Barley Dishes. Pearl Barley Breakfast Porridge. }--Put one quart of water on to boil and salt it lightly. . When it boils| be Stir into it one-half cup of pearl arley, cover the kettle, clamped * down' covers are best--and put over e simmering burner turned low, to cook for three hours.. Towards the last the water may be cooked so that it is necessary to add a lit- tle more. If stirred occasionally wsfrom the bottoms it will not catch on. Warm up in double boiler if cooked the day before. Any of the fresh fruits with cream can be serv- ed with this. So served cold, as 4 luncheon dish, it is excellent. Thick Barley Water.--Instead of one quart use two quarts of water and cook as above. This will yield @ quart of barley porridge to thick- en soups with, to use for muffins or a pudding, etc., and a quart of thick jelly-like Hauid, which may also be used in various ways. It may be thinned and flavored for @ drink or some butter, an egg volk, etc., may be 'added to make of it a soup. It has the consistency of a good cream soup and is good with little. butter and nothing else, but it 4 little Parmesan cheese is freshly grated into it we have something like a soup and solid as Fruit Soups.--A thick barley wa- ter is an excellent foundation for fruit soups. Dried fruits, such as raisins, figs, etc., may be cut up and cooked in the thinned water, which thickens up again while these are being cooked in it. A little su- por or some lemon juice or, better, emon syrup, added to these finally will give the needed acidity and help to blend all the flavors. Barley Sauce.--A thick jelly-like barley water flavored with lemon c- some jelly, and heated, with a bit of butter added when it is taken from the stove, is a good deal better pudding sauce for an _ irritable istomach than one made of butter 'and flour cooked together. The flour is rarely cooked enough and butter Bo cooked it hard on the stomach. Barley Water Drinks.--A large tablespoon of freshly made currant jelly in the bottom of a glass makes an excellent flavoring for barley wa- ter, and is wholesome. Even old jelly will taste better in this than in most combinations. In general, barley water'to drink must be flav- cored to taste, but the jelly flavoring of most. It. ~ | velvet is inforced with silk under the arms, ere the most wear comes. It is a good idea to add to the garden year by year two or three new potherbs and salad plants. It tis glued taside te, besls the | re lued inside the heels the moment the shoe begins to rub. Overcooking always injures ho | Ro colan of greens; they should never. Feder until they become yel- Taltover ice cream may be utilis- 6 in making cakes. It may take the place of Sutter or flavoring. The pot in which greens are cook- ed should never be-covered. The confined steam injures the flavor and spoils the color. To remove oil stains from carpets make a paste with fuller's earth and cold water, and spread thic on the soiled parts. Let it dry then remove with a stiff brush. oose sunny, windy days on which to wash the blankets. They will be dry and fluffy by night, with a delicious open-air smell. If a little powdered sugar and le- mon juice are added to dandelions while cooking, the bitterness will e somewhat counteracted. Boston asparagus ferns are said to thrive on a dose of coffee. Twice a week use the leftover coffee, with plenty of warm water added. A remedy for grass stains is cream of tartar dissolved in boiling water. Apply when the spot is fresh and then wash as usual. Always use ointments . in tubes instead of jars where possible. Dip- ping the finger'into the jar may agen infection to the next user. Jhen food has accidentally been made too salty in cooking, the effect may be counteracted by adding a tablespoonful of vinegar and one of sugar A piece of fresh pork baked with the beans is an economy, as the pork makes the meat dish for din- ner and the beans are delicious. The housewife should have one potherb on her table daily, The potherb is essentially a relish, but it has a distinct value in the diet. Leftover stews containing vege- tables should be used promptly, and in making summer -- vegetableay should on no account be added less to be used the same day. Rants jellies in summer are always dan- gerous. When sweeping a room, dust can be prevented from rising by dipping a newspaper in salt water, tearing it up in small pieces and scattering them over the carpet. This ~ nob only causes the absorption of the dust, but brightens the color of the carpet. Silk dresses should always be re- dy | health and for whom her fell : w years ago Mr. Boke | sain "the office of an acq elie in one of the big ofies es waiting his tura. wi whose office is in 'te a Absorbed in a newspaper, ae seen - ed to pay no attention to the - cussion between tempora host and a woman caller, the pri cipal of a school, relating to teacher who was obliged to go New Mexico on account of tail if teachers had taken up a modest lection to enable her to reach h objective point in the sou But his memory served him we For next day one of his 'agen called on the sick teacher, hand her a cheque for a _ substanti sum, and told her that the same amount would be sent to her regn larly each month while she was ipl. For two years she continued to a ceive Mr. Rockefeller's bounty, h stay enabling her to make a fect recovery. She is still a er in the public schools. ] Early during the Civil War, fore the days of bounty to encourage enlistment, became necessary that somethi should be dope to assure the pendent fami se they would not want during the sence of their husbands and song. To this end a committee was fo a Et ll i song "the. jadi soups. Barley waste is much easier on the stomach than raw cold water Barley Muffins.