- x Kile soekwerscs = : a 'Hints for Busy Housekeepers. Resipes aué Other Valuable Information of Particular laverest to Women Polka _DAINTY DISHES. 4 ~ ~ 'Creamy Scrambled Eggs.--Allow 'ne egg for each person served and 'ywo extra for every four persoos 'é the meal. Separate the yolks and beat with a half teaspoonful of salt until broken. Whip the whites un- stiff; then pour the latter in a t fryer and add a tablespoonful of melted butter. Pour the yolks on the whites and add four tablespoon- tuls of cold water to each six eggs 'used. As soon as the bottom begins bo cook lift it carefully with a fork, allowing the yolks to run down. eae Continne the lifting processuntil the eggs are a creamy mass of white and yellow. The cold water, being converted into steam. will make the eggs puffy. As soon as they are done serve on a warm dish, Sauted Cucumbers,--Large green vegetables must be used. As soon as they turn the least bit yellow they become tough and will not do. Pare and slice lengthwise, having the slices an eighth of an inch thick. Dust with pepper and salt, then tip in beaten egg yolk diluted with a _ tablespoonful of milk; cover with flour and fry un- til tender and brown. Short-cake.--Rub one cupful of butter into three cupfuls of bread flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder and one-half teaspoonful of salt. When the flour is the consis- tency of cornmeal add enough sweet milk to make a dough soft enough to lift on a floured board, and form into two layers to fit a biscuit-tin greased with drippings. There lay- ers should be half an inch thick. Pat the lower one to fit the tin, hav- ing the center much lower than the sides, as the tendency of dough is to rise higher in the center. Spread well with softened butter; then pat the other layer on it. Bake twenty minutes in a quick oven; then split and bake the dough side five min- utes to prevent its being underdone. The crust thus formed on both cakes will prevent soaking when the fruit is put in. When the dough is bak- ing pare the peaches by dipping them a second in boiling water, then plunging into cold water, when the skins may be rubbed off, leaving the blush adhereing to the pulp. Remove the pits and cut the fruit into slices. Place between the hot cakes and sprinkle generously with sugar. Graham Rolls.--Peel two large tatwes and cover with sufficient iling water to cook them tender; then mash them very smoothly, add two cupfuls of scalded milk and rub through a sieve. Add to the mixture half a teaspoonful of salt, one tablespoonful of sugar and enough sifted graham and white flour to make a atiff batter, using half of each kind of flour. When using warm add half a cupful of yeast or half a cake of compressed yeast, softening the latter in a lit- tle cold water. Cover and stand in a warm place until very spongy apd light. At this. point mix in half a cupful of softened butier and half a teaspoonful of baking soda wet with a tablespoonful of cold water. Mix in enough white and graham flours, sifted together, to make the dough elastic and smooth, being careful to use as little as possible to accom- plish this. Cover and let rise again. then knead, and roll out and out iste biscuits; let rise again, then bake about twenty minutes in a quick oven. If eggs are reasonable the white of one beaten stiff may be added to the dough after the soda is mixed inte it. Boiled Rice.--Wash one cupful of the rice in several cold waters to re- move the flour, then add it to a kettle with two quarts of water ab- solutely boiling, and one Jeyel tea- spoonful of salt. Keep the water replenished as it evaporates, and cook until the grains can be easily ervshed between the fingers. Drain §t into a sieve and dash cold water over it to remove the gelatious sub- stance, then return the rice to the kettle. which set in boiling water. Cover the kettle. This method will give a dish of rice absolutely free from mushiness and atick'neas Stuffed Tomato Salad.