THE WINDOWS OF TIIE SOUL.
By Rev. Stephen Paulson.
"Now when Daniel know that the
writing was liud. he went Into his
house; anil his windows bolus open In
his chamber toward Jerusalem, he
kneeled upon his knees threo times a
day, and prayed, and gave thanks be
fore God, as he did aforetime." Daniel
0:10.
If we began the day by throwing
ppen the windows and looking out upon
the wide reaches of God's love and
'Goodness, we would go singing to our
.work. So It has been written. So
Luther thought. When he was virtual
ly a prisoner at Wartburg oastlo lu tbe
perilous times of tbe Reformation, he
went every morning to his window,
threw it open, looked up to the skies
and sang, "God Is our Itefuge and
Strength, a Very Present Help lu Trou
ble." Then he carried a bouyant heart
to the labor of tbe day.
The value of an outlook which takes
In God's handiwork rather than man's
!h not to be overestimated. There is
Binall Inspiration In brick walls, In
stone walks and Iron fences; small
music In the rattle of carts over paved
streets and tbe ceaseless patter of a
thousand feet on tbe sidewalks. Hut
windows that look out on the ocean or
towards tbe mountains, or over Held
and forest, become windows of a man's
soul.
My study window looks toward a
mountain. I see all the changes of its
life; tbe tender green of spring, Its
luxuriance of leaf and blossom In sum
mer, the llaming colors of Its fall at
tire and its white garb of winter. Now
It Is Hecked with sun and shadow, and
now It glows red In the sunset. And
between the trees I catch the glint of
a river. It Mows on day after day,
ceaselessly. These seem to us symbols
of eternity. A thousand generations of
men come and go, and tbe mountain
Btlll stands there and the river Hows
by It; but "Refore tbe mountains were
brought forth even from everla'stlng
to everlasting Thou Art God."
Ruskln was an artist, a poet, and
more than both, a good man. He was
accustomed fb waken His guests at
Urautwood by knocking at their doors
early in the morning and calling, "Are
you looking out?" When in response to
this summons they pushed back their
window blinds a scene of beauty greet
ed their eyes. The glory of sunlight
and the grandeur of forest dispelled
care, quieted fret and put a morning
anthem Into tbe hearts of all.
Tliero Is scarcely anything In life
which determines the soul's welfare
more than tbe nature of Its outlook.
If aur spiritual outlook Is toward the
shadow our whole life will be gloomy;
but If we look through the windows of
faith toward a God of love and beauty,
our life will be full of Joy and sunshine.
"From a small window one may see
the Infinite," Cnrlyle wrote. Tlmt was
Daniel's belief. The windows of his
soul were always open to tbe Infinite.
In Eastern lands to-day, the Mohamme
dan, wherever he may be, turns bis
face to Mecca In prayer. So In olden
times the Israelite thought of Jerusa
lem as the place of the temple and the
place where the worship of God was
worthiest. Daniel, as tbe premier of
the great Medo-l'erslan empire, had his
own palatial residence, and one room
there was whose windows looked to
ward Jerusalem. Into this room Dan
iel was accustomed to go three times
a day, throw open the-lattlce, look to
ward Jerusalem and then kneel In
prayer to God. Now, King Darius ls
8ued a decree that the man who prayed
to any other than himself should be
cast into the den of Hons. This was
not an extraordinary decree for divine
honors were accustomed to bo paid to
the Persian kings, and It was a way
of testing the loyalty of his subjects.
Daniel knew the decree. He also knew
that envious men would be watching
him. lint he went to his "upper room"
and opened the windows toward Jem
alem and prayed "as he did afore
time." It was no new thing with him.
If matters of life were comfortable
and pleasant he did this; and If mat
ters of life were dlllleult and ho was
threatened by danger, ho did the same.
It was a part of his life to keep the
wlHdows of his sold open to the best,
and no threat had power to divert him
from his course.
Daniel kept the windows of bis soul
open to the best religion. To him Je
rusalem stood for the best religion on
earth. Since a lad of 14 he had left
home. lie had lived among peoplo of
Jlfferent faiths. lie had known the
tellglon of the Chaldeans and Persians.
