HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1904-11-17, Page 3FORECASTING
THE FUTURE
The Faculty of *Looking Ahead is
Essential to „Success.
Whera there is no vieion, the people
heriele-Proverbe, xxix., 18.
• There Nellie te be in the going
through ef a definite, fixed routine
Ay atter daY Paid week after week
hometliing whieh saps and e'obe life
a tufa which hi best end nohlest in
jt. C'ertainly *hap who lead euch
•a 1f liu,ve, some 'more, some less,
their vision obscured and their hori-
eon contracted, Perhaps it is dee to
Want or variety, perhaps to want of
etimulus. Whatever the cause, the
fact remains, It is generally admit»
led thee one of the daueers of our
, lege is that in our large use or mar,
chinery we ourselves are liable to be-
come ton machinelike.
We hex° little regard for wlia.t is
known 'technically as the "visionaty
man," but what we really dislike is
his impracticable, not his visionary
side. Successful men are all more or
less visionary, *In fact, there is per -
Italia, no other quality so 'pre-einin-
ently essential ,to success as that fa-
zulty which enables one to 14ok
ahead, to foresee and forecast •the
future. Where there is no visien we
fail.
There is, perhaps, no better exam-
ple of the power of vision tlian that
of Columbus. •Illitory tells us how
patiently and persistentlylie 'labored
to secure assistance to fellow p his
tvision and zuake it
REAL TO THE WORLD.
He labored to gain his vision heed
he labored to, realize it. • We wonder
that such a glorious vision • should
have remained so long unseen. • The
reason • is apparent. Tlie world's
brightest visions are reserved as re-
wards to persistent and painstaking
effort and to diligent and untiring re-
search,
It is a mistake to think that all
important vision h have already been
omen and realized. There are still
worlds to discover and to conquer.
Brighter visions than those ,which are
e unfolding themselves in • our day and
generation the worlt has never seen.
Those who are batching glimpses of
them we call geniuses or wizards,
But they are in reality thintcers.
worhers. It is thus that they make
,their inspiration.
Visions have indeed played a rnigh-
THE Si S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, •
.NOV. 20, • •
Text of the Lesson, 1-9,.
16-20. Golden Text, 1st/ea,.
•
i.,16, 17. • . .
. .
Our lesson 1 ccilled. "Isaiehrs Mos -
sage to Judah," which is all right
as to the last two words, for it. is
indeed a message- to dadah arid not
to all Israel, and it is a meesage to
Judah and not to the church., This
Is the primary truth, but we :must
not • forget that there are lessons
• there for all believers at all temea.
• But then, we must notice thatitis
not Isaiah's message but the mes-
sage or the Lord through His, ser-
vant I suia h. "Hear, .0 heavens, and
give ear, 0 earth, for the Lord hath
soo7.en!" (Verse 2.) This is the
truth to be eniphasizeil. "The mighty
God, even the Loyd, hath spoe.ene
(Ps. 1., 1). God hath speeen env -
to us by His Son (Hee. i.; 1, 2).
This is the great fact of the
and surely it becomes His ereaturee•
to hear, but that is the very thing
they refuse to do as He says, "I have
nourished and bronglia tep children,
and they have -rebelled against me".
(verse 2). . •
He says that the dumb brutes pitch
as the ox and the ass have more 're-
gard for • their owners than. His peo-.
ple have for Him. In jer. vide' 7,
He says that the birds seem to haVe
more Intelligence than His Peeplee
When on earth in the clays of His
humiliation, as He wept over Jertieae
lem He said, "If thou hadst known
the things Which belong to thy peace,.
but now they aro hid •from. thine
eyes" . (Luke xix., 41, 42). "They
liave forsaken the Lord, they have
provoked tho Holy One of Israel in -
.to anger, they are gone away bache
ward (verse 4), was true of thefli in
the days of Isaiah and Jeremiah and
also when our Lord was on earth,.
for Ile had to cad them hypocrites
and a generation of vipere, and fin-
ally to tell them that their house
would be desolate till . .reeurit
(Matt. iii).•
Our lesson says that indivichitilly
and nationally • they were sick' and
unsound from head to foot, their,
country desolate and *overthrown. by
strangers, and that but for a very
small remnant of godly ones in their.
Midst they would be like Sodum anti
Gomorrah. Then He. ealis theta Sod-
om and Gomorrah and says that • efe
cannot tolerate their sacrifibes. tied
their feasts; that they iveary Him
with them (verses Ji -15). • .lerom this
and similar language t;lsewhere in the
boldlyprophets solne have
that the Lord never instituted sac-
rifice, ,but such do not know .what,
they say, nor do \they. understand
Geie 111., 21, the first of all sacrifices'
and by the hands of the Lore Sim -
self.
When Ile we's on mirth in human
form the feasts of 'the Lord Which
He liad ordained had becothe mere
feasts of the Jews, all form and
ceremony to be seen of men (Mutt.
et, 1-18; 'cede., 1-8). This sort.
of thing He liatee to -day as Mach as.
Eta did then, for 'He desiree Worship
wily from such ..as Worship Vim
In opirit and hi truth, Bee
John iv, .23, 24. It may not be lo? •
us to judge, but aa very little con-
sideration will lead one •to think
it possible that there may in the
church tceday a very. simile:I* state
of attain to that described by the
Spirit through Isaieh. All we need
say is that whetever in the torrn of
worehip is not front a redeemed soul
In. the power of the Spirit and la
the name of the treed Jesus cannot
be worship at all. .The precious
, blood et 'Christ, the great sitcrilize„
Is the only foutidation, the Holy
Spirit the only power end the Woed
of God the -only revelation by
1/4vhieh we can keen/ God and wor-
ship Ititn.
