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Scented Hair. There is a new powder. straight from Paris, made for scenting the hair. It is nothing more nor less than a finely powdered sachet, and comes in tints to match any shade of hair. It is dusted into the pompadour and over the bun by means of a powder puff, and imparts to the tresses the faintest and most fascinating odor imagin able. Scented tresses are as much the fash ion to-day as they were in the time of our grandmothers. Spraying them with ordinary perfume is not effective; but sacheting them leaves a lasting and delicate odor. A Sensible Fad. Perhaps it is because her attention has been directed to the thrifty, in dustrious Dutch maiden that the New York smart girl adopted for her very own such a sensible fad as sewing. For some years past the fashionable girl has never been able to find any time for sewing. Now she has sud denly acquired a fondness for making pretty things with her needle-dainty chemisettes, frilly undersleeves and sheer turn-over collars and cuffs, to say nothing of transforming plain pockethandkerchiefs into things of beauty. Her sewing afternoon is now as much the fashion as an afternoon tea. Many times prizes are given for the most original bit of hand-work, such as a novel stock or something new in the way of a chemisette. And one girl who was most enthusiastic over her sewing fad served individual Ices at her sewing afternoon in the form of work-bags and very big thim bles.-Woman's Home Companion. Fans and Gloves. A new wrinkle in gloves is that the long suede mosquetaires may match the tint of the frock exactly. More white than colored gloves are worn, bowever, and more white slippers than tinted ones. But to match a faintly colored gown slippers sometimes have the toe trimmed in color, with white lace er embroideries setting off the bow or rosette. All evening slippers are wonderfully fussy, and everything is seen upon them, from a genuine -diamond' buckle to a little wreath of pink rosebuds. Fans, be it said to the shame of the makers of modes, are daily growing bigger. Some of the radiant Louis sort, with their superb paintings, are still small enough not to lose in love liness; but the fan of the moment is .an ostrich feather affair, made in a set form or to open and close. It is rather -clumsy for small women, though the -venus of fashion will carry one off :superbly.-Philadelphia Inquirer. Styles in Buckles. ~In plain fiat gold a buckle of colonial : shape with two prongs was set off :sat the corners by marquis stones in American Beauty red. Another in sil -ver showed sapphires at the corners to -match the royal blue belt, says the Philadelphia Telegraph. Children's heads in silver are em ployed as clasps and are marvels of the silversmith's art. In one, the fea tures of a little girl smiling through *grandmother's spectacles. peereti from the depths of a poke bonnet. Another showed a roguish baby's face with :-tousled hair. A jeweled buckle will transform an otherwise simple dress. Peacocks have their bodies studded with rhine stones and the fan-shaped tails picked out by rhinestones and emeralds. Crab or centipede designs are most effective. Each of their many legs is a line of rhinestones and .the bodies are closely studded with glittering brilliants. The horsewoman can have her .gold buckle a combination of horseshoe and nails, and the girl who has a fancy for her monogram on all her posses sions:can have an odd though smart buckle showing her initials in Chinese t-haracters. The Gowns of Liberty Satin. 2Negligee effects are becoming ex ceedingly' popular' this season and the Idea is prevalent in many of the even ing gowns and party frocks. Tea gowns are, of course, sort of negligees in themselves, but one which is the acme of fashion anid displayed recently is of pink liberty satin. shirred several times at the waist as a substitute for the popular girdle. The skirt, which is long and graceful, is inserted with deep ecru lace thrice from hem to belt, and around the bottom is employed handsome lace eerui, nm:king a n.ost elaborate conception of the skirt. The waist is made with the "-Dutch" neck and has for a yoke the plain satin, shaped and fitted smoothly aeross the shoulders. The lace then forms a sort of drool) doulder effect below this, andl runs aerass the sleeves, which are puffed with a tightly-titted cuff. The material is then shirred onto this lace. A pretty novelty which has been but lately introduced is a leaf-shaped affair of shirred !ace, which is attached at the collar and falls below the waist line. It gives a finish to a gown and is especially adapted to this one in par ticular.