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PBX 15 1900
IIE ROYAL MESE OF JESUS°
We May Rejoice That We Belong to
Christ's Pamily
Our Heritage is Very Large, Tho' we Are All Partakers in
the Sorrows of the Mighty Family of Jesus, Yet the' Ex-
tensive Family Bstate and Property, the Many Family
Mansions, the Joyous Family Reunion and Banquets, ,
Have All Been Bequeathed to Us.
.A despatch from Waelliegton says: of the lies touch the battery, and all
—nee Rae, Dr, Talon ,ffe ereaeo,e trona the chola feels tbe shook. So, by ret -
son of •the filial material and pater -
r°" : nal relations of jib. NW Sifted SO 0100e
judges vile, 18. togethee teal. mem troueie.sets its
Zebra' and Zalmunna had been; off to bettery, all eeel the thrill of distress,
beta% ate when they came baele they So, in the great Christian family, tbe
were asked wh et kind ef petiole they sm._ row of one ought to be Lbe sorrow
of all. Is one peraeeuted? Alt eloper
b"' scan' 'theY "a -"red lhal secuted. Does one suffer toes? We all
people had a ruyal ane : h StIffor lees. fa one lereaved? We are
one resembled the children of a king," all berenved.
I stand to -day before many wliu have " 91:ervoilur tturineanr; e y dtgoort.thaeir wf 01 ose.
this appearance. inueed, they ten It t ou rejoice atguirinlintahaserei misfortune
the sone and dim -letters et the Lord Al- you are not one of the sheep, but one
of the Rolla end the vultune of sin
h .th :lighted your soul, and not the
Dove of the Spirit.
Next. I notice the family property.
fax wealth, or intelligence, The mote After e man of large estate dies, the
ot Washington mean., pa.riudem, al.- fele lions assemble to hear the will
though some of the blOOd 01 lhal' rece re .1. Se much of the property is wel-
has become, veiy emu in etei 1..., d to hie sons tool so moth to els
deuehters, and se mutih to benevolent
erEtti0O. The Lundy M. Amehe steed soeleties. Our Lord Jesus bath died;
as the repeeeentative et letters. The I rend eve are ass ;meted to -day to bear
family ot the italeseadds is ameiticene the wi:1 reed. says, " ely pees, I
Thrall . he
of wealth, tee loss of tarty theleiuni.ole Vet.° says "All are yours.
dollars in 181.3 euLano them to teu What eterything? Yes; everythingi
convenienee; and within a few years This woe' 1 aryl he next. In distin-
they have loaned Itue.ia Lweive guuished families there are old I -
lions of dollars, beetles tweu.y-t.ve . r;eecalTIneffirefleot,h114-ledvoaml They
millions, Auetria fury ena es ate. They ar eery 01 1, 'an.1 hate
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England I.WO 1111,i(leet1 uoieeee; eee , come down from generation to gen
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the stroke of Lheir pen on the mum— etio°tel.thbeonIatt'll '1st ..-CzAdalats t
he bern-
Mg house desk shakes everything teem ! loom of our royal family. The morn -
the lriet eea to the Demme. ethey breaks from the East The mists
open their hand and there is war; ..ety ; travel up hill, aboee hill, mountain
been Inoue. ain unlit sky -lost. The
shut a and there is eeme. The Letuee to ;este are lu.1 Of ehirp, and buzz, and
of lleeeburg, in Au. tree the demee of song. Tree's leaf and bird's wing
&aerie in England, the Alumni Le for ter with gladness. Hooey mak-
Bourbon in France, were Lthelies ef ers hi the log,. and beak against tbe
, bark; and se:turrets chat Write on the
impel -ha euthority. . rail; and the bad of the hawk out of
Bit 00014 to preath of a Mindy a clear sky, make you feel glad. The
more pow:alai, more iech, end more sun, rivbich kinalti conflagration
extensive—the Royal House ef Jeaus, LitsseniginaaareithttlicdatInies, oE!ridelatou%toaotils.
of' whom the whole family in heaven to eaint the lily aud the'butte;.-
and oa earth is named. epe, are, bated cup yellow, and the forget-me-not
relatious by Lhe relaLienthip ef the b....ue What can resist the sun?
Light for the voyager over the deep!
emese ell et 118 ere the children ef tbe Light for the sheeherd guarding the
King, flocks aiieldt Lieht for the poor who
First, I epeak. oe our family name, have no lamps to burn! Light for
When we see a descendent el seine the downcast and the lowly Light
mighty. Thotee now in eeite ,hey
shall yet .come to their theune..
There are family names that stead
oi liedrt Mne,
edi le Mod, eiteigf la th
wertie ee tee Qatitielos, tale my
leVe. ene 44* Mei and mum away,
ewe (Mee baViette pet oe Toler haled
the eignere rtilo of elle Wye, PM will
eleilowed teeth ail (z8 hemmers oet
AeaVele,
eleete releeltde a the fatelly manston.
