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HOUSEHOLD SELECTED RECIPES. Cream Pie. Stir together three tablcspoonfuls of sugar and one scant tablespoonful of flour. .Add the white of one egg well beaten, and one pint of cream, with a few raisins. Bake like a custard pie. Stirabout. Mix one egg, one cupful of maple sugar, not maple yrup one cupful of sour cream, ne even teaspoonful of soda, one- fourth teaspoonful each of cinna- mon, nutmeg and salt, and two scant cupfuls of flour. Bake in a hallow pan and serve warm. Almond Cake. Mix one and one- half cupfuls of sugar and one-half cupful of butter. Add one-half cup- ful of milk, two cupfuls of flour flifted with one teaspoonful of bak- ing-powder, the whites of six eggs and one-half cupful of almonds, chopped fine. Frost, and put split almonds on top. Herring Balls (Danish recipe. Soak two salt herrings in water for four hours, then soak in milk for one hour, after removing all elan and bones. Chop fine, and mix with an equal quantity of mash- ed potato, and to this add the same amount of finely chopped veal or bee f (cooked). Shape this com- pound into small balls or cones, dip in egg and finely rolled dry bread- crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Baked Brown Bread. Use two eupfuls of sour milk, one-half cup- ful of molasses, two teaspoonfuls of soda, one teaspoonful of salt, two cupfuls of Graham or rye flour, one- half, cupful of corn-meal and one half cupful of flour. Stir the milk and molasses together, add the eoda. dissolved in a little hot water, then the different kinds of meal, an* stir rrtil the mixture is frje from lumps. Bake in a moderate oven one hour. Cheese Custard. Heat one pint f sweet milk in a double boiler. Beat one egg thoroughly, and add to it one-half teaspoonful of salt and one-fourth te=sp<ionful of black pepper. Beat into this the milk Have ready one-fourth pound ol domestic cheese chopped or one ten- cent jar of Imperial cheese. Stir the cheese into the custard and pour into either a well-butterexi baking-dish or into individual cups or ramekins well-buttered, and bake slowly about twenty minutes or, if desired, it may be steamed. Serve with hot buttered toast. Care hould be taken to cook the cus- tard only enough to set it so that it will not whey, and milk and eggs in combination should always be cooked slowly, at a comparatively low temperature. Picanti, or Spanish Potatoes with Rice. Fry one small onion chop- ped fine, and one fresh tomato cul ne, or two tablespoonfuls ol canned tomatoes in a pan with a piece of lard the size of an egg add one coffeespoonful of salt anc one-fourth coffeespoonful of Cay enno pepper and let the mixture fry for five minutes. Add one auu one-holf pints of milk, two slices of soaked bread, one-half of a ten- cent cake of cream cheese cut up, ml twelve potatoes which have previously been boiled in the skin, but from which the skin has been removed. Boil the mixture for eight or ten minutes ; serve it on a platter and sprinkle over it two hard-boiled eggs finely chopped, and parsley, also chopped. Serve with this hot rice which has had salt and butter in the water in which it was boiled, and which has "been pressed into a mold before be- ing turned into a dish. Ham Pie. A Southern receipt for this economical and delicious dish lias been handed down in one fam- ily for several generations. To one quart of boiling water add about one-half pound of boiled ham or , the meat from a ham bone cut in- to small pieces. Let this boil while preparing biscuit dough. Roll out thin a piece of dough about the cue of a pie crust, cut it into small pieces, and drop them into theboil- log broth one at a time, so that they will not stick together. Line well-greased two-quait saucepan with strips of dough, put in a layer ol ham, a seasoning of butter, pep- per and salt, add dumplings, more easoniug, and then another layer of ham. Over this break one egg for each person in the family ; cover loosely with a top crust having an opening in the center to allow .the team to escape. Bake in a moder- ate oven until a light brown, and dredge with butter. ECONOMY IN THE KITCHEN. One of the most serious prob- lems with which the ordinary house- -wife is confronted during the win- ter is the question of the best means for the economical disposal of the Jeft-over vegetables. In the suon- iner months, when green vegetables ire plentiful, there arc scores ol vsea to which tho small scraps left from dinner may be put, but when the foods to be disposed of include nch things as