Rs Who weitild worship ,God mutt
test be clean; helmet "'Wash you;
snake you clean" (Verge 10), and
how thig Is to be done le plainly set
korai both in Gonads ettla Hisnelas
ty part in the world'* history. They
have led the famous warriors to
glorious victory. They have given
is from the pens of the
most gifted poets and men of
letters our choicest bite of liters,"
turn They have advanced the world
and uplifted the Church. Our tall
butlenhife, ehr greatbridges, our mar -
venous modern inventions and macle.
inirY. our almost magic means of
travel and communication by land
and sea, first existed in naiad as vi-
sions of future pessibility. The ob-
jective real is invariably preceded by
the subjective ideal.
Christ'e vigion of universal broth-
erhood was of all visions the meet
splendid and glorious. We aro
learning more and more of it, but
we do not begin to appreciate it
yet. He who, crushes and robs the
poor cannot by putting money eo
gained into institutions, however
good, catch even a glimpse ot
THE 13E'AUTIVUL VISION
which. Christ saw in the brotherhood
which He came on earth to estab-
lish, and whicb is to have its ilnal
and complete consulannatiori in heav-
en. It ,ie a fearful thing to have
the widow's tears and the laborer's
blood crying out freni tbe ground
and reaching up to the very ear of
God against unrighteous and ill got-
ten gain, The rich man who has
made his money honestly and who
is merciful, and liberal need, not fear
when the tinee comes to render an
account of his stewardship, Visions
of a camel standing before the
heedle's eye or of Dives calling to
Abraham and Lazarus need not
trouble him.
Religion furnishes us higher Ideals,
broadens oug sympathies, uplifts our
minds, gives us inspirationand
strength. in our daily efforts,.fur-
nishes just that which the world
cannot give. In the spiriteal life
of that righteous father and of that
saintly mother (who, perhaps, havo
passed to their blessed reward) we
caught glimpses of visions, . visions
which revealed something of the • di-
vine and which have never ceased to
beckon us heavenward. We have no
fear of perishing, because we have
visions which lead us onward • and
upward to amt. "building of God,
an house not made with hands, eter-
nal in the aeaveus."
• . • •
tion and all the wax throngle. Noth-
ing can Cleatise from sin but the
blood, "The life of the flesh is in
the blood; and I have given it to
yeti upon the altar to • make an
atonement for your. souls. for it is
the blood that maketh an atone -
Ment for the soul" (Lev. Xvii, .11).
The doings of versed 1.6 and 17. foie
low the cleansing,. There can be no
"acceptable doing till we are cleans-
ed, for "they that: aro'. in the flesh
cannot please Gad" (Rom. viii. 8).
, How, then; is the eleitnsing ac-
complished? God must do it, When
! will He do it? Come, now; hew
thoroughly will He do itl The sins -
as scarlet shall be 'white as sneer
• and the crinison like wade, for the .
. blood of Jesus Christ Meanseth from -
, ail sin, so that it is reraernbered no !
• more; "1, even I, am He that Iola-
• teth out .thy tranegressioes for Heel
own sake and wile not remember!
thy eene" (Ise. 25). The. van-
ity of all our 'ellecte to cleanse our-
' selves is set forth in dee. ii,: 22, but
Cod dnee it instantly and theetnieb-
"- Thee •folloWs the Secret of
4cceptahle 'servire, for whore there'
a redeeened soul who is willing. and •
obedient Cod' will.. work he that ,citie.
"both to will and to do. of his.good
epleasure. (Phil, ii. 13) and such an
one can know the power and cone-
. fort of ' these words, "Lord, Thee.
wiltcirclein peace for us, for, Thou
else, hest wrought allour wierks in
eise"Striving aceordiag to His
workizige Which worketh • in • Me
Mightily," "Working in you that
which is well Pleasing in His alight".
(Tea. xxvi, 12; Cole 2, 26; HO: Xni.
20,' 21), • , • :
All rebelling •ageinse God's will
and God way (and there is a lot -
of it on the part of His people) only
causes sorrow to themselves . and
,
brings no glory to God, but com-
pels .1-11ni to chastene them for their
geod. It ie the privilege of every
ehlld ot God to enjoy perfeot peaco
and to bear much fruit to the glory
ef God, but it can ozdy he in arid
y a - - willizig And obedlent
people, tot the. mouth of theLead
h
batspoken 11.,and Itis word is for
ever settled' in heaven. (verse • 20 :
Pee xix. 89). ' : • '
• SENTENCE SERMONS.
Sentiment' will aot pass for ser-
vice, .
It takes moral mescle to be meek.
Mud will only stick to mud.
- Success must be metesured by the
soul, • .
Forget justice and -you will find
judgment,
.A. shadowless waled Would'be • a
sunless orie. •
Kindness is more convincing than
keenness.
'Watching the .40ck it but wasting
th time.
Test °pillions cannot straighten
crooked practice. •• •
A gotIlf man isthe man who does
good tS men. -
There im sanctification in self-
satisfaction •
A haliehearted servant always has
a hard hearted boss.
Self-denial Is- a Specific for
esteem.
