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\ Hints for Busy Housekeepers. Mcclpcs Mi other Valiuble Information of Particular latcreit to Women Folka. CAKK. Crumb Cake.â€" Two and unc-tialf «rpfiit!« of flviir, 4IIIC and one-half oii'fiils t'f f>'.tgiir, one- half cupful of butter and lard (mixed), one-fourth tt'n!i|H>onful vf t'lilt, cliives, nutmeg, •n I cinnaiuoti. lTi<c hend and mix th â-  »an>e as i>ie crust. When we'i mixed take out .scant half cupful •I the crumbs, then add two *i."il beateu egj?», one eupful of sour â- Bilk, one scant teai^puonful of 60- da Beat well. Put in deep, i>/|UAre pan and Kpriiikle crumbs on till) Bake clowly. hi<-kory Nut take.â€" One pound «f butter, one and one half pounds •f "A" Bugar, ten eggs (whole, ad- ded one at a time), one pound of sided flour, one and one-half pounds of seeded raisins, one-fourth pound of citren, one pound of shel- led hickory nuts, one grated nut- meg, one-half glass of good whisky. Prune t'ake. --Cream one table- ajMonful of butter with four table- B]>on.ifuls of sugar ; add grated rind «{ lemon, one egg beaten lightly, nii.\ all together. Add a cupful of sifted Uour, a teas])(>onful of baking powder (n<»t full), sift again. Add «>r<M|uarler cupful of milk, just to thin. Place <l<)ugh in pan and >â- â€¢Â» top jilace lightly jirunes which have bten pitted and cooked. It usual- ly takes one pound of prunes for •I'C large layer. Whipped cream on top of same makes it delicious. But it can be eaten without. Nut l,'ake.- Cream one cupful of granulated sugar with one-half cup- (ui of butter, then stir in the well beaten yolks of three eggs and one- fourth cupful of milk. Have sifted tegethed one and one-half cupfuls of flour with one-half teaspoonful of baking soda and two level teaspoon- ful; of cream of tartar, and add to tae other ingredients, then flavor with one teaspoonful of lemon ex- tract or the grat^-d rind of one le- mon, then stir in one cup of cocoa- nut and one-half cupful of sliced citron; last stir in the beaten whites of two eggs. Bake in mod- erate oven. Icing- Boil one cupful of sugar and one half cupful of wafer till it forms a soft ball when dro|.ped in cold water; while hot gradually pour over the beaten white of an egg, add one-half tea- â- poouful of vanilla and one cupful of cocoanut. Spread on cake. Oermau Cherry Cake. -As pre- pared by a German chef : Three cu|fuls of red sour cherries (can- ned), one cupful of flour, 8i.\ lable- •p<;onfuls of sugar, the yolks of two eggs, onc-<iuart«r of a cupftil of milk, one tablespoonful of butter, •inr half teaspoonful of baking pow- der and onc-<|U8rtL'r of a teapsoon- ful of salt (all level measures arc used). Sift the flour, salt, and baking powder and two teaspoon- fuis of the sugar into a bowl, then rub in the butter. Beat the yolks «f the eggs, add to them the milk â- nii quickly mix the liquid through /the flour. Shape with the hand, int- a greased pan, one-eighth of an inci thick. Drain cherries, spread them over the dough and sprinkle over them the remaining sugar. Bake twenty minutes, in a brisk «.vtn. Huuce : To the .strained cher- ry juice, add one cupftil of sugar, two level tablespoonfuls o{ flour, a pinch of salt, one level teaspoonful *)f butter. Cook eight minutes and â- erve. CHK KKN 11ECIPE8. Chicken Biscuitr-There is more, taste in a yearling hen than in a chicken, but many jieoplc prefer the latter. In any case, only a fab hen or chicken should be used, as a thin chicken is almost tasteless. If a rich gravy is not liked a part of the fat may be rt moved before corking The cliickeii should be di^nned, uujointed, and placed over the fire with water U> cover. It •liuuld be Hkiumjed. Add more water from time to time, cook un- til tender, season with salt an«l pepper while it is conking. One lioui before the chicken is to be nerved make a rich biscuit dough ai folbiws : Take one fpi.irt sifted flciir, three teaspoonfuls of hakinR ptiwder, one half leasi)nonful of italt, and nift .-igain. Work in one heaping tablespoonful of lard. Mi'i)'U'ii with Bweet milk. HoU out into a sheet one inch thick and cut with a biscuit cutter. Bake in a luodcriitely hot oven until n gold- en br«>wn. Thicken the chicken graxy, break the hot biscuits into lialvos, and drop them in to remain fir two minutes, and serve with t\v: chicken in a large tureen. Chicken M<iusse. -One tuble- jpi.onful of gelatine, one rpinrter iupful .