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}lake.in to steady oven for three
quarters of au hour.
Sour Milk I'+eateuices. Trva cup-.,
full of sifted flour one salt spoon
of stilt, une teaepuonful r.I 'baking
powder, and gale teaspoonful of
sugar; add two cupfuls o£ sour
milk to this mixture and ,beat until
bubbling. gar in. one well -heater
egg, and hake on a very hub sad
well-greastid griddle.
Sour Milk Sugar l oolcies,---Two-
thi.rds of a cup of butter and one
and one-half cups of sugar cream-
ed together; add a cult and a half
of sour milk, lour cups of silted
flour, one teaspoon of baking coda,
and half as teaspoon of salt. .Roll
out on a floured 'board, keeping .the
materials cold while rolling, Cut
into shapes and bake in a hot oven.
Sour Milk Johnny Cake. — Two
talblespoonfule of butter and one.
cupful of flour mixed with ono 'cup-
ful of corn meal; add half a cupful
of sugar, half a teaspoonful of bak-
ing powder, and half a teaspoonful.
of salt, one manful of sour milk, and
two well -beaten. eggs. Turn the
mixture into a well -buttered pan
and (bake in a hob oven. Sour
cream may be substituted for sour
milk in any of the above recipes.
Useful Hints.
No housewife to -day can afford to
throw away any food that can pos-
sibly be utilized.
Don't mistake cheapness for
economy, and don't buy at "war
prices without pricing elsewhere.
Soap bark is one of the best
things to cleanse woollen fabrics—
especially coat collars. Steep a
pinch in water and strain, and use
the liquid to sponge the article
thoroughly.
When potting plants, ,put a piece
of coarse muslin over the bole in
the pot before putting in the bits
of stone and sod, 'which keeps the
drainage ,good. The muslin pre-
vents the earth from washing away.
A simple way of preserving eggs
is to imerse them in lime water
soon after the have been laid, and
'than to put the vessel containing
the lime water in a cellar or cool
outhouse.
!Shabby leather bags, etc„ may be
improved in appearance iby being
rubbed over with the we'll -beaten
white of an egg, and then polished
with beeswax and turpentine, the
final rubbing being given witlh a
soft, glean cloth.
When brown. (boots and shoes be-
come dark looking, wash them well
in warm -water and soft soap, using
a hard nail brush. This will re-
move all the old and dirty polish.
When dry and polished they should
look like new.
When a small amount of fat is to
be clarified, add to cold fat boiling
water, stir vigorously and set aside
to cool. The 'fat will form a cake
on top, which may be easily remov-
ed. On the (bottom of the Cake will
be found sediment, which may be
scraped off with a knife.
Made From Grapes.
The lover of grapes feels that
their delieaoy of flavor, 'their sweet-
ness and aroma are enuugh excuse
for their eating. But be it known
that the grape comes next to the
apple as a health -giving food. And
as there are few ailments which the
grape augments and many which it
lessens, no one need be afraid of
eating it.
If you like fresh .grapes better
than any other kind you can keep a
few choice bunches fresh for many
days by following this advice :
Cap the stem of the grape with a
bit of sealing wax, thus cutting off
all air .from the open end of the
stem. Now tie a sheet of tissue pa-
per loosely about the 'bunch, bring-
ing the four corners and the edgee,
up about the stens and tying them
there securely. Hang the bun& up
in a cool, dark place until wanted.
If you have an especially choice
grapevine and desire to keep- the
grapes from it for some special oc-
casion not more than a week or two
distant, try this method of keeping
them.
Grape Pie. --•Grape pie is a deli-
cacy little appreciated. It is really
equal to any other fruit pie. To
make it, press grapes through a
fine sieve, to remove seeds. 'Sweet-
en the pulp and use to fill a two -
crust pie. The pie can be made
with one crust, with a meringue, if
desired.
Grape Dessert.—Pub ,grape pulp,
prepared as for grape pie, into
sherbet glasses. It should be chill-
ed through. Pile whipped cream,
likewise through on top and serve.
Grape Parfait.—Boil one cupful
of granulated sugar with a third of
a cupful of water until ib threads.
Beat the whites of two eggs and
pour the syrup on them slowly,
beating all the time, until cold. In
the meantime, have ready ,a cupful
of cream, whipped, and whipped
with half it capful of 'grape pulp,
well sweetened, and the juice of a
lemon. Fold the two mixtures to-
gether and freeze, •
Grape Tapioca.—This is some-
times called grape soup, and San be
served cold or hot in place of soup.
