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Wiest, > house of 1 this city, 1 ministers nominated e for sena- ity distrie®. hn E. Fox. x of liver aged 2, ate ortly after- Fine Shooting by a Woman. The Bisley rifle meeting was de- signed to be notable for the presence of a remarkable lady shot, who has come all the way from Perak, in the Straits Settlements. The sportswom- an in question, Mrs. Douglas, has en- tered for the principal competitions, and is already practicing on the ranges in association, with the Malay States Guides team, in training for the Kolapore cup competition. Shoot- ing in India, she has won several prizes, even making the highest pos- sible at 1000 yards, and her achieve- ments at Bisley will be watched with much interest.—Ladies’ Pictorial. Elbow Sleeves, A good many girls wear the fash- forable sleeves without the slightest regard for the suitability of their hands and arms to the short sleeve. Some time ago a girl whose hands were very coarse looking and whose arms and elbows were a bric-red hue persisted in wearing the shortest of sleeves in spite of her mother’s as- surance that the style was not be- coming. This drew upon her the un- kind but pointed remark of a sarcas- tic cousin, who observed that it was not surprising that Annie’s arms were red, as no doubt they were blushing for the uncared-forstateof her hands. —Home Notes. om—— Princess Mary's Education. The Princess of Wales has a great idea that girls should have every ad- vantage of modern education, and, so it is rumored, she is seriously con- sidering the advisability of sending her little daughter to school. Princess Mary, who is a clever lit- tle needlewoman and is already very well advanced in her studies for a child of her age, would undoubtedly find “‘lessons’’ far more interesting if she had classmates of her own age to compete with. It is therefore by no means unlikely that she will be sent to school, says Home Notes. Of course, in that case she would ‘have her private suite of rooms and of cne lemon. gur Gut-out Recipe Paste in Your Scrap-Book. ‘her own governess in attendance, but her lessons would be taken with the other pupils and she would be treated as one of them, just as Prince Ed- ward, England’s future King, is at present only one of the many cadets at Osborne. Should She Marry? The Woman— Who buys for the mere pleasure of buying; “ Who expects a declaration of love three times a day; Who anticipates in married life a geod easy snap; Who thinks it cheaper bread than bake it; “Who would rather die than wear the same bonnet the second season; Who wants to refurnish her house every spring; - Who stays at home only because she has no other place to visit; Who would rather nurse a pug dog than a baby; Who thinks she can get $5000 worth of style out of a $1000 salary. Who does not realize how many pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and halves there are in $1; . Who marries in order to have some one pay her bills; Who thinks embroidered centre- pieces and doylies are of more im- portance than sheets, pillow cases and blankets; Who buys bric-a-brac for her draw- to buy 3 10-1 SN > it n- ~ . ing-room. and borrows kitchen ign and sewed to the underside of chiffon. sils from her neighbors; Who cares more for the style of her winter furs than she does for the health and comfort of her family; Who thinks the cook and nurse- maid can run the house; Who weeps over the woes of the heroine in a trashy novel while ig- noring domestic tragedies directly under her own nose.—New York Sun. —— Beginning of the Corset. The origin of the much abused cor- set—abused in one sense by many physicians and in others by “many women—dates as far back’ as the ap- odesme, strophium or zona of the Greeks, and the fascia, ceinture, ces- tus or malillare of the Romans. Of course corsets, properly thus termed, were unknown to the ancient Romans and Greeks, but ‘even in those days women saw the necessity of folds or bands for supporting the figure, es- pecially after maternity. The cein- tures of that period were made of a dozen yards of wide linen that were swathed about the figure from hips to shoulders, and this was often beautifully ornamented. The original cestus was a band of skin placed about the hips, over which the tunic was pouched, or it was placed below the bust to raise it. The cingulam, another device, was narrower; while the zona was wider than the cestus. The waist line made its advent in | their way as are the ngland with the Norman women, as | ered waists. then add the sugar little by little, still beating. whites