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1 Household How to Serve Straw HerrioN. The strawberry could not be re- commended to the thoughtful house- wife because of any very high nu- tritive quality it possesses. To be j perfectly frank, 10 cents' worth of] strawberries c- nitaiii about one- sixth as iniu'h nourishment us 10 cf ills' worth of apnles. Even watermelon possesses two- third:; more nourishment for the price we pay tha-n strawberries, and yet no fair-minded housewife would want to deprive her family of the jov of an occasional dish of straw- berries just on that account. It may have been in order to fur- nish fiine excuse fur eating straw- berries > that- there have sprung up arwiind them tlie trndition of BO| many virtues. It used to be said that lie who ate strawberries would have no tartar on his teeth, that they prevented perspiration in sum- mer time, that t he- cured gout and consumption and a host of other ills that flesh is heir to. The housewife who believed all these things could well consider strawberries econo- mical. But why make ail these excuses? Why not admit that we like straw berries, that they do us no harm and that we eat them l>r the very joy of it? For, indeed, to the per- son who likes the flavor of this most useless of all fruits there is some- thing incomparable about it. The very botanical name for straw- berries fragaria -which indicates its fragrance, is token of the deli- cate and lovely flavor of the fruit. There are manv ways f serving It raw berries, to bring out the flav- or in a host of delicious ways. Here are some of the rules that are espe- cially worth trying: Strawberry Whip. To make a de- licious light dessert, use the white of two eggs, beaten stiff. Add one- half cupful of powdered sugar and \Yt cupfuls of crushed strawberries. Beat again till stiff enough to hold its -hape. The riper the straw- berries the better will be the re- sults. Serve soon after making. Strawberry t'reiuii. A richer mode of serving strawberries calls for one pint of ripe strawberries and one-half cupful of sugar. They should be mixed and mashed to- gether and put through a sieve. Then whip a pint of stiff cream and add to tlie strawberries, with a tablespoonful of gelatine dissolved in a third of a cupful of cold water. Mix together, pour in a mould and set on the ice till ready to serve. Strawberry Cup.-- This calls for one quart of ripe strawberries rub bed through a sieve. Add a small glassful of maraschino wine, one pint of white wine, a few whole strawberries and sugar to taste. Serve ice cold for a warm weather beverage. Here is a delicious recipe for strawberry shortcake: Sift two cup- fuls of flour with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a half tea- spoonful of salt. Work it into one- j|uart'f fit a. cupful of soft butter and moisten with a little ice cold milk. Divide into two parts and roll each part out with pressure of the finger tops. Place-one layer on a buttered layer cake tin. Spread with soft butter and then put the second layer on top and bake in a hot oven. When the two layers are done separate them. Place sugared strawberries between the two lay- ers, cover with the top layer, add more sugared st rawhcrries and serve with a cooked straw berry- sauce. To make, ths sauce, crush two cupfuls of the softer strawber- ries, add half a cupful of water ami cook slowly for about a iiuarter of an hour. The rule calls for a <)iiart of cream and one quart of ripe strawberries, one cupful of MIK UI * nd one table- spoonful of gelatine. After the berries have been carefully crushed add the igur and let-them stand for an hour or more. Then rub them through a sieve. Soak the gelatine in a tablespoonful of cold water and dissoK < in half a cupful of hot water. Add this to the strawberries and mix thoroughly. Now put the strawberry mixture in.. i ;i pan (if cold water and stir it till it begins I i thicken, Whip the creum and add it to the mixture, folding in MTV lightly. Turn it all into the. ice cream mould or cylin- der and freeze in ice and salt uiih out stirring as it is freezing. Let it stand for four hours before serv- ing, repacking if necessary. I HI-MI! Hints. Wrap cut bread in waxed paper if von would keep it fresh. Try scrambling eggs with minced green peppers for a change. Hang very dusty skirts out on the clothesline in a hiKh wind. Carrots and spinach are .