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Lesson
(Br E. O. HEI.I.feKfl. Acting Director of
Sunday School L'uuro# Moody Bible Id
?tltute. Chicago )
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 7
RUTH CHOOSES THE TRUE OOD.
LESSON TEXT?Ruth l:?-ld. (Read en
tire hook.)
GOLDEN TEXT-Thy people eheU be
ny people; end thy 3od my Ood.?Ruth
14.
The book of Ruth ie a treat lore
story, fall of deep spiritual eatsee
tireness. Amid the tales ot war, de
celt, success and failure, this stor>
most beautifully Illustrates anothei
side of the life of the Israelites. Th?
author of the book is supposed to
bare been the same as the writer of
Judges, perhaps Samuel.
I. "There Wee S Famine In the
Land." This famine drove EUmelech,
his wile Naomi and their two sons,
Mabloo and Chillon, into the land of
Moab, even as Abnun before them
"west down" Into Egypt. The Immi
grant dona married In that land, one
of them becoming the busband ot
Rufh. Through this Israelltlsh al
liance Ruth learned of the true Ood
and the record of this book reveals
Ood to all who turn to him In sincer
ity and truth. This suggests the es
sential missionary character ot the
Old Testament. After the death of
ber husband and sons Naomi, hear
ing of returning prosperity In the
homeland (l:lt), elected to return to
unr own people.
II. "Entreat Ma Not to Leave
Thee." Thte story pute to alienee all
Of the mother-in-law Jokes. When
Naomi thought they had gone far
enough aba eonght to dlamlea the
younger women and expressed to
them tbo tender affection which ex
latod between them. A woman In an
eaatern land can find reet only In the
hotlee of her hue band and theee young
wldowa stood but poor chance of se
curing busbanda among those who
hated their race. Moreover we must
remember that they were penniless.
There seemed to be nothing forythem
. to gain If they proceeded any farther
(v it). Orpah reluctantly ai^l tear
fully turned back but Ruth dlave to
Naomi <*. 14). This Illustrates our
experience when we hare to decide
whether to leave friends, home and
everything that we may follow Christ
or, on the other hand, have to choose
the things which are good and refuse
to follow the best. (Matt. 10:ST; Luke
14:33).
III. "Whither Thou Goest I Will
Go." Naomi gave Ruth another op
portunity to go back to her people
and this time bases her appeal upon
the love of Ruth for Orpah (v. 15).
The word Ruth means "friendship."
and one of the strongest motives for
a loving nature to forsake the Lord
Is the love for those that ire of the
world. Many young men and young
?somen hate had such lores but they
usually result In making shipwreck
of faith. Read II Cor. 5:14. 16; Rom.
10:37. Tills test caused Ruth to count
fully the cost (Luke 14:35-33). No
more beautiful nor Immortal words
can be found In all literature than
Ruth's reply 17). Ruth's words
are still sung atf^est expressing our
song of life devotJMt. They have fur
nished Inspiration for countless lives,
^sermons and stories, and for some of
' the earth's greatest musicians as well.
They most wonderfully Illustrate our
attitude towards him "whom not hav
ing seen ye love" (I Peter 1:9).. (1)
"Entreat me not to leave thee." No
dlfflcultles, duties, faclnatlons nor per
secutions are to turn us aside. (3)
"Whither thou goest." Towards every
Ideal, service, field of endeavor, war
lodgest I will lodge." Where bis peo
ple are In the home. In service, Inter
course, social life, here and hereafter,
I Win abide In Christ (4) "Thy peo
, pie shall be my people." One In love,
sympathy and purpose In Christ (5)
'"Where thou dlest I will die." Let me
die the death of the righteous. (<)
"There will I be buried." In the same
hope of Immortality, of the resurrec
-c-flon, of death being swallowed up In
victory (Qal. 3:20; Eph. 3:5; 1 Cor.
15:56). Ruth did not ask for com
plete data from Naomi before she ac
companied ber to the homeland (John
12:26).
