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18efilioti by Rev. Robert Johnston,
D. D., of Mo
"Their land is full of Silwr and gold-
-land also is full of idols." That is,
to say the least, a starting conjunction.
Is it also fl sequence? Is idolatry tho
'outcome of prospcwity God's goodness
'should lead men to repentance and not
to hardness of heart, and yet so Ire-
Wuently is material pieeperity followed
lv spiritual decline that one can almost
think It was In the purophet's mind to
'say "their land is full of silver and gold;
therefore also their land is 1101 of Idols."
The goodness was texts; it was Ile
.whe had stored the pockets of the earth
,swith gold, and had made its veins to
'run with silver; Ilis were the cattle an
.their thousand hills, and His hand it
was that clothed the valleys with golden
harvests; wine press and treasure house
''and barn were alike bursting because
'God's hand was upon the land for good.
Again, let, 11 be said His goodness
Should have led to repentance. But the
Ideal is not always the real. This con -
,unction of prosperity and idolatry Is
o frequent that It merits serious atten-
tion. Is IL not a condition noticeable in
our day as It was In the days of the
.Prophet, Isairth? Have we not, seen it—
the increase of outward estate and the
'decrease side by side with that of tho
inner spiritual life; temporal advance -
'merit with spiritual de•elensien; the en-
;joyment of wealth with corresponding
:pomp and pageantry, and the lessening
:interest in the things that endure, the
failure of the true vision of God? That,
;I say, is a condition of things not pecu-
Mar to the prophet's age—it is to be seen
In Canada 10 -day.
Thera is something almost strangely
.modern In the words of this chapter;
In spite of the lapse of three thousand
,years; In spite of all the differences be-
iltween the Orieet and the Occident, there
le a tone in the prophet's appeal that
leuggests conditions most familiar to us.
flFor what were the things in which Israel
''prided herself? They were the material
wealth of the land, their abundance of
:silver and gold; their military equip-
ment, the multitude of their horses and
'chariots; their mighty forests; their
:cedars of Lebanon, and oaks bf Bashan;
their high towers and fenced walls;
'their shipping which carried their land's
:produce to every part of the world. I
'need not repeat that these are familiar
'themes 10 Canada to -day. Are they not
'the Old -World synonyms for "Cobalt"
and "Yukon' and "Klondike?" Are not
'our shipping and forest wealth and in -
'exhaustible resources of mine and river,
'the theme of never-ending articles and
'of unceasing declamation? The dangers
'of materialism threaten every age, but
'one has only to read our daily papers
'end the magazines that flood our land,
lo see how real is this peril of Isrilah's
'age to us to -day, ancl how similar
'through all the ages are the things that
'turn men away from God, and destroy
In the soul the vision of things eternal.
MATERIALISM AND IDOLATRY.
Two features of a material life find
'emphasis in this chapter. They are pride
:and idolatry, Israel's pride. her lofty
looks, her haughtiness, her glory in the
'works of her own hands WEIS the spirit
'that prepared her for the idolatry that
had become common.
It is easy to see how pride Inevitably
'follows close upon the failure of the
'vision of God. There is nothing that
7buinblea a man like the vision of the
-Almighty. Paul's haughty spirit van-
ished when the light from Heaven broke
upon him; Moses could stand undaunted
'before kings, but at sight of the bush
'aflame he drew near with unsandalled
feet. To see God Is to be humbled. And
Wet, with true humility there goe ever
hand In hand a fine dignity that Is very
real but unobtruslve. You can see that
'excellent combination in the men who
'dwell among the hills. The Highlender
is a man of true humility, and' yet in his
'very carriage there is a natural dignity
Ihet proclaims him great. Moving
among the mountains he is subdued by
their greatness, and yet, by that seine
greatness he is exalted. Emerson some-
where says that the men that are ec-
custonied to be much in great cathe-
drals, even the curators. unconsciously
acquire a stately step. Is it, not more
true that men. who 11001 commtmion
'with the great God while they are hum-
ble, are also ennobled? Peide meg
perish in that Presence, hut, true dignity
is born of fellowship with the Most
High. The loss, then, of thnt huintlity
and (Ile failure of that dignity, Is the
heel, result that follows the loss of the
Divine Vision. And with what result?
The prophet (Inscribes it in the expree-
Sive terms: "The mean num boweth
sown, and the great num humbleth
himself," That is the picture. Man,
nano that was made to well< erect. man
who alone among treated thingio being
a brow that fronts tho stars, man high
end lowly, commonplace and noble,
bows himself before the works of his
own hands, and humbles hinoSelf to
Mocks and stones,
THE PICTURE, IN CANADA TO -DAY.
