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Y.—Dr. William Young Chapman, pastor of the Lafayette Ave- nue Presbyterian Church, Buffalo, preached Sunday at both services in the Central Presbyterian Church. In the morning he had as his subject ¢“Churchgoing Abolished.” The text was from Revelation xxi:22: “And 1 saw no temple therein.” Dr. Chap- man said: Among many things in this sublime apocalypse of St. John hard to be un- derstood there is one thing that stands out with clearness and certainty, and that is the vision of the perfected church, the ideal society. It is the same church triumphant and perfect there that is militant and defective here. The same souls that struggle and suffer here are they that walk in white and wave palms of victory there. Here we see as in a gle=« darkly. There they see face to face. Here we know in part, there they know as they are known. John had given to him a divine horoscope, revealing the consum- mation and absolute perfection of the essential characteristics of the kingdom of God concentrated in the imperial capital of the universe—the city of God. By every sort of figure and sym- bol are its glories set forth. And we learn as much about it by what is said negatively as by what is said positive- ly. Thus’ we are told it has streets of gold and gates of pearl and a sea of glass and all the most costly and beau- tiful things of this world, while all that is disagreeable — pain, sickness, sorrow, sin, death—is wanting there. There is nothing to hurt or annoy, no night, no more sea, no temple. And it strikes us at first thought as very strange that there should be no temple, no central place of worship in a city which we are accustomed to think is altogether devoted to religion. ‘And yet the text states a great truth which I want to treat broadly, and 1 believe the text contains easily the sub- ject by which I have chosen to entitle this discourse; ‘‘Churchgoing Abol- ished.” The end being attained, the means are discontinued. Hence there are no more churches, no times, nor places, nor forms; no liturgies, nor rit- uals; no ecclesiastical machinery such as we know here. ; And, surely, this must come as a wel- come announcement to many a tired churchgoer in this world who finds his religious duties more or less irksome, and to many a man-churchgoer, who does not feel quite comfortable in his neglect of formal religious exercises. Many there are who indulge an indif- ferent hope of heaven as a sort of Mohammedan paradise, where they may enjoy an eternal holiday, basking in the uncreated rays, drinking from and bathing in the ‘waters of the foun- tain of life, eating the twelve manner of fruits and sailing on the glassy sea. But they would hardly be attracted to a place where this ceaseless round of ecclesiastical duties should go on for- ever. Imagine such a one enjoying the delights of that glorious city, counting the towers thereof, marking well her pulwarks and admiring her founda- tions of jasper and sapphire and chal- cedony and sardius and emerald and sardonyx and chrysolyte and beryl and topaz and. chrysoprasus and jacinth and amethyst, when suddenly there comes a peal from the gold®en bells and poor soul, he must take himself off to prayers. Let such a one be comforted, for John says he saw no temple there, and we dare to infer from that statement that there is no synagogue, nor meet- ing house, nor Sunday, nor formal re- ligious exercise, “for the Lord God Al- mighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.” It becomes us to inquire more closely into the truth involved here. And if what John saw was the church trium- phant, if the conditions he saw were the perfection of whatyls rudimentary ‘here, if the Holy City, New Jerusalem, is continually. coming down from God out of heaven, then we ought to be re- alizing more aud more on earth that heavenly condition. I believe that condition is illustrated by the progressive church of Christ on earth. Think for a moment of the ad- vantages we have over the ancient Jewish worshiper. He had his central place of worship. Three times a year he must make his pilgrimage to Jeru- salem, from even the remotest corner of the land. Over many a rugged mile he must travel with his family and his sheep and oxen for sacrifice and his tent and provision for his journey, in order to perform his religious duties. There at Jerusalem was the temple. There he expected to meet God, or at least there God would be propitious. There was the priest who could offer his sacrifice and present his confession to God. There was the holy place and the most holy place, the locus of the Jewish worship. Even in far off lands, when he worshiped he turned his face toward the temple, as if his heart were there, in any case. Then, too, his