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Hints for the Home Seasonable Dishes. Strained Apple Sauce. Wash, quarter and core tart green apples, removing any blemish they may have, but do not pare them. Place in covered kettle and pour oa just enough water to cook tender with- out burning. As soon as soft run through a fruit press or collander. Season to taste with sugar and a litible cinnamon or nuitmeg. This is economical as well as labor sav- ing. Oven Steamed Apples. Wash and core evenly sized tart apples and fill the cavities with soft brown sugar. Set in a pudding dish, add enough water to just cover bottom of pan, cover tightly and siteam un- til tender. According to kind of ap- ples this may take from half an hour upward. This conserves the bulk of the apples better than bak- ing. Excellent if placed in fireless for one or two hours. Broad and Apple Pudding. Wash and core apples, bhen run through food chopper. Spread thin slices of stale bread with butter and Bprilikle sugar and cinnamon over. .-Place a thick layer of the apples in a shallow pan, sprinkle sugar over, then place the prepared ibread on top. Bake in moderate heat until apples are tender and bread nicely toasted. Serve with a litble lemon Lard sauce. Lemon Hard Sauce. Cream two tablespoonfuls of butter until soft, add one tablespoonful of kmon juice and a little nutmeg, then beat in enough sifted confection sugar |T to make a light, fluffy nwtsra. L-.-t T harden a littlt before serving. Homemade Sugar Cookies. But- ^ -ter, one cup ; sugar, one and one- haJf cups; waiter, one-half cup, lesd the juice of one lemon ; eggs, two ; baking powder, two teaspoonfuls ; > rind of lemon (grated flour. i Squeeze the lemon juice into a cup and put in sufficient water to make ( , the cup half full. Cream the but- ter and sugar, add the beaten eggs, ' mix well, add the water and other ingredients. Mix with flour as soft <- as can be rolled, sprinkle with . sugar, cut and bake in quick oven. . t A raisin, nut or cherry may be put \ in the centre of each cooky. Steamed Hire. Rice, one-half 1 , cup ; boiling water, oaie cup ; milk, one cup ; raisins, one cup ; salt, one- ' " half teaspoon. Utensils Double boiler, measuring cup, teaspoon. Wash the rice in several waters ; | have the water boiling in the double boiler directly over the fire; add the rice slowly and boil rapid- ly for five minutes ; cover and place in the double boiler kettle over hot water and steam slowly, adding the hot milk as the water is ionbed ; remove the cover the last minutes, allowing steam to es- and mixing the raisins eare- lly with the rice, so as not to reak the grains. Peaeh Betty Skin, stone and slice ripe peaches, pick stale bread into tiny shreds, then pack layers of fruit and bread- in a pudding dish, sprinkling sugar over the fruit and dotting the bread sparing- ly with butter. The bottom layer should be fruit, the 'top bread. Over the top spread a little melted butt- ter with sugar. BaJce until fruit ie tender and top nicely browned. Creamed Tomatoes on Toast. - Saute sliced and skinned tomatoes In a little butter until tender, but not browned. Season with a little sugar, salt and paprika, then grad- ually pour on enough mi'lk to make a thin cream gravy. Pour hot over slices of toast that have crust re- moved. Kules for the Buyer. To cut down expenses without cutting down the comforts of home, to encompass the need, to save without losing, is worthy of intense study. Certain simple rules under- lie all successful attempts at do- mestic economy : 1. Have an allowance and keep within it. 2. Eliminate the unnecessary. 3. Substitute the inexpensive. 4. Utilize the by-product. 5. Buy carefully. A true economist is,Bbt' only a good saver, but a gp<&$. buyer. Here again certain simple rules blaze the way : 1. By careful investigation deter- mine the best place for general trading. 2. Do your own marketing. 3. Watch the scales. 4. Consider quality the cheapest in price is not always the cheapest in value. 6. Buy staples, as flour, potatoes, etc., by the barrel. $. Do not buy in quantity when a forced using must follow tihe pur- phase. 7. Buy the smallest possible Amount of perishable goods. fc. Take advantage of food sales when quality is guaranteed. 9. Buy country produce directly from the farmer. Company buying baa its disadvantages. 