Is that to picture Dud. hos no reference
fo conditions in our land to -day? You
have read the papers, the papers of our
own city with the public evidence of
Peceril political sandals; you nave read
the papers from the West velth their f01 -
remits Of wholesale corruption and
fraud, stretching over a long period of
years, and touching not a finv constilu-
enelee, but many, Is it hot On 111111 1110
commonplace man has hewed awn,
hes sold himself, hae surreedered his
1)110.111°0d before an idol of silver and
gold? What matter Mit the idot had 110
human form, but only nun of 11 tell dol-
lar bill, lo 11101 he bowed; for that he
surrendered his manhood. You have
rend the story of commercml embeewlee
thenl, the title of how those in high posh 1,110 18 um win, [he mei.
lions have betrayed Intel, hew sacrificed ins Toe„nu, nuly l.oclims,ont, bw to
honor to ail idol of gold. IL limners not
fliat Ihey bowed 10 an Idol costing moonj
thougeods; their Spirit, of Idolatry wns
the same; they surd their manhood for
pr.136,
Are not the prciphet's words apt to-
day? Is nut the whole sad tale that Is
making Canada's once bright name a
by -word and a reproach athong the
nations a repetilibn of leraere defection
from God? The mean nein boweth
down, and the great man humbleth
himself. The dignity of true manhood
has been forgotten toad for gold men
have stooped as slaves. Now that eon -
(Wien whether in Israel ot. Canada is
not a sudden growth It is 1115 product,
as one may say, of well recognized laws
operating in the lives of men.
Speuking wall one of the most
thoughtful spells in cilw congregation
the other day, Ile said to nee re-
cent revelations of corruption both in
political and eommereial life, are eel-
dence thet religion is far less of a vital
force in individual and family life than
it, once WM" None of us, 1 venture to
think, will question the truth ef that
sentiment. 13u1 have we not in these
words the suggestion of two of the In-
variable steps that lead to the delerinra-
tIon frum a spiritual to 0 material life—
"less of a vital force in indOISial and
family lile." Does not, that deterioration
always begin with the relaxing of 001'-
8011111 communion with God? That re-
laxing may be induced by any one of
thousand causes, but in some )vey, per-
sonal heart religion fails, The \\Surd of
God is neglected; the thoughts turn less
frequently towards the Shia High es the
God of the Life; the habil, of definitely
whieh prevails in life. We epeak Shout
preaching foe tho tim'
es mei of the
necessity' tor the preacher being a man
of his ego; such must he 1.18 if he 10 10
linderStallit 1110 Sp to W111011 he e011501(0,a11d yet above all the preacher 1111181tet be
a 111E111 ut 11(111, a man to whose heart
God has ;spoken, and who brings 10 his
age a message that is 1110)5ere than a 1110r0
(118011881011 Of the 11111(00 that clei0101)1)men's attention during all 111e week.
Suoto a preacher I 501(1 115' our lend
for our ((ge. A man of the desert, be
1)11(7 be, or of the city, but 11 1111111 with
O ines111581(11)0e other then that \Althea deals
with the questions, \VW. 0111111 1 eat?
What eliall I drink? And wherewithal
shall I be clothed 7
Will yell be surpeised when 1 wty thet
1111011(01'1111011(01'1(1155 Is the politieitas—let me
rather 0115111150ice •alliteration and say
"statesman's."
I have been rending reeently the
speeches of the Hon, John Bright, de-
livered In the British House of Com.
mons, or on the puha) pletforme of his
05110117,ly, during the period of his great
seroiee to the Duple. As 0110 reacts
these. heIs 1101)1(880!with the thought
that. 11(10ere 011(0 a man whi,),siiiibkiute7wt
illila
recognition or his reel
alone to man, but to God. Ills utter-
ances lowe alt the Nevus of a prophetic
appeal, and the grounds of that (memo,
01) 1(8 suitable for a pulpit as for a plat-
form.
Wn
We linve ever returned to the cus-
tom that prevailed in the days of the
Comminiovenlili, when 111011 1011'S of Par-
linment. carried their tidies to !he
House, 011E1 it 01000100 110 uneenneen thing
to hear the rustling of Many le101(0(5 as
verse to neove ft quotation.
the mentber8 turned to 00011101' 1111d
Is it too much to hope for. however,
111(11 111010ee ehall arise In political life in
Canada, men who shell not hesitate to
utter the name of Gott fearlosely arid
reverently on the floor of the Houses of
Parliament, and who (shall as feerlessly
entprinciples e
forcehe of thmoral law
11101 from generation to ,eenerallon dur-
ing 111010 than a decade of centuries;
frinn 1110 111118 of the (1(0111051st 100)010)8oes
of the Hebrew ratty. It reveals God to
us, 0111111 reveals hint 05 the end
(008011(10 Creator of toll things, the 1411-
1)0511411-
1)051111' Mester of life to whom we aim
along. It tells us 1.1111 1 num, the end
Amt goal of creation on this earth Is
ninth) in the Mingo of God's spirituat
nature, capable of following 111 a 11)110
80(0 the workings of God's mind and (if
employing Ilia hirers. tIonseimis of his
relation to God, and bound to him by
lies ot love, mon strives to imitate. Gild
in his life. "I(1 10)11)11)11)0e of unequaled
si811111(111017811111(111017 and sublimity' one 1111,15 nar-
rative srls forth every ono of these
ss
eential truths. 11 1)11805es God, Neter('
and inan in right, relation 19 011511 other.
1111111 we turn helm the Bible to
the ereation myths of Witty ancient
peoples, even Mu most enlightened--
with their gods and goddesses ninny,
having hilirmilies and passions like viol°
men, gods who are born and who die,
who (pouts,' and hate, who 1)1(1117 and
who 5011111111 1110 most shameful wrongs—
and contrast. these strange aberrations
of the !lumen mind, unenliglitened liy
the Divine Spirit, with the 1(01(111(01(11sanity,
the ethical porgy, 1110 dignity, the Jus-
tice end the beneficence of 51)1'Geoesi8.
narrative tan we fully appreciate the
promo
founder 'no and the el:Idiom'. rove.
tattoo to 0111101011! 00111511 that, narrullyo
contains. To 111111, however, who has
caugh1 the vision of thin. larger truth
and IMSSfigiS, the poetic and nelistic
form in which flint truth is chilies',
viewed at last i11 right perspective, must,
seem even more exquisitely beautiful
and appropriate llum evee befure.