It also makes a very dainty des-
sert and one that can be safely giv-
en to an invalid. To make it press
ripe grapes through a sieve until
von have a onart. Simmer two cup-
fuls of water and a cupful of sugar
until clear and then add •the juice
of a lemon and the grape pulp and
juice. Add a tablespoonful of
tapioca, of the instantaneous var-
iety, or else tapioca that has been
softened in cold water. If cold, add
shaved i'ce to it,
Grape Butter. --For grape (butter
wash, steam and stew seven pounds
of grape and press them through a
sieve. Add 3',a pounds --seven cup-
fuls—of granulated sugar. Mix 1%
tablespoonfuls of small (bits of stick
cinnamon, the same amount of all-
spice and a tablespoonful of cloves._
Tie the spice in two small cheese-
cloth bags. Add to the sugar and
grapes and stew over a quick fire
for 25 minutes after it begins to
boil.
Grape Conserve. — Cook five
pounds of grapes nail bender and
press them through a sieve, remov-
ing the skins and ,seeds, Mash the
grapes before cooking them and
cook in a double boiler, Boil the
outer yellow skin of three oranges
in the water. drain and chop fine.
Add to the grape pulp and add
five pounds of granulated sugar, a
pound each of shelled walnuts and
raisins and the juice of the three
oranges strained. Boil until thick
and pack into ,glasses.
Grape Juice. --Grape juice, which
retains so much of the flavor of
the ,grape, and can be made into so
many delicious beverages and des-
serts for winter, is well made by
ilia following recipes Heat very
ripe grapes in a crock in the oven
or in a double 'boiler or fireless
cooker. When the skins are ten-
der drain in a jelly bag, Heat the
resulting juice, add sugar, bring to
the boiling point and lour into
sterilized jars or (bottles. If you
use ,bottles, sterilize the corks and
after ,they ai'e in the bottles cover
with sealing wax. Use either half
as much or a quai•ber as much
sugar as grape juice. The amount
added must depend on ,your taste,
but remember that it is an easy
matter to add more sugar to the
grape juice, ,but ib is iinpessible to
take any !from it later on. If you.
desire a clear grape juice, let the
bag drip without ;squeezing. A
more toonomical method is to
squeeze the bag. The resulting
grape juice 'will be a little cloudy,
hut its flavor will be quite as good.
With Sour Milk.
Sour Milk Ginner Bread. -.- Mix
half a manful of sour milk and one -
cupful of the best molasses. Mix
one half teaspoon of mace, one-half
teaspoon of cinnamon, ozie-fotzrbh
teaspoonful of 'gait, and one tea-
spoonful of baking powder, dissolve
ed in two tablespoonfuls of cold wa-
ter. Mix the dry ingredients with
the milk and molasses, vend grad-
ually eat in two cupful.' of Hour
and half a cup of seeded raisins,
DESTROYING DANDELION'S.
Spraying With Iron Sulphate Has
Good Effect.
The Ontario Agricultural 'College
has been conducting investigations
for several years with the object o
discovering some less laboriou
method of eradicating dandelion
than spudding them out. Very en-
couraging results have been adhiev
ed by spraying with iron sulphate.
A 20 per cent. solution is used and
it has been found that :six spray
Ings during bbe season will kill 9
per cent. of the weeds. In spray
ing lawns, the. solution may be ap
plied with a hand sprayer or a wa
tering can with a very fine rose,
so that all dandelions will be thor
oughly drenched. About 48 hours
after application, lihe dandelion
leaves will be found to be 'blacken-
ed and burned. These can be rak•
ed up and the plot left for abou
two weeks till new leaves appear,
when another apraying may be giv-
en. No permanent injury is done
to the grass, but white Dutch
clover is almost entirely killed. The
process has the farther merit of
being inexpensive,
It should be mentioned that other
experimenters, (both in. the United
States and Canada, have not&ound
iron sulphate satisfactory for the
destruction of dandelions, but the
results obtained at the O.A.C.
'warrant giving it a trial on badly
infected lawns,
eten
ply of the •Fit nch Army Carried on Motors.
of pure drinking water, which follow in the wake of the French army.
1 arieees and the Sadducees? What
notion did the •seribo ask 1 How
id the motive of this gee satin. dif-
f• from that of the preceding ones?
That was Jesus's answer ? What
Ingle word dict he say includes all
he duties lard down in the law?