10. l'# caul*. T!r is the key- stone of the arch. Without this the structuTe has no stability, the in- dividual no economic independence. iHeful Him... Always cut hot bread with a hot knife. llaw, lean beef will relieve a bee sting. To remove machine oil, use cold water and soap. Sour cream is delicious mixed with mashed potatoes, or if added to purees of vegetables. Ailways 'bottle up the syrup from pickled peaches or pears to add to your mince meat. To exterminate moths a, cloth wrung 1 out in strong turpentine and put among woollen goods wi'll kill the insects. To clean marble-topped wask- stands add a little turpentine to some lukewarm water, and apply it with a cloth. Polish it with a soft duster. Tripe is considered one of the best things for an invalid, owing to its nutritious and easily -digested qualities. Of course it must be thoroughly and slowly boiled for several hours, unless bought ready dressed or blanched. If a clolh is wetted in vinegar and wrung out as drv .as possible and wrapned around cheese and then the whole put in a large paper bag the cheese will retain the moisture and freshness of a new- cut cheese, and will not mould. If bright saucepans ,nd kettiles have to be used over a smoky fire s-mear a little grease over the bright part and it will prevent the smoke from blackening the metal. If washed after use in 'hot water the pan will be as bright as ever. When measuring for a new stair carpet allow for the upright and flat part of an extra stair ; and in laying fold the extra piece under at the bottom. The carpet can, at in- tervals, be moved up the stairs a few inches at a time, and by this means the wear will be equally sprcad over the carpet, and its life considerably lengthened. UK KM AN V TO BK BEATEN. Japanese General Make* a Strange Prophecy. In a Turin paper an Italian mili- tary correspondent records a very curious prophecy made in his hear- EXGLI8 H HOLUIER8, FRETTING FOR ACTION. Awaiting Orders on the Wmihvich Common and Eagerly Readin IHE msi sen STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCTOBER J. ! i'--un I. Christ Anointed for Burial. Mark 14. l-ll. (Jolden Text. Mark 14.8. Verse 1. The feast of the pass- over and the unleavened bread - This feast would bring the multi- tude to Jerusalem. In all proba- bility Jesus would also come. The chief priests and the scribes practi- cally could count on this. The feast began with the passover pro- per and continued with seven days' fating of unleavened bread. Al- though Matthew mentions only the passover, Luke explains the feast of unleavened bread by saying, "which is called the passover.'' The three Gospels are in accord as to the time namely, this feast- ing by General Nogi a.t the time of when the Jews hegan p u, tt i n ,j the siege of Port Arthur. Said the against JesU s. General : 'I believe that the world Sought how thev might take him will witness two great wars, equally terrible. The first, which will hav all Europe for its battleground, will settle the Franco-German question and the Anglo-German rivalry. France and Germany will meet in this last decisive conflict in the Bel- gian plains, probably war Water- loo, the only spot which will permit of the e\olutions of the immense armies which will face each other. At the present time the French and German frontiers arc too strongly fortified for either people, to force its way through. I have little do lib I, as to the result of this war. France with subtlety There was no ques- tion in the minds of the leaders that Jesus would have to be taken with subtlety. But even to do this was a problem. In fact, from the beginning Jesus had been blem for them. How they devise means that would remain hidden taxed their cunning natures to the extreme. 2. Not during Uie feast . mult of the people The priests and scribes were enough to know that Uo violent a pro- could . tu- cliief k- n cn connective in the Greek language [ reach great cunning when it has to point a reason. There was no left the line of straight dealing. need for Jesus to use an unusual connective. Opportunity to give to the poor was the ordinary chance of daily life. Jesus assumes this fact. But his quiet assumption carries a further meaning: "You have the poor always with you. Are you ministering unto them? Are you, after all, really concerned about the poor? Or, is your con- cern for the poor only an excuse for blaming the act of this wo- man?" Furthermore, Jesus clearly shows that for him who really wants to serve his fellows there is always abundant opportunity. Af- fection bestowed upon him there- REWARDS FOR VALOR. Victoria Cross the Youngest of Such Decoration*. All the Great Powers of Europe have some reward for conspicuous i battle, and although tihe plain bronze Victoria Cross of which many wilt*!' ubtless be won during the present campaign is the young- est of such decorations, only dating back to the Crimean War in is'iti, it is the most- valued possession in many a home in England to day. quantity may be small that is, the actual results reached may not be significant but if all of the heart is in the deed, the sum total of the consequences is inestimable. 9. Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached To dissociate the act of this woman from the gospel message would be impossible. The heart of Jesus's message was love, and love filled the heart of this wo- man. Xu stronger emphasis could be placed upon the enduring na- ture of his teaching than to link it inseparably with an unselfish act. The act of this woman was an il- lustration of the "cup of cold wa- ter" of a former lesson. For the t cup of cold water represented the hands could be laid on Jesus, if the ' completeness of love and service. 1 1. v_ i iv ii. i-*^ a\s*J rtvjv* iti/vii .111111 tiuw* w _.. , ^ -^ fore could not be wasted. For such j The , Austrian C n.ss, on the other affection had in it a universal dy- namic. It would spend and be spent on others, on all whom it could reach. 8. What she could Love is not counted for its quantity, but for its quality. To do, what one can indicates the quality of love. The daUion of St. George dragon. In Austria, people were gathered in masses. will beat Germany on land, ami Britain will crush Germany on sea. This war will be the lost in Europe for many a day. perhaps- for ever. The Germ*.'i States will emerge from this war M> exhausted and so terrified that they will have no ,,ther object than to form some <lis(urb i n a Yeligious festival I How eort of condition that may in the| tl ._ ?,..., ..%., ,.,., ,,. future obvia.te the recurrence of any such catastrophe. I have predicted two wars. That is the first. The without raising a disturbance, Thc*y could not take upon themselves the responsibility of violating the saiie- tit.v of the feast by causing an up- roar. They would plan without conscience to seize and kill Jesus, but they stopped at the thought <>f second will SOL Japan against the United States in the Pacific Ocean, and it will be Japan that will win." M. Caparra, the famous aeronaut. ' | they scrupled to keep clean the outside of the cup! 3. The house of Simon, the leper, . at meat Another instance that Jesus was not a regarder of persons. In truth, he himself was an outcast. Alabaster cruse of ointment - in itself ; 1 recalled a curious prophecy coming , from the Sologne. and already cur- ' T , he " u . se was valuable rent in 1793. It runs th'us :--- : When ! fl!Ie( .' wlth P" re I1(mi ' lt Wils vel '- v men fly like birds ten great kings ither. costly. will go to war against each The universe will lie under The women will bring in the har- vest. They w'll begin the vintage. butt-he men will complete it. This latter prophecy rs comforting, for rat> s t-h vintage in Euivi,pe is complete before the end of October. Its* ful- 5. Might have been sold money value is about the \alue the .selfish man can see. The only filment thus involves the end of hos- tilities in less than three months. Wastage of War. It has sometimes been urged that we were building more ships than we really required considering our superiority to other nations, says London Answers. However, these critics failed to take into account the wastage of war. Japan, who took iJio greatest oare of her fleet, nursing it in -every way possible, lo*t two ou.t of six battleships. We will take three years. i8<M 1800, which include Mi-o.se., previous to and after Trafalgar yea'-s favorable to use. Three ships of the line were k>t (not captured) in the first year, while five frigates, or smaller ves- sels, were captured by the enemy, fifteen wrecked, and one burnt a total loss of twenty-foil r. Against this can be put MX frigates which we captured. Above three hundred shillings - The Greek word for shilling indi- a coin worth in Knglish money about 8 pence or in our monev 17 cents. ".\bo\e three hundred shillings means, there- fore, ''more than $51." not includ- ing the alabaster cruse. Given to the poor The thoughts of the selfish turn quickly to "the poor" (that indefinable quantity) when a reason is sought for oppo hand, is the oldest. A similar reward in Germany is the Iron Cross, instituted by the Emperor Frederick William III. of Prussia in the year 1813. Russia gives as a decoration to its heroic soldiers) the Cross of St. George, which was founded by the famous Empress Catharine II. in the yoa-r 17fi9. and. while the Victoria Cross is of bronze and the Iron Cross, as its name implies, of iron (which is edged with silver), the Russian Or- der is of gold witih a beautiful me- killing the again,- the cross of gold, and it. was instituted in the year 17S7 by the Empress Marie Theresa soon .after her ac- cession to the throne. It bears tho same inscription as the British Vic- toria Cross, ours having in EUR li.sh "For Valour," and theirs in Latin the word, "Fortitudini." The Ordor of the Legion of Hon- or, which is the reward in France, was instituted by the great Napol- eon, and he decreed that every sol- dier who was decorafed with that honor should have the additional IH- IJUI *117*C *Jl LUG VHP/ \Jt VVJ1V4 I ,....' . | * . , . finds its actualization. Be- 1 distinction of being entitled to re- ceive a military salute from officers, non-convniissioned officers and pri- vate soldiers. So in the alabaster cruse of oint- ment the parable of the cup of cold water cause love is immortal Jesus's gos- pel endures. Whatever else fails,' love remains. Over all strife and confusion and despair love reigns supreme. So the gospel stands. It- has never been solved, but it is the solution of the unsolvable. 