--One egg, two cups of barley porridge, one cup of flour, into which has been sifted three even teaspoons of baking powder, and a little barley water or milk if necessary. Beat the egg. add the barley and stir well, It Up Ever Since. It is very difficult to collect anec- dotal matter relating to John D. Rockefeller, the oil king. His near relatives know his dislike for appearing in print, and his house- hold is leak-proof. But there are and then the flour and baking pow- many stories which show the oil der, making a rather thick batter. If the porridge left from the thick | barley water--one-half cup of bar- | ley cooked in two quarts of water! --is used, no additional liquid will) gratuity be needed. the muffins sodden. twenty-five to thirty minutes. made, these are good give anyone an appettite, Seotch Broth.--A chef in a fam- ous old English hotel, who had ecur- ried mutton and Scotch broth on his menu at the same time, gave the following recipe for the latter: 'Take the liquor any mutton has been boiled in and remove the fat! when cold. Wash a cup of pear! | barley and put it on to boil. When! done add to the liquor; also a tur- nip, carrot, onion, and a little cel- ery. Boil 'tntil the vegetables are tender and serve.' This was thin with only a few kernels of barley to be seen. Grated raw carrot on the tap made it good looking and improved the flavor. A single pound of mutton should. er, the fat and skin removed before it is cooked in two quarts of water, will flavor a barley liquid sufficient- ly for a delicate soup, but three pounds are generally used for this amount. The meat, if first fried a little in hot fat, and the vegetables the same, may be taken out of the broth and served as curried mut- ton by making a gravy and flavor- ing it with curry. Leftover barley porridge can always be used to thicken a mutton broth, but if bar- ley is added and-cooked in it one large tablespoon with the other in- gredients will make it thick enough. Bake from Well enough to ¢ Household Hints. Putting wilted vegetables into ice-water will restore their fresh- ness. Winter boots and shoes should be stuffed with paper before being put away. Rub fresh lard on the grass stain, let. stand a little while, then wash in warm suds. Asparagus on toast>-with hot cream, well salted, makes a delici- ous breakfast dish. A tiny piece of garlic on the let- lf an hour before serving will give a slight savory flavor. For fruit stains on linen mvke a paste of powdered starch and wa- ter. Cover the stain, leave on same 'time, then brush off lightly. magnate in a generous light. The Standard Oi! Company of | Ohio, the parent company, has no pension fund, but maintains a system, which means Milk is likely to make| about the same thing, with the ex- ception that no obligation is as- sumed by the company as a per- manency. When this plan was first put in operation it was discovered that a number of old employes were not eligible for the gratuity fund, because they h already sever their connection with the concern for old age or disability. The fact coming to John D. Rockefeller's no- tice, he gave instructions to have every such case investigated and ,reported upon, with a suitable re- commendation as to the require- ments in each worthy case. James Cole, superintendent of No. works, was the official investigator and made the recommendations. Upon receipt of the reports, John D. gave instructions to have all these people placed upon his per- sonal payroll, their pensions to be ~ paid by Mr. Cole personally and without notice to anyone. That system is still maintained. Even now some men are discovered who years ago worked for Mr. Rockefel- ler, and after some service sought other employment. Whenever a deserving ease is found the man is pensioned, even though he has not been in John D.'8 employ for a quarter century. Shortly after John D. Rockefel- ler had moved away from Cleve- land, about thirty years ago, New York observed her tercentenary, and all the Ohio National Guard was sent east to participate in the egeet parade New York had up to at occasion ever seen. Governor Foraker was anxious to show off the regiment of field artillery in the Ohio section, and ordered the march up Fifth Avenue to include a