4 m.g111, Mere Inclodied this u.uder tae
Met heed, but did not elmose to do
ea. Itt le amyl iio near tliel let of May
that le, le, a great, quesleen WiI Melee
ee yore where; yet Meal' nye; you may
eave to Mere alto h011103 that will
mit suit e cm, in s tree& you do not
tate, But do not worey, and I will
u311 yo e something tbat will oh'
you up ; tVe Shall Leyte a mansion he -
and -bye from welch we. shall never be
removed.
'most every family looke back to a
homestead—some country photo there
y oat grew ma. You sae; orr tee door -wall.
Xetu healed the tiootetep of the nem on
he garret roof. You, sevaug on the
gate, 'OM rallSaCkal the barn. You
weded into the. brook, You threshed
the orchard for apples, andi the neigh-
bouriae woods fur nuts; and every-
theug around Gm old homestead is of
intereet to you. e tell you oli the old
Manestead of eternity, In my fath-
er s house are many mansions, When
we talk of matelots we think of
Chatsworth and its park, nine miles
eireumemence, and its conserve-
r:eery, that astonishes the world ; its
gaderiee of art, that contain the tri -
ample of Chantrey, Canova, and Thor-
wa-sden; of the kings roul queens who
have walked its stately halls, or, fly-
ing aver the, heather, have hunted the
grouse. But all the dwelling places of
dukee, and prineee and queens, are as
nothing to that fatally mansion that
Is already awaiting our arrival. The
hand, of my Lem) Jesus lifted, the pil-
lars ani swung the doors, and plant-
ed the parks. Angels etialk there, and
the good of all ages.. The poorest
men in that themes is a millionaire,
and the lowliest a king, and the tam-
est word he epeake is ant anthem, and
and the shortest life an eternity. It
touk a Paxton to build for Ceats-
wceeh a covering for the wonderful
flower, Victoria etegia, five feet in
diameter. But our Lily of the Val-
ley shall need no shelter from the
blast, and in the opengardens of God
retail put forth its full bloom,
and all heaven shall 001110 to
look at it, and its aroma than be as
though the eheirubim had swung be-
fore tha throne, a thousand censers.
I have not seen it yet. I am in a
foreign land. But my Father is wait-
ing for me to come home. I bave bro-
therAnd sisters there. In the Bible
I have letters from there, telling me
what a fine place it is.- It matters
not muith to me whethe-r I am sick
or poor, or whether the leorld hates
or loves me, or whether I go by land
ow sea, If only I, may lift my eyes
at lase an the family mansion. It is
not a frail hetes, built in a montb,
SO= to crumble, but an old mansion
which is as firm as the day It twas
built. Its walls are grown with the
ivy of ages, and the three at the gate-
uee greatly celebeattia lu the Itte; for aching eyes, and burning brain., way arel abloom with the century
tury, ite look at him with prufeune and wasted captive! Light for theplants of eternity. The queen of She-
inteee.t. To have ceneuerore, smooth brow of childhood, and for the ba hate walked, its halls, andEsther,
interest,. To have eeneoee,A. dim visiou of the octogenarian. Light !and Wein. Antionette. and Lady
kings or princes in Lee au for queen's coronet, and for sewing-. Huntingeon, and Wilberforce, and Ce-
restral lixxe maw lustre to the kbose monfng
1 iS this? My morn- Hu, hertord, and Juhn Milton, and the
irl s needle. Let there be light 11 v.1, and jemmy Taylor. and Sarauel
faudly mane. In our ale was aliang
and a Conqueror, The Star in thelej• r
I You morning. Our Father, widow who gave two mites, and the
Bast with baton of Sight woke up the gave us the feature and hung it on!pool- poor man from the hospital. These
eternal orceestra that made melee at the sky in Moos of fire. It is the'
I two laet eutehening, all the kings and
Hibirth. From thence He storted heir -loom of our family. !And so the ! queen% of eternity.
e
forte to conquer all nations, not by night. it is full -moon. Tee mists '
. A faintly mansion means reunions.
Lrautpling them dawn, but by lifting from shore to shore gleam like shat- - Some ca your families are very much
theua up. St. John eaw Him on a tered mirrors; and dee ocean under i „
white horse. When He returns Lie will her glance comes up with great tides I etea"ere —
el The children married, and
not bring tee captives cheined to hie leten2s!eng, u. on Lhe beach, mingling, as
poor 1 Charleston; but, perhaps, once et year
vent off to St. Louis, or Chicago, or
wheel, or in iron tinges; but. 1 hoar the ' upon
and fire- The
stroke oe the hoofs of the snow-white man ifleesses God for throwing such a! you oome togetber at the old place.
cavalcade that bring them to the gates c.heap liVht through the broken win-1IIew
you wake up the old piano that
in triumph. dow-pane into his calein; and to the has been silent for years. (Father and.
