* 'a ~ ; agpanes sli suiesi: pamamela Na Household Hints. lg cook yegetables in an fron If'a cake cracks open while bak- ig, there is too much flour i in it. Bulbs grown in fibre in the house should be kept moist, but not wet. » Soaking in cold water makes the jwashing of all garments much 'easier. Oil, lemon. juice and salt are the eal dressing for a everyday salad, Make enough corn rial mush one eay to.serve for three or four if fried. When a vegetable has lost its firmness, soak it in very cold wa- ter until it is crisp and plump, . If boiling milk is poured ong the 'beaten. eggs when making bread 'custard, it will bake very 'firm. ' A scrubbing brush nailed upside | § (down to the floor of the back porch is an excellent shoe scraper. A pinch of baking soda put into the water when cooking tough meat or fowl] will-make it tender. It is said that Hamburg steak can be creamed exactly as dried beef is, and that it is really delicious. A good test in choosing beef is to press it with the thumb; if it rises sg it is of good quality. In the sick room, it is much more pleasant for the patient if the medi- cine botiles are kept out of sight. Try frying fish in fat that has been saved from former frying; the favor will be very much improved. Grape fruit is delicious served on lettuce leaves with a little olive oil | --in fact, one of the best spring! tonics. Boiled puddings should never- be turned out the moment they ar Jone. They are very likely to break \f this is done. Dampen the wrinkled spot on a ribbon and' wrap it around a clean! lighted electric bulb and it will be| perfectly smooth. - An ordinary rolling pin is an ex, ellent thing to keep veils fresh. Dover the pin with a bit' of white flannel. . Fine damask linen needs no starch. If sufficiently damp and} ironed until dry, it will have all jhe | necessary dressing. 'A goods fruit filling for a cake is - made of one orange peeled and cui ne,a can of pineapple and. three ced rain and put n two layers of oaks: ay aeiiciont: -orange sauce. is made 'with two tablespoonfuls of flour mixed with one-half cupful of su- _ gar, add one-half pint - of. boiling water, bring to a boil, and add the juice of an orange and half the grat- ed. yellow rind. Don't give house plants too much liquid during this season. Once in three days is often enough to water most plants, even in a warm room ~some retain sufficient moisture for a week or two. Over-watering is ruinous. Most convenient work aprons are , made by turning up the bottom on! the right side to form a generous: pocket, stitching once up the cen- tre to hold in place. When setting the house in order in the morning. these aprons save many steps Little bits of flannel and flanne}.- ette that are too smal! for making anything else may be cut up in small pieces to fill sofa cushions for poor ifvalids. If they are covered with a pretty cretonne these make most useful and acceptable gifts. Celery and Bean Sandwiches. Method-- Put celery stalks through food chopper; use twice as much bulk of cold baked beans, mix to- gether and stir in a very little salad dressing. Spread between butter- ed rounds of stéamed brown bread. Roquefort Cheese and Celery. -- Method--Mash roquefort cheese with a little butter or thick cream; mix one-third as much minced cel- ery, and place on a little plate on erisp lettuce leaf. Dust top liber- ally with Paprika and serve with toasted cracker Celery and Cabbage Salad.--Me- thod -- Shred three cups of fine white cabbage, add ne of minced celery, salt and er to taste, 'then add a planan' dressing and 'mix well in bowl. Now place in sal- 'ad dish and oy a little more of the 'dressing ove Celery and 'Meat Sandwiches. -- ;Method--Take small left-overs of lean pork or beef, mince with an 'equal quantity ot celery, putting them through food chopper to- gether. Season with a made mus- tard and salt if needed, and spread between thin = of buttered white or rye bre Piquant Salad vcaatag.~tuge- dients--Two teaspoonfuls sugar, onechalf teaspoon salt, one sweet red pepper, three tablespoons olive oil, five tablespoons yinegar. Me- thod--Seed and grind pepper through food chopper. Add to su- gar oil and salt, and rubto a smooth paste. Stir in the vinegar gradually, and mix well. Potato and Cclery Salad.--Me- thod--Pare and cut potatoes into smail cubes, and cook in water with @ few outer leaves of the celery. When done remove celery and add the water to soup stock. When po- - tatoes sre cold add one-quarter as much ficely cut celery, a small > | ia mie ge, , and seagstn w . Lied Speer oa ith - Method--Pare, core and- soft veal or chicken "Novel Celery and Apples Salad. -- "snow applés; lay slices in a circle, so. each slightly: overlaps the other, on individual plates. In centre mound} *2 a celery-salad made of finely othe oe. * and Delicious Fruit. Salad.