Exeter Advocate, 1903-3-19, Page 7THE OCTOPUS OF SECRET SIN
Ras Many a Man and Woman in a Firm
and Fatal Clutch,
(Ened aecording to Act oi the Par,
Ihunent of Canada, in tho year One
Thousand Niue gundred and. Three,
by Wm. Bailv. ef '.0.‘oro5to, at the
Department of Agrieniture, Ottawa.)
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A despatch from Chicago says
Bev, Dr. Talmage preached from the
following text :—Luke xiv, 18, "And
they all with one consent aegan to
Make excuse,"
Xt is comparatively seldom that
men are convinced by argument. In
Yery peried the great dieeoeerer or
Philosopher, howsoever irrefuteble
bis arguments, bas been treated
witn hicredulity end soreetirees veith
Tbe young scientist who
rend a paper some year ago argn-
Ing that the coral islands were
bunt by a small insect was perse-
,‘ outed and expelled from. the French
Academy., aud, brokep hearted. and
in disgrace, be cenenitted sineide.
To introduce any inuovetion into
the reAlna of thought by the power
of argument is a. task that few have
the courage to etterapt and fewer
etill the power to achieve.
But though argument and feet. are
often futile there are -We wizarde
who emi always therm—be who can
tell a story and lie who eau paint
er, picture, With one flash the Artist
of the brush or pen can carry the
'truth home. Tbe publics speaker who
wields the greatest influence to -day
is not the scientist or the logician.
but the orator who can tell the
ommon people what a thing is
stayed away and made no excuese,
but then the host would have been
offended and would never heve
vited them again. They wanted to
keep his good will so that he might,
taem at sone future time. If
those invited guests never expeeted
to acCePt an avitation to tine good
man's house, they- would, have said
to therxiselves; "What is the good of
my sitting down every little while
and writing to that maxi that I can-
ntit accept his lavitatiene? ale is
tahe before the judgment seat ler becoming nothing 1)14 a Perfe9t
Christ not whet you now Ile° In
your head, but what you have in
your heart. Therefore, it is very
important that you do not with
fatal self conmlacency as to your
wealth and social prestige and your
ownership of mortgages and boucle
and land titles blind. your eyes to
the importance ot geiag to the gos-
pel banquet.
THE WAGE EARNER'S EXCUSE,
1"I'hom in modern life does this
stock owner represent ? Be sym-
bolizes the practising doctor or law-
yer or small merchant or manufac-
turer or mechanic or salaried ene-
ployee ePgned in a, daily struggle
her A livelihood. He represents, as
Matthew Henry well wrote, the man
with "the inordinate care and con-
cern about this world which neeps tome you to any deeisieu„ m
ago-
hU2 ircin/ elitist and his grg"'" big te; leaVe tbe who lle matter with
represente the father and hueloted
t sass yourself. Instead .of asking you to
who on Saturday n
/eh come to the gospel banquet now 1
"Well. I have worked hard, all the am going to esb you ether, you eon
week.1 am too tired to, go to ootoo,
Irma. toenorrow and do Gotre Will you come to Christ ten
years from to -day? "Oh, no." eeeei
work. It is all well enough to think
about religion, but the simple feet answer; "I would not like to post-
pone the gospel invitation aa long
in this strenuous earthly WO
must look after my business amitrearet.ilatil,eal ea
mai never live tee
Rep looning after it all the tirahd hime. As looylelersackloN4verYiner; PIIInsgt
Ile represents the bUsilleSS man we° life I can see how many unexpeeted
itt first (Mee not intend to do things have
lni
wrong, but, little by little, lie al- years. Many oferr-IIrestdtdugt12
iiltri..dee.
loWS lus business to crowd out bis est peeeds bay° died during those
duties to Christ, First. lie Gives eh ten years, They were just as young
prayer meeting en account of bust- and strong as 1 ant now. I cannot
chest neatly always spore, in pare IteSal then ins (early reading of the afford to wart ten years." 'Pima
abies. His analogies were the wheat
-end the tares and the mustard seed
and the birds of the air and the
lille$ of the valley. Everybody can
understand a similitude.
