REV. DR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVIXE'S SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: ".Mother in Israel."
Ttlt ; " 7V mother of ftttera looked out
at a irimloir." Judge v., St.
Spiked to the ground of Joel's tent lay the
(lead commander In cLInt of the Canaitnltlsh
host. General Hlsern, not fnr from the river
Klshon, which wm only a dry bed ot pebbles
when in in Pnleetlne, we crossed It, but
the gullies end mvlnot which Ma Into tt In
dlcatel the possibility ot greet freshets like
the one at the timeof tie test, fleneral 8lsera
had gone out with WO Iron chariot-, but he
was defeated, nnd, hie chariot wheel- Inter
locked with the wheel of other charlote, he
eould not retreat fast enough, nnd bo he
leaped to the ground en ran till, exhaust
ed, he went Into Jnel's tent for safety. Hhe
had Just been churning, and when h" asked
for water ih e gnvn him buttermilk, which In
the east Is considered a most refreshing
drink. Very tired, end supposing he was
safe, he went to sleep upon the floor, but
Jael, who bad resolved upon hi.- death, took
a tent pin, long and round and sharp, in one
band and a hammer In her other hand, nnd,
putting the shnrp end of the tent pin to the
foruheitd ot Rlsera, with her other linnd she
lifted the hammer nnd brought It down on
the head of the pin with a stout stroke,
when fllsera struggled to rlxe, nnd she
Struck him again, and he struggled to rl-e,
and the third time she struck him, and the
commander In chief of the Cunaauttisu host
lay dead.
Mennwhlle In the distance Slsern's mother
Us amid surroundings of wealth an 1 pomp
and scenes palatini wuitiug for his return.
Every mother expects hereon to be victori
ous, nnd this mother looked out nt the win
dow expecting to see htm drive up In his
chariot followed by wagons loaded with em
broideries and nl-o by regiments of men vai
qulehed nnd enslaved. I see her now sitting
at the window, in high expectation. , Hhe
watches the farthest turn of the romL Hhe
looks for the flying dust of the swift hoof.
The flrrt flash of the bit of the horse's bridle
he will eat?h.
The Indies of her eonrt stand ronnd,'. nnd
she tells them of what they shnll have when
her ton comes upchains of gold and enrca
nets ot beauty and drosses of such wondrous
fabric and splendor as tho Eible only hints
at, but leaves us to Imagine. "He ought to
be here by this time," says his mother. "That
battle Is surely over. I hope that freshet of
the river Klshon has not impeded him. I
tope those strange appearances we saw Inst
night in the sky were not ominous, when the
tars seemed to light in their eonrsos. No !
No I Ho Is so brave in brittle. I know he has
won the day. He will soon bo here." lint
bins forthe disappointed mother ! fcbe will
not see the glittering headgear of the horses
t full gallop bringing her son borne from
victorious battle. As a solitary messenger
arriving in hot haste rides up to the windows
at which the mother of Hl6ern sits, he cries.
'Your armies are defeated, and your son Is
dead. There is a scene ot Horror and
anguish from which we turn away.
Now you see tho full meaning of my short
text, "The mother of Sisera looked out at a
window." Well, my friends, we ore all out in
the battle of life ; it Is raging now, nnd the
most of us have a mother watching nnd
waiting for news ot our victory or defeat.
If she be not sitting lit the window of
earth, she is sitting nt a window of
heaven, and she is going to hear all about It
liy all the rulee of war Hlserit ought to
have been triumphant. He had WO iron
chariots and a host ot many thousands
vaster than the armies of Israel, lint
God was oa the other side, nnd the
angry freshets ot Klshon, nnd the ball,
the lightning and the unmanageable
warhones, and the capsized chariots
and the stellar nanio in the ekr disoom
" Klsera. Josophus In hi" bist'.
" oen iney wort come to n close ngut mere
caue down from heaven a great storm with
a vast quantity of rain nnd hail, nnd the wind
blew the rain In tho fuse of tho Cannauites
and so darkened their eyes their arrows and
slings were of no advantage to them, nor
would the coldness of tho air permit the sol
diers to make use ot their swords, while this
Storm did not so much incommode tho If m
elltee because It enmo on thoir bricks. They
also took such courage upon the apprehen
sion that Clod was assisting thoni that they
fell upon the very midst of their enemies nnd
slew a grout number of them, so thnt some of
them fell by tho Israelites, somo fell by their
own horse which were put Into disorder,
and not a few were killed by thoir own char
iots." Hence, my hearers, the bad news brought
to the mother ot Hlscra looking out nt the
window. And our mother, whether sitting
at a window ot earth or a window of heaven,
will hear the news of our victory or defeat
not according to our talents or eduontiounl
equipment or our opportunities, but ucoord
Ing as to whether Uod la for us or against
oa.
"Where's mother?" Is tho qnostion most
frequently asked In many bousuholds. It is
asked by the husband as well as the child
coming in nt nightfall, "Whero'B mother'" It
Is asked by the little ones when they get hurt
and come In crying with the pain, "Where's
mother?" It is asked by those who
have seen some grand sight or hoard some
good news or reeotvod some beautiful gift.