to a stiff froth and add to the yolks. very gently, so as not to break the air bubbles, add the lemon the Anglo-Saxons wore gowns like cloaks and showed no waist line. ‘The Norman women, on the con- trary, garbed themselves in hides laced with leather thongs, and these were followed in later years with stuff girdles having busks of wood or metal, and then came iron corsets. Catherine de Medici commanded the women of her court to have thir- teen-inch waists — one shudders to think of what tortures they must have gone through, but perhaps thir- teen inches were a more elastic meas- urement in that court of trickery and corruption than now. Corsets in the sixteenth century were very handsome, and were worn outside of the robe to show their each other in their costliness and beauty. - Disgusted by the excess of their cost, Henry XIV. of France for- bade any of his subjects to wear them save “femmes de joie et aux filons,” in whom he was not interested. It was in the sixteenth century that corset specialists appeared, and wom- en were fitted with much care. All sorts of shapes were made, and they were laced at either side, and the front as well as at the back, and® were made of every material possible. Not until as late as 1842 did the corset as we know it make its appear- ance, and since then, especially of late years, its development has been rapid, and to-day the art of corset- making seems to have achieved per- fection. ‘ Skilled fitters are trained to correct all minor and some majqQg defects of deficient or too redundant figures with the aid of their steels, whalebone and cloth, and to set off to the greatest advantage the natural grace and beauty of the perfect fig- ure. Or if one has a decadent taste for a hipless, undeveloped figure, such as the modes of the day seem made for, then the corsetmaker is so skilled as to be able to shape and push flesh and muscles from one spot to another and work wonders in the way of reduction.—New York Times. Chinaboy’s Sponge Cake.—The ingredients called tor are eight eggs, one pint of sugar, three gills of flour and the juice Beat the yolks until lemon colored and thick, Beat the Put in the flour juice and pour into a shallow tin lined with buttered paper. Bake about twenty minutes in a steady oven. r Honeymoons—Past and Present. Mrs. George Cornwallis-West, bet- ter known, perhaps, as Lady Ran- dolph Churchill, in her interesting reminiscences, relates the following anent the length of the honeymoon twenty-five years ago, compared with to-day: “One custom,” she says, “which has changed very much, is the inter- val thought necessary before a mar- ried couple can appear after their honeymoon. Two or three days at the outside is all that is now required after the wedding. But in the old days it was supposed to be quite ex- traordinary, if not actually improper and embarrassing, to mix with your fellow creatures for at least a month. “Shortly after my marriage I was presented to Czar Alexander II. at a ball given in his honor at Stafford House. On being told that I had been married only a few weeks, he exclaimed, fixing his cold, gray eyes on me with a look of censure: ‘Et ici deja?’ (and you here already?)”’ EN EST RL X < Ris ct 75m — The present straight cut skirt does not appear to advantage when short. Huge roses are cut from the print Nine-tenths of the handsome cos- fumes worn at the Southern resoris are princess. The ostrich feather boas that are so fashionable are not necessarily of a solid color. . Square neck effects, deep or shal- low, are becoming, and the style is quite the thing just now. At least two interlinings of chiffon or net are necessary to get the best result for a chiffon gown. . ‘Where a cretonne coat is worn one should make sure that it possesses some original features in cut or de- tail. - Brown hats are seen on all sides, but the trimming is invariably a bril- liant color, such as cherry or emerald green. Embroidered edges on underwear take on added daintiness when fin- jshed with frills of narrow lace set on underneath. One’s skirt may be of voile and the jacket of silk with many stitched bands of voile, while the bodice is more than likely of lace. There are not so many violets used on the hats this seasen as in some former years, but those that are seen are uncommonly handsome. Many handsome pieces in embroid- ery are made with the Cluny lace braids, and shirt waists of linen dec- orated with open patterns carrizd out in these braids are as ctive nand-zmbroid- eff 1 ~ THE PULPIT. A SCHOLARLY SUNDAY SERMON BY REV. DR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS. Theme: The Enrichment of Life. Brooklyn, N. Y.