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SlIBPil â- â-  tf W â-  -I w ^ Hints for Busy Housekeepers. Recipes aad Other Valuable Inrormatloa •f Hariicalar laierest to Women FolkA U ft DAINTV UI.SHKy. Save all cokl \egetablos, inclutl- Ing potafoos, chop tliem, then fry togetlier with a liberal seasoiniig pf salt and pepper. nice and Hai-in I'liddinff.-- Make a rice pudding in the usual way. When half cooked add a good handful of stoned rai-'ns, !^tir in (â- nrrfully, cover the top of the pud- ding with a thin layer of Vircad- cruinhs, and on it put little bits of butter. Bake till the rice is cooked thoroughly. (irapc jam should be made from fruit grown out of doors. Wash the fnrit carefully and stew gently till tender, then pass lliroiigh a clean sieve. To every pinind of pulji allow one pound of loaf-sugar. Bring to the boil and cook fast for twenty minutes. I'our into pots and cover at once with ogged paper. If liked, a little lemon-pee! may be used to flavor the preserve. •Savory rice is a very nice change from the ordinary rice pudding. Wash three ounces of rice and boil it in milk till quite tcnaer, ad- ding pepper and salt. Uuttcr a dish, spread hal' the rice on it, F|.ri<ik!o one ounce of cheese on it, add the rest of the rice, scatter the rest of the cheese on the top, put little bits of butter over, and brown In a quick oven. The rice may be rooked in stock with a flavoring of vegetables instead of milk. tlio"«e (rust:^. â€" This is a good way ol using up remains of cheese. 'loHfti some liiid slices of bread, cut into rounds of etjual size, and al- low two rounds to each person. Mix together two ounces of grated cheese, a tablespor.nful of creara, and half an ounce of liquefied but- ter, with cayenne and salt to taste. Put a t.ablespoonful of this mix- ture between two croutons, press them together. Scatter ))ar.sley on ^ach, and if you can spare it some chojiped hard-boiled eggs. Make hot, and serve. Vegetable Soup.â€" Place an ounce of butter in a frying-pan. Slice into it a small onion, one carrot, one turnij), and two potatoeK. Stir till all the vegetables are ."-lightly browned, then place them in a stcw- jjan, add two tablesijoonfuls of rice Aid t«o quarts of cold water. .Sinuiicr gently for one hotir and a half and strain through a wire sieve. Return to the sauce- pan, add two tablesiwonfuls of coriillour moistened with cold water. Stir continuously till it IkiUs, tlien add a seasoning of pep- per and salt, and serve. .Meat jelly is most nourishing for anyone who has tired of beef tea tut two pounds of shin of beef inl<j small pieces alwiut the size of nul.s, (Vtnfully rejecting all fat; odd a lil\le salt, jilace it in a coveretl jar, which put into a saucepan of boiling water, and let it stew gent- ly for ciglit hours, adding more water to the saucepan when re- quired. About an hour before tak ing it up stir in half an ounce of isinglass: strain an<.l pre<-s through u sieve, then put aside for use. J5e- fore serving, scrape off every j)ar- iicle of fat that may have risen to the top. HINTS OX (AKK M.\KIXG. In every branch o! cookery the greatest care must be exercised to follow the rules exactly, and iii- greilienls must all be weighed, not thrown in liajihazard (|ua>ititics an\liow, but i)r<'ei»ely in tlie man- ner indicated. .Attention to little things may mean the complete suc- cess of the c.iko, i;\<iything used in cake-mikiiig uiuvt be perfectly free from damp, or the result will be heaviness an<i generally a "sad" condition, as Yorkshire peo|)le say. In mixing sugar and butter heat (he latter gently before beginning and in mixing eggs and sugar do not attempt to add more than three eggs without adding a little Hour e\<'ry now and then. Home fruits, siich as cherries, are better when rubbe<l with 11 'ur so as to prevent their sinking to the bottom of the tin. l-'lour should bo peifcotly frr^e from lumps; {'urrants and raisiiiH cleaned and <lried. All tins shoiikl be well buttered. and in case of scorching it is a good plan to cover them' with a, piece of parchment jiaper. As much care is neeessaiy in the baking as in the mixing. Sponge and all (light eake.s, with those Rmall ones b.iked in pilty ti'is, re quire a quick ov.-n, wliibt or<li)iary cakes of the sultana and seed Rpecies are mO!