YTbe Putpt A SERMON flieinc: Divine Indwelling. Brooklyn. N. Y. Preaching on th? above theme at the I-vlng Square Prethyterlan Church, the Rev. Ira V. Henderson, pastor, took an his text Jno. 20:22: ' Receive ye the Holy Spirit." He fiald: The reception of the Holy Spirit In the inner sanctuary of the human heart Is the condition of entrance Into the kingdom of God. The possibility of th" Immediate and present Incom ing and welcoming of the Spirit Is reason enough for us to believe that the kingdom begins in this life and at once, if you will. The fact that the coming of the Spirit into the heart is contemporaneous with the entrance of the Individual Into the privileges of divine citizenship Is sufficient demon stration that spirituality is the key to, and the essence of, and the first re quirement of admission to the king dom. The one and only way to par ticipate In the Joys and blessings of the Spirit filled life Is to cease from hanlnpss of heart, and from Intellec tuol self-glorification and self-trust, and to become as little children in humility and In receptivity to truth. Spirituality and dvine citizenship are one and the same thing. Growth in spirituality la the test of efficient citizenship. The man who has stopped depending upon his own strength, his own wisdom, and has opened his eyes and ears and mind and heart to the Influences and manifestations of the Spirit Is ready to receive, anil In All conscience will get, the papers and rights of a citizen of the kingdom of the God of Jesus Christ. And that soul only Is being sanctified unto God likeness and fashioned Into the Image of .lesus Christ who is growing daily, hourly, momently, in the glftB and graces of the spiritual life. To be spiritual is to become childlike. To attain spiritual development Is tha aim and the calling of those who are Christ's. The Holy Spirit, the personal, puri fying, propelling presence of God In the Ufa of man. is the means unto the spiritualizing of human natures according to the divine decrees. The entrance of the Spirit means death to sin. The yielding of self to the gentle ministrations of the Holy Ghost is the first step toward indi vidual transformation. The com munion of the spirit of man with the Spirit of God brings peace, content ment, rest and n wisdom and energy which are more than sufficient to meet the demands and the opposition of the world. No mere impersonal, unreal, un attainable something is this Spirit which Christ bade His disciples re ceive, and of which at a later time they received a fuller measure. It Is the real, helpful, personal presenc of God In the life. The spirit or man is a prey to all sin save the Spirit of God as a constructive, controlling force comes in. The transfusion of the soul with the vitality of the Spirit fills the dying heart of man with life. There are three characteristics of the Holy Spirit to which I wish to direct your thought. The Holy Spirit is a constant presence In the life of the world, a controlling energy, a soul satisfying comforter. The Holy Spirit Is a constant pres ence and factor In the life of the world. The entire list of graces and gifts and blessings which are ours at the hands of our Heavenly Father are constant. The gift of the Spirit Is no exception to the rule. When God promises to men the presence and uplift of the Holy Spirit upon the fulfilment 6f certain conditions upon their part He means just what He says. Our Father is not fickle or changeable or inconstant. He is the same to-day, yesterday and forever. And Hi! Spirit, which is His own real, personal presence in the h'.ar.s of men. Is as constant as all else with which He has anything to do. When we were far away from duty and were serving sin the Spirit of the living God was knocking ever at our hearts. And though we hated ourselves and the depth of our own iniquity, though the world may have despised us and forsaken us, though everything In life may have held us as "unclean" with the leprosy of sin, still the Spirit of our living, loving Father stood wait ing to reveal to us the wealth and beauty of the love of God and to re vive our dying souls with the fullness of power un'.o eternal life. The constancy of the Spirit as a factor in life Ib nowhere better illus trated than in the experience of Christian men who have given themselves up, in less or greater measure, to His dominion. What a Joy, what a comfort, what a stay it is to know that whenever and whereso ever we may turn to the Spirit for the portion of refreshment that our souls so sorely need wo shall always find Him ready to supply our wants. There is no sense and no reason in much of our constant petition to God to infill us with His Spirit. The in fluences of types of thought and of prayer are hardly escapable. We have grown so accustomed to