—For the last time until the fall the “Rev. Dz. Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of Plymouth Church, preached Sunday morning. His subject was ‘The Enrichment of Life.” The text was from John 9: 15: ‘I have come that you may have life, and that you may have it more abundantly.” The time was when scientists be- lieved that life was spontaneous. It is forty years since Huxley published his article on the Bathybius. The scientist held that there was a gela- tinous substance in the bottom of deep sea along the heat line of the equator. This sheet of living matter enveloping the earth held the proto- plasm that was the germ of all living things that creep or walk or fly. The union of the earth and the deep sea water and the tropic heat brought forth the substance that mothered all life. The theory was so novel that the Challenger was fitted out for deep sea dredging. But the expedition brought the keenest disappointment to the scientist. The investigators found white sand at the bottom of the tropic seas, and the Bathybius be- came as mythical as the Trojan horse.. Then scientists set themselves about” the task of producing life by chemical means., To make sure there were no pre-existing germs they boiled the water, roasted the earth, and cleaned the air and then sealed all three up in jars, which they kept at blood heat, in the hope of developing spon- taneously living germs of an order no matter how low. For twenty years the experiments were continued, with the result that all scientists agree that life comes only from pre-exist- ing life. If you want the living shock of corn, you must begin with the liv- ing seed thrust into the ground. If you want the fig or the grape, you. must find the root or cutting. The babe’s life comes from the mother who lives before it. Even character comes from contact. Goodness is an importation and salvation an exotic. No man can will himself into gentle- ness. A profane man in his child’s presence can set a watch upon: his tongue, but planting a lid on: Vesu- vius does not put out the subterra- nean fires. The man nfay restrain his hatred of the enemy, but he can- not will himself into loving the false friend who stabbed him in the back. The selfish man compels himself to give, but God alope can stir the gen- erosity that makes giving a supreme joy. Jairus’ daughter cannot bid herself to live; Christ standing above fer gives life for death.” If you have the living plant, the vital spark in the root will take up the dead soil and lend it life. And if you have the living Christ in the heart the soul that is dead in selfishness or dishonor or falsehood can live unto sympathy, justice and love. Christ came to give life. There is no spontaneeus good- ness. We lift our eves unto the life giver, the joy producer—unto the Saviour of the soul. > Now, what all the world’s a seek- ing is life—more life. Growth? - It is a question of vital force. Health? It is the overflowing, outbreaking vi- tality of the body. Death? It ap- proaches when there is not life enough to take up the bread and meat and turn it into rich red blood. A little life means little work can be done. A little mind means that a few books will suffice. A small na- ture means that it needs only two or three friends. A great, royal, divine, universal soul, pulsating,’ glowing and throbbing with life, means a vi- talized intellect. This is an intellec- tual law.: We speak of some young people as having hungry minds. The young scholar devours facts, conver- sation, the statements of books, and friends. He vitalizes everything he touches. The events go into his in- tellect in the morning as raw mate- rial, rags and wood pulp. The knowledge comes out of his intellect at night in the form of literature. He has a vitalized mind. He possesses life, creative. If he 3s a poet, give him the great authors, the great sing- sages. Witness the way Schiller di- gested the books of Goethe. Witness Millet's mastery of the old teachers. Witness Mozart's swift progress in music.