--Dip firm ripe tomatoes into boiling water, - moment, then plunge into~- cold water and rub the skins. Cut a ' slice from the top and with a small spoon sceop out the pulp. Mince one green sweet pepper---alter dis- --aarding the seeds. and white mem- . brane--a smal] piece of firra eab- * baee and a small viece of cucumber. . Add a teaspoonful of celery salt. and a dusting of sugar. In a bowl m'x one teaspoonful of dry mustard, and teaspoonful of min onion, two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Let stand until ready to send tomasoes to the table, then mix with the stuf- ig and fill the tomato shells, which ve been on ioe. tomato rulp may be used for 2 cream soup cr - added to beef broth. stock for several years are the| whiffed off Cornmeal Muffins.--Sift together sie v! roadie oe cake srerebitg posal td ene cupful or ree cals pee oughly hardened. W. a@soft| proach. espoonful of sugat; one, cuplil|:-~ Aiinnd- in mi -4 Fo salt. Beat one egg thoroughly and mix with one and one-half cupful of milk; add this to the meal mixture, stirring well together. Stir in half a tablespoonful of butter, melted after measuring, and beat to a smooth batter, Fill hot muffin pans two-thirds full and bake thirty min- utes in a hot oven. Pear Fritters.--One cupful of milk add to the yolks of two eggs, half a tablespoonful of melted butter, one teaspoonful of salt, and flyur enough to make a smooth batter stiff enough to adhere to the fruit. Mix in the whites of eggs, bouton stiff and dry. Dip pared, tialved and cored pears in the batter and fry in deep hot fat until they fl at and are delicately browned. Crrve hot. Lemon Sauce.--Mix one iavel tablespoonful of flour with one cup- ful of granulated sugar and .ud to half a cupful of cold water; 111x to a paste and stir into one and oac- half cupful of boiling water; cook until creamy, then add a level table- spoonful of butter, the grated rind of half a lemon and the juice of one. Cook slowly until clear. Escalloped Corn.--Place in a But- tered dish alternate 'ayers vf un- cooked corn from the cob and bread crumbs, adding bits of buso2r, pet- per and salt to each layer. Huye the top layer of crumbs mixed with grated Canadian cheese. Pour on enough milk between each layer to moisten the bread, then cover the dish with a pan and bake i a hot oven twenty minutes. Remove the cover and finish cooking until the top is puffy and brown. Serv2 tm- mediately it is done. Cold Slaw.--Chop crisp cakbag) very fine, then with a potato inashet pound the cabbage until it becomes very juicy; add salt, sugar, pepper and vinegar. when you are stev "apples for! sauce. There is usu t can be spared if the apples are juicy. Add 'sugar and boi syrup. When ready to use, reheat it and beat into it the juice of a lemon. ~ It is difficult sometimes, when us- ing essences for cakes, etc., to mea- sure correctly the number of drops required. Try this: Dip the finger in water and wet the rim of the bottle-in one place, and the essence will be found to drop quite easily. Perhaps many housekeepers may not know that it is necessary to peel a pumpkin in preparing it for pies. Wash your pumpkin careful- ly and removo seeds and stringy portion inside, then cut the shell, skin, and all into small pieces and cook with just enough water to pre- vent burning till dry and mealy. Rub through a colander and you will have your pumpkin prepared with half the trouble of the old way. i { An easy way to wash a white sweater to avoid shrinking. Add to three pails of cold water three tablespoonfuls of borax; dissolve one-half cake of wool soap in about one cup of boiling water, and add the above; let sweater soak in this for twelve hours, then put through two cold rinsing waters. Do not wring it out, but gently squeeze it and lay it out in the shade to dry. This is a most successful way to wash a sweater. It comes out like new. A simple way of making hand tucks in baby*clothes and other fine work is to use the tucker on a ma- chine which is not threaded.. At- tach the tucker set as for regular tucking. The needle leaves perfora- liens, which can be followed in running in the tucks by hand, and the space is made by the marker. Hand tucks made in this way are just as true and as evenly spaced as the machine tucks. This requires very little more work than if done entirely by machine. To Wash Lace.--First let the lace soak some time in water in which borax has been dissolved in the pro- portion of a teaspoonful to a pint of water. Then make a nice jather of good white sop, fill a wide- mouthed bottle two-thirds full, put Fruit Float.