--A deli- cious fruit salad, which is a very good substitute for dessert at a luncheon, can be made of ant iee| Be and dates. For four persons use two apples and a dozen dates. Pare, quarter, and core the apples, then cut the quarters in small pieces of uniform size and mix a Kttle lemon juice through the apple to keep it from discoloring. The dates should be scalded and, when dried, cut away from the pits in lengthwise pieces. They should then be mixed with the apple and the whole' sea- soned with a fourth teaspoonful each of salt and paprika and dress- in lettuce eaves THE SUNDAY OMY SCHOLLESSO INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MARCH U. Lesson XI. Saul Gains His King- 1 Sam. 11. Golden Text, | dom.- { ¢ Proy. 16. 32. | Verse 1. Nahash the Ammonite-- | "Nahash" means "snake."' e was king of the Ammonites, as we read in 1 Sam. 12. 12; 2 Sam. 10. 1, 2; 117. 7, In 2 Sam. 17 25 we read that | Abigail was the daughter of Na- ; hash, the sister of Zertiah. In 1 ; Chron. 2. 15, 16 Zeruiah is mention- (ed as one of the sisters of David. n 2 Sam. 10. 2 we learn that Na- hash had been kind to David, and in 2 Sam. 17. 27 that Shobi, the son: of Nahash, was friendly to David in! his exile. Jabesh-gilead--See Judg. 21. 8. | The Ammonites were envious of Is-/} irael beeause the latter possessed | Gilead. See Judg. 10. 6-18. 11. That all your right eyes be put out--To put out the right eye would: not only be a disastrous pitysical handicap, but would bring exe ing great reproach upon the chil- dren of Israel who were thus. in- 21; Prov. 30.17. him--The civil government of Israel: was in the hands of the elders. _ See Judg. 8, 14-16;.11. 5ff; also, Dent. a 12. 'Then camé the messengers to Gibeah of Saul.--This does not mean that they came to Gibeah be- .- See Num. 16. 14; Jadg. 16./ | tre 3. The elders af Jabesh said unto cause Saul was there. They simply happened to come to the place of Saul's residence. They did not know that he was to be the future king. Saul, it will be remembered, 'had said nothing about his anoint- , ing. In fact, he refrained from an- swering a direct question of his un- cle. See 1 Sam. 10, 14-16. All the people lifted up their voice and wept~ Great grief among the Orientals is expressed in loud , Wailing. See Gen. 27. 38; Judg. 2. 4; 21. 2. The crying of grown men in Palestine to-day strikes the visi- tor as singular. It is not at all un- usual tou come upon men and boys weeping as a consequence of failure 'to get what they want. | 5. Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field--He had een plowing and was just return- ing. He happened to come upon the messengers, Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep!--He had _ hear nothing about the occurrence at Jabesh-gilead. As the people were weeping, he naturally wauld ask the | reason why 6. The Spirit of God came might- ily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly--The Spirit of God evi- enced itself in great energy and ower. He who was possessed of this Spirit was ready for great things. a Judg. 3. 10; 6. 34; 11. 29; 13 . '- He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces--Oxen were valu- able to the agricultural people, even as asses were. Saul's quick under- standing of the situation showed him how best he could bring the people to raJly about him. The warning coul effect, as they could not afford to lose their oxen Sent them throughout all the bor- ders of Israel.--This was a uswa way of apprising the children of Israel of any calamity or stirring event. Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel-- Samuel still.was mighty in the land. His influence would go far in" showing the children of Israel not only what the emergency was, but what the chances of success were. Saul was unknown as a leader. Samuel was a chosen prophet.. Samuel's name, therefore, gave weight to the sum- mons which Saul sent forth. The dread of Jehovah fell on the people, and they came out as one man--The fear of Jehovah did not cause weakness; it rather inspired stretigth. When Jehovah called, the children must obey. They fear- ed him because if wes were 'diso- i not fail to have its . in ordér to be pleased lene wore bastabed 21. i where the discover bel her an of the eh sacha i a : Berek was pri district Ta- i' -- a see 1.4 or city. See Judg. 9. Tornoe by the tial the sun is hot, ye shall have Geltvelines is would' be toward noon. From **To-morrow," doubtless, was. the last of the séven days. 