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The Washington industrial wvelfare comnmission has fixed nine dollar per Sweek as the minimium wage for chamn bermaids and other help in that state. Mainstay of the Business. WVhat wvould the world do without women? Nine-tenths of the dry goode stores would go out of business, for one thing. SOFT WHITE HANDS Under Most Conditio, 18s If You Use Cuticura. Tri at Free. The Soap to cleans and purify, the Ointment to soothe a heal. Nothing better or more effect ive at any price than these fragrant ciperocreamny emnol lieats. A one-night~ ,eatment wvill test them in the sever~ forms of red, rough, chapped a ioro hands. Sample each fr t .y mall with Book. Address postca ts .Juticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sl 'ywhere.-Adv. Thiere 19 4 capital punishment in Italy.," aner in Delay The great danger of kidney troubles is that they so often get a firm held before the sufferer recognizes them. Health .4will be gradually undermined. 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LESSON FOR AUGUST 15 JEROBOAM LEADS ISRAEL INTO SIN. LESSON T1uXT-I Kings 12:25-33. GOLDEN TEXT-Thou shalt not mako unto thee a graven image, nor any like. ness of anything that is in heaver, above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that Is Un the water under the earth; thou shalt not boW down thyself down unto them, nor servo them. Ex. 20:4, 5a. Whether Jeroboam. Incited Israel's rebellion or was summoned home be cause of his being known as an op ponent to Israel, we cannot say. lie must have remembered Ahijah's prophecy (11:29-40) and he had anoth er prophet on his side, Shelaiall (12:22-24), though Ahijah afterwards deserted him (14:1-18). In Egypt, Jeroboam had learned of the worship of the bull Apis and upon setting up his kingdom, saw at once the need of centering the religious life of the peo ple elsewhere than in Jerusalem, I. "Calves of Gold" vv. 25-30. Given these ten tribes by God (11:31) the people had chosen Jeroboam without seeming consultation with God, and the result was a tragic future for the Hebrews. David's monarchy lasted scarcely two generations. Rehoboam's second attempt at coercion (12:21-24) is rebuked and he settles down in Judea but fortilles many cities (II' Chron. 11:5-12; 1 Kings 12:24; 14:17). Jeroboam likewise built cities, She ciem and Penuel, but the result of the schism was a weakened people and Israel was the first to be carried into captivity and to extinction as a na tion. Defensed cities re not adequate safety for a nation .(11:38; 2 Chron. 20:20; Zech. 1:4, 5). Witness Liege and Antwerp. As a matter of political prudence Jeroboam's scheme of re moving the center of worship from Je rusalemn succeeded admirably. The center of gravity of a man and of a na tion is that place where lie centers his worship. The temple had no im age, and his setting up of his images of bulls was a backward step, though doubtless it was regarded as best for the nation. Jeroboam's fatal error was in deflecting the people from the invisible Jehovah to the visible crea tions of their own hands. Mankind al ways prefers to trust to their own do, vices and to plan their own deliver anco rather than to trust in God. The evidence of our trust in God is to obey him. Note Jeroboam took counsel, not as did Rehoboam, of the aged or the young, but "in his heart." We are not to lean to our own understanding but upon the Holy Spirit (John 16:13). Man is "slow of heart" and that one at all familiar with Hebrew history should repeat the mistake Aaron made is scarcely to be understood (Ex. 32:4 8). The errors and "isms" of today are but a repetition of the false teach ings of former days dressed in a new garb, labeled with a newv name; such is the deceitfulness of the human heart (Jer. 17:9). Jeroboam's excuse was plausible enough (v. 28) and ap pealed to tihe ever-present weakness of the human heart to seek some easier way of serving God. But man's way al ways becomes the hardest way. Jero boam today would be classed as a "liberal" and held up as a "broad minded man." 1I. "Priests of the Lowest" vv. 31-33, Jeroboam's real concern wvas not that of tile people but the permanency of his kingdom. Jeroboam wvas not intro duding a new God but a new way of worship. One step always leads to another, and to fully establish tis newv way, and at tile same time en tirely to control the