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I[ Hints for Busy Housekeepers. Retlpea aad Other Valuable Infarinatloa •I FartlcaSar latereat to Woman Polkas DAINTY DISHES. I^m<)ii fla\ oring that will keep a long time, can be made as follows : Urato off the yellow rind of a le- mon, squeezing on this the strained juice, and tlien adding as much su- gar a« the juice will absorb. Cover tightly in .small ja.'s. Baking Powdtr Biscuits. â€"The old or»«-thiid of making j>owder biscuits wsas the minute they were cut and in the pan to pop them in the oven. Try lettinij them rise from fifteen to twenty minutes before baking, and notice the difference in size, lightness, and taste. <>ingerbre.i'J.â€" One cupftil of light brown sugar, one cupful of mol.'isses, three-fourths «f a cui)ful Df but-ter, three eggs, one cupful of K)nr cream, one half tcaspooiiful of nxla, one helping teaspoonful of jiner, one teaspoonful of cinna- n-on. one tea.sp-jouful of cloves, and three oupfuls of flour. Kca!lojM?d Potatoes. â€" You will and (his a \ery nice way of cookinjc potatoes, which are not quite good fnough to ser\-e plainly boiled. Put t. layer <.f sliced uncooked potatoes in a baking-tin with salt and pep- per and a very light dusting of (lour. Fill tlic tin in this order, and then pour in sufficient skim- milk to mointcn thoroughly. Bake in a rather quick oven until tho potatoes arc cooked. ♦Stuffed breast of mutton is a rery good dish. (Jet the butcher io remove the bones. Lay the meat Hat on a board and cover it with I. >avory etuffiiig of breadcrumbs, iwoel herbs, jjurslcy, and chojiped nuitton suet. Season all highly and moisten with a little milk. Put a goo<l thick layer of this over the m<'at, roll it carefully, and sew the rdges. Then roast slowly till done. Komla (Norwegian disli)---Cirate B\ e raw potatoes and one boiled lint-, add one teaspoonful salt, one r\ipful flour; Tiii.\ well. ]3rop from f|»oon into boiling water in which yon iiave a <<niall piece of salt pork or corned beef, boil about three- tjiiarters of an hour. A few pierce i)f »arrot or yellow turnip mav h boiled in witli the d\\ini>\l^g0^ ^^P^^^TTT crisp, slice t'lin four onions, fry in fat until biv.'.vn and serve with tho komla. Baked Currant Pudding.â€" Pick, wash, and dry a <|uarter of a pound of currants and chop finely a small pieco of candied peel. Klired a ciuarter of a pound of luft and work it into three-quar- teis of a ixMind of flour, ;vdd a tea- ipoonful of baking-powder. Make all into a ba'ttcr that will just f;our with one egg beaten in a it tie milk. Pour int'i a greased piedish, and bake in a steady o\en for one hour and a (juarter. Hand tugar with tliJs, as there fclioiild he none cooked in it. J)evons'hire Pudding. -Wash and boil half a pound of rioe in water till tender, then set aside till cool. When cold, sprinkle flour lightly with it, add a quarter of a pound of <'hopped suet, four ouiu'es of naslied currants, half a pound of tflf-raising flour, one egg, four .â- "unces of sugar, half a teai^po'jn- lul of spice, and, if you can spar« It. a little candied i>eel. The lice niiht cool V>eforc being \isod. Bake in a piedish yi a slow oven /or two hours. miew of Meat and Haricot Beans. â€" For tliis. with care, the remains of the hiTast of mutton may jirove suffi'-ienl, or a little more meat nuiy liRNc to be purchased, ('ut the jncat into prmall pieces and fry them lightly with an onion sliced. ilre<lge all thickly with Hour, and stir till browned, then add .suflici- rnt stock or water to cover, and let all .stew gently for at least an h<jur. The liarieot bean.s, which must vary in quantity to vonr re qiiiiements, should be soaked over •ii{(bt. put on in cold water, brought to the boil, and t-ooked for three hours w^ilhout salt. When nrarly done add salt, oouk for a little while, and drain thorough- ly. Place a dish in a circle, jjlace the stewed moat in the centre, and iervc. OAR]' OF UMBBF.l.LAR. I'.very wonian will admit that the attention bestowed on an umbrel- la to keep it in good order is not labor wasted. How often have our bonne'ts and liats been sa\cdliy on \inibrella, when we have been caught in a sudden downpour with no shelter nc-vrl After one of these downpours on arri\al home tho umhrollu should not he. stuck in the stand and left to <lrain, as the ia'oi.«t>ire, gradual- ly .