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I A SERMON FOR SDNDA1 I ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ON "THRE1 | WAYS OF TREATING A SINNER." I Hi* Kit. Dr. J. Wllfcor Chapman T?1U ? 6 the World's Tmtmtat, the Law' I Tnatmnl aid tk? Saviour's. Trsal fi ' mat of tko Krsiaic. I f New York Cmr. ? The di?tingui*he I evangelist. the Rer. Dr. J. Wilbur C'inj I man. ban prepared the following wrrao I lor the press. It h entitled "Three Wj; I of Treating a Sinner," and *rai prcache I from the text: "Neither do I rondem I thee; go, and tin no more." John 8: 11. S There is something exceedingly natbeti R is the beginning of this chapter where w I read vent unto the Mount of Oliver I I know the critics say that this story doc I mot belong to the New Testament, but di I you ever see a better representation c I Christ, first, in His going out to _ th Mount of Olives u He vu accustomed tc secondly, in Hie rising early in the morn in# that He night come again in touc; Vita the great throbbing mass of people s Each in need of Hie service. Thirdly, i is sitting down and teaching, showin (hat He sprite with authority. Fourth, i the scorn with which He treated the Phai ines as they condemned this poor, unfoi tonate woman, when He iisid. He that i Without sin among jrou let him first cast tone at her," and finally ia His tende treatment of the sinner herself when H said. "Neither do I condemn thee: go. am sin no more." This is all very like Him and somehow I canaot get it out of m; Bind that it belongs just where we hav ever found it, and that anything whicl (us so genuine a ring as this must hatWen given to us by inspiration of God Bat the pathos of the first verse comes t as when we connect it with the last vers of the 7th ehapter of John, "And ever; in went unto his own house." Jesu went unto the Mount of Olives. They al had houses. His commonest accuser had, homo. The people that helped Him all hs< lodgings somewhere, but the Son of llai had not where to lay His head. He wa rich, bat for oar sskes He became poor, i homeless wanderer, although the cattle 01 thousand hills w?e His sad the ver world ia which He Hved had been only, a It were, His footstool. It is reallv touch fatt to see Him going to the Mount o ^ - it" n. ?,.4, . uuvet. it may n mm a* ?(u? ?w m i? with a frignd. poMiblr to sleep oat in t& open air. with only the bloc akr abort H>n; perhaps He vent to pray, for agaii ud inis do we find Him in eommunioi With His Father oo this mountain side, ant He aaj have me just to wait upon Go< that He might hare some new messagi from hearen or that some new directioi might be airen to Hie life of self-sacrifice He was always going in the direction o this mountain, and it is for this reasoi that Christian trarelers always are ere delighted to do the same thing, bat at thi particular time He was np early in thi Btorcing. What a Worker He was. Thi most tireless servant the world has e\*i Men was oar Master, beeinning in Hi childhood when He said. "Wist ye not tha I mast be aboat Mr Father's business.' going oat in Hie ministry when He dc dares. "I most work the works of Hio that sent Me while it is day, for the nig^ eomtth when no man can work," isaying a Be said on the well carb. "Mr meat is t< do the will of Him that sent M*." am then stepping into a boat and nothing of from the shore when the crowd is too grea to make Hie ministry helpfal, thus usinj the boat for His palpit. Br dar and d; Bight He toiled, in heat or in cold He la bored, with the multitudes following Hin gkouting hoeanna, and the mob cloei tracking after Him, let Him be crucified Be did nothing bat work. What a joy i pu 10 nun 10 wmj ma ne camu ui> i? im cross. "I hare fininhed the work Thoi Bttct He to do." How few men can n; ft. Mott men feel u if they were but a the beginning of their life'* journey whn kht'v stop it, and ny with regret. if jeould but lire my life over again I wou1< do something worthr of note, but Je?u Saished Hit work. I like to picture Hin rising in the Mount of Olires. The seem must .hare been mort beautiful. There i the city of the k:ng lying at Hi* rery feet the citr He lored with passionate deva tkra. That val'ey yonder is the Kidron between Him and Jerrsiilem, and tha Stretch of hills in the distance with the pe Biar haxe of the Holy Land upon them king more like a ?t*ing of jew^s thai aything else. are the Mountnins of Mohab fcookin* off in the direction in which Jesu saa*t hare erer turned His eyM, tbat gli? tening light in th* distance comes from th Dead Sea. but He cares not for beantifa geenery, although He wa? in love with al nature. He taught all dsr yesterday an< He most teach to-day. so down the mount ain side He goes, past the cardrn wher Qftter He is to suffer, over the Kidron. it 'through the gates and He is at the temp* V_Tl W 4 !iL aL. 4 lau run n? wnn mc uuuiiij Ins ftbont Him. The dav's work U begun. ' I thill n*vcr take thi* story ont of m rble. and if other* r^Timre it T shall ever in my heart till I mc Him. I fim it three ways of treating a sinner. 1 First, the world's way, which is crnel ii P* extreme. 6<ccnd. the law'* way, which is as re bntlew aa death. Third, the 8avionr's treatment, whicl present* to ok a snblimer picture than an; thins the world has ever seen. r l ' The world's treatment of a sinner. "Am arly in the morning He came again int the temple, and all the people came unt Him, and He sat down and taught then And the 8eribes and Pharisee* brough fen to Him a woman taken in adultery, am wh ?rv they had set her in the midst the; my unto Kim, blaster, this woman wa taken in adultery, in the very act." Verse 14. Sin is an awful thing. Yon do no El to tan to the Bible to understam ; rcsJ tha daily newspapers, kee r iyen and ears open ss you walk tb KK(ti or the city; bet still you may re* It ia thin account, which ia almost 200 Mar* old. It ia a woman the mob hi lake a and hurried into the presence of th Master. Too can understand how a mai Eould sin, hut not a woman, yet if ou ptarta were known how many of us. witl out respect to KS, would stand con damned in the presence of Him who ha aid that anjrer is murder and an evil in Agination ia sin. i The other day in a olace of sinful resor ft man suddenly stood up and rapping o the table with a revolver said. "Hear me. and when other men with frightened fact Would have left the room he commando thesa to atop and said. "I used to have happy home, a wife and children; now loo at me. a horrible wreck, my family com K situation taken from me, my friend re forsaken me," and before they cou! top him he had sent his soul into th - jwmi of his maker. This stonr of man is of common occurrence, but I knoi almost identically the same wrctched stor concerning a woman. Satan has no rwwet for sex, and since women seem to fall froi greater heights than men. somehow, a!a tney seem to go to greater depths. I suppo* that we all of us fall because we come t " trifle with sin. You avoid the home tha has the mark of a contagious disease upo It and vet vou can scarcely read a r.ewi b?Der bat in it yon trill see the awful d< tails of tome heartbreaking scene. and h< lore yon know it yon .