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, Can WO•inake a power plant out of th()
- Sunbeams,. The only solar engintewlaith
/We Yet, Vali made sliceessfel is the
Waterfall, A fraction of the solar reetia.
Men ertergy, reaching the eurInee of the
..eerth Le expanded la couverting surface
deean water into slam or water vneer)
(ind In releitig 111111 steam lo an elevation
ainotig ,the clouds. Part of his energy
is released ia mental', hat only an
elentfleantly small [libelee of the rain -
Ian occurs on elevate:I land in such a.
manner that -a waterfall ran be made
available, There is al, Meet. one ether
_typo of solar engine poserible, and that Is
U surfaee ehernieal eueetnnee expesed
to solar rediatien and (amebic of being
. chemically -transformed to a table sub-
staree, which ellbsetillentlY will glee up
its energy for consumption. le grass
meadow shpporting horses is a erude
form of such a machete. A small frac-
-tion ef the ineelent solar energy is use.
fully abeareed by the chloniphyll In the
grasses. permitting that to build up a
bydeceearben structure from an mei.
renment ga4ealla water and carbon.
dioxide. The tenet% eonstene and assim-
ilate the metes. and each is capable of
delivering a few kilowatt hours a day of
solar energy—an infinitesimal traction
of the feed solar energy incident on the
menclew. It might be postalble, 5011110111
• preeases, to and 0 chemical subleance
- much superbor Uehlerophyll as a reci-
pient or storage material and eapabie of
relearing its energy in an electrical way.
Atmosphere famine is the oolossal
eatastephe that civilization must avert.
Dr. 11. fienriet. of Paris sounds the warn-
ing note. Walt the development of city
systems, of water eupplies, traneporta-
eon moieties, the atmosphere of the
meirepolis hag been ennverled into a
• deleterious vapor -Ill)' unheeded warn-
ing or social peril yet k. be manifest,
although 11is already effeetive. In a
peisenee almvphere we cannot. digest
011r foodnor sleep with refreshment.
Certain organbc. dIseasts, esp.icially those
affecting the hings, the kidneys. and ate
plemeeh, show a eemarealtle increase
with the progressive ileteeteration el at-
moephere in large centres of population.
a word, the rare ia facing an almos-
pherele erisis cif etielt severity that all the
resourcesd hentiatry may be inade-
geate k, impe with it. Dr. Hendee has
made pence' experiments and formu-
lated laws regerding the atmosphere of
eities, In a largo city be theta that the
1.c.we1' layers. id the atmosphere, are
stirred by the winds, but arc not reneW-
ed as rapidly as they are potint•ed. The
air of 111e 0 on LIT nnd 1110 ;sea alwaYs
possesses strong oxidizing properties,
but the air of largo cities always exerts
a deoxidizing aellon.
Cordite is newer than coal, and It -IS
said to be better. When coal is burned
In the ()Jelin/try tionwiele furimee a 00)1-
.61,1,3mm,, sunike is peoduced,
ewing to ineeinetee co:Melee:tn. nee
sinoke. instead of iTing wasted, might
be inede to yield gas ,niia)de for iighting
or tam er, tar, with Ile, vark.us 'oils
which may to made from it, and 001 -
plum, ainumnia. TM( tmticcie of coal -
Re 'quint lc. effect these results by ab-
stracting the smoke from the /..nal before
it i$ for (143i.11,81L2 111111)0,0s. Ilte
residue being a fool which is easily lit,
. gives tint no s0e40,, eurns with a
certain at»ount 1 cheerful flame. Thai)
have helm liy p100 -
tical experiments, and large faelories
are being prepared to cope with the de-
mand which IA 1Xtievitql 10 arise for the
0,1050 01e1 bN,ane
Anown. eurlhee tests
Stearn h•oilers have )).5 :1 gal 1,bl...tory as
far as tin have gone. and 1160v1114 po,-
611110 that Ilia pro:lectern of emotes in
large lowtte ie.:Diu:Illy may be erevented
by the use of the new teed.
—
WONIEN HONEST IN BUSINESS,
Most Cases of Embezalement Found
Among Men.
A foal 551(1 11 /4 not «flea conlmeilled
upon Is that wernen employed in places
of besinees nee hiore honest
than lielr male colleagues, fit almost
every ctr-tt ,11 11)10501(11 '11! rind defal-
cation the culprits ore benui hi be men.
11 is dentenht undorstmel the reason
tor tin, since wonmn k popularly 5up-
11o001.1 to be weaker In every way, 10
'have a lower code of lo 1100 and
ee 5enf1 of itistiee. tbA17 111011 (100, it
come about thel the sight or large emus
of money proves too much tor ninny
men, while women contemplate them
tannoved
Some might say that women 11/1Ve a
Stricter sense of honesty than men.
Yet il retina ley denied 11101 in petty pil-
fering women van hold [how own witb
the lighteet lingered erneleenen who
0' 0) "skeet enother num's staircase
1)1 dead of night.'
Is it too quixotic to velem() that a
besillesis MOM» g develops the eh:trite:ter
Which is 'adore in mote w<men but
which fhb repression of Centuries has
inished Almost out of sight'? More often
item not women unconecketely conform
lo wherever ideal is expected of Mien.