ask od to fill us with His Spirit of power. But I submit, would wo not pray better and more to the point If we thanked our Father for the favors of His love and acknowledged to Him in person, what He already knows, our shortcomings and our lack of appropriation of the gift of His Spirit. The showers of spiritual blessings are forever falling frse, full and sufficient upon human souls everywhere. Our prayers should not be of petition that God may give us shower, but rather of thanksgiving for past, present and futuro blesslngn and of dedication of self, through the riches of His grace and powers to & finer and more fruitful life for Him. The presence and Influence of the Holy Spirit in the life of the world Is a constant gratuity. If you are nol the deeply grounded spiritual man that you should be the fault lies nol with the Spirit, of which there li abundance unto all men's necessity, but with you who have refused that wealth of spiritual power which, un der Ood, might be yours If you would. Bverywhere and continually the Spirit of the Lord is active. He knocki ever it ihe door of the sinner's heart. He u forever pouring out the inex haustible waters of spiritual life upon the parched souls of men. But neither God itfr His Spirit can fill an In verted tup. The showers of blessings can not flood a closed heurt. Then, too, the Holy Spirit Is a con trolling energy In the life of the man who ii susceptible to His influ ence. Christ tells us that His Spirit hall lead us unto all truth; that He hall be our Guide, our Teacher und our Helper. The catalog of the hsttlr Itlss of the Spirit In the life of man is strengthening and sustaining. By Him we are led Into the entirety of dun. telT-rsveUtlou and of etv.ii.tl truth, vnir.er tno guidance of the Spirit of the living God we may pro gress from truth to truth as the won ders of God's universe are revealed to us and the application of everlast ing verities brought home to our hearts. May no man flinch to follow the Spirit whithersoever He may di re. I As Pnnte went through hell and heaven nnd the Intermediate re gions of the world beyond, nnd told in allegory and song the wonders that he witnessed nnd the sights he saw, so may we, with the Spirit as our Guide, be given graco to look truth squarely In the face and portray it faithfully to the world. And If we, as Dante, or beyond him ChrlHt, shall be hounded by those who fear the light of truth we shall yet be certain that the truth, the truth alone, Is worth men's fealty and shall make them free. The Spirit as the Comforter ap peals to the heart of every Christian. Who of us does not Joy In the fact that above us and within us is this comforting Spirit of the Lord our Ood? The human heart cries out for comfort wh"n distress and danger and destruction come upon It. When our hearts are bowed In anguish nnd our souls are crushed with grief, when every human tit Is Revered and no mortal hand may avail to dispel our utter darkness, then the Spirit of the loving Father strengthens, sus tains, sanctifies the soul. "Save me, O God. for the waters arc come Into my soul," we cry out with the Psalmist. In the .Tudah wilderness of the world our souls thirst for Him, our flesh longs for Him as In a dry and thirsty land, where no water Is. Then the Spirit comes, and with His entrance the live springs of refresh ment minister to our souls' deep nepd. The Spirit as the Comforter Is God in His presence ministering to the humanest of mortal needs. No man can live happily without Him. No man can weather the trials of tribula tion and the temptations of prosper ity without Him. Lending the sor rowing light hearts He keeps the suc cessful level headed. The sense of the constant presence of the Spirit of God in the individual and world life Is the certain indica tion of a true religious experience. No man who lives near to God Is with out It. It Is elemental in Christian experience. And this consciousness of God's abiding and guiding Is the mainstay of the soul Without It progress Is Impossible In the truest sense. With It we may fight with fear lessness, with hope unquenchable, against principalities and powers, against the wickednesses of high places and the Sins of mlr.hty men. For the abiding Spirit of the living God Is the controlling energy in the life of humanity, Bad men may de feat Him temporarily; evil policies may frustrate Ills purposes and hurl themselves against His plans; but the Spirit of God Is unconquerable. He Is the controlling, the overruling en ergy of the world. In this Spirit we Bhould find our strength. From Him we should derive the comfort of our souls. Let not your heart be troubled. Come what may, be the storms of life what they will, God will not leave us comfortless. He will not leave us orphans. He Is with us. He will