One of tbeee matchless similitudes
is the scene of the 'text. The king-
dom of heaven is compared to
feast to which. nany guests Immo
bore. What I will do hereafter is
just to throw 'his invitations into
the waste basket, Then, after
awhile, he will cease to write and
will stop bis importuelties." But,
leo. That is not the eourse these
invited guests took. They practi-
cally said to themselves, "I will
keep on sending my declination,
year in and year out, and then some
day, when- 1 ani old, and sick and
helpless and oboist to die, 1 will just
be carried down on my sigh bed and
that good man will take care of me
aud forgive all the indifference and sin
of iny past We." You expect to
scene day come to Ohriet, but yon
keep saying to the gospel messenger:
"Not now. Not re.W. Not now."
ACCEPT THE INVITATION NOW.
My brother and sister invited. to
Jesus Christ. I an not going to
Bible; then hia Sunday services, will you come in Ave years? "No;
Little by little he allows himself to Neill not delay it five years. That in
drift away from God until at last also too long. 1 have had certain
the invitation to the gospel ban- warnings that 1 may not live five
quet falls upon unheeding ears. years. There was a strange pain in
Tem BRIDEGRoom.$ BxcusR. my heart; there was that dizzy sen-
sation Itt my head." Then will you
But, bark! Another kneek is heard come next year or next month to
a.t the door of the good Inan's house. tbe gospel banquet? "No," you an
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Alm," you say, "think of the fool- ewer; "1 dare not postpone this gas
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been invited, Manners and anstnIcanish esease this third exne.cted guest pel invitation for a year or eVen for
change. but in all periods and in has sent! Ho says be is a bride- a month. 1 know that the gospel
11 lauds ihe ides* et A least' hee groom and therefore cannot come. Invitetion will not press itseU upon
been familiar., They have been cele- Why did be
brated from time immemorial. net do as Mr. Moodyme in a month with the same Pow -
said he ought to have done — go to er as it is now doing. Each day 1
EXCUSES OLD AND NEW. the hangtiet hall and 'take hiS wife postpone this matter it is hander for
etiongr• But, my friend, this excuse me to come." Then, my brother and.
Let us examine the meows 143r of the bridegroom, ought not to be sister, will you accept this gospel
which the Melt Of Old evaded this to you an object of derlaiMa Of all invitation now? .Will yon not ask
feast and see bow closely they re- the excuses 'winch Christ stated in for a full pardon of your sins? Will
gamble the excuses by which men of the parable I think this one was the you not ask for a, robe of righteous -
the present day try to justify them- most plausible and the most ra.- ness which has been crimsoned from
selves in their refusal to sit down. Mani, The bildegroom in. the Wet, the blood nf the Calvary cross?
at the marriage banquet of the by the custom of that time. might
Lamb. First, tho capitaliat's ec-1 be Molted upon leniently for answer-
cuse. Thirdly had the ancient bare- Mg as he did. The Hebrews consider-
quet table been prepared when WO ml marriage ono of the most sacred
can see a courier's horse dash up and important events of a human be'
to the would-be host's house. The brg's life. Every young girl spent
messenger is dressed in the liveried 1 her time chiefly in preparing for her
costume of one of the rich men of 1 nuptial day. She, was always spin -
the east. Ile dismounts and knocks ning linen and making garments for
at tbe front door. When, the servant Ithe wedding trousseau. Every
opens that door, the messenger
hands in a scented missive which
reads 'something like this
dear friend, much to my regret, 1
find it impossible to be with you
to -night. I know you expected Me,
but I have just closed a big deal.