--
Verge 20, The two preceding verses,
21 end 25, together with 20-31 inclusive,
describe the work of ihe sistli dew
111 our image Wo note again the
'plural of majesty" which on this solemn
end 1101)0510111 accuser'', when a being
is lo be mewled In thers own image,
Clod htoisolf employs. Tile only other
abandoned; the tone of life Is different.
committing to God all matters 01 1110, is as binding alike 01)e0 the nations and
upon individuals. Emplutsis is being PasSliges in which the plural is used by
God himself aro Gen. 8. 22, "Behold man
The forms of religion may still be kept daily placed less and less upon theIs become like one of us"; 11.7, "Come dis- 1,4 us
Unction between secular and saered, and ' go down, and there confound
up, the habit of prayer on rising anti re-
tiring, lout gradually even these come to we are realizing that if ththeir language"; nod No. O. 8, "Whome spirit be shun 1 scud, au! lulu) mil 5,0 for „sr
be omitted, at Ilrst with a Pang of cone right, eveiy service into. be a service for
science, then without even this; the life Cod. His voice may as truly 001110 tOUS , ,ei,t s11ou .1
ensiled 1111111 foenis 111
Likeness—The lilteness or himself in
once so fervent becomes cold and In- through the statesman es through the wetground. or basis of 11111t18, pre-eniinenee
different. And what follows? The preacher. and it. may be 11101 to one in Our e th, .1)10.01, unwind,. ,[1,111 likum„
abandonment of Me family altar. The the politica) arena, the great honor luny
world that loas absorbed the interest of , be given of ceiling our land from the
the life encroaches upon the home. ex.1 worship of the material to an (monocle-
euses are found for the omission of what 1 lion of the true U5)0 00' of national life.
was once a helpful exercise, PerhapsBut lest we go away thinking that the
work of opposing materialism in life is
to be ()entitled to those who stand in
public pieces, and wield large 1)01001' in
the world. let each one of us remember
that eaell him a sphere in which Ms in-
fluence can be felt. "Not many wise
men of the 110511; not 110111y 110b10; not
many ntIghty nee celled; but Ged hath
chosen the wealc things of this world to
confound the mighty, and the things
that are not to hring to naught tho
life, keep ihe sacred fire burning on the things that are.
family altar; rebuild that altar If it hasNo life is powerless, 1111(1 1110 wealcest
fallen into decay; fan the fire into a. life surrendered to God becomes en in -
brighter flame where it is listless; but strument limitless in its possibilities.
whatever forees oppose, guard it, with Only let us every one, like Noah of old,
the fidelity with which the vestals be a preacher of righteousness, to our -
guarded the eternal tires on the hidden selves, in our homes, and in our bush
altars. riess life. Let us magnify Christ; let us
I am convinced that in emphasizing
these Iwo thoughts 1 have laid my hand
upon low of the most potent forces that
have made for the unhappy conditions
thut, exist in public life to -day. Let re-
ligion fail in the personal life and in the
family circle, and the result will speed-
ily manifest, itself in the decline of pub -
11.3 morality. 111s from these fountains
that the stream of our public Ole flows;
if that stream is to be healthful, the
fountain must be pure,
for a time the practice may be kept) up
upon the Sabbath, but gradually tins,
too, fails, and so far as the home is
concerned. the Bible is a closed book,
and the voice of prime is unheard. The
home becomes, as Dr. William Taylor
used to describe it, "like a house with-
out either foundation or roof." Oh,
fathers and mothers, 1 charge you as
you love eour homes, and as you would
save them from the bane of a material
TIIE CURE,
Is there a cure? Can the dying flame
be rekindled? Can Mose who humble
themselves before idols rise again to
fellowship with the Most llighl The
whole message of 1110 Scriptures—the
Ola Testament ancl the New—is an em-
phatic affirmation to that question, else,
what is meant by this call cif filo pro-
phet: "0 house 01 hicob, come ye. sod
Id t us walk in the light 01 1115 Lord."
Some one lons said that there are three
voices 01111011 God frequently uses to
summon man from the baser material
life to nobler spiritual conceptions. The
first of these 'Mires is the poet's. How
the mesieages of man who have heard
God speek to them in mountain, sea and
starry sky, and who have breught those
messages of GO! to their fellewman;
how these messages, I say, live through -
rut, the ages; live for ail ages, SO for
that to W111(111 they were spoken, God
has few greater gins lo a people than a
conlempletive poet who livel epart from
1110 world, and brings to it a message in
another tone frono that which prevells.
And the poet who so speaks --I care not
whether he writes in metre or in prose,
the poet to whom God line spoken, 1311(1
W110 with that incssage throbbing in Ids
heart, speaks to his age, cannot but be
heard. 330 pm want an illustration?
God of our Fathers, known or.old—
Lord of our far-flung ha11le711ne,
Beneath Whose awful Mind we hold
Dominion over palm nod pine;
Lord God of Hosts, 110 with us yel,
Lest, we forget, hist Nye forget.
The tumult end the shouting dies—
Tho captains and Mc kings de1)erb-
81111 glands Thine auction( sacrifice,
An humble and a 501111115 heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
Lest we forget, lust we forget.