A, man's moral measure may be
known by the things that move him
•to mirth.
The Wise are those who learn from
the follies of others as well as their
own.
To -morrow ofteu shows that we
have been'begging off from the best
things of to -day. '
The mind that bears ripe fruit al-
ways bends no that a child can pick
it.
-Some peoPle think they have fallen
from grece if they forget to grum-
ble.
When hatred hat a long time lease
on the heart Ile MO is niuch deceive ,
ed by your hanging out the "dear
brother!" sigh on the liPS.
rather (t0 itenx)-"etow, Molt here,
my 'boy; if you ever do thet again
ti Melte you Mart for it." Sone.
"You earn do it. My sehoolmanter
totsX was born etttPicl, and no poWe
erott earth can make Ine tiniest. Ile
says 1 come of a stupid family."
Patlter---"What? go and see that
it:teeter,"
rtICW pA2TGEB IN2CIS8IdS.
A Disease n England Traced to
Oeculation.
A new danger hail been added to
the many whicb: medicel men assert
seirround the habit of kissing accord-
ing to Delmer Whittlee, a lecturer on
dental histologn and pathology at
Birmingbem University, the crawcraw
diseasas common on the 'attest -coast of
Africa. bag beep introdu.cni into Lenge
land. Birmingham, he says, has ban-
dreds !sf caeee, while traces of the dis-
ease have been Jeered in many other
,placee., Tkie disease is du,e to the
laresence of the newel:ode worm,
which has a pet:eller penchant for de-
stroying the white corpuscles in, the
'blood. The chief eymptom is an in-
tense itching ofthe Skin.
Kissing, Mr. WhIties asserts, is
ene of the ;mane by which: the Uis-
ease Is disseminated. There are large
nUMbers ot courting couples sufferiug
from crawcraw in leirrainghani, he
said, and oftener than not one trees -
mite the disease to the other by )rise -
Mg.
In one ease which Came under his
observation the engaged giri was
kissed by her siveetheart, who as a
victim of the disease. Shortly af-
terward she coraplained of a terrible
itching. The trouble was incorrect -
ler diagnosed, aud the young woman,
who slept with her sister, transmitted
the disease, and the latter pass,id it
on to a younger brother. Thus four
Persons became affected through kiss-
ing.
In another case a bare:iced went to
see her brother, a Soldier, on his re-
turn from war, They kissed each
other, .and the result was the young
Woman a few days subsequently com-
plained of intense itching of the skin,.
The soldier was unaware of the fact
that he .lemself .was suffering from
the disease, the nematode worm be-
ing distinetly shown in a number of
bleed films.
COMING NAVAL. TERROR
MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS OF
THE rrniaz.
'Could:be Carried. on Board War-
' ships -Speedy and Hard to •
• . Detect.
The proPosed trans -atlantic race
for torpedo boats, V it.. is • carried
out, will have • a ' very • important
bearing ore the•futhre of the torpedo
beat, and naval experts will be
much interested 1 :the result. A
preminent Freileh automobilist, who
has had wagedexperience With
motor -boats, think -
that if the race
ie successful it will mark the doom
of the present type of torpedo boat
with steam engines. He believes that
smaller heats' with petrol engines
would be far more useful and speedy;
and could be employed Much more
expeditiously. • Granting that they
could not live :through. extreznely
rough weather, • he points out that
quite a dozen of theiri could be car-
ried an board a warship at such a
time. When required they would be
quickly launched: • again, their eta
gines would be got going by a Mere
turn of a handle, and there they
would .be ready to glide away at a
speed of • over 20. miles an hour • to
deliver an attack. Each boat would
reciter° but. foer or eve mere as the
petrol engine • is all but' automatic
in its aCtion, and one man if need
be, could control all Its functions
and steer the vessel at She sante
time, just •as on a inotor-car.
couLD ero ANYWHKRE.
With% engines of 200 e:p. or over
to' -drive the vessel in open :water,
and a smaller engine for speed or An -
shore Work, this boat could be most
ecerioznically Wolked, and ceidd pu
etrate emetically aeywhere, It
.would have no smoke, and lyine low
in the water, it .wotild• glide along
swiftly and 'silentlya A etoelt ef Pe.
trolsufficient, for 400 or 500 miles
could be carried, %further .'supplies
Woirld be carried on the warship, and
the, • poesibilite of any hrealeclowe
would be yery remote.
'There would bo no stoke -hole hor-
rors, no burseing �f steam' pipes, • Or
any of the *other dangers which the
crews of ordinary torpeclb bots
run, whilst if the enemy sighted them
theywould. melte a eonsiderably
tiznaller meek in the water, and
would standa better ehance of , es-
eaping.: If the worst' 'CI:1111e to the
woret, .aitd a. shot Struck them,they
would' go to, the bottom, of eeerse;
but the loss in human life and the
logs to &the fleet •would be. but a
fraetional part of the loss sustained
by a similar disaster to the Modern
type o.A0R1 EtovrpTedi jOEmboaotil. BoA.RD.
