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HARD PROBLEM TO SOLVE Pictures of the Labor Conditions of the Present Day i Act of the Par- A despatch from Chicago say: Rev. Frank De Witt Talmage pre; ed from the following text : l's. "Mac goeth his laboi evening. The ordinary average laboring man works from sun to sun. Now comes the practical and pertinent question, "How is he to spend ' ' This • subject foi because tomorrow is Labor d is a day legalized as a holidt the state legislatures, during all thoughtful men and should discuss or hear specchr the great problems which affi laboring classes. Such a sul "Labor's Evenings" naturally out of a Laboj Firs of the institutional church, did you ever stop to realize that in the congested districts of your tenement buildings there is hardly a public place for a working-man to go and get warm except to a saloon, there is harly a place where he can go to meet the most sacred wants or his physical nature in a saloon ? Therefore can we and dare we decry the mission of the institutional church in furnishing wholesale and elevating amusement for the workingman and a resort in which ho can spend a pleasant social evening ? "But," some one says, "how then do you distinguish between the work of the social settlement and the work of the 'institutional church ?' " They 'hey church and the labor unions to clasp hands in the holy conspiracy of capturing the Sabbath for God, recapturing it for physical and mental and spiritual rest and invigoration. A consecrated and gospelized ballot box is also to be a great factor in teaching tho laboring classes how to spend their evenings. This means that by the election of the proper health officials and district attorneys and municipal rcpresei better classes shall bo able t to the city slums and clean vile formations and accumulations of filth. THE UNCROWNED KING. But some one again interrupts "In these charges against the tenements, are you not slandering our laboring classes? You surely do not compare the American army of labor with those wild, desperate crowds of frenzied men who, emerging from the cellars and foul haunts of Paris, started on their famous journey to Versailles, which tho death of Louis XVI. and Mario Antoinette, the haughty daughter ol the Austrian war queen, Marie Theresa? Do you charge the laboring classes with being the p" antarctic pole; different purpose: al church belie ev ha The i ? that ' my broi >rld?' •rial 1 r then becat and sni lightly solved by He needs the j ' the laboring help of sympathetic capital which they can invest in educational appliances that will yield them in return in higher efficiency and grateful loyalty to their interests. The problem of capital and labor must be solved, if ever solved, by the Christian co-operation both of rich and the poor; by Christian philanthropists placing in their employees" hands the means by which they can lift themselves up". The Macedonian cry which once sounded over the Mediterranean wa- ! * ters for Paul to come and help his : c foreign brethren is now echoing'I: across the black chasm which separ- 13 ates the employer from the employee, j ading direct) •oss. While tne social setuemem in nearly every instance managec . Christians and while it is inspir-1 by Christian principles and mo mpelled by the exigen- keep creed denomination in the background. Its opportunities of getting in touch \ ruled, with men and women of every faith the so" and of no faith would be restricted, the if not altogther lost, if it became and not known as a proselyting institution. 1,000,000 The institutional church believes in the counti being all things to all men so that come as t Jesus Christ can be glorified. It is ! nnrnnt r trying to carry out the command of Christ which says, "And I if I be d up will draw all men unto iod homes ol ;nong the labs' the capital-: I do assert: ests with him whether shall be clean, whether shall be made sanitary ■: ■"-" last y ial i It _ live from hand pay which they rt stallments. "Please explain only has to place one cow. Then it is ens; find the rest of the years ago an inexpert came to live in Pike where I was at that ti He set that whole cot Why ? In his lack of know nimal instinct he placed a < vidends, but SABBATH DAY OBSERVANCE. Another means of benefiting the rvance of the Lord's day. The The physi i classes how i E. Gladstone e "the great i : health," n teaching the ghtly to spend s not only, as also tho gold- tie as the most degraded and ig-ant of European inhabitants, 11 be made to observe decencies, 1 whether sin itself shall skulk and e in the darkness. How the lab-ng man spends bis evenings is de-by the ques- ided : ,-il.e and let lee ring I 1 temp-r cities and i juggernaut But, 1 wheels. icn shall open to let the traV(,l j laboring man into the higher and out bis 'nob)er !lf'" 01 tho Spirit. It is to be es he tlle foundation stone of the sacred on one!cmlrch- lt is aIso to be fhe found.a-im to 'lion stone of the