1 have become the owner of a largo
tract of land, and 1 must go out
and eee it. I pray thee have me
excused. Though.] am compelled to
be absent in body, yet I shall be
with you to -night in spirit, Adieu,
nty clear sir, until eve meet at my
own table." When the good man of
the house receives this letter, his
eye flashes. The Bible distinctly de-
clares in. reterence to this episode :
"Then the master of the house being
angry"—He read between. the lines
of that refusal. Ire knew that this
capitalist was making a poor ex-
cuse ; he know that the capitalist
as an intelligent investor would nev-
er have bought that land unless he
had first seen it, examined it and
ascertained that its title deeds were
all right. T1ie. good man may have
had his suspicion that the capitalist
of the east, now tbat he was a
great landowner, felt a little above
his old associates and therefore may
have thought it was not dignified
for him to mingle with ordinary
guests at a common banquet, and
thus he stayed away. So we find
that the hardest men and women
to reach in a gospel ,sense are the
rich people. They do not always
think it respectable.to associate
with representatives of the masses
in a church pew. They would be
wining to go to heaven if they
could only go in a gilded chariot,
as a king might go to Westminster
etbbey and be crowned. They would
gladly go if they could only bribe
their way there by a million dollar
check. But they are not willing to
be suppliants after the Bread of
Life when their own granaries are
full of winter supplies and their
thrashing floors crowded with the
thrashers beating and bruising the
grain.
LOVE CANNOT BE BOUGHT.
Neither will money buy love.
Money may buy sycophancy. It may
make servants and so-called friends
bow and cringe before us, but the
'songstress ode love is not a hireling
' who singe her seraphic strains -to
the jingling accompaniment of gold-
en coins. True -love is won by the
heart, not by the purse. True love
is found sniffing dS winsomely in a
tottage as in a palace. Neither, 0
rich man, can you with money buy
your way into heaven. If you have
no time to seek God in his house
on earth, you will not be able to
find Christ in mansions in the skies
If you do not honor your Saviour
before nien, neither will Christ honor
you before the angels, who are now
assembled about the great white
throne of the celestial city. "How
much did he leave ?" asked 'a
gentleman he reference to a tertain
deceased rich man. "He left every-
thing," was the answer. "His
shroud had .no pocket, so far as I
could see." So. rich man, you will
TIM SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
IdARCIT 28.
young num was taught that his Text of the Lesson, Eph. ii., 1-10
duty to, the world and to God was Golden Text, Eph. ii., 8.
to marry. He did not enter into
this marriage relationship in a bap- 1. And you hath he quielcezed, who
hazard way, as do many of the were dead in trespasses and sins.
young people of the present time. The last clause of this perse de-
llo did not marry upon a 1110Mea-1, serlbes. the eendMen el n11, withOut
tory impulse. But the young people
exception, nain reeeerncci, ano mb
were often ceilliumed for years before same and truth is found in such
tbe weddleg day. Tben, by the old sages as Rem- iii, 23; v, 12; Tit.
8; but the natural inan rebels
against it, and especially the edu-
cated, religious natural man, who
teaches that all people are children
of God, that there is good in. all and
all who desire to be good are,
Christians. A. minister in New Yet*
own roof. So when the bridegroom is reported as recently having said
of the east sent a refusal to come to that be knew nothing of the nosy]
the -banquet be practically said, as birth and had never experienced 18.
hundreds and thousands of wives In spite of all that men say and,
and mothers are now saying: et teach we must say, "Let God be
cannot afford to come to Christ's true and every inan a liar" (Itotn-1
banquet at the present time. I have Hi
my home duties to attend to. I have
domestic obligations. I pray thee
have me excused."
THE DUTY OP PARENTS.
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in, these and the preceding verses.
Elsewhere it is crucillea with HMI,
dead With. Him, buried with Rim,
risen With Hine, sideerieg with
Hine glorified with Him, coming
with Him ((an la 20; Bozo. vi,
4-6; viii, 17; Col, iii, 2-4). Waat
Be did and suffered for us in _our
stead as our substitutes we are
looked, upon as having done and
suffered with Him. We cannot feel
nor realize tbis, but we ican firmly
believe it, and that is whet He
asks us to do. Only in the ages to
come &bed we see the full signifi-
cance of it all, wheu with all saints
we shall compreheud, as we cannot
now, the breadth and length and
depth And height of the love that
passeth knowledge (Epla, 18.
10),
8, 9. For by grace peer ye saved
through faith, and that, met of
yourselves ; it Is the gift vie God;
not of works, lest any mau should
boast.
