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dn cnr ri Rodlpes and Other Valuable Informatics of Particular Imcorest to Women Polka, DAINTY DISHES. #Bave 'all cold vegetables; includ- lng potatoes, chop them, then fry Wpcther with a liberal seasoning f salt and pepper. ; 'Rice and Raisin Pudding. --Make 8 rice pudding in the usual way. en half cooked add a good ndful of stoned raisins, stir in carefully, cover the top of the pud- ding with a thin layer of bread- cfumbs, and on it put little bits of butter. Bake #ill the rice is cooked thoroughly. © "Grape jam should be made from fruit grown out of doors. Wash the fruit carefully and stew gently till tender, then pass through a clean sieve. To every pound of pulp allow one pound of loaf-sugar. Bring to the boil and cook fast for twenty minutes. Pour into pots and cover at once with cgged paper. If liked, a little lemon-peel 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 tender, ad- dimg pepper and salt. Butter a dish, spread hal® the rice on it, sprinkle 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 cooked in stock with a flavoring of vegetables instead of milk. Cheese ('rusts.--This is a good way of ucng up remains of cheese. Tuast some thin slices of bread, cut into rounds of equal size, and al- low two rounds to each person, Mix together two ounces of grated cheese, a tablespoonful of cream, and half an ounce of liquefied but. ter, with cayenne and salt to taste. Put a tablespoonful of this mix. ture between two croutons, press them together. Scatter parsley on each, and if you can spare it some chopped hard-boiled eggs. Make hot, and serve. Vegetable Soup.-- Place an ounce of butter in a frying-pan. Slice into it a small onion, one carrot, one turnip, and two potatoes. Stir till all the vegetables are slightly browned, then place them in a stew- yan. add two tablespoonfuls of rice nd 'two quarts of cold water. Simmer gently for one hour and a half and strain through a wire sieve. Return to the sauce. pan, add two tablespoonfuls of cornflour moistened with cold water. Stir continuodily till it boils, then add a seasoning of pep- per and salt, and serve. Meat jelly is most nourishing for anyone who has tired of beef tea Cut two pounds of shin of beef into small pieces about the size of nuts, wrefully rejecting all fat; add a litxle salt, place it in a covered jar, which put into a saucepan of boiling water, and let it stew gent- ly for eight 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 and press through 8 sieve, then put aside for use. Be- lore serving, scrape off every par- ticle of fat that may have risen to the top. 3 & HINTS ON CAKE-MAKING. In every branch of cookery the greatest tare must be exercised to follow the rules exactly, and in- gredients must all be weighed, not thrown in haphazard quantities anyhow, but precisely in the man- ner indicated. Attention to little things may mean the complete sue- cess of the cake. Everything used in cake-making must be perfectly free from damp, or the result will be heaviness and generally a '"'sad" condition, as Yorkshire people say. In mixing sugar and butter heat the latter gently before beginning and in mixing eggs and sugar do not attempt to add more than three eggs without adding a little flour every now and then. Some fruits, such as cherries, are better when rubbed with flour so as to prevent their sinking to the bottom of the tin. Flour should be perfectly free All tins should be well buttered, nd in case of scorching it is a good h to cover them with a piece of Save necessary in the as in the mixing. Sponge light cakes; (Th those eepers. insert a knitting-needle, and if it is perfectly clean, then -the cake is done. USEFUL HINTS. A little lard in the starch will do much toward keeping irons from sticking to the clothes. Save the fat from all meats and poultry and use in place of lard, except for pie 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--Place a piece of brown or tissue paper over the teeth of the upper jaw and the bleeding will stop at once. One housekeeper says she puts a rolled racker into a squash pie for thickening when she has no egg, and the result is good. To Fry Bacon Without Shrivel- ing--Lay strips with edges slightly overlapping in a cold fry pan and fry slowly until crisp. When the drawers of the dres- ser, chiffonier, etec., stick, remove THE SHRDAY SCHL SOY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AUGUST 18. at Lesson VIL--Jchoiakim Burns the. Prophet's Book, Jer, 36. Golden Text, Isa. 40. 8. Verses 1-10--Jeremiah's roll' dic- tated to Baruch, and reid to, the people, ' ' ! 