-old chicken stock, three- • f]uarters cupful hot chicken stock, highly seasoned, ono cupful of heavy cream, one cupful of cold corked chicken, cut iu small jjioees, Bttl' and pepper. Soak gelatine in ctM stock, dissolve in hot stock and â- train. When mixture begins tu thicken boat, using .iu egg-healer, i.iitil frothy, then add crCHin, bent t!ji stiff, and chicken. Add more salt and pejiper if necessary. Turn int.- baking powder or cocoa cans, first dipped in cold water, then I hill. When ready to serve, turn mousse from molds, cut in one inch slices and arrange on lettuce leaves. Serve with mayonnaise dressing. If a more elaborate dish is liked, surround with chopped celery and salted nuts, mixed with a mayon- naise dressing. This is particular- ly fine. THE SKWIN GROOM. Old Ticking. -If you have a dis- caided mattress ticking rip it apart, cut and sew as for carpet rags, and have woven with white warp. Have a border at each end of plain rags to match. To Darn Matting. -If matting is w(;rn in the center it may be darned to look as good as new by thread- in'.; a darning needle with raffia and darning it as you would a sleeking. If the worn part is on the edge buttonhole stitch the last row as a border and it will not fray. If ra£Ba is not fine enough split it to suit. ]{affia comes in nlxiut three colorsâ€" natural, red, ai'd blue. Natural colored raffia is about the same color as matting and is cheap. Pressing Form. â€" A good form for pressing waists, exeats, and hips of skirts- -Get a sawdust ham from meat market, cover with outing flannel. It gives the round curve required. Curtain Help. â€" W'hcn making a curtain to haiig up to a cupboard or war 'robe stitch a piece of tape or goods of same across the wrong S'dj of the gathers and let end of tai^e extend out at each end of cur- tain and run through a siiinll brass rinf,- and sew. Youf curtain is al- ways reaily to hang up when laun- dered and sax'es time and bother of stepping to insert a string or wire. (Skirt Braid.â€" An easy way to put o:i a new skirt braid is to insert a piece of thill cardboard (an old cal- liuf? card is bcf<t to use) in the hem ot the skirt and run it along as you sew on the brai<l. This will help yi) 1 to work quickly and prevent tlio stitches from showing on the outside of the hem. Wall Pockets. â€" Take ii large piece of strong material to fit a suitable space on the wall near the sewing machine or elsewhere and there on sew a series of gathered pockets of i large and small si/.is to suit dif- j feient needs such as for darning materials, patterns, darning to be 1 (lone and odd materials for mend- 1 ing Tack this against the wall and it will always be handv and things be in place and out of the way. Use ! gathered pockets because t,hey hold mere »nd will not tear as a straight] pocket would. Darning.â€" Before wearing, care- fully weave heels and toes of new stockings as if a hole were there ; uirl reinforce any weak places. You j will be surprised at the amount of I wear you get out of thosi? hose. | Biys' stockings will wear again as long if you will sew a tuck at ankle before wearing. When knee shows signs of wear, rip out the tuck and w<irn part is raised high enough to (oiiie under trousers. Wash new stockings before wearing and they will last longer. You can easily darn a large hole if you haste a piece of netting over it, weaving buck and forth through the ineshes, then up and down. When finished draw out threads of netting. Work will not pucker. on the floor and will lake out prac- tically ^ill the dirt and will make much less dust than the broom. It wii! also save tJie rug many a hard beating, thus lengthening its useful- ness. Gloves.â€" To clean white kid gloves, take two bowls of gasoline and in a small portion in one put in enough flour to make a thin paste, then put gloves on the hands and wash, of course rubbing the. badly soiled places most. When they are clean, put in the bowl of dear gasoline and wash out and dry All flour that might remain can be brushed off when dry. Try this, do not use where thtre is gas or a fire. Fine Lace.