Their employers place confidence in
Clem imd they justify it by their integ-
erty fled uprIghtnese. Their training
develops their gellge of reirponsibility Mid
&Moe, Mid through it they realize that
IA Peery relation of NM nothing aVallS
tit the triumph of painelple,
4e,
'Milk of Malian leindeess hastailing
» 001111000) erath the cream Of Moiety,
TRE SAYFJI AND THE LOST
The Great Gulf Fixed Between Them Is
Determined By Man Himself, -
"fie shall set the sheop on his riget
hand, but the vett on las Mee—
Neel. xxv„ 33.
What is it to be saved? Once there
was no diftlettlly 111 80011ring a glib
enemy to tied question, Ile was savel
elm professed lo believe certain thinga;
ha was damned who deubled them.
The saved were tickelect to heaven; the
rest were as Weedy ticketed elsewbere,
The menfort el beiug billed clear
through te everlasting bliss, without al
much as a change of Cars doubtless
eas enhanced by the opportunity 10
gaze with com,plvency mingled with
eenuniseratien on those poor wretches
who were consigned to everlasting tor-
ment.
This simple division of the race into
tee "ins" and tbe "eels," the elect and
the doomed, remained eatisfactory,
eewever, only as long as there was no
other standard raised by which mea
should be measured than that of the for-
mal acceptance ed 11100(1, As sOon 00
meral standards teem introduced a now
alignment began to take place,
II you begin to classify into the good
and the bad the results will be different'
from that reviled by the standards f
the saved and the lost. Besides this
you have a new problem, that of the
man who neither is good nor bad, who
neither belengs weer the sheep 1101
with the vats. If you Insist on clear
eut divisions, whet are you going to
do with heti?
THERE ARE MANY OF HIM.
The truth is that every man belongs
lo this class ao tar as his character es
cencerned; there are none 510i0)150cl with
evil nor ally unadulleeatedly bad.
There usually is more good than we
expect In others and more base than
we recognize in oueselves. What then
lise become of the old sharp line be-
tween the saved and the lost?
There is a distinction; there Ls a die
avenee, Men either are finding life
er losing it. But that is a different
thing edm classifying humanity on
the testa of their intellectual and moral.
naublenees in credal gymnasttcs. The
differences bet,wcee men are funda-
mental and rneral, rather than intellec-
tual iced external.
Salvation is no1 a legal fiction, a
right conferred by virtue of a feet be-
lieved. It le a pewees waltin the 1110
ef u man. Salvation is living up; 1100))'
111111011 is dying &wit. Heaven le grew -
Ing up into the Me and light of the
spirit, the higher self; 11011 Is decay -
mg in the cleath 01 1110 flesh,
The great gulf fixed between the
saved and tile lost Is vital; it is deter.
mined by Ihe dhectIon of the life, It
grows wider between Individuels 05
each persists In his chosen 001110e, the
ene reaching after the worillY things
before, the other sinking In the lower
depths. It requites ne decree issuing
in thunder to separate a nian; he deter-
mines his place and lot 013' the directton
in which he sets Ms face,
Na man can look down and live up.
No matter te what creed you may give
unreserved assent, no matter in what
measure you may Mat to the virtues
or the mercy of the most high,
IF YOUR UPI?) GOES DOWN,
11 eharactee deteriorates, if the soul
sheinks, if the beset develops, you ban-
ish yourself to perdition,
Progress Ls the proof of piety, Any
man may know of his faith by whether
he. is going forward, And here none
stand still; there are no indifferent
lives; either you move wall the sbeep
svho seek the green pastures and the
Mill waters of the river of Iffe, or wall
th, pries who turn to the desert.
A man needs no credal tat. of 11110-
10 1) eceleeinetient test; here is the
answer Lo the quostien, Am I saved? in
11e further question, Am I being saved?
Am I turning my face to the
I learning the life of love? Is my life
worth ntOre to the world then IL was?
to It rieher, fuller, sweeter, more like
the ideal life of the son of man?
Life either Is buteling up or break.
Mg down for each of us; eilliee WC are
losing- life or we are finding it. Happy
(bey who live up, who set their affec-
liens on thin.gs above, who have learn-
ed the great teacher's lesson of enlarg-
ing the life by living for others, by serv-
ing and self -giving. They have no fear
nt being forever lost 50110 fear no toss
but that of the sout.
HENRY F. COPE,
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
OCT. 27.
Lesson IV. Caleb's Faithrulnees Re-
warded. Godlen Text: Mae. 25. 23.
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Based on the text of the lievised e'er-
eein.
Intervening 131'0010.—T110 initial sue -
()as id Israel at Jeriehe was renewed by
O sharp and unexpected disaster at At,
the defeat of the 811113' 0101 to take this
eily being oceaeioned by the displeasure
of Jehovah with Israel because of the
8111 of Achim, who 11101 vellated the law
of the ban anti appropriated unto
eell p051 or the plunder of the dee/dyed
eity contrary to the dived eneimand of
3011, 11/1 to utterly destroy all Mal lhe
cily transgressor was
finally discovered by lot and put 10
death, together with all those associated
1011.11 him ,chap. 71, Thereupon le, 1.„-
11e50ed assault, upon Ai proved 81100esS-
2111. Fear of Israel induced the powerful
tliboontie elan to resort bi stratagem 110
order b. bring about a league with the
cenquering host of Israel (0hap. 0). The
native kings dwelling in the eines to the
north and south bought. by repealed
et a li I ions end confederacies to oppose
the progress of Joshua's Of Cull -
finest, lo no avatl. Sueoegs contin-
ued to 011111111 w ith 11311101, 6(1 Mot both
in the (south 01111 ill 1110 1101111 the melees
et Israel were victorious. Clinplees 0.12
reeerd these fur er suettesafte exPloils
et Joshua, and In chapter 1.2 is given ft
smoulary list of the kings and peoples
whom the lerneliles under Joslunt con.
