tttStSltttttStMttttt : SUNDAY SERMON 8 8 S JJ A Scholarly Discourse) Dy 5 rVv. John D. Adam. JJ Brooklyn, N. T. The Rev. John! Douglas Adnm, the paBtor of the Re formed Church on the Heights, preached Sunday on "Moral Lme nese," from the text: Arts lil:fl: "Then Peter aald, Silver and gold hnve I none; but such n I hnve give I unto thee; In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up und walk.' He said: Our text Introduces us to a lame man who lay day by day at tbe gate of tbe temple In Jerusalem, begging for. sufficient money to keep blm In life. This Is a very common scene In the New Testament, -where we ore constantly meeting the latne, tbe bait, the blind and tbe lepers, and there la no wonder, for we must bear In mind those were tbe days when there were no hospitals, no scientific medical schools, no homes for Incurables, nor any societies of aid. Since that day Christianity, without boastfulness, has bad n magnificent share in the crea tion of those centres of relief. We see no such spectacle on our streets as did the Syrian of old upon his. Our Chris tian sentiment and Christian love have provided the hospitul, and our lame men are s(jnt there. And not only the bospltnl, but we have to-day enlight ened scientific effort, societies of char ity and helpfulness on all hands; and because the modern method of dealing with sickness Is not the same as that of tbe apostles, never think that It Is not Christian, for the same Christian spirit plays about tbe treatment of physical Ills to-day. We have to be delivered, It seems to me, from tbe Idea that God Is only In tbe extraor dinary. That He Is only In. the large. It seems to be hard upon our reason to comprehend. God Is as much In the ordinary as In the miracle. It Is the same God, and God Is as much in tbe hospitul, In His spirit, and In tbe modern methods of curing sick ness. Qod Is there just as truly as He was In tbe days of old. So Christian ity has In a large measure solvqd the question of tbe physically lame man. I am not going to speak this morn ing of him. We have practically dis posed of him. I shall talk of tho morally lame man, and when I speak of him let us understand each other. The morally lame man mny be physi cally equipped with the physique of triumphant athlete. He may pay every debt. The morally lame roan Is the man who Is lame In his will,1 and he knows It. Ills will does not work with health toward his duty. He is lame in his conscience; It Is de fective. Ho Is lame In his affections. His emotions In the higher reaches are lame. His Imagination does not bound toward Its goal, for the goal of the imagination Is God and the Infinite. Tbe morally lame man falls down be fore his own self-respect In the develop ment of his character. Ho falls In his own conception of duty and In bis' relations as a son, or husband, or. friend, and In his relationship to town! and country. He Is not a factor In f the moral progress of those about him . or the community. He contributes nothing, but rather tukes away. This lame man In the story lay begging. There are physical mid moral beg gars, but tbe worst pauperism la moral pauperism. The man who lacks ufflclent force to pilot himself through life and never creates optimism and moral stamina out of his own life would, If tho world w.cre to surrender; Us mural power, commit suicide. If you notice, the chief contributors to this man's sustenance were the people ou the way to tho temple. They gave to blm sufficient to keep him alive and then, passed ' on to worship. And I think they ore still tho chief contrib utors to the sustenance of tbe morally lame man. This poor fellow may have laughed In bis sleeve at the religious devotees as they passed on, and tho true, earnest men and women are the people who are supporting morally those who sometimes 'even sneer at Ihelr moral earnestness. It Is those who are maintaining the rest of the' community. Man lives not by bread alone, but, as he Is sustained physi cally through the ludustry of those, wlio produce bread and the necessities of physical life, and without which there Avould be physical famine, so wo live by moral bread and we are. much more dependent on that In tbe last analysis of life than on the physical, for a natioii like this lives upon Ideas and love more than on any material thing. Take these away and all our boasted material progress falls like a house of cards, as did tbe glorious ma terial wealth of Rome because there was not behind It the manhood to sus tain it. Our world lives through the Industry of the truest men and women In It In tbe moral sphere, and if there In no love being generated by unsel fish hearts and no faith by pure minds and no moral Inspiration by brave souls, a nutloii Is doomed. There are yioso who not only do not coutrlbuto moral strength, r but there are those who take uwHy the moral bread baked by the labor of 'good men in the fiery furnaco of trial, and throw It away and, sneer at every puro and divine thing. They are the Infamous de stroyers of that which Is the pillar or povVer. Ourprobleui to-day Is the lame man. It Is a patriotic, economic and relig ious one, than which there Is none more practical. The