'Where's mother?" Hhe sometimes ' feels
wearied by the question, for they all ask and
keep asking It all tho time. Hhe is not only
the first to hear every euso of perplexity, but
he Is the Judgo in every court ot dotnestie
appeal. That In what puts the premature
wrinkles on so many maternnl faeos and pow
ders white so many maternal foreheads. You
ee, it U a question that keeps on for nil the
fears of childhood. It comes from the'nurs
try, and from the evening stand whefo the
boys and girls are learning their school les
sons, and from tho starting out In the mom
iag, when tho tippet or hat or slate
or book er overshoe is lost, until
at night, all out ot breath, the young
sters come In and shout until you can hoar
(horn from collar to garret and from front
door to the back fence of tho back yard,
"Where's mother?" Indeed, a child's life Is
so full of that question that If ho be taken
away one ot tho things that tho mother most
misses and the silence that most oppresses
her Is the absenou of that queetlou, which
she will never hoar on earth again, except
she hears It in a dream which sometimes re--stores
the nursery just as it was, and then
the voice come buck so natural, and so
sweet, and so Innocent, and so Inquiring
that the dream breaks at the words, "Where's
mother?"
If that qnostion were pat to most ot us
this morning, we would have to say, if we
spoke truthfully, like Hlsern's rcothor, she Is
at the palace window, Hhe has become a
queen onto Qod forever, and she is pulling
back the rich folds of the king's upholstery
to look down at us. We are not told the par
ticulars about the residence of Hlsera's
mother, but there Is In that scene in the book
of Judges so much about embroideries and
needlework and ladlea In waiting that we
know her residence roust have been princely
and palatial. Ho we have no minute and par
ticular description of the palace at whose
window our glorilled mother sits, but there
Is so much in the closing chapters of
the good old book about crowns, and
pearls big enough to make a gate out of
one of them, new song and marriage sup
pers, and harps, and white horses with kings
In the stirrups, and golden candlesticks that
we know the heavenly residence of our
mother Is superb, is unique. Is colonnaded,
Is domed, is embowered, is fountain ed, is
glorified beyond the power of pencil or pen
or tongue to present, and in the window of
that palace the mother sits watohing for
news trora the battle. What a contrast be
tween that celestial surrounding and ' her
one earthly surroundings I What a work to
bring up a family, In the old time way, with
bat little or no hired help, except perhaps
tor the washing day or for the swilieslaught
cig, commonly called "tU killing djur I" ;
There was then no reading ot elaborate
treatise on the beet modes ot rearing chil
dren, and then leaving it all to hired help,
with one or two visits a day to the nursery to
see If the principles announced are being car
ried our. i ne most 01 tnose oio folks did tne
sewing, the washing, the mending, the darn
ing, the patching, the millinery, the mnnrua
making, the housekeeping, nnd In hurried
harvest time helped spread the hay or tread
down the load In the mow. They were at
the same time caterers, tailors, doctors,
chaplains and nurses for a whole household
nil together down with measles or scarlet
fever, or round the house with whooping
coughs and croups and runround lin
ger! and earaches and all the infantile
distempers which at some time swoop upon
every large household. Homeof those mothers
never got rested tn this world. Instead ot
the self rocking cradles of our day, which,
wound no, will go bonr after 'hour for the
solace of the young sltimberer, it was weary
foot on the rocker sometimes halt the day or
half the night rock rock rock rock. In
stead of our drug stores filled with nil the
wonders of materia medica and called up
through a telephone, with them the only
apothecary short ot four miles' ride was the
garret, with Its bunches of peppermint and
pennyroyal and catnip and mustard and
camomile flowors, which were expected
to do everything. Just think of It 1 Fifty
years of preparing brenkfnst. dinner
and supper. Thn chief music they
heard was that ot spinning wheel and
rocking chair. Fagged out, headachy and
with ankles swollen. Those old fashioned
mothers if nny persons ever fitted appropri
ately Into a good, easy, comfortable heaven,
they were the folks, nnd they got there, and
they are rested. Tbey wear no spectacles,
for they have their third sight as they lived
long enough on earth to get their second
sight and they do not have to pant fnr
breath after going up the tho emerald stairs
of the Eternal palace, nt whose window they
now sit waiting for news from tho battle.
Hut If anyone keeps on a-klng the ques
tions "Where's mother?" I nnswer. "She's
in your present character." The probability
I- that your physical features suggest her.
It there be seven children In a household nt
least six of them look like their mother, and
tho older you get the more you will look like
her. Hut I speak now especially of your
character nnd not of your looks. This is
easily explained. During the first ten years
of your life you were almost nil the time
with her, and your father you saw only
mornings nnd ulglits. There ar.t no year
in any lite so Important for Impression as the
llrstten. Then and there Is the impression
mnde for virtue or vice, for truth or false
hood, for braverv or cowardice, for religion
or skepticism. Huddenly start out from bo
hind a door nnd frighten thn child, nnd vou
may shatter his nervous system lor a'fife-
tlme. imring tuc tlrst ten year you can toll
him enough spook stories to make him a
coward till he dice. Act before him as
though Friday were an unlucky day, nnd it
were baleful to have thirteen nt the table, or
see the rnoon over the leit shoulder, and
he will never recover from the Miotic su
perstitious. You may glvo that girl before
sue is ten voars old a loudness for dress
that will make her a mere "dummy frame,"
or fashion plate, for forty years. Kzoklel
xvi.,44. "As Is the mother so is her daugh
ter. Before one decado has passed you can
decide whether that boy will le a Khylook or
a George I'onnoJv. Hoys ami girls nrc gen
erally echoes ot fathers nnd mothers. What
nn incoherent thing for n mother out ot
temper to punish a child for getting
mad, or for a father who smokes to shut
bis boy up lu a dark closet because he
has found him with an old stump of a
cigar in his mouth, or for thnt mother to
rebuke her daughter for staring at
herself too much in the looking glus wbon
tho mother has her own mirrors so ar
ranged as to repent her form from all sides !