-inning the best of tonics in the spring. Dry lamp chimneys on the radia- tor and on the hack of the stove. The smoke from burning sugar is one of the very best disinfectants. Discarded inner auto tires can be out up into the best of rubber bands. In planning, spring menus get as far as possible away from winter dishes. Keep a pair of ordinary pliers in the kitchen for lifting intensely hot pans. It is a good idea to buy a supply of extra bobbins for the sewing ma- chine. Dip matches in hot, melted paraf- fin if you wish to make them water- proof. C'ut the invalid's toast into inch squares; it can be eaten much more easily. I'M' a dish mop to clean windows. With it you can easily reach -ilaces otherwise hard to clean. If possible have two, one for drying. Before using table oilcloth paste at each corner on the wrong side a square of cotton. This prevents the corners from wearing out as soon as they otherwise would. If silver is rubbed up every day with a dry flannel rag it will not have to be cleaned with silver po- lish oftener than once a mouth. As flour varies at different sea- sons of the year and by different millings, it is safe to leave out a fourth of a cupful of the required amount; then add, if necessary. When steaming pudding or dump- lings put a cloth over the steamer before putting on the lid. This vill prevent the moisture settling and rendering the pudding heavy. If a baking-dish gets burnt in the using it should not be scraped. Sim- ply place a little water and ashes in it, and the burnt surface will come off easily without injuring the dish. To remove ink-stains from books take a quantity of oxalic acid, di- luted with water, applied with a camel-hair pencil, and absorbed with blotting-paper; two applica- tions will remove all traces of the ink. After the bread is mixed and molded grease the mixing pan in which it is to stand while rising, and the ease with which it can be taken from the pan when making into loaves will be a pleasant feat- ure of the work. An enamelled bathtub can be cleaned very easily with a cloth dipped in turpentine and salt. The tub should first be perfectly dry, and after the solution has been ap- plied it should be washed with clean warm water. Stored potatoes may be prevent- ed from s|xjuting and will keep much better in the earth or cellar floor on which they rest. Another layer of lime should be added on the pile at the height of five feet should they be placed in a bin that high. NO IM'I.KS FOR SI ((KSS. I IOIM Something Inside a Man, Says One. Writing in Pitman's Magazine, a new English publication devoted to business, A. E. Bull outlines the kind of people it is necessary for the man to know who would find success in the commercial world. Says Mr. Bull : "A remarkably successful man, who had <-ommericcd in poverty and who hud build up a world-famous business, was once asked to explain the secret of his success. " 'My dear man,' he said to the interviewer, 'it can't be done. I can no more tell you how I succeed- ed than a bird could explain how it learned to fly.' 1 'But,' protected the interview- er, 'you surely have some rules of conduct and business n. -tbods that you have adhered to through life, and which would account for your success i' " 'Yds, 1 have rules,' replied the successful man, 'but rules are noth- ing. Success isn't a- matter of rules. ItV HHnething inside a man, Kometihing that beloi gs to his na- ture and character. If a ina.n has it, he will succeed ; if he hasn't, all tho copy-book headings in the world won't give it to him.' "That was the opinion of a man who had succeeded u'ld knew hi 9 own nature, and, up to a point, it has a great deal of truth in d't. "Here is a second reply to t'he quM&iOH w'liioh was put to the mil- lionaire. The, nuin who mads it was by no means so prosperous, but he had miocet'ded beyond expectations. He wa>s certainly more successful than those wh< knew him best thought he would In-, for he was not a particularly able man .'n any way. " 'I made one nil.; in life,' he mid. '1 regaid it as a duty to suc- ceed, so I persistently sought (ho company of those, who had succeed- c;l. If a man was a failure I avoid- ed him, not out of any snobbish ness, but bccftiiao I could niot af- ford to run the risk of catching the infection of failure from him.' "His was a must curious idea, that success and failure are infec- I'ons, and that one can catch thr-n just as he can catch fever and colds. Here is the poii.it of the remark and the truth of it. I>t is just the. same opinion as that of the millionaire, though presented in a different way : "TJio things" that bring success re the t'iMigs that belong to char- acter. T.I succeed one must mould the character aright. Nothing in- II 1 1 e-i ices character to much as eoni- pani<ons.h ; p. In lv ; s mind it worked out this way : Make oomp&IMOM of weak .people and oive Jieocimes weak, make companions, of strong pro-pie and one Inx-onie* ONK OF TIIK OLD TYPE OF IRISH CABINS NOW FAST IMSAl'PEAKINtt. Out London Letter A Photo taken on the West Coast of Ireland, Where Peasants Have a Hard Rattle to Make a Living. 