: i oe 3. so Hints fof Busy Housekeepers. Reckjes and Other Valuable Information of Particular lacerest to Women Folks HOT BREADS FOR WINTER. Indian Griddle Cakes.--Sift_ to- gether three coffee cupfuls of yellow cornmeal, wane cupful of flour, one teaspoonful of brown sugar, half teaspoonful of salt, and a heaping tablespoonful of baking powder: then mix to a smooth batter with two cggs beaten well with a pint of sweet milk. Bake brown on a hot erve with maplo syrup Ginger Mufiins.--Into one-half eupful - Orleans molasses stir one-half teaspoonful of soda, one-half teaspoonful of salt, one teaspounful of ginger, one-half cup- ful of granulated sugar, and one tablespoonful of melted butter. Into two and one-fourth cupfuls of sifted flour stir one and one-half teaspoon- fuls of soda, then udd these to the ingredients with molasses and thin to a batter with a cupful of sour milk. Beat-well, fill buttered muf- fin tins partly full, and bake io moderate oven for twenty minutes. Buttermilk Biscuit.--Sift a quart of flour. then stir into it a heap- ing tablespoonful of baking powder and a teaspoonful of salt. Melt two level tablespoonfuls of lard and mix with the flour, then moisten to a soft dough with a pint of butter- milk, into which one-half a tea- spoonful of soda has been dissolv- ed, Rol] out to half an inch thick- ness and cut into the usual size bis- cuit, handling as little as possible. Bake in a quick oven. Graham Griddle Cakes.--For these are required a pint of gra- ham flour, one-half pint each of yellow evornmeal and flour; with these mix one-half 'teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of brown su- gar, two heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and after they are thoroughly stirred together mix to a batter with one-half each of milk and water and dne egg, wel! beaten. The griddle must be hot to bake these cakes brown. Serve with cream and grated maple sugar. suckwheat Cakes.--This is an old and well liked recipe. For the "cakes are required one. and one- half pints of buckwheat, one cup- ful each of yellow corn meal and flour. Stir these together, then add three heaping teaspoonfuls of bak- ing powder, a teaspoonful of salt, and a tablespoonful of molasses, which will add to their brownness when baked. Mix to a batter with water. 'not too cold. he cakes should bo mixed just before they are needed for baking. Serve with maple syrup and plenty of butter. Johnny Cake.--One egg, one tablespoonful lard, one pinch of salt, une cup of sweet milk, two scant cups of flour, one teaspoon- ful baking powder. Mix well and bake in) quick oven for twenty minutes IN THE SEWING ROOM. Jt may surprise most women to learn that it not conducive to good health tu sit in a rucking chair while sewing if the material has to be kept un one's lap. A wecking chair throws the body out of bal- ance by pitching it backward at an unnatural angle. In it the muscles of the front of the body--the muscles of the chest and diaphragm --are contracted, the chest is made holluw, the ribs are pulled dows, and the back is reunded. A chair with a straight back should be used, and the body should be held in the sam erect position that the cutting table requires -- chin and abdomen in, back straight, chest out. Of course, it is neces- sary when sewing on the lap to bend forward, but the bending should be done from the hips--the back should not be rounded. Sew- ing at the machine' properly con- ducted is an admirable exercise. Be sure tu sit erect, bending only at the hips, and you will find the rapid pedaling will be beneficial as a healthful exercise. Correct sewing is readily govern- ed by a few simple rules, which, if folluwed out. make the plying of the needle and thread an exercise which deepens the chest, improves the carriage, strengthens the back and shoulders, clears the complex- ion, and brightens the eyes. In the first place the sewing room should be well ventilated. e air in it should be as fresh and pure as the air out of doors. Three op- eraticns-go on in the sewing room ---viz,: cutting, the seamstress standing at the table; stitching, seated at a machine; sewing, with the materia) in the lap. In cutting the manner in which the seamstress bends over the table is everything. [he following exercise taken two or three times a day is a wonder- ful help toward correct bending at the work table, that is, bending without' constricting the chest or abdomen. tand perfectly erect with the heels together, the chin and abdomen in, the chest out, the back -straight. Slowly Alling the "lungs with air, raise the:axms, held 1s lungs should be filled to their ful- lest extent wit hair. Slowly exhai ing the air, lower the arms to the sides again. Repeat this movement twenty times. There is a right way and a wrong way to sew, and she who pursues the right way arises from her sew- ing after a day's work greatly benc- fited. She may be weary, but her weariness is that derived from healthful work, like the weariness which follows a game of tennis, for instance, but the woman who habi- tually takes the wrong position runs a great risk of developing indiges- tiaf, to say the last, if not more serious lung trouble. CAKE. German Apple Cake.