squash, turnip, on- ions, cabbage, celery, radishes, etc. the cook often feels like abandon ng the task as a hopeless one. In spite of this feeling, however, there are ways and means by which these apparently worthless left-overs may be utilized to advantage. Thus, on excellent method of dis- posing of the left-over squash is bo add two well-beaten eggs and about a tablespoonful of flour to each pint of the cold vegetable. Blend the ingredients thoroughly, shape the mixture into square cakes ; cover with egg and crumbs, and fry brown in deep fat. Fried cabbage is another delicacy that cannot be enjoyed until the cabbage has first been boiled. If some of the cooked cabbage is left from dinner, therefore, it lends it- self gracefully to this method of treatment. To prepare it, cut some slices of fat bacon into strips, and put them in the frying pan. When they have commenced to cook, and the bottom of the pan is well greas- ed, add the cabbage and fry until thoroughly heated. Season with salt and pepper to taste. To prepare left-over onions de- lectably, boil some rice in a little salted water, and when done, drain, but reserve the liquor. Butter a baking dish and arrange the rico and cold onions in alternate lay- ers, cutting the onions into email pieces, if desired. Make a sauce by adding milk, butter and salt to the rice water, and, if necessary thicken with a little flour. Pour this into the baking dish, saturat- ing the rice and onions thoroughly ; cover the top with buttered bread crumbs, and bake until brown. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Never leave the flatirons at. :J I SID AY 0l STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, FEBRUARY 25. on the stove after you have finishec ironing. After they have been left to heat and cool time and again they lose their "temper" and wl not hold heat. Ammonia rubbed on beds anc smattresses will keep them clean and free from bugs. A weak K-UU- tion of turpentine poured down the water pipes once a week v-'ill drive the water bugs away. Spots in light dresses may gener- ally be removed by laying on them a paste made of fuller's earth and eau de cologne. Let it dry, and then brush it off. A second appli- cation may be necessary. To make sweetbread ealad, mix and boil until tender" one pair sweetbreads. Add three stalks of celery chopped fine, one-.half cup of English walnuts chopped fine. Pour over mayonnaise, dressing. To clean a comb, grasp a whisk broom firmly in right hand near broom end, comb in left hand ; brush between teeth of comb vigor- ously. You will have a perfectly clean comb in a few seconds. To revive withered flowers, put the stems into boiling water, and by tho time the water is cold, the flowers will have revived. Then cut afresh the ends of the stems and keep them in fresh cold water. Old brooms make fine brushes for sinks and are nice for cleaning bed springs and mattresses. Cut off big handle, cut even at both ends ; tie in two places with strong cord. One broom makes three brushes. Keep a little package of absorb- ent cotton in one of the sideboard drawers. If oil, milk or cream is spilled on a woollen dress or cl.ith a bit of the cotton instantane.uijly applied will remove all traces ol the stains. If overworked homemakers whose nerves are "worn to frazzle edge" would acquire the habit of sitting or lying absolutely still, relaxed and motionless, for five or ten mi.'- utes twice a day, they would soon see improvement. To make flaky pie-jfiist, use one and one-half cups flour, two-thirds cup lard, mix with as little cold water as possible, roll out, then spread lard on, and roll again; re- peat the process several times. You can use it for tart crusts or patties, baked in pans. When making the round perfor- ations for eyelet embroidery bold a piece of white soap underneath the cloth, allowing the stiletto to pass into it. When it is withdrawn it gives a slight stiffness to the ma- terial which ensures even and per- fect embroidery. To ventilate a room having dou- ble windows that do not open bore a number of holes in the lower odjje of the outer window frame and lit the holes with cork stoppers. The inner windows may then be raised and the corks taken out to admit fresh air. Clothespins will keep thn window from rattling if they be split in two and one piece used as a wedge for each frame. If they are painted white and fitted with a screw eye in each head they may be hung on a hook by the window and be always ready for service. VIII. The baptism and temptation of Jesus, Mark 1. 9-13, Matt. 4. 