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I lREY.DE. TALMAGE.""
5lHE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUNs
DAY SERMON.
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TSubject: "The New Tabernacle."
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v / Text: "What mean ve by these stonestm
U-Joshua iv? G.
' I The Jordan, like the Mississippi, has bluffi
OH the one side and flats on the other. Here
Imd there a sycamore shadows it. Here and
there a willow dips into it. It was only a
I- little over waist deep in Decemberas I waded
through it, butinth9 months of April and
May toe snows on Mount Lebanon thaw and
L flow down into the valley, and then the Jori
dan overflows its banks. Than it is wide,
? deep, raging and impetuous. At this season
r of the year I hear the tramp of forty thou*
oanrl mon mrninir Hmrn to CrOSS the !
P |riv*. You say, why 3o they not go up I
jnearer the mo of the river at the old camel
; iford? Ah! my friends, it is because it is not
r ikafe to go around when the Lord tells us to
,go ahead. The Israelites had been going
'around forty years, and they had enough of
it. I do not know how it is with you, my
(brethren, but I have always got into trouble
? when I went around, but always got into
safety when I went ahead.
There spreads out the Jordan, a raging
? torrent, much of it snow water just come
down from the mountain top; and I see some
of the Israelites shivering at the idea of
plunging in, and one soldier saya to his com- '
rade, "Joseph, can you swim?"' And another '
aays: "If we get across the stream we will |
get there with wet clothes aud with damaged I
' * armor, and the Canaanitea will slash us to j
pieces with their swords before we getuptna |
p' other bank." But it is no time to halt. The
great host marches on.
The priests carrying the ark go ahead, the
i! people follow. I hear the tramp of the great
' multitude. The priests have now come withJ?\
in a stone's throw of the water. Yet still
> there is no abatement of the flood. Now they
have come within four or five feet of the
stream; but there is no abatement of the
' flood, fiad prospect t It seems as if these !
Israelites that crossed the desert are no w going
to be drowned in sight of Canaan. But
. "Forward i" is the cry. The command ring*
all along the line of the host. "Forward!"
[ Now the priests have come within one step i j
of the river. This time they lift their feet j
from the solid ground and put the 1 down
r into ine racing stream, nu owuw ?*?
feet there than Jordan flies.
On the right hand God piles up a great
mountain of floods; on the left the water
flows off toward the sea. The great river foi
hours halts and rears. The Dack waters,
not being able to flow over the passing I?
raelites. pile wave on wave until perhaps a
sea bird would find some difficulty in scaJiug
t the water cliff. Now the priests and all th<
people have gone over on dry. land. Th?
, water on the left hand aide by this time hal
reached the sea; and now that the miraculous
passage has been made, stand back and
see this stupendous pile of waters leap. * Goo !
takes His hand from that walls of floods,and :
like a hundred cataracts they plunge and I
' wioi- in thunilomiiu Ixilimnh to the SGfi. I
Hew are they to celebrate this passage)
g; Shall it be with music? I suppose the tram |
pets and cymbals were all worn out befon
this. Shall it be with banners waving? Oh,
no; they are all faded and torn. Joshna <
cries out, "I will tell you how to celebrat<
this?build a monument here to commemo
rate the event," and every priest puts t |
heavy stone on his shoulder and marches out
and "drops that stone in the divinely ap | ,
y' pointed place. I see the pile growing u j '
height, in breadth, in significance; and, it
fafter years, men went by that spot and saw
j this monument, and cried out one to another,
in fulfillment of the prophecy of the text;
"What meant ye by these stones?"
; f Blessed be God, He did not leave our church 1
.In the wilderness! We have been wandering 1
' about for a year and a half worshiping in
the Academy of Music, Brooklyn, ana th? I
{Academy of Music, New York. And some | 1
thought we would never reach the promised j 1
'land. Some said we had better take this ! j
p' route and others that. Some said we had !
better go back, and some said there were !
' sons of Arak in the way that would eat ui '
up, and before the smoke had cleared awaj j
irom me any aiwr our uiueruiujio uu uro. ;
cons.'.tned, people stood on the very sita ol :
the place and said: "This church will nev<r
gain be built." We came down to the banb
of Jordan; we looked off upon tho waters, |
Some of the svmpnthy that was expressed |
. turned out to be snow water melted from th? |
! top of Lebanon. Some said: "You had bet- i
tar not go in; you will get your feet wet." : I
But we waded in, pastor and people, farthei
and farther, and in some way, the Lord only
knows how, we got through; and to-night J
?o all around about this great house, erected
y your prayers and sympathies and sacrifices,
and cry out in the words of my text:
"What mean ye by these stones?'
- It is an outrage to build a house like this, ,
so vast and so magnificent, unless there be
some tremendous reasons for doing it; and
80, my friends, I pursue you to-night with
-the question of my text, and I demand of
these trustees and of these elders and of all
who have contributed in the building of this
structure, "What mean ye by these stones?"
' But before I get your answer to my question
you interrupt me and point to the memorial
wall at the side of this pulpit, and say, "Explain
that unusual group of memorials,
What mean you by those atones?" By permission
of the DeoDle of my beloved charge I i
. - .recently visited the Holy Lands, and having
in mind by day and night during my absence
this rising hou9eof prayer, I bethought
myself, "What can I do to make that place
significant and glorious?"
On the morning of December the 3d we
were at the foot or the most sacred mountain
of all the earth, Mount Calvary. There
is no more doubt of the locality than of ,
Mount Washington or Mount Blanc. On the |
bluff of this mountain, which is the shape of ,
the human skull, and so called in the Bible,
"The place of the skull," there is room for
three crosses. There I saw a stone so suggestive
I rolled it down the hill and transported
it. It is at the top of this wall, a
, white stone, with crimson veins running
through it?tue white typical of purity the
crimson suggestive of the blood that paid
the price or our redemption. We place it at
the top of the memorial wall, for above all
in this church for all time, in sermon and
ouz and prayer, shall be the sacrafice of
Mount Cavalry. Look at it. That stone was
one of the rocks rent at the crucifixion. That
beard the cry. "It is finished." Was ever
any church on earth honored with such
a memorial?
Beneath it are two tables of stone which
I had brought from Mount Sinai where ths
law was given. Three camels were three
weeks crossing the desert to fetch them.
When at Cairo, Egypt, I proposed to the
Christian Arab that he bring one stone from
Mount Sinai, he said, "We can easier bring
two rocks than one, for one must balance
them on the back of the camel," and I did
not think until the day of their arrival how
much more suggestive would be the two, because
the law was written on two tablets of
stone. Those stones marked with the words
"*? "Mount Sinai" felt the earthquake that shook
the mountains when the law was given. The
lower stone of the wall is from Mars Hill, the
place where Paul stood when he preached
that famous sermon ou the brotherhood of
the human race, declaring ' 'God bath made
of one blood all nations."