-iccumulating in the ailk. ju.st ahovc tho ferrule, causes it to rot and go into Ijolea in a very short time. It should hi) !ila<e<l open in a «lry, airy room, until it is thor- oughly dry. Inioiuiiderat* jioAple roll up Ir.eir uinbrellai while ilill damp, and then think the silk muat hate been of poor quahtv wlten the> find it ).,j .'io!oA. When put away the umbrella should he left unrolled, for if it is constantly kept in a fight roll tho creases are apt rapidly to wear through. One's best silk umbrella should n-e-ver be put in the stand where the common i)riii>erty ones are kept as anyone coming in in a hurry and placing stick or um- brella in the same place is very liaHjlo unintentionally to poke a hole right through, and no amount of darning or covering the jilaco with blat'kcourt plaster will ever restore the umbrella to its original beautj-. THE SEWIXG ROOM. Putting in Sleeves. â€"When put- ting in sleeves put the under arm scam of tho sleeve just the length of your second finger ahead of the i underarm scam of the waist. I find this an ea.sy way and they arc always sure to be in correctly. | Turning uji Hem in Skirt. â€" Have the pcr.son for whom skirt is in- j tended put it on. Then take a yard stick, put the end of it on the floor, | and have the person turn slowly! aroundwhilc you mark it with tai- lor's chalk every little ways the | number of inches it is desired from tho floor. If two inches, mark iti all the way around l^vo inches up' on the yard-stick. Sew on the braid and turn up hem. 1 find that if a| ba.stinp fhren<l is ])Ut in around' where it has been chalked, it helps' a great deal, as the chalk is li- able to get rubbed off and is not as ' plainly seen as a thread. This is a^ good way and is easily and quickly done. HOME HINTS. â- Wlicn jK'eling ajjjiles pour b'ji ing water o\er tliein, and the pro-j <:cvi will be more easily carried out. j Tan boots will not easily stain if j they are well polished several times before being wornfor time. "Tr.st PpIcakTiig iiootsâ€" Prick the soles; ' <)f the boots so as to let out the! air from between the soles. This is the cause of the trouble. j 'Carrots should be scr\ibbed and^ scraped, not peeled, for the nuur-: ishmcnt lies in tho red jnilp. This' part is not at all indigestible. I 'Sunlight and air are the finest' dispellers of disea.»e. They should, tliercfore, be freely admitted to every house. | To clarify fat after frying, throw] iu.'t.o the fat a few slices of raw ])o- tato and cook to a golden color. This will jiurify the fat wonderful- ly. - ^\hen beating white of egg bo sure that the plate is i>erfectly dry. If the i)roceHa is carried out in the o|>on air it will be very quickly accomplished. An undefinable smell of cooking can generally lie traced to a dirty oven. Wash the oven thoroughly with soda and hot water and the smell will vanish. To Color Kit<hen Walls. â€" Dis- .splve some permanganate of i>ot- ash in water, and add siiflicient of I this solution to the whitewash to^ mike it the color your req\iire. To cleanse a frying-pan in which fish or onions have been cooked, fill it with water, and bring it to the hoil, then drop in a red-hot' cinder. Afterward-s rinee in the' usual way. Black leather bags will be much impro\ed if polished occasionally with a good boot cream. This (•ream nourishes the leather and l)revenls it drying and cracking, as is so foten tho <^ase with bags, ei^pecially those not constantly in use. Darning Hint. â€" .\flter finishing darjiing a stocking, beat down the' darned places with a flat object, for instance, the end of the darn- ing spool. Then the darned s)iot is nice and smooth, causing no <lis- conWort or irritation to tender feet. Us(! for Old Stockings.â€" K,\cel- lent dust cloths can be nuidc' by splitting and sewing together the \ipper halves of old silk or fine cot ton hc'C. Place these dust cloths in an nirtiglit pail with a few drops of kerosene sprinkled on tliem and leave stand twenty-four hours. Then all dust can be gathered more easily without tho scatlcrinjjf of any particles. OBKYING FATHEH. "What?" said the little girl. Tiic father was i-ather fastid'oua as to .speech, so he said to the fiv<'- year old : 'â- you should never say 'What?' my dear: always say '1 beg ymir ]'>ardon.'' " That the litllc girl took the com- iim;id too much to heart was mH<le clear the other day when the mai- den, pointing to a bloticom, eaid : " 'I beg your pardon' is th» cnrae of that flower f- MEXICAN TILLAGE LIFE. Quiet of the Place in tbr Day- Pay Day at (he .Minima. The little village of Panuco de ('oronado, in the State of Durango, represents an average Mexican vil- lage, one that can bo duplicated anywhere in the northern two- thirds of tho country. It^ is typical even in its legend all mining towns here have the same. Once upon a timo its mines yielded so much rich ore