-ire as familiar wit the circumstances as if you ha<i livH i them yourself, and you place yo:ir.?e'f i danger of being inoculated with the vira of a wone disease than the world hat eve Men. Possibly we fail all of us because u Dow some tin to tarry in cor hearts, an with deadening influence whi?*h may be * Imperceptible at firat it blinds our eves t oar danger, and ccuses na to be indifferee to every appeal made to ns. When th old elm on the Boatan Common waa eti down a flattened bullet was found almas at its heart, and men estimated as the eoald well ao that the ballet had bee there for 300 years, and many of us has allowed ains to enter our hearts in tb pays of oar yoath which bare pursued t until old age sad caused our wreck. 1 Women are not exempt from sin God pit tbe men. < But this mob that homed this pot Vroman into the presence of Jesus was n< an honest company of men. I know it l> eaase in the seventh chapter I read tin balled Him a deceiver, while in the eight they addressed Him as Master and Teacl er. In the sixth verse of this eighth chai tcr we also rr*a rnm tney orougni in woman, tempting Him. for they wantc jto eaten Him on either one of thew t? point*, firat, if He accepted Mow' la ffetn tber woold torn the Roman citixei against Him and condemn Him bccaui ?JT weu]d pat another to death. If He r Ipililtnl tit hv of Moses the Jevuh do SfeJL"* t .A ivrt 'i V-itJitfftnri T ulace would h?ve been His enemies, bi L ceverthelr** it i* a true picture ot tl world. Have nothing to do with it. ther fore; as you lore your own souls. hewai E of it. It has slain its thousands and tei of thousands. What ruined Lot's wif? the world; what ruined Achan until he d feat?d the whole camp of Israel? tl f world: what ruined Judas until he sol 's his very soul for creed of weilth? tl t. world; whai has ruined ten thouiand sou that are to-day shut away from Ood an hope, this same old world. "And what sha d it nrofit a man if he pin the whole worl r ana lo*e his own soul.' n First, the world is critical. It will fie * every flaw that exists in your nature; is d perfections to which vour loved ones wool n be blind, and which you yourself wei hardly tware of will be pointed out no c vulgarly displayed. e Second., it is merciless. It has positive! i. no excuse for the man that fails, and whi s never offering to help him over hi* ditficu d ties vnen the tide is against him it laugl ?f at hit despair and mocks at his liopc.'es e nes?. ?, Third, it ii heartless. There is no fo i- giveness in the world. There may be son h time a disposition to overlook but not 1 - * A# foMti^Anaat kf 9 lOr^lTti ?IIU (Ilia W? lui^nvuvoo u. ti notiiing in it of a helpful nature to do< g lost, tinninp humanity. You who belot a to the world, may I say to you in all ? > riousness, don't cast a stone at a ma > that is a sinner for the reason that yc a are, or hare been, or may be. just what yc a condemn in others. No one of us excej r we are linked to the Son of God by fait e and walking heartily in fellowship wit J Hi in iut hope to escape from the awfi i. (trip of Satan. Don't be unforgiving. H r that car.not forcivc others breaks down tl e bridge over which he must pasa himsel !> and be who is unwilline to forsive othei e makes it impossible for God to forgive hiir I. but thank God we are not shut up to tr 0 world. There is an open door before us t e that which is infinitely better than anj y thing the world has ever seen. II. 1 The law's treatment. "Now, Moses i J the law commanded us that such should b i stoned, but what sayest Thou?" Verse i * This statement is perfectly true, that is th law. It was written by Moses and writte * to him of God. Tb*re are only two fore* ? in operation to-day in the moral work r law and grace. Through one or the othc * of these forces we have submitted oui * selves and by one or the other we mui f hope to stana before God. By the way. < * seam fn KA HATM 9 IOC liW hUC VtMV t?V?MU W>u? vw ?r? leas. On# act of tin is sufficient to incv the penalty of death. It is always so wit law; if a man takes one false st?p in th mountains he lands himself at the bottoi of the abyss; there is no mercy shown b the law. Dr. Parkhurst gives the descri; tion of his climbing the mountains i Switzerland with a rope around his waist held by two guides, one leading and th other following after him, when he stoo upon a little piece of rock not two inch< broad and looked down into the dcptl which measures 3000 feet. If he had on ken the law of gravitation and stepped ou from the narrow ledge nothing could hav saved him from a horrible death. We ca Site understand this in nature; the sam ing applies in morals. If you sin agnini your health you suffer. Law is a shrew detcctive, and is ever on the watch. On wheel broken in the machinery and tb whole is inefficient; one piece of a rail dii placed means fcanul disaster. Just on transgression of one law of God the pet altv must be paid. "He that offends in oa point is guilty of all," the Scriptures di clare, which simply means that the leai offense of the law means a breaking awa from God. I repeat my statement tha there are but two forces in operation t< day in the moral world, law and grace. ] you have rejected Christ then your onl hope is in the law, and I should thin every man here must see that that is hop< le?s. First, you must suffer, for every bix ken law means a penalty to pay, and ever transgression of God's plan brinp* dow " upon you u ourden you cannot wtu near. J Second, you will w found out. No ma ha* sufficient ingenuity to cover up his sii i and no grave has yet ever been dee * enough to save the sinner from the xearcl ? ing eye of God. Be sure your sin will fin e you out. A truer text was never written. * Third, you must die. The wages of sin i death. I beg you. therefore, that vou wi - not allow yourself to be controlled by th ...law. It is like the world, merciless an - heartless, and presents to you an oDporti - nity of escape from sin. but. thank 0ot i. you are not shut ud to it. There is a wa i opening up which leads to heaven shinin ?? brighter and brighter until the perfect da;i To this way I now commend you. p m. 1 Christ's treatment of a sinner. "Ik [] Jesus stooped down and with His fingc I wrote on toe ground, as though He hear them not. So when they continued askin c Him, He lifted up Himself and said unt ? them. He that is without sin among yo e let him first cast a stone at her. And agai He stooped down and wrote on the ground ' And they which heard it, being convicte f by their own conscience, went out one b n one, beginning at the eldest even unto th j last, and Jesus was left alone and the won an standing^in the midst. When Jesus ha . liftwd up Himself, and saw none but to woman. He said unto k?r, Woman, whet u are those thine accuser*? Hath no ma condemned thee? She said. No man, Lore l And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I