- No imitators these men. Every page is stamped with individ- uvality. What is the secret of their success? Plainly, fulness of life. Without this abundant life all strug- gle is failure. This one youth has no gift with the brush; he may break his heart, but he will die a paint grinder. Another toils over his rhymes, but the inspiration will not come. The advocate stumbles on, seeking after the necessary word, if haply he may find the idea. And each in turn ends the struggle in de- spair. What does he need? Life. More life for the intellect, as writer; more life for the imagination as art- ist; more life and passion as reform- er and orator, more life as a saint. Men need moral talent for prayer, spiritual genius for purity and peace. For all talent is a gift and unique supremacy is an endowment from God. The unseen Father ordains the parents to hand forward their gifts up to the children. Remember that Christ has come to give life and to give it abundantly. In these college commencement days our illustrations should come from the realm of education. Here and now we recall Matthew Arnold’s definition of culture — a familiarity with the best that has been done, or thought or said. And to this senti- ment let us add his other word: “There is a power in the universe, not ourselves, that makes for right- eousness.”” What is culture for the scholar? There is something in the books of great men—in the sage who thinks for us, the poet who signs for us, the orator who pleads for us, the : | 100 tons of molten steel. hero who dies for us and that wisdom beyond ourselves comes in, floods the scholar’s soul and transforms him. And there is a physical power in the world, not ourselves, and that we in- voke for progress. Man's arm lifts 100 pounds, but there is a power in the steam, not ourselves, that lifts Man's leg runs four miles an hour, but there is a power in the flywheel of his engine that will help him to run across this ‘of every; great ers, and he will extract their mes= | are not,.—Baptist Argus continent in four days without losing breath or-bringing tire. “Man's voice is no stionger than it was in the days when :Ggesar made 10,000 soldiers hear higtommand, but now a power not in himself but in electricity makes for eloquence and speech across a thousand miles of space. And how shall we explain the trans- formation of impetuous Peter, and assionful David and this cold, craf; ¥,” ambitigus, crirel rabbi, Saul, into gu gentle Paul? :There is a power n the universe not David, or Peter, nor Saul, that makes for righteous- ness. Christ descended upon them to give life, and to give it more abund- antly. How do you explain the Ital- jan Renaissance? There was a pow- er in the world that made for beauty and sweetness, that descended upon the young scholar. How do you ae- count for the German Reformation? There was a power in the universe that made for faith, and character, and self-surrender. And that power descended on MartinLuther. Whence came - the Puritan Reformation in { England?. The explanation was not in. John Eliot, or Sir Harry Vane, or John Pym. There was a power in the world that made for'the sense of personal worth, inspiring each man to give an account of himself to God, challenging him to stand upon his own feet and assert his manhood, urging the sense of brotherhood, and that unseen power flooded the souls of the Pilgrim Fathers and the Eng- lish heroes, and changed the face of the: whole world. Well may the men era of outbreaking ge- nius exclaim: “We lift our eyes unto the hills from whence cometh our help.” “Our help cometh from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Let us now praise famous men of old,. who have redeemed the people. But Tet us remember that God clothed the knight with His shining armor, that God pressed that blade with the two edge into tHe hero’s hand; that God lent the soldiers their paens of victory that they sing beside the camp fires; that Christ came to lead His followers forth to their holy war, giving them life, yea, life abundantly. This principle also explains the se- cret of growth that begins with life. The old idea was that salvation was by intellectual culture. Christ's idea is salvation by life through the new heart. Bald intellectualism says “Blessed be wisdom.” Christ says, “Blessed is character.” Here is a little child. In his selfishness he seizes his sister’s littletoy and breaks it. Time and growth will increase the amount of his selfishness and make him strike his own wife and break the heart of his little child, for growth increases the size, does not change the sort. Here is the youth who Is sowing wild oats. Little by little he is draining off all the vital forces. The false friend says, “Don’t be discouraged; he will outgrow this.” But every farmer is in terror when he finds the wild oats growing amidst the tame. The wild oats drink up the rain, steal the richness from the soil, starve the tame oats. And if they do this when the false oats are.young, time and growth sim- ply multiply the havoc. Time can do nothing for a youth who is sowing wild