daily devotions found expression in a most elaborate ceremo- nial. There were divers washings, as there were multifarious causes of un- cleanness. There were tithings and manifold offerings. There were sin of- ferings and peale offerings, all asso- ciated with infinite trouble to the wor- shiper. svere infinitely multiplied by the Jew in the time of Christ and His apostles, so that Peter spdke of it as a yoke sswhich neither our fathers nor we were able to bear.” Now it was immunity from these in- tolerable burdems that was the first great practical boon of Christianity. Our Lord stated the precious truth to the woman at the well. Said she, “Qur fathers worshiped in this moun- tain (Terezim), and ye say that in Je- rusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” Jesus saith unto ler, “Woman, believe Me, the hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. But the hour cometh and now is, when the true worshipers shall wor- ship the Father in spirit and in truth. God is a spirit, and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and {n truth.” It was one of the first mean- ings of Christ's sacrifice, to abolish the temple. When He bowed His head in death on Calvary and said “It is fin- ished,” “the veil of the temple was rent These minute requirements’ in twain “rom the top to the bottom,” and the whole significance of the temi- ple service passed away. The temple itself did not long survive the death of Christ, and the ecclesiastical capital was soon destroyed. Henceforth the Church of God in the world was on a different basis. Henceforth God be- came accessible without offering or priest, without temple or altar, and ir- respective of locality. We are enjoying in a measure that rest which Christ came to give—rest from ceremonial burdens. We are living in the dispen- sation of the spirit, and the church is wherever -the spirit moves men to wor- ship. Wherever the Holy Spirit has gone and planted the gospel of Christ in the hearts of men, turning their thoughts and affections to God, there is the cnurch. It matters not whether it be in Greenland’s icy mountains or In- dia’s coral strand. It matters not whether it be in gorgeous cathedral or in mountain cave. It matters not whether the worshiper be white or black, whether he worship on his knees or on his feet or on his back, so long as he worship in spirit and in truth. Christianity so far as it consists of a visible performance at all is the most natural and spontaneous outgo of the religious instincts to God, and religious worship is essentially a personal com- munion with God, and in such form and place as is best suited to the wor- shiper and most in accordance with the will of God. Hence, you will see, one of the prime characteristics of the church triumph- ant is perfect liberty. “Get religion,” said Augustine, “and do as you please.” By which he meant if you truly get re- ligion you will always please to do right. Paul means the same thing when he says, “If ye be in the spirit ve are not under the iaw.” And Jesus meant the same when He said, “Make the tree good and his fruit will be good.” And hence, the ideal Christian life is perfectly zpontaneous. Obe- dience is not by compulsion of law, but by impulsion of love. ‘All the law is fulfilled in one word, ‘Thou shalt love.) ” We have heard not a little about “the consent of the governed,” and we are likely to hear more. The state- ment as it stands in that famous docu- ment will not bear a literal application, But there is good reason to believe that our fathers knew what they were talking about. If they had said, “gov- ernment derives its potency from the consent of the governed” they would have been uttering the exact truth. Statutes are inoperative until the sub- jects consent. Perfect society implies perfect acquiescence in the will of the superior or law making power. The more society progresses toward unity, the simpler and more equable will gov- ernment become, because the more gen- eral will be the consent or acquiesence in the government. Paul says, “1 con- sent unto the law that it is good,” and in the perfect society of John's vision each man enjoys perfect liberty beé- cause the will of the governor and the governed are in perfect correspond- ence. Idch individual does as he pleases and at the same time does as He pleases. In some such way the perfect com- munity is characterized by perfect unity without unifor ity. , Each per- forms his own duty in his own way, put is all the while in perfect har- mony with his neighbor. Again, in the perfected society there is no distine- tion between the religious and the sec- ular. Here we have our times and places of religion. We gather here in this house of prayer, believing that God is present here as He is not in