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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1900-8-9, Page 6Rev. FOR SACRIFICE. Dr. Talmage Speaks of the Blood of Christ. A despateh rum Washington says: —Rev. Dr. Tannage preached from the following, text ;-"And the py'ieet shall emu -nand that one of the birds be killed is an earthen vessel over run- ning water. As for the living bird, he shall take it, and tbe cedar -wood, and the marlin, and the hyssop, aid shall dip them and the living bird in Use blood of the bird ;:hat was killed over the running, water; and he shall winkle upon him that is to be claims - ed from the leprosy seven times; and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field." L' evitieus xiv. 5-7. The Old Testament, to very matey people, is a 1 great slaughter -house, strewn with the blood, and Cho bones, and horns, and hoofs of butchered ani- mals. It offends their sight ; It dis- gusts their taste; it aotually nause- ates the stomach. But to the intellie gent Christian the Old Testament la a magnificent corridor through which examLnod it. The prisat took the seo- ond bird, tied it 'to the hyssop-branoht and then plunged it in the blood of the first bird. Ab! tli'tit is my eau!, plunged for cleansing in the Saviour's blood. There is not enough water In the Atlantic and. Paoiflo Oceans to wash away oar smallest sin. Sin is such an outrage on 'God's universe that nothing but blood oan atone for it. You know the life is in the blood, and as the life had been for- feited, nothing omen buy it bath but blood. What was it that was eprink- led on the door -posts when the de- stroying angel went through the land? Blood! What was it that went streaming from the altar of an- cient sacrifices? Blood. What was it that the priest parried into the holy of holies, making intercession Lor Lite people? Blood! What was it that Jesus sweat in the garden of Gethsemane? Great drops of blood. What does the wine in the saora- Jesus advances. As he appears at the mental cup signify? Blood, What other end of the ourritlor we can only makes the robes of the rigbteous In see the outlines of His character; heaven so fair? The are washed in coming nearer, we can descry the the blood of the Lamb. What is it abates. But when, at last, he that cleanses all our pollution? The my Bethlehem manger•';, 1 bid for of the u t rt l i u'n x n mo a , m m A h l gt+ Y bid for hien, yey aolnng load; 1 hid for hien lay fainting heart; 1 bid for .him all my wounds," A. votoa from the throne of God says, 'It is enough! Jesus has iloaghl him," Bought with a. puee. The pureness oomplete. Ile es done. "The great tralisaolion'e'done; l.a'm my Lord's, and he la mina, Ile drew met, and 1 followed on, Charmed to canfees the voice dire/tine' Why is not amean free when be gets rid of his aisle The sins of the tongue:gooe; the sins of action gone; the sins of the mind gone. All the transgressions, thirty, forty, fifty, seventy years gone—no more in the soul then the malaria, that floated in the atmosphere a thousand years ago; for when mY Lord. Jesus pardons a men he pardons him, and there Is no half -way work about it. The next thing 1 notice about this. bird, when It was loosened, and tbis is the main idea, Ls, that it flew away. Whicb way did it go 1 When you let a bird loose from your grasp, which way Mee it fly ? Up. What are wings foe? To fly with. Is there anything in the suggestion of the di- rection taken by that bird to indi- cate which way we ought to go? I wish, my 'friends, that we could live in a higher atmosphere. If a man's whole life-objeot is to make dollars, he will be running against those who are making dollars. If his whole object is to get applause, be will be running against steps upon the platform of the New blood of Jesus Christ, that cleanseth those who aro seeking ap Testament, amid the torches of evan- from all sin. plause. But if he rises higher than gelists and apostles, the orchestras of As Leis second bird of the text was that, he will not be interrupted in his Heaven announce Him. with a blast of plunged in the blood of the first bird, flight heavenward. Why dose that minstrelsy that wakes up Bethlehem so we must be washed in the blood of at. midnight. Christ, or go polluted for ever. There is nothing mere suggestive 1 notice now that as soon as this than a caged bird. In the down of second bird was dipped in the blood its breast you can see the glow of of the first bird, the priest unloosen - southern slimes; Lu the sparkle of its ed it, .and it was free—free of; wing flock of birds, floating up against the blue sky so high that you can hard- ly