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rr',/2?' Hints for Busy Housekeepers. Kedpei and Other Valuable Informatloa •f funicular laterett to Women PolkA SEASONABLE RECIPES. Lunch Cake. -One pound brown higar, one cupful molasses, four Iftgs, two toas'poonfiils of ground iinnatiion, one, tpaspoonful ground iloves. 10 rent-i' wcirth sweet al- monds chopped, 5 c*nts' worth cit- ron, one teaspoonful of Hod.i, flour tuough to make u stiff batter. Mod- trate ox-en. Should age one week. Will keep for three months or more. Nice to have on hand when t friend drops in unexpectedly for tn afternoon cur) of tea or coffee. Doughnut'.â€" One egg, one cup- ful of sugar, butter size of walnut, roe and one half cupfuls of milk, two heaping teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder, one quart of flour, fla- v.>r with either vanilla or nutnieg; Iry in hut fat. Apple ^)itice Cake.â€" Two cupfnls u1 granulated sugar, one cupful ihortening ((ine-half butter, one- 1 half lard), two cupfuls hot apiile. lauce, three and one-half cujifuli: i i>f flour, thre? and onchalf tea- 1 l^oonfuls of soda (dissolved in one tiblf spoonful of liot water), one iqnare grated chocolate, one cup ful of chopped raisins, one tea- •poonfnl cloves, one teaspoonful of cinna.oion, one-half nutmeg, gr.ited;! add nuts if desired. This cake can- 1 net b? told from a dark fruit cake, j and will keep any length of time. ! Pimento' Relish. â€" One large head i of cabbage chopped fine, one small can of pimentos, also four picikles, either sweet or sour, two green cu- j cumbers, all chopped; mix this to j gcther and pour over it one-half i glassful of vinegar in which one! tahlespoo'iful of sjigar and one tea- spoonful of salt have been dissolv- ed. Put in a co'jI place and let it, get c-)Id before serving. Creamed Chicken.â€" One pound | of cold chicken or turkey cut as for salad. Hub two ounces of but- ter in two tabIet<pc)onfuls of flour. Add one pint of milk, salt, red and black pepper, and a glass of sherry. Cook slowly two or three minutes. Add the chicken and two hard boiled eggs chopped fine. Pot Pioast of IJeef.â€" Six pounds rf rib roast. Dredge well with flour. Place in u pot with a little drippings and n sliced onion. Rrow n on all sides. Add three pints of water, cook slowly for three hours. Keep covered with water to prevent b\iriiing. Add one and a half cupfuls fif highly seasoned to- mato catsup and c(jok lhr«e-quar- ters of an hour longer. .Serve meat and saitce on a hot platter. Mock Oysters.â€" ( "boj) fine a pound and a lialf of fresli pork; season with salt and pepper and minced onion ; add half the (|Uiintity of br.'ad soaked in wat^r until f oft and squeezed dry. Mix with two eggs wfcll beaten, shapi- into patties and fry iti drippings. (Jirnisli with parsley and sliced lemon. Finnan Haddie.- Put a jiiece of butter the size of a \\:altnit in pan and when hot add two cupfuls of finnan haddie pickled fnie. Add one cnj)ful of cream or tnilk into «hii'h one lablespoonfui of llnur has lie* n rubbed Hniooth. I<et come to a boil ami when co(j|ed a little add a dash of pepper and the well beaten yolk of an <'gg. Serve on toast. Coined IJerfâ€" Cook in cold water, allowing fifteen minutes for each pound. Stick se\eral cloves in the meat and aiid three 1alilcK|ioiinfuIu (>f sugar to a gallon of water, lioil •lowly, adding water when neces- sary. Chutney. -Fo\ir )>ounds of fresh or canned tonuitoes, four pounds •tiir apples, two poiuids raisins, twr> pounds hrown sugar, eight ounces groimd ginger, onc-(|uarter or.nce red prpfier, two oimu'ch giound allspice, one ounce grated nutmeg, oiii- i|uart mild malt vine- gar, four hiuall onions, and the juice fif three lemons. (Lop tine. Iioil two hours. Il'itlle when cold. P<'can Tarts. Heat the yolks of tlirce eggs to n cream, aild half a cupful of sug.ir. and beat for five i minutes. Pouiid half a )io\ind >if { â-ºlielled pecans slightly. Add them J to the eggs and sugar. Place the | n.ixtui'e ill patty | aiis liiietl with' pH.st'.', bake ten minutes; beat ihe^ whites of the eggs stiff, adil twoj liiljlespnonfuls sugar; spreutl on to| of tarts and i>rowu in oven. Mint Kauce. One-i|uarter pint vinegar, four talilespoonfuls of chopped mint, and lw<i talilespoon | fuls of sugar. Let stand for an l.our or iixirc before using. ATTHAcnVK DKSHEUTH. Haked Snct Pudding Hoil u pint of milk ; when beoonio cold stir it info eight, ounces flour nnti si.t of hliredd" d suet ; add two eggs and n teaspi)>iiful of salt. If to be pluiu liuddi't-.v put in eight or Ici ounces of seeded raisins and omit the silt. Plum Pudding, licat togethi r thoroughly one-half cupful of but fer one-half cupful of hrowii iju l<!