-Newark Advertiser. Bris:ht Red Coats Now Worn. For young girls bright red coats are extremely fetching, and a model which bails from London is now being worn by the heiress of a well-known New York family. It is a brilliant scarlet cut in sack shape showing the inver ness cape with a modification-that is. the cape comecs over the shoulder and sleeves only, and not in front. It is faced with black cloth and has a stand-up military collar lined with the same. The sides of the cape and the cuffs are set off by gold buttons, which nrc also used for fastening the double ireasted coat itself. The sleev"s are ithered full into black broadcloth ffs. Except in very stormy weather Scoat is turned above the bust line ie form of revers and the contrast een the black and red is extremely Another novel coat is built of tan colored kersey. trimmed with embroid ery and braid, showing the popular brown shades mixed with gold. This is built on long, loose sacque lines, the back showing a broad double box pleat, from either side of which the belt springs, while the front has in verted pleats running from shoulder to hem. The garment has double sleeves, a tight-fitting. undersleeve with a heavily embroidered bell-shaped cuff, and the large angel sleeves which fall over these are fastened on with a yoke empiecement over the shoul ders. Their outside seam gives the effect of an inverted pleat. The braid and embroidery which run around the neck and8own'the front'are-set off on either side by gold bullet-shaped buttons and the belt has a gold buckle to match. Garment For Fashionable Woman. What might be termed a cape with sleeves is a garment which just now finds high favor with the middle-aged woman, because it can be worn over the high-sleeved blouse without in jurious effect on the undergarment. The wrap proper is pleated into a col lar-shaped neckpiece, which is com pletely hidden under embroideries. The sleeve and the coat being cut in one, the garment hangs in full folds straight from the shoulder to a point well below the knee. Between each of the dart-shaped pleats are inserted embroidered motifs to match those employed on the collar and shaped neckpiece. The sleeves are gathered into a large flat band of the embroid ery and the yoke effect is enhanced by the use of ribbon rosettes with long ends finished off with silk tassels. This model developed in hunter's green cloth, with gold and tan embroidery and tan-colored ribbons, was most ef fective. Where the two-piece suit is used the long fur stole is employed to reduce the tailored effect. As the season ad vances women seem to add more. and more tails to these long stoles, and they now sweep the hem of the dress. Particularly with fox and sables, rows of tails are set' on at -regular intervals until the front of the garment looks like a shower of fur pieces. Muffs go to extreme. They are either very flat, suggesting a great envelope, or they are "very tiny, the latter being built from rare lace- combined with tiny fur tails and flowers. There is no question regarding the revival of seal for next year. and wise virgins in the matter of fashions are picking up sealskin wraps included in the reduced garments, with the view of using them next year. if not to wear them this season. A wonderful im portation from a London house shows a long ulster-like coat of seal, with immense shawl collar or sable. It Is said that another combination which will be extremely popular is one that was common years ago, that of seal and beaver.-Newark Advertiser. Women as Rifte Experts. Rifle shooting at a standard range promises to become a popular sport among the fashionable women of Phil adelphia, due to the example set by Mrs. Anthony J1. Drexel during her re cent visit. She brought the idea- from England, and it bears the stamp of royal approval. Society has therefore taken kindly to the sport, and dealers in firearms are being overwhelmed with inquiries regarding weights and kinds of rifles suitable for women. The secret of Mrs. Drexel's devotion to the sport of rifle shooting (did not leak out until just after her departure, together 'with her husband and Lord Vane Tempest. U'pon the return of Mrs. Drexel and Lord Tempest from an extended tour of the WVest. a valet was frequently seen about the hotel carrying three rifle cases, one of which was much smaller than the others. It was known that the rifle carrier was Mr. Drexel's valet, but nothing was definitely known of what was going on until Mrs. Norman WVhite house, of New York, happened to send a long gossipy letter to a friend in this city in which she told of the interest she and Mrs. Drexel are taking in range shooting and how carefully they compare scores daIly and the benefit they feel as a result of the outdoor exercise, It appears that Mrs. Drexel, 'while here, was coached on the sport by Lord Tempest. Each afternoon dur ing her stay here Mrs. Drexel would journey with her husbni'd and Lord Tempest to the First Regiment range, near Essington, and before leaving she had scored several bull's eyes; knew what the scorer meant by a "4 o'clock breeze," and had learned to manipu late the sights without jamming her shapely fingers. Meanwhile Mrs. Whitehouse was practicing at a range near Creedmoor, and the two society leaders exchanged daily letters telling of their successes. Mrs. Drexel tried every range from 100 to 1000 yards. Towards the last Mrs. Drexel induced several of her more intimate women friends to go to the range with her and try their luck, and thus the practice has been given a great Impetus. JTust before sailing from New York Mrs. Drexel and Mrs. Whitehouse were warmly congratulat ed upon their skill by Lord Tempest at a dinner party, and arrangements were suggested which will probably result in the formation of a shooting club made up of fashionabje women of Philadelphia and New York.