--One pint flour, one-half teaspoonful baking powder, one-half teaspoonful salt, mixed and sifted; rub in two table- spoonfuls of butter, and one beat- en egg, and milk to make thick bat- ter. Spread one inch deep ia greased shallow tin. Have ready several pared, cored, and quarter- ed apples. Press points into dough, sprinkle thickly with sugar mixed with little cinnamon. Bake in hot oven. Christmas Cake.--Two pounds of flour, one pound and a quarter currants, one pound and a quarter raisins, three-quarters of a pound of candied peel, two ounces of al- monds, half a pound of butter. three-quarters of a pound of lard, one pound and a quarter of granu- lated sugar, one tablespoonful of baking powder, two teaspoonfuls of mixed spice or a few drops of essence of lemon, eight eggs, and a little milk. Stone the raisins and wash thoroughly the currants, blanch and chop the almonds; cut the peel very fine and mix all the fruit well together. In another bowl mix the flour, baking powder and. spice. Take another bowl and beat the butter and lard to a cream; add the sugar, then the eggs (well beaten); next add the fruit, then last of all the flour; beat well and pour into buttered tins. Bake from two and a half to three hours. The oven must be hot at first, and then coo! down. This makes an excei- lent cake. SWEETS. Date Delight--Two cupfuls of light brown sugar, one cupful granulated sugar, one cupful of milk, one cupful of chopped dates, one tablespoonful of butter, anc vanilla flavoring. Mix sugar and milk together and let it come to a boil. It is done when it will form a soft ball. Take from fire and beat till creamy. Stir in dates, spread and cut. Toothsomeness.--Stone a quantity of nice firm dates, stiff with Neuf- chatel cheese, roll in lemon juice, and then in powdered sugar. These make a delicious after dinner sweet. Bonbon Balls--Chop equal quan- tities of figs, dates and pecans. Mix them with a little cream, roll into balls, coating the outside with sugar. Gingerettes.--Cut preserved gin- ger in smal! pieces and pour fon- dant over them; before this sets lay on a strip of ginger so as to have a piece on each strip when eut into oblungs. These are especi- ally nice for luncheons. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Cold rain water and soap will remove machine grease from wash- able fabrics. The teapot should be carefully dried after washing keep it sweet. Before turning out a pudding let it stand three or four minutes for the steam tu escape. ' To test the freshness of eggs drop them slowly into a bow! of water, | and if the small ends come up they j are fresh. Rub the hands with celery after using onions, and the pungent, dis- agreeable smell will suun disappear, Flour baked in a tin dish till tt is well browned' is a very good "coloring" to keep ready for use. When making coffee in a jug, place the ground coffee in a muslin bag, heat the jug, and use perfect- ly boiling water. Choose jugs for household yse which are wide enough at the top to allow of a thorougli cleaning with the hand or a cloth. Frozen meat should be gradually thawed by being placed in the kit- chen for several hours before it is cooked. If cooked at once it will be tough. Moths can be prevented in car- pets by scrubbing floor with hot strong salt water solution before laying the carpet and frequently sprinkling the carpet with salt be- sweeping. To clean your rugs put them. up- side down on bed springs laid down out in the yard. Beat them thor- oughly, then turn them over and sweep. ease, This 6AveS the dirt.from. THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT RP MS ia 4 We ™ I uti a 7 H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT left open, just throw into them a small handful of sand and a little cold water. Shake a moment and you will be surprised at the result. They come out as clean\as new. How to get rid of rats--Get piec- es of unslaked lime about the places they and by running over it their fect get. burned and they run away and never come again and do not lie about the place dead. Wallpaper Cleaner.