The great English poet's loose moral char
acter woe decided before ho left the nursery,
nnd his schoolmaster In tho schoolroom
overheard this conversation: "Hyron, your
mother la a fool," and he answered. "I
know It." You can bear alt through tl s
ur- ikuiiui a. uaion ui
words of his mother when she tn the - war
of 1813 put a musket in his hand and said t
"There, my son, take this ami never
disgrace it, for remombor I had rather all
my sons should fill one honorable
grave than that one of them should turn his
bnek on an enmy. tio nnd remember, too,
that while the door of my cettngo is open to
nil brave men It is always shut against cow
ards." Agrlpplnn, the mother of Noro, mur
dorpss, you nr not surprised that her son
was a murderer. Give that child nn over
dose of catechism, nnd make him recite
verses of the Uibto ns a punishment, and
make Hunday a bore, and be will become a
stout antagonist of Christianity. Impress
him with the kindness and tho geniality and
the loveliness of religion, nn I he will belts
advocate and exemplar tor all tiino and eter
nity. A few days ngo right before onr express
train on the Louisville and Nashville, rail
road tho preceding train had gone down
through a rroken bridge, twelve cars falling
100 feet and then consumod. I saw that only
one span of thn bridge was down and all the
other spans were standing. I'lan a good
bridge of morals for your sons nnd
daughters, but have the first span of ten
years defoctlvo, nnd through thut they will
crash down, though all tho rest keep
standing. O man, O woman, if you have
preserved your integrity ami are really
Christian, you have tint of all to thank
God, and I think next you have to thank
your mother. The most impressive thing at
thn inauguration of James A. (iartlcld an
President of the United Ntutes was that nr.
tor ho had taken the oath of office be turned
round anil in the presence of the Supreme
Court and the Houate of the United Mates
kissed bis old mother. If I bail tlmo to
take statistics out of this audience, and I
could ask what proportion of you who
are Christians owe your salvation under
God to maternal fidelity, I think about
thrco-fonrths of you would spring to your
feet. "Ha! ha! " said the soldiers ot the
regiment to Charlie, one of their comrades.
"What has made the change iu you? You
used to like sin ns well its any of us." Tun
ing from his pocket his mother's letter. In
which, after telling of some comforts she hail
sout him, she concluded, "We are all pray
ing foryou, Charlie, thut you may bo a Chrls
tuln," he said, "boys, that's tho sentence.'
The trouble with HUcra's mother was that,
while sitting at the window ot my text
w tolling for news of her sou from the bnt
tluflelil, she bud the two bad qualltios of be
ing dissolute and being too foud ot personal
adornment. Tho Illble account says ; "Her
wise ladles answered her yea. Hhe returned
answer to herself t 'Have they not sped?
Have they not divided the prey to every
man a damsel or two, to Humra a prey of
divers colors, a prey of divers oolors of
needlowork, of divers colors ot needlework
on both sides?' " Hhe makes no anxious
utterance about the wounded In bat
tle, about the blooduhod, about the
dying, abont the dead, about the princi
ples Involved In the battle going on, a battle
so Important that the stnrs and the freshets
took part, and the clash of swords was an
swered by the thunder of the skies. What
she thinks most ot is the bright oolors of the
wardrobes to be captured and the needle
work.' "To Miners a prey of divers colors, a
prey of divers colors ot needlework, of divers
colors of needlework on both sides."
Now neither Hlsera's mother nor any one
else can say too much In eulogy of the
needle. - It has uiudo more usolul conuuests
than the sword, l'olnted at one end and
with an eye at the other, whether of bone or
Ivory, as In earliest time ; or ot bronze, as In
I'lluy's time ; or of steel, as In modern time i
whether laboriously fashloued as formerly by
one band, or as now, when 100 workmen in
a factory are employed to make the different
ports ot one needle, it is an Instrument di
vinely ordered for the comfort, for the
life, for the health, for the t adornment
Of the k human race. The eye ot the
needle hath seen more domestic
comfort v and more gladdened pover
ty and more Christian service than any other
eye. - The modern sewing machine has In no
wise abolished the needle, bat rather en-,
tanned tt. Thank Clod for tut needlework.
from the time when the Lord Almighty from
the heavens ordered In regard to the em
broidered door ot the anolent tabernacle,
Thou shalt make a hanging for the door ot
the tent ot blue and purple and scarlet and
line twined linen wrougm witn neeuiewors.
down to the womanly hands which this
winter In this tabernacle are presenting
for benevolent purposes their needle
work. Hut there was nothing ex
cept vanity and worldllnees and social splosh
In what Hlsera's mother said about the nee
dlework she expected her son would bring
home from the battle. And I am not sur
prised to find thnt fAlscrn fought on the
wrong side when bis mother nt the window
of my text In that awful exigency bad her
chief thought on dry goods achievement and
social display. God only knows how many
homes have made shipwreck on the ward
robe. And that mother who sils at the win
dow watching for vainglorious triumph ol
millinery and fine colors and domestlo pa
geantry will, after a while, hear as bad news
from her children out In the battle of life as
Hlsera's mother hoard from tho strujjglo at
Esdraelon.
Tint If yon still press theqm rtlon, "Where's
mother? I will tell you whore sro Is not,
though once she was there. Home of you
started with her likeness lu your face nnd
her principles In your soul. Hut you have
cast berout. That was an nwful thing for
you to, but you have done It. That hard,
grinding dissipated look you never got from
her. If you had seen any one strike her you
would hare struck him down without much
care whether the blow was Just sufficient or
fatal i but, my boy, you have struck her
down struck her Innocence from your face
and struck her principles from your soul.
