add a table - spooned el lemon juice, and when it boils stir in two even tablespoons of cornstarch moistened with- half a cupful of told water. Stir Mail thick and smooth, add the, berries and cook ten minenes, t Turn into neold and set away in a cold place. Serve, with cream. The Real Shortcake. -Add to one and oho -half cupful of flour, one-half cupful Of cornstarch, two table- spoonfuls of baking powder and a pinch of salt. Sift 'thoroughly! Work in one-third of a cupful of but- ter. Add milk gradually, moistening a little flour at, a time, until you have a rather soft dough. Divide this in two parts, in two pie tins and pat out with hoed to lit the tans, Bake in guide oven. Split open, the cakes; and slimed with soft butter, then with a, generous layer of sugared berries lightly crushed. Cover the top with whipped cream and whole berries. Codfish Fritters -Boil together gen- one pint of pared, quartered raw potatoes and one pint raw fish for cfne-half hour. Drain find, mash them together till fine and light, add butter size of an egg and two eggs well beaten: salt and pepper. Fry in deep fat. When made correctly these pre delicious. Orange Marmalade -Six oranges, two lemons, five quarts of water, eight pounds sugar. Remove seed§ from oranges and lemons; cut -up and chop fine. Gook two hours before adding sugar, then simmer 'slowly till right consistency. Put in jars or tumblers and let harden. This is nice for dessert with crackers, or can be used in. cake and mann other ways.. ' Cream of Pea Soup. -Cover one quart of peat or one can with hot water, boll with an onion -till peas will mash easily, Mash and add one pint of stock or water. Cook, two tablespoons of butter and one of flour until smooth, but not brown. Add the peasthee; next add one cup of cream and one of milk. 'Season and let boil up once more. Strain and sew. Cream is better beaten and put in, tureen before pouring in the soup. Braised Beet. -Pour pounds lower cut of nound, one quart can of to- matoes, two onions. Put all in an earthen crock, covered; add butter size of an egg. Cook this in the oven about four hours. Take out meat. Strain onions and tomatoes for vegetables. -Thicken tomato sauce with flour; eeason with salt and pepper and pour over platter of meat. This meat is .delicious sliced cold. Maple Charlotte Hesse (orginal)-,-- Make a sponge cake as follows :,-Itour grease if it reelable seilloiently long, Hiccoughs may be quiekly relieved by taktog a long draft of eold water; or 0 CW swallows of vieegar, with an application of hope and worm- wood, simmered in vinegar, to the stomach:. Stains may be taken out of mahog- any by applying spirits of salts, eix parts, salts of lemon one part. Mix, then drop a little on the stains, and rub thein until they disappear, White marks that are left by allow- ing a vessel containing hot water to stand npon polished wood of any kind with a cloth wet in sPIrits of camphor. ol a church, the congregation which resorts thither ilia y read' them ' over Size desired', pat it) dishee ready to confidently so as to arouse a false serve. and pear ovet each Whipped sense of Divine nearness and eoopor-1 cream sweetened and flavored with ation, but methinks in some churches finaPle sugar beaten into "Sail:" at least there are social and festival 'Scrape sugar fine, and it win _easily occasions when God is very far away 1 beilt This is an easy- desseitt and the Devil himself makes bold to rich 'and nice. come in and read over the words and laugh at the falstihood they express. How may we know that "the Lord of Hosts is with us?" By testing before, God Our true attitude Towards were used in the days of our grand - Hire, by taarching out mulerlying mothers, when home ingenuity had to Motives when exercising thew Po- bridge over many an emergency. of cheice, by turning the searchlight They will be appreciated by those ol God's Word upon mw lives andwho are obliged to depend upon the discovering the sins of the inner life hoinemade.apPliances to help them and the outward conduct, and by the out of many difflaultiee. evidences of experience. Having reas- sured the hbent by the threefold test - Ing that "the Lord of Hosts is with us," then with Vezekiah you eau confidently - Wait until exper- ience provee that God was Indeed with you. It may be a loeg night of anxiety and uncertainty, but the .morning light