But he opened his windows toward
Jerusalem and prayed to the God of
his fathers. So the early training of
many a youth In later years becomes
his salvation. Intolerance In religious
matters should be a thhig of tbe past,
but loyalty to the old home church
has been the saving of many a boy
thrown among strangers.
Daniel kept his windows open to the
commands of the best religion. Ills
dally surroundings were demoralizing.
Religious life lu Rubylon was mere
form. Ideals were low, public life was
dishonest, domestic life was unsound.
Hrlhery was considered a necessary
feature of authority. The weak were
crushed by the mighty. Tbe dfillcul
ties of his position were great. Ills
one source of safety was his dally con
sideration of the commands of God.
Those commands charged him to bo
upright, to be pure, to do his duty
faithfully even to a heathen master,
to use his life In tbe service of others.
All sorts of sights pass before our
windows; society, pleasure, business,
study, toll but little that Is of God.
Life seems to open lu every direction
except toward tbe Holy City. Few of
us probably open our windows as regu
larly as did Daniel to the Influence of
God. ir we did we should And that
like sunshine, peace and strength and
aspiration and courage would How In
upon our souls.
Let us keep our hearts and minds
always open to the best iutlucuces from
God, from nature and from good men.
THE L AUGER LIFE OF RELIGION.
By Henry F. Cope.
"I am come that they might have life
and that they might have It more abun
dantly." lobn 10:; 10.
Religion Is more than restriction,
more than a weary round of negations,
a heavy load of commandments con
cerning things to be avoided. No won
der the youth turns with dread from
the church which prescribes his doings
by a chalk line drawn by those in whom
tbe fires have all died or who may
never have known the glow of youth.
Such a church says to men, Come thou
with us and we will show you how to
empty your life of all the things
you would like to have In It.
Such a church Is praying, "Oh,
to be nothing, nothing," and Is
getting Its prayers pretty thoroughly
answered. Tbe religion that has for Its
precepts only so many Thou shalt nots,
for duties only so many Must nots, for
privileges only so much giving tip and
going without, can end only In death.
A living religion cries out for more
life, not less; less life leads at last to
tbe grave.
It Is no use fighting for a faith out
worn ; it Is no use lighting for any kind
of a faith that can be worn at all. For
faith Is not a garment. So long as we
think of It as such It will be but a
strait-Jacket, a something to crush the
life. Such a religion makes tbe Sun
day a prison, the church n charnel.
The worth while, the heaven born re
ligion we may know not by tbe multi
tude of Its restrictions, not by the bur
dens It lays on life, not by Its prohi
bitions or even Its definitions; but by
Its Invitations, the blessings It confers,
the multitude of Its means of enlarging
life. In Itself It Is ever a life; It leads
to larger life. Religion means not to
live less; It Is not a cramping of the
life within certain rules, but a crowding
out of the life; It Is like tbe growing
tree that pushes up the earth and
breaks up the wall Into which It grows.
Religion calls for. room, more room,
room to realize the best and holiest
possibilities of life, room to climb up
and look out on life, room to serve our
fellows and lift them to larger living,
room to be made by tbe sweeping away
of old limitations, ancient prejudices,
hoary wrongs. And because It Is vital,
not formal, It demands an ever larger
place In our lives.
Do not think, my friend, that you are
pious because you succeed In stripping
your life of all beauty, In cutting off all
pleasure. Nothing may be more crim
inal than thus to shrink your soul, to
crush yourself beneath burdens of nega
tions and prohibitions. Instead of bind
ing your feet, as some do, you are
binding your heart; you wl.ll go lame
In tbe land where hearts rule. The
Almighty can best be served with the
best life, not with less but with more,
Sin is not so much In doing tbe things
you ought not to do as It Is In missing'
the glorious thing you ought to be; It
la missing the mark of God's glorious
purpose and plan for your life. Holi
ness is not so much lu abstinence from
evil as in perfect realization of the
good. The way to keep from sin Is not
so much by tlie study of the dictionary
of don'ts as by entering Into the good,
the worthy, letting out your life to
larger, higher things, by entering Into
the things that are true, honest, Just,
pure, lovely and of good report. Right
eousness Is positive, not negative.