You struck her down! The tent pin that
Jael drove three times Into theskutl of Sisers
was not so cruel as the stab you have ma 'o
more than throe times through your mother's
heart. Hut she is waiting yet, for mothers
are slow to give up their boys waiting at
some window. It may be a window on earth
or nt some window iu heaven. An I others'
may cast you off. Your wife may seek
divorce and have no patience with you.
Your father may ill-Inherit you and say,
"Let him never again darken the door of our
house." Hut there are two persons who do
uot give you up God aud mother.
How many disappointed mothers watting
nt the window! Perhaps the panes of thn
window are not great glass plate, bevel
edged and hovered over by exquisite lam
brequin, but tho window is made of sn ail
panes, I would say about six or eight of
them, in summer wreathed with trilling
vine and In winter pictured by thn P.nphacls
of the forest, a real country window. Tho
mother sits them knitting, or husv with her
nedlo on homely repairs, when she looks up
nnd sees coming across the bridge of thn
meadow brook a strauger. who dismount- In
front of the window. He lifts nnd drops the
heavy knockorofthn farmhouse door. "Come
in !" is tne response. He gives 1:1-name an 1
says, "I have como on a sad errand. " "There
is nothing thn mattar with my son iu the
city, is there?" she asked. "Yes "' he says.
"Your son got Into an unfortunute encounter
with a young man in a liquor saloon lait
night anil Is badly hurt. The fact is he can
not got well. I hato to tell you all. I am
sorry to say he Is dead." "lieu I !" she cries
as she totters back. "Oh. my son ! my son !
my son ! Would God I had lll for thee 1"
That U thn ending of all her cures and anxie
ties and good counsels for that boy. That
I-her pay for her self sacrifices in his behalf.
That Is the bad news from tho buttle. Ho thn
tiding- of derelict or Christian son- travel to
thn windows of earth or the windows ol
heaven at which mothers sit.
"Hut," says some one, "urn you net ml
ink on about my glorilled mother bearing ot
my evlldolngs slneo sho went awny?" Hays
some one else, "Are you not mistaken about
my glorilled mother hearing of my self yacrl
flee and moral bravery and struggle to do
right?" No! Heaven nnd earth are In con
stant communication. There are trains run
ning every five minutes trnius ot Immortals
ascending and descending spirits going
'rota earth to heaven to live there, bprlts
wmmmmuimtj from iioarea to eurf. uiiu
i.'ter and help. They hear from us
tnanv times every day. Do they hear
good news or bad news from tho battle,
this Sedan, this Thermopylae this Auster
lltr., In which every one of us is lighting ou
the right side or the wrong side. ( God,
whoso 1 nm, nnd whom I nm trying M
serve, ns a nwult of this sermon, roll over
on li mothers nuew sen-e of their responsi
bility, nnd upon nil children, whether still
In tho nursery or out on thn tremendous
Esdraelon of middle llfo or old nge, I he fact
that their victories or defeats sound clear
out, clunr up to thn windows of sympathetic
maternity, oh, Is not this the minute when
the cloud ot blessing lllled With the exhaled
tears of anxious mothers shall bunt lu
showers of morey on this audience?
There Is one thought that Is ubnoat too
tender for utteraucc. I almost four to sturt
it lost I have not enough control of mv emo
tion to conclude It. As when wo were chil
dren wo so often came in from play or from
a hurt or from somo childish lnjutl prac
ticed upon us, and ns soon as thn door was
openod we cried. "Where's mother?" ami
she said, "Here I nm," and we buried our
weeping faces iu her lap, so ufter awhile,
when we got through with tho pleasure aud
hurts of this life, we will, by the pardoulug
mercy of Christ, enter the heavenly home, and
among the llrst questions, not the llrst, but
among the first, will be the old question thut
we used to ask, the question thut Is being
asked In thousnudB ot places nt this very
moment the question, "Where's tnotkur?"
And It will not take long for us to llui her
or for her to find us, for she will hnve Men
watching nt the window for our coming,
and with the other children of our household
of earth wo will again gather round her, anil
she will say s "Well, how did you get through
the battle of life? I have often henrd from
others about you, but uow I want to hear
It from your own souls. Toll mo ull about
If, my children !" And then we will tell
her of all our earthly experiences,
tho holidays, the marriages, the birth hours,
the burials, the heartbreaks, tho losses, tint
gulns, the victories, the defeats, and she will
say i "Never mind, it is ull over now, I sen
each one ot you has a crown, which was
given you at the gate ns you cumo through.
Now cut It at tho feet of tho Christ who
saved you and savod mo nnd saved us nil.
Thank God, we ure never to pnrt, nnd for all
the ugus of eternity you will uovur again,
havo to ask, 'Where's mothur'"
at. . i .
A Coin Kecovered Alter Thirty Years.
It ia not often that a marked coin
oqco put into circulation ia returned
to tho person who marked it. George
Troup, (Superintendent ot Forest Lawn
Cemetery, beforo he left Scotland, Lad
Lis name stauipod upon a coin of tho
iesue of Oeorgo II. It was done in
f ud, and ut thut time ho uever dreamed
that tho coin would ever be returned
to him. The coin was put into cir
culation, and a bhort time, afterward
Mr, Tronp came to this country.
More than thirty years passed by, and
bethought nothing more about tho
circumstance. Oiio day recently a
friend of his at lodge said to Lim: "I
have a coin with your numo upon it."
