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Useful taints and
General Informa-
tion for the Busy
Housewife
Selected Recipes.
Soft Gingerbread. -Six cups Of sift-
ed flour, three' cups of molasses, one
cup butter or lard, one cup sour milk,
one teaspoonful soda, two teaspoon-
fuls cinnamon, one teaspoonful ginger,
pinch salt. Bake in a loaf. Half of
this quantity can be used.
Bran Muffins. -Perhaps your read-
ers would like to try it: One pint
bran, one pint entire wheat, one heap-
ing teaspoonful baking powder, three
tablespoonfuls molasses, one teaspoon-
ful salt; mix with sweet milk rather
stiff; bake in hot oven.
Eggs Cooped in Gravy. -Take two
or three large onions, slice them very
thin, fry till a nice brown. Have ready
three or foir hard-boiled eggs cut in
slices and a cupful of nice gravy with
a little flour of arrowroot mixed with
it. Add the eggs to the onions, then
pour in the gravy, and stir in al till
the gravy has thickened.
Delicious Spanish Cake.'. -Take but-
ter, eggs sugar and flour of equal
weight. When the butter is beaten
to a cream add the eggs, sugar and
flour in the order named. Beat and
stir for twenty minute; or mere; then
drop it in small mounds on a sheet -
iron pan dusted with flour. Piave a
preserved cherry in the center of each
flake and bake in moderate oven.
Macaroni With (!rated Cheese.
Break half if a :mail box of macaroni
in short lengths. Have a large kettle
of water boiling briskly. Salt it and
:trop in the macaroni, which should
nave been rinsed in colo water. Boil
'lard until the macaroni is tender.
Turn into a colander, pour cold water
aver it anal then, snot water. Season
,with et.it. pepper, butter, a little
minced green pepper and cue -quarter
wound grated cheese, stir lightly, turn
nta a hot vegetable dish and pass
'Mire gritted' ehee a when serving, it.
.Apple Dessert. -Pare half a dozen
apples, cut in quarters arid rennive
seeds, then boil gently in one cup of
:rater with two cups of brown sugar.
When soft strain off the juice and put
apples in dile from which they will be
served. Ir. another pan melt one
tablespoonful of flour and one cap of
cream (milk will do). Let this get
hot, then add apple juice, allow the
mixture to come to a boil and simmer
for five min.:tes, stirring all the while;
pour this over the apples and you will
have a delicious dish.
Lady Fingers. -- Make regular
spongecalte batter,. turn it into a pas-
try bag with a tube in the end and
squeeze it out the shape of lady-flag-
ers. Dredge with powdered sugar
and place in a very moderate oven.
They must not spread or swell. If
the former the oven is too cool; if the
tatter the oven is too hot. When bak-
ed remove them carefully from the
pan, put the two flat sides together
and place them on a sieve to cool.
Pans indented in the shape of lady-
fingers are much less troublesome to;
use than the pastry bay, 1
Jellied Chicken Consomme. -11i I
level tablespoonful granulated gela-
tine, 1 quart chicken stock, carefully
strained and all fat removed; juice of
1 lemon, beaten white and crushed
shell of 1 egg, salt to taste. Remove
all fat from the chicken stock, add
beaten egg, the crushed .hell and
Lemon juice to the stock, place it
over the fire and stir entil it boils.
Boil 2 minutes, then simmer for 10
minutes and strain through cloth
wrung from cold water. Dissolve
the gelatine in the hot strained stock,
add salt, pour in a shallow dish and
put it aside until set. When it is
firm and chilled, beat the jelly with a
fork to break it up, then fill bouillon
cups and serve.
Squash Delicacies.
The squash and the pampkin deserve
a frequent place on the menu outside
of the traditional pie. It is true that
they are both rather insipid vege-
tablesby themselves, but as an ac-
companiment to some more spicy dish,
or prepared properly, they are both
delicious and a welcome change from
the more common vegetables. •
For example, baked squash -cut in
strips like a watermelon and bake
until a light golden brown -is a de-
lightful change from the baked potato
or other starchy vegetable addition to
meat.
Squash Souffle. -Two cupfuls of
steamed mashed squash, one cupful
of cream, two eggs, salt and pepper.
