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HOU5EMOLP A S .STRAWBERRIES. Jjucapple Shortcake. One cup ane tablcspoonful butter, one fg cup flour, one-third cup one and one-half teaspoons powder. two eggs, one pineapple. Beat the yolks and whites of the eggs separately. Rub tho butter and sugar together, add the yolks, milk and the flour, into ^^ich the baking powder has been lifted and the whites of the eggs iast. Bake in three shallow tins and J when cold place the pineapple be- f* tvuTii the cakes and ornament the top with whipped cream and straw- berries. In preparing the pineap- ple, if you do not use the canned, cut into small cubes. The cubes should be cooked in silver, using about as much sugar as of the pine- apple. When the cubes are tender, drain and save the juice to use in punch or for other purposes. If you use throe eggs it will not re- quire quite so much of milk or of baking powder, so a quarter cup of milk and one teaspoon of baking powder would answer. If you do not care to ornament with a berry and whipped cream crown, that, too, is a matter of taste and con- venience, as the shortcake will be as well if all pineapple is used, or all strawberry, if more convenient. The strawberries should be whole, where' used as a garnish. The ber- ries for the inside can be used mashed or whole, as you choose. Miss Whitaker's Shortcake. The best (shortcake is unsweetened and the nicest shortening is cream, then butter, and lard is the last and poorest. Any good biscuit dough may be used if it is shortened more than for serving as bread. If the cakes are to be separated do not cut them with & cold knife, as this will make the dough soggy, but cut round the edges and then tear part. Another way is to roll the iough out very thin and spread each layer wibh butter, lay two or three together and bake ; pull apart after baking and fill with berries or fruit. *-*Tnd7vwhriii Shortcakes.- -If meals /arc irregular, or"^ for a variety, makr> individual shortcakes, then the latecomer will not be served with a soaked, mussy portion. Since whipped cream has been so over- done as garnish , and one has it in all sorts of pastry tube decora- tion at the restaurants, plain, thin cream is served on shortcake at many good tables. Another Strawberry Shortcake. Sift together one pint of flour, tea- poonful of salt, four of baking powder (level), chop in two table- spoons of butter. Wet with milk for a toft dough (about one-half cup or more a* needed). Bake 12 min- utes. Split and buttt-r and put the following between and on top ; one cup strawberries crushed, one cup sugar, one beaten egg white. Beat all together until firm. Trim the top of cake with whole berries or some cut in halves. Strawberry Pudding. Soak two cups of stale bread crumbs in two cups of milk, add a saltspoon of alt and three eggs beaten light. fiift \y t cups of flour with one level teaspoon of baking powder and add to the mixture, also three cup of atrawberries that have been washed and hulled. Pour into a buttered mold and steam two hours, or into several molds and steam one hour. Serve with a rich 1'quid sauce. Strawberry Dumplings. Sift two ups of flour with thrct level tea- spoons of baking powder, half a level teaspoon of salt and rub in one quarter cup of butter. Mix with about one j half cup of milk and roll out one-quarter of an inch thick. Cut in rounds with the top of a baking powder can and put three large berries on each round. Fold the sides over, turn over and team 20 minutes. Serve with a strawberry sauce. Steamed Pudding with Strawber- ry Sauce.- Sift two cups of flour with three level teaspoons of bak- ing powder. Beat three rounding tablespoons of butter to a cream with one-quarter cup of sugar. Do not measure the butter heaping, but as rounding as the spoon hol- lows. Add the well beaten yolks of two eggs and a little yellow lemon rind grated,, a salt spoon of salt, the flour and one cup of milk. Last add the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs. Butter a round mold and sprinkle the inside with anely sifted bread crumbs. Pour in the batter and over closely ; steam two hours. Serve with a strawberry sauce. Strawberry Sauce. Cream one- quarter cup of butter, add slowly one-half cup of powdered sugar, then add one cup of strawberries t one or two at a time, beating them to - "'n with the mixture. Chill " t**" And serve. Whole Strawberries Preserved. (Crush two quarts of strawberries i\nd simmer gently for 20 minutes. Strain, and for each pint, of the juice add one pound of sugar, which you have heated in the oven, as th.