1. The fourth year of Jehoiakim-- About B. C. 605. Tt is likely these events occurred after Jetusalem became subject to Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah had already prophesied this disaster and the prolonged cap- tivity which was to follow. . The people were in a state of fear, anu it was a opportune moment for the prophet to repeat the warnings which he had uttered from time to time for many years. certainly 'come. This, [ hy does not mean that the -Babylon- ian king had not .come al ady. His attack upon Jerusalem iu the first instance, a year or so before|p this, was by no means as severe as that which Jeremiah h T6 pre- dicts. © The fulfillment "took * place | in a few years, in' hoiakim'sson, Jehoiaohin. turther. in. the wasting of. at the end of the of Zed e- city 30. None. to sit upon: the threg b of Dav: --Jehoiachin, within three lonths from liis accession, was hur-| ried away & captive to Babylon, his _succéeded to the His dead body shall be cast out --The assertion in 2 Kings 24.6 that | the he 'slept with' his fat ers'"' is in no way controdictory to this pro- phecy. The same 'account is silent concerning his burial. The fact that Baruch included this in Jeremiah's g prophecies, after the death of Je. hoiakim, shows that he felt no difs ficulty as to its fulfillment. Kings ica this 2. Take thee a roll . . . &nd write --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 pieces of skin stitched together, and at- tached to rollers of wood on each end. On this, in columns parallel and Chronicles both give only brief accounts of these times. 32. Another roll--Its contents are doubtless preserved for us, to | morte: a large extent, in the book of Jere- miah as we have it, chapters 1.85, u t the rollers, he was to inscribe the words of his prophecies, utter- ed during the twenty-three years of his public career. These utterances the drawer and rub the slides well with paraffin and save your tem- per. A strip of emery tacked to a small square board is almost indispen- sable in the kitchen, for one can are recorded in the chapters which precede this one. No doubt there is a certain 'amount of condensation as he would have to rely partly up- on memory and partly upon frag- quickly sharpen the carving knife on it." When stewing pears add the juice of a lemon and the grated rind, and two inches of cinnamon to every eight or twelve pears, according to B1ze. Wide-mouthed bottles are much better for keeping tacks than boxes. Then one can tell at a glance whe- ther the tack is of the desired length. A good dressing for sabbage is mentary records. 3. It may be that the house of Judah will hear--The same offer of pardon as was made previously (compare Jer. 26. 3). The attack by Nebuchadnezzar ought to have intensified this appeal. 5. I am shut up--Not imprisoned (see verse 19), as in Jer. 33. 1 and elsewhere, but restrained by some cause, presumably by the people's indignation over his recent predic- tions, 6. The fast-day--A day especially made as follows: One egg, one tablespoon mustard, half cup vine- e-lrun 'a line of machine "|around the thread. Then seed gar, half cup sweet milk, salt and pepper to taste. Bicarbesate of soda should be found in every house, and in a conspicuous place. For burns there | is nothing better, as it quickly re- lieves the pain. Hot water in mixing batter has a tendency to make cake whiter. Sponge cake, which should be as yellow as possible, is better 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 dipped in a strong solution of salt water. When eggs are frozen in the win- ter putting them in cold water will draw out the frost. If a frozen egg must be boiled, put salt in the water.and it will not run out of the shell. Cook a can of tomatoes slowly with several slices of bacon. If already fried, all the better. Add an onion cut fine, bread crumbs, and seasoning. Makes an appetiz- ing change. When the knob comes off your granite pot lid, leaving a hole for steam to escape and burn your fingers, take a common screw, put up from underside, screw into a cork, and behold a new lid! Cut new napkins apart; double them lengthwise and dip the raw edges into boiling. water to the depth of one inch; then hang them up to dry without wringing. They will fold and hem easily. Borax, in the first place, is one of the most powerful antiseptics known. When used to wash the head--as much as one can hold in the hollow of the hand to about a quart of water--it d stroys dan- druff. Most culinary failures come from the habit of guessing. Weigh ev- erything that is to be weighed and 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 peppermint, and a little oil of peppermint spread around their hiding places will keep them away. Good Furniture Polish--Drain off your leftover coffee, and when you have a quart 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. J It buttonholes have to be made on a material that frays badly, pro: ceed as follows: Mark the 'position of buttonhole with a thread, then stitching seit the hole and buttonhole it in the usual - appointed in connection with the national danger. 9. In the ninth month--December. It was perhaps the first anniver- sary of the capture of the city. The only stated legal fast took place in the seventh month. 10. Gemariah--He was brother of the friendly Ahikam, mentioned in the last lesson. The place of read- ing described was one that would be most likely to bring the mes- sage within the hearing of all the people coming in from the cities of Judah at the new gate. 11-19--The roll also read in the presence of the princes. 11. Micaiah--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 place to 'is father, who was other- wise engaged in another chamber with the princes of Judah. For the position of these leading men, see last lesson. 12. He went down--From the temple to the king's' house, which stocd on lower ground. Elnathan was spoken of in the last lesson. 15. Sit down now, and read it-. There are several evidences that the princes looked with favor upon Jeremiah and his attendant. Baruch's position was the one or. dinarily assumed by an Oriental 'teacher (see Matt. 5. 