-Phila delphia Inquirer, Her Strenusos Hour. An irate woman made things warm for some men working for the Cincin nati, Lawrenceburg and Aurora Trac tion Company Monday. Mrs. Brumn lage operates a hotel at Stop No. 9. The officers of the road decided to more the little platform from Mrs. Brumlage's lace to Maley. Thompson & Moffet's sawmill, about 200 feet west. When the workmen appeared the woman seized one of the p)icks and chased the entire gang away. Under cover of night the station wvas re moed.-Cincinniati Enquire, SOUTHERN : kTOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANT Early Irish rtatoea. For the early crop, we select. If pos sible, a light, sandy loam that will not produce less than a bale of cotton to the acre. We like to have it turned in early winter with a two-horse plow and follow in the furrow and lift the subsoil with a subsoil plow or a four inch scooter on a single plow. By doing this we are able to hold the win ter rains as our potatoes suffer almost every year by drought when not irri *a d. At planting time we run a cutaway harrow over the land to thoroughly pulverize, and lay off rows with a sho vel plow, three feet apart and four -e. five inches deep. For fertilizers we use the following: Acid phosphate 14 per cent...190O lbs. Cottonseed 'neal ............. 600 lbs. Nitrate of soda........... 200 lbs. Muriate of potash............ 200 lbs. Use 1000 to 1500 pounds per acre he fore pl:nting, thoroughly mixing in th furrow with a scooter plow or a culti vator set close. Mix thoroughly. This is important, as most cases of burning or injury to the seed can be attributed, not so much to the amount of fertili zer used as to lack of thorough mixing. If the land is la-eking in humus (Xeg etable matter), and was not in cowpeas the pr.!vious sun;mer. we sometimes give the land a fair dressing of stable manure (fifteen two-horse loads per acre), which we thoroughly cut away into the top soil befcre breaking. which tends to ptdlverize ai lumps, and th^ soil more thoroughly pulverized than breaking. If the soil is fairly well supplied with humus we would rather dispense with the stable manure, as it tends to encourage the scab fungus. Do not use cottonseed, a- they do not become available soon enough for the potatoes. By getting healthy, plump seed, free from scab, we have had so little of this disease as to not pay to treat them. Cut. seed pieces to two eyes, and drop twelve inches apart in rows. Cover with two furrows. leaving a slight ?idge over the rows. When the seeds are sprouted and nearly out run a smoothing barrow crossways over the rows, which will all but level down the ridge. As the plants are showing along the rows go cover them with the weeder. taking two rows at a time. The after-cultivation riould be often. but shallow, using a cultivator with sweeps. Never a crust form, thus con serving all moisture possible. We plant last week in February, up to the middle of March, and begin dig ging by the timne they are the size of good sized hen egg.s. In the absence f a potato digger we run a shovel low under the row, which gets them about all out. We have had no experience in shipping, as we raise entirely for ur home maiket. For the Colorado potato beetle, which every one has learned to dread, we use Paris green and slacked lime, two pounds of the green to one bushel of lime, mixing thoroughly. We find a lry powder duster very good for put ting this on. and if done early in the mornIng, when the leaves are damp sticks well and is effective, For the grower who has but a small area. the dust can be put on by placIng It in a coarse woven gunny sack and rhake over the row, which can he done almv..st as fast as you can walk. Hand picking is probably the safest plan for the home garden.-Mark Ric gel, Spalding County, Georgia. One rianter's Experience. Now that it is almost a certainty that we are to reduce tihe acreage and fer tilizers of this year's cotton crop, in fact we are compelled to do it. or be come absolute slaves to the cotton gam blers, and become too p)oor to skin, with our carcases petrified in poverty. our children servants to the money hangers and speculators who manipu late the price of our cotton, the finest money and commercial crop grown in the world, to the enrichment of all but the South-now as a prudent people we must hide ourselves, let the fools go on and be destroyed. Why should we ask, "'How are we to hide ourselves in this land where everything can be produced that fur nishes food and raiment for man and