Our family name takes lustre from sick it seems a light from the other . mother do 1:10t leaty on ite How you
the seta: that heralded Him, and the shore ehich bounds this great deep; bring out the old relies, and ru,mmage
spear that pierced elim, and the crown of human pain and woe, It the sun I the garret, and open old scrap -books,
that was given Him, It gathers frag- seemx, like a song, full, and poured; and shout, and Laugh, and ery, and
ranee from the frankincense brought from brazen instruments that fill; talk aver old times, and, though you
heaven and earth with great harrnon- I may be forty-flve years of age, act
to His eradle, and the lilies that flung les, t he moon is ;plaintive and mild, 1 as though you ware eixteen. Yet
their sweetness into His sermons, axed standing beneath the throne of God, I soon it is good-bye at the car -win -
the boor of alabaster that broke at eeneleg et, ber soft sweet voice of i dow, amd good-bye at the steamboat
His feet. The Comforter at. Bethany,
The Resuerector at Nain. The super -
praise, while the stars listen, and the where. Put how wUl we act at the
natural Oculist at Berlasaida. The sea. d yo mit othar kever more sweetly ; reunion in the old faanily mansion of
di th 1 1
Saviour of one world, and the ohief night loug this watcher a tee sky
joy of another. The rotor= His frown. bench over the weary, heart -sick
The sunlight His smile. The spring slumbering earth. 'Whose is this
morning His breath. The earthquake oiaea_eramed, black -tasseled ricture
the stamp of his foot. The thunder of the night? . It is the heir -loom of
the whisper of His voice. The ocean our faraile• Ours, the grandeur of
a drop on the top of Ilia finger. Heaven the. spring, the crystals of the snow,
a sparkle on the bosom of ilis love. ' the. coral of the beanie, the (moues of
Eternity the iwinkling of His eye. The tbe garden, the harmonies Of 'he :lir,
universe the flying dust of His char. on cannot see a large estate in one
iot wheels. Able to heal a heart -break morning. You must Lake several
or hush it tempest, or drown a world, walk., around it. . The property of
or flood immensity with His glory. this royal house of eesue is so great,
What other family name could ever that we must take several walks to
boast of such an illustrious person- get any idea oe its extent,. Let the
age,1 eirst week be around hte earth. All
Henceforth awing out the coat -of- these valleys and the harvests that
arena I Great families wear their tent- Ware in them and the cattle that oas-
heaven/ It es a goad, whde S11100 you
parted at thedoor of the grave. There
will be Gene, and Mary and Martha,
and Charlie, and Lizzie, and all the
darlings of your household, not pale
end sisk, adn graeping for breath, as
when you saw theme last, but their
eye bright wine the lustre of heaven,
and sick ,and gasping for breath, as
Beth if celestial summer.
'What claspIng of hands. What em-
bracing. What coming together of lip
to Hp. What tears of joy. You say, "I
thoughtthere were no team in! hea-
ven." There must be, Mr the Bible
says, "God shall wipe theca away;"
and if there were no tearer there, bow
vould He wipe them away? They can -
of arms on the dress, or on the door ture in them; all these mountains, itot be tears of grief, or tears of &s -
of the coneb, or on the helmet whet and these precious things hidden be- appointment. Tens, moat be Mare, of
they go out to tattle, or on the flags neath them, and the, erOtttl of glacier gladetems. Christ will coma and, say,
and ensigns. The beraldic sign is theycast at the sea of the Alpine "Whatl child of beaven, is it too mach
sometimes a lion, or a dragon, or an hurricane; all these lakes, these is- for thee? Host thou break down under
eagle. Our coat -of -arms, won right lands, these continents—are outs, In the gladness of this reunion? Then I
over the heart, hereafter shall be a the Becond walk go among the street will help thee." An,d, with Etis one
cross it lamb standing under it and lampe of heaven, and see stretoning
around us and the other arm
a dove flying over it. Grandest of all off on every side, a wilderness of amen
around our loved ones,'Ele shall hold
eseuteheons I I:freest significant of an worlds. Fax us they shine. Poe us ee Up
family "Coat of arms." In every bettle they sang at our Saviuures Nativity. in the eternal jubilee.
While I apeak, 601118 of you with
I must have it blazing on ray flag; For is they will wheel into line, and broken hearts ran hardly, bold yeur
the dove, the cross, the lamb; and
when I fall, wrap me in that good old
Christian fIag, so that tee family coat -
of -arms shall be right over my breast,
that all the world may see that I look-
ed to the Dove of the Spirit, and clung
to the Cross, and depended on the
Lamb of God, which baketb away the
sins of the world,
" Ashamed of Jeous I—that dear Friend
On whom my hopes of heaven de-
pend.