gallop, battery, front, unmindful of the fact that the. equipment dated back to '65. In consequence half the junk went to the scrap heap, not, however, without seri- ous damage tothe men. One broke his arm, another his hip as one wheel went out from under him, One was killed. Acts of Kindness. One of the officers wae taken to St. Luke's Hospital, then on West Fifty-third treet, New York. mr afterward @ neighbor sent Began When Young and Has Kept A new portrait of Mr: John D. ockefeller, a Government: § of recruits 'thé! j his acts in general. }frequently chose enigmatical meth- "jeenary spirit of these trade 3 MESOAT Seno Lesson T INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AUGUST 9. } Lesson Vi. The Barren Fig Tree and . the Defiled Temple, Mark 11. 88. Golden Pext, "-_ Matt. 7. 20. - Verse 12. On the morrow--On mday morning, the. day following the triumphal entry. During this last week it was the custom of Jesus to spend the night at Bethany and bl during the day to Jerusa- . Bethany--See Breonding lesson. 13. A fig tr ' ving leaves --Though this was ps Pe in the year than one would naturally ex- 2a to find figs on the trees, the that the leaves were out would suggest that there might be fruit, since in fig trees the fruit, which is in reality modified blossom, appears before the leaves. It was not the season of figs-- The early variety of figs appeared in June, the later crop in August. The time indicated in our lesson was. about April. 14. If this incident stood alone, if we knew nothing else about. the character of Jesus, we should be inclined to think his act petulant. His words would seem to have been spoken. because he: was irritated and disappointed. Why should one curse'a tree? But we know enoug of the life of Jesus to cause us to seek a further explanation. The -| true- meaning of any man's words '}is te be found, not in his isolated sentences, but in a study of all his teachings. The meaning of one act of any person can be rightly un- derstood only when_ compared with Moreover, Jesus ods in order to compel men to think Jor to teach them a forceful lesson. The sin which Jesus had so often found it necessary to reprove was that of hypocrisy. Here is a tree '| guilty of this same thing, and Jesus takes the opportunity afforded him to pronounce judgment in symbolic form upon this prime fault of a 'class with whom Jesus and his dis- Bales would constantly come in one RThem that sold and them that | bought in the temple--This traffic Was carried on in the outer court '}of the temple. It consisted in the '}buying and selling of animals, in- nse; oil, and other things requir- ee. for sacrifice. It saved the pil- }grims the trouble of bringing all e things with, them. from: their But the mer- s led them to abuse their privilege, and their business was characterized by desecration, greed, and fraud. Moneychangers--Those who, for a the chief praae: -consideration, changed. money, giv- "jing the people the smaller coins they needed in making small pur- chases and also' giying those who came from a distance Hebrew coins in exchange for the Greek or Ro- a money they had brought with Doves--The offering of the poor, who = not afford to bring sheep or oxe 16. The court of the Gentiles, de- signed as a place where strangers him with his partner, M. B. Clarl 5 sorry he could since his brother Frank had ef- listed. But he was glad to help. With a long key he opened the and produced a tidy sum of mon "T want you to feel," the two recruits, "that your pe ple will not suffer while you ate me. On the way uptown Tibbits tu ed excitedly to Scofield. _ Why," be said, "that man is rich! e must be worth $10,000!'? At that time Mr. Rockefeller was barely 23 years old. a The Last Item. A famous novelist staying at/a certain hotel in Canada was so an- noyed by the lack of attention he received that in a moment of irrita- tion he asked to see the proprietor. "J just wanted to. tell you," -said the author when the proprietor ap- peared, that of all the hotels under the shining sun I have never been in one that for unmitigated,. all- round unendurable discomfort could equal yours." After the indignant landlord had withdtawn the author asked for his bill,:and he discover- ed that the last "item on it was-- "To impudence--$3" 1 Discussing Their Gricvances.. Two married ladies were discuss- ing their grievances. 'You -can't think how the increased cost of liy- ing affects us," confessed: one "Why, my bills for elothes alone are more than twice as large this year as they were last year." "Mer- ey!' exclaimed 'the other. "I don't see how your husband can afford it.' 'He can't," said the first. "But he eoulay? t afford it last year. So what's the difference ?" Without Assistance. ""eacher--Did morgne help you with this map Sam m--No, rr My brother did it all by hims might come to worship, had come to be used-as a shortcut by those passing to and fro with vessels or apexanes. It is not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?--See Isa. 56. 