beast?" Not a single atom that adds to our life, pleasure, comfort or happiness but can be produced In this Southland. Last July when that grand man and lanented friend and brother of South ern agriculturists, J. B. Hunnicutt, a man who has done more in one year for Southern farmers than the State Agri ultural College has done in forty, waos visiting me, I p)romised to give the Cultivator the result of two specin! acMes on my farm, one in corn, the other in sugar cane. When the corn was good ripe it was cut with a harvester, shocked So00 stalks to the shock. It stood about eighty days in the shocks during summer and early fall, and when dry and hulled weighed 12, In Choate. When Ambassador Choate was lead : of the New York bar many a fledge ing lawyer had a fling at him. There was scarcely an attorney who was not fraid of him in open court, hut else here an occasional dirplay of cour e and impudence would be made. l)ne day in the Lawyers' club a bud jing pundit, now a highly successful r,ractitioner, observing Mr. Choate at neighboring table., asked in a voice eant for others to hear: "Ah, counsellor, why" was your luncheon so rudimentary-?" "Perhaps you can explain," said the legal light, dryly. "Because it's in Choate," was the reply. "Your play upon my name," return d Choate, drawing out the words with keen emphasis. "painfully exposes the profoundness of your ignorance. The uncheon, sir may be in Choate, but your right to address me is IN-ko-ate." There was a ger.eral laugh as the affnder departed with a bad case ot ARM f 1IOTES. ER, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. 600 pounds. then shredded with the following result: Net corn on co)s..............c300 lbs. Net stover......... .........6000 lbs. The acre procuced bread enough to feed a man and wife twelve months, and corn and stover sufficient to feed two mules twelve months. Now let some people say what they may about shredding corn. It Is the most profitable of all work done on my farm. The acre in sugar-cane did not do so well as I expected-400 gallons per acre being the average. I made It heavy. just up to sugaring, and have .:o trouble in selling it by the barrel at fifty cents; in gallon jugs, sixty-five cents; in quart bottle, sevent3 -five cents, and- an easily eseinge a barrel of cane syrip for a barrel of granu lated sugar. It ray. mc to make my own supplies. ithat, cern, syrup, hogs, horses, mules and caide, with no more stock of any kind than I can feed from the products of my farm. After thcse I grow cotton as a money crop. With the exception of about fifteen acres of bottom land mIne is an upland farm on the highest point from Atlanta to Augusta. on a direct line. In farming I agree with the old ad age, -Variety is the spice of life." W:n. L. Peek, Fountain Hill, near Con yers, Ga.. in the Southern Cultivator. Fertilizing Peach Trees.. 'The peach is somewhat sensitive to overfeeding with nitrogen or ammoui ate manures. Trees grown near barn yards shoot out very vigorously at first, but the tissues seem to degenerate rap idly, forming gum pockets and exuding large quantities of gum. The trees have been observed by peach men to suffer from winter killing, and in ex treme cases are often killed outright. An application of nitrate of soda at the rate of 300 pounds Ifer acre in one case noted by the Department of Agricul ture retarded the ripening time of peaches two weeks. Peaches regularly ripen on the poor knolls and hilltops earlier than in adjacent valleys or pockets a few feet away, where seep age nitrogen affects them. The latter are also nore subject to certain fungi. The proximity of an old stable was in one case the cause of the fruit being belated, and while the trees and fruit were larger tue latter was inferior in color and quality. In a series of tests the fruit on the trees moderately sup plied with nitrogen was brighter in color, sweeter and finer in texture. ar.d only slightly smaller. In fact the peach is healthiest and yields the best fruit in soils which for most other cr-ops v'ould be considered deficient in nitro gen. Cabbage Pays. Thirty-one tons of cabbage per acre removes from the soil 130 p)ounds of nitrogen, 360 pounds of potash and 180 pounds of phosphoric acid, hence the need of heavy fertilIzation is apparent. If yard manure can be obtained from sixty to 100 tons per acre. supplement ed by a good dressing of potash in the form of sulphate is none too much. In the absence of manure the best of re sults of a mineral fertilizer containing, Nitrogen. 