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THE BOY F012 ME.

His cap is old but h's hair is gold,
And his fee; is as clear as the sky ,

And whoever he meets, on lanes or streets,
He looks them straight in the eye

With a fearless pride that has naught to hide,
Though he bows like a little knight,

Quite debonair. to a lady fair,
With a smile that is swift as light.

 

Does his mother call? I ot a kite or ball
Or the prettiest game can stay
His eager feet as he hastens to greet
Whatever she means to say. _
And the teachers depend on the little friend
At school in his place at nine,
With his lesson learned and his good marks
earned,
All ready to toe the line.

I wonder if you have seen him too,
This boy, who is not too big
For a morning kiss from mother and sis,
Who isn’t a bit of a prig,
But gentle and strong. and the whole day long
As hap y as happy can be,
A gentleman, dears, in th: coming years,
And at present the boy for me.

CHARITY.

My attention was attracted last week
while reading an old number of the Hons];-
HOLD ([ think the date is April 2831;) to a
beautiful little article, “ l‘rue Charity,” by
X. Y. Z. It is so kind, so true, so to 1 ol‘
the charitable spirit the world is most in
need of, that l haVe read it many times,
have read it to others, and lastly havegiven
it a place in my scrap book where it will
fall under my gaze every time i go there for
refreshment of heart, and where [ hope
other eyes Will read it and let its lesson
fall into their hearts.

I should like to relate a true story which
bears upon this subject, charity. The
advice of X. Y. Z. brought up a whole train
of thoughts, but 1 will begin with my own
observations and experiences that my active
and varied life has had crowded into it
from having to deal with the world in many

different planes, having seen life under
peculiar circumstances and phases.

There lived in our town a bright, beauti-
ful, promising girl. She had grace, kind-
heartedness, and winning ways. In in-

telligence, capacity in growth, Self-Gui-
ture and intensive comprehension, shé was

fat beyond the average girl of her years.
She reached higher. and felt aspirations

that her associates knew nothing of. Sh’e
grew upward, left the stagnant pool be- position in the school where she had been
hind. Her path led away from idle
frivolities and easy pastimes; she found went to one of the best normal schools in
her pleasure and company in books, music, this country, where she remained a year and

ever had been laid in a community with no
impulse toward intellectual things, or even
the common delights of an average country
neighborhood. it was one of these barren
districts where self prevailed, where every-
thing was counted for its money value; and
where enmity and jealousy and discord had
full sway. There was no unity of feeling——
never had been. Her gentle nature re-
sponded to peace, quiet, study, reading,
and aside from the serious quality of her
mind, she became the ready sylnpath'zer in
the family and the helpful inmate .-f a busy
home. She avoided gossiping neighbors,
they called her vain; she found communion
in nature and books, they c-tlled herlrzy
and idle. She learned to love a few choice
friends for their kinship of spirit, they said
she was worthless and untrue.

She resolved to make herself a teacher,
feeling the growing p lWC‘I‘ within to d J and
to he, took up be. calling in the public
schools, and proved herself to be an «ill -ient
and faithful teacher. Vacations were soent
back at the old home among the scenes of
her childhood.

There came a day of weakness to her
strong heart. Love, touched her with airy
wings. It was the love of a frienl who
had stood up for her when storms of
calulnny had fallen on her fair head, one
who had f night her battles, who had
cleared away clouds of distrust and bitter-
ness thrust over her sky by the depravity ol'
those who longed to drag her down to their
own level. She loved him for the dangers
he’had known for her sake; for the courage
of a man; love enterei these two hearts and
dwelt there as only few can know in this
world. No one seemed true but her lover,
none so pure, so goon, so lovely as she;
into his desolate life she brought love and
life, and the hope of happiness. What
cavil, what tongues of scathing anathema,
till she was buried under the pile of smok-
ing debris, carried, together by gossiping
women, trouolesome Aunt Jeznimss and
jealous society belle-3, all of whom in their
own careers would not bear careful scrutiny.