' The feet that the petrol: 'beats
could he takon on board ship to the
number perhaps ,of a dozen • would
mean in itself that the big vessel
would always carry with it a fleet
of protectors and scouts, which at a
moment's notice could take to the
water and sweep out in a great cir-
cle. Ateether important consideration
is that ,the warship Would be a kind
of dry dock for each of the boats,
and time they could have any Inech-
enieal defects see right at once on
the high sea, Needless to say e such
a course is not possible with the Pre -
pent type of steam -propelled torpedo
boat. ep c fe d1fflult - to
accomplish without returning to port
And much time is lost thereby; and.
the vessel is rendered n0n-eflective
for a considerable time, It has to
battle mudded with every kind ot
Weather, and those who have any
knowledge of the life , on -beard a
torpedo boat during a galewill
agree that our eitilore•will be 'saved
many hardships if they had. torpedo
boats which could be slueit on board
aavarship in time of stress.
A SPECTACULitit ARann,
It le a Matter of common -know-
ledge that the , • Kaiser, from his
strong sWive of the spectacular has
taught his army, at every great
manoeuvre held sine° his aeceselozt In
188S eot to fight as they will in
actural War, says the North Ameri-
can Review. The aemy, indeed is
to -day eon -Intended by an Empeeor
who . knows absolutely nothing of
prantical warfare front personal ex-
perience.1,110 yotingeet lieutenant in
France, einesia. England, and the
ITnited States' knows more Of itetuai
fighting than he. Per fifteen years
tlie Gernian array has been taught,
in sham battle, to attack an imagin-
ary enemy on conditiotts and in a
mariner Which would fusee complete
annihilation in actual warfare,
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SELECTED :RECIPES.
Egge and. Tetaato Sauce on Toast
e -Place a, saucepan with one table.
spoonful of butter, One tableeppoutul
of chopped onion and one-half a bay
leaf over the fire and cook eve min-
utes without browning, then add one
tablespoonful of flour and stir for
two. minutes. Add twelve large ripe
tomatoes or . (one can), two tea-
spoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful
of salt and one-half teaspoonful ot
_PeePer; 'cook all together tor ten
minutes, Rub the sauce through a
sieve and *et beckon the range to
keep hot. Have eight allege of brown,
toast wen buttered and arranged on
SkallOW dish; poach eight eggs an.
plaee elle on each elice of toast; pour
the hot tomato sauceover them, and
serve at once, One slice- of toast
may be served on each bedividual
dish, tuna tile ,seatcp dipped over it,
with two thin slices of fried crisp
Moon placed on each end of the
toast.
SWeet • Apple Picnics, - Select
smooth' aeOles below inedium size
and have tbern.uniform. Peel eerie
fully and leave the sterns on. Alio*
two quarts •ot vinegar, four poiende
of light brown woe, one ounce each
of ground. Cinnamon and cloves, Tie
the spice -in little cheesecloth bags
and Soine sticks 'of whole einnamori,
Wben. scalding hot put in enough al) -
pies to cook' well. When they can
be easily pierced with n broom straW
skim out in a stone 'jar and. cook
the 'other'apples. Pour the hot vine-
gar over the pickles, thee an in,vert-
ed plete Or saucer over the jar and
tie to - securely with' 'white muslin.
Milk. Soup. -Use one quart of new
Milk; one saltspeonfel of salt, one
saltspoonfule of powered cinnamon,
one teaspoonful Of granulated eugar;
scald all together for an hour in a
pitcher set in a kettle of water; then
add tno well -beaten yolks of two
ceugiglsd.re-n,Good for delicate persotm, and
VariousCanitands.-Cooks with- a
llttle'experience can produce 'a va-
rlet,' of custards be varying the 'flee
Vora used, leevingethe- body of the
custard the same. Oranges cut fine
(often being ' peeled atid seeded) can
be used, simply adding • therta to .
good ev,stard So can canned or fresh
fruit's, Chewed itlinonds, . grated .co-
coinute,'chOcolaee and roons.
Barley Soup:eadnly beef stock is
required • in making a_ first-rate bare
leyesoup, if the grain is alloevede %to
steep In • te. for , seine thee. before.
cooking, ':Oneareaitet • the. quantity
of cold water ehopldthen be 'added
with a, few kernels el • allspice, ' and
the simmering process conducted' al-
oe* irtiperceptibly, Diced jam. epo-
tittoee are thrown in 'about half • •.'an
hour.befoee serving : The cooking be-
ing .then hastenecteto a gentle boil, :
Waleut • Catsup. -An old fashioned
rule- for 'walnut ...catsup that dates
• back almost a hundred Years is., as
:fel:mese • Take green walnut shells. -
Mix them well with .eelti Let them
, stand In this way for :six days free
'quently 'beating and•sinasiiing .them.
By -WS time the shells will have be:
come Soft 'and mushy. hanging
;the nhells on One side of the tub and
raisinge the tub on ' that side, the.
liquor will drain., Off to the ether
slide,' Take • out all of it and repeat
tee. Procees• as often as necessary.