10. He that was one of the twelve -The Greek has it "the one of the twelve," as if to emphasize that Judas was the only one of the twelve who could do such a thing. Unto the chief priests Judas knew where to go to accomplish his end. The priests were not so fortunate. They would never have dreamed that a traitor could bo found among Jesus's disciples. They, the priests, did not know where to go. They would have thought last of all of going to the inner circle. 11. When they heard it They could not believe their ears at first. It took them a little while actually to hear what Judas was saying. Such good fortune was to them un- thinkable. When they finally com- prehended the meaning of Judas's words, of course they were glad. Promised to give him money - They did not pay him on the spot. si'tiou to a generous act from which j They did not trust _this disciple. the opposers would not directly benefit. Such thoughtf illness of "the poor" may well be scrutiniz- ed. 0. Let her alone- The murmuring Any man can stand pat. \\li!'ii it comes to patting himse'f on the back. Casey "Do ye/ alwav- shnioke after yer dinner. Moike . ' O'Brien "Oi do. Shun- me dinner don't tasite roight when Oi ate it onless Oi have a smoke afterwards." have been loud and threaten- ing to cause Jesus to make such a command, Why trouble ye her? She hath wrought a good work on me He cannot understand their obtuae- ness. Whv could thev not see the The heart that could conceive to deliver for money so true a master might decline to deliver him once the money WHS paid. In such event the chief priests would have had no recourse. For to take action aeainst Judas would have been to disclose their own designs. So they only "promised" to give Judas money. And he sought how he might con- venientlv deliver him The chief Sl'MMAUV I'l MSHMKM'. Interesting Incident of the Kreueli Mdliiii/alioii. At times of overwhelming tra- gedy, when on every hand are to be found scenes of patriotism, self- sacrifice and diutntilcss bravery, when whole naUons lire stirred by great calamity, the fervor of public sentiment sometimes gives rio to incongruously comical situation?. Such an incident occurred- in Paris during -the French mobilization. On August 3rd, a captain who was carrying his equipment, stopped a horss cab on a crowded street, and asked the driver to take him to the Eastern Railway terminus. The cab *topppd, and the cabman, who was in ill humor, stared .sullenly at tho ca.ptain, ami shook his lu-ad. "But it is urgent!" cried t.hc cap! v>i. "I am late! I must g -t there immediately!" AgnJn the driver discourteously shook his head. A group of bystanders the cabman's refusal. They spi>k.' l-;> one- another in an undertone. Suddenly they rushed forward, picked up the- captain bodily, thriii-t- him, equipment and all, into Mie cab, and door. nature and significance <>f her priests and the scribes knew that deed? They were neensn.ni.-d to | they could not take Jesus openly the burial rites. They koew what | ^ the feast because of the people, such an anointing might Jesus seemed to ik that they ought, with fcim in mind, to draw the conclusion. His heart was heavy with premonition. He ha<I Unbosomed himself to them. Surely it was not unreasonable for him in assume they would KAV .--PC with his eves the event', of ..in |M - ing hour. 7. l'W \e th' They dare not outrage the instinct- ive sense of justice which they knew "the people" possessed. 'So also Jttda* had to move warily. He had to seek a chance to deliver Jesus i-iiiivcnientiy. This meant deliber- ation. Judas's act, therefore, wa-s til' 1 result of cold and continued calculation. As a master of grand Mniii'gv might map out a decisive campaign, so Judas set to work to ilh yon For repn-n-ms ihe usual Some one pulled the driver from his seat A man from the crowd leaped up and caught the reins. In almost no time the captain was rattling away to the Eastern Railway Ter- minus. As h: 1 looked hack, he saw the crowd cheerfully rolling the sur- ly cabma'i in the street. .f Kechanfl'e. "Waiter, this pudding is quite cold." "Impossible, sir! This is the fifth time it has been wanned since morning.'' SI M)AY S1N9. Old-Time I'musinm m* on HI,- lish Statute Hook. There are many strong