-j juice is straintxl. Boil U, skimming when neces- sary. Meantime fill hot jars with hulled strawberries, taking pajus to use only perfect fruit, and pour over them this boiling hot yrup. Put on the sterilized covers and eeal. BO7LED DINNER. Four pounds of corned beef, one- half of a small cabbage, two small turnips, four potatoes, a bunch of new carrots and a bunch of new beets. If the beef is very salty, put it on to cook in cold water ; otherwise, cover it with boiling water ; boil five minutes and then put it where it will simmer for three or four hours (time depending on the thick- ness of the piece of meat). Cut the cabbage in email pieces after removing the leaves and core ; pare and cut the turnip in slices ; Kcrapo the carrots and wash the berts. Cook the beets in boiling water one hour; drain and drop in cold water and rub the skin off. One hour before the meat is done, take enough water from the meat kettle to cover the cabbage and tur- nips in another kettle and boil them a half hour, then put the potatoes in tho kettle with them and cook a half hour longer. Take up the meat on a platter and arrange the cab- bage and turnips around it. Serve the potatoes and beets in separ- ate dishes. The old-fashioned way was to cook all the vegetables, except the beets, in with the meat ; but the way given suits many tastes better, as the meat is not flavored with the vegetables, while the vegetables, being cooked in the water that the meat has cooked in, is flofored with the meat. The length of time given for cooking the vegetables is for young fresh ones. If they are old, they take much longer to cook. PUTTING Til It HE 11KAUS TOGETHER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN An impressionistic sketch by Matani of the London Sphere, fol- lowing the big conference between Premier Asquith, Winston Chur- chill. First Lord of the Admiralty, and Lord Kitchener, British agent in Egypt, regarding British defences in the big inland sea. i USEFUL HINTS. To prevent starch from crusting over after making it, if left to stand, add about a tablespoonful of kero- sene when you remove it from the stove. It will be free from lumps, and smooth. The best thing to dust furniture with is a large soft paint brush which has been dipped in olive oil and squeezed almost dry. This will take up every bit of dust without sending it flying about. J^ one cupf'il .of vinegar is put with the -water in which colored table cloths arc washed it will pre- vent the color from running. Iron when still damp and they will look equal to new. . When making baked or boiled custard the milk t-, be used should be scalded and set aside to cool. Then make the custard in the ordia- ary way and it will be perfectly smooth. Shoes To remove mud from foot- wear take an ordinary clothes pin, cut one of the prongs off complete- ly and you will have a device that cannot be surpassed for l.hat pur- pose. Try it. To cure squeaking boot! stM.'lthe boots in sufficient l ; aseed ril to jaet cover the soles, Leave tlem Boak ing for twenty-four hours. If not successful on the first treatment give another, which will remove all sound. To remove ink stains from brown boots make a paste of chloride of lime and -water. Cover the stains with this and leave it for a couple of hours. Then wash off with <vjld water and polish with brown boot cream. To clean white marble mix to- gether two ounces of common wash- ing soda, one ounce of finely pow- dered chalk. Make into a paste with cold water and rub well into tho marble. The stains will then disappear. If you would preserve the ap- pearance of the wooden utensils in the kitchen always remember to wash them directly after they are used, because if grease and dirt are allowed to soak in it may bo impos- sible to remove them. To make string beans or cabbage tender in cooking them and also to shorten the time required for cook- ing the latter vegetable add a pinch of baking soda to the water in which they are boiled. This, used judici- ously, makes tho vegetables as fresh and tender as when they came from tho garden. ENGLAND'S SERVANT TAX. Trouble Between Mistress and Maid Predicted. When Mr. Lloyd George's Insur- ance Bill take* effect on July 15 thirteen new stamps, of value rang- ing from 3 .to 28 cento, will come into use. 'Ill n s it the stamp which, accord- ing to the loudly expressed opinion of thousands of maids and mis- treesee, i to introduce, discord into nearly every hoffi* in Britain. Every week or month, according aa her wages are paid weekly or monthly, the domestic servant must present a card to her mdstreu and the mi*tre* must nee thai a 12-oent stamp is affixed in the proper place and canceled' by writing the date across in ink. The mistress is then entitled to deduct the servant's contribution of 8 cent* from her wage*. TO FIEKIT JRSNPTIOII USEFUL INFORMATION ABOUT TUBERCULOSIS. Published by the Canadian Associa- tion fur Prevention of Consumption. Consumption, with other forms of tuberculosis, causes one death in every eight in this country. Of all deaths in the Dominion between the ages of twenty -five and thirty-five nearly one-half are due to consump> tion. The prime cause of consumption is a microscopic form of vegetation known as the tubercle bacillus or germ, which obtains entrance into the system by the inhalation of in- fective dust, or by the use of in- fected food. lent should have as much sunlight I and f rosh air as possible. 