pure home and of Some j the pure place of evening entertain- "But, again says to be the golden gate .e have been developing? How are we to get tho Holy Spirit inspired instiuiional church, and the Christian sabbath as a day for rest and worship, and a gospel ballot box to care for our depraved? Shall we ultimately or ever triumph in these three great movements for the purification of tho laborer's evenings? Not in our own strength, but in the strength of Jesus Christ we shall, and wo can do everything if we will only trust him and work for him. bell < of c ink! i tnglhg" t like a big orchestra tu instruments for a concei only needs one boll for cattle. Cows always ti The t to birds and fish, in each other's so in herds or flocks social instinct in ti it. He in the chui Ml i r else his herd the higher and the "v J1'011,1," ! Spirit?' Why do j ant ijolls past tense?" Becai ? up its a pl.eat ext(,nt> lece. It < tius]{'y handmaids, tT Canton Pleasures, ,. il togrth- biessed sabbath J° *hc?? i first landed upon on with and worship, t can ■ ure seeking, with :a!ld in many 30, my friend, to tvarice, with hoi Blasphemy and DO NOT DROOP, drooping moi many an illnc is responsible the I inspiri saloon or club or secret society. He i' must and will find perpetual com- [done at 1 panionship during his evening hours, j barber sl Tho church should provide a place drug stoi for the harmless indulgence of that'BnJ liquc craving. 'and theai HOW TO REACH THE MASSES. 11^°^°^ Statement second : I find by study or Satin-, of books and personal investigation I shall we that every church which has first quiring been baptized by the Holy Spirit once pow and then gone forth to reach the ington. middle or the laboring classes the Sund through the social gate has always ; the anxie been blest of God in a marvelous ;jn a wo, way. Oh, why will not oil of thejthe fori' churches learn the value of doing !chiSe, tl their work by appealing to the soc- j cilar(Cr . ial instincts ? bestir ou In the most congested parts of our :n' , (i ',', cities the saloons have no difficulty l T1]0 gabl They appeal to mankind j faclor h id dry goods stores ires and billiard halls id often foundries and >en and know no dif-Sunday and Monday "Tho question 'How Sunday?' is fast ac-:ondary significance," • spake Bishop Hunt-:■ that thro i the s 1 gate. ?se words advert is-Free Lunch." What ed everywhere . does that mean? - Have the saloon | °ay keepers suddenly become philanthro- ?*wfy" . pists ? Are they animated with the j h'Sh tlme gospel desire to feed the poor anditms !and care for the starving ? Oh, no ! The saloon keeper is a man shrewd and keen in business. He says : "If I with a sandwich can only entice my victims into my hell hole, then I can keep them here by the social instinct, I will then surround them with my hirelings and hold them in grips of steel." There is an old saying in church circles : "Give the people a free lunch and there is no difficulty in collecting a crowd." If the saloon keepers can afford t be t tho lal iow the Sabbath t has been stolen :aptured. It is of Jesus iin hands to win back that treasure which Lord Ilea -who, like King Solomon, >w--once declared "was the blessing ever given by God A RESTFUL SUNDAY. Tho labor unions may logics base their claims upon physi grounds. "Rest, rest! Give mouth. When the whole physical or-of repair, and you you look droopy. A ml, like a droopy very charming or and, perhaps, like droopy .barnyard fowl, should be iated from his companions. There lot lung so doleful as the company a person with a drooping mouth, ■er up! Get the droop out of ir mouth. Make the corners of up instead of down. ated c ■raged . 1 be all rose-coloi BETTER LAST YEAR. "Bishop Whittle," said one. < amous prelate's friends, hrough a long and atrocioi With ed to metaphors that wore mixed, pathos that was bathos, and humor that was sad. The preacher was a youth just out of college--a very conceited youth. He bellowed through his sermon at the top of his lungs. His gestures were violent enough to break his arms. At every :ed the Bishop with his table impression very , and night. In the service of the devil I do not believe it a poor policy once in awhile on a week night for the institutional church to give a "free lunch" in the name of Christ. EVIL INFLUENCES. When I go down the street of a Monday night, past church after church, tomblike and silent and dark on account of their closed doors and find the billiard halls in full illumination and crowded with the young men of our land, I know then that there is something wrong. I know that these young men are not being appealed to in the name of Christ through the social gate. I know that the institutional church is right when, to counteract that evil influence, it throws wide open its church buildings and offers to the young men and women of its neighborhood libraries in which they can read the best books, and gymnasiums in which they can develop their muscles, and places in which they can be broug** into the best of Christian assoflktlor.. You who do.