It requires a. great burden of sin to ruin a
good, heroic soul. it does not require So
great a load of sin to make the world think

ing, absorbing new methods, and where She
developed marked skill as a teacher. She
graduated with high honors, a. favorite with
her crass of teachers.

Teachers qualified to teach the New Edu—
cation are wanted ev ‘rywhere, and she has
been one to establish the great principles
and t. crown her work with success for five
years. Two years ago she accepted a posi-
tion in B)Stt)l), where she has had un-
equalled opportunity for study and obser—
vation, for culture and travel. Her position
was ina private family who spend their
winters in Florida, and this offered her
sight-seeing, travel and a home in the sunny
tropics. There is scarcely an historic spot
around Boston that she has not visited.
Last stunrner Vacation she was a member of
the Martha’s Vineyard institute, and passed
Six Wt‘t'kfi there and at Nantucket, and New
England is inlet-rue, a charmed and beloved
home. l’rl-b i‘oly not one teacher in a
thousand has so choice and valuable a
library as this la ly, and not one in a thou-
sand from any crllhig or Vocation in life is
Wetter reall upon ‘nll topics and current
literature of. the day.

See is an enthusiastic Worker for and
believer in the C. I... S. 0.; and graduated
win the class of 1836. Since then she
has continued the annual reading, beside
accomplishing very much of the supple-
mentary reading, which has adorned her
diplomas with nine additional seals. These
tlforts have been made through her own
exertions, ambitions and persevrrance.

Etwrywhere her work has called her she
has nnintained 1-. character above reproach-
Swe has at all ilillBS identified herself with
the C .ristian workers, attendant upon
divine serVice. She is a working member
of the Women’s Educational and ludustrial
Union in Boston, a constant reader
through the public library, in fact her
reachings out and attainments are beyond
the scope of my paper. This little earnest
Working woman, withaheart full of ten-
derness, fired vxith ambition to be useful,
with desire to be loved for good Works, has
gone steadily forward, trampling down dif-
ficulties while the forge has been bent upon
sounding her ruin to the world. Nothing

 

it is ruined.

Aspirations holy and beauliful radiated
from the girl’s life, who had now become a
woman in breadth, in soul, in dreams of
belief in a. future victory. She lost her

engaged. With what money she had she

 

and a few chosen friends. Her life how- a half perfecting herself in the art of teach-

can ruin or break down such a soul. The
more it is bruised the mere it will shine
forth. There has never been a moment
during her darkest hours, she told me, that
she had once faltered from her determina-
tiongshe has believed in herself and the
cause of right, and had faith in the justice
of love.

Yet in her native town. sisters, women,

 

  

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members of the W. C. '1‘. U., look at her
with stony eyes and hearts as hard, draw
away and wrap their blankets of self-
righteousness around their shriveled forms.
and say "She is not as good as we are,”
and they call this acceptable to Him, our
Great Teacher, whose words were “Let
him who is without sin cast the first stone.”
This is true charity. E. v. J.
BATTLE CREEK

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HOME.

Why do we farmers toil early and late,
through heat and cold, wet and dry? Is it
to gain wealth, renown and fame? I tell you
nay. For all of these are empty names
without that best of all of God’s blessings,
most precious of all things here on earth—a
home. What is home? ls itafine man-
sion? The mansion, however perfect it
may be in architectural design and finish,
may not be. a home in the real sense of the
word, it may not be the abode of kindred
spirits, or hearts that beat as one. With
those of true kindred, the surroundings may
be plain, but there is something in the very

word H )me, that sounds as if it were
beautiful. It is a subject that we will never
weary of: the older it grows the brighter it
shines. Since the creation of Eve man
was placed at its head, but by close obser—
vation you will find in almost every case
that the woman is the home. Just take her
out and what is home; it is only a place to
stay, where you get your board and lodging.
Where is home to the little child but where
mother is? And where is home to the true
husband but where the wife is?