quered. ;zeverat etiong eilie$, however,
among 111,111 Jerusalem, rmnainet un.
eitnquereal, and the entioe land dici n01
beeraint the peaeession ef the Heitrews
unlit 1110 cloys of David. Willi the lath
elinplee begins the second tarp,. dm,
skat of lite leek of Joshua. The;
divi-
(41(11 e11111111151S illap101.8 13-12, and
411.111)') 111 Ilw division of the 11111(1 and its
appetrliolunent among the varbouS tallies,
Te the luilies of lieuten and feel nod to
belt of the tribe of elanne8eli WAS as-
signed the territory east of 1 he Joelan
beset hem the elver Arnim 011 1110
8011111 141 Ihe vicinity ot Nicene Hermon
011 Ihe north. The irmisjordante 111)104-!-
141110)) of these tribes is descrihed in
eh:10er thirteen, In IV 154 verse of
this chapter also is recorded the feet
that In thet ribe of Levi, which has been
snerelly set owlet for 1110 service of the
ne, specific inherfintice was
el\ itn. leiter melt& nines 1» Israel were
assigned as priestly reeidence entre,
and ample provision was made for lbe
material support, of priests and Leviles.
Verse 6. Our leason pnesage eontnins
a hetet and inleriasting personal narra-
tive which forms an Integral part of the
acommt of the distribution of territory
west of the Jordan among the nine and
One teat tribes. The Met. that there were
in 011 twelve tribes M be provided for
Without counting the tribe of Levi, which
received no inheritance, is accounted tor
by aoseph's place In the tribal develop-
ment of the family of Jacob being taken
by his two sons, Ephraim and Merles-
eoh, erich of whom became the founder
of a tribe.
Caleb the toe of .MO11'01111 eh —Feast
rnentielled tta one of the twelve ephea
sent from Eadesit-bortlea 10 escertain
the character i5t the Pretnised Land end
1(0 Inhabitante (Num, 111, 6). He and
Jaime were the only eve Who eeterned
trent apYittg bet the land with encour-
aging report:I kindling the ability et uto
Psreolites to lake pcessession of the land.
A.3 a reward fer their covrage and faith
cot this 010/181011 these 13vo men were
alene Spared and deemed worthy
enter upon Israers promised ialteritance
(Nem. 14. 24, 30; 26. 65).
The leenIzzite—Caleb is spoken of in
1 Chien. 2. 5, 18. 25, as a descendant of
liezron, the son of Pharez, and grand-
son or Juette. In our lesson passage alSO
ha is counted as a month re 'ef the tribe
of hal(1l). Fr011i Ills being deeignated the
leenizzlte, however, some have inferred
(but he wag a foreigner by birth, des-
cended item the Edomite tribe bearing
1.1115 name, mentioned in Gen. 15. 10, eed
and he 50118 In reality a 10080710 who
had been humaporated into the tribe of
Judah (Com)). 0011, 3i3. 15, Caielfs
younger brother Ottiniel who afterward
berame the first of the Judges aner
ieshea, is also called "the son of
Kenna." axing). Sate 15. VI and 31111g. I.
13 and 3. 111. It Is poseible, however,
that 1110 Kenaz referred to 10/10 11 mem-
lier of the tribe of Judah, concerning
whom nothing further Ls known, Hann
the fact that One of Cateles sons also
was called Kenaz (1 Chime a. 15), it ap-
petite that the name wits held in gaeat
regard hy the family. 11 was customary
heel among the Hebrews and the
Arabs to thus perpetuate certain faMily
11°7M. Pls(tioni-barneit—The 1010e/in of the
eanip 01 Jerrie] during I1:111 of IV
thirty-eight years et 1110 desert sojoiteit,
tind next, to Sinai the Waa4 important
of a;1 the resting Wave of the ehildren
of Israel belevren Egypt and Canaan.
As 11 was in my heart—According 10
ny honest conviction and belief.
Made tho heart of the people melt—
famed them to he afraid (comp. Nurn.
If, 1, 1; Deut. 1. 28).
1 wholly followed :fehevah-eleacing
dm absolutely at his word and believ-
ng faithfully in his peceniscs.
a. Moses swore on that day—This site-
eflc oath of Moses le, not recorded in
he narratives of Num. 1-0 and Deut. 1.
I, Is probable, therefore, that, Caleb here
moles an express declaration of the
mat lawgiver not recerded in the Pen-
eleuch, but timelier to eceithea, in whose
1011111100 11 Illay have been uttered.
10. These forty and live years—Tlas
awns° taken with the statement in verse
1
1
7
01
41
ler
S
(1101)31, Deer' 1111) 0117 itself wag ceded
y Caleb lc: (he Leyte% .To -oh. 21. 1))
lee The nettle of Ilehron—liebron was
pparently the meginal tuna of the
eel
ily, whafter Abrehrim% slay there
ad received the mime leirentheirba. At
111 HMO of (:1s Inking posseesion ef
Li inhere:ince the 11101051 )10100 of the
ItY was reatoeed.