2. Well persons should not sleep in the same bed with a consumptive and when possible not in the same room. 3. The floors of rooms occupied by consumptives should not be carpet- ed, but should be painted or cover- ed with oilcloth. 4. Floors, woodwork and furni- ture should be wiped daily with a, duster, moistened with a disinfect- ng occasion for public accusation IDE SUNDAY SCHJJL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, JULY 7. Lesson I. Malignant unbelief, Hark 3. 20-35. Golden text, John 3. 19. Verse 20. The last short sentence of verse 19 belongs with our lesson passage as an introductory sen- tence. Into a house Probably the h< roe of Simon Peter in Capernaum. The incident with which our lesson be- gins follows immediately upon the return of Jesus with his newly ap- pointed apostles from the mountain retreat. The multitude cometh together again It was during the period of our Lord's greatest popularity in Galilee. In their en^crness to hear his words and to see the works which he performed the multitudes followed him even into the privacy of the home in which he .was enter- tained, crowding about him and his disciples so that they could not so much as eat bread. 21. His friends Probably his mother and brothers, mentioned again in verse 31. These apparent- epiritual development is beyond r* call downward. The impossibility of forgiveness grows out of the on* dition of heart and mind which any derlies the offense, rather than ntt of an unwillingness on the part of, God himself 10 forgive. Such an at-! titude constitutes the essence of! eternal sin, because the fixed trend of such a life >s in opposition to o4! the forces which make for trntd and righteousness. 31, 32. His brethren For their names compare Mark 0. 3 and Matt. 13. SB. Standing without The prevented their entering *he Sent unto him Passing the mes- sage by word of mouth from no to' another until it reached those near- est to him, and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy breth* ren without seek for thee. 34. Looking round on them .... he saith A dramatic way of an- nouncing the new spiritual relation- ship existing between himself and his followers. 35. The will of God This is cen- tral in the message of Jesus. J, EFFORTS FOR PEACE. English and Germans Exchange ol Visits. Peace advocates are working hard for the extension of their principle* by an exchange of visits between ly had come from Nazareth in English and German ministers, search of him and anxious for his : teachers, and students. Anglo-Ger- safety. [ man friendship, they believe, is the Lay hold on him So absorbed ; key to the betterment of interna- was he in his work that it was nee- ; tional relations., and an exchange of essary to touch him and take him i hospitality will lead to the oblitera- by the hand to gain his attention. Beside himself Actually uncon- scious of his own need of rest and food. 22. The scribes Really the sophe- riru, or "men of book learning." They were the editors and inter- preters as well as the scribes and copyists of ancient and current writings. In the time of Jesus they , ltl.(,l><r t'.ll , \ 1 < i' were among tho recognized teach- student ^ w | n start uu n wul _ ers of the law, and therefore also! E ngland> whi i e a sin) n ar party f rom Jirruiny t.hr 1 r>r.nptni7fvl rniitru^na -^ t i *. . -r^. i tion of prejudice born of ignorance. The rapturous reception of 800 British children by the Parisians has moved the Berliners to set about arranging a similar jaunt to their city. Already parties of students and boy scouts have visited various parts of Germany, with encouraging results. Next week a large and represen- ta.tive party of German university on a tour ol among the recognized leaders of the people. Came down from Jerusalem For the purpose of watching the public activity of Jesus and seek- ant. Floors should swept. never be dry 5. All bed-clothing and body lin- en should be changed and cleaned frequently. 6. The table ware used by a con- sumptive should be kept by itself and may be sterilized by boiling. 7. A room which has been occu- pied by a consumptive should not be used again until it has bo?c thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. 