- clerk i )ur me hand, the id complete rest, on physical grounds." And, thank God, a beginning has already-been made, for the' labor unions are everywhere presenting their just claims for a restful Sabbath. On the other hanh, the church of tie for a restful Sabbath, emphasizing the spiritual as well as physical claims. The church of Jesus Christ must have at least one whole day per week to tell the people about God; one whole day per week to teach men how they should be good husbands and good sons and good fathers; one day per week to teach a man his duty to his fellow men and to his state; one day of every seven to teach a man how his life may be spiritual and his death glorious. Rest! Rest!" A Sabbath for sac-ed rest and worship should be the ory of the church. May this Chris-pulpit on this Labor Sunday help to be tho means of leading the "And t the end of the service this ip swaggered up to Bishop " T fancy I did rather well to-day, sir. Don't you think so?' " -yes,' returned the Bishop; 'but you did better last year.' " 'Last year!' said the young man. Why, I didn't preach at all last POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Some public highways are pri1 i seldom has a grudge farmer she is laying for. man on the fence who first puff of a political breeze. Lying too much in bed is almost as bad as lying too much out of it, Do not borrow trouble; any of your neighbors will gladly- give you ill you want. The conversation of some people is so unimportant that when they stop talking you fail to notice it. I FOR ™r HOME | I Recipes for the Kitchen. ® # Hyiienc and Other Notes g % for the Housekeeper. 9 c « PIN MONEY IN PRESERVES. There are so many opportunities open to women who live on farms, through tho abundance of fruit and vegetables that many of them are now earning quite a fair revenue from preserves, jollies, jams, pickles etc., selling them both to private customers, and wholesale, to dealers. The number of women who are taking up this kind of work is increasing, writes Sarah Rodney. On the average farm there is usually more or less fruit wasted. It is not grown in sufficient quantities to be marketed fresh. Yet there is too much for homo use. It is right here that the housewife can utilize her culinary art to the best advantage. It really is immaterial wiiat kinds of fruits are used for preserving purposes, providing the articles are well made, and put on the market in neat attractive form. But when a person can do something a little different from the common, it has the advantage of being a novelty. One woman of whom I know, makes a specialty of yellow plum tomato preserve and sells quantities each season. Last year she said that she could not procure enough fruit in the markets to supply her needs, and that she expected to raise her own this year if possible. Her methods in putting up the fruit, for market follow. Pour boiling water over the to toes and let stand a few minutes til the skins will peel off easily w out breaking the fruit. Then weigh and spread it on earthen platters, or place it in in a large agate preserving kettle, one that is sufficiently large to hold, both the fruit arid tho sugar. Now weigh the Sugar, allowing pound for pound, add it to the tomatoes and let them marinate from 12 to 16 hours before cooking. Then add sliced lemons in the por-lemon to every three pounds of fruit. Green ginger may be used occasionally in place of the lemon to form a variety. Place the kettles over the fire, id cook the fruit five minutes after comes to a boil. Then skim out ie tomatoes with a long handled Ire spoon, being careful not to break them, and fill pint cans. Boil ho syrup with the ginger or lemon !5 to 30 minutes longer, and strain >ver the fruit in the cans. Seal while hot. When cool wipe off each thoroughly, polishing it until it is perfectly clear. Newspapers are excellent for this purpose.- Finish with a colored label pasted neatly on jar.. The labels can be bought from the icanning factories in large quaii-trffling expense, and they of professional work, little squares and allowing an equal amount of sugar. Place the fruit in a granite kettle and, cover with water, boil until tender, and skim out the fruit. Add tho sugar to which tho qui THE S. S. LESSON, bO-i S . cup berry ji n a saucepan, and a pinch of salt and jspoons cornstarch, rub- ioth with e little t .1(1 v tiful fruit under any conditions, and when they are put up in this appetizing manner they lose none of their prices received for this work range from 20 to 40 cents per can, wording to the buyers. When sold retail dealers in large quantities, cents is the average price per and this will yield a fair pro- PrivJ pay fron The latter price wi!l allow for expressage when sent to a distance. When all of the materials used are bought in large quantities, the expenses are lessened and of course the profits increased. f