cor demn thee; go, and sin no more." Froi verse 6 to 11. You have a great pictux presented to yau in this story. First, the anjny crowd. d Second, the infinite Saviour. If I wet o an artist I should paint it, and ret no ma o could ever paiut the picture of Christ, i- know of one who atteraDted it and th.?n di t termined that be would never paint agaii d because after working upon the face < y Christ no other face could be worthy of h: skill. I doubt if any man could paint tb s trembling woman, her faqp now flushed an <t now pale, trembling in everv part of he d body, and yet you can see it all as you sto p and think. I know why He was so mere e ful. You say it was becaitsc He was d d vine, and that is true without saying i 0 but it seems to me He must have been ? s necially merciful because of the night H e had sp*nt at the Mount of Olives. I ai n perfectly sure that that man who pre; r much with Christ is ever charitable in h i* treatment of those who have gone astra; i* Mrs. Whittemore's treatment of Bluebin m the noor fallen srirl. who becomes the mi i- sioaarv to the outcast; Jerry McAuley arm about 8. H. Hadley and bis prave t which reveal to the poor sinful man thi n Jerry McAuley knew Christ, are but illu " trationa of the spirit of which I speal * The man who hat the spirit of cbrii d is ever gentle with the erring, an a up and down the strests of our cities me k go in multitudes longing for just one wor !, of symjuthy. Is Said a young business man to mc th d week: "I have been four years in Ne York, most of the time with a heavy hear a No one has ever spoken to me of Chris iv nor invited me to the church, nor asked y he could be mv friend, and I have nevi ;t craved money from any one, for I have n< n needed it, but my heart has been hung: , for sympathy and the touch of a brother ? hand." Do vou notice the manner of Jesu o First. "Re stooped down and wrote i it the dust." Some one has said that He di n it iust because His mind was occupif i- with thinking what He should do with tt ?- sinner and it was much tiie same spirit > you would have if you wou!d scribble upc h a piect of paper while your mind was tal n ing in some weighty problem. Some 01 n else h suggested that in the purity < is His nature, standing in the presence of tt r woman of sin. He stooped down to wrii e bccaiuc He would hide the Hushing of H d own lace. That dust that was then at H o feet is gone forever; only (Jod Himse o could Sring it back, and yet if by mirac it He should brine it before us to night I b ie lieve 1 know what would be written ther it on, "Neither do I condemn thee; go an it sin no more.'* And I am glad that we ai j not shut up to the nand for a record of th: n truth. It is written in this boo'.;. "The: v is. therefore, no condemnation to the ? which are in Christ Jesus," and this recoi is is eternal. "Heaven and earth shall paj (JF but My word shall never pass away." :y Second, when He continued with bowt head to write the crowd became excee ir ingiy anxious, and finally they asked Hi >t what He had to ?ay about the woman wl - - MBfiOT and lh?n comes one of tl >v grandest sentences that ever fell from li h upa, and gives u* all the beauty of H b- manhood, an well an the power of Hit Go p- hood when He said. "Let he who ia wit ia out ain cast the first atone." I doubt n d the woman began to tremble, and she mu ro have aaid to heraelf, "My punishment w upon me. for here are these Pharisees wl is have *nade loud profeaaiona of tbeir purit ie rarely they will caat the first stone," b e- never a band was lifted and never a atoi o- waa thrown, which only reveals to ma tl r--. ."v- y * - ? it fact th.it when m?n are cast with thosa te men who are sinful, not outbreaking!}' sin- , e- foJ, but nevertheless wrong in the tight of | re God. who of u* could cast the first atone in is this assembly to-night? The very fact that >? hand* are not lifted and atone* Are not j e- thrown is our own condemnation, ie Third, in the ninth verse we read. "And | Id they which heard it being convicted by le their own conscience, went out one by one, Is beginning at the eldest, even unto the last, id and Jesus was left alone and the woman .11 standing in the midst." That to my mind !d is the most dramatic^scene in all the chapter, if dot in the New Testament. Sudid denly the shouts of the mob are hushed, n- they have taken their bands off from the Id trembling woman, they are speechless ia re the presence of this Son of God, and with* id out consultation they begin to slink away. I can sec them go. until Anally the last one ly is gone and there is the hush of death upon Te the two as they stand together. You can il- all but hear the throbbing of their hearts; is you can detect the quick breathing of the s- woman, who thinks that the time for sentence has come. Mercy and pity face each r* other, and mercy waits for pity to speak, te "Neither do I condemn thee; go and sic :o no more." And we are ever to remember is three things in connection with our Sa>r viour: if First, there is never a question as ta e- haw d<Vply we have sinned: the stories of ,n the greatest sinners are told in the New m Testament for our hope. m Second, there is power enough in the >t blood of the Son to blot out the deepest h sin. Though your sins be as scarlet they h shall be as white as snow; though they be ill crimson they shall he as wool. [e And the third thing to remember is it ie the man with sin is like the san?l? of the f, sea for number if he would feel the power rt of th? shed blood of the Son of God he ' i; must hv real faith and honest confession ie lay hold UDon Him for eternal life. ;o His kindness lifted hqr burden, and tha jr- world is juat dving to-day for the want of sympathy. I think the time is long past when men are willing' in these days to 1 a spend an hour in listening to abstract rea- ' ? soning or deep theological discussions. I 5. feel confident that the time is upon os 1 ie when men are ready to explain to that n church, or that minister readv to bestow a * word of cheer, readv to help a little ia 1 I, bearing the burden of life. x A wonan came with a handful of aand 1 r- to her minister and said. "My sins are like I it that for number," and he said. 'Take the >f aand back to the sea and let a wave roll < s- over your handful of sand and they will be ir gone. To-night I bring you to the tea h. greater than any the world has ever looked { e upon. n "TbTe it a fountain filled with blood, ' r Drawn from Immanuel's vein. _ ( y- And sinner* plunged beneath that flood, n Lo*c all their guilty stains." ' "Neither do I condemn thee." said Jesus ' ? when J.U her accusers had slipped nway. . d We do not know what became of this (( woman, but I am perfectly sure that she ; '? never tinned again. This is the sccret of victory over sin: Catch a glimpse of th? ' 11 face fairer than all the sons of men, listen e hut once to the sound of His voice, sweeter n than all the music of earth. How the man ; * that preaches the development of character can match this matchless story 1 cannot ? see: how the man who takes the b!ood out e of the word of God and the nacrificial part I ; e away from the death of Christ can for a ! , *" moment compare *"t?i? message with this i e story of the divine Son of God is more than I 1 I can tell. I bid all burdened ones 1 * weighed down because of ain to come into ) " His presence to-night and vou can heap I 11 Him say "Neith?