The land had rest) (rote war—A period
1 poem) followed the entering of Israel
pon 118 inhernanee,
The leseeit pasenge for to -day elleuld
studied, especially 1)3 the 0011101 And
dun 0)1)10(4, 1)1 c0ene11tI1?n wll1 a sur-
ey of the erne narrative devoted to
distelhution of the land among 1110
thee and Mete eettlement in their pee,
store Compare chaplet% 15-10 1110111-
VC(
above, that Caleb W410 forty years old
vele sent hy Moses "front Kadesh
w-ber-
a to spy, out the land," witted seem lc
11(1)1141111 tIml) approximately flee years
ad now VIISS111 Stnee Israel had crossed
lie .Tordan nt Jerieho and entered the
erritory of the Land of Promise.
12. This hill country--Sotah 15( 3(401)-
Mem in the irnmediale vicinity of He.
ron. In this mountain fastneas there
welt an unecnquered eny
em.
Tho Annicim—A race of giants. Com-
er(' note in Lesson Word Studies for
plember 1.
Gilles great aed fortified—L(11*ga and
beng only by comparison with othea
ales (if that early lime.
14, Heleron became the inheritance of
eliee...erogeteer with the eerreeneing
Thg'Hii
4-Veeelelleteeleaelege, 11I4e1105geteti
TESTED 1117011110.
()yeller and Vegetable StCe, CAA
geraPed riXt Carlota in haleinelt dim, to
one phu, and boil in slightly
aalt.Ni water Until almost done, Add
one pint of polutoes similarly Weed,
elifee have been parboiled for five min-
utes, Ilion drained, Season well salt and
pepper and iceep at a gentle bolt until
lette are tendee, but enbroken, allowlug
111e walor almost to cook away, Pielc
over, rinso and drain three dozen small
oysters. To tho vegetables add a pint
of while sauce ()11ade with tee table-
spoonfue; each nt butter and flour and
O plat et milk with salt and pep(1er);
when It bcgees to simmer add the oys.
ters and continue the cooking until they
mune) and rutile, Then add ono table-
sroonful of chopped parsley and servo
at once.
Steamed. Bloaters—Wrap each fat
bleater in dampened coarse brown
wiaPping paper, lay on a lint pan and
place in a hot oven just tong enough be
make very 1101 through. Send la the
-
tulle without removing the paper.
Itlank Steak with Tomatoes—Prom a
good-sized flank stealc trim off any bits
or Whereat gristle, scoro well on both
skim with a sharp knife /11111 rub thor-
oughly* with salt, pepper and a cut clove
of garlic. In a braising or covered drip-
ping pan put a layer of sliced onions
and carrots, and on this lay the meat,
pienkling the top with two tablespoon-
fule of chopped suet. Pour round it
1101! a ca0 of thick lemato soup, or a
Mt -seasoned tomato ammo, Cover and
cent: in a 1110(10111(0 oven for 1,4 hOurS,
Servo with the sauce 614111(1y thin)ed;
if nearly evaporated in cooking use the
venial/Wee of the can of soup,
Hain Noodles -1n a bawl drop three
eggs, beat just enough le mix; add two
tablespoonfuls of (5)I01 water, one cupful
and a 11:111 of finely chopped cold boiled
ham and a quarter of a teaspoonful or
Paerilm. Mix 10 a very stiff dough with
sifted bread flour. Dirlde in three: or
four parts and reil each out very 1.11111;
then pat a floured napkin or oloth under
OIL pagle and roll again until as thin
as paper. Sprinkle with Dour end let
siend while the other pieces are being
relied, teen let them real, for hall an
hour to dry slightly. Roll up like a
jelly rolL and with a sharp knife cut off
10 the thinnest cf shavings. Cook for
fifteen minutes in boiling chicken or
veal broth, draln and servo sprinkled
with chopped parsley. 11 111141(1, a par-
tici') of the broth may be slightly thick-
ened and poured over the noodles when
111 a serving dish.
Apples Baked with Pork—When the
roust of fresh pork is half done lake it
rrom lite oven mid peek ecund it, ma
side down, tart apples which have been
quartered and cored without. paring.
Peter» to the oven and finish tlx roust-
ing. When done transfer the apples
carefully le a hot vegetable dish, and
servo wait the meat. 'This Ls a better ac-
companiment than the traditional apple
sauce,
A. Relish for (10Id eleals—Tie one tea-
spoonful each of whole cloves and Imo.
ken stick cinnamon in a bit of thin 01515-
11», Place in a saucepan with tw
pettilds of Mown sugar, and ono pin) of
good vinegar. Stir until the sum». is
(Resolved. then boil fol' five menace.
Add two pounds and a half of large
seeded raisins, draw to the side ef the
fire, covee closely and simmer vay
gently until they are plump and lender,
Put up in small jars and serve with cold
n
Luncheon Dish—Setect smooth,
1Aealgo,
s
good-sIzed poiatoes, scrub and wall
well, then &y. 13rush all over with a
little melted butter, then bake In a mod-
waite ovea until tender. Take out a few
111 11 time, cut ott part of elle side and
quickly scoop out a cavity the size of a
largo egg. Sprinkle the inside well with
pepritca end a thick layee of grated
cheese, deep in a raw egg, lay on a hot
platter and cover with a liot metal cover.