Since Lord Elgin took the famous statuary
from the Acropolis, the hill adjoining Mar3
JJ.UJ, IUO VT4 COH. unj> CI ULUOUt AU1?/U9*
sible to transport to other lands any antiquities
and armed soldiers guard not only
the Acropolis, but Mars Hill. That stone I
obtained by special permission from the
Queen of Greece, a most gracious and brilliant
woman, who received us as though we
had been old acquaintances, and through
Mr. Tricoupis, the Prime Minister of Greece,
_ and Mr. Snowdeu, our American Minister
Plenipotentiary, and Dr. Manatt, our American
Consul, that suggestive tablet was
sawed from tho pulpit of rock on which
Paul preached. Now you understand why
we have marked it l,The Gospel." Long after
rrw lins shall utter to this church their
last message, these Iip3 of stone will tell of
the Law, and the Sacrifice, and the Gospel.
This day I present them to the church and
to all who shall gaze upon them. Thusyou
have my answer to the question, "what
mean you by these stoneaP'
But you cannot divert me from the question
of the text as I first put it. I have interpreted
these four memorials on my right
hand, but there are nunarea-s 01 swanks iu
these surrounding walls and underneath us,
in the foundations, and rising above us in
the towers. The quarries of this and transatlantic
countries at the call of crowbar and
chisel have contributed toward this structure.
"What mean ye by these stones?"
You mean araonz other things that they
shall be an earthly residence for Christ.
Christ did not have much of a home when
He waa hero. Who and where is that child
crying? It Is Jesus, born In an outhouse.
Where is that hard breathing* It is Jesus,
asleep on a rock. Who is that in the back
part of a fishing smack, with a sailor's
rough overcoat tnrown over Him? It is
Jesus, ihe worn out voyager. 0, Jesus! is
it not time that Thou hadst a house? We
give Thee this. Thou didst give it to us
Knf n?a witTQ if- Kor?!r tn TIipp It is too
good for us, t>ut not half good enough for
Thee. Oh! come in and take the besi seat
iere. Walk up and down all these aisles.
Speak through these organ pipes. Throw
thine arm over us in these arche3. In the
laming of these brackets ot fire speak to us,
saving, "I am the light of the world." O
King! make this thine audience chamber.
Here proclaim righteousness and make
treaties. We clap our hands, we uncover
Dur heads, we lift our ensigns, we cry with
multitudinous acclamatiou until tne place
rings and the heavens listen, "0 King'live
forever I"
IS li not tima turn a? ?uu uwm >.
stranger's hous? and buried in a stranger's
grave should have an earthly house? Come
in, 0 Je3us! not the corpse of a buried Christ,
but a radiant and trumphant Jesu3, conqueror
of earth and heaven and helL
He live:, all g ory to His name,
He Uvea, my Jejae, still the game,
Oh. the sweet joy this sentence gives?
I know that my Redeemer Urea.
Blessed b9 His glorious name forever!
Again, if any one asks the question of the
text, "What mean ye by these stones?" the
reply is we mean the communion of saints.
Do you know that there is not a single denomination
of Christians in Brooklyn that
has not contributed something toward the
building of this house? And if ever, standing
in this place, there shall be a man who
shall try by anything he says to stir up bitterness
between different denominations of
Christians, may his tongue falter, and his
cheek blanch, and his heart stop! Mr
friends, if there is any church on eartn
where theVe is a mingling of all denominations
it is our church. I just wish that John
Calvin and Arminius, if they were not too
busy, would come out on the battlements
and see us.
Sometimes in our prayer meetings I have
heard brethren us9 the phrases of a beautiful
liturgy, and we Know wnere tuay wiuo u uui,
and fn the same prayer meetings I have
heard brethren made audible ejaculation^
"Amen!" "Praise ye the Lord I" and we did
ot have to guess twice where they came
from. When a man knocks at our church
door, if he comes from a sect where they
will not givo him a certificate, we say:
"Come in by confession of faith." While
Adoniram Jndson, the Baptist, and John
Wesley, the Methodist, and John Knox, the
glorious old Scotch Presbyterian, aro shaking
hands in heaven, all churches on earth
can afford to come into close communication:
"One Lord, one faith, one baptism."
Oh, my brethren, we have had enough of Big
Bethel fights?the Fourteenth New York
regiment fighting the Fifteenth Massachusetts
regiment. Now, let all those who are
for Christ and stand on the same side go
shonlder to shoulder, and this church, instead
of having a sprinkling of the divine blessing,
go clear under the wave in one glorious immertion
in the name of the Father and of the
Sen and of the Holv Ghost.
I saw a little child once, in its dying hour,
put one arm around its father's neck and the
bther arm around its mother's neck and
bring them close down to its dying lips an1
jive a last kiss. Oh, I said, those two perjons
will stand very near to each other always
after such an interlocking. The dying
Christ puts one arm around this denomina inn
of Christiana and the other arm aroui j I
:hat denomination of Christians, and Ho I
Diinjs them down to His dying lips whilo He |
jives them this parting kiss: "My peace I i
eave with you. My peace 1 give unto you. j
How swift the heavenly coarse they ran,
Whose hearts and faith and hopes are one.
I heard a Baptist minister once say that
ie thought in the millennium it would be
l11 one great Baptist church; and 1 heard
i Methodist minister say that be thought
n the great millennial day it would be all
>ne great Methodist church; and I have
cnDwn a Presbyterian minister who
bought that in the millennial day it would
je all one great Presbyterian church. Now
! think they are all mistaken. I think th<
milennial caurca wm uo a composite
:hurch; and just as you may take the best
rnrts of five or six tunes, ani under the skilful
hands of Handel, Mozart or Beethoven
jntwine them into one grand and overpower*
ng symphony, so, I suppose, in the latter
lays of the world, God will take the be3t
parts of all denominations of Christians,and
iveave them into one great ecclesiastical
harmony, broad as the earth and high as tha
aeavens, and that will be the church of tha
[uture. Or, as mosaic is made or jasper ana |
agate and many precious stones cemented
together?mosaic a thousand feet square in
St Mark's, or mosaic hoisted ia colossal
seraphim in St. Sophia's?so I suppose (Jod
will make, after a while, one great blending
Df all creeds, and all faiths, and all Christian
sentiments, the amythest and the jasper, and
the chalcedony of all different experiences
and belief, cemeted side by side in the great
mosaic of the ages: aud while the nations
look upon the columns and architraves of
the stupendous churcli of the future, and
cry out, "What mean ye by these stones 1"
there shall be innumerable voices to re
3pond, "We mean the Lord God omnipotent
reigneth."