problem before the churuh 1 to set the lame man on his feet so that he can make his own way lu things of the heart and become, a contributor to tbe moral health of the world. Lot us observe how Peter and John faced the problem. First, tliey faced It squarely. Tbey did not dodge It. They were not too anxious about getting to the temple. Whllo worship has its supreme place In the religious life of every man. there' Is' something else. They did not criticise! the poor fellow; they nolrttijl him. And our question Is how tbjyblped him? They did not glvo him iiloney. They had none, and they did not feel the pressure of the limitation either; they felt they qould solve tho problem without it The silver and gold In the moral sphere are . not good and .con genial surroundings, congenial work and good advlco and ldef'js. The Chris tian Church does not stand merely for philosophic help and the gospel of good surroundings, l'etsr and John six months before would not have bfien morally equipped to face this problem: they did Hot then possess God nor did God possess tbeni. They were com panions of Chrlot, but they did not possess His spirit. But now thev wore wholly possessed by tbe Spirit of God, mid that was tbe first step toward the solution of tbe problem before tbi'iu. 'And It Is tbe first step to-day. fou nd I cun never help the lame inun tintll wo not only possess God but nre possessed by Him. Another element in the solution of the problem was that tbe two were in perfect accord. Six months before Peter had forsaken Christ, while John Blpne ran the gantlet in tho terrific Wast or. passion in toe city of bate, but Peter never again shirked bis duty. John had been ambitious for the supreme place among the apos tles, but now he had grown In grace and lost the passion for prominence. Friends, the same conditions are neces sary to-day in solving the problem of the morally lnine on the part of the Church of God as were manifested on that day. The love of prominence must go, whether It be of individual or church; or denomination. Passion must cease. One of the reasons why the church of God Is not omnipotent Is because there is still this lust for prominence on the part of Individuals, churches and denominations, and Instead of self abandon we are absolutely too self conscious, every one of us. Again they solved it In giving the power of Christ to the man: "In the name of Jesus Christ rise tip and walk." The communication of Ideals will never save men from moral lameness. Ideals must live in personality. That Is the difference between Christianity and everything else. It is the communica tion of "power, the touch of God tbe touch of divine power in the heart. Let us feel It this morning. "In tbe name of Jesus of Nazareth, rise up and walk." Let it touch upon your weakness. It Is here. Let it do for you and me what it did for that lame man. It break the power of cancelled sin, And sets the prisoner, free. That Is what Foter and John did. Think of It! There was the lame man; there was the critical public; there was the memory of their own past failures, and there was the power of Christ. It conquered them all, and tbe man arose, and stood up. Not only did he stand, but the solution of this problem Included every other. Ho can .earn his own living now, and needs not assistance. Every problem of life Is bound up In the problem of the lamo man being straightened and strengthened. It Is smooth sail ing after that. Lastly, the man be came a benefactor and praised God. He Inspired the faith of men. Before, his very presence created pessimism; now It was faltb and praise. The at mosphere of tbe man became a factor and an asset in the progress of tho world. We are either contributors to or exhausters of the moral life of the world. Which Is It? .My subject e gathers round these two points: First, the lame man, and, second, the men Wh.o through the instrumentality of Jesus Christ cured htm. We as Christians stand in tbe apostle's place. Let us, under Christ, cure the lame, and If we stand in the lame man's place Christ will make us whole. May we, like Peter and John, help the lame mon to praise his God and Inspire our fellow men for Christ's sake! The Upward Look. "It Is of no use to tell me to look forward," 6ald one in great trouble, the other day, to a friend. "The worst of my trouble, I know lies ahead. To look back upon the -past, before tbls shadow came, simply adds to my ag ony. I can only sit In the darkness, and shut my eyes to everything, and bear ae best I may." "There is always one way left," said tbe friend, geutly. "When we cannot look forward or backward we can look upward. I have been In every whit as hard a place as you, and I sat n long whllo In tbe darkness before finding tbe way out. Try the upward look It Is meant for Just such sorrows as this, which seem to shut iu the soul Inexorably. If we look up, we never look in vaiu." "Time alone can help such sorrows as yours," suld a woman who called herself n Christian, to a bereaved friend lately. There was no upward look suggested there. A heathen could have said as much. Time only can dull Ibe edge of pain; tho upward look robs suffering of Its sting surely nnd last