"I asked him to let me see the coin,"
said Mr.rTroup, "and when I looked
at it I found it was tho identical piece
that I had marked bo long ago. I
wrote to the man who was present
when the' coin waa marked in Boot
land, and he recalled the circumstance,
and I got the coin from my Buffalo
friend, and now I wonld not take a
good aum of money for it Where
that coin had been daring the thirty
years no one knows, but it is a strange
coincidence that it should have turned
up to me in Buffalo, the home I Ls4
adopted." Buffalo Express, "
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HOl'SF.HOLn MAIILK.i.
row to rtr.ritiTLt wasti tAns.
Cover a bottle with white flannel.
Hn-te the lore carefully on the flannel
aud rub with white soap. Place the
bottle in a jar filled with wsnu muls
and let it remain two or three day-,
changing the water eeveral times.
15oil with the finest white clothes ou
washing dny. When cooled a little
litiso several times in plenty of cold
water. Wrap a soft, dry towel around
it and plneo ia the sun. When dry
unwiuJ, but do not starch it.
Rrrr-MAKso.
V.e particular t cool hi ick rapidly.
If it be allowed to cool partially on
the range before it is si rained it will
not keep well. The more ipiickly it i
cooled after tho straiuiug tho better
it is.
Cooking mint nt n hih nnd in a
dry temperature develop! a richer and
more unvory flavor; s when it is pos
i ible it is well to brown the meat be
fore lidding the water t it.
The les fat there is in tho etoek pot
the more delicate v. ill be the flavor of.
the soup. Cut off ns much fat s pi is
Mido before putting the meat iuto tho
pot.
A delicate flavor of hum improves
(dock, but i! ehoiil 1 b mi slight ns
hardly to be recognized. An ouuev
l' ham to it gullou of water is ll gener
ous ullotviiiiiv.
llerbi'. egetilbles ntld spices should
b'.whvh be used in iniikmu htut-U, but
only in mi 'h (inutilities tiiut ull the
flavor will be nicely blended. Here
is where one lias u ehanee to display
skill. I ncNpcriet.ced housekeeper
i-lioiild, however, carefully follow rules
rutin r than trust t tle.'ir own judg
ment as to the proper i;uulit ities to
use. New York World.
rut-M
The pfut.e is n very cSiorvp fi'uil in
it drii-il form, and is now prepared ho
eti'lisiely in t 'ullfuriiiu t net oiir
lunrki ts are nlw n s assured of u good
ipiuhtv and nn nlinmlur? ipiunttty.
The acid of this ilr'cd I'rtli' mikes it
hiipi rior to the date for v :irious culi
nary purpose. As n rule, prunes nr.i
cooked too hurriedly. Like nil dried
fruits, they hhoiild be cooked slowly
in cHttlti iiw arc at tli" back of the
Move. Whi n they are Mrwed in this
way for nt leait to or three hours,
Mvei tctied about u iiiarter of an hour
before they nre taken up, they r.re
1 1 1 it another dish from tle hard
prune served in u watery tluid so com.
luotily section carelessly kept tables.
These prune are especially nici'
with u little whipped cream. A de
licious wny to serve thoni is iu n form.
To ii piurt of Mewed prune ndd n
((Hurler of a bo of gelatine, soak
the gelatine for two hour Hud Mir it
in tho prunes while they ure hot.
l'our them into a mould and serve
them surrounded by whipped ereuiu.
uv hiuiuk emu iii u ijilitilel
of n pound of prune, stewed till ten
der, drained mil chopped fine; the
white of sis egs beaten to ii still
froth, with sit tulili'spo.mfuU ..f pow
dered Hiiuur, ii Itulf-tcaspooiifitl ol
cream of tartar nnd it pinch of suit.
Afttr beating tho whites of the t-ggi
with the Hiigit!'. add the eteam of tar
t ti r iit:d salt. Hi serve ii cupful of this
mixture. Stir li'e punn-sin the re
mainder and spread the reserved Mie'.
ingue over tin: pudding in nu earth ti)
dish, which has been slightly greas V,
lluke tho pudding for tuctity-iivc
minutes in a moderate oven. Serve ll
hot, with eold rtlstard suuee, tniule by
the regular recipe for boiled custard.
--New York Tribune.
itofsi:iot.t ii:t.
Asn soothing syrup mul cooling ap
plication for the skin nothing sin
passes n few slices of fresh cucumbcl
rubbed gently over the face.
If, through any blunder in c!eanin
n fowl, the gull or other entrails ure
burst, the taint which nIVeets the meat
tuny be easily removed by soaking for
half nn hour in cold water in which u
little soda hu.s been durolvcd.
Abont oneo n month the wick should
bo removed, tho buriierM unscrewed
nnd boiled iu it little warm water iu
which common wushiug soda ha been
dissolved. This will remove the al
most imperceptible coating of dubl
and grease that forms on tho brass.
Tried parsley i tho cheapest r.nd
commonest of garnishing, bet it re
quires to be very nicely dope. Wush
ami pick nnd dry iu it cloth. P::t in u
wire basket and hold it iu boiling
ripping for two minutes. Iy well
be for u th-.' oveu nnd uso us desired.
If you hnve never tried apple short
cake try it no iv. .'"opuro it exactly us
yon would Mruw berry shortcake, using
apple sauce iu place of tho berries;
nnd by the time apples grow again you
may consider tin upplo shortcake as
greut u treat as strawberry shortcake,
A pretty iron-holder can lu made
from some bright material, cut iu the
hlnipo of a leaf, with u loop of hr lid
by which to hang it up, rcMcinhliu-j
the stem. Why not imil.e such a
holder ns a surprise for mother, and
have it in reudiuess to use on next
ironing day?