>t successful when cooked in a moderate oven. The oven shouki not be opene<l until lit least twenty minutes after the cake hns been put in, and if it has to h" closed again il must be done ftp "• ♦ ^ y , ',"' e > t''.p eake npi)earR ecKiketl, insert a knitting-needle, and if it in ijorfccily clean, then tho cake Is done. USEFUL HINTS. A little lard in the starch will do much toward keeping iruus from Slicking to the clothes. Save the fat from all meats and poultry and use in jtlace of lard, except for ])ie and biscuit. Steaming is far better than 'boil- ing for fish, fowl, and meat. Try this method and you will be unwil- ling to give it up. To stop nosebleed â€"Place a piece of brown or tissue i}aper over the teeth of tho upper jaw and the bleeding will stop at once. One housekeciicr says she puts a rolled racker into a squash pic for thickening when she lias no egg, and the result is good. To I-'ry Bac" II Without Shrivel- ing â€" Lay ttrips with edges f^lightly overlapping in a cold fry pan and fry slowly until crisp. When the drawers of the dres- ser, chiffonier, etc., stick, remove the di-awcr and rub the slides well with paralCn and save your tem- per. A strip of emery tacked to a small square board is almo::t indispen- sable in the kitchen, for one can quickly sharpen the curving knife on it. When stewing pears add the juice of a lemon and tlie grated rind, and two inches of cinnamon to every eight or twelve pears, according to size. Wide-niciuthed bottles are much better for keeping tacks than boxes. Then one can tell at a gl.mce whe- ther the tack is of the d'-sired length. A good .Irrssing for sabbage is made as follows: One egg, o'lo tablespoon mustard, half cuii vi.ie- gar, half cup sweet milk, salt and pepper to taste. Bicarbo/ate of soda should oe found in every house, and in a conspicuous place. F )r burns there is nothing belter, as it quickly re- lievos the pain. Hot water in mixing batter has a tendency to make cake whiter. S))onge cake, which should be .as yelhiw as possible, is belter made with cold water. To prevent matting from becom- ing yellow on the floor, wash off occasionally with a large coarse cloth which has been dipix'd in a strong .Solution of salt water. When eggs are frozen in the win- ter putting them in cokl water will draw out the frost. If a frozen egg must be boiled, put salt in the water and il «ill not run out of the shell. (look a can of tomatoes slowly with several slices of bacon. If already fried, all the better. Add an onion cut line, bread crumbs, and seasoning. Makes an appetiz- ing change. When the knob comes off your granite pot lid, leaving a hole for stc.iin to escape and burn your lingers, take a common screw, jnit uj) from underside, screw into a cork, and behold a new lid I Cut new napkins ai)art; double them lengthwise and dip the raw edges into boiling water to the detith of one inch; then hang ihem u)) to dry without wringing. They will fold and hem easily. Borax, in the first place, is oiu- of the most powerful antise|)tics known. When used to wash tlu- liea<l--as much as one can hold in the hollow of the hand to about a (|uart of water i^ d stroys dan- druff. Most culinary failures come from the habit of guessing. Weigh ev- erything that is to be weighed an<l measure carefully all the other in- gredients. Do this even if you have made the article repeatedly. The poisonous articles to keep mice away are dangerous if there are children. Mice do not like the smell of peiifjcrmint, and a little oil of peppermint spread around their hiding places will keep them away. (Jood Furniture Polish Drain off \our leftover coffee, and when you have a fpiart mix with a table- spoonful of sweet oil. Wash the furniture with this and polish with a dry cloth. If the coffee is strong it will cover all scratches. If buttonholes have to be made on a material that frays badly, pro- cee<l as follows: Mark the position of buttonhidc with a thread, then run a line of machine stitching around the thread. Then cut the hole and buttonhole it in the usual manner. .•\ white f«'ll hat which is requir e<l to do <lutv for a second season, may be easily cleaned with pow dered magnesia. Make a paste of it with cold water and lay over the Soiled parts. When quite dry brush it off with a clean bru»h> THE SUNOHYiCHOOl STUDY IMKRN VI lONAL LESSON, AUG I ST 13. I.psHfui Vll. Jehoiiikiiii Burns tlic riopliet's Book, Jer. 36. Golden Tc.\t, lua. 40. 8. Verses 1-10â€" Jeremiah's roll dic- tated to Baruch, and read to the I)eoi)le. 1. The fourth year of Jehoiakimâ€" About B. C. 005. Jt is likely these events occurred after Jerusalem became subject to Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah had already prophesied this disaster and the prolonged cap- tivity which was to follow. Tiie people were in a state of fear, ana it was a I opportune moment for the prophet to repeat the warnings which he had uttered from time to time for many years. 