4 per cent.: Phos. acid, 8 per cent.: Potash (sulphate formi, 12 per cent., have been known. One thousand or 100 pounds per acre is not too much. After growth of the young plants has begun a top dressing of 100 pounds per acre of nitrate of soda should be mande. and again after the heads begin to form that the growth may be continu ous and rapid. From $700 to $1000 has been received from a fine crop of extra carlN cabbage upon one acre. A reint in Practice. It has been shown by repeated ex periments that a pound of cotton-seed meal is equivalent to 1.1.' pounds of corn, and that a pound of cotton-seed meal is worth 1.75 pounds of corn for fattening purposes. Taking this in connection with the recent tests, we will realize the immense value of the cotton-seed products for feeding and manurial purposes. It teaches the stu dent this important lesson: He cannot afford to sell cotton seed and buy corn as a substitute, even though the latter is cheaper In price per toe. A loss follows both in feeding and in the manure produced.-Progressive Far T.ation For Steer3. Corn and oats, ground together, make an excellent ration for fattening steers. At first give an equal numbier of bushels ground together. which will give most of the bulk in oats. Then as the anImal gains, increase a portion of corn and add oil cake meal. One pound of the mizture for every 100 pounds weight of the animal is sufficient, and it should be given in two feeds. The increase toward the last will consist uo stronger feed rather than greater bulk. Fox Caught by Girl. Hunters started a large gray fox on Longwood farm, belonging to the James Gordon estate. After four hours' chase old Reynard got in such lose quarters that it ran under a pen near Waldrop. The hunters punched it out and the dogs had a sight race for some distance, but it was too cunning for the dogs. It fnally dodged the dogs and hunters, some forty in number, and ran through W. J. Irby's yard while all the family were at dinner. Mr. Irby's daughter Anna. 15 years a '. saw it through the window of the di- ing room and'gave It a sight race, e aming' it off from the stable, and en;ht it by the head. She held it to te ground until her father got there and put it in a bag.-Richmond Times. Dispatch. Miss Willa A. Leonard has been a money counter in the United Statem Treasury Department 'since 1862. She is an expert andthfaescone lfa tenGoernment employ. [VOU SEHOLD -FFAIRS BROOM BAGS. For the impossible places to dust walls and room corners-a broom bag is invaluable. Make it of -canton flannel, with the nap inside, and make it just oig enough to slip over the whole "head" of the broom. Run a drawing string of tape in to hold It in place at the handle. A couple of these bags will be enough for ordinary usage. They should be washed each time after using to keep them always ready to pass over deli cate covered papers in search of dust and cobwebs. CLEANING THE BATH-ROOM. To clean the bath-room properly there should always be a bottle of household ammonia at hand, one of forty per cent. solution of formalde hyde or other good disinfectant, a couple of cloths, a long-handled brush, and a scrubbing-brush. It is also well to have a can of concentrated lye or one of the preparations Iilye it which will cut accumulations in {vaste-pipes. The hand basin, tub and closet should be scoured out each morning., the drain-pipes flushed twice a week with water to which has been added for maldehyde or the lye. The former is admirable for removing stains and deposits, but if these are very obsti nate the formaldehyde must be left in the basin overnight. The long handled brush enables the ma9d to clean the closet basin satisfactorily. Ammonia on the cloth used in wash ing the tub and basin will remove greasy deposits. The nickel fittings and woodwork must be wiped off, the soap-dishes and tooth-brush racks washed. The vessels used In the bed rooms must be cleansed in the same manner, the water-pitchers rinsed out and filled fresh every day, and the slop-jars and commodes scalded daily. -Harper's Bazar. BURN POTATO PARINGS. \Don't throw potato parings into the. garbage box, but into the stove, and thereby save yourself from the annoy ance of having to call the fire depart ment to put out a chimney fire. Such is the advice of Chief Menin ger, of the New Haven, Conn., Fire Department. "Damp weather breeds favorable conditions for chimney fires," said the chief. Indeed, I am not sur prised that the fire department has not been called out any oftener. It seems when the soot becomes damp it is more liable to originate fires by spontaneous combustion than in dry weather. All that we usually have to do is to allow a weight to drop down the chimney, when the fire will burn tself out. Of course the chimney eeds a cleaning. If people would lean their chimneys regularly the an oyance of chimney fires would soon ease to exist. From personal experi mee I know that the burning of po tto parings prevents the gathering of soot. I know of a family that is keep ng up a strong soft coal fire in its itlien range every day during the winter4 but you can neve'r find a trace f soot on the lids, the bottoms of ket tIes or in any part of the stove. "Potato parings are burned in the stove daily. Another effective method s the burning of pieces of zine. I am nt chemist enough to know, but it seems to me that the fumes generated uring the combustion of the zinc pre ent the gathering of soot, and It is this soot that is the cause of most himney fires." Baked Eggs-Drop