oats save gather the harvest of pain, disaster and heartbreak. Time can turn a spark into a conflagration, growth can turn a little leak into a large one that will ruin the dike and submerge the land. Given a disease, time does not cure it, but only en- larges and spreads the poisoned tis- sue. Given a selfish child, growth turns him into a monster. Given an avaricious child, time and growth produce a miser. Given a tricky and cunning child, years end with a Ben- edict Arnold or an Aaron Burr, or a Judas and a Apostate Julian. What the .wild thorn needs is the rich life of a double rose grafted within, The orchardist can use the wild root, but he cuts from a tested peach or plum a cutting that turns the sour sap into sugar. It is new life we need. Jesus was right when He showed the se- cret, the new heart, that brings vie- tory and peace. - : ‘ Disheartened and discouraged, the way is not to flee from God, but to flee to Him. We live and move and have our being in God, as our world floats in amethyst and ether, borrow- | ing all its colors from the light that surrounds it. We have our life from Christ as the tree has its life in the | rich juices of the soil, wherein the| tree is rooted—the stimulating at- | mosphere with which the boughs ars | surrounded, and the all-embracing | sunshine that lends warmth and | beauty to the sweet blossoms and the | ripe fruit. a | Spiritual Religion. | If our religion is to be real and| truly spiritual, it must be rooted and | grounded in brotherly love. “He that | hateth his brother cannot know God,” | nor can he know man. The preston Christian quality of love will oper | the eyes of our spirits to the abiding | beauty of every human soul, to the | temptations resisted as well as to} those which have conquered, to tha | aspiration after something highe? | struggling like a piant in a dark dun- | geon towards the light, to the glorious | possibilities hidden in the being of | every child of God. = That clear per- | ception of the good concealed within | our brothers and sisters will help us| to catch some bright glimpses of our | Father in Heaven. It is human seifishness, which hides the true rd ture of God's children, however de-| graded they may have bLecome by | their own fault or the fault of others, | from our sight; it is the same deep, | deadly shadow which darkens our | own perception of God. Through brotherly love filial affection to God is born in human hearts, and Witen) that sacred emotion has once filied| our whole being, spiritual religion id) known and loved.—Arthur W. Fox. | The Cause of Much Trouble. All kinds of doubts, disappoint- ments, vexations and sins come to tha | professing Christian who makes his religion secondary. If his main con- | cern is to get on in the world, tal make money, to have a comfortabld | time, to indulge a taste or inclina4 tion, then come in a troop the thingd| which chase away sleep and pierce | with anxieties and doubts. Our usefulness, our happiness, our | growth, our triumph, are to come, if | they come at all, as the result of giv- and me st things or stop tryi to deceive ourselves and others claiming to be Chris when I 1 wd | { unto them. | reap. { strong a ia) nw Suda Scfio sf y= cfioe INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM- MENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 13. = iis at Subject: David Made King Over Ju- dah and Israel, 2 Sam. 2:1-7; 5:1-5—Golden Text, 2 Sam.5:10 —Commit & Sam. 5:4, 5. TIME.—1055-1048 B. C. PLACE. —Hebron. . EXPOSITION.—I. David Anointed ing Over Judah in Hebron, 1-4a. David at this period of his life seems to have taken every step in simple de- pendence upon the guidance of the Lord (cf. ch. 5:19-23; 1 Sam. 23:2, 4,9, 612; 30: 7, 8), and thus he made no false steps. He obtained God’s guidance by asking for it (cf. Jas! 1:5,7). He trusted in the Lord with all his heart, and leaned not to his own understanding, in all his ways he acknowledged the Lord, and He di- rected his paths (cf. Prov. 3:5, 6). Doubtless the mind of the Lord was ascertained by consulting the Urim (cf. Nu.