situation, lie se lected from among 'all the people" priests who were to carry on Jeh~o. vahi's wvorship. God had selected tile sons of Levi and specially ordained them for this service (Num. 3:10). When the devil introduces a newv re ligion, or any false idea of Christ, or the Bible, ho always appeals to sa cred memories, or else claims a "mod ern expression of the truth." Jero beam not only chose those who wvould be behok~en' to hlimself, but lhe also selected positions in his kingdom, at either end, each of which wvas easily accessible. Thus to build and thus to select others than the sons of Aaron as priests was expressly for'bidden. But such is the natural perversity and stubbornness of the human hleart that it readily follows its leaders into all sorts of apostasy and error (Rem. 8:7). Jeroboamn also changed (v. 32) the feast or-dained of God on the 15th day of thle seventh month (Lev. 23:33, 34) to one occurring in the eighth nmonth. No possible appeal of local interests warranted any such substitution; to obey is better than to modify (Matt, 15:6; Mark 7:13). III. The Main Teaching. Jeroboam's chief purpose wyas not the glory of God, but this new religion wvas for per sonal safety and glorification. His cunningly devised program became the agent of his own and the nation's destruction (13:34i; 14:7-11; 2 Kings 10:29, 31), and his opprobious title has beccome "Which made Isr-ael to sill." (Graft and tricker-y succeed for a timo, but only those who obey God in all tings build on a solid and lasting foundation. "Nothing in this wold Is worth dloing wrong for." Boys (10 not succeed by breaking the rules of 'jn gnatle The free use of soups and fresh vegetables is wise for those persons who have a tendency to overindulg ence In eating.-.Jordan. CONSERVES AND PRESERVES. To preserve pears take six pounds of pared, cored and halved pears, add four pounds of sugar and two cupfuls of wa ter, the juice of two lemons and the rind of one cut in strips and one ounce of ginger root. Drop the pears into cold water as soon as pre pared to keep them from discoloring. Boil to gether the sugar, lemon juice, peel and ginger root for half an hour. Then drop the pears, a few at a time, in the sirup and cook about fifteen minutes. Take out and arrange in sterilized jars and so continue until all are used, then boil the sirup until thick and pour over the fruit. Seal at once. Spiced Apple Jelly.-Take a peck of tart apples, one cupful of whole mixed spices, sugar, vinegar and water, not quite cover. Put the spices in a bag, cook the apples with the spices, vin egar and water in equal parts until the apples are soft. Strain through a jelly bag, allowing the juice to drip; do not squeeze the bag or the juice will not be clear. Boil the juice twen ty minutes, or until it jellies, with an equal quantity of suigar. Pour into glasses and seal. Rhubarb and Fig Preserve.-Take three pounds of rhubarb, two and a half pounds of sugar, one pound of figs and two ounces of candied peel; wipe the rhubarb, cut into inch lengths and place on a large dish. Chop the figs and peel and scatter over the rhubarb; on this cover the sugar and let stand until next day. Boil the preserve slowly for an hour, the last half add a small piece of ginger root. Pour into jars and seal. The following is a delectable con serve never to be forgotten by those who have tasted it: Fruit Conserve.-Take a pound of raisins, two pounds of tart cherries, three oranges, juice and rind, four pounds of sugar. Chop the fruit, add the sugar and boil twenty minutes. Seal in small air-tight jars while hot. The green Duchess apple makes a delicious appetizer to serve with meats by spicing them just as one does any fruit, only leave the peeling on the green apples as it adds much to the flavor. SUMMERY FOODS. Necessity being the mother of in rention is proved every day by the housekeeper who is sud denly assailed with the thought that there is no ' dessert and unexpected company, all in thle same *- breath. A good emer gency dlish to keep on handl these warm days and one whichl will keep for several days is some form of fruit jelly. Lemon jelly is esplecially ni1cc in combination with othler things. If one has a dish of jelly in the ice cest, arrange emall spboonfuls of it in alternate layers of fruit in a slher bet cup. Tils is one that was triedi the other (lay and was highly praisedl. A little lemon jelly, a preservedl peach cut ini quarters, a spoonful of orangc marmalade and1( a tablespoonful of pineapplle preserve with a little of' tihe juice. This w"as topped with cream garnishled with hlalves of strawberries and servedl withl simllle little lemon cookies and madle a (dessert most grati fy~ng to all who partook of it. This pint of orange jelly inm 'omlbinationl wvithl other fruits like banana, orange and a r'ow strawberries madle (dessert for another day, in fact it madle all to gether eight servings in shlerbet cups. Rhubarb Delight.