see them, not change ite course for spire or tower 1 They are above all obstructions. So we would not have eo often to change our Christian eye you oan see the flash of distant and free of foot, It could whet its f course if we lived in a higher atmos - seas; in its voice you can hear the beak of any tree-brancb it chose. It could peck the rn es 'of an vineyard i phare, nearer Christ, nearer the song it learned in the wild wood. It g "p y throne of God. is a child of the sky in captivity- Now it chose. It was free; a type of our Oh ye who haus been washed In the the dead bird of my text, captured souls after we have washed in the I blood of Christ—ye who have been from the air, suggests the Lord Jesus, blood of the Lamb. We can go • where we will. We oan do what we i loosed from the hyssop-branch—start who came down from the realms of1 heaveiaward. lit may be to some of light and glory. He once stood. in the will. You say, "Had you not heater sunlight of heaven. ,He was the qualify that?" No; for I remember : You a long fight. 'Temptations may thee in conversion the will Is Chan _ dispute your way; storms of bereave - favourite of the land. He was thei went and trouble may strike your King's son. Whenever a victory was ed, and the man will not will that l which is wrong.There is no drat ht soul ; but God will see you through. gained, or a thione set up, He was the g i Build not on the earth. Set your af- first to hear it. He could not walk jacket in our religion. Astute of sin, incognito along the streets, for all ' is a state of slavery'. A. state of :factions on things in heaven, not on heaven knew Hine leer eternal ages He pardon is a state of emanipipation. things on earth. This is a perishing had dwelt amid the mighty populations The hammer of God's grace knocks of heaven. No holiday had ever dawn- the hopples from, the feet, knocks the ed on the city when He was absent, He handcuffs from the wrist, opens the was not like an earthly prince, oc- door Into a landscape all ashtmmer casionaliy issuing from a palace her- with fountains and abloom with gad - aided by a troop of clanking horse- ueus. It es freedom. guerls. No; He was greeted every- If a man lia.sbecome a Christian, he where as a brother, and all heaven le no more afraid of Sinai. The thnn- was perfectly at home with Him, dare of Sinai do not frighten him, But one day there came word to the You have, on some August day, seen palace that an insignif;cant island was tu•o thundertsitrowers meet. Ono in rebellion, and was cutting itself to cloud from this mountain, and an - pieces with anarchy. I hear an angel other cloud from that mountain, say, "Let it perish. The King's realm coming nearer and nearer together, ;s vast enough without the island. The and responding io each other, crash tributes to the King are large enough to crash, thunder to thunder, boom! without that. We can apare it." "Not boom! And then the clouds break so," said the prince, the King's son; and the torrents pour, and they are and I see Him' push out one day, un- emptted perhaps into the very same der the protest of a great company, stream that comes down so red at Be starts straight for the rebellious Island. He lands amid the execrations of the inhabitants, that grow in vio- lence until tbe :malice of earth has smitten Him, and the spirits of the lost world put their black wings over His dying head, and sidut the sun out. The Hawks and vultures swooped upon this dove of the text, until head, and breast, and feet ran blood—until, un- der the flocks and beaks of darkness, the poou'thing perished.. No wonder it was a bird that was taken and slain over an earthen vessel of running wa- ter. It was a child of the skies. It typified Ellin who name down from heaven in agony and blood to save our souls. Blessed be His glorious name for ever 1 I natio also, in my text, that the bird. that was slain was a clean bird. The text demanded that it elb;uld be :The raven was never sacrificed, nor the cormorant, nor the vulture. It must be a ele:tn bird, says the text; and it suggests the pure Jesus the holy Jesus, Although He spent His boy- hotel oy:_hoe l in the worst village on earth, al- tbougb blasphemies were poured into His ear enough to have poisoned any one else, fie stands before the world a perfect Christ. Herod was cruel, Henry VIII. was unclean, 'William III. was treacherous ; but point cut a fault of our Xing. Answer me, ye boys, who knew Him on the streets of Nazareth. Answer me, ye miscreants who claw Hien lie. The sceptical tailors have tried for eighteen hundred years to find out one hole in this seamless gar- ment, but they have