\> . and two ( ggs ; add one half , . -•UI of Bour milk unl one-hnlf riipful of molasses ; t-o this mix- ture add two cupfuls of fruit, ei- ther currants and ravins equally divided, with a few ftyips of can- died orange peel or citron, or cur- rants alone, whichcv?r is preferred; one-half teaspoonful each of ground cinn.imon, cloves, sllspice, and nut- meg, one teaspoonful of soda. Dis- solve in a little water, flour enough to make rather a stiff batter, but not quit"; thick enough to be called cake batter. Butter a pudding mold or tin lard can. Pour the mixture in and steam four hours. This pudding will keep for a fortnight and is excellent when warmed over. Cream sauce for pudding : Beat to a foamy cream one and one-half crpfuls of white sugar and one-half cu))ful of fresh butter. It will take at least twenty minutes to beat the sugar and butter to the desired fcamy state. Add one well beaten cgf and flavor to taste. Just before serving heat into the sauce three tablespoonfuls of hot water, stir- ring rapidly to prevent its curd- ling. Devil's Food. â€" Melt over a fire .1 cupful of grated chocolate, one cupful of hrown suear, and one-half f iipful of sweet milk : cool and add the yolk of one egg, well beaten, and set aside. Cream one cupful of brown Ritgar and one-half cup- ful f>f butter, add one-half cupful f:i sweet milk and the yolks of two eairs. the two cupfuls of floUr and f( Id in the stiffly beaten whites of two CKL'S. Last, add one teaspoon- ful of sod.i dissolved in a little warm water. Bake in tlire; lavers and ice with the following icing: of marshmallows, boil nnti! it Melt over a kettle 5 cents' worth threads one cupful of sugar and one-half cupful of water with one- l.alf feaspoonfiil of wh'te vinegar. Heat the remaining white of egg stiff pour slowly over.it the syrup and stir in the marshmallows. Stir in a cool place until cool. LITTLE HELPS. Window Cleaning. â€" Inste.td of u.^ing water with soap, ammonia, h' rax, or kerosene, use denatured alcohol. 'Moisten one cloth, or bet- ter chamois, with the alcohol and polish immediately with a dry one. Windows can be cleaned in half the time with a fraction of the labor and the result ii> brilliant, never cloudy or sniuggy. ' It has the ad- va tage, too. ((f keeping the win- dow clear of frost in cold weather. Denatured alcohol is sold at (i.") cents a gallon. One pint will do thirty windows inside and out. Tumbler Garden. --.\fter the glass iias Vx-en filled with water cut a piece of cotton batting or flannel to fit the top exactly. Scatter mus- tard, flax, or grass seeds on the wool and put the tumbler in the dark. In a few days the roots can be seen through the glass and the greim. sprouts above. The water in the glass will need to be kept full by adding a teaspoonful carefully two or three times a week. Keej) the "garden warm." Carpet Cleaner. One-eighth pint of animrmia, one and onejialf ounces of soaj) tree bark, one and tne fourth bars of white soap, one- fourth pound of pulverized borax. Put three-fourths gallon of luke- warm water in a three gallon ves scl. Put in ammonia. Take a ves- sel with one pint of water; add the soap bark. Boil twenty minutes and strain into the vessel. Have the Soap put into a rpiart of water and boil until all is disscdved. Add the borax ; boil ten minutes, stir- ring all the time. Pour into a ves- sel and add enough cold water to irakt^ three gallons of soap. (Jlass Cutter. If ycnt wish to cut a ))iece of glass and have no glass cuttttr try this nu-thod : Take a file and mark the glass into the di'sired shape, bind tightly around inark- inc with coniinon wrapping twine, which has been Hoak( d in kerosene, stand the glass up edgewise, and set fire to the twine. The heat will break the glass at the marking. Dresser Help.â€" When toilet lo- tioiiH or liquid of any kind has been spilled on drcsH(>rs and varnish stains appear on the dresser scarf, saturate the stain in gas<diiie and th.en wash with naphtha soap and all traces of varnish will disapjiear. Citrt' of Hats. .