The law was given by Moses, but
tmet.antl truth. came by Jesus
truth (John wi,"114,1117°)f. g
lir
ra
uce
th 'ta-elsd
and shows just what we are, end
grace %Wes us in spite of it aU.
Not only do the epistles begin and
end Nvith something about grace,
but some of there ere very full of
grace. In his own case Paul felt
that the grace of.Ged was exceeding
abundant (I Tim, 1, 14), and in hie
epistle he has 'Pamir to say of the
glory of Ira grace ,and the exceed-
ing riches of Hie grace (1, 6, 7 '
it, 7). 1 cla reet.kirow that it is
bitter defined anywhere than in II
Oen viii. 9, and when we can see
and know how rich Ile was and re-
elize in some measure how poor He
became for us we shall then hnow
tore fully the reeernieg of grace.
10. For we aro His worlonaeship.
created In Christ Jesus unto good
worts which Clod Meth before or-
dained (prepared) that we should
elk in them.
While no warns a ours can either
• us or help to save us. or add
18 our safety. but if saved it must
e by the worg et Christ alone. yet
there ia in God's Plan an abundance
of work for saved people. I, bane
found that if you eel{ a company of
Christians to repeat a verso begin-
ning "This is a faithful saying's
they alMost invariably repeat I
'rim. 1, if, but it is a very rare
thing for any one to repeat Tit.
111, 8, Many brow John 111, 10. but
• few seem to know John iii.
20. Many are willing to be saved
freely by the grace of God, but not
so many are willing to work out
that salvation day by day(Pitil.
12), for it costs more humility and
self denial than many are willing to
let God give them. If we only hnew
HIM, better, His love would con-
strain us to be gladly willing to
bave Him work in and through us
all the good works lie has pre-
pared for us. Be needs not our
worOs but nven do.
Hebrew as well as by the Roman
law, a bridegroom was obsoletely'
independent of all =nit:ever and, to a
great extent, of civil obligations for
a whole year. After the wedding
night for tevelve long months he was
allowed to stn' at home under his
-, 3, Children of disobedience * *
x
* * by nature the children of wrath,
even. as others.
This is as God sees us, and Hel
alone is qualified to tell us what our
Besides, parents, how can you hearts are like, for they are deceit-
bave the right influence over your ful above all things and desperately
children unless you are consecrated wicked (Jer. vii, 9, 10). The
Christian men and women? How whole world lieth in the 'evil, °nal
can a father, and mother tell their and he, as tile prince of the power'.
children how to love the Lord Jesus of the air, the prince of this world,'
unless they themselves have accept- rules it and its people (I John v, 19; I
ed tho invitation to the gospel ban- John xiv, 80; xvi, 11). The life or i
quet? Can the blind led the blind? walk of all who are not born from
Can something come front nothing? above, however, it may vary, is in
I lift a clay vase in ray hand and each one a life, according to the
smell the sweetest fragrance. I say: course of this world; fulfilling the
"‘O vase, whence came thy perfume? desires of the ilebh and of, tbe mind, I
Were thy substances fragrant before and it .is all disobedience, under the
the hot fire of the potter's furnace control of the evil one. I
touched thee?" "Nay," answers the 4.,5. But God, who is rich in,
vase. "The reason I am Perfumed mercy, for 'His great love wherewithi
is because hundreds of flowers have He loved us, even when we were
been plucked and have been allowed dead in sins, hath quickened us to-
te kiss me with their redand white genet' with Christ- (by grace ye
lips." Upon. the sand dunes of the ,
I
seashore I pick up a curiously twist- "God conamendeth His love to-
ed shell. I place it to my ear anld ward us, in abat while we were yet!