that the owner could pave with silver tho street leading from his house to the church on the occasion of his daughter's mar- riage. Panuco, like all Mexican villages, is a transplanted hit of the Orient. There is the same low, adobe lunise with flat ro<jf and no chimney an<J usually no window. Women carry tao same jars of water on their hea<ls and men clad in loose white cotton tnulgo lazily behind their little burros or more likely add their weight to the already over- burdened animals. The glaring s>in beats down from a tropical sky on the same pulin an<I cactus, and a general air of enqiliness and sil- ence pervades the streets. Tho universal building material is adobe, which is faced with plas- ter only in the better houses. These are always built in the form of a hollow square â€" the rooms opening into the patio in the centre. The more pretentious homes have win- dows, barred on the outside be- cause the houses are built snug up to the street, which gives tlienj the appcarancc'of cells in a prison. There is no patch of green or anything bright to relieve the uni- form tlusl brown color of house and street, writes .Tessic Fawler in the Los Angeles Times, no spear of grass is in sight, and all the flowers are kept in the patio. The particu- lar village can boast of two trees, one Cottonwood on the outskirts and one pepper berry. To enter one of these huts is to step in on a nnid floor, rarely a brick one, to see a few <'artheru bowls an<l saiu-crs in one corner, a little pile of charred ashes in an- other, and a rude altar made of a couple of packing ho.xes, decorated with a few gaudy bits of tinsel and scraps of ribbon and empty bottles with withered tl ^ ^ilijy ^^J^ offering ^o^^^*' ^â- }mfff[iTuA<laUmv« w- Ik. h.oki^^jjj^jV-f'f ,..,,„ the walls. ^ '""i<*fiied and table are luxuries luii commonly found. Mexican wo- men are fond of flowers and the patios are bright with blossoms throughout tho year. One traveller describes a Mexi- can village as "sun, silence and adobe," and this is one's first and la.st impression. Whatever life is, is aroiuul the plaza: for away from here one sees only an occasional water carrier or a peon closely wrapped in his scrape squatting on the ground in the sun. Pigs and dogs are everywhere. They come from every ojien doorwa.v and fol- low us. yelping and barking. A dozen dogs are not too many for an average family. And the pigs- they sleep in the middle of the street, and not initil our horses' feet are almost on them do they grunt and lazily move a step to the right. Biit in the evening all is changed and the place is full of life and stir. Everybody comes out to enjoy the music and to stroll around and around the plaza. Men and women do not walk together unless mar- ried or engaged, but the men walk three or four abreast on the inside of the promenade and the women on the outside in the opposite dir- ection. Tlirough the open doors of the pulque shops may be seen groups of men drinking the nau- seous beverage. These shops, as well as all the stores, are not known by the names of their owners, but by some such fanciful name as "Flowers of the. May," "Afternoons in April " and "The Surprise." No village is too small to have its ban<l. and a good one too, that plays at the plaza one or two evenings a week throughout the year. The natives are very musical and one hears everywhere the tinkle of the guitar or mandolin playing some native air, like the l)laintive 'La (iolondrina" or pos- sibly the latest importation from home. One does not need to rea<l the sign "Esciuela para ninas" jjainted in big black letters on a low i)las- tere<l buiUling ti> know that it is a school for girls, for the children study in concert and well, pul- monary troubles are not common at this altitmle. Primary educa- tion is compulsory throughout the republic and so every village has two si^hools. one for hoys and an- other f(u- girls. Pay <lay comes once a month. Work at the miiu's stops for the day an<l by 7 o'clock tlu; men and wimi- cn begin to gather arountl the of- fice and set up their little stands for the sale of <lulccs, limes, pome- granates, sugar cane an<l <iranges. By o'clock the place has taken on quite a holiday aspect. tSroups of senoras, each with a black eyed baby in her lap, sit on the ground and" crochel lace or idly gossip. Men wrap theniscKes close in their serapcn and wait stolidly for 10 o'clock, when they will be paid off. â-  .Ml llie )ieople, men, women aixl chihlren, ccuue from miles aroun<l on foot, oil Imrros, on ponies and in all sorts of nondescript wagons. The haeenda<lo comes in