Add the seasoning to the mashed
steamed squash then add cream and
the well -beaten whites of eggs, turn
into a buttered baking dish and bake
in slow oven.
Steamed Squash. -Cut in pieces, re-
move seeds and membrane and steam
until tender -about thirty minutes.
Mash, season with salt, a dash of
sugar, mace and a lump of butter.,
Serve very hot. i
Squash Pudding. -Three cupfuls of
steamed mashed squash, two-thirds
cupful of sugar, one teaspoonful of
salt, three-quarters teaspoonful of
einnamon, two and one-half cupfuls of
milk, two eggs. Mix sugar, salt and
cinnamon and add to squash. Add
well -beaten eggs and milk, turn into
butered pudding dish and bake in mod-
erate oven until form,
Baked Squash. -Cut a squash into
strips of about two inches square,_ dust
with salt and pepper, Place in bak-
ing dish and add one -Half teaspoonful
el butter and one-half teaspoonful of
molasses for each piece. Ba e n mod
erate oven until soft.
Squash Breakfast Biscuits, -One-
half cupful steamed, mashed squash,
one-quarter cupfal sugar, one-half
cupful scalded milk, one-quarter cup-
ful butter, one-half teaspoonful salt,
one-quarter yeast cake, one-quarter
cupful tepid water, two and one-half
cupfuls flour. Dissolve seasonings,
yeast and butter in milk and water.
Then add squash, cover and let rise
over night In the morning shape into
biseaits, Iet rise and bake.
Cheese Luncheon Dishes.
Cheese Souffle. -Cook together in a
saucepan two tablespoons each of but-
ter and flour. When they are mixed
pour over them one-half pint of milk.
Stir to a szn^oth white sauce and into
this put eight tablespoons of grated
cheese, a little salt, dah of paprika
and a pinch of baking soda. Beat
four eggs, the whites and yolks sepa-
rately.
epa-rate! . Remove the cheese mixture
from the fire and beat in it the yolks
of the eggs, then fold in the whites.
Turn the mixture into a pudding dish
and bake in a steady oven until it is a
golden brawn. Sere immediately.
Cheese Straws. -To .a half pint of
prepared flour add two ounces of grat-
ed Parmesan cheese. Moisten with
the yolk of an egg and eno.igh milk to
make a paste that can be rolled out.
Roll into a thin sheet and cut into
narrow straw-. Bake to a delicate
brown. Remove from oven and sift
grated ehee.;e over them.
Things to Remember.
Eggs may not he more than a week
€.el and yet be stale.
All foodstuffs eaten raw should be
washed before being served.
Toast is more delicate if the crust
is removed from the bread.
Have you tied up little bags of
lavender ta rest among your linen?
Never put woollen underwear on
the baby and he will never need it.
A soured sponge needs to be hung
two or three bays in strong sunshine.
Save the water in which rice is
cooked for a soup foundation.
Stale cake can be soaked in milk
and made up into gingerbread.
With a vegetable dinner it is per-;
miscible to serve a dessert rich in
eggs and cream.
If the chicken is old, the best way
to cook it is on casserole, and to
make it juicy adel milk.
The housekeeper with respect for
the digestion of the family avoids
cooked -over meats.
Always open doors and windows of
the dining room, if possible, before
breakfast, so as to give the room a
thorough airing.
Macaroni and oysters baked and
mixed as macaroni and cheese snake a
good winter dish.
Rice and meat cooked together in
any one of many ways make an ex-
cellent lun heon dish.
When you cream butter and sugar
for a cake a little cold water will
make the creaming easier.
A piece of clean chamois leather
wrung out of cold water is the best
duster for velvet or plush furniture.
To renovate leather that has become
dull and shabby looking rub over with 1
the white of an egg well beaten.
When cleaning brass knobs the sur-
rounding paint may be kept clean if
a piece of cardboard is fitted around`
the knob.
To make meats or a fowl of doubt-
ful age tender add a teaspoonful of ap-
ple juice to the water in which they
are boiled.
IN THE OLD DAYS
Commanders of Armies Were Counter-
feiters.
Many ideas have been adopted for
supplementing the currency of the dif-
ferent countries engaged in the pre-
sent war, but it is doubtful if our
commanders will be forced to the ex-
pedients
xpedients that were often essential in
the old days.