I heara low, moaning sound. I say sinners Christ died for us." "When,
to the shell, "Shell, why nest thou we were yet. without strength, ,Christ i
moan like a sick child?" "Because," died for the tegodly." "When will
answers the shell, '"1 have been roll- were enemies, we were reconciled to ,
ed over and over into the bottom of God . by the death of His Son" I
the seas. I have been allowed to (Rom, v, 6, 8, 10). "God. so loved
throbbing, aching . heart of' the the world (that le, the world lying
1
place my ear against the great
in the wicked one) that He gave His
mighty deep. I am- merely echoing i only begotten Son that whosoever
the sorrow of the sea waves that are , believeth in Aim should not peeisla
now lapping at thy feet." Thus we ' but have everlasting life" (John iii,
find that by the 'direct law of nature 1,6) This letter was written to the
there is no effect without a cause. If saints, the ' faithful in Christ Jesus
you, 0 parents, desire your child- (i, 1)•, those who- had believed on
ren's lives to be redolent with the Him and
perfume of righteousness and their teulreceiVed Him. and
y .
hearts and lips to be,musical with were therefore accepted in the Be-;
loved, in Whom they had redemption
the songs of heaven, you mast take ea His blood, the forgiveness of sins
care that they are surrounded with and were blessed with all spiritua.
heavenly induences while they are bleskings in Him (1, 8, 6, 7). Path;
young. If you want them to be at is showing them how it all came
the gospel banquet, you must lead and reminding them of their condi-
the way and not, yoursel-ves ansWer tion by nature, that they might
the in-vitation with a frivolous e76- watch themselves, have no' confidence
etise. in themselves, but rejoice in Christ
THE OCTOPUS OF SECRET SIN. Jesus (Phil. iii 3)
, .
The next reason why "they all 6, 7. That in tbe ages to come Ire
with one consent ligan to make ex- inight show the exceeding riches of
cuse" was because they expected at His grace in ITis kindness toward us
some future tittle to accept the gas- , through- C hris thl CSUS,
pel invitation. This is a most na- I Quickened with Christ. raised 111)
tural supposition to make in inter- with Irina siated with I-Tini in the
preting the text, They might have heavenlies, are seine of the truths
,
..s
'
lo,:j9seigosatlatasez, to bo luMpy. '.I.)our into the suba
the berIC of a spoon until it eeasesi
'91110 r ebtraiskoeley the
ee while.
tbichened, stirringt
floosEll '41 Stack for soup sbould he poured
FALLACIES ABOUT FOODS.
Some Eminent British Advice on
Whatto Eon and Why.
One hour was spent at the head-
quarters of tho National Health So-
ciety by Dr. Robert Hutchison in
ruthlessly destroyrng some cberished
popular fallacies about food, says
the London Mail. Or. Hutchison is
demonstrator in physiology at tho
London Hospital Medical alollege.
"The poor should give their chil-
dren less bread -and -Jim and niore
dripping," he said. "The main fault
itt our national feeding is that we
consume too much starch and sugar
and too little fat. Many of the chil-
dren grow up stunted and badly de -
d, iargely
ileiencies in. feeding. Butter as a
food is of the highest value, and
the use of Margarine should be
greatly increased. Margarine is a.
substance that does not deserve all
the opprobrium poured upon it. It
is made in a way that is open to no
Sort of. objection. It is physiologic-
ally equal to butter, is easily di-
gested, and fs an excellent supplier
of energy."
Lentils, peas, haricot, beans, and
oatmeal should be eaten, and meat
in proper quantities. Oatmeal should
be given to children, paiticularly in
place of the bread -and -jam.
"Iwould not urge the town -
dweller to be a. vegetarian," con-
tinued Dr. Hutchison, "but I would
advise the poor that they can get a
much larger quantity of waste -re-
pairing and energy and heat -forming
food for a shilling in the form of
pulse food than in meat or animal.
form. The home bloater, too, is one
of the cheapest -Sources of material
for properly building up the human
body- The economist would do well,
too, to teach the wife of the work-
ing man how to prepare cheese in
various ways. Cheese is an extreme-
ly nourishing food,' but taken en -
bloc it is somewhat difficult of di-
gestion. • If mixed up with other
things. in various ways it can ba
better dealt with by the stomach.
„"Sorae things largely taken are of
no use in keeping up the human
fabric and supplying energy. Tab -is
one, of these things, and the much -
lauded Meat -extracts are certainly
not of any use in replacing the wear
and tear of the body."