front from tome neigtiboring hacienda, look- ing very pictureaque in hii silver be.spjngled buckskin, while his pony with silver trimmed saddle is a match for his rider. When they have all been paid they must next get rid of their money at the store. Each man wears around his waist a square piece of white cloth fold- ed diagonally and tied so that the point hangs down in the back. This cloth serves a double purpose ; it acts as a belt to hold up the trou- sers and as a receptacle for all pur- chases made. The man removes this cloth, spreads it out on the counter at the store and into it are dumped his purchases â€" packages of cigarettes, boxes of matches, a few cakes ot soap, two or three kilos of corn and perhaps a couple of meters of cloth. No wrapping is used, hut every- thing, lard excepted, is dumped in- to tliis cloth. Crackers he takes either inside his hat or on the out- side. Ho never looks at the cpial- ity or asks the price, for it is a case of Hob.son's choice. Time is no object with these people, so it is almost night before the last one goes away. The fiesta of Santa Cruz, the day of the holy cross, is the miner's dav of the vear, when all the mines THE ETIQUETIE OF BOWING .MICH ATTENTION DEVOTED TO DIFFEREM LOWS. Queen Mary Says Bowing Con- trlvawee .Mttkies Her SoatiU-k. So much attention has been de- voted to the defference in the bows by which Queen Alexandra and Queen Mary a'.knowledgc the salu- tations of the public when driving, stress being laid on the fact that Queen .Mcxandra bows from her waist, whereas Queen Mary only ibows her head, that it may be as well to explain that there is a rea- son for this, which may be de- scribed as mechanical. If Queen .'Mexandra bows from herwaist it is because, like her mother-in-law, Queen Victoria; like the late Empress of .-Vustria, and Queen Christina of Spain, she has a species of mecha.iical contriv- throughout the country stop work. ' ances fixed to the seat a.ad back Crosses are placed on' all unfinish- [ <-'"shions of her carriages, which en- ed buildings as well as a huge one | ahles her to bow continuously from in the plaza, and are decorated | the waist, without any exertio'n or with flowers, hits of ribbon and fatigue, while tho carriage is in glass, while around the main crosji^ motion. It is r^r.-^mcthing in the are placed palinillas with their five j nature of the sliding seats used in feet stocks of beautiful flowers. | rowing. Queen Mary dc'linea to There is incessant firing of guns throughout the day and the cele- bration ends with music and danc- ing in the evening. HV(;iENIC AF.STHALIA. (o Ifeahli (')>iidili(iiis There Said Be the Hest in the Murld. Health conditions in Australia aro better than in anv other coun- , . - try of the globe if the low death '^ '<^^s suggestive of old-fashioned make use of this contrivance, on the plea that it disposes her to seasickness, a malady by which she is extremelv prone ; and it is be- cause without this co itrivance she would be overcome by fatigue if compelled to bow continuously from the waist, that she merely contents herself with an inclination of the head, which she endeavors to make as gracious as possible^ but which rate of 10.9."> a thousand a vear mav courtesv than a be aceejjted as an index, says the Me<iiral Kecord. The death rate from tul orc,il2>i^-r has slea<lily been ''ecl'uine.+,-,, ir,'ir the last twenty-five vpajw» ^^„'^i jj,,^^ is less than 9 pe,-<:,:,„;;,f ,!,„ ^,.,.,1 deaths, wlmjif^, ,^ i^^.^^ percent- ^'K'^- i'^iH-^y published by any country which eomp'ies its statistics in an equally accuir.te manner. In New .South Wales the notific- BOW FRgji TJltlil'.XIST,. jf^ This matter of bowing in re- sponse to the salutations of the public is a perpetual souree of dif- ferences, and even disi>>;t'.'s, among the members of royal and imper- ial families, and has created no end of bad blood amongst them. According to the rides of etiquette, it is only the lady of highest rank in tlie carriage or jarty who is per- ation of cases of jmlmonary and i wilted to respond to the saluta- tliroat tuberculosis has been com- tions of bowing, and when, for in- pulsory for over ten years. The stance, during the late reign the walls and ceilings of houses in then Princess of Wales was driving which cases occur are sprayed with with her mother-in-law. Queen a Kolutiim of formalin an<l the floors ' Alexandra, the former was pre- are washed with a .solution of cor- rosive sublimate. The effectiveness of the education al campaign is shown by the fact that ope,n air sleeping is more gen- eral llian in any other