For hen then heart that puts her trust
In reeking tube end iron sherd --
MI valinut dust that builds on dust
And guarding, 101)8 1101 Thee to guarci,i
For female boast and foolish word,
Thy mercy on Thy people, Lord I
Who i us forgets how 11,al. mossnge
of the poet broke upon the eonselence
of the 11011011 when Britain W11.0 11191110
with her own glory, end forgetful of her
own true p.511111008, 'MOW then eny
other volee of the lime, Wipling's voiee
wes used of 0011, to recall the uation to
eober Ilenight and nobler deed.
purpose 11 is the semi., 1110 his tni-sion,
ton, to cull men front absorption in the
rhino et earth to a fellowship with God.
his Message, leo, 11 11 is to be effec-
tive, must be In another tone from that
Is an Imninterint resemblance, consis-
ting peimartly in the possession of self-
eonscious reason and a free will.
Let 1110111 have dominion—This domin-
ion whieli man hes over all the earth, he
has by virtue of his superiur mental nnol
spiritual 511(100nm/11s.
28. Ged blessed them—The blessing Is
similar to the ono pronounced upon the
lower anitnels, only fuller end of larger
scope. The dominion, however, which
man is to exercise over the earth he is
LT) nret uellieve by eubdulng it. In an
effort to subdue the forces of uuture en!
bring 111010 under more perfect, control
nom is still engaged.
80. To 0000' InANI, Of the rneth . .
I have given every green herb for food—
An Weill, rather than a rent condition of
is here pichired by the writer.
31. Very good—The closing verdict, on
the entire worle of motion. M. conch
stage uf the process the purpose and Min
ole the tweeter has been realized, end
hold up and ever seee to illuStrale the now 111 the final eumbinallen of the
principles 01 righteousness and of truth separate works in harmonious co -opera -
which Ile tonight. Let every heart face tIon with each other, the larger purpoSe
towards Iiim to -day, and then let us
everyone, by life and word, say hence-
forth to all whom we may reach, "Oh,
House of theoh, onne end let us walk in
the 01 1110 Lord." So shall it he
ours lo 801Te ollr generation, and to ac-
oemplish semelhing for the true pros-
perity 10111 for 1110 permanent good of
the land we luve, •
"011 C111•1$1, fOr Thine Own glory,
And for our country's weal,
We Morally plead before Thee
Thyself in us reveal ;
And may we know, Lord Jesus,
The touch of Thy dear hand,
And healed of nue disenees.
The tempter's power withstand.
"010* Saviour King defend tis,
A nd guide us whole sve go ;
Forth with Thy message send us,
Thy light and love In show;
Till tired with true devotion,
Enkindled by Thy Word,
From ocean unto ocean.
Our land shall own Thee Lord.".
TIE S. S. LESSON
INTE1INATIONAL LESSON,
IAN. 13.
Lesson it. Man Made in the imago of
Gaul. Golden Text : Gen. 1. 27.
1.101< LESSCIN WORD
130 o'(1 .01 the text of the Ilevised
Version,
Profouralor '1111111 end Nlessage.—
We have In the author's cleseriplion of
tho process given in Ilia
and sva.aid ohaplori of (lanesis the s01-
11(111 of an 11101)110a 11001, III
which 1110 greet roliglaus !mills ex-
pre,,:ad ore siet 111 an nallslic and noaiie
rrememeek, the downs or 01111111 are so
001l)u1)1)1 HMI [boy Wive 1101
solduI,(Ii‘prlecl lho alloollon even of
careful 0011131.T8 from 1111 profoundly
((nth tonl sublimer message of Ilio slory
as whoio, sooming lo by in Ihemsolvos
the ettit mid purpose of all which Ilwy
The pareese ef Ilia narralor 110
oot lo inform us nhool the pr1r1,10 length
of time it look the r:realor to 11111811 usch
0014 of his 101111110 Itislc, Iho oNnci
ovdov 01111011 11,0 0001118 OrVIIITP11, 1111)1
yet etewerning the speeifie way 111 mewl
1110 firmettient divided widen.; row
1110 00111015, INA «ohm days, Ms eolitl
firmament. his stars set in [hut firma -
men* 01/1 divide the light froln the /leek-
liess," 110 ommiless see -monsters, end
olher details ore the framework, und llie
frairiewcak only of a Innevellime revolu-
tion. thee, Is the prefolinder
1111111 end ((lessee() or the (tetteata 1101T11 -
Bye of creation? IL is the message of
'Monotheism, 1110 eiwstalizalion, 111 pull.
lied form, of isratit's rich tind wonderful
heritege or ran 111 the only true God
Minded docvn 118 Ibis heritage litel twen
by word of mouth trom lather to 8001
uf the whole crention is realized.
1. Firtished—Completed. 111 the sense
01 110101) subject, to re) fernier chenge 111
form end function; of couese, nothing
In God's created world is ever finished.
The law of orderly development Ss ails
inclusive in its sway. liy the author of
our story the "finishing" is regarded as
a separate act of formally bringing the
worlc of creation to a close,
rm army or other organized
and disciplined body. Hence ell the
eomponent parls of the system of the
now completed milverse tiloi referred to.