IV. The Sequel. At Bethlehem
Ruth had no other thought than to
cling to her , mother-in-law, even In
poverty and a life of lowly service.
She did her menial duties faithfully,
and displayed mors of the real hero
Ism of faith than that shown In the
daring exploits recorded In the other
history (Judges) of her day. The
truest hero Is not the reckless partici
pant In Europe's battlefields, npr Is he -
found In the mad struggle for commer
ctal supremacy, but more often In tbe
self-sacrlflctng acts of tender women
and in tbe common round of life's
duties. Ruth in a humble hut with
Naomi was better off and better satls
, fled than to hare lived In the finest
' palace in Moab (Phil. 1:23). Through
all of this love and devotion Ruth
was being fltted for a larger sphere qf
Influence In which she was enabled to
give to Naomi tbe happiest life possi
ble to her. Not once Is Ruth's beauty
suggested but she had the more at
tractive attributes of goodness, kind
ness and courtesy. She may have bad
personal beauty but her character far
outshone the physical, and like Mary's
precious ointment has filled the world
with Its sweet aroma. Unconsciously
she attracted the rfch land owner
Boas, who was a true gentleman, and
through her marriage to him she be
came. through David, an ancestress of
our Lord Jesus. Rahab the harlot, and
Ruth the converted Idolatress, are
each made a part of this ancestry
(Matt. 1:5 R. V.).
This lesson Is * suggestive one for
Decision day In our Sunday schools.
Give all an opportunity to ghoose and
to follow even as Ruth did. For the
little 'folks tell the story simply "aa
to a little child."
I * uyw-wlr-* ?
VALUE OF THE GARDEN
Usefulness Cannot Be Measured
In Money Alone.
Farmer Will Find It Profitable to Do
vote Small Patch of Land to Vege
tables?Location Should Be
Near tha Homo.
iFrepered by the United fltales Depart -
meat of AarU"liars!
If the* value of the homo garden
were to be estimated in money alone
It la safe to say that the returns from
a small plot of land devoted to this
purpose would be from eight to ten
timee greater than the value of the
ootton which could be raised on the
same area. Many southern farmers
will refuse to believe this. It Is, how
ever. a fact that experts in agriculture
have thoroughly demonstrated. For
several years past, canning-club girls
have made annual net profits of from
twenty to fifty dollars on gardens
only one-tenth of an acre In extent,
and In Alabama this year products
worth $700 were raised on seven-tenths
of an acre. The usefulness of the gar
den, however, cannot be measured In
money alone, and no man can afford to
Ignore the Important pert that an ade
quate supply of fresh vegetables plays
In preserving the health of his fam
ily.
ft is obvious that when a man buys
vegetables be not only pays for the
cost of production, but for the cost
or transportation and marketing. He
obtains, however, an Inferior article
Many vegetables lose their character
istic flavor within a few hours, and
none are so free from the danger of
Infection or so palatable as those
which are grown at home. In practice,
however. If the farmer does not grow
hie own vegetables It means that In. a
great majority of eases bis family gets
no vegetables at all. One result of
this Is a demand for tonics and other
medicines in the spring, for It Is a
well-known fact that vegetables and
fruits furnish many Ingredients nbso
lutely essential to human health.
Where a monotonous winter diet falls
to supply these Ingredients, the hu
man system suffers and recourse Is
hud to medicine.
For reasons 'both of health and
money, therefore, the fanner will find
Two Connlng-Club Girls Hoeing Tomatoes.
It profitable to devote to his home
ginlett the email amount of land and
the amall amount of labor that It re
quire! The amount of land depend^
of courae. upon the alze of the family!
In a majority of cases, however, from
one-fourth to one-half of an acre will
be found sufficient to produce an ade
quate supply of vegetables throughout
the entire year. Close attention must,
of course, be paid to the rotation and
succession of crops, the planting
planned with forethought, and the cul
tivation (Jone as carefully as that of
any Held crop. No specific arrange
ment can be laid down that would suit
ail requirements, and each grower
must devise plans to meet his own
conditions. In this he is strongly
urged to seek the assistance .which
county agents, state agricultural ex
periment stations, and the federal de
partment of agriculture can give him.