There Is moro righteousness In a bad
man than titero Is In a flawless statue.
Iloiiic-lliulc (ruin lliti.
There Is enough gr.iiu stored on evorj
farm to warrant the building of a grain
box, particularly when one can be built
for a very small sum and with but little
labor. Such a box Is easily constructed
from dry goods boxes, using a number
of the same size to obtain the desired
capacity and setting them cud to end.
fastening them together or not as de
sired. Tbe fronts are cut so as to olv-
tain the proper slant and then a cover
Is made so that the box or boxes may
THE HOMK-MA0K (IIUIN OX.
be locked If necessary. Divisions are
made In the Inside In accordance with
the quantity of each klniDof grain to
le stored. The boxes are set on legs
about llfteeu Inches blub nnd each of
these legs bus un Inverted cap of tin
placed on It near where the leg Joins
the box. These tins will prevent vermin
In the shape of rata und mice from
easily climbing up the box and getting
at the grain. If desired the several
divisions may bo lined Inside so as to
make them more vermin proof. The Il
lustration shows how slmplo this grain
box Is. Indianapolis News.
SimmI Com II recti I n l'ayn.
Corn-breeding work, still in Us lu
faucy, already has spelled profit for
many growers. Material Increases In
yield, due In large measure- to plant
ing Improved tested seed, have been so
general that farmers everywhere are
adopting better methods of seed selec
tion. And other countries, noting what
has been accomplished by American
corn breeders, have taken steps to fol
low their example. - Recently an Ameri
can seed-corn breeding company ship
ped 1.U00 bushels of corn to the agri
cultural department of the Egyptian
government. Tho same oinpany has
also exported an order of 10,000 pounds
of seed corn to Australia, whero It will
Iki used In breeding work conducted by
the agricultural authorities of that
country. It is to the corn belt of
America that tho peoples of tbo earth
come for corn. Our corn crop Is the
envy of all civilized countries which
cannot or do not grow corn.
Wlillr IVkln DucU-n.
The White Pekln is a popular duck
which has a distinctive type especially
Its own, and differing from all others
In the shape and carriage of its body.
The legs are set far back, which causes
the bird to walk In an upright position.
In size these ducks are very large, sonic
reaching as high as twenty pounds to
tho pair. Their flesh Is very delicate
and free from grosuess, and they are
considered among the best of table
tort
WIIITK l'KKIN UUOKH.
fowls. They are e.vollent layers, aver
aging from 100 to l.'M) eggs each lu a
season. They uro non-setters, hardy,
easily raised und the earliest In matur
ing of any ducks.
Make It a point this summer to Hud
out some crop or vegetable everybody
seems to want, and that no one has
grown to any extent In your neighbor
hood, and grow that yourself next year.
It Is qulto possible to make a crop of
peppers, cauliflower, spinach or egg
plant or ftomo other unusual thing, one
of the most profitable crops on tho
farm. If tho demand Is good and tho
supply In your neighborhood limited,
the same thing is often truo of squash.
Along in tho winter wlion fresh vegeta
bles are scarce, there Is always a de
mand In the city markets for squowh.
lll t IK'llN.
Tlie Guinea js said to be u native of
western Africa and Is a very active
bird of a rather wild nature. The wild
nature of the beautiful fowls Is an ob
jection with many poultrymcn. There
are two breeds of guineas, the pearl
and the white guinea. Tlie pearl guinea
Is of a wilder disposition than the
white guinea. Roth breeds are nlsuit
the same size. The flesh of the pearl
guinea Is darker than that of tlie
white, which makes the white guinea
preferable as a table fowl. Roth breeds
of guineas are good summer egg pro
ducers. They begin laying In April or
May and continue to lay until late lu
the fall. The pearl guinea Is very sen
sitive alwut having her nest disturbed
and often leaves the nest If a part of
her eggs are removed. The white guinea
Is not so particular about her nest and
will continue to lay In the nest If only
one egg Is left In It. Our white guineas
often lay lu the nest boxes lu the poul
try house with the chicken hens.