Little red nnts cannot travel over
wool or rag carpet. Cover the shell
in a closet or pantry with Hiiuuel, set
whatever you wish to keep from the
ants on it, nnd they w ill at ouc-u dis
appear. They may be caught uls iu
sponges into which sugar hits been
sprinkled; then the sponge should be
dropped iuto hot water.
In making cake a great deal depends
upon the movement one uses iu blend
ing the ingredients. Stir the butter
and sugar together until creamy.
Whon the flour is added, change the
movement and beat the butter until
all the flour has been nddel ami ui
lcuger. If too much Hour it added at
a time the cake will not bo tine but
disappointingly poroun
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON KOH
JANUARY 21.
Lesson Text: "Cain and Abel," Gen
esls lv., 3-13 Golden
Text: Hebrews xt.
4 Co m m e n ta r y ,
8. "And la process of tlm fat the rnt ol
days) it came to pass that Cain tronght ol
the fruit of the ground an ofTcrinir unto th
Lord." It Is probahln that somewhere neat
the oast of the frnnlca of F.ilen. before th
presence of the Lent, manifest In thcflatnlnn
sword betweon the cberuMm, was the pirn
whore thoy came to worship Jehovah (I'.t.
xxv., 22 1 l'B. Ixtx., 1 1 xclx.. 1). It mnvl
that up tn this time Ailnm had been In the
tinlilt of offerinif sacrlllco on behalf of lili
children, as did Job in Inter days (Job I., ft).
This offering of Cain may have I n the best
lie bad, but tt lacked the essential clement ol
blood, slunlfytng n life laid down. Cotiiar j
chapter tli., 21, with Lev., xvil., 11; Itch ,
U.. 22.
4. "And Abel, he also brought of thn firt-llni.-s
of his flock and of the fat thereof. And '
the Lord had respect unto Als-I and to In
offerinc." Here Is obedience, for It I writ
ten that by faith he ill. I thlsi lleb. xl..4 nn l
Inasmuch as faith comcth by heariin.-, nn'
bearing by the Word of Ool (K.mi. x , 17'
there mnst have been some command of i le !
which Abel obeyed in I'ringlm; this sii'Tillcn !
It Is prolmble thnt the Lord hi d'.l Abel'i
ofTerlnir. bysendtm flrn tn consume- It, toi '
thus He did with tildcon. Manoali and I'll
Jah, and at tho dedication of the till 'i lue'li
mid the temple (.lu lg. vl., 21 xlll., 1'.'. 2U
I Kintrs xvill.. 24, 3 S'J ; Lev. t.., iil) li
V'hron. vil., 1).
5. "Dut unto Cain nnd to his ofT -riii? U
Mad not reepeet. And t'aln was verv wroth,
and his countenance fell. nff.-rmi! I:iy
uuconsiimod ; nu lire fell tipou it. Ir was
doubtless much more nttneUvo than Abel' '
bloody sacrifice nnd was perhaps th lltn't
the earth produced, but it was ot man an I
not of Uod. There was no c"tifeon of sin
nnd no need of ntonement ris'ogiilcil jut
like those to-day who Itinlst that If they Uj
thn best they cm (iod will accept t hern.
6 "And the Lord said unto t'aln. Why nrl
thou wroth? And why Is thv countenance
fnllen?" Although Cain Is willfully wmiix,
yet the Lord condescends to reason with
him, and if possible win him to Hid rth'ht
way. He is not willing that any should
perish, nnd Ho seeks in every pollile way
to lead sinner to accept the ransom lie ha
provided (II Pet. ill.. 9; Job xxxtll., 21. 2.'
80 i Is. L, 1H ; Iv.. 1, 2
7. "If thou iloest well, slmlt thou not U
accepted? Anil If the i i..,..t tint well sin
lletli at the door, nnd unto then shall be hit
desire, and thou shalt rule over him." Heine
tho oldest son, the birthright was hi nnl
might continue Ills ir hn would only be
obedient. The word hern translated "slu"
is the word In Leviticus and Numbers sn
often translated "sin olTcrliig." If falu
would only coufess his sin nnd offer flod's
appointed uln offering, all would be well,
(iod has but one Appointed way, nr. I when!
thnt Is rejected there I no forgiv.mess
(Acts Iv.. 12 1 1 Co. III., 11). All religious in
the world will come under thnt of Cain or
Abel. Cain represents man's way and will
Include all the ways of men. Abel stands
for God's way, nnd It Is but one and very
simple. Jesus said, "I am the way1' (John
xlv.,C).
t. "And Cain talked with Abel, hit
brother, nnd It came to pass when they were
In the Held that t'aln rose up nuaiuit Abel,
his brother, and slew him." Here nro tin
twosoeds, the seed of the woman and tin
seed ot the serpent, for although both could
call Eve mother and Adam lather tlioont
stands for toe righteous and the other lot
the wicked. AM are uot cMi-n ot Ood. lot
) eep jv ,u wora.
( a are all the while children ot the tloWl
(John vlll.. 41). t'aln was of the wicked ou
nnd slew his brother because his own works
were evil and his brother's righteous.
'J. "Ana tue l.or 1 said unto t'aln. Where It
Abel, thy brother? And ho said - 1 kimw
not. Am I my brother's keeper?" How sin
hardens and deadens to ull that Is n""i an I
true ! Cnln Is proving himself a goud child
of the devil, for he Is now both murderer
and liar (John vlll., 44). I It possible that
nuy of us nre guilty In respect of our breth
ren lu India or China or Japan or AfrKal
And ns the question presses upon iiscoiieeru
lug their salvation, do we feel inclined to
ask, "Am I my brother's keeper?" or try to
ipilot conscience with the thought that "per
hups the Lord will let Cuiu s olIorlUK' sullies
lor them.