2. Rested—Ceased from active labor.
The verb used is 1110 1101,11' OW 011111i/111o,
menning 10 V0118e. deSist, l'081. The al111-
01011 10 1110 101111 WIllell 1110
'Writer IS dourly familiar (Hebrew she-
bang is apparent. The language of 1110
passage 10 anthropomorphic, lhat is, (30/1
Is spokeo hi terms or man, mat es
possessing lounonn trees arid -needs.
3. Hallowed—Sel nparl, separated for
O special use and purpose.
The close of 1110 seventh dny is net 111.
0110510(1 as is the close of each of the
preceding days. SIIII that day must be
thought of as of Ilie sumo duration ns
each of Me other six (lays. idea
of the 0101101' 5001110 10 10100 1.10011 111111-
(1101'S Sabbath intervened hetweim the
Mow. of Ids work of creation and the
cwilnilenceolont of whet, 111 modern
plirassology, Is usually termed his sus-
taining providence. The S111.11111111
ovloleh OOd IS SIM 01 1111VS CIOSSt1 1118
WUrk of ereation is thug a type of the
weekly reeurring Sabbath of We 101(01-
1 les. The liedio 111111 God's sustaining
prooldenee is 0110111 111'0 011 Me 0011b11,111,
110i iotiti than 00 the other (eve, Is of
yourse, levilly presuppoeed by the
writer, 1)111 115 does not CNplIclily ('5100 10
11. (D1.1Vell.
WOMEN CARIIIEGS.
In the Ashanti campaign 01 1147-1 the
grraler part of the Irenspoet work wes
Nulled out, on llie bends of Ilie Funice
females, who were engeged at Cape
CORA at Ilia rate 01 a (411111111g e day
working pay, with sixpence edditionel
as Auslennnee, Erich of the women loul
a load of 10 pounds, 1111101' of Auslealien
plyservod meal, rice. Or VISC1111S, 1110
usual slage being 20 witless end the task
Vvus corricd out much hellor by the fe-
males than on the pert. of Dm Feign
num, who were olso put io eu(ll work,
the black—or. 1.8.1110).
boing lazy and cowardly,
aleT.
Tom (protol13')--"31100 Plnkleigh has
3)100110111 In 101 Iny wire.
Jack (consoll»1)ly)--"011, don't 101 Ihnt
woITY You. Woman frequently break
their promises."
NOT SPINTINIENT,
1 please, Mlle, ,leanne, do no1
call 111 D(1rand,"
she 111317) --"0, lett our 0011110i111 0111)8
14 so sh,,rt. Why should I not cull you
that?"
)1c—'Wil, Olticfl3l btu:also My aame
is DUp0111."
SELECTED RECIPES.
Onion, Frillere.—Peel tine chop two
goods:Wed onions, fry in butter 1111111
they login to be 8011, Drain and lot the
(miens got, cold, Melo a good thick
hatter with flour, ego, and 10110; setisun
it with salt, cayenne, and eome grated
cheese. Stir in the onions, drop into
boiling fat, and fry a 1.0.11 brown. 'Wein
on puper and serve with fried parsley.
Breakfast. Puffs. -0110 cupful of flour.
half u teaspoonful or salt, one cupful of
milk, one egg—white and yell( bentin
separately. Mix salt with flour, add
part of the milk, and stir until you have
a smooth paste; add the remainder 01 110
1111110 with the yolk, and lastly the white
beelen into a stiff froth. Coolc in hot
buttered gem tins 11n11l tho 1111115 410
brown and plump,
Nincainnt Puffs,—Boil some macarnin
tender, then when cold cut it into tiny
rings, mix these with some good and
thick veloute sauce relit with grated t'er-
mesen cheese, a pretty strong seasoning
of pepper and salt, and 1110 yolks of one
or two beaten ego, and a spoonful or so
of cream; this loixture should be fairly
thick and left, 101 cold, Now roll out,
some puff paste trimmings, dust 111)11)0 -
by with grated cheese and continue
paper, then fold it over and roll out
again, getting it as thick es you eau;
stamp it out In squares and place a good
spoonful of the cheese mixtise on each,
fold over diagonally In triangles, mois-
tening the edges well, and pressing them
tightly together; dip in egg and then in
breaderumbs or broken vermicelli as
you Meese, and fry a delicate thown in
plenty of hot fat. These may be served
on a napkin dusted with grated cheese
and corelline poppets Some prefer to
mi31 the macaroni with tomato sauce in-
stead of the veloute.
English Cheese Straws. — Talce two
tablespoonfuls of Write breaderunths and
mix with 10er tablespoonfuls of hems
hilDWINTER FRITTS,
Fig Creem. (sok onoWitir11) of a
panel ligs in a cupful of meter until
Mutter; chop line. 1.11,111 1110 whites of
five eggs 111111 11 01101 iif erenin of linear
111101 drY; 111011 add 1100 level tablesliiiiins
Cole of sugar and the ilgs, heating eon-
ist111111Y, links le leeelei. mould Mend
half an hour; eery() with ((freed ((go,
:duffed nuts, and pus, plain 0)101101.Stuffed 11111111110s. ---Cut off one-querter
of the ends of a lantana. 115111000 the
pulp and pass through sieve. Add to
melt email tle) juice of 11011 a lemon
end two lablospeinfuls lino sugar;
W/1111 (11)1111) of cream; 1111 shells.; set,
oti ice; we've with mike,
Dales end Cervals.—Co(d1 0113'prefer-
red cereal until well done end just
moist. Remove pits from large dates
anti in 111011. pleees put rousted and
011011111 permuls, Roll gra»ffinied
sugar ; hoop on a dish 0111 surround
with hot, cereal.