* do I condemn thee; go ? and am no more." i? ??_ A Beautiful World. , y What is the secret of gladness? Thera k are many things which help to make people i < i- glad. 1 his is a beautiful world in which > >- we live. When the work of creation was y tiniahed God surveyed it and saw that it J n was very good. We do not think enough ' of what God has done for our pleasure in I n the way that He has adorned this world I i, preparing it to be our home. He has ! p ?pread loveliness everywhere. He has cov* < i- cred the tields with a luxuriance of vegeta* : ' d tion. He has sown the earth with flowers. *! The wonderful variety in nature?mount- 11 i ain and vale, lake, river and stream?givet ! i II an added charm to the marvelous beauty, I ' e Then over all this splendor God has thrown I d a vast vaulted roof of blue, in which, when, ! }- night comes, instead of black darkness, I I. thousands of star lamps are hung to pour , < y their soft, quiet radiance over God's chil? j i 8 dren while they sleep. Earth is not so : < r. beautiful nor oo good as heaven; yet this ic < really one of the mansions ot our Father's , i house in which we are now living, and ita ! < ,t wondrous Leautv and splendor ought to < mskp u? ulad. He who studies nature, and < j has an eye tor its beauty, has found one of < ? the secret* cf gladness. There are scenes I 0 which have in them splendor enough to till I a our hearts with rapture. He who bat | n learned to see what is lovely in field and i 1 forest and landscape has found an exhaust* i A less resource of gladness.?J. 11. Miller- I ; dd ie ). Unanswered Prayer. ^ We all know what it is to have our praj* j ie ers answered, and we also know what it it , e to pray, and pray earnestly lor some speJ1 cial object or person and fail to notice the ( ' slightest effect of our importunities. We , ' sometimes become discouraged, and are in* . n clined to question divine wisdom in with* ( e holding what we so much desire. It was just along this line, and in answer to a question regarding unanswered prayer that * Phillips Brooks wrote: "Could not God " have answered your praver: No. He could ' 1 not; not because the thing you a?ked for i was not in His treasury, but because be* | hind the question of His giving or refusing ?' it there lay the fundamental necessity of < " His nature and His love, that He should do \ '? for you only the absolutely best. The ' d thing vou asked for was not absolutely j T best; therefore, He could not give it. Back j P of how many unanswered prayers lies that ?* divine impossibility."?Presbyterian Jour* 1 [" n*l* ' fht Example of Patlrae*. j * The example of God's forbearance ana f the incentive of His trust help to prepare * ja us for that self-control and patient waiting r which are, perhaps, the most difficult art* i* of living. Prcacners of the strenuous life g' often forget that for one who datvs to act I ?. there must be many who are compelled to I r wait and to endure. It is not the charge < lt* which commanders dread for their corn* < mands, it is the waiting before the word to ; . charge is given. Action relieves the tensioc > ,? of tne nerves and occupics the thought. | j The example of God's patience is not in it* { n self a sufficient incentive in our time of i ncv*d. Ciod waits because He knows. He < sees th? end from th.? beginning, and is ' jt never tempted to gather unripe fruit us , w we so often are. He asks us to be shr.rcr? . t of His patience by the exercise of faith, | | / We can wait because we believe. He jf trusts us in the partnership of work and I ,r waiting, and we renounce and have pa- : )t ticnce bccause we trust Him for ti e cad | .y He promises.?The Cougregatioiialist. n. TTork. in Work is given to men not only. nor a? id much, perhaps, because the world need* it. i 1 Men make work, but work make* men. ie An office i* not a placc for making money; " it is a place for making men. A workshop n j? not a place for making machinery, for k* fitting enjjiucs and turning cylinders; it i: >e a place tor making souls, for fitting out j af honcat, modest, whole natured men. For it Providence carcs len fdr winning causes te than thi?t men, whether losing or winning, is should he great and true; care* nothing is that reforms should drag their cause from j If year to year bewilderingly, hut that mep Ie and nations, in carryitiK them out, should *- find there education, discipline, unselfishness and growth in grace.?Henry Drum* mond. re St Politeness An Attitude. rc Politeness appears to he what goodne? 3 really is, and is an attitude rather than an J? action. Fine breeding is not the mere ' learning of any code of manners any mora ^ than gracefulness is the mere learning o! "j any kind of physical exercise. The gentle* " man apparently as the Christian really, ]0 looks not on his own things, but on tb? l. things of others, and the selfish person if [u always both un-Christian and ill-bred.?El* [i, len T. Fowler. jj. A Perpetual LIU. ot We have not divined the whole Gospel tw?infc to thi> four and ia tajr: "It is all there." Only in a limited fio ?ense u that true, for the life they record y, u a perpetual life among men. There art at volume* of it in the life of to-day that are m not put into print and bound up in a book. b? -Bit. J. A. Bondthaler. % .-"y *. t THE RELIGIOUS LIFE READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF. Putin: "If W? OdIj "-Ob* Caanot Co>< qa?r Others Whte lis U Sol Muter f HImnIUII is Daanreiu to Play With Anything So Powcifal M S.?. If we only, each one, would remember The lesson oi pntience and love Not to iudge?just to look on the bright aide, Lit up by the light from above. If onr own faults we onlv saw plainer Than those uf our weak fellow-nica; If we only would do unto others Aa we would they'd do to us again; If instead of the sneer we spoke courage; If we fought down the wrong with t>?