co\intry. There is scar<'ely a dwelling house eluded from acknowledging any sa- lute, even on the part of her per- sonal intimates. The Countess of Flanders, mother of King Albert of Belgium, in the days when her sister-in-law, the late Queen Hen- rietta of the Belgians, was still constructed nowadays in Australia alive, absolutely refused to driv even a laborer's cottage, which is not provided with a suitable veran- dah for outdoor sleeping. Thei-e is very little expectorating on the sidewalks or ttther public places. Ordinances to prevent the con- tamination of milk and other fcuHl- stuffs are well observed. In shops where fresh meat is offered for sale it is customary to find sheets of water running over the front windows and walls for the purpose of catching dust. All large cities anywhere with the latter, on tho ground that it was injurious to her dignity to lie unable to return salut.itions addressed to her per- sonally. The most distinguished courtesy paid by old Emperor Francis Jo- seph to his royal guests, when driv- ing them back to the railroad sta- tion at Viena, is when he abso- lutely declines to acknowledge any of the salutes of the people lining like Sidney. Melbourne, Adelaide ' J'.'e =^treet, leavmg that entirely to and other.s have tuberculosis sana- "« visitor, so as to convey to the torium and also a large number of | Ia"er the impression that the po- beds for chronic cases. The Green- ! Pular homage is addressed to him, vale Sanatorium, near Melbourne, 'tjie guest, and not to himself, the will compare favorably with siniil- [ Emperor. ar institutions in Europe and Am- erica. tJratifying progress has been made in isolating chronic and more particularly open cases of tubercu- losis. In New South Wales, Vic- toria and South .\ustralia it is es- timated that at least ."%' per cent, of these eases have been placed in BIRD aO^tiS DIFFER. Tlve Crow Soniletiiars (iives Quite a .Mnsicid .Sound. Some i>eopIe cannot see any dif- ference at first between the songs of the robin and the wood thrush, hospitals and a good proportion of M>"t t«. tl'e nut.ated they have no- the remainder under supervision. t''>"K .'» common. The health officials believe that on- ! , "egmners usually see httle dif- ly a few vears will elapse before | fp'fn^e between the songs of the everv case 'of pulmonarv and throat *^;''V'"'^'"« "'â- '"'^' ^''^ '"''*'»' ^^^ tube'rculosis will he under such con- \ ^'â- â- '^rlei tanager and the rose- trol as to retluce the danger of breasted grosbeak. 1 et the oriole's transmitting the infection to a min-- 'a.v is almoat a pure whistle, the jn,j,m tune varying much with different a, individuals; the ro'bin's song is a bold warble, a little strident in NOT HALF COSY ENOUGH. places; the tan.iger sings a weak- An (.Id countryman, compelled to ! <''' fi"<"»" 'I"''"- ''•''' '»" undeveloped sit in a suffocating snioKing com- partment ill a crowded excursion train, gazed open-mouthed through the window at a la<ly on the plat- form, who was giving the porter exhaustive instructions regaixling the storage of her bicycle. "See that you fiiul it tho best jilace in the van, porter, and fi.x it very securely, aiul iluu't let any one play with the bell. .\rid close the windows so that no one can get in, and <'o\er up the handle bars, and make sure that the train does- n't shake it when it goes over the points." The porter promised slavish ob- edience, pocketed bis tip, and turn- to go away. "One moment, young feller," cried the oUI \voman, leaning out of the carriage wiiulow and catch- ing his arm. "I want to get out of here. It ain't half cosy enough. Here's five cents; now show me the way to the cycle van I" ' * First Ladyâ€" "Mrs. Smith is too young to go shopping alone.' Sec- ond Lady- "Why is that '' F:'<:t Lady "She's liable to get .'xcited and buy M>m«thi ig." horse ro-bin ; ami the grosbeak has a bi'autiful warble, rather loud at times, but i>crfect.,' pure and mel- low. \ biid may have two or more di.4inct songs. Sonic commonly have three, while no twio individu- al birds of certain species ever sring l)recisely the same tune. Occa- sionally a very gifted individual will eclijjse the iierfi>rmancc of all rivals. The caw of the commcm crow is well known, but its love notes and its conversational abili- ties when ministering to its young are seldom recognized. In early- spring or late winter the crow- often gives forth quite musical sounds. Many singers not ordinarily gift- ed have beautiful flight simgs. It is not generally known that indi- vidual meadow larks are line sing- ers when in flight. :.