abide with every soul who bids Him enter. He will constantly refresh us all. He will give us courage and be our strength. He will suffuse us. He will comfort us. And He does. Tilt INTKKN ATION U, LESSON COM- incurs for ji nk 7. Conscience Not an Information Bureau If conscience Is a sate guide to what Is right and wrong then the Bible is not needed. There Is no half-way ground here, for a guide that needs guidance is no guide at all. And as a mutter of fact, con science is not a guide, and because so many souls mistakenly think it is, confused and wandering errors in the pathway of life are constantly made. Conscience is a monitor. It prompts and prods; it urges "Do what you know to be right; do not do what you know to be wrong." But it does not instruct us in what Is right and what is wrong; it is not a bureau of in formation. That instruction we re ceive from God in many different ways, of which the Bible and the training of parents and teachers are ome. Therefore it will not do to lettle back in the easy assurance that we have a safe guide In conscience. We have a tremendous responsibility :o learn, from sources outside of our selves, what is our duty, and those sources are always available when we really seek them. Sunday-School Times. Nature Presses Toward Fruitage. Ripe fruit, which is the Immutable promise and purpose of God, is the and of a patient process. After a long and trying pause young spring, like hope of God, returns; but the end Is not yet. It is the season of new breath, new motion and new birth. Everything is astir under the new, universal excitement. The earth, like a bride, ''puts on her beautiful attire, She blooms and sings. But bloom and songs are not the end. By her beauty music she announces the ex quUlte end toward which she is mov ing. She will not pause until she has produced her fruit, aor then until her fruit is full-orbed and mellow. She reckons nothing less than ripe fruit to be her fitting crown. Nothing less will satisfy God. Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness. John Puls-ford. The Reason Is Christ. We have insane and blind asylums and public schools In Massachusetts, and not In Turkey, because here we had yesterday a strong sense of Christ, and there they had not. The Rev. Frank Crane. He Opens the Path. God never falls to open you a path though He may refuse you a philo sophy. Xtlt I rem Ii Academy. In a period when so many time honored traditions of France sink be neath the waves of what we are pleased to style progress, without perhaps raring to learn whether we gain or lose as the stormy tide flows on. there is one national Institution still standing firm, which, despite all that U said against It, is unique: 1 mean the French Academy. In vain have men tried to raise up rivals; It remains the sole arbiter of taste, the guardian of our language, the last surviving vestige of sovereignty. To prove this would be an Interesting study, in view of the increasing im portance attached to the "Academie des Goncourt," and to the committee which has been humorously called the "Academy of Women." From Th. Bentzon'a "Literary Rolls of Hon or In France." In the Century. THROWN TOGETHKlt. "Do you ever meet Dr. Rybold?" "Often. He and I er are thrown together u food deal. We (ravel ou the same suburban lVne." Chicago Tribune. Subject: Jesus Appears to His Disci pics. John BO 1 1 Ml Golden Text. John Commit Verses 1I, 'JO f oiMlnentnrv time Brsnlngi of Sundays, April fl and April lfi. A. D. 30. PLACIC House In Jerusalem. EXPOSITION. I, Jpm,s .Appears URtO the Dlseiplcs. Thomas IJelng Absent. !!-:;.-,. .i..Sis having ap peared to Individuals now appears to the disciples collectively, it was Im mediately after the return of the two from Emmnus (Luke 24:30). Th disciples were In fear of the Jews (cf Matt. 14:15). With a word He ban ishes their fear. "Pence be unto you.' As He said this He was standing In their midst. When He stands in the midst there is always peace no mattet how great the turmoil without. Ht was fulfilling Hl3 promise to them (Jno. 16:22). Ills coming Is thf great cure for all fear and sorrow (Is. IS:t 1 Thess. 