'(). "And lie said, Whnt liut thou done?
Th . volco of thy brother's blood crleth unto
inn iom the ground." All sin cries to lod
for vengeance. Even If a house i built I y
Iran I, fie stone shall cry out of the wall
and the eeum out of the timber shall answer
It (Hah. Ii.. u How much moro the l looj
of those wuu ure slain for Christ's sake liev.
vl.,9, 10). a nother view of if, morn In lino
of the lost vet,, in f,)UIi in Kzek. xxxlil., M,
whero the bloo 0f the unwarned Is to be re
quired at the hu-ids of those who know, but ,
do not tell. Iu IUh. xii.. 24. we are pointed 1
to the blood whlei. sp. uketh better thing
than that of Abel. AM blood erics f i
vengeanoeand ( hr.it d,r mer-. -r lilt re. I
fers to the blood of Abnl'a ouniMoe ut w-j i
a type of Christ. 1
11. "And now art thou cursed from th
enrtb, which hath opened her mouth to ri
eelve thy brother's blood from thy hand."
This is the llrst direct curse on man. Thn
llrst curse was pronounced upou the serpent .
und the next ou (he ground (chapter ill., 11,
17), It is huirgesflvo that the last word in
tho Old Testament I "curse." Wo liy to
Him who ple.vled in vain with Culn and re
joice thut Christ hath redeemed us from the
eurse of tlie law, being niude a curst torus,
and wo Ionic for tin: time when even on this
earth thor ahull be no more curse (Uul. ill.,
13 j ltev. xxll., 3.
12. "When thou tllh st tho ground, It shall
not henceforth yield unto theu her strength.
A fugitive und it vagabond shult thou bo In
the earth." Adam vus told that the earth
would bring forth thorns und thistles, and
that In the sweat of his face he should oat
his bread (chaptur iii., Is, I'J), but this is
much worse, for it looks as If tho earth
would henci fori U give this man little If uuy
return. Home one has said thut Adam's elu
brought on the ground fruitfulness lu evil,
while Cain's sin brought burrenuess iu good,
perhaps hulplui-' to Urivo thorn to tho me.
ebanlcul art sr. I the building of cities. A
to fugitive and vagabond," both words sig
nify tleolng, ri'iiii.v,;,,-, wandering up and
down.uud the word li.r vagabond is "uoo l,"
which is very suggestive ot Nod, whero Culu
afterward dwelt (vurse 16).
i 13. "And t'aln said unto tho Lord, My
punishment is greater than I can bear." Or
perhaps, s iu the margin, "Mine luhpiity is
Itreater than thnt It may be forgiven." There
s forglveimess for ail who accept tho Hon of
God as their sin offering, but npart from Hiiia
there Is no forgivenncss. Bco Math, xll.
81 1 John v., lU-Lesiou IIulDur.
Whtth Won the Prise?
Three ntuilcnl of the Kcolo dci
Iluaux Arts, MarselllcH, wcro talking
In a cafe. ".My dear fellow," said
one; "I painted tho other day a Utile
pleco of jilce wocd In Itultiitlon of
marble so t.erfectly that It sank to
the bottom of the water." "looh:"
said another. "Yesterday I sus
pended my thermometer on tho easel
that holds uiy 'View of the Tolar
Iieglons.' It fell at once to twenty
below zero." "That's nothing," tald
tho last; "my oortralt of tba maniuU
U o lifelike that it has to be shaved
twice a week."
KEYSTONE STATE KILLINGS.
rnomntTtDJt coNvrTtoj.
nmtsrcH.1. The I'rohihitlon Plate
Convention held here was attended by 01
delegate and Henry F. Morrow, of iVIa
warscounty, was nominated for Coiinres.
nian at Larue after on hour's contention
Over the party rules.
In the platform adopted nu encoursitiiin
View of tho 1'rolilbltionists is taken becaue
of the nuinericsl progress it lis ma le the
past two years. As to the depression la
busine the platform lias this to say:
The political and busine conditions now
existing wo claim are not of rtcetit orign,
but are th rc-ult of causes culiuitistiiu tr
years; that theo condiuotn are i hnrgrahle
to the llcpuhlicsti anil 1'cm.icrntic p.irtie.
who have fostered nnd perpetuate I tho
linuor tralllc to ilram buim ' an I burden
taxpayers nt the rate of over li.Doi). ') ,"
annually; who have Intlii ted noon the
mtititry class legislation to tho benefit of
the lew at the expense of a fair arid cpiil
chance to tne many; w leitlirougli protl-gate
public expenditure have imp-nyd needies
taxes, who hate Hike I at political dc i.ite li
rry nn I briiicry nil to d.v rum and i asli
arc tlic potent I'.ictor in , raring majorities
and iiiutiicip.il rule especially has become
an ui knoalv'lgct tan e.
Itwsvi t am t I ink i:i i nvrs.
The filuri.s of the condition of national
bank in the State of I'mnsylvaiiu cxelil
ivc of Philadelphia nt d i'lttsh-.ir. on
I 'eivtnhcr 1 ' Iat, show thv reserves to have
been " :;n per rent.; loans and discounts,
ti"i.n in.i:vi ilia; dep M-.ts. t ;.::. .-
""" and lawful money reserve. !.', l-i,-0"0.
Tmtrr s "N mi 1 1 n "N Till- ii t :t i: tt.