leshen quicicly do»e, the heal of the polit-
e) wall Is eerie:lent to melt the cheese
and set tile egg avithout returning to
the oven, sprinkle with finely chopped
pa esloy,
A Good Scallop—Fill a buttered baking
dish well 15157101110 .1)13(418 of boiled rice,
0440)8011 10111111<108 (the 1,111ck, pulpy por-
tion), and aimed corn. Season * wen
with ealt end pepper 11114:1 C10i with bes
of huller. teprinkle thickly with buttered
crumbs and bake to 30 Ininutes in a
hot oven,
Salad of Celery and Chestnuts—To IX,
eupfuls 01 11110(7 out celery add one pint
of boiling water, one teaspoonful or
finely chopped onion, one teaspoonful of
salt and a dash of eayentte. Boll gently
until the celery is lender, then acid one
tablesponnful of granulated gelatin°
which has been soaked in three table-
spoonfuls or cold water, and stir until
the gelatine is dissolved. Strain into n
wetted hoedee mould and stand in the
icebox until nem In the meantime,
shell and blanch one p1111 01 large Ream
chestnuts and simmee in boiling water
until tender, then drain and chill. Q1104'
('1 them and martente with a French
dressing and let stand for at least tevo
hours; then drain off the remains of the
droving and mix with thick me>'cn-
11111811. out the celery jolly on a
dish covered wIth blanched lettuce
Eaves ancl heap the chestnuts 01 the
centre, garnishing with bits 01 the may.
011naise.
Deviled Cheese—Mix tegethee a hale
pound ot Philadelphia creatn cheese,
three ounces of the prepared Roquefort
which comes in jers, ten Mello of
chives, finely Minced, a ball teaspoon -
fel of salt, a hall teaepconful of papri-
4
ka one drop of labour), one teaspoon.
1111of Womestershere and two table.
spoonfuls of tomaee cresup. Work end
blend legether ehoroughly, using
wooden beetle, Paelc in jars and colear
and keep in a cold plea, It is good as
sendwIch Mling, te spread ma Stettin%
for the salad ecterse or to serve with
water etelekere after toffee.
1, tflo Orange Crika—Creeel (me guar -
tee of a polled of butter with six ouncee
of sifted powdered sugar; add gradually
ore) wee -beaten egg, the grated rind of
an orange, 000 half of n euptuil ot cold
water end one 00p11)1 of pastry fleet,
sifted IMO° with One scant thaspeonful
Of baking poWder Mel It When et ealt.
Wit steadily ter text lxsbltoa4 then. titre
Into little flitted pally pane, well 111111 *1
00, and bake 111 a 111011141110 01'011 1111
nively aimed, When cold, ice waft
fend:1111 flavored well ovenge extraet,
one on Me venire of each rake melte a
daisy with strips c.f 1>111111,1 ((1 tilmonds,
the ()Nem filled well finely (hopped
candied orange peel.
Macaroon Sundae -Make /I 11011011 nue-
lanl with ono cupful ancl a, half et milic,
three eggs, a pinch of sea and ttiir ,vant
1111/1111 411 SUM% strain (11111 (*ee). Add
(MR pint of rieh cream, five 1) p1 01
1111110)111 eXtead, tWO lenepoonfulf: of
vanilla, anti one cupful of stale 1100
macaroon erumbs. Freeze and let stand
pecked for 111 least Ism lives. In the
meantime have ready ene feet or thick
whipped (teem .some halved pecan rtilt
monis arid a maple sauce made by
vi tinning ((lightly, a .scani pint ot melee
syrup, adding MN tablespoonfuls of ricli
oream, 11115111g thoroughly, 1110n chillbig
on Ice. To serve, hall 1111 the punch ov
champagne glass witly the 'man cream,
adil a ep00u011 or two of the whipped
cream, garnteli with sortie of the nut
meals mid pour a nate of IV sauce
round the base,
HINTS FOR THE 1101\41?,,
Brush !lolly FrIngee,—Keep 1 email
tete se:lee-ling Welsh to brush fringe on
deities when !ming.
Make Line Reee—Make n vete for your
clothe) Ilne by crossing two pine sticka
and nailing 111N11 at the intenseetior
Wind the line about this 111 a ball, anc
yob will never be troubled with kink
and knots.
To Hang Wnsh SI:Ms.—After wash
Mg a skirt. hang it on lite line to dry
folded in the middle Gf the front, and 1
Neje hong straight, eularwise a 15111 1101
11115 Is especially true or woollen skirts
e'er:into Juice for Rust. — \Vol rus
spots on clothing well Minato juice an
spread in the sunshine. Repeat 1)1111
Me Mains entirely are removed.
Securely aieni Bottles.—Do -not west
time fitting ckrIcs to entsup and chit
sauce bottles, but dip a piece of strong
while cloth into melted sealing wa5 am
tie over the top.
Chamois Skins, Soiled chamois aides
may be denied le, soaking for a little
whet, in gaselier), then squeeze and rub
until all dirt disappears, then l'inse h
clean gasoline and lay in the sun to dry
To Test Custard.—Always lest u rus
Intel with a silver knife or spoon. When
heeling cesiard the knife becomes thieely
waded when the custard is done, and in
MEXICO'S OABOWOODS,
Material kw the 'Woodworher of Merit
\Yes 11111 15)10111)'.
enaletY ef wooda of value to \melee -wk.
ors that aro gec,whig 111 the forests or
roexicA)," seal 1 tenter eepert
who reeently made n• low of thal part
of Mexico, °Thine+ ind govern1 varieties
of Mahogany, ()edgy, oak, meewood,
010ed,lY01v41((Is ,81(18:)11,:t10ee
111,to51111s111111111101114rE(v.
reponding
10 0111 11111C013'. eherry, and
olher fine, (Imerlauti woorbi Iluit ere now
ex,1,71111)1),(313,csficalleii.;seetutil(01 are 1
6
*111011g 115 11011. 0011111 the tilahogatete
eixhia, merevoixt end dyewood net well
111101111 ICI 05 Ilinaigh Importations from
thpro, 11)0 unknown varieties or woods
itilifittilLare just DS valuable are guile pita).