There are. however, certain funda
mental principles which apply equally
to all gardens. The garden should al
Product* From a Texaa Garden.
ways be located as close to the bouse;
as good ground-can be secured. This
means that the garden can be cared
for at odd moments, when It would
be neglected If It were at an Incon
venient dtstance. The vegetables
should be planted In long rows In or
der to make cultivation with ordinary
bone Implements possible. A slope
to the south or southeast Is desirable,
because the (round warms easily In
the spring and early planting Is thus
made posalble. Good drainage Is.
however, a factor of greater Import
ance. The land lhould have sufficient
fall to drain off surplus water, but not
safficlent to waah the soil. If all the
ground around the house Is level and
artificial drainage by open ditches or
tile drains Is not resorted to, planting
should be done on ridges or beds to
prevent the drowning of the crops dur
ing wet weather. ?
Thorough preparation of the soil by
plowing, harrowing, rolling or drag
ging will ultimately prove a saving
of labor by lessening the work of cul
tivation. A deep soil Is desirable, but
the depth should be Increased gradu
ally. Barnyard or stable manure is
the best fertilizer, because It furnishes
both plant food and humus. It should
be applied far enough In advance of
planting time to allow It to decay. If
it Is available, twenty to thirty tons of
manure to an acre will prove very
satisfactory. If this cannot be so
cured. some leguminous crop such as
cowpeas, soy beans, or crimson clover
should be turned under to supply hu
mus and part of the necessary nitro
gen.
Finally, additional fertilizing ele
ments can be applied In the form of
commercial fertilizers. These, bow
ever, are expensive and It Is oue ob
ject of diversified farming to enable
the farmer to economize In their use.
On farms which maintain an adequate
supply of live stock, and where atten
tion Is paid to the enriching of the
soil by leguminous crops, this should
not be needed, at least 1a, large quan
tities.
The vegetable); that the farmer will
grow In his garden depend naturally
upon local conditions und the family's
own preference. Asparagus, however,
should be Included wherever It will
thrive. This Is one of the earliest
vegetables and will prove a valuable
addition to the spring diet. The roots
may be planted In the fall or early
spring. After the bed Is well estab
lished, It should last Indefinitely, and
for this reason the location of the bed
should be very carefully considered
beforehand.
Beans are another vegetable which
should always be included. The firtt
planting should be made as soon as
the ground Is reasonably warm, and
1 this should be followed by others at
Intervals 01 ten days or two weeks,
until the hot weather sets In. Cab
bage la also desirable, because It Is
economical In the use ot land and may
be sown through a large part of the
year. For spring and early summer,
good varieties are the Jersey Wake
Held, Charleston Wakefield, All fiead
Early and Succession. In most sec
tions ot the SouUi it will hardly pay
to attempt to grow cabbage during
midsummer but a fall crop as well at
a spring crop should be grown. Cauli
flower Is generally regarded as a
greater delicacy, but it Is not so hardy
as cabbage. For further Information
on these and similar vegetables such
as celery, lettuce, cucumbers, egg
plant, etc., the prospective gardenei
should apply to his state experiment
station ot to the division of publics
tlons of the U. S. department of agri
culture for the various farmers' bul
letins on these subjects.
Although, as has already been said,
the choice of vegetables to be grown
In the garden must be determined by
Individual tastes and circumstances
spinach should not be omitted. This
canjie grown In the open throughout
the fall and winter all along the coast
south from Norfolk, Vs., and Inland
through the lower tier of southern
states. In the colder regions, a little
protection may be' necessary during
the severest weather, but two or three
Inches of hay. straw or leaves will usu
ally be found sufficient Seed planted
in the autumn will furnish greens
throughout the winter and early
spring- Spinach should hd sown In
drills twelve to fifteen Inches apart,
at the rate of one ounce to 100 feet
of row. For the average family, three
or four ounces of seed will be found
sufficient.