Guineas are valuable Insect destroyers.
They will eat Insects that the chickens
will not, such as the potato hug and
gooseberry worm. I noticed our guineas
picking the worms off the gooseberry
bushes and not a worm escaped that
the guineas could reach. They picked
the worms off as .high as they could
Jump.
Mow in Clrille (Iriipe Vliu-n,
The girdling or ringing of graievlnes
Is done to Increase the size of each
cluster. It Is not done generally, how
ever, although some Hud the method
profitable. The bark Is entirely re
moved below the fruit cluster about a
month before the period of ripening
which hastens jnaturlty about a week
or two and enlarges tlie hunch ami
berries. The sap ascends through tlie
pores of tho wood to sustain growth,
but tho elaborated sap descends through
the wood and tho bark and can go no
lower than the point at which tho gir
dle Is made, where it stops and Is util
ized In feeding the grapes. Some In
Jury Is done the vine below the girdle,
and hence It may not pay on an exten
sive scale.-
Jumper to llrcnlc Colin,
A Canadian farmer says that ther
Is nothing yet discovered so useful .it
breaking -a colt In winter as the old
fashioned "Juniper." A Juniper Is sim
ply made of two saplings twenty feet
TIIK 0M-KAHH10NKI JUMPKIC.
or more long, weakened nbout live feet
from tbe butt ends by shaving the up
per sides half through, so that the poles
sag when the rldenls on the seat and
the colt hitched. The seat Is supported
by four posts and the horso Is placed
far out In the shafts. A colt cannot go
over backwards with this.
(Jooil Tonic for (he 11ou.
If the hogs are growing as fast and
doing as well as they can do, nothing
Is needed In the way of medicine. Rut
If they are a little off In any way, a
few doses of the following will straight
en thern up.
Wood charcoal, I pound; sulphur, I
pound; sodium chloride, 2 pounds; so
dium bicarbonate, 2 pounds; sodium
hyposulphite, ' pounds; sodium sul
phate, 1 pound; antimony sulphide,
pound. Pulverize and thoroughly mix.
The dose Is a large tahlesjxumful for
each 200 pounds weight of hogs to bo
treated, given oikv a day. Tho hogs
will eat this mixed lu their food, unless
very III, when It should be poured Into
them, mixed In water.
(rent (ioiil for Moliitlr.
The South African goat, Sultan,
sheared eighteen and one-half pounds
of mohair at one clipping. This Is the
record In this country and probably the
world's record. He was barred from
competition at the SI. louls Fair be
cause Judges would not believe that tho
mohair then carried was grown within
the time specified by the rules. At the
Portland, Ore.. Fair he took grand prize
for the bent buck. He Is said to pos
sess wonderful prepotent ixnver.
A calf kept winter and summer In
thrifty growth at 2 years will make as
much more beef than one neglectfully
kept at twice tha't age. The profit will
all bo found on tho 2-year-old and the
loss on tho 4-year-old; yet owners of
tho latter have pursued such system
if system It can bo called with tho
Idea that they were saving money,
Keep tlie thrifty unlmal two years
longer In tho same way, and something
very handsome lu the way of beef will
bo tlie result, whllt. tho starveling can
never pay tho expense of rearing and
feeding.
Crlrtp ('runt llolln.
One pint warm water, one cake com
pressed yeast, one-half tablespoon ful
salt. Always test the yeast; break
yeast In tumbler, add one-half table
spoonful of sugar and till tumbler with
a part of the warm water. If the yeaat
rises to the top of the water 'n a short
time It Is good; If not, It Is not fit to
use. Have warm sifted Hour In pan
and make a bote In center of it, pour
lu warm water, yeast and salt, mix lu
a soft dough and let It stand until It
doubles Itself, then roll out and cut Into
strips with a sharp knife and form Into
long, slender rolls. Let them stand until
they double themselves, then hake.