--Cut fresn fruit into small pieces. Whip 'ne whites of two eggs until stiff, inen tid two tablesp: onfuls of grauu'ated sugar and whip again until it will keep its shape when dropped from the spoon. Sprinkle the fruit with le- mon juice and place in a «lish, al-| ternately with the meringue. | Vanilla Wafers.--Beat one cupful) of butter to a oream; 2d] one cup-|} ful of sugar and cream again, tlen| beat one egg and add with th-ee, tablespoonfuls of milk and two tva- spoonfuls of vanilla, w t!.< butter mixture. Sift two teaspoouiu!s of baking-powder with two cupfuls of flour and stir into the wet mixture; form into a smooth dough, addiag more flour if necessary to roll out to a waferlike thinness. Cut into the size of a silver dollar, place on greased tins and bake a pale golden ellow. Fruit Pudding.--Soak half a pack- age of gelatine in half a cupful of loft-over fruit juice until soft, then add one pint of boiling juice and stir until the gelatine is dissolved. Season with enough lemon juice to give it zest, then pour in a fancy mold, and when coo] set on the ice to become firm. When ready to serve dip the fish in hot water a moment and invert over a cold dish, and the pudding will slip out un- roken. Garnish with pieces of oranges, shredded pineapple or other fruit. Serve with plain cream: HOUSEHOLD HINTS. When clothes have acquired unpleasant odor by being kept from the air, charcoal laid betwoen the folds wil] remove it. Instead of filling the salt and pepper shakers with tho tedious means of a spoon, have two small paper funnels for this purpose, which help wonderfully. -Tho fun- nels are glued to make them firm. To prevent milk from burning, be- fore putting it into the saucepan boil rapidly a few spoonfuls of water (enough to just cover the hottom of the pan), and it will never burn, however fierce the fire. A quick and effective way to clesn white folt hats so much worn now is to make a paste of flour and gaso- line, rub it into hat, and hang in the air. When dry it will look just like new. with all dust and finger marks gone. One housewife has "an emergency apron" which saves many precious minutes,- It {4s simply a dainty lawn apron in the pocket of which is kept some bit of sewing with scis- sors. thread, needle, thimble,' all ready for work. Tender Ham.--Have ham cut from one and one-half to two inches thick, according to amount requir- ed. Parboil once and then simmer or cook in the fireless until tender. Then bring to a fry. This is not dry or tough as fried ham usually is and ha« even a better flavor. Never scrub oilcloths with a bruzh, and never use soap in clean- ing them. "Those which have Isin 'in the lace, and shake it well. ° lf imuch soiled change the water. ' Rinse in warm water, then in cold, {still in the bottle, so as to handle 'it as little as possible. By steeping yellow lace several hours in hot sweet milk one can get it back to its original color. Remember that old lace should not be white; a cer- tain creamy tint that comes with age is greatly admired. Valuable lace should never be ironed while Pin it on a board covered 'with flannel, being careful to pick ' ' : - out all the points. Leave until dry, then take out the pins and press with a moderate hot iron on the wrong side to raise the pattern and it will look like new again. mz EGYPT'S WINGED THIEVES. ; wet. Kites That Rob Tea Tables and Golf Courses. Out at Gezia, where all Cairo has 'its rendezvous at the Sporting Club | every afternoon in and out of sea- /son, there exist large colonies of 'kites and crows. No sooner are the 'tea tables laid out than the form- ier, who have been perched on the ' qui vive on the adjacent trees, start leircling round and round. With 'a sudden dive one of tnose hawk- like birds will swoop down on the table he has chosen and pick off tho bread-and~butter-and cake: New arrivals in Egypt are always very disconceried by these antics. | It matters not how many people =~ | ere seated around the tables. The | kite is no respecter of persons and lon one crowded afternoon last sea- son, when the German Grown Princess was taking tea, I remem- ber secing no fewer than eight tables swept of their catables by as |many kites in the space of a fow i minutes. writes a correspondent of |the Pall Mall Gazette. | These monster birds add to the 'terror which they strike to the heart of the new arrival by the fact ithat their flight is so sudden and ithe theft is committeed without | stopping. They describe a curve, ithe lowest