Still further, you mean by these stones the
salvation jof the people. We did not build
this church for mere worldly reforms, or for
an educational institution, or as a platform
on whioh to read essays and philosophical
disquisitions, but a place for the tremendous
work of soul saving. Oil, I had rather be
the means in this church of having one soul
prepared for a joyful eternity than five
thousand souls prepared for mere. worldly
success. All churches are in two clas3es, all
ivimmnnitiwi in two classea. all the race in
two ciasse3?believers and unbelievers. To
augment the number of the one and subtract
from the number of the other we built this
church, and toward that supreme and eternal
idea we dedicate all our sermons, all our
songs, all our prayers, all our Sabbath handshakings.
We want to throw defection intothe
enemy's ranks. We want to make them
either surrender uncDnditioually to Christ or
else fly in front, scattering the way witti
canteens, blankets and knapsacks. We
want to popularize Christ. We would
like to tell the story of His love here until
men would feel that they had rather die than
live another hour without His sympathy and J
love and mercy. We want to rouse up an
enthusiasm for Him greater than was felt
for Nathaniel Lyou when he rode along the
ranks; greater than was exhibited for Well
ington wheu he came back from Waterloo;
greater than was expressed for Napoleon
when he stepped ashore from Elba. We really
believe in this place Christ will enact the
same scenes that were enacted by Him when
He landei in the orient, and there will be
such an opening of blind eyes and unstopping
of deaf ears and casting out of uacleau
spirits?such silencing bestormed Gennesarets
as shall make this house memorable five
hundred years after you and I are dead and
forgotten. Oh, my frieuds, we want but one
revival in this church, that beginning dow
and running on to cue aay wnen tne cnisei 01
time, that brings down even St. Paul's and
the Pyramids, shall bring this house into ths
dust.
Oh, that this day of dedication might be
the day of emancipation of all imprisoned
souls. My friends, do not make the blundet
of the ship carpenters in Noah's time, who
helped to ouild the ark, but did not get into
it. God forbid that you who have been so
generous in building this church should not
get under its influences. "Come thou and
all thy house into the ark." Do you think a
man is safe out of Christ? Not one day, not
one hour, not one minute, not one second.
Three or four years ago. you remember, a
rail train broke down a bridge on the way to
Albany, and after the catastrophe they were
looking around among the timbers of the
crushed bridge and the fallen train and found
the conductor. He was dying, aad had only
? -kl- *? ? ~ fho f TTQC
sireu?i>u iaj any uu5 tuiu^, auu ?uo> .?,
"Hoist the flag for the next train." So there
come to us to-night, from the eternal word,
voices of God, voices of angels, voices of departed
spirits, crying: "Lift the warning.
Blow the trumpet. Give the alarm. Hoist
the flag for the next train."
Oh, that to-night my Lord Jesus would
sweep His arm around the great audience and
take you all to His holy heart. You will
never see no good a time for personal consecration
as now. "What mean ye bv these
stones?" We mean your redemption from
sin and death and hell by the power of an
omnipotent gospel.
Well, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is erected
again. We came nere to-m^nc am, lu ueducate
it. That was done this morning. Tonight
we dedicate ourselves. In the Episcopal
and Methodist churches they have a
railing around the altar, and the people come
and kneel down at that railing and get the
sacramental blessing. Well, my friends, it
would take more than a night to gather you
in circlcs around this altar. Then just bow
where you are for the blessing. Aged men,
'i his is the last church that you will ever
dedicate. May the God who comforted
Jacob the Patriarch, and Paul the aged, i
make this house to you the gate of heaven;
and wheD, in your old days, you put on your
spectacles to read the hymn or the Scripture *
lesson, may you get preparation for that
land where you shall no more see through
a glass darkly. May the warm sunshine of
heaven thaw the snow off your foreheads! * ?
Men in middle life, do you know that this is
the place where you are going to get your
fatigues rested and your sorrows appeased
and your souls saved? Do you know that at
this altar your sons and daughters will take
j upon themselves the vows of the Christian,
[ and from this place you will carry out, some
I of you, your precious dead? Between this ai
; baptismal font and this communion table you [c
will have some of the tenderest of life's ex- bi
periences. God bless you, old and young and ai
middle aged. The money you have given to 31
this church to-day will be, I hope, the best
financial investment you have ever made. ?
Your worldly investments may depend upon ^
the whims of the money market, or the honeaty
of business associates, but the money P(
you have given to the house of the Lord shall jje
yield you large percentage, and declare eter- ~
nal dividends long after the noonday sun ~
shall have gone out like a spark from a v'
smitten anvil and all the stars are dead.
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POPULAR SCIENCE. m
Electricity increases mine production. ^
The most unalterable of water colors tb
has been found to be yellow ochre, terra G
I sienna, sepia and blues. b(
It is said that during June and July
the insect life in New York State is ^
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| mucti more numerous auu vuncu iuau m 0l
any tropical country. b?
M. Germain See has discovered a treatment
for tuberculosis. It requires the th
patient to be wrapped in bandages siturated
with creosote four or five hours j"
daily. S
One of the features of the grand parade
in Des Moines during the Iowa State Fair
I was an electrically propelled buggy, the ta
' current beiug furnished by storage bati
ter'e8, Ki
I An arc lamp with four carbons ar- tb
j ranged radially ia a nearly horizontal l?
1 plane, but having their centrally meeting ri
points slightly depressed, has lately ap- pi
peared in Paris. tb
Six mile3 off the Ladrone Islands, in (i
the Pacific Ocean, a Russian vessel took ai
soundings a few weeks ago and found a ^
depth of five miles, the deepest spot yet b(
found in any ocean. al
The lowest body of water on the globe z}
Thr, koon M
US 1/J1C voo^iau ucu. IbO H/Tvi UCH vvvu p?
gradually lowering for centuries, and g<
flow it is eighty-five feet below the level 5F
of its neighbor, the Black Sea. ^
The latest terror discovered by the microscope
is the acarus sacchari, which g
looks like a crab, or even more so, and tr
which has been discovered to the num- : E
ber of 26S,U00 to the pound in cheap
sugar. |
There is very little ebb or flow of tide ! hi
in the Arctic, but occasionally there are ^
very strong currents. All winter there is | *
a general flow of tide and ice toward the tt
south, while in summer this flow is north- as
ward. g
The English troopship Euphrates j ai
illustrates the progiess of marine engi- j ^
neering. She was built with simple hor- j fe
izontal engines, after which she was fit- I ts
ted with compound vertical engines, and
now she is to be provided with engines ^
of the triple-expansion type. * Ct
An interesting and useful application g
of electricity has recently appeared in a w
device attached to a steering compass foi !
giving an alarm when a vessel is off hei ,
course. When the circuit is completed j J."
a bell is rung which warn3 the steersman j tl
or the Captain that the ship's direction a*
lias been changed.