Then it woman is the home, I would say
to those poor tired mothers with the many
cares, may the knowledge of this dropa
little sunbeam in your lives. And with all
your loving care for others do not be so
self-forgetting, but take a dose occasionally
of outdoor air and sunshine: it will help
to sweeten life and keep out perplexing
care which brings the wrinkles. In for-
getting self you rob those 'you love, for
motherless in most cases means homeless.
Though wealth may be lavished with an
unsparing hand, nothing can take the place
of that unselfish mother love.

We are having somewhat of a change in
our farmers’ homes. Women are being
educated that the home life should be
something above one of mere drudgery,
that they should take in some free air and
sunlight in the home. Some of our girls
‘ are being educated in such a way that when
they step beyond the walls of the parental
home they can make themselves useful in
helping to form a new one. They are
familiar with horticulture and the rearing
of poultry, which helps to add many
luxuries to the comforts of a home. Woman
needs more out door air than she generally
gets, and in these pursuits she will
breathe a pure air which will help her to re-
tain perfect health, and livea long useful
life, and in old age be an ornament to the
home which she has ennobled by her example
and embellished by her labor; and will leave
a legacy to the children that only a healthy
mother can give—a strong constitution.

mere hospital: sickness will take the jiy all

out of a home.

Did you ever rsalize how much that one

little word means to the wanderer or foot-

sore traveler as he longs for a place of rest

for weary limbs and aching heart, to be
welcomed by loved ones, and feel the home

influence? Some may not appreciate the
worth of a home until they are deprived of
it. With what love and endearment we
speak of the old home, with what bright
hopes we think of the new. and anticipate
what we will make it. Take the home
from this life and you have robbed us of all
that makes earth dear. Jesus, knowing
the love that we have for our earthly homes,
tells us of a heavenly one, and says, “ In

my father’s house are many mansions.”

And then to show us that it is a prepared
place he says, “ 1 go to prepare a place for
you.”

Of all places the farmer’s home should
be the nearest like heaven; without jar or
contention. It should be attractive, pleasant,
and a place of safety where one is sheltered
from the world, and in this it should be a
type of heaven, as a safeguard from vice.
How pleasant to rehearse the trials and
victories of the day in the evening home
circle, for there is the place we may talk of
what we have done without any misunder-
standing. Much has been said and written
on this subject, but it is a theme that can-
not be exhausted. As home is not com-
plete without a woman to preside over it
to make it a paradise, that ‘woman should
not be above home work. Did you ever
think of the self denial the true wife and
mother will undergo for her loved ones, to
make that place of. all other on earth at-
tractive? But to her it cannot be all sun-
shine; there come the dismal days of
housecleaning that we have just passed
through, when the whole household seems
in a panic, and the men are tempted to

this must be endured in view of. its good
results. Frequently this work falls on one
woman, and at a time of the year when
other extra work comes in; there is the
dairy and the hired men, and there can be
no cutting down in the culinary department;
the table must be supplied with plenty of
good fresh food, for hard working men
have good appetites, and in addition there
is the tidying of the yard, and the work
among the small fruit and flowers. It seems
there is not much time to play the lady, but
does she not get good pay for all this in the
enjoyment of her home? Nor must she
neglect the demands of. society, which are
as necessary to her well-being as light and
air to the vegetable kingdom.

Our daughters need a practical education,
something more than to say they are
graduates; that is all very nice as far it goes,
but they need something that will enable
them to he helps to their husbands in the
building up of a home and in the guiding of
the minds of their children. It takes no
more time to fill the mind with something
grand and noble, than to allow waste time
to fill the mind with evil. Do let our boys
and girls be educated with this end in view,
the building up of noble homes for the best
good of mankind. For the safety of the

wish their homes were somewhere else, but .

 
 

in a Christian home. It is the only safe
corner stone for a republic, but how many
of our homes have educated Christian
mothers at the head. What our homes are
our future country will tell. Mothers hardly
realize the responsibility that rests on us in
this matter of home training, until perhaps
it is too late. And it tells not only for the
good of our country, but the coming church
and eternity will reveal what our homes
have been. Mns. R. D. PALMER.