1). 17. How didst thou write --Taey desired to know precisely how muca responsibility rested an Baruch, and how much upon™Jpfemiah, in order that they might-give a true account to the king. 20-26--The reading of the roll be- fore the king. ap - 21. Stood beside the king--T.iter- ally, "above the king," he being seated, while the princes were standing. 22. The winter-house--Both sum- mer and winter houses were en: joved by these people of the East's But they were almost always sep- arate parts of the same house. In general, the inner, or protected portion of the house, was used in winter, while the external (often upper) and airy part of the house served for summer. 23. The brazier--A depression was built in the centre of the room, and this was filled with charcoal (much like a warming-pan) for heat- ing purposes." Jehudi had unrolled, only a few columns (leaves) when the king, in spite of the interces<' sion of some of the princes, ruth- lessly: cut the roll tanto shreds with a scribe's knife (penknife), and threw it into the fire. 24. They were not afraid -- The king's contempt for Jehovah's mes- sage inspired them with no terror. How different had' been 'the con- duct of Jehoiakim's father, Josiah, when the Bock of the Law was found. With s. sad heait' his garments. = Through . MODERN IDEAS ABOUT SLEEP. n Many Persons Take Too Much of It --The Nature of Dreams. Bleep is no longer indefinitely considered a wandering abroad of the soul, writes Fred W. Eastman in the Atlantic, but is now known to be a tem orary poisdning of the brain cells 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 ate of no value and merely impede further | action of the cell unless removed. Normally these waste roducts are washed out by the blood stream which at the same time provides new cell food, and ig finally itself purified 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 umn may it," by fatigue in muscles and brain, the extreme degrees of which re. etme ed fore the fatiguing effect often also 'attributed to dreams is not due to sults, in the latter organ, in the in- ability to act, which we now know as sleep. The third of our thus spent out of commission therefore really due to the inade- quacy of the excretory organs for purifying the blood. gages. ¥ os but wi e and mi k into' character of - the information in this col- depended upon. The write! es and the publisher of this 1 Depot Saves in) the household where the robbery aper have no other interests onnection with this matter. (By * Tavestor. 9) The man mo-t any fool can make a fortune, but it takes a wise man to keep 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 safe. 'A well-chosen hole in the ground will do that. 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 '""investment" has no very clear meaning. As often as not, we hear men state that they have "'invest- ed" in a mining stock, when even the term "speculation"--which in- volves taking a certain amount of chance--would be much too mild a word. To others, investment at once brings up thoughts of mort- 1 Yet between these two ex- time | tremes--ihe 18! mortgage on the one hand, and the highly speculative mining stock on the other--lies a great field of op- Space lon of investment inf of 'One of thy fave secu ial wri ol e fo 08% nano to fll this column eacly o to let it-dete "lor guilt 'was' ote - week to the pub- tion. Plo. s eek lormat; on finan hope that it will' prove our readers to udge le merits of investmen: article is introd in the next few the ye peo] 3% ne ot cases, however, occurred du the whole of the ningtéenth tury. ors d Prof. E. P. Evans wrote in 1 of its use in Dalmatia, where in' some districts it was still custom- ary to throw all the women intd' the water on a specified day to seo whether they would sink or swim.' A rope was attached to each in order to save from drowning those who proved their innocence : sinking, while those believed to be s| Builty because they floated were also rescued and made to. promise 8] to forsake their evil ways on pain v will not be 8a lof ve you Sing ventures e ill be- interesting and sim- putting your at some mpartial and reliable to serve who remarked, "Al- But, well-secured farm Perhaps, on account of popular portunity supplying a variety of in- opinion and personal waste much time in a je dition that would be more profit- ably spent in active pursuit of our ambitions. The answer of course depends upo cupation. If there is much muscu- lar effort involved with a corres- ponding large amount of waste the cells and blood, eight hours more are probably necessary. But if our work is of a sedentary | Thus, nature and mainly of the brain | which there is naturally a smaller quan- tity of accumulated waste and less time is required for its removal. Many are the instances of great men, past and present, who have lived healthfully and worked un- ceasingly and strenuously on only four or five hours sleep, or half the laborer's portion. Dreams are due to an increase of : sensation and circulation over | While. that which exists in profound sleep. | that out Observations made upon patients with cranial defects show habit, this is" a greater in volume than sleep, and less than when awake. Thus this intermediate | ete. volume of blood would indicate that dreams are an i and' irregular intelligence | would | 4 indicate the same thing. ually due to sensory stimulation af- fecting the vasomotor centre and |the small Causing a return of blood to the | dishonest head, with resultant increased con- sciousness. Contrary to popular belief dreams in themselves do not contribute to light or broken sleep in which they are present. Such a condition is due to the ever present stimuli, which accord- ing to their strength or the degree of irritability of the cells maintain even in sleep a varying degree of consciousness, of which the dreams are merely a manifestation. There. this case knows. them but to the lighter degree of sleep and less complete cell restor- ation which they accompany, and which are due to some irritation. DION mtn Me 1 LONDON'S GREAT FUR SALES. : An interesting sight in London 3 of the great periodical sales of {28 skins and furs he a' f unimportant tends to o we | vestments to suit all tastes and all llyfish con- | 'équirements. WHAT ARE INVESTMENTS ? Now, as to what constitute in- n the nature of our oc- | vestments. : . Strictly speaking, an investment is anything which we may buy that in | will bring us in an income, and or | retain its value, i.e., can be dis- of without the purchase of a good farm may be leased or worked so as to bring in a good return on its cost, is an investment. material loss. Bat very small and relatively of field for the investment of our money. Not everyone has sufficient capital 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 For one must remember this return sufficient must be laid away each year to that | rebuild all buildin when we are dreaming the brain is | say, thirty years. in deep |turn from rent represents a pay- depreciation on buildings, » which, despite repairs every year, come that much nearer the i when they must be rebuilt. ps if they are well construct. » thirty years is too short a time allow, but it is ne 4 : . . _|err on the side of safety. This increased circulation is us There is, however, in addition to gs at the end of, Part of the re- ver unwise to return and the risks of a or a unfortunate -leasee, one, very sound reason why a per- son with limited capital should not invest in farm real estate, unless, of course, he is a farmer, who in- perate it himself, and in high return on the amount invested represents to no small extent the payment to the farmer of his own sal many do not realize this fact---an. 'varies in proportion with h as an husbandman, * Every k © | earth, '| there b ary~though' ? nd "| passi ¢ h £ r She woght would begin of being stoned. " in A traveller has described a-mod- ern survival of the ordeal used in detecting thieves in southern Rug- sia, says the Diutetic and Hygi- enic Gazette. All the servants of occurred were assembled and as many balls of bread were made as there were suspected persons. . A sorceress then addressed each one of the number, saying that the particular ball of bread which she held in her hand would sink op swim as the party addressed was | guilty or innocent. She then flung it into the water. | Boiling water was used in or-- deals by the Persians and it ig 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 the future. In the simplest form of 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 ings or coins thrown therein. In Tibet plaintiff and defendans 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 tha Council of Toledo, recommended the boiling test for crime. : ---- INTERIOR OF THE EARTH. Hardly as Much Known About it as About the Stars, , . Te interior of the earth is scarce- ly more accessible than the stars ta direct experimentation, and is less known through valid indirect evi- dence. Some information is given by earthquake - shocks - which, though local in origin; shake the whole earth. By collating the re- cords of seismegraphs in various places it has been learned that the velocity of the earthquake wave is 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, compared to a great sphe which when struck makes or three complete vibrations per hour. As the note emitted by a Plano string depends on its length, thickness, and tension, so° the 'note' of the earth bell-and the velocity of waves in its different barts give some indication of the state of the concentric strata of which the earth is composed. The information thus obtained is very incomplete, and scientists have endeavored to fill its voids by means of various plausible hypotheses. A review of our present knowledge of | the earth, recently presented to a French Scientific Socie , containg {two remarks of especia. interest, concerning the variations ck grav- ity and 'pressure in the earth's interior, - If a shaft were sunk vertically to the centre of the earth and an object, suspended from "a spring balance, were lowered down the shaft, the weight of the object, as indicated by the dial of the bal- ance, would at first increase, as the descending, object approached the deeper and denser strata. After a certain depth, however, ( ) ) diminish 0 tile centre and it would continue to diminish to the centre of the where its 'value would be ecause the - object would ally attracted in every may be rical bell only two zero, by dir ys Y with. re increases enormous- reasing depth below the -