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le sr n- ht to ea 18- 't flOUSEHOLP CHOICE RECIPES. Cabbage with Cream. The ao- calkd plebeian cabbage may be served in a number of appetizing and attractive ways. Prepared with cream it is especially dainty. Wash and blanch the cabbage well. When cool remove the outer leaves and chop the rest fine. Put into a saucepan with a large lump of but- ter, some salt and pepper. Thicken with about a tablespoonful of flour and then add a cupful of sweet oream. Mix thoroughly and cook for about three-quarters of an hour. Heap on a hot dish and serve. This will accompany any meat, and is a particularly wholesome dish. Braised Veal. Lard evenly two sides of a piece of veal, dredge with salt and pepper and a litle flour. Lay two or three thin slices of pork in the bottom of an iron pot, and as soon as lightly browned lay in the veal with a small carrot sliced, one onion sliced, a bay leaf and a sprig or two of parsley. Add two cup- fuls of veal stock (this can be made from some of the veal bones which the butcher will throw in if you ask him), and simmer steadily for two or three hours until tender and a golden brown. It must be basted frequently during the brais- ing, adding some stock if neces- sary. Prune Souffle. Soak and stew Put into spoonful the of mixture sifted two dozen prunes, and when ten- der press through a colander. To the beaten whites of four eggs add six tablespoonfuls of powdered HU- gar and the prunes and beat well. one table- flour, one- quarter teaspoonful cream tartar and une teaspoonful of lemon ex- tract. Bake twenty minutes in a slow oven. Serve cold with sauce made as follows : One pint of sweet milk, three-quarters of a cup of su- gar, the yolks of four eggs and one teaspoonful of lemon, made into a soft custard. The sauce should also be cold when served. Apple Slump. Put two quarts of pared, sliced or quartered apples, with one pint of water, into the dish in which the slump is to be cooked. Take one quart of sifted flour and mix through it three tea- spoonfuls of baking powder ; then rub one teaspoonful of butter into it. Mix with a little cold milk or water, the same as for biscuit. Roll the crust about an inch thick, cut it into quarters, and with it cover the apples, in the dish ; then cover the whole with a close-fitting cover and boil or steam until done. Take out on a platter and grate nutmeg over the apples. Serve with a sweet sauce or sugar and cream. Fricassed Chicken. Cut two fowls into joints. Season them with salt and pepper, and dip each oao in flour. Put them in a saucepan and co>rer with boiling water. Let them cook very nently for about two hours, or until very tender. When they are done put three table- spoonfuls of butter in a frying pan, add the same amount of flour, rub smooth, then add the water in which the chickens have been boiled, which should not amount to more than a quart. After the gravy has boiled up add a cupful of rich cream, and . . . _ _1 to lukewarm, and then beat in a yeast cake dissolved m one-quar- ter cupful of lukewarm milk and enough sifted flour to make a stiff batter. Cover and place where it will keep warm over night. In the morning blend a beaten egg with the dough, add one-half cupful of seeded raisins and roll out the mix- ture in a sheet three-quarters of an inch in thickness. Put in a but- tered dripping pan or a deep pie plate, having in its center a muffin ring or piece of stiff paper pinned together to make a ring. Cover and let rise until double its original bulk. Brush with melted butter, sprinkle with powdered sugar and cinnamon, and bake in a moderate oven about half an hour. USEFUL HINTS. Hot sunshine will remove scorch. Hot tartaric acid will take ink stains out of white cloth. A. package or envelope sealed with white of egg cannot be steamed open. Even delicate glass can be safe- ly washed in very hot water if slip- ped in edgewise. Mutton tea is a pleasant change from beef tea to many invalids, and is very wholesome. Insects like neither salt nor alum and enough adheres to the carpet to keep them away. If feather pillows have an un- pleasant odor give them a thorough drying before a clear fire. A piece of salt pork cut thin and bound on a corn or bunion at night will give great relief. Never keep bread and cake in the same box, as the cake loses its flavor and tastes like bread. Rice possesses more nutriment than wheat, oats or barley. It