For example, prior to Napoleon's
1812 cempaign, the Paris gendarmes
one night made a raid on a house in
the Plaine Montrouge, and discovered
quite a fine manufactory of false
notes. - There was quite a stir next
day" when the Pollee Minister made
the announcement that the manufac-
tory had been started "by order of the
Emperor." The false notes, which
were Austrian and Russian, "instead
of French, were intended for use
against the enemy on the Russian Ex-
pedition, but the bulk of them came to
grief during the great retreat.
Wellington was responsible for a
similar stroke of business during the
Peninsular War. • • Being badly in
need of gold when about to invade
France, he conceived the queer idea
of hunting out some counterfeit coin-
ers from the ranks. Quite a number
of these gentry were forthcoming, so
strangely constituted was our Army
in those days, and these were ordered
by the duke to exercise their evil art
by transferring his English sovereigns
into louis d'or and napoleons.
Our troops at present on the Con-
tinent, however; are being. paid in
English money, the French .,Govern
ment having issued a proclamation, to
all bankers and traders to give change
at the rate of twenty-five francs to
the sovereign. -London Answere,
E cjj f A IT 1Q4 ] ? Juda:an). But there is absolutely no
,j j�p, jy proof, and the name is common. Note
• it is the works Christ hates: not wrong
doctrine, but its issue.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
DECEMBER 10
7. This recurrent verse, which tells
us that these "open letters" are meant
I for the whole church, is an echoed say-
ing from the Lord's earthly ministry.
esson XI. Faithful Unto Death---.! If Matt. 13, 9, etc., had not been pre -
TE COMING MAN
Every Man Should Recognize That He Was Born Into This World
Not Only to Achieve But to Aspire.
Rev. 1-17 • Golden s sem. ed, we should never have known it "Quit you like men." --d. Corin -
2. Probably there are many thians xvi 13
Text --Rev, 2, 10, R unrecognised sayings of Jesus in the The purpose of this sermon is to
estament. The inspire young men with a vision of the
tree of life -••Front which man was noblest manhood and to indicate cer-
driven away (Gen. 3. 22) when he twin elements which must enter into
was "overcome" by evil. When he the fabric of youth if our nation is to
has won back the victory, he will "`eat present to the world a unique type of
and live for ever." Paradise --The masculine character.
Persian word for a park, used by the The coining man should place mind
Greek translations of Genesis to repre_ above muscle, spirit above speed, faith
sent "Eden,' , above•force. I recognize the import -
8. Smyrna --The only town of the' once of developing the body. The
seven that still flatfishes ---so far as a modern gymnasium has an important
city under Turkish government can! function in moulding our moral life.
9. Poverty (but thin art rich) -The Realizing that the boy without a play -
exact converse of Laodieea (Rev, 3. , ground is father to the man without
171. See Matt. 5. 3; James 2. 5. a job, Tom Johnson said: "When 1:
Reviling (margin) is perhaps more: die I hope the people will make a
probable. This verse (and Rev. 3. ; playground over my body. I would
9) recalls one of the curiosities of by- rather have the children romping over
gene criticism, the discovery of the my grave than a hundred monuments."
""Tubingen School" that the phrase is And yet a youth may be a Hercules
a bitter allusion to Paul! It is just the in physical strength and at the same
converse of the prevailing use in the time an intellectual and moral im-
fourth Gospel, where "the Jews" are becile, Physical efficiency alone can
the leaders of ?ie nation that has re- never produce the future greatness of
jetted its Messiah. Here the honor ; our nation.
Verse 1. The angel, as stated last
week, is the spiritual counterpart of
the church in the unseen world. It
differs from our impersonations of a
collective unity -as when we speak of
the achievements or the failures of
""Methodism" --•in its suggesting a
real existence. Ephesus, like
Laodicea. $Col. 4. 16) and perhaps
some others of thele Asian churches,
shared thirty years before the circular
letter from Paul which we call Eph-
esians. He that boideth-in each let-
ter the description of the Lord is part
of that which is gathered together in
Rev. 1; see the last note for Decem-
ber 3. Walketh-For he is on earth
still, as well as in heaven. I.amu-
stand (margin) --•-The great lampstand
of the temple, so often described in
the Old Testament, and pictured on
the Arch of Titus, was to hold seven
lamps, one at the top, and three on
each side at the extremities of three
semi -circular concentric branches.