* right, If we betped others on in life'a pathway. Keeping always our Leader in sight. If we only would strive to be Chrwt-like? TV> i-nn *?lt "Whit is all of ii worth!'' Ab! life wouid grow fairer and purer, And heaven seem nearer to earth. ?Cora 8. Da jr. StlMfuttry, The trouble with thU temperance question to day is that we do not make it of enough importance. Wbv, if any one of us were getting up an athletic contest, or indeed a contest of anv kind, how eager we would be to make all neccssary preparations, to "get into training," to leave nothing undone that we might be sure of th? winning. And that not because there was intrinsic value in the little wreath of olive that would fade, or the silver cup that will tarnish by and by, but for the glory of the ichievement. Think how two contestants waited eagerly for the result of the race between two yachts a little while ago; how everything that could hinder or help was thought about and even the winds and waves watched and calculated with mathematical precision. We all know how to go into things like that when it comes to things of this world. Why is it that in the race for the incorruptible crown we so often fail, so often are lax, so often give indulgences? Athletes have a trainer, one who drill* them every day, and who decides what is twst for each to eat and to drink and to do. Ho studies his men and notes the effect of what each dues upon his physical system, ind gives his directions accordingly. Christians have a guide, a trainer, the Spirit. And in the Bible are set down our rule* of living. Such things as we are to ibjtain irom are mere *et uown. aunougn they are obviounly what a follower of Christ, an inheritor of eternity, should let alone that it scarcely seems necessary. Drunkenness is one. But who intends to get drunk? Surely no Christian! Not fven for once would he set out with that deliberate intention. Of course he might. irh? n he felt he was fitting on Dretty well in his practice, easily outstripping the ither competitors, indulge himself a little, just once or twice. It can do no harm to relax a trifle, he thinks, and just enjoy [or an hour the sensation of the stimulant, rt's forbidden?yes, of course?but he is so strong it can do him no harm. And he forget* that while he is remixing the other* trill be gaining upon him. and that in fielding to himself he is giving up that self control which only can make him sure of Finning. One cannot conquer others when he it riot master of himself. Marcus Dods says: "Every man's body is his enemy when, initead of being his servant, it becomes his master." This mastery is shown first, perhaps, inly in aching nerve*, which, after you bave let them have their own way with ? ij%.m ?kft U'kioK ia nof flPfUwi for them, will turn upon you and make foa suffer with them. By and by the remit gi-owa greater and ?how< itself in your )wn weak will, which, through giving in to four desires, becomes unable after a little to resist, and though it looks an inevitable -uin, swift, coming in the face, has no pow* *r to say "Xo." when it u seized by the powerful call of self. There are many ao-caKcd t?mperance people who sav that temperance means an ability to drink just a little, without drinkinn too much, and always knowing just irhen to stoo. There ore two kind* of disuses?one that once having had. the danger of infection i.< destroyed; another that juce having had the dancer of infection ia doubled. Of this latter class is the diseaxe [>f sin. Especially is this true of the sin >f intemperance. Once break down the Kar* for the entrance of alcohol into the human system, and a* in the disease of appendicitis, its return is twice as easy, main and again, until the patient u beyond ill human aid, eves from a tevcre oper^ tion. If a man has control enough over hit tjodv to render him able to he trmnerate in what he drink*, he certainly oujht to be ?b!c to master himself far enough to keep entirely on the s.nfe aide and let it alone altogether. We cannot afford to play with inything so powerful as this sin, for. to auote once more from Marcus Dod*: He that treats ain as a weak or pretended antagonist will shortly be dragged a mangled disgrace out of the arena." Therefore, let us keen ever before ns the ?lnrv nf the incormntihle crown and atrive for self-mastery.?New York Mail and Express. Oattlnc RU of Oar Bardfti. Getting rid of our load is getting rid of 9ur burdensome selves. "Cakt thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee." "God shall never suffer the righteous to b? moved." No wonder the Psalmist promptly responded: "I will trust in Thee." And why should we not trust Him. seeing He has promised to take and bear both ourselves and our burdens. He never doe? anything bv halves, but rather by double* in'd multiple*. It never takes long to cast anything off from ourselves onto another. Iway with thy burden, this instant! Awar with thv weary, burdened, disheartened, diftconjoiate, groaning, sinking self! Ana when thy burden and thvselt consciously to over to (?od be sure to leave both henceforth with Him. A great strong father can eerily and will gladly lift His little child ind all bis bundles. Our Heavenly Father's arm is already lifting us.?Rev. E. L D. I'epp^r. To Glorify Cod. Many forget that "the -hief end of man is to glorifv Uod and enjoy Him forever." That grand end <5od always had in view, and He never loses sight of it. We lose eight of it often, and *o neither aim to g'.orify Him in our bodies nor spirit*, and seek to enjoy everything else more than God. Thus we mi** both the noblest employment in the world and the purest and fullest happiness of living- Ihere is no lasting enjoyment without God, in whom we live, move and have oui being." The nearer we live to Him the more b'essed will be our existence. A loving family an never happier than with their own parents. ?Christian Instructor. Stormy Uiri. Docs it rain to-day? Is it dark and gloomy? That is all right; there must be some utormy days. To-morrow the clouds Hill have a silver lining or disappear entirely. Does the sun sfcine? Enjoy the sunshin*. To morrow may be bright also. Are you well? Enjoy your health and use it :o the best advantage. Are you ill? Then it is a day in which to be patient and endure cheerfully. Are you free from trouble? Then it is a thanksgiving day. Are you carrying heavy burdens for yourself or others? 'then it is a day for the rolling off ?our b-?rdena at the foot of the cross.-* ouise He v wood. Th* Chinaman's Favorite Medlcln*. Wonderful curative prop# tics are ascribed in China to the ginseng root, and in cases of emergeucy the poorer classes of the population will make "tremendous sacrifices, ' to quote Mr. Ragsdale, the Ameritan Consul at Tien-Tain, in order to obtain the better qualities of this drug. It is quite extensively used as a springtime tonic. The native ginseng, which grows wild around Kirin, is the most esteemed, nd sells at from 200 to 600 times its weight in silver. Only the most wealthy people are able to purchase this precious drug freely. Cheaper varieties are imported from Korea. Japan and America. The beat American (innnf, the lgpoUntyoi which i* increasing. i?ll* ?t $lan ounce. Great quantitiea of Korean ginseng arc bbbiiIm into China. .. - - " ? .THE SABBATH SCHOOL' INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS ', FOR OECEM8ER 14. 4i^<d: Th? Boy IwmI, 1 Sub. 111., 1-14 Goldt* Ttst< 1 Sara. 111., ?Memory VtrtM, 7, 10 ? Commentary oa the Dar'i Lcmob. 