Apple Sherbet.—Cook the pulp of six
epics in one quart cif eider, seasoned to
test() with sugar end cinnamon. W'hen
tender rub through to sieve, cool, and
freeze; when partly frozen add 1110
stIlIty 11011100 whiles of two eggs. Serve
In chilled apple shells,
HINTS FOR THE ROSIE.
To harden the gums and sweeten the
breath, rinse daily 11(111a little tincture
of myrrh.
Fungus growing in a cellar will be
destroyed by the presence of a box of
lime, 00110111 will ttbsorb the Chimp.
As the Baker Does IL—Wash the tops
of pies with sweet milk before baking to
give them the rich gulden brown that
bakery pies have.
To 13011 Pork Well.—Wash the joint
Oleo it in a saucepan, 0001'r 101111 WarlD
water, and bring gradually to the boil.
Skim thoroughly, then. simmer till Len-
der. Always allow twenty minutes for
every pound of merit, for pork requires
slow cooking, and is very unwholesome
If at all underdone.
To keep children well give them an
elonniance of outdoor exercise, mince
them regular in their habits, feed them
(01 plain, nourishing toed. and they will
seldom hue; appetite. Have windows
open at night for at least four inches.
When scrubbing tables do 1101 uso
soda, for it makes boards a bad eolor,
Put, this on a dish, mulce a well in the and does not cleanse better than soap
centre, into which drop the yolk of an and plenty of tepid writer. Rub a lemon
egg and a, tablespoonful of water, a thal hes had the juice squeezed from it
qumter of a teaspoonful of .eall, four on tiny greuse spots previous to scrub -
tablespoonfuls of soft grated cheese, and • bing.
O dash of cayenne. Mix, gradually To Clean a Carpet. — 1311y some good
working in the breaderumbs and now, carpet soap and use it as directed. Al
IsInend as you wnuld bread. Tho mixture ways start the process with 0 good sup -
must be herd and sliff. 11011 11110 a thin ply of Moen cloths, use as little sealer as
sheet, cut into strips the width of a
straw and about five Inches long, piece
on greased paper. dry ti moderato
00011. and serve in little bundles. These
bundles may be held together with rings
cul from the pastry and baked, or tied
with nuerow ribbon.
crmcoLATE CAKES.
Lout.—Two cepa pulverized
sugar, one and a half elms chocolate
grated, four eggs, one cup 111mr, one
teaspoon vanilla. Gook the ellocolete to
O milooth paste in a little cream or milk,
beat the yolks of eggs and sugar to a
cream, add the eliocolete find num by
degeres, the milk and the beaten whites.
Bake in a square shallow pen. Frost
with white frosting. This cake cut In
squeres wilh white sponge
cake makes a pretty appearance.
Frosted Leaf. — One full cup butter,
Iwo cups sugar, 'thee end one-half cups
sifted limns one scant elm milk, five
eggs, leaving out whiles of two, theeo
teaspoons balcing powder. Hub the bol-
ter end sugar to a cream, add the milk,
then the eggs, well beaten. ond the flour
lastly, with the baking powder sifted in.
13alce in a dripping pan. The cake
should be about an inch thick 0111011
done. While hot turn on to a -perfectly
1011 surface end spread with chocolate
Westing.
thew — Onethelf cup huller,
:went one cup sugar, one-half cup Just
water, one and (nips flour, two
eggs, two teaspoons balcing powder.
Bele) 111 a square 101, Spread ehoculato
Icing (owe Do top . Cut 111 squares,
Leyer.—One cup butter, one ow 111110,
Iwo cups simile, three elms flour, four
whites of egret,' One end one-half lea -
spoons baking powdey. Balm in two flat
tins, Seel inches, or ill 0 Mega dripping -
pan, unci divide ill 11013 erosswiie when
done.
Frosling.—Talce ono Ours grated 01105 -
Male 0101 dissolve ie a tlish over a Rothe
el hot water. Take the beaten yolks of
two eggs, one-lialf rem -Milk, and one
1111d one hall elms sugar. Boll seven
minutes. 'fake off encl Add the melted
chocolate, stn. well together. spread be -
1000011 01141 0VTP 1110 C21k,S.
l'UNIPKIN PIE.
To ineke io pumpkin ple that 901 be
rich, delicious, and et the 8411110 111110
wholaSollie, allow for two pies three
eggs, beaten separately, one eupfut
sitgtor. four limp) tablespoonfuls of
pumpkin, slowed dry nod mashed line,
one pint erento or rich oniskiinmed
pinch of salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and
ginger to senson lo taste. Beat the yolks
01100111 and fight, add the sugnr, Spires,
sail 81111, 111011 1/10 e1e1110 11111111115111.
Slit' 1111 web 1 logethev, then told in the
whilMeil whiles of the eggs. Lille 3110
pans with Itglit 11118103', till with the 1018'
101!, toul Mike 111 to silently oven. When
the pies come from the oven shoal the
pans on inverted leneups lo cool, TII1S
method prevents me pleceust front be-
coming soggy.
A modernized form of the pompldn pie
is ;he poinpidn tartlet, which, while none
Ilito less savory Mon the old time Mr, iS
11 11111t: naive &tidy nial onritelive to Ihe
070, and when Ilus lo iWrisd
le throe, il is much 1111,111 oro71011i/efil, 1,0
001100 111010 IS 101 WS:do ill milling.