Makes about twenty-four rolls, and If
teniHrature Is right It only takes "about
three hours to bake them.
I Ionic-.Mil ilc Cornell Ilccf.
Rub Into the beef a mixture of ono
part saltKter to ten parts salt, and
when so much has been rubbed In that
tho salt lies dry on the surface set
aside fur twenty-four hours In a cold
place, before rejeatliig the process. Set
aside again for twenty-four hours. At
the end of that time put over tho Uro
live gallons of water, ono gallon of
salt, four ounces of saltpeter and ono
and a half pounds of brown sugar. Roll
for ten minutes, then set aside until
stone cold. Wipe the beef carefully,
put the beef In tho pickle and set It In
a cold place. If this pickle shows signs
of spoiling remove the beef, wash and
wipe and prepare more and stronger
brine for It.
Illiulmrli I'lc.
Skin and chop two cups of rhubarb
before measuring. Mix IVi cups sugar
and two tablespoonfuls of flour to
gether, and add to the rhubarb; then
add the yolks of two eggs, slightly
beaten, and ono teaspoonful of butter.
Line a pie plate with plain pasle. Fill
with the mixture and hake In a moder
ate oven until the rhubarb Is soft.
Cover with a meringue made of the
whites beaten stiff, add two tablespoon
fuls or powdered sugar and continue
heating. Pile lightly on the pie ami
hake In n slow oven about llfteeu min
utes, if the rhubarb Is scalded before
using some of Its acidity Is lost, so loss
sugar Is required.
Ntrawbrrry Jellj-.
Afteivdlpplng out tho'Julce as direct
ed In the recipe for strawberry Jam re
turn Jt to the lire and boll st'eadliy far
twenty minutes, adding a leaspbonful
of lemon Juice for each pint of straw
berry Juice. To each pint of Juice allow
a pound of sugar and set this in pans
in the open oven to warm while the
Juice bolls. Stir the sugar occasionally
so that It will not stick to the bottom
of this pans. After the Juice has boiled
for twenty minutes turn tho heated
sugar Into It, stir until this Is dissolved,
boll for Just ono minute, then fill heat
ed Jelly glares with It.
riu in no it.
Sirt u quart of Hour with two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and a tea
spoonful of salt, add a teacupful of fine
ly chopped suet, and when well mixed
stir In a cup of currants and Just
enough water to make a stiff (lough.
Tie up In a floured cloth, leaving room
for swelling and drop Into a kettle of
boiling water. Roll for one hour. Fat
with brown sugar.
Mini wlterrj- Jnm.
Cap the berries and to each nound
of fruit allow three-quarters of a pound
ot granulated sugar. Put tho berries
Into the preserving kettle, brine verv
slowly to a boll, so that they will not
scorch, and boll for a half-hour, stirring
hard and often. Dip out the superHii'
ous Juice and set aside for Jelly. Add
sugar to the berries, and cook for twen
ty minutes more. Put lu glasses.
No I ail DrcHNliiif.
Reat the yolk of one egg thoroughly,
adding salad oil until very thick. Now
add the stiffened white of the egg, a
gill of vinegar and a small tahlesHou
fill of Hour. Reat hard until there are
no lumps, then boll over a slow fire,
stirring steadily until thick. Keep lu
the' Icebox. When needed dilute with
cream or vinegar and season to taste,
, I'm ne Whip.
Soak, slew and stone two dozen sum))
or eighteen largo prunes. Chop very
Hue. Make a meringue of five eggs, edit
ing powdered sugar to taste, and heating
very stiff. Whip lu tho prune pulp a
little at a time until you have a brown
frothy mixture. Serve In chilled glasses
with spoons.
Cold Mliiw.
Wash a Arm, white cahbago and lay
in cold water for half an hour. With
a sharp knife cut Into shreds, dropping
theso Into Iced water. When ready to
worYO drain In a colander, shaking bard,
and pour over all a cold boiled salad
dread ng. ' , '