In an article of this kind, however,
it is obviously impossible even to
name all the products that a garden
may be made to yield. The farpier
who has hitherto neglected the possi
bilities of a half acre or so devoted
to the purpose should begin with the
simpler and most useful vegetables
and gradually Increase the variety in
.his garden as his experience and
knowledge of vegetable growing
grows.
No mention has been made In this
article of potatoes, fox their Impor
tance in the family diet entitles them
to an article to themselves, which wll<
follow shortly.
Sell Unprofitable Fowls.
Some of your hens lay a great mani
eggs during the year, and others lny
very few. Sell the unprofitable birds
Sweet Clover Cutting.
The first cutting of sweet olorer
should be made Just before the bios
soma appear. Cut It high enough to
leave a few side shoots and leaves (a
foot high may be necessary) otherwise
It will not start up again.
Most Profitable Animal.
Anyone can get one brood sow and
some can get more and with good
management no animal on the place
will prove more profitable
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Hay for Farm Horn.
Authorities say that a farm horn
of medium size wilt thrive on ten
pounds of hay per day and that eight
een pounds a day la excessive and
should not be allowed. It Is better to
keep somewhere near the happy medi
um. A good rule to go by la to allow
one pound of hay to each one hundred
pounda of horse.
Alt things being equal, the produc
tion and value of a live stock tarn,
steadily Increases.
PRACTICE SAVING IN KITCHEN
broper Uh of "By-Products" Will Do
Much to Reduce Bills Prom the
Butohsr.
To apply a manufacturing term to
our household materials and methods
our kitchen ''by-products" should be
mors carefully considered than they
often are; and by this expression Is
meant waste materials. The by-pro
duets of meat are more often lost than
those of other foods, and this (s a groat
loss, slnoe this group of foodstuffs Is
increasing In espenee. Hones are chler
among them, and fat All bones may
bs quickly turned to good servtee by
being washed, covered with cold wa
ter. heated gradually and made Into a
broth, which even tf small in quantity
will add flavor and some nutriment to
gravies or soups. We must learn to
use these meat flavors to help reduce |
the oost of living by making gravies
and vegetables more palatable.
As to the fats, they are not always
made aa full use of as Is possible.
For shortening cakes, etc., for deep
frying and for soap every bit may
be used with little additional labor. ;
To prepare It suet Is cut In small
pieces, covered with water, allowed to
soak for a day, the water being
.changed once. When drained. It la
put In a kettle with one-half cupful
sktna milk to each pound of suet, and
Mpoked slowly until sound of boiling
nas ceased. When partly cooked the 1
clear fat Is drained from the scraps
A combination of leaf lard or chick
en fat with beef fat yields a softer
product. Whether sliced bacon Is tried
on top of the stove or baked In a pan
to the ov^p, a large proportion of It
exudes In dear fat. All of this should
be saved to use for browning vege
tables for soup or for hashed brown
botatoes or similar nitwiviaoa
SALT PORK PROPERLY FRIED
This li a New Method, and tha Reaulta
Will Justify tha Time Spant
en It.
Here's a new way to fry salt pork:
Slice salt pork In slices a little
thicker than bacon, remove the rind,
place In a skillet of cold water and
add a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda,
bring to boll. Rinse with cold water,
dredge with floar and place In light
ly creased skillet.
Sprinkle lightly with red and black
pepper and sift In a small amount of
sag* Now sprinkle with sugar about
as one would salt the same amount
of fresh pork. Do not use too mueta.
Lastly, dust with nutmeg to give
a pleasant arqtna, but not sufficient
to taste. Fry a light brown on both
sides and remove to a hot platter.
Pour off the grease from the top.
leaving about two tableepoonfula of
grease the skillet.
Place in a heaping tablespoonful of
flour in skillet and stir till It becomes
a rich brown. Pour in about a pint
of milk and bring to a boll. Season
with salt , .Serve , with gravy and
meat separately.. X??,
Spinach with a dessert of hard
boiled eggs and vinegar, is an excel
lent accompaniment to the above.