other places, as, indeed, He has prom- ised to be. It is God's concession to our limitations and infirmities, But it is far from the ideal. We are apt to identify religion with the means of religion, rather than religion itself. We get grace by our religious exercises to kdep God's commandments in ali our walks of life, and that is religion. The members of the church triumph- ant are equally religious every day of the week and every hour of the day, and henec?, church-going in our sense of the word, is forever abolished. In that society, one does not need to say to his brother, “Know the Lord,” for all shall know Him from the least to the greatest. There is no more preach- ing, “no temple therein.” Once more; it is obvious that the more faithful and devoted we are to the means of religion here the sooner we shall be fitted to do without them. Your child, learning to play the piano, finds it hard labor to spell out note by note, conforming to the rules and rudi- ments of practice. By and by she will go beyond the rules. She will acquire the genius of the skilled performer. And the more diligently we observe our religious duties here the sooner we shall get beyond them. The more faithful we are now to the times and places of religious worship the sooner shall we be ready for that society where all life is raligious. Zachariah had tnat vision ages be- fore John had it, when he saw ‘“Holi- ness to the Lord” inscribed on the bells of the horses and the pots in the Lord's house, as sacred as the bowls of the altar; yea, and every pot in Jerusalem as holy as ihe vessels of the sanctuary. That was at least a glimpse of the templeless city of Gad. And mow shall we not keep before ds that ideal? Let us not be discour- aged by the great disparity between that far-off perfection and present reality. The poet well expresses our feeling: Oh, Land of Promise, from what Pis- gah’s height Can I behold thy stretch of peaceful bowers, Thy golden harvest flowing out of sight, The nestled homes and sun-illumined towers? Gazing upon the sunset’s high-heaped gold, Its crags of opal and of chrysolite, Its deeps on deeps of glory, that un- fold, Still brightening abysses, And blazing precipices, Whence but a scanty leap it seems to heaven, Sometimes a glimpse is given Of thy gorgeous realm, thy more un- stunted blisses. Gazing upon that vision. let us be faithful to our temple duties here that we may be fitted for that city where there is no temple, “for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of iB.” No troubles are so great that they cannot be built into the steps of the staircase, by which souls mount up to heaven.—Canon Liddon. SABBATH SCHOOL LESSON INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JULY 23. Subject: The Gracious Invitation, Isa. lv, 1-13—=Golden Text, Isa. lv., 6=Mem= ory Verses, 6-8—Commentary on the Day’s Lesson. I. An invitation to the blesings of the Gospel (vs. 1-5). 1. “Ho.” A word calling immediate and earnest atten- tion to what is to follow. “Every one.” The invitation is unlimited. “That thirsteth.” Every one who has a keen sense of need and an intense desire for those things (see Matt. 5: 6). ‘Wine and milk.” These were regarded by the Jews as the very choicest ar- ticles of diet. “Without price.” The freeness of the offer is again repeated that there may be no mistake and the poorest and most needy may feel sure of a welcome. 2. “Wherefore.” There is a remon- strance here against earthliness; against making much of that which is of the least importance. “Not bread.” Contrast the “bread of deceit” (Prov. 20:17) with the “bread of life” (John 6: 32, 35). “Satisfieth not.” Nothing but God ean meet the boundless desires of the soul. “In fatness.” This expres- sion pictures to us the choicest bless- ings that God has. His provisions are ample and satisfying (1 Cor. 2: 9, 10; Psa. 36: 8; 63:5). 3. “Ineline your ear.” Pay attention.- “Soul shall live.” Life is more than mere existence. Real life is spiritual life—a life in Christ and given by Christ (John 14: 6). “Ev- erlasting covenant.” The covenant made first with Abraham and renewed with David; the covenant promised of Christ in His humiliation and ending with a crowned Christ, exulting in royal victories and a redeemed church. “Sure mercies.” That is, the mercies promised to David and his house (see 2 Sam. 7: 8-16, 23-5). 4, “Given Him.” God continues eall- ing attention to the great Messiah. He is the central figure of these three chapters. David was the type and Christ the antitype; David in supreme royalty, king over all foes and friends; Christ in ascended majesty, but dispen- sing His rich blessings which He has provided in His redemptive work to all who will teceive them. “A witness.” He bore witness even unto death for God, to His law, to His claims and to His plan of redeeming love. “Leader,” etc. He was the great Lawgiver, orig- inating laws and institutions for His people. “People.” “Peoples.””