\ way to lake ^•are of hats in small apartments. Take of lawn, or any lightweight iiiaterial, one yard for each large hat. run casing across ends and sides, using cord elastic. Draw- up so that plenty of room is allow ed for the largest hat, so the trim tiling will not cnuh. Tack the four corners to the wall to form a Hat hag, or a back could be niaile of a lieaxier iiuiferi'ji. making the b.'U'k pi'ipiii tionitely smaller. The elas tic «t lop allows the hats to be put away caridiilly uiul pr.itects them fiom the dust- entirely out of the wav. Kellle Knobs. - If the knob <if 'our kettle or of a lid is missing, select a cork a little l^iger thaii the hole, trim one end, and insert in the hole, screwing in well. Steam will swell the cork, holding it firm- ly in place, and it will never be- come too hot to handle. SALADS. Garnishes.â€" One of the most con- venient is the tiny red radish, which may be used whole or cut into roses. The small red and yellow tomatoes make beautiful garnishes, and beets are an old time favorite, either whole, in slices, or rings. Whites of hard boiled eggs are ckopped fine or cut into rings or lengthwise into petals. Rings from red or green peppers sliced or whole. Olives, tiny pearl onions, shrimps, are all used. Tomato, mint, and cucumber jellies cut in cubes are pretty gar- nishes. , Winter Salad.â€" One cupful of rai- Kins, softened in boiling water ; one cupful of chopped apple, one-fourth cupful of chopped nuts, mayonnaise or French dressing. If mayonnaise is used it should be slightly sweet- ened. And lemon juice added to the Frendi dressing if it is used. Cream Salad. â€" One-half pint po- tatoes (sliced on vegetable cutter), one-half pint of sliced cucumber pickles, one-half pint onions chop- fed fine, one-half pint of cheese cut fine, one-half pint celery cut fine, one pint of any kind of nuts, except almonds, broken in bits. Cream dressing for salad : Yolks of three eggs, beaten light ; one teaspoonful t f mustard, one of salt, a dash of cayenne jiepper. two tablespoons of sugar, same of melted butter, one- half cup of vinegar; add the whites of eggs, beaten stiff, and cook in double boiler until thick. When cold thin with cream and pour over salad. Onions can be omitted if wanted for an afternoon party. NEW METHODS OF SOCIAiJS.M Enfei'pri.scs Based on a Hint Taken From Financial Magnate.-*. In Europe, if we may believe such a writer and student as Prof. Brooks, the more advanced social- i.st'; have practicallv abandoned the ohl communism whick is still grop?d after by the noisy socialists of America and have turned to more practical and profitable things by developing the infinite forms of co- ol crative industry. In Belgium and in many other parts of Europe, as in England, the advanced socialists are to-day the co-operators. They have taken the hint of the financial magnates and organized co-operative stores, mills, bakeries and so onâ€" in short, formed joint stock companies for the conduct of productive and dis- tributive lines of business for their t'wn benefit and profit. In the great Austrian capital, Vienna, we find such a socialist \enturc -a great flouring mill and bread bakery, known as the "Ham- mer Hrcad Works" of the "For- ward Co-operative Store," an as- sociation or company of working- ii^en that has some 70,000 members. The great establishtuont, which was opened on June 20 last, stands on a site once occupied by a cloister and later by au iron smelter and also a flouring mill. The great building erected by the socialists ci'iitaiiis a flouring mill of the most ipodern type known*>to Austrian milling, with capacity to suiiply flour for a bakery turning out anout 1.50,000 pounds of breail daily "a>ul then some," the mill marketing a laigo part of its products directly in the form of flour. The bakery in its turn is also a n'odel of its kind with great, cheer- ful, clean and cleanable workrooms and the most advanced machinery foi manufacturing bread with the least |)ossible manual labor or con- tact with human hands, the mov- able jiarts of the machinery all get- ting power from electric motors. Cleanliness and perfection of the pro'ducis is the aim. "Give me a ham sandwich!" shouted the traveller at the bar of the refreshment-room. Two seconds later he complained to the attend- ant\ "That was the worst sandwich 1 ever had. No more taste than ,-sawdust, and not big enough to see." "You've et yer ticket," re- turned the attendant contomptu- ouslv; "this here's yer ham san- wich." Ill blows tho nobody." Lite. wind that proCtt THE S. S. LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEB. 27. Lesson IX. Fal.sc and True Dis- tiplcship, .Matt. 7. 