-Rinlse, wiple and remove tihe peel from tendter stalks of rhubarb. Cut thle stalks into an earthlen dlish,. scattering sugar over eachl layer. Add two tablespoonlfuls of water; cover andi set in tihe oven. Riaisins, dlates andi figs may be added to tile rhubarb if dlesired. Cook until tender and plink. Vegetable Salad.-Takte two cupfuls of chopped cabbage, poutr over it the hlot fat from a slice of salt lpork, cut in dice and fried brown. Add tihe bits of pork and a minced( (1nion1, stir' andI mix well, thlen heat hlot enloughl vin egar to jumst mloistenl the cabbage and flavor it. To Can Rhubarb.-W\ash1 the rhlu barb and cut in inchl lengthls wvithott peeling. Pack inl ster'ilizetd jars, then filli with coldi water and lie sure thlat there are no0 spaces wich' thle water does not fill. Now plunge tile jars in a pan of water andl screw tile topls on under water. Man's Debt to the Candle. After the lamep (e.:une thme candle, whose mlodest ray we are inclined to regardl withl a considerIable amounlt 0f kindliness and estem. Ittut for the candle tile dar1k ages of tihe world would have he'en darik inl a still imore literal sense thiani they al ready weru. and to tils huml e mrvant civtilized mankind was indeted '( for tile very best li uminaunt It poisessed, certaily3 until tho hltt(er end of the ei khte'enth' century, iand jm'ob.bly right u:p to thed time of the invuntlin of gas. "To have no crushing circumstances would be to live a poverty-stricken life. We would none of us attain what we should be unless we were driven to it often against our will. And so the things that we inost lung to escape are likely to be the things that we most need."-The S. S. Times. HOT BREADS. Our southern sisters think a meal is not complete without some form of hot bread and the old black maimy knew how to mlake the beaten biscuit and the corn lone as no one else "1J-J could. Southern Rice Bread. Heat an egg until light, add one cupful of milk, a half teaspoonful of salt, one cupful of corn meal, and a cupful of cold boiled rice. Heat thoroughly, then add a half cupful of flour, sifted with three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, stir in four more tablespoon fuls of milk, and bake in layer cake tins. 13ako thirty minutes in a hot oven. Turn out the cake, spread with butter, and put the other on top, short cake fashion, spread it with butter and put on the third layer. Spread the top with butter, dust with powdered sugar and serve at once. Scones.-Sift together two cupfuls of flour, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, a half teaspoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of sugar. Heat one egg, add a cupful of rich milk, then the flour; mix quickly and dry by spo~on fuls on a buttered pan. Iake in a hot oven twenty minutes. Pan Bread.-Separate two eggs, add the yolks to two cupfuls of milk, two cupfuls of cornmeal, a teaspoon ful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of melt ed shortening and a cupful of bread flour; beat thoroughly and stand aside for twenty minutes. Fold in the three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, beat again, then fold in the whites of the eggs well beaten and bake in a well-greased pan in a moderate oven a half hour. Graham Wafers.-lBeat half a cupful of butter to a cream, add a cupful 01 sugar gradually, drop in an egg and beat three minutes. Put a teaspoon ful of soda in a cup, add a tablespoon ful of water, and add to the sugar mix ture, then add two tablespoonfuls o milk and stir in three cupfuls of gra ham flour. Knead until smuooth, rol into a thin sheet and cut in square of two inches. Blake in a noderatt oven until crisp. HOT WEATHER BEVERAGES. It is well to be provided with th< materials for cooling drinks during the hot (lays of summer There is no drink so sat isfying and "touches the splot" like good egg lm onaide. It is not only cooling, refreshing, but '4 -nourishing if one is tired from a journey ora shopping tour. In the time of fresh berrios there are any numnber' of concoctions cooling and ap petizing to the thirsty palate. Cur' rant, raspberry and cherry shrub madle last year will now be appreci atedl. Grape juice is another most delightful drink. A few bottles oh ginger ale kept near the ice and servedl with a snapp~ly ginger cookic and a sparkling glass of the ale will cause your friends to rise up and call you blessed. Iced Chocolate.