'When ale the liquor possible is
Strained off' iet it sinnieer •Izt: an iron
boiler, . sainneing off ad • seura that
raises. When -no more mine forms
; add to -every • six genets- of liquor • .0,
quarter- of .a.• licefal -of glens., a quats
ter ota pound- of &broke.. two *ounce'
es of long peppers •and two Ounces:Of
elovesi Let: it boil slowly' for half
an hour.... .• When bottled equal
amour:it:. of ' thespices go . irite each
.bottle. l!'.111 up the bottle completely
and; eerie...them, sealing tightly. Put
them. in• a Cool, dee Place for On
Year .before using them,
.5.013.o0z, .X.ArNettEON,s.•. •
The idea of the luncheonsuggese
tions following is that they May be
Of belp to those • who are trying te
ietry the school luncheons of .. their
-children .stifhciently- without giving
them foods which are tbo rich in
fat- or. too didiettlt for digestion. Few
perhaps, pan follow the luocheoris ex-
actly as • they are given., for - soz a
may find it necessary to reduce th
expense, and in Sotto eases the food
might net be obtainable or In ac-
cordance with different. : tastes: Then
have been preparedwith ci regard for
the nutritive values of feeds. • •
Fresh pork is indigestible,: and
pork,- given at all, should be-thor-
eiughly cooked,
• .The lunch box •sliould .be thOrough-
ly aired every day.' A flagging ap-
petite eliould not be tempted by the
addition of an extra. Piece of pie as
a substitute- for the more wholesome
bread-and-butter .sandwieli, 11 pos-
sible, however, let the•lencia-even the
cold luneh-Contain something that
Is a surmises Por thia reason " the
boy or girl-shot/Id nOt pack the lunch
themselves. • , -• •
, the child foods for his
lunch which tax itlie, digestive sys-
tem will Make study .an impoesibil-
ity for much of the afternoon, for
the 'child will not 'have thepower to
do the Mental; work required..
"Plants, especially fresh fruits,. are _
valuable for their acids and sate.
Some 'on' the prepared breakfast
foods /elite good lunch dishes; if.
cream. ;tied' sugar are added, the cera
-
al • beleg packed in a conered
glass.•, • • ,• •
Belew ire Scene suggestions for
luncheon:. ' •
Brown breed andbetter, milk,
gtetved• fruit,
White -bread sandwiches, boiled
eggs, a glaSe of canned fruit, sweet
crackers.
Buttered rolls, Cold roast beef,
baked apples.
Hain sandivIclieS, milk, bananas,
Plain saudnath with a lettuce leat
bete/en, 'corned been apple turnover.
Brown bread saildWiehes, cold roast
beef, ebeee nourishing gelatine, such
as Bavarian creatn,
Rolls with: butter, tongue, potato.
salad and apples.
Cheese satidwicheg, riee pudding,
teaks,
Deviled ham .tiettidwiclies, stewed
r
Cold cliteken, bread aud butter
piclelee, tapioca cream.
Cold boiled beef, Saratoga eliipe,
bread ,and butter (thia elices), snow-
ed apricots-.
Cold roast mutton, celery, bread
and butter, nigs.
attnthrlesizes with orange marma-
lade, cold valour, fleeting Isla.
Preesed pleicken, egg -end -potato
salad, broad and butter, , ginger-
snaps.
Deviled eggs, whole-wheat bread,
dates,
Sandwicliee with jelly, dried beef,
cornotarch inane mange with clzonor
late ounce.
Chicken salad, plain bread and
butter, nraegee,
Sandwiches, • peanut butter, cold
roast beef, cranberry sauce or • lem-
on Jelly.
FOODS POIS. INVALIDS.
Tlie following recipes have been
tried and found both dainty end nu-
tritious for invalids who must of ne-
cessity be careful in their eating!
Beef Essence -Put a, finely chapped.
steak. into a glass jar or bottle. Cove
• ar closely and set, it in a pan or ket-
tle of hot water. Piece either in
the °yea or on the back of the stove,
until the ,juiee has come out /01 the
meat. Then strain, season sliglatlY.
Serve as it is, er eaake beef tea. by
adding
Meatgiell'cfrtwal3ter.alls—Got the inside
round chopped line at the butcher's.
Moisten the liands in, cold 'water, and
form fiat cakes, bhing careful to have
thorn of even thickness. Grease the
broiler before puttibg the,eneat balls
• on. Broiloyor a hot, clear fire,
turning continuaely. Season both
sides .as you remove them from the
broiler, .
Orange ,Sponge --Juice of 5 large
oranges; a box gelatine, 1 cup sugar,
1 pine boiling water, whites 4 eggs..
Seek the gelatine in e cup cold
weter I hoer.. Pour the .boiling
water on this and stir until dissolv-
ed.' Add the orange juice and sugar.
Strain and put it in a dish which
can be set into a pan of ice water
or anew. 'When it begins to stiffen
beat with an egg beater until 'very
light, Add whites of eggs beaten
stiff. Beat, turn into mould when
cold, Serve with: boiled custard
sauce.
- Boiled Clustatio, 1 pint ' of milk
scalded,. 'add a shake of salt, yolks of
4 eggs, i teaspoon . vanilla, 4 tea-
spooes 'sugar. Peat the yolks until
light, with thesugar. Pour in the
scalded milk, Stirring all the time.
Pour 'back inro double boiler, cook
until. it :thickens (above 2 Minutes),
then •remove. Poer into told bowl
or nitelier. Tura the orange sponge
when dole, from the niolch onto .a
long , platter, and 'pour the custard
wound it. "lialf as many lemons
may be used in place'oe oranges, but
more sugar is needed. • • •
. Baked Bananas--Peei bananas, cut,
into halves •Iengthielse, and 'plea) in
baking dish.' hetet a. *thimble boiler
put 1 tablespoon butter, 2 table;'.
.elsoOnt 'sugar and Mee. of 1 leancite
Stir entll cooked. Poer e of' ethis'
deeming oyer •the bananes, Enid hake
15 minutes. Peer over the remain-
der of the dressing and bake 15
minutes more.. . • . .
•
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, • PIGTAILS' ON KIIROPEANS.