ingly. It is always possible to lift our eyes to Ihe sky; and though at first, perhaps, we see only the clouds, we shall find it true before long tint t "Over all our tears (iod's rainbow bends." Uoit'e WT of Kicape. The steamer piled its way among the Thousand Mnnds. Often Its course was toward a rocky height or a wooi'-d shore. Surely unless'the en gine were speedily reversed the ves sel vmlfl be wrecked. One turn of tho p;:.)t's wheel, and before us spread the gl iry of the inland sea, and unim peded was the channel to It. Wltu not before or alter the temptation or trial He provides a way of cseupe. Pacific tluptisl. Power of Kiample. No man Is so insignificant as to be suro his example can do no hurt. F.v cry one of us Is watched unconsciously by some pair of eyes, and.no action g"es- absolutely unnoticed, though wo may think so. To set some kind of in example is the doom and the privilege of every human being. I,ln New J-lle Now. To be always intending to live a new life, but never find time to set about It - this is as if a man should put oft eating and drinking and sleeping from one duy to another, until he Is starved and destroyed. Tlllotson. Wo t-nk of Herniation. JFor tho man to whom our natural in telligence is equal to the soul's neces sity for finding God there is no look of revelation. The universe is full of visions and of voices. John White Chadwlck. V A Kind Act. If we embrace every onportunlty to do a kind act and be always ready, willing and anxious to tend hand to those in trouble or sorrow, we will 'surely receive much kindness in re turn. Cigars at Their Best. "Buy your cigars in quantities, put them in u cedar box, lay the box away In your cellar and 'at the end of three or four years they are Just, right for smoking," said Mr. T. L. Marston. "A clgir, If properly kept, Improves with ago, and at the end of four years storage reaches the maximum of ex cellence. There are some curious things, however, about even the cost liest kind that every connoisseur rec ognizes. In certain localities tho best brand of Havanas acquire a . bitter taste after being laid away for a few days. I don't know whether it ia at mospheric Influence or what the cause may be, but certain It Is that Borne climates are ruludus to their flavor. "Any smoker of the finest goods will sIbo tell you that It Is necessary at fc.aies to change from the imported to tbe domestic cigar. It only for a brief reason. 1 tire of cigars coating 40 cents each wholesale, and cannot again take pleasure in them untlJ 1 have ludulged for a period In tome genuine Conncctlcuts." --Washington Pou MltKH. We speak of the little red mites, but that Is the color worn by the tnlte only after it has feasted on the blood of the fowl. The natural color of the mite Is gray. Miles are exceedingly vora cious and arc able to extract a very large amount of blood from a fowl dur ing a single night. Thousands of these mites may cover a single hen and the aggregate amount of blood taken Is so large that the fovvl frequently die from loss of blood. Tbls Is especially the case with setting hens. Often sit ting hens when nightly attacked by these vampires forsake their nests and take to the roosts for protection. At this time of year relentless waiTare should be waged against them. r-ulllnc on the Halter. There arc some young horses not trained In breaking that have the habit of pulling on the halter and breaking it. , Usually they can be cured of this by using a strong rope around the neck. Another and very effective way to break horses which pull on the halter 1 to tie a small stout rope around the body of the horse behind his fore legs, then take the rope between the legs and pass it through the halter ring and make It fast to tbe mungcr lu front of him, so that when he pulls backward on the halter it gives him an exper ience he will not want to repeat often, and will soon find It better to be quiet. Generally this effectually breaks piilj ing on tho halter. Tank For Dipping Bheep. There are several plans for making a tank in which to dip sheep and if one has a flock of considerable size It Is wise to obtain some of the plans that are offered by manufacturers. If, bow ever, tho flock Is not large, a home made affair Is easily built and at com paratively small cost. A tank of this kind Is made as follows: A convenient size is ten feet long, four feet wide and two and one halt feet deep. It should be made so that the tank containing the dip Is reached by a slatted walk way leading down to It, and another slatted walk leading up to the binding from which they go down Into the tank. There should be sufficient of the dip mixture placed In the tank to cover the buck of tbe aiiliual, which should be Immersed for about one minute, then allowed to come up en the landing where the dip Is squeezed out of the wool and the animal allowed to stand to drain. The illustration shows bow the tank Is built. B indicates the slat ted walkway and A shows the exact shape of the side portion of the box, the little drawing above the tank shows a walk down from the end of the drain age box which will prevent the sheep from Injuring their legs which they would be likely to do In jumping. In dianapolis News. Mj I'onUrjr Kxnaricnce. The most essential requirement In keeping poultry for profit Is that which is needed iu any lino of business, ex perience. All breeds of poultry have some good points, so a novice should select any breed that suits his fancy, or bo will not succeed, as that desire lu his mind bus not been satislied. It I were looking for my profit in the egg market, I should select one of the smaller breeds, as they are active, healthy and light feeders. ' I'oul.ry running at large on the farm will lind n balanced ration, but when shut up, to keep them off the garden, mid r.