To'Launder Woolen Garments.
To clean blankets or all-wool gar
ments. shave up half a bar of any good
laundry soap, add four tablespoonfuls
of borax and a little water, and melt
over the Ore. Then add four table
spoonfuls of household atpmoqla, put
in the tub and half fill the tub with
cold water. Enter the articles to be
cleaned, and let soak four hours. Then
rinse In water containing four table
spoonfuls of ammonia. Do not wring.
The article will be just like new and
will not shrink.
Tripe Fried In Bitt?f. '?
Cut tripe in pieces for serving and
boll twenty minutes, which makes It
nice and tender. Beat one egg, add
one-quarter cupful cold water, one
teaspoonful salt and flour to make a
batter, not too thin. Dip the tripe in
the batter and fry until a nice color on
both sides. If there is any hatter left
pour It Into the spider and cook with
the rest. Be sure to hare plenty of
grease In the spider. If you use fresh
tripe add one tablespoonful vinegar to
batter.
Brazilian Stew.
Cut up a few onions, tomatoes and
carrots; have ready two pounds of the
shin of beef, cut Into pieces about two
Inches long, and dip each piece Into
vinegar; put the vegetables and meat,
with some pepper and salt. Into a
saucepan Without any water (or In a
casserole In the oven), and let all
simmer for four hours. There will be
plenty,of gravy, and the meat will be
very tender. Shin of beet is Inexpen
sive. .
Cold Slaw.
Chop one small head of cabbage
and one-third of a bunch of celery to
gether. For dressing, stir one pint
vinegar, two beaten eggs, one tea
spoonful of salt and two teaspoonfuls
of French mustard, with a half-salt
spoonful of pepper, together. Cool
Until It comes to a boll, stirring con
stantly; then remove from the Are and
when cold mix well wtth the chopped
cabbage and celery.
Rich Chocolate Pudding.
Beat, tne yolks of three eggs until
very light and thick, with half a cup
ful of sugar, flavoring to taste, two
ounces of sweet chocolate and a half
cupful of chopped almonds. When
thoroughly mixed, stir In the whites
of the eggs well beaten and pour the
mixture Into a buttered baking dish.
Bake In a moderate oven from 30 to
40 minutes. Serve with any light
sauce.
Broiled Flounders, Parsley Sauce.
Put the flounders In boiling, salted
water and cook 20 to 25 minutes. Put
some butter In a saucepan, stir In
some flour and add some of the wa
ter In which the flounders were boiled.
Have It as thick as sauce Is usually
made. Then chop some parsley fine
and put In the sauce. Salt to taste.
Let stand on the back of the stove a
minute.
| IDLERS DESTROY ALL CHANCES OF PROFIT 1
Get Rid of the Old Machinery and Hava the Meat Up-to-Date Labor-Saving
' Kind?Thle la an Era of Efficiency.
(By JOHN D. PRENTICE.) I
A good many year* ago 1 suddenly
soke up to tka fact that tha idlers ,
an the farm are the things that keep
a man from making money. When I
came OOest fifteen years ago I visited
a big manufacturing plant at Chicago
and I was struck by the system which
kept everybody and everything busy.
In going through the factory 1 could
not see an idle man nor an Idle ma
chine. Everything and everybody was
on the Jump every minute. No lost
motion, no loafing on the Job. And as
I pondered over the matter on my way
to my new farm I began to realise
how much I ha<l lost in the past
through maintaining idle and unpro
ductive things.
As soon as 1 got settled 1 sold off
three old horses I bad brought with
me, and bought two good ones; traded
four cows that had never been up to
the mark for two that gave more
milk than the four ever did, and 1 in
vested some of my capital in a flock
o* 20 sheep, about 100 bens and five
of the beet brood sows I could buy In
the county, _ 5__j
Then I traded an old reaper that I
I 1
Using ths Tedder?A Very Useful Im
plement In Curing a Crop of Alfalfa
or Clover.
-had hauled from central Olllo for Ave
stands of bees and a good plow.
