~ MEATS. els : “Caxab Chops en Casserole. — “into fr, — Put hot slice into it three onions, : th both nies ~ Remove edb and into © pan pul join Precis Gut omer inch thick» and eres on ¢i side and et i bottom of cas- serole. Over tho chops ue first the o1 that were fried, t! two food sized tomatoes, sliced, and three medium sized Ae car- abasic since pieces. Now a: “asree good sized Bolsters that been cut into small squares warm days, when meat is hard to prepare and have it appetizing, I lent, especially as it co: in the morning, ready for 6 jaturday for Four veal ay with joints; after wash- ing place in stew kettle, ee ih spoonful salt, and enough pepper to suit individual taste hen veal is done PISMO auEGE Ta the Laue: Wnitil ol enough to put through fo ; after it is cut place meat pour the Stir well, then It will jelly and kes a delicious cold meat. Chicken Salad utinajals. tho dish attractive the ony should r watercress. For ly whip one- “halt pint of hive cert Aik stiff, stir in a Bek of Pes pred cool a little potted ham. By. sadinge® it will pakesihe icy water fifteen bara squeeze dry in a cloth, and mix thoroughly in pony of Peel pered. lace two small tablespoonfuls ot butter in a frying pan; in the ing constantly; add utton mush- ne-half dozen repared very prepare bread or crackers with oysters or without, as for stuffing a turkey; lay your stuffing on meat, roast about an hour; jo not see the wings and legs you will think you have Toast Mea: making meat loaf place three hard baited in tl n the ‘efleok 1 is pleasing. CAKE, Chocolate Layer Cake.—Reat to a cream one-half cup of butter and vanilla; beat the eggs to a Noe ore Sift voaethet aspoon ing powder an ant pechile is pastry flour ina whites of eggs alternately into the mixture. Have deep cake tins well buttered and spread two- and spread in the third plate. Bake ite oven for about twen- late icing. Cake with Fruit Filling — For he m2 2 pound 3|try mixing almond and ro slowly ” eae of four eggs, which bate aten to a stiff froth, beat- ing “wsadily all the time. “When rup has been consumed one pound of b! ped almonds, string the trait an to the icing pes hen all pendent blended n be kept some time in a cool place in Ba een “A 33 Choo Cake.—Three well beaten beat one eggs, one rent of sugar; with eggs ustil creamy; add poling . hi attractive is to stew og ops of hie) syrup | g -| muffins witl Jeupful af four, one scant teaspoon- ful of s: scant teaspoonful of aca iscsi in a little paler em brown on| Pe SG shortening or milk, but is ate: TASTY Daseunts, Stuffed Cherries. one pound of fresh oF aia ‘cberciess open Seren and place in cen- r of each a filbert nut meat. Pipe ee ee and roll in pow- red sug: These are dainty | *¢! Soprepriste to hes Boil up once and put in glasses. ALL AROUND THE HOUSE. Wind and Fire.—A weather vane is an excellent guide to save coal wind is south and with a steady blue sky and ragged clouds, prepare for rough weather, coal, and shut o} ing, with a heavy sky in southwest ‘coal, for snow or rain is at A northwest wind after a death Peed cite slat of calm at night means colder and a e | cal sunrise warmer weather. have lowered the blinds and 0 wide the door, and brush the re straight ahead The rustle of the leaves the that the ranches brush right up to tho the width and depth f nicely in a‘) impart such a ple: odor to the house, “eepecially when they first begin wilt, and they are economical also, Tune four or five days before they become un- fit for ui USEFUL HINTS. one egg shells to settle the cof- fee with. Save inside soap wrappers to rub irons on when ironing. ‘An oyster shell. put into a ket- tle will prevent the kettle becom- ing furred. Add chopped dates to an ordin- cornstarch pudding. It is de- licious. mon juice will alloy the irri- Save fie coffee left from as fast and use in place of water your fern. 8 is a valuable foodstuff for children, but it should be eaten ith moderation. order to make In good tea | never allow the