-eat mcul or beef scraps to their rations, as without It the eggs will bo smaller in size. When you shut your poultry out ot the garden let the young chickens luto It, und much profit will come to you, although not counted lu dollars and cents. Profit is a word that admits of var ious Interpretations. A butcher said to me: "If I weie on the same farms, trying to scratch out a living, you could not buy twenty-five cent steak every day." This extreme may be fol lowed by another, of putting up with a slice of salt pork for dinner, and both be classed as barely getting a living, so your Interpretation of profit would de pend upon your standard of living. Vermin iu the poultry house may be easily subdued, if It can be closed tight, by putting hot coals In a kettle and throwing on a handful of sulphur. If this Is not practical, a gallon of rock oil (unrefined kerosene) n two ounce bottle of carbolic ncld, pluced in hot water to melt the crystuls, and one-half pint ot bisulphide of car bon put Into tbe oil and painted about .where It Is needed will do the business. My first and lust choice of an Ideul fowl Is a light-weight White Wyan dotte. I bred them, In and In, a long time, and it occurred to me that I ought to have new blood, so I got a pure bred cockrel, of largo size one cut out for a show bird und I havo had somo line looking poultry, but not up to my expectations In the egg business. I then became indifferent us to fancy re sults, und procured some red Rhode Islands, having two cockrels of each kind, letting them run together. The result Is that I have the marks of the white und black Wyandotte, Plymouth Rock, with no truce of the Hed Itbode Island. C. II. Arnold, lu the Massachu setts Ploughman. For Ihe Clean Hoc, As we go along the country road, and view the various pig stys oa euch sido, It Is generally the rule thut a filthy and lll-suielllng mud hole greets the eye. Furuters can take ujbje stride in advancement by looking into ths mutter, and for such who euro to do so a correspondent of the Breeder's Gazette gives some good advice. Ho says: ... , Tbe hog hat a reputation of filtblt nest which he does not deserve. No animal loves a clean bed more tbun armr he and none Is more careful to keep It so. For a picture of content one needs to see n bunch ot pigs In a nest of clean straw. Straw Is plentiful on most farms nml the jiens should be well littered. Then there will bo no danger of smothering by piling up in severe wea flier, which l done merely to keep warm. Tbe Idea that because bogs are covered with a coating of fat they do not feel the. cold Is a mistake. They are very susceptible to It, and should be pro tected by comfortable stys and provid ed with plenty ot straw for their beds. When the weather Is not too severe exercise In (ho open air should be al lowed every day. This contact with the ground is highly conducive to health. At night outside doors should be closed. Any well regulated piggery will have some provision for ventila tion. In speaking upon the matter of feed ing gruln to the growing pig the same writer says: Nothing is better than bran, good clean, honest, wheat bran. But it Is not always easy to got this. Oats ground and made into n thick slop with sweet milk are also excellent, mid the same mny be said of wheat middlings. I would not exclude corn entirely, but It should bo red with a sparing hand, and Is better ground than whole at this time. A rew whole ears occasionally mny be given, but main dependence should be placed upon something rich er li protein, such ns the foods named above. If one has roots they may be fed to good advantage nt least once dally. They tend to keep the system healthy and counteract feverish' con ditions. Water must be supplied reg ularly unless milk can be had in abun dance. Farmers Are Improving. It was not such a great while ago that the "sharper" considered the farmer n "good thing" nod as a rpsult many n furnier parted with, at times, large sums of his hard-earned dollars and received no equivalent. Nowadays the farmer is nn altogether different sort of a man. He has applied bus iness principles to his calling, and the thinking fanner of to-day when called upon to make an investemeut wants to know Just how the thing Is going to "pun out." A mini conies to him with a sprayer; ho has first made up his mind that spraying will Increase or Improve his crop sufficiently to pay ti good Interest on the investment in n machine. Having done this ho makes no end of Inquiries In regard to the different kinds of machines, and after all this has been thoroughly