not found it. The went, but they have not found it. The most ingenious and eloquent infidel of tale lay, in the last line of hie hook, all of which denounces Christ, says, "All ages must procl tion that among the sons of, men there is none greater than Jesus." So let: this bird of the text be clean—its feet fragrant with the dere, that it pressed, its beak curry- ing sprig of thyme and frankincense, its feathers washed in e'miner show- ers. 0 thou spotless Sd'1'e of God, im- press us with thy lrinor.,,noe l But: I Dome now to speak of this second bird of the text. We must your feet, that it seems as if all the world. Its flowers fade. Its fountains dry up. Its promises cheat. Set yoar affections upon Christ and heaven. I rejoice, my dear brethren and sisters in Christ, that the flight, will after a while be ended. Not always beaten of the storm. Not always going onl weary wings. There is a warm dove -I cote of eternal rest, where we shall End a plane of oomtort, to the ever- lasting joy aR our souls. Oh, they are going up all the time—going up from this church—going up from all the families and from all the churches of the land—the weary doves seeking rest in a dovecot. Oh that in that good land we may all meet when out trials ane over, d beseeoh you, by the God of your sister, for who has not a sister in heaven,— by the God of your' sister, Ibeseeclt carnage of the storm -battle has been you to turn and live. We cannot go eanptied into it. So in this Bible I s'e two storms gather, ono above. Sena', the other above Calvary, and tlry respond one to the other—flush to flash, thunder to thunder, boom! boom! Sinal thunders, "The: soul that sinuee.h, it shall die;" Calvary responds, "Save them from going down into the _,it, for I bare found a ransom," Sinai says, "Wool wool' Calvary answers, ".Ieroyl meroyl" and then the cloud, burst, and empty their treasures into ane torrent,and it romea flowing to our feet. red with the carnage of our Lord—in which If thy soul be plunged. like the bird in the text, it shill go forth) free -- free! Oh, I wish my people' to un- derstand this: that when a man be- comes a Chrisitan he does not become a stave, but that he becomes a free man; that Is; has larger liberty af- ter he becomes a child of God than befara he betaine a child of God. General Fisk says that he ones stood at a Clare -block where an old Chris- tian minister was being soil. Tele auctioneer said at him, "What bid do I hear for this man? He is a very good kind of n euro; he is a minister." Somebody said 'twenty dollars' he was very old and not worth rnuoh; sonuteody else 'twen ty- fie e'=.'thirty' —'thirtyelive'—'forty.' The aged minister began to tremble; be bud ex- pccted to be able to buy hes' own freedom. and be bad just seventy dol- lars, anal expeeted with the seventy dollars fo get free. As the bids ran up the old met trembled more and more. "Forty" — 'forty-five' — fifty' — 'fifty-five' — 'sixty' — iiY'ypfive.' The old mare orad out s.'t'rnt.y. He woe afraid they would outbid him, The men around vera transfixed. Nobody dared bid;; and the auol.ioneer struck ben down to hunsehf--d t ei r-donyl But by reason of sin we are poorer than that African. We cannot buoy our own d.eliverawoe. The velem of death are bidding for Oe, and They bid us in, and they bid us down. But th• Lord Jesus Christ comes and says, me let that fly away until we have "I will buy that Trim I hid for him into their blessed presence, who are in glory, unless we have been cleansed In the same blood that washed their sins away, I know this is true of all who have gene in, that they were unloosened from the hyssop -branch. Then they went singing into glory. See that ye refuse not him that speaketh, for if they escaped not who refuse him that apake tea earth, how much mare shall not ye escape if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven THE WOMEN OF CHINA, INSTANCES OF THEIR DEVOTION TO HUSBANDS 011 RELATIONS. They .t,e Said to be Supporting the ltox. ors' Movement -Some Prefer Death to Marrying, .tgatnat Their win. Woman's influence in China is greater than is commonly supposed. Records of the Flowery Kingdom are full of examples of women famous for their learning, heroism and high principle. Sometimes women achieve absolute power over the household, for there is u popular saying, "She eats rice with bar husband," which is used to deser.ibe the rule of the female tyrant. The most astonishing in- stance of feminine power to -day 1s, of course, the career of the Empress Dowager. As sal instance of the Em- press Dowager's power, in may be re- called that she deposed her strong- est