-Melt four' squares of chocolate with a half cupful of sugar andl a cupful of water in a double boiler until smooth. Scald a quart of cream and add to the choc elate, beating thoroughly; cool and strain. Flavor with vanilla and freeze, Serve when frozen like mush. Coffee Frappe.--Take a cupful ol ground coffee and two (luarts of water boil five minutes, then strain through a fina cloth. Then add a pint of su. gar, stir until dissolved. Add the white of an egg to the coffee and freeze until like wet snowv. Serve in p~unch glasses wvithl whipped eream. Grape Julce.-Cover the well-washed grapes with water, heat until thc grapes burst and all the juice extract. ed. Strain through a colander, addl a cupful of sugar to each quart of juICe eo' less sugar if liked; it (lees not hin der the keeping quality. Cook for five minutes, boiling steadily. Then bottle seal with wax for next year's hot weather drinks. Grape juice wvill be found most grateful as dr'lik in ill. ness, winter or summer. A cu-pful ol gr'ape juice, a tablespoonful of 1em on juice, a lpint of cream andic sugar to taste makes a most delicious icc cre a. Lotus-Flower Cigarettes. In Slim the natIves smoke ciga rettes muade- of hotne-grown tobacec< wvrap~ped in dried banana leavyes 01 In the petals of the r'oyal lotus ilowecr in tihe latter form thiey are moist de licious, acordling to Carl C. I lansoni Unitedc Sitates consul at ilangkok. Play Billiards on a Glass Table. in ai billird room1f in Paris is a ta bie made of glass. It is much mort di fliecuit to m akew a shot on It than om the nrennIare baize-ovenOn laa. The Shoff Shortage. A. J. Drexel, praising the English volunteer army, said in New York the other day: "Oxford and Cambridge undergradu ates fight side by side with coal min ers. Peers' sons and millionaires' sons hobnob with plumbers and blacksmiths in the ranks. "There are lots of 'nuts' (dudes) in the volunteer army-and the kaiser finds them pretty hard to crack, too notwithstanding their lack of shells." If a mun is a coward he trios to make others believe he is cautious. Save the NFANT MORTALITY is something of all the children born in civili or nearly one-quarter, die befor por cont., or more than one-third, bof they are fifteen I We do not hesitate to say that a 1 majority of these precious lives. Neil of these infantile deaths arc occasione Drops, tinctures and soothing syrups s more or less opium or morphine. deadly poisons. In any quantity, the to congestiona, sickness, death. Cast( you must see that it bears the signat causes the blood to circulate properly pores of the skin and allays fever. Genuine Castoria always bears the s Of Course. "Suppose all the energy that is wasted in dancing were devoted to some useful purpose?" "I never entertain a supposition like that." "Why not?" "liecause experience and obseva tion have taught me that the energy devoted to dancing is foot power and not brain power." ARE YOU DISFIGURED BY SKIN ERUPTION? Pimples, rashes, ringworm, prickly heat and, worst of all, that red itch ing, scaly torment, eczema, vanish when you use resinol ointment. and resinol soap. 'There Is no doubt about it. Even though your skin is so unsightly with eruption that you shun your friends and your friends shun you, resinol usually makes it clear and healthy, quickly, easily and at trifling cost. When you are sick of wasting time and money on tedious, expensive treatments, get resinol oint ment and resinol soap from the near est druggist and you will aieitlly see why physicians have prescredlh.l them for twenty years for just such troubles as yours! Great for sunburn.-Adv. Military Training. So far as this war shows. the most useful military training for school boys would be a couple of earnest hours spent daily in digging ditches. -Springfield Republican. 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