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Hints for the Home Ways to Serve IVaehea. Tun- Peaeh lee Cream. Pare 12 aripe peaches and remove stones. Place 1 pint of cream and l) a cups f granulated sugar in a double fcoilcr; stir until the sugar dis- Bolves and the cream scalds, but do not boil. Chill, and when per- fectly cold i>our the sugar and cream into the can, pack and freeze. Press the peaches through & fine colander and add. to the fro- zen mixture, leaving the dasher in the can. Adjust tho handle and turn very slowly until the mixture ia thoroughly fro/.en. Remove the dasher and- jvnir according to tho general directions. Peach Pudding. -Cover the bot- tom of a baking dish with stale cako crumb*, cut, not rolled. Spread tjver the peaches which have been chopped fine and sweetened with granulated sugar. Then add an- other layer of the stale cake crumbs and repeat the alternate la.M-is until the dish is full, with tho last layer of cake. Bake until brown, all. .lit 20 <>r 30 minutes. Draw t-i the edge of the oven and epread over the top a, meringue made f ruin the well-beaten whites of two <'irir>i. two tablespoonfuls of su- gar ml the juice of half a lemon. Color a golden brown and eervo hot, with eronm or liquid sauce. Itaked I', i- ii Pudding. Mix a biscuit dough from one quart of flour. tw<p beMpOOnful* of baking powder, two-thirds of a cup of milk, a dash of sa't and two tablespoon- fuls of butter. Handle as lightly as possible and roll out until it is lean than half an inch in thickness. Lay this n a shallow baking pan and etick it full of peach halves from wliich the st<iin v s have been re- moved In tlii- holes thus left, stick bits of l> itti-r. a dash of flour and plenty f sugar. Bake quickly and serve hot. with cream. Peach Itoll.- -Pare and cut up fine balf 11 d.i/<'ii peaches and sweeten them liberally Mix together one pint of flour, two teaspoonfuls of buki'ix pow!T. one half teaspoonful of salt and one Mnall tablespoonful of buttpp. Mix with sweet milk un- til it oan be handled jut comfort- ably. Roll out. spread it with the sliced iH-iw-Ji' 1 - and roll it up, pinch- ing the ends to give it a long, nar- row simp*-. Lay this in a deep bak- ing di-h. sift flour over it lightly, duM with pulveii/ed sugar and add a { bits <>f l)iiit<-r and a cup of boiling wat<-r. Cover with a lid and li.tkf for :;n minutes. Remove the I'd and brown for five minutes. Serve hot from the pudding dish. The wat'M', flour, sugar and butter, with the peach juice, will have formed ail the sauce neceswary. Peaeh Tapioea. Wash a cup of the fun- granulated tapioca in cold watj'r, rinsing several times. Place, in a bowl with three cups of cold w.-it'-r and allow this to stand for 30 minutes. Then cook in a dou- ble boiler until the tapi<x-a is clear and transparent. Pare ripe peach- es, <-nt OH-HI in halves and remove tho stone*. When the tapioca is cle'ar pour it over the peaches, ar- raiiK''<l in a baking dish. Cover the dish tightly and bako in a moderate ovn until the peaches are tender. Then remove the cover* and brown the Mirface ttlightly. Serve very cool with whipped eream, slightly swct<'ned. Itice Cream \ulli Peaches. This is a nourishing as well as a tempting "rt. To make, soak a cupful of rice over night in water and drain in tlie morning. Cook it in the morning in a quart of milk, sea- soned with half a teMpOOOPu] of salt, in a doable boiler until it is tender. Dissolve a table spoonful of gelatine in cold water and heat it over hot water until it is cleJar. Ktni.in into the hot rice. Add a tea- cupful of sugar. Allow the mixture to ooo 1 and add a teacup of cre.ani, whipped stiff. Pour the whole into a mold. When ready to serve, turn out of the mold and encirclo the -muned H<'e with peaches sliced and sugared, or you can atew the peaolics with just enough water to injiki' a rich syrup and serve these ice cold around the < reamed rice.. Peaeh Melbii. For* this papular dif.h select large, firm peaches that are VIM-J' ripe and full of flavor. Pare them, cut them in half, and take nut tin; stones. Simmer tlu-Tii gently in enough water t> cover them, adding n cupful of sugar to every quart of water. Add two or three cracked j>each atones to the water as the\ arc c<x>king to give added flavor When they are ten der, chill them. Cut circles fi-.m hfllf inoh slices nf sponge cake, and when the peaches are col<t la.