It is a mistake to suppose that the j ci
weather is colder the further north one "
? .. . . , I ti
goes, 'l'lie nortnern poie 01 greatest coia Sl
is only about three hundred miles north- Jr
east of Yakutsk, Siberia, where the mean v
annual temperature is a little lower than fc.
in the highest latitudes reached byNarea
and Greely 1000 miles further north. b<
The world's telegraphic fleet?that is, ri
the array of vessels engaged in laying
and repairing submarine cables?is now t<
composed of thirty-eight steamships, "
ransrinsr in size from 300 to 5000 tons. 0
Two of these vessels belong to the French
Government, one of each to the British, sl
Indo-British, Italian and Chinese Govern- ?
ments, and the others to private com- ^
panics?mostly British. |
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The Pretty "Pennyweighter." ti
Perhaps the cleverest of all shoplifters'
tricks is the "pennyweighter" game. It i
is known but to few and practised by a oi
still smaller number, for it is a difficult
one. It has been most successfully ?
worked by a pretty little blonde with a w
baby facc, blue eyes, curly hair and the
onnooranro nf ft hftwitrhin? sou
s1"""-' "rr? => ia
brette. Her professional name is "Lit- 0]
tie Scotty." Sue came to grief ia 13os- ki
ton and was given three years. Her
mode of working is to go to a jewelry ?
store and ask to be shown loose diamonds xi
on a tray. She pretends to be very ai
shortsighted, and bends over and very
close to the tray, examiuing the dia- m
monds through an eye glass. She ex- fc
poses her left hand so as not to be sus- fr
pected, and at a propitious moment drops
a one-carat diamond into the tray, and Sp
with her tongue, on the point of which ol
she has pulverized alum, she licks up a Pj
two-carat diamond. She cannot find jj,
the exact counterpart of the one she in
wants to match (which she has not with
her), and goes into another store, where
she exchanges her two-carat diamond in w
a similar manner for a three carat, and y<
so on ad infinitum. When she was pj
caught she had started with a one-carat |
I diamond and had reached six and a halt ix
I carats, rnakiog three or four hundred
dollars in a few hours.?New York
Herald.
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What One Novel Can Cost. n
It was but recently that I happened to |
be a party in a transaction which gives I
an idea of what it costs to run a magazine
nowadays, writes E. W. Bok. One
of the popular magazines wanted the
next novel of a well-known author. It
Several periodicals were bidding for it, tl
but finally it wa3 secured by my editorial t,
friend for $10,000?this sum purchasing
only the serial rights. From the author's ij
home we went to the studio of an artist
who was to illustrate the story. It was
finnllv agreed that he would make fifteen
J ~0
illustrations for the story at $100 each.
Further than this I did not go into tho j*
transaction except that the publisher of
the magazine told me yesterday that he
would spend at least $15,000 in advertising
the etory, "for," he said, uyou
know, its no use having such a thing un- "
less you tell the public of it." It will B:
cost at least $150 for engraving each of Q
the fifteen illustrations to the story. If
Thus, the total cost to this story to the tj
magazine is not less than $28,750. ti
There you have a single story, and how ?
small a portion of a well-made magazine a
is a piece of fiction nawadaysl? Cm- a
mcrciai Advertise'.-. ^
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SABBATH SCHOOL.
NTERN ATIONAL LESSON FOR
MAY 17.
lesson Text: liSin the Cause of Sorrow,"
Hosea x., 1-15?Golden Text:
Isaiah lix., 2?Commentary.
1. "Israel is an empty vine; he bringeth
>rth fruit unto himself." In Pa. Ixxx., 9-1.1,
ad Isa. v., 1-7, Israel is compared to a vine
ir which everything possible has been done,
at which after all yieldeth no fruit, or if
ly, only sour grapes. In Matt, xxi., 33-41,
ir Lord Jesus, in the parable of the vinelrd,
describes God's love to Israel and her
eatment of Him and His servants and His
an. They were chosen as a people to make
im a name, and that they might be a holy
jople unto Him above all other nations,
rving Him only, and thus making known
> other nations the one only living and true
od (Ex. xix., 5, 6; Deut. vii., 6; II. Sam.
ii., 2J, 24). But all God's goodness to them
lly caused them to multiply their idols and
orship images (chap, ii., 8).
2. "Their heart is divided." "With their
outh they show much love, but their heart
jeth after their covetousness" (Ezek.
sxiii., 31). They were like those who try
i serve God and mammon, to love God and at
le same time love the world that hates
od. The opposite of a divided heart is a
hole heart, and nothing less than whole
jar ted service can be acceptable to Him.
3. "For now they shall say, We have no
ng, because we feared not the Lord."
ihovah was their king, He brought them
it of Egypt, end they accepted Him as such;
it when they wanted a king like other nasns
then they were guilty of rejecting the
ord as their king. Yet even after that, if
ley had only with their king served the
3rd and kept His commandments, it might
ive been well with them; but they left off
take heed to the Lord, and became joined
> their idols (chap, iv., 10, 17), and their dogs
would not suffer them to turn unto their
od.
4. "They have spoken words, swearing
lsefy in making a covenant." In chapter
1, we read that Hosea prophesied in the
lys of Uzziab, Jotham, Atiaz ana iiezeah;
and in II. Chron. xxvi., 16, we read
lat CJzziah, although for a while trusting
God, afterward transgressed against the
ard his God. And although Jotham did
ght in the sight of the Lord, yet the peoe
did corruptly (II. Chron. xxvii., 2?. In
ie reign of the next king the Lord brought
idah low because of Anaz, king of Israel
I. Chron. xxviii., 19). and even the great
id good Hezekiah failed sadly before he
ed.
5. "The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear
jcause of the calves of Beth-aven." The
wunding judgment spoken of in the last
ause of the previous verse (with which
impares Amos vi., 12) would cause both
iople and priests to turn to their idols, tha
>lden calves at Dan and Bethel, hbrc
ioken of as Beth-aven (the house of inility),
but they would lind no help from
era. C.
"Eohraim shall receive shame, and Is
lei shall be ashamed of his own counsel."
phraim seems to stand here for the ten
ibes, and Israel for the whole nation,
phraim bad relied upon Jareb the Assyrian
stead of upon Jehovah (chap, v., 13;, and j
le result was that the Assyrian would re- !