point of which is the j plate of bread and butter or cake, land so* accurate is their descent that rarely do they Jeave or drop anything. An amusing factor in this otherwise rather annoying sit- uation is furnished by the crows, who invariably act as scouts for the kites. and the presence of whom, hopning about the grass, always precedes one of these depredatory fliebts. When the coup has been success- fully brought off the crows evidence their pleasure by ear splitting caws, and proce to follow the plunder- er at a respectful distance possibly in order to express their unbound- obtaining a few crumbs. golf course the kites are a source of endless trouble to the and incidental] ed admiration in the vain hope of ayers-- y one of great profit to the olf ball venders--for it is no unusual thing for your hall ta ba "THE SIMDAY SCHOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOVEMBEE 19. 8. 15-86. Golden Text, Ezra 8, 22. Verse 15. Gathered them--The previous part of the chapter is de- voted to a list of the heads of the fathers' houses, who went up with Ezra to Jerusalem. Ezra's first step was to assemble his company on the banks of one of the artificial rivers, or canals, in the neighbor- hood of Babylon, at a place called Ahava. This enabled him to make a review of his forces before actu- ally beginning his march. The in- terval of three days, lasting from the ninth to the twelfth of the first month, gave him time to secure the services of Levites. The sons of Levi--Zerubbabel brought back with him 4,289 priests, of whom only 74 were Levites. Ezra has difficulty in obtaining even few- er. The reason seems to have been their absorption in the service of the high places, and other forms of idolatrous worship. In the later reforms this class took a prominent place. They were chosen men of patriotic impulse and_ religious spirit, who were willing to sacrifice their position in order to serve God 16. Then sent I for Eliezer -- The proposition here has a_ peculiar value, the meaning being, appar- ently. not that Ezra summons these leading men into his presence be- for sending them upon a definite mission, although the English says so much; but, that he actually com- missioned them, on the spot, the following verse giving tho details of their mission. The marginal read- ing of verse 17, 'I gave them com- mandment," is in that case prefer- able to I sent them forth, 17. Iddo--He held some poszition Ezra's journey to Jerusalem, Ezra}: of authority, perhaps over the young Levites, and Nethinim (a; body of temple servants who were} detailed.to do the more menial) tasks, such as drawing water and} hewing wood). At Casiphia, a! small settlement in the vicinity of Babylon, there may have been a kind of college of these young men. We need not suppose, however, that Iddo belonged to this second class of mere drudgers. The text is dificult at this pvint. But the meaning must be that Iddo presid- ed over all these young men, the brethren mentioned being the Le- vites. 18. The good hand of our God up- on us--This is a frequently occur- ring phrase in the' chronicles of these times. It signifies the merci- ful favor of God. In times of ad- versity, the hand of God is repre- sented as turned against his peo- ple. It is looked upon as a provi- dential occurrence that a man of diseretion (which, as suggests, may be the name, sechel, of this otherwise unnamed descendant of Levi), together with thirty-eight Levites' and two hun- dred and twenty Nethinim (19 20), are found to accompany the Jews on their journey. Although these were all mentioned by name on the list before the writer, he does not think it worth while to take up space with their names. cluding preparations, and a descrip- 21. A fast--That it Was a strictly language used to describe its pur- pose. It was @ symbol of humble submission before God, a season of prayer for a course free from dan- gers and hindrances. 22. A band of sold'ers--Such Nehemiah had (Neh. 2. 9). The en- had confidence that, if they sought the Lord with faithful hearts, they armies, for the Omnipotent hand would be upon them for good. The great leader had already intimated this to the king. If now they were unequal to their foes, it would be an evidence of tho wrath of God turned against thom for forsaking him. ot Twelve . . priests--It is dif- ficult to decide which is meant, whether that priests mean Levites (margin), and that there were twelve of them, including Shore- biah and Hashabiah, who have al- ready been mentioned as Levites; or, that there were \twenty-four in all, one group consisting of twelve priests, besides (margin) which there wore the two Levites named and ten others. 