"Among these 1.0 0111 called 011p01e,
which grows to a greet size, Alt 10111(111
lite wood of this tree has peculiar)), val.
unble qualities foe lumber It is seldom
novel), as the producee 0111010, the t
am
gutste:.tiin that way, the 1111 eelng valued
which foams the 1)01(1 cif most) chewing
`111.116 wood of tee zapo(0 tree Is deal(
red, and Is easily worked until leer -
ought), iseaeooed, when 01)13, the finest
edged toole will have any effete on it,
1. and a sharp pointed nail is driven tato
it with ditiletilty The fibre of the wood
$ is so douse teat the wood sinks in mem
11110 iron.
. "In the prehlstorle ruins that abound
,in these Mextetni Lormies aro limbers
and door frames that are RS perfeet. 10-
; (lay 11.8 551)00 they were nest Owed in
, pattern. The wood lalces a magnificeut
linish, as do nearly ail of these etextean
herd woods, and would be e 01110 1111100
1 kir the cabinetmaker.
'Moire Is an odd wood among Mose
e forests known as the gran tree, which
when lapped yields a blank sap, which
1$ sent in Mtge quantities M Genitally,
1 where it is used in the reeking of Mk
and dyee Another tree yields a sap that
is 11 (11111 red, and (fermany also takes
teigely of it for the neuter:whim of
(1305,113esides these that abound in that
pare of Mexico there aro vast areas or
- pine, a timher that recent:1N our pop -
bee 1001 III 1/111111, 111.1111S Of 0/11C. 11111011
10 1113, surprise, mere than 6,000 feet
above the S1/1 1 101111/1 11 big seem:Ill in
baked enslave the knife should COMO ou
cleam when custard is baked.
USE3 Base Burner to Iron.—If you Wive
O haso burner, have 3011 ever Med put-
ting your irons in on the fire? In that
10113' you can, with no detrimeet le the
tire, emit rentinuously with no smudge
Or 5111010 111 ihe roone as you open the
stove doer only long enough tc set an
Wort in or lake one out.
1Jse Gasoline in Washing.—To loc.sen
the dirt and assuee whiteness In your
centhes, boil with 11141 5011(1 water a table -
spaniel of gasoline to each half boiler
or water. This is better than kerosene,
as no odor remains and there will be 110
signs of grease.
Correct Way to Wash. Dishes.—When
oaring the cllning-lable scrape all the
dishes thoroughly. Tumblers 11101 have
centained milk should riot be washed In
hot water, as it clouds the glass perma-
neutly. Arange the dishes Mr washing
ane wash in the renewing order : Glees,
silver, cups and satiate, finally the
plates and dishes. Always wash the
cleanest first and a few at a time. Two
pans should be used—ono for washing,
tine for rinsing, and have an abundance
of water in mole Have plenty of clean,
Neel towels. The dishcloths should al-
ways be washed out afterward In fresh
wilier and hung in the sun whenever
possible.
TOADS AS DF,STROVERS.
Roaches and Weleahnos No Longer a
Menace in Kitchen,
The latest and most, ingeniotie way of
getting rict of roaches and watorlings 10
ta catc11 some i(RICIS, according to cto e5"
change. The toads will do the mai.
A servant, hearing that toads wove an
Radek+, caught throe ordinary hop
loads and put me111 in Ihe kitchen. Not
a mach 00 waterbug, it was stated, 0111
1101, be found in the 1101/SP, Th13 101018
haVe beC011/0 C.100/11811e0 1111, /10re1' wan.
der about lho hoes:), and are so cleanly
and Inoffensive thol there is no objec-
tion to their pa:genet).
Another use for Muds is to employ
them for Mew1 destroyers in Ilie gine
dens, They are deleamined enemies of
all kinds ot senile ance elugs, which. 11
Is well known, can in 11 single night de-
stroy n vest quentity ot lettuce, carrots,
vicarages, eta, Toada are also kept in
vineyards where they dewier Miring the
night: millions of Insects) that escape the
'emelt, of nocturnal Weds, and might
amine incalculable havoe on the ludo
end young shoots at the vine. 1)1 Paris
toads are an a111010 of machandise.
They are sold 84 11111 tete of a irane 100
a dozen.
KING ALFONSO'S COLLECTION
Artreles Which Ilave Endcmgered, Ills
Lite Collected 1)3,, Monareh.
In a room 111 the palace nl. Madre'
is a collection of articles by width King
Altonso's I11 has been endangered,
emongst the articles being a ImIle with
which a runlan tried to assassinate the
y(ung monarch when ha was a boy,
the ekln ot the horse WiliCh Wag killed
by a bomb, in Paris, some mementoes
of 1110 Madre' outroge, and also a stone
witich ante from 131, Sebastian. Two
years ago the king, whim taking a walk
through a narrow street, found his path
blocked by some chairs which a wine -
seller had tuenee oult while washing
his shep. The king trled to Itimp over
the obslacle, but his spur caught In
a chair and he tell, knocking lee head
against the lintel of the door. He was
1101 stunned, but, rieverthelese, he
boueht the etone against whith he hit
his head and added 11 10 hie eolfeetion,
GREAT THINGS.