2. Take thee a roll . . . and write â€" A similar command came to Isaiah, but in his case the roll was rather a tablet, covered with wax. Jeremiah's roll was made of jiieccs of skin stitched together, and at- tached to rollers of wood on each end. On this, in columns parallel t the rollers, he was to inscribe tho words of his prophecies, utter- ed during the twe:'ty-three years of his public career. These utterances are recorded in the cliapters which precede this one. No doubt there is a certain amount of condensation as he would have to rely partly up- on memory anti partly upon frag- mentary records. 3. It may be that the house of Judah will hearâ€" The same offer of pardon as was made jireviously (compare Jer. 20. 3). The attack by Nebuchadnezzar ought to liavc intensified this appeal. 5. I am shut up â€" Not imprisoned (i-ce verse 19)> >^^ 'i Jer. 33. 1 .and ehsewhere, but restrained by some cause, presumably by the people's indignation over his recent predic- tions. 0. The fast-dayâ€" .\ day especially apjjointed in connection with the national danger. I 0. In the ninth month â€" Decemlx-r. It was perhaps the first anniver- sary of the capture of the city. The only stated legal fast took place in i I the seventh month. | 10. Oemariahâ€" He was b:'other of; the friendly Aliikam, mentioned in j I the last lesson. The place of read- j ling described was one that would i j be most likely to bring the mes- j sage within the hearing of all the; people coming in from the cities of j Judah at the new gate. 11 19-The roll also read in the I presence of the jirinces. I 11. Micaiahâ€" It was in the door, of his father's chamber that the| book was read, and the son car- ried the news of what had taken jilace to ' is father, who was other- wise engaged in aiiolher chamber i with the princes of Judah. For the position of these leading men, see last lesson. \i. He went downâ€" From the temple to the king's house, which sticd on lower ground. F.lnathan was spoken of in the last lesson. I.j. Sit down now, aiul read it â€" There arc several evidences that the princes looked with favor upon Jeremiah and his attendant. Baruch's position was tho one or- dinaiily assumed by an Oriental teacher (see Matt. 5. 1). 17. How didst thou write ?-'liiey desired lo know precisely how vr.xn n responsiliility rested u|)oii Baruch, and h(jw much upon Jeremiah, in order th.at they might give a true account to the king. ii0-'2Oâ€" The reading of the roll l)c- fore the king. 21. Stood beside the king â€" Liter- ally, "abive the king," he being seated, while the jirinces were standing. 22. The winter-house â€" Both sum- mer and winter houses were afir joyed by these people of the East'.- But they were almost always sep- arate parts f the .same h-iuse. Jii general, the inner, or protected portion of the house, was used in winter, while tho external (often u])per) and airy part oi the house served for summer. 23. The brazier- .V depression was built in the centre ..f the room, and this was lilled with charcoal (much like a warniing pan) for heat- ing inirposes. Jehudi had unrolled only a few columns (leaves) when the king, in spili' of the interces- sion of some of the princes, ruth- lessly cut the roll int<i shreds with a scribe's knife (penknife), and threw it into the fire. 21. They were not afraid â€" Tho king's contempt for Jehovah's mes- sage insiiired them witli no terror. How different had been the eon- duct of Jehoiakim's father, Josiah, when the Bo. k of the Law was found. With a sa<l heart he rent his garments. Through this act was prodaimel the nation's impeni- tence and the sealing of its doom. It was God's final (iroffer of mercy. 2"-32 Jeremiah bidden to re- write the roll, and to ;idd a threat concerning the destruction of the city. 88. 'XU« lii»8 o' Babylon shall certainly come. This, of course, <loes not mean that the Babylon- ian king had not come already. His attack ujkiu Jerusalem in tlie first instance, a year or so before this, was by no means as severe as that which Jeremiah here pre- <iicts. The fulitllment took place in a few ysars, in tho reign of Je- hoiakim's son, Jehoiachin, and still further in tho wasting of the city at the end of the reign of Zcdekiah. 30. None to sit upon t)ie throne of David â€" Jehoiachin, within three months from his accession, was hur- ried away a captive to Babylon. No child of his succeeded to tho throne. His dead body shall be cast out -The assertion in 2 Kings 24. G that he "slept with his fathers" is in no way controdictory to this pro- phecy. The .