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Piety is not for the closet or the church, not for the separate places alone, but for every re- lation of human life. You cannot put your religion in a compartment. by itself; it is a spirit, an atmosphere, and a principle which must pervade all. There is a great'differencc between the relation which religion must hold to national life and the relation which reliâ€" gious and ecclesiastical organizations hold. The very separation between church and state makes the more neces- sary the deeper permeation of our whole national life with the spirit of MORALI’I‘Y AND RELIGION. You cannot escape from religion in history and in human affai_rs. It makes no difference whatever whet-her the name of the deity be in the constitution of a nation or not, the fact of the reli- gious impulse and motive remains. You might take the mention of religious names from all history, but you could never tell the story of the life of a people if you refuse to recognize this mighty spirit. The tide in human affairs, the move- ments that. mark human progress or re- cession, these are of far greater impor- tance than names and dates, buildings and administrations. And back of these tides are. mighty forces, great, all com- pelling motives. These forces we call tradition, religion, patriotism. The true historian looks for the forces. We are what we are to-day because of deep convictions that. our fathers held, because of aspirations and ideals which they cherished, because of the atmos- phere of spiritual beliefs in which they lived, and because they counted these things of such value to them that. their lives weighed as nothing in the balance. Ideals have ever dominated the world and determined the real conditions that should be. The ideals of liberty, the conception of human rights, the conviction as to the freedom of the conscience, these all constitute essentially -religious princi- ples. They are born of the recognition of man as other than clay, as a being of spiritual heritages and possibilities. Men lived and died for these only as they conceived of their hiin duty to humanity and of the infinite justice that is over all. No greater folly could befog our minds to-day than to think that we can attain national prosperity and permanency APART FROM SPIRITUAL IDEALS. He does not love his land who desires nothing better or greater for her than that she shall be rich in bushels of wheat. and billions of gold. Greater than our need of things is the need of the strong band of the nation to hold them and the wise heart to administer them. The foundations of a nation are laid l'l human lives; what they will be in form and whether they shall endure de- pends on the character of the men and women of the nation. They only build wisely who build from the base up, be- ginning with character. settling the foundations firm in religious motives and moral ideals. In the final clearing house of history nations have no cur- rency other than character. The most we can do for our country 15 to make men who hold principle and ideals above all else, who so love honor and hate the lie, so look to the things that are higher and turn from those that are lower. so catch the vision of infinite values in individuals, in society, and in their own lives, that no baits or brbes of the pit’s devising can turn them from the path of duty and Iight,-and so this spirit filling all, all move together to the fulfillment of the purposes of the most high for this people. V IIENIIYI‘. COPE. M SENSE fir DilliB ANIMALS ._. CREATURES “"110 FALL IN LOVE “’1'”! GENTLE “’OMEN. -â€"-â€"v Often Display Passionate Regard for Their Ownersâ€"Sometimes Die of Broken Heart. The passionate regard which pet ani- mals and birds sometimes acquire for their owners is a striking illustration of what scientists have termed the higher sense of dumb creatures. Instances of dogs who, through grief caused by the death of their owners, have committed suicide by refusing food and drink, and even by placing themselves on railway lines and in front of vehicles to be run ever, have been fairly common of late years. The unique case, however, of a. rabbit refusing food because its mistress had gone away come under the notice of a writer recently. The animalâ€"a beautiâ€" ful Angoraâ€"-â€"had been presented to the lady by a friend, and became so attached to its new owner that it followed her ‘nbout like a dog when out of the cage, and refused to be fed by any other per- son. BUNNIE INCONSOLABL 3. The lady. who lived in the country, was ultimately obliged to stay in Lon- don for a few weeks, and because of the inconvenience of having such a com- panion in lodgings decided to leave her pet behind. But. the latter was inconsol- able. Not even the most tempting