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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
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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,
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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.'