8. In the event of death from consumption, advice should be The germ' of bacillus is derived ught from the Board of Health re- o-nivlmir fru* ht'sf WAV l.t nlk*fftMAI solely from persons or animals suf- fering from some form of tubercu- losis. It is contained in the dust particles of the dried expectora- tion ; in the minute droplets spray- ed into the air by a. consumptive when coughing or sneezing ; and in ;he milk and flesh of tuberculous animals, which are often unwitting- ly ir.fd for food. The invasion of tho germ is facili- tated by a great variety of condi- tions, such as (1) living in over- crowded, ill ventilated, dark, dirty rooms ; (2) insufficient or infected food ; (3) alcoholism and other forms of dissipation ; (4) a long neglected cold and various other debilitating sickness. PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO BE TAKEN BY PATIENTS. In the common interest the best place for a consumptive is a sana- torium. If this be impracticable he should be under constant medical supervision. It is essential for the protection of their own families, and to prevent tho spread of the disease among others, that the following precau- tions bo observed : a. A consumptive must not ex- pectorate about the house, nor in the work shop or office, nor on the floor of any cab, or other convey- ance ; nor on the sidewalk ; nor in any place of general resort. b. He. should use a soft Japanese paper handkerchief or a piece of cheesecloth that should be burned. c. hi the sickroom the patient should use a waterproof paper spitting-cup, which should be thrown into tho fire, and replaced by a fresh one at least every twen- ty-four hours. If a metal or china spitting-cup be used the contents should bo thrown into the fire, and the cup itself should be boiled for half an hour. d. Tho patient should live as much as possible in the open air ; should wear outer clothing which may be easily washed ; should not kiss or be kissed on the lips . and when coughing or sneezing should always hold a handkerchief over his mouth and avoid coughing in the di- rection of another person ; and fin- ally, the patient snould wash his hands before eating. e. Consumptives should not swal- low their phlem since by so doing the disease may be conveyed to parts of the body not already 'in- fected. PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. against his life and teachings. Beelzebub Greek, Beclzebul. Beelzebub is tho amc given to the religious England will visit Hamburg," Kiel, Weimar, and Munich. At the same time 15.000 German and English ministers have banded themselves together for the further-, ance of friendship between the two ' countries, and their efforts are al- ready producing remarkable re- sults. Pacific statesmen on both god of Ekron (2 Kings 1. 0), end sides of the water regard this and means probably the god ->f fl'cs. kindred movements a* most irapor- The derivation and meaning of : tant to the development of world Beelzebul are both uncertain. From its use in this passage the name is supposed to signify the lord of the underworld, who is at the same \ time the prince of demons. (For a note on demon possession, compare Introduction to Lesson Text Stud- ies for March 10.) 23. Called them Instead of driv- coucord. SWEEPING NEW LAW. No Any- garding the best way to <!i*:uiect the house. DISINFECTION. 1. For washing the favc and body use carbolic soap ; tho hands and hair should be frequent'/ cleans'-d with a strong alkali soap. Patients should not wear bearJs or mo at- taches. 2. All washable clothing, ' and- kerchiefs, coverlets, sheets, and pil- low cases should be disinfected by boiling for half an hour in strong soap suds, after which th^v sho'ild be thoroughly washed : n the usual way. 3. Bedding, carpets, curtains, wearing apparel and all e'mihir ar- ticles which cannot bo washed. I'o longing to or used by a r.atient should be disinfected in an efficient steam disinfcctor, -where ruch is available. 4. In order to remove or destroy the dried infective discharges, the disinfectant must be applied Direct- ly to tho infected surfaces of the room, and may be applied by wash- ing, brushing or spraying. 5. Among other chemical prepara- tions used for this purpose, A s-ilu- tion of one part carbolic acid in twenty of water is a safe an< cffec tJvo disinfectant. 6. In remote rural districts wh'en carbolic acid Cannot easily be pro- cured, scalding hot water i lixed with lye from hardwood ashes plen- tifully applied with a stiff stub- bing brush will answer every pur- pose. Note, while a strong solutijn of lye is desirable care must be taken not to make tho mixture w.ring enough to injure tho hands of lite person using it. TO CROSS GREENLAND. Tho Dane* are resolved not to be beaten in the race across Green- land's ice wastes. The Swiss Dr. do Quervain will endeavor this sxim- mer to cro8 Greenland from west to east under the .sixty-seventh par- ullrJ, and now a Danish expedition is announced which will make an at- tempt to cross tjhe grea,t island at its widest, 10 degreos'further north, east west coast, a. distance of roughly 700 miles. More Gambling Allowed where in Spain. Following upon the objection! rained in the Chamber of Deputies against gambling in Barcelona, tho , .... . . . . i ! K4Mll=>U KUI11U11I1K UJ JJ**rVCUVJIi*. 