mor- sels could induce it. to eat or leave the cage. Naturally the servants thought that hunger would soon break down this obstinacy. But. they were mistaken, and in the end the lady was obliged to return to save the life of the animal, which no sooner saw its beloved mis- tress than it made a movement as though it would leap into her arms. POLLY’S IlEAllT BROKEN. This case calls to mind that of a par- rot belonging to a west of England family who became greatly attached to the young mistress of the house. The latter, a beautiful girl of eighteen, unâ€" fortunately died from pneumonia, and the. parrot became as griefâ€"stricken as the other members of the family. In t \ “Pussy.” Naturally one would have thought. that the latter would not have taken fact, the sad event would seem to have broken “Polly‘s” heart, for she never attempted to talk afterwards, and re- fused all her food. An attempt was made to force food down its threat; but the experiment was a failure, and four days after the death of its mistress the bird was found dead at the bottom of the cage. Although cats may be said to be more domesticated than dogs, ti will usually be found that they are more ready to console themselves with a new mistress ‘ather than grieve over the loss of an old one. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule, and one of these proves that. the affections of “Tabby” are not al- ways of a fickle nature. AGONIZING EXPERIENCE. A wellâ€"known lady writer had a very pretty Persian kitten given to her four years ago, and both became greatly at- tached to one another. Being commis- sioned last. year to go abroad in search of information for a book, the lady was obliged to leave her pet behind in the care of a lady companion who shared her flat, and who was also attached to much notice of the absence of its real owner under the circumstances. But a week after the lady had gone abroad it was noticed that her pet seemed ill. It refused its feed, and an expert being called in he declared that there was no- thing the matter with the cat, except. that it was pining for its mistress. The only thing which could save its life was her return, and as this was im- possible the lady in whose charge the animal had been left. was obliged to en- dure what she termed the “agonizing ex- perience” of watch’ng it slowly die of starvation, because its mistress was not there to feed it. >I< wiLo PANIC IN enuncu. A wild panic occurred during vespers at, the Church of \dllersles-Vancy, near Nancy, France. While the congrega- tion was at. prayers the massive stone. balustrade of the organ loft. felt with a tremendous crash among the congri- gallon, one of the chorist-crs falling with it. The congregation fled in terror from the building. One woman was killed, and two others were so gravely injured that they are not expected to recover. The chorister who felt with the masonry was not seriously injured. eeeoeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeaesee nerve force. Scotf'J‘ EmulJz'on strengthens enfeebled nursing mothers by increasing their flesh and It provides baby with the necessary fat and mineral food for healthy growth. -ALL DRUGGISTS; 50c. #6fifiéfiéfifiééé$¢é¢¢é¢¢¢© AND $1.30. @®®¢¢¢%@@@% the majority of women is not a large one. The spectacle of husband and wife mining together is by no means an un- INS’I‘ANCES OF THE EXCLUSIVENESS OF CASTE IN INDIA. _._â€". Australian Business Customsâ€"Many of Them Are Practical and Convenient. According to Ilindu belief the cow is a most sacred animal. When a llimlu is dying. he is always lifted from his bed amt laid on mother earth; amt in many places the tail of a cow is guided into his faltering grasp, that it may pull him to heaven. As an illustration of the exclusivencss of caste, which a native of India will do almost. anything to preserve, it might be mentioned that when money passes be- tween a low-caste and a high-caste man the coin is thrown on the ground by the one and picked up by the other for fear o." defilement. They may not stand on the same car- pet or enter the same~room. Neither must the lowâ€"caste man cross the thres- hold of his superiors house or but. If he wants to communicate with him he stands outside and bowls. “l-loarding” is very commonly adopted by those who have money, and mother earth is probably the prin‘cipal of all Indian banks. To dig a hole in the floor of his house and bury his money there is still the favorite resource of many a native, and could all the buried treasure in the country be brought to light. it would probably be sufficient. to pay off the National Debt of the Empire. THE INDIAN SIIOPKEEPER sits on the floor of his shop. surrounded by his various goods, and his client ad- dresses him from the street or gutter. He never rises to serve a