There were also in the=. temple, "`bei
fore the oracle," ten lampstanels, five.
on each, side, and evidently single.
The symbolism here isthat of the
lampstand with seven hranches, each
a lampstand istelf. This brings out
well the unity as well as the diversity
in the church, That Christ ""walks in.
their midst' is no difficulty; in this
book synbolisra cares nothing for
pietorial limitations. What artist
could put on canvas the description of
• the ;\ew Jeri'alem?
2. Toil -Characteristic of life on
earth: it ceases with death, when
G works continue --see Rev. 14. 13; 1
Cor. 15. 58, where 'labor" is the same
Greek word. Patience --Read en-
durance. Canst not bear -It is tempt-
ing to connect with verse 3, and under-
, stand that the hated burden is "borne""
after all for my name's sake, as he has
said wheat and tares must grow to-
geth er till the harvest. Try --In the
Lord's s own way, ""by their fruit.
Apostles ---2 Cor. 11. 13. The word
is used in the more general sense,
much like our "missionaries."
g.
ear- lime own load"' (Gal.
G. ul and "one another's burdens"
(Gal. G. 2n, unless we are to take the
suggestion made on verse 2. The
tense rather implies some special trail.
4. Didstleave---"Has left" would be
better, implying a recent deelensiop,
The charge is profoundly suggestive
-how much we can possess in spirit-
ual wealth and yet lose the fullness of
the one thing needful! Of course they
had not lost all their love; but the con-
dition of Christian life is that we must
increase in love, and not diminish or
stand still. Thyatira (verse 191
shows the ideal.
5. The first works -The ""labor of
love." Out of its place ---In the one
united lampstand.
6. Nieolaitans-An antinomian zed
(verse 18), presumably followers of
a Nicolas. It is often suppoed that
he may been the last-named of the
seven in Acts 6. 5. It would be a
curious coincidence if the last-named
of the seven was unfaithful like the
last of the twelve: there might also be,
significance in his being isolated
among the seven (as a proselyte), as'
Judas was among the twelve (the only'
latter half of the New T
able panne is not allowed to such en-,
rales of their God, i character is the keystone in the
' 10. The devil --Not a mere synonym arch of destiny. That man who throws
flamit not
of Satan, which is now a real proper his conscience overboard. is a failure.
e tas was in the Old Testa-
ment) , "Devil" means slanderer:
see Rev, 12. 10. The earliest.'ape
pearanee of the idea is in Job, where
the Satan" (adversary) is one of the
"sons of God," whose function it is
to test pretensions to virtue. But an
eye that is always looking for evil.
tends to become transformed: in this
book "the devil" is coz:spicuously the
deceiver, who prompts the evil that he
then accuses us of. Here there may
be allusion to the false charges of re-
volting crimes, under which Chris-
tians were so often martyred in the
early days. Tried -An unfortunate-
ly ambiguous word in this connection:
read tested. The reference is to Dan.
1. 12, 14, where the hero of the book
and his companions are "proved ten
days." As they came forth fairer
from this short testing of their prin-
ciples, so shall the Smyrna confessors
from their trial. Faithful unto
death is the same phrase as obedient
The Man of Gharaeter.
No youth can exchange character for
coin, purity far power and God for
gold, and succeed. For there is no
failure in life but moral failure and
no success but moral schievement„
Soon or late the world will step
aside to let by the man of character.
Savonarola declared that rather than
sin against his conscience he would
wear the red hat of m. rtyrdom I
think of John Knox, that cyclone of
courage, conscience and character,
preaching Christ crucified and crying,
"Give me Scotland or I die." I think
of William LloydGarrison dragged
through the streets of Boston
with a halter round his neck because
he denounced slavery. I think of John
B. Gough .consecrating his life to the
• great temperance reform, and his last
word to this world is, " 'oun„ man,
keep your record clean." I think of
David Livingstone giving his life for
the slaves of Africa and carrying a
torch straight into the heart of that
dark continent.
A Crown Upon His Head.