the tomatoes be home grown it is a gain, both in the money expended for them and in the quality of the that which is freshly gathered is always preferable to that wthich has stood in the markets and grown wilted. A five cent paper of seed would furnish plants for an Horn i the When thick, allow boil for 10 minutes. At tho end of that time, add the whites of three eggs, beaten to a stiff froth. St until well mixed, then turn into mold and set on ice. Serve vei cold with a custard made of 1 p milk, the yolks of the eggs and tablespoons sugar, flavored wi strawberry juice. Mutton and Rice Balls--Chop fii cold boiled or roast mutton. To cup of the meat add £ cup boil* rice, 1 sallspoon salt, a dash i pepper, 2 tablespoons tomato jui< and 1 beaten egg. Form into balls with a tablespoon and a knife, roll in fine sifted bread crumbs and fry in boiling fat, or brow: ' Codfish Cakes with Crumbs--Put 1 cup codfish picked up fine in a bo with 1 cup bread crumbs. Beat egg and stir in. Then form ir small balls and fry in hot fat. These will be found more digestible than the ones made with potatoes. Simple Fruit Jelly--One pt. canned fruit, 1 pt. hot water, sugar, butter, and enough flour to thicken; when cold, serve from molds with sugar and cream. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Tho best time to drink water or other liquids in quantity is on rising an hour aad a half before luncheon or dinner, and an hour before retiring. A good wrinkle for mending a hole in an umbrella is to stick on very firmly black court plaster inside of the umbrella. This is not so much A wet silk handkerchief folded over the face is a complete security against suffocation from smoke. This permits free breathing, and at the same time excludes the smoke from the lungs. Toast and water is made in this way. Toast a slice of bread slowly so that it is crisp and of a dark brown Color. Put it into a quart jug, and fill up with cold water. Let it stand for an hour or two and then strain it off. For softening water for bathing purposes nothing is better than oatmeal. Place a small quantity In a cheese cloth or muslin bag, place it Text of the Lesson, a Comprehea sive Quarterly Review. Lesson 1. --Israel asking for a kin, (I Sam. viii. 1-10). Golden Text, I Sam. vii, 3, "Prepare your heart* unto the Lord and serve Him only." That which God had foreseen had" come to pass, and He who was trulj their judge, their lawgiver and theil king was rejected because they wanted a king like other nations. They determined to walk by sight and not by faith (Deut. xvii, 14, 15/ Isa. xxxiii, 22). Despised and rejected is the story of man's treatment of God from tho beginning, yet He loves us and longs to bless us. j Lesson II.--Saul chosen king (L Sam. x, 17-27). Golden Text, Isa< xxxiii. 22, "Tho Lord is our king} He will save us." Notwithstanding the cutting words of Samuel, "Y« have this day rejected your God, who Himself saved you" (verse 19), they proceeded to elect a king from among themselves, and God gav« them a man after their own hearts, the finest looking man among them (verses 23, 24; chapter ix, 2), foi man judges by outward appearance. Lesson III.--Samuel's farewell address (I Sam. xii, 13-25). Golde* Text, I Sam. xii, 34, "Only fear th« Lord and serve Him in truth witll all your heart." With a clear con« science before God and man Samuel gave them his parting message and. like Joshua, urged them above all things to follow the Lord and serv« Him sincerely, considering the great things He had done for them. Lesson IV.--Saul rejected as king (I. Sam. xv. 13-23). Golden Text, I Sam. xv. 22, "To obey is bette* sacrifice." If we seek abov« all things to please, people we can< t serve the Lord (G'al. i, 10; Luk« .v.., 13), and Saul confessed that h« feared the people and obeyed their (verse 24). Samuel said thai o^, doing he rejected the word oi the Lord, and therefore the Lord reefed him (verse 26). Lesson V.--Samuel anoints David Golden Text, I .„.. looketh on the ward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart." T given (" . the • for i The c then squeeze and meal must be renewed days. Never wet a. greasy hearth; rub il well with a piece of dry hearthstone, and whim brushed off the hearth wil look quite clean. hich again increases the pro-but this is not customary unless the dealers collect the cans themselves. But with or without the above quoted prices, there remains a r.eat profit for the work. The average cost is about, 3 per can. What has been f these tomatoes applies to other fruits as well. There is al-markct for genuine "homemade" preserves and jellies. DOMESTIC RECIPES, ce Marmalade--Select nice, ripe fruit and rub well with a flannel, md core, reserving the skins res for jelly. Cut the quinces small pieces and place In a granite kettle with just enough wat-Boil until very soft, stirring constantly when the quinces begin to grow tender. Add sugar the proportion of j- lb. to 1 lb. fruit, and boil again