•• - . • ..-_. . . . •
Fashion• Dated. From the Reign
• • cif Louis XIV.' cif France. •
• The recent . "statement that the
: Grand Council of China, is in favoe
i of the :abandonment of the pigtail
by all soldiers and sttidents is signiL•
Scant. John Chinaman • without a
tail' to be pulled is likely tei be la
course of time a more business -like
and formidable epponeat than inthe
past "though he hes never been de-
: spice*, says the London Glebe.
Bute.antiquated and a.beurd as :the
• weeri g of the pigtail nciw 'seems; its
disappearance h•ora England only
dates froin a time Well 'Within, • the
memory of teeny men still living.. It
is true that public oPinion, brought
-the Pigtail i•nto general disfaVor in
the early 'years of the nineteenth
eentury; but a .pentributor to "Notes
and Queries" for e858 records : that
ha `.'eaW the • other' day descending
frozn. a small chariot in, Cheapside a
venerable. -Old gentleman ,• _with a
small screw of his gray locks behlud
wi*h a short riban . As this was
less. than_ Afty years •ago it will' be
seen, that ive• have less reason for
contrasting berselves favorably in.
thie respect with the Chinese than.
many pepple remeinber • or suspect. .
• In .Europe the: fashion of tying the
natural , hair in a queue seen.is to
date* from the reign of the "Grand
Monarque," when, the officers �f the
French army tied their hate in sum-
mer, but wore :it loose iii winter and
Indoors. Thence, the cestom spread
to: 'Austria and flourished exceeding-
ly. Indeed, soeetravagatit did the
fashion become that in the eighteen-
th century . seine unfortunate • Prus-
sian troopa wore the queue down to
their heels, while Frederick It ap-
peared on horseback with -a pigtail
reaching the erupper of hie saddle.
The French Revolution brought
about the disappearance of, this, as
of many ether absurdities; for the
soldiers of the republic had no Mate
or money to spare for seek barber's
work, having sterner business on
hand' which demanded °alt their ems:-
gios. In the British army the pig-
tail wag abolished clurieg?oe just af-
ter the leepolemile Ware. the Royal
Welsh rusil10s, its the ."flash" sill
recalled .by the name of the famotis
twist tobacco. Hood in one 01 bus
punning ballads, Wes the word in a
double sense : : •
"His hed WAS tuen)i • and so he
• •
chewed '
Plinne, chocolate cake.
• "Why," gald Irobby tO his elder Grabens bread and ',butter, cold
brother, "do herrings Nene so mann' Vela beef% baked With cream.
Mort: illnesses than other flail?" Sandiviches with Sardinea and le -
"Who gays they do?" eaked the youth: mon, stewed notelet% gingerbread.
reldreesed. "'Why, this book says 'Iloant spareribs (lean) breadi,ami
that thougaudit upon thousands of butter, brown betty Witif Satie0 or
thoin are =reel every year." cream, gookies.
*AA
CLEANING MILK VESSELS.
In wee' of the publications .of the
Department of Agricalture, Wash-
ingt0e, IJ. S. A., Mr, R. Pearson,
assietant chief of the dairy division,
gives e4vice on -the above subject.
' He says -that ny utensil can, be
cleaned by the persistent use of tlie
scrubbing- brush, hot water and sal -
soda. It 'Should' be remembered,
however, that there are several im-
portant' steps in the operation of
cleaning, and that one of these le
scarcely more important .than the
other, each requiring strict attention,
even to .the minutest detail.
Fresh milk is easily removed from
tn Surface, but It it is allowed to dry
on and become sour or perhaps de-
cayed, hard work is required to get
It off. 'Ceder the best conditions it
Is die:1mM enough to clean dairy
utensils, but when they are allowed
to bec.oine dry before cleaning the
labor is greatly increased. • If it is
impossible to tulle clean ne milk vese
sel soon titter use, it should at least
be filled with water; and then it can
be easily -cleaned later.
Every part of an article that comes
In contect with milk . should be
cleaned with a -brush or be in plain
view when elevated, Ita cream separa-
tor caenot be properly cleansed by
running water through dt, and such
an etiort is rarely made, but fre-
quently. the apparatus is Mit taken
wholly apart, as it stionla be. BY
means Of long -handled, or very small
brushes oyery part should be readied,
epecial care being taken to use the
brush about all seams and joints.
Milk should always be rinsed out
of vessels before -they are .scalded..
It this is not done, the albumen • of
the •nslik will be coagulated by the
heat and ecibere to the. sides, Makitig
its removal difficult. • It is 'import-
ant, therefore, not to have the first
wash Water 'too het. . Cold water is
sometbries eeconamendeci, but theeis
not •necessary, as it may be • (Mite
warm without chaziging.the conditiozi
of tlie labureen. • . :.. • .,
: THE BEST PleA.CTICE _ .
is to rinse the. vessels :with cold or
wenn water, then'waeh In hot water,
.by aid of some 'cleaning preparation,
then rinse carefully and enough to
• renuevo all soap, saltocla, or other
cleaning• material, •azycl: many steri-
lise in a steam- chest, exposing them
to - live steam' \ about • three -minutes:
• The methods: grenerally used in wailie
ing Mille vessels are very imperfect.