13-29. Golden Text, Matt. 7. 21. Verse 13. Enter ye inâ€" An ear- nest exhortation to Hve after the 'manner described in the rest of the discourse. It implies the possi- bility ef every man's living that way The narrow gateâ€" The figure is taken from the Oriental city, whose pates were exceedingly narrow. There is an entrance into salvation and all men can pass through. But they must come one by one and strip theniselvcs of all incum- brances. Wide is the gateâ€" Life presents us with an alternative. There are two gates. We can go in at either, but not at both. And it is easier to pass through the wide gate, for you 'can carry with you anything you like. After you once choose that gate you find that it opens upon a broad w-ay. There are no restric- ti(jns, and you have the sense of Company, for many are there with you. But the way leads inevitably to destruction. 14. The narrow gate, on the other hand, opens into a straitened way. There continues to be no room for tht: things renounced at the en- trance. To travel that way one must have laid aside all sin and selfishness, all shams and follies. But it is worth while; for there is no surrender of freedom, and the end is lifeâ€" a condition of unthink- able happiness. Few are they that find itâ€" Liter- ally, "Few are finding it." This throws no light on the question as to the number of the saved. When Jesus was asked that question he avoided a direct answer. Instead he cautioned men to strain every energy to get in for themselves. "There is no list published of the citizens of heaven." One thing is certain, that the demands of mem- 'bership iin Christ's kingdom are severe and exclusive. No man will reach the goal who does not strip a^â-  the start and keep up the strug- gle with energy and patience. 15. False prophetsâ€" Impostors who, under a mask of orthodo.xy, lead a corrupt life. Tho Pharisees whom Jesus arraigned so severely all through his ministry, belonged to this class, guides morally blind (Matt. 15. 14), and thcircfore totally unfit to teach religious truth and duty. But Jesus here has in mind (compare verse 22) those unworthy teachers who spi-ang..np with the early life of the church. What they actually are (inward- ly), ravening wolves, whose one thought is to prey upon the flock, i.^' hidden from view by their sheep's clothing, or feint of religiosity. It >r necessary, therefore, to watch with exact care (beware), since it lis impossible to detjcct them at first approach. The idea of this verse is found in Aesop's Fables, but nowhere else in the New Testa- ment. 16. Ye shall know them â€" They may, with a show of innocence, teach religion an»l morals, but so* long as they fail to produce the fruits of true religion and inward morality, such "fruit of the Spirit" as Paul describes in Oala- tians, no one can be long deceived. 17. Good tree . . . good fruit ; . . . corrupt tree . . . evil fruit â€" This is an unchangeable law of nature. Fruit is the outward manifestation o! the inward life. If the tree is good, its nature cannot (18) be made corrupt by expressing itself in fruit. Tho reverse is equally in- evitable. If you want different fiuit, there is but one way to get it â€" change the heart of the tre». Of course it is possible for a clover perst)n to arrange clusters of grapes in an artificial fashion upon thorns, and give the appearance of a grape- vine. But then they cease to bo f 1 ui*' and become figments. 19. Fruit trees are not meant for .show but for good fruit. If they miss the purpose of their being, they bociuiie unprofitable incum- biances of the ground and may as will be burned. This is the teach- ing of John the Baptist over again (Matt. :i. HI). • 20. Thcroforc--As if to reiterate, wilili the force of demonstration, the statement made in verse li>. The law universally aiiplicable iniiaturo must be true among men. 21. Not every on:' that saith - The Judgment Day is in tho thought .if Jesus. There also tho false pro- phets will make their loud profes sions. F.ntrance into tho kingdom of heaven is not by the mere recital of a creed, but on the condition that men really do the will of (!od. What that will is Jesus declared (in general terms) in the early part of the sermons (Matt. 5. 