'halt -attracted Jesns's attention as
was about to leave the temple?
ow did he commend the poor wi-
w?
Lesson XL—The Ten Virgins.—
here did ten virgins go to. welcome
bridegroom? What did they do
bile he tarried? When did they
t news of his approach? How did
prepare to meet him? What
d five of ahem discover? What
ere these foolish virgins oosnpelled
do? What happened while they
int to buy oil? What is the teach -
g of this .parable ?
Lesson XII. --The Judgmentof the
abions.—How will Jesus separate
1 people at the final judgment?
heat will be the reward of bhs
ighteous? What the :punishment
the wicked? On what basis will
e judgment be pronounced? How
es Jesus regard our treatment of
ire needy neighbors?
BELGL i' S LT SE DOGS.
aid Carts in Time of Peace, Now
Draw Light Guns.
Brussels is now much in the eye
the public, and all who ha
LONDON IN TINTS OF WAR..
Many Tr ansformetian8 have Taken
Nlzaki-clad troops marching to the.
strains of the fife and drum, are
now a familiar sight in Piccadilly,
and the Londoner who only reads of
such things would receive whack
and be brought to the stern realities
of war -time, if he .could see once
again the old familiar streets of his
London.
London in war -time is quite !n-
orther thing to London in the terns+ficult to find. The Slav is €+a slight -
of peace, and one of the most no- I ly known to the Teutonic n'ationaali-
ticeablc things in connection with ties, to the Frank --perhaps also so
htrans•formatian of . different from his European kine-
shthisops.is tVW'eherevor passible thesethe men -that w•oful ignaranoe, wimp.,
have been transformed into stores prehension and prejudice prevail
for military equipment. and "mill- among Western peoples. But his
tart' outfits „service kits," "ways torical light is breaking and Rue can
history its being rewritten with,
scientific truth.
The story falls into three main
periede•: Antiquity, extending to
went plates suffer from the number 113 i ; the Dark Ages, and the mo -
of hands that have bean called away; dein era that began in 1462. The
to the war. In the General Post
Offtee four thousand men had left up
to August 16. and a great many
more have left sines then to join the
reserves, but owing to the fact that
much less general matter is being
posted it has not been necessary to
employ more labor.
Old Olympia, at Shepherd's Bush,
{CAISElt IS AN ODIOUS DESPOT
So Says Henry Watterson, an
American Editor.-
BELGIANS
ditor.-
THE LINT IS
BEAKING
THE HISTORY OI ]BI1SSIA IS
REIN t: REWRITTEN.
Mieupprehensioo curl Prejudiny
Jiave Prevailed Among
Westerners,
The key to. Russian history is• dif-
Reviewing the attitude of Ger-
mans in America toward the war,
Henry Watterson in the Louisville
Courier -Journal says:
"Jt may be harder for a German
than an American to differentiate
the German Kaiser and the German
people. To the Teuton mind the
Kaiser stands as the symbol of ail
that is loyal in the Teuton heart.
This sentiment is augmented in the
case of a Kaiser, admittedly great,
a leader of men, a king among
kings. Racial antipathies, too,
with respect at least to the French,
interpose to inflame anew the ir-
repressible conflict of 'blood and
ages, witnessing an either side mul-
tiplied offences and reprisals.
"Nevertheless, to the average
American who considers the ineti- able and is welcomed with pleasure.
tutions of his own country as dm- This is the fact that notices have
anguished from the institutions of once again appeared in many win -
Germany. the Kaiser appears as,Bows announcing excursions and
though a brilliant personality, an I cheap tickets to the various seaside
resorts, and the flow of visitors to
the popular south coast is again in-
creasing, which shows signs of the
populace returning to normal con-
ditions, and a great deal of the hys-
teria is being lived down.
Perhaps never before in the whole
maps and flags," etc., are the clue
articles of commerce that greet the
eye on every hand.
Many of the public end Govern -
first is the time of the snaking of
Russia. the second that of subjec-
tion to the Mongols if Asia and the
third that of rise to empire and ex-
pansion to the Baltic, the Black
Sea, China, Persia and the Pacific.