>ive for himself that which Ephralm so
ghly prized. If a child of God leans for
>lp upon an enemy of God the result will
> shame and confusion of face.
7. "As for Samaria her king is cut off as
ie foam upon the water." Quickly cut off
i the crest of the wave which is gone in a |
onaent. In chap, vi., 4, the goodness of
le nation is compared to a morning cloud I
id the early dew. If we have Christ as our
fe. and delight to trust in Him and do His
ill, then come what may, nothing can afct
our welfare; but the ungodly when
iken from this present life lose everything.
8. "They shall say to the mountain. Cover j
>; and to the hills, Fall on us." In I. Kings
ii., 30, the calves at Dan and Bethel are
illed a sin. While God may bear loag with
n He will in due time surely destroy it.
ither our sins must be destroyed or they
ill destroy us.
9. "0 Israel, thou has sinned from the days
i Gibeah." The earliest story of Gibeuh is
i Judfr. xx., where the sinful people gained
vo great victories over those who wanted
le sin put away. The sense of this verse
(ems to be that because God in mercy re
rained His wratn, israei. insteau ui uum,
y His goodness led to repentance, only in eased
in sin and defied Him the more (Horn.
4, 5). As then, so now, "Because sendee
against an evil work is not executed
>eedily, therefore the heart of the sons of
len is fully set in them to do evil" (Ecc!. 1
iii., ilj.
10. "It is iu my desire that I should chasse
them." The last clause of the verse is
i the R. \. trauslateJ, "When they are
ouud to their two transgressions," refer- j
insr, no doubt to Dan and Bethel as the two 1
inters of their idol worship. He will
aasten them that He may win them hack
) Himself, as when He says in Amos iii., 2,
*** '? 1?? ? * ? rtf nil fha fomilioc
lou ouiy uitvo i huuwii ui cm uuu
f the earth, therefore I will punish you for
11 your iniquities."
11. "I will mako Ephriam to ride, Julah
iall plow and Jacob shall break his clods."
lie H. V.says, "I will set a rider upon
Iphriam." lhe people have been unsubued,
left to themselves, enjoying God's
.oodness to the full, but rebelling against
[im. But now if they will not turn to
tim, He will by their enemies subdue
nem.
12. "Sow to yourselves in righteousness;
eap in mercy; break up your fallow ground."
'he expression "fallow ground" is found
aly here and in Jer. iv., 3; but the same
ord is found in one other place and transited
"tillage." "Much food is in the tillage
f the poor, but there that is destroyed for
ant of judgment" (Prov. xiii., 23). The
ist clause of this verse just describes the
ise in hand.^ "Mypeople are destroyed for
ic& or Knowieage nos. iv., oj. naa cney
ily been poor in spirit tbey would have
aown the riches of His grace.
"It is time to seek the Lord till He come
ad rain righteousness upon you." "The
ghteou3 Lord loveth righteousness" (Ps.
i., 7), and the righteousness which He loves
id requires of His people He provides for
lem. He himself is our righteousness.
13. "Thou didst trust in thy way, in the
ultitude of thy mighty men." And thereire
they reaped iniquity and reaped the
uit of lies.
14. "Therefore sball a tumult arise among
iy people, and all thy fortresses shall be
>/\i 1 '' Tlialr onrl Tfinrr i^ fVit* Prinna
Peace; the Lord will bless feis people with
jace; He wil! speak peace unto His people;
it if they will not nave Him, and choose
js instead of truth, they must accept tuult
and spoilation as the consequence.
15. "So shall. Bethel do unto you because of
>ur great wickedness, in the morning shall
le king of Israel utterly be cut off."
rhile this had a literal fulfillment a few
:ars later, we are carried forward in
lought to the great fulfillment wheu "the
rince that shall come," "the man of sin,"
Iho one coming in his own name" (Dan.,
36,27; II. Tness. ii., 3; John, v., 43), shall
ake the seven years covenant with Israel,
eak it after three and a half years, ami
ring in the time of Jacob's trouble, after
hich he (the beast of Rev. xi., 4-8; six.,
3) shall go to the lake of fire, cut off in that
lorning when Jesus shall appear in power
nd glory as Israel's Messiah, and then shall
[e bring in everlasting righteousness.?
esson Helper.
In consequence of the new French
iw compelling seminarists to serve in
le army the French bishops have
moootiraa fnr their protection
uring the trying period of service,
'here is to be a seminarist's home in
very garrison town, where they will
pend all their leisure moments. They
1*11, so far as possible, observe the
ollege rules and continue their theojgical
studies.
s. iucmt woman oi Atnens detects
nraqani\flinntantlvof anv feline that
aters the room where she is. She
eed not see nor hear the animal when
; enters, bnt has intimation of its disgreeable
presence by strange sensaons
that she invariably experiences
rhen she is brought into contact with
cat, and she entertains an unconuerable
reDwraance to thaae animals.
TEMPERANCE.
DRUNKENNESS DEFINED.
The late Cardinal McCabe said: "Drunkenness
is the curse of the country, the bane
of society, the terror of the family,the heartscald
of the wife, the misfortune of the children,
the shame of parents, the scandal to
religion, the joy of demons, and the highway
that conducts to hell. The unhappy a rank- <
ard drinks to others' 'good health,' whilst he
is robbing himself of health, corporal and <
cnipif.nnl > '
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A RAILROAD'S GOOD WORK.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad Company not only forbid their employes
frequenting saloons, and requiro of
them abstinence from intoxicants while on '
duty, but they have recently directed that
trainmen employed on the road shall not" !
sign petitions that have been put; In circulation
in towns along the line for signatures
to secure licenses for saloons. Several train- '
men at Scranton, Penn., who signed license
applications, were summarily discharged by
the company. President Sloan is reported as
sjivinc that t.hiu rnlo wrttild cavern everv
section of the road, from Hobokea to
Buffalo, in the future. The discharged trainmen
at Scranton were told officially that
they would be reinstated as soon as they
withdrew their names from the license petitions,
which they did promptly, and returned
to their trains. The saloon is inimical
both to the economic interests of the railroad
company and to the safety of the traveling
public. ?National Advocate.
SOMETHING NEW ABOUT DRINKINO,
An American doctor says: "Drinking men
are usually fine looking men, physically considerod.
Nothing is the matter with their
stomachs. It would be better for the unfortunates
if the disease did attack the
digestive organs, but the truth is that alco- I
hoi, considered as a poison, has, like other
poisons, an elective affinity for a particular
part of the body, and it selects the brain and
nerves. Taken into the stomach, in three
seconds it reaches the brain, and rasps upon the j
fine substance of the terminal arteries which i
spread over the convoluted folds of brain
matter like a file. This produces congestion
of the brain. Drinking, as a habit is due j
largely to overwork, and a need for a stimulant.