water to Boil twice "| before making the hearer rinse in cold water and use on the carpet when sweeping to la lust. Bread jhoout eee be at least a day old be! fore a is eaten. New bean should. b oided. Scrubbing brushes should be kept n airy place, D When about to a smoothing iron test the heat ‘of the iron with a piece of paper before using. Finel, powderes bathbrick cleans knives quite as well as knife polish, and is more economical. nm making angel food cake se flay- It isdelicious. spoons are generally best for articles that require heat- ing, hee eo when peng cooked. If you add a few drops of vine- gar te weer and was 8 in it, Rade will find the glass easy to ve little ammonia added to the water in which you wash silver will pire the silver come out unusually ri Stir esta gravies, and g a fork. It will, aes them more eres as it does away with all the lamps. Fading hot irons, For a di pretty Hage aN aga together with lace finish with a igee ruffle. joint them is aoe of Jesus. r | from violence. of you towards the | | the piece of mon tation pemeeee by the bites of gnats : is by _ too The ADE oe lore articles’ is due often. had washing, but the ironi ge resser scarf take three rtion, and}. Lesson xn. | ‘Three Questions. Matt. 22. 15-22, 34-46. Golden Text, Matt« 2. 2h. Verse nan The Pharisees—They had failed to find any grou! which ie aEohidy Vega against Jesus, bub chance that they, ae ensnare who dared to pronounce such wholesale concemmnations, if Se they could get him fe continue his talk. +16. men who, like being trained hools.' Send their ipl tours Saul of Tarsus, were in tHe rabbinical With the Herodians—We found in the last lesson (Matt. 21. 45), that in their common hostility to this “‘prophet,”’ the Pharisees and |® Sadducees were willing to forget Ww} vor all this, and tor their religious opinions, they were tborouily detested by tho Phari- We know that thou art is little wonder that Jesus replied b the sincere wish for Le ciatae but the villainous devices of n mites without conscience. . Is it lawful to eve. tribute ?— ha aueition Sambal asked reasonably was a much-moot question among these sole who -| were Susie ppeneeth thi sees had a eat aeaane in the If he ene the Berane ld me, and this would em- bitter against the common people, whose enthusiasm for Jesus time had kept the rulers On the otner hand, the Herodians knew that Jesus was from Galilee, which was the center of popular revolt against any for- eign power, and among his follow- ers was one of the party of Zee lots. anne: against the payment of t bute, and so lay himself open Fes the merciless vengeance of Rome. 18. Why make ye trial of me? He knew that in the wickedness of their hearts they were simply putting him to a test. 9. me tie flee money— Mark says he bi hem “‘bring’’ ey. ‘this agrees with the statement, they brought ane him a denarius (a coin bear- the emperor's head and super- It i: aallkaly: that they person this thority. 91, Render unto Caesar — The: were not merely to yield this money s a gift, aaa (17), but as a debt. It was more than a lawful provision, it was a moral obligation. “This coin represented Roman organiza- tion, security of person and pro- perty, facilities of transit, an other beneficent elements of stab govern accepted al th do their part toward keepi act, the money cae not more applicable was it to their re- m | aponsibilt pon whom ey were dependent. for all things an hom they were with- holding about everything. words teaches sphere of the state are distinct. 34. H ailevoe—By expo of the Scriptures, on their indiffareiise to the powe! s indicated iby tate foolish ques- tion ghocerting, the resurrection. 