"1St easy Mr the average.man
To do greet, things, you'll end;
That is, Ws easy quite for him
To do there—in lits meld." .
BOBBLY.
After aft, Ike faMe that area the
average 10111115 but (1 bubble ealleed by
bleWieg 4114 Own 110e04
active operation, with a Yankee from
Maim) a101 the head of 11.
"Arid he was»1 bothering with stet
eemmonplace logs as nuthogialy,
cedar, rosewood or Suell tts that, Inn was
cutting awny el Me while pine and enk,
for those are the woods that the native
buyers and users of lumber demand, Aa
a matter of fact, a Mexican lumber
dealer would be willing 1() trade you
mahogany for One yellow pine, log for
ter
'FOOT IIINDING IN CHINA.
Origin of Me CusloT1 Among the Womett
of the Ennere.
Thitily-lwo years ego the girls nod
won tell of the Chineso empire were
under the dominion of a most cruel and
anchel custom. Learned men 111100 11-1)11
to discover Hs origin, Ind they have
failed, and 150 111113' 11S:511111 1/1111 the
Mundeea ol 11 111111 101 11111111 11111111»111
to have 11 vecorded 111 1Ito n0110110 his -
levy.
They enn only suggest tbal there was
once a coneublee of ono of 1110 teepee -
ON or China, who was exceedingly
beautiful, but unfortunately she MIA (111-
101111e/1 ite her feet. she wae compelled
dPguise her misforliine. The ladies of
j, meet au 000101)e 1111(mi:ins ways to
1111 (01111 501511111g 10 10111 1111 Slidie
61111111 tip thole Met very much as she
had done, and the noble Incites ouleide
ot 1110 court, wishing 10 be 111 Ihe ewe)
fashion were not skiw to follew still.
Those of stilt hunibler rnuk, desiring lo
ape the manners of 1.110 leutteie tit rush-
twiettel und distorted lho feet of their
datigitiers.
This cruel and unelghtly rustom
spread with wonderful rapidity through -
011 1111 10110111 Of the 111113110, 1 11100(11d
1110 111.1111S of princes tent nobles and the
laintlies of the (1/111111011 twinge, and
evett friend a Maguey:11 among the weir)
(set of the pour, who, if they had im
melee, lo put themselves 00 11 level with
their lietters, litid al least their feel to
show that 11) (me Ming they were
le short, foot tending had WA! 8111.11 101
0VC1'110181.eVing grill Oil I110 "1e01110 1110
(411111)7)3'..llIf/158 over been able lo («douse it
e
laved royal edict* 1110 tire used lo
sweep everything helot% teem and lo
bend the will of the people in humble
emenieston terve been issued 111 vain,
Poet binding had ils roots entwined
around the Immo and in family, life, Hue
lo Ione then) le) seeneel lo liftmen) the
doslenelien of the whole soteal eysieut,
KITE FIGHTING,
The Japanese and Chinese 1001 kite
fights. 10 the lotto nets 1110 Idle strings
ate ecaled well a prepniellon of pow-
dered glees that Ova teem all along
their length liny one,' teeth, and 1110 ob.
feet is for one string le fall sowlike over
atiethee so as to cul, it. Greet seen is
dispinyed in these lights. Youtig 111011
handle (het- kites womieefully, 01000I11g
them here and there in a way metered
of outside the Orient. A elle, as Jr nlive,
secklenly darts cloven and In the len, it
croasea the fence of another Idle, the Iwo
strings ewe together with a hemming
seund, mid In n. jiffy the under line, lls
mei broken, falls like a shot bird to the
giettiid, A jefinneee or Chinese expert
thinks nothing of sending tip a Idle so
1)1011(00 hams it shall fly directly above
hie hand.
flow a man does hale lo exchange
wood reoney for a recelpted bill t
After all, the fame that domes to the
te,erege tnan 15 bet a bubble caused by
blowing his own Nun.
Visitor: "Why don't yoll engage Da,
Deck? He can speak twenty languegee."
Sick talent "hut I want to be cured, not
translate:"
thedergrriduele (af)er Stepping the
ween(1 Mar) familterly on the back):
eah, pardon. o, 0111 1 Illeerght you
\vete 1)1111100110 else:" Stranger (with icy
erildriese): "YOU Are :Vile eeerect. 1
lean"
A FATHER OF THE CITY
ANDREW LUSK, LORD MAVOIS
OF LONDON IN 1873.
Itee;04.111131,tifak;I:Lbati:::(11, seeeosn
shim. Fermate
Public service In the City of London
appareiely,, an excelleet method for
retaining longevity. bee eew 01 1110- city
fathers 110.14/1 file 11110111 Of 811 /1.11/11014
LUSIC, who was Lord mayor in 1878-- then
Icing in his 01411 yTer -and ('00401)113ce-
lebrated his 07111 bleheny.
Sir Andrew was sheriff 111 18110 and
alderman for Aldgate, ille Ward now
represented le, eft 'John Potted, in.
1863, 1115 interesting to .note line tile
(1(11101' member of the preeent court ef
aldermen. Ste John leIlls, was. &dee,
man In 1372„aheriff in 187'1 and Med
mayor in 1881.