\ half A peach on oach slice of cake with the hollow left, by the stone upward. Fill the .hollow with a big table spcxmful of vanilla ice cream, with a maraschino cherry on lop. it will not tarnish pack it In dry Hour. ' Do not throw beet tops away; they are un excellent substitute for spinach. Rub the Inittcr poddies with salt if you have- any trouble making butter balls. Lemon nd or*.nge rinds may bo dried, grated ojid bottled to be ready for use. Windows are most easily washed with a cloth first and then rubbed wi'th a ohamoia. l*ut cream and bread crumbs into hainburg steak and it will bu de- lightfully juicy. Use old catalogues for pads for the kitchen table or cupboard or to try the flat-irons o:.- Heat the knife or dip it into hot water and dry before cutting fresh bread or cake. To take ink spots out of colored materials o\ T with tallow before sending to the laundry. Before peeling onions let them stand in water, then peel, and the eyes will not smart so badly. To keep thread or silk from knot- ting as you sew try soaping it with a bit of pure white soap. To freshen a refrigerator clean thoroughly and paint with white enamel, giving two coats. Sponge black silk with dear cof- feo to freshen it, and iron on the wrong side when partly dry. TV> take castor oil easily put orange juice in a glass first, then the oil, then more orange juice. To wash light colored silk gloves successfully put them on the hands ; fasten at the wrist. Scatter grated white potato over the carpets if you w ish to clean them and freshen their colors. Pour boiling starch ovex ink or iodine spots and they will come out in two or three- hours. Shrink woollen darning yarn in the steam of a tea kettle before mending the stockings with it. Mend the boys' trousers on the sewing machine and the patch will not pull out as if done by hand. Shoes that are not in use. should not be allowed to get dusty, as this eats into them and spoils the kid. Use a bicycle pump to clean such parts of the sewing machine as you cannot reach with a cloth. There is no economy in buying small pieces of ice. Know the size i of your ice box and buy a piece to ; fill 'it. Acid fruits should never be pre- pared with a steel knife. The bet preparing tool* are nickel or silver knive*. Do not clean slioes too often. Sometimes they only requare rub- bing up. Do this with a pad made of old velvet. A strong ftolution of borax and hot water poured down the sinks and drains will rid them of any of- fensive odor. SENSITIVE PLANTS. 'II me- Saving Sngi;e*tioiis. A little turpentine in warm water it the In-- t tiling to clean windows. If < on Viwh to store silver so Ihnt Many of T lie in Close Regularly at Night. The irritability of various plants, and the nightly folding of many, has occupied the attention of botan- ists from the time of Linnaeus to the present day. Plants possess three kinds of irritability, all dis- tinct, to wit, such as depend on atmospheric pressure, spontaneous motions, and Kuch contractions as are caused by the touch of other bodies. The common wood-sorrel shows two of these influences. On the approach of rain it closes up, and at night, even before as well as after rain, the leaves close. And they are said to shrink together at a blow with a. stick. The need ves- sel also partakes of the general sen- sibility of the plant, and when even slightly pressed opens at right, jerk- ing out the seeds. Many of the leaves of our common plants, par- ticularly those that are pinnate in form, close regularly at night, as well as before rain. Clover, peas, vetches and mountain ash are readi- ly affected by moisture in the at- mosphere or the coining on of night. The sleep of plants is not confined to the folding of the leaven. As night approaches many alter their position. Sometimes the loaves fold over the petals, but miany close quitx- up. The daisies receive their name from their opening only io the morning light. Flowers of the rayed form, like the marigold, arc pecu- liarly so affected. Even the corn- field shows its sensitiveness, and droops down its ripening hidden to await the morning. There are flow ers which close over at n<xTi, when the sun is shining full upon them, like the (loafs Beard of the field. There is -hardly any native plant which shows any great degree of spontaneous movement except the Oseillatories, weeds of fresh and nalt water, whose threadlike forms twist about like worms, and move to a considerable distance- from tho spot in which they are laid. It was Josh RilliiiRS who said he had "seen some awful bad throat diseases completely cured in three days by simply joining a temper- ance society." Mr "How did you get your stolen watch back so quiokly?" He "The poor idiot of a tlhiel took it to a pawnshop, where they at once recognized it aa mine." THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, SEPTEMBER 20. I.C-MIII XII. The Judgment of Na- tions. Matt. 25. 