â€" Make a soft, wet l>astc of gasoline and flour. Hub the lace in this paste gently until dry. Shake and it will be like new. Press after exposure to the air. Al- so fine for kid gloves, silk and net waists in light colors. If spotted, use little borax in paste. They will keep clean much longer than when gasoline alone is used. COCKATOO 112 YKARS OIJ). Was Owned for Eighty Years by One Muster. HOW BIRDS FLT. Rapidity of Wing Moveuientâ€" Put- ting on the Brakes. Birds have different modes of flight, just as men have different gaits in walking or running. Rapid wing movement docs not always im- ply speed in flight any more than rapid leg movement implies speed in walking or running. With ws it is the length of the stride that tells ultimately. What, apart from wing movement, tells in the flight of the birfl is not known, says the Scots- n'.an. Speaking broadly, long winged birds are strong and swift flien-s; short winged birds are feeble in flight. When we consider that a cumbrous, slow moving bird like the heron moves its wings twice per second when in flight it is evident ths! many birds have a very rapid wing movement. Most small birds have this rapid wing movement with feeble powers ot flight; the common wren and the dipper for instance, have a flight like that of a young bird. Many of our smaller migrants seem but to flit from bush to bush or from tree to tree. Henibers of ODR mie iODS OBL lfiATMS This Is a Season for Meditation and Appraisement the thrush family are low fliers, the Cockatoos are well known to live I ^'*''^'*'"' '" particular, with its to patriarchal age, and probably P***""^-^; huTiod flight often just the oldest bird in the world whose â-  avoiding fences and no more. Wag- a§,c can be traced with certainty!**'' '**)'" * beautiful undulating fl<.urishe8 in a well known hostelry I '''K^t with little apparent use of at Tom Ugly's Point, near Sydney, ! '^•''^ wings. They look like grey- New South Wales. j bounds bounding through the air. When he had feathers enough to i ^^*^'* '"'.'*' "•'. lji»ds sail or float oeca- disrtinguish his species he was re- i '''*^"*".v without' the slightest move- cognizable as a lemon crested cock- atoo, but as he has been "under bare poles" for half a century, a f'^v/ living people can remember when he had more covering than he shows at present. He was owned for eighty years by lucnt of their wings. Even a large bird like a phea.sant will glide in tiijs way for more than two hundred yards. Grouse have a rapid wing motion without any great speed, but when thty sail, coming down with the Capt. George Ellis, a well known j «''"'>. »« 'W prefer to do, they go master mariner of Sydney, who died I ^'"'â- -V ^»st. Before alighting they at the Solomon Islands iii 1887. agedj^'^P ^^o'*" wings several times very feP. The bird vas presented to the i 'â- "pi'J'.V. like the clapping of hands, captain, when the latter was 9 years: Most birds after gliding do this, of age, and he was then informed ''«*«» i'' correspond to putting on that Cocky was just the same age. i *''<" brakes or reversing the engine The bird was left as a legacy to ! '" tJ»« <'»««' of mechanical locomo- Mu. Bennett of Sidney, but she* did 'i^-n 7 With little apparent use of not get him until 189J. Since that period, says the Wide World Maga its wings the wood pigeon flies very strongly and rapidly. It never zine, the bird has lived at George's! »<"'nis to "bring up" much before River, within sight of where Capt. »'i8*»*'i"g. ''"I crashes into a tree Cook landed, and where "the first at ^uH speed. When it rises its fleet" anchored about the year ofj«'i"S'' crack like pistol shots, hi.s birth. Ducks are strong on the wing and He has never been in better fea-hf^en fly in single file. Geese will ther for the last twenty years than! Ay wedge or arrowhead shape, gen- at present, and the few tattered • eraHj' at a considerable height. So rtufi's that he wears are white asUlo many gulls and other sea birds, snow. None of his faculties is 'in a stately, 'measured fashion, weakened, aid he is as loquacious! their calls occasionally sounding as youngsters of his tribe who may like "Left, right, left, right." ba a hundred years younger. In I Kestrels have a beautiful, clean hilarious mome'nts he will flap his; cut. clipping motion