.S11, Andrew Lusk is the son of a
small Ayrshire farmer--ri stern Presby-
terian with, Ibis satcl, the Mood 01 )11)1
Cevenantees in his veins. 130111 in 1810,
11 12 remackable 111111 110 has lived in the
reigns of 'no fewrr than five 13r11i0l1
severelgns, and that he was nearly 5
yearg Old when Widerloo was fought.
He et a striking Instance of 11 self -
mule and successful man of business,
and owes 111$ 101111SA almost ;entirely
to his own untiring energy, Ills gooil
meet:Melon, lils keen insight alert his
happy temperament,
1
Turning his )4 1845
010011. 11(1011 ogee:Are -
as a 11101115 of livelihood. he at rut PAY
age vole Ma way 10 Greenock, twee,
1.11 ceurse of Lime, he founded a test -
nags in ships' stores, 111 1813 he trOls.-
krred the scene of les atilt it les fele
the banks of 1110 Clyde to London, it'd
kw 40 yeaes cortenued at. the head
the prospeeous firm whIelt sell (rad:
tindea lite »ante.
In 1865, Mr, Aldmenan Lusk, 1,5 (1
then was, with characteristic sagnete
sought the., suffeages of the Radler
borough of Finsbury, oece represeide
al, foe many years. hy Thos. Slingsby
Duneombe, a nephew of Lcird Fever-
etituu, whose Iladleal tendencies led him
te advocate the demolition of the Tower
er London, in order that its valuable
site might V turned lo Ilia nation's bet-
ter advitatage.
He was returned to parliament. and,
with (he late W. T. McCullagh Tor -
rens, continued to represent, Icinebury
ter 20 years, 11 Was then it laege eon-
etauency, 111101013' populelccl and tilled
wall workers of 1111 Rwts, from Higley
:edited mechanics to the lemma COS -
111S. The aldermen was 1111111111SPly
popular with them all. and Ids gerittelly
and ready wit, always ensured him, le-
gether web the palatable charaeler 4.1
lec meneures he advocated, an enthUst-
nal1e reception whether al a meeting (If
"uneenli)1venlsieg- Nonconformists
ot the more advanced lladicals of Clue -
ken welegreee.
fIE WANTED TO IaNOW.
Ile establiehect a repultillint in par-
liament, as a regular and moet persis-
tent critic of the "im»ual estimates,'
anti in this capaolly Was good-humored-
ly satirized In Vanity Fair in a clever
cream()) in welch lie 101113 repacsenleal
"estimates" In hand, as 'The elan 'Whe
Wants bi Know,"
llis mayoralty we 11 brit 1 ian one,
Ile gave a bull al the etansion fleuse
which was attended by the Duke of
Edinburgh ane his Russlan bride, and
welcomect the- teztw of (ill the Russia'
on his visit to the city. Lord Moils:,
ny ellen Sir Garnet) \yes ('11(1')') 11(4)011
hia return from Astiantee; 0.1101 terouge-
cut the yene (lie trader:en of the 5I').
8(4)1) House for "spteneld hospitality"
woe worthily mainteined. Credited 4
baronet, Sir Andrew( accompanied he
Lacly Luak, had thehonor of being
privately received by Queen eletoria at
In business circle') Sir Andrew Lusic
lis always. been held in bigh cetinite
lien as a mon of character, integrity
and tact, Essenlinlly firnetteal one
maller-of-Inet, something, perhapa,
or the martioet about him, he yet. en-
UNilo Mend lvinkleass lo'efinfiletlatiti*(1'.11 '11.10Irs 0111;,11)1',111titY..
in the Iasi 150e or three yam that lie
has relinquialied the chairmanship of Om
Ceneral Assurance Company. Ht, whoae
annual meetings it was SO 1011g 1118 11111-
10111 to peeskle, and tunil (Mile lemony
beewas gill a dinette' of the I,onden
301151. Stock 13051le
STILL 1714EN.
AllItough now living 111 comperelively
retirement at les houee 1» Sussee
Square, Sir Andrew still follows wile:e-
l:0011 interest lbe events of the thee
rind may V seen delving ln the Perk
581111 Lady Lusk almost, nny emeinng
\;1111ble
enIlle weather Is in the leael rate
0
Il would be safe lo say Illat the Mng,
51101150111 0111000 011 Ibis lenient. 1)11(4110-
0(111)1)5) business men k direelly (IOC 11
1)10 intense aetivity cif his life, and to
the happlit varied character of Ids pee
sult,a,
In this connection 11 ts Mime:41111g 'te
emote (tun 11 clu)ainIngly weitten ere.
chute) by the veleene writ(7r, Etteerd
illarglell, on "15010 Does 11 10001 to Grow
01I"‘X'1l 1111111..t. Nisitint0
tie0).113100(1td: promote (116
:ellailees gieeteIng very rile is a bone
tie constitution to shirt witheand thel3
tile excreter) or common-sense In the
practice of Impotence in 1111 'lenge;
moderation in eating ancl drItildng,
without. the Indulgenee of huts of any
.puts alr and plenty of 111111(1, trest
God, Mid a desire to do good to onc'S
'fellow -creatures, avoldento of ereed
and selfishness, Thee° ore the llithes
that tiro likely to bring n nem pone°
at, the last. Then Nvluit dem II. flintier
whether yen) are called mem to deport
et a 11111011 earlier perio(11e
The reelect is prolided, bet it Is not
etwity)3 ease le fellow,
l'hofe is 111)0111 rue 'Melee Sense le rt
Wontart% 0504100) 05 ((1555 it 111 a 11111111'S
Oeetleee