—R. V. We must keep in mind that no race dis- tinctions are allowed. All the peoples and nations of the world are included. 5. “Call a nation.” The Christian church, a holy nation, a peculiar people. “Knowest not.” The Gentile world whom He had hitherto not distin- guished by covenants and blessings. “Know ye not,” etc. The Gentile na- tion was to become one with the people of God (see Eph. 2: 11-13). II. Conditions of accepting the invi- tation (vs. 6, 7). 6. “Seek.” The only way to find God is to seek Him; but how? By repenting of and forsaking sin. “May be found.” This implies that there will be a time when we can- not find Him. 7. ‘Wicked . .". un- righteous.” The wicked man sins more openly in “his way.” The unrighteous refers to the more subtle workings of sin “in the thoughts.” All are guilty in the latter respect, though many fancy themselves safe because not openly wicked in their ways. “For- sake . .. return.” He who would find God must first forsake his sins. Yet this is not sufficient; he must actually come to God. Repentance therefore implies both the negative and the posi- tive duty. “Will have mercy.” How- ever far away the sinner may have gone yet when he returns with his whole heart God will not reject him. “Abundantly pardon.” God's pardon is full and free. The margin renders it “multiply to pardon.” III. Reasons for accepting the invi- | “My thoughts.” : tation (vs. 8-13). 8. Jehovah's thoughts transcend those of man as much as the heaven is higher than the earth. The thoughts and ways of Jehovah are His purposes of redemption. Thus we have not only a motive for repentance, but also for eager, expectant hope. 9. “My ways higher,” ete. This is a natural and beautiful illustration of the previous verse. Our fellow men might not be willing to forgive, but God is always ready to pardon the true penitent. 10. “Rain . . snow,” ete.’ By quick association of the ideas mentioned in verse 9, there is a comparison here made. Rain and snow fall from heaven to water the earth and so prepare it for its annual growths to feed the bodies of men and beasts. Just as God’s word falls from heaven to produce fruit of righteousness among the millions of Israel and of outlying peoples, and it shall not be void, for every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God is bread (Deut 8: 3). . 11. “So,” etc. So every word that God utters shall be made a blessing to man. The Gospel promises and commandments are all important and beneficial. ‘Not return . void.” It shall not return without results. God’s purposes shall be real- ized. The full accomplishment of this verse and verses 12 and 13 is to be at the Jews’ final restoration, and the con- version of the world. 12. “Go out with joy,” ete. The words are used as illustrative of the people of God from the Mosaic dispensation and brought into Gospel privileges under the Christ. They go forth bounding with joy for the conquest of the whole world for Christ, and all nature—the mountains, the hills and the trees—take on the happy spirit of the church. The result shall be the world’s renewal. 13. “In- stead of the thorn,” ete. Christ's work in the world is to remove the useless and the injurious, and to plant the goad and the helpful. Where the Gagpel goes sin must give way to holiness. “For a name.” That is, “for a memorial to His praise” (Jer. 13: 11). Prof. Lucy M. Salmon, of Vassar College, comes to the defense of the college woman of today, who she says is living a healthy normal life; she marries and has caildren, and takes care of her home, or teaches in every grade of school, practices law, medicine, dentistry, enters busi- ness, or various industrial occupa- tions. Thus equipped, the college woman is saia to apply science to cooking, art to household decorations, economics to housekeeping accounts, and sociology to child training. CHRISTA ENENOR NOTES SUNDAY, JULY 23. Preparing for Our Heavenly Home. Phil. 3: 20, 21; Heb. 11: 8-10, 13-16. The best way to prepare for heaven is to be in Heaven, to walk, and talk, and act in heaven now. If we would have bodies fashioned after the divine body, we must not allow the bodies to do amything that is not divine. One of the chief joys of the heaven- ly city is that it has foundations— everything in it is founded, is per- manent. If you want the best description of heaven that has been revealed to men, think of the best country on earth, and say of heaven, “It is bet- ter still.” Suggestions. There is no better way to prepare for your heavenly home than to make your earthly home a heavenly place. Christ has prepared our heavenly