will reveal the dead Assyrian:4 'ging all about, and the tettimphant Shout will buret over the citadel of the swan Sanely, "the Lord of Hosts is with us; the God 'of Jacob it our refuge." IN GRANDMOTHER'S, DAYS. -The following miscellaneous recipes NOT YET, A young zninieter, shortly after lie was ordained, called at a farm house, where the good wife greeted him with: "Oh, it's the new minister. We was juist speakin' aboot ye the day." "Dear me," said the minister, "ain X being apoken about already?" "Oh, but it was nao ill," she has- tily aseured him. "Ye See, we dinna ken ye yet." 1.11-1B PATIENT ANGLER. Irate Landowner (to angier)-Hi, you sir! This is my water, You croft:fish here, Angler -Oh, all right. 'Whose Is that Wet& up there round the bend? Irate Landowner -Don't kilow; hot Mine. 13ut this is. . Aligler-eVery well. I'll Welt 'till that flows down heetil the chest or drawer may be made from an ounce each of pulverized ce-' dar, cloves and rhubarb. This will also preyent moths. To render cloth wind and rain, proof, boil two pounds of turpentine and one ;mend of litharge powder, and two or three pints of linigeed oil Brush the article over with this mix- ture and dry it in the sun, &good freckle lotion is made from two ounces of lemon juke, a half drachm of powdered borax and one drachin of sugar. Mix together and let them steed in a glass bottle for a few days, then rub on the hands and fate occasionally. China mes- be given a bright, claw appearance be washing it in soda, water. Hams that have been well Salted and smoked may be kept sweet for yenrs by packing there down in oats. Lenms may be kept from smoking, and will give a, better light, if the Wicks are first eoakeil in strong NI 11- egar and then thoroughly dried. P� take mildew out ofedinen, rub it well With soap; theii ecrape some fine chalk and rub that eleo in the 'Men. Lay it on the geese; as it dries, wet it a little, and the mildew will soon disappear. Ammonia will restore estiors taken out by acids. It, will not injure the garment. To deletroy, red ants, crack smile note and ley them In the infeStod pletees, The anti will NeVal-M Alpert MAKING OF BUTTONHOLES, The following instructions seem ela- borate hut will be found simple and eafey if worked out with eeedle and, thread, and the result is a button bole which will be a source, of pride as long as a rag of the garment remain s To ,, make a buttonhole properly, measure and mark the places where the slits aro to be cut. About one - sixteenth of an inch from the pencil mark, back stitch, with *needle and thread, all around the rnark, desigg meting the size of the buttonhole. Then Ca sharply aloeg the line, from end to end find overcast from lbside to .outside, from slit to „back stitch- ed outline, Then the battorthole 15 Se4dy to work. It is usually, best to begin the work' on one side. Set the needle, without knotted thread, into the buttonhole. Hold the slit of the buttonhole toward you and work fromleft to right, Throw the back thread to the bit and upward away from the needle, Set the needle 11 - to the material just back of .the back -stitched lino and bring tbe point of the needle under the goods and through the slit as close as possible to the preceding stitch. Holding the work with the forefinger and thilfih of left hand, take thread at thdhead of the needle between the forefinger and thumb of the right hand and draw the thread to the left down, and under the point of :the needle, then draw needle carefully to- ward yore The loop drawn over the needle point forms what is known as the 'bead,' and this unites with oth- er beads to make a hard, substantial edge for the buttonhole. If there is to be 'a great strain -upon the buttonhole, or if the mater- ial is not of the strongest, a short piece of tape is sometimes set be- tween the folds of goods at the low- er Clid of the buttonhole. The stit- ches taken through the goods and the tape hold it securely, and the strength of the buttonhole is doubl- ed. 8011.00L THE SUNDAY• EALTH INTERNATXONAL LESSON, JUNE 19, Text of the Leseon, Matt. efleviiie 1-15. 