SHALL WE TALK POLITICS?

 

No doubt we all agree with C. B. R.,
that the HOUSEHOLD is not the place for
politics. An occasional sprinkle might
serve as spice, but it would not be easy to
get some without getting much, and that
would be decidedly disagreeable; for such a
discussion among women is apt to get a lit-
tle heated. Not that it is not so among men,
but I think the other sex is a little worse.
I believe that politics often dim man’s
patriotism.

When a president is chosen by the party
to which they do not belong, they forget
that he is the choice of the people, and
their president as well as their neighbor’s.
They allow party feeling to make them
think every act of his utterly bad. The
women cannot be blamed for this, they are
not “politically patriotic.” Yet I believe
women should interest themselves in this
subject, try to understand it, and be able
to discuss it with their husbands, and ex-
plain it to their children. Let us not, be-
cause we are not “allowed to help choose
these men,” turn indifierently away. But
let us take an interest in this, as in other
subjects, and in everything that is going
on. Keep up with the times; even if house-
work is pressing, find room for other
thoughts.

Those who wish to vote will naturally
think more about politics. What is the
opinion of the HOUSEHOLD on the nomina-
tion of Mrs. Lockwood by the Women Suf-
frage party? For my part 1 think it a
foolish move.

0 B. R. says that she desiresto vote only
on the liquor question. But there has al-
ready been a surplus of legislation on this
subject, and according to an article which
I read recently “ there are so many forms of
law that their object is defeated as much by
their number as by their general weakness.”
Temperance is not the only great reform.
The tariff and other national issues affect
the women as much as the men, yet they

seldom think of this.
PRISCILLA.

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THAT cold boiled ham in the pantry can
be presented as a very appetizing dish in
case of the necessity to prepare a hasty
meal. Slice rather thicker than if it were
tobe served cold, have a spider hot, put in
a very little bit of butter, and quickly cook
the meat on both sides, turning it quickly.
0r enclose it in a wire broiler and broil over
the fire. The previous boiling has removed
the salt and made it tender and the quick
cooking does not dry it. It comes to the
table tender, sweet and palatable, and the
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THE BAY VIEW

As the heated season approaches and the
wheels of life begin to drag heavily, the
memory of last summer’s scorching sun
and parching winds is fresh in our minds,
and we cry out in the earnestness of our
souls: Is there no place in all this lake-
girt State of ours, to which we may fly, and
for awhile escape the heat and dust and
turmoil ofabusy life? Is there no shady
peaceful spot to which we may go, and
amid the entrancing beauties of Nature find
needed rest for our weary bodies, and rich
intellectual and spiritual food for our hungry
souls, and so be enabled to gain the
equipoise of body and soul so essential for
successfully meeting the great issues of
life, and battling with its adversities‘.’ And
the answer comes quickly to us: Yes,
just such aplace, and just such an intel-
lectual feast may be found at Bay View!
There we behold Nature in all her loveliest

ASSEMBLY.

fresh breeze coming up from the great lake,
we gaze in rapt admiration at the lovely
land cape, the sunlit forest, the sky-
clearing bills, the sun gleaming as through
amber clouds, or sinking beneath the
waters, sending back to us its gorgeous
ethereal rays over the dancing, rippling
waves.

.. And even the deep blue heavens look glad,
And the green earth sends its incense up
Fl om every flower and dewy cup,

That greetelh the sunshine.”

All this created beauty finds an echo in
the heart, for there’s a story in every breeze,
and a picture in every wave, and in con-
templation of created things, by steps we
may ascend to G )d.