10, "Therefore the. men of Jabesh said to Nahash, To-morrow we will Oe gs did not intimate at what time of the day they would come. As they had the whole of the day, it was not necessary to designate the hour. They let the messengers Nahash believe that they were go- ing to accede to the terms of 'Na- ed with mayonnaise dressing. Serve] hash 11. It was soon the | morrow, that | Saul put the people in three com- panies--They started to march the night before, so evidently the army was not divided until they had come nee to the proposed scene of bat- They came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch--The camp means, of course, the camp of the enemy. The morning watch was the last of the three watches of four| } hours each, into which the night was divided. The time, therefore, was between two o'clock and six ° 'clock in the morning. . Notice, again, that the Israelites struck the blow at an exceeding early hour in the morn- ing, and Sata Gideon's attack in Judg. 7 Smote the Ammonites until the heat of the day--The battle evident- y lasted many hours. "It came to pass that they that re- mained were scattered, so that not two of them were* sett together--Not only were most of the Ammonites killed, but those who escaped es- caped. singly. Saul's delivery of the men of Ja- besh-gilead was held in grateful imemory. When later. he met de- feat in battle, the Philistines fas-| . tened his headless: body to the wall at Beth-Shan. When the inhabi- tants of Jabesh-gilead heard 'this, 'the valiant men arose and went all night. and took Jam, 31. be a sei said unto Sam: Who 'is the: that. said,' Shall Beal reign oyer us? bring the men, that we may put thenr to death--This has reference to 1 Sam..10. 27, 13. There shall not a man be to death this day; for to-day Seho- vah hath wrought, deliverance in Israel--Saul, first of all, gives the icredit of the victory. to Jehovah and, secondly, shows keen judg- ment in not allowing any man to be sought out and annoyed.' Had permitted this, even those who would have been leaders. in search and killing would afterward have turned against. Saul for hay- ing permitted it. See 2 Sam. 19 22 for a similar instance of good sense on the part of David. 14. Renew the kingdom = kingdom had been established whee Samuel anointed Saul, but there had been no public proclamation. Samuel did not want to discredit the first act in the establishment of the kingdom, although that act was a private one. Now when the fact of the kingship is to be publicly Bro. claimed, he simply says, w '"'renew," or make public, what has already been done. 15. There they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah-- In 1 Sam. 10. 8, Samuel tells Saul that he will come down to him later to offer burnt-offerings and to sac- rifice sacrifices of peace-offerings. As this was a part of the ceremony of making Saul king, Samuel is now keeping his promise. ------__¥ Perpetual Punishment. "I'd sooner be a criminal than be married to aman like Park's wife." . "What do you mean?"' "Why, a criminal gets one sen- tence at a time, but. poor Park gets a whole string of sentences every day. What Ails Jones. a elles is the matter with Jones? Bocker--If he takes a vacation, they wonder how he can afford to; and if he doesn't they wonder if his accounts are straight. Her Opportunity. \__| kinds of _ Maid--'T've come to give notice, ma'am.' Mistress -- "Indeed ?" Maid--"And would you give mea good reference, ma'am? I'm going to Miss Jones just across the way." Mistress--"The best in the world, Maggie. I hate that woman."* Ata negro wedding, when the clergyman read the words "love, honor and obey," the bridegroom interrupted and yee "Read that again, t once mo' 580's de lady 'kin ketch te full solemnity 8. He numbered Bees seem as thongh they 1 were num ae OI come out unto you, and ye shall do|.*2* with us all that seemeth good unto, a shaped hi sheake square corn- ete., e the more imposing type of 'building should be accom- pani flower beds, oo trees' and walks of such a design a to carrysout the style of the Bogs as far as le Now is the time to plan your gar- den. Calla ily council and let ory eee offer suggestions for autification of the home this year. Grow pleasing ahd beautiful flowers where the burdock used to themselves after a moment's thought, and for a very smal! ex- penditure and a little attention, a wonderful revolution can be worked ie the whole genera! appearance of your home. Roses. No words of prais¢ can adequately convey the extreme beauty and un- ique usefulness of the Hybrid-Tea Rose which now dominates all other sections of Bedding Roses. The profusion of bloom, the superb vig- or, the " exquisite «coloring and beautiful formation of the flowers and b of this new species of the \ Grete of Flowers, at once place it sMthout a eee in the rose gardén. he} yatd,; and mix to the depth Bat a A.