1. "The child Samuel." Samuel is supposed to have been about twelve years old ; at this time. Hi* duty in the tabernacle was to perform those easy services which ' his strength would allow, such as opening the doors, lighting the lamps, etc. He did ' not reside in the sanctuary, but in one of i the tents around it, which were kept for ;; the use of the priests and Levites. Eli, the ', high priest, kept Samuel as his special at* I tendant, not because such an odice was I J assigned him, but because of the deep in- j . terest he felt in him. He was Samuel s instructor. "Was precious." The meaning ' ; is that direct revelations irom God had | . become exceedingly rare. This was because ' of the sinfulness of the priesthood and the , people. As sinfulness in the individual heart drives away the Holy Spirit, so in ' the Hebrew nation it drove away the spirit of prophecy. "No open vision. Lit- j erally, no divine communication was ! spread; that is, published abroad, made known. There was no publicly recognized ] prophet, whom the people could consult i : and trom whom tbey might learn the wili ! of God. There must havci been.some ways of receiving messages from heaven, for Eli knew them, but did not receive them fre- j quently enough to be called an open vision. 2. "At that time." At the timo when the word of God was rare and there was j great spiritual darkness. "In his place." In his usual place of rest. It was in the night. It is very likely that as the ark was a long time at Shiloh tbey had bnilt near to it certain apartments for the high priest and others more immediately em* ployed about the tabernacle. 3. "Samuel was laid down to sleep." Near to Eli's room, ready within calling j distance, if the old man should want any- i thing in the night. It would seem that be j lay somewhere near the holy place, and went to bed before the branch lamp* of , the candlestick went out, (the main lamps < never went out), probably toward mid' j night. At that time Samuel had been em- , ploying mmseii in some gooa. cxcrvwa w j other, reading or prayer, or perhaps dean- i ing or makinj ready the holy place, and then went quietly to bed. 1 4. "The Lord called Samuel." Ood , called him by hie name. Some think the > call came from the moat holy place. "Ha i answered, Here am I." Being nnac- i Sua in ted with the visions of the Almighty e took that to be only Eli's call, whicj J kai really the call of God. ] 5. "Thou callest me." Samuel'* indus- < try and readiness to wait on Eli arc good 1 example* to childreu to come when called. 1 He hear* and ran* at every call. 7. "Did not yet know the Lord." He knew and worshiped the Ood of Israel, but < he did not understand the way in which God revealed Himself to Hia propbeta. < He had never even heard that God spoke in this-way. If the Lord had given bim a 1 dream or vision be might have more read* 1 iiy understood it, but God was preparing him for a prophet, and this way of calling 1 Samuel was full of meaning. Thete was a , lesson in it for Eli. Many still fail to rec- ; ognixe God's call. 8. "The third time." The call was re- ' peated again and again, for God saw that Samuel's failure to answer was not -from disobedience, but from lack of knowledge as to who called mm. ip tact me quick anawer to Eli'c supposed call showed that j he was ready to obey God as soon as he on* derstoodit. Obedience to parents and teachers always precedes obedience to God. "Eli ( perceived,' etc. Eli could not bat consider the preference, which the Lord showed tt a child, before himself and family, as a ae* [ vere and humiliating rebuke; especially as ' he had reason to forebode that the message which he was about to receive would j be a denunciation of judgmcnta on him and his family, yet, without envy, resentment , or impatience he gave Samuel proper direc- j tioos as to how to behave on tne occasion. , 9. "Speak,' etc. This was the osoal way in which the prophets spoke when they had intimations that the Lord was about to make some special revelation. 10. "Came and stood." From verse 15 j we learn that Samuel beheld a vision as i well as heard a voice, and therefore it is i the moat natural to understand the words I "came and stood" as meaning a visible ap- , pea ranee. Stmuel was at last satisfied i that it was not Eli bat the Lord who was 1 calling him. God still calls the children, I and if they will obey as Samoel did they i will accomplish much for Christ eveo in i their young days. "Saraue! answered." i He was composed this time, and did not rise, but gave attention, and asked for God < to speak. 11. "Said to Samuel." Through Samuel, 1 whom Eli loved, God sent a. terrible message, similar to one which he had previously sent by a holy man (1 Sam. 2: 27-38), 1 but which did not have sufficient effect to i enable Eli to compel his sons either to lire a different Jife, or to leave tne ?*rvice or God. "The ear*?shall tingle." With horror and alarm. As a loud, sharn, discord* ant note thrill* one'* ctra with pain, *o the bitter tiding* of Israel'* woe in the judgment about to fall on Eli'a house would shock all Israel. 12. "In that day." It is probable that this me?**ge waa sent to Eli some yean before his death, and he and his sons had abundant time to change their course. "I will perform," etc. I will bring all the iudgments against the house of Eli that I hare spoken. The particular* of this curse we read in chapter 2: 27-30. Divine threatenings. the less they are heeded, the surer they will come and the heavier they will fall. 13. "I have told him." God gave Eli notiee of what the end would be of rjch indifference. "Will judge his house forever." i I will continue to execute judgments until it is destroyed. God regards it as iniquity i to allow children to chooae their own evil ways. Eli's sons were wicked. Their father knew the Lord, but he neither taught his children not restrained them by paren+ tumiarik* 44 poatm ino^ tllani iia f " . This doc* not signify that he showed no i sign of displeaaure nzain?t their wicked* l neas. for he did chide them. hut too gently, i but he did not aeverelv r???rore them, and 1 when that would not restrain them turn j them out of their office. 14. "Shall not be purged." That ia. the i punishment threatened against Eli and hi* i family shall not be prevented by all their 1 sacrifice*, but ahall certainly be executed. ! What ia anoken here relate* to their temporal death only. Mercy for their aoul'a salvation waa still extended to them, and if they had repented they might have been saved. But every effort to reatrain these ' wicked sona proved unavailing, and their doom finally came, sudden and irresistible. Hobm Vf Ilk Oil. Chief Engineer Parkhurst, of theNa- ; tional Museum at Washington, D. C., m conducting some ex|?eriments with a view i of making uae of oil for fuel instead of coal. He aaid recently: "If the atrike had continued we would have made final arrangements to burn oil altogether, but aa ( it stands now I don't know exactly what ( may be done. We will, however, continue with our experiments. I have installed o:l I heating apparatus in my house, and I am , perfectly satisfied with it. I shall never again burn coal. I can now, with oil, furnish all the heat in the house 1 need at a .. cost of but $1S for the entire winter, wbereaa last winter I'paid 160 for coal." At lut m Hardy OraBgs. The Department of Agriculture at Wash- < In^ton has for years been trying to pro- i duce a new orange that will withstand the cold wave* that have devastated the groves i - ? - < - l-M 1_ u? _ ot Monna twice in tne iasi uivaut. ? ?bert J. Webber, gf the department, ia now ready to announce that ne has developed , an orange that can be grown 200 mile* further north than the varieties hitherto commonly grown in Florida. He lias accomplished this by crossing the Japanese trifoliate orange, an ornamental tree, with the common varieties xucrauively until a fine fruit capable of enduring extreme co!d ( has been produced. 