vizier, Prince Kong, in 1985, by a mere deeree in the Pekin Gazette bo - cause "he overrated his importance." In common with all other nations, the women at China represent the most fervent religious element, They are said to support enthusiastically the Boxers' movement and to be fighting with passion to help rid the country .of the missionaries. Chat the women of China do not lack cour- age is proved by the foot that they sometimes seek suicide as relief from unhappy marriages and uncongenial husbands would frequently be mar- dared were it not for special punish - melts, /figeouainlous and slow," atto t y tor Ll wAmett Who atter apt f a p borrtlolde, The more existence of this law provides the necessity Per it. Again, not long ago FiS'i'IBN YOUNG GIRLS, of Canton throw themselves into the river to escape from marrying the busband8 obosen for them, Two Other recent examples prove the, deyotion;of the Chinese women of high degree. A daughter of the Chinese Minister to Landon, Kwo. Sung -Toon, was married at the ago of 17, When her husband died she triad 'tc commit suicide out of grief, and would eat nothing but golf leaf, seeking thereby ee Mum death. Ut failed to poison�'her, and she then starved to death. Her sister-in-law, Mrs, ICwo, a sister at the Marquis Teeng, tried also to follow her has- band to the land of spirits, but failing In lar attempt at suicide see finally took compassion on her children, agreed to live and manage( her father.. In-law's property while he was in London. Lt Hung Chang penned a memorial to the Dragon Throne, re- questing that these two women should receive a sign of imperial ap- proval.' Notwithstanding the degraded oon- dition of women of the lower classes, the feminine ideal is high in China, and the annals of the past show a long series of virtuous and heroic women, who have made an indelible impression upon the national mind. The mother of the great sago, Con- fucius, !a held as a model. The next philosopher of importance, Mencius, was also indebted to his mother for the formation of his character and mind, as well as his philosophy. Woman's lot in China ,is, however, not an enviable one. She is not ree mined into the world with joy, and gats very little education. At twelve she is banished from all companion- ship to become "the young girl elm Bits ni the house," until her marriage sits in the house," until her marriage seen. Then she must obey her hus- band and her mother-in-law; she may not come into contact with men or the outside world; and, as a rule, SHE CANNOT READ. She may, however, receive ladles and return their calls. The patriarchal system is so universal that the fath- er is u despotioruler over his family, and a married woman becomes so en- tirely a part of her husband's fam- ily that she has to yield' her obedi- ence to her husband's parents, wbo frequently treat her mora as a slave than a daughter-in-law. The doo- trine inculcated in the Chinese alas- sits is that a woman has three stages of obedience: First, to her father; second, to her husband, and third, if her husband dies, to her son when he reaches manhood. The old proverb goes: "Man wish their• boys to be like wolves, and fear lest they should be timid; their girls they wish to be like mioe, and fear lest they should have the boldness of the tiger." The larva established 2,300 years ago are in fav- or to -day, and among them no rules are stricter than those for keeping. the women in bondage. Chinese books of instruction for girls consist chiefly of exhortations to discharge their duties as daughters, wives, mothers and daughters-in-law. The "Girls' Four Books," to which two famous Emperors wrote prefaces, describe how the female mind and character must be trained. Modesty, gentleness, self-saorifioe, wisdom, respect for elders and a virtuous disposition must be a woman's equip- ment in life. There Ls no pressing need for intellectual adueation. How- ever, about one hundred in every tan thousand women read, and that means read with understanding the great books of philosophy and literature, the works of China's sages and poets. V pp Home CANiNED GREEN CORN. Gather Ila porn while it la tender and juicy. Husk, and out from tbe ear. Prepare oars the same as for fruit. Get a round wooden potato masher, or something similar, unit will go into the oan. Put in the corn neat es it is out from the oar and peek solid with the masher. Fill about one- third full, ,pack, put in a little more and pack again, and so on until the oan Ls full. ; Always buy new rubbers, as the cora drop a sinell plate to keep the pail ding froth soarclsing,roll the pnddiag rea a u in e louts d with