-27-21; Ex. 23:30, B.. V. marg.;1 Sam. 23:2-4, 9-12). No one knows just how the stones in the breastplate made known the mind of God, and it is useless to speculate about it. We have in these days a better way to find the mind of God, by the written Word and by the guidance of the living Spirit of God (Isa. 8:20; Ps. 119: 105-130; Acts 8:29; 16:6, 7). The name of the city to which God bade him go up is significant, for Hebron means fellow- ship, and David began his conquest of the land in fellowship with God. That is where we must all first go, if we wish to enter upon a life of con- stant victory. Many of us are not conquerors as David was simply be- cause we have never gone up to Hebron. It was in this city that David was first anointed king of Ju- dah (v. 4), and afterwards king of all Israel. The one who would enter upon a life of kingly authority and power must go up to Hebron (Jno. 15:4-16). David did just as the Lord directed him. He did not go alone, but took his wives with him. They had been partners in his rejection and persecutions, and now were to be partners in his glory. Just so those who have shared with Jesus Christ in His rejections and sufferings shall share with Him in His glory (cf. Lu. 292:23..929; 2 Tim. 2:12: Ro. 8:17, 18). Of course, it was not right for David to have two wives, not accord- ing to God’s original ordinance con- cerning marriage (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-9), but we must in justice to David remember that there was not the clear light in his day upon this subject that there is in our day. Men must be judged by the light that they possess. At this point in his career David was seeking to serve God with a whole heart. All types are neces- sarily imperfect, especially iypes where men are types of Christ, yet the wives of David are types of the church, the bride of Christ (cf. Eph. 5:25-32), to at least this. extent that the church will share with Christ in His reign just as she has shared with Christ in His rejection (cf. Rev. 19:6- 9). These who now came inio power with David had been in sore distress before they came to David, “in dis- tress,” “in debt’ and “bitterness of soul” (1 Sam. 22:2, R. V., marg.). Those who now rally around Christ, and who will hereafter enter into glory “with Him, are largely of the same class. These men dwelt close to. David (ef. Jno, 14:3: 1 Thess. 4:17). iI. David and the Men of Jabesh- gilead, 4b-7. The action of David might seem a piece of shrewd strat- .egy, but everything points to absolute sincerity in the matter on David's fpart (cf. eh. 1:13-16, 17-27; 4:5-12). ;David in’ the greatness of his soul really honored Saul as his rightful sovereign (cf. 1 Sam. 24:4-S; 26:7- 1i). His nobility cf heart led him to do the very thing that the most yolitic. There is no pe s0 wise as at. to which a ge 3 heart prompts a man. David wishes for the men of Jabesh-gilead the hign- est form of prosperity, blessesdness from the Lord. They had shown kindness unto Saul, and now Jehovah would show ‘kindness and truth” What we sow we also God treats us as we treat our fellow-men (Matt.5:7; 6:14, 15; 7:1, 2:2 Tim: 1:16-18). David did nol content himself with wishing that Jehovah might reward their kind- ness, but he undertook to reward it also. There are many whose generos- ity towards others exhausts itself in pious wishes. As they had been d valiant for Saul while he lived, David expected them to be val- iant for him now that Saul was dead and he had been anointed in Saul's 2 3 stead. 11. David Anointed King Over Israel in Hebron, ch. 5:1-5. After i seven years and a half of waiting, at last the whole nation recognized David as the divinely chosen king. They ought to have seen it long be- fore. After doing all they could to thwart God's plan and to destroy David, they now recognized him as their bone and {flesh (v. 1), and the one who had led them out and brought them in to victory. Better yet, they recognizel him as the one whom Jehovah had appointed to feed His people Israel, and to be captain over them. Israel is rejecting the real David to-day, but the time is | coming when all Israel will recognize Hira (Zech. 12:9, 10; 13:1; Rom. 11:25, 26). The league they made with David was before the Lord. The only covenant that is of any real value is the one that is made in the Lord’s | presence and for His glory. Remarks the Richmond Times-Dis patch: Persons who are able to flee to the mountains as soon as the hot season opens may well afford to treat the mosquito pest with indifference; not so with those who must stay at home all the year round. To stay indoors on a swcltering evening is unbearable, but scarcely less so to i sit on the lawn when the mosquitoes | are busy. There is no doubt that { proper attention to the mosqulitc voole would greatly abate, if it did no: ate, the mosquito pest. CHRISTIAN ENDERIOR NOTES SEPTEMBER THIRTEENTH. Commending Our Society — L.By Church Attendance.—Ps. 26: 1-12; Heb. 10: 21-25. Waiting on God. Ps. 52: 8, 9. Old and young. Ps. 148: 11-13. Good listeners. Eccle. 5: 1-3. Singing. Ps. 98: 4-6. ~ Edifying. 