0?rtraaMnl-0?Btd Buildings. In Berlin, Germany, 833 public buildings, arc owned oy the State and 497 by the ma* lucipality. i, f 'F - " HE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Ftcn: m# OrMt Rftldw-Rnmi Wh? Woaai Drink?Sir T. Barlow, British . Bin*'* PhjileiM, S|M?lu of Ik* Dm mm ?r Iha Habit ud Rfmislf. A spider ut in his basement den. Weaving hie snares for the souls of men. "I will not work with my hands," quoth he: "An eaeier pathway must open for me." He spreads his tables of greenish baize, And rnanv a cunning trap he lays; Hie marble balls are smooth and white, rhe den it blazing with flood* of light; Behind the bar the spider stands; Fhere is not a wise man in the land But will lose his wit and become a fool [f he yields himself to the spider's rule; rhere is not a man so strong and brave. But the spider will dig him a shameful grave; rhere is no' a youth so noble and fair, But will learn to drink and gamble an<* swear [n the spider's den. But do not, pray, Dare to dispute the spider's sway. [f you sweeQ the den with the law's strong broom. Perhaps you might make a cleaner room. But then, men are fearful?a little afraid, fn fact, on the spiders to make raid; Twould stir up cxcitement. and epiders must lire; I So our dear household treasures we patiently give. Hie spider still sits in his basement den, 1 Lying in wait for the souls of men. I ( The Evil Amiin Vtmn. Sir Thomas Barlow, one of the King's physicians, touched upon a most important subject, which greatly concerns social 1 conditions in Great Britain, in a recent < lddresa UDon "Present Dav Danac-rs of In temperance Among Women ancf the Beat I Method* of Meeting Them." Ltd: of oc:upation and childlessness among women, whose husbands leave them during the iay; worry, bodily weakness, nagging and pains wbicn women have to suffer, he mentioned as some of'the causes. Casts heredity were ran, and the encourage* inent of example in youth was pi ore often . the cause. Drink, he said, might become a disease, but it started as an indulgence.- Drugs, ihampooing and galvanic treatment were ill described as of little use as cures. Best | and removal of the cause were the only , real remedies. Even doctors and nurses, he said, were I foolish enough to say, Why deprive women i patients of the thing which gires them ( romfort? It was necessary to stop that damnable thing. It could be done, prorided there were no friends who were such < criminal lunatics' as to smuggle in alcohol, j The lecturer would have teetotal doctors , tnd nurses. TV Rarlfltr htn'n* iImH with the nidi* I eal aspect of the question. the Bishop of London added that he-had had cue after rase of character and life moiled among the rich bjr alcohol and morphia. Turing to the Eait End, which he knows 10 well, the Bishop said that out of 1000 women in an East End workhouse to-day 500 were*here from alcohol, and that ninetv per cent, of women with children in the workhouse infirmary were there through alcohol. Apropos of the drink question Mr. Will* iam 8. Caine, M. P., who has discovered ome startling facts in connection with the drink question in India, will bring them before the House of Commons. Within the last few years there baa been i 125 per cent, increase in the consumption t>f liouor in India, although the peoulation has increased onlv seventeen and a half ner cent. Mr. Caine will sncgest that the Government apply the local veto act to India to support the better class of Mohammedans and Hindoos in their attempt to prevent the spread of alcoholism. Liouor is. of course, a Government monopoly in India, and temnerance people here are agitating against.the continuance ?f these conditions. "Draaks** la a Hew York Coa*t. It is characteristic of almost al> the prisoners except tbe drunks that their chief concern is to secure a delay. They plead and beg for an adjournment, which they know will only postpone the inevitable for ? ?1i* nr t>n inH that although. throuffh their inability to obtain bail, they will have to stay in prison just the same. The most plausible explanation is that they all ire fatalist*, always hoping that something unexpected may turn up to stave off the impending catastrophe. The drunks, on the other hand, are more eager to face the irbiter of their fates, knowing that nothing worse than a tine i? likely to befall them, and that the sooner it is imposed the sooner it may he paid or se rved off. j And then there is the chance, if the magistrate is in good humor, that they may get away unscathed at once. As a rule, although not seldom still in their cups, they are loath to make any incriminating admissions. "No. sir," protested a man who kept himself from falling only by holding on nervously to the bar; "I'm not drunk, 'cause no one'a drunk who's not falling all orer himself." Excuses of the most wonderful kind, some ?f them really ingenious, others merely ridiculous, are put forward when the futility of feigning innocence has been discovered. The cleverest explanation of that kind that I ever heard was advanced by a man who, when taxed with having displayed unmistakable signs of intoxication, dimnly replied that he was a painter by * trade. "That has nothing to do with your con- ' dition," said the magistrate. "Of course it has," rejoined the .prisoner. "I was painting a barber's pofe, and ' kent on twUting about after the stripes until I got so dir~y that the cop thought [ was boozy."?Edward Biorkman, in the Century. Vlctlme of Aleohollma. Examination of the record* of the Coroner's office of Chicago show* that the number of death* due to alcoholism and the saloon evil is steadily diminishing sincc the enforcement of the midnight ^losing law in January. 