1-11. Golden Text, Hcb. 2. 18. MARK 1. 9-13. Verse 9. In those days While John was still baptizing in the wilderness, preaching repentance and announcing the early advent of the Messiah. In Luke's account we are told that Jesus was at this time "about thirty years of age' (3. 23), which was the age appoint- ed by law for the inauguration of Levites into their office (Num. 4. 43. 47). Nazareth Compare note on verse 23, Text Studies for Febru- ary 4.- The importance of Nazar- eth in the early life of Jesus was threefold: (1) It was a secluded vil- lage, separated by a range of hills from the main high road of traffic, and thus afforded opportunity for a more quiet and reflective life than would have been possible either in Jerusalem or Capernaum. (2) Al the same time the outlook from this range of hills above Nazareth afforded a most wonderful anc highly educative panoramic view including the main road of inter rational trade with its continua procession of Jerusalem pilgrims Egyptian and Midianite caravans Roman legions, and princes' retin ues. Well might the diversified ele ments mingling in such a scene in- spire within the mind of a thought- ful and especially gifted youth, whose heart was open to the best and highest influences that come from simple outdoor life and rev- erent religious training in the home, a vision of the transitoriness of earthly splendor and an apprecia- tion of the higher values of life. Nor could a life philosophy or vis- ion of opportunity thus obtained be cramped within the narrow bound- aries imposed by national prejudic- es and traditions. (3) Situated in Galilee, the village life of Nazar- eth was under the influence of the simple synagogue form of worship rather than that of the temple, with its greater emphasis on for- mal ritual. In the Jordan The place of bap- tism is not positively known. The fourth Gospel speaks of John as baptizing in "Bethabara (or Beth- any) beyond Jordan" : and again "in Aenon, near to Salim" (1. 28; 3. 23). The location of these places is, however, uncertain. 10. Straightway The word is characteristic of the author's vivid style. He saw That is, Jesus, although the Baptist also was a witness of the heavenly manifestation (John 1. 32). The Spirit as a dove descending upon him Compare Luke's word- ing, "the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him" (3. 22). 11. A voice came out of the heav- ensFor two similar instances of a voice speaking from heaven, com- pare Mark 9. 7 and John 12. 28. 12. The wilderness ^T> unin- habited region, not a barren de- sert. 13. Forty days Perhaps a "round number" (compare Exod. 34. 28: 1 Kings 19. 8; Acts 1. 3). The temptation is here represented as continuing through the entire period. Satan A Hebrew word meaning adversary. Compare 1 Chron. 21. 1; Psa. 109. C; Matt. 16. 23. In the sense here used as the adver- sary of mankind its Greek equiva- lent is diabolos. meaning devil, the word used by both Matthew and Luke. MATTHEW 4. 1-11. Verse 3. Command that these stories become bread The first temptation is prompted by physical appetite, the suggestion being to make use of powers granted for a higher purpose in allying the crav- ings of hunger. 4. It is written In Deut. 8. 3. Israel had been forty years in the wilderness, but God had provided for all the needs of the people, "that he might make tho<; know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that pro- ceodeth out of the mouth bf Jeho- vah doth man live." 5. The devil taketh him A liter- al interpretation of this account of the temptations of Jesus would re- ney slowly, and in company with Sat, 'in, is to recognize the improba- bility and incongruity of the situa- implied. To imagine the trans- portation to have been instantane- ous and miraculous becomes equally incongruous as soon as we inquire whose miraculous power it was that was exercised. For either we must think of Jesus as exercising his di- vine power to accompany and ac- commodate Satan, or we must im- agine Satan performing the mir- acle involved and taking Jesus with him by force. 6. It is written The reference is to Psalm 91. 11, 12. 7. Again it is written In Deut. 6. 16. 8. Showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them The vision which Jesus had of the glory of earthly kingdoms must, of course, have been purely mental, and this is the argument usually brought forward in support of the view that the whole series of temp- tations transpired in the realm of mind or spirit only. The cogency of the argument is evident. The realism of the narrative, however, adds vividness to the whole and brings us into vital touch with the awful mental struggle which trans- pired in that lonely Judaean wild- erness. 