customer. The latter is expected to take whatever he requires, everything being within reach. The barber is a very important person in India, where every man is obliged to shave, and forbidden by his religion to do the work himself. The barber has an ollicial appointment in the llindu village, with an endowment of land to support. its dignity and a vested right. to the shaving of its inhabitants, which can be prohibited by legal injunction in case of infringement. Women occupy a very inferior posi- tion in India. A wife may not walk by the side of her husband, but. only follow respectfully behind him. She may not. eat with him, must content herself with his Ieavings when he has finished, and must not even speak to him in the society of others. Every Hindu girl is a wife or a widow at. fourteen. Girls have actually been married before they were a year old, and from four to six years they very commonly cease to. be single. Eight, is a marriageable age, and twelve is the maximum, except- in a few districts. “Are you happy?" “I am happy." This is one of the commonest forms of salutation in the East, corresponding to our “How d’you do it” CUNNING SERVANTS. Native servants to Anglo-Indians have an artful way of obtaining Christmas- boxes. They seize the opportunity to present to their masters and mistress a dali, or complimentary offering, which cannot very well he declined. Of course, when a native tips you, you must tip him back, and return nothing less re- spectable than silver for his copper. The Australian of the cities speaks of tbs. rest. of his continent as “the bush.” The dwellers in the agricultural country speak-of the district. farther inland as the “back country.” Those themselves in the back country have behind them a land partly unknown, and thereforeat- t‘activc to the adventurous, which they call the “NeverNever Land.” ‘ Many of the Australian business cus- toms arc practical and convenient. The banks shut. at three o‘clock, and most offices at five. At six o‘clock the shops put up their shutters, amt everyone is at home or on the way home. It is a short day, but a busy one, for the Aus- tralian is not far behind the American when it comes to “hustling roam.” The Australian larrikin has his coun- terpart. in the English hooligan. The former, however, is usually a member‘ at an organized “push” or gang, gov- erned sometimes after the style of a secret- society. That these “pushes” are organized on a sound, basis is evident from the fact that they often provide funds for the legal defence of a member ACCUSED OF SOME CRIME. For several years women have held equal electoral privileges with- the men in Australasia. it has been found, too, that the women voters outnumber the men in the Commonwealth, although one in Australia, the man below in the mine while the the windlass which lifts debris from the shaft. Australian race-courses have known at least one woman who trained her own racehorse, and more than one woman who plied the calling of a boolui'iakcr. For shooting and fishing in Australia no licenses are required, but a sports- man must have a knmvlcdge of the close common working woman turns the seasons, and of the kind of animals pro- tected throughout the year. All children in Australia are drilled, but the elder boys are attached to the Australian Military forces by means of the cadet corps. Almost every large school has its hand of cadets. who wear neat khaki uniforms and are armed with light. rifles, in the use of which they are frequently instructed. Every year these boys have shooting matches, and the scores prove that among .the youngsters there are many who have at- ready beeonte skilled marksmen. The; Home “Macaw-Mew” SELECTED fll-ltjifl’ES. Molasses f.hokies.~»'f‘wocupsmolasw's, two eggs, one cup lard, one cup brown sugar, two-thirds cup sour milk, one teaspoon soda stirred in the milk, two teaspoons soda stirred in the flour, one tablespoon ginger; sprinkle granulated Sugar on before baking; roll thin, Salmon 'l‘urbit.â€"~Onc large can sat» hunt, six large crackers rolled fine; mix well. Make a dressing of one tablespoon of butter mixed with one tablespoon of flour; one pint of hot. milk; season with salt =and pepper; boil for three minutes and pour over the salmon. Mix well and pour in a buffered pan and bake twenty minutes. Light. l:ill{C.