will sustain life longer than any other starch producing plant. Burning oil is spread by water. To extinguish it throw down flour, sand or earth. The idea is to pre- vent the oil spreading. You may keep the top of your kitchen range clean when frying steak, etc., by having two sheeta of asbestos prepared as Clotheslines and pegs \?ill last much longer if they get boiled for ten minutes when new. It is a good plan to repeat the boiling occasion- ally. Sew buttons on firmly. Do not put a lot of cheap work and trim- ming on a dress of cheap maleri al. Rather get better material and make it up simply. Mend a cracked stove with a ce- ment made of wood ashes and salt in equal proportions, reduce to a paste with cold water. Fill cracks when stove is cool. It is not generally known, but to prevent cakes from burning, place a little bran at the bottom of tho tins. This will save a lot of grumb ling and vexation. Many women put paper pads un- der the stair carpet, and layers of thick brown paper under room car- pets. These underlays cost nothing, and can, therefore, be burnt instead of beaten and beaten and re-used as a felt has to be. Before relaying the carpels after the spring cleaning try washing around the edge of the floor to the depth of a yard from the baseboard with a strong solution of alum water. Several times' a month sprinkle salt over the carpet before sweeping. For a liquid tiliainpoo take four ounces of finely grated castile soap, UIJ civtx* at i nj'i iii vi , - i" ^,.~,.., .... _ season with salt, white pepper und cover with a quart of cold water, a little cavenne. Just before re- 1 lt cook-until it forms a jelly, lake moving from the fire add an egg | from the fire and add two thorouRh- well beaten. Pour over the chicken, ]y beaten eggs; shake well, and i which should be- laid on toast or soda biscuits cut in halves. Potato Chowder. Pare and cut THE SCHOOL STUDY into dice five good- sized potatoes and throw into cold water. Cut a quarter pound slice of fat ham into shreds and put it in a frying pan with a minced onion and fry a light brown. Put a layer of pota- to dice in a kettle, sprinkle in haul, onion, salt, i>epper and minced parsley, then add more potatoes, pork, onion, etc., until all are used. Add the fat in which the onions were fried and a pint of cold water. Cover and cook gently until the po- tatoes are nearly '.tane, about twen- ty minutes. Rub a tablespoonful of butter and same of flour to a smooth paste (rou*) and stir into the chowder : then when it bonins to thicken add a pint of hot milk, stir carefully together so as not to break the potato dice. C'hccken Stew. Cut a young but full-grown chicken and put it on to stew in a pot with plenty of water, adding salt only; then take a pint of flour, one egg and water enough to mix into a very stiff dough, which knead till perfectly smooth. Roll out into a sheet as thin as possible, and let it stand to dry for at least an hour, then cut into narrow strips, pull these into pieces two or three inches long, and drop one by one into the boiling stew with plenty of water in it and boil for At least an hour, shaking the pot occasionally, but never st'rring or the dumplings will stick together. When done, pour all into a largo platter and dust with pepper. This U a delicious stew, and the. dump- lings, besides being tender and toothsome, can be eaten with im- punity by an invalid. Coffee Bread. Add to one cup- fal of scalded milk one-third cupful of shortening, a cupful of sugar and iK'iialf teaspodnful of salt. Cool is ready for use. For coughs, put a lemon in the oven, leave it until warmed through, then squeeze out the juice, and add sufficient honey or sugar to make a thick syrup. Keep it wafm, and take a teaspoon fill when the cough is troublesome. Buy a strip of asbestos cloth and use small squares to interline your iron-holders. Keep a good-si x.cd piece fastened to your ironing board to save the sheet, a. id lay a square under the table- pad where the meat platter rests. To prevent a shabby, dull look coming to the kitchen painted wood- work, wash '. in bran wate". made by boiline' one pound of bran in n. gallon of water for an hour. Hard water is softened by having a little powder lime put in, which at once throws down the chalk in it. The clear fluid can then be boiled without risk of furring pot or kettle. Light straw hat may be '.''leaned by being brushed with Hour of sul- ISTERNATIONAL LESSON, UARY 18. VII. The ministry of John the Baptist, Mark 1. I -> ; Luke 3. 