1/1K7 ing the multttude from Hun and in- , s ^ Government has adopted listing on an opportunity for restj the most radical m<MSllres . G anb- and refreshment, Jesus invites j ing j^ becn prohibited throughout them to stay and bids them draw near unto him. Parables The word is here used in the general sense of an illustra- tive or analogical statement. Among the various meanings of the word are the following : As sy- nonymous with proverbs (1 Sam. 10. 12 ; Prov. 1. 1) ; in the sense of dark enigmatical utterances Psa. 78. 2; Prov. 1.0); for mystical, propheti- cal intimations (Num. 23. 7, 18) ; in Spain, even in the most aristocra- tic clubs. Telegraphic orders to this effect <have been sent to all towns in Spain. All the clubs and gambling Falcons have becn closed. The San Sebastian Casino has closed it* doors, and the employes have been dismissed. The Government will study a system of regulation. Spain is one of the countries where gaming is most prevalent, a-nd thus the measure has producea the sense of a figurative narrative : an enormous effect. The great mass from Cape> Bismarck on the coast of UpornAvlk on the Talk is so che,ip that barbers are now giving it free with eceh f,h.rve. A baby yells be?*U!se something worries it, but a co'.lc.^ youth yH'.s 1. All rooms occupied by a pati- because he hasn't uny bettor sc:i:>o. (Ezek. 17. 1-10); for illustrative statements or comparisons (Matt. 15. 15 ; Luke 0. 39) ; for institutions, persons, or events of a typical sug- gestive character (Heb. 9. 9; 11. 19). Satan Literally, adversary. of opinion applauds the Govern- ment's energy. have orders to The authorities imprison persons who contravene the legal prohibi- tion. The impresario of many casi- nos where roulette was played waa a celebrated Belgian, whom the Bel- 24. If a kingdom be divided K ian t rib n f>:ls had already convict- against itself The argument be- f d eev ra ] *- He has gained & ginning with the preceding verse is developed in three particular and parallel cases a divided kingdom, a divided house, and a divided ad- versary (Satan). In each case the result of division is the same. It leads not to conquest, but to dis- ruption. "If Satan were in collu- sion with Jesus and lent him his power, he would be his own destroy- er." 27. The strong man Another concise parable, emphasizing an- other aspect of the incongruity in the accusation of his enemies. Jesus is not only not in league with Sat- an, but is actually his destroying foe (compere Isa. 49. 24, 25). 28. 29. All their sins and large fortune from gambling at Qstend, Monte Carlo, San Sebas- tian, and Barcelona. SIAM'S KING PAYS TAJLB8. Monarch Wants To Be Like Other Citizens. King Maha Vajiravudh, of Siam, ihas just performed a very graceful act in empowering the ministers of the interior and local government to collect taxes on his lands and hou-ses throughout the country simi- lar to those paid by private indivi- duals. In course of a letter ad- dressed to the two ministers in question his majesty say : "The people in general who own thoir blasphemies All their wrong- landed and house property, when doings and their impious and irrcv- the time "nvcs for being caJled erent language in speaking against ' "P on b - v tho authorities to do so, Qod or saored things. The point scorns to be that all manner of transgressions, including even the kind of class which might seem worse than others, aro, under cer- tain conditions, such as that of s ; n- cere penitence and a discontinuance of the offense, pardonable. Yet to this general rule there is a single outstanding exception, that of blas- phemy against the Holy Spirit. Such blasphemy consists essenti- ally in tHe conscious and persist- ent evil speaking against the most sacred and hallowed influences making for righteousness and holi- ness of life. When a man reaches that point of moral delinquency and intellectual insincerity at which it becomes possible for him know- ingly to call goo<i evil and to call the recognized workings and influ- ences of higher spiritual forces vic- ious, the trend of his moral and have to pay taxes on the same in. proportion to the extent of each- person's possessions. Apart from the official side, I consider myself as being any ordinary person. Ths property which I possess, compara- tively speaking, may be said to bsi considerable ; and if tho government would like to have a share of the. income therefrom I shall be both willing and g.lnd to part with th same as t, contribution towards th, maintenance of the state and na- tion like any other ordinary indi-, vidual. "Accordingly, henceforth I re-s quest you to lovy taxes on all land-, ed and 'house property which are considered my personal possession in the same mannor as they are levied v.)K>n tho.sc of tho public in, general." . 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