The wisdom of the managers can not be
too highly commended in locating the
Assembly on the shore of this lovely bay.
One can Spend hours watching the waves,
“With all their white crests dancing like
thick plumed squadrons to the shore gal-
lantly bounding.” But grandest of all is
to watch its storm tossed fury, lashing and
foaming, yet ever recoiling back upon itself;
never daring to trangress the bounds given
by its Master, who said: “Hitherto shalt
then come, and no further, and here shall
thy proud waves he stayed.”

The high moral and intellectual tone of
the Assembly is in keeping with the natural
beauty of the location and enhances its
charms; indeed, each seems a counterpart or
complement of the other.

The Assembly this year promises to be
an exceptionally interesting one, due to the
capable management of M. Hall, its able
superintendent. The rarest treat of all
will be the presence of Dr. Vincent, to
whom all Cnautauquans look as their leader;
and second only to him, will be Alfred
Wright, of Boston, dean of the Chautauqua
School of TheoIOgy: and it is worth a trip
to Bay View to listen to either of these
gifted, devoted men. Dean Wright will be
present during the whole of the Assembly,
and undoubtedly Dr. Vincent will grace the
platform Recognition Day. and present the
diplomas to the graduates of the C. L. S. G.
Then there is a long list of other celebrities,
Dr. Henson, of Chicago; Geo. P. Hayes;
Robert Nourse; Prof. Winchell; Bishop

Star Keefer, of Toronto; Laygah Barrakat,

that wonderful woman from Syria, and
many other attractions.

A rare opportunity for contact with the
noblest minds is here enjoyed. Thought is
stimulated and higher, nolier aspirations are
formed, which must ennoble the life. There
is also an excellent opportunity for study
in the schools of Art, Music, Oratory, Sum-
mer School for Teachers, S. S. Normal
classes, all led by the first talent in the
land.

Recreative pleasures are also abundant.
Open air concerts, receptions and gay il-
luminations, rowing and fishing,boat rides
and excursions help to re-create the body;
while lectures, concerts, sweet vespers,
Church and Missionary Congress, W. C. T.
U. Day and other great days, brighten and
purify the soul.

The Assembly opens the last Wednesday
in July and continues three weeks. Every-
thing possible will be done to make these
three weeks most delightful and enjoyable;
and I can say from experience that one
visit to the Assembly will create a desire
for an attendance there ever after, so
charming is the place. The prosperity of
the Assembly testifies to its attractiveness.

Nearly one hundred cottages are to be
erected on the grounds this year; the
amphitheater is to be enlarged and every-
thing arranged for the comfort and pleasure
of the visitors. Last year a beautiful
Chautauqua cottage was built, and from its
broad verandas, one of the most charming
views of the bay is obtained; although
owing to the terraced plan of the grounds,
magnificent views of the beautiful bay may
be had from the piazzas of the three hundred
cottages and public buildings composing
this lovely summer city of the woods, this
queen of summer resorts.

Bay View is situated on Little Traverse
Bay, and is easy of access, both by boats
and by the G. R. & I. railroad, which runs
through the place. Half rate railroad
tickets will be sold during the Assembly.
The best table board costs $4 and $5 per
week; furnished rooms 32 and 33; while
hotel rates for room and board are $7 to 310.
Any one desiring to know more of Bay
View can obtain a copy of the Assembly
Herald, giving full particulars, by sending
to the Superintendent, J. M. Hall, Flint, or

Secretary S. Reed, Saginaw,
HOWELL. MR3. W. K. SEXTON.

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N0 POLITICS.

Ah me! to think it was I that got our
Editor into trouble, just because I wanted
to “boom” a deserving sister. So my poor
efforts are like “unto a man’s writing.”
I wonder if it was a man or woman made
the remark! How sagacious it was, any
way! But I am sure I would rather be
taken, or rather mistaken, for a man than
for a manly woman.
Now hear some comments on the other
side: “That boom is a cunningly con-
trived plan of some man to get in a boom
for Alger. A woman couldn’t have hood-
winked the queen B. into allowing that in
the HOUSEHOLD.” How easily some peo-
ple can make mystery and covert design out

“what’s the matter” with she-he is that
credit was given Mrs. Logan for having an
acknowledged influence with her husband.
Envy, was it?