1-20. Golden Text, Matt. 3. 2. MARK 1. 1-8. Verse 1. Mark does not concern himself with the earlier life of Jesus, but proceeds at once with the narrative of his public ministry and preaching, to which he refers as The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The proclamation of that gospel (glad tidings) continued even after the Christ was no longer among men. It began with the ut- terances that fell from the lips of Jesua himself. The use of the dou- banim . . . abanim a play on words not lacking in emphasis. 9. The ax also lieth at the root of the trees The ax of the garden- er or husbandman, ready for use as the harvest shall determine which of the trees of the orchard are no longer profitable. 12. Publicans That is. collectors or renters of Woman taxes ; men who paid to the Roman government a specified sum in lieu of the taxes from a given district and who, by the collection of exorbitant taxes, then proceeded to enrich them- selves. 13. Extort Extortion was the common method of collection. who could escape paying naturally did so. 14. Soldiers (J reek, soldiers on service. The exhortation given these men indicates some or the wrongs they were commonly guilty of. 17. Fan Such as were commonly used in connection with threshing, tho grain being thrown, together with the chaff, against the wind, i mm HKAI) OF THE KHITISU ADMIRALTY. Important Kcl'ornis Have Already Horn Inli'otlucrd in (lie Navy liy Him. Young Winston Churchill is being taken seriously by .1 large part of the British press and public, writes a London correspondent. This tri- bute to his ability has been a long the various elements of the navoJ establishment. To overcome this hi intends to bring the heads of tin General Staff divisions into fro fluent consultation with the chief oi the General Staff, so that each will regard himself as part, of a whole and not a separate entity, having no responsibility or relationship to the other branches of the. naval es- tablishment. To guard further ajrainst falling into a rut Mr. Churchill lias invited the entire commissioned personnel of the fleet to give play to profes- sional '.(pinion. That is a rather dangerous experiment in a great iiuvy, but Mr. Churchill apparently believes that it will do good in time coming, but apparently many ' | mls i,j ng aw ay"tlie cobwebs that arc- t which, in driving back the chaff, ' permitted the grain to fall to the ground in a heap by itself, after which it was gathered into the gar- ner. hie name Jesus Christ indicates the established faith of the writer Jesus as the Messiah, which faith is further defined by the addition of the phrase the Son of God. 2. In Isaiah the prophet-Only , Unqiicnchab i e fire _Xot nccessar- the substance of verse J, not that of j, et| , ri)Bl 1)llt unqllclu . 1)ah i t , in thft verse 2, is found in Isaiah (40. 3). ,._,._ n i i . . mi f . I OB HOC ' ' i The reference to my messenger js taken from Malachi 3. 1, a prophecy which was applied by Jesus himself to John the Baptist. 3. The voice of one crying in the wilderness The figure in this in- stance, as in the prophecy of Mala- 10. For wife For control or mastery. Herod'as his brother's whom he had divorced another wife, and whom he had per- suaded to forsake her husband. Luke regards the indignity shown to the Messiah's forerunner in .T.<I ing him into prison as he governor. A JOKE ON SERVICE. chi is that of a forerunner sent by gr ,. at( . 8t WPonga perpetrated bv the an Oriental monarch in advance of u . ; ,. kN | miwrn/11 . hi-s journeys to see to it that roads and highways are, cleared of ob- stacles and prepared for his use. 4. John came heralding in the wilderness the coming of One great- er than an Oriental monarch, and preparing human hearts and minds to receive the Christ by the preach- ing of repentance unto remission of sins. 5. All the country Multitudes of the inhabitants from ail parts of Judaea. The appearance of this new prophet stirred the whole na- tion. Luke specifics publicans and soldiers and Matthew Pharisees and Sadduceos as being among those who went out to the river Jordan to hear Jolm preach. 6. Camel's hair ... a lo.-ithern girdle A short tunic of coarse camel's hair cloth (not of camel's skin), fastened about the waist with a girdle of corresponding simpli- city, made probably of rough, un- tanned leather and like those worn by Bedouins and dervishes to-day. Locusis . . . wild honey Food such as the desert afforded. In Lev. 11. 