Hour, tie u a p p eeout'oly leaving room bo swell and boil five tion%. Serve with a boiled sanae made by pouring balling water ever three table spoons of Mier, three of sugar, and one of butter well rub., bed together, Make the same of the censistoucy' of thin starch, et:thing that it docs not gat lumpy, and flavor with vanilla. moat) SANDWIQ1iES, Tela bread for sandwiches should be one day old. The beat way to out the leaf is to divide it through the center, butter and cut aslioe from eaoll belt alternately. By this means each two will not keep if: old ones are µsod. Bee alines will exactly match. Brown and that there are no small bits ee porn entire wheat are much nicer for sand:. on or under the rubber Sr around thea" lea than fine white breed. .Trina off all ornate and out them Into dainty top wbere the Dover straws on. Be sure the rubbers fit, well, then if there are cavities where the corn is not pressed together, put in water enough to fill them. If your corn' la juicy, as it should be, and you are careful in packing, you will not need af bit of 'water; the corn will keep much better when it is not used. Sorew the oover down lightly and plane the can in a boiler of cold water. Have the 'water no higher than the bottom of the ring on the can, so the air can escape. Let it come to the boiling point, then boil' slowly for tbree full hours, and do not let it stop. boiling once during that time. When done, take from the water with holders and screw the oaver as tight as you can. Never remove the cover from the can after boiling and keep the water boiling until the last can is taken out and sealed. Turn the can bottom side up and let it stand this way until par.. featly cold. If the oan leaks when you turn it over, screw the cover more tightly, but if you fall to stop it, do not save that can, for the corn will not keep. It will keep four or five weeks, and sometimes longer if you do not remove cover. When perfectly cold, turn over, wash off and put away in a dark, pool plane. Ten things important to remember 1, Never put water near Dorn before putting in cans; 2, pack solid; 3, use only naw rubbers; 4, see that rubber and tap are free front all particles of corn; 5, boil for three hours; 6, never remove cover after boiling; 7, screw down tightly, turn bottoms side up and leave until cold; 8, never lift can by the top after it is sealed; 9, put away In a dark, cool place; 10, never put any seasoning in norm when canning. Vest of white mousseline de sole, draped with a rosette and fancy buc- kle. Yoke and stock collar of white embroidered taffetas. Material requir- ed, mousseline de soie, 40 inches wide, 1 yard; taffetas, 20 Mabee wide, 1-2 yard. PLAIN PUDDINGS. Such eases are found among the arts- Apple Pudding.—Fill a pan two boaratio classes, and men of flatters inches deep with chopped apples, Cover frequently teach their wives and with a batter made of two eggs, one sup of sugar, Dna sup of milk, and daughters not only the art of rand - flour but ,that of writing, and'go so flour enough to make as thick as pan - far as to publish! their literary effus- oaks dough. Before grousing on the batter put'smull lumps of butter on ions. the apples and grate nutmeg over them. Bake one hour and serve with milk and sugar. Bread Pudding.—Two cups of bread, minced fine, three eggs, one oup of milk, one oup sugar. Bake slowly. If you have any jam or jelly left over, as the last in the can is nearly always thrown away, it is an expellent flavor with lemon. GOOD-SIZED BERRIES. On old Carlisle Bridge, in Dublin, there used to be a fruit -stall kept by Biddy, the apple -woman, who was a well-known figure to all passers-by, She had a ready tongue, and neves did a verbal oppoae,nt retire with all the honors. An American visitor, who had heard rumors of her skill at fence, one day took up a watermelon displayed for Bale, and said, gravely: You grow pretty small apples over here. In America we have them twice this aim. Bridget looked up, coolly surveyed the joker from head\ to heals, and re- plied, in a tone 01 pity: Ah, what for should I be wasting my breath to talk' to wan that tak i our gooseberries for apples l MLLITARY PRECISION, Colonel—Gentlemen I have sum_ monad you to tell you that one of your number incurred ley displeasure the other day and just who he was and what he did I cannot recall, but something was wrong. I remember, So I must ask you to find out what Begin al one side and roll up carefully it wee for me that. T may reprimand or the jape will be forced out. lievo the offender. ready a pot of boiling water in wide!) shapes, squares, oiroles, triangles, diee monde, hearts,. ole. Slice the bread very thin, yet not thin enough to fall Lo pieces. The following recipes for fillings will be found excellent: Date and Almond Filling:—Cook the dates gently in a very little water and press through a colander to remove the stones. Mix to a rather stiff paste with an equal quantity of finely chopped sweet almonds, and spread on buttered bread. Figs may be cooked to a paste, mixed with almonds or wal- nuts and used in the same way., Oheese Filling.