Liquor's effect is acute or temporary
insanity, while chronic drinking brings on
paralysis of the brain, and destroys the moral
character of man. Dipsomania is always
accompanied by loss of moral stamina, by
cowardice and falsehood. Even the moderate
drinker becomes debased."
I FIRST PETITION FOR PROHIBITION.
The first petition for prohibition in this
country came from Passaconaway, Chief of '
the Penacooks, who lived on the Merrimac.
He was a sagacious ruler, and seeing the demoralizing
effect of drink upon his three
IT 1 Ull.
tnousana Draves, uusuugiio mo uu{juou ???ernment
not to sell them flre-water. In
166S an English "trucking house" was
opened among the Penacook3, and the
''drunken Indian" became so numerous that
a delegation of chiefs journeyed to Piscataqua
to enter their protest in parson against '
the sale of spiritous liquors to their tribe.
Their wishes were not heeded. One
more attempt vas made, when the chiefs
carried their plea to the general court. All
were disregarded. The aborigines of North
America, the natives of India, and the denizens
of Africa will rise up in judgment to
pronounce the "woe upon him that putteth
the bottle to his neighbor's lips to make him
drinken," against the Euglish-speaking
navtons that have debauched th&in.?W. C.
T. Bulletin.
ADVERTISING RUM IN AFRICA.
The ingenuity employed by those who 6eek
gain, even at the expense of tbe physical and
moral destruction of their fellow-men, is |
sometimes wonderful. We have before us,
as we write, an Illustration of this in a cotton
handkerchief, of fine texture and brilliant
colors, prepared by the Scotch exporters
as an advertisement for the rum and '
other liquors wh ich these dealers wish to entice
the Africans to buy. These handkerchiefs
are admirably calculated to please the
fancy of the rude natires. In the centre of
the handkerchief bottles are represented, !
each bearing a label of "Fine old Jamaica ;
rum," etc. W. H. Rice, of Chicago, who
sends us this handkerchief, says that it was
forwarded to him from Scotland as a npsci- ;
men of the articles which are given away to
the natives of Africa by these Scotch dealers I
in ardent spirits. Could anything be moro 1
diabolical? When will Cnristikn nations
unite to prevent such outrages against the
native races in Africa and India and the
Southern Seas??Missionary Herald.
I
WHAT WE DRINK. I
TVe are using more and more beer; are 1
steady in our use of distilled spirits and wine, j
and use rather less of coffee and tea as compared
with past years. This is an important
studv. for it has a direct bearing upon the
physical and social condition of the people.
A simple presentation of the figures is so
forcible as to require little comment. And '
here they are:
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION. ,
Beer. Spirits. Te a. Coffee. ]
Year. Gals. Gala. Lbs. Lbs. .
1390 13.60 1.40 7.90 1.34
1889 12.73 1.32 9.20 1.30
1688 .'. 12.80 1.26 6.89 1.36
1887 12.23 1.21 8.36 1.46
1886 11.20 1.26 9.20 1.15
1885 10.62 1.26 9.45 1.15
1884 10.74 1.48 9.16 1.10 .
1883 10.27 1.46 8.83 1.28
1882 10.03 1.40 8.25 1.46 \
1881 8.65 1.38 8.23 1.54 ,
The decrease in the per capita consumption
of coffee during the past four years, as com- .
nared with the four veal's. 1883-86. is due to
the Increased coat of the article. jNotwith- !
standing tea has been cheap, it is not as freely
used as it was ten years ago. On the other 1
hand, the use of beer steadily increases from j
year to year, leaping within ten years from '
8.60 to 13.66 gallons per capita. This meant, (
in 1890, the use of 855,792,335 gallons, all, ex- 5
cept 2,716,601 gallons, of domestic manufac- '
ture. The present consumption of foreign -J
Moines is only about one-half the quantity, as '
compared with the quantity used during the
pariod of 1870-74. The use of domestic wines
has advanced from an average of about 20,000,000
gallons in 1S7S-82 to about 30,000,000
gallons annually for the past three years. 1
The consumers of the United States paid
at retail, for the year 1890, the following sum c
for drink: J
Malt and spirituous liquors.... $900,000,000 *
An increase of #200,000,000 in .
four years.
Coffee 122,500,000 J
Tea 30,000,000 J
$1,052,500,000
Here is spent for beverages over one bil- ?
lion dollars annually, or about the amount 1
expended by the last Congress. Think of it ?
?two thousand millions per annum for beer,
whisky, coffee, tea and a Congress. Truly s
we are a great people ! !
The Government derives a revenue of $107,- '
000,000 from liquor, wmcn is so,iww,wu less
than is required to pay pensions. It looks ^
like robbing Peter to pay Paul.? American a
Grocer.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES. j
Mr. Barnum was a consistent and earnest 1
temperance man and opponent of the liquot J;
traffic.
It 13 said that the consumption of ira c
ported beer in New York City has greatly t
increased of late. 2
The Valparaiso (Ind.) Normal School hai
expelled a dozen students for visiting saloom ?
and playing pool. *
Mrs. Helen Gougar says she has kept a
re ord of the accounts of wife murder by a
drunken husbands published in the daily ^
papers since January 1, ISSiJ. The aggregate j]
number is 3004.
* an ..?4 Ktt fT?na?1icli CIsxr.
A "Olue UOOK isauoa iJjr m-? UU&,?U
ernment shows that loOD drink shops are
owned b7 peers of the realm. The "Right
Reverend" Bishop of Llandaff is the owner _
of two "places." ?
In Adel, Ga., they sell a beer which is called ^
rice beer. Its effects are peculiar. A mail tl
may drink it and not feel its effects for o
week afterwards, when he is liable to sudden- ,
ly become hilarious. *
Dr. Louis D. Mason, of the Inebriate ^
Asylum, Fort Hamilton, New York, declares b
that parents who are drinkers will product j
nhvsical and mental degradation, weakness r
! and disease in their descendants. *
Mr. Gladstone has said, in words which (3
have become a proverb, that the intemper- t
jnce of the United Kingdom (England, Ire- ,
land, Scotland and Walee) is the source of
more evils than war. rotUecm and famine.
RELIGIOUS READING.
CTIEISTC3 CONSOL.VTOn.
Beside the dead I knelt for prayer,
And felt a presence as I prayed.
Lo! it was Jesus standing there,
He smiled; "Be not afraid!"