20), and unfolded in detail in what follows. Lord, Lord Implying a belief on Jesus's part in his own sovereignty. 22. Successful ministerial labors cannot be pleaded as sullicieut to aOmit men into heaven's bliss. It is an observed fact that God docs lONlY BY IflSIM WE GAffl They Who Sacrifice tlie Flesh to Do the Will Of GodWill Reap to the Spirit. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it.â€" Matt. x. 39. Life, like truth, is full of para- doxes. The deepest facts do not lie on the surface. The larger in- sight conOradicts the eyes' first vision. Such seeming paradoxes were frequently with Jesus, who pierced the outward veil of things. So He says here that the way to save life is to lose it. How can this seeming contradiction be so? Look- ing closely we will see that it con- tains the deepest wisdom for man's guidance. We only gain pleasure by losing it He who sets out to see pleasure will end in surfeit and pain. The voluptuary who indulges his appe- tite dulls its natural edge. It 's but by mastery and temperance that we can pluck the field flowers cf bodily pleasure. Success can but be achieved by failure. All ascent to high place comes by a first descent. To wield the scepter of command we must FIRST LEARN TO OBEY. The great painter Messonier tells iis that he succeeded only because ho was willing to suffer a thou- sand failures. No holiday soldier, but a real fighter, can win victory. It is true, as says Hamilton Wright Mabie, that "in the field of work he who would keep his life must live it and in thus losing his life alone does man achieve any lasting result." Again, to gain a personal prize, we must forget self. It is only by toiling for others that we can en- rich ourselves. Selfishness loses the very reward of which it grasps so narrowly, while the nan who forgets himself is the one whom hu- manity remembers. The good Queen of Sweden who gave all her jewels to relieve the suffering, found them again in the tears of gratitude that welcomed her \isit to the hospital. Frederick Harrison says cf Rus- kin that "He spent himself, his time, his vast fortune and his health in trying to uplift the suffering rr'asses and to illuminate and en- flrble the lives of others." And h is this nobility of self-forgetful- ness that brightens the lines of Ruskin with a luster that pales the spendor of his literary genius. The deeply, truly happy njan is the per- son who disregards his own plea- sure for the sake of MAKING OTHERS HAPPY. This truth, we note, is verified in the sphere of religion. It was to this intent th^t the Master said : "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it." What is true cf this broken arc of time holds as to the full circle of eternity. The righteous man is like a torch â€" a light to others, a waste to himselfâ€" but such loss sows fir an incalculable future gain. They who have been willing to sac- rifice the flesh, if need be, to do tht will of God will reap to the spirit. The Lenten vale of penitence leads to the glorious Easter sun- burst. They who tread the way of the cross may seem to lose the present, but they save the life ev- ei lasting. Well for him who pon- ders this deep truth. Rev. Junis B. Remensnyder. sometimes use the man who has only the outward srrablanco of the shepherd. The hollow professions, correct teaching, and wonder-work- i'lg of such men may providentially c(;unt for something in establishing the kingdom, but they will have no share in the ultimate blessings of the kingdom. 23. I never knew youâ€" Josus here distinctly represents himselt as the final Judge of men. False prophets may so successfully hide their true nature as to decsive many of their fellows. But Christ will infallibly detect those that work iniquity, and they can never, in the nature oi' the case, abide with him. 24. A wise man â€" Here we have a iLruo picture of the conditions of house-building along the water courses of Galilee. The' first man, iii all prudence, dug down to the b( d rock and built his foundations strong. Winter's storm and fury found his position impregnable. So is tho man who pays good heed to the instructions of the Serjnon on the Mount and goes forth to do them. 26. A foolish manâ€" Perhaps he built as well as the other. He may even have put up a more showy house. It did well enougli i'l fair weather. But it collapsed ir. a dismal heap before the driv- ing tempests of winter. There is no fall (27) more tragic than that of the man who has impressed the world with being a man of excellent worth, but the utter unsoundness of whose foundations has been re- vealed in the storms of life. 25. 