Nol when I blush 'be this my shame—
That I no more revere His Name,"
Next, I speak of the family earn:me.
If trouble come to eine member of the
family, all feel it, In ;Philadelphia, arid
the region around, it is the custom 511 -
the body is lowered into the grave,
ear all the relatives to come to the
verge. of the grave and look down in-
to it. First those nearest to the de-
parted come, then those next of kb,
until they have all loolred into the
Vetere. So, wheo trouble and grief go
down through the heart of One mem-
ber oe the family, they • go dawn
through them all. The oedemas of one
is the sadness of all. A ecittlYartY 011
peewee join harele termed an electric
battery; the 1wo persons at the end
with them flaming torches all to the
splendour of our triumph on the day
for width all other days were made,
In the third walk, go around the
leteinal City. ,A.s we come near it,
hark to the rush of its chariots, and
the wedditig-peal of its great towers.
The bell oe heaven has struek twelve.
It is high noon. We look off upon
the chaplets whieh never fade, the
eyes that never weep, the temples
that never close, the loved ones that
never part, the prooession that never
hall., the trees that tome wither; the
wall e that never can be raptured, the
sun that never sets,—until we eat no
longer gaze, and au hide our eyes and
eetelaim : "Eye bath not seen, nor ear
heard, nen her hate tt entered in t o t he
heart oe men, the things that God
hath prepared tor those that love
Hint" et a these tides of glory rise,
we hove to retreat, and hold fast lest
we be tweed off and drowned in the
emotions of gladness and thanksgiv-
ing and triumph.
What think vole oe the family pro -
Peril ? Et is considered an Loma to
.marry into a family where there is
great wealth. The Lord, the beide-
groom of earth and heaven, Offers you
peace. Y1011 feel as if you muse speak
otee and eel, "Oh; blessed day, speed
on, Toward thee 1 prose with blister-
ed feet over the desert way.", lefy eyes
fail for their weeping. I' faint from
listening far feet that, will not Tome,
and the sound of voicee that will not
spank, Slime on, oh day of reunions.
A.nd then, Lord Seam,' be floe angry
with me if, after I bare:it/St ghee k1S11-
ad Thy ble,seed feet, e turn around to
gather up lJio long-loxer treaatires of
my Inert. Oh, be tat angry with me.
One look at Thee were ;heaven. Bat
all these reunions will lba heaven en-
virling henven, over -topping heaven,
heaven commingling with heoven,
I was at Mount, Vernon, andi went,
into the dinieg-room in which our first
preeident entertained the prominent
Men of this and Whet; lends. It was
a vary Intere,eting spot, But, ohlehe
baemeeting-bell of the Pettily maneion
of width I sneak. Spread the table,
wend it wide; for e greet multitude
are to alt at it. From, theTree Ithe
the River, saltier the twelve manner
of fruits for tleit table. Take the
clusters from, tee heavenly evineyards,
and press them hate Ohe golden tatik-
aerie for that table, On bitekete, Orr)
in the breed of width, it te earth Mete,
he obeli never tremor, Taeet Ail the
abet -torn Huge of' reelable Mageest
end entwine the= among he arthee.
Let David matte with hie harp, and
Gabriel withhis trumpet, and Miriam
With the Go:eerie for the prodigele are
at home, and the motive, are free, Dna
the Father tate invitetli tee etetglity
et berme and the redeemed of 'earth
to come and dine,
SVf ALLOWED HARDWARE,
Team -youth Metall to Aiwa Stoney as
Sluostun Freak to SUPpost His mother
and Slater.
Chee of the ranks of common men
steles John rase, at nineteen, and
stands revealed to the world, a hero,
a curioeity. A hero bemuse he strove
to carry out a noble resolve; a curios-
ity because he transigresoed, more or
lege succeoefull3'4 certain phyeiologioal
Faeel is the Brooklyn lad who owal-
lowed large quantitlea of hardware.
In St. John's filonpital, he was operate
ed upon and Head Surgeon George Hoe --
kits mil several colleagues took from
the opening in his sten:tech the follow-
ing: 129 common pins, six hairpins,
two horseshoe nails, ten 2 1-2-ineh
nails, two lateh-keyS, o ring wiLh a
atone setting and throe chains—one
Moss amid twooickel. There were oth-
er things whith the doctors did not
get. When he recovered from the ef-
fects of the anaesthetic Easel told the
doctoes- he had also swallowed in addi-
tion to the articles enumerated above,
several butedred pins, eight horseshoe
nails, a brass express oheek, a shoe but-
toner and a glass pendant from a
chandelier. These things are still in
lean. When ether' why he ate them
he merely said: " To make some ex-
tra money to help any poor mother and
my sick father."