=arae account is silent concerning his burial. The fact tliat Baruch included this in Jeremiah's I)ro))liecies, after the death of Je- hoiakirn, shows that he felt no dif- ficulty as to its fulfillment. Kings and Chronicles both give only brief accounts of these times. 32. Another roll â€" Its contents arc doubtless preserved for us, to a large extent, in the book of Jere- miah as wo have it, chapters 1-35. JIODERN IDKAS ABOLT SLEEP. Many Person.s Take Too Much of It â€"The Nature of Ureum». Sleep is no longer indefinitely considered a wandering abroad of the soul, writes Fred W. Eastman in the Atlantic, but is now known to ho a temporary poisoning of the brain cells by the waste products resulting during the day from the activity of the body in general. Thus when a muscle cell or a nerve cell acts nutritive material stored within its walls is broken down into substances that are of no value and merely impede further action of the cell unless removed. Normally these waste pro<lucts are washed out by the blood stream which at the same time provides new^ cell food, and is finally itself purifietl by the excretory organs, the lungs and the kidneys. In the course of the day, how- ever, production is in excess of re- moval and then the clogging effect of these substances is manifested by fatigue in muscles and brain, the extreme degrees of which re- sults, in the latter organ, in the in- ability to act, which wo now know as sleep. The third of our time tiius spent out of commission is therefore really due to the inade- quacy of the excretory organs for purifying the blood. Perhaf)s, im account of popular opinion and persimal habit, we waste much time in a jellyfish con- dition that woukl be more profit- ably spent in active pursuit of our ambitions. The answer of course <lepends upon the nature of our oc- cupation. If there is much muscu- lar effort involved with a corres- ponding large amount of waste in the cells and blood, eight hours or more are probably necessary. 15ut if our work is of a sedentary nature and mainly of the brain there is naturally a smaller quan- tity of accumulate<l waste and less time is required for its removal. Many arc tho instances of great men, past an<l present, who have lived healthfully and worked un- ceasingly and strenuously on only four or five hours sleep, or half the laborer's ]»ortion. Dreams are due to an increase of sensation and circulation over that which exists in profound sleep. Observations made upon patients with iranial defects show that when we arc dreaming the brain is greater in volume than in deep sleep, and less than when we are awake. Thus this iiilerme<liate volume of blood would indicate that <lreams are an intermediate stagl^ between unconsciousness and wakefulness, and their incomplete aiul irregular inlelligeuco would indicate the same thing. This inerease<l circulation is us- ually <lue to sensory stimulation af- fj'cting the vasomotor centre and causing a return of blood to the head, with resultant increased eon- seiousness. Contrary to popular belief dreams in themselves do not contribute to light or broken sleep in which they are present. Such a eon<lition is due to the ever present stimuli, which accord- ing to their strength or the <le.;ree of irritability of the cells maintain even in sleep a varying «legree of consciousness, of which the <lreams are merel.v a manifestation. Therc- for(< the fatiguing effect often also attribulcti to dreams is not due to them but to the lighter tlegreo of sleep and less complete cell restor- ation which they accompany, ami which are due to some irritation. MAKING SAFE INVESTMENTS « â€" DISTRIBUTION OF RISK IIRST AI.\I OF WISE INVESTOR. Investing Not So Easy as It Sounds â€" Why FaJ'm Investments arc Not More Popularâ€" Return Too Lowâ€" Reason Small Investor Should Try Something Else. There is. in Canada, a growing amount of eaijital wliiih is seelsiiig invnstment. The experience of tho United States dur- ing a Himilar period of its exi.^tence, when tlie lack of inve.stment linuwrledge enabled sharpers <>t the •gctrich-Quick" type to steal hundreds of millionii of dollars from the savings of the thrifty, has prompted tlie publisher of this paper to devote in future some ppaie each week to the pub- lication of invt 'tment information. To this end they have secured the services of one of the foremost financial writers ill Canada to fill this column each week with general information on financial subjects in the hope that it will prove useful in helping our readers to Judge for themselves the merits of investments. The following article is lntrodui;tory in nature. During the next few months the various kinds of investments will be dealt with and their good and bad points criticized. For