81-46. (Jolden Text, Mutt. 23.45. Verse 31. His glory The Son of man is pictured as coming in all his gdory and as sitting upon the throne of tiia glory, and lie has a following of holy angels. Thia is an Oriental imagery the. pomp and the magnificence as he enters into his own, accompanied by his faithful and enthusiastic retainers. As lie sweeps into the presence of 'his subjedts he is naturally thought of as ascending ihis throne, which is the emblem of his title and power. None 'but he coufld sit up- on his throne, and tJhe very fact that he was King lent glory to the throne. 32. And 'before 'him shall be ga thered all the nations Ifiie func- tion of judge in not ascribed to the Messiah in the Jewish literature written before the time of Christ This is a ne>w conception of tJhe Messiah, although Jesus himself has repeatedly said that 'he came not into tha world to judge t'he world, 'but to save it. His judg- ment, rather, is seeking the con- sciences of those who go before him in sucfh a way that -they begin to examine and judge themselves. The Christ leads ihis followers in- evitably to the .point of self-exam- ination, and in this self-examina- tion they begin to judge them- selves. So tihe .Messiah as a Judge of man is to >be understood only in the indirect sense. This indirect judgment, 'because self-inflicted, is the moat severe. The sheep and the goats, al- though herding together, separ- ated one from the other naturally. And so do good and evil people na- turally fall irtto separate groups of their own kind. "A man is known by the company he keeps" has no surer proof than in this na- tural separation of the shee.p and the goats. 33. The sheep on his right hand . . . tfhe goats on the left indicates the natural place where those preferred and those accused would stand, the right being the place of honor. 34. Come, ye blessed of my Father Those who are blessed are singled out with a definite adjec- t i \ c ye blessed and they are the l>l"-srd hecau.se they 'belong to the Father ; another point of natural ii.^ <-iution of the good with God. The kingdom prepared for you frwm the foundation of the world- Notice from tlhe very beginning, from eternity, a kingdom has 'been prepared for those who are good. 35. Hungry . . . thirsty ... a stranger These are three expres- sive terms to show extreme need. 'Many a man goes hungry and find.ij no one to give him meat ; or fam- ishes with thirst, and in a land where a drink of water is Home- times priceless, finds none to gi\e him drink. He may toe a stranger among those who are not of his own kindred and may sleep in the streets as we read of now and then in the Old Testament, the c'-in- panion of the dogs and other ani- mals, no one inviting him to shel- ter. :!. Naked . . . sick ... in pris- onThree more exceedingly ex- pressive degrees of need. Naked means ill-olothcd. It was more dif- ficult properly to clothe an ill- clothed man than it was to give him meat, or drink, or shelter. The sick are frequently abandoned, <>r ignored, especially if tJio sick art- poor or strange. It took a partic- ular amount of love in Palestine to lead one to visit the strange sink man. The prison is indicative of a loathsome, foul, ill-smelling dun- geon. A man may be rigjh'teou* ami wrongfully cast into prison, tout the very foot that he ds there carries a stigma -with it. He is to be shunned rather than sought out. 37-39. When saw we thee The righteous are exceedingly surpris- ed when they are themselves prais- ed, for tlho.v had absolutely no re- collection of seeing tine. Lord .be- fore ; in fact, they knew tihat they had not seen him. For had they seen him, they would have recog- nized him, they would have 'bowed before hirm, ithey would have (fallen at his feet in awe and reverence. The verv tlhought that they could have aooai him hungry, or thirsty, or ii stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, was inconceivable to them, and to be told .that they had ministered unto him when lie was in dire meed caused their amaze- ment to exceed nil limits. 40. Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of these my 'brethren, oven tihese least, ye did it unto me These words are .the climax bring- ing joy to tlie one* who are prais- ed, DOt they arc also an ill omen, bringing fear to the ones wlho are still ignored. To count as a serv- ice to the Christ the giving of .the piece of bread, or a cup <\f water, ar the right hand of friendship to anyone whom they might nave found in tilic etreets or out in the open country, was foreign .to their minds, and yet when attention is called to the reloitiondhip between such a duty and the duty of loving God, they see the close /bearing of the two, amd they realize through this picturesque description their privileges and ofoligotions in a new ligh't. 41. Depart from me, ye cursed The cursed are not the cursed of the Father, as the blessed are blessed of the Father. The Father curses no one. And 'the everlast- ing fire is not prepared for them particularly, but is prepared for the devil and his angels. The fact that they are remanded to t)he place which was to .be tlhe abode of itJhe Evil One and his close asso- ciate* makes the judgment upon the cursed all the more severe, particularly as they bring this upon themselves. 42-46. In these verses the nega- tive of the facts set forth in verses 35-39 is presented. 46. Eternal punishment . . eternal life The word "punish- mejut" comes from *the Greek verb meaning to prune, to cut down, and 'tlhen has a derived meaning to correct, to punish, the thought be- ing of the tree that is not uproot- ed, tout is cut back so as to give it a chnnce at another and 'better growth. The word "eternal" eomes from the Greek word mean- ing "age-long" ; hence, those who merited 'the condemnation of *he Son of Man are to 'be cut back, pruned, and 'be subjected to this treaituneii't for a long period, so that if there was any worth in them, they would have a chance to bud out and develop afresh. How- ever, this judgment is not to be taken as referring to" the future life, as though tihose who have al- ready passed into the ibeyond still have a period of probation. The force of the teaching i* that man's attitude toward God is to be dis- covered in his attitude toward 'his fellow-men. If he loves them to the extent of being ready to minister unto them irrespective of how hum- ble they are, he love* God. And as the righteous in this parable did not know the Lord inovsmuch as tlhey had never se-en him, and yet by ministering unto itheir fellow men had ministered unto him, so may he who has no powers to dis- cern the actuad being of God re- veal vital relationship to him in every act of loving kindness. YOINU HIUTISH ADMIRALS. Hut MON! of 'I licni are Veteran* in Nural Service. A glance at the British fleet com- manders shows that, comparatively speaking, this is the day of young admirals. There are hardly any offi- cers flying their flags in the fleet who can be called veterans in point of age, though the term may be used in regard to their service, for the majority have had over 40 years in the navy. In the First Fleet the oldest officer, Vice -Admiral Sir DougHu Gamble, is 57, and the youngest, Rear-Admiral Sir David Realty, 43. The average age is about 52 years. Sir John Jellicoe, who as com- mander-in-chief of the "Home Fleet is in supreme command in the North Sea, was 54 in December, and has been in the navy since 1872. He is a gunnery specialist, winning the 80 prize for gunnery when at col- lege as a lieutenant in 1883. Twice he has seen war service, first in the Egyptian war of 1882, and, second- ly, in China in 1900, when he was wounded in Sir Edward Seymour's expedition to relieve the Pekin Le- gation, of which expedition he was Chief Staff Officer. He lias been Third Sea Lord and Second Sea Lord, which latter post he has just left. Afloat, he has been rear-ad- miral commanding that fleet, and vice-admiral commanding the sec- ond division of the Home fleet. Rear-Admiral C. E. Madden, chief of the staff to Sir John Jelli- coe, is a brother-in-law of that offi- cer. Entering the navy in 1S75, WHY GERMANY PH'NGEI). Reason* Why She Went Into the Present War. Why did Germany think the pre- sent so favorable a moment ! Wo believe that some feeling seized her as to the magnificence of the oppor- tunity offered by the existing state of Europe. She thought the situa- tion was going to develop favorably in the future, and that she, in fact, was now on the crest of the wave. What made her think this? In the first place and we believe that this has all along played an