The Noyes father is dying of con-
sumption and his ambition is to sup-
port his mother and 'sister by appear -
ting in public.
THE MOTHER'S STORY.1
Perhaps John Fusel's story is best
told in the languege of his mother,
wno, in her statement of her son's am-
bition, was quite unconscious of the
picture of misery she was unveiling.
Shia told of it daring a pause in her
work of cleaning her bare little kitch-
en. Her husband lay on his pallet
near Lhe stove, punctuating her re-
marks with his hacking cough.
" Johnny always had an idea of go-
ing on the stage," said Mrs. Faael. Re
particularly wanted to belong to a
arras. He could do some wonderful
sleight-of-hand truths. Be had a part -
nen Henry Heineman, woo worked in
the ehop oeside him. lie did these
tricks just like John.
" Well one night we were sitting
, at the supper mule and there was no
, more food left. John asked for more,
' and when .L told him, it wes all gone
, he says: " A.11 riget, another, this will
do just aa web!" and with that he
takes a pin from his coat and just
' swallowed it.
I" Wed, I was that struck I 'It'll kill
you,' I says. 'No, it won't,' says he,
I've often done it—me an' Henry.'
I'Then be told me bow he had often
swallowed pins and nails. 9nee, ha
said, a pin or a nail stuck in Ins throat
and he had been to the hospital un-
known. to me Lo have it removed.
I
"Well, after that he often swallow-
ed, things. Be seemed to have a oast -
iron stomach. I esked Lim how IL felt.
Be said he did not feel the things at
all—that is, no more than you raight
feel a crust of bread going down. He
swollowed a glass pendant and he took
buttooa-hooks as easily as you might
eat a stick of candy, and from but-
ton -hooks he took to swallowin,g;
chains.
SWALLOWED A THREE-FOOT
CHAIN.
"I saw bim swallow a chain three
feel. long. It was the only thing I
ever knew him to revolt against. He
could not keep it down. Maybe it would
have killed him if he had.
"Unknown to me he iwas going out
nights and earning money by giving
exeibiLions of swallowing.
" On Thanksgiving Day he end
Henry Heineman had a regular feast
of hardware 7.hey ate everything
herd and small they could find. One
thing John did WaSito wrap up a doz-
en or so pins in paper and swallow the
package.
' John got offers from museums and
side shows and he expected to go with
Barnum's Circus this s,pring. One
night a man came and asked him to
attend a smoker in Brooklyn. That
was the night he overdid himself, In
the presence of people who ought to
have known better than to let leim do
It he ate atl those things they took
out of hire in the hospital. He was
feeling bad the next day, end from
thet on he grew worse.
DR. BOYKIN'S STATEMENT.
Dor. George Hopkins, surgeon of St.
John's Hospital, Brooklyn said:
"'When I first aaw John Fermi he
woe suffering from severe pains in the
abdomen, due to the great quantity
of tails, pins, and othe,r hard sub-
stances he had swallowed. It was ne-
cessary to operate on eim. We began
by taking X. -rays photogeaphs, of the
region about the stomaich.
' Des. 11 P. Harman, IL A. Fairbairn,
H. E. Woobworth, D. le. Bishop, IT. B.
De la Tour, Fe Worth, H, D. Hotchkiss,
Knight and Crittenden were present,
when the operate= wee performed. We
made an incision three bathes in length,
and found horseshoe nails, ordinary
natio, pins, hairpins, latch keys, a ring
end three chains. One of the theins
was as long as my seethe chain ; tile
other two weve oath hale as long.
" Fasel is now resting quietly. His
temperature is normal, and. hie pulse
is regular, I think he will get well,
although I may have In make another
tnelsion.
" He told me he ate those thingsat
the gate of 32 in hour lo order to earn
extra money to help hie meteor and
sick father."
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About the House, .
•triovritzr•oz444•Ar. *o.
14 the first place the Meet should
not be made until it ean be aerved ime
Plti3:11:dtneifyidedtittt,i013"0heon
thenitet81111 btegivene
vthose duty it is to prePars lt, It
ebould be toaeted a golden brown,
all over the slice, and not joeit in the
middle. IR a piece of toast is burn -
ad In one part it will never be as good,
nu Matter how carefully the burned
portion may be scraped. therefore,
watch your (mast and do not try to do
other things at the aurae time,
The toast should be buttered while
It is hot, and the buttering shoule mit
be done by an impressionist, but
should be strictly in acoordanee with
the prinoiples of the realistic sellool,
How many time we have. eaten toast
that had a dab of butter here and
there, or where the butter was spread
literally in the centre of Lhe slice, leav-
ing the crusts dry and taateless. The
,
impressioeist may paint a good pic-
ture, but he should not be allowed to
butter the toast.