-â€"(:ill(0 will be light if you add the sugar last. Put in a little at a time. Do not beat it. in, but lift the bat- ter up with a strong beating spoon again and again. until the sugar has disap- peared, then add more until all has been used. This rule applies to all cakes without shortening. Walnut Cookiesâ€"Use one cup walnut meats, chopped fine, one of sugar, one egg, well beaten, two tablespoons milk, one heaped teaspoon baking powder. flour to make rather stiff dough to roll. Sand (takenâ€"Use one pound butter, one cup sugar, pulverized. beaten to a cream. Add yolks of eight eggs well beaten, then one pound cornstarch and the whites oi'eggs, alternately, a little at a time. Flavor and make in leaf or gem tins. The whites of eggs are not beaten separately or whipped. Leftover,Fishâ€"Fish may be used fer the second meal by removing the bones and breaking into small pieces. Then put a layer on the bottom of a baking dish, over it a layer of cream sauce. and then a layer ‘of cracker crumbs. Repeat. until the fish is all used, always having the crack-er crumbs on top. Place in the oven and bake to a nice brown color. (i’lll)flp])]CS.â€"â€"TO each . pound of fruit allow a half-pound of sugar and a pint of water to three pounds of sugar. \\‘hcn the syrup is boiling hot drop in the crabapj’nes. They will cook quickly. '*\\‘hen done. fill a jar with the fruit and fill up the crevices with syrup. String Bean Saladâ€"Cut beans length- wise, boil, then drain. Slice a half-onion finely; add it and salt and pepper; ren- der a little ham fat or bacon; stir over the whole. Then put in a tablespoon of vinegar or more if desired. Nugget (.Iandy.â€"â€"'i‘wo cups of granu- lated sugar. oneâ€"half cup COl‘ll syrup (you must have this kind of syrup), oneâ€"half cup water. fiook until brittle. Whites of two eggs beaten to a froth ;- pour the syrup mixture into the ggs; add oneâ€" half cup chopped nuts, flavor, and beat until it pours out. nicely. Mix chopped parsley with grated cheese. Parsley is a great nerve tonic. Meal from Small Steak.â€"â€"Soak two slices of stale bread in a small quantity of milk; mash fine; add one egg or yolks of two, one cup of cold mashed potatoes or more, small onion chopped line; add :10 cents worth of chopped meat; salt and pepper to taste. Pat. in flat cakes and fry until brown. Caution must. be taken not to add too much milk. Tomato Butter.-â€"Seven poundsof to- matoes, three pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar. one ounce of cinnamon, one- .half ounce of clmres, ground; toil till thick. Can and seal. l-‘udgc Cookiesâ€"Four eggs well beat- en, two and one-half cup-s brown sugar, one-half cake chocolate, one cup nuts, one scant cup flour, one teaspoon vanil- la, mix in order and bake in moderate oven twenty-five minutes; cut in any shape desired. Peppermint. Candy Ice Cream.â€"â€"A deli- cious ice cream can be made of three- fcurths of a pound of old-fashioned peppermint candy dissolved in one quart of cream. The candy sweclcns, colors, and flavors the cream. Strawberry Jellyâ€"Take berries; wash and cover with water enough to come to top of berries; boil for eight. minutes. Then dam in jelly bag. (Ian juice until apples are cheap; then take apples, cook as if for apple jelly, etc. Then take your strawberry juice; use two cups of straw- berry juice and the same of apple juice and four cups of sugar. Boil twenty minutes, and you have firm strawliierry jelly. Dainty Lunch Sandwichâ€"One cup of sugar and enough water to cover. Boil until it threads from spoon. Stir this into the while of one egg. beaten stiff. Add one cup of peanuts ground fine. ’l‘ake salted wafers and spread with the, paste. Let stand a while. Suct. l’udding.â€"-\\7hen making suet pudding or mincemeat, if after the suet is chopped it is added to the molasses and the two boiled together for a few minutes, then st 'ained, the objectionable particles of suet will not be found in the mixture. Pickups.â€"-’t‘ake small scraps of meatâ€"â€" beef, veal. mutton, ham; also carrots and boiled rice that have been left over from previous meals. Run all through meat chopper or chop fine. Add minced onion, parsley, pepper, and salt to taste. Soak a slice of state bread in water, squeeze out, and crumb this into the chopped meat. Add one egg. Mould into small flat. cakes, roll tightly in flour, fry brown in butter or bacon drippings. A DRESSMAKER’F llfN'l‘. If you are. one of the women, and do they not number legion, who find diffi- culty in maintainingunion mtwecn your waists and skirts, try this, which is un- . failing and is adaptable to the thinnest. full“ or the heaviest cloth: On the outside of every waist, exactly at the waist. line, attach a piece of dress mcker‘s belting. at least an inch wide 3.1 the centre of the back, leaving the ends loose. Ilavc it fit. very snugly about the waist, fastening with a hook and eve in front. ‘ ()n the outside. ix. inches each side of the centre of the back, sew large size DOOR-Si points down and out, sewing through the goods to the belt. Then on the inside of the skirt band, at the botâ€" tom of the band, sew eyes in a standing position to hook over the books on the waist. \‘cry fleshy persons. wide across the hack. should use three books and