4:16, 17). Shut doors were no barriers to the entrance of the resurrection body of Jesus. Strangely enough the first result of the appearance and words of Jesut was increased fear (Luke 24:87). The heart of sinful man shrinks back from the supernatural. These surely were not the kind of men to imagine Jesus had risen again when He really had not, and out of their fancy weave a legend of His resurrection. Jesut sternly rebuked their determined tin belief and hardness of heart (Mk IB: 14). Unbelief is not a misfortune to be pitied, but a sin to be rebuked nnd repented of. To overcome tbeli persistent unbelief nnd to convince them beyond question that It was in deed Ills very self. In wonderful con descent ion Jesus showed unto them His nall-scarrcd hand and spear pierced side (cf. Luke 24:38-10, 41 43). The evidences of a literal phvsl cal resurrection of Christ are over whelming. The disciples were at last convinced and aludncss lakes the place of fear. They were "glad when they saw the Lord." There is no other gladness like that which comes from a clear vlslonof the rls-n Christ Jesu3 telt it necessary to repeat His message of comfort, their unbeliev ing hearts had not taken it in. This was a common form of salvation but Jesus put new meaning into it. He not merely says "Peace be unto vou," DUt He actually imparts peace (Jno. 14:2,; 10:33). Having given them pence, He next gives them a commis sion. First, peace in our own hearts then a commission to others. The' form or the commission was thrill ing, "as the Father hath sent Me even so, etc." (cf. Is. 61:1-3; Mk. 16:1.-,) living given them the commission He gives the empowerment for it (cf fcsv4.' A-ts i: 5 ; ine disciples did not actually receive the Holy Spirit in His fulness at this time (Acts 1:5; 2:4; Jno. 7:3; Acts - (..; Jno. 10: 7 i. .ksus breathing upon them was a symbolical and pro phetical act. By breathing upon them and thus assuming to be the One whose breath is the divine Spirit Jesu.t claimed most unmistakably to be divine (cf. Gen. 2:7; Job 33:4' Ps J..:b; Ro. 8:), By reason of re ceiving the Holy Spirit thev were to receive a power of spiritual discern ment whereby they would know when men had truly repented and believed und so whosoever sins thev forgave would be forgiven and whosoever sins they retained would be re tained. It was not by virtue of any office that was to descend upon a lin of successors, but by virtue of receiving the Holy Spirit that they were to be able to forgive s us (cf. on this power and its eter cise Acts 13:'.', 10; 8:20-23; 1 Cor 5:4 5; 2 Cor. 2:0-10). Thomas, fuli of doubt and self will, was not with the brethren and so missed meeting his risen Lord. The other disciples hastened to tell Thomas of the bless ing they had received. "We have seen the Lord," was their exultant cry. If we have seen the Lord we too, have a duty of testimony. By this time Thomas should have been convinced, but he wasn't. Thomas had many reasons for believing (Matt 16:21; Jno. 20:18; Luke 24:13-33)' but Thomas wouldn't believe unless he had a certain kind o.' proof which In his self-will he presumed to dic tate Thomas has many followers on Ms bad side. Thomas had no ground for disbelieving but his own notions Many to-day are willing to set up their own notions against the testi mony of prophets, apostles. Jesus Christ Himself, and the whole Word of God. Conceit and self-will lie at the bottom of It all t Ps 78 1 22 31, 32; 106. 23, 24). Thomas'' wiN fulness comes out in his words "I Will not believe." ...,'.. 'SP ArM"'" l'"t Thomas, Thomas had a whole week of unbelief and darkness and misery Jesus had biddeu the disciples go Into Galilee (Matt. 2S.ll)), but they have seemed to have waited a week rather than leave Thomas behind. Their testimony had, after all, made some impression upon Thomas, for on the next Lord's day he took pains to be with them. There was on his part some readiness to believe. Jesus came with the same message of "peace." The wonderful grace and pity and long suffering of Jesus ap pear In ills words to Thomas and His whole treatment or him. Thomas fully convinced at last, and cries to Jesus with one of the most remark able ascriptions of deity to be found lu the Bible, "My Lord and my God." AN EGGSHELL OSTRICH. One eggshell, three twisted psret lighters, and a small piece of fringed paper go to the making of one os trich. You will need a whole egg shell for the body, and must empty It by making a small hole In each end and blowing out the egg. Bore th holes with a large damlug needle oi hatpin, pressing steadily but not toe hard, and twisting the point round nnd round until a small hole ha3 been punctured; then enlarge tho hole slightly with the sharp point of youi scissors, being careful not to crack the shell lu doing to. Make tho holi In tho large end of the shell a t.lfU larger than the one in tiie small end to your lips snd blow steadily nut!' all the egg has run out of tho shell From "Hints and Helps Tof 'Mother' in St. Nicholas. In Ma) fields Cave. In Indiana. A. M. Bama has csptur. rt thlny-threo species of files I two of them new (0 science), thirty species of other In sects and twenty-one specie of the spider class. Praters tag Eggs With Lnfd, office which rye performs Is to absorb Cover a fresh egg with a thin coat-! KrPat quantities, while the ground D Ing of lard, and It will keep perfectly good for an Indefinite period, accord ing to a report of a new method of preserving