25. Weighed--Monev was reckoned largely by weight. The offering of silver and gold and vossels, made y. the and others, has alreadr beon described in Fzra 7. 15-19. The sum has been estimated at about five million dollars. Hol unto Jehovah--The Levites were by thin act ted unto the sacred service The solemn- ig Lord's house. of 'this votive offering waa {o- the margin! Ish- | 21-36. Events of the journey, in-! tion of the journey itself, and the arrival at Jerusalem. spiritual exercise is evident in the, | verages, medicines, and, j as; | wit! livesti ey in the way was not any speci-! ya, POOF digestions fic foe, like the Samaritans, but | bands of robbers in the desert. Ezra | th would need no help of kings andj yithin SIR J. P. WHITNEY, Premier of Ontario. = --_ N. W. ROWELL. Leader of Ontario Opposition. tion of the God of their fathers would cause their memories to turn back upon a past in-which the hand of God was evident. 29. Watch ye, and keep them -- They are precious treasures, con- secrated to a high purpose, and are to, be vigilantly and jealously guard- ed. : Chambers--St (1 King 6. 5) connected with the outer build- ings of the temple. 31. Departed . . . on the twelfth day--The actual march. did not, therefore, begin until this day. hava was simply a convenient place of assembling and taking pre- liminary steps for the long journey. The first month was Nisan and cor- responds to our March-April. 32. We came to Jerusalem--This was on the first day of the fifth' month, or about the middle of July. In all about 108 days were consumed in going a distance of not less than | 900 miles. It was in the midst of the heated term, the company was large and the caravan was heavy. 33. Weighed . . . into the hand of Meremoth--Hg and his three com- panions were doubtless chosen by the leaders to receive the offerings, after carefully determining if they corresponded with the written lists, and to convey them to the trea- sury. There were two priests and two Levites, corresponding to the two gronps commissioned by Ezra. The number (34) of the vessels and gifts, and the weight of the silver and gold were exactly inventoried, and the list preserved. _- 36. They furthered the people -- This was a new turn in eventa. It was a great thing to have officials like the satraps, and governors be- yond the River Euphrates, helping instead of hindering. The royal de- cree determined everything. The king's commissions are set forth in Ezra 7. 21-24. ae een TEA AND COFFEE. n Their Use Advised Moderation i - for All. S\ing has PEARL FISHERS' RISKS. The Penalty Sometimes Inflicted on a Thieving Diver. _ At one time pearl shelling as an industry was native to Great Britain, and pearls are still found in mussels got from Irish rivers. But the chief centre of pearl shell- , long been the tropical region around the north of Austra- lia and the East Indies. ence comes nowadays the bulk of the world's supply of pearl shell and of pearls, says the Empire Magazine. It is a common mistake to sup- pose that a pearl shelling fleet seeks gem pearls as the sole source of its profits. That is by no means so. The chief quest indeed of the pearler is not the gem-pearl but simply the pearl shell oyster, which yields "mother of pearl," a mat- erial used extensively menation, for the handles of knives and for buttons The pearls are really incidentals of the industry. On a good patch of pearl oysters a fleet would make handsome profits if never a pearl were found in the molluses. It is estimated that on an average a pearl of value (that is worth over £1) is found in every 4,000 shells. But almost all these shells would be valuable otherwise for their mother of pearl, and when the oys- ter shelters a Jarge pearl of good shape or a curiously colored pearl its value may run to hundreds or even thousands of pounds The divers are always alert to thieve pearls. They are said te know an oyster which is likely to contain a pearl by a little bulge on the outside shell. To guard against theft by the divers is one