The Russians from the first have
been the creators of their own na-
tionality. Kluchevski lies recently
that has undergone so many changes proved •conclusively that the Scan -
in its career, has now been the dinaviana dict not originate Russian •
scene of the greatest of all trans- civilization, and the legend that
formations, Last Christmas it was Rurik the V,aaaegian founded the
occupied by a German Zoo, and now nation must be discarded. As early
by the irony of fate it is being used as the ninth century Russian Nov
as a jail for German prisoners. At Nov-
gorod was a flourishing republic,
the front of the building stands a one in which the people ruled as ac -
sentry on guard. That is another tually as in any fess city or inedi-
et-ai republic of the West, and it
rude reminder to the peaceful Lon -
diner that he is now living in throve until 1478. The turning
strenuous times. Most of these pri- points in this first era were the
Sanera are suspects. swarming of the Russians frown the
One thing is particularly notice- Carpathians over the limitless
hands east and north, the rise of
numerous end vigorous principali-
ties and the acceptance of Greek
Christianity. The master minds
were: Oleg, the warrior; Queen Ol-
ga, the firat Christian ruler; Vladi-
mir, the Ohristianizer of Russia in
989, and Yeroslaf, the legislator.
odious despot. a government,
e of all in-
iquity.
our seeing, thesum
Who believes in it cannot
believe in the government o& the
United States.
"That a wise and good despot
Development Checked.
Unfortunately for Russian lee,.-
may for the time being insure wise bionaiity, the dominions of Yeroslaf
and good government may be true, history of the country has any ap split into fragments from 1054 to
e mob may be supremely had — peprzveal beeenof so responded to as has the 1238. This disunion opened the neat'
Wales National Fund. It for the Mongols, and political and
enough. That the government of
ven tyrannous is likewise true. has already overrun the 310,000,000 economic development was checked
t, as between the one-man pow- mark, and is growing rapidly daily. for four centuries, first through en -
and the many men power, the Many school teachers had their slavement to the Tartars from Asia.
ss .and body of human kind will holidays curtailed, and have re, Novgorod alone kept its freedom.
the long run fare best with the turned to Choir duty some twelve ! The Oriental dominance destroyed
a power, - before the powers of liuss.gn self -govern -
"We may hold in abeyance re. This was in order that in many menet that had attained no (noon-
owsilbility for the awful cataclysm rases the children oculi be kept to- siderable growth, halted the onward,
uich has come upon the world• gether as much as possible, and march of native Civilization and
e future will take care of that• watch could be kept over them to held Rztssua back behind Westernzb we cannot shut our eyes to its
st conspicuous figure and the
stem of which he is the embodi-
t. Nicholas of Russia is yet
t a figure of speech. George of
gland is hardily more. Franz
sef, olin;ging to theegge. d
edge
tra,gedv, is simply•p
m of 'Germany directs the winds
d rules the storms of (battle. He
the one and only war lord. His
umph would mean the arrest of
erty, the confirmation and ex-
sion of aribitrary•power, the re -
of feudal ,principles and meth -
'Vim Austrian "Ba iier."
The most interesting of Austria
types, and the backbone of the
Dual Monaiohy, is the."Ibauer," In
social rank he occupies samewvhat
the saint position as the old Eng-
lish yeoman, farming his own land,
and in many cases enjoying a far•,
Wore substantial fortune than the
nobility. Ilhe "batter"' (has astriet
social code of his own, mixing
neither with the laborers on one
hand nor the aristocracy on the
other, is apparently quite content
with his lot, and takes pride in his
albility to provide almost all bbe
necessaries of life from the produc
tions of his own land, even, in many
oases, growing flax from whish his
womenfolk weave all the house-
hold clothing.
1
`Honest, liberty -loving Germans
ve as little cause to support such
eventuality as honest, liberty-
ing Americans. They owe no
re to the Hohenzollerns than
e ]?reneh owed to the (Capets, the
strians to the Hapsburgs, and
e English to the Stuarts, So,
y should they who dwell in
merica—who have found it a (or-
nate land—be nuiok to quarrel
th their neighbors upon. the, in-
dents of such a war 1
"All of us, roughly speaking,
ish to see the end of absolutism
verywhere—no less in Russia and
astria than in Germany—and con-
queutly during this war we wish
uecess to the allies and defeat for
he Kaiser's arms and armies. That
oes not ,portend that, when the
ar is over and the German people
aye the chance to establish a
averment of their own—as the
rench did after (Sedan—we shall
of be ready to unite against au -
cram in Russia and fight a
Curdy commercial battle with Eng -
end for control of the markets of
he world. But no `Emperor of Eu-
ope' for. ns I No war lord of the
rnivers° in oursl"
Got Yarning.
.
•
see that they were fed while their
fathers have gone to the war.
Serious Loss to Germany.