|up before hard frost in the fall, t Spring is t the best time for ng. nts, roses catiene ain 'deep pe rell-drained land. When a bed roses is to be planted, the Al hould be dug to a depth of at least pne foot, and well mix with a Seren! of two or three. inches of ted cbw manure. In the absence 'of that, saw bone dust on the sur- face just thick enough to cover it, or about half a poynd to a square foot with the soil. The Foster-Melliar, an expert rome: grower and writer on the subject, recommends the following especial- ly prépared be tiger ga uperp oS lime .. 12 parts Nitrate of a ewan ws 10 parts e | Sulphate: of re 2 parts Sul of O visweny eae parts Sulphate of iron ......... 1 part His advice is to apply this mix- ture in March at the rate of one- quarter pound to each square yard. To protect Hybrid Tea Roses over winter each rose bush should be covered with six or ei ht inches. of earth above the ground in the Fall. In Spring the bush may be pruned 'back to the height it was covered with earth in the Fall. The cover- ing should be removed gradually in. the aes when danger from frost is pa Hybrid Te 14 to 16 ine Some of as should be - planted hes each way. well known [ybrid-Te ion of every bulb embraces such a vari color, Ries abocste nearly shade except blue are planted i: fairly good soil, and where they will not be shaded there is an spacial certainty that 'they will flowe - ob de meanin'. befo'.' V's een married ' "fhe Bulbs cet aay during April. will usually at their best flowering thrive. Hundreds of flowers suggest]: ings' + until the middle of g. Like nearly ail it other | oe. during winter. The schoolboy who Senn while he remains be- scientious teacher. -- Gainer who is satisfied with his ished picture and neither hopes nor cares to improve it or-to do a no- } time i despair of = emancipator, as the contentment of the great masses:of the poor in tenement and sweat shop is still the despair of the so- cial reformer. To be. satisfied with petty achievements, to be content with low ideals, to' be. resigned 'like dumb, driven cattle" to in- tolerable conditions--all this isun- worthy of ovr manhood.and right- ly challenges' the rebuke of, every true prophet of the living God. Serene Mastery of Spirit. When the, ostle, however, speaks and even boasts of the fact that he has ag ee in whatsoever estate he may he, 'therein to ~~be content" he has reference to quite a different'state of mind. He is thinking here not of meek submis- sion to the world or abject surren- der to fortune, least of all of mean ambition and trivial desire, but ra-| be ther of that serene mastery of spirit which enables aman to maintain his inward integrity intact even when the slings and arrows of out- rageous fortune'? beat most fast and furious upon him. "To be con- tent" in Paul's sense is to seek the farthest goals and feel no despair tate « 2 eae i bnoean ote comrades on e to land, hes ee # little is gained, and the Ittle is not more. It is to meet sorrow with equanimity, disaster with new. ef- fort, wrong without capitulation ; it is to be oar gps amid confu- sion, untemp am. prosperity, undaunted amid misfortune; it is 2. jane riches in poverty, good in light im darkness, life in nsheiig The' Stoic exemplified it when, like Epictetus, he remember- ed that "it is not things that dis- quiet us, but our opinion about things.'? The Christian glorifies it, when, like Christ. he "'endure. cross, despising the shame." Maximunr of Contentment. To find contentment: of this ex- alted life. es the nt explains the woe of the world. John Ruskin sums it al] up in @& oe passage in his "Unto Last":--"There ara perhaps cic circumstances in life in which Providence has no inten- tion that People should be content. Nevertheless, the maxim (of con- tentment) is on the whole a geod one. We need examples of people who, leaving Heaven to decide whe- ther they are to risé in the world, decide for themselves that they will happv in it, and have resolv to seek not greater wealth but sim- pler pleasure, not higher fortune but deeper felicity, making the first possessions self-possession and bonoriig themselves in the harm- less pride and calm pursuits of peace."