gone over he then makes his payment, providing lie gets u certain per cent, off for cash. Not such a great while ago I was tulk ing to n man who was going to make some purchases in the Implement line. We nt first argued as to whether tho investment would pay, figuring from the prices as they appeared in the cat alogue. My friend would not talk tbe least bit upon these prices, for ' he claimed that ho would not purchase unless lu paid cash, and the firm that expected to do any business with him whatever would have to give him n good dUcnunt for cash, and If they re fuod he would do business with some one else who would. When we see runners talking like this we limy know that Iu addition to their practical knowledge of their business they eon duct their affairs according t.) strict business principles. New York Week ly Witness. A ft it the V-xts Han Been I.alil. We tiitist consider the influences which surroundings may have on tho egg after It has been ilerinsitixl In ihn nest. That It may be detrimentally affected there is no room for doubt. First' of all we will point out that the nest may Injure the egg, and that nests should always be liniile of sound, sweet-smelling material, such as dry oaten straw, und that in no circum stances should damp, dirty or musty materials be used lu the construction of tho nest; for if the eggs are allowed to remain even but u very short time' In such n net they will acquire n flavor that may not be relished by every palate. It Is also necessary to collect the eggs off the nests two or three times a day, especially if the weather is warm or If there are many broody bens about the place. On many farms I um sure thut the eggs ure not reguhirly col lected und that sometimes they remain In the nests for two or three days. It frequently happens that eggs ure not very old und yet they are "off flavor," because they have been allowed to re nin lu longer than necessary lu a musty nest, und many of the stale, musty auil half-decayed eggs, which ure found In the markets may have their bud quality traced to this cause. Inland Poultry Journal. II ii he lii the t'ature, III most, pastures Is found mo;-:' or less bush growth. As the pastures be come older the bushes Increase In va riety and number, and iu some places pretty nearly occupy the ground. There nre some, portions of many pus lures that it would be better to allow to grow up uguln to wood, us lu time the timber would be worth very much more than tbe bind is now. Where this Is not desirable then attention should be given to cutting or otherwise destroying the bushes, These have now made most of their growth for the season, and when cut will not have vitality to start lit) again to any treat extent this full: hence the advantage of lining tills work now. When the prac tice of cutting every year Is followed It will be found that the growth will decreuse, and lii this way they can be gradually got rid or. If there nre any bushes, brhirs or rank growing weeds along the fences, In the men lows or by the roadside, they should nlso re ceive attention, thus uddiug much to the better condition and good appear ance of fields and road. Massa' li setts Ploughman. CoaU or Plro, At Peiihurst (Kenti a farmer' l.u prominently displayed the following notice; "If the person who took dam sons from my garden will cull, be will be supplied with sugar tn preserve them." Louduu Chronicle. NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH. God's Wonderful Works. Ps. 40:1-11, (Thanksgiving Service.) Our trust In God Is not complete until wo cause others to trust, nor our praise until we cause others to praise. A man is blessed In proportion as he does not trust In what is not trustworthy, and does trust In Him who Is worthy of confidence. Our blessings from God cannot be numbered, but God likes to have us try to number them, and the enum eration does us good, God evidently delights to serve His children; shall not His children de light to serve their God? Suggestions. Nothing that God docs for us but Is wonderful and the more we under stand It, the more wonderful It seems. It Is a man's duty to learn all he can about God's creation, because thus he learns more about God. Tho worshipping spirit sees God everywhere, and adores the Almighty in the gift of a slice of bread as if it were a golden 'crown. No thoughts of pruiso nre Ions without words of praise. Good Books. Our societies havo a mission In the matter of reading. In what better way can we influence lives than by setting our members to reading good books? Where a public library Is accessible, appoint a library committee whose members will each week speak In the society about some noble book to be found in the library. Set up a bulletin board, on which tho good-literature committee will post notices of the brightest books and magazine articles accessible to the Endeavorers. Whero there is no library, organize a book club or society library. You could make no better beginning than with noble biographies of Christian heroes. Get the members of the society to agree to read an average of half an hour a day, and offer a prize for the best list of books so read In the course of a year. Call at some social for lists of books read during the year, each En deavorer to make out the list from memory. Appoint a committee to judge which is best. EPWDRTH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26: God's Wonderful Works. Psa. 40. 