22 we find enumerated the ^ _ ^ species of wild locusts, the eating ! b; an wrote a book of verse entitled of which is permitted by law. "Derby Day in the Yukun, by Yu- 7. Mightier than I So much i fcon Bill." ' The real name of the mightier that John feels himself un- 1 aut }, or JJJ n<jt appear, but win. worthy to render the service of aj ever it was s j gI1(H | the name. "M. bondservant or slave. ; Markwell" in writing to the Georvc Worthy-Greek, sufficient. H Donin Company of New York, 8. Water . . . Holy Spmt-Tho | who pu blj s l M? d the book; and tho contrast gives us the key to John a; ij oran people wrote back to "M. humility. John's baptism unto re- j Markwell. Ksq." pentance was in itself incomplete, I \\] )fn tho book came out, Robert even as repentance itself is incom- ; vv Service, the famous Yukon poet, plete and must, be supplemented by ! re( . clv<H i ,, o ,, v f rmn the publi.sli- i . Mr. R. W. Service. Some time ago a British Colum- thc control of new impulses and aspirations (compare the parable in Matt. 12. 43-15.) LUKE 3. 1-20. crs, and when in New York some time afterwards he sent this letter of appreciation to the head of the Jinn : Verse I. The fifteenth year-Pro-; ,. I)enl . sl) . . 8h(irt i v bpful . c \ c;lv . bably A. D. 25-2(i. reckoning A. D. ing l>awson j received your book. 11, the year when Tiberius was j <L)erbv Uav in the Yuko'u,' and beg made the colleague of Augustus to tlm ' nk ' ol| fur vour kindness in with equal authority over provinces j sendillR - } [. to mc ' : t | lollg ht tho and armies. j bwk WHS 1)ul , v d stllff and f Tiberius Caesar- The second Ro- t) . uc of U|c j; an<J (jud Forgot . an emperor and successor to Cac- who were disputed ito criticize his methods and t.Miiperamont are now of die, opinion that he nas a certain force, which is being need for the good of the nation. The change in public opinion in the matter has been sudden. A month or two ago Mr. Churchill was merely a bad boy hardly worthy of adult notice except in the way of ad- monition. The public would not forget a certain reported music hall episode of his early youth or the Sidney Street- affair during liis ser- vice as Home Secretary, when un- der his personal direction a body of troops and a considerable portion j of the Metropolitan Police laid siege I to a London tenement in which two I alleged murderers were supposed to be hiding. There was plenty of encourage- ment given to the public not to for- get. Even now music hall come- dians have fun with the youn^r man. They parody Sir Joseph Porter's song from "Pinafore' 1 with Mr. Churchill in Sir Joseph's place as First Lord of the Admiralty, ''the ruler of the King's navw." "Win- nie." they call him. and the audi- epves always laugh. Xne of the known peculiarities of Mr. Church- ill escapes me^vtion. M 1 '. A X IXG OF TH K C H A X C.V.. There was a. gixid deal of adverse comment when Mr. Churchill be- came Home Secretary in t-he As- quith Ministry. The Opposition m- \v .-papers ref'iH".! to t:ikr- Inn ")- iously. When he tr::d<Yl Ca'uinct. pla with Mr. M<-Ki'im:i. llle'l First Lord of the Admiralty, much of the irony that would have, heen tittered by prc-s and public at Mr. Churcfaill'a expense was sxlet racked in animated discussion of tho menn- inu of the. change. There had been danger of war with Germany >liort'y before. T'i:it the Government lm<l decided that the fleet needed an overhauling, an application of new methods, waft Kcii?rally accepted as the umlerlv- in? ren.Siin. It was argued that tho. Government wsui'tod more push nnd energy in the Admiralty, and that. in spite of all that had hen ?.t:d about him, nobody had push a^d energy developed hotter than this yotinp man. half Knglish. half American. Tin? fleet is very dear to the average Hvilisher's. heart. a.Dd the experiment of putting Winston . Churchill nt the head of the Admir- ! ,'ilty was watched with vcrying de- i gretM of Impe and trepidation. Mr. Churchill's firt move was to hnve a new <!enl in the eomposit.OTl i f the administrative body kn-iwn as the Sea Lords. He ai;p< intod new me-i. There vns mifh rornmont "n this rat'ier radical move, hut on the whole, ; t w;i< not in the line of nd- ve.rse eritic'sra. SURPRISING APPROBATION. bound to appear if constant effort is not made to destroy them. iir. Churchill ha-s rather