9. If thou wilt worship me Acknowledge- my lordship over the kingdoms of this world. 10. Get thee hence, SatJth The climax of the temptation has come. A point has been reached where Jesus must either surrender or rise in the power of his manhood and drive the tempter from him. 11. Leaveth him Luke adds. SIR FRANCIS HOPWOOD. Head of the Biggeut RiiHinras in tlie British Empire. When Winston Churchill went to the British Admiralty to take charge of "the King's navee" there were* misgivings among the 'Tito Barnacles" of that depart- ment, for Winston has established a reputation for clearing out inoffi- cients. With the establishment of a "business war board" the mis- givings have been fully justified, and already the, modern spirt of alertness is invading the sleepy abode where for years dignity and "good form" have been more ad- mired than vigorous capacity. In Rear-Admiral David Beatty, Winston Churchill has a private secretary whose record has beon phenomenally rapid. The Admiral has ability away beyond the aver- age, but he would be the last to deny that the -social eminence of his beautiful wife, a daughter of the late Marshal Field, _ has aided his meteoric advancement. After Admiral Beatty, chief in- terest centers in the choice of Sir Francis Hopwood as additional Civil Lord the "buyer and busi- ness manager" of the Admiralty. The description give* only a faint idea of the responsibilities that will fall upon him. His selection a-s the man to rum the business side of Bri- tain's first line of defence, once more proves Winston Churchill's keenness to put the right man in the right place. As the Admiralty spends upwards of $100,000,000 a year, Sir Francis Hopwood thus becomes the working head of the MARKETING IN FINLAND. Scenes Familiar to English Life Many Years Ago. Finland grows modern with the rest of the world, but the people still cling to some of the old cus- tomsthe old market-days, for in- stance, and the market-places, such as were familiar to English life ona or two hundred years ago. There is no chance, there for the middleman to make a profit on either side of the transfer from the producer to the consumer. Moreover, the market- place, furnishes many little scenes which illuminate national character and national life. One of these ia given by Paul Waineman in his book, "A Summer Tour in Fin- land." The market is a veritable delight to the eye of. the visitor, it is so ridiculously primitive and old-fash- ioned. There are lines upon lines of quaint booths and rows of spring- le.ss two-wheeled market-carts, with patient little Finnish horses stand- ing as motionless aa if they had been, made of the same gingerbread that a, smiling market-woman offer- ed to me as I wended my way through their midst. The market was too tempting 1 forgot all about state archives and picture-galleries. Some for a season," indicating that we I biggest business in the British Em- are not to imagine the subsequent earthly life of Jesus as entirely exempt from further temptation. Indeed, the writer to the Hebrews tells us definitely that Jesus was "in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin" (Heb. 4. 15). SCOTCH MARRY EARLY. Official Records Show Many (Jirls Wed Before Sixteen. That early marriages take place frequently in Scotland is proved by the annual reportTof the regis- trar-general, recently issued. Here are some of the most notable cas- es: One girl of 14 married a man twice her age ; six married at the age of pire. Hia vast experience of af- fairs has been gained at the Board of Trade. He first became their authority on railroads and traffic lilies-ot- the-valley, plucked that morning from a forest glade, hung their heads wearily, even when in contact with big, cool cabbages. Dainty ladies picked up their skirts as they threaded their way here, there and everywhere, inspecting minutely the goods on the various stalls, always followed by a red-cheeked hand- maiden, bearing a huge Old-World wicker basket, from which a very varied assortment of edibles peeped out. At that market you can buy every* matters. Having successfully con- j thing meat, poultry, fruit, vege- ducted various missions to Amer- tables, milk, butter, flowers, even ica, where ho added to his know- j to the humble wild lilies. The hum ledge the art of effective, hustle, of voices is something astonishing. Sir Francis was transferred to the colonial office and