I made up my mind that I would
have the best tools and the best live
stock that I could buj and that 1
would make everything on the place !
earn Its keep or know the reason why.
I had brought with me dn old thresh
ing machine with which I used to go
around through our neighborhood In
Ohio every fall doing odd Jobs of
threshing. Of course I made a little
money at this, but when I figured out
the time the old machine stood Idle?
about ten months In the year?and re
pairs I had to pay for and the time
spent In hunting up Jobs. I quickly
discovered that the old rattletrap had
cost me a good deal of money.
I traded the outfit for a bunch of
yearling calves and felt that I bad a
load off my chest.
, Within a week after I had made my
trades and purchases I had the sheep
busy cleaning up a 20-acre pasture,
over 100 chickens were scratching
their living out of the fields, the hogs
were putting on flesh; the cows made
more butter than we could use, which
brought us In cash every week, and
the calves were laying money on their
ribs right along. Everything was
working night and day.
Of course I could .not make all the
changes I wanted at once, but within
six months every head of live stock on
the place was good of Its kind, and
profitable. That Is the main thing,
to Invest one's capital only In things
that will bring returns On the Invest
ment
I never before had realized how
greatly handicapped the farmer Is
who tries to work with old, half worn
out machinery, decrepit horses that
cannot do more than a half day's work
In a day, cows that eat more than
they earn, and who has no poultry or
sheep to clean up the stuff that would
otherwise go to waste.
By changing my methods I have
made three tluieg as mucn money
since 1 came to South Dakota as I
ever did In Ohio, although I do not
think my land Is any better and we
do not work as hard. ?
1 have exactly the same amount of
land 1 bad In Ohio and perhaps 1 have
learned how to farm It better, but I
attribute what little success 1 have
had to the fact that everything on the
place la productive and that I keep
everybody and everything busy every
minute I can.
GOOD PROTECTION FOR TREES
Pennsylvania' Expert Recommends
That. All Litter Be Removed and
Earth Mound Be Erected.
The damage to trees, particularly
in young orchards, from gnawing by
rabbits and mice during the winter
time Is very great Last winter in
particular there was an unusual abund
ance ot field mice. When the snow
thawed from meadows the burrows of
mice could be Seen extending in all
directions. Many young trees planted
in sod or where manure or mulch
came closely around their bases were
completely girdled by these animals.
As a precautionary measure, Profes
sor Paddock of Ohio college of agri
culture recommends that litter of all
kinds be removed from around the
trunks of young trees and that a six
inch mound of earth thrown about
trunks of such trees is also a good
plan. This protection of earth also
safeguards to a certain extent against
winter injury.
One does not want to go to the other,
extreme, however, and remove all cov
ering from off the young tree roots.
Experiment hfts shown that a certain
amount of organic matter In or on the
soil will often protect the trees from
injury during a hard winter.
Rabbits are always present and the
possibility of injuries should always
be guarded against. One of the ways
recommended for preventing the rab
bits from gnawing the trees Is to pro
tect them with some form of tree
protector. This may either be a cylin
der of fine-meshed woven . wire or
wood veneer or cloth.
Good Type of Brood 8ow.
In selecting a brood sow, form is
first to be considered. The body
should be finely Built, vigorous, long
with heavy quarters, flat back, short
snout, ears and limbs. The neck
should not be too short She should
be a vigorous feeder, with great ca
pacity, because an indifferent feeder
will starve her pigs. A sow whose Ut
ters range less than eight to twelve
pigs each is a failure.
Less Seed Required.
Less seed to the acre is required
where oats are seeded with the drill
than when seeded broadcast
Special Ink Evolved.
As the carbon of ordinary printing
inks does not bleach in using printed
material for new paper, a French firm
has patented a special Ink. The black
pigment is a compound from tanbark
extracts acting on ferrous sulphate,
and this is Incorporated with resin,
or mineral oil and resin, or boiled lin
seed oil. In repulplng the paper the
ink Is bleached with an acid solution
of a hypochioride, chlorine gas. or
hydrochloric or oxalic acid, the pulp
feeing made perfectly white.