1-11. Thanksgiving Service. II Is eminently proper that o.ico a ye'ur the entire nation publicly ac knowledge Its obligation to thank God and pruiso him for personal und pub lic blessings. "Think" and "thank" nre closely related In both language and morals. Counting our blessings will logically lend to thankfulness. Consider at thrs service: Thunksgiving Is as old us the race. A special time set apart to, publicly give thanks Is nearly as old. The Jewish nation hud Its feast which wus a close type and forerunner of our annual Thanksgiving. The Pilgrim Fathers instituted tho custom here. During the days of tho civil war.it became a national custom. It is tho unlversul "home day" of scattered families. It has its origin In the nat ural gratitude which one feels who thinks of the wonderful works of God. U is the proper anil appropriate ser vice of a rational creature in view of the mercies of his Creator und Pro vider. It has u special signliicanco to the Christian In view of his per sonal salvation. Reasons for Thunksgiving. These are numerous and to most people ob vious. We ure dependent on God for our daily bread. The prosperity of the year und the bountiful cropn ot the fields lead to thankfulness. Tho Joys ot life, health, friends, und fain ily lead to gratitude. Tho spiritual blessings of the, year have been numerous. To some who read these lines tho salvation of children and loved ones during the year are causes of thanks. Tho revival that bus visit ed your church and League, tho uplift that has come to you und yours. Is u. special cause of gratitude. To uu-'i and to all Thanksgiving conies wiia somo special reason for joy and glad ness. Write out a list of ' per.-o.inl blessings this year, und you will bo iiirpiised nt thckiiumlicr of thciu. . Kxprosslon ot Thanksgiving, This should be both with voice and life. David opened his mouth and gave pralso to God. So ought we to do. In the League service und in thd church prayor meeting let us this week praise God in song, In testimony, and In prayers of praise. Then let us live a thankful life as well as talk thanks giving. Show mercy and help to some, needy family. Give a special offering to some worthy cause. Express In every possible way the gratitude of your heart for "God's wonderful works." It Is well to feel thankful: It Is better to express our thuuks fre quently and constant;. An Algerian Pompeii. "Under the title "Rome in Africa.' Mrs. Aubrey le lilonrt has an Illus trated article in "Good Words" on the Algerian Pompeii at I amhessa and Tlnigail What v.e owe to Vesuvius In covering up tho clly of. Pompeii and saving it from the gradual but com pie to destruction which all cities cum stiintly inhabiiel ami renewed must KiifTei. this we owe to, the burning and forsaking of Timgud. which have left to us an tnlire town of the time of ihe Romans with Its lite nml history plainly writ In stone. When the French government has completed Its work of excavation It scenn probable that Tl:nnad will be tho most perfect specimen of a Roman colonial city to which all travelers, interested in tho life of two thousand years ugp, will look for a magnifcent lesson Real Founder of Family. A visitor to the West cemetery at Litchfield, Conn., found the following Interesting Inscription on a tombstone there: "Here lies the body of Maiy, wife of Dr. John Rue, Esq. She died Njv. 4th17ti8, aet 84, having 13 ohll- 'en, 101 grandchildren, 2741 great-. gl andchtldren, 22 great great-grand ' cjdldran total, 410; ?36 survive bar." household ftflatters Cleaning the Pipes. A large lump of soda should be put In every sink once a week and boiling water poured over it. This will cleanse the pipes from an accumulation of grease, etc., and do away with the pos sibility of requiring a plumber's assist ance. Left-Over Food. Do not allow food remaining over from meals to stand about In tbe kitchen. Carefully overhaul anything that Is likely to be useful for future occasions and remove it to the Icebox. See that nothing Is thrown away that can be utilized. l'lne Laundry Work. Although a family may send the bulk of the laundry out, there are always pieces which cannot he trusted to the average laundry, or else there are ar ticles which are so easily washed nt home that It Is worth doing In order to reduce the weekly bill. The Onion In Slckneu. "I have Implicit faith In the sanitary properties of an onion," said a trained nurse. "It Is my custom to Introduce an onion Into every sickroom where I am called In, hanging It up somewhere. I believe It attracts all maladies and infections to itself. A'lolets and roses and lilies arc very pretty in a sick room, and the patient is doubtless cheered when his friends think enough of him to send them, but practical friendship would dictate that a basket of onions be sent. There is something about them hostile to disease. The" Juice of an onion is a cure for deafness, n roasted onion remedies eurache and gumboils, and