eyes, putting one in the exact centre, the others about two inches eitht'l' side. liy keeping the distance the same on each garment skirts amt waists will be infcit-hangcable, and, as can be seen, since all the strain and weight of the skirt cmues on the betting, which [d3- fens around the body, there is no posis‘i- bilify of tearing the thinnest fabric. On waists that. are. worn outside the skirt-band the hooks would of course he put on the inside ofelhe waist, points in, with the eyes on the outside of; the skirt- band. llut the principle of support is. the same, and is very satisfactory. USEFUL HINTS. Take a whisk broom, cut it stubby with shears, and use it. to silk sweet corn. You can make quick work of it. When canning fruits and making jel- lies try rubbing the screen door of the kitchen with kerosene. This will pre- vent the flies clustering there, ready to come in when the door is opened. Tops of fruit,- cans can be cleaned it” they are placed in sour milk or vinegar and left until the mould comes off easily, when they are washed in water. They should also he scrubbed with a brush to clean the grooves in the side of the lid. If the stove is cracked a good cement. 13 made from wood ashes and salt. in equal :pl‘OD(tl‘llOnS.. Reduce to a paste with cold water and fill in the cracks: when the stove is cool. It will soon harden. To keep the yolks of eggs from dry- ing out after sepa 'ating the whites, as is the case in making angel eake and icmgs: Try to replace the shells as. nearly .as possible over the unbroken yolks and stand on end. They will keep fresh fox-days in a cool place. Tough steak may be rendered more tender by laying for two ‘hours on a. dish containing three tablespoonfuls of vinegar and salad oil or butter, a little- pepper, but no salt; turn every twenty minutes. Oil and vinegar soften the fibres without. extracting the juices. Iil'l‘CI IEN IIINTS. For ironing day a fire of Cinders is better than fresh coal. ’l‘urpentine mixed with stove polish prevents rust. and gives a brighter gloss than the use of water. - A little green sage placed in pantry will keep out. red ants. I'lot. fruit requires hot jars. (lold fruit requires cold jars. The proportions of sugar and fruit used in canning vary greatly. The amount. given below is an average for canning. Sugar to a quart jar: Cher- ries, six ounces; strawberries, eight, ouncesl; raspberries, four ounces; blackberries, six ounces; quinces, ten ounces; plums. four ounces; pears, six ounces; pcarhes four ounces; plilGleljllfl‘S, six ounces; 'crabapples, eight. ounces; pieplant, ten ounces. ._.” Igtfi ._.â€"._.. SOMETHING LIKE A HEN. Yer see, my brother Sam was a natral genus, and war allus tryin’ some way ter inwent tcr make hens lay. an’ one day he rigged a machine that did the thing up brown. ft war nothin’ more or less than a hen’s nest with a false bottom. When the hen got on that era nest, and laycd. the egg dropped through inter a basket. Artcr Sam got the thing fixed, he put. it. infer the lien house, an’ stood outside, an” peeped through a. crack to see the thing work. The first hen that went on few it war the old yaller hen. Sam said arter she‘d laid she got. up an’ commenced fer eackle, but happening for lock down she didn't see nothin’. Thinkin’ she‘d made a mistake, she shut up her noise, an’ sot down agin an’ laid anuther egg. This time she looked afore she begun ter cackle. but the egg had gone through. Sam said the old hen looked mad, and sot down agin an’ laid ul’llllllt.‘l‘â€"â€"-btlt no go, it warn‘t there. Arler she'd laid arf‘a-dozen Sam went tarin’ infer the. house, yellin’ hooroar, an’ writ. out an application for a patent, an’ saddled the old sorrel mare, an' went gallopin’ away few the l‘ateut (.tllice. ten miles orf. About sunset he came back and asked me fer hedp him gather the eggs. Well, gentlemen, we. took out. six dozen hard-shifted eggs, which the old yaller hen had laid that afternoon. I told Sam we ought tcr take the old hen orf and give her some corn. “Agreed,” said Sam; but when we come for look for be“ all we could find was her bill an’ claws an’ a few feaâ€" thers. The fact. is, the old hen had laid herself all away. “Ilid Sam get a patent?" “No; the Patent Office man said they dursn't give him one, as they was afecr’d' it would exfcrn'iinate the whole feathered tribe on the face of the earth; an’, be- sides. the supply of eggs would hcv ex? ceeded the demand." â€"â€" ._>".â€"â€"â€"_._ ENt’hUiEMEN'I' ENDED. “He looks terribly sad." “Yrs. his engagement with Miss l’trty has come to an end." “Jilted him. eh ‘3” “No, married him." ._'i‘â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" Success is pretty certain to collie to the man who can get up for work n.2- aided by an alarm clock. 1 i ': .4»- a s. - ._.-4...: ‘-