pleased a nation disposed to criticize hit .acts and is now experiencing tho un- usual pleasure of being regarded seriously. STAMP COLLECTING. Great Many More Collectors Than Ten Years Ago. Stamp collectors wore interested some days ago by the first new Newfoundland postage stamps bearing the head of the Prince of Wales to arrive here. The young prince, like his father, is an enthusiastic stamp collector. His collection was included in tha London exhibition five years ago. One of its chief features is a uniquu collection of the stamps of his namesake colony. Prince of Wales Island, in wh'ch the Prince of Wales takes a keen interest. Stamp collecting seems to be tak- ing a firmer hold on its devotees and making more recruits than ever. W. S. Lincoln, one of the beet-known philatelists in London, Knglnnd, says that there arc thou- sands more '-o Hectors than there (!' ten years ago. Within that period, he says, stamp collecting has grown from an art to n science. In the old days people collected for quantity, but now it is quality only that counts. Value is found to-day in watermarks. In M>m<' kinds of stamps perforations an- the hallmark of excellence. In British stamps, for example, tho rarest are those with fourteen per foriitxnis on the Ion* sid-.'. But there arc I-.-IM-S in which those with fourteen and a half or fifteen per- forations arc the pri/.e specimens. The penny ami halfpenny stamps of KiiiK I'M ward always used to have fourteen perforations. The new stamp printers whose, first Georgian stamps raised an outcry, an- still supplying halfpenny and penny Edward .stamps. some of which have fourteen and a half and others fifteen perforations. Before long they w-ill erase to i>:sue King Edward Clamps nncl tho^e fourteen and a half and fifteen perforation specimens will become scarce, or even rare. Another stamp which <-hotiId soon become, valuable is the Italian war st'imp surcharged "Tripoli," as their issue continued only for a very short time. pi moistened with lemon juice. Rinse the hat well with clear, cold water, but do not let it lie in water and soak. Equal parts of turpentine and ammonia will take paint out of clothing, even if hard and dry. Sat- urate the spot as often as neces- sary and wash off the spot with warm soapy water. To iron silk sprinkle the article to be ironed with water, then roll them tightly in a towel. After this it is easy to iron out the creases. Do not use a very hot iron, as the silk quickly discolors. When purchasing tinned meat notice t'fie tin. If it bulges out- wards in any part the meat is pro- bably unfit to eat, an outward bulge being a sign that the tin was man emperor sar Augustus. Pontius Pilate--The procurator or governor of Judaea, an inferior official position in the Roman em- pire, in view of the comparatively small importance to the empire of the province intrusted to him. Herod- Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, In A. U. 40 he was banished to Spain. The entire public ministry of Jostis falls within tho period of his reign, and most of it within the territory over which he ruled. Tetrarch One of four rulers, that, is, ruler over one fourth part of his father's dominion. His brother Really his half bro- ther. Iniiufa The valley region at the foot of Hermon. Trachonitis In the ancient ter- ritory of Uashan. Ly sail i as- Otherwise unknown. Abilene A small province of Syria. 2. Annas and Caiaphas Annas, the rightful life occupant of the of- fice according to Jewish law, had been deposed by the Roman gover- nor, and one after another his sons put in his place. The fourth of these was Caiaphas, who, from the time of his appointment (A.I). IS), was recognised by the Roman authori- ties as the rightful incumbent of the position. Loyal Jews, however, would still regard Annas as the real high priest. 3-6. Compare comments on paral lei verses in Mark iriven above. 7. Offspring of vipers- A wilder- ness metaphor and most appropri- ate in its characterization of the showed it among my friends, and much curiosity was expressed as to the identity of Yukon Bill. How- ever, all agreed that the atmos- phere, expression, and tone were the real thing, and that he is as- suredly a Sourdough of an early vintage. "Needless to say, I was immense- ly flattered at the lines addressed to myself. I thank tho writer from the bottom of my heart and wish him all prosperity and success. 