facts about the law of which nearly everybody in ignorant, although every person is -supposed to know them, for ignor- ance of the law is no defence. It may safely ba said that there is not a lawyer who is a-ware of all the laws on 'tihe Statute Book. A great many laws, are still in ex- istence for the simple reason that, although others have taken theii p'ace, they have not been repealed. Fortunately, says the London Tele- graph, the ignorance concerning any of t.Hsm is so great that for all prac- tical purposes they are dead. Every day these laws are set at defiance with impunity. It is the ca'8, for instance, that t'he vavt majority of h-cliday-makers defy the law of the land. They have no right to bathe, in the sea, and, moreover, have no right oil the beaches or sands. Still, if the law which decides t!ii? were invoked it would be a sad day for our great seaside resorts, which live by breaking it. There is an Act in existence which makes it illegal for any person to enter the sea. There is anotiher law which de- clares that artificial light i illegal. Every second during the 24 hours this law is defied throughout the country. Still another declares that all trading in the streets is illegal. There is one notorious Sunday tra- der who. has been found guilty and fined under a similar act. Many of these quaint old laws are opposed to each other. For in- stance, there is one by which the in- habitants of most towns have no ri-rlit of thoroughfare for their own streets. There is still another which deckles that, by custom the same pers-uns possess this right. There is still another law which prohibits any individual from own- ing a carriage or similar vehicle. By it, no person can own a horse and cart, and. presumably, a mo- tor car By another law no person has a right to buy or sell coal, and. ' moreover, even to use it. Not only was !t the case at one time that to buy coal wa-s a crime, but this par- ticular law has never h?e-n repealed. There is an act. passed before the Be formation, which m.-ikes it illegal for any person to plav any game or even indulge in any form of locomo- tion. Her<>, again, the motorist is affected, the cyclist, and inmi.tner- able others. It is against the law to go any- where on tihe Sabbath, except to "walk reverently to and from church.' 1 A great portion of what now takes place on Sundays is prohibit- ed, including music in church, and the singing of all except a few hymns reserved for particular occ-a- gions. Every person who fails to attend church on the Sabbath, according to law. is liable to a fine of twe-lve- penee. "Exercising in worldly La- bor or business" renders the indi- vidual liable to a fine of live shil- lings, and two hours in the stocks. There is even an A< t of (Jporge IV. which renders it illegal to whis- tle on Sunday. In fact, there are so ninny Acts dealing with the Sab bath that practically every person is liable to some form of punishment as a result, cf Sum! i.v actions. "Save for tihe attire of women." it is a breach of the law to wear red in any form, exe-pt in the ra-e ol soldiers. Hence many hunting men defy the law of the land. __ ^i. FKATS OK VIOLS IN Cttl.tlKA. Some Terrible liattle.s in That (Ireol War. For desperate fighting the Crimea yields an impressive record. Tho French and British ao many times foes, found themselves allied in an attack ii|K)ii Uussi.-in territory. The fo<> was worthy of t.lieir steel, for several closely-contested' battles bad to be fought, the hostilities Vading up to that tremendous fight Inkermaiin. This fight was st kern and so terrible that it was the last occasion on which the Hussia-n.* ventured to meet the British in open combat. As one authority says: "The Uus-sians lost in this grewt battle no fewer than in.T'J!) killed. wounded ant! prisoners." But In- kennann, so far as British an mil ; are concerned, at any rate, will not remain Hie most noted fight, in the Crimea. In popular opinion the struggle in the Balaclava Valleys j will ever remain the most memora- ble, for was- it n.il -there thai the a^toiyiding charge of the Light Bri- gade took place. li the whole his- tu-y of fighting there is scarcely an ' episode t!at, for sheer courage,' equals it. Originating in a mistaken comnia-nd', it was carried through with :i supreme determination an<l reckless courage that, so long ns military annals survive, will never -nl rap Jeus. A little mind canau egg. "1 wool a i>iece of meat without am' bone, fnt or gristle," said the bride on her first trip to market. "Ye 1 ?, ma'a-n," replied the butch- er. "1 would sug.gest that you iakt Grogan (the grouch V "I titm't like to mention it, Mrs. Conlov . hut your husband owed me tin dollar- whin he died." The \Vi<lo\v "Shure, it's nice to have 'omethirig to raymimiber him by."