Germans are not as a rule quo-
cessful colonists, but Togolasld, in
Europe for more than two hundred
years. Oriental practices and poli-
cies
olicies were ebamsped into the Russian
character and severed Russia more
and 'mare from fellowship with
Scandinavia; Germany, France and
England. Justice to Russia re -
Africa, which has fallen into rho membered and allowance made for .
hands of the British and is likely them. Its 'people have never had
to remain there, has always been a the fair chance that Western peer
kind of toy to the German merchant 1 pies have enjoyed. These facts are •
since its annexation just 30 years
ago. The great achievement in the
colony has been the initiation of a
Beggs and Jaggs met and. Baggs
nd Jaggs gat yarning. "I once
ew a man, dear boy," began
eggs, "who was so ticklish on the
oles of his feet that whenever he
ook a bath he had to walk about
,terwards on a big piece of ,blot-
ing-paper: It was the only method
foot -dryer that wouldn't throw
net into fits," "That's nothing,
v dear 'fellow," retorted Jnggs.
I used to board at a place where
re landlady wes so nervous that
Miniver the •wind blew she had to
o out and grease the corners of
he house, so that the wind
voudcln't orealr ,when It went round
hem,"
the key to the history.
Threw Off Tartar Yoke.
cotton trade, and nothing has been Under Ivan the Great, Basil IV.
spared to foster the industry. Most and Ivan the Terrible (1462-1584)
elaborate experiments were made
before it was decided that the na-
tive seed ,would produce a staple
equal to the average American,
itiodel centres of instruction, model
farms were set up, and a great ef- hissitececs'ors have persistently pur-
fort was made to induce. negro
farmers
They made Russia a Euro -
farmers from the Southern States i peon state. Smit by inch, except in
America to settle there. Cheri -the ease of Siberia, Russia fought;
cal manure was supplied free from its way+to the seassand oangnered a
•Germany, and exhibits of fabrics deserved place for itself in the Com
made from the Togoland cotton I monwealth of Europe. Foroe of tit.-
have been held at Dusseldorf and cumstanees made its government an
Russia threw off the Tlartar yoke,
renewed its national life and en -
tared on its great career. They ori -
emitted the policy that Peter the
Great and capable rulers : among •
There's no ason wily lig}rtn
,onld
elsewhere.
—'5
The Little Things.
Opportunities for doing good sel-
dom occur—life is made up of infini-
1 If t the sum
autoeraay, often "e despotism tam
pered by nsasazssin.ation," but the
Code Alexis of 1645, the first in
Europe to recognize the equality of
all men in the eyes of the law, the
tealma s. you compn a national constitution of 1730, this
of happiness in any given day you huniauitarienmssn of Alexander I.,
will find that it was comtpesed of who contributed most effectively to
small •attentions, kind looks, which the overthrow of Napoleon the
made the heart swell, and stirred
into health that sour, rancid film
of misanthropy which is apt to
coagulate on the stream of inward
life, 'as etirely as we live in heart
apart from our fellow -creatures.
Serylatns Good Fighters.
The quality of the 'Servian army
stands yeryy high. The men are
drawn from it, hardy* :peasant class,
and are used to hardships and fa-
tigue. Though the majority are illi-
terate, they ars quite intelligent,
and among them are a number of
leading spirits who, thanks to war,
like experiences with tlhe roving
bands which infest the Balkans,
have been men of war from their
youth up. t•_
Greatest Show on Earth.
Germany's capital will see • "the
greatest show on earth" when the
British lion, the Russian bear, the
French eagle, the Royal Bengal
tiger, the Canadian beaver, and the
Azustrelian kangaroo meet there to
discipline the PruSe'a
hr
Great, andthe reforms of Alexan-
der II. show. that the Russian mass-
es have en instinct for freedom and
a latent capacity for self-gove,reu-
mast.
The blots on the Russiasa annals
are many and clerk, hurt the Itussian
people have admirable qualities,
and! oil the whole,, Mesta stands foe
• _-- _
rife progr�ii of the Slav peo'ple8eietid,.
their rise to theirrigdhtful-place in
the. sun. The European Slav in gen-
era, and the Russian in particular,
as demonstrated by his 'great and
remarkable literature end his far-
vent piety, have a providenrtal des- L,
tiny that will make • fax the welfare ,.;
of humanity.
An •Iltvelttor.
"Who - is that .ihap who just left
you ?„ „
"He's an inventor.
"Of what 1"
"01 reasons why 1 sltozald lend
him $5 and of excuse's when 1 do."
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