example the merits of mortgages will be contrasted with those of bonds and investment stocks of various sorts. The proper sort of investments for women will also come in for considera- tion. These will not ho dry. teihaical articles but will be interesting and sim- ple and may save you from putting your money into losing ventures at some future time. The impartial and reliable character of the information in this col- umn may be depended upon. The writer of those articles and the publisher of this paper have no other Interests to serve la connection with this matter. LONDON'S GHKAT FUll SALES. An interesting sight in L(mdon is ne of the great periodical sales of raw skins and furs held at a fur warehouse in the city. The magni- tude of tho» trade and tho va^t amount of money involved would surprise any one who visited one of these sales for the first time. At the premises in Great Queen street one can wan<ler from floor to floor piled with thousands upovi iti >u- sands of skins until one liogins to wonder where all the e eatures thev once cUithed lived. ED. i ISSIK 31-11 (By "Investor.") The man who remarked, "Al- mo-t any fool can make a fortune, but it takes a wise man to keep it," was much more than half in earnest when he spoke. Keeping a fortune, or even a modest amount of savings, does not mean merely keeping it feafe. A well-chosen hole in tho ground will do that. But, so to invest ones money that it not only remains safe, but also brings in a substantial income, is a prob- lem which takes much thought. To the average man, the term 'â- investment" has no very clear meaning. As often as not, we hear men state that thoy have â- â- invest- ed" in a mining stock, when even the term "speculation" â€" which in- volves taking a certain amount of chance â€" would be much too mild a â- word. To others, investment at once brings up thoughts of mort- gages. Yet between these two ex- tremes â€" the well-secured farm mortgage on the one hand, and the, highly speculative mini.'ig stock on the other â€" lies a great field of op- portunity .supplying a variety of in- vestments to suit all tastes and all requirements. WHAT ARE INVESTMENTS! Now, as to what constitute in- vestments. Strictly speaking, an investnie'it is anythi'ig which we may buy that will bring us in an income, and retain its value, i.e., can be dis- posed of without material lo'is. Thus, the purchase of a good farm which may be leased or worked so as to bring in a good return on its cost, is an investment. But this is a very small and relatively unimiioi tant field for the inveistnient of our money. Not everyone has sufficient cajiital to buy a farm, and, as a rule, the rental of a farm is not a high enough return on the investment to make it worth while. For one tnust remember that out of this return sutticient must be laid av»'ay each year to rebuild all buildings at the end of, say, thirty years. Part of the re- turn from rent represents a jiay- ment for depreciation on buildings, etc., which, despite icjiairs every year, come that much nearer the time when they must be rebuilt. Perhaps if they are well construct- ed, thirty years is too short a time to allow, but it is never unwise to err on the side of safety. There is, however, in addition to the small return and the risks of a dishonest or unfortunate lea:iee, one very sound reason why a per- son with limited capital should not invest in farm real estat?, u.'iless, of course, he is a farmer, who in- tends to operate it himself, and in this case a high return on the amount invested represents to no small extent the payment to the farmer of his own salaryâ€" though many do not reiv'ize this factâ€" aiid varies in proportion with his skill as an husbaiulman, as any farmer kniws. Everyone knows the old adage, that it is foolish to put all one's eggs in one basket ; the same applies to investments, but with greatly inerea:-:ed force. One should never, luuler any circumstances, .so invest money that, should a fire, a failure, or othef unforeseen acci- dent occur, all would be lost. Our capital, even if it is very smiill, should be distributed over a di- verse field. .