of their wings stumps- you could not call them! O'lJ '«ok 'ike yachts sailing through wings- and yell, "I'll fly, I'll fly ! ths air, while their hovering in the B.y gee, I'H'fly!" a palpably men- a"'" is one of the myst-iMiea of bird dacious statement. liic Peesweeps, which are so grace- His beak is fully four inches long, f"l in their motion on the ground, but he can pick up and crack his j look like enormous bats when in favorite maize as easily as ever, flight. Swallows, and in a very Mis. Bennett has bcBides three! marked degree swifts, have rapid This is a season widely regarded as an appropriate tirno for exercis- ing the spirit of self-denial, devo- tion, meditation and prayer. What is the message such a sea- son brings to us 1 What is the voice to. which we should give heed? I think it is not so much the call of the public weal as the call of the individual life, the voice of our bet- ter angel in the soul. This should be a sifting time, a time when we should thoughtfully consider our own religious obliga- tions, our own personal relation to Gcd, the infinite source of wisdom, strength and ixiwer. rflERE IS A DANGER. No man is living up to the best there is in him who does not wel- come the thought of self-examina- tioii and appraisement. To many this season means the acceptable time for this purpose. In these days of feverish excitement there is certainly danger of neglecting the development of our inner, si>iritual life and fostering a mistaken idea of the true relationship between man and his Maker. We should try to live in such a stiitc of intense de- sire and longing toward the Infinite Father as to readily respond to His wih, making ourselves available to Hiri as niediiuns for carrying out His purpose in the world. This we can do to the extent of and in pro- poition to our spiritual develop- ment. Meditation is eascptial to thi;' spiritual progress. This is not a time for disconrage- mcnt because of the fact that so many people are led away from the higher purpose of their life by the alhirenicnts which beset thcii path. It is more especially a time for per- sonal scrutiny ; a time for consider- iug where we personally stand ra- ther than the wants and necessities of the multitude. And, in any ease, the way to uplift the body politic it to UPLIFT THE INDIVIDUAL. The call, then, is to a higher stand- ard of individual living. There are reminders on every hand that every ona of us should live a greater life, greater at least in devotion to ev- cry force of human service. The air is filled with voices say- ing: "This man is not doing what he ought to do." "The church is failing to fulfil its mission." So loud and vi'oraut are these Voices demanding investigation in- to the lives and methods ol others tha'. the still, small voice within ui C..IU scarcely be heard. It then becomes almost a duty and most assuredly a privilege to securo by meditation and prayer the bene- fits of this season, because in the resultant quietude we hear the vi.ice of the Great Teacher and fee) that we have responded to his per- sonal appeal, "What is that ta thee! Follow thou Me." REV. J. AY. ROBERTS. pieces of beak â€" cut off when it brew too long â€" eoch about two inch- es in length. Cocky is known to thousand.^ of .\ustralians and globe trotters, and at his levees will chat freely with anybody. .'Vmong his recent visitors were Lord and Lady Northeote, Sir Harry Rewson and Miss Rawson, who were delighted with the ancient bird. wing movement with great speed and extiJ'aordinary power of flight. â€" «- FOR HUSBANDS AND WIVES. If you want to have a happy home you must act according to these rules : â€" Learn to govern yourself. Do not expect angelic qualities in ynur helpmate. Beware of the first disagreement. Also of uicddlers and talc bear- ers. Never retort in anger. It is the answer which usually begins the q>iarrel. Avoid moods and pets and fits of Eulkiuess. Never conceive a bad motive if a good one be possible. When the opportunity occurs for kind speeches, inukc them. Do not neglect duties which af- fect the f.omfort of others. Speech is excellent, but silence is Rometinies more valuable. Ill gentle but firm with children. Do not furnish them with too much pocket money : moke them umlcr- Btand the value