4olden. Text, 1. Cor, :eve 20, The awfal day of last waeit's lesson, the only cloy of its kind in the whole history of the world, the day of the atonement for the able of the world, came to an end. When the soldiers came to take down the bodies and broke the legs of the thieves to has- ten their death they Sound that Jesus was already dead, so they brorte net His legs thus fulniling another Scrip- ture, eA, none Of TOM ellen not be brogen" (Ex, xii„ 46; Num. ix., 12; Ps. xxxiv., 20), One of the soldiers t pierced His side with a spear, and forthwitb came there out blooS and water, again fulfilling- Scripture, "They shall look on Him whom they pierced" (Zech. xii., 10). - SHOW THIS TO MAMMA. Nearly all children, especially if they are normal, healthy children, crave for sweets. A great many par- ents, without any thought or reason in the matter, deny to their children all kinds of sweets. They do this from some preconceived notion that sugar and cakes are bad for the chil- dren.; Other parents go to the op- posite a -Creme, and indulge their childrenin all sorts of confectionery, from the cheapest to the most ex- pensive, allowing them to eat indigestible cakes, jams, candied fruits, 'Preserves, etc. They both are making a mistake. Children should be allowed to eat eweets-but the proper kind of .sweets Cheap, nasty confections should nev- er be given them; neither should they be permitted to have too much jam, nor any of that indefleablri hodge- podge of stuff that masquerades un- der the name of cakes. Bat, give the -children sweets in the form of pure chocolate, honey, and syrup made from fruits. Let them eat syrup; but be sore it is of a good (reality. The best time to give the children sweets is at meal -time. Let fruits, jelly, syrup, honey, or jam form a part of 'each meal, ansi. then children will not so often plead for sweets and cakes. ONE SOLUTION OF IT. They had been engaged only fifteen years, but it seeeied a long time to her, and she was growing -restless. "Darling," she said, in gentlest ac- cents, "our betrothal has-been very sweet, has it not?" "It has, it has indeed, ner own." "But it has beeza very long, don't !you think?". "Yes; it has been pretty middlin'. long, he rejoined. "I was thinking, clearest," she con- tinued, playing with his watch and casting down her eyes, "that our be- trothal Is nearly old enough to' go out and work for its living -Couldn't we have it learn a trade, or get it a clerkship, or put it out at Interest, or do soMething with it so that we might realize something on it? It has been hanging about hoine so long, burning gas end coal, and now it ie nearly grown, It seems like a shame to have it doing no- thiug So long." "What would you suggest?" "We might get married." "That's so, T. never thought of that." They are going to be Mar- ried at once, PLAYING FORTISSIMO. When the mother returned from a shopping teurnainent the fleet thing that met her eyde Wee the 'limp ou little Willy'e forehead. "For goodness' sake!" she said, "How did lie get it?" 'Tis front th' boomp lie got," the new nurse explained, "Ye tould ate, ma'am, to let hint play On eh' plan- ny if 118 wanted to, en" wallet, ellin he was attain' on the Sep, he slid too far, ma'am." Joseph of Arimathea,- a rich mane a disciple; asked Pilate Lo' the body of Jeells, and with the aid of Nicodemus wrapped the body in spices awl laid it" in Joseph's new tomb, and thus Isa. liii., 9, was fulfilled, "They made His- grave with the rich in His deal:IL". At the request of the chief priests, Pilate permitted the Jewe to seal the tomb and sot a watch. Con- tain women, haylag Seen where His body was laid, prepared seitee and ointments that they might come 'and aeoirit Hiin wbee the Sabbath was past; for they had not received Ilis word that lre would rise again the third day. They loved Hint much, but did not fully believe all Ho had saida Elrly on the first day of the week the women came to the sepulchre ex- pecting to find a dead body which they might with loving hands anoint 'they wondered who would roll away the stone, bet seemingly did not know of the seal and the guard. .Ar - ring at the tomb, they find the stone rolled away, the keepers tremb- ling for fear arid a messenger from heaven, in heavenly raiment, with a message for them which is recorded in verses 5 to 7 of our lesson. In this message let is give special attention to the words "Fear not!" "He is risen as He said," "Go guick- ly and tell His disciples," comparing such Scriptures as Gen. xv., 1; Rea. 1., 17, and the many "fear nets". be- tween those two. With the angel's "Go tell!" note His own "Be not afraid, go,,etell (verse 10), and His special message to Mary Magdalene, "Co to My brethren and say unto thein, I ascend to My Faeher and I your Father and to My God and your God" (John :rce.,. 