home; we need only prepare for it. The preparation needed for heaven is the preparation of desire—to want the things that God wants, for those things are what we shall have there. There would be no use sending the unheavenly to heaven, for it would be unheavenly to them. Iltustrations. If you were going to France to live forever, would you not learn the French language? Then learn the language of heaven. When one moves into a new home, there is always the work of discard- ing old possessions. Why not begin at once to throw away the things we cannot take to heaven? When we move into a new house, what a fitting over of old carpets there is! But in heaven everything is new. If you are removing to a new place, how much more joyous it is if vou have friends there! Make friends on earth of the heavenly-minded peo- ple. Quotations. Some men talk about entering into rest, but what are they going to rest from?—A. J. Gordon. One should go to sleep at night as homesick passengers do, saying, “Perhaps in the morning we shall see the shore.”—Beecher. Heaven’s gates are not so highly arched as princes’ palaces; they. that enter there must go upon their knees. —Webster. He who seldom thinks of heaven is not likely to get thither; as the only way to hit the mark is to keep the eye fixed upon it.—Bishop Horne. Every Emndeavorer must have his own conscience in prayerful exercise, but the lookout committee is to help him keep his conscience in working order. ‘Whatever form of pledge your so- ciety adopts, the committee should see to it that no one joins the so- ciety withous an earnest determina- tion to live up to the pledge in letter and in spirit. EPWORTH LEAGUE LESSONS JULY TWENTY-THIRD. SUNDAY, Preparing for Our Heavenly Home.— Phil. 3. 20, 21; Heb. 11. 8-10, 13-16. The universal instinct is for one to better his condition. That" ex- plains the successive migrations which have populated the earth. The Old Testament worthies felt tiyat they were “strangers and pilgrims” here, that their home was in heaven. They inherited a land of milk and honey, vet felt that they were destined {to abide here only a brief tips€ and then go “home.” 2 What is there in the heavenly land which should cause these old heroes to “desire it”? Why should we, to- day, have a thought and care for that heavenly home? Because it is a better country. We live in an age when the temporal is | exalted. The conditions of life are often so happy and pleasant that we are in danger of forgetting this great fact. Heaven is a better country than this. It is the abode of satisfaction. We are too big for this world. We are never satisfied here, nor ought we to be. We will be satisfied when we awake in His likeness. It is the asy- lum of life. Death reigns here, but not there. It is the’ seat of rest. Restless here, there we shall have eternal rest. Now, our lesson represents a desire for heaven an index of character and pleasing to. God. Why? Surely all men desire heaven. Yes, in a sense, but not in the sense meant here. What are the characteristics of a true desire and preparation for heav- en? A desire for that which is supreme in heaven. This is a holy character. We are to desire heaven not for its rest, its happiness, its pleasures; but for its holiness and purity. The ob- ject of desire is always a touchstone of character.’ Why do you desire wealth, knowledge, power? Tell me why, and I will tell you your charac- ter. Why do you seek heaven? If a true child of God it is because there you will be like Jesus. A Godlike character is the real object of the Christian. An intense desire is necessary. Not the man who has a lazy, lanquid wish for heaven is commended to God, but the man who earnestly strives for it. Only the man who really longs for wealth, knowledge, or fame gets it. Only the Christian who is ready to sacrifice everything for heaven and holiness secures these. It must be also an unselfish desire. We are to seek heaven not simply to enjoy it, but to realize its charac- ter. Not to sit down and be happy only, but to be prepared for heavenly service, is to be the thought of the Christian. A preparation for heaven is to be had the thought’ that all eternity is filled with ser- vice for God. THE JUDGE'S REPLY. How TYeace Was Restored by a Mere Jest. Judge Emory Speer, who presides over the United States Circuit and Dis- trict Courts for the Southern District of Georgia, and whose decisions in peonage cases have recently attracted wide attention throughout the country, is the possessor of a nimble and facile wit. In earlier days, before he had at- tained the ermine, Judge Speer was a politician and a power on the stump. Shortly after reconstruction he ran against Allen D, Chandler for Con- gress. Speer was a Republican, and his politics sufficed to