1 SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 24. I..- mi VIII. I nprolltable Servants. Luke 17. 1-10. (ii.lilni Text, I ( w. 1. 81. Verse 1. OeoMlons of stumbling Stumbling means literally "be- ing ensnared or entrapped. '' Here it refers to the errors in conduct due to the following of unworthy examples. a. One of these little ones It is not likely that Jesus meant by these little ones all the disciples, but ra- ther the more inconspicuous ones among his hearers those young in the faith, or possibly the children. In Matthew and Mark this verse follows the incident of the children being brought to Christ. But if Jesus referred primarily to the children, his words would also in- clude those not well grounded, in the faith, or those who, because of lack of experience and inability to judge between the true and the false, would be easily led astray. 3. If thy brother sin, rebuke him The sin is not to be passed over unnoticed lest "ihoii bear sin be cause of him" (Lev. 19. 17). While one should bear in mind that a re- buke that will help and not embit- ter the offender must be very wise- ly and tactfully administered, Jesus certainly meant to teach the dis- ciples that Christians should neither be indifferent nor act as if unconcerned in the presence of wrongdoing. If there is a connection between this verse and the two preceding, it is to be found in the charity which should be manifested toward those who sin against us, contrast- ed with the severity with which we should deal with ourselves if we should sin against others. Jesus expected his disciples to conduct severe and thorough self-examina- tions (compare Matt. 5. 29). These -should not make them indecisive in action, nor cause them to be- come less confident and aggressive in their work ; he wished, rather, to train Christian character which would be strong enough to bear dis- cipline and to improve with whole- some criticism. If he repent, forgive him For- giveness without repentance is not required, though the teaching of JesiiH throughout regarding malice and vengeance shows plainly that a Christian cannot harbor an un- forgiving spirit nor continually bear ill will toward another. 4. Seven times in the day This number recalls Peter's question, "How oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him!" to which Jesus replied, "Until seven- ty times seven," though the num- bers are not to be taken literally. Unlimited forgiveness is meant. 5. Increase our faith The high standard of Christian character to which Jesus urged his followers no doubt caused them to feel their im- perfections and limitations, and they were impelled to ask again that, their faith might be increased. (i. The words of this verse are closely connected in thought with those of Matt. 17. -M, 21. On that occasion Jesus referred to the re- moval of a mountain, here to a tree. Matthew connects the saying of Christ with the question of the disciples as to the cause of their inability to cure the epileptic, the meaning in both instances being that the seemingly impossible can be accomplished through fait-h. A grain of mustard seed A very small seed (Mark 4. 31). Sycamine The word translated sycamine means in modern Greek a mulberry tree, but in the Septua- gint, or earliest Greek translation of the Bible, this word is used for the fig tree. It ssems likely, there- fore, ihat the fig tree is meant here. 7. Who is there of you These words were no doubt addreseed to a large audience many of whom owned slaves. A servant A bondservant or slave. Plowing or keeping sheep These occupations are probably mention- ed because they are the two most common forms of farm won: in Palestine. 8, 9. In this reference to the treatment of slaves, Jesus was merely mentioning" the common custom** of the people of Palestine, familiar to all his hearers. That different customs, including Rreat- er sympathy and appreciation and less class distinction, will prevail in his kingdom is shown in t'he par- able of Luke 12. 