PARTIAL ABSTAINERS.
A new temperance movement has
been inaugurated by a London rec-
tor. The adherents to this move -
meat will give a solemn undertaking
never to take intoxicating drinks
except at the midday and evening
meals. There must be no nipping
between, meals,' a placate that is
condemned by doctors as the most
mischievous of all alcoholic excesses.
4 -
Recently i ssued i as ru cti ons pre-
scribe theitin the garrison kitcheas
and canteens of the German army,
home produce only shall be,. so far
es pasible, used. American lard
and .ft are not to be employed.
Bacon and hams from pigs .killed in
Germany Only' are to be eaten. ,The
use evein of foreign jams and con-
serves s forbidden,
bate an earthenware pen and left un-
covrecL antil Jt iS celdt- It
OA no account be leit emit in should
QiinrtbiZZOSS66,09 n1etal disk or kettle to Tire liquor in
which fresh meat Ines been boiled 18
too often thrown away by "tha
()extolled Drops„,entene a pint, ot thoughtless housekeeper. It enorrin
If
ostrrocirgedboarlibosu.eadurale,tfriotrasttahnedfruesnix, saelras,a,.eysasbe treedba,oassoistneeltm.oeistaCel icvelill,.
til cold, then -strain, Ade 2 pes. ef lent soup by the addition ef
granulated sugar sugar to each pint of the Mg. a few Vegetables or rte, pearl
ten, ia:titcatiwater.'bociluntilarr
Wboturin
etdrOtp-o harleY, etc.
pect'
Where closet room is scarce a Forte
Isyliaclolocold,
mar
wbutter inrttinoma squares.
s,anadeeleuen ens.I
earfe able wardrobe is a greet convenience
in a bedroom, Any man bandy with
areferred, it can be pulled like taffy, hIgne gnd .s.43° egg make it TR -"o
.trif is
dscthseonrscat into drops with a vein boards ten inches wide and of the
height desired are required for nide
soothing
io
gethiMossr auccaoaegyhlTaice cents'
—g•hte'sisenatesh; awe shouid be dreesed on both aides.
§ilelves thirty itiches long and ten
nwlogth inevf oidtble7amt:zeasAd.tbseoakinoosr•enr, i.fligetig _sstP:urit4 areputpsulttovledP. soTbaes utp;
ilia nick it over carefully, and put 'tend nosh against the wan. A cur -
into olnadoubletert a
bailer co
r with itthe.Lenougi: tele hevrileuieg with the turgush.
b
glue. then add one pound of gravure boxee. feoned clothes, ole. There ie
it simmer until it IP like A thick tgds t°ItietisTiele-lel)s°;eiscohrli4el?egaltererfreftt
lated.sugar to each 'half-pint ot the Yee hack. the 1144111 of the "'ant tar*
glue, and cook teem et win roma a, nislaireg it. Painted or stairail or
creamy ball when rolled between the varnfshal4 18 tual"ea a gaad4aallt2g
Itir bbil4e4r4edaniegaensr.„ and°11NI.vhi'llentc'netegti'lltsrrew.e.311e4avisdeeviretzilierienetiereteZae43-,f, IrusTet'lm
cold mark off into little squares, 41. VantrivAllga could to lie_exi far beret:el
Licorice lIt'Opsee-Ad. a drug store.
purebeee one stick of pure licorice
and break it into small pieces. Pour it
over it 1 pint of boiling water, aed P
keep it warm until dissolved. Add
to it 2 lbs. of grauulated sugar, and
boil until it will get very bard in
water. Pour luto eballow buttered
tins, and mark off into squares.
These eaudies, being pure, and COW
taining no barrohd drugs. may be
fely &reek to children.
QQT7OI1 MOPS,
anaf,WnWti nk the silting regent+.
VSNTIr-EIGIAT 1114 DAWSO2
reeranralir,
iTicer Nan:feu:ion el the
on a Wein.
"The niontlike is only in 118
131wy. end is lieund to become ibo
greatest mining Camp in the world."