\nd in this distribu- tion, it should be remembered to make the spread cover a wide field. not only in class of investmeut, but in location. In this minner, fur example, the failure of crojis in Central Ontario woukl not affect mortgages held in that part of the Province ; depress! in in Canada Would not affect municip.il bonds. Many other ex-'tniples can be ea.sily thought of. Therefore, ia iuvMt- ing always aim to divide tho risk This "distribution of risk," as iv is called, is the first step of thai wise man who aims to keep hi»| "fortune" big or little. ♦ , TRIALS BY WATER. A Di.stinetly Enple^usant Way of Proving One's Inno<>«nce. Throwing people into 6he wateri to let it determine their innocence or guilt was widely in use in th«; .seventeenth and eighteenth cen-; turies. A Synod of West Prussia forbade its use in 1745. Sporadic cases, however, occurred during the whole of the nineteenth cen- tury. I Prof. E. P. Evans wrote in 1899 of its use in Dalmatia, where in some districts it was still custom- ary to throw all the women into the water on a specified day to see whether they would sink or swim. A rope was attached to each ia order to save from drowning those who proved their innocence by sinking, while those believed to be guilty because they floated were also rescued and made to promise to forsake their evil ways on pain of being stoned. A traveller has described a mod- ern survival of the ordeal used in detecting thieves in southern Rus- sia, says the Dietetic and Hygi- enic Gazette. All the servants ol the household where the robbery occurred were assembled and aa many balls of bread were made aa there were suspected perso'is. A sorceress then addressed each one of the number, saying that the particular ball of bread which she held in her hand would sink or swim as the party addressed waa guilty or innocent. She then flung it into the water. B<jiling water was used in or- deals by the Persians and it ia referred to in the Avesto. It con- tained both the sacred elements, water and fire, suggesting the de- luge past and the fiery doom of ttie future. In the simplest form ol the hot water test the bare arm was plunged to the wrist in trivial cases, and to the elbow in more serious trials, usually to bring out fings or coins thrown therein. In Tibet plaintiff and defendant settle their cause judicially by plunging their arms into boiling water containing a black and a white stone, when he who brings up the white stone wins the verdict. A King of the Goths in the seventh centurv. with the sanction of the Council of Toledo, recommended the boiling test for crime. * INTERIOR OF THE EARTH. llafdiy a.s Much Known .Vhout It aa About the Stars. Te interior of the earth is scarce- ly more accessible than the stars to direct experimentation, and is lesa known through valid indirect evi- dence. Some information is given by earthtiuake shocks which, though local in origin, shake the whole earth. By collating the re- cords of .seisniegraphs in various places it has been learned that the velocity of the earthquake wave ia three or four miles per second in the upper strata of the earth and more than ten miles per second in the central nucleus. The earth, as a whole, may be compared to a great spherical bell which when struck makes only two or three complete vibrations per hour. .\s the note emitted by a piano string depends on its length, thickness, and tension, so the "note' of the eaith bell and the velocity of waves in its different parts give some indication of the state tif the concentric strata ol which the earth is composed. The information thus obtained is very incomplete, ami scientists have endeavoretl to fill its voids by means of variiuis plausible hypotheses. A review of our present knowledge ol tho earth, recently presented to a French Scientific Society, contains two remarks of especial interest, concerning the variations t'l grav- ity and pressure in the earth's interior. If a shaft were sunk vertically to the centre oi the earth and an object, suspendcil from a spring balance, were lowere<l down the shaft, the weight of the object, as intlicaled by the dial of the bal- ance, Would at first increase, as the desceuiling object approached the deeper and denser strata. .\fter passing a certain <lepth, however, the weight would begin lo tiiminish to the centre ami it w<iu!d continue to diminish lo the centre of the earth, where its value would bo zero, because the object would there be equally attracted in every direction. The pressure increases enormous- ly with increasing depth below the earth's surface. It must be about 200.000 atmospheres at a depth of 100 miles (110 the earth's ra<lius), t. 000, 000 atmospheres at '2,000 miles (half the radius^ and more than 1,- 000,000 atmospheres at the centre.' .Vt such pressures the materials of the earth ihough heated above their melting points, are probably quasi-solid and as rigid as glass or steel. Hence the velocity of propagations of vibrations mustex- cee<i tlie velocity of sound in ordin- ary solids, such as ca«t iron, in which it is 20.000 f«e* per second.â€"' Scientific .'Vmerwaa.