' To think that 1, whose ambition is and
always has been to stand ready to nod and
smile assent to my husband’s lightest ex-
pressed opinion, am now inferentially ac-
cused of beinga “man,” and booming a
presidential candidate! I’m entirely over-
whelmed, but still feel like putting in a.
word or two, just to prove my sex.

It seems to me C. B. R. has an itching
for the very question she denounces. She
thinks the time is coming when women will
have to nominate candidates, though “ they
are off their goal” now, if expressing an
opinion. Never mind, ittakes a pretty smart
woman to keep “the president on the rug,”
it reports are true, so don’t let us be too
much disheartened.

It does not seem to me that the highest
intellectual powers are needed in naming
political candidates, and with all deference
to C. B. R., 1 protest that no “pollution
of our HOUSEHOLD” could come of the
article complained of, if it had been written
“ by a man,” as a “boom ” for an honored
Michigan soldier.

1f politics are so defiling that a discus-
sion of candidates of any party is “pollut-
ing,” I think the rights apparently wished
for by our friend, are scarcely to be desired.
She says that when women get certain
rights she hopes they will know how to
use them, . but it seems to me that this
hope is more likely to be realized by a
broad, fair discussion of principles and
policy involved in the proper use of such
rights, than to hold up one’s hands in holy
horror at theirbare mention. This is only
following a logical sequence, not in the
least intended as an argument in favor of
introducing politics.

One other phrase, “ The leadingquestions
of the day” includes much. We are gen-
erally “too unanimous”-—a phrase coined
by our chief that described the state of
things perfectly. But once in a while some
pet theory is jarred, or a manner of doing
some kind of work is called in question, or
a matter of opinion is criticised: then don’t
the dear creatures make themselves heard!
This is just as it should be. We want in-
dependent thought, lively criticism, origi-
nal ideas, but we want all these tempered
with courteous respect and kindly feeling.
No member can please me better than to
review my letters, object to anything she
thinks incorrect, and thus awaken the brain
to renewed and more careful thought, and
stir the sluggish mind to greater exertion.
I am especially pleased that “A boom fora
Michigan sister ” has awakened so able a
delinquent to a sense of duty, and if in-
dentally a “political” effect should result
in somebody’s favor, why “ so more it be.”

I think C. B. R. came very near “ seeing
herself as others see her,” when she guiltily
admits that she may be accused of the
crime she is scoring Tecumseh for.

Was it a naughty imp, or a kindly fairy
that prompted me to hide that one time be-
hind a nom de plume. As good has to me
resulted, unmindful of poor Beatrix’s
smarts, I’ll fain give the credit to the last.

 

 

Ninde; Benjamin Clarke. the foremost
Sunday School man in England; Mrs. Bessie

  

of square plain deahng! I am alittle in-
clined to think C. B. R. may be a man and

No, C. B. R., we don’t want “perfect har-


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mony.” Our HOUSEHOLD is too large to
be tuned to one key. It we will only let
others play their tunes in peace, and not in-
sist on a general concert at one time, we
can get very good music without any very
jarring discords. There are major and
minor keys, as well as various degrees in
each, that will delight the ear of some, and

we can withdraw to another room while
others play their favorites. Personally, I
see no reason why- We should not have

politics. religion and as many “is~ues” in

our HousnriOLn as we please. The men
have no business to interfere. They
monopolize the FARMER, but when we get
into our one little room, and shut the door,
it is our right to talk on any subject we
please. ’ But 1 am evera law-abiding-citizen,
am willing to obey the Eiitor, hence no

more “ politics” will be offered by

lsunusrnn. A. L. L.
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STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE.