six eggs into a shallow cake pan, taking care not to break them. Give each a thick sprink ling of grated cheese and cover the entire dish, Including the eggs, with bread and cracker crumbs. The pan should be well buttered before the eggs are placed in it. Bake ten min utes in a very hot oven. Date Biscuits-Make a milk sponge and set to rise. Add two tablespoon fuls of sugar and two of molasses, three cups of sliced dates and enough entire wheat flour to make a rather stiff dough. Set to rise again, then turn into pans and bake for three quarters of an hour. Set the biscuits aside for twelve hours after they are baked before cutting. Cheese Soufie-Melt three tablespoon fuls of butter and mix with It two eaping tablespoonfuls of flour; when ot add slowly half a cup of milk. Season highly with salt, pepper and paprika and just a dash of mustard. Have ready a cupful of grated cheese; stir this in with the other mixture, let it boil for a minute. then add the beat en yolks of four eggs. Take from the fire and stir In the stiffly-beaten whites; then turn Into a baking dish and bake for half an hour. or until nicely browned. Cream of English Walnuts-Blanch one pint of English walnut meats and cook until tender in boiling water; drain and press through a sieve into a cooking pot. Simmer three pints of lear brown stocil for half an hour, with the addition of a pinch of paprika, six cloves, a saltspoonful of grated nut meg and a tiny piece of vanilla bean. Strain into the pot containihg the nut pulp, season with a teaspoonful and a half of salt, reheat and serve in shal low pl'ttes with a tablespoonful of whipped cream on top and accompan ied by crisp wafers and pimolas. Unpleasantly suggestive. When the editor of an English paper received a fine chicken he believed it to be a token from some appreciative reader. -After the editor had enjoyed a dinner In which the supposed gift played a part, he received a letter from a man who said: "I sent you a chicken in order to settle a dispute which has arisen here. Can you tell us what the chicken died of?"-Albany Journal. Before obtaining a license, St. Peters burg drosky drivers have to Take an oath to be civil and not to overcharge. ClRITIMN NDFYOR 1OPgS. MARCH NINETEENTH. "Glorifying God in our Daily Work." Matt. 5:13-16; Rcm. 12:11. Scripture Verses.-x. 13:21, 22; 16:12, 35; Deut. 33:12, 25; Ps. 121:1 8; Luke 11:8; 2 Cor. 4:16; 12:i; Phil. 4:13, 19; Heb. 13:8. Lesson Thoughts. All through the Bible records daily toil is regarded with honor, and even Jesus himself was known as "the car penter's son." We can therefore with perfect right ask God's blessing upon our honest labors, and while we are fervent in spirit, servin.g the Lord, we may at the same time be diligent in business. Religion between undays means doing all things as under the eye of the Lord. It will add energy to our efforts, honAsty to our principles, and put charity in all our dealings. Selections. Dr. Parkhnrst says that once a young man said in his prayer meet ,ing, "The preaching of our pastor -never did 'me any-good till I -com menced to convert his preaching into practice." That is the way to make all sermons interesting; - live them out. Every day should be sacred. There should be no break between Sab baths. The cable of divine motive should stretch through seven days, touching with its sanctifying power every hour of the day.-Bishop Vin cent. We must put the glory of lovo, of best effort, of prayer, of upward look ing and heavenward reaching, into 1 the dull routine of our life's every- f day, and then the most burdensome and uneventful life will be made splendid with the glory of God.-J. R. Miller. Every day as it rises out of etcr- 1 nity keeps putting this question: 1 "What will you do before this day has sunk into eternity again?"-Rob ertson.4 Why cannot we slip our hands into c His each day, walk trustingly over that day's appointed path, thorny or flowery, crooked or straight, knowing that evening will bring us sleep, 1 peace and home?-Phillips Brooks. 1 Whoever knows God will know his 1 business better, and whoever spends his time well in God's house on Sun day will spend his time well in his < own house the rest of the week. 1 Sundays are for spiritual'food, and the ,other days are for ipiritual exer cise, and feeding without working is certain to bring: on disease. [PIJHTH [AGU LESSOIS MARCH NINETEENTH. Glorifying God in Our Daily Work. Matt. 5. 13-16; Rom. 12. 