eggs riaflc to the Stato Department by Consul Murphy at Bordeaux. The discovery Is of Ital ian origin, nnd Is regarded as Impor tant, as It Is claimed that 100 egga ran thus be preserved with four cents' worth of lard and an hour of time. Weekly Witness. Ilcnvy Feeding of Dnlry Cows. An Eastern dawymau with a herd of Guernseys feeds considerably more than the Rverage fed over the country nearly ull the cows will clean up both winter and summer. He says: "My preference of grain feed for win ter, prices ndmlttlnr, Is four parts of cottonseed meal, two of linseed meal and six of hominy meal, twelve pounds of tho ml dure with thirty reeking with moiBturo In the early spring, so that when It Is turned down In the furrow It carries under with It tons of water per acre and holds It in such shape that It will not be readily evaporated. Farmers' Home Journal. Making Mutter on the Farm. There are two prime essentials In making butter on the farm a profit able business. In the first place, one must have plenty of pure, cold water, and then a good enough grade must be turned out to make and hold cus tomers. The trouble with nine out of every ten farm homes Is they are not equipped to take care of milk and cream. When one goes Into this work to make money, batter put up a milk room, whore pure water may be had from pumping or from a spring. I Concrete floor and walls may now bo i 1.I.IU or. nlmn.,1,. nM ...11. 1 . . 1 , pounds of silage and sic pounds of , UTTli, . ,L , ' , mixed hay for tho average cow. The 1 " J " great deal better than lumber . , , , I Don t stop hero. A barrel churn and larger milkers receiving more grain.' ,,,.',. , .... '.." It narrows their ration to some ex tent." Weekly Witness. Anti-Spill Milk Stool. "D" is made of lumber 1x10 In- a butter maker will bo necessary in turning out a uniform product. It looks ensy simply separating tho cream, churning till the butter comes and salting nnd tho trick Is done l hat Is where so many fall. Tho one lengthways. Bore holes for legs ches and 16 Inches long, with a ( cream must be churned at tho right piece of 2x4 for legi to go through temperature; It must be neither too nailed on the tinder side, tho back . sweet nor too sour. Working nnd piece going crossways and tho front salting butter to secure uniform eclor and flavor is n very nice art. Don't try to learn to do It infallibly In twj or three weeks, but by all 'lienns don't practice on your customers. That means loss. It Is better to wait two or three months until you aro sure of your quality beloro you seek customers. And before you ship, find out how your commission man or pri ! vate customers prefer to have their butter put up. Sometimes tho pack age means n difference of two or three cents a pound. Indiana so they will stand well apart at tho Farmer. bottom. "A" Is a ball for holding ! Bilk pail and is made from tooth of IB old rake. It Is bolted on just far inough away from stool bo the pall tflll not strike when swinging either ivay. "A" Swings tho Bucket. Clover DlsensftV The bulletin of the Tennessee sta tion, Just published, Iti reference to When cow goes to step. says i disease by which clov er crops falls :he Missouri Valley Farmer, just Is as applicable here as there, and we .wing pail out of the way nnd save e'7 lla mmmT' us lol,ow,: he mUb nn.i v.,,v I ' rhe red clover crop of this iato iiaa uuen very uncertain ior a Feeding Turkeys. lumber of years. 9 'I n., .'ill. r ,i. . I A. I ,1 ..... .a.iuiu n luu i 1 ' IB UI1U UlfkMr eats no more and prob- ,ha ., ,..,,,. , . . ... . m tne great majority of Instances to bly costs less to keep for a year :han the chicken hen. Watch the lctolrIchlini trfoll a new fungous disease caused by Col- lock at reeding time, as Uie grain Is icattered, and if turkeys and chlck- 3. The disease belongs to a class leiiiwn na i.'l.: . n,t,nn T. .,..,t0.geth?r, " Wl" be "een thaf era. charact,,- I. well known to plant :he turkeys pick up no more, and jrobably much less, grain than their imaller and quicker neighbors. They ire invariably better foragers. Even n winter they find something here, '.hero nnd everywhere, while the pathologists. 4. So far ns known no cultural methods of handlln;; the clover will prevent or even appreciably diminish the ravages of this disease, and it ap- f .i Ii. nvlot ..ii . . i. -. l.u.l a i hlebona c.nv 1 M,l ' " "" '"u " ,r . 7 in Tennessee. md wait tor rood to be brought to 5 Tlle gamo dlse , -am tarmera' Home Journal. alfalfa, but to what extent fn this bv, ,.. ,. ,, ., 'State Is not yet known. Whole Milk I or cal Calves. 