? -- - Rev. John Haynes Holmes. i, in August, ree succession' plant- be made chs ten' days July, -which aioe a@ succession of. bloom Dahlias, Dablins Wechuse of their bright), moweee of the most varied hues are unsurpassed for general table deco- ration. They grow very easily from seed and bloom profusely. There is nothing to equal it in September or October, when everything else is faded or fading. Tubers should be planted when the season becomes warm, covering the neck about three inches. If many shoots start, thin out. Plants should be taken tops cut off, tubers dried 'a little, and put in the cellar until Sonn. There are six distinct classes Dahlias: Single, Tall Double, Dwarf Double, True Cactus, Deco- rative Costus, on 4 Flowered. 'ansic Pansies with their vs many- colored and attractive petals should greet us at every turn. Pansy seed germinates and the plants grow more freely in the cool early days of spring, and for summer blooming should be sown by the latter part of April or early May. w the seeds in drills, covering them "net more than four times their diameter, and Creed the soil well above them to planted to stand nine inches apart in the 'rows. Do not plant Pansies in the shade of a building or other During dry weather watch the bed daily. Some Sonne classes of pansies are: Goliath, Princess, Hercules Gifnt, Giant Snow Queen. --------F Pneumonia Warnings. The prevention of pneumonia is one of the a that cannot too often be ge ey The first to remember is that ariel my not caused by cold weather, but in spite of it. That it is the -- prevalent nb and |f the most fatal of winter dise due to the fact that the resis: power of many people is u go apes is serene | mitted by a germ s germ cr erless % exeot wornal health people. But when it attacks a sd son whose vitality is below normal --whether from cmpencent living, air and must "avoid | excesses who of all kinds. . People Provided they | themsely. elyes indoors, keeping warm at the expense of fresh air, gradoal- ly reduce their resisting po apc aga show that this error ry common one, a8 every cold aay, is aloneees @ rapid increase of pneumonia ait} . This ig a singular disease i <n "which the cdrontat leit ¢ im the sie i wi in the fingers 'or toes generally comes for a'time entirely "abstract. ed. It occurs in persons of nervous temperament,'*and often follows an exposure to severe cold; it may. oc- aus alone, as a- purely neurotic symptom, or it may be associated wit some cther diease, such as epi- lepsy, Bright's disease, tere ia, hysteria, or anaemia. is most often met with in cori ad salt life, and women are more ofte fected than men. It is, Pin se occasionally seen even in children, and in old people as well. The sriplest form of the disease i i led "dead fingers." In such a case the fingers of the tient become dead white or a luish wlite, and actually look as pA they belonged toa dead person. The local circulation may be so pogo id obstructed that the fing- ers will not bleed even if they are cut. Sometimes the condition lasts only a few minutes, but it may go on for several hours, or even days. Raynaud called it "Tocal syncope," because the effected fine~. or toe acts as if it had really tainted from loss of blood, although the circula-- tion is nor in the rest of the body. The condition is believed to be caused by spasms in some of the small arteries. In the more severe form of Ray- naud's disease the affected part turns parple instead of white, and becomes swollen and tingling, just as would if the circulation were im- peded by. a string tied tightly around the finge which is happily not frequent--- gangrene occurs; that happens only when the attacks have been so fre- quent that the circulation is cut off most of te time. In an ordinary attack of "dead fingers" massage is oe although it should not be roughly or ignorantly applied, since = hg is drained of its life for the ing, and can be y brok- = Ave exposure to cold, and protect the extremities carefully by warm clothing: ose who are sub- 'eel to oe attacks are generally ina warm climate.-- Youth's "Companion: American uty; 3} from overwork, of rei worry, There' 8 always room for one more George Dickson; Killarney ; -| lack of exercise or lack air|in the crowd at the bottom. Cornwallis. --it is capable harm. Gladfoll. Bodily fitness is the prion sale-| "Did you do as I told vou, Wil. There is perhaps no bulb that is| guard against pneumonia, and to et-| lle," inquired the mother, "'an so satisfactory or so easily-culti-| tain bodily fitness one must have | not ask Mrs. Winters for pie a sec- vated as aha Gladiolus, no other| proper nourishment, exerciso and|ond time?' "Yes'm," said Willie mar ; 'I didn't have to ask more roe pri I apt the first piece with- out askin If a girl wante to marry and ak is wise C) mee oailigs cttemaphe $4 . Legal more in Whom ce i fing 'to' a fe ger - the most severe form of all--