While plain buttered toarit may be
just what we want to serve with cer-
tain, other dishes, it is well sometimes
to add a poathea egg to each slice be-
fore sending to table.
Milk toast, when properly made, la
a very acceptable breakfast dish. The
bread for this should be as carefully
browned es for the buttered toast.
Have ready a skillet with a good sup-
ply of milk, to which' has beeo added
a liberal spoonful of butter and salt
to taste. Let the milk reach the boil-
ing point, and then dip the slices of
toast in the milk just long enough
to soften each. Serve in a covered
dish, pouring over the toast the re-
maining milk. The main points to be
observed in making this dish are to
have the milk seasoned just right, and
to have the milk boiling; in every ease
before the Mice is dipped.
Cream toast is made just as milk
toast is, except that the bread is not
toasted. Fresh bread will not do for
this; the bread must be several days
old. Then if the seasoning is right and
the xnilk boiling, the toast will be
found very nice, indeed, with coffee.
Preece' toast is made by dipping
bread that is not too fresh into mills
which has had an egg beaten up in it
and salt added. The bread is then to
be fried a delicate brown in a frying
Mtn or upon a griddle. This toast is
very acceptable with coffee, or it
may be served with jelly.
Meat toasts are heartier than any
of the preceding, and furnish a most
satisfactory method of using bile of
meat that have been left from dinner.
The bread is first to be toasted and
then dipped in boiling water which
has been seasoned wi,th butter and
salt, just long enough to soften the
crust. Prepare the meat by first
ridding it of all particles of gristle
and, for most kinds of meat, of fat.
The quality of the toast depends
largely upon the care with which this
is done. Next, crop the meat rather
fine and place in the frying pan
with a little atom or gravy. Add
water and season with butter, pepper
and salt. When the whole is well
heated, thicken, and pour over the
slices of toast.
A deliceous egg toast has the bread
prepared as just described for meat
toast. Before diming the slices of
toast the egg and milk should be made
ready. in the tollowing manner.
Boil a halftelozen eggs for ten min-
utes, so that they wile be quite hard.
Place a pint of milk in a granite iron
pan, and when hot thicken with flour
mixed with a little cold milk. Season
with salt and butter. After the toast
has been clewed, pour over it the
thickened milk, adding the boiled eggs
which have bean sliced ire rings. This
makes an attraotive as well as ap-
petietng dish.
ENGLISH WINDOW GARDENS.
Not long ago I spent several weeks
lLo summer in the little village of Het -
ton, and while there came, to know of
a pretty custom whiehet seems to me
might be introduced Into this coun-
try—that of giving prizes for the most
pleasing windows filled with; house
plants, writes a correspondent.
The houses in Ketton are built of
stone. Almost without exception
they atand close to the street, for
Englisb gardens are behind the houses,
or behind high walls, and so the quaint
learlsaseed windows are so near the
jecleee Were the vleare3 wife, another
lade and the village athoolnineter,
Time Wee a great deal et voriety le
the different windows, More then one
wee111 at first, thilik poseible, for Lee
elaglieb are natural.gardeners. The
littered talon Wee 111181180, not wily
by tee constestaute, In oath other's
windows, es the (Midges developed, but
lee alt the rsatdents el the town. The
windOu Which took the Lint prize the
year I waa there, was a study in green
end yellow, A number of shelves
were fastened Dumas the wiudoW in-
side, and Alternate 'theatres were Oil-
ed with peto of musk, with its delicate
liget green leaves and yellow flowers,
and pate of lobelias, with dark green
Milne and dark blue bloeBorns, There
wore enough shelves SO teat tee win.
clew was filled solidy full by the day
the judges made their tour ot in.
speetion, and (he effeet of tee mass
of foliage and flowers in the soft gray
setting of time -worn stone, of welch
the cottage was built, was very beau-
tiful,
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IN-DOOR DAYS.
Now that the winter days with their
frequent storms are here the mother
must use her ingenuity in making up
to ber little people for the out -door
exercise from welch they are debar-
red. We "grown-ups' sometimes for-
get that in an average child there is
a vast timoutt of superfluous energy
an,d animal spirits that must find vent
in some way. This ia wby he runs and
jumps en the hottest summer day,
while we sit ia the shade and shrink
from moving, and it is thiS that makes
him rush noisily up and down stairs
and give vent to earesplitiing war -
whoops when confined in the house by
stormy weather. For the mother's
sake, as well as for his own, he should
be able to take some active exercise
indoors.
If there is an attio in your house,
pack the trunks, eta., at one end and
have a large portion set aside for the
children, if it is an unheated apart-
ment, all the better. Let the hats and
mats be donned, and the exercise be
violent enough bo keep the blood stir-
ring. Have dumbbells, parallel -bars,
eenehingebag and jumping -ropes kept
here, and insist upon tbeir being used.