1 n ., , , , ' Alsike clover Is almost nbso- The journal of the British Board lntrly imniuno to this dlsase. )f Agriculture says that "probably a 7. Occasionally healthy plants of month Is ns long ns it Is advlsuble to red clover in badly stricken fields in leed calves on whole milk on a dairy different parts of Tennessee have pro tarm or until they have reach-ad duced in the second ganeratlon plants ibout 160 pounds, live weight, or , which were strikingly resistant to ninety-six pounds of veal. This the disease. Whether this resistance veight may be attained In u month, will be maintained to futuro genera orovided the calves aro fatted as tloiu can not be foretold with cer luickly as possible, but one cannot ' tainty. ;xpect to do it unless the calves are g. While tho effort Is being made ted three times a day. An effort to secure a supply of seed from such should also bo made to have the plants It must be distinctly uuder mlves fat at the time veal commands stood that no such ee,t ... oc ot high price, otherwise the returns ready for distribution, either by tho from vealing on wholo milk may not Tennessee Experiment Station or .'he bo at all satisfactory." In. S. Department nf ArrieMi.,,r School to Cure Shyness In Roynlty. Why Is It that the young English Princes, and especially tho Prin cesses, are so shy? Is It the manner of their education? Be that aa It mny, I understand that Princess Mary of Wales, like her two brothers, will be sent to school Instead of being ed ucated privately. This great depart ure from tradition In tho case of the ladles of the royal family Is due to the desire of tho Princess of Wales that her family should bofree from the painful shyness that makes the lives of some other members of the royal family something of a torture. The Princess holds that this excessive self-consciousness ia due to tho pri vate education of the royal children, nnd that It cau only be avoided by bringing tho royal children into free contact with their rontemporarleB. The King and Queen fully approve of this departure, as thoy are quite con scious of the harm that has been done to some members of their own family by unnecessary seclusion and exclu Bivenesg. New York Herald. Work For Educated Women. The demand for employment by educated women is greater propor tionately here than in any other, country. Nowhere In. the world Is the dilemma of a woman accustomed to luxury and suddenly thrown on her own resources so distressing as In England. This problem was dis cussed yesterday at u great confer ence in London where representative women of England, Ireland nnd Scot land met to decide on the best means to help educated women to earn a liv ing wage. Lady Bectlve "loaded for tho for mation or n London trades school for women where education on special studies could be combined with trade training. Alice Woods, of the Maria Grey Training School, gave somo re sults of inquiries into the subject of coeducation In America. 8ho said the custom had originated as a mat tor of convenience, and It was an ex cellent training for girls. Regarding the statements as to the effeminacy of Amcrlcai boys she attributed more to the great predominance of woman teachers than to the presence of girls In the schoolrooms. New York Sun. celved through falling down stairs on the company's premises while trying to extract her purse from her stock ing. Without wishing to carp at the de cisions of these wise tribunals, we would respectfully submut that there Ib a good deal to be said on tho other side. Mere man, we admit, does not and would not carry hlB purse, If he ever had a purse, in his sock. But then mere man Is reasonably provid ed with pockets, whereas It Is noto rious that the feminine pocket Is cither absd.utc.y non-existent or ab surdly non-practical n standing temptation to the thief and exposed to perpetual risk of the accidental loss of Its contents. Albeit, the falluro of n woman to provide herself with a rational pock et Is one of the strongest arguments against her claim for the franchise. A sex which cannot take enre of Its purse and has only the most elemen tary notion of a pocket of Its own ought not to be permitted to assume the control of the public's purse and pocket. New York World. Duchess Seeks Retirement. The Duchess of Marlborough, born Cousuelo Vanderbllt, has noi realized the hopes of her early girlhood, says the Delineator. Sho has recently made her first visit back to this coun try since her separation from tho For the Home Seamstress. Many of the new cotton goods have the colors and markings of the best silks. For shirt waists, the wash fahrlcs In mercerized cotton are fine. Tho colored goods hnvo a silky smooth ness, and launder beautifully. Linen crash Is always a good ma terial for spring dresses, as it wears well, docs not fade If laundered care fully, and always looks fresh. In making up linens, remembsr that the material shrinks very much when washed, and It should always be well dnni-d nnd ironed hefore cutting. The lustre of the