The. vessels are often careiessly rinsed
withcold water, 'then , one is filled
with hot eiretee and cleaned with' a
cloth, the :same water being made to
serve for..iitherveseeis aticceesivelye
beingeterned ' *trend One .to another,
and by the time • the 'last is reached,
the water is -no longeiehot and is de-
cidedly milky. • 'When water' is not
het,the grease is not remoyede•but
simply smeared over: the tin, • The
wash sinks should be close ...together,
One for the, general cleaning and: the
other containing -Mean, .hot.'weter iht
winch each .article is rinsed es Soon
as it is washed. Mast utensils easily
dryafter being steamed', but if they
;do not they may be pet In a drying
roof* or 'wiped with : a . clr, .clean:
ieloth. They should. be Placedin hue°
I air, and in sunshine, if convenient,
though this is. not necessary, if . well
.cleaned and thoreughly .sterilized, t
1 • Cans and %pees •-for ecirryinge Milk
sliceed be 'usedtoe no other, eurpose.
It is well. to haVe the cans :cieaned
and sterilized at the. factory, 'where
thereare special 'facilities for this
Work. '.Iri inane casesthis ii ' done
goi• tile patrons free,. while hi others
e• small ;charge IS Made. Milk .cans
and palls .should -iseeer he allowed:eo
steedia . thd:stahle before they are
•needre there :for nee. • Myriads cif
bacteria ere , coeste ntly•• itoating.aboet
in the air of the .stable,,'especially
' when dust is eisingety feeding; end
extilk eeensila shotild.. not .be tutneceee
iesaly eiposed to them: . Teee should
i
be kept in icelean.place: With. - covers
I on, eurronneled . by , pure air, and
rholild always be ritisecl with clean
'Water Just before milking time. : -
Mile, coolers aroapt to be neglect-,
ed,;often 1,0001150 they era:used In or
nezie' the stable, • and -it is not con-
venient to' take, them to the 'deiry-
boeke or kitchen to be cleaned. So
they ' are .simply rinsed off with cold
Water and allowed to remain where
they are Used. In. Cases where they
:are eared for in this way, their ef-
fect on the • mile Is' worse thee -. If
they 'were, hot usedat all. .
: •• ••
• ' CARE OF Still FOALS, '.
. .
• Feels should wailer be neglected "at
any time of the ,year, but justat
this partieuiar wrestle there Is -great
oeceseity for being exert), good tothe
youngsters:. It will' soon be time to
wean them, and if tho have not been
getting a ration of grain right along
since birth' they shoultebe started up
at once encrushed oats end bran.
Wliat Is more, they shoed have shed
protection these chilly nights : and
some place toshelter :themselves
when the Cold autumn rains ere fal-
ling, ' It is no hard trick at all to
start a „foal to doing badly at this
time ot the year and if that is per-'
mitted it will be an awkward job '
to get them back again into the
'right way of doing.before winter sets ,
in in earnest. Therefore; those who ,
have foals 'which have noebeen fed
grain all eununer long will do ntiglity _
well to start in to feed them now'..
They will not take and, indeed, do
not require, much et first, but the
quantity should be increased gradual-
ly day by day tined tacit one is eat-
ing enough grain to keep hint gaining
flesh and etrezigth„ This cannot be
done if the foals are subjected to wet
stud told. They do not stand ex-
posure well. • The 1110,ree also sliotild
bite%) the best of • care, This is. true
of all mares nursing foals, but more
.eeptelaily .8o Of those that are not
sunicling, but again in foal. Seth
should have grain all summer long,
bUt it they have tit been fed, and
lo e year like this of generally good
pastures levee done fairly wen in the '
way of retainiog flesh, they slio.uld
be liberally granted from now on.
until they foal egfain anti they should -
have as good shelter .as their young
ones. After they are dried off thee
can do quete a bit of roughing it,
if it Is necessary, and if they get
plenty of grain, lmt, the less' rough-
ing it maresand foals do the better
for them and the pocket of their
0Witora. It hi easy (Vitt& at this
tiMe Of the season to let a foal, bY
'HIS pigtail till he died." • • :
Lovers of Marryat, too, will re-
member his whimsical description
of the old salt whose magnificent
pigtail, the tnide of his life, was
Mit "off by his amiable consort, with
disastrous results to herself.
• The custom of wearing the piktail
nzay be comparatively modern in
Europe, but its origin, goes Imek to
the dawn Of history. Pigtailed Hit-
titutee' Were among- the °ppm -lotto of
nemeses 11., and from /eclat comes a
legendary ‚account of the reason for
the grotesque fashion which Darwin
might havo approved. The Rajahs
We are told, of a certain eity of the
Gujerat coast ere styled longtailed
1n:casting descent from the king of
the monkeye whohelped Iltteattelfun-
lira to tawnier India. This lends
ail air of respeetable antiquity to a
fashion which has Ifttle else to re..
commend it.
"And what nutkes her so ttnPo-Pds
lar, then?" "Well, 1 daresay She.
thinks it's becauee she dressee bete
ter than any of the other women here
hut it len't."
re,.• .11(Nr.11,0, 4111r
neglect, get late a Way of doing
badly, from the eilects of which ba
/eill never really recover.
POULTRY MINTS.