--One heaping cup sifted flour, one tablespoon salt, one tablespoon coal oil, two tablespoons vinegar, two table- spoons ammonia, one-half cup warm water, Mix in a small kettle. Boil until flour is well scalded and mois- ture is used up. Stir continually. Remove from stove and knead with the hands until ready for use. Make into balls and rub the walls with his. ------_--_ F --___-- VITALITY OF BACTERIA. Microbes Show Remarkable Recup- erative Powers. vitality of The extraordinary a series bacteria is illustrated by Busson, of whith an account. Seven years ago Prof. ) transferred a culture of bacteria coli to a glass tube filled with | chemically pure water, which isa | germicide, as it autords no nourish- & ment for the microbes. Yet that didn't kill the bacteria. | period stated they had prospered and increased. The explanation given is that as soon as the water became tinged, however slightly, with alkali de- tached from the inner wall of the test tube it lost its germicidal. pro- perties, and those bacteria that had succumbed at first provided food for the survivors, A striking experiment made with bacteria of cattle dis- which seventeen years ago were preserved, baked and dried on silk threads. They were supposed to; be quite dead, but after they were transferred to a slab of gelatine was that it was found that after this long period of inactivity they soon took nourishment and were as virulently poisonous as ever. : . If a man doezen't look out for | himself he will never be able to get 'a look-in. You can always get a lot for your money by patronizing a real estate dealer. and scatter come from to bribe the owner . lant with $80 to supply one of their ot experiments undertaken by Prof. ; the German | scientific review Microcosmos gives: Busson ; In the | his life. BAD SCHOOL BOYS. Disquieting State of Affairs German Schools. A shocking state of things has come to light in a German school. A week or two ago a pupil almost succeeded in shooting dead a French master who he thought treated him harshly, and now conspiracy has been discovered among certain of the boys to mur- der the principal of the gymnasium. The ages of the conspirators range from 13 to 15. They had bound -themselves in writing; lots were to be drawn to decide who should shoot the principal, an the murder would have taken place asplanned had nota teacher come across a letter in the desk of one of the conspirators which put the authorities on their guard, What is still further disquieting is that the case has brought to light several instances showing of what the apparently innocent look- ing German schoolboy can be cap- able. At a school in Halle-on- Saale some boys made an attempt of a restaur- in teachers with a glass of liquor of their providing, such as it was his custom to drink nightly.-: The restauranteur pretended to consent, and it was found that the liquor supplied by the boys contained a mortal. dose of arsenic. A director of another gymnasium is reported as declaring that in his institution 'none of us is sure © ife."' No doubt such cases are exceptional and, as the Minister of Education says, they do not occur through any fault of the teachers. But it is disquieting that they should occur at all. in eae PARK LIKE STREETS OF PARIS All wide Paris streets are in ef- fect parks. They have rows 0 shade trees. Many of them have a central park strip planted wit trees, grass and flowers, and benches are placed here. Along the chief streets are perhaps 100,- 000 trees, a large number for acity so compactly built. enn kann aiarie "NOT PLAYIN'." Pat, thinking to enliven the party, stated, with watch in hand: "I'l! presint a box of candy to the loidy that makes the homeliest face within the next three minutes." The time expired, Pat announced : "Ah, Mrs. McGuire, you get the prize." "But," protested Mrs. McGuire, "go 'way wid ye! J wasn't playin' at all." . THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STUDY INTERNATIONAL LESSGN, NOVEMBER 5, Lesson VI.---Esther people, Esth. 4. 1 to 5. Text, Psa. 145. pleading for 3. Golden 20. Verse 1. Mordecai--His ancestry and relation to Esther are describ- ed in Esther 2. 5-7. It is interesting to trace his lineage back to Saul the son of Kish, and that of Haman back to Saul's enemy. Agag (Esther 3. 1). The unselfishness of Morde- cai appears in his reporting to the king, a murderous intrigue, thus proving his loyalty, though a sternly patriotic Jew, to a foreign ruler. Also he is the constant promoter o the interests of his lovely ward. Though in the end he receives high- est honors, he never seeks them. All that was done--As described in the previous chapter. His know- ledge of the peril of his people plunged him into despair, which found expression in the usual out- ward, Oriental, symbols of grief, sackcloth and ashes. His dismay was shared by the Jews in every province (3), their mourning being accompanied, in true Eastern fashe- ion, by loud and bitter lamenta- tions. Their fasting is the nearest approach to anything like a relig- lwus act in the 5. Esther--She had been an or- phan of ebsevre origin, reared in the home of her own cousin. After spending a year in preparation at the palace, she had been chosen as queen from among the most beau- tiful maidens of Persia. The new name given her, Istar, was that of a Babylonian goddess, equivalent to the Greek Aphrodite. In her ig- norance of the course of events, she could not understand the meaning | $0! him, and: of Mordecai's sackcloth, and sent fresh raiment for when he refused it made further in- quiries as to what it was and why. In her lofty position she never for a moment forgot her kind benefac- ter. From childhood she had fol- lowed his command, and even from her royal elevation che looks up to him with reverent admiration. 