enormously important part there was the opening of the Kiel Canal. A month ago that canal was finished. The next consideration was the belief that England was on the verge of civil war, and therefore that her neutrality was almost certainly as- sured. Again, there was the belief, encouraged by the disclosures in the French Senate, that France was at that mom wit very badly prepared for war. Lastly, there was the very potent impression that Russia was every day getting stronger, uid that if Germany waited another three years the advantages just named might bo obliterated by vast in> creases in the Russian armaments, and especially in the development of her strategic railways. To put the thing in another way, we believe that the real cause of the war wias that Germany was seized by one of those impuls.es whioh are prompted by the thought of "now or never," impulses which arc the most fre- quent causes of war. --London Spec- tator. near-Admiral Madden. Chief of Staff to Admiral Jetticoe of the Britith Navy. British Sen Power. British sea-power exists for one purpose and for one purpose only. It is supported in order that it may win the command of the sea. By commanding the sea British com merce will be protected, communi- cation between the different sec- tions of the Empire kept open, and invasion of any British territory prevented. None of these, ends can ho Achieved unless the British peo- ples are in A position t<> win com- mand of the ea. Thia is a condi- tion which does not exist during peace ; it has to be won after war has broken out in other words, af- ter an enemy, or combination of enemies, has declared its intention to deny the sea to us and our kith and kin, and thus make its will prevail against us. Once Britain had lost, the command of her ocean communications she shall he help- less and hopeless. On Uunrd. Merchant (to new boy) Has the bookkeeper told you what to do in the afternoon Youth Yes, sir. I'm to wake him up when I aee you coming. Hear- Admiral Madden also served in the Egyptian war and specialized j in gunnery. Promoted to flag rank in April, 1911. while serving a term of two years as Fourth Sea Lord, he has since flown his flag in the i First Battle Squadron and Third and Second Cruiser Squadrons. The Battle Squadrons. Vice-Aduiiral Sir Lewis Bayly commands the First Battle Squad- ron, flying his flag in the new battle- ship Marlborough. He is 56 years of age. and has been in the navy since 1870. A torpedo special!^., he obtained the 80 prize for this branch at Greenwich College in 1884. On two occasions he has seen war service, in Ashanti in 1873-4, and during tho Egyptian war of 1882 ; he was also employed against Congo pirates in 1875. As commo- dore of Home Fleet destroyers he did much to promote the efficiency of the flotillas, and was afterwards placed in command of the War Col- lege, from 1908 to 1911. Vice- Admiral Sir George Warren- der has the distinction of command- ing our most powerful battle squad- ron, the second, for its eight ships are all armed with 13.5-inch guns. He joined the navy in 1873, and was 51 years of age on July 31. Twice he has seen fighting on land, in the Zulu w.ir of 1879 and the China war of 1900, in the latter of which he was flag captain to the rear-admiral of the China Squad- ron. As a commodore and rear-ad- miral he was commander-in-chief in the East Indies in 1907-9, and after two years in the Second Cruiser Squadron in 1910-12 he was appoint- ed to his present command on De- cember 16, 1912, his flag flying in the King George V. Vice-Admiral E. E. Bradford in the Third Battle Squadron has charge of our principal pre-Dread- no u giit battleships, in one/ of which, the King Kdward VII., his flag flies. He is a gunnery special- ist, like Sir G-eorge Warrender, than whom he is one year older. Entering the service in 1872 he was in the Egyptian war of 1882. In 1890 nn cssny from his pe-n on the mari- time defence of the United King- dom and its trade in a war with a naval Power was placed second in the competition, for the United Service Institution's gold medal. Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas Gam- ble, with his flag in the Dread- nought, is in command of the Fourth Battle Squadron. He was 57 years of age in November last, and has been in the navv since 1870. If nobody had too much then everybody might have enough. HOW LONG WILL WAR LA8TI Major-Gen. Turner Says It Cannot Last Many Month*. How- long will the war last? How many men will be engaged before the end of this month? What will the war cost daily? are questions that were asked of Major-General Sir Alfred Turner, late Inspector- General, when the mobilization was complete. "Great Britain ha 165,000 men in the first line," said General Turner, "wi.th 148,000 in reserve, while, with the -territorials, her total strength will be easily 500,000 men. This ex- cludes 78,000 white troops in India and Earl Kitchener's latest call for half a million. "France has an active army of 300,000 men, the total with the sec- ond line being 1,000,000 men. Rus- sia has 1,500,000 in the first lino, and when her reserves are mobi- lized, about August 25, she will have 4,500,000 men available. "Servia can turn out more than 200.000 splendid fighting men, not- withstanding her terrible losses in the late wars. "Belgium has available more than 250.000 men, including the reserves. "Germany has 350,000 men in the first line, of whom only 150,000 are on the Russian frontier. With the second line she can mobilize more than 3,000,000 men. "Austria has a standing army of 240,000 men, and can mobilize more than 1,000,000, but Austria has the most heterogeneous force in the world, and it is doubtful whether the Slavs in Austria can be depend- ed upon. "I don't suppose anybody on earth can answer the question as to the probable daily cost of the war to each individual power. Oui South African war cost $1,250,000,- 000, although it was estimated that it would only cost $75,000,000. It depends upon the management, the waste, and an enormous variety ol circumstances. In South Africa waste was responsible for the huge ultimate total. "If the Boer war cost England above $1,500,000 a day, Sundays in- cluded, as it did, what will this wai cost England, France, Germany, Austria, Russia. Belgium, and Ser- via? Already the loss to Belgiuir is nearly $300.000.000 because of the destruction of her bridges, rail- ways, and the stoppage of all her commerce. Germany's loss, 1 should say, already is $1,250,000, and it will go on increasing -at an enormous rate. "The pay of the English soldier; is much more than any other na- tion, because the army is a volun- tary one, and privates receive on* shilling and twopence daily. Francs L paying the wife of each volunteer 1% francs daily, with half a franc added for each dependent child un- der 10. Belgium pays the next highest daily wage to its soldiers. English territorials, while they are in the ranks receive the same pay as volunteers, and flow that they have been called upon will receive full army pay. "The duration of the present wat is very difficult to judge, but it seems to me that with the forth- coming pressure of the enormous Russian armies on Germany it can- not possibly last, many months. I should be sorry to see the noble German people crushed and humili- ated, but for this they have to thank their ruler, who invoked God to his assistance, and claims the di- vine right of kings. The only good that any one can hope for from this terrible war is that it will make war a thing of the past." "THE MARSEILLAISE." Roused the Freneh Soldier 1m.) Deeds of Daring. The French "Marseillaise" may be called the lyrical voice of the great Revolution. Its influence was as great as it was extensive. By it timid, barefooted youths were conr- verted into determined soldiers, who, after freeing their country from, all fears of foreign oppression, indulged in the dream which Napo- leon nearly realized, viz., that of conquering Europe. The strains of "The Marseillaise" are a combina- tion of the bold, the defiant, the overwhelming, with the* pathetic. the mournful, tho compassionately lender ; now deploring acute suffer- ii.'Sf, now rising with reiiatleas ar- dor, now heard as an an<ihcm of triumph, now as .1 dirge of terror. The author of the words was a poor lieutenant in the French Revo- lutionary Army named Ron get d Lisle. He intended jiis effusion to rous? his countrymen to resist the threate.ned attack upon France from the German frontier. His song was consequently first named "The Song of the Army of tho Rhine." A rather improbable story is told of his hav- ing written this song in the house of the Mayor of Strosburg. The music, however, though attributed to th soldier author of the words, is founded upon an old German air whioh was set to French words and s-ung in Paris' in 1782. AH to Jones. "Jones puts his watch under his pillow nights." "I notice he like* to tleep over* time."'