I
POTATO ROTS QUITE COSTLY
Important to Treat All Tutiara Show
ing Affection With Solution of
Mercury Bichloride.
Various typea of rot annually de
stroy many thousands of dollars'
worth of potatoes. The rots respon
sible for much of these damages are
Internal brown rot, powdery dry rot,
soft rot and stem rot.
Very often tubers are attacked In
the field or In storage by a soft rot
which quickly reduces the potatoes to
a soft, slimy, foul-smelling masB.
The stem rot fungus,- rhizoctonla,
produces on the tubers small dark
brown bodies which resenfble bits of
soli. These bodies are the wintering
over stage of the fungus and mqy
spread very rapidly from one tuber to
another under Improper methods of
storage. While this fungus does not
Itself canse a rot of the tuber, It may
pave the way for such rot-producing
organisms as the dry and soft rota. Of
these diseases, rhizoctonla and the or
ganism causing the Internal brown rot
only produce a wilting of the vine. It
Is, therefore. Important to treat all
tubers showing the presence of the
brown soil-like bodies with a solution
of mercury bichloride and to discard
for seed all tubers showing the brown
ring discoloration.
Internal brown rot may live fq the
soil for five or six years. If potatoes
are grown continually year after year
on the same soli these organisms will
Increase In number, and, as a conse
quence, the percentage of wilted vines
and rotted tubers will also Increase
until In a few years the soil will be
entirely worthless for growing, pota
toes.
Since all of these diseases live over
winter ou or In the tubers, It Is Im
perative that seed treatment and seed
selection be practiced in order to pre
vent a recurrence of the troubles the
following year. This, together with
the other precautions given, will pre
vent the spread of these diseases ant
reduce the loss In storage.
Not Always Cow's Fault.
iyls very often as much the fault of
the milker, tf the cow goee dry, as It
Is the fault of the cow herself. The
way she Is handled and the feed she
Is given are Important factors
i Weaving Called Old Art.
Weaving Is believed to be an older
art than spinning. Rude looms are
pictured on the tombs of Thebes, and
It is belfeved that the ten curtains of
fine linen, blue and purple and scarlet,
with cherubim of "cunning work,"
made tor the tabernacle, were tape*
tries, the work of the loom.
Man and Religion.
Men will wrangle for reUglpp.^ writs
for It, fight for It, die for it, anything
but live for It.?Cotton.
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BREADS WITHOUT EG6S
WILL BE WELCOME ON MENU AS
A CHANCE.
Butt*rmllk--G*nie an^ Biscuit* Are
Two of Pivs Recommendsd?flwsst
Potato Pone?Racipe for Quick
Cinnamon Buna.
Buttermilk Gawaar Muffles.?Ml ?
teaspoonful of aoda dissolved In a tea
spoonful of water to a pint of thick.
Hour buttenallk. atir in quickly suffi
cient flour to make a batter that will
drop from the spoon. Urease (em pans
or muffin rlnas. All them partly full
with this mixture, and bake quickly
in a hot oven. If the batter la thin
enough to pour it may be baked on tha
griddle.
1 Buttermilk Biscuits.?Sift one quart
of four with a level teaspoonful of bi
carbonate of soda and a half teaspoon
ful of salt; rub into it a tablespoonful
of shortening. Urease a shallow bak
ing pan, and see that the oven la hot
Add to the flour mixture one pint of
thick sour milk or buttermilk; knead
quickly, ualng sufficient floor to pre
vent sticking. \
Sweat Potato Pone-?Pare and grata
sufficient sweet potatoes to make one
pint, add one cupful of sweet milk, a
teaspoonful of ginger, two level table
spoonfuls of butter, melted, and two
tablespoonfuls of sugar; beat thor
oughly. 81ft two level teaapoonfula of
baking powder with one and a half
cupfula of flour; add this to the pone,
beat a minute, turn Into a buttered
baking dish, and bake in a moderate
oven three-quarters of an hour. 8erve
in the dish in which It Is baked. Tkia
is a spoon bread and should be served
as soon as taken from the oven
Bachelor's Buttons?To a pint of
flour add two level teaapoonfuls, of
baking powder and a half tesspoqpful
salt; mix; rub In two tablespoonfula
shortening; add two tablespoonfula
sugar, and milk to just moisten. Roll
Into small pieces, brush with milk,
dust with sugar and hake In a quick
oven twenty-five minutes.