11. A part of the Sermon on the Mount, enjoins certain duties upon the "bless ed ones." After the benedictions come the injunctions. They are "salt" and "light," and as the former they must purify and preserve, and as the latter they must illuminate. The passage from Romans is in the consecration chapter, and deals, with consecration applied to our business. We are exhorted to be, zealous, fer vent, and faithful in our daily busi ness. Both unite to emphasize the fact that we are to be faithful to'God. in every secular relationship, and thus glorify God in our daily life. Salt and light are the two most essential elements in the world for life. Each element expresses a quality which is essential in th Christian and practical in its relation to our everyday work. Notice the Christian 1. As the Salt of the Earth. Salt is a nourishing substance. It is a1 universal condiment. It renders food4 palatable and healthful. So the Christian makes the, world a fit place1 in which to live. Salt preserves and keeps from corruption. So the Chris tian is the conservator of society.1 The church saves the world from moral putrefaction. Salt has also a *' biting and consuming power. It is an irritating force when brought in con tact with' a wound. So real Christi anity has an irritating power to dis turb sin and the enmity of wicked1 men. If we are what we should be a as Christians we will oppose and stir up wickedness. We are to be as salt-nourishing, preserving and con suming. 2. As the Light of the World. Light is the, great illuminator. Whether the natural light of the sun or the artificial light of oil or elec tricity, it uncovers and discovers. It displaces the darkness and cold of the night. It gives life to the world. So the Christian is the light of this mor al world. He uncovers the hidden things, and illuminates the mind dis covering sin to men. There .are some things that all may not do, but every Christian can shine. In any humble place, under any condition, you may be the light of your little world. 3. This Influence to Be Exerted in Daily Life. We are not to be religious only when on exhibition. We are to be the "salt" and "light" in our every day business life. We are to exem plify our religion in our working clothes. In the home, in the store, in the school, and where duty may take us, there we are to be the light and salt of life. We are to make our religion an everyday affair. In.prac tical ways we are to glorify God everywhere and at all times. t Four Grandchildren In a Day. t Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williamson- of Federal street, Allegheny, were in- 1 formed on Jan.. 1 that they were d grandparents, their daughter, Mrs. J. i M. Palmer, having given birth to aa boy. .t Soon they learned that another I daughter, Mrs. Thomas Hicks of Ti- c oga street, Pittsburg, who had been 1 married the same night as her sister, had given birth to twin girls. Later in the day another daughter, Mrs. Ellsworth Strothers of Webster avenue, sent a messenger to tell her parents that she was the mother of aboy. A GREAT LOSS. 1 The New Cook--What time do you ave breakfast? Mrs. Highiblower-At seven thirty. '-Well Oni sorry Qi can't be wid. TE SUNDAY , SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMEN'Tb FOR MARCH 19. Subject: Healing of the Man Born Bind, Joli,n ix., 1-11-Golden Text., John iz. 5-Memory Verses. 10, 11-Comnentary on the Day's Lesson. - I. A man born blind (v. 1). 1. "As Jesus passed by." Jesus stil lingered as Jerusalem, and in one of His walks, per baps to or from a synagogue, He came to this blind man. "He saw." Jesus took notice p his afliction. looked upon him with concern. He anticipated his need. fhat-look meant sight to the blind man. "'A Anan." He was a beggar; it was his trade, but among all his petitions he did not ask for sight. Yet Jesus gave it. An lustration of free grace. This man was iopeless, helpless, poor. "Blind from his birth." Of the six mirac:es conected with blindness which are recorded m the gos pels this is the only case described as ilindness from birth. In this lies its ape ial characteristic, for since the worldbe an it was not heard that any man opened ,he eyes of one that was born blind (v. 32). Blindness is vy common in Palestine. H. Jesus explains the mystery of provi lence (vs. 2.5). 2. "Dsciples asked. The irst . qathat arose in their minds a blindnss existed. "Who did iin." pture teaches that all disease, mnd even death, is the fruit of sin. The ewish rsercosiwted in 4eeving.Ahat.an pecial afflictions were divine visitations or 'pca sins. This error Jesus cor ecte.Mark the contrast between their houghts and thoie of Jesas rply.i Be >entance calls our own afflictions punish nents. but love calls the afflictions of oth es trials. "This man." But how could he man sin .before-his birth? Th,-doetdte f the transmigration of souls, by which he same soul is supposed to inhabit differ nt bodies whe guite general among the reeks ana Asiatics, but there is no clear )roof that this doctrine was prevalent Lnong these Jews. On the popular suppo ition that special calamities are a punish nent for special sins, the disciples desire o know whose sin caused this man's suf ering. Was it his parents' sin or his own? f Jesus had replied his own they would ave asked, How? 3. "Neither." That is, so as to be the ause of the blindness. Our Lord does not leny the existence of sin, either in this nan. or in his parents. The disciples ooked to the origin of the suffering; odr rd looked to its removal. They asked, 'Who is to blame?" Jesus aske, "Who i to save?" Instead of looking to the lark abyss, out of which sin and misery rgina the Lord's heart looks to the lory of , who by redemptio=esalts allen man to even higher blessedness than hat of creaturt innocenee. "Works of lod-manfest." Not that this man was ura blind for the- sole purpose that a airacle might be wrought, but that his lindness furnished the occasion for Jesus o perform the divine work of ig. him hus to show Himself to be God. is ot responsible for sin and its conse uences, but both afford Him an opporte ity to show His power and grace. '4..