'Lord. Thou hast conquered death,we know;
Restore again to life," I said,
'This one who died an hour axo."
He smiled: "She is not dead
".Asleep then, as Thyself didst say,
Yet thou canst lift tbe lids that keep
Her prisoned eyes from ours away!"
He smiled: "She doth not sleep."
' Nay, then, tho' haply she do vakc,
And look upon some fairer dawn,
Restore her to our hearts that ache!"
He smileil: "She is not gone!"
''Alas! too well we know our loss,
Nor hope again our joy to touch
Until the stream of death we cross.1'
He smiled: "There is no such!"
"Yet our beloved seem so lar,
The while we yearn to fee! them near,
Albeit with Thee we trust they are."
He smiled: 'And I am here!"
"Dear Lord, how shall we know that they
Still walk unseen with us and Thee,
N'or sleep, nor wander lar away?"
He smiled: '-Abide in Me."
? [Rossiter W. Raymond.
the bible.
You find the Bible the patriot's charterbook,
the child's delight, the old man's comfort
and the young man's guide. In its
pages the sick aud weary tiud the solnce
which they need and the tempted meet with
timely succor. Its words whisper hope and
peace"to the dying, and minister daily food
to the healthy and vigorous household.
With the pious music "of its sublime or
plaintive songs echo the roofs of ten thousand
times ten thousand Christian temples,
and the child's prayer, night and morn, is
lisped forth in the simple and comprehensive
words which were dictated by Him who is
Its central light.?[Dr. Beard.
a balance in the bank.
The question of a balance iu the bank
which we can draw udoii when thi3 world
has been burned up, id of far more importance
than a balance for our heirs to quarrel
oyer when we cannot use it any longer. The
truly rich man is he who is rich toward
God, "whose treasure is laid up in heaven,
where neither motb nor rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break through ana
9teal.'' And these riches are within the
rcnch of everyone.
The capital for increasing their riches has
been provided for all by the Lord Jesus
Cbrist.and we are invited to participate in its
benefits. And yet we run wild over corner
lots, and new additions, and, seldom try to
work the proble m Christ gave when he said,
"For wbat shall it profit a uiau, if he shall
crain the whole world and lose his owu soul?"
3 r-w* 1 f it 1!_1 / ,! 4_
?l_ii.ansas jxemouisi ^aautauqua.
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WRITE.
Some persons are never easy until they
are gossiping. Thev tell all they know, and
write to their friends all the petty details of
matters which do not at all concern them.
But persons who tell all tbey know are sure ?
to tell a great deal tbey do not kuow, and so j
do great mischief. They gabble, and gossip,
and tell tales, speaking of things which they
do not half understand, aud no inevitably
misrepresenting matters which they discuss,
untii sensible people are afraid to Lave them
in their homes.
Any person admitted into a family should
know" better than to talk or write about the
affairs which pertain to the household, and
persons who will acccpt tlit hospitalities of a
home, and repay the privileges enjoyed by
retailing the tittle-tattle and gossip which
can be picked up in almost any family, prove
themselves ignorant of what belongs"to good
breeding, and unfit to Ik? trusted in society.
A sensible man would as soou have a skunk
in his yard as to have a gabblimr, tattling
talebearer in the house who tells all she
knows and guesses at and invents tho rest. |
The person who hears but <locs not talk, ana i
who is able to liokl his tongue and restrain
his curiosity, stands like a massive brick )
wall in the midst of a devastating conflajration,
which checks the progress of the
fire, and saves trouble and ensures safety.?
[The Christian.
LITTLE GREAT MEN.
Jesus never mentioned any of earth's
rreat men, so called, with words of praise.
There had been great conquerors before his
time, like Alexander the Great, but He never
illuded to them. There had been philosophers
like Plato and Aristotle and Socrates,
jut He never spoke of them. Rich men
bad received the notice of their fellowmen,
but he never mentioned one of them by
name. None of those of whom human his:ory
speaks most largely came in for a word
)f commendation from Him or from his
jpostles in later years.
This should bid us pause and make us
)top ?n<l think whether our human judgments
are not totally faulty. Have we not
put the seal of greatness where it does not
aelong? In what respect is the world better
' -1 aT ?Ji?h mon 1 il'a
,OUiiy 4UI LL1C CA-lOUCiiUC v/1 11v.11 uivu
Crojsus, of conqucrors like Alexander, of
philosophers like Plato, of authors like
Cicero?
What rcaliy valuable thing should we lose
bad such men never existed? Gather all the
:onqucrors of the world together, and say
whether lliey have been as useful to this
world as one John Bunvan or one John
Wesley. Put all your philosophical books
together, .and declare whether they hare accomplished
aa much for humanity as the
Epistle of Paul to the Galatians. Maxell Bismark
and Luther, and judge whether politician
or preacher has the best of it in the
ong run. On the other hand, if you blot
nit Abraham. Joseph. Moses. David the
itnger (not David the king), Elijah, Isaiah,
lohn the Baptist, Paul, from human history.
?ou usher in blackness of darkness.?[A. F.
3ehau!fler, in S. S. Time9.
"in a mincte.''
"Well, well, don't fret; I'll be there- in a
niiuite."
But, my friend, a minute means a sood
leal, notwithstanding: you affect to hold it
>f no consequence. Did you ever stop to
hink what may .iappen in a minute!" No.
Well, wnile you are murdering a minute
'or yourself aiid one for me. liefore you let
eaclv to sit down to the business we nave ill
land, I will amuse you by telling you some
hings that will happen meantime.
In a minute we shall be whirled around
>n the outside of the earth by its diurnal
notion a distance of thirteen miles. At the
lame time we shall have gone along with
he earth, in its grand journey around the
un. 10f*0 miles. Pretty quick traveling, vou
ay? Why that is slow work coniDared with
he rate of travel of the light which just now
ejected from that mirror, made you Wink,
V minute ago that ray was 11,160,000 miles
iway. '
In a minute, all over the world, about
ighty new-born infants have etch raised a :
vail of protest at the fates for thrusting exstence
upon them, while as many more '
luman beings, weary with the struggles ol
ife, have opened their lips to utter their
nst sigh.
In a minute the lowest sound your ear cm
ot/*H Hqq Iman mnsfo htr QQrt inhibition a. while ?
he highest toue reached you after making
,228,000 vibrations.
In a minute an express train goes a mile, I
nd a street car thirty-two rods; the fastest 1
rotting horse 147 9--13, and aa average ,
ralker has gotten over sixteen rods.