37, in which the master himself served. Jesus also emphasized the lesson of friendli- ness and equality when he washed his disciples' feet. 10. Unprofitable servants Not worthless, but having done only their duty. Queen Eleanor of Bul- garia was praised for her intimate personal acquaintance with the work of the schools, hospitals, and other philanthropic institutions of her country. She replied: "I de- serve no credit for this. It is my duty." This verse does not reflect God's attitude toward his faithful servants, but rather the attitude we should take toward our service. The work of the Kingdom cannot be properly done unless we who pray for the coming of that King- dom are willing to meet its hardest demands in a spirit of heroic pa- tience. It is encouraging to note the increasing number of Christ's followers who exemplify this spirit. MAKE FACES AM) BE WELL. >'ew I'ure For Disease-Good for Deafness. Massage and exercise, at various times, have been advocated as a panacea for many and divers ills. Fernet now proposes that by exer- cise we may be able to influence favorably the encroaching deafness of the elderly, or that following the inflammation of the middle ear. He remarks that children can often move the ears and part of the scalp voluntarily, and some may .become quite exceptional in this faculty. He believes that, through exercise, adults will be able to produce such movements. He ha,s devised three series of ex- e noises, as follows : The first con- sists of grimaces of the face, con- tracting in turn the muscle of the lips, nostrils and eyelids, aiming ul- timately to reach the ear; next the fiwntal and occipital muscles arc contracted alternately and then the muscles above and behind an-d iu front of the ear. The muscles of the eustachian tube are then exer- cised by directions which he gives fully. He says: ''Medical men, knowing the anatomy of the parts, can train their muscles very effco- tually in this way ; others need an instructor to show them." Just what the ultimate outcome of this proposal will he is questionable, .says the Journel of the American Medical Association. We may pic- ture to ourselves tentatively a. fu- ture period when all A round us will be visible a series of grimacing, ear-wiggling elderly men and wo- men in the act of improving their ears and warding off the encroach- ing deafness of old age. "Physi- cians particularly," says Fernet, "need good hearing, and rather than accepting deafness with the fatalism of the Oriental, they should rise up and fight it." If it i to he combat-te-d by this method, the, word "fight" is a very appropriate one. .ft Uncertainty of Life. Miss Flirt Jack told me last night that I was his very life. Her Brother Jack will soon find out how uncertain life is. ''It is wrong for an old man to marry a young fool." "But how is he to know that she. is a fool?" "When she says yes to his proposal he ought to know it." TO THE RKSCl E. An Incident Which Shows the Sa- gacity of the Bcuvcr. The beaver works industriously, and with a degree of sagacity and skilf that is astonishing. Mr. Enos A. Mills, the author of "In Beaver Wo rid," tells us that the beaver is easily tamed, and that he makes a companionable pet. The author ha<i euch a pet at his iKime in Colo- rado, and be tells a number of stories about the animal, which he called Diver. Other huma-n quali- ties than that of industry appear in the incidents related'. L>iver had a bad fright one even- ing. About an hour before sundown we had encamped, as usual, along - sid a. stream. Ho entered -the wa- ter, and, after swimming about for a tinw?., taking a dozen or _ merry dives, he crossed to the' opposite sid'e. In plain view, only fifty feet away, I watched him as he busily dug out roots of the Oregon grape, and then began to eat them a-t his leisure. While he was thus engaged, a coyofce made a. dash for him from be- hind a, boulder. Diver dodged, and the coyote missed. Giving a wail like a frightened child, my young- ster rolled into the stream, aivd dived. Presently ihe scrambled out of t-h-e water near me, and made hast-e to crawl under by coat toil behind the log on which I sat. Trio nearest beaver pond was a quarter of a mile upstream, yet less than five minutes had elapsed from the : me of Diver's cry when two beaver appeared, swimming low and cautiously in the stream. A minute later another came in eight from down stream. All circled about, t swinruming