—Grate 1-2 ib. of new cheese, add. 5 tablespoons of butter and sufficient maayonnaiee to make a paste. Nut and Cream Cheese Filling:— One oup finely chopped walnut meate, and sufficient 'Meant cheese to make a paste. ,Add seasoning and spread on.unbuttered bread. .Equal parts of grated cheese and chopped walnut meats mixed with a little mayonnaise may be used if preferred. Banana Filling: -Spread buttered bread witis thinly -sliced bananas and cover with a little mayonnaise. Jelly and Nut filling:—Soften a glass of apple jelly by setting it in a bowl of 'hot water, and mix with It half the quantity of chopped English walnuts. After it becomes firm again, agreed on buttered bread. Pickle Filling:—Chop mustard pickles fine, then pound with sufficient dress ing for a paste. • Spread on buttered bread. Nasturtium Filling:—Pound two.. thirds nasturtium flowers and one. third leaves with three times the quantity of butter, and a little mayon- naise. }Vater cress, garden mustard or other spiny herbs may ha used in the aama way. Chicken and Meat Fillings: — Free from fat and gristle, chop very fine, pound to a paste, add seasoning to taste. A little mush -room or utlMarr 400 .11 ,A. AJ.-AfA LT aF 1. V, • . .- - - ..,..,,,.,,... . BEAUTY ANI) ILL—TEMPER. lead Weeper and worry wilt trios mace wrinkles in one night than hot and cold bx'uelhea end dreams and los lionsean wash out 14a year's aim. and complexion out in a year's faith- ful application, Physicians assert that an Immense amount of nerve foona is expanded in every fit of bad temper; that when one little part of 'tiro nervone system gate wrong the. fano fleet rocords it, The ey'aa begin easing the luster of youth, lnusalee be- come flabby, the skin refeeee to cone traoi accordingly, and the inevitable resnit is wrinkles, femininity's fierooat and mosq insidious foe, There Is no use attempting to reason with a woman about the evil effeets of iLl-temper, while she is eat ugly mood; She knows perfectly well that' it Is bad farm ; that it savors of tbe ooan0 and un- derbred; thae it is weak, belittling, amd immoral, and that it hurts her, cause to lose her temper. But she does net atop at just that time to think eboat it, and to remind her of the fact only adds fuel to the flames, But when she is 000l and serene and at pewee with all the world, you oan convince her that eaehfit of temper, adds a year to her ego by weakening her mental forte, and by trading crow tracks about her eyes and telltale lines around her rnou'th, she will probably think twice before again forgetting herself. For no matter what she as- serts to the contrary, woman prizes youth and beauty above ovary other gift the gads hold' it in their power to bestow upon mortals. GERMS IN' WOMEN'S SKIRTS. That long airlifts are a serious man. ant+ to pubilc health has apparently been proved by Dr. Casagrandl,a dis- tinguished scientist of Romo. Al a congress which was held in the Eter- nal City the other day, he told Itis fel- low colleagues that he had made some simple experiments which had con- vinced him that the fashion of wear Mg trailing skirts ought at once to be abandoned. He had, he said, employed a number of rvomen wearing long skirta, to walk far one hour through .the streets of the_olty, and, after their promenade,: was over, he had taken their: skirts end had submitted them to a careful examination, As a result be had. found on each skirt large oolonies'of noxious germs, including those of in- fluenza, consumption, typhoid fever, and tetanus. The baailli of minor dis- eases were also well represented on each skirt, Dr. Casagrandi maintained that in view of these feets, women, and espe- tomato catsup is nine mixed with dally mothers,: ought at once to stop chicken, and a little horse -radish wearing bang skirts, and the other with roast beef. Fish Filling:—Pound cold boiled or canned fish to a paste, moisten with mayonnaise, spread on buttered bread, lay on a lettuce leaf, and cover with the second slice. Peach Pudding,—Make a batter as fur cake with three eggs, two cups sugar, three tablsespoons of butter, flour to thicken sufficiently. Use about one-half as much baking powder with the flour as ordinaryreceipts call for, Bake in a flat pan, a dripping pan is best, split and serve with can- ned peaches between. This is fine served with sugar and milk and is very easily made. Cocoanut Pudding.