1 Cor. 14: 26-28. The ordinances. 1 Cor. 11: 23-26. The only real church-going is when the heart goes, and not merely the body (Ps 26: 8.) ° : : The church-goer stands on. an even place or on the up-grade; the non- church-goer stands on the down-grade (Ps 26: 12.) No one can be good alone as he could be with others to help him; this fact is a strong reason for church- going (Heb. 10: 24.) ~ Forsake the assembling of your- selves together, and how much for- sakes you!—help, warnings, comfort, instruction, and _ many: other good things (Heb. 10: 25.) ° ’ Thoughts. Church-going is a habit, easily form- ed, and still more easily broken. Young people should go to church more than their elders, as they are less often sick, and their~feligious ed- ucation is in process. No other institution of the church 50 emphasizes the duty of church-go- ing as the Christian Endeavor so- ciety. Christian Endeavor is training the church of the future; and it will be a church-going church. Illustrations. How much we should gladly pay if the sermon were a lecture and the church music were a concert! We cannot support any organiza- tion, such as a debating club, or a political party, without attending meetings. Religion is a business, and needs the conference of partners; it is a war, and needs the campfire and the drill-ground. Numbers count for enthusiasm. An army, straggling through a wilderness, broke into loud cheers and rushed for- ward against the foe as soon as it came out into the plain and saw it- self together. CPWOATH LEAGUE LESSONS SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. The Christian’s Path to Fame—Mark 10. 35.45; Phil. 2. 1-8. No man .can say, “Go to! 1 will now be famous!”—not even a good man. Anyone that rises above the medicre achievement and ordinary in- tellectual treadmill of the crowd in which he lives will have some recog- nition. And the fact should be -ham- mered into the young people of our churches that a little hard work on some good hooks, a little persistence in good society, a little earnesiness in developing the talents God has given most of his human creatures will cer- tainly give a young man or womain some proper recognition among folks. Now, there are lots of ways of be- coming famous, and some are very startling and some are very selfish. And there are many ways for a Chris- ‘tian to become famous, for there are many things to do and quite a num- ber of people for whom they must be done. But from the standpoint of conscience and of character there is but one way for a Christian to be famous. He must use his brain and his ability to work in-an application of the second great commandment. This is the only pathway to fame in which he can keep his Christianity. And, after all, this the abiding basis of all true fame. The man who is busy piling up kind deeds in love for others will find himself some day standing on a pyramid high above all the glittering accumulations of sel- fishness. Sometimes ae single deed of perfect love and sacrifice will re- veal to the world the self-forgetful soul that all men reverence. A man’s work must be seen to be good, for the man himself to he visible for fong. The only abiding basis for fame is a human heart that has been helped, a human life that has been enriched. The fame of loving- kindness robs no man of his due re- ward, but only adds a premium to all decent living. is RUST STAINS ON MATTING. Rust stains cn matting may be re moved in this manner: Have ready some muriatic acid, a hot irom, dry cloths, an old nail brush, a sponge a bowlful of boiling water, and twg pailfuis cf clean cold water. Cover the spots with paper and place the hot ircn on this. When ths matting bot dip a glass rod O1 stick in the acid and touch the stain; it will instantly turn to a bright yel is low. Wash quickly with the boiling water, using the nail brush; ther with the clear water, using the spenge; wipe dry. rork must be id removed cated spong done quickly and all from the matting by rep ing with clean water. When possible heat the the acid acts more quickly than on a cold substance. Straw matting wili look bright and fresh at the end of the summer if It is carefully washed over with a sof! cloth wrung out of salt and water ev stain, as_ cn a het ery time it is swept—New York Press. Scalloped Sgquash.—Peel, cut inte small pieces and boil until tender Butter a baking dish, then put im 2 layer of squash, the salt, eay and a layer butter enne Repeat this until dish is the top layer a whic bake unt bs, cover se and 1ich is about 29 minutes.
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