until it Jellies, j Put up in jolly glasses. By weigh-I ng the kettle before adding the mit, you can weigh your fruit (and sugar also) right in the kettle, just | deducting the previous weight. A i till more attractive marmalade is ttade by cutting the quarters into | BIRTHDAYS IN JAPAN. Japan is the land of topsy-turvy, and so, perhaps, it is only to be expected that individual birthdays-- with the exception of that of the Emperor-- are not taken any notice of, but a sort of general birthday of 'erybody altogether is celebrated ith great rejoicing. There are two of these general birthdays, one for each, sex. The male birthday, which nown as the "celebration of the _i," occurs on the third day of the third month, and the "celebra-of the girls" takes place on the fifth day of the fifth month. These days are general holidays for the young. All studies and work gener-are put aside, and boys and girls respectively receive presents according to their station. The birthday of the Emperor, or Ten-o, as he lore properly styled, is also a general holiday for the Japanese everywhere. The houses are all decorated with flags, and in the evening the streets are gay with the lights of innumerable colored lanterns. In tho morning the highest authorities go to the palace to offer their congratulations in person, and the lower degrees offer them vicariously to their superiors. All the Japanese would, somehow or other, congratulate their monarch on having added another year to his age. wives' INSIGNIFICANT MAN. a recent meeting of the House-nion of South Chicago, a rules for tho regulation of husbands was drawn up. One of these permits the latter to visit their clubs once a week. An anni- emancipation is being planned for SPOKE TOO SOON. After writing "Such a climb (I Sam i Israel, king's Having them a man after their own heart and he proving a failure t^od will now give them a man after IBs own heart who wd!l fulfill all His: will (chapter xiii, 14; Acts xiii, 22).! Lesson VI--David and Goliath (I, Sam xvii 38-49). Golden Text,: Rom.' viii,' 31, "H God be for us : who can be against us ? David,, having been anointed, awaits Gad s Ind way to reach the throne, doing meanwhile just what his ' found to do. A grand oppor-being granted him to glorify God in the eyes of God's people as well as His enemies and having ft great desire that all the c know that there is a God ho goes forth in His name and >s victorious. Lesson VH.-Saul tries to kill! avid (I. Sam. xvii., 5-16). Golden Text, Ps. xlvi., 1, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Saul, having t ' ' back upon God, evil spirit, and, filled with hatred, he proves, himself a relative of Cain, a child of the devil, who the day that he was told that the seed of tho woman would bruise his head persistently seeks to kill that seed. Lesson VIII.--David and Jonathan Sam. xx., 12-23). Golden Text, rov. xviii., 24, " There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."; In the opening versos of chapter tho love and conduct of the son toward the shepherd boy ry suggestive of the love of the Son of God to us in His empty-ig Himself for our sakes and cloth-Lg us with His own clothing and i seeking our welfare. The hatred i Saul is like the evil one. Lesson IX.--David spares Saul (I. Sam. xxvi., 5-12. 21-25). Golden Text, Luke vi., 27, "Lovo your ene-o good to them which hate An opportunity for David to "reach the throne which was rightfully his and which seemed to Abishai i bo God given, but David saw in only a temptation from the evil no, and he resisted it. Lesson X.--Death of Saul and onathan (I. Sam.xxxi., 1-13). Golden Text, Prov. xiv. 12, "There is a way which seemcth right unto a but the end thereof are th« ways of death." At last his timi David had said (I Sam. The Lords "Hitherto shalt they come, but no further'* Job xxxviii., 11), had been uttered and Saul is gone from the earth. One cannot but feel sorry to think if Jonathan slain in this way, and ho lammentation of David (II. Sam. ., 18-27) is very touching. Lesson XI.--David becomes king JI. Sam. ii., 1-10). Golden Text, Ps. exxxiii., 1, "Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" Every purpose of the Lord shall be performed (Jcr. li., 29) in His time, and as truly as Joseph's dreami were fulfilled and David became king, first of Judah and later of all Israel (II. Sam. v., 1-5), so the words oi Gabriel to Mary shall have a literal fulfillment in due time (Luke i., 32, 33). Lesson XII.--Abstinence from evil, a temperance lesson (I. Pet. iv., 1-11). Golden Text, Eph. v., 18, "B« not drunk with wine, wherein is ex-cess." The evils of drunkenness ai set forth in Scripture and seen in daily life need no comment beyond that of I. Cor. vi., 10. But there are* many who never were drunkard* who are as sure of being Bhut ou* of the kingdom as they, for thougfc man be as moral and religious cut Nioodemus, he must be born again 5, 7"* The evileal may and the most moral must tx (bom froxa above.