goods will bo dimmed by this process, but it will be lost at the first washing, any way, and It Is very hard to supply the shrinkago to the finished gar ment in any other way. Many shirt waists are made with broad shoulder cfTectB by tho use of triple pleats over the shoulders, back and front, and they are easy to laun der. Bishop sleeves, with small cuffs and circular stock collars go with these. A good pattern for the skirt of a shirt wnist suit Is one with no pleats about tho hips a plain, flaring pat tern, and only an inverted pleat be hind. The bottom should be hemmed, and tho trimming at the foot should be folds of the dress ma terial, with or without piping. Challls, silk, Chinese crepe, nun's a. d Ji I o S g ; a fa 1 o Ment-Benn Pie. Getting a' hurry meal" one day, I found I had a few cooked beanB, a couple of slices of boiled beef heart and a bowl of mashed potatoes, also a cupful of the nice, rich gravy from the heart, writes a woman correspondent of The EpitomlBt. I trimmed and minced the meat, mashed the beans and put them through the colander to take out tho skins, mixed these and the gravy together and put Into a baking dish. Tho mashed potato was softened with a little hot water nnd when beaten smooth, spread evenly over the top of the "pie," and tho whole put into tho oven. When hot through, I spread a little butter over the "crust," and put it on the grate to brown. This dish was pronounced good and eaten every bit. Ration For sheep. As to the most desirable kinds of feed to be used for a grain ration va riety Is the best. Wo know this from our own experience, as wo soon tire of a sameness of diet; it is also true of our farm animals. When a va riety is supplied, more food is con sumed and the belter the digestion. I have found, says a farmer in writ ing to Farmers' Review, that an equal amount of crushed corn, oats, wheat, bran and oil cako best suits tho taste and requirements of the lambs and gives good results as to the growth and gain in flesh and fat; the latter quality Is especially demanded in tho early market lamb. I would then In crease the crushed orn to the limit that It would be relished, for a fat lamb Is far preferable to a lean one of much larger size. But where the lambs are to be carried through the summer, for feeding the following winter, then good alze, growth and stamina are required. In that event I would cut out the corn from their ration for best results. But they should be fed thiu grain ration, as there Is no time In an animal's life wheu as grent returns will be given for food consumed as when suckling its dam. A Barn Cabinet. There Is little excuse for any farm er not hnvlng a sufficiency of home made devices which are handy to store various things and save labor. Especially Is this so when they can be constructed out of ury goods or grocery boxes, and that is what may L j said of tho cabinet shown in the cut. It can be made any size desired, and I if put together right will be practi cally mouse and rat Voor. The draw ers are convenient In which to put .robes, blankets and the like, and the shelves or compartments in tho up value of Rye as a Green Crop. Whilo nitrogen Is the ferlUUIng element most easily lost from man urea and soils. It Is the most expen sive, costing almost three times ns much per pound as potash and phos phoric acid. The readiness with which nitrates are washed out of tho soil during heavy rains when the ground Is thawed, suggests that dur ing the period of such rains It should be covered with some catch crop, Which will feed upon the nitrates lurmed and store nitrogen In Its tis sues. For this purpose rye Is an ex cellent crop and Is much used. While it adds no nitrogen to the soil whfch Is not already found therein, as crim son Cover does, it is a much surer catch than the former und Is thor oughly hardy. It forms quite a root system during the fall, starts off early in the sprint and by ordinary planting time forms a heavy coat of manure to be plowed under. One Good Barn Cabinet; per arrangement for holding brushes, ' nails, hammers, wrenches and other I small tools. It is a handy place to tore small seeds, condition pow I ders, liniments and medicines for , farm animals. Indeed, there are many services that such an affair can be made use of, all of which w... ' readily suggest themselves wheu It has been built and set In place. I 1.' f 1 ait.iA., I- 1 1 ! - ' w. uiuio;, ill I' a I til UMU nulla'. In tho Umpire, It Is said by statesmen that the sun never sets upon the BrltUb Em plra. My complaint Is that the work era' wagea never rise. Lloyd's Weekly. duke. London society Is very sym pathetic toward tho young duchess, who is not only a general favorite, but a personal friend of tho Queen as well. Life has not dealt aa well with her as it promised. Ten