bring him un- popularity among a large majority of the white population. It was his wit, his good humor and his unfailing cour- age that carried him through the cam- paign without a serious difference, and finally brought him to victory. On one occasion when the young can- didate was addressing a very democra- tic and hostile audience, a brawny countryman was observed fighting his way through the crowd to the speak- er’s rostrum. It was evident that he had spent the preceding night with John Barleycorn, for his clothes were rumpled, his hair dishevelled and his face of a fiery red that rivalled the noonday sun in brilliancy. Shaking a belligerent fist under the nose of the orator he exclaimed: “Sir, you are a demagogue!” The crowd howled, but Speer was not disturbed. He waited for the noise to subside and then, with a smile and in a tone of entire good humor, re- joined: “And you, sir, if you would wrap a few wisps of straw about you, would be a demijohn.” The delighted audience roared with appreciative laughter, and the discom- fited patriot slunk away. It is said that in no voting precinct of the dis- trict was Speers’ majority larger than that in which this happy retort was made.—Saturday Evening Post, WORDS OF WISDOM. No man is a failure who has over- come himself. Manhood is always marred by being ever on the make. There are none so hard on the poor as the poor themselves. Good ideas, like good pictures, are all the better aptly framed. That happiness is the best which we have done our best to deserve. The man who serves his conscience well is always sure of his reward. Man may not evade the laws of Na: ture, and if he is wise he will not break them. We always like those who admire us, but we do not always like those whom we admire.—Rochefoncauld. Don’t let the madness of fault-find: ing enter into you. It is-the most de structive thing on earth. — Toledo Blade. Inequality of opportunities breeds inequality among men. Democracy can not live where special privileges exist. Cultivate Cheerfulness. There is nothing which so complete ly sweetens existence, or so effectively eases the jolts on the road of life, as the sunny, hopeful, optimistic disposi- tion. Cheerfulness lubricates the mind; it is the oil of gladness which eases fric tion, mitigates worries and anxieties The life machinery of a cheerful man does not grind away so rapidly as he whose moods and temper rust and wear the frame away. When your mind is self-poised and serene, every faculty and every function of your body fall into line and work normally. There is equilibrium and health every- where in the body. The work done by a man with a calm, balanced mind has a vigor and naturalness about it, which are not found in that turned out by the one- sided, morose man with a mind out of balance. Cheerfulness does half your work for you, simply because it makes you look on the smoothest side of things, and because it urges you to do your best. Serenity does mot live with the guil- ty, but dwells only with a clear con- science; you never find it apart from honesty and square dealing, or with tne idle or vicious. A sunny man at tracts business success, everybody likes to deal with agreeable, cheerful peobvle, We instinctively shrink from a crabbed, cross, contemptible character, no matter how able he may be. We would rather do a little less busi- ness, or pay a little more for our goods, and deal with an amiable and cheerful man. One Way to Avoid Wrinkles. Four-year-old Alice had been to visit a very aged lady, whose face was bad- ly wrinkled. On returning home she climbed into her aunt's lap, and, look- ing at her intently, queried: “What makes Grandma face all wrinkled ?”’ “Because she is very old, dearie,” was the reply. “Will your nice smoove face be like her's when you get to be old, auntie?’ asked the child, soberly. “Yes, darling,” said the aunt, sigh- ing in anticipation of her lost charms. “Oh, well, auntie, don’t feel bad!” exclaimed the child. “Maybe you'll die pitty quick!”—New York Press. Barker's A True Hero. The superintendent was giving the children a little talk on ‘True Hero- ism.” “Boys,” he said, “what would you call a young man who did his duty well and bravely, without flinching, ex- pecting no great credit for it, and con- tent to let others win the applause of the multitude?’ “A baseball catcher!” shouted all the boys. — Cleveland Leader. Household [Matters Wooden Bedsteads, It is a relief after the long regime of the iron and brass beds to see wooden beds offered for cottage fur- nishings. The new beds are very simple in design, and are as pretty as possible. Forest green, walnut stain and gray maple are favorite woods. To Clean Mattresses. Mattresses are difficult to clean, and even some work to brush properly, owing to the ereases around the up- holsterer’s buttons. If they are not constantly and completely covered by protectors the dust will gradually en- ter every crease. Oue piece of un- bleached cotton sheeting should be stretched over the entire mattress. The end of the sheeting should first be pinned to the top of the mattress, the rest drawn to the foot, under the mat- tress, and up again to the top, where the upper and under ends should be neatly basted together. After all wrinkles are smoothed out, the edges of the sheeting along the sides of the mattress are roughly basted together. There should be two protectors for every mattress, so that when one is in the wash the other can take its place. Concerning Polished ¥loors. Hard wood ficors of either pine, ma- ple, birch or oak should never be var- nished. Therein lies the pitfall which the landlord, seeking for cheap and speedy results, prepares for our feet, since the black corners and white spots are sure to come in time even with the best of care. Waxing is the only pro-.- per method if we may start afresh, and with new floors the process is com- paratively simple. We are advised by the best authorities to provide against future grease spots by applying first two coats of a mixture containing equal parts of linseed oil and turpen-- tine, combined with a japan drier. The drier must not be omitted or the oil will combine with tlie wax, and the results will ‘be anything but satisfac- tory. After allowing this mixture to dry over night all the pores of the wood may be filled with one of the prepared fillers. The polish is more even if this is done, but to avoid mak- ing the floors excessively slippery it is sometimes omitted. Some woods do not need it. When the floor is thor- oughly dry it is ready for the paste of wax and turpentine, which may be ap- plied with a cloth in an even coat, not too thick, and allowed to dry over night. Another coat is put on the next morning and allowed in turn to dry, when the whole is thoroughly polished with a weighted brush and woolen cloth, rubbing always with the grain. If this is thoroughly done it will not be necessary to repeat the process for a year, and then only partially if the floors have not been roughly treated.— Harper's Bazar. Rag Carpet. There are in almost every house old garments, sheets and pillowcases that might be utilized in making a rag car- pet, and there is no floor covering! which in point of mobility or econ, omy can compare with it. When. 2 { garment that cannot be worn again } somes from the wash, cut off the.but- « fons and bands, and tear it in strips from one-half to three-fourths eof au inch wide: the finer they are, the pret tier the carpet will be. Put them in a bag or box with a closely fitting cover, 30 they will be protected from the dust. The work of sewing them is neither tedious nor difficult. When you have , enough for a carpet, mix them thor- onghly, that the colors ‘may be evenly distributed. Take them to the sewing machine, and lap and sew the ends of the strips. Continue until you have about a pound sewed, then clip the threads and wind into a ball. Rich, dark sewed indiseriminately and warped with a dark chain, produce a good effect, and is desirable for bed- rooms, but is too dark for a room which is in constant use. A dark car- pet shows dust,more than a light colors, one. Black and white warp, woven in brick work, is pretty for striped car. pets, or all brown or black may be used and will look better than bright colors. Be sure to make the weaver use the best warp, for the warp wears out first, and have him put five hun- dred threads in a carpet one yard wide. One pound of warp will be enough for three yards of carpet, and one and one- fourth pounds of rags will weave a yard of carpet. Fruit Ice Cream—The very best fruit ice cream is made by whipping cream and partially freezing it. Meanwhile mash the fruit with plenty of sugar and stir it into the cream, and complete the freezing process. When cream is whipped it goes further, besides mak- ing a lighter ice cream. The fruit does not require much freezing. Green Peppers—Who has not learned to use green peppers has something to learn in the cookery line. Peppers cut in rings with dull seissors and com- bined with lettuce and French dress- ing are as good a simple salad as one could wish for. A delicious made-over dish of chicken is constructed with the aid of green peppers. Cut off the tops of the peppers and scoop out the membrane. Parboil for about five minutes. Cut up the chicken, mix with boiled rice, and fill the peppers with the mixture. Place in a baking pan and pour in enough stock or w merse the peppers half-way for au hour, Nal minnie 3 { SLs CE Rr % ¢ 4 i £4 3 § {
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