17). Compare !Ise. N-1., 8, and consider if you are willing to say, "Rere ran I; send me!" The fear - ,and greatjoy of verse 8 may be explained by Ps. 11, "Serve the Lord. with fear and rejoice with trembling;" also by Phil. 12, for there is a holy awe which is not inconsistent with great joy. A fear to grieve Him is always helpful. A very brief glance is a.11 we feel led to give to verses 11 to 15. These watchmen were well paid for their lying, but to -day many will lie for very little money, possibly not knowing their Father nor His and their final doom (Jelin viii, 44; Rote me, 10; Xxi, 8). There must hare been much bribery all round when, a guard of soldiers could, without fear of death, testify that they slept while on duty. As to the body be- ing stolen, they would certainly be strange thieves who would or could leave the grave -clothes lying as when they contained the body end wrap carefully by itself the napkin that had been about His head (John xx, 6, 7). But, leaving this devilish episode of elders and soldiers, let us rejoice that Cbrist is risen ansi that we be- laying in 'Tim, are risen with Him and seated with Him in the heaven - lies (Col. fig 1; Epli. ii, 6, 7). Note also that if Christ be not risen preaching is vain, faith is vain, no sins arc forgiven and no one is saved (I. (Jor. xv, 14-19); but since re is risen all is well, and a risen Christ at Gefl's right hand, having !all power in hereve.n and on earth and saying, "Go ye,therefore, and teach ell nation, and, lo, 1 m with you all the dans'," should have bun, dred of thousands of willing and obedient redeemed once rushing to do His bidding and, like the wise men from the east, pouring thee,- gifts at His feet. But it is too much: - like the story of the ten lepers. Our Lord is still saying, "Were there not ten cleansed, but where are -the nine?" Either 'unbelief or ingrati- tude, or both, seem much more pre- valent than devotion to Him who gave Himself for us. During theforty days between His resurrectioe and ascension Ile showed Himself alive by many infallible proofs and was ever speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of Cod. If the kingdom was as much epee our hearts as 11 was upon His we would be more ready to follow Him tulle at all costs, counting ell things but dross for Him. Our heartfelt prayer would be "that I may know Hiini and the power of His resurrection." (Pliill. 111, 10.) Give attention to this stilt:1y, if time permit, to :Hie Various appear - 111008 after His restirrettion To Maly, tothe other Women, to Peter, to the two who walked to Emmaus fold to the eleven; all these oil the first da3r. Then, there were, et least five other appearings before ITe as- ilended-to the eleVen a week later when Thoulas was present, to Jones, fo the seden at the sea of Galilee, to over 500 at one time, tied one the day of His ascension. Note also the post-aeceneion appearances to Stephen, to Saul and to John at 1a1tnto4, rat Ana eize that He al- waye showed Himself, and may we 111 beeteine whole heartedly devoted to Elim, if we only knew Him as we might and should, we woold de - telly try; ''To me titi ive 15 Christi" • (Phil. 1, ,21.) e:. 1. 4,*:0 4'44:4 t.,)4#,:444 4:4.0:• •:* 41.4•4.0:,••:•44,:. 4.1 THE, AMA'rEUR NURSE, .A.Ithough thie le decidedly the age i).00fiut4dthisev cote: e wni. ilnfiseinSIde,s1., ottithrteirat'oeveagiricea4vheertoiyel Sort of Meese, from. whooping cough to typhoid, ansi there are 80 maay things that the home nurse Can do to make a patient comfortable ad to keeP it sick loom wholesome with- out any apeceal trOlib 05' expense, and with jest a little Imowlecige of simple facts that it Keine important, to talk about these things as often 116 poseible, so that the untrained woman who are cievoatedly kind and, uatiringly patient may also know how to prove themselves capable and really useful, In the first place, if you are un- feoxiamemberpeetecllyalieoclf tulpeoasigiy3r, suddenly oddecnall-ye taken down with scarlet fever, you mast not oely nurse your patient, but guard members of your family from contagion, and you must start doing the right things at the very betinneciningOut your sick room at the start. Send