7, '| in. which it is predicted that strang- ers who worshiped God, as well as| *| Jews, shall be admitted to the priv- ileges of the temple. The Jews had come to regard the court of the Gentiles, which was the seat of a universal worship, so indifferently rfi-|that they allowed it to be used by the traders. We cannot tell how often strangers desired to come to the temple to worship, but there were some who accepted the Jewish faith, and we know that 'certain Greeks came asking to see Jesus. Jesus felt that this part of the tem- ple, as well as the other courts, Goud not be given over to pur- poges which would prevent the wor- shiper from finding it a place where he could hold undisturbed commun- ion with the Father. A den of robbers--Quoted from Jer. 7. 11, in which the prophet speaks of the desecration of the temple because of the character of the people who used it. Here, it is not the people primarily, but the wrong use of the temple, which is condemned. Jesus evidently ob- jected to having = house of prayer used as a place for persona! gain. But fair tmadiee could not be call- ed "robbery,"' before using 'so strong a word Pao must have not- iced that these traders were greedy and unscrupulous and that they sought to enrich themselves by tak- ing an unfair advantage of those who came from " distance -to wor- je in the tem 18 The are priests and the scribes--These were the authorities who had sold to the traders the right to carry on their business in the temple court. Since the words of Jesus were a rebuke to them as well as to the traders, they resen this invasion of their established rights. They also constituted 'the main body of the Sanhedrin, and therefore sought how they might destroy Jesus. feared him--Because the 2 ey multitude stood in awe at the pow: Grecan' and | Sacraments Seem Still to be Vital Is= - 'sues of Christian Esperance, ms iA >"The hour cometh, when aieithee in this mountain nor in Jerusalem shall ye worship the Father. : 'God is a Spirit, and t "44 worship Him must wo a and in truth. bie ae iv., ar, It is most startling to discover, amid the multitude of creeds, ritu- als and institutions which have cum- bered the centuries of Obhristian history. that, as Professor Henry |} H. Walker has expressed it, "Jesus established no church, organized system of worship, taught no essen- tially new doctrine, wrote no gos- pel, left behind no 'system of laws; . . that the Christian religion be- gar not as an institution, nor as ritual, nor'as a creed--but as an experience, a life, an inspiration." A great part of the opposition which the Nazarene encountered was aroused by the fact that He cared so little about those external matters of organization and dogma | ™ which the people of His day regard- ed as the essence of religion. As to whether God was worshipped up- on the mountain in Samaria or in the temple at Jerusalem He was in- different. For the sacrifices and the oblations, the altars and the shrines, the holy places and holy ays He had little or no concern. What held His attention was the Abiding Reality of the Spirit. 2 What dominated His interest was the problem of life of the soul. Once | assured that a man had clean hands and a pure heart, was genuinely moved by love for humankind and had met God face to face in the high, clear altitudes of spiritual fellowship, He did not care before what altar he worshipped, in what language he prayed or by what name he ealled his deity. Strange and pathetic it is now to see how largely churches of Christendom have interested them- selves in these very externals aT a which meant eo little to Jesusi. of the Maitas had not fare istiples SCIpies gotten those inward realities of the spirit which always unite and paid devout attention to those outward forms of ceremony and belief which always divide. the history of Christianity, and what do we have but the story of an uninterrupted struggle over forms of organization, methods of discipline, conditions of membership and definition of faith! Now and again some prophet has arisen to speak his message of the spirit and to smite with the light- ning bolt of his inspired wrath the false gods of the recreant Church. But always has be been silenced or slain by the wearers of mitres, the quibblers of phrases and the lovers phylacteries. And even to-day, en "Back to Jesus!' has become so loud a cry, institu- tions, creeds and sacraments seem still to' be vital issues of Christian experience. What wonder that a so- er historian can say that the hurch has ever been "more vital- ly interested in the science of re- ligion than ip religion itself!' It is impossible to. remind our- selves too often of what Jesus taught and lived--to recall, both for our own spiritual health and for the salvation of the world, that pure religion of the spirit to which He lent the authority of His prophetic genius. The issue here is perfectly plain between the one thing which is essential and the many other things which are non-essential. And this issue must be faced, regardless of dear traditions and tender sensi- bilities, until that hour at last is come when men shall know that 'God is a spirit, and they that wor- ship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.'