of a quarter. Do not sny anything in their presence which you do not wish ro|)eatcd. Bcwaso of correcting them in an aiipry petulant manner. Never al- low them to Ktny awny from home overnight without knowing where they arc. Cf.EAXINO. Bugs. â€"Take n »tif( icrubbing biuxh mill brush rugs as you would a piece of cloth. This can be done WOKTHY OF NOTE. Boldly ventured is half won. To bo happy, you must forget yourself. Whatever else you do with a wor- ry, don't pass it on. Benevolence is the only cure for a morbid temper. Don't hold your head so high that you can't see where your feet are going. No quarrelsome man ever made a success of any important or wor- tuy undertaking. SYMPATHY. "I feel sorry for Squinchley." "What's the matter with hira?" "(Chronic insomnia." "So do I feel sorry for him, if he's as disagreeable company for himself at night as he is for other people in the daytime." WILL IT BE A LAP BEHIND? We're hopeful that 'Tween now and coming spring The ancient gap Will not be filled By winter's lingering in that old lap. MAY YET*W1N OUT. Tho United States America Na- vai Affairs 0>minittce may give Peary a chance to beat ("ook to the Aranias Club. HIS RANGE. "At what is Piker working now J" "At anybody he can do." "But what does he dot" "Anybody he can work." "I notice, Edward," said a laiy to her husband, "that whenevor your employers advertise for olerks or salesmen they stipulate 'must be married.'" "Yes, the old ty- rants," asserted Edward, "tbey want men who arc aocuBtomvd 1« bting ordered about I"- FARM NOTES. It has been sliown by experiments that the careful preparation of the seedbed by early plowing and sufl[i- cit nt surface cultivation so as to pulverize and settle the soil results ill largely increased yields. It be- hooves every dairyman this spring to do better by his herd of cows than he has ever done before. Ho should look forward as though he saw before him a season of low prices, for one can never depend very far ahead upon the market value of milk and butter. He should remember that by his own energy ho can successfully combat the ef- fects of a low dairy market by in- creasing his production. Where we find the largest use of I agricultural implements we find the! greatest prosperity among farmers, I and the least discontent and dissat- 1 isfaction among farm laborers. Andi in the districts where ^ley are least , used there arc debt and destitu | tien, and unprogressive conditions' generally- the lowest wages, the | lowest scale of living, discomfort and unthrift. It is certainly an ad- vantage to laborer as to landowner, and whether either likes it or not, it is inevitable, and those who will not use it must go to the wall. The Illinois experiment station has moile a number of experiments to determine the amount of dirt that falls from a cow's udder and flanks in tho process of milking. It was found that i% minutes is the aver- age time consumed iu milking a| cow. A glazed dish, equal in size to a pail, WHS held under a i-ow's udder 4% minut«:i;, while motions similar to those in milking were made. The dirt caught in the dish was brushed into a tube and weigh- ed Similar experimects were made with oowB whose udder and flanks had been waslie<l, when it was found that S% times as niuch dirt fell from unwashed, but apparently clean udder, as from those that had been washed, while from soiled and mud- dy udders the product ran from 82 to 84 times as much as from clean ones. !C feBOoUi nan generally make? lUmi^ iu ftU fltiMT fellow. THE S. S. LESSON IN'rERN.lTlONAL LESSON, MAR. 27. E.-:s(rr IvOfiseD. The Kmptj Tomb) Mark 16. 1.8. Uoldin Text, BcT. 1. 