Gapes are calomel by mall worm*
taken iuto the grope in the form of
eggs, hatched by the animal heat,
end woad through the wiadpipe;
those by degrees, grow and gradual.
ly kill the cidek. Gapes are the
reeult of breeding fowlin illthy
yards, aS brooder chicks or those
that roaut over the grime plats away
from the hottse are never troubled
with this diseage. To prevent this\
keep the chicks on clean Vase 01"
ground where they have not been
continually. Change the location of
tbe coops every few days and they
will not centract the disease. In case
She chicks should get the gapes
squirt,a fe4v clroPs et turpentine down
the throat and into the nostrils, a
sewing machine oil can being all
right for 'this purpose. Take a half
dozen horse hairs from the tall of
the liars% twist, double• and run the
loop down the throat of tbe chink;
remove slowly twisting the hair loop
around as it is withdrawn. If the
chicle is not better in a few' henna
roPeat.
Examine- the roosts for ve.renin, and
if %maul, treat theta With some good
verznin exterminator, Crude petrol-
eum is good, or whitewash the inside
of poultry house, using a small quan-
tity of cru,de carbolic weld In the
wash, '
This may be applied with a brush
or any good sprayer. Dust the
fowls with some good insecticide.
This system followed up at intervals
for a few 'weeks will exterminate the
pests.
If the yonng cockerels are not de
Mrable as breeders, either sell them
no soon as they weigh oho and a half
to two pounds each, to caponize
them. Do not think of going into
winter quarters with a lot of wide-
sirable cocicrels,
Feed both old and young chickens
liberally with meat scraps and cut
bate. The young arefeathering and
the old moulting, and they need this
food especially if confined to yards.
Do not make ben roosts over 2 feet
freen the ground, as • high perches
often cites° bumble foot.
The critical point of the young tun: '
key is during its ihst. six weektr•Or
age, •
Turkeys arajnore or less profitable
up until litre years of age.
Keep plenty of grit by theme at
times. '
TROOPS LEAVING RUSSIA
DRAMATIC SCENE AT A BAIL
WAY STATION. .
Farewtheto
ell way RturFia
as.rtsh..en.,.s0ealB.t.ceoro
is n
•
The • magnificent station Which is •
the starting point .of the Siberian
Railway is usually a -scene of • great •
animation oti the four nights a week
when the transcontinental: expresses
leave, but the other night it was
packed to overflewing, for a large'
contingent of officers was leaving for
Manchuria; and all Moscow seemed
to have turned. out. to give them a
hearty pend -ill, writesa Moscow car- •
respoede • The ..departure took
place shortly before Amidnight, and
in spite. of the latenees of the hour
' two reginieritai • bands . were present;
so •there • was no leek, of music to
belp liven up a remarkable . scene.
The kursk "station is said to he cine
of the finest in the world, arid M the '
vast waiting -room' , and restaurant,
under the brilliant • eleetrio
the crowd- of others :in their smart
uniforms • and the many well-dressed
women gave the iinpression rather •
of a festive gatheiehg than a leave-
taking under • particularly pathetic '
conditions. • Here end there,; hew -
ever, one couldl not help notioinge
handkerchiefs being' placed ,furtively
to pretty eyes when the gist warn- ,
beli on the platform rang out to
" anneuase that the hour for departure • •
was -rapidly approaching. •
--
Two long , tables, *covered with
whi, n cloths, were laid out with a
big array of 'glasses on the platform
Itself, • and here all the .ofheers rre.
sent assembled just before the train
left. 'Champagne was heeded round
and then the corninending Officers
made short speecbes to the galiant
men who were about to start for the
trent, concleding by placing round
the neck cif each one a thin.- 'gold
chain With a small "gOod-luck" 'sou-
venir- 'attached, presented to them
by their brother °eiders. The' Rus-
sian "kiss of brotherhood". then en-
sued, Cie Is usual on such occesions,
afterwhich cheers ivere called • for,
• all raised their glasses, and the sta-
tion .positiVely 'vibrated with the
heeitatakn p
rtinesesup
the reeponse, . tvhich
w
again and...again by
the dmase crowd of people standing '
round. The enthusiem was abso-
Miely contagious, and one feund
oneself unconsciously, taking part In .
the proceedirigs.
A DRAMATIC sogNp,
Headed by thp bands, a 1310Ve was
then made to tlo platfornt where the
train Was rea to start, and there
Gee saw many a last sobbing fare-
well taking place as the dense crovni
surged round the carriages to Mee
a axial shake of the hand and God-
speed to friends. eVith, the usual
punctuality or continental traits, on
the Very stroke of the hour the big
-yarning bell rang out and the en -
glee's Whistle responded immediately
the massed bands struck up an in-
spiring air, and araid the deafening
cheers of the crowd and the frantic
waving of hats end handkerchiefs the
huge train moved majestically away
into the darkness of the night. It
was as intensely tireenatic a sone as
I have ever witnessed, and will long
linger in my memory.
It is, X believe, usually admitted
that it is a pity to spoil a fine stage •
effeet by an anti -China -4C; but at the
risk of doing this 1 must narrate
what took place next. The crowd
had Scarcely dispersed, and I was
hingleclev finishing my sketch when a
dimly -lighted train, composed of
third-class carriages only, batked up
to the platform just vacated. The
immense iron doors at the extreme
end of the building were opened, and
there entered slowly a long, dismal
procession of over two hundred pris-
oners bound for Siberia. They were
all clothed in the hideous Arab garb
of the Russian convict, and the
elattking of their heavy chains rang
out in the now degerted etation in
the enowds and the gay Military mu.
sic so few Minutes previously, while,
as though to acld to tha Imptessl'ro.
nese of the effect, tit this moment
the lights on the platform were turn-
ed down. No dramatist cotild poar
sIbly coneeive a more sensational
"eurte.in,"
e