In each minute in the United States, night j
nd day, all the year around, twenty-four
amis" of beer have to go down 12,096 i
broats, and 4,830 bushels of grain have come
> bin.?[Cleveland Press.
i
I j
Atter the settlement of New En- ,
land by Puritans, and Maryland by
latholics, there was a period of about
birty years in which no new colonies
rere planted. In this period occurred ,
lie great rebellion in England, in
hich Charles L was beheaded, and ,
is son Charles II. was kept out ol i
England by the Puritans under Olivei i
/romwell. But, after Cromwell'i i
eath, Charles II. was brought bach
o the throne of England. This ia 1
;nown as the Bestoratiao. It tool 1
>lace ia 1660. - ? -?
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
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A BTJSSIAN DELICACY. -CL.^.
Caviare is a Russian delicacy made from
the roe of the sturgeon. It is served on
toast at gentlemen's suppers and is also
used as an entree. It is almost as unVnnwn
tn-rla-r "tn the trenfifftlas it wnst
when Shakespeare wrote his famous soliloquy,
though it is sold at all large
groceries at about fifty cents a can or box.
It is always served on toast and a small
box will be euough for twelve slices of
toast. Heat the contents of a box in a
saucepan with four tablespoonfuls of
cream; and as soon as it is hot, pour it
over a dozen small slices of nicely
browned toast and serve is at once with
quarters of lemon, if you wish.?New
York Tribune.
THE KITCHEN* RANGE.
The management of the kitchen range
is one of the housewife s accomplishments.
The first necessity is cleanliness.
A range clogged with ashes will never
bake satisfactorily, neither can a clear, bright
fire be kept up in it. The grates
must be clear of cinders and ashes, and
the fuel must be put in with some regard
for uniformity. Do not pile the wood
or coal All in one end, but place it even*
ly, so as to distribute the fire over tha
grate.
Open fie dampers until the fire is well
under way. No time is gained by trying
tji anvA a fire nk the nntaet if r>nmA
up briskly, and as soon as it is clear and
bright close the dampers, and take care
of it.
In baking cake, the proper tempera*
ture will brown the cake as soon as it
has risen. The top should be even in
color, and will not crack if the oven is
right. If the oven is too hot, the cake
will bake too rapidly at the edges, and
as it must rise somewhere will burst in
the middle, and sometimes pour over
the already baked edges.
Bread should never bake too rapidly /
at first. Too much-heat prevents rising,
and the bread will be soggy even though
it is well done.
Great care mu3t be taken that neither
cake nor bread is dropped or jarred, as
this is almost certain to cause a heavy '
streak through the loaf.
To tell if the cake is done, thrust a
clean broom straw into the middle. If
it comes out dry and clean the cake is
done. It is, however, best to leave it for
a moment to become thoroughly done.
Nothing is more unwholesome than halfbaked
cake.
Many cooks test cake by wetting the
finger and. tapping the bottom of the
pan. If the metal hisses the cake or
bread is supposed to be done.
Some cooks take bread or cake from
the pan at once; others leave it for a
moment to steam, when it will come out
much more easily. It may be covered
whq a ciotn ana leu 10 cooi. 11 cane u>
to be frosted, it is well to have the frosting
done at once.
The most manageable frosting is made
by breaking the whites of two eggs in a
dish with a cup of powdered or conf?cttioner's
sugar. Beat the sugar and eggs
together and add sugar as long as it will
be taken up by the egg. Put it upon
the cake at once. This is the easiest and
simplest way of making frosting, and one
that the inexperienced will do well to
adopt.?Jfev Fork Ledjer.
RECIPES.
Baked Potatoes?If you expect to have
good baked potatoes don't out them in a
:old oven or a warm one, but have the
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Ginger Crisps?Two eggs well-beaten,
one cup of sugar, one of molasses, one of
butter, one teaspoonful of baking powder,
Due tablespoonful of ginger, sufficient
Qour to make a dough to roll out; make
them very thin and bake quickly.
Dimples?Beat the whites of three egg?
very stiff, add gradually three-quarters
of a pound of white sugar and beat till
it is well mixed; blanch almonds, cut
ihem in pieces as small as peas and stir
them into the eggs and sugar?threequarters
of a pound of almonds for three
eggs; drop the mixture in lumps as large
as a half-penny on white paper upon a
tin and bake in a cool oven. ,
Lemon Meringues?To two and a half
tablespoonfuls of corn starch wet in a
little cold water, stirring until thorrmorhlr
mirnrt. While the corn starch
is cooling beat together the yolks of
three eggs, the juice of three lemons, a
coffeecupf ul of sugar and a pinch of salt.
Add this mixture to the corn starch,
pour into cups and bake twenty minutes.
When done cover with meringue as in
the last recipe and brown.
Sauce Piquante?Put a large spoonful
of butter in a stewpan, slice into it two
onions, two carrots, a little thyme, two
cloves, two chalots and a bunch of parsley;
add, if liked, a clove of garlic. Let
them cook until the carrot is soft, then
shake in a little flour; let it cook fire
minutes more and add a cup of beef or
veal stock and half a cup of strong vinegar;
skim and strain through a sieve.
A.dd salt and pepper when boiliug. This
is nice with cold meat or broiled or
boiled tish.
Salad a la Russe?Cat up all kinds of
vegetables, such as carrots, turnips, snap
beans, potatoes, beets, etc. Boil each
in salted water and a little butter until
tender, drain aud season lightly with
black pepper, salt and vinegar, add a
few green peas, choked and well drained,
put all in a salac'. dish ia the term of a
pyramid and lightly cover it over with
mayonnaise. If you have the hearts of
artichokes put them around the dish as a
wreath, with a little asparagus mixed in.
Keep as ccol as possible until served.
Blanc Mange?Boil a quart of milk,
add half a teaspoonful of salt and half a
cupful of sugar. Soak half a box of
gelatine in half a cupful of cold milk for twenty
minutes. Stir it into the boiling
Wkon ontirol? HiqsaIwvI strain
ind pour into cups wet with cold water.
ft'hen cold and hard turn out upon a *
platter. Eat with a sauce made of half '
i pint ot milk, half a pint of cream, and
balf a cupful of sugar, stirred together.
[f you have no cream, use milk, adding
two tablespoonfuls of condensed milk.
Truffled Chicken?Boil until tenders
nice plump chicken. When cold, remove
all the white meat and cut it into
dice. Put one tablespoonful of butter
in ? small sauceDau: when melted, add
one tablcspoonful of flour, mix until Kj
3mooth; add a half pint of milk, stir routinually
until it boils, add the chicken, M
a half teaspoonful of salt, a dash of
white pepper. When hot, add the yolk S
of two eggs, a cup of finely chopped Kc
mushrooms and four truffles cut into tiny B
pieces. Cook oae aodsecre in H
tke amaJi cups. ?"