If these sports auce means of exercise
are kept especially for the days when
out &or pleasures, suoh as walking,
cooasting, skating, and eliding are im-
possible, stormy days will lose their
dreariness for the little folks, and they
will "make sunshine in,the house when
there is none without.
sidewalks that the flowers which fill
them show to the best advantage. I
had often admired the beautiful dis-
plays in Ketton and wondered at them
until I happenecl to learn that they
had a definite objeot beside that of
ornament,
A small fund had been set aside some
years before by a wealthy lady, the
income to be devoted to giving prizes
each teem to the posseseoe of the fin-
est window garden, The sum avail-
able for pronalume was not large—as
I remember IL tow 48 i year, about
$hO 11 believe the three prizes were
respectively 41, 12s., end 8s. That
would be 85, Sa end $2. The only
restrictions were that no one should
eompete win) had a greenhouse—small
glase houses fax Leming are much
more ocmirion in England that they
are here; that the competition] should
Include only one• window in a house,
thus -putting Lhe occupant oe the
smallest house on a fair footing with
her more prosperoas neighbors, and
-
that. the general athlete of arrange-
ment should be decided on at least
one month betore the day set for
awarding the prime, end not altered
during the month. This last condi-
tion was to preemie Any one from pr0.
curing greenhouse or other plants al
the loot moment and making a tem.
porary display, There were three
judges. The year I Was there Um
nnunr FOR BRITISH SHOP -GIRLS.
'eVith the first day of the new year
the Seats for Shop Assistants act
came into force and with it we hope
the araelioration of much suffering
among a certain Mass of women. We
say "amelioration," because the evil
that has been wrought by compelling
women to stand all day long in shops
through ignorance and prejudice must
still take time before it can be eradi-
cated altogether. It is with parti-
cular pleasure that we announce the
coming into operation of this act,
because we have fax years pointed
out the e.vils of long standing in
shoes, more espeolally in regard to
drapery establishments. The new
act, width is practically part of the
Shop Hours act, is wide in its appli-
cation, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing clause;
In all rooms of a shop or other pre-
mises where goods are actually re -
tatted to the publics, and where female
assistants are employed for the re-
tailing of goods to the public, the em-
ployer carrying on business in such
permises shall provide seats behind
the counter or in such other position
as may be suitable for the purpose,
and such seats shall be in the propor-
tion of not lase than one seat to every
thi ee female assistants employed in
each room.
The first- offense of non-compliance
with the piovisions ot the act carries
with tl; on conviction a penalty not
eeceeding 43, and subsequent offen-
ses a penalty not exceeding £5, with
a minimum of 41. The new act will
be welcomed by the bard -working.
girls of our shops, and inasmuch as
the evils from which the girls suffer-
ed frequently extended into family
life the community at large is to be
congratulate
d.
ATHLETICS IN SOUTH. AFRICA..
Long ago it was noted that where -
ever Engliahmen event they look their
national pastimes with them; and on
a recent "off day" at Mafeking, when
the Boers had for a few hours °eased
bombarding, a cricket match was
organized by the beleaguered garri-
son. There are other parts of the
dark oonlinent 1 wheel oivilization
is acoompamed and stimulaled by
athletics, and at interesting testi-
mony is to hand upon that head from
St. Andrew's College, Kiuugani, whieli
owes exiatence to the Universities'
Mission to Central Africa. Of all the
games played there by the boys, some
of whom are freed slaves, fool ball
has tho first, place in popularity,
though a few boys have shown a de-
sire to learn a little more about
crieket, and the smaller ones have a
partiality fax rounders. They had
last season four "first-olaes'" match-
es MI foot ball, two of width they won
and two they lost. In the first, her
Majesty'S ship. Fox scored four goals
to their one; in the second, ihe sante
ship scored 011E1 goal to their nil; in
the third, againet a combined teara of
Europeans from the town, they scor-
ed four goals to nil and itt the fourth
against her Majesty's ship Philomel,
they adored five goals to nil. 'Obey
would like very mtteh to have thin
jerseys, with n. badge of the eollege,
to present to boys who win their
"colors" by playing in throe "first-
class" matches, and It will be no won-
der if Melee frierale provide these,
ae well as the foot balls, whieh are
wanted for twenty villages in Nyasa,
and the tennis leans fax boys at Ma-
Orem% ehould beevare of llettle ex-
penses; a oxtail leak will sink a great
side., •
HEALTH
REEF FOR. INVALIDS,
DainGoetei bvttltI oliereeteelze every-
thleg Propereti 4or itvalids. Tee elop-
ed, and fieerit. of 11nee, the bright*
tied beet of Olsen runt tee eliteet and
ivetticst china tiliMeld 118115011» sere.,
tie; theix tooth 111 the eye is attend-
ed when a meet is sent to tbe sites -
room the fool is virtually weeted, A
bit of paroles, the delleate tip of a
celery atalk, a tender leaf of lettuee
or a small leaf of nasturtium, maker
euiteele greens to welsh o &nth for
an invalid and tempt Ithe appetite.