became advisor on the short-lived constitutions for There are apparently no prices, and a tragedy of, renuncia- tion may be observed in the surren- the Transvaal and Orange Rivdr'der of a handful of vegetables to I Colonies. He attended King customer who has bargained too George on his visit to Canada, and hard. the Duke of Connaught when he j One especial bunch of carrot! went to South Africa to inaugurate caught my attention. They appear- the Union Parliament. ed to me to be very ordinary car- The British public has the utmost rats, but their owner, an old man, confidence in the new business head bent nearly double with his years, of the navy, a refreshing departure Lifted them tenderly from the cor- [rom the old-time, type of perma^] ner of his cart. The would-be ptir- nent official, whose strength was chaser was an elderly woman with 15; fifty-four at the age of 16, in ! often, found" >n social qualifications sharp, greedy eyes. I could see three cases the bridegroom being: rather than in efficiency in his do- : from the first that it would go badly CATS SCRATCH TABLE LEG. A table has been in the posses- sion of a Dnlwich family for over eighty years aiul during this time the various cats ihcy have possessed have scratched ,/no leg, and ono leg only, till at last they so wore it away that it became useless and had to be replaced with a new leg. a widower ; 320 at the age of 17 ; ten girls of 18 married widowers. Of the boys who entered matrimony, there were : Ono aged 10 married a girl of 15 ; one of 10 married a girl of 16 ; one aged 10 married a wo- man of 21 ; twenty boys married at the age of 17. In contrast to these youthful partners, there were recorded the weddings of a widower of 80 years of age, and two others of 78 re- marrying, and eight others of over 70. Most of the latter married widows. Since the introduction of regis- tration, over half a century ago, irregular marriages in Scotland have greatly increased. Of the 30,- 108 marriages recorded in the year under review, 2,015 (or 6.09 per cent.) were irregular, the majority of them taking place in Glasgow and Edinburgh. partment. with that old man. The scene, that took place between them was tragic. Every emotion of t which a human countenance, is capa- Britmh Aviation Kxport Says They ble was portrayed in turn upon both ATLANTIC FLYERS. HEREDITY AS HE SEES IT. Biologist Says Sons do not Inherit Characteristics of Fathers. Sons do not inherit personal traits and characteristics of their fathers, according to statements made by Dr. Johannsen, of the Uni- versity of Copenhagen in an address on "Inheritance," in Huntington Hall, of the Institute of Techno- logy, Boston. That Tom has inherited his fa- ther's bad habit of smoking, or that Harry has inherited his mother's Will be Silent Aeroplanes. "People are afraid of aeronau- tics, but when, the aeroplane- ia fly- ing frequently from town to town silence will become imperative." So says Mervyn O'Gorman, super- intendent of the army aeroplane factory at Farnborough, England, who has turned out tho new all- British "silc.nt" aeroplane that the experts have been demanding. "As a matter of fact," he says, "silence is very easy to obtain. This machine shows a little ste.p in advance. "As far as I know, this ia the first absolutely silent aeroplane ; it is silent to this extent, that when faces polite inquiry, astonishment, contempt, incredulity, wounded pride, determination, hesitation, avarice ; finishing up at last with triumph on the one side and resig- nation on the other, a,s the bunch ol carrots was carried off by the wo- man. SCHOOLBOYS FIGHT Dl EL. German Youths Use Firearms U Settle Dispute. Once again the morbid reading indulged in by German schoolboy* and youths, and the peculiar ideaa of honor and the duel held in Ger- man v, have resulted in a "school- the wind is blowing strongly from boy duel," in which one of the corn- it towards you you cannot hear it. bat-ants received injuries which will "A military aviattor who waa , probably cost him his life. present at our trials remarked | boy of seventeen years was wood near Detmold, in an uncon- scious condition, with a. bullet that there was other machine* with f olin< i a few days since in a email which he was acquainted which it Would not have been safe to have gone up in. in the wind that was j woum ] i n the right breast. He wat blowing. I see. no reason why every j taken to the local hospital, where his chances of recovery arc regard- ed as small. It is a very simple mutter. The j t seerns that the lad, a scholar