onions and holly berries bruised together ore a certain cure for chilblains. A poultice of onions and cream Is also good for bunions. Bean nrummel was opposed to onions, but Sairy Gump upheld them, and I always considered her a more useful member of tbe community thnn the dandy." Milwaukee Tress. Keep All Tliaue Paper. The tissue paper In which parcels nre wrapped should never be thrown away, jut smoothed out and laid away in a Irawer for future use. A small pad of tissue paper sprinkled Mth methylated spirit will give a brill lint polish to mirrors, picture glasses ind crystal. The pud, used without :be spirit, is excellent for burnishing iteel, rubbing grease spots off furni ture, pollshiug silver, etc. For packing glass, china and orna ments a roll of tissue paper is invalu able, says Home Notes. Wheu packing hats a wisp of tissue paper should be twisted round all up standing ends of ribbon, ospreys and wings to prevent crushing. Dress and blouse sleeves should be stuffed with soft paper, and a sheet of It placed be tween tho folds. Silk handkerchiefs, ribbons and lac should all be Ironed between a layer of tissue paper, and the latter Is n fine polisher for steel buckles and hat pins. Egg Sauce-Make smooth two table spooufuls of flour In the same amount of butter and add ono cuprul ot hot water and three tablespooufuls of milk. Season with salt and pepper and. pour Into a hot tureen with dices of hard boiled egss. Boiled Salmon with Egg Sauce Pre pare the salmon, dip in cold water and dredge with flour; wrap In a cloth und place In a steamer to cook until tender. Remove, from the kettle; also remove the cloth; place on a heated platter, garnish and serve with egg sauce. Apple ruffs Bent four eggs very light and add three teaspoonfuls of pulverized sugar, a salt spoon of soda and two of cream of tartar, one cup ful or milk, one und one-half cnpfuls of flour nnd one-hnlf cuprul of finely chopped upples. Beat the mixture lor several minutes and bake In gem pans previously buttered and heate I. Ituisln Griddle Cakes Into a cup of sour milk und tho same amount ot sweet milk stir two cnpfuls of wheat Hour nnd one-half cupful of cornmeal, n teaspoourul of salt, two tablespoon fills of melted butter, a teuspoonful of soda and one-half cupful of chopped raisins. Lastly beat lu two eggs and have the griddle ou which the cakes are to be cooked us hot us possible Without burning. Peanut Canapes.-Pass a cupful of inisalted peanut meats through tho incut chopper as often as may be neces sary to insure there being no large pieces. Put Into a bowl, with a dash of layenno nnd another of black pep per, u teaspoonful of salt, a couple of sardines, and chop all together. Then mill enough good tomato catsup to make n paste. Spread the mixture on hlices of hot buttered toast nml serve. Tablet to a llrave Sailor, a There Is a tablet. In the sailors' home nt Melbourne to James Murr. II was it willor before tho mast on the Rip. On July is, 1N73, the Rip was caught in n squall. Marr sat astride ot tbe gaff when a great wave broke over the boat and brought down tho mainmast. There was only one chance to save the Rip. That was to cut away the lif ter. But Marr clung to the broken spar, and to cut uwuy meant to send lilin overboard to death. So. lovklng at him doubtfully, the men hesitated, their axes lu their bands. Marr, help less, pondered. He saw that his death would be the boat's salvation. And he shouted: "Cut away, mates! Good-bye." Then be let himself ru II Into the cold, wild sea.-New York Press. In a lee Cream Shop. A mother, a little boy and a girl were entinar Ice cieuiu. Tho boy lu quired; "Mother, Is yours good?" "Ves. Indeed, dearie. And yours, how do you find It?" I dod't Cud It at all, now," answered the boy, gating sadly st l)lf. , empty fci:s'o. ' THE SUNDAY SCHOOL' INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 24. Bnhjeett Abstinence For the mk of Others, I, Cor. ., S3 83 llrin Text, 1, Cor. ., 13 Memory Veraee, Sl-SS Commentary oa the Ilar'e Leeeon In verses 14-22 Paul resumes the dls. cusslon from chapter 8:13 touching the eating of meats which had been offered In sacrifice to idols. Iu the lesson be fore us we hare some practical direc tions on this subject. 132 dUtT f IiV'ng t0r oiher 23. "All things are lawful." I may, lawfully eat all kinds of food, but all are not expedient It would not be be coming In me to eat or all, because I should by this offend flnri Hova man L weak minds. Though It may be ad mitted that it is strictly lawful to eat meats offered to Idols, yet there are strong reasons why it Is Inexpedient, and those. rcons ought to have th binding force of law. "Not expedient." And so, being unprofitable and injur ious, may thereby become unlawful. "Ediry not." All thing do not tend to build up the cause of Christ and thererore are not expedient 24. '"His own." Let no man consult his own happiness, pleasure or convenience, but let him ask what will be ror the good of others. No rule l laid down about eating or not eating any kind ot food as a matter or importance in it seir. With such things the gospel has no concern. What Paul does prescribe relates to tho effect of our conduct upon others. Let every man live not for himself, but for every part of tbe great human family with which he Is sur rounded. "Another's wealth." "But each his neighbor's good." It V. This will cause true happiness. II. The duty of guarding the weak (vs. 25 30). 