cautiously, with heads , held low in the water. One scented the pJaoe where the coyote had at- tack -ed Diver, waddled out, and mad-e a sniffing examination. An- othe r came ashore at the spot where Dive r came out to me. Apparently his eyes told him I was a. part of tihe log, but his nose proclaimed danger. After three or four ineffectual attempts to retreat, he plucked up courage, and rose to full height on his hind legs and tail to -'.iii- eagerly at me. With head well up and forepaws drooping, he held his gaze for several seconds, and tihen gave a low whistle. At this Diver came forth from be- hind my coat to see what was. going on. The old one started forward to meet him, but on having a good look at me, whirled and made a jumping dive into the water, whacking the surface with his tail as he disap- peared. Instantly there followed two or more splashes and a number of taal whacks upon the water, as if the beaver rescue party were beat- ing a, hurried retreat. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Soone people are not on speaking terms with their duty. CXne touch of fashion may make all women look like freaks. A stylish coat on a man's back enables him to put on a bold front. Few men get far enough up the ladder of fame to make them dizzy. WHat you think you deserve ami w'hab others think you deserve alas ! From his point of view, no man ever marries a woman smarter than himae-lf. The-re are several kinds of unde- sirable- trusts, but trusting' to luck is the limit. He i,s a wise man who knows he isn't wise enough to answer all the fool questions asked him. Nine-tenths of the things that have been said might as well have been left unsaid for all the benefit they are to humanity. .[. Appealed to Him. Parson Lk> you know the par- ables, my child ? Jo-Hnnie Yes, sir. ParsonAnd which of the par- ables do you like best? Jolnnnie I like the one where s-i inn ) i <.!> loafs and fishes. Recosrnlzed by Watch dura. A remarkable coincidence that would be hard to beat Is reported by the Man- ( Chester Uuurdlan. Just before the opening of the battle of Diamond Hill, in the Boer war. four soldiers. complete strangers. met iroiind an overturned keK for a hasty meal. After the meal one produced a , bad florin, which was-^^>eatly cut in quarters, and a compact was made that each man should wear the memento on , ills wutch chain should he survive. The four who belonged to different reel- . ments, then went Into action and from that moment neither head anything or the others until a few nlKhts ago. when , a farewell dinner was belnfC Kiven to a popular man in Hirminjrham who was - Koinsc abroad. The four then with ( amazement recognized ea>ch other by the s of metal attached to their watch- , guards. All knew the guest of the evenlnB in- , tlmately. and one of them hud sent an Invitation to the others. Million*) to Improve Xiondon. t A volume of figures Issued by the Lon- don County Council dates back to ISoo and tells of the millions that have since then been spent In the making of mo- - dern London. Apart from the cash rais- ed for annual revenue the capital ex- . pndlture on the town since 1866 has been four hundred and eighty million dollars. One hundred and twenty of these millions have cone to Improve the streets, but many more millions will have to be spent before the thorouKh- fares are big enough for present re- quirements. The drains of London have swallowed up sixty millions. Fifteen million* have been spent on brldcres and another fifteen in driving tunnels under the Thames. Ten millions have been spent In providing parks and open spaces. The clearance of unhealthy areas has cost twelve and a half millions, while new dwellings for the poor have cost over ten millions. Ninety millions have gone for education, and the lunatic asy- liiins have taken fifteen millions. The 'capital expenditure on the tramways han excelled sixty millions. To keep things goinjc the London County Council draws about thirty-five millions out of the pockets of the rate- payers. As there are four and a half million Inhabitants. l-~wever. the cost of things is after all only about $7-0 a head. Britain Hai 3.8S7 Breweries. A white paper was Issued recently which states that the number of brewer- ies In the United Kingdom In the year ended Sept. 30 last waa 3.887. The ma- terials used were as follows: Malt. 52.- 2S7.M7 bushels; unmalted corn. 91.068' bushels; rice. 1,611.356 cwt: sugar. 3.- 27U.814 cwt.: hops (Including a small ouantUy of "preparations of hops"). 