reason why it has been put in the, j n the Dottnold higher grade school, background hitherto is because! q uan - lled with a schoolmate of hia aeroplane which does not employ a rotary engine should rx>t be silent. qure. us . to think of both Jesus and the devil actually leaving the soli- tude of the wilderness, and to- gether going to Jerusalem, many miles distant, and then back to the high mountain-top, or vice versa, if we follow Luke, who places the sec- ond and third temptations in re- verso order from Matthew. The journey would occupy some time, possibly a full day, unless we sup- pose Jesus to have been transport- ed instantaneously in some miracu- lous manner into the holy city nnd to the pinnacle of the temple. To fatigued .iwl all b;it Th okkg is s7m in cxis\en^ ^ *** ^ fatigned nad I but I -,V Tcunositv. exhausted, making that long jour- sweet disposition are entire mis- j conceptions, according to the Den- mark biologist. "That is only tra- dition," he said. "It has absolute- ly nothing to do with inheritance. Inheritance is not the transmission of personal characteristics, but merely the existence of the same other matters have- required more attention, hut everyone kne.w that the moment for silence would soon | arrive at all events on a large constitutional characters cnts and offspring." in par- SPUN COTTON LONG AGO. Lancashire's proud record ^ kept as a curiosity. three hundred years in the cotton trade is far behind India's. Cotton was manufactured to perfection in India more than three thousand years ago. Thus Mr. Thomas El- lison, in his "Cotton Trade of Great Britain," says: "Fabrics as fine as any that can be turned uut at the present day by the most perfect machinery in Lancashire were pro- duced by the nimble, fingers of Hin- doo spinners and the primitive looms of Hindoo weavers, a thou- sand years before the invasion of Britain by the Romans." When Britons, in fact, were suffering from their skins, Indians were luxuriating in garments of a tex- ture so fine as to have earned the poetic description of 'wo\m wind.' " What L.ine.ishire makes to-day. India made the day before vestcrdav ! London Chronicle. own age over a girl, oven younger than themselves, and for whose fa- vors both were aspirants. Driven to extremes of jeaknusv by the knowledge that each was sharing the class of engines. "There is a certain loss of power, gi" r *j> s affections with the other,' the in silencing, but there is no diffi- 1 two yo , lt hful Romeos mutually de- culty about it beyond just a careful i gjj^j un ;ln "affair," in which ona study of the engine proposition. B hould seek the only possible cs- Silonce. will become very important' p ( . r,. om n ; s pa-sion in death, when the. confidence tlmt will come w i,j] o t i, c victor remained in undis- as soon as the 'ch udders' have left put(H j possession of the field, aeronautics has arrived. "You can imagine, for example, that it might be worth a- man's while, instead of taking a s])ori:il train, to be. carried along what might be called the postal route between Dover and Liverpool. He com -s from the Continent and wants to go to America, and on such a route, as that silence would before long become compulsory. "The extent to which the wea- ther delays r controls the doings of an aviator depends large.ly on two things one, tho speed of his machine; the greater the speed the loss is he affected by the relative Ihictuations in the *peod of the wind. The other thing is that his This programme was duly car- ried out. The. boys, by some means, obtained posM-s-ion of fire- arms, aucl repaired to the wood, without seconds or other witnesses. At I ho. first o.xi'hango of shot.s "no of the combatants fell wounded. while the victor callously walked off without even troubling k> send help to his fallen opponent. means of control of his balance Jin first." shall be \ery powerful in response to a small effort on his part, and by making that small effort, he shall obta : n a large result." HIS WAY. Fair Guest "But if you ignro all social rank and precedence., how do you manage, for instance, in ar- ranging guests for dinner Prominent (Vnnnunity Loader of Socialist Let the hungriest go An old bachelor will st-iv out till i! a.m. if lie wi'its to. but he misses the fun of trying to sneak upstairs with his shoes off. "How clear the hori/on is!" re- marked a young lady. "Yes," ajsrcod 'icr humorous companion ; "I've just swept it with my eye." She "You m.irriei.1 mo simply be- cause I had money!' He "No: I married you because I didn't have money !"