25. "Is sold." The meats of idol sacrifices were often exposed to sale in the markets especially by the priests, when they had on band a sur plus. To the Christian this was as lawful as any other meat. "Sham bles." The meat stalls in the market, "Asking no question." The Jews were vexed with Innumerable scruples with, respect to their eating and were accus tomed to ask many questions about their food, as to where It was obtained how prepared, etc.; all of these scruples and questionings the gospel abolished. 20. "Earth Is tbe Lord s." See Psa 24:1. This meat belongs to the Lord and is made for man's use. It does not belong to the idol, even though it has been offered to it. It may therefore be partaken of as God's gift. 27. "Bid feast." This refers to a feast In a pri vate house. In verses 14-22 the npostle severely rebukes the practice of eating at feasts in heathen temples, because tbls was ono- part of Idolatrous wor ship. If a pagan friend invite a Chris tian to his home to dine he should eat what is set before him without vesing his host with questions about his food. But there is nothing here commanded which would require a person to eat or drink that which Is harmful. 28. "Say unto you." That Is, ir one of your fellow guests should display scruples of conscience, or a heathen should be likely to draw the inference that you approved of idol worship, Oils altogether alters the ense. You ure no longer simply eating with thankfulness the food set before you as tho gift of God. but the question of Idolatrous .worship of idols as permissible to a Christian. 20. "For why." etc. This verse and the next as a little obscure. The meaning seems to be that "no man nas a right to interfere with tbe liberty enjoyed by another, save so far as ids own conscience nnd conscientious con victions nre likely to be affected there by." We must guard the point of yielding to another's conscience, for we may by obeying a man's false con science confirm bis self-conceit or es tablish n false morality. 30. "If I by grace." "If I partake with thankful ness." R. V. III. The correct rule of conduct (vs. 81-33). 31. "Eat. or drink." The glory of God is to be the end of all our actions. In themselves entiug nnd drinking nre things indifferent, but there are cir cumstances in which they may be mat ters of tbe highest Importance. In ou own day, for Instance, the question ol' using or abstaining from intoxicating liquors is one which ought to be dealt with on the same principles which Paql has laid down in this chapter. Such a question should be decided on one ground alone, namely, whether by us ing them or abstaining from them we . "Do all." This requires that we should jjiuu uuu oruer our wuoie iu in ac cordance with, God's law. "Glory of God." To live to God's glory should be the high aim of every Individual. This is a sufficient rule to regulate every, man's conscience and practice. 32. "Glvo none offense." See R. V. Though you may be no better or worse for eating- meat or not eating, yet if your conduct Injures others and leads them Into sin you should abstain en tirely. It is fur more important that your brother should not be led into slu than that you should partake of meat which you acknowledge is in itself of no importance. Tbls is a general prin ciple which should regulate Christian conduct at alt time. ".lews." The apostle ever avoided offense to his kinsmen after the flesh. "Gentiles." Crossing none of then-prejudices where lion s law uoes not require ir. 33. 'Tlease all men." He did this so far as he could righteously. "May be saved," Ills main object was to seek the salvation of all men. This was the end in view. Salvation ena 'bles men to set aside their own ways ,1a order to uplift another. Strife over non-essentials destroys' rather than builds up tbe work of God. , Japan's purchases from the Pulled States in the fiscal year Just cloned tmouuted to $51,724,72(1. Opposed to Self-Healing. Little Paul's grandfather Is physician, and in Paul's eyes he Is the greatest hero that walks the earth. Recently tho doctor resolved to take a trip to Europe for the benefit of bis health.' Paul was almost frantic te think that ho was to be separated from his idol, and tried , by every means within his power to dissuade, his grandfather from going. "I don't Bee why you need to go , away for your health, grandpa; you're . a doctor!" "Well, Paul," replied the old man, "it Is because I am a 'doctor that I ' know what la best for my health. As . a iloctor I have examined myself an4 found that I reed a rest and change. ' I l ave advhed myself to take an oceas vo) ago. and when a physiolan tells you what' li best for you, you ought to obey his Instructions, or else wbrt la tho use of doctors?" Puul sadly pondered over t' weighty argument for a few trtir and then his face lighted up i sild eagerly: "Why fon't you irv ---erandr??" v , 1 V
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