* __ "Tommy. Tommy," remonstrated his teacher, "why are you so naughty ? I've had to whip you six times this week.'' "Because, teacher," replied Tommy, "gran.l pa says the good die young, • i>d I ain't taking any riska." 1 SONOAr SCHOOL STUDY IMEHNATIONAL LESSON, JLLÂ¥ 30. Lesson V.â€" The flinding of the 1S>m)|' of Law, 2 Chron. 3-1. 14-33. Golden Xext, Psa. 119. 11. 14. Hilkiah . . . found the bookâ€" » The fact that it was found at the time the money was being brought; into the temple for the necessary repairs, makes it seem a natural inference that the book was hid- hen where the money was kept. Given by Moses â€" This detail is not given by 2 Kings, the older re- cord. The Chronicler has in mind the entire Pentateuch, whereas, as noted above, the account in Kings implies only the book of Deuter- onomy. Many critical students of the Old Testament now bel.eve the main jiortion of Jjeuteronomy was written, not by Moses, but at a later time, and was made up of materials of an earlier date. 16. Shaphan carried the book to the king â€" A comparison with a Kings 22. 9 shows that this men- tion of the book should not have been made at this point. Its in- troduction here, anticipating the narration in verse 18, m,^kes an awkward statement. What this scribe actually did was, first of all, to report to the king the comple- tion of his work in connection with the repair of the temple, which had been intrusted to the care of the Levites. 18. Kead therein â€" The writer re- cognizes the repair of the temple, which had been intire Pentateuch to the king, and so says he read only portions of it. Admitting that it was the book of Deuteronomy ttuit was read, the statement in 2 Kings th'al'Siraplian read it" is at once credible and natural. 19. He rent his clothesâ€"The de- nunciation and cures found iiv Deut. 28 would be apt to move thi king deeply as ho thought of his" people's neglect of the covenant oj Jehovah. 20. Ah; karaâ€" Spoken of by Jere- miah (2G. 24) as a worthy courtier who defended the prophet on a cri- tical occasion, and the father of Gedaliah, who governed the cities of Judah after the fall of Jerusa lem. The king's sei-vantâ€" Some specia* office of whose nature we are not certain. 21. Go . . . for great is the wrath of Jehovahâ€" The king was fearful of the threatening calamity which the reading of the law led him to expect. 22. Huldah the prophetess â€" The term was applied to several womei in the Old 'Testament â€" Miriam, De- borah, the wife of Isaiah, Noadiah (Neh. 6. H). Huldah must have been a woman of acknowledged re- pute as a prophetess, inasmuch as the messengers of the king sought her out at once, when directed to "inquire of Jehovah." We have no further information concerning her than what is contained in this, and the parallel account in 2 Kings 22. 14.20. Her husband's grand- father-was keeper of the garments kept for special festi\e occasions at the palace. 24. All the cursesâ€" See Deut. 28 15.28. A more terrible fate tor the city and the nation could hardlj be imagined. 28. Gathered to thy grave in peace â€" As Josiah was slain in the battle of Megiddo, these words, if' taken literally, are at least a testi- mony to the genuineness of the prophecy. As a matter of fact, be- cause of his personal piety and hu- mility, the king was spared the agony of witnessing the evils which befell his people. 29. All the eldersâ€" No official olasB is meant, but rather th^ heads of houses and clans. I .â- )0. All the people â€" It was a po- pular aseembly. consisting of all classes and ages. 31. Made a covenantâ€" Literally, "cut a covenant," an expressioE that arose from the custom of cut' ting sacrificial victim'^ in pieces, between which the parties involved walked. This, however, was no efl- cntial part of a covenant. The oath of the covenant was the principal feature. 32. Caused all . .to stand to il â€"That is, to keep the law. Accord- ing to the account in Chronicle? (see lesson for July 23), the reform! of Josiali had preceded the fiind- ing of the law book, and hac sprung, not from the reading o! the law, but from the natural de- sire of a iiious king. The follow- ing verso , therefore, may be re- garded as a suiumary of the reforit work of Josiah. 33. .-Ml his days tliey departee notâ€" But after his death, in th« reign of Je'hoiakim, the people fell back into the old habits. >> lit \ Cluircbwarden T5iown : "Excust/ me, Mr. Smith, hut are you aware that you put a bad half <lollar in the contribution plate this morn- ing!'' Mr. Smith: 'Yea: I owe tho heathen a grudge for eatinf a mis-, Monarjr uncl« of nine!" "^ilfc,-.