Then I think of that larger cond,lany
of unknown and lowly people whose
consecrated lives have blessed man-
kind by strengthening the cause of
truth and virtue. How many an elder
brother, that he might be true to his
home, has allowed his chances to ,go
by, has not joined in the contest for
which, he longed in the world's great
amphitheatre, and, that the younger
lads of the family might have an
education, has clung to the old Flank
and struggled in poverty to force a live
ing from its rocky or sandy soil that
°refused to yield a fair return for the
labor that was bestowed upon it! The
erown that will be upon his head in
the great world beyond will b, of un-
dying glory -a crown of stars whose
, lustre will never fade.
Are you content to drift with the
fast current of modern worldly life
, in a rudderless boat, or will you not
cruise in a vessel whose rudder is a,
manly character and whose sails are
set to the plan of a true Christian
life? Be it yours to lift your country
one step higher in righteousness,
which alone guarantees the continuity
and prosperity of a nation. -Rev.
Percival 11. Barker.
ed to one another in a manner re-
sembling that of the Divine Trinity.
Antipas-The "uncertainty of text"
noted in the margin is only a matter.
We have no record of Antipas: his
"Acts" are written in heaven. Dwell-
eth----Taking us back to the opening
phrase: the church and Satan "dwell"
together, not merely "sojourn." No-
thing could more vividly illustrate
unto death in Phil. 2. s, except for Jahn 17, 15.
the adjective, which is nearly equivale 14. A few Since these antinom-
ent, The crown of life -So in James sans were in a minority and had not
i. 12, where there is a strong sug- infected the church as a whole But
gestion that the phrase comes from a the "angel"impersonates the whole
saying of Jesus. This would account community and is responsible for all
for the "incorruptible crown" (1 Cor. „who have not been expelled. Bulaam,
9, 25), the "unfailing crown of glory"' --Take text of Num. 25 has no hint of
(1 Pet. 5. 4), and the "crown of this fiendish method by which Balaani ;
righteousness" (2 Tim. 4. 8), which,; is said to have "cursed" Israel afters
like our text and that in James, re - all; but Num. 31. 8 tells us they slew,
calls the. Lord's promise, Perhaps he him. Since, then, Balaam had not'
said, ""I will give the crown of life to gone to his "`place," or had returned
them that love me." Four of the dis- from it, Jewish exegesis naturally con
chiles thus independently quote a say jectured the business on which he had,
DEPLETING POULTRY FLOCK'S.
Overloading of the Market Reducing
the Price of Chickens.
Judging from the unprecedented
heavy deliveries of poultry on the
central eastern markets so early in
the season, it would appear that farm -
err and producers generally are not
only depleting their flocks unwarrant-
ably but also rushing them too the
market in an unfinished condition. As
a result, the current price of chickens
is much below normal value at the
present time, in comparison with the
prices of other meats. This is direct-
ly due to the overloading of the mar-
ket.
With the brisk inquiry for Canadian
poultry from Great Britain, it is ex-
pected by exporters that the demand
for well -finished, good. quality ' stock
will be very keen during the coming
winter. Besides, there will be a good
demand for home consumption. The
price for well -finished birds continues
firm, but with so much poor stock :ar-
riving wholly unsuited far either stor-
age or export, many buyers have re-
cently reduced their quotations for all
low grades.
The presence of pullets and young
fowl has also been noted in many ship-
ments. This is most unfortunate con-
sidering the price of eggs. The very
firm prospect for the profitable mar-
keting of all poultry products points.
to the necessity of conserving in every
possible way all suitable laying and
breeding stock. Unless this is done,
there will be but little poultry left in
a short time on the farms in the cen-
tral eastern portien of the country.
Even though feed is scarce and high,
it would pay farmers well to finish
the birds before offering them for
sale and spread their deliveries over
a longer period.
Current receipts to date have con-
sisted mainly of live poultry. The
season is now sufficiently advanced,
however, to warrant more liberal
shipments of dressed poultry. In
light of the fact that there will be a
considerable movement of Canadian
poultry to Great Britain, it is of the
utmost importance that all poultry
killed on the farms, in addition to be-
ing well -finished, be properly killed
and dressed. The British rarket,
fact, all large markets prefer poultry
bled in the mouth and dry picked.