—Make a good custard with six eggs, one quart 01 milk, one cup of sugar. Just before putting in the oven sprinkle thickly with prepared cocoanut and bake one hour. This is good hot or cold, and needs no sauce. Jam Pudding.—Roll out pia crust a little thicker than for pies and spread thickly with any kind of jam, Be careful not to have the cruet too short, 0' A LITERARY TROUBLE IN INDIA. IiXeltetaent Caused by a Sadden change In Official Written. Characters. What many regard as an injudicious move at the present moment has just been mads by the British Indian Gov enment in connection with the writ- ten characters in use in north -wast India for official purposes. The Mo- hammedan invaders of India used the Persian characters and imposed the system on the country for all 'official purposes, with the result that it has become largely used by all classes, and fen: all purposes. The character generally employed by the Hindoos for private business and religious pur- poses is tiro Negri.. The sudden and unexpected change has produced a great ferment among the Mohammedans of Clpper India, who, not being usually acquainted with Nagel, believe they sec in it, the first step towards turning them out of official employment. The question has also a religious aspect to them, as it appears to them to be it triumph; for a rival religion. Already, it is said in :India, it is being put about that the object of. the British Govern- ment in making this radioal change is to break up the combination that bus recently been formed bolweon Muss ul- mans and Merlon against the admin- istration of the plague regulations by inLrodaoing u came oI discord between them, There probably Ls nothing in this suggestion, bet that it has been made at all is a sign of the Clanger of mak- ing important changes at u time when the masses are greatly seal od, and oxtornul circumstithee.q rade that internal tranquility should reign in Ind'ui, ELLIPTICAL MOTEL A kind-hearted clergyman was 'late- ly compelled to dismiss a gardener wbo used to purloin his fruit rind,.,vege- tablea, For the sake of his wife and family he gave him a letter of rectum. inendation, andtliis Ls how, be worded it: 1 hereby certify tint A. 11, baa been my gardener 10r over two.yonrs,. and that during that; time he got more out of sty garden than • any mem I ever employed. members of the congress unhesitating- ly expressed the same opinion, and passed a resolution to the same effect. A French writer, commenting on these experiments, says that the time may not be far off when all women will -a wear short bicycle skirts, and that the sootier this time comes the better pleased will be all those who have made a study of hygiene and who know how dangerous to public health the long skirt is. WAYS TO BEAUTY. T.he juice of a lemon in hot water on awakening in taro morning is au excellent liver corrective. Men and women eat too much. Loss of youth, the sallowskiu, the decaying teeth, the unshapely form,—all aro but the exterior signs of dyspepsia with- in. Sweets, pie, coffee, iced water— with this as their portion since the day of swaddling clothes, is it any wonder that many American women - ere nervous wrecks? Raw -silk wash -rags are very pleas- ant to ase. The Long use of powder is apt to make a woman reckless. She begins to put it an so thickly that it ie no long- er an aid to beauty, but a Hideous dis- figurement. It is just ,is well to leave powder alone entirely, but if it must be used all that Is necessary is the faintestsuspicion, rubbed evenly over the face, neck and arms. To whiten the arms use a saturated solution of Epsom salts, USE OG ALCOHOL. Acoarding to Dr. Clouster the use of alcohol should be forbidden to all persons:: 1. Who have any family history of drunkenness, insanity or nervous die - ease. 2. Who have used alcohol to oxoest in ohlldhood or youth. 3. li'lto aro nervous, irritable or bad, ly nourished. 4. 'litho suffer from injuries to the hemi, gross diseases of the brain and scnista'oke. 5. Wt�.o suffer from •greet bodily weaknes , partioularly during oonval. f escenoo /irons exhawieting diseases, • r 6. Wilo are engaged in exciting' or exhausting employments in chid air and silrraundings. In workshops and allot" .. 7. Who are e-selttary and lonely and require amusemelvt.. 8. Who have little self-oontcol. eitlte er Itered'utity or nagaired. 0. Who suffer Cram brant weakness, the result 1f degeueratioa.'