This he the rosy predietion Of
"Ilig" Thigh AleKinnon. the Chief
Preventive Officer of the Klondike.
TESTED RECIPES. who is on a. visit 18 OntariO jna
t
note. Chief Ziehatunin ;$ agiaat in
efeat— Take 1 cup cold awn , stature, genial and intellectual, nr.la
ped meat, moll anion finely ctol;„ before golneg "up North," was Chief
ped ha, hehhp00/4 whhh jewel, salt i of the Welland Canal Special Police,
carvti:epwpeltrhto acihteleri el
bake
and,
soup stock. Put into a deep dish, I Previeas to thel, beld the past of
enweint
bake 20 minutes in a hot oven.
Ham Timbales, — Melt together in
eancepan I tablespoon eaCh of but-
ter and flour; add 1* cups rich
weet muik 2 far
heaping cups chopped
is the Guest conntiy in the
world to live la." the Chief ex»
claimed with pride. for he is now
an "old inhabitant" of the l'uhon.
Ife has lavett there three years
ham, yaks or 2 eggs. 2 tabitspoons more. and the age of Bowe= City
ripe tomato ca(sup, minced moo. 0 is not yet six. "Von would he star*
teaspoon powdered mace, and a, des% Prised to see the fine homes we
of cayenne. Mix thoroughly: atid have, the welbraved 5UVets. the
the whites of 2 eggs, and bake in splendid hotels and the
custard cups with 2 tablespoon of pointed restaurants, Us. its
stale bread crumbs in the bottom of Wile cold up there. This has TO:A
each. ' the Mont severe winter ever known
Mealy potatoes can be served 0y - In the Hiondike, Just before / left,
ery time if the following method is we had it down to 7$. and GO was
pursued. Wash and cut a thin slice the as temperature for some
front each end of the potatoes, throw days. Hut the people rather rui0Y
into boiling water, cook one -hall, W they have everything, comfort -
hour, if the potatoes are of medium able, and very few leave the country
617,0. Turn off the water, set the on account of the winter."
kettle with cover oil on the baeli of There is a meow feeling in tho
the stove for a few minutes. throw- htiontlike in favor of Canada's con-
ing in, a teaspoonful of salt. The bunion in the Mosta boundary (lb: -
potatoes will burst their jackets. pute. V.'en the Amerleans think wo
A Suggestion of 'PM Crust.— They ought to have o„ port. Why, yeti
were all fond of pumpkin pie, the know. Nv6 have, naturalized many
children of, one of my good friends.
d, Americana and they make as good
so when she was very busy or tire
instead of making a regular pio citizens as our own people."
crust, she greased a deep tin, liber-toChief Melibmon's special duty is
ally with butter, dredged it with prevent smuggling. and. in his
flour, and poured. in the pie mixture vbiTeltutgbilttt nburrte: suufgetir,..e ildueMs57,eneltro*
and baked it. The milk, flour and
butter form. a thin, crust which is in high terms of pra,f4e of the work
palatable and not particularly .of the Mounted Police—there are
gestib ie. 2b1) of them --and nowlme is them
Beef Heart.—Soalt the heart two three tuil,r nrgi.1)/ls,1ettuf.flern te totinry o the 14INV than int
trint out all tendons and wash rs
or ree hours in cold water. Then , u — '
ieu p, it was the Mecca of
well. 31fa.kii a dressing of 3. cup stale g't,ludders" "fir's' and thugbut
Mq
bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon
elted first o enx era were given a
butter, 1 heaping teaspoon poWdered aMple of Canadian justice. 'which
L
age, 1 or 2 minceds acted as deterrent on the
garlic cloves, or ---a--. -
1 minced onion, a pinch of salt and evu4"-anv"acue "'"'Y of""'
unwel-
a little pepper, Mix these ingrecli- come fraternity have found it an
ents and 1111 the cavity In the heart; unhealthy climate, and snored South,
Tie a string around the heart, tight and the country is comfortably free
enough to keep it closed. Now wrap from crinle.
in a piece of muslin, and put the
heart into a pot, with boiling wa-
ter to nearly cover. Let simmer
slowly till quite tender, adding 1
teaspoon salt when half cooked.