-"We must work."L (. V.'By the lural "we " as given in the H. V., Jesus asociates itli apostles with Uim in the ror'k. It is encouraging to: think tl*t we " poor week men, can .b~ '"ok oge her with Christ."' To "it i odd f evil, of wretchedness, lonely sorrow, e-:titution and disease is the work of God. While it is day." The day repr ts op ortunity; theAight. oppr 5. "In the world." not be ) in the 'fad but hej,ss neverreeased o be the light of the word.- Sin is drk-. Less. He is i bold contrast to sin., -"I am ;e.light.",Like-the-sun, if is,j bMuaen o dispense light and heat everywhere; to eglect no opportunity:to. enlighteo, and ave the bodies and souls of men. ie eese efore them was altogether byn uei means, but Jesus reminded disciples hat in Him were light and life. fH. The blisd man was hesled (vs. 6, )6. "Made ciya ted." 'Jesus hws His power byproceediug, in His wn way, to heal teman. Nlotice. L. 'here is no connetion between the megsa sd and the effect produced. 2. Chrast ame into physieal eontact to attract at ention and to stimulate faith; where faith ra in lively exercise, He heeled by HJI rord. and at adistance. 3. Christ appeals o two of the man's senses, his he andga eing,~ thereby arousing faith. ave His pesnlattention to tis ease,, ve Hspatient was a .7. Go." aH e now p rove His* n s+ranger? Would He hesitate because of ri lifelong teaching that He must not r a the eyes mediemnally on the Sabbath; nuuh less at a pool of water? Wouid He ow do what He could? Here came the ractical teat, proving.His faith ad obe lence. "Siloam." A fountain uzider the ralls of Jerusalem toward the east, be ween the city and the brook Kidron. It i etill- to be seen, one of the few undis-' nted sitesin Jerusalem. "By interp.ea ion, sent." That is, "out'et of watersf" ither because it was looked upon asa gift ent from God for the use of the city. or ecause its watere were lirected or met >y anals or pipes into different quarters, or the same purpose. Some think there is L allusion to Gen. 49:10; that this foes ai was a type of Shilob, the Christ, the ent of God, and that it was to direct the nan's mind to the acconipishment of that >rophecy, he 'h tand encouragement of ath in this. Tepool by its very name ra a true et Christ. "He w?nt." -.Ha..b levea and obeyed. We freqiientif od's best gifts because we fail to inm ime. "Came seeing." The cnre was in tantaneous. IV. Vari.ous diseussions (vs. 8-I1). 8. 'Is not this he?" There was an immediate tir among the neighbors; they pitied the reat change in the man. The same:is tree rhen Christ gives spirituali eyesight. 'Bge." This is the first mention of the acttt he was a begar. He must have. >een well known. 9. I1 im he."' -.eu mad met and heeled .the man on Priday' ught. at the beginning of 'the Sabbath, Lid the neighbors had not seen him go to :he pool, so that on the next morning they ere hardly able to believe their emaes. ut the man himselr gave aoitive teti noy. 10. "How-opened.'~ His nih ors gathered around him and askedfo 2 explanation. Many are anxious to know ow things are done, even though they ave no- faith. 11. "He answered." He xad never seen hlm neighbors before, but ow, looking right at them, he delivers his won&lefu testimorey to the power of 3hist. It is short, ceaer, positives "A nan." Firut he knew Him only as "the fan" (R. V.) called Jesus. t-hen as a pro yet (v. 17), then ase a Man with whons 3-was (vs. 31-33), then He was the So. > God (vs. 35-38)s -.... -Box Bouquets. A number of departures from 'con entionality marked the wedding of he Hon. Alexandra Vivian to A. B. lth, King's Royal Rifle Corps. In he first -place, the bridesmaids hand d sprays of freesia to the guests as1 ey arrived. In the second place, they carried ouquets in which box-ordinary gar en hedge box-Was conspicuous! In ddition to the glossy green box there rere pink roses and sprays of lily-of he-valley.'- Ivory satin dresses, cop d from a Vandyck, were charmingly uaint. So were the cavalier hats in rhite straw, with a shaded blue lume across the front and a blue OW across the back. At this wedding Lady Evelyn Gif ad was in a dress of mauve velvet. ler rather large hat was of foliage reen entirely. At a distance she oked like a giant flower upside ~own, her hat appearing to be the alyx, while her dress was figured to e the petals.- It was of the lovely rhid mauve shade. Indeed, all the mauve shades were een. So -was violet, and pansy pub' >e, and all these colors up to~palest ilac