3 More | commonly hey were called scribes, or rabbis, their chief activity being in the sphere of the law, both tl con tained in the Scriptures and that handed down by tradition. This a less favorable treatment of the incident’ is in keeping with his pronounced anti- thy, to the . Pharisees. This is asking the Jesus had peldte trial o hich is ihe great command- | ¢) perly, not, which How mete oe thet Lord thy God ee the Because it involves all the others. [intends that a true—It |] -|the 110th psalm, “and applying t to a counsel of wibtie i hated reminder of the Roman au-| | ry pe tiehee with He ease oe (18) for andment | bea’ with every pen cal and spirit Jews were: peri familiar, as i formed in | umn of smoke m malice = te. Scrat we do our own. 40, The Se Taw-180 far as the man was concerned, }t was enough that they ‘covered the law, for they}, are a summary of thé Pentateuch. thab they go be- youd the fundamental bequirements full oe of the prophets. * aro the life and soul of \all the mo: al and spiritual teaching of the Old ’ | Testament.’ 41. The Pharisees wehe getters had ed takes Little quizzing of oe his quiz- Son of David~So| they had hailed as only two upon his i eatey into the \city had see! to repudiate the alas so, es was not so muc} ace count of its loftiness, as thiat it was not lofty enou quoting from it to aie he shows that he jis more n of David, is indeed D. coeternal \ Sover- the inspiration and Messianig¢ char- eater of this psalm. David—Did David write the aati torical criticism. this pernellae pial places, he makes saarent conception ainsi Theva | oe between Jesus and his enemies. \ Se ere \ WESTERN IDEAS IN CHINA: Spread of Militarism and Mode! Education. Dr. Geil, the American travellef, who has already crossed China five times, “has mpleted twelv| onths’ tour AR all the provinciall capitals of the Emp h. Lenton Standard. a Here he visited a sad e, wh omen. wear a aes, Feces ling Scotch kilts. Dr. Geil “One of the things nat raat Sa ds in my mind is the gener- al spirit of revolution which I met witl By thi: mean an anti- dynastic or anti-foreign feel- what I would call Y | thinking-men the opinion prevails that China is passing through a critical pe: eriod of her history, and theres is a feeling of resentment that should 2D ‘on the throne at}? nahin punctur: e attended provincial par- am surprised at thé desire to bring hihi ae In Kwangs tre, widespread desire o m the ern curriculum. youngest Governor of\China him- self st iteadine claSves on interna- tional law private secretary is a graduate of smbriles. In the remote provi of au 1 found that tue protect was Satesting a great block of almshousts saratle of accommodating re of per- sons, an school for the study of Ae Referring to the spread \of mili- tarism in China, Dr. Geil says that everywhere he saw evidences of a general plan for the Ereperakion of | hot an enormous arm, nly jin athe province! capitals, but*in the ler towns, drilling was in aie progress. JAPAN PRISONS: GOOD. Reform brant Prisoners by In- ig Self-Respect. The a in every Japanese pri- | son, are practically slee Sree tories, as the prisoners are engag: in the work-! iheds all day, or at- wath the h o In Japan the women learning, learning, "e|the time. They rep! is is done to ed a real desire for permanent reform. The old cow has the milkman ten Me a eae atten it comes to giving real 2 4444444494 concern as hi at be! cee h Is. a n There I found the | J#* tablished a wa Y. @| able noo! Pe e443 “of their daily | ther to anything by A way. in the dis! ed to be their destination, and al bent on oe Supoucsetiee ler ‘o the aoaneee member auece: ation that w man of ES honest; Their language as well was very plain, and Se markably to the point. It breath of _ violence—and breathed deeply of it, & Ee up beside stle they made brought a slight, ae gure to the The ted and went towards her. reas Sts Phat Terry hi he de- manded, The siete suaried at the name, and was a mol t before she regained he er Scena “Jack ‘erry 1” she repeated, I don’ t know where he Her ciprneres chuckled deris- ively, “You don’t know where he 1s, don’t yout’ he said, “Of course you don’t! bebe nesite s isn’t the Hiketient place he’d make for, is it? We know he is here, a we want him irs t here,’’ cried the girl, with moe “He has not been here since—’’ . “Since when?” interrupted the other, saitey. “Jake Pillans,”’ said the - “he. has not been here since ae Jake: Pillans plainly showed his ineredulity, and showed it none too pleasantly. here, Miss Murray,’’ he y-|if you are unreasonable—well, you must take the consequences, that’s ack You the poe ‘So please stand aside.’ of terror ees aoe ie an s face. It w: a second and left her sereapely gad: but it seemed to infuse azo | into er, Inste: w eles to the door and raat ee behin firm- ae and with that you must ntent.”” yee © Pillans swore softly to lnimself at her plucky audacity; ut not half so strongly as his fol- lowers expected, or us some em actually me ot in the habit of re- pbating exes flashing omin bt defied by Sopones pl ciples. If you don’t allow us in quietly, I fear you may be rough- our manner tells us, id not know before, ch he “himset Fushi forward to se} the exai HuWanweideen they all stopped short,| as if pulled up by a single mighty hand. Yet |the hand that checked them all_and dainty one, andl that. explained ever; patsher step forward, man, and I was “man knew it valle y their impetuosity was ° yaaeauatl ‘ound his teeth in angry looked quitkly away, xeitedly to the end “There _Ererrbo ly’s attention was drawn way. Dat ng \forward, Jake snatch- ed the. revohven from Miss Murray's TRLESon weiane eae erely enka! he said to her a gloating Dee “T thought it woud trick | yo dashed into the house, followed by t They Butcallite no \purpprér 1b nlmoes Then one of aa He ‘a shout, which brought) all thes others rage pis ork Glothing inking with the strong light—a setting on in too. from a ‘little |; it? leador, a great mass of burly flesh and muscle, at once dismoun- | “Since a few hours h should give him gall of < ou_ give iny girl, is quite against my prin-| ture m he ca past her and e jal and seemed as if hey a ie Miss |a | Murray, had béen ° ler_ a | an mercy a: Jack Terry could an pinches another iH the settlement a fails ane act away, how do you treat him et” ral Stine him up!” said one, with an oath And all the rest. eats agreed. Or, rather, not quite all the rest. There sentient—Miss M word against word; nothing more. Jake eens is nich and all-pow- erful; poor, and so Since trends, Why should you believe Jake Pillans more than you believe him?’ It was not necesiery et ae to argue his own case. He had plen- ty of willing sipporters sealer clamored to speak for him. “We have absolute proof of uy guilt, Miss them, a fat little squat man, shifty eyes. ‘‘What about the gold found in his hut?” ba my own!’ exclaimed the prisoner, vehemently. ‘‘It was my own—I swear it? “Mebbe it was,’ assented the squat man, “while you actually had it; ae where did you get it?’ “Ask Jake Salen where I g it, ” said the a bins well anon peEanes he gave it me!” Uprorious statement, hearhly. joined. “Ts it likely,”” laughter greeted this which Jake himself oe eat “that I iggest half of I pos: asteeye fa it likely that should work all these years an. then hand peer thousands of dol- rs to the first beggarly stranger who took a taney them? I ask you, boys, is it “No!” they qhanusned’ with one accord. “String him eried some. “Hang him for a liar!’ shouted others. ll were excited beyond measure. they kept sete ff the prisoner. Yet hing in oon Murray’s demeanous held them back. Her daring awed them, Criteeat their up for a thief!” ~| knowing exactly what it was that id. so. {Belore ye do anything desper- ,) she's ade essing the men Dolisctively, a hav a Ruse to ask and something ns ‘tell you, Oi permission bo nes © gazed at them frankly, ap- They were all rough many But somewhere, Ceep down in their na- and long hidden away, there ne as_ to the ae id, quie' wake “Tt i Jake Pillans, wane) 1) nes fides “| straight in the eyes. Ow ever seen this man “betors i came to the settlement? Jake returned her steady gaze a moment. crouching round the saemnble Devi ny. rtly, ‘I had tioned him to be bie they