1 will write no more Yukon verse, so he has a clear field. In conclu- sion, I wish again to express my appreciation of his veracious and virile verses, and tha'ik him for the genuine pleasure they gave me." Sincerely yours. "RQBEBfT SERVICE." It now turns out that the book was written by a woman. And she had never soon the Yukon ! HOW ANIMAL'S FEKD. When one iliiuks of the. many curi- ous ways in which common animals p:ntake <_>[ their foud, one realise, more than ever the vast difference the.re is between classes in the crea- ture kingdom. For instance, tho squirrel carries it > food to its mouth by means of its paws, whilst the ele- phant uses its trunk. The g'rnffe. ant-eater, and toad employ their tongues, but spiders masticate their food with horny jaws. The caterpillar is provided with saw- edged jaws, and uses them so well that every dav ho consumes at least three times his own weight in food. Toads, turtles, and tortoises do not CRAZY Ql'KRlKS. Short and i-.harp would hi- tho shrif! of the persun who dared to intimate that every one of us at times utters i'l i-erfei-t jrm'd faith ridiculous not to mention nonsen- sical remarks. Yi'.i tin- r act i* indis- putable. For i"t lance, v, hat can be more fuoJish than llio quoi-tum. "Oh. there you are. av you I" Yet The recent creation of a naval general ttaff has hec.n re f e \etl with a. degree of approbation that i Mir- this is asked score* of times a day. prising in view of what amounted to' Just a-j absurd ib the qnen. " particular group of people to whom possess teeth 1- rogs have only an it was addressed. u PP er * of ***** and lobsters 8. We have Abraham to our f ;l - : and crabs have, a set of tcothm their thor Lineal descendance from Ah- stomachs. The i. gor and lion do not | raham was considered a sufficient! K I-il1 <l their food as wo humans do; i guarantee of divine favor by most' "* " matter of fact, their teeth only not properly sealed and air has got ( Jews. j work with an up-and-down move- in. Stones . . . children- Hebrew, ment much like chopping-k'iivoa. a habit in certain quarters to poke fiui nt anything <jf an ;'dniini-t rativ e character for which Mr. Churchill was rosponeiblo. T!K- general .staff idea had its opponent . quite as ac- tive UK ; ts friends, mid iritil Mr. Churchill took the bull by the horns nnd announced to the country that a general ;staff wns to be created without, saving "By vour leave" to !o. K<;ing out :" put to one palpably preparing to leave the house. Equally wanting in sense i; a que.s- tion so often put by a wife to lior husband. He is perhaps -it the iiiu.^t crucial point, i-i his morning shave, when tho door burst:, t pen. and liis 1). :t.'r-half o.xila'ins. "Are you shaving, darling;" Tlio darii>in':< razor hard slips, leavi.-.g in its wake him if he ^areaMiealK xclaiinod, "No ; I'm just cutting myself '." And yet. his wife would think him te.rriuly in lalile i' he pointed c.nt (hat her silly query wa responsible- for the da m a so. Parliament or anybody else, the op- < a lovely gash ; and one could forgive position, was in the MOendant. But when tho tiling was done, there w.-i-; a chorus of approbation and mighty little booing. Under his authority as First Lord of the Admiralty Mr. Churchill IMS created an operations division and assigned n high racking officer to take charge of it, with tho title of dirr.clor. Olhor ditectoi-i e.f other new div i.iioii -- were, assigned from tho raval lint. "The personnel -?f tho. War Staff," )>e said in an explanatory memoran- dum, "will consist, f naval offirors fresh ft-' 'in tho sea a"/.! returning to the sea fairly froqtie itly." ANOTHER TCF.KORM is provision fvr frequent consultar tien and co-i.peration l>etwcp-:i the army and the navy ii the prepara- tion of war plans. "The navy nnd the army," to Quote Lord HsldaiK 1 , the Secretary of State for War. "a.rr now pc-iag to co-operate in this problem of de- fence in a fashion they never did he- fore." In his memorandum MX. Churchill mad" it plain that ho in- tetded to <lo h ; s utmost to abolish w'iat 'be, enllod "watertight <^.)iii- partmonts," meaning tho establish- ment of a. bureaucratic syslom in which eo-h l)ii roan eine to ho suffi- rienl unto itself without nc/'ossarv co-ordination and co-operation in shortly." MISAl'PKKHKNDKD. Gertie "Those r.oses you sent mo were lovely and fresh. I do be- lieve there is a little dew on them still." George "Well, there is since you mention it; but 1 shall pay it. afl