When donehaemove cloth and string,
put into a, hot oven and brown.
When Making Pumpkin Pies.—Af-
ter the pumpkin is sifted, dry it in
the open oven two or three hours.
as the flavor and color of the pies
will be richer and finer when the pies
are baked. Doing this is of great
advantage where the pies are made
without eggs, as the moisture has
evaporated from the pumpkin. By
adding a dessertspoonful of 130Ur for
each pie a hungry man cannot dis-
cern the lack of eggs in the pies, in
fact, if baked just right* the cook
could hardly tell the difference be-
tween the pies with or without eggs.
If the pies are baked fast they will
whey, but some like them so, but
give me a pie that will hold. together
like a custard, And to have this con-
dition pumpkin pies must cook one
"uhr
Ceese Eggs are a little different
from the usual stuffed egg. Boil 20
minutes and place in cold water. Re-
move the shell and cut around the
white in a neat circle,' To do this
'stand the, shelled egg on the large
end, which is generally 'flattened,
and you can see all around the egg,
and cut it exactly in a circle. Turn
out the yolk and pass it through a•
sieve. Measure and mix the same
amount of Perinesan or any good
cream clutese, season with salt and a
little, papeiaa. The mixture should -
be moistened With a little butter' or
think cream. Fill the cavity in the
whites and place two halves togeth-
er. These. can be served cold, just
as teen are,, or the cbeese mixture
can be heatedin a sfiuc6pan before
it is tilled into the yolks. *When
served' hota cream gravy should be
'made aed poured around them, and
.a dish of hot buttered toast be serve
HINTS TO 'HoUsEKEEFERS.
ed with them. ,
To one •quert of flour one may al-
low four.level teaspoonfuls of soda
water; or two teaspoonfuls of soda
and four of cream tartar, or two
cups of sour milk and one teaspoon-
fullhV°eCr arrow -root, ground rice or
flour without • bettor is used to' thick-
en eoupe or sauces, put the sub-
stance to be used: whateyer it is, in-'
to Vieth; moister., en's:ideally with
a little water or milk and teat with
LETTER A$ A WILL.
An interesting ease berore the Ir-
ish courts was one in whiter it was
sougbt to prove as bis will a letter
Written in South Africa by Selma-,
Major Ladrior„ of the Royal Horse
Artillery, to Miss Kate Ball, of San-
try Court. Lednor had been en-
gaged to Miss Ball, and when his
comrades found ids dead body at
Klerksdorp, on the heard of Juno
hist, they read. the following note
which, he addressed to her; "Dear
Katie — 1 have been accused of a
crime 1 never committed. rt is too
much for ine. Itt a moment more /
shall be gime. I wiea you to have
all my money, and .also anything
that my belongings will feteh. Good-
bye. Yours, Willie." Lecirtor had
not been accused of any crime. Judge
Andrews held that the letter was a
good soldier's will.
POOLING A LAWYER,
The Hon, Alfred Deakin, the Fed-
eral Attorney -General, recently found
a strange man in the grounds of his
house in Malin:Mena This individual
etated that his mate had, for a.
"lark," thrown his hat over the
wall. The eminent lawyer was so
satisfied with the explanation that
he let the fellow go. A few hours
later the man, who was a notorious
burglar, was caught red-handed in
another mansion. After being, taken
into custody, the criminal boasted
to 'the police that he had ,just ont-
witted "Deakin, the smartest cross-
examiner on earth," and la.ugheci
uproariously at the recollection.
ELECTRIC BILLIARDS.
The very latest innovation in the
gay city of Paris is electric billiards.
The game is played on a sinall table
Which' can be folded up when out of
use. At itS centre is placed a plate
of some easily electrified material:
The balls are of compressed pitch,
while the cue is a short rod with a
cork till, prepared chemically. The
are, of course, sabject to the
influence Of the eleetrified plate at
the centre of the table, and the ob-
ject of the game is to make can-
nons despite the repulsion exerted
between them. It is said to be quite
a game of skill. •
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again, but too often it needa
crutches,