To make pumpkin trollies premise ri
mixture es foe milliliter] pies. 11(0(1
redly elopes halted empty hut mil.
Meowed, 11(111 11,1 moll shape with the
mistited_ then hike well soh Tel.(1
from Ilia 00111 111111 1`01er eaeh with
moringun liPaped high In the ventre; re-
turn to the oven oral liemom slowly,
For Mose to whom Me &fields of
PIN'Sy are fortlidden• ;.01 who desire to
honor esteems, the pie assumes
Me slope of 11 jiltdd11114, a ellS.
lard reposffing lo the direction given for
pumplcin pie, num it into a buttered pod-
ding dish, and twice In 0 Weed/ oven.
Cover with meringue heaped In Mlle
motinde and shred 111 0 slow oven until • lioniees pardon; 11111 you end 100 hes
or -a golden btowo color, lines se often, Wu seems like old friende."
01.05! 1(111, and dry each piece of carpet
that is Washed at once, lf made very
wet the colors will run.
To Preveal. 1.35c1 Toe Nails. — Never
cut the nails belew the level of the red
of the toeand de net let them grow
THE PUPILS MUST BE FED
01".1c0:11E, (ty commit:100y EDUCA-
TION IN BRITAIN.
Before Parliament Calling for Pro-
vision of Meals by Sehool
Authorities,
In a 1(01111 issue The Imndon Times
dismisses editorially Ow education goo -
vision of meele) hitt, 111111 Islore 0. ewe-
1111Ltee of the Heusi) of 01.0111(005. "The.
141) (enricevers local eine:ellen authori-
ties to Mite 511(11 511118 they think fit.
toe the provision (if meals foe children
11) It 11111»g elementary 05110018. For that.
purpose they may re:sedate theineelves,
with any body that, will underleke to
previde food; and may provide land,
buildings, furniture, impurities, and
50511 officers and servants as mot be
necessary foe the preparation and ser-
vice of such meals. They may do all, In
fuel, except peovide the food This
is supposed be paid foe out, of velun-
Lary COntrits1110118. Another clause,.
however, pruvides Reit in necessitous.
arms where there is 011 Insufficiency of
charitable funds the education authori-
ties may apply to the 13oard Educes
Lion for power 01811011d 0111. of the retes•
such sums as may be needed to make up
the deficiency, to an amount not exceed-
ing the produce of a rate of
ONE HALFPENNY IN THE POUND.
Thus the rifles are fully invelve(1, first,
for provision of everything except the -
actual raw =Weeds of the meals, ands
secondly, for the provision of these also.
111 ease 1110110S is 1101 fOrthe001111g 11W111
private benevulenee, Where possible,.
the authorco
illee may recover the si of
melds froLn parents or the Boiled of
Guardians."
The Times remnrks that the "measur0.
nn excellent. illustration of fino truth
that. if a milks' does not To tho right.
thing at the right time /Ind 10 the right,
way, 11 is certain to be compelled sooner
or later to do the thing in a hurey and
in the wrong way. It has pleased this
nation under successive Governments,
both Unionists and Ltheral lo shirk the
gravest of social emblems—Ilea of th0.
c001111)11011 of the mass of its citi-
zens. 11 has pleased our Legislature lo
fight. thepi
paltry betties of ety and n0(-
51(3)7 itself with 1111) squabbles of
sectaries who ought to have been giving
In the erection] moral CifUeltlioll of the
people the time and energy they nave
spent in trying to make their 1'0,1)00100
Slistles of doctrine prevail. New we have
to deal with larmum w
large nubers of nho
are unemployed b1)00)1050 their moral con-
dition 11101105 them unvinploylible, and
with 1100(11010 of children who are 1)1110(1
much beyond its level. lf nails grow in beeause their fitments have grown up
UM Side, serupe thent at lite top and from eitildhood without adequate moral
cut thein 011011 both there and at the clisciPline and training. We have lo
opposite corner.
A STORY OF POVEIITY.
'Woman flurried Dead Child's Body to
Save Ftilleral
A. gruesome case 0105 heard at Totten -
loam 11011Q0 010111.1 WIleil a married ex -
0100 nettled Jessie Byers, forty, of 17
110101 Villas. Victoria Road, 1<01111003011,Loodon, England, was charged with
burning the body of a child on Novem-
ber 25, contrary to the Cvinnation Act.
ISeteelive-Sergennt Hawkins, of Stoke
Newington, deposed that on 'fitesday he
went with Detective -Inspector Aladin to
the prisoner's house. In reply to various
queelions she saki her husband was uut,
oF work. 110 was a piano -forte maker,
end had nothing to do with Inv business,
for which she altine was responsible.
She further said, "I bave five move chin
dreetlic, 010%,
11010,11e Is deed, now lying in the
bo
On the way to the pollee station the
prisoner said, "1 sent for the 111011101'iWO Or three times. 1 burnt It because 1
did not know what. 10 do. I do this to
1(10300 both ends meet."
DESPERATE 61.1113NOTII.
Atipit's Power Over Matter Makes Men
' Abnormally Strong at '1111100.I0 all fetes 01 ski)l, 11110.11100001' of the
mind is most Important. 'fo perform In
thoroughly good style 'any difficult feat
of skill, it is absolutely necessery that
the mind must be free 1111111 fear, anx-
iety or nervousness.