18. t Three months ago we heard the beautiful story of the fir^t Christ- mas, when God .sent his Son Jesus to our old earth to help others and to make them see the power and beauty of a gooel life marred b, no Etain of evil. We thought that war a wonderful story. Now for sever- al weeks we have been studying some of the words Jesus sjioke and the things he did during his minis- try in Galilee. To-day, because it is Easter, we are to think of the gladness which followed the ciysing days of that helpful life. i:very junior boy and gi.l has heard over and over the sad, sad stery of Cavalry. After Jesus had been c.ucified on that lonely hill a rich man called Joseph of A>nnu- thuea asked Pilate to lot him liav-.' tho body, that he might i;ive it burial in his own garden. He did tl>M because he loved Jesus and wanted to do something to .sh'iw his lov! and honor for his dear fnVnd. Pilate consented, and aftci the body had been wrapped in fair white linen, perfumed with fragrant spices, it wos laid to rest in the quiet garden. A stone and seal were placed against the door, and at the request of some of the Jews! a guard of Roman soldiers wms set to watch the tomb the next night. I Later in the year we shall study many of the comforting words Jcc;.is had spoken to his friends, teil!ig them he would rise from the dead They did not understand at all how thar could be, so with heavy hearis they went about their work nlier his death, talking of the things he hit'j said and done, and thinking hov the light ha<l gone fioni the sunshine and the music frora the birds' songs, because their friend had gone away and they could see hill, no more. That night, while the Roman soldiers were on guard, a .shining angel came from heaven ani r--ll«d the great stone from the doer of the tomb. Very early the next morning, just as the gray dawn was breaking, some women came to the garden bringing spices to put about the body of Jesus. It was blossom lituf in Palestine, anil 1 suppt>sc the gai- den was full of flowers and frag ranee, but the women did not notice either. Their hearts were full .-f sorrow, for Jesus hail been very dear to them, and they grieved to think he had vanished from their lives. As they walked they won- dered how they could ever roll the heavy stone from the rocky tomb. When they came to the place e f burial they looked at one another in amazement. "The stone is rolled away !" they said. But a more wonderful thing than that had happened, for as they stiKiped down and looked into the tomb they saw it was empty. When they went into the little room, or cove, cut out of the rock, they found an angel sitting at the place where the body had been. The an- gei told them nut to be afraid. "You seek Jesus, who was cruci- fied," he said. "He is not here. H« is risen. You will find him in Ga- lilee, where he will meet you and talk with vou just as he used ta do." ,,, As the women went, .away from the tomb they met Jesus himself, and he gave them a message to take to his disciples. What a wonderful Easter it was! what a wonderful Eastef mes- sage it is ! None of us can realize all it really means. Whenever we see a funeral procession pa.ssing aling our streets, as we so often do. we slK)uld rciiiember the Easter tidings. When euie of our friend j goes home to God's other world ol infinite beauty we should remember that same mes^age of hope and comfort. Jesus said, "Because I live, ye shall live also," and "He thit liveth and believeth on, me, shall never die." While C'hristmas is a happy duy. Easter is even sweeter and d"*rei, because it tells us of the life to come. But wc should not keep ths Easter gladness to ourselves. There are old people, sad people, tired people all around us longing fo- the cheer of that message. Perhaps there is some little child, too, w'lO has never heard of the risen Sav- ious. Shall wc not try in some way to give them a gliinps" ot the Eastor joy' Then our own Easter will bo brighter and more joyful. We have read of Christ's power to heal sickness, to calm the waves on the troubled sea, and to ipiiet the storms of passion in human hearts. The most marvelous power he pos- sessed, however, was shown in his resurrection, in the couiiucst of death itself. John, the beloved di-s- ciple, repeating some (<f Mie wor.ls of Jesus, says, "For God so love.'l the world that he ga\e his only be- gotten Son, that wbosinner helicv- et^i in him should not perish out have everlasting life." _♦ "What's that ab.mt the cat fam- ily f '-Life. Wc haven't the life of a dog these days, thank you. Man-"W'eIl, it's just this way If I buy you a new coat, I'll have to wear my old one another sea- son.' Wife-'You sweet, gener- ous thing, you." A man should always bear in mind that at least si.\ other men have thfir eyes on his opportunity. Too many people gaze through the back window of discontent, while the front door of promise stand' open. : I;