While killing by dislocation may be
preferred by some, the presence of
blood in the neck and the . resultant
discoloration make it unsuitable for
storage or export purposes.
Proper and complete bleeding is es-
sential. Sometimes the arteries of
the neck are not completely severed,
the bird fails to bleed. properly, with
the result that the carcass takes on a
reddish appearance. With proper at-
tention to details, a useful reputation..
for Canadian poultry can , be estab-
lished on the British market this yeah
It is of the greatest importance,
therefore, that all poultry marketed
be well -finished, well bled and dressed
and packed in the • most attractive
manner possible.
His Part.
"You admit you overheard the quar.
rel between -the defendant and his
wife ?"
"Yis, sor, I do," stoutly maintained
the witness. `
"Tell the court, if you can, what he
seemed to be doing."
"He seemed to be doin' the listen -
ing of the Master which is not in our come. 1
Gospels. i 15. Paul's teaching on "things
11.. Second death -Explained in' sacrificed to idols" will be remember -
Rev. 20. 14. What the awful figure! ed, and the collocation of this and'
implies is left in mystery*, but "the "fornication" in Acts 15. 29: see note
dread of something after death" is on the passage (Lesson Text Studies,
deeply set in human instinct and made ` May 2fi) • On the former act in itself
by revelation an assurance of retribu Paul and John may well have differer::
'Paul regarded nothing as unclean, for
the earth is the Lord's, and an idol is ,
nothing. But Paul abstained because t
of other men's consciences, John for
tion for evil
13. Throne -For he is "the prince
of this world." All through this
book we must notice how the writer
makes Evil caricature Good. Thus his own, as a Jew who had not been
in "the devil, the beast and the false emancipated through fire, as Paul had
prophet," we have hell's trinity, relate been. Paul's teaching on anti -nom -1
ianism must be recalled on this verse:
The Duchess of Devonshire and Lady Anne Cavendish:
The Duke and Duchess of Devonshire have arrived in Canada to take
up the great charge just relinquished ley T.R.H. the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught. To follow those who have made themselves so universally be-
loved is no easy task, but it prophesied in England that the new Gov-
ernor-General and his charming wife will quickly win our hearts, The
Duchess of Devonshire, -as a daughter of Lord Lansdowne, does not come
to Canada as an entire stranger, since her distinguished father was Gover-
icor-Genei:al from: 1883 to 1888, and then went on to India as Viceroy, as did
the- late Nord Minto.
e
see Rom. 6.
16. Report -The church had hesitate'
ed to • expel them, and for their own,
sake as well as others' that was the
act of love. "Cold or hot" is the
only alternative: men who thought
they were Christians and denied its
ethical foundation were only a nause- i
sus mixture of church and world. j
17. Hidden manna It had never
been seen since the day "the manna'
ceased"; and the memorial pot of it
was hidden in the ark where • none
could see. But John 6. 32-35 tells
us how the true manna was offered to
all. White stone -Like those on which'
voters wrote the names of the candi-
dates for office. Of course white is
symbolical of heaven. A new name
-Christ himself has a "new name",
(Rev. 3. 12), for it is a new world I
that is coming, and in it all is now.
Even here he is "new every morning,"
and those who understand him sing
ever a "new song." Compare Rev.
19. 12 for the one; Rev. 14. 3 for the
other.
On all these letters students slibuld
read W. M. Ramsey's Letters to the
Seven Churches, which are peculiarly
valuable in showing how archa;ology
brings out the vividness of the illus-
trations used.
MOTTO STILL STOOD.
Bonib Destroyed. Church, But "Love"
Command Remained.
The following is a little story which
appeared in -a recent issue of the
Churchman:
One of the bombs which fell on a
town in the North Midlands of Eng-
land exploded over a little Wesleyan
chapel 100 years old. The building
was completely wrecked: Only one
wall remains standing, and on that
wall is painted in decorated red and
blue lettering the text, "This com-
mandment I give unto you, that ye
love one another." The words can
be read fifty yards away, and they,
were murmured by thousands of pen- I
ple who came to gaze at the tumbled ;
pile of bricks and woodwork which ' Fish is not fresh unless the flesh is
sprawled over the site of the chapel. firin.
ing ".
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