All emotions, when 11)101180,have a
powerful affect upon the muscles. This
18 3)0)11117 seen in 1110 tension of the
01005105, clenching of hands and arms,
os well as straining of the Ince in longer,
in Hie iv/Jen:elle breathing of excite-
ment, 111 1110 muscular weakness and
trembling of ferns end 111 many other
conditions that might he mentioned. It
is the power 'of the mind over 111011e1'
that makes 1) desperate man abnormally
strong for 1110 1110111001,
The 1(161)101 stale nest 00110110110 to
success In genies of skill Is confident
calmness. And, by practice, this stele
of mind nifty be made n 11111)11
most 111(111(1110 to all 1)111011.5 of skill, even
lit that game el skill called the,
GlifNESE FOOT BINDING.
A correspoialent wrIlIng from Pekin
says Mel the Empress Doweget., kiarn-
ing her impede! edict issued sever-
al 3(011 1)1)0. ceiling upon Chinese
fidlowe arid 111011111101110(8ons lo slop the cum
sto
id binding Weir dattglitees' feel, wee riot
being 1,103(1universelly es a specie]
1,1101 ought to he, evinced N111611101111110
ire. SI, 1110 (01014, oyilli 1110 11,01111 111111,
hi' C. 01'11 menet cenineillore, who wove
preseni al the underwent it
greetthie 01111011W of an hoer at her
Mee -Ws'," lik
tior,
34111< \VAS SUSPICIOUS.
1'001)10111' mere interested in science
than 1111-7 11,4011 111 lo, 11 high
authority. 11111 11 le guile 110451111e to
le: 100 weenie's. A friend of mine got
into 0(1118110 trouble by expressing a
foielnew r,1' ethyl 17[1re:dile in ilia hear-
ing ai wife, W11080 111111111liolbllolnid
to 01,Dora,
ISfagistrele-wieley1 1 memo] allow
sem le eddies( 111,, Peewit in this (mull-
tetniner." neer -"new
e vie
deal with these things in unseemly
haste, hy the Methods of Me empiric,
and under the dictation et persons whos0
theories and ainos, however little they
may know it, are
PROFOUNDLY ANTI -SOCIAL.
This bill is well meant, 1)111 11 Proceeds
Ito the wrong wny ; yet if we oorge the
right way, the answer—and it is a
weighty one—ie that, while the grass
grows, the stecol slarree. IWO
children 1'110 MIMI Want food while we
endeavor to make up arrows of work by
Inculcating upon tbeir parents the duty
of providieg for their children. There is
more than thle. More than thirty years
ego we gravely Interfered with the redo
000110(111e8 to which our unleught 11100008
11101 settled 01110.0. We compelled them
to send their ehlicleen lo school during a
peeled previously devoted to eking out
the family income. Thilt 0108 right, but
It Involved to great deal more which we
were ler loo buey with sectarian guar -
eels to think about. We rudely inter-
fered alike with the ethics and the eco-
nomics of the home. and WO 431)1 nothing
to provide agninsi, the great changes
whieh suet+ 0011 11001110 interference was
lionnit to pretties.. Nov 11 IS Very widely
felt that we cennot 001111101 child/0n wino
nothing in thele stonloclis to come and
have their anaemic hreins confused wino
Leeching they are hardly fit to profit.
That. 11 the sentiment svhich paralyzes
opposition to nide bill, although we
know thin it. is enly applying a plaster to
a sere which calls loudly for constitu-
tional treatment.
PEARY_'S nn/AL.
Intrepid Woman Says Someone Must
Fincl North Pole.
Mrs. Ella Oughnian, a (Wring woman
Wc.,xositek.wer, is preparing an expedition at
tome, Alaska, to search for the Neigh
i
"Somebody line got to rhal the North
'Pole," she decleres. "The ince 0/110
'Wive gone weirehing for it neve failed,
l'm going to fry, and 1 think 1 shell
succeed."
The p000111): ('113' of Slew Ougnmen's
expedition Is that it will be composed
'with lho exeeption of the leedee herself,
1..9,1.1113;01s5.0wef7.1so11lch\111.051. go, 901111 silo
Says. "neve sworn thel, they will slily
'Le the encl 0( 1110 trip, ancl 1 telew they
wth do II. No white has the enderture
tint the Fweimns have, and of all things
endurance 001.1111$ 111 11 trip to the Arc-
tieS,1're,. Oughts= is known In 11-s,
mils 118 IL 11(01), Althimgh 5111, 00091r8
'skirts, tho 1)830111100 1111VO slWily8 hem
'led I() believe that they 9501.0 dennoil
to keep her .1'110 11.534!-
111do not trust 010(110)) 08 they do
'menand
, (f Iliry suspected 1)1(1the
Itindet. of their hold expedition 0(18
weaker sex' they would not follcov
WO nICIN0 OvonTisfE,
"1 11101•0 011 111111, 01110111," 0111(1 1110 non
.at tho front door, "to tisk If yen
eicintriliute something to the intents'
11olne—"
"I am aleencly ennfriliultng nineteen
n (ley 1.5 en Infant's Mime If my
'own, sir," she Iffieretipted, clueing 1110
AEI, A1114 01 1011)'.
Willie -44117, mit if "els" Is slint't for
mut, what itt short for dollfirs?"
Pu—All married Men, my ton,