6. The broad place--The wide, open square of the city of Susa, or Shusan, one of the three capitals of the empire. It was situated in the provinee of Elam, to the north of the Persian Gulf. 7. The exact sum of money--As de- scribed in Esther 3. 9-11.. Haman was a man of fierce enterprise, de- termined that nothing should thwart his will. When he had once, formed his villainous design, he clinched his proposition to the king! of her royal apparel (1). It was the law. But a king whe cared so little for the custom of the court as to violate its seclusion for the wanton pleasure of his de-- bauched companions aud who show- ed himself otherwise fickl> and va- cillating, as well as willful, would not be balked by a rule of ctiquette. 13. Think not... thou shalt es- cape--Mordecai will not ist even his deep Jove for his kinswoman stand i the way of the execution of his, '. His --ords are a stern rebuke, and stir the conscience of the queen. 14. Deliverance from an other place--It is sometimes con plained that the bovk of Esther gives no evidence of religious faith. But it is difficult to read the story without feeling that the iuterven- tion of Providence is its key. This statement of the watchful Morde- cal is nothing if not an utterance of faith. He is so thoroughly sure that a divine destiny awaits his na- tion, that, even, if Esther should fail them, there is stil! relief. But he will not surrender this convic- tion that she has come to the king- dom for just such a time. It is to the everlasting honor of> Esther that, acting upon this impulse of her cousin's faith, she no longer hesitated. Mordecai, on the other hand, was certain that it would be to hex everlasting shame to refuse. Her identity a a Jewess was unt known in the 'palace, but it would be discovered, and she would per- ish along with the other Jews. 1G. If I perish, [I perish -- The chances of life and death hung upon the king's holding out the royal scepter, or failing to do s9. She was his favorite, but another favor- ite before her had been hurled down to an ignominous end, The ower of the ki was absolute, but his subjects stood in mortal ter- ror of it, for it was wielded, not according to.justice, but caprice. In a similar instance, Nehemiah lifted up his heart in prayer. We have no intimation that Esther did so much. But the order revating to fasting among her people, and her own purpose to fast, is an index of her spirit. It is fair to conclude that her courage was supported by true faith. 1. On the third day--OE the fast. See verse 16 above. Her standing thus bravely in the prohibited inner court must excite the admiration of every reader of this story. It was™ a hard duty. But she recognized the fact that the favor and influ- ence she enjoyed provided the only means of escape for her people, ane that, therefore, hers was a grew responsibility. 2, She obtained favor in his sight --The fact, as well as the' resource- fulness and courage 0 esther should not escape us. She was ar rayed in all the gorgeous splendor er beau- by the offer of a huge bribe, equal! tiful face shone with the light of to the revenue of a kingdom. How could her unselfish purpose. 8. Charge her that she should go! the king disdain such loveliness? --Mordecai saw that -the disaster} She had not prostrated her beauty that 'seemed to await his people was due entirely to the affront he had offered Haman. Hence he called upon every possible resource in order to avert the calamity. The punishment for-his offense was all out of proportion to his guilt, and both his fastings and the forceful- ness of the entreaty he sends to Is- ther show that' he was inspired by the highest motives. , 11. The inner court--This was lo- cated just before the king's cham- ber or throne room. It was true that anyone, no matter how high 1to a silly vanity in the sensuous life of the palace, but had ccnsecrated it to lofty uses. Touched the top of the scepter-- A' mark of devotion and gratitudo.! 3. The half of the kingdom -- A common proffer of the flattered pride of kings (cgmpare Mark 6, 22), we. Father--You mustn't cry for itz wait till you are oldzr. Tommy-- Then I'll be too old to cry. "Gee! Now tell meas man to man, what would you do if you' aa a: stiff," from the sides outward, un-| tho ground getting into 'the rugs. | D bins stood da tk dkvor ot the: kan: veavsied to " sinc) Mt she: een pers om pe deeds Jara that bare Boge" mnperiled his life by going unbice-n *-!) mo. wh te toc] ee