would heer when, they would no = from him. have made the answer,’’ she aid to Jake, ‘‘that'I expected |" you would make. Under the cir- cumstances. it. is not possible, of 7 Pe 8. tole ate even ‘ ok him Galore: Bs came to the settlement. “What I have to tell your com- panions,”’ she said, in the same i more interesting events not of reeent date—events tue apappe ped man; y miles from usi- ~ business both partners became wealth, en, “Presently, however, money be- gan to peal in smail amounts at. first, and finally in ve’ y large one’ potives were utte loss with the" case. money or how i} sundry, Sun erywhere, but Suet s brought home to anyon ws of the Tine defal- n fell ev- never ‘ Acute eke to leak out, and the They ree a and the doors were,shut. Of course, the matter caused a great sensa- tion, but in time this died away, the affair wae forgotten by all except the Sata SANS credi- tors and the two partners, a | side: fi ve ae Estate ou ha thi the | away to a sp: . lie from beginning 1 its Ww Florala concerns | } wee | ar W ho took the |Z ed baffled be | the gains was ‘00 ban fi s, might not his partner make rah use of tis knowledge? Ae it not dangerous for one in to sie? something so about | panthen! Why not get ri regain sie gold e tured his pas shiep ae where the ¢enalty” for crime was lynching, an up a charge of—’’ “It's a lie!” broke crimson with passion. ia care ty) you fancy the boys wi eonets. 2 Bly rambling ‘diet ak them r Why ‘should I?” said Miss Mui ray. “It would oniy be auction! case of word agaiast. word, and the Ae Sears are pre judiced yery much in your fayer. But if it ean be po that you are one of the aractes in e: story, and that Pete Aston here is the other, then perhaps {ney might alter their views. “Tf it could be proved,”’ iy Jake, ‘perhaps they ue i Proot is just cee A n be no proof of racer 1 eae dee not exi “Perhaps not,’” said Miss Mur “But the papers Pete Aston es out with him—have you destroyed them all” pletely as fire ca Like a flash Miss ‘Murray poune- on his words. “Then you admit them!’’ she declared, lo calmness. ‘‘You hear him, boys— be is convicting enc con: fesses to burning t' not all of them. "8 having © had * in| why he Pete’s story; that’s why he b escape ; tha’ r inat's But she never finished the — tence. It ded a piercin, scream, Waite . fearful oath Jake ¥ spran, her, nome thing — right dnshiig in his ‘hand was too quick for to intercept him; she _panic-stricken to the others too dazed avoid the i with thud—but not on he: ceived it, having Aid ‘Timselt a gateting q under the pare and over on the floor, locke: a deadly embrac Al was uproar ha excitoment. houts and rie and cur Hed a air, In the midst of it all the — apay, opened, and Jack Terry and uty devoted her at- ce .|tention to poor Pete, and tried to stanch the taal wound that was inten le he: “Boys,” said Jack Terry, ‘“‘I’can_ seo you have heard all about it by w my setting Aston fray anaes len” Weg UE Got caught, me. Yet what else could L dot You refused to delay his ey cution ‘past sunset, and there w. no chance to do anything in that ™ short time, So I t him on here, io? Pata. one ees till after- use bringin, eds back a re then, would simply have lynched me off. hand, without hearing a wor: ace posted away for the s! escort, as the only safe oa al o clear Pete justify myself.” , * * * Rope is no longer a Miss Mur. Not that she has passed rast into the anes of remem Ze Ba could Jacl * such @ Esper had Tappan? pee: also, is well pain, thanks and stro: to her careful nu ing: Moreover, erry creditor the old bank ha: more ly death than he ites is wascrupulous life. —London Tit-Bi sp Goel COSTLY WINE. ~ 3 fh fanciful statistician has beer re centuries an geal estimate’ of the ie of naltino he, cellar, rent, interest upon the ouipinal value of the wine, and — other proper incidental charges, a Worle of ths ee liquor is worth sc e © ie moth 476, and a single drop Gs not be prot sold under , ara say 80} Sa *usband ; ’¢’s,