of the cares of tho pearl sheller. Gruesome are the stories told of the punishments inflicted on dis- onest divers by their overseers. In a pearling fleet working in sav- age seas, with the men engaged mostly savages, no civilized law runs Punishment follows quickly onthe heels of crime or the sus- picion of crime. Neither judge, Tea and coffee are classed among the stimulating beverages and as stimulants which are "liberators of 'Yatent enérgy." Giving scarcely any- | thing at all toreneworrestore the and energy utilized, their use needs con-' stant supervision. There no tangible evidence that moderation in the use of tea anc coffee causes ill effects in entirely normal persons, and _ it does not seem justifiable to deprive careful indulgers in these bever- ages except for very good reason. With persons, however, of irritable, impressionable, nervous systems, tea and coffee are harmful and their use must be carefully regulated or entirely prohibited. Tea and coffee are valualite be- if used unwisely, poisons. Used moderate- ly they are often beneficial to active nersons who are much out of doors, but are likely to injure the young, nervous and impressionable, those i and those leading sedentary lives. ~ Tt is best for young peonle and ose especially susceptible to ab- stain from the vse of tea and cof- fee. and it is wise for all to keep the strictest limits | of m~leration. ard coffes are in most identical. Tea is more 'ant to nro- dver conctipation and indigestion, while coffee is more ant to vroduce heandache and enrdiac hynertrenby. Roth tea and coffee cause tronble- frome insomnia az a characteristic armerton of their overindyleence. With recard to whet ronstitutes In tes and coffee. no definite state- ment ean he made, ag it varies with thea fnllawive factors: the richness of these substances in activa nrin- einlpe the quantity emnlaved far the fnfuston and the duration of thé latter pracers, tha nervara tam- noramont and. ace of the anhiert, tha kind af Ula led hw the. indi- vidual. Fontenelle waa a erent enffonrinker, bnt died almost a eantenarian, on the other hard there ara gama parcane who ara heneranceantthtla and jn wham a Astle dance of a conn ar ten af tea or coffee will caves toxic symptoms. acqeoaniccamcama The rick af q tumbler hhenetina . wey RAitline othe han' charted © mith ig ond by first pt i phan The effects of the abuse of tea! i respects ; the Timit of nermissible indulgence | iury nor form of trial is needed. Who is to know if a diver or two has disappeared? ' The methods of the industry. makes."easy one form of deadly punishment. The diving is now mostly in deep waters, the shallow reaches of pearl shell beds having heen exhausted. So with all pos- sible care cases of divers' paralysia are common enough through the , Pressure of the water on the man at work at the bottom of the sea. Wilful negligence--in leaving him a little longer than should be for orna-2"" a under water--and his death is prac- _ tically certain. at, thev say THE LEADER IN FRONT WINS. gos: the Middle of Road Is Not Likely to Be a Fighter. | The middle of the road is no place for a fighter. You will al- wavs find the man who has not the courage of his convictions making * for the middle of the road. You will alwavs find the trimmer who wants to fevor both sides or to ov- pose neither walking in the mjddle of thy read, > The middle of the read is the | place for aman why has no set- tled convictions. Tt is the place for the man who is looking for favors from both sides and dare not. - ornare either, No great battle was won he ane moneral who. etood in the middle of ; the s yd. Ha kre] to Teed, he had ty have follewars, and something hecidag rarop FoVawera, Tt jie the mpd fthe-raed man whe hanes un the jury when. z criminal ehanld he oonvicted: Te ie the middle-nf-tho-road man who ohetruefg a rreat public nolloy be- ernea enmenne raicoa n donbt as to ite ernodionay, Té fn tho man fn thea mutile af the raod wha nares ine thet an aril confronts him, efeoiAd ta cow cn harance he may - hoet hig neiekhnr"c foolindn, z Nr gract wirtary wae aver wan in tha warld be the mititentthe. rand man. Pha man in fronh wing, tha aeAse halt ec eaveove dauntless in faselace farever, je s an' me no: eemeclh in Watsta Stn gn anata nas tt bam as os i Ne Ee " aH pate haan | is the penalty of the thieving diver.