away"alldraperiee, car- pets and curtains that will not wash; put away useless bric-a-brac and upholstered furniture; end clean out all books. Haye pretty, fresh ironed white lawn curtains at the windows, a few jars for flowers, and anything else that is cheerful, and not an abiding place Tor disease germs. Get a good sized screen, so that yea can have plenty of clear air, without draights, and see to it that there is a washable or old rug by tbe bed, plenty of pillows and neat bedding. With a room made easy to clean and disinfect, next turn your atten- tion to your dress. It must be cot - toe, and plain, as much after the fashion of a nurse's uniform as you can quickly and conveniently pat to- gether -that is, short skirt, %Wilt° aprons, and a cap, if your hair is at all oily and likely to bold germs. In any case, covered hair is a wise precaution. Wear noiseless slippers, no clinking watch chains and no jew- ellery. If you want a simple antiseptic for use all throegei the sick room, get some Pure borax the Bret day. Take a quart of warm water and pet in- to it as much borax as it will hold in solution, and use the solution'a half cup to a gallora of water, for all disinfecting and washing. Wash the woodwork; furniture and floor, with this water, all dresses before' they are sent to the laundry, and dip all bedding and clothing in, it be- fore sending them to the lavadry. A weak solution of the original solu- tion is excellent for batliirig the pa- tient and for a daily mouth wash. It is also valuable for bathing womids and for washing the nurse's- hands, af- ter the dressing of wounds. A floor should never be swept in a room where there is a contagious 'disease. It should be washed with a, cloth dipped in borax water. so that no dust annoys the patient, and no assortment of germs are 'flung up in the air, to drift out of the win- dow into the hall en route to fresh. victims. THE 11A13'Y'S MOI3T1.1. Many mothers do not recognize the fact that a baby's teeth should be cleaned,not only as soon as they arrive. but even long before -as soon as the baby itself arrives, in fact. Many a little chubby face is kept: Serapuloesly shining with cleanliness on the outside' -but 0 dear! the poor little mouth! It is really, much more important to keep the inside of a small child's mouth clean than the outside. A dirty little face may .mar beauty, but it does -not threat- en health, .and a neglected Mouth does• YOung, children, as soon as the first teeth appear, should be given little tooth-bins:Ins with very soft bristles arid should be taught to use them, and then watched to see that they always do use them. But as to in- fants. the toilet of the mouth must be performed for, thean, and should. never be neelected. Far this per-. pose a little wed of sterilized ab- sorbent cotton should be used, and then thrown away, or :rather burned. When the 'baby has its bath the mouth should, as a matter of rou- tine, I:e washed tery gently with a pledget of cottcn wee in a solution of berficic acid, or any other mild disinfecting iiqtisi. If the little gums ,are soft and spongy and bleed- ing, dabbling them with tincture of invrrli will help them. The reason for all this care is the scene. reason that makes the cavehil adult use bis tooth -brush et:milieus- ly after each meal -namely, that harmful germs constantly exist- in the months of all of its, even the healthiest, and babies, although they have no teeth, ere no exception to this rule. If their mouths are not, kept clean not only are the coming teeth j e d dived, but the child's general condition may be lowered by, the constEtrit 'presence in the month, r and consequently the passage through the'. system, of liecdth-injit ng mi- crobes, In illness a small child's stifferinge are often greatly- aggravated by perching of tlie lips and tongue, Rod' it is titaible to tell what the trouble is. The mouths of these little pa- tients should be constantly refreshed and kept moist. This can be clone with glycerine and water, and in many eases where conetant Is forbidden by, the physician much SufTering can be tie/Oh:Veld ley keening the mouth nioist and coiefeetable some such eimple means, Great gee- tleneme must be 'Observed In thits toilet of tlie mouth, for the baby's Mucous membrane is very teader and; easily abraded, and If it is injored ulceration may folloW, Youth'0, , CoMpanion.