Unless foie deeoration is very &abate
and Mote:jut Imo plain while china for
the tray. .
Do not 1111 cups too full loot they
slop over And amour the saucer, Better
serve too little than too much. A
large quantity disgusts and what is
left over retest be thrown away; it 10
unfit for use after standing 10 the
room fax an hour.
Beef tea is QUO of the commonest
artieles prescribed during a long and
wasting illness. Though tt contains but
little nouriehment, according to chem-
ical analysis, it possesses a sustainiag
power that is very helpful and recup-
erativi to the system It should be used
sparingly wben the patient has a
tendency to bowel trouble.
Beef Tea.—Tfae one pound of lean
beef, no belies, fat or gristle, out into
small pieces, or mince through a ma-
chine. Sortie in a pint of 'cold water
for two hours. Put meat and the li-
quid with it Into a glass preserve jar,
covering it well, anu set in a kettle
of water boiling for three hours. Re-
plenish liquid with bulling water as
fast EtS it evapoxates so as to keep It
the same quantity. Skim off any fat
that may arise, strain, salt to taste
and serve.
Deaf Broth.—One pound of lean beef,
no fat, gristle or bone; out into small
pieces. Put into a quart of cold wa-
ter, simmer for a91 hour and a hall;
boil rapidlv for another hour; 'skein
off all fat whith may arise, Aram,
season and serve. Tiny squares of thin
bread well toasted, may be placed on
a pretty dish beside the soup bowl.
Scraped Beef on Toast.—Use about
a quarter of a pound of the Lenderloin,
grind in machine or scrape with sharp
knife, lay on a hot griddle, buttered
just eaough to prevene the meat stick-
ing, turn at once and serve on a thin
slice of toast witbout butter, using
just a suspicion ol ealt.
Minced raw beef may be laid be,
tweet thin shoes of bread, making a
very delicate sandwich. The invalid
who may dislike rare beef is thus en-
abled to take it in a palaiable form.
In using rare beef great care must
be exercised to mxtke sure that no -bac-
torte. or disease germs exist therein.
Tbis is especially necessary in prepar-
ing food for invalids.
Beef Extract—This may be made in
the same general neanner as the beef
tea, except that no water is used and
it meet be cooked tuttil tho meat is
like w.bite rags, every bit of the juice
being extracted, and then salted to
taste; or the meat may be pressed
through a machine made for the pur-
pose. Lean meat only should be used
and no water added.
FOR EVERY -DAY ILLS,
Try cranberries for malaria.
Try a sun -bath for rheuinatiere,
Trey olam broth for a weak atom -
soh. _
Try cranberry- poultice for erysipe-
las.
Try swallowing saliva when trou-
bled with our stomach.
Try eating fresh radishes and yel-
low turnips for geavea
Try eating onions and horse -radish
to relieve dropsical swellings.
Try buttermilk for the removal of
freckles, tan and 'butternut stains.
Try the croup tippet when re child
is likely to be troubled with croup.
Try hard cider—a wiee-glassful three
titles a day—for ague and rheuma-
tism.
Try taking a nap in the afternoon
if you are going to be out late 10 the
evening.
Try breathing the fumes of turpen-
tine or carbolio acid to relieve Whoop -
Mg -cough.
Try a silk handkerchief over the
face eyelet obliged 1.0 go against a Gold,
piercing wind.
Try an extra pair of stockings out-
side -of your shoes when traveling in
cold weather.
'ere walking With your hands be-
hind you LC you Bad yourself beoona-
Ing bent forward,
Try a cloth wruttg out from cold
water, put about the nook at night,
for a sore throat.
WORD TO TF,A. DRINK.ERS,
No woman with any roped for her
digestion will drink tea et an after-
noon reoeption unless she arrives just
after the samover has been ligbied
and sees the tea ranker put the frag-
rant. herb in the pot. When tea Is left
statding for hotter, as is ueually the
ease at an afternoou at home, it be-
comes tannic mold pure and simple,
and 10 almost as eelective in wearing
away the coating of the stomach as
any other corroeive poison. For pro -
nutting indigestive and gastric disturb,
anee tea that has been "oetiked " fax
a whole afternoon is quite unexcelled
by even bakers' pies or hot hiSOults,
MODDERLAS AND FODPERLESS.
Askit—Too bad that General Boller
can't got feed for his mules, in addi-
Lion to his other miafortunea
;Tellit—Yee, that Makes nri orpbori of
h
tAskit—How sof
.Tellit—Wbehe's both Moticterlese
and fodderless noW, tent bet