years ago sho was full of enjoyment of every thing; now Bhe is saddened and not strong, and she seeks a retirement that her deafness almost enrorces. By arraugement with her husband she has her two sons Tor half tho year, and sho has many Interests; her embroideries, her books and her spaniels, but It Is all very different from what seemed before her. Ru mor has it that she Was greatly dis appointed at her husband's failure to achieve distinction In politics, and I that she hated to see tho untitled husband of Mary Lelter, of Chicago, go ahead to honor after honor, while her own duke achieved nothing. --However, though much has gone against her, sho .3 still greatly admired in London society, and when sho enters a drawing room wearing her famous p?arls that once belonged to Cathar ine of Russia, her ill h?alth aud her carat cannot altogether dim her state ly beauty. 1 a "Ain't It Awful, Mabel!" What is an unfortunate jjdge to do wheu a lady refuses to pay for a supply of "chemises" specially mr.de for her, on the ground that they do not fit? In the case of other and mora exterior garments thero are plenty of legal precedents. The lady retires to the Judge's private room alone, and presently emerges clad In the disputed garment, In order that His Honor may Judge for himself ns to its approximation to the human form divine that Is underneath It, But chemises! Such was the prohle.n before an Eastern Judge tho other day. Well might be exclaim "What am I to do i:i such a case as this? 1 cun try a jacket on nnd say If It fits, but how can I fit on these things?" And then his feelings got the butter of him and he groaned, "Really, you ladles, this Is too awful for words. I nm very much afraid 1 shall have to refer this case to some one who is older aud wiser than I am. It Is far too deli cate for me." Eventually the irate ladles were persuaded to talk the matter over umong theiuselvoi, and try to reach somo agreement. Other wise the court would have to appoint a lady arbitrator and abide by her decision. The Argonaut. veiling, cashmere, voile or henrietta cloth mny be used for dressy bouse dresses, but the work dresses should bo of wash materials for hygienic reasons. For elderly women the shawl col lar Is seen on semi-dressy street dresses. The collar should fit snug ly over the shoulders, crossing on the front of the waist In surplice fashion. The surplice waist is particularly 1 kind to the stout woman. Most eld jerly ladles wear black, which should j be softened by something white I against the neck and face, and with the surplice waist, a front of some soft white material can be filled In j the opening, giving It Just the needed tuning ttowu. me Commoner. An Acre to Support Four Persons. Vegetarians assert that one acre of land will comfortably support four persona on vegettb.16 diet. Ideas From Mrs. Humphrey Word. Mrs. Humphrey Ward, for whom a dinner was given at. the Waldorf Astoria, told some 600 members and guests that the evening use of the grade schools In this country had solved a problem at which England was still tamely fumbling. Mrs. Ward said also that out parks aud playgrounds were beyond anything that England had-at pres ent, particularly the playgrounds, be cause Americans, through organiza tion, had discovered how to get tho most good out of them. Tho guest of tho evening declared, however, that England was showing the way In the proper use of the school build ings, in that buildings never etood ompty, eavo in the early morning hours. The English people, men, woman and children, were using them for both Btudy, relief and recreation. Richnrd Watson Gilder was toast master. Other speakers were: Jacob Rlis, Robert W. de Forest, William If, Maxwell, superintendent of rcbools; Miss Jane Addams, of the Hull House Association of Chicago; the Duchess of Marlborough, Kate Douglas Wlggin and Dr. Luther Hal sey Gullck,' head of the Public Schools Atlantic League. New York Evening Post. Women aud Their Money. An English Judge has refused recognise that a woman's stocking Is the proper place for her purse. A similar opinion was handed down by h judge lu Iowa not so long ago, wheu a plaintiff fulled to get damages from a railway company u., InjuWea ra- Waterproofing Moct using. For keeping oil-tanned moccasins and boots waterproof use two parts of beeswax, with three of tallow and about six parts of kerosene, to make a soft paste. Melt the beeswax and tallow and when melted add the kero sene and let cool. Apply same as tat ")w. W. F. Purchase, In Recreation. Think. t No matter what yon are doing, think your way. Don't go without thinking; think everything out. Don't run without a schedule; have a pro gram and go by It. Think! Think! Think! The Sunday-schADl Messenger,
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