(iliKI NVtl I V A 1 f I e 1, HI of John MrAll-
ilrewj, was killed near the rolling ini'.l by
ii l'ittsburg, Hieiungo and Lake Kne rud
road train. This is the third sou of Mr.
Me Andrew killed on the railroal within
two yean.
i i n io m- nr.
J. ti sT an A I year old son of I'rank
Met iiiiro of this c ;ty was boiicl t 'dcith by
falling itito a tut' i f sc aiding wa'cr The
kin fed off the fhil I iu great patches und
death followed rapidly.
-
MINT. lis' tv.f.r. 1:1 Hi' Kri,
Jfannim i k I'lio I'enn ia ( 'nal Company
has issued notice to it employe tli it Jan
uary PI the miner' wa,-e will be re l ioed
to cents per ton an 1 ou'.aiJe employe 1i
cents.
Al'iT. (it N. (il:i I Nt tM bus Issued com
mission to Natl mat liuurd ollirer in the
second l'ennyli atr.a brigade a fo.lows;
AloiiZ'j Milier "Porter, captain, Company J.
Tenth regiment; John U McKwcn. i aplaiti.
Company C, roiirteintli K"g:ment I rank
llarr. iirt lieutenant, Compiiny I'.Snteeiitli
llegiiiient .1, Conrad Kuy, major, Ligli
teetitli Ke.;iinent.
Tnr (inventor commuted the death pct
Sity in the case of .lo-epli Zappc to in.iir;
niiincnt for life. The reu-on of the l.oiiid
of Pardon fr the extension of ix utive
clemency speak of the good i harai t.T of
Zappc and that a careful review u: t!: :a'H
furnished reasonable I n?is tor doub'
Jo-epli Zarpe actually ii.t'.uteJ any t
I Hi niiv Mit t i n and Thomas I'oyle
thv.
'aid.
Were
V ilk
lodged in J ul at '. jticr ehnrgeJ
bnruliii v m le'
.vl"'
ll-
) est I'enn rail,
found in their ;
owners.
1 i tiunilier of iir'h lei
i ui being ideiit.lit-i ly
T. A. IliTKirwn ., who ha been appoint
ed postmaster of Natiio:;e, l.iiA-rne county,
is the first Pole to he a; pointed to a l e.lcr.tl
olliec in tins country, lie is a h is: ling
politnau and can speak eight latig'.i i,-ci.
fori; deaths from diphtheria have c ir
red within ten days iu the family of An
drew Albert uf Water (lap. und two mem
bers arcbtill duwn with the disease,
Kri oliMi lu lnircli preacher of the I.chiLth
Valley at a inei ting III Alleiitown declared
in resoluiioii that ".anta ci.ns" entertain
ments in eliurci.e arc irreverent.
I.AKAti in: I .own v. a farmer near .Icrtuyti,
fell over the side of hi wagmi :n sulIi a
manner that a wheel cau.-ht hi bc:t 1 an 1 iu
its revolution broke nee!:.
('MM m i: '.it iN.l'l year old son of Martin
('.urns of New lirightoii, Sunday nulitdied
from the et!ect of eating wild'hawi Tim
lird lodged iu his bowels.
Mn. ami Mi s. W. T, Wiison of Shady
Plain were dangerously and perhaps fatal. v
injured by being tnrown from their tarn
age by r una way horse
Tne Scruulon plass euniariv .. the
fire under its big tank iiirii ice Three
hiii' i ! vi i irU'ufii ure uul of employ meiit.
Two Po:. Oiid a 1 ; :u a ..i;i were killed
by a trt.ii in (army's tunnel on the
I'enn.syi' i railroad near ireensleirg
A movi mi t is on foot to have the truiteet
of Franklin and Marshall college. l.ancu-ter,
cpeus its door to tcmale students,
At the Kast Stroudsburg. glass works,
non-union, the wage of all employe have
been reduced Pj per tent.
Tuk Heading railroad manager, have
or b-re ! a wholesale ili-ehareof siiop hainL
all ulong tho route.
Tin: I'nrkershurg iron works have shut
ilowu and li'XI hund ure out ot o i.ploy
liielit. Si ttti it fever Is on epidemic at Wash
ington and the. schools have been 1 1 used.
Tin: llightli Ward Hotel ut Altooti i wns
gutted by lire, boiis t,non partly insured
Mai'i.k s- oti: ii.aking.onec a considerable
Industry in berk county, is nearly ilea I.
Nka n Selkirk, frank llrown was run
0'. er by u trum car and killed.
It Often IIiiprriH So,
"o that's .losliili's I'lctcr that yc
had tuk Id tho city," huid Mr. Com-
tussol's visitor
"Ves."
"Wal, I can't say t hot It looks much
like Slar. 1 1 he, a .-keery expression
'round the eyes, an' u drawed look
iiroun' the tuoutli thtt ain't nachural.
An I never 8aw his hair like tbet iu
all my born days."
"Yes," ntiKWirid Mra. Corntnscl,
"Joslar did wanter ,," to the photo
graph man un' pt bis money back,
but I told liltu tin y wan't no use o'
doln' it. 1 was just e. dlsapp'lntcd
vt ho was, but I can't deny ex thct's
how he looked when the plctcr was
tuk."
la rtieusnre eun's tiepttis.
An Instrument has bceu invented
for sounding the depths of the sea
without using a lead Uno. A sinker
is dropped containing a cartridge,
which explodes urw touch! Dg tho bot
tom; tho report Is registered in a
microphone apparatm and tho depth
reclroncd by tho tlmo at which tho
explosion occurred.