1901. Coroner Traewr tare out the figure* which disclose the fact that in similar periods of time before and after the issuance of the order to close at midnight the number of cases traced to this source haj decreased almost thirty per cent. Sobriety. Tt Li a fact proved br drinking tfatistte* that America is becoming more temperate, but the best authorities do not uitrib-.jte i... imnmv?nfn( to the cffects oi Jej.il I penalties. Hard drinkers are no longer I countenanced by desirable society. Tlrs is one reformatory force, and a *tronj;cr on* yet i<i the increasing demand in many linen of luinine** for men who aro alway* sober and reliable. Th* Crauri* In nrtef. A Swedish temperance society has hern organized at Mi!ba:>k, is. D., with sixtyeight members. Local option an to sale of spirits in country parishes of Sweden ha-s lonp becu established, with the happiest result*. In 1901, Jamestown. Ohio, had ?aloon?, the tax rate was $2.70 on the hundred. During 190*2, with no saloon*. the rate of taxation was ?2.45 on the hundred. The retail liquor dealer* of I'orsicana, Texas, announce that they have effected an organization lor the purpose ot niaing onirers to enforce the law tor the control of saloons. Father Siebenfrercher, of the Catholic Phurch. has recently preached total abstinence in Catholic theological seminaries with such effect that nine total abstinence societies have been organized among these priests in training. It is said that the labor bureau investigations show that more than seventy-five per rent, of the employers of skilled labor in the United States require total abstinence of their employes, as do fifty pet cent, of the employers of unskilled labor. In Mississippi, when saloons existed, it was almost impossible to keep help, and large families were destitute because of drunkenness. Now men who were in rags, under saloon rule, are prosperous and happv. It is also asserted that counties which are free from the yoke could not b? induced to again liccnse the liquor ttafiic. * |:HOUSEHOLD ? ? !j |i ? ? ? ? MATTERS i; Kiep tta? Boom V?u. No matter hovr plain the bom? may be if It la In accordance with the hua* uauu * mean* auu oe anas k nnuj kept and tbe mcaJ* (no matter bow simple) served from shining dishes and clean tsble linen, tbat busband will leave bis borne witb loving words and look abead eagerly to bia return. Tk? Gondola Vin. A new design in cbina. which a cler? er woman decorator is using witb snc* cess, is a gondola vase. Gracefully fashioned, the cblaa bark is represented in the midst of bluish toned wares, on tbe top of wbicb beautiful njmphs appear to be floating. This rase makes an exceedingly pretty receptacle for orchids or for sweet peas. 1 lav* or a Boaloa. Bathe a bunion in bot water to WblcH a teaspoonful of salt, a tablespoonful of starch and a few droDa of arnica have been added. Wipe dry with a soft linen towel and apply iodine with a camel'a hair brash. Wear a loose shoe out of doors, and while In the bouse a shoe which has the leather covering the bunion entirely cut away. Copper For Ik* TM Table. New and pretty Ideas for the tat table are alwaya welcome. In genulna copper there are quaint little tea and coffee pots, silrer lined. There la the tracefui little melon-shaped kettle, irith an ebony knob, and there are old an-like tea pots with brass handles ind spouts. And also slender, tall af:er-dinner coffee pots. With these an beantiful copper trays, simple la design, ^but most attractive. To Fhwiii Broom. While the carpet sweeper is a real labor sarins article, yet It cannot take tbe place of a good broom, for the car* pet will still need a thorough sweeping nrltb the old-fashioned broom occasion* illy. There Is a right way and a wrong way to care for a broom. One that la ased every day should be washed one* a week. The best way to preserve the straws and keep them clean Is to pre(tare a bucketful of suds by dlssolring enough washing powder to mske a good, strong suds and dip the broom . up and down In It until tbe straws look dean. Hare tbe water warm but not bot: rinse well In warm, clear water, as this toughens the straws so they will not break easily. Nerer set a broom down in tbe corner. Hare a icrew hook in tbe end of tbe handle aim nau( it ay ?ueu uui tu u*c. *v set It down bends the straws over and makes It one sided.?The EpItomlsL A Cap of Good CoffM. The secret of making palatable, nonlojurions coffee lies in tbe two words: tjulck infusion. In the first plrre bare tbe coffee ground to tbe finest powder, so that Its full virtue may be quickly extracted. Allow a desert spoonful for eacb per* sou. mix It with just enough cold water to mase a tmcic pane, ana tei u nana until fire minutes before tbe time to serr* Have fresh water boiling, poor on a cupful for each person, and two > more for tbe persons who are likely to (bnt should not) wish a second cup. Put tbe pot over tbe Are and let the In* fusion come to a boil, settle with a lash of cold water, or a clean egg shell and serve immediately. This is a cup t>f coffee and not a cup of tannin. Cof* fee made in this way may be taken morning, noon and night without In-. Jury, but the quantity drunk at one time should not be greater than one cupfuL Coffee tbat has boiled, or stood more than fire minutes, should be thrown ?way.?American Queen. Cheese Straw* ? Take one cop otj grated cheese, one cup of flour, on* pinch of cayenne pepper, otfe salt* Hpoouful of salt, one-half cup of but* ter, rubl)ed in as for pastry. Roll Tery thin and cut into slender oblongs. The tines should he as straight and sharp as possible. Lay In a baking pan and bake In a quick oven till slightly brown. Use care la baking, as cheese straws are unsightly if too brown. Boiled Salad Dressing ? Take two tablespoonfuls of mustard, one of sugar, one of salt and oue of melted butter. Mix these with two tablespoonfuls of boiling water. Add one cup of cream or milk. Boll all together in a double kettle, like soft custard. Add one cup of vinegar gradually, the Inst thing. This Is a useful dressing, and will keep In a cool place for weeks. It can l>e used for all kinds of salad. Cream of Cod Soup? Remove the skin nnd hone from one cupful of cold cooked cod or any white fob. chop it fine; cook iu the double (toiler one quart of milk. oue sprig of parsley, one slice of onion for ten minutes: cook together two tablespoonfuls of butter and the same of flour; add to this a little of the hot milk, then return all to the double boiler: add thi> codfish that has been chopped; nalt. pepper aud & dasli of nutmeg to seasou; strain through a tine strainer. Italian Meringue? Roil together half a cup of sugar and quarter cup of water; pour this slc.rly over the whites of three eirgs. beating rapidly; stand this is a pan of cold water and beat until cold: have soaking one tablespoon of gelatine in a little cold water half an hour: then stir over the nrp 11I1III UIS*OIVl-ll. *IUIU uuu ????- ill!*ture: whip one nip of cream and add it carefully to the first mixture: flavor with two tablespoon ful.s of vauilia ex tract: pour into a mold ?et on ice. MUHeU t'KZS wnu ^;irmiip??nun nix. eggs twenty minutes: when cool take off the shell. cut the egg* in halve*, lengthwise, remove the yolks, rub six sardines to a smooth paste; rub the egg yolks smooth and mix them thoroughly with the sardine paste; add a little lemon Juice, salt and pepper; till each half with the mixture and put the halves together; serve on lettuce leaves: to stuff eggs with anchovies rub the anchovies smooth with the yolks of the eggs or use anchovy paste; season; or these mixtures may, be used for sandwich mixture. '