29. The multitudes were as- tonished, because of the maste.rful authoi-ity which rang through" the whole discourse. It was wholly un- like th" teaching of the scribes, who relied entirely on tradition. STANLEY PIMSHED NATIVES. Explorer's Description of .Vfrieauf^ .Vltnek on I'arly. In tho following language Sir Henry M. Stanley describes an at- tack of natives upon his jiarty dur- ing one of his .Vfrican e.viieditions : "The Leviathan bears down on us with racing speed, its consorts on either flank soiirting the water into foam and shooting iq) jets with their sharp prows ; a thrilling chant from 2,000 throats rises louder and louder on our hearing. Presently the poised spears are launched and a Hccond later my titles respond with a rippling, crackling explo- sion, and the dark bodies of the eunoes and paddlers rush past us. "For a short time the savages are paralyzed, but they soon recoxer. They find there is death in those IhMning tubes in the hands of the stiangers, and with possibly great- er energy than^they advanced they retreat, the pursued becoming the pursuers in hot clinse. My l)loo(l is up. It is a nuirderous world, and 1 have begun to hate the filthy, vul ti'rous shoals wlm inhabit it. "1 pursue them iipstrcaui, up to their villages; 1 skirinisli in tbiir streets, drive them pi'll-niell into t!io woods beyond and lc\el their ivory tenqilcs; with frantic haste I fire their huts, aiul end the scene bv towing their caiiocs* into mid- stream and setting them adrift." DEADLY POISON IN COMET SPECTRIM REVEALS PRES- ENCE OF CYANOGEN. What Will the Result Be?â€" Opinion of Distinguished French Scientist. .Although the astronomers at th* Harvard Observatory have not yet made a photographic spectrum of Halley's Comet, which is rapidly approaching the earth, a telegram received there on Monday from the Ycrke's observatory states that a spectrum of the comet obtained by the director ari'.l his assistant shoWi very pr6iniuciit cyanogen bands. DEADLIEST POISON. Cyanogen is, perhaps, the dead- liest poison known, a grain of its pctassium salt touched to the tongue being sufiicient to cause in- stant death. In the uncombined state it is bluish gas very similar, ill its chemical behavior to chlorine arc' extremely poisorious. It i» characterized by an odor similar to, that of almonds. WILL IT SNUFF OUT LIFE? The fact that cyanogen is pre- sent in the comet, has been com- municated to Caniille Flaramarion, the distinguished French scientist,' and many other astronomers, and is causing a great deal of discus- sion as to the probable effect on the earth should it pass through tha comet's tail. Professor Flammar- ior is of the opinion that the cyano- gen gas would impregiiate the at^' mosphere and possibly snuff out all life on the planet. SHOWERS OF METEORS. Only once, so far as known, ha« tho earth passed directly through the tail of a comet, anil at that; time no unusual phenomena 'were ncticed e'xcept that there were abundant showers of meteors. Most astronomers do not ngree with Flammarion, inasmuch as the tail of a comet is almost inconceivably rf. rifted, and believe that it would be repelled by the mass of tho earth as it is by the light of tho The production of any soil is gov- erned by the scarcity of any otto of the principal three constituents if plant food, nitrogen, phos)ihoria add and potash. A soil inav be rich in iiotash and phosphates, and if ill ficicnt in nitrogen will produce poor crops. The a<lditioM of largo- (luautities of fertilizer containing, only potash and phosphoric acidi Would not increase the productive capacity of sTich soil. So if phos- phates and n'lri.g(ii ,ire plentiful, bui potash largely lacking, the re- Mill will be the same. Plants «»' .|uire all three of these foods in, large i|uantities. and the success- ful farii.er must know what his anil. needs. This is not a difficult ni«t-> tc'' to determine, siui)>ly a question^ ol a little cotnui*!!- sense expcri- n'cnting, and docs iu>t I'cesi-it.ite ai.alvsis of soils.