---Rev. John Haynes Hoimes. er of Jesus and the authority of his teaching. 19. We learn from Matthew that ssed by. in the morning--Returning to Jerusalem. 22. Jesus ache we iy eit Saith unto Sa Have faith in God--The thoughts of Jesus seem} One of the dainty new asek rachis d here to take a different turn from what we expect, _and these words, with those on as a condition of answ er to prayer (verse 25), may be given here as the substance of a longer conversation of which we are not given the full setting. If in direct reply to Peter's remar : Jesus explained that faith in God was the source of his mirac- ulous power over the fig tree, then, realizing their need far more fully than did they themselves, he may have been led to show them how they might attain the same power namely, through faith. 23. is mountain--As Jesus and his disciples were near the Mount of Olives all the way from Bethany to' Jerusalem, the mountain refer- red to*would be the Olives. | Sey An Anti-Swatter. Alas for the poor fly! He has few friends nowadays. One of the last to be kind to him was the dear old Countess o "'Julia," .said her ladyship, who noticed one buzzing round the win- dow and giving himself a headache butting the glass,. 'Julia, open the: window and let that poor fly out.' "But, madam, it is pouring rain," "You are very 'thoughtful, Julia. Show the fly into the ante-room and let it sit down till the shower is over; then let it out."' Met His Match. An English tourist was recently spending his. holidays in Scotland when he met a very old native. In the course of conversation-the tour- ist asked the native how old he was. "T am one hundred," said the old man. 'I rather doubt you'll not see another hundred," said the tourist. fic dinna ken, man," said the old an. "Aa'm stronger the noo than when I started the first hundred." Both Credulous. She--You vowed that it would be your aim to make my life naught but one of happiness. And to think that I believed you! ; He--That's nothing! I believed it at the time myself. Her Reason. 'Mummy, can I have that pear that was on the diningroom side board this morning? '*'Cos--~-- '*Because' what ?" 'Cos I've eaten it!" Yenst cakes left -- around -where rats and mice can eat them will rid a building of the rodents. Distinct traces of light have been detected in the ocean at depths of more than 3,000 feet by an English oveanographical expedition. plying to |. Mount of] eeceo Fashion Hints- of tulle is made witha little wired stand-up collar at the: back. It is fragile, of course for even wires cannot make tulle durable. But it is no more fragile than the organdy collars which suggested it, and it is, without doubt, very becoming. New Headdress. Some of the new. headdresses give the impression of earrings--and | yet there are no earrings. These are bands or filets to go about the head, of jet beads, and at each side, just in front of each ear, there is a long jet drop, which reaches below tne tip of the ear. Striped Lines. Striped linen is a favorite sim- mer fabric. It is used in, combina- tion with plain linen--sometimes as a tunic, sometimes as a foundation, worn with a plain linen jacket. It is used, too, for trimming frocks and suits of other fabrics--striped linen collar and cuff facings, for in- stance, are u on a plain suit of blue ratine. New Dancing Petticoat. There is a new chiffon dancing petticoat with two strips of whale- 'bone to keep it, and the frock worn over it, out about the hips. But do not take this to heart as.an indica- tion that hoopskirts of the old sort are really here or that the skirt of the summer is really any fuller about the bottomshan ever. Styles are slow in their # yelopment, even though they are foreshadowed for many months, and the skirt of the moment is still far from full at the bottom. This. chiffon petticoat, in spite of its balloon- like proportions at the hips, is scant at the bottom, for it is shirred and _ puffed. into slight dimensions. Accordion Pleats Popular. Accordion pleats are much used, '| and they are welcome. 'here 1s the accordion pleated underskirt worn with the long tunic, and it is surely an improvement, from the wearer's point of view, over the straight un- derskirt. For it permits of easy walking, and at the same time pre- serves a straight effect. Then there is the accordion pleated caps. De- veloped in a light, thin silk this ia a delightful) cape for evening wear. It is put into a yoke of heavier fa- bric that fits about the shoulders, and that is finished with a wide, flaring collar of the silk. a To lessen the smoke and gas in tunnels Swiss railroads are equips ping their locomotive stacks with lids to be closed when a prey S ls entered, steam being e neath the engines. - sometimes as the whole skirt to be ° cs