Quick Cinnamon Bun.?81ft a quart
of flour Into four teaapoonfuls baking
powder and a half teaspoonful salt;
rub In two tabfospoonfuls shortening;
add milk to just moisten. Mix, roll
Into s sheet, spread with butter, dust,
thickly with sugar, lightly with cinna
mon, and sprinkle with dry clean cur
rants. Make Into a roll, cut into two
inch lengths, stand these, cut side up.
In greased pan. and bake In moderate
oven about forty minutes Serve warm
?Good Housekeeping Magazine.
Codfish Omelet.
Allow one egg for eecb person to
be served. Separate yolks end whites,
besting the latter until still. Heat
one level' tablespoonful of butter In a
fryer. Whip the yolks with two ta
blespoonfuls of milk for each four
eggs used, then mix In the whites
carefully, adding a dash of pepper.
Have a cupful of cooked Baked cod
fish. Pour the egg Ipto the hot fry
er. and as the bottom of the egg sets
spread the fish over; then begin with
a broad-bladed knife add turn the
Omelet gently from the bottom, tip
ping the pan to allow the uncooked
egg to drain out and cook.
Te Clean Glass Oven Doors.
Glass front ovens are frequently
complained of as not sufficiently light
and clear to be satisfactory. Such
glass doors will do their duty if the
housekeeper does hers, for the glass
needs frequent thorough washing on
both sides with some fine scouring
powder or scouring soap; ordinary
soap and water will not accomplish the
results desired, as In baking the fumes'
and steam generated sometimes make
a coating difficult to remove. In addi
tion a small searchlight may be used
where stoves are not well placed for
light.
Vegetable Compete.
Chop vegetables left from a boiled
dinner, such as cabbage, parsnips or
potatoes. Sprinkle with pepper. Then
place a frying pan over the Are with
a piece of butter the size of a hickory
nut In it and when butter begins to
melt tip the pan in order to oil the
bottom. Add the vegetables and one
or two spoonfuls of hot water which
has been boiled. Cover quickly to keep
In the steam. When heated thorough
ly take olf cover, stirring contents oc
casionally until well cooked. Serve
hot.
Practical Household Tips.
Cooked Beans.?If a little baking
soda is added when cooking navy
beans or shelled beans, they need not
be soaked over night, and will be soft
in about halt the usual time.
Easy Cleaner.?Grease spots onwall
paper may be removed by rubbing
thoroughly With camphorated chalk.
Scorched Cloth.?Bread crumbs not
too tale, rubbed over scorched cloth
will cause the burn to disappear.?Mc
Clure's Magazine.
Hamburg Roaat.
Try this and see If It Isn't good;
Make a dressing of stale bread soaked
until soft. Then squeeze the water
off and season with a little pepper,
salt, sage, one egg and a few bits'of
butter. Stir If Into your meat and
put Into a greased tin; add a little
hot water and bake about one and a
half hours One pound of steak fixed
this way Is plenty for four.
French Puffs.
Cream a third of a cupful of butter
with a cupful of sugar and add* tSo
eggs, beaten separately, a cupful of
milk and two cupfuls of flour sifted
with a teaspoonful of cream tartar,
half a teaspoonful of soda and a pinch
of salt. Bake In patty inns ufrtf^
brown and serve hot with maple
el rup.
For the Cream Pitehsr.
If you have a small pitcher that has
the trying habit of "pouring back."
just rub a bit of butter ar.der the nose
and you will not be troubled more.
This will prsrvent the dripping from a
pitcher used for any purpose and thus
save many spots on the'tablecloth.