62.- 911.376 pounds, and hop substitutes. 18.- bS5 pounds. The number of barrels of beer pro- duced was 37.078.7(0. and the amount 1 of beer duty charged 13.771.802. During the year 651.768 barrels of a declared value' of 2.1 IS. 379 were ex- ported, the principal customers beins; the llrltlsh East Indies. 453.968: Aus- tralia. 310.493; Belgium. 239,691. and the United States. F269.986. Germany took 46.927 worth of English beer. Pi mire Mary Orowiiur Up. Princess Mary, only daughter of' Kirilj 1 George and Queen Mary. Is enjoying for tli.. first time a gulte of apartments of her own. which were prepared under ths ui>ervlslon of the queen. They overlook the superb flower gar- dens of Windsor Castle, and the prin- cess was busy during the Easter holi- days arranging In them all the Interest- ing knick-knacks and presents which she has acquired since ber childhood, special provision belns; made for her collection of dolls. In which, although . 17 years of axe. she still takes an in- terest. 1'rlnce Albert shared rooms with Ms brother, the Prince of Wales. Owing to the fact that the second son of the king. who is In the navy, has yet to spend two more years away from home. It has not been thought expedient to prepare a second suite for him. One of the sights of the park was to see the young princess and her bro- thers galloping about on their ponies, llefore the arrival of the elder boys. Princess Mary and Princes Henry and George would have a dally race, and Invariably George, who is the youngest, would win. Navy Livtnz Cost Incrie. The cost of maintaining a flrst-rlasei battleship has risen since 1904 from something less than half a million dol- lars a year to nearly a million. The na- val authorities are trylnic to reduce this heavy cost but It Is never likely to reach the old figure, although the use of oil fuel makes a large reduction possible In the stokers' department. The eight- gun Queen Mary cost nearly a million dollars more to build than the ten-gun Ajaz. and Is costing $250.000 a year more to maintain. Bobber to be Vied for street Work. Uubber. which Is being produced in increasing uuantltles to meet a popu- lar demand, is being used for all pur- poses notably for domestic service. Later It may be employed for street purposes In cases of Illness. What Is probably one of the first rub-, ber floors In the country has been laid down at the offices of the Rubber Growers' Association. In Bastcheap -, made from surplus rubber from that subscribed for by the bin companies for, Guy's Hospital flooring. A member of the association Bald that rubber will become much cheaper in the course of the next year or two. and that when the plantations are yield- Ing what they should rubber will be. used In the home and elsewhere to *. great extent. "We are proposing, among other, things." he said, "to manufacture a rubber street covering, to be lent out in cases of Illness, Instead of laying down straw, as Is done at present." This new flooring material costs 30s. per square yard, but will, it Is claimed, last forever, can be cleaned easily. ! noiseless, and It Is warm in winter and cool In summer. Black Tuliu Seems Hew. A black tulip, which has been a dreatn of horticulturists ever since Dumas wrote of such a mythical llower. has been very nearly reaiiitd. At the flower show in Horticultural Hall u specimen of tulip has been shown which has sucft a (lurk plum color that It might at first Klance be mistaken for u. black flower. Its growers declare they will be able to exhibit a specimen aln -*;- coal black next year. Charity. If we could realize thii/t supposing we were all created alike and sub-, ject to the same circumstances, we should all make the same mistakes ami blunders, our judgment of oth- ers would be different. There is no phase of charity so beautiful as thinking charity. If you give all' you have to the poor, or show your charity in any other way, it availeth nothing so long as you^ think un- kindly and unjustly. Charity hurts no one by word or deed-. The Largest Flower. It is believed that the island ot Mindanao produces,*<he largest Bow- er in the world. It* habitat is high up the Parag Mountain, 2,500 feet above the level of the fc,v The na- tive* give it the name of bolo. Ite full-grown blossom, five-petaled, i. more than three feet in diameter and weighs 22 pounds. The flower was first found in Siuma-tra, and waa called Faffleia Sehadenburfria, in honor of its discoverer.