 

Dorothy, in the Country Gentleman,
says: “How do you make a strawberry
Shortcake?” is a question often asked with
an air of perplexity that betokens a point at
which domestic wisdom is prone to stumble.
At hotels and eating-houses, almost every
variety of light cake and warm bread is
served with strawberries, under the genera;
name of strawberry Shortcake. A mixture
which produces the lightest, shortest,
flufiiest soda biscuit possible, made so rich

ceremonies in the synagogues are. also re-
peated. This Passover occurred March 26th.
There is something wonderful in the
sinceritythis class of people show about
the supper. The wheat from which the
unleaVened bread is made is selected with
great care; the previous harvest men are
appointed to visit the wheat fields and
select. the largest. most perfect heads; these
are tied in bundles, properly cured and
threshrd on blankets and ground in a mill
which has all new rollers or stones, this
flour is then carefully put. away for the
baking. The grapes for the wine are also
selected in the same manner, a new press
is used to express the juice, and it is not
fermented as our wine is, but is more like
the grape juice sweetened. The unleavened
bread is called matza, and is ground into
powder and used in various culinary dishes
for the feast.

The children look ahead for the Passover
much as we do ftl‘ Christmas, for it is.
made a feasr for them. Where people
possess much wealth there are always new
utensils bought for the kitchen, but in case
of ntCeSsity the old ones are thoroughly
cleansed and purified by filling the vessels
with water and plunging a red hot iron into
the liquid. The table is set out with great
Splendor; three of the maiza are placed in a
napkin in such a manner that they do not
touch each other. There is also a. shoulder
of roast lamb, an egg roasted hard in ho,3
ashes; horseradish and lettuce or other

on parchment and rolled on spindles are
carried to the church and are there read
aloud, which occupies two long tedious
hours. An ark with curtains before it con-
tains the five books of Moses, and two
shields on which the ten commandments
are written. After being read, they are re-
turned to the. ark with a great deal of cere-
mony.

The head singer in the Jewish synagOgue-
in New York City is from Olessa, Russia;
he is called Canton Minkowsky, and is hired
for five years at a salary of thirty-five hun-
dred dollars a year. Forty-nine days after
the Passover is the Feast of Shobuoth. The .
original law prescribed that every Hebrew
should take of the first ripe fruits of his-
fields‘in Jerusalem and lay them before the
altar, but flowers are used as symbols now.
There-isasermon. organ prelude, hymn,
prayers and all candidates for confirmation
are examined. Then the confession of
faith is read, the scroll of the law is laid
away, a hymn in German is sung, and this-
closes the exercises. The general belief
preVails that they are the people chosen of
the Lord, and that they will be the first
ones it His second coming; for that reason
many are settling around Jerusalem, for
they believe that to be the place where God
will meet His people.

BATTLE CREEK. EVANGELINE.

W———
A MUSICIAN recently submitted a song
to a publisher entitled“ Why D . 1 Live?"
After reading a small portion of it the pub-

       

 

 

 

with sour cream or fresh butter that the
crumbs when cold are more like pastry than
bread, makes a. generally acceptable short-
cake. Whoever has the knack of sure per-
fection in this line—and it is chiefly a mat-
ter of swift and skillful touch, no more to
be communicated by a recipe than a. fine
touch upon the piano—need not look'
farther for a rule for strawberry Shortcake.
Though we cannot give the secret of manipu-
lation, it is easy to give the formula: Half
a cup of thick cream, ora little less of fresh,
soft butter; a quart of flour twice sifted.
with a pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of soda
and two of cream tartar, two teaspOoufuls
of powdered sugar (if one chooSes), and
milk to make a very soft dough, so lightly
mixed that it will barely hold together to
handle. Make into an infir ed biscuit as
large as a tea plate, bake on a round tin in
a quick oven; pull apart and cover with fully
ripe berries, which may be sprinkled
with sugar and Set in the oven to become

of Salt water or
vinegar, a quantity of wine and some thick
apple-sauce and almonds.
things have a significance.
the lamb repleSents the Paschal harm to:-
mail; sacrificed iy all J wish families. The
egg denotes that the lamb was rmsled
whole; the herbs recall the bitterness of from the Indiana Farmer:
bondage in Egypl; the salt water recalls the

passage through the Red Sea; the sauce rep-
the tomatoes; one and a half pecks onions; four

pungent herbs,

All of these
The bone of

The wine is drunk at stated in-
tervals, as a mark of devotion in the
various prayers and formulas.

It is expected that the entire family Will
be under the same TOOf during the PASS- cinnamon, one pound whole mustard. half
When all are around the table the pound brown sugar; wet all with cold vinegar,
head 0f the family appears dressed in moisten all the pickles. Add vinegar enough
death garments, and the ceremonies begin to cover them, boil ten niiuuteS, at d seal in
by drinking a cup of wine; he then washes bottles while hot.
his hands, some of the herbs are. dipped in
the Salt water and passed around; the top

lisher wrote the composer as follows: “ Be-
cause you sent it by a messenger boy.“
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U seful Recrpes.

 

THE following recipes, which are recom'
mended by a practical housekeeper. we take

EAST Ixnra PICKLES.—One hundred cu-
cumbers (large and small); one peck green

cauliflowers; four red peppers, With rut seed:
one p'nt horseradish;slice all and let lay in salt
water twenty-four hours: drain, pour on weak
vinegar, stand on the stove until it comes to a
boil and then drain again. One ounce ground

PICCALILLY.-—One peck green tomatoes,
sliced; half peck onions. sliced; one cauli'
flower; one peek of small cucumbers; let

hot. Cold berries will sometimes make a
light shorlcake ‘fall.’ Put together, cover
again with berries and powdered sugar, and
serve quickly with an abundance of pure,
sweet cream. It would be hard to find any-

thing more delicious in its way.”
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FEAST OF THE PASSOVER.

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The feast of the Passiover lasts eight days.
This allows for one. day, about Wlllcll there
isalittle doubt. it seems that in ancient
times there was a. confusion in the calendar,
by WhFCh some 0f the Jews were “0% 6”" pected Messiah may enter and find a ready
tain of the exact date on which Passover
should be celebrated. It was therefore
celebrated on two succesive days, and this
“13mm now prevails in “”10“" wngre‘ God build. eod build. on build this house
gations. The Paschal supper is eaten on
Monday and Tuesday evening and the

cake of mam is broken into and one of
halves laid away to be burned the next
feast. The other heal, the bone and egg are
held up, and the father explains the signi-
ficance of the. Passover and reviews the
sufferings of Israel in E ,rypt. Then a
hymn of joy i-l recited, a blessing invoked
and a cup of wine drunk. Then all rise and
wash their hands. The father then eats two
small pieces of malza, more herbs are eaten;
and then an elegant repast is served. After
this is over a cup of wine is poured out for

the Prophet E ijah. and every one keeps
silence. The door is left open that the ex-

welcome. Then the Paschal hymn is sung:

“ He is mi :hty, He will rebuilt His house
speedily; .

Quickly, quickl. , in our days speedily;

speedily.”

stand in hot water twenty-four hours; then
put in kettle with one ounce cloves, quarter
pound of whole peppers, one ounce of cin-
namon, one pound white mustard seed; place
in layers and boil filteen minutes. L‘se cab-
bage instead of cauliflower if Wished.

D PICKLED PEACHES—Take ripe solid pet ches,
put a. wnole clove into one end of each. Use
one pound brown sugar to half gallon vinegar.
skim and boii up twice; pour ll hot over
peaches and cover closely. In a week or two
pour oif vinegar and scald again. After this
they will keep any length of time in a cool

place.
TOMATO CATSUP.——One peck ripe tomatoes,

